New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-19

members present yesterday. Aid. Tucker was called
to the chair and after waiting few minutes. the
Board adjourned to Thursday for want OF e quorum.
PARADE OF THF TN AND FIST RFGINEsTs.-
The return Yesterday from Staten Island OF the list
Regiment. Col. Vc'burgh, Was made the occasion of
one cf the finest military displays which has ever been
witoc.s,o ia this city. TIE eth Regiment, Col.
Duryea. turned out N uneqoaled force in any regi-
mental parade Of tie citizen scldiery. They
berei nearly 900 men, aud presented an exhibition Of
pr ,cison and skill in military evolution probably
never before in as large body of soldiers. The
list too is fast reaching the point Of perfection at
taired by The 9TH, and will soon be rival FOR the
plaudits Of The public The regiments passed in
review before the Mayor ami Common Council in the
Park The Venezuelan Commissioners were also
present, and expressed their high admiration Of the
display.
TIKI FUEERtL THE Hos. WILLIAM JAY.-On
Sunday last all that was mortal Of Judge Jay OF Bed
fvrd committed to the grave in the churchyard OF
St. Matthews Church near the Village of Bedford.
We cioncled few days since the death of this good
man, and on Sunday last attended his funeral. Tho
ceremony was in keeping with the simplicity of his
lie anu the dignity Of his death.
The relatives Of the family gathered together at the
old family mansion where the departed man had 80
long presided and where bis father before him had
re tired from the cares of state to prepare for another
world As the hour CIR the ordinary services OF the
Sabbath approached, the long procession moved away
with tie body toward .he church of which he had been
for many years n member. Ncighbors and friends
iot ed IN to lengthen the Inc. Old servants white
with years. and poor folk who had many time shared
the sympathy and the bounty Of the old Judge, waited
under the trees and followed in the procession to do
their last reverence to the head of
".he good house
Tha loved The people we'll
There were none in Westcheser County on that
Sabbath day that were not aware who had passed
away and ali by their silent presence or their private
gncf expressed their respect for the dead. Farm
wagons waited on the roads that joined the way TO
the church. and stood I'll tie procession passed to
fall in the line of march. There were old men that
had known the Governor, AID had pleasant memories
of his preatness-meu that had played with the Judge,
npd measured the nearness OF their death BY hi.
departure; children that had shared his ready
smile negroes he had succored and taught
and they ali followed the hearse. The rolling
country that lies between the Jay House and the
little Episcopal Church. where the family worships,
wa, co he'd in the richness of Autumn. Maple, su-
INC hickory and oak were al tinted and scsrlet vel.
low aul brown, and their leaves fell under the
warm sun Ike snow on the orchards ard the road
and the hon ely church yard, half filed with Old
graves. The Autumn day was hazy wit purple dust,
and ali along the hills TIE shocks OF corn, Ike the
good mar fully ripe, were earnered home
At the church. the services vera conducted by the
pastor, the Rev. Edward Il. Bogss. assisted by
Dr. Mcyicker OF NewYork. near relative OF the de-
ceased and Mr. Partridge, the former pastor Of the
church. Tie sermon properly in keeping with The
circumstance. II gave no eulogum upon the dead
nor recounted any o his deeds those ot his ances
tors. 1t merely held up his Christian virtues as the
luster aud example OF hs life and enforced the great
truth o, he text that Judge Jay died in repeating and
ordered carved on hs tombstone:
Verify. verify say unto 20 - :ha be!eseih On me rain
The pal.bearers who Carried the body 70 the grave
were all the near neighbcrs of the deceased aud
OF them had been friend, Of his father. They wore
Mr. James Haght. DIR. Kee,er, Mr.. George W. Miller
Mr. WA. Woodcock Nh. Raymond, DR.. lockwood
Mr. Field. and Mr.. Walter Lyon
The burai ground where the body was placed lies
directly adjoining the church, which Il situated about
mile from the village Of Bedford. Here lie waiting
,hrr Gnal summons, uiany members Of the family who
have gone before their toub stones shaded by the
ancient trees that have grown round the close and in
the Parsonage yard. The grave of tie Judge was
placed by the side Of his wife who had been awaiting
him at .hr ,r!stng place year. and amid his kin
dred wSo sleeping N The hope o: tee grca; resur-
recton. The parish Of st. Matthew, where the ser
vices were performed is one Of the most ancient in the
Stat. and was instituted in the year 1884. II
pleasan, blsce, with It's quaint building, is venerable
tr.4s and scrpturai texts, preaching Ia the living
and Il now has another grave that tells TO lie survivors
in mute language the true dignity OF life IN this world
and the wsy Of lie to Tie world Ina. is 10 come.
Tx CsrN PRoPoRrIos.-The return of the Ere
County Peuitentisry have Backwe's 10 andish look.
Out of prisoners for the year only r2 were born
in the United States.
A School yIsrr.-Gov. Brown Of Florida and the
Hon. d. S. Walker, Superintendent Of Public lnsTuc-
,;o, IN TIA, State NJ, Walker ana Nine. lie Vert Of