The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-02-25
JOHN o MdHoNY,s FUNERAL
10000 MEN ESCORT HIS BODY FROM THE
CHURCH TO THE QUEENsTow WIN STEAMER.

Church ot ST. Francis Xavier was occupied
" on Monday, the I2th, during the celebra
r tiOn Of solemn requiem mass for the re
. pore Of he soul of Colonel John O'Mahony
5 The church was draped with MOURNING
= cmhrme, and broad belt of black clott
trirSei with white hung !,J:n the gallery
( wing the church u peculiarly Eloo ~ as-
pect. Tho cask rested on "a catafaique In
tie central aisle near the communion rail
ing. Upon ii lay the sword wCrn 10y Colonel
O'Mahnny when be commanded d the Ninety
ninth Reg in tn" recent war, and the
flag of his native isle, for III" liberation of
which T." lab"red 50 earnestly r0m early
manhood until the day of his death, resist
ing the temptation o. the Celtic chair 10 the
| University ct Dublin, when, as his friends
eay. it w.s Indirectly offered TO turn him
| from his way. At the foot of the coffin, on
! ore side, stood a female figure three feet
| high, wrought in white imm0rtelles, repre-.
sentng Erln throwing mantle over a
| broken urn. 1t was the gift of the editor OF
the Irish World. On the other side stood
croes six feet high of tuberoscs, immortelles
and other white flowers, bearing tire in
scription in purple violets, " His country
claims her hero" Against the foot of the
casket leaned large harp of tuheroses and
csmellias, inscribed with the words,
O'Mahony at rest 1t was the Offering
of the Fenian Brotherhood of this city and
Mr.. lie Moult jointly. A broken column of
white, red and green, to sho " the green
above the red," stood on the cssket, and
there were also upon and around it a mum.
Der OF smaller crosses, harna, etc, many of
which bore the figures "'9S" and "'4S.n
One was pillar of white flowers, across
the centre of which were crossed q British
sword and an Irish pike formed of red
howeTs Ga either side of the aisle, nsar
the head of the casket, sat the pail bearers
Mr.. Richard O'Gorman, General Thomas
Francis Bonrke, James Mitchell, Captain
Foley, Edwin Montane, George Smith, j ohm
Breslln, A. f. Costello, J. G. Ta,n:idge.
John Savage, Judge j. F. DAILY, Robert
White, William F. Faley, Captain Coouau,
Frank Mexican and j. NJ Heffernan.
SlXteeth street, from Fifth to Sixth ave
nue., was blocked before O'clock bv a
crowd OF men aHd women anxious to gain
access to the church, and it was with d, fiji
Guilty that the police forced back the crowd
from the entrance TO make way for the Cas-
ket and pail bearers.
Father DAILY off iciat, Il az celcbrent of the
mass, Father White as deacon and Mr.
Plante, of Francis Xavier College, as sub
deacon. When mass had been said the fuA-
eral procession was formed in front of the
church and marched to pier 44 North River,
where the steamer Dakota, of the Guion
line, lay. At the head of the column
marched squad of police. Then came the
hearse, escorted by guard of honor com
posed OF detachments from various cnmpa-
nnS,,'J s '"3 Iisn legion In New York,
i5y' pIooA1yn' "reenpolnt and Paterson, n. j.
ii,, iniineuaa.ely s oehlnd the hearse were ths
Pa,l oearers' IN carriages and they were
followed by the military divisions of the
procession as follows The Sixty ninth
n neg glLnent' Colonel Cavanagh; the Veteran
corps OF the Sky ninth, Captain Med on-
Ough me SheaTcs Rif1es of Philadelphia,
captain McDermott; the Irish Volunteers,
captain heEoune; two compan'es of the
1on0T G9ald OF the Mutual Alliance, Cap
am Henderson; the Holy 10nocents, Cap
'1ysath the Frist u 'fta,in,s s'"' f 49, Japan an
:rigndc, Colonel P4clan, ana tie HIh~Ii,n
if~- ct Ne""tE; Captain Leamy
,,i,'fi',,U 'v,. 'c'n - w. az the efn OF
nn,hroi, 800 strong rrrn t,, I1,, a. ~"
iur!, uumnerinc 3 900, ana lastly vlrinns
'atErr iia'hnN ard st Patrick Nu-uui Al.
IHUc" s'csafr's, ,urk:n- L., wnu!, un1n-
'rg + men IN Nh, procession not lrss III =,
o GJO
TIE s'dr"alks n'""g tie !;a.. of march
we're d"usrly cIo".Gcd yyIth -, .:.ato,s. and +
great concDuis,, Of IIis!.ri,!. followed ,tt +
'rucessl"n and joined the taronC al ut th. +