The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-05-05

city with . dramatic suddenness. He
must be numbered Us one OF the victims
of the sharp infiammatory attacks pecu-
liar TO the season. His death was one
of intense suffering from inflammation of
the bowels, TO which he was subject,
but which in this case was the result of
severe cold. To day the pageant of
his funeral has hardly passed as this is
written. The streets along the line of
the procession were crowded with the
throng which the city gets up at the
slightest notice. The old church of
st. Marks, in whose grassy churchyard
lies the dust of many Knickerbockers,
Peter Stuyvesaut among them, was too
small TO hold > third Of fhoee who de-
sired . sight of the great miliiouai1ess
last obsequies, and admission was given
to the church as well as to the house
by card only, and special police kept q
passage open with difficulty for the car
riages, three abreast. NIackerelville
a
came up to gaze at the g;ided coffin,
and hcarse; but ladies in India shawls
and creamy plumes, and well-dressed
men stood among the trowsy, unkempt
crowd, and all gazed, chatted, and
criticised, as if it were parade they
were out to see. The lower orders jok-
cd and laughed, while their betters
speculated about the will, and the gold
plate on the coffin, part of which was
ascertained to be gold plated on silver
and part solid gold. The hcarte, newly
gilt aud polished, was festooned with
heavy gold fringe, but the coffin was
without pail.
With the usual perfusion of scentless
white flowers, callas and camelias, prop
er to funerals, florists now deity min
gle yellow tea-roscs and violets, shades
suitable to mourning, with subdued and
excellent effect. The scent of flowers
was heavy at the outer door. and the
s,ene in the cllancel, the tall white
of,elisks and crosses OF lilies almost FILL
ing the space, with the rich violet hang
ings of pulpit and reading desk for Lent
glowing against them was superb. At
the back, the Altar, draped with pur-
pie cloth, bore wide cross, nearly ten
feet high, in front q table of emilax
Supported an o6elisi of white flowers,
with the word "Ise.nembered" in violets
bedded in the white at its base. In
front a tablet of smiIax upheld column
six feet high, fianked by large anchor
and floral harp, whose chords were
strung with violets, star of blossoms
in the green at the base. Below, the
coffin rested on bank OF flowers. The
widow provided that the decorations
be duplicated, 80 that the coffin was
lifted from one company of emblems At
the house TO find another bed among
; them at the church.
The house was filled with fashion
and respectability, chosen singers chant
: ed the sweetest music, and outside, IL
the crowd, each Tnaa hugged himsel
that he was not as the rich one who lay
, within. "4Ah," said an old Irshwoman
looking on, 'perIaps we'll have al
good coffin ourselves when the timC
comes, not so grand maybe, but it'll
answer the purpose. He'll mowld n
soon ~ any of us there" Thousands
Of employees escorted the hearse, sal
low-faced clerks and .burly porters, foul
abreast, bat there was not room foI
them in the church, and without doubt
they were glad to be in the sun, enjoy
ing their unaccustouned holiday. The
retail store has been closed since the day
Mr.. Stewart died, the only time excep'
on legal holidays, il is eaid, since it Wal
built. It is also said the other drygoodl
firms have not enjoyed snch run o
trade for years as in the two days thai
Stewards has been unopened. Then
are lew signs Of grief apparent for th.
man, but his loss seems more like q
business change than anything else.
a GOOD FUNERAL.
! On the same day that Stewart wa,
buried, another funeral took place
! whose chief object seemed 20 be TO out
: do the display Of the millionare, oni,
5 as it was arranged according to ths
. wishes of the deceased, It was probably
0 intended only 20 sl,ew that she conlt
3 have as fine q funeral as anybody
: The dead woman was fifty years old