Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-07-11


FuxERAL OF Ex-GovERSoR MARcY.-We pre-
sent below an account of the funeral of Ex-
Governor Marcy. contained in letter to the
New York Times, dated at Albany, N Y, We'd
nesdAy last:
From all parts of the State-nay, from all
parts of the Union, there is gathered mere an
innumerable array of those who, Tor years, nave
swayed the political deStinies alike OF the Union
and the State And they come, not 70 house,
hut literally to City of mourning city
which to its utmost eXtent-throughout Its
length and breadth, has put on the "tFaPplngs
/ and the signs of woe" Through all the streets,
/ you see not only the silent and thoughtful eX-
nressiou of the face but, AZ well the sable dra-
pery of black, that betokens the going out OF
great Iight-thc quenohing of fire, that has
/ been beacon guiding the destinies OF people
At the request and by the direction OF Hon
Erastus Corning, the Central Railroad Compa-
nv provided special train for the conveyance
of the remains of the deceased from Ballston
to this city. The cars and the engine were
heavily draped in black. Amid the tolling of
bells, The booming of cannon, and the roll OF
| muffietl drums, the train passed into the depot
Here the body was taken in charge by the Bur
gesses corps and was at once conveyed to the
I Capitol where it lay in state until II o'clock,
! when the doors were closed, IN order to make
Dreparations for the final ceremonies.
From their first arrival until the tomb closes
upon the remains, minute guns are to be fired,
I and the march to the cemetery is to be to the
deep solemn music of tOlling bells.
Long previous to the hour named for the oya-
ton, the approaches to the Capitol were densely
ithronged. The authorities Of Syracuse, Utica,
Schenectady and Troy came TO the city in full
numbers. The entire military organizations
of those cities were also present, as were large
numbers of civic and charitable Associations.
/ At o'clock the doors of the galleries are
opened, and at once the seats are crowded to
excess
floor arc opened and the delegations of the cities
! of Syracuse, and Utica, and Schenectady, and
+ 'Troy and the students of Union College are adj
mittcd to the seats on the right of the chamber.
The form of DIR. Mott, the associate and com
peer of the dcceaSed--his head whitened with
the frost of age-still erect and apparently in
its full Yigor, appears at the head of the class
! from the college
/ can see here many who have been most
earnest and determined in their hostility to the
political principles of the deceased, down whose
/ fnrrowcd cheeks the tears are coursing now,
the silent yet unimpeachablc witnesses OF
respect and admiration which only the pridesnd
! the prejudices, and at times the policy of polt-
I ical 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 and reverence wherein the people of the
State hold the virtues and the services of their
servants Ex-Prcsidents Van Buren, and Pierce;
I Gov King Ex-Governors Bouck, Seymour,
! Hunt and Fish, and Senators Seward and King,
and Gen Wool, are among the Pall-bearcrs.
The coffin stands on a dais in front of the
Sneakers desk 1t is of solid rosewood, with
| silver handles and mountngS. 1t has on it
plain silver plate, bearing this inscription
"WlLLIAM L. MARCY, died July 4, 1857. Aged
no years, months, and % days.
I H. Not tho fi1nar0l
/ by invoking the guidance and support of Di-
vine Providence. DIR. Spmgue read portions of
Scripture appropriate to the time and the occa-
sion; and Dr. Hague, in a few brief, eloquent
sentences, traced the moral of the scene before
| him-the end and the aim of life; and then DR..
Wclch made the closing prayer touching,
limpassioned recital of our wants and our mfr
miiies-a solemn plea for the wisdom that
should teach us the true path of glory, and
,supDlication for the strength and fOrtitude to
sustain the struggle of life.
! And now the Pall-bearers take up their bur-
den, and bear it quietly and revercntlY through
the silent throng to the gates of the Park, where
it is transferred to the hearse. In advance are
the armed MISUNDERSTANDING these are the
Neptune Hose Company of Troy, of which the
deceased was member SO long ago as 1876
The BurgesSes corps, without arms, marched
beside the hearsci and after these the Pali-
bearers in carriages. The civic authorities FOL
low in succession, and then there is alORg array
OF Firemen, Odd Fellows, Masons, and other
Charitable and Literary Associations
With somewhat faster movement than is
general, the procession occupies fifty-fve min
utes in passing, and represents, in its numbers
and character, most of the material aud mental
; wealth of the State.
At the Cemetery, the remains were deposited
in the Knower family vault
JUNCTION OF TwrSs BEFORE Blarm.-The Ga-
9 sctte of Berbice Jamaica, publishes the follow
+ ing account of a remarkable phenomenon
One of those mysterious occurrences, the
junction of twins before birth, was exhibited