Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-07-28
Special Correspondence of the N. r. Daily Times Funeral of no,,o~,,e. NHa-

'3pte"ote CtO'C dWd 4htt9t0fy yMSptdy-ITesadeht
 pan Buren and Pierce esent-GoUernors
 Bouck, Fssh, Hunt and Seymour, and Sena-
 tors Seaoard and King, and Myor General
 Hool, PoN- Bearers.
 ALBANY, Wednsday, July 8, 1857.
 There is a large audience gathered in A bany to-day, to pay tribute and give fitting burial to the last remains of William Learned Marcy-a more numerous and apparently sincere array of mourners than have ever before met, save when the body of Henry Clay was on its last pilgrimage to Ashland.
 From all parts of tho State-nay, from all parts of the Union, there is gathered here an innumerable array of those who for years, have swayed the political destinies alike of the Union and the State. And they come, not to house, but literally to city of mourning-a city which to it's utmost extent-throughou its length and breadth, has put on the 'trappings and the signs of woe.' Through all the streets, you see not only the face, but as well the sable drapery of black, that betokens the going out of great light-the quenching of lire that has been a beacon guiding the destinies of people.
 At the request and by the direction of Hon. Erastus Corning, the Central railroad company provided a special train for the conveyance of the remains of the deceased from Balston to this city. The cars and the engine were heavi- ly draped in black. Amid the tollng of bells, the booming of cannon, and roll of muffled drums, the train passed into the depot Here the body was taken in charge by the BurgesseS corps, and was at once conveyed to the capitol where it lay in state until Il o'clock, when the doors were closed, in order to make prepara- tions for the final ceremonies.
 From their first arrival until the tomb closes upon the remains, minute guns are to be fired, and the march to the cemetry Is to be to the deep solum music of tolling bells. Long previous to the hour named for the ovation, the approaches to the capitol were denSely througed. The authorities of Syracuse, Utica, Schenectady and Troy come to the city in full numbers. The entire military organi- zations of those cities were also present. as were large numbers of civic and charitable assoca- tions.
 Women are said to be the first at the cradle and the last at the tomb They are here in countless numbers to vindicate the truth of the last clause of the tradition. For hours they have besieged the doors of the Assembly cham ber; seeking admittance to the galleries. It has been no bed of roses-the duty assigned to the Burges5es corps-it has required all the disci- pline of tho soldier, all the nerve of the man to resist the batteries of blue, and black and hazel eyes that have been pouring bcseechng gances upon them so steadily and so long. At l o'clock the doors of the galleries are opened, and at once the seats are crowded to excess.
 In short time after the doors of the main floor are opened, and the delegations of the cities of Syracuse and Utica, and Schenectady and Troy, and the students of Union College are admitted to the seats, on the right of the | chamber. The form of Dr. Mott, the associate and compeer of the deceased-hiS head whit encd with the frost of asc--till erect and ap- parenty in its full vigor appears at the head of the class from the college. His memory traces back to the first dawning of the career whose close he now laments, and his mind sweeps unaidcd the entire field of public service in which Gov. Marcy has fought the good fight so long aud so well. In the cruciblc of his own thoughts he can see melting into a solid, com pact mass the particles that shall make up the fame and glory of him whose mortal remains are to-day paSsn. down to the silence and the gloom, AS well as the repoSo and the glory of the tomb.
 Rapidly the seats appropriated to the use of the friends and mourners of the deceased, and the State and city authorities were crowded to excess. It is seldom that you will see pano- rama where are to be found the faces of so many of the knowing and the known," as are looking down upon tho speakers desk at this moment.
 can see here many who have been most earnest and determined in their hostility to the poltica principles of the deceased, down whose furrowod cheeks the tears are courSing now,- the silent yet unimpcachabl3 witnesses of a respect and admiration which only the pride and the prcjudices, at times the policy of political discipline could have so long with hold.
 And now there stands around the coffin those whose duty it is to be the representatives of the respect and reverence wherein the peo- pc of the State hold the virtues and the ser vices of their servants. Ex President Van Blu rel anI Pierce; Gov. King, Ex Governor Bouck, Seymor, Hunt and Fish, and Senators Seward and King, and Gen. Wool, are among the pail bearers.
 What would not the world give to see through the eyes of those men that are looking down uopu that closed coffin? How the world would grasp the opportunity to read the page of history as they trace it now-to travel with them the vast field of thought over which their minds must wander as they stand here now actors in this last scene of all. Can President Van Buren, apparently as full of life an. health and as vigorous as when the "sober second thought of the people consigned him to the retirement of Lindenwold he see in the Man'mAte form, the stalWart frame over whose broad shoulders he reached the Pre5idGucy?- must he not stand bawiltered and lost in the darkness of that mmi whose light had so often illuminated his days of power?-must he not be oppressed with the silence of voice that has so often and 50 successfully rallied the broken, bewldercd and dishearteued ranks of his political adhercnts?
 It is four years since I last saw President Pierce He looks since then to have lived an age Wan and dccrept-amost tottering--a dismantlel wreck on the sea of lfe,-he seems himself to be passing away in the shadow of him whose genius ma ie the bright ray of his administration.
 The coffin stands on das in front of the speakers desk. It is of solid rosewood, with silver handles and mountin5s. It has on 1t plain silver plate, bearing this inscriptions:
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