New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-02
DEPARTURE OF THE PAPAL LEGATION.


A TRIP DOWN THE BAY TO BID THEM FAREWELL
Monsiguore Roncetti and the Rev. DIR.
badi Of the Papal Legation sailed Saturday by the
steamer China Liverpool They took leave OF Card
nal McCOskey early i'll the afternoon, and shortly before
. u. ID, in company with tie Rev. d. McGlynn OF 81
Stephens Church. they went 10 the foot of West Twenty
t,,jrtst where the steamboat Long Branch awaited
them The vessel WAS decorated with bunting the eOOrs
of the Pope dying at one end and the Stars
and Stripes OF the other. O'Brien's G9th Res
ment band board From two to three
hun OF the clergy Of and the vicinity were
present. Among them were Vicars-General Quinn and
Preston, the Rev. Father HudoD e. j.. OF ST Frances
Zavicrs College, the Rev. Drs. McGlynp, Birtse Fce
and Mcsweoney, the Rev. Fathers Kesrney OF St.
Pat1icks Cathedral Farley Secretary 10 the CARDINAL
McCesdy HcCauly Costgan, and Byron OF st ST pnens
Lynch of ST. AIMS Flynn Of ST. Andrews Mooney OF IT
Bridget's ORcilly OF ST. MTys MCCARTHY Of the Holy
Cross McKenna OF Lake Mahopsc, and many Others
Among the lalty were Eugene Kelly. John O'Bren,
James Lynch Patrick Farrelly and John A Mcsorley.
Warden j. A. O'Rourke OF Bellevue Hospital made the
arrangements for the trip and had general Direction on
board The steamer.
The Long Branch moved of about 2i2 o'clock and
steamed " TIE NarTows. Shortly before the China, on
which the members Of the Legation were To SAIL came In
sight the company assembled on the after deck and
Vear-Gcnoral Quinn announced that The time
had come at length 10 say farewell. snd
that the Rev. DR.. NcGynn would speak for all.
Thereupon Dr. McGlyDn delivered an address
in Italian in which he spoke OF the devotion Of the Cath
Oics of this country and particularly OF tie Diocese of
New York Pore. and Of their esteem Tor tlc AD
Leyae personally. He erred 10 the mission OF the Ao
lie cate TO this country, the great dignity which mad been
conferred the CIo les or America Dy the tieFho OF
Archbishop McCiOskcy 10 tine Crdinalatc ana bidding
the Ab-IHgrte gotspeed expressed tHc sorrow ttai all
felt at saying farewell 10 one whom they had learned 10
love 30 we'll 8, -,
Monsnore Roncetti replied In Italian and said that
the beautiful deiuOn-l 8iOu OF that day Wac a htilng
to the series of acts OF overwhelming kinCntss
which he had received his arrival IN this country
He felt the deepest regret AT parting 1on 80 many waon
ho was honOred IN beiug allowed 10 call his friends lie
would tell the pope 81 the wonders of religion and
cu.iiy which he had witnessed here and Of the flal
prty OF the Catholics OF RIGA He begged that tie
choicest blessings of heaven might descend ON ts land
Pope for MunspnUre koncet and the Rev. ID. Ubadi,
and were repeated again and again, and Tecboed from
the Cina Monsi; and his companion stepped
on the Of the ocean steamer TIE baud ila> I'd
Aud Lang Syne" "Partant pour In Sy1e, anu other
appropriate llrs salute wGS fired from Fort Tomp-
kiiis The Papal nag dipped ON TIE Long Branch,
and this was responded 10 by the dipping OF
The union jLek on the China. The two vessels
,tcaincd together for time, the deck and rigging 0 tho
CHINA Delug crowded Wlth crew and passeli4cf6 The
scene on the Long Branch was very animated. Grave
cligyincn forgot for moment their gravity; they
leard ON bencnes and stools and seized every vantage
point avabie they waved their hats and bandkcrcnics
wildly, and nnay the whole body struck up, by one
impulse, tie OF "I le Rcd, Whlte and Blue,
tie CulIia steamed away