The New York herald., 1876-07-25

This hymn followed by the commi,tal Of Earth
to EARTH ashes to ashes, dust TO dus each OF the
touched the mourning frcnds deeply. The ladies
tears. The eyes Of many OF the gentlemen
parted friends cruel fate When this part OF The ser
vice ended the choir chantcd the anthem, 81 heard
cuded the musical portion OF the service with Chopins
''March Funlbre" There WAS sermon preached
any ailuson beyond the selection Of the two
hymns 10 the sad calamity The friends Of the Garner
family believing in the maxim that.
Light sorrows speak, grea, grief is dumb.
early concluded to have no funeral discourse. They
recognized the awful calamity which visited them
TIC voice God himself, and this view they consd-
cred 1t the.r duty to remain silent.
AFTER THE SERVICES.
When the about two O'Clock,
preparations were made Tor the immediate removal of
tue bodies to the hesrses which stood in front Of the
veranda Mr. Garners casket taken out first,
Mrs. Gamers next and Mr. Thorns finally
moved.
TIE FUNERAL PROCESSION
Lining the avenues all through the park down far
public roads stood an immense crowd the
funeral corege moved along In the procession the
faces Of many representative men appcarcJ and among
them we're the following
Commodore Kiugsiand Vice Commodore clifford, Com
y. NJ. Ealirey, United States Army; +. W. G. Hurst,
John g. Dale J. Carey Smith, Hugh Hastings, Fletcher
William STs Jno%ss renee Ere
wordln, J. ", Rent. cour.laud Taylor Gen.
Bend, A. NJ Fisher Albert Squires, W. X. Soutter,
O. X. King, James Proudit, W. Thomas Melville Gov.
ernor oil snug Harbor; William Osgood, c. II. Har,,
Mortimer l.. Fowler and others. First came the Nep
tune Club which took the right Of the procession while
the New York Yacht Club took the eii These we're fol
lowed by fifty members OF the Fire Department OF the
Rockwell Print Works Company AT Haverstraw, n
which concern Mr. Garner was largely interested
Then came delegation Of workmcn from
the mills at Cohoes aud representatives Of
local organizations and residents OF Staten Island
followed. Closing the procession were the hearscs,
carriages and long line OF vehicles OF every descrip.
ton which mad been pressed into service by people
living the place. As the cortege left
the grounds the crowd formed in uo and followed
gsidc alter until the landing reached. Mover
before did staten Island witness such gathering as
that when came along the >hore road and covered
every tenabie spot about Tho village Of New
Brighton when The hearses were taken
OF The intimate friends OF the deceased
admitted to tho landing when they had taken their
places on board tue lines were cast loose fbe bell at
the Terry ioilcd mourpuly, md every housetop win
dow and vantage spot was crowded with eager spccta
tors as the funeral uoat backed from tue aock and
moved out into the Kill With the sable drapery
streaming in winds and the thrcc hearses exposed
npon the forward deck, the Castlcton moved
bay I'll she disappeared the thousand wa,chsrs
whose eyes followed her the last. Only few
riagcs had been a.cn board. and these contained
Mr.. Garncr's brothers naw, Messrs. Johnson and
Lawrence, ana tbeir ladies', Mrs. Thomas Garner, his
sistcrin-iaw; IS Garner his sister, aud few other
TO GREENWOOD.
On arriving at the foot OF Twenty fourth street, Cow
anus, the neral cortcgc disembarked and took It's
way 20 the cemetery Here surprise
tor the enthusiasm OF staten Island seemed
equa,lcd IL not surpassed. Crowds lined the way,
thronged the wharf ana covered tno rigging Of the
vessels moorcd around Flags hung half mast from
many oil the houses on the way, and at or two
places mourning drapery suspended. Shortly after
four O'Clock the procession to tho place burial
taken up, and in about twenty the entrance
Greenwood was reached. Here a great crowd had
gathered completely covering the hill opposite the
cway and stretching along Contra, avenue TO tne
vault where the dcceascd members OF ;he Garner fam
lily rcIosc. All this multitude loo xed after tho
tcgc and gathered on the mounds and hills around
when The burial place WIS reached. This Is located
tho corner OF Larch aud Uasnut avenues On
ntlc green elevation surrounded by shade trees and
with slender white monuments shooting all around
1t Is the spot reserved Tor the dead OF lbc Garner
family IT Is circular space of considerable area en-
closed by iron railing. In the lofty shat
Quincy granite rises into the air. the front Of
which tho following Is inscribed -
Sacred to the Memory OF
FRANCES NJ.
vile Of Thomas Garner,
who died July IS 1882,
aged %.
On another side Is this nscrpton:-
THOMAS GAHNaR.
Born July ~, 1910.
Died October rs, 1857
When the funeral reached this spot tho pailbearcrs
ascondcd tue mound and formed IN Inc before IT, and
relatives OF the deceased had beou con.
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