The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-05


nary OF St. Charles Borromeo, on the Lancaster
Pike about FIVE miles from the Market Street
Bridge, took place in the presence of a large
concourse Of people, among whom we're nearly
all the Catholic clergy of Philadelphia.
The religious services were in accordance
with the impressive ritual OF the Roman Ca
tholic Church. After the conservation of the
ground the Right Reverend Bishop Wood laid
the cornerstone, assisted by Very Reverend DR..
0Hara, v. G., as Assistant Priest; Reverend
James OConnor Rector of the Theological
Seminary, as First Deacon OF Honor; Reverend
j. F. khanahan, as Second Deacon of Honor
and Reverend f. P. O'Nei, Master of Ceremo
nies.
Within the stone were placed the following
Coins of the United States of the present year,
1866, viz.:--1 cent, cent 3 cent (amalgam); 8
cent (silver); s, 10, 25, so cent pieces, and 81,
all silver and 81 in gold; the following record
in English, and a silver plate, with a duplicate
OF the Latin inscription on parchment, engraved
thereon:-
~. 10. NJ" IDeo Optimo Marino-Great God
ON The fourth day of April April one thousand eight
hundred and sixty.six, IN the LPontihoate OF our
Holy Father, Plus TX, Andrew johnson, President
ernor of Pennsylvania, civil war beng ended aud
peace happily restored james Frederick, fifth Right
Reverend Bishop of Philadelphia, iu presence Of q
large and approving lassembage of the clergy and
faithful. laid the cornerstone Of this Church and
Ecclesiastical Seminary OF ST. Charles BorromeO.
To these it is proposed to add the daily papers
of this city of to-day's issue.
After the completion of the impressive re-
gious ceremonies Right Rev. Bishop Wood intro
duced Rev. DR.. OConnor, who declared that the
occasion was one of consolation and joy. 1t
indicated progress, and was a sure pledge of a
brilliant future in this vast diocese.
The erection of the first purely ecclesiastical
seminary in the present diocese thirty years
before, amidst great discouragements, by the
great good man whose memory was and would
be dear to Catholics for centuries, was por-
| trayed 1t was then monument of the faith OF
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Church. The great work Of the Saviour IN pre-
| pairing the Apostles for the ministry was de-
tailed, and the principle deduced and well
| elaborated that the highest privilege to humanity
was to aid in the transmission OF the Apostolic
| office by sending forth men authorized to speak
as ambassadors from God, and to distribute his
| mysteries.
The cordial approval of the clergy of the
| diocese was q sure sign of the necessity of the
present building, for they were the best practi-
| cal judges of what was conducive to the wei
| fare of religion in the fields of their labors. He
doubted not, from the earnest support OF the
| clergy and laity, the present undertaking would
| be crowned with success.
The tract of land on which the college is to
| be erected measures l12 acres, diversified into
little hillocks and sheltered wales. The cost OF
| the land was $50, 600.
A preparatory school is now located near
| Media, Delaware county, and the Academy at
Eighteenth and Summer streets; but though the
latter at its erection thirty years ago, was char
| acterized as an e2travagant expenditure, be-
| yond the needs OF the community, 1t has become
| q necessity TO enlarge its limits Accordingly,
| the two departments are to be united in build
ing which, from the magnificent and complete
scale which it is projected will have no rival,
on this continent, at least.
The plan proposes a large centre building, 81
by 81 feet; two outlying and parallel structures,
az by 65 feet, receding slightly from the front
line of the centre building and connected with
it, each by Wing OF 80 by l22 ieet and directly
on the rear of these outlying buildings or paw
lions, standing at right angles and connected
with them by intervening structures of ia by 30
feet each, are two similar buildings of A by "A
feet.
1t will thus be observed that the front line of
the building will have length of nearly 400
feet, with return of each end of 223 feet, eX-
elusive of an extension to one wing, to con-
tain the laundry and other Conveniences, OF
60 by "a feet, which, with the intermediate
wings, will be two-stOries high, while the CEN
tire and four main payilions above described
are all three stories. Also. on the rear of the
main centre is a chapel, AZ by l03 teet capable
OF containing upwards of six hundred persons,
adapted to the requirements and character OF
the enterprise.
The design is a fair example of modern Italian
the only embellishments that have been at
tempted consisting rather in giving the useful
features good proportions, with graceful forms
of detail, than in adding decorations for their
own sake. The most noticeable architectural
attractions are crowning dome i'll the central
editiCe, the arChed openings throughout The
structure, and the appropriate arcades in the
front. a..
The main walls of the structure will be built
and faced with stone quarried on the premises,
the roof covered with slate, and the whole con-
structed with special regard to stability: while
the arrangements of the interior, which can
only he fully understood by reference to the
T plan, look to the greatest possible utility aud
comfort.
st. Michaels Brass Band, attached to the
church of the same, enlivened the occasion with
well-executed airs appropriate to the occasion.
A NEW COLLEGE.-The Society of Ortho-
doX Friends are about erecting a college build
ing, which they expect TO ill with pupils trou
their own ranks, but will allot any spare room
! that may occur to applicants from any othel
denomination of people. The locality selected
Tor the building is Westdale Station, on the
Media Railroad. 1t adjoins the venerable college
in which the artist Benjamin West first drew
breath. The completion of the edIdce will re
| quire two years 1t will cost $500, 900. Tn
brick viii be burned on the spot. Though it'
I completion is somewhat remote, it will be undel
roof before the frosts of the coming autumn chill
| the laborers engaged in its construction. TIT
drawings exhibited show building that woulC
do credit to any association whatever. A mair
a | building of l6S by 6S feet is fanked on eithel
side by wings, which in turn terminate in hand
some buildings SO by "A feet in dimensions. Th
| plans provide for a perfect and faultless struC
: ture, into which every modern improvement /
Y introduced, and whose light and ventilation ar
0 furnished upon the most approved and scentif
principles. The drawings show building who's
. dome In the centre is 100 feet high; and tn
. | whole will be constructed in a style at once sub
l. stantial and picturesque. By the Hickst
s branch OF the Society OF Friends such an inst
t tuition has long been needed,
d ARREST OF AN AoooMPLIcE. - Johl
u Schultz was arrested yesterday morning by DE-
! tectives Levy and Tryon, charged with being al
: accomplice OF Samuel Davis (colored), arreste
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