The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-17
H TO ASHES.
Grand and Impressive Burial
of Our First Cardinal.
f U IN r e F.
The Largest Concourse of People
Ever Assembled in the Great
Cathedral.

New York, October 15.-Last night the
watch of those members Of the Society OF
St. Vincent De Paul, who guarded the body
dral, at length came to an end. The first
beams of the morning sun had hardly
gilded the steeples OF the churches when the
procession OF priests, with uncovered heads,
entered the Cathedral and knelt before the
altar. The prayers for the opening OF the
new day, the day upon which the body OF
Americas first Cardinal was to be commit
ted to earth, were said. Then the priests
walked slowly down the center aisle On
either side OF the catafalque and returned
to the sacristy. Two hundred policemen
kept the crowd that had assembled orderly.
The doors OF the Cathedral opened at $40
and the throng was invited to enter. AS
the hour for beginning the services was
reached the crush without the Cathedral
became greater. The streets for several
squares in every direction were blocked
with carriages and masses OF people. The
police had all they could do to attend to
them and to preserve order. The scene
within the Cathedral was
GRAND AND IMPRESSIVE.
The dead body of the Cardinalhad during
the night been placed in the mahogany cot
fin which had been prepared for its recep-
ton, having drapery OF purple velvet, bor-
dered with within fringe, hung about the
coffin. Rods OF gold extending the entire
length Of the coffin ornamented the sides.
The body was so placed that the head OF
the dead prelate was raised above the level
of the coffin and was visible from below.
The pews and aisles were crowded with
people. Five thousand were gathered in
the cathedral before 10 O'Clock. While the
throng was waiting for the opening Of the
solemn requiem to begin
THE PAPAL ZOUAVEs,
in gold lace and bright uniforms, marched
down the center aisle and tool up posi-
tions about the catafalque. A moment
later the doors OF the sacristy flung open
and a long procession of white ROBBED priests
and acolytes filed down the steps to seats
directly in front OF the high altar. There
was a moment of hushed expectancy and
then a stiffness, broken only by the priests
as they chanted the Office of the dead. Now
two acolytes bearing lighted candles in their
hands, followed by another procession OF
priests came slowly out from the ~sacristy
and bowed before the high altar. Then
came the bishops in their sombre-hued gar
ments and finally the M~onsignors and Arch
bishops. When all were ready the choir
chanted the requiem mass. The choir
numbered over one hundred voices. Arch
bishop Corrigan was the celebrant OF the
pontitical mass. The sermon was preached
after mass.
THE ERMON
The sermon was preached by Archbishop
Gibbons, OF Baltimore. The text was &c
clesiasticus, 4. 5. The words:spoken origi
nally of Aaron" said the speaker, "may
be titting4y applied to the great high priest
whose mortal remains now lie before you,
He also was chosen out OF all men living to
fill the highest ecclesiastical pc sition in this
nation, that he might teach Jacob his tes'
timonies and give light to Israel in his law
The glorious ornaments OF the pontiff to
which the sacred text refers had a two-fold
Specification. These symboliZed i'll the eyes
| of the people his spiritual dignity and au
thority to the pontiff himself. They repre-
| scented the interior ornaments OF virtue
with which he should be adorned, and with
out which the most precious ornaments
lose their lustrc. These scarlet robes of the
cardinal remind you OF the exalted dignity
to which he was raised. They reminded
himself OF the garment OF innocence worn by
his divine master and crimsOned with His
| IN CIJo"5 oIN OioA"
if necessary to lay down his life for thu
faith. The cardinals death had brought
sorrow to the universal church as well as
to the church Of America and New York
1t filled with grief the great heart OF thu
sovereign Pontifi and college OF cardinals
OF which he was an illustrious and distin
euished member. The archbishop then
briefly sketched the cardinals life, ant
touched upon {. few salient features in hi
long and eventful career.
THE
At the conclusion Of the sermon prepare
tions were made for the concluding rites b.,
the bestowing of the episcopal absolution
After the words OF absolution had beef
uttered, the coffin was removed from tn
catafalque by the attendants and carried
to it's last resting place in the crypt unde
the high altar, where it was placed besid
the body of Archbishop Hughes. The con
gregation and clergy then quietly dispersed