The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-01-06
Death Of Archbishop Hughes.
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10 John Hughes, Right Reverend Arch
bishop of New York, of the Roman Catho-
lie Church, died yesterday afternoon at his
residence, 1873 Madison avenue in this city.
He had been siok for some days previous,
his illness appearing to result from his ex-
treme age and feeble state of body rather
than from any acute attack of sudden dis
ease, and his demise had been momentarily
expected for more than forty hours. He
expired calmly at half-past ! in the after
noon. he was apparently in full possession
of his mental faculties ~ the moment OF
his death, but was very weak aud quite
unable to speak. Besides his physicians
there were present at his bedside: Bishop
Mclaughlin aud Clusksy, Fathers Mooney.
McMahan, Nelligan, Mccarthy, STAIRS, and
some others. His great age, some seventy
eight years had brought with it a feeble.
ness of his physical strength that appeared
to be increasing for some time past, and
destroyed the yigor of his bodily system 30
that it was unable to rally from this last
attack. The illness of the venerable pre-
late was referred to in the Catholic churches
yesterday morning, when the priests, many
Of them with tears h,wing oopiously, re-
quested tue prayers of the church in bis
behalf, for recovery, if such should be the
Divine will. There was an unusual solem
nifty in the services, as it was generally
understood that the Archbishop was most
dangerously ill. The arrangements Tor the
funeral services will be made to-day. The
death of Archbishop Hughes will be de
plored beyond the limits of his church
government. His hearty efforts to promote
what he believed to be the best interests OF
humanity in America, his warm interest in
the welfare of the country evinced by his
labors and precepts at home and abroad
! will be remembered and reverenced by &
wnola people, without regard to thsologi
cal distincti rs, while in the church OF
which be was here a Jealous and dignltiad
prelate, the news of his decease will be
received with the deepest aud most heart
felt regret
John Hughes, D. D, Archbishop Of New
! York, was born IN the north Of Ireland ln
l79s, and was consequently about sixty five
years old. He was the son of respectable
farmer, and on emigrating to this country IN
1917 was placed with florist to learn the
art of gardening Being of studious and
ambitious turn of mind he did not remain
in this employment, but entered the theo
logical seminary of Mount St Mary's, Em
mettsburg, Nd, where he was soon employ
ed as a teacher. He was ordained priest IN
1925, and was settled in parish in Phila
delphia. In 1892 he founded ST. Johns
Church in that city, and became its rector.
In 1887 he was appointed coadjutor OF
Bishop Dubois, in the diocese of New York,
and in the following year, Bishop Dubois
being attacked with paralysis, he was ap
pointed administrator Of the diocese. The
government of the church in that diocese
was hencefortn in his hands, though he did
not become actual bishop until lS42, when
Bishop Dubois died. The coadjutor had
already become distinguished, and was the
founder Of St. Johns College at Fordham.
subsequently he established the theological
seminary of st. Joseph, at Fordha n. In
l844 he was solicited by President Polk TO
accept special mission to Mexico, but de
clined. In 1850 New York was raised to
the dignity of an archiepiscopal see, and
Bishop Hughes was invested with the sa-
cred Office at the hands of the Pope, at
Rome.
Archbishop Hughes has been frequently
engaged in public controversies in defense of
his religion, and distinguished himself alike
by his abilities and the good temper which
hs preserved in all his discussions. He was
prelats of great iOauence, which be used
for the best, and since the civil disturb
ances in America has employed the great
weight of his character earnestly in behalf
Of the cause of the Union.