The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-11
THE NEW LOAN.
Especial DISPATCH to the Baltimore SUM-
The Late Bishop Whelhn-0bscTuiee
nj Vrneesinw-IEiS Successor, Dc.

WHEELING, WEST VA, July 9.-The re-
mains Of Right Rev. Richard Vincent Whe-
Ian, Bishop of Wheeling, which left Balti-
more by the late WcStcrn-bound train We'd
nesday afternoon, reached Wheeling early
this morning, and were INN diatcly con-
veyed to st. James, cathedral, escorted by
the clergy and Populations from the various
Catholic societies of the place. At 9 a. VI
FRIDAY the funeral services will Occur, in the
presence, it is expected Of ArchbiShoDs Bay
lev, Purcell, kenrick, McCloskey, Of Balti-
more, Cincinnati, st. Louis, and New York,
and Bishops Elder, Wood, Domenec, Gibbons,
Becker. Shanuahan, Mullen. and O'Hara, OF
Natchcz, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Rich
mond, Wilmington, Harrisburg, Erie, and
Scranton. The services Will be Of the
grandest possible description, and, in addi-
! ton to many prominent bishops, will be at
tended by numerous clergy from different
doceses, principally those of Wheeling,
Richmond, and Baltimore. 1t was thought
| thst DR.. Whelan's remains would be buried
| in ST. James cathedral, this being the pre-
scribed custom in the Catholic Church, but
| it is understood that this rule Will be dis.
pcnsed with in the present case, and bis
body, in accordance with his own request,
| will be consigned to the new Catholic ceme-
| terry of Wheeling.
The funeral ceremonies will comprise the
| recitation of the office Of the dead, the cele-
bration Of pontifical requiem mass, and the
delivery of suitable panegyric of the de-
ceased by Archbishop Purcell, of Cincin-
natl, who was president of Mount st. Mary's,
Emmttsburg, at the time OF his ordination
| In 1882. After the discourse five absolutions
of the remains will be performed by as many
preates, four OF whom will surround the
| coffin in their poutitical veStments, and the
! fifth will occupy q seat in the sanctuary,
facing the body, until the fourth absolution
IS finished, when he will conclude the solemn
ceremonial. The remains will subsequently
| be borne from the cathedral by sixteen
priests, according to the Rubric, and con-
Yeyed to the cemetery, where the final rites
! will take place.
The names of three leading diyines will
be transmitted to Rome this week, i'll order
to secure the early appointment of sue.
cessor to the lamented prelate. Mean while
it is stated, Very Rev. Henry +. Parke, D
D., Vicar General of Wheeling, who attended
the bishop during his illness, will act as the
administrator sede racdnte.
Six prelates, graduates of Mt. st. Mary's
College, Emmittsburg, are expected to bt
present, these comprising Drs. Purcell, Nc
Closkey, kenrick, Eldor, Wood, and Mul
len. The three first mentioned are the oldest
of the American hierarchy.
The Catholic societies held large meet
ing on Wednesday night and determined t
meet the remains to-day and form an escort
) Mr. George Feeney, chief marshal, head
quarters at the Catholic Institute Hall. The
procession this morning was very large, ant
the demonstration imposing. The line wa
formed at Z O'Clock, and proceeded to Ford'
Crossing, in South Wheeling, where tht
bishops remains were received upon the ar
rival of the train from Baltimore. The fol
lowing route of procession was then pursued
to the cathedral : Up Chapline to Twenty
fourth, down Twenty-fourth to Market, ~
Market to Sixteenth, up Sixteenth to Eoff
up Eoff to the cathedral. At the request 0
the societies, many business houses wer'
closed, and the dwellings of Catholics placed
: in mourning during the time of the process
sion.