New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-25
r,ryoIIC PRIEST BEATEN rs TIE
SACRTSTT.
A STRANGE STORY.

A SIRANGf siOhf.
-.,..o v..,s ego Father Ssrguins.ti osC's to
re-, frcm s. LNu', intending intenohg 70 Io.ai"
t'a c.! I,,y. Whilo sCiourDing heie, however,
s 'so,.ly greved o. the spiritual dssu'unOn Of ths
hsNN r..s IN Ne.-York, and urgently requested
",,,,b,hop to allow him 70 become ther p'''N'
P,o-i,ite permission was obtained, ana 20 o. once
- uDcn bis chuge. Renting the ps3e-
e Sc Catholic Chuch in Cana street, ne
e-sd i: with the faithful, ard became 80 popular
,,,i, ocuntrypeu that his congregation oveIh'w-
-. F,,e church, and filed the courts on each SIDE
-. bs gres, ambition 70 build sual church Tor
I,nsfs. Asp,iests are not usually good hnancers,
=. ,n-o;pted two members of bis copgregsloni
nL.v we're brothers living 10 White street. 10 %
S.e-.,a,y and Treasurer. The brotners oet"e'n
,h,m koye the purse. Each Sabbath ana iess'
a., they received contributions toward the new
- a. vel az donations for the minister,
,,5 TIE rent Of tue pews. The good Pastor VINO nsd
rtts money Of bis owo, aud few hiends VINO occs-
.on,v b,red him told the officers TO add the dona-
.,,,;,,s,ded for lirnsef 10 the church fund, saying
a., :, long a. he could he would support himself
hop. assistance from his people, il he could thereby
further the object be had 30 much At heart. lhuf' LOT
rss,ly two YEAR, the Church went on increasing ana
p-osre,,g. But, at ergh the Pastor means is'isd
tin lie had lived poorly, on lenten Diet clo.nea Nun
sefss cLespy as possible and resorsd 10 al sonS Oh
.he n exc ont his funds in order to avoid encroseh-
inc mon the contributions Of the congregation. But
The end came AZ last and hungry aad almost naked, he
applied to the Treasurer for money That person told
him he could give him none; that the funds in his pos
ssss;on were to build church. not to feed church
man The Father asked what he should do must
Is s..rge, must he say mass with hs clothes
6opyrg 10 peces must he 90 into the streets aud
lsg7 After much solicitation the Treasurer loaned
linn s2j; but five weeks after sued him in a Ward
Cour. or the recovery Of the money and friend paid
fer bin. Father SsI guinett told the Treasurer aud
Ls brother that they must in future pay him the dons
fops received from the congregation, az he had no
t,ta mans Of support. Instead Of doing this how
ty.r. they tied the money up in pockethsndkerchief
sysry Sunday and carried it away. The Priest was
Tins reduced to great distress, often suffering for the
n,oey,rits Of life. This stste of things becoming
known to the Irish portion of bis cong egation they
contributed enough to relieve his necessities The Irish
eereft having lagey increased 10 the congregation,
ney urged him to rent the church up stairs, which
WAS .Lsn vacant lie consented, aud although $4,000
a ytsr was asked succeeded in obtaining it,
for taf that sum. The brothers when requested
10 paw the quarter rent in advance refused to do So
saving that he had right to incur much expense
and the money was raised by the pastor among his
friends. Az the church was sadly dilapidaed and 10
need Of repairs Father Ssngunetti employed workmen
10 nut il in Order This excited the ire of the Secretary
mud Treasurer who claimed thst il was their province
10 lock ster the temporal affairs Of the church, and
hey refused To pay for anything that ne might order to
be dors. lie then sought the Archbishop for advice,
who told him be had better dismiss the officers aud
take tie funds under his own care. AGING up to this
advice he sent for the two brothers, who came to gee
hin in the sacristy the 10th of July last He told
them that they must give him their books and the
funds Of the church, which now amounted to between
500 AID $500. At this they became very angry,
swearing that they and not he masters there and
both e them fell upon him, beating him savsgely with
their Gets kicking him and breaking table aud
scne otEer furniture over his head. Father San
gunet Gays that next to God, he believes thst the
timely appearance of his courageous little lrsh serv-
lDg-romsn saved his life. She sprarg between him
and his ASSISTANTS and picking up STOOL defied them
10 touch hin again at their perl. Thereupon tue cow
tids ccn.ented Themselves with crying in Italian,
"D0Hp with the priest ITO he'll with the priest
ard soon after left. Next day. when he was about to
say mas u Church. they renewed their attack upon
hun, con ing up to the altar and calling him all sorts Of
were finally removed by the Police. On the 18th of
July al Italian named Louis came 10 him and threat
ened to take his life because he had appointed an
Iislusa officer of the Church. Louis also had to
be removed by the Police. On the l9.h ofJuly an IN
known Italian called to hire pew Father SaDguinett
took Kim into the Church. and while showing him the
pews discovered that he was armed with long knife
Ind was evidently watching for opportunity 10 take
him off Lis eusrd. The father however KEEP. him at q
distance ard the fellow, evidently much chsgrined
at length ef saying he had money then, but would
ral again In the cOurre Of the evening the father
found tie front door the church unlocked and it is
bis impression that his unknown visitor intended to
sanate him. and then escape through the front door.
This singular story is substantially az related by Father
Sargure tti himself who says thst he cannot account
fer these attempts to do him injury. lie has not yet
succeeded in obtaining the church funds from the late
officers. The attack that they made upon him was of
70 severe character that he for some time very
III in consequence and told he has sustained To-
juiiss from which he will never recover. He has
however, borne himself toward his assailsnts with
Christian magpsnimty and forbearance, neither prose-
tutirg not retalatipg in any way.