The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-07-21

angels weeping While floating above banner in
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Rut few others attracted attention till we reached
the end Of the route.
UNION SQUARE
berc Mr. Wheelers fine Union Place Hotel in Four
te'h'h street and Helasan's another side OF the
square monopozed all the show. The former building
wa. a over and its oxten. is very considerably drspe
"b heavy festoons Of black. Those Delayans were
mixed with white.
PARK Row-CHATHAM SQUARE, &C.
We have described the decorations in their
eIse oroer-the course of the procession being round
ine faih-and up through Bowery to Union square
We must here retrace steps. and begin with the o.
poste or east side Of The City Park
since the announcement OF Henry Clays death that all
our city readers are acquainted with the style in which
biack and white festoon adorned available
Oh its exterior from window TO window.
Old IGmnapy appeared in its weeds for the first time
ana e1mbited them disposed in excellent taste.
over The entrance was an arch niche, in white,
bearing the inscription
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"A great man has fallen: Our couatry mourns" Q
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Rehind and around this arch wss arranged black
Grape, SO as to form black ground for white
bust Of the ustrious dead also decorated with sable
diarcTy.
All along this lire of street each store and house wed
with each other in their funeral trnppiugs on NO IL
Park part occupied by the Hat Finhcrs Company
were three beautiful Of eycrgreens ncosng
the following inscriptions
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"Hc was not for a day, but FOR all time" .
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"Tiis memory, like the pine will 30 ever grcon"
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"AH mourn lis loss" Q
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On the corner Of Chatham and James streets banner
dtpiayed the following:
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arst rot be measured hy his worth, for then.
~ hath no Gnu .
Wheeler & Cl.s stationery store, No J3 Park row
was oInainealed IN an elegant and tasty manner and
psest n'td very imposing appearances
The Chatham Bank at the corner of Duane street was
niSo draped in mourning, and displayed bannn~ with
tbofe woIds
ooee eeeeoeeeeeeeeo osoeeee9eoeeeee
We mourn nateas lSs. The statesman. ssgs .
seed; who never knew mo "orth no south, no ess:,
90 gs'' who would rather DO right than '' fr''i
: Ills end was peace" 0
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qbc National theatre and all the buildings stores Sc
olorg TO Chatham square or less drapcd In
nnng.
THE BOwERy.
CIoton Holl, at the corner OF Eowery and Division
street, made coed display
The Bowcry Amphirheatrc made display than any
ofhtr budh in the street From the front o nc hou,s
Wcrc susptn tndod banners, inscribed as follows -
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,'pe mici piorni IL p.tra." .
'ln life N desth." o
Hogpuitscat in pace"
al nation ourns when good man dies .
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os 'he front Of an adjoining building was banner a,
seoe oo.9oooesoeos
o Hohorcd In ie-iameIted In Death
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The Bowery theatre the Meicdcon and most of the
stores from Walker street to Union Park along the route
were bedccked with sabcs in various and devices
OTHER STREETS AND PLACES NOT IN THE ROUTE
The funeral display wa. by means confined to tn /,
line Of march other streets and parts of the city we're
similarly decorated particularly
NASSAU STREET,
IN which Gosngs restaurant the Post Office the Mirror
ofhce Clinton Hotel and Tribune office we're cons
The Union Hall clothing store. corner Of Fulton an
Nassau streets was fetooped with whto and black from
building banner With the following inscription -
80 : es 9 Q 90 % 900
Death has claimed theo, Harry .
Yet memory never dies" ].
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FULTON sTRERT.
Many Of the hotels and other public buildings In this
street were deeply draped in mourning.
CoRTLANDT STREET.
The Western and National hotels in this street were
beautnuy deckcd on many Of the wholesale dry
goods in same and other
,sablh bnens In different localities might well deserve
notice but that the enumeration would become tedious
and prohtlces.
THE IhoUESSION
The procession was really great IL was the longest
ever formed in this city Its head matched over dis
tapce of seven miles, and actually met and Tapped
the end, forming CON pletc circuit. The military alone
occupied one hour and Ave minutes in passing given
point.
The various regiments of military companies, and the
cicsociecs rapidly concentrated upon the centre