The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-10-10

Rd'excited in anti-Cstholic circles. II
did for New York what he ha
accomplished for Albany. Church
es and institutions sprang up lik
magic under his fostering and heneticsn
care. To him the Catholics OF New Yorl
are indebted for the Westchester Protec
tory, fouudling asylum in Sixty.eightl
street, deal and dumb institution il
Fordham, home for destitute children anC
for aged people. He also established vari
Gus religious communities composed o
Dominicans, FTanciscGns, Capuchins aht
Little Sisters OF the Poor. Healso devoted
himself untiringly to bring to y successfu
completion Archbishop Hughes concep
ton Of the present stately Cathedral OF st
Patrick on Fifth street.
MADE A CARDINAL.
March 10, 1875, was a memorable day
not only in Archbishop McCloskey'f
career, but also in the history of Ameri
can Catholicism. On that day he was ap,
pointed Cardinal by the Pope. Mgr.
Rouceti, the POps's legate, and Count
Marefcschi, captain Of the Papat Guard
were dispatched to this country with the
beretta and the PApal briefs to announce Of.
ficially the fact toi the creation ofanew eccle-
siastical dignity in America. The news
was received by the public with grGtitica.
tion, the press commented fSvorably upon
the great event and echoed the public
opinion. The new Cardinal was provided
by the wealthy Catholics with revenue
suitable to his prince!y rank, and the la-
dies of his diocese presented TO hin, a
superb carriage and handsome span oil
horses. Archbishop McCloskey received
the news OF his elevation 10 his high dig
nifty with the modesty and humanity that
have always formed striking part Of the
prelate's character and demeanor.
he RECEIVES THE BsRErrA.
On the eth OF April, 1875, at St. Pat
rick's Cathedral, on Mulbsrry street, the
ceremony of investurc took place. The
scene Of this ceremony was marked by a
religious pomp and pageant never before
witnessed in this country. The Cathedral
was besieged by ticket. holders, frantic in
in their efforts to gaia coigu OF adv an.
tage. The altar and chauceI was ablszs
with lights tha. shone upon the dazzling
array Of mitred archbishops and
bishops with their capes OF gold
and silver, resplerdent in all their
ecclesiastical paraphernalia. A striking
figure amid the shaven clergy aud the
ascetic OF white and brown frockod
Dominican and Franciscan monks, was
the martial figure OF Count Msrefoschi,
booted aud spurred, uniformed in scarlet,
white and gold, and OF ali that vast assem-.
blage the only enc who KEEP. his feld
covered, never removing his brass helmet
with its flowing plume. The papal briefs
were resd the bersttd conferred, aud Mon.
signor Roncetti announced in clear tones
that new Prince had been added TO the
Church. The organ burst forth in glad.
some peal and the choirintonedthe grand
and triumphant strains Of the "re Deum
Lautamus."
USEFUL LIPE.
A short tins afterwHd Cardinal Nc.
Closkey went TO Rome and was received
with gFes. bsnigpity by the Pope. His
Holiness said toa newspaper correspond
ent that the new Cardinal impressed him
as real prince, 50 dignifsd and meas
ured was he IN his speech and so courtly
in bis manner. He received at Rome the
OF his new dignity,
and was the recipient Of many
ecclesiastical honors from the Con-
sist1ry while in that city during his
sojourn there. After the completion Of
the new st. Patrick's Cathedral, new
marble residence was erected on the
grounds, and there the Cardinal has
passed his declining years in seclusion,
eeldom mixing in- social life unless by an
occasional summer trip to Newport,
r. /. On the 18th OF January OF
last year the fiftieth anniversary OF his
ordination 10 the priesthood was the
celebration at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Though personally man OF the severest
his surrounding were betitting
the dignity OF an ecclesiastical prince. He
wss a man to compel attention even in q
multitude, not through any merely physi-
cal endowment, but through the quiet
gravity Of his deihs4nor and the aseetic,
though singularly benign cast OF
his features. The mold OF his face
was Irish, and his eyes were blue and
piercing. In his long career in the church
he compelled the respect OF mont Catholics
by his bIameless lie, and firmly rivited
himself in the affections OF the Catholic
heart Of New York. Nearing the end Of
long aud useful life, he was able to look
back over vista Of years, rich in virtues
and crowned with the assurance OF duty
accomplished toward God and man.