Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-07-13
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Fnnerai OF Governor Marcy.
an, -. "''"' OF governor Marcy.
81 ,;tN'iD CIVIC AND MILITARY DIS
la -PREsiDENrS VAN buren, AND
PIERCE PRESENT

rLAf -PREsiDENTS VAN buren, AND
PIERCE PRESENT.
lcorrespo.deaee Of TIE Ne,c York Dalg Times
ALBANY, July s.-rhere is large audience
gathered IN Albany to day. 10 pay tribute aud
IiNe hlllng burial 10 the remains of William
'-''n'a Nafey-a more numerous aud appa-
fehtiy sincere array of mourners than have ev-
u oeIore NET save when the body of Henry Clay
was on ITS last pilgrimage 10 \ Inland.
FROM all parts of the State-nay, Fl ON all
Parls OF the Union. there i gathered here an nnu-
me 'nhIe array ot those who. far years. have
swhy'd The poll ical destinir. al Ike of the Union
aud the STATE. And ihev come not 10 a house.
but literally IL u City of maurnng--a city which
!" lis utmost extent throug hout lis length and
breadth, has pat on the "irafpings and the signs
ot woe.' Though all the streets, You see
not "n'y the slelt nj thoughtful expression Of
the Lace, hut IA wei, the sable Of drupery of black
that betokens the going out OF II great ght-the
quenohlng of fire that has been u beacon gui
ding the desiinie> Of a people
AT the request and by the direction of Hon
trastos Corning, the Central Railroad Company
provided special train Tor the convey ance of
the remains IT the deceased from Ball>ton to this
city. The ears aud the engine d,aped in
b uck. Amid the telling of bells the booming Of
cannon, aud the roll OF muilled drums. the train
Pagned into the depot. Here the body was ia
ken in charge by the Bnrg4sses corps, and was
a' once conveyed 10 the Capitol, where it lay in
state until II "'cl"ek when the doors were clo-
s'd III order to make preparations for the final
ceremonies.
From ih'ir FIST arrival until the tomb closes
upon the remains, minute guns to be fired
and the march 10 the cemetery is 10 be to the
deep, solemn music of tnlling bells.
Long previous 10 the hour named for the ova-
ton. the approaches 10 the Capitol were dense
~ rpl Ip ant f Sy
ca. Schenectady and Troy came to the city in
fall numbers. Tho entire military organiza-
tions OF those cities were nj 50 present, as ere
large numbers If civic and charitable Associa-
tons.
At | o'clock the doors of the galleries are o.
pened and at once the seats crowded to ex-
cess.
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 Dir. Nott--ihe associate and cempeer Of
the deceased-his head whitened with the fross
OF age-still erect aud apparently in its full Wig
o, appears at the head OF the class from the Cob
lege.
Rapidly the seats appropriated TO the uso of
the friends aud mourners of the deceased, an
the State and CITY authorities, were crowded to-
ramma where are tn be found the faces of SO ma
ny of the knowing and the known rs are look
ing down upon the Speakers desk at this mo
ment.
| can see here many who hive been most ear
nest and determined in their hostility to the po-
litical principles OF the deceased. down whose
turrowed cheeks the tears are coursing how
the silent yet uninpeachable witnesses of II Tes-
pect and the admiration which only the pride
and the prejudiees, aud at times the policy Of
political discipline could have SO long withheld
And now there stands around the coffin those
whose duty it is to be the representatives OF the
respect aud reverence wherein the people Of tho
State hold the virtues ard the services of iheIr
servants. Ex Presidents Van Burcn and Piereo
Gov. King Ex Governors B"uck, Seymour.
Hunt and Fish, and Senators Seward and k5ne.
and Gen. Wool, among the pail bearers.
The coffin stands on u dais in front of the
Speakers desk. 1t is Of solid rosewood With
silver handles and mountngs. 1t has on 1T ~
plain silver plate, bearing this inscription: