Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1861-06-05
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Large Procession at St. Augustine.

On Thursday, 3Oth ult., the procession in hon
or of the Most Holy Sacrament took place, with
all the beautiful and imposing ceremonies of the
Roman Catholic Church. The whole of the
members of the congreg CATION of St. Augustine,
along with large Numbers of the members of the
congregations of Carrollton and Loretto, were
present at the church at an carly hour-it having
been announced sometime before that the pro-
cesson would take place. After the celebration
of Mass, by the Rev. John Burns, the procession
was formed in order by Mr.. Joseph Meyer, mar
shall and his assistants, and moved from the
church down the state roal the distance of three
quarters of mile. Along the route were four
beautiful affairs, at each Of which the procession
stopped and, kneeling, received the benediction
of the Most Holy Sacrament The day was clear
and beautiful, and the large concourse of people
wko formed the procession, both Catholics and
Protestants, every where preserved the best order
and most respectful silence, indicative of the good
feeling that exists between the Catholics of this
neighborhood and their Protestant friends.
| The order of the procession was as follows
| The National flag, with four full bands of mar
tial music, and the Chest Spring Highlander
numbering about one hundred and tweuty- five
men, under the command of Lieut.. P. Kaylor,
| headed the procession. These were followed by
the men of the different congregations in two di-
visions, one division following the Banner of the
Blessed Sacrament, the other following the Ban
ner of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Next came the
little girls of the congregation, numbering be-
tween fifty and one hundred, all dressed IN white
with chaplets Of flowers on their heads-the very
picture of youthful innocence and beauty-these
followed the Banner of the Immaculate Concep.
tion, truly beautiful banner. it being a true
copy of the far famed picture of the Conception
taken from Spain by Marshal Soult in 1911 and
purchased by the present Emperor of the French
at an enormous price. Then came the BlesseC
Sacrament, borne by the Re-. John Burns, who
was dressed in the robes of his sacred Office ant
covered by canopy carried by four venerabl,
men. Immediately in front of the canopy wer
the choir of st. Augustne's church and mum
Der of Acolytes on the right were the member!
of the Young Mems Association, wearing blu
scarfs and roSettes, numbering ffty-tw men
under the command of J. ii. Dou glass, Esq.
on the left were the Cambria Rangers, one hun
drei men, commanded by Capt. J. E. M'Kenzie
Each company was headed by the National flag
The procession was closed by large concours
of people marching promiscuously. We had n
means of ascertaining the number of people in tn
= procession but it must have consisted of severa
thousand.
We may add that in the evening after the pre-
cession was over, a new Volunteer company wa
organized, and elected the following officers
, Captain, E. X. Dunegan; 1st Lieutenant, jaime
F.. Neason End Lieutenant, j. u. Zerbee; 3r
Lieutenant, J. H. Ivory; Orderly Serg't, Joh
: H. Douglass, Esqr. CLEARFIE+D.