The New York herald., 1878-11-08

lined with people, Into the churchyard moved the
procession The caske held high in the air. with its
golden handles and bullion fringes glittering in the
open day, formed focus to which every eye was
turned Beside the vault Mrs. Stewart stood. sup
ported by Judge Hilton and Mr. clinch (her brotherl
and around it the friends of the dead mer-
chant most intimate with him in life We're
grouped. Every head was uncovered, every
voice hushed, and the multitudes IN the
streets and the housetops stood looking on IN
silence while the coffin made ready TO be lowered
Mrs. Stewart seemed deeply moved, ana tears
streamed down the faces OF those around her. Then
the clergymen drew back and the watching throhg
closed around while the earthly remains OF AeAauer
7. Stewart were borne below 10 be closed from NOR '
tai sight forever The vault was then closed anu the
entrance sodded over. There was nothing but the
plain stone left mark the place. and over t the
looking at it still Just then the sky, which had been
overcast all along, cleared up, ana Tor moment
Gods sunshine fell upon the spot IKE an assurance
of His peace.
It probably never entered the mind Of one out OF
the thousands present at these striking scenes that
the final rest of the merchant prince ashes would
after ALL be ruthlessly disturbed by the deinoniac
hope entering the brain OF some foul hend OF max
ing money out of traffic with the body.
THE STEWART CRYPT
Readers of the HERALD will remember that the mag
nidcent Stewart Memorial at Garden City, which b
now in process OF construction contains vault de-
signed for the permanent receptacle or l. Stewart
mortal remans The corner stone of the Stewart Me-
mortal Cathedral of the Incarnation was laid by Bishop
Littejohn in June, 1877 and it was then thought that
the splendid ediice be completed and dedicated
u
work the Memorial is still unfinished and hence the
fact that the remains have not been transferred to the
crypt % Saraen oiy Inc 5 5asrena rnh;ns ~ rooms @
according to the original plans. was to have been
fitted up as mortuary chapel eighteen feet hgh ana
sixteen feet wide 1t TO have been lined with
MARBLE and at each clusters of granite columns
IN tints TO have supported the white marble
sides and ceiling. In the centre OF the crypt two
stone sarcophagi to have been placed with
their feet toward the bronze gate at the entrance one
of these was intended for Mr. and the other for Mrs
Hfpxxa
latest designs adopted last spring were as folows:
'The crypt is to be in the form of polygon with
Sxteen Sides twenty feet in diameter and twenty
beet in height. Each angle is to be ornamented by
Lustered pillar of variegated marble. surrnounted by
which will spring the vaulted ribs of the
seng. These ribs will draw together at the
entre. and assmilate the effect of . dome The
But pure and chase. The space between the pillars
will be richly panelled and sculptured in fine white
American sttuary marble. The ceiling will be OF the
same material will also be the tessellated floor.
Nine windows will give light to the crypt and the two
approaches to it win be on the opposite side to the
right and LETT leading from handsome vestibues.
which will connect with the cathedral above"
The crypt was to be completed simultaneously with
the cathedral and owing to the elaborate character OF
the plans it will probably not be finished until next
MRS STEWART SERIOUSLY I'LL.
Mrs. A. T. Stewards marble residence at the corner
of Thirty fourth street and Fifth avenue was hushed
In silence and gloom yesterday 1t appears that the
news had been communicated to her early in the
morning in a mild and subdued form, far from the
appalling naked truth, and al inmates Of the house
had been warned against speaking to her on the sub
ject. Hence it was that a female relative twho
condolng with Mrs. Stewart during her indsposition
and who came out to ask the reporter to excuse Mrs.
Stewart she il late in the afterno on
ignorant Of the event Precautions taken not to
let Mrs. Stewart the afternoon newspapers it
feared that the shock OF reading the horrible de-
tails of the affair might prove serious to the aged
lady. The intimates of the family did not allude to
the subject in conversation with Mrs. Stewart even
later in the day. when the story was already on every
body's lips.