The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-10-10
Funeral OF Archbishop Bay ley.

BALTIMORE, October 9.-The obseQuies
of Archbishop Bayley took place this
morning at the Cathedral and were at
tended by thousands of people. Indeed,
the press was as great as on the day OF
the arrival of the remains. The throne
and sltsrs were heavily drsped, rs WAS
also the galleries and organ loft. About
half past eight o'clock the Young Cstho.
lie Friends Society and the Catholic Lii
brary Association assembled NJ the Arch
Episcopal residence and the procession
was formed in the following order: Cen.
sOr bearers, cross bearers and aColytes,
reverend clergy, resident and visiting,
insignia bearer of the late Most Reverend
Archbishop and Crosier, bier, Vicar
General of the Arch Diocese,
the clegry of the Cathedral and
the Right Reverend Bishops. The
procession moved through Charles,
Mulberry and Cathedral streets 10 the
Cathedral, the bell toling meanwhile
and the clergy chanting the Litany.
The coffin WAS placed on the cststRlque
Immediately in front OF the altar flowers,
tour candlesbrs, each containing eighteen
lights, being at the head and foot. Car.
dinsl McCIoskey, thirteen srchbishops
and bishops and very large number OF
clergymen assisted at the services. Gov.
Carroll, Attorney-Genersl Gwinn and
Mayor Lstro5e were present. The ser
vice lasted from halt-past 8 o'clock til!
nearly noon Bishop Wood, OF Phila
delphis, was celebrant of the Mass, and
B shop Foley, OF Chicago, preached the
sermon.
At the close of the sermon solemn
benediction and final absolutions were
pronounced by Bishop Lsughlin, Of
Brooklyn, Bishop Becker, of Whining
ton; Bishop CsrrIgan, of Newark Arch
Bishop Woods, 0: Philsdelphis, and by
Cardinal McCloskey. The fusl bene-
dictlon was pronounced by the Cardinal,
who presided at the concluding services.
The casket was removed from the cathe-
drsi to the hearse at the close of the
services and borne In procession TO the
Union depot. For 81 hour before the
procession moved the streets were
thronged with people. There must
have been 10000 along the line,
large majority OF whom
were ladies. The procession and cortege
moved very slowly and were over an
hour in reaching the depot. BY the
time it arrived there the streets were
almost impossible on account OF the
crowds that had gathered, and it was
with difficulty that the sidewalks could
be cleared to enable the procession to file
into the grounds at the station. Flye
handsome coaches were in waiting in the
station. The remains were placed on
board aud the train moved of. The
Cardinal, Archbishops, Bishops and many
of the Clergy accompanied the funeral
train to Emmetts burg to aid in laying
the remains of the beloved Archbishop TO
rest
EMAETTsBURG, MD, October 9.-On
the arrival of the train bearing the body
OF the late Archbishop Bsyley, the pro-
cession formed and proceeded TO the
beautiful burial place Of st. Joseph's, in
the midst OF which IS the mausoeum OF
Mother Seton, the founder OF the Sisters
of Charity. The altar within was dressed
with flowers and tspers burned on it.
In the crypt Immediately under the floor
the remains OF Archbishop Bsyley were
laid, those of MS aunt, Sister Seton, lying
to the right. After the remains were
deposited Archbishop Gibbons sung ths
burial service, which was responded TO by
the clergy who stood without the build.
ing. This closed the obsequies.