Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-24
MARTYRS OF THE ARCTIC.
DeLONG AND HIS COMPANIONS
LAID AT REST.

An imposing IakeABb ana IOucning
Tributes to the Memories of the Dead
Scenes in the Churches and Along
the ThorOughfares Il Mourning and
sympathy Everywhere.
NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-Imposing cere-
monies over the remains of Jerome J.
Collins, meteorOlogist of the Jeanette ex-
pedition, were held this mOrning at the
Roman Catholic Cathedral on Fifth ave-
nue.. The building was crowded, not
withstanding the storm, and a large
crowd remained on the outside during the
services. The body was escorted to the
church by the SiXty-ninth Regiment, at
whose armory 1t had been lying in state
during the night. A solemn requiem
mass was said by DR.. II. G. MacDowell,
of st. Agnes Church, and the music was
sung by double quartette and a chorus
Of 100 voices, under the direction of Pro-
fessor Pecher, of the cathedral. The
body of Mr.. Collins mother was
placed alongside her sons, and
| after the ceremonies the remains of
both were escorted by the 69th Regiment,
,ssCollins family, the Herald Club and
other societies, and several hundred
Inman Line, where they were transferred
to the steamship City OF Chicago, which
carried them to Ireland. The bodies will
be buried in the vault of the family at
| Cork. Gilmore's Band also participated
In the musical programme in the church
and accompanied the procession to the
steamer. The procession was viewed by
large cOncourse of people assembled
| along the line of march. Father McKen-
Of the n0minipQn order nQrGOngl
| friend Of the Collins family, preached the
sermon after the mass. He paid an elO-
| quent tribute to jerome Collins endOW-
ments, both moral and mental, and
! SAID that he knew from his
personal acquaintance with the man
whereof he spoke. He did not believe that
| MIR. Collins was most anxious to go on the
Jeanette. At the time she sailed his
mother was in feeble health and he was
| 10th to leave her. She sacrificed her
feelings tor the sake Of her sons honor
and bade him go. 1t was, the priest
said, a sense of duty that only a mind like
| that of jerome Collins could known that
impelled him to take the step. Here was
the return. 1t was not his sutferings but
his high sense o. duty and noble traits
! that enshrined him in our memories. The
| pall-bearers were Chief Justice Chase,
| p. DAILY. Jos. J. .O'DOnOhu, T. b. COnnery,
! Gen. John S. Newton, Edward Flynn,
| Judge Charles DOROhue, James 5. Cole
man, Jehn e. DevelOn, eX-MayOr William
r. Grace, John Mack, AlgerOn l.. Sulli-
| van, Col. Robert JohnstOne, Gen. Thomas
| w. Sweeney, j. p. Farrell, Col. NJ. Ker-
win Jerome and John Deveny.
| THE OTHER OBsEQUIRs.
A large thrOng of people attended the
! funeral services over the bodies of the
ether victims Of the Jeanette expedition
/ at the Church of the Holy Trinity. The
| remains were brought from the Brooklyn
! navy yard to the foot of East Twenty
third street. The caskets were placed in
/ hearses in the following order:
acknowledgements DeLong.
Seaman kaack.
Seaman GOrtZ.
Seaman Dressler.
Cook Ah Sam.
Machinist Lee.
COal-heaVer IVerson.
The bodies were preceded into the church
! by Bishop Potter and Rev. Wilbur f
| Watkins, the pastor chanting " | Know
that My Redeemer Liveth, etc"
The caskets were borne up the aisle by
eight marines and placed in heavily
draped catafalques in front of the altar
! In the centre was the casket of Com
mander DeLOng, covered with an Ameri
can flag. The other caskets were alsC
cNeIeu Win HdSS anu btEeWu Win uOIa
| devices.
Commodore Upshur and his ushers
Lieutenants Ward and Gibson, Paymas
ter Lowell and Ensign Jungen were pres
ent, as were also a number OF officers
from the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Mrs. De
Long, her little son and her father, mother
and brothers, and Messrs. Melville, Min
derman and NOrOs.
The choir sang "Domine refugiam, ?
and pastor Watkins read the fifteenth
chapter of Corinthians. Then the hymn
"Thy VIII be Done" was sang by the
choir.
Bishop Potter preached the sermon. He
spoke OF the celebration yesterday of {
national holiday, and said that amid the
Joyous celebration could be caught the
sound of the mutfled drum, and could bt
seen flags that were furled and muskets
| that were reversed. He said New York
has no prouder honor in all her records
than that she be allowed to speak of hel
heroes who have died like these
Rest, my brothers. Out OF your
graves may there bloom lilies. May
there bloom lilies and roses that viii
speak TO human hearts everywhere be.
cause OF the great heroic ashes which
they cover" The Bishop closed his ad
! dress with a prayer, and the choir sang u
! Heard "a Voice from Heaven" while the
| congregation dispersed. The bodies were
! then taken to WOOdlawn cemetery for in.
! tprmpnt