The New York herald., 1877-10-04
OBITUARY.

His Grace the Most Rev James Roosevelt Bayley,
Archbishop OF Baltnors died yesterday forenoon, At
ssventssD minutes Ia eleven O'Clock. alter long aud
painful illness. HIS end calm. peaceful, aud sur.
roupoed with impressive soemniy- Every day
last Friday, when Il hrst announced that the END
was assurcdy at hand the physicians anu the clergy
In attendanco apon the dying have responded to
inquiries over and over again that their charge was
passing away slowly, but surely. On Monday evening
his attendants removed him from the bed order TO
make Il easier Tor him. When It was ready sister
said II would be best put him back rhe Archbishop
said, "Yes II Will be best" These the last words
he Is known 10 nave uttera He afterw ard tell
into comatose condition, and remained until
death. During Monday afternoon he recognized Dr.
Caldwell, OF tho steamship Russia, on which he re-
turned rom Europe few months ago. since then he
recognized excepting the Sister to whom refer
ence has just been made. .4.s
The room iu which tho Archbishop died is the same
ono he occupied while Bishop OF Newark. II Is good
sized apartment, plainly but comfortably FURNISHED.
and Is located on the drst noor with windows looking
on Washington street and 81. Patrick's Cathedral
The bed stood parallel with Washington street. At
nine o'clock yesterday morning the condition of the
dying church Gienitarv was reported 10 be the
same us reported The night before. An hour later
marked change came which convinced the reverend
watchers at tue bedside that Ut last tho hour Of death
had come. The approach ot death observed in
the graysh hue that ovefsprcad the face OF the pros
tiatc prciato and the difficulty that began be expert
encea W the dying nun breathing. Atremor passed
trough the priests surrounding the bed, and Bishop
Corrgan began TO recite the olce tor the dying
sisted by Bishops G,buon ana MoQuaide, Vicar Gen.
era Doane aud Rev Fathers J. NJ. Flynn. !. A. Shcp-
perd, j. Borghesc aud T. }. rooney Wn lilo the
erend lips moved In tho words OF office tho eyes
OF the clergy aud the ever faithful Sisters present
were liked on him who was In course Of translation to
another world II was 1eepiy impressive scene-ono
never 10 be forgotten by those whose sad office IL
to witness It, As the minutes passed the breathing oi
the Arcnnishop grew heavier and more diliculL At
last, forty tDrce past TIN O'Clock, nerth three
short gssps, tho Archbishop was no more few
minutes later all Newark knew had occurred by
the ominous olling Of the funeral bells OF ST. Paricks
Cathedral aud other Catholic churches The body will
be removed 10 St Patrick's Cathedral this evening
and exposed 10 view. M
Tue funeral will DO as quiet and unosten ntatous as
the rules OF tue Catholic Church will permit. To-day
the Archoishops ponlilca! robes will arrive from Bal
timore He Will be laid out In these. Tho obscquies
VIII begin in st. Patrck's Cathedral, Newark, to-nor
row morning at halt past seven, when will be cele-
brated a solemn requiem mass with Bishop Corrigan
as celebrant No funeral sermon will be preached.
Al the conclusion the remains will be tskon Bat-
more. The train the limited express) will leave at
three minutes 10 ten NJ and arrive in Baltimore at
three o'clock. Tho body will then DO taken to the
Cathedral there and laid in On Tuesday the
funeral services will be completed and then the Church
win pay Its tribute to It's departed prinate-ons that
Will include an open air procession, solemn mass
and sermon by Bishop Fo,cy, OF Chicago, formerly
pastor OF the Baltimore Cathedral parish. II was
tended to lay the Archbishop In the Cathedral vault
alongside his predecessor, Archbishop Spaldng, but
the desire OF the to bs buried with bis relatives
IN the ground at Emmet,sburg Will pc respected.
The Clergy VIII act as honorary pallbcarcrs, the
actual ones be.ug menbors OF the ST. Vincent dc Paul
Society. These will escort tho remains from the
Cathedral to the Market Street Depot on Friday
Ing. Tho Young Mems Association and tho Young
Mons sodalty viii take charge Of the Cathedral tins
evening while the remains are living in state there.
they VIII also follow tho hearso to tho station.
AT the solemn requiem IN 81. Patr,ck's Bishop
Corrgan viii be assisted by Very Rev G. H. Doane v.
g., assistant priest; Rev. Fathers Cody and Leonard
as honorary deucons: Rev. Fathers Sheppard aud
Borghese, deacon aud subdeacon; aud Rev. Joseph
NJ Flynn, master Of ceremonies. the funeral at Bal.
tinore will begin at half pisttcn A. NJ. on Tuesday
Archbishop Bayley was above tho medium size and
from his lilieh year was rather corpulent He had
1orid complexioI, even In hts later years,
pressve face, which dignty shonc cons cuousIy
cchr, penetrating eye, anu q remarkably nnnuSOmo
outline Of features His comprcssed lips and keen
glance failed TO convey 10 those around him that
he was man IN authority and accustomed to rule
Though genial and humorous, relishing dasaes OF
heartily, his countcnance would lapse suddenly into
the depths OF seriousness In the most pleas
ant social circle. There was dignity always
present with him even IN mirth, and no could not
part with It, Though It might set Tie table in
Wherever ne was the partaker OF the hospitality Of
clergy or laity he was pronounced most charming
and agreeable guest 1t tins buoyancy OF spirit
that endowed hm with Z fresh and vigor to tho
last year OF his lie. OF im It can be truly sald he
young IN old ago. In the discharge his ecclesi
sstical duties when IN public there q loving
preston about him that endesred HIM 70 his flock
Whom speaking IRON the pulpit his lace was full OF
character and genius ano IL was only thcn that hs
| argc head and overhauging brow could be seen to
advantage. 1t . face 10 bo dweis upon
among mhion euW EsM8sAA @f ~xE 4s#
Archbishop Bayley was born In New York city
August 23 1914 and brought up in the Protestant
Episcopal ia,,h. HIS family is ono OF the Oldest
aud most respectable in America. His gran ndiather
Richard Baylcy, was prominent physician, who, in
settling In this city l,72. had quite extended prsc
ticc In 1892 no professor anatomy In Columbia
College, and tn 1897 was appointed Health 0licer OF
Now York, the arst QUO tho CITY ever had Guy
B.yloy, iather Of the Archbishop, was also an emil
nent physician, well known in the Fourth ward.
Archbishop Baylcy's aunt Mrs Seton, the founder
OF the S Ssterhood oil CDarity In the United States.
after whom Seton BaIl College az South Orange, NJ j.,
has been named On his mothers side Archb shop
BavIey's family was equally lilustroua Her maiden
namc was Roosevelt, she being descended from tho
old Knckerpocgcr family OF that name, from
whom Roosevelt street derived It's appcllation.
Tho deeply religious Of tho future Archbishop
manifested itself early ase, causing his parents
TO decide upon having him trained Tor tho church
organization 10 which they belonged, instead Of dc.
voting kim 10 the medical profession, in the pursuit OF
which his iather auo grandfather had spent their
hvcs. A thorough classical education therefore
the s, requisite which his good parents endcavored
20 ootain for him.. . a
After obtaining good common school education,
such as 1t then was, tho young James Roosevelt
Bsyey sent to Washington (now Trinity College,
Hartford. HIS Ito here was siudious, but was rot
Tree those FRANKS which college boys delight In.