The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-07-05

as follows New York Tablet, Metropolitan
Record, New York Esecman's JoWyna{, Boston
Pilot, Brooklyn Eagle and Union, New York
Tribune, Herald, Eorld, and Times, besides
different silver coins, from fiye-cent piece
to a dollar h''4 .h''5"i'S'.-i ~ 49, "
The ceremony of laying the foundations
of the church was then performed, the
bishops and priests making circuit of the
walls, sprinkling each third of them in turn,
and rsciting appropriate prayers, while
the. customary psalms were sung by the
choir After the, conclusion of this cereT
mony the bishops returned to the corner
stone and recited d prayer, when the pro-
cession OF priests returned to the tent, and
the Archbishop, ascending the rdais, de-
the FIRST bobk Of Ezra, third chapter, com!
neneing at the tenth verse, andeencluding
with the chapter. In Canclasion,i the. AFchi
bishop pronounced the Pentiffal ,ben9dic-
ton upon all present, and the vast assem-
thr9nged the avenues in the inameaiate VII
cinlty of the cathedral, there WINS q large
REPRESENTATION Of civic societies, forming
d long line of psocession, including Father
Mathews Societies., Young Mea's!T. Alb
Societies, taborers' UNIONS, ,'Longshoreman
Societies, and various church soclsties.
The police aarangements,i which were
under the Immediate charge of Inspector
Folk, were admirable. Captain Waddy, of
the forty fourth precinct, had charge Of the
detachment on duty at the cathedral; pre-
serving excellent order. ri on ow Taif ~ y
The following is "A description of, the
building: The edifce will be in French
Gothic style of architecture of the thirteenth
century, selected as offering the greatest
scope for supplying modern wants, whilst
retaining the breadth and beauties of the
most perfect period Of pointed architecture.
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front to the rear of the chapel, is three hun
dred and ffty-four feet length from the
front entrance to the rear of the apse, two
hundred and sixty-four feet; extreme
breadth at the transept, one hundred and
eighty feet; extreme, breadth of nave and
will be forty feet wide, and ninety feet long;
the frontage one hundred and sixty on La
fayette avenue; the large towers in front
to be fifty feet square at the base, and will
be three hundred and fifty feet in height
from the surface to the top of the cross; the
seven feet at the base, and will be one hun
dred and eighty five feet in height. The top
of the nave roof will be one hundred and
twelve feet high above the level of the
street in front. The aisle walls will be fifty
feet high, and the nave and transept CELL
ings will be eighty five feet high above the
floor. Aisle ceiling fifty-s feet. The
chief peculiarly Of the interior arrange
ment will be the great height and i'm
p0rtance given to the aisle. The church
will be lighted chiefly from those, which,
instead Of being low sheds, as they often
are in modern Gothic churches, will be
liehtsome, and almost as lofty as the nave
titself. The sanctuary will be fifty four
feet deep and eighty-eight feet wide. The
lnaye win terminate by an apse of Ave sides,
The aisles will terminate with small chapels-
and altars-archways will open from the
arms of the transepts into the large chapels.
The man portion of the work will he built
of blue granite. in courses of broken ashlar
varying from six to eight inches in height.
All the exterior trimmings and dressings
will he of white granite. The window
.tracery and decorations will be of Ohio buff
freestone, mixed with Belleville grey free
STONE. The pillars of the doOrways will
be red granite. The roof will be of
oak timber, covered with the best quality
of slate. The floors will be paved with en-
caustic tile. The furniture will be of oak,
dressed with black walnut. The windows
will be glazed with rich stained glass.
The affairs, rerelos, and tabernacle will be
made of the best quality of marble. The
plan, consists of two large front towers set
|diagonally with the church, through which
there will be two wide entrances. The
western tower will contain the clock and
Large bell, and the eastern tower O chime OF
bells. A stair and turret is to be built In
each tower, SO that the spire can be as
cended to aS height Of two hundred and
forty-6ve feet A large vestibule connects
these -towers in front with twoslnau clarels
in the same, one\to be a baptizing and the
other q marriage, chapel. The nave and
aisles are to be lighted by. fourteen large
windows. The small towers at tho angles
Of the transept will have the angelus, bell in
one, and the vesper bell in the other: The
front vestibafes viii have panele8 ceilings,
supported by moulded arches and enriched
corbeis, all decorated in polyehr0Iie, Ths
Representations Of the " Fa1i OF Man, the
HRedemPtion of Mankind, !" etc. Tho entire
building viii be lighted with gasand heated
by steam, and when all is finished the
general effect will be superb, and convey to