The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-08-03

scmbled to pay the last honors to the re-
mains OF the venerable Ex-President on
the 2Sth uli, In the pleasant village Of
Kinderhook business was entirely sus.
pended, the stores were all closed, and
many Of them, as well as the principal
hotel Of the place, were draped in mourn
ing. The people Of the surrounding
country appeared to have turned out en-
nlasse TO the funeral, and the number OF
old men to be seen among them was truly
a marvel It would hardly seem that
the Ex-President, octogenarian though
he was, outlived a majority Of the friends
Of his boyhood.
The funeral services were held in the
Dutch Reformed Church at the village,
which was suitably draped in mourning
Over the vestibule doors, at the entrance to
Che body of the church, were suspended
American flags festooned with Grape A
flag was also suspended over the pulpit,
and the galleries; the organ, and the
pulpit were all draped in mourning.
Rev. Mr., BENy delivered the funeral
grafton. He remarkek that the Reyolu-
ton that gave us a National existence
attended his birth, and a wicked rebel
lion, that seeks to destroy that National
existence, attends his death. The same
peninsula, that shook with the tread Of
the grand army of the Revolution, now
shakes with the tread of grand army
of freemen, who had gone forth to crush
and subdue the foul spirit of rebellion.
Lord CORVALLIS surrendered the last of
the British arms but few weeks before
MARTIN VAN buren, was born. The OBJ p
ject of the Revolution had just been at
tanned, and it was sunrise with the Re-
public. Thus, while he belonged not di-
rectly to the revolutionary age, he was
surrounded by the men of that age.
Much of his public life was associated
with the venerable men who acted in
those scenes, and he embodied in his
own history a large and important part
of the history of the Republic.
Almost the last words spoken to him
by the deceased were--"There is but one
reliance" This, said the speaker, is the
lesson of the hour What he said in life,
his spirit now says in death. After
dwelling at some length upon the vanity
of all earthly things, the reverend gentle,
man closed as follows; Harken, then
we living men, whatever your position OF
character in life, whatever your regard
or neglect for things of more than
earthly moment there is one grand les
son of the hour--in the language Of the
deceased, "There is but one reliance"
Who has been in the habit of seeing
the Ex-Prcsident in his latter years, said
that the corpse bore very natural ap-
pearance. The coffin was rosewood
oval-topped, with silver trimmings A
silver plate upon the lid bore the follow.
ing inscription:
MARTIN VAN BUBEN'
DIED July, "a, 1862.
AGED.
20 YEARS, Z MONTHS, 10 DAYS.
The ceremonies at the church having
been concluded, the remains were con
yeyed to the village cemetery, about
quarter of mile to the North of Kinder
hook. They were escorted by Fir
Company No. 2, belonging to the village
Following the Fire Company were tn
relatives in carriages, then the hcarsC
and following it a long train of carriage
and citizens on foot. At the entrance T.
the cemetery the Fire Company opene,
to the right and left while the procession
passed into, the grounds.
The body was buried in an unenclose,
lot belonging to the family and beside
the wife Of the deceased, who died il
1917, at the age of 30. Previous to be
ing lowered into the grave the coffin wa
enclosed in strong, wooden box, Tn
burial service was pronounced by Bisho
POTTER in accordance with the Episcopa
form, after which the earth closed for
ever over the remains of the Eighth Pres
ident of the United States.