, 1877-01-08
His Estate Estimated at Abou2
Sixty Million Dollars.
Row the Commodore Looked, and thu
Manner in Which He Lived.
Fondness for Horses and Cards.. .Relfss
ious Sentiment, and Deeds Of
I,ene1o1cnce.
Vanderbilt's Family-Thisteen Children BY
Els First Wife--His Second
Marriage.

NEw YonS, Jan. 1.-Thc funeral Of Commo.{
doEe Vanderbilt took place to-t1aS. The weather,
Was extremely inccmcnt, notwithstanding Which.
large number Of persona called at tue houae
prior to the rcnlorni Of the rcu,ains to tho
Church of tho Stranger, Whcfe tho funcrsl
services were held. The remains, which wcro
tncascd In metallic casket, were laid in largo.
hall, and Slewed BY friends, visitors. and a dcpu-.
tatfon Of 10 Ut the attaches al tho Now York;
Central and Hudson 1tlser Railroads.
TIE FLORAL oFREHIH0s
we're Of the most simple character, aud all at-
tempt ut display was studiously avoided. 4.
large crowd witnessed tho removal Of the re-
mains from the hnusc To tho church, which wcses
carTtcd On bier By six men, 150 police keeping
the streets clear. Among the principal visitors
turing the morning were Daniel Drew, Peter
Cooper, Thurlow Weed, Augustus Bchc1l, tho
Rcy. Dr. John Hall, Marshal Q. Roberts, Cyrus,
". Field, Gov. Morgan, Samuel Ward, aud
Cllauncey II. Depcw.
THE PROCESSION !;
from the house to the church WAS on foot, audi
headed by tho Rcvs. Dr.. Deems anl Eutton.
Drs. Ltnslcy and Elliott. together With Drs.
Kent anu Pun Nurcn. The casket was fotlowcit
By Mr. ". II. Vanderbilt and A1re. c. Vandcr-
bt, Mr. J. c. Vanderbilt, Mrs. ". II. Vandcr-
b[t, MF ntld MIA J. II. Cross, and large num-
her OF the relattEcs Of the deceased. Tho.
Church ot the Stranger Was heavily lraped With
blark CLOTH Admission vas By ticket, md
every seat was occupied, pews In the ccntre4
being Reserved for the family ind near friends.
The easkct was borne into tho Church BY
twcl.e tnen, preceded BY the Rev. nr. Deems.
recttng the Episcopal burial service. 1t was,
placed IN catafa1quc outside tho chanccl, tho
only flowers IN II being one small cross Of tube:
t4'h eo@"o"ohes fh" . ,
pIcl. The organ p]ayr,i n dir7. ia thr nrorr.x
sion moved up tue aI.lc After the serytre wa,;
"Tb,re i. Rc.t fur % ,lc wrn,v y = WIN .a,r ". IL.
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"a. s4""' 4"e'' "t'' ~" ~ '''E eo,,'''""o.e:
la'of'tc h3'n1sr asli i'!. Dee1hs hala nc !!au
often seen teass roll dawn tho vhccks of tour
frtrnd' willis listening to tho hitter.
Dr.. Decms nrayrd 1onp unl fcrycutly. avI
..'.1 49, ,,a,.1:'.s t j., a' n'. 49, ~. wv
as1sa as. 4or otssl',ss u, 'n' oetea'ea "''c aho
family, mud I'll all Who had 6ootDeA the Cotnmo-
dosc III hts Inst Luurs.
III. DEEMS Annnxss.
"A, n!''' pf@'s' u 'pa''c 'o''e'E"s aooress' aoa
ea'a' ~
He Who no" Yrs IN tne foain be'oft "a charged
mo HAT but few words shon1d be said over him.
9a 9e,t ' N !nt ,n =" sIc' s% IN snna! ue rs
tn" T,rinr n,su hnvc ~ ~, III lin" IT, tbtntf ~ %e,th
Tn1, iyrs arr ~" ~ inv Tl'c 1nix s;hn.t ss1..
true rrliEiun IL wurk, wo,G-.'UG ~ aboMn1.
good 10 humanity, nnd dcrotp no tins 10 |,
houshts Of death. The Lnrd will attend 70 that.
=. he attended y our b;rIh. sone reopse tay,
hn m nan nns ~ d,s a nI ;. m ssy sr1o
iii of II. rfns J,]lrion II. ..So forwani wit liz.
ho!I wcj lhc rcins. bus don't atop tho chariotf
Unr friend vas Of ts i,elIeS anI hls liz abound.
cd IL wosk aid you'd deeds.
M
that nat f0f ono minute In his life did he o-cf dla-
bsiiese ths l'!sie md tnas ne!s.t5 myself lot nny
other p'in'tcF bay ANYTHING e % With i,en'usINg
yS rs,sf t SrSrdrd tehgton II g. On
~"n .ny NJ tiud. rcijrtnn nrces.agt foF xs .ai.n
i,oa. ~ N'@ "s'0'' ~ 'A' '1''A'
H.. .o,>,,,. 1na m {; cos7sa. IT,: ::,.,.., A..
xas plucrti in tllc llearsc, and tho funeral pfo.
ccss}on started for Statc,, TsIuuI forrv. Antn,.
.lc,,sc crowd wus COLLECTED around Tho chIrcl
cnrFtu0es hired ior friends and cmploycs Of tho
icrelsc,l, In addition to winch numerous nriyato
carriages aI,d srighs Joined tho proctAsoil as it
uloyel slowly down broadway, Three ferry
tic rest wero LIT hrhiiul. At3 O'Clock lis car-
riaccs werv landed Ut Vanderbilt lan.ilug, tic,
nrtSeaslou reformed, an.i vt out for lie Old.
Morayan (,hurrh.
lr NEW ponr.
Tic churc, was uuabje to contain q tltho or
thuau WIN came Ia carriages, and tic crowds Of
Staten isis,uirIs WHO had asscrpbicd, There
were no culbicn,s OF mourning in the cnur.:h.
In ths contrary il stIii woru its Cbristmas do.
nrsftnns. Th1 a,tiin having becn boruo IN thn
aisIr. nruyer was lr2iyerci by tle nastor. liza
HsF. ". IL. Yos.est aliEr wnen "; WeStns fell
."tyI1" 'Fhr ,ntltn"ija va ti,sn ren,ovra .n%1
ali xrru pcrtnlttri TO take . last look al tho
face uf thu dead Commodore. Tbs remains wcse1
then carried to
.,,otnt, TIE ,asa'a rAnusnon:r It,, sAS !.s'a,