New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-24


Is God our Father who holds the key of orr lives
anc not sparrow falls 10 the around without his
kDowleoge. God gave but one dear child, and
tns' mas since been taken from me. Il was HIS
pleasure 70 call II away. ard tie has night 10 cali
All away DO lot forget that God has RICH; 10 the
ives OF your little onesthat in giving hem to you,
he never resigned his right 10 them Then let
Kiss the rod hlch chaStens us ard may tie IN Ills
mercy enable US to feel ana say, rot only "thc Lord
gave and the Lord hath taken away but be the
name OF the Lord" At the conclusion Of an address
which We have but feebly rendered. the reverend
gentleman proceeded to say few WORDS oa the
sweet ard 10 him familiar faces which lay before
him They We're" he SAID, girls, all OF them of
great intellectual endowment. and were all treaiins
the same path attending the same school and In tae
SUNDAY School connected with that Church, they
were all IN class In the beautiful language Of
scripture 1t might be said they were lovely IN their
nyes, and u their &C dth they we're not separate l.
Inc Rev. Mr. Seeiy closed the services With most
touching prayer to our Father IN HeaTen, praying
Him IN His mercy 10 sanctfylthe death OF these
young creatures to the hearts of all 10 comfort the
afflicted parents, brothers. sisters and friends.
Alter The singing OF hymn by the choir, the con-
gegatlon were permitted TO walk round the aisles,
In orcer TO took upon the faces Of the dear de-
pared cnildren for the last time and sad Indeed 1t
was 10 look upon these sweet faces now moRonless
IN death The four collins were alike, and. as the
cblloren Were nearly Of the same age, they were
neary OF me same size. Though not sisters in life,
they locked so in death.
When the congregation had all passed ont Of the
cnuIch, The bodies carried out, and all placed
IN the same hearse. and conveyed to Greenwood
Cemetery. the funeral being atteaded by large
number OF persons, all deeply afflicted
Scenes and Incidents on Sunday-Funeral OBJ
sequies OF the Children-Another Scholar
Dead-A Child Run over by Carriage nj
one of the Funeral Professions.
The funerals Of most of the poor chill
dren who were killed at the IXth Ward School on
THURSDAY lsst took place Saturday and Sunday,
and, body after body passed through the streets,
accompanied by long tsains Of symPathizng friends,
the utmost gloom appeared 10 pervade the face of
every beholder of Tie sad cayacades
On Saturday seventeen OF the unfortunate children
were conveyed to Greenwood Cemetery, and their
remains were accompanied by the children of the
different classes to which they belonged as well as
by their soowng parents and frien5s In one hearse
were the bodies OF four children, named Louisa
Cooper, Mary c. JacOcks, Jane NJ. Deyoe and Mary
Ann Penehard. The funeral procession was formed
at the Church on sixteenth st, and it attended
by some 10 or IS carriages. During the same after
noon the bodies of Sarah BOgardus, Eliza Ann
ONeil, Mary c. Baxter, Eleanor NJ. Downs, Charles
Z. Moore. Mathew W. Woods. Julia Delanoe.
Catherine ReyGc ds, John L. Woolley, Lucy &.
CaTloueh, John 7. Knapp. and Deborah A Woolley,
were conveyed to their last resting place, and the
thrOng of carriages and spectators coTtege after
COTtege entered Greenwood Cemctrv was unusually
large. The scenes at the graves were hedItIendng,
for the tears of befeaved mothers who mourned for
the loss Of dear children, mingled with the e trs OF
sympathy rom olherfriends melted every heart that
beat in the graveyard, and made the solemn occa-
sion more and more gloomy
On Saturday evening another OF the unfortunate
children cled from the injuries received 1t the
School House. lie was the son Of Mr. Thompson,
who lives somewhere on Fourth.st and was a fine
boy about years old. He fingered IN grea, pain for
two Gays, which he bore with great patience, and
about or o'clock on Saturday the angel OF death
released him from the acute suferngs, arising from
his internal injuries.
On Sunday morning, at about 9. o'clock, funeral
service was performed over the remains OF Amelia
: BrCWnel who was the daughter Of Mr.. Sherman
BroNneu. Of No 81 Grove ST., and a lovely girl 10
years and seven months old. II took place at 81.
Luke's Church. on Hudson St, and at the appointed
hour the building was crowded 10 excess. The Rev.
Mr.. futile deliyeres funeral Grafton on the occa-
son. in which he stated that the deceased was one of
the most promising members OF his SABBATH School,
and child whose eX nipple was OF the best charac-
ter. He showed from the accident how uncertain
was human life, and how important It was that pr
rents should attend TO the instruction of their child
rem IN the doctrines of Christianity During the ser
vice. which lasted for half an hoar, the Choir per-
formed a solemn piece OF music, set to the words
from the Episcopal Funeral Service, 3" heard
voice from Heaven, &c" and tins, with an affecting
organ accompaniment and the mourning parents of
the deceased, whose sobS we're audible during the
ceremony, filled every eye with tears, and every
hss. Yh The endsIes Sy,mPa,hy ,, As the S3 Sc,
church. uncovered, and the whole OF the congIega-
tion took a parting glance at that face which once
smiled in inI ocence, but was no unanuated IN the
cold white clasp of death. The funeral procession
was theDformed and the remains were folio Ned BY
twenty-five carriages and about 500 sympathiZlng
friends, who accompanied them through the City, 10
the Greenwood Cemetery at Brooklyn. where the
last duties were performed IN the midst OF the
deepest sorrow
Al 70 O'Clock on Sunday moraing service was per-
formed IN The Methodist Episcopal Church. Jane-st.,
over the remains Of Jane ~ Gowry WhO resided AT
No ls2 Fourlh-sl. She was - years Old and tle
oniy chiid of a widow lady, who lest her husband
but few months ago, IN California. The body vas
accompanied to the church by the children OF the
class TO which the deceased belonged, and the poor
mother WON down with greet, and helpless from
exces ave sorrow, was carried into carriage TO pay
the last cuty 20 her poor child. On the arrival
of the body at the church, u was placed OPP
nosite the pulpit, and the coffin Id beng
removed, the corpse was open to the gaze of the
cougree atiOn which hled the thurch u IT'S utmost
capacitv. After singing ana prayer, .ieV X T. Put-
uey addressed the audience ana sand that the occa-
slCu winch had brought them together that morning
was one OF the most painful he had ever Witnessed
The feehrgo gTef was so general. that he himself
felt a. Il he was called upon 10 follow one Of his own
children 10 the tomb. lie reJOlced that the poor
children had never known SIM and they Wou u take
their place in heaven athe night hand OF the Father
This calamity so great that II ought 10 act as an
admon,t on 10 ali, ana call to theH minds the words
Of Chrlst, " BE sc also ready, for ye Know not the
hour when the Sou Of Man cometh.' There were
c,rcuns tances which gave peculiar character
10 that bereavement, for the mother was leI
an isolated being. alone IN the world, and II was
Great rlal for her 10 follow Inc remains OF the poor
eh,E her only ore, 20 the grave. They all knew
ne particulars OF the calamity which had caused 80
many 10 pass into the splr world, and be would not
detail them. lie never tet On similar occasion as
re te al that time, ard those funeral ooseques APP
reared 10 him as II they were over child OF his
oap Tins calamity had caused the pail OF mourn
10 fall over every heart out ne prayed 10 God 20
s,Id comfort and especially 10 the widow lii her be-
reayement He rejoiced that ihe child was Young,
Tor II would go 10 heaven, and that consolation
for the mother for she kne that her hid was with
God and and that lis spirit was that day where sick
n.ss and soJrow was not known. He related an
instance of a fishing party on one Of the western
ryeis, IN Is hch yong lady and toy were left ON
an lslaId until the return of the boat Night DIRE"
on and darkness covered the Island before they re-
TUNED ard II with difficulty that the party IN