The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-07-24
Mrs. Geo. W. johnson, Miss whitney. and Mr..

Mrs. Geo. w. johnson, Miss whitney. and MIR.
l.. II. Mon ant. The remains will be taken from
Westches'er county. and there inferred.
In st. Peters Catholic Church, New Brighton
boy OF the Mohawk, took place yestetd, " utter:
noon. The edinco was draped In mourning, aud
the attendance was large. Tue Rey James IL.
Conron oflc Ated ut the altar. ha idsome coffin,
In which the remains rested, was placed ut the
head OF the MIDDLE aisle. he X ", Father Con-
ySa Ssed IN as ,Os iS,, 'ss S.h Se1e1 e
no said. these words were more appropri-
ate tnan on the present sad occasion. lie
AIDED "1he accident which took away the
public loss for MIR. Garner was u man of rare
enterprise. Other men OF wealth have hvea
among us for years, have passed away anu srs s,
forgotten, but the name OF Garner shall i've Tor
years. There are periods In the history oi every
place which will always he remem oered, W
the cabin boy ne said :" Peter Sullivan possessed
a bravery uncommon In Youths OF his years;
This was evidenced by the fact that, inste,d OF
saving his life 1T the first alarm as he might have
done he remained at bls post until death found
Cemetery, New Brighton, and were attended to
tue grave oy long train OF carriages containing
At 10 o'clock this morning tho bodies OF Mr..
and Mrs. Garner viii TO removed from their
present place In the billiard room Of the man
the "blus room" The faces OF Mr. aud Mrs.
Garner will be exposed TO the view OF friends.
clOtn. and Mrs. 0arner's IN white satin. the
corte % will leave the Garner mansion nt
o'clock for New brighton. the bodies being car
ried In separate hearses In the following order:
Mr.. irber, Mrs. Garner, Mr.. Ihorne. At tho
ferry sin the steamer Castleton will be In readi-
ness. and on her the three bearses and nvo
riages containing relatives will be conveyed to
tue loot OF Twenty-fourth street, South Brook
lyn. here the funeral party will be mel by the
friends OF the family, twenty carfi ges having
, On oroyidej ], and the procession will move to
brentwood Cemetery, where the bodies Will be
bearers have been selected. as follows {:
J. schuyler Crosby. Gardiner q. Rowland.
Robinson. jules prusiere, DAVID John jon nstop,
Yates wempel, Jonn Lawrence, Charles Bank,
W. II. Pendleton, Horace Waldo. Franklin Os-
good. IL Is the intention that the pail bearers
shall actually carry the bodies, and that none
Others shall touch the cofnns. The caskets arc
plates bearing Interruptions. Ibe under,aksr,
MIR. John Steers of West Brighton. received an
order to have everything as plain as possible;
During yesterday afternoon and evening horal
offerings accumulated In . great quantity. A
miniature model Of the steamer ID. X. Martin In
On all the pu 9lio buildings on Staten Island,
and on many OF the private residences, drapery
RoMios SInok ,a,,en sso gne a. dspsd ISs ~ Nepians
Mr. Garner was n ember. has its house nlmost
hidden by mourning emoiems. All the vessels
around the Island have their ha9s At half-mast.
SERMONS ABOUT THE DisAsrHB.
The Rev. Q. p. Mccarthy, 10 a sermon yester-
day In the University building, said; In my
boyhood learned to saii n yacht, and under
stand something OF the principles and system
OF yachting In the old country. There MS been
| a great attempt made to M the blame Of the Mo-
hawk disaster on some one or another but
lar. The finest yacht In the country was the
worst managed. Il had q spread Of canvas that
was enormous. A heroe SOU III came up, and
the Yacht was cast upon her beam ends. How
could IL have been otherwise7 What was to oe
done neRtf The storm was over. There was
plenty OF help all around. But the crew, with
one exception. were land luboers. They were
parcel Of craven towards, who ought to oe
whipped. They fastened to save their own
lives, instead OF remaining to help others."
Christ Church, (EDiscopai). In which Mr..
and Mrs. 0arner worshpped. was attended
yesterday morning BY . large congregation.
Mr.. Gamers family pew was empty, and the
REGULAR minister. the Rev. DR.. Jonnson, being a
relative. was absent. !he Rev. DR.. Davenport
Der our days that We may app,y our hearts to
wisdom" He alluded to the disast as an
event that had pfeclpitsted whole family from
the hsisst % Of Of human happiness in'o the lowest
In tue Reform Church, OF Brighton Heish Is,
the Rev. W. +. Enyard spoke OF the disaster.
health, and .ll the ciits Of human PROSPERITY,
lsugnt and chatting, and the next instant
| sent to death by n breath of Wind.
The Rev A. g. Steele. Ia preaching last even-
Ing In the Fleet Street Methodist Church, Brook
lyn, said " As 10 whom tho blame IL attached
IL is not for us 70 say, but to wait until the
end OF the judicial proceedings. Mr.. Garner
was q M an OF wide charities, a man who could
control great business enterprises without CON
fusion, ana OF such lberality that 10 bis man
sion on Staten Island no less than sixteen spare
rooms were kept for his frienus. His herosm
commends itself He might nave saved him
SET, but when ths first lurch came, and even
when the hand OF another was stretched out for
him to grasp. the husband refused II and said
Il c'nnot Leave nv wife lie stayed that he
might rescue her, and they went down together,
L separated py death only to be reunited. The
lesson TO be drawn Is the need OF pre- oaration for
| death, then whenever IL comes and however u
L comes PREPARED for its coming"