New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-12

than any verbal eulosy could possibly nav .,,,,
The churchyard Of s. Philips IS coN'''' 49,
mortuary memorials. fron the bddly ''''''
s,,,nns ~ tb. humble to the blazoned monument"
Of those whose lives were more conspicuous ."
Of the Fish family is noteworthy though NOV o'
,,io,,sl, =, Abruptly in Il space OF hollow B'o"''
ans encounters massive granite bloch po' ''
end stands a life sized bronze Nkure III Io'"
or Mrs Hamilton Fish. vino died III ISS" anu W.
a., n,hsr f,cing toward The mother. one oil
daughter who died in 1864. Between III" wv" ''7'
8 plaln bronze cross is reared. its arms ~ '''''''s
"a the one side and The other. about on AN '''''''
with the heads Of the statues u,o
rho ar,pointed hour for the public iuh'r" AT '''
church was u O'Clock. Previously private Se'
WAS held Al the house more thah iiile ave-,
among the hills This was 'oH'"'''' ''
IIanr,. g Potter assisted by the Rev. Dr. Morgan
ni, and tbo rector Of -. Philips In Tn" ftishiHhdS
Tho Ror DR. Walter Thompson. The relatives
nresent consisted Of Nicholas fish ii"i"il'o" -"
ir and Stuyvessnt Fish ana mon WV w.
daughters Mrs Sidney Webster MIS-. w. T.
Rogers and their husbands, ana MIS-. j. w. ''',
ianoin Besides these were number Of tT"hu.
oh,Iarer and some Of the more intimate friends OF
,ba family and the servants Of the h"nseh"id
About II O'Clock the bell in the chape! b'sa" -
toll and at almost one-mindte intervals u con-
timed its strokes TO the number OF ''s'''l
educating the years Of the life of Mr. NlSh Nheh
ths ,aet stroke had sounded the funeral procession
ha arrived AT the entrance to the churchyaIh' Inc
I'd. b.ng conveyed in hearse. Here II was
transferred to bier simultaneously with 'he ar
rival Of the body at the chuich!afh sd''S ''''
,,is,tors nv the special train from Ne~-fork were
ascending the hillside roads in long me OF car
,s,es These had left the city in -four pnrlor cars
49, th fret section Of the 1899 O'Clock train from
the Grand Central Station. Among the number
were the honorary pallb"arers 1hese were h'"-
ianin D. Sullivan, William G. Schernerh"ih' Jollh
A King. John ,huyler, Samuel Sloan Thomas H.
.,I.r lint
Arden, Seth Low and Alexander .. 'nn,o''' va
reaching the churchyard inclosue the pailbearers
and guests took their appropriate positions III the
PROCESSION at the gate.
While the coffin was being borne up ulr "lSie
the verses were read by the clergy. Then 1olo"ed
an anthem by Downes. consisting OF selec'iohs
from the Psalms The burial service was read IN
,urn in it's different parts by DIT thompson ana
mr. nix Rishop Potter pronOuncing the benedic-
,ion The HYMNS sung in the church were Jesus
Lover of MY Sour and art Thou weary? the
latter as the Recessional At the grave Dr. DIX rehd
the committal service and sprinklcd the edr'n upon
the lid prayer was read by Dr. thompson anu
the final benediction was pronounced by Bishop
Potter.
Among those who sat in the church were the
widow Of General Grant and Colonel Fred Grant
and his wife. They occupied the family pew OF
Mr. Fish, with Colonel Ernst and Colonel Mliis
of the West Point Military Academy. "hen the
burial service was ended and all had departed
from, the grave Nicholas Fish, the eldest son OF
the dead Secretary OF State, went u MIS-. 'ran'
and on behalf OF the family, thanked her FOR
her personal attendance at the funeral
Among those who went from New-York TO at
tend the funeral was General Horace Porter, VINO
as president of the Union League. Of which ME-
Fish was once president, headed a delegation {, 81
honor consisting of General &. ii. 7. Coils. j. VI.
Reaua & V r. Cruger and Edward Mitchell. Ex-
Governor Alonzo Il. Cornell was among the glests
The committee appointed by the Society of the
Cincinnati consisted OF John SCHUYLER, AIexan1et
James Clinton. William Linn keese the Rev Or.
NJ H. Hutton. DR.. James l.. Chryste. John Barnes
Varick. Charles Graham. James Stevenson van
Cortlandt Robert Percy Alden, William Greene
Ward and Richard Varick De Witt Among the
representatives of the st. Nicholas Society were A.
w Haviland, Smith f. Lane and Henry s. Ra-
pelye. , O.. ,,,,,. l,,,,
in the Highlands. held at the rectory September
@ 1893, the following entry was ordered to be MADE
| in the minutes OF the vestry;
! The ,estry Of ST. Philips Church in the Highlands
r.ns''- the loss OF their vsnarsiA snd be