, 1859-12-06

lFsotu tho Scw York Courier and Eaqulfcr. Dee. 81
Mr. Irving's Funeral took place yesterday
in Tarr5town from Christ Church, Of which par
ish he had bean for upwards Of twenty years an
efficient and revered vestrymnn, and for the last
ten years the Senior Warden. Long before the
from all directions hastened towards the village,
and by one O'clock the church was crowded to
its utmost capacity, nnd the street for some dis.
tancc in either direction lined with dense naRs
Of those who hnd come to pay the last honors
to the momory Of The illustrious dead.
ali the stores and Offices Of the village were
closed, the flags on the public buildings dis
p1aye at balf:5ast, many Of thc houses draped
with the emblems Of mourning, and at different
points along the route Of the procession from
the church 10 the grave, The drapery Nas ex-
tended from house to house acruzs the ssreets,
showing that he who had passed away was one
who had endeared hlmstlf to alone whose
memory was watcred by the tears Of more than
one household. So
A fen minutes alter one The procession en-
tered the church by the south aisle. The body
was preceded By tie paIl-hearerc-Jnnes Ham
i1ton, ]. Watson Webb, Geo. D. Morgan, N. b.
Holmes, Dr. Cogswell, Prof .Renwick. Henry
Sheldon, end Gouyerneur Kemble, and followed
by the immediate family and relatives Of the
deceased. It was met at the door by, the Rec
tor, the Rev. Dr.. Creighton, aud the Assistant
Rector, tie Rev. Mr, Spencer. the latter Of
whom Commenced The solemn and beautiful Of.
fee of the Episcopal Church for the Burial Of
the Dead, By the reading of the appointed sen
tences. The colin was denosited In frout ofthc
chauccI, when SO much of The service as is ap-
pointed to be read in the church. waa read bv
the Her. DR.. Creighton, Within the chancel
were the Rt, Rev the Bishop Of The Diocese,
the Rev. Ur. vintop, Rer, franklin Nabbitt.
Rey. Ed. Mead, Rev, Dr. Morgan. Rey, Ur. Tar.
lor, Rev. Dr. Leonard, Rev. Mr. Moore, .Rev.
lii. DenuisoD, and tic Rey, llr. Harrington.
Upon the conclusion Of the services in the
for over an hour the yast congregation filed
slowly past, and ca1ed for the list time on that
face SO we'll loved. md 50 soon to be hidden for.
eyer from their sirht JIpnn the coffin lar soma
beautiful wreatbg Of flowers entwined Ey the
gentle hands of loving friends. aud fitting en-
biems Of that purity and rectitude Of jife and
purpose which shone so pre-eudneutlf in tie
life OF him who slept 30 calmly benz ath them.
About three n'cIock the procession moved from
the church, in the following order: The clergy,
the pal-bearers, the hearse, the family aud frl-
atives Of the deceased, theTfustees Of the Astor
Library, the Committee of the Common Council
from this city, the various schools ii the village
citizens and strangers on foot and in carriages.
Tie line was nearly q mile in length, and n it
wound slowly along the road through many d
locality rendered dear from the halo which IT.
wing has thrown around it, the bells Of the ra-
rious churches Of the village tolled forth the
requiem to the passing dead.
Reaching the Cemetery, the remaining por-
tions Of the service were read by Dr.. Creighton,
and upon its conclusion the body was lowered
to its iinal resting place BY the side Of her who
gaye it birth. Al the end Of q Life whose every
step was in the narrow path, with record a.
pure and epotless as when committed to his
keeping, Irving sleepsby the side OF bis mother.
There in that old churchyard, peopled with the
dead Of two centuries, the setting sun will shed
its light and warmth upon the sod which covers
the remains Of the greatest Of American authors.
Apart from the din and turmoil Of the restless
and where Was spent the calm and peaceful
cadence Of his life, all that was mortal Of the
" kind old man " WIS committed to its kindred
dust. And it was no common scene; there was
grandeur in its simplicity, that told tale
which words would fail 10 tell, that set at uaunht
the mockesy Of the plumcd pageantry which has
welcomed to the tomb the mighty Of the earth.
ltwas the free, spontaneous, Whole -heartedtrib-
ute to the memory or one whose name ia indel-