The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1864-01-12
TUESDAY MORNING. JAN. l.. 1885:

Last MsmsHss OF ArchBiskop
Hughss-His EunsTsI-KEis success
soF.
Archbishop Hughes died At half past
seven Sunday evening. The \. z. Her.
aid gives the following account Of his
closing hours:
BIS last moments we're marked By the
cslmness and resignation Of The true
Ohfistitn. From eleven o'clock on Sat-
urdsy night until one O'Clock yesterday
afternoon no great change was noticed
IN bis condition. he remained in the
most feeble state, unable scarcely 10 lift
his hand or utter q word louder than =
whisper, and that with the utmost diff
Guilty. Ia the forenoon bis attendants
succeeded in making him swallow . lit
tie nourishmentin the shape Of some soup,
and some Of bis more hopeful friends
supposed from this fact that there was q
chance Of bis holding sut for few days
logger. But the hope was most decep-
tive. About enc o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon he became unconscious, and lay
in that condition, with slight intervals Of
reason, until half past seven o'clock last
night, when be breatbed his last BE
was surrounded at the solemn moment
by Bishop Mcclosky of Albany; Bishop
Loughlin Of Br0oklyn; Rev. DR.. Nelligan,
Very Rev. Father Stars, V. g., Rev.
Francis McHierney, Secretary of the
Archbishop, Mother Angela, Superioress
of ST. Vincent's Hospital, and Mrs. Rod
rigues lbosh sisters Of the Archbishop
Drs. james r. Wood and AlOnzO Clarke,
s2d number Of clergyman and intimate
private friends.
About two hours before bic death be
was seized with series of slight spasms,
or gentle witches. Father STAIRS stood
by his bedside reading prayers for his
happy death, and all present Joined in
the solemn ceremony. At late hour
Bishop McCloskey recited the prayers fog
the departing spirit and while the voices
Of eli were repeating, in broken accents,
the words of the responses, the soul Of
the illustrious Archbishop quilted its
earthly tenement. BE died without the
slightest evidence of pain, peaceful, calm
and collected. His two sisters stood by
one Of them, Mother Angela, who has been
for many years . Sister Of Charity, per-
formed the melancholy Office of closing
his eyes.
The arrangements for the funeral have
not of course as yet been fully agreed
upon, but it is believed il will not take
place until next Thursday. Until that
time his remains will probably be laid
in ST. Patrick's Cathedral, in order that
ali may have an opportunity of viewing
him before the burial The arrange
ments for the funeral are in the hands Of
Esther STAIRS, the Vicar General, who,
until the official appointment of 3 sue
cessor, will administer the affairs Of the
Archdiocese.
Though the question Of who shall be
the successor of the Archbishop has not
as yet been mooted among the clergy,
still il will not be inappropriate TO make
q few remarks here on this important
subject. The ordinary method in cases
of this kind is for q council Of the pro-
vince ~ -~-~t agree upon three names
ana send them TO h01Iv, With resesa-
mendstiehs and explanations as 10
the relative fitness of each. On these
recommendation His Holiness, the Pope,
chooses one out of the three, and corners
rpon him the pallium. ANY clergyman
in the province, whether 3 bishop or not,
may be thus chosen by the Episcopal
council. Whether this course will be
adopted in the present case is a matter
of some doubt. II appears that Bishop
McCloskey, Of Albany, when he was ap-
pointed COadiutor Bishop of New York,
was consecraied with the right of sue
cession" Since then he has accepted
the See Of Albany, aud whether, when
he did so, he waved his right Of succe
sion TO the diocese (nOw archdiOcese) of
New York, is the point which occasions
some doubt. The probability is that the
subject will have to be referred TO Rome
for instructions from the Pope, whose
decision will, of course, be final and all
controlling. Among the laity yesterday
the names Of = number of ecclesiRstics
were mentioned in connection with the
succession, but we refrain from giving
publicity 10 them, for the reason that no
weight lie TO be attached to such outside
speculatiOns.