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——————— THE CARDINALATE. The Pastoral Life of the New Cardinal. HIS SCHOOL DAYS IN MARYLAND. Student Life in the Mountain Semixary at Emmettsburg. THE CARDINAL AS PRIEST His Life in New York as Pastor, Professor aud President. . THE CARDINAL AS BISHOP His Episcopacy of Highteen Years in Albany. HIS SERVICES DURING THE CHOLERA THE CARDINAL AS STUDENT. WASHINGTON, April 24, 1875. On the eastern slope of one of the spurs of that Mountain range which in Virginia is Known as the Biue Ridge and in Maryland has various designa- tons—the Catoctin Mountains, North Mountain and South Mowutain—stands the Catholic College of Mount St. Mary’s, Early in the century Pgther Dabots, a Freiich missionary priest, whose mis- @iou vomprised chose two States, selected this location, not far from the great turnpike road that led from Baltimore to Pittsvurg, as the site Ofaseminary for the education of young men for ‘the Cathoiic priesthood. The log house, which was fhe modest realization of his early ambiiton, Still stands; but on two sides of it ure now the spacious stone edifices that form the coilege build- tmzs, and the two story plastered loz house will soon have to make way for further extension and improvements. The seminary has grown into @ college, under a charter of the State of Maryland, and but a small proporcion of the one hundred aud seventy young Men now studying Within its walls are de- signed for holy orders, Mount St, Mary’s has the honor of being the alma mater of many of the most distinguisned prejates of tae Catholic Churen of America, including the late Arch- bishop of New York and the present Cardinal Archvisnop of New York; and that was the rea- son WLY, under theinstructions of the editor of the HexD, | found myself, two days ago, enjoying the Hospitality and experiencing the most kind and attentive politeness of its president, priests and Veachers, On my comimunicating to the president, Bev. John McCloskey, my desire to converse with Some of the contemporaries and intimates of his Qamesake (Dut not relative) the Cardinal, he im- Mediately said that Rev. John McCaffery, ois pre- @ecessor in office, was the man who had Veen educated with the Cardinal, served with bim as Prefect for some years, and has ever since beep In the closest and most iatimate relations with Bim. And so, after dinner at the refectory, 1 was | ttroduced to FATHER M‘CAFFERY, ®& tall, portly gentleman, bearing his weight of years, beyond the threescore and ten, with ease and dignity; altuougn three years ago he insisted, Om account of his age, on being reileved of the cares of the presidency—an office which he had hheid for over thirty years, and in which be was @ucceeded by the present incumbent, Father MoCloskey. REMINISCENCES OF COLLEGE FRIENDS. Laying aside the littl uare cap and gathering Gp the folds of the long serge gown or soutane, ‘Which all the priests of the college wear, he fixed Bimeelf in an easy chair in his own plainly sur- mished room, and having lighted a cigar he com- Menced to weave out trom his memory his per- Sonal reminiscences of the college and of the dis- Wnguisned men whom it has sent out into the World, most of whom have gone to their reward. ‘The narrative was so interesting that I cannot do Detter than endeavor to reprodace it textually. Altnough it does not always deal directly with the new Cardinal, yet its allusions to men who have been fellow actors with him in the career io which he has attained ‘such emineuce forbid me to ven ture on any attempt at condensation, 1 came here, said the good priest, in August, 1819. Jobn McCloskey, the Carainal, came in 1820 or 1821, from Brookiyn. Beecher was not born there, was he? President of the coliege then was its founder Jehn B, Dubois, after- ward Bishop of New York. At that time the coliege consisted of an old log ouild- mg. Toat old plastered house over there was part of it. There were some wooden sheds attached, but there were no atone buildings atau. The church up on the bfll, or the iront part Ofit, was built by Father Dubois before I came here. John McCloskey came, as I have said, in 1821, 1 knew his mother very well. His father died before he came here; and his sister was sent to school over here. Dubois Was the most famous man that we had in those days. He was assisted here by Simon Gabriel Bruté,a Frenchman, who carried on the ecclesi- astical part, of the college and everything else. These two men undertook everything. They bought this farm here of twoor three hundred acres, Braté was @ man of learning, geuius and talent, a Christian and «saint, If there ever was one Onearth. These old French missionaries could do ten times as inuca work as ordinary men, There pte bit of @ Catholic settlement here at the DISTINGUISHED COLLEGIANS. When John McCloskey was a boy here there we: Men teaching here who afterward became eminent, Among them was the Rev. Joha Hickey, who died st Baltimore within the tast two ycars, where he Was rector of the Cathedral, and at the time of his fleath @ very old man. Then there was Father Bernard Keenan, who is still living ut Lancaster, fa, an old veteran, over one hundred years of wee. He had @ jubilee a few years ago, Be Was nere then as a young priest and teacher. We came to stuay divinity but ne helped to carry mm tre school, It was @ sort of self-working ma. thine, Then there was the Rev, James Mullen, the founder of the great Churca of St. Peter, at New Orieans. He was famous for his wit and talent, When Butier took New Orleans F Muli prayed for Wis Excellency Jefferson Davis, bat what was puta stop to. Butler threatened to send Bim to Fort Lafayette, Pati.er Mullen said, “Well, General, suppuse you do, you cannot pre. Vent my praying there.” A tederai soldier was droughts to mi Me asked whe: her the man was a Catholic, and he was told that tuey tought he was, Said “1 do not bury men at Datnelics on mere supposition.’ tame to Ueneral Butier's ear Pather Mullen, ‘®o you refuse to bury us when We die, Pather Mallen.’ “1 bog your pardon, General, 1 would ve happy to bury you al! a duce.” Butier roared out isughing, and ever Uterward treated Father Mullen with respect, 4 BEMINISCANCH UF ARCHBISHOP HUGHES, Joho Mughes was ‘here at the some time, working his Way, When he came in be said to Father Dubois that he wanted to study ior the Shoreh, Father vubois ‘or bim, but that his NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. here, He carried on the gardening for a few months, but it was in the fall or winter, when there was little or nothing to be done, ‘rhe old man liked that spirit. But be was in debt, witha smal! school of fifty or sixty scholars, He leit us deeply in debt when he went awhy. i have had to pay $70,000 of debt on the college, but in the mean- time we managed to get along. MISCELLANEOUS RECOLLECTIONS, Father Dabois was made Bishop of New York, I think, im 1826, and Michael De Burgo Meegan be- came Bishop here. @Cardinal McCloskey studied under bim. Jono B, Purcell, Archlyshop of Cin- cinnatl, came bere about the same time. He was one of the best teachers we had here. He after- ward succeeded as President and held the office a long time. Bishop Gibbons, of Richmond, was also here in Cardinal McCloskey’s time and was Prefect twice, So was Francis Gartiand, the first Bishop Of Savannah, fe was first Prefect and the Cardinal second. Like the Roman Consuls, it isan annual ofice. Next year they made me first Pre- ject and the Cardinal second. So that I have be- cowe immortalized by association witn bim, 1 never bad a better iriend or a better second or a better anything, Heis a year or two younger thanI am. [| always admired his coolness and wisdom and foresight. We are both Imsh by ex- traction, but 1 used to be of hotter blood than he, He was always cool and temperate, DR. PEASE, OF BROOKLYN. Tmust not forget to mention, as another com panion of ours, Charles Constantine Pe; who died a few years ago as pastor of the Church of St. Charles Borromeo, in Brooklyn, He was educated first at Georgetown, then in Rome, He came here afterward. He wus the best teacner of classics, of rhetoric and of poetry that we had. I never considered bim a very strong maa, out he was pre- eminently good and meek and gentile, and was the handsomest young priest in the whole country, He had trouble in getting rid of the attentions of the women, both in Baltimore and Brooklyn; but there never was a spot upon his fame in the mindsof any one. But he was persecuted by women’s admira- tion. Up to the last be wasa handsome man, a perfectly nice man, and a man of tho: ough educa- | tlou, The Cardinal was very fond of him, and | preached his funeral sermon. I remember tbat he said in it that 1t was probably owing to the exam- ple and influence of Dr. Pease that ne had deter- mined to become @ Catholic clergyman, THE CARDINAL'S STUDIES. The Cardinal went through all his course of studies here, classical, scientific, ecclesiastical, scripture, church history, theology, both moral and dogmatic, He pursued those studies under Mr. Bruté, who was chief at that time, at least in teacning and governing. MORE OF HIS FELLOW STUDENTS. Among his fellow students were some men who have since become famous. ‘Ihe late Bishop Whe- ) lan, who died in Baltimore last July, was here the whole time with him. He was afterward the first | Bishop of Richmond, and then, on the division of the aiocese, he had himself transferred to Wneei- | ing and was the Bret Bishop of Wheeling, and there he has left the monuments of bis labors In the shape of churches, schools, convents end monasteries. He was avery hard working man, not eloquent or showy. When the Cardinal was ordained priest Bishop Whelan remained some years as proiessor, With him also was a gentic- man who died in Boston last fail, Alexander L, | Hitzelberger, of tne Society of Jesus. | He remained here after being ordained, but afterward went on & mission and | Joinea the Jesuits. He died last Movember or December in his chair. Then there was Rev. Edward Sourin, He was professor here, and after he was ordained priest ne became a Jesuit, and is now living at Loyola College, Baltimore. Among the other graduates of tne college about the same time were the late Dr. Gunning 8S. Bed- ford, of New York, and General James Cole, of | Prederick, I might menvion half a dozen other laymen—doctors and lawyers—but being Cataolics generally, they mever got very high offices. In those young days of ours we used to hunt and fish, aud would sometimes get permission for ten, fifteen or twenty cents to take ail the apples and peach: and cherries we could carry back. I think it was that manner of living that saved John McCloskey’s for he is @ delicate man, but he has been always very prudent and careiul of his health. CHARLES 0’CONOR’S Vow. I have often heard him speak of the youn¢lawyer in New York who settled np tus jather’s estate. His name was Char.es O’Conor, and I Lelieve it ts to: great leading lawyer of that name. He told me of & conversation in which Mr. O’Conor said to ; him, “You have taken your career in lite at the Charen, I bave taken mine at the Barhere, I fellow of little means and no prestige and as an Irish Catholic; but I am going to work my way wntillcan look down on some of those who now look down on me.’* THE CARDINAL'S RCCLESIASTICAL CAREEIL He was ordained by the old President Bishop Dubois, who was the third bishop of New York, and who retained him there. One or two years after his ordination he got leave to travel and to study. That was his aim, He trarelied through France and Italy, and went to Rome, where he spent at least two years at the Convent of St, Andreas della Vallée. He used to write tome from there and give me his imopres- sions of the places he had visited. There he made the acquaintance of Cardinal Wiseman, then rec- tor ofthe English College there, amd he attended his lectares on the ‘Connection of Science and Re- vealed Religion.” He also became an intimate and favorite of Cardinal Callen, then rector of the Irish College at Rome, and of his successor, Dr. Kirby. On his return he spent some time in Ireland, which had spent anywhere, He aiso spent some time in London, and witnessed some of the grandest de- bates in the British Parliament. He used to tell me an incident of his visit tothe famous Thames Tunnel, where an old Irian woman urged him to buy a photograph of the work. “Here, your rever- ence,” sald she, “ia @ beautifal grand view of the tunnel; you will be glad to have it when you get back to America.” “How do you knowl om from America?” he asked. “Oh, by your accent, your Teverence."” He had been im Surope four years, Yankeeisms, and it amused bim to think tnat the old Irish woman should able to detect the aovent. THE Finest PASTORATE. After he came back he took charge of St. Joseph's church, New York. Bishop Duvois made him pastor of it, Iused to go to New York oc- castonally at that time. Inad become president of this coliege, bat | wonld usually go and spend Part of my vacation there, Some priest had been removed from the pastorate of St. Joseph, and the a@ppomtment oi Father Movloskey was not wel- come to them at first, but he soon mi bimself very popular, He said to them, “The Bishop sent ‘6 to preach the Gospel “Well,” said they, “we will not pay you any saliry,” “No matter,” saia “Ihave some small means of my Own; the Bishop and 4 will set tle all that.” He had nct been there three montha, however, anti they idolized bim, BISHOPS DUBOIS AND HUadES, Then Archdishop hughes became coadjator and actual bisnop, jor Bishop Davois was entisely jounded St. im, I think, while he but he consummated it aiter death, While he was co- John’s College was coadjutor, Bishop Dados’ adjutor, Bishop Dubois wag then like @ monarch Geposed, but hardiy Knowing it, He used to say, “John Hughe know, he is young yet, wud J have to keep him in eheos.’ FORDHAM COLLEGE. Well, Bishop Hughes established the colle; Poraham, and, knowing that the best mao he could get to take care of it was John Moviuskey, pastor of St. Joseph's church, ne made him presi- dent. The people of St. Joseph's parish did not Want him to leave them, and Father MoUloskey Said that he preierred to remain, but that he Would take the presidency of the coliege jor on \ year, He did so, aod he put toe coliege in tul) operation, When! Went to New York the joliow- jammer 1 Was his guest, HOW HiSHOP BAYLEY BROAME A Purest, have been su(fering under contempt as 4 young | he spoke of as being the most delightful time he | and thought thathe was perfectly cured of all | &@ very good coadjutor, but, you | | plauded by all who were present. | battle of Gettysburg. | member that the effect of that sentence was the | though quit the acquaintance, very easily and naturally, of the pastor of the Episcopal church at Harlem, James Roosevelt Bayley, now Archbishop of Bal timore, and that acquaintance ended in James | Roosevelt Bayley resigning his pastoral care, ceas- ing to be a member of the Episcopal Church, and going to Europe to study for the Catholic Church, The first time I saw him he was | standing in front of his parsonage while Father Mevloskey was driving me to meet the railroad train, As we passed by a semi-Gothic Episcopal church I saw this very handsome young man, Mr, McCloskey drew in his horse and said, “Good eve- ning’? to Mr, Bayley. After we went on I asked him, “Who is that gentleman?” He tola me who he was and said, “We have got him; he is all | right, I met him in a bookstore in New York, We are mutual friends and he is coming to us,” BACK TO ST, JOSEPH’S AND THEN COADJUTOR BISHOP. So Cardinul McCloskey established the college at Fordham and was succeeded by Dr. Manaham, a man of great learping. Archbishop Hughes wanted to get our present president, Fatber Joun McCloskey, but we managed to keep him, | and we let him have his brother George. His brother William is now Bishop of Louisville. Then the Cardinal returned to St. Joseph’s church, He had remained pastor for the time be was presi- dent of St. John’s College and had an assistant Pastor attending to the duties, Subsequentiy Archbishop Hughes made him coadjutor, just as he nad been coadjutor to Bishop Dabois, and he Decame bishop in partibus of some place in Asia or Africa, After the New York diocese was divided he was made the first Bishop of Albany. BISHOP OF ALBANY. There [have lived with hima week or s0 at a time guring our summer vacations, and there he built a grand Cathedral and an episcopal rest- | dence. But on the death of Archbishop Hughes everybody knew that John McCloskey would be in his place. Our great Archbishop Kendrick, of Bal- | timore, died about a year before Archbishop Hughes, He was found dead in his bed just after the battle of Gettysburg—which we saw from the top of the mouniaim at the back of the College. Martin J, Spaulding, our late Archyishop ef Baiti- more, was the Bishop of Louisville, and he was the man whom we all wished to succeed Bishop Ken- drick, But he was a Kentuckian, and the influence of Mr. Lincoln and Mr, Seward was brought to bear at Kome to prevent bis appointment, the Pope did not want to offend the powers at Wash- ington, and the appointment was delayed. But finally Mr, Spaulding was installed as ‘Archbishop of Baitimore and Mr. McCloskey as Archbishop of New York. I made a speech on both occasions, | At the dinner that followed the tustaliation of | Archbishop McCloskey, Dr. Pease and I had taken seats together 1m the room assigned to the priests and separated by a ball irom that where the bishops were at table. Presently a summons was sent jor Dr. Pewse to come over to the next room, and immediately afterward another messenger announced that the Archbishop requested Dr. McCaffrey, of Emmettsburg, to go there, The two seats next to himself were given to Dr. Pease and me, which was a tremendous compliment to St. Mary’s College. it was just before the surrender 01 Lee at Appomattox; and, a few Sundays before, Henry Ward Beecher having preached a peace sermon, the trustees of his church waited on bim | and the following Sunday there was a change in his sermon. Then it was “War until the last vestige of slavery is obliterated,” The Archbishop’s ser mon, on the contrary, was ‘Peace, blessed peace.” It was a beautiful sermon, delivered in bis own simply, easy way—‘Peace, God's peace and bless- ing to all men.’ When I was called upon to make a speech at the dinner I spoke of the sermop and | ‘om; vented the Archbishop by applying to him | ‘oar aes from an old British autnor—Sir John Den am:— Ob, could I flow like th My greatexample, ‘Though deep, yet thy stream si 13 ntle, yet not dull, i though x Strong without rage, without o’erflowing, tull. “The appositeness of the quotation was ap- That was the character of the man. He was graceful, kind, gentle, tender and good. He was graceful nacu- rally. Hé could not be otherwise. A FUNERAL SERMON. “He preached the funeral sermon of Archbishop Spalding, of Baltimore. In his easy way, and with- out apparent effort, he made a magnificent dis- course. He spoke of Arclibishop Kendrick as the greatest and most learned prelate that we ever had on this side of the Atlantic, as the iustrious pre- decessor of Archbishop Spalding, and referred to his death as occurring immediately after tne great He pictured that death in peace and quietness, with beads strung round his wrist and his hand on bis heart, and said that all the thunder of the artillery at Gettysburg did not arouse the feeling of the Catholic beart—of the heart of trae Christian men throughout the world— | as much as the announcement of that death, I re- finest 1 ever witnessed in pulpit oratory.” A DINNER PARTY. Father McCaffery continued his eulogistic remit. Biscences of the Cardinal for over an hour, speak- ing of him in the most affectionate manner. But time and space are pressing and J must bring the interview to a clos One point, however, I must notomit. Ata dinner party given im New York, at which Father McUaffery Was one of the guests, the host spoke of Archbishop McCloskey as not possessing the “back bone’ of Archbishop Hughes, and as one who would not fight. To that Father McCaffery responded by giving the toast of “His Grace, the Archbishop of New York—a man who Will not fight; but @ man who will conquer by meekness, ov ntieness, by charity, by prayer.” Un my way down to the village of Emmettsourg I passed the beautiful | buildings and grounds which constitute the Con- | vent of St. Joseph’s, established by Mrs. Seaton, | half sister to the father of Archbishop Bayley, | and whom I afterward heard alluded to by one of the priests at the college as one who was to be the first American saint, as the former boy-student of St. Mary’s has become the first American cardinal, l intended to have visited it; but time did not per- mit me to do so, I did, however, pay another visit to the college to say “Goodby” to its re- spected President and officials, and to express my sense of the great courtesy and kindness showo me; but I was again so overwhelmed by the polite- ness of those polished and courteous men that l fam afraid 1 was bat illy able to dogo, Tne Presi, Gent and Father McCaffery are to be in attoudance ft the ceremony on Tuesday, in honur of their | former fellow student. THE CARDINAL AS PRIEST. Alittle over forry-one years ago, John Mcvuloskey, Qn ecclesiastical student just irom Mount St, Mary Emmettaburg, Maryland, was ordained in this city by Right Rev. Dr. Dubois. it Was a fact then Of no ordinary import and cause of rejoicing among the Catholic population of Now York, who were then comparatively iew in num- bers, but who, nevertheless, often experienced the want of clergymen to administer the sacra- | Ment on critical occasions in consequence or the aimicalty of travel their scattered habitations on Manbattan Isiand. GORS TO ROME, | Father McCloskey was twenty-lour years old when ordained, ana had already ranked high asa learned, eloquent and accompilshed speaker. About 1884 Bishop Duvios hai in contemplation the tablishment of @ diocesan sem nary, and re- garding the young priest as peculiarly, well | qualified to did jo the organigaiion of such an ia- tation, he was sent to Kome to engage in jur+ ther stadies in order to thoroughly qaalily him for the work. After an absence of two ycars he returned to New York and began Ais missionary labors at St. Patrick's Cathedral, tho time not yet being ripe to found a o jor the traising of young men for the miuistry, Father MoCloskey now commenced to labor with exiraordiaary diligence, Clergymen in this city, his contemporaries, bear | testiwiony that neitoer toll nor Gauger were re | garded by him tn discharging the obligati:ne of | his sacred office; he Was always found where the | poor ane sick needed him; ne constantly visited the prisons and hospitals and wont giong the | bignwoeys and by ways, early and Jace, with @ band stretched out in charity aod speasing words of Consolation and hope to the aflioted and erring, iPrespectiVe of creed or country, Patner Mcvlogkey, | young maa, displayed qualities, Wie thus tolling Inceseaatiy, that ouseu Lim to | | McCloskey remained six y be noted for remark: wisdom and fitred for tm- portant trusts, His learning was unquestioned, and his amlubility won him the respect and at- tacument of his brother clergymen and the laity. APPOINTED PASTOR OF ST, JOSERE'S. Joseph’s church, om Sixth avenue, Was erected in 1833, through the exertions of Rev, Father Commiskey. It was the only Catholic Tem- ple in the city above Fourth street, ana conse- quently the boundaries of the parish were unde- fined and the labors of the pastor arduous, and covered a large area. In 1858 a diMeculty arose among the congregation, which was partly com- posed of people in opulent circumstances, and of others in the humbier walks of life, sions sprung up in reference to the allotment or occupation of pews, and they proceeded to sach an extent that the Bishop had to interfere, The doors St. of the church were closed and remained in that | state for two weeks, during which time no services took place in the edifice, had succeeded to the pastorship, was removed, and, as a healing measure, Father McCloskey was | appointed in his stead. The latter, as was well known, possessed the faculty of reconciling dis- cordant parties. ence harmony was soon completely restored in the congregation, 1t may be mentioned bere that Dr. Pise immediately opened a temporary chapel on Broadway, near Washington square, but, proving unsuccessfui, that clergyman was subsequently placed in charge of St. Peter's, Barclay street. THE CARDINAL'S EARLY WORK. A more extended field of operations was now opened to Father McCloskey, ‘The peuple became warmly attacned to their new pastor, and he in return entirely devoted himself to the work of promoting thew best tnterests. He was particu- larly actve in advancing the cause of sound edu- caulon. We cheerfully performed toilsome jour- neys Over his extensive parisn in making sick culls; and as one clergyman, who knew him weil, remarked & Jew days since, he gloried in the Christian priesthood, “which no man assumes unless he was on as was Aaron.”? Notwithstanding, the young pastor (now only twenty-eight years old) was quiet and unpretending. Duty with him was be- lore all and everything. His eloquent and effec- tive discourses likewise attracted every Sunday assemblages that filled St. Joseph's to its iullest capacity, not alone by Catholics, but by persons OL Other denominations, ST. JOHN'S COLLEGX FOUNDED, The time bad pow arrived when St. John’s Col- lege, at Fordbam, was opened tor the reception of ecclesiastical students. Father McCloskey was selected to be the first President of the institu. | tion, to which place he removed, though still re- taining nominally the pastorstip of St. Joseph’s, The duties that devolved on him were onerous and required tne exercise of the soundest judg- ment. He had to arrange the torty students in atiendance in classes and appoint professors and teachers. The whole work of iuitial organization fell upon his shoulders, and Father Curran, of St. Andrews, and Father Mulone, of Williamsburg (both educated at st. John’s), speak in the highest terms of admi- ration of the executive skill he displayed in bis new and responsiple station, On assuming the office of Presideat, Father McCloskey preached in the College Hall a sermon that even now, alter | the lapse of many years, some of his old pupils de- clare was as eloquent and learned as ever fell jrom the lips of man. His text was the grain ol mustard seed, which he likened to the Church —lowly in its beginning, but whose branches Spread over the earth, and among waich rest, con- solation and protection are to be iound by the Weary, siniul and wretched of all nations and dur- ing all time. Father McCloskey, after placing the seminary at Fordham in successful operation, re- turned to New York and resumed the pastorship of St. Joseph’s. During bis avsence the late dis- tinguished divine und author, Doctor Manahan, discharged the iunctions oO: parish priest. Father in charge o1 St. Joseph’s, when, on March 10, 1844, he was conse- crated Bishop Axieren in partibusnd Coadjutor a Bisbop o! New York. THE CARDINAL'S OLD PARISHIONERS. But few of the Cardingi’s old parishiofers now survive. A representative of the HERALD A lew days since made inquiries in the Eighth and Ninth wards respecting them, and jound that moss nad jounu rest in the grave; others were scattered all over the United States, and even a small remnant were in foreigy lands. He met, nowever, one or two who gladly spoke of the days gone by, when | the amiable and saintly Father McCloskey (as they adectionately styled him) was their pastor, His 3, they sala, blessed the od his presence in their homes was a benediction, They were proud of his exaltation, though they were deeply moved when he was removed irom their midst, Some few incidents tnat oc- curred during his pastorate were reiated. On one occasion, when there was large congregation in attendance during divine service and Puther McCloskey officiating, a crack Was heard in one oi the galleries. This cir- cumstance caused a cry of “ Fire!” to be ratsed,and almost instantly the greatest consternation pre- vailed, Father McCloskey was at the moment in the act of admivisteriug the sacrament. There ‘The dissen- | Finally Father Pise, who | Under his wise and gentile influ. } called | wasfa general rush for the doors, and many jumped | out of the windows i their extreme fright. Utners vaulted or crossed over the sangtbary railing. Fath- er McCloskey continued, undisturbed vy the noise and confasion, in dispensing the communion, aud by his presence of mind and guiet admonition to the congregation to remain iu their places, oraer was soon restored; but it tutned out afterward toat eral persons died from tbe injuries they received, AN INTERESTING INCIDENT. At another time » geutleman irom one of tne | the Southern States, temporarily sojourning in this city, was taken suddenly and dangerously sick at an advanced hour in tne nignt. He urgently re- quested the attendance of a Catholic clergyman at bis bedside, Thirty-five years ago minisiers of that faith could not be easily reached in the city, for their namber Was not large. sengers Were sent out, auo they found the pastor of St. Joseph's at ols residence at an ea:ly hour in the Morning, Without a moment's delay the young priest was on his way to the patient's room, where be administered tne last rites of the Church, The gentleman recovered, und it was Stared that @ lifelong iriendsbip was jouuded oe tween the Cardinal aud the Southerner, who sub- | sequently rose to & distinguisned position tu puo- | lie ie, Other equally interesting incidents were related, all tending to show now devored the Car- dinal was in the discharge of nia sacred duties when officiating as a priest. RAISED TO THR EPISCOPATE. ‘The testimony of bota ecclesiastics and laymen concur in showing that the Cardinal earaed the love and respect of both th and the parisvioners of St. Joseph's, In severing hia connection with ea¢n hia departure was Geeply anu sincerely regretted, though bis loss in this city was partially repaired oy the appoiat- ment a8 his successors in pastoral charge of two eminent clergymen— Father McCarron (deceased) and Father Farreil, who is the preseut incum- beat. cluding this notige is by quotiag an extract from the sermon delivered by the late Very Rev. Doctor Powers, ou the occasion of the consecration of Fathet MeUloskey, coadjutor Bisuop of New York im 164, Father Powers said:—I have known him from nis voynvod, I have seen the youthful bud of genius unsold itseit and I have jn it also in fuli expansion, and 1 thank God that Ihave been spared to behold it now bivssing the house of tue Lord.’ The very reverend | However, mes — stadents of St. Jonn’s | | Geaicated on 1852, Perhaps the most suitable manner of con- | preacher added that the unanimous voice of tue | borers io Vineyard deemed Father McClos- key worthy ameug them all of the high dignity that mede him coadjutor Lishop, THE CARDINAL AS BISHOP. ALBANY, Aprii 24, 1975, Forty thousand Catholics to-day io Alvany re- Vore the hawe of Vardiaal Jonn McCloskey as for- mer Bishop, friend aud spiritual adviser, ihe memory of + 4% unvlewlaned ille, fauiroful services in (he cause of religion aod tender-hearted watoh- fUines#, hot alone over spiritual bat, corporeal Wauis, remcios vividly beore them. Hei be lavored for eimhieon years, These monuments ofhis work remain behind Bim. The odor of his | sanctity permeates this Knickerbocker town, Men and women of all denominations venerate bis name. Churchman and civilian alike bear testl mony to bis worth. Narrow-minded prejudice and bigoted criticism 2 to offend honest opin- fons in connection with the name of John Me- Closkey, first American Cardinal of the Roman | Catholic Chureh, Albany Catholics claim nim as | their exemplar of all that is good and noble in the priesthood, ‘They poiny bim out as a perfect em- odiment of the holy ecclesiastic—the vright, par- | ticular ornament of @ true religion. They quove the lines of the poet as applicable to this disciple of their reverence :— True reth 1s always mild, propitious and hu Plays pot the tyrant, plants no Nor boars destruction on her ch wheels; But stoops to polish, succor and redress, And binds her grandeur on the public good, When the news came to Albany, ten years ago, that Bishop McCloskey way suinmoned to a higher mission in the metropolis, universal regret was ex- hibited at his logs, The citizens signified their re- | gard by the tender of a public dinner on the occa- sion of his departure, The clergy marked thelr es- teem ina similar manner and by the presentation | of an archic¢piseopal cup and insignia. Thus did Bishop McCloskey attract the universal | regard of Albanians. Always affable and approach- able, genial in whatever soci@y he honored with his presence, he was not alone admired for his thin blood ability, but really a popular gentleman in every | senge of the term. Catholics are justly proud of him and all denominations respect him. He was, at the sar time, very popu- lar with his clergy, While a resident of Alpany, the habits of this prelate were extremely | simple and retiring, He was uniformly accas- | tomed to take daily walks for the sake of exercise, | His perambulations extended in all directions, and men, women and chiidren became famil- jarized with his personal appearance and kindly manner, EARLY ALBANY REMINISCENCES OF THE CARDINAL, In 1847 Bishop MeVloskey came to Albany to take ecbarge of the diocese, Catholicity | was then only io its infancy in tue neighborhood, | Three churches represented Catholic worshippers. | Now there are eleven, From 10,000 members of this denomination the pumber has since swollen | to over 40,000, St Mary's, situated on Chapel street, was then the cathecral. REY. CLARENCE WALWORTH. To-day I visited ‘Wid St. Mary's,’ which now | has for its pastor Rev. Clarence Walworth, The | building ia which Bishop McCloskey oMclated has given place to a more imposing edifice, Adjoining | is the pastoral residence, exceedingly plain and unsubstantial Iu outside appear:nce and inside upholstery, Father Walworth was at home, The | good priest has been unwell. He is & gentleman of probably iifty years of age, tall and commanding in appearance, pecuilarly high, intellectual fore- head; very pale, ascetic features; thin gray hair, and dignified, reserved manner, His per- sonal reminiscences of Bishop while in Albany are scant. He dis- | | McCloskey | | claimed any intimate acquaintance with the distinguished prelate at tuis particular pertod of | his history. 4 questioned Father Walworth as to | what ne thought of Archbishop McCloskey's eleva- | tion to the Cardinaiship, He considered it a great — compliment to the people of tie United Staces, | and eminently deserved by the distinguished re- | cipient, One great point had been secured—recog- | nitign of the United States in the election of a | Pope. Cardinal McCloskey would now possess a vote in that important comtroversy, should a | vacancy occur in the Papal chair during the term | of bis oficial life. REY. THEODORE NORTHEN, We have here a large German church and con- gregation presided over by Rev. Theodore | Noetnen, This excellent clergyman has been twenty-six years in Albany, aud during that time was intimately acquainted with Bisuop McCloskey. | Like other Catholic clergymen with whom IL conversea, he speaks rapturonsly of the selection of bis former Bishop for the important office of Cardinal, Father Noethen is mucn respected in Alvany. He bas done a great deal tu advance the iuterests of Catholicity. Born in Cologne, Prussia, he came to this country when a@ boy. He was or- dained priest at Forabam by Bishop Hughes, that preiate being assisted at tne service by the pres- ent Cardinal. Father Noethen looks back witn | pride to this incident in his ecclesiastical career, One year ago he was appointed.chaplain to the Albany Penitentiary, and his eforts among pris- oners have been crowned with amaging success, | To him I am indebted for some interesting in- cidents in relation to the life of Car- dinal McCloskey while Bishop of Aijlb. These incidents are few, as everybody with whom, I spoke remarked that the Cardinal's eighteen years’ experience among Albenians was particulariy devoid ol sensation or snow. He was @ qmiet, Unostentations Worker in the cause of re- ligion, His career resembled the passage of a bark over @ placid lake—no boisterous controver- sles, DO Ill-considered Movements, A FATHER'S AND A PRIEST'S PROPHECIES. Cardinal McCloskey’s iatuer was early imbued with hopes tor the ecclesiastical preierment ot his son. When the Cardinal was only twelve years of age, this iund lather, Who resided in Brooklyn, expressed Opinions taut ls Child Would don tie | | | | roves of the priest, aud rine by degrees to the bigh eminence which he has jast attained, Were tuese prophecies ‘tne voice of an ail-wise Providence speaking turough the mouth of tis creature? An eloquent Brooklyn divine, Kev, Dr. Pise, many years after, in one of his sermons, made use of the following language in speaking Of Us:dinal (then Coagjutor Bishop of New York, aithot residing ip Albany) McCloskey :—“Of him whut soalll say? 1 confess 1 feel almost atratu to trust myseif to give expres- sion. on this magnificent occasion of my ad- miration of this gentle and accomplished prelate. Dear to mein the bloom vo: his boyhood, under des of our ‘mounutein home,’ and during sacerdetal career my true and unwavering Iriend. From bim, pow numbered among the prelates of the Cuurci, adorned with all the virtues of nis offic: retued, eloquent, un- prejudiced, social, learned, What has wwe Ameri- Church not right \o anticipate ST. MARY'S CHURCH—TUE ULD CATHEDRAL, St. Mary’s Was the first Cathulic edifice in the city of Aloauy. it Was completed in 1793 baiit in 18: ardinal MeCioskey Was insti tae churc Bis»op of Albany. Upon the sion Archoisnop Lu, remarkable discour: u quent lips. cuurch, ont only temporarily. #taliawou compit his wtention of @ iT nis ocra- Vvered one of the mos¢ t ever feil frum nis elo- St. Mary’s then became the Cathedral Hardly was the in- 1d velore ine bis.op aanounced al. ectiog @ grand cathedral. Al- I have aireaay , shea courches, the response from uiemplated edifice Was warm wnd enthusiastic. Tue members of st. Josep.’ burch, at a meetiog at which Only 125 were prea ent, Gad these only of moderate means, con- | triouted instantly nearly $5,000, BISHOP M'OLOSKEY’S GREAT MONUMENT—THE New | CATHEDRAL, | Now the good work for building the new Cath dral, one ul the tbest reigious Sons Was lairily commenced, the other city cuurc om the congrega- tions scattered over tne diocese, which exvended to tue St. Lawrence on the north aad embraced a | istrict of large extemt toward tue west, were with promptiude, A site for the new rai was 6 4 at the southwest corner of State and Park streets, opposite Vapitol, out avauduned jor tae commuuding 1ocation occupied by the present Cathedral o: the Immaculate C ception, The corner sibue of tue builaing w: jad tu 1848 by Archvisnop Hugtes, It was tue 2ist day of ema Mr. Keeicy was tne arehi- we Of Celebrity in Chuoreu balun, and judement of Bisdup McUloskey structure. ud coptroied the whole tyle ol pews, 4uT, design ol t tou of the exierlor and storied Window, Whica gi the sauctuary; color and designs of the Winaows generally, aud, in \rat, the entire /aci# and fancies o: tne outid- pei vised and submitted to uy vl tigut Teverend projector, wc1ous aNd Veantiiul church Was cum- rr When toe gorgeous sulemauities crowaig i OF Music Ceased to viurace erring \aste Was manl the aicer-maug its ceremoulai aliracy Qot less cumpiete than cuat o1 Baltimo: TK. ite inuele Was excelent and aione crowds Of visitors t ine site 1 wit deuominations, oO. this Cathedral is ove oO: the most 0 WAG GevValed io Aloany, Its selection | udicious, When the Cathedsal was | the sulruundiogs Were cuietly clay Dupk-. 4he erection of great Churcn gave a deciued gress ib that part of ihe vity, fue residence is bus & feW yards | LIGIOUS PHOGRESS, Either attracted by the muny graces wotch dis. | Mbgusued the Rew Kisdop, oF Conny at lis | bcitution, & ue vody of clergyinen § vn gatnerea | Wod Him. Toe Gatnedral acquired remoWu for Quevce a8 Wels ts Music and Mayoimcent Hial. One of the must elliciont genvemen ever graceu the cassock Was ued Vicar from the editic e said, a9 1 he were speaging to him bang be jorged.”’ Mr, Hurt, ooking a hal br. enapei ia the sow cane un from Baltimore wit mass in the Cathedrai at sev 18 Gedication were fuisued and the morning. | sanctuary of t worming. uu body o1 the church will not be avorned, but be lei # its ordimary condition of scarlet Cloth the immen: aisles. snogid hav | adoptea, | Bence will periorm the wurriage Tite unit General Conroy (pastor of St. Joseph’a churen, and now Bishop of Albany im conjunction witt Bishop MeNierney). ‘The present Bishop Worms of Ogdensburg, at the time pastor of the Cathe ral, Ws alike distioguished in vis position, THE CHOLERA OF 1854. Albany was visited with that terrible disease eholer two hundred death took place in a single week, When the epidtemle broke out Uisho y Was absent in anocne: Hocese engaged in adininistering 0 firmation to sox of his Mock, He In company with Fathers he tte 1 night and aay nates being b 0 sud hours fg, watt 0 La Lhe 18 remonstrated, but all in valu. NAKROW FSCAPE PROM DEATH. Atlength the good Bishop was induced to Hoe the discharge of bis duties to the confessio For hours and hours he sat patiently listening ta tales of iniquity and sin poured toto his prieatiy ear by the irightened people. The hand o: death wag abroad, and alimast prepare. They rushed ta their Bishop jor spiritual comfort. Father Noe- then looked into the sacristy and saw bis beloved prelate pale, emaciacea and careworn, Overwork and zeal in the cause of the Most Hign had wrecked that tender constitution, Dr, Thomas Hiun, one of the oOltest and most respected poysl- clans In Albany, Was sent lor, He vastened to the bedstde of his sinking patient, “Twenty-loue hours Jaier,” exclaimed this a hertiaee physk clin, “and L would have veen late; tne Bishop would have been a corpse.” The ‘prectous Ife Was saved. Bishop McCloskey was spared to sned more lustre upon the Church of Pius 1X., and educate, by precept and example, the hondreds of thousands of Nis coreligionisia scattered throughout the United States. , A RAILWAY ACCIDENT. In 1850 Bishop MeCloskey was summoned to New re their the York tor the purpose of attending a Provine cial Council. He travelled by ratl Near Tarry- town the train came tlo collision with some freight cars, The Bishop at this moment stood outside, His les were crushed, Cwo India rapper overshoes being torn off his eet; out fortuaately no very serious injuries resulted. He was cone fined to bed tn Tarrytown lor several weeks, After recovery the late Mr. Peter ger instituted #@ auit against the railroad company, which Wag compromised for some $5,000, ‘Tis inoney Bishop Movloskey tianded over toward tae finisming of his new Catheural. THE WORK OF RELIGION. During the years that Bishop eCloskey spent in Albany he accomplisned much for the cause of religion. Cnurchet were built and institutions orgauized, Those excellent establishments pre- sided over by the Sisters of Mercy and Sisters of St. Joseph were orminared by him, Daving tis teri the Provincial Seminary ar ‘troy was boughs by Archbishop Hughes, The Bishop went co Bue rope at this me or Wie purpose of engaging pro- fessor for the new seminary. Jesus Fathers, Augustinians, Franciscans and oblates were also brought to Albany and other parts of his aiocese by bois zealous prel Cnurches and educational institutions have be tablished wader the aus pices of each of those orders, THR CARDINAL'S FIRST VISIT TO PLUS IX—SOMM INTRRESTING LETTERS. In 1851 Bishop loskey first went to Rome, He was then & comparatively young man, in the full Vigor of lie and religious zeal, His letters, sent toa prominent crelesiastic in Albany at the tume, breathe of the intense pleasure and prodt ne derived from this visit to the F city and ta the Pope, 1 called upon the recipient of these letters. He was kind enough to read following most interesting eXtracts Irom the communicie tions, remarking, ¢ wus then, a8 Bisnop of Albany, levuted Lo the Holy Father as ne is to- day as Varainal Archoisnop of New York" Rome (Pegpt of St. home One of the my journey abroa « Rome, thave seen the Moly Father; I have ku to kiss hid ring, to reoclve his bieasiug. thw been consoled and cheered by his words of pater nal tenderness and encourarement; and ail tia has been not for myself al bat for my clergy and people, who wero more than ever present it my heart when, a8 thelr uuwortoy Bishop, 1 Kuelb in the presence of the Chief Bishop of the univer- sal flock, and sought the benediction of nim who, in his lie as well as office, is the representative of % Jesus Ourist on earth, 1am now satisfied at once to retrace my st even if i had nothing else to carry back with but the remembrance of that presence and the a- surance of that odlessing, * * * Ane Moly Father evid:ntiy cherishes 4reat affection for tha American Church, and looks forward with liveliest Interest and fondest hope to the juture wuicn a betore her. On vbristmas eve | assisted at the midnight mass (solemn Pontifical mass) celebrated by nw Holiness at the Charch of Ste, Maria Mag: giore, aod bad my place within the chun ** * T am truly grateful for all the continued Zeal and generosity shown both by clergy and people in Aibauy. Although the Knowl edge of the generosity of our people has made opie in Earope think we heed no hel», stilleveo ut this sacrifice I am better contented It snouid be known, I have met many who have already heard of our Cathedral. 1 have spoken of (he novle generosity of our people without any wish to con ceal it tor purppses of eXviting sympathy or ob taining furtner did, 1 have commenced them ta the Holy Father, and will how have the pleasure of still contirming my first good reports wheo L Bave the honor of seeing His Holivess again. Rome, Jan, 20, 185 I had my last audience of His Holiness ot Sunday evening. the Holy Father Was very kind. I said a great deal in praise of my clergy and people, with which he seemed much gratifed. In toxen of his approbation, dis Holle fess presented me a handsome chalice for oar new Cathedral, and granted me tm scriptis, signed by bis own hand in my presence, the fueulty of Line arting the Apostolic Benedi with plenary ndulgence (servatis servandis), to all the beneface tors of our good work, do that’ [now am ready ta depart in peace, | cherisn this token of the Holy Father’s approbation more than sliver or gold, 3 would feel myself suflciently rewarded vy this alone for my journey ad limine aposiolorum, THE COMING CEREMONY. ‘The anxiety among the people to obtain ticket@ for admission to St. Patrick’s Catuedral to-mor- row morning 18 causing infinite annoyance to Cardinal McCloskey and the prieats at thé Mule berry street courch, as well as to the several lays men who have duties to periorm at the Cathedral, Among the latter Mr. Hart, the sexton, ia the most wofully pestered. He cannot convince the people who come to him for tickets that he has neither the right nor the opportunity to distribute any but those which have been given to him to hand to persons in St. Patrick’s parish whose names are indorsed on the envel- opes in which the ticketa are enclosed, fhe com equence is that, at the present moment, Sexton Hart is one of the best abused men ia New York, The desire to see the ceremony of investiture biinds many people to What is proper. Mence Mr, Hart 1s disliked and condemned tor merely doing his duty, and hence some people are endeavoring to institate trading im the invitations which have been sent out to the services in the Cathedral to- morrow morning. Some of these invitations have, of course, fallen into the nands of poor pevjie to woom @ smali sum of money would be better than @ View of the grandest cere- mony taut was ever beneld on earth, Wealthy people wno have been unable in any other way to procure ficket# are how appealing for them to the cupidity, or rather the monetary beed, of te poor Who, in this instance, have been juckicr thaa tuey. It \# known that private bargains have alréady been made, in which as much a+ $20 wer paid for a ticket which conferred the privuege seatina pew, The followiag, however, ia the first public anuouncement of a “ish \o purchuse tickets fur admission (Oo the Cashedral. itis a Gaver tisement wuicu appeared IM tue HENALD yesteraay:— gooey OF TUE CARDINAL —ANY PERSON Holding one or two tickets tor the eereihony at the | Cathedral, Tuesday, 27th inst, aad williug to dispose them wii Gnd 4 purchawor at’ their owa prico by calle upon oF addrossing CATHOLIC, to West Thirty. insertion which is here given ing third etree. Th te advertisement will undouvtediy ori to tholie’”? the opportunity to ouy the tickets for Which bis loyal heart yearns. A DESIGN To FORGR It would seem, trom a little incident whick ha) peued last pight in the Vestry of the Oatuedral tat a design Was partly conceived tu forge ticke: of aamission. A young man called upon Mr. Har sald be oad come from Fifteenth street, and ask tor ticke! ‘Tne sexton toid nim that none were to be bad. He then said, “Will you let me see a wicket?” und Mr, Hart too and haoced it to tia. ~Whi ra eurnestiy and longingly, ¥ 0 ou iutead to vorge @ tucket ?” Bui a young lellow, Wituout repiying, w the roor THE Pap. ENVOYS kestiog within Cat ence. Mgr. Roncettl aw d masses in the private Archbishop Bayley, wag them, ceed: ated @ o'clooK yeaterday Ol the work of Otting up the hearai will be Lesug thit in finally decrded that toe The difeuit, part it hai eer impie Gothic besuy ded to decorate with culumNs that guard tue it was at one time in AFTER THR INVESTITORE His Eminence will hold one lecee certainly, ame perhaps more. it tnree next Wednesday, Thursday not lkely hat the suggestio' * as on Wednesday evening hie Emi Mr. Henry Kivera abd Mise Nellie M@rohy, daughtel of kx-Vollector Murphy, aud on Thuraday Will at tend a reception at tle residence of buy? On fuesday, ater the ceremonics are ove! oe Keily. | he Himinence wad the visiting prelates will ‘ioe en Janile in the Asylud, at Whe Corser of Mouse | Gud Aluibersy sireots,