New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-25

lhDIt du elnDltHduc y! the fNe department, ana
grouping together the verious scenes repesented in
its b, autful initiation certificate Will close the per-
fOrmsnccs.
RFcFPTIoS or Mr. BUcHASAS Mr.. Buchanan at
tcnd,d by the MGsor aud Joint Committee Of the Com
Council received the congratulations Of his fellow
citizens in the Governors yesterday. There
very large crowd and the crush at the door almost
beyond endurance. Mayor Wood presented Mr.. Bu-
chansn with the complimentary resolutions Of the
Conron Council, and the latter briefly returned his
acknowledgements in the following terms;
Mr.. MAYOR: receive with feelings of deep graft
tUde the resolutions Of the Common Council Of New
York and cordially accept their generous hOsDtates,
and shall always remember this day of the hap
pest of my hfe In other lands have ever felt Oud
Of the high character Of this great commercial metrop
oils Of my country. The enterprise and integrity of
its merchants and the enlightened public spirit of It's
citizens are known and appreciated throughout tAc
world. Upon entering your magnificent bay, yester
day, my heart sweled with emotion while exuted in
the opportunity of pointing out It's b. auties - ts
thousand merchant ships to the strangers on bOaro No
steamer. Whence oil this prosperity il has m4iu
resulted from the union Of the States. Without the
protection Of the stars and stripes what would become
Of its commerce. While every portion of our country
and oil the dweers upon earth are vitaly Interested
il the preservation of the Constitution and the Union
willie the liberty and civilization of the human race
bound up in the success OF our grand experiment
NGWl ok has, II possible, more AT stake than eby
Other spot on the globe. About myseH and my diplo
matte services, shall say nothing. As you already
appreciate both the and the other, and more highly
than they deserve, deem 1t most prudent to let well
enough alone.
During the two hours which the ceremony of recep-
ton occupied the City Hall full Of policemen and
politicians, hustling each other at every turn We
did not see any ladies present. At o'clock Mr. Ga-
chanan returned to lis hotel In the course Of the
o., tba A-4c I A MIA
Dodworths Band gave him seronade. lie has been
waited upon since his arrival by eK-Julgcs Beardsley
and Bronson Judge Roosevelt Of the Supreme Court,
Nj Bancroft. Augustus Schell WIN. B. AstOr, Samuel
j. Tilden John Van Buren, and many other prcn;-
nent men. This morning he will leave the city for
Philadelphia.
MILITARY FUNERAL The last tribute OF respect
was yesterday paid to the remains VI the late Will an
McArde, formerly Commandant Of The New-fork
City Guard by the members OF that Company, and
other companies attached 10 the First Division New
York State Militia About eleven O'Clock the coffin,
containing the remains of the deceased,
conveyed by the City Guard from the late resi-
dcnce of deceased TO Grace Church. The pews on
either side of the middle aisle were filled with
the military, while the side aises and pews were
deuscly crowded with the friends and relatives OF the
deceased. The'Rev. DR.. Taylor oticiated and COM
mcnced the services with reading the following aud
other appropriate selections from the Scriptures;
d" We brought nothing into this wolld, and it is
certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave,
and the Lord hath taken away Blessed be the name
of the Lord"
The choir then chanted the anthem" Lord let ma
" know my end and the number of my days that
may be certified how long have to live. The
lesson from the first epistle of 81. Pau TO the CORN
thian xvth chapter having been read, Mre. Bodstein
sanc the anthem "Ikrow that my Redeemer Lvcth'
After the ceremony of intermcA had been performed,
the choir chanted II heard voice from Heaven
and the services were concluded with the usual
PRAYERS and benedction The escort having again re-
ceived the body. proceeded down Broadway to Ham
ton Ferry and thence to Greenwood in the folio wing
order:
-Four Companies Gsrde Lafayette under command Of Capt
Band
Pioneers, guns and axes revessel
Brooklyn City Guard Capt TsImNe.
Brooklyn Light Guard. Capt CLARK
Band.
Iudependenoe Guard. Capt BOyle
Eish'h Company NAtoS. Gu'rd' Capt SAum~'y'
Light Gsard, Capt Vincent
Third Resnen New.YOrk Commanded b Col PO''iey
Pal Bearers
ton. CAPT. Jacob Rsynor National Grsys New-fo.A;
Mai HagsdCrn Staten Island;
Surgeon Qaackcrboss.
City Guard. CAPT La Bau
MilitAry Officers trO II ABROAD
The bearse on which the coffin, enshrouded IN the
American flag, was borne was extremely novel. 1t
consisted of a gun carriage, draped in black, and
drawn by four white horses, caparisoned IN black AT
either end of tho hearse were four flags shroudet IN
crape. The remains were deposited in the family
vault Of decessd the City Guard firing three voley'
over the grave. C'pt. Ferris, formerly Commandant
Of the CITY Guard, acted Marshal of the day The
ceremonies were conducted with great soemnity AMI
The streets through which the cortege passed were
filed " IN thousands Of persons
On the return of he City Guard to Their armory'
Broadway, near Becker street, few remarks euio
eisjse the deceas were made by Cspt Henshsw, OF
the New England City Guard Of Boston, M+j'r FHtz
Of Philadelphia. and Col Pierce of the Troy C'alen
Guard.
The Roard of Aldermen last evening spent over two