Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1864-01-13

DAMEkAT \ NEWS
WEuNksDAY. EVENING. JAN. Is ise4.
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Private Telegram fri sc I'd ID
Monday, to lie Caihol ~ BPS d tie
West, announcel that A'chb.sh
uuyhes ! cd On Sunday exaalaG 4a..@
yEdMrN1nisEcd Catholic prelste
was t1G3%N9s. AaN naBhkaO
land, MS father being a farmer. Tic
straaanafzl=Asrths=Exssss 6taFrs It mo
age Of 10. on scc .unt Of the disabilities
to as 6#tSIS!;ss;.' 's .,. ed IL i +:
wa. placed by biz ta,hez 4iih 49,
fots's p0eP0st 81 3VV e - Al
gardening. This Pdrsuii was not TO bis
' s., 5 111 p = lSssIHl g.. :! H.
m,tsburx, Md. where he remainsk IA
several years, most OF the time a,rirg in
the capsc ty Of a teacher. -
g; 4! !: $! 81!
ridge. Presbyterian cle.ayps1ftst'V
respective merits Of Tie CaFhoio and
Pro estant faiths. Tsis contsQvy.fY ",
cited much popular lr,sr.t dR0fee ff% ne
and was rooeneA'M / IS R,'..'.fLc debate
was ,uoseqalp4yop avlEHeA in book
firm. ysmoH u "np"
Mr.. lIus5iAs@lAlAAeA 81. JohS's Church
in Philadelphia! In 1882, ADD remained
IS psstor until 1887, when he. NSSsAp.
pointed Coadiutor TO Bishop. Dub, is
of New Yorf, hong conseciat.d Jan.
0lh, 1888. ID 1889 he was Appointed
Administrator. Of the Diocese, aud sue
ceeded TO the full dignity Il Bishop IL
1912
10 1899 Bishop Hughes visited France,
Italy and Austria, 10 ob'sio rccuniary
all Tor his Diocese. Ia 1871 he com
plat-d Tie organization OF St. Johns Col
iege, al Fordham, Wesicbsstef county,
n. Y, and Is abisht d At he same place
the Theological Seminary OF ST. Joseph.
la 1910 and Al occurred the dispute
on the school question, in which Bishop
Hughes took a very active pHtas leader
OF tae CATHOLIC interest, and eventually
succeeded IN securing some modification
OF the exsi"g school system.
In 1912 he held the frsl Diocesan Sy
MOI Of NsYA%k. In 1913 he asked Tor
n Goa tJh.tor, and, Rev. JOHN McClosky,
now Bishop Of Albany, was appointed 10
that pc lioo. In 1874 Bishop Hughes
sgan vi tied Eur pc, Tor the purpose-n
which 10 wa. .ucccssln-of procuring
tie setcices OF some If he Jesuit, 3 OH
ers OF the Christian schools, and Sisters
o. Mercy. In lS4G President Pc |, soil
cited HIM 10 accept a special mission TO
Mexico, but he declined The honor.
In 1877 the Diocese OF New York
WIS divided by the erection OF The secs OF
Albany and buffalo, b shop Hughes re-
tsioi, z all that poitlon # tie State south
OF the parallel Of ~ Il, grcss, with por-
ton OF Ncw Jersey. In 1852 New York
was raised to TIC dignity OF an Archicpis-
cophl see, and Archbishop Hughes pro-
cccdc 10 Rome to receive tie pal iuu al
the hand, Of the Pope. The Provin--
cia Conncii OF New Io.k was held 10
1854, end WAS a'ten led by seven sunra-
can, In the same year the Arch bsh op
again went to ku,ne, in order TO Re pres
cnt Mt the definition Of The dogma OF the
Immaculate Conception. Upon his re-
tnn he became involved in a contro-
v,rsy with lion. Erssu Brooks, edito.
Ct the N. Y. Expyess and State Senator,
on the question OF church property and
long discussion .~sA place thereon,
IL -" Tue newspapers. The letters on
both sides were ubsequen y collected
by the Archbishop, and gwen to the
public in volume. Besides the coptro,
ve'sisi works already mentioned. the
Archbishop has pubIiehed . number Of
lectures and pamphlets.
Ia 1851, Archbishop Hughe. went to
Europe, in company With Mr.. Thurlow
Weed. on a secret mission from tho Fed.
eral government, IN connection with on,
cavil war. lie remained abroad several
mont s, an dn'i"g his absence, visited
nnmlerfof countries, among them the
lahd Of his nst,vity, where he met with
an e"lhrs'ast'c receP'ion. His most
noticeable act since his return from this
mi-sion WAS the d,Iivcrance of a speech
on The occasion Of the great draft riots
in New YoIk.
Ar,hh.hop Hughes VS. a mao of
great talents; he poss ssed high de.
gro Of popular Influence, and his death
viii be generally drplored.
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