Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-09-07
TIFF FENIANs
Grand Funeral Pageant-,rhe Burial
of Henry O'CIarcnce Mccarthy.

yesterday witnessed the largest turn out oil
the Irish population ever seen IN this city. The
occasion was the burial of Henry O'Clarence
Mccarthy, the second head Of the Fenian Broth
erhood in the United States.
Preparations bad been made for one Of the
grandest funeral pageants ever witnessed In the
United States, and Notwithstanding the recent
Examinations of Archbishop kenrick declaring
the obi eets of the Brotherhood TO be lin moral /"
and denying to its members the sacraments of
the Church Of Rome, the demonstration was i'm
mense in numbers, and unchecked in enthusi-
esm.
After the religious rites had been performed 10
the church, the body Of the illustrious deceased
was conveyed TO Mozart Hall and placed upon
an altar surrounded with Fenian banners and
emblems and funeral lights Thousands of men
women and children assembled the steps Of this
altar and looked upon the face Of the dead
through the glass plate of the metallic burial
case
The afternoon was excessively warm, and the
crowd of people passing in and out of the Hall
gave it the appearance of an immense bee hive
The heat in the Hall was like that of furnace
while the rays Of the sun were absolutely scorch
ing; yet no one seemed to mind the weather, and
the streets were literally choked with people
There must have been at least 10 600 persons in
and.around Mozart Hall. besides the various so.
cieties
About half past two o'clock company of Fe
mans. sixty in number. carrying muskets, arrived
at the Hall. and word was given for the crowd to
pass out into the street on the south side, where
the Grafton would be delivered. There is a wide
flight of steps about twelve feet high leading in
to Mozart Hall, and as the crowd was pushing
and elbowDg its way down to get into the street
the props supporting the steps gave way, and
about hundred men, women and children were
Irrr - ID -, e
them on each other in confused mass of strug
CLING humanity. Fortunately no one was seri
ously injured, although several men (amonl
them the reporter of the Evening News were
slightly scratched, and three women were pick ed
up in fanting condition.
a number of spectators had collected on the
versndah at Falker's cigar store, corner of Fifth
aud Biddle, and there came near being another
crash One of the tmbers supporting the We
randall broke, and the crowd on top and under
meath dispersed in the twinklng of an eye.
At length everything was in readiness for the
delivery of the Grafton. flight of wooden
steps had been extemporized and erected At the
entrance to Mozart Hall, and on a platform 81
the foot of these steps, the orator of the day
James j. Mcbride, Esq. made bis appearance
and was greeted with wild shouts OF applause. 4
company OF Fenians dressed in white was draw "A
up on the sidewalk in front OF the hall, and in
the street stood the men with muskets drawn up
in line with fixed bsyonets. Numerous marshals
mounted and on foot. fourished their batons, and
every man of the multitude wore on his breast a
green rosette, with the letters "F. B." in the
center.
At the conclusion of the Grafton the body was
borne from the hall by the pail bearers, and
placed in Arnot's splendid hearse drawn by six
black horses, and driven by Jesse Arnot-tht
same hearse and horses that had carried the re-
mains OF President Lincoln to the grave
The procession then formed, and moved
down Sixth street to Elm, mp Fourth street aud
thence through other streets to Cavalry Gene
terry. Ii was composed of the Shamrock Benev
oleqt Society, the Hberian Benevolent Society
an immense concourso Of the Fenian Brother
hood on foot aud long line Of carriages and
buggies hlled with ladies and gentlemen. Tn,
procession was over a mile in length. and il
passed along the streets large crowds OF the PEG
pie gathered on the sidewalks aud in the window
Of dwellings TO look upou the imposing spectacle
There were five or six bands OF music, and a
gorgeous display of banners and devices.
We did not follow the procession TO the Gene
terry, but understand that before entering the con
secrsted grounds all the badges aud devices o
the Brotherhood were laid aside, aud the mem
bers entered simply az citizens .---s, Louis Dem
ocrat 4lh