Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-06-15
Conversations OF 90. Augustine's
Church Laid.
An IMPOSING DEMONSTRATION d
OLrC sOcTErIRs.

street, between X and L, was LAID with becom-
Der Of spectators, white and colored. The or
ganizstion of this church, the first exclusively
colored church OF the Catholic communion In
i pas city, dates from August 1857. when Rev.
teI's, was appointed pastor of Blessed Martins,
which was for some time q chapel connected
with st. Matthews. Under Rev. Mr.. Berrotti's
charge the growth OF the congregation has beer
| wonderful. the number OF vorshippers in the
modest little brick edidce having numbered
about eco, and connected with the charge are
several organizations for beneficial and char
The new ediace will he Gothic in STYLE. with
| frontage OF 65 feet and depth Of 135 feet in
| the clear. The basement walls, feet thick
si'S 12k high, are built in the most substantial
manner OF Seneca stone. The upper exterior
walls are built OF fine pressed brick, with trim.
mipgs OF Seneca and Ohio freestOne. The
height from the main floor ID the ceiling will
| be - feet in the clear. There will be room to
| sent about fifteen hundred people. There will
walls viii be tastefulIy frescoed. The summit
OF the building, for the present, will be orna-
mented with crosses and pinnacles, but ulti-
mately, according to the design, there will be a
tine tower, about two hundred feet in height
The cost OF the structure, exclusive of the tower
is estimated at 80 900. The tower will cost
sl2 GOO additional IL is expected that the build
ing will be wholly finished with in the next year;
but the basement will be used for religions ser.
vices ~ pext Christmas Mr.. Z. F. Baldwin,
OF Baltimore, is the architect, and Mr.. John
THE PROCESSION.
The various Catholic societies, white and
eoloTed, asse mbled in front of the City Hail at
So'clock yesterday afternoon, and the process
sion was formed in the following order: Chief
marshal, (mounted,) Lieut. j. +. Kelly; chief
ass stants, (mounted,) Major Richard Dillon
and Ghas. Langley; special aids, (mounted }
Jas. Lackey, Dennis Csrneli, and VIM. II
Smith; mounted maTshals OF societies, John b.
Lynch. West End HibeTnian; Leonard Zeller
St Michael's Beneficial; John Rupert, ST. Jo-
Ra II al II haf
bernian; Patrick Maher, Catholic Total Abs,i-
neDce OF George town; VIM. Il. Wise, Junior
Knights of st. Patrick; John Painter, Hiber-
man Benevolent Association; Patrick GULL
name, Knights of St. Patrick; A. j. Owens,
Knights of st. Peter; ThOs. V. Ryan, Junior
knights OF st. Peter; David Reardon, knights
OF st. Columbkille; Owen McQuade, Hibernan
No. i Richard Wells, Catholic Benevolent
Detachment of U. s. Marine band. Hiberni.n
Benevolent Society, No: 1, 25s men, Dennis
Kenney, marshal; I. ID. Daly, president. This
society, besides its handsome banner, bore in
the advance four small Papal f1sgs.) HiDernian
Benevolent Association, $50 men, Jas Raglan,
marshal; assistants, John Meehan and john
Foearty; HiberniaD, No. 8, 40 men, Edward
Quigley, marshal; ASSISTANTS, Bartholomew
Diggins and JAS. Butler. West End Htbernisn
1i5 men. Thos. Calvin, mashsl; assistants,
stephen Kane, Sylvester Burns, aud Frank
Mack Georgetown Hibernian, 100 men, Baxter
Thorn, marshal; assistants, j. Sullivan and T.
Gross. Georgetown Temperance Society, IS
men, Chas. L. Ofutt, marshal. st. Patrick's
Temperance Society, II men, w. II. MAY, mar
shall. Detachment Of U. s. Marine band.
Knights OF st. P atrick, of Alexandria, 16 men IN
association just rganiZsd; Nj. A. Hart, marshal
Knights of st. Patrick. $50 men, James Collins
commander; assistants, Daniel Reardon and
VIM. III. Murphy. Junior knights OF st. Pat
rick, las in number, James NJ. Brosnan com.
mander; assistant, VIM. II. Wise. knights of
st. COlumbkille, 80 men, John Moran COM
mander. knights of st. Peter, 60 men, Capt
y. 4. Barrett commander; aids, A. Langley,
Joseph Jennings, George o. Barnes and F.
Sullivan. Junior knights of st. Peter, 10 in
line, VIM. j. Foley comm nder; aid', j. j.
TOole and j. Hennessey. Kings Georgetown
ganizs;iOn, 40 men, Robert Hattoa COM
mander; aids, .. Dorsey, A. Heithman, A
Queen snd G.. Douglass; marshal, Gilbert Cor
don. st. Martins band. knights OF ST. Augus-
tine, No. 2, 100 men, VIM. II. Smith COM
mander; aid, W. Smith; captain general, John
Mitchell. Catholic Beneficial, 60 men, Wm.
Wheeler president. ST. JOsephs and st. Bene-
diets Societies, 20 strong, Daniel Colbert mar
shall. Bavsrisn band. Catholic Male Bsneyo-
lent Society, 50 men, VIM. Benjamin marshal,
National band. Blessed Peter G,avsr Society
80 men, Ignatius TEiiuan president; WIN. Il.
Barker marshal. Donch's band. Knights of
st. George, 80 strong, George Juenemann COM
mandeT. st. JOsepb's Beneficial. $50 mem
George Berg!ing president; John Kaiser mar
shal. ST. Michael's Beneficial, 10 men, Casper
nienstein president; George Bartholemy mar
shall; lsadore Ebbitt assistant. st. BOnifaclus'
Society, 50 men, John Miller president; :.
HelVick marshal. The Good Samaritans, OF
Baltimore, 20 strong, f. Regain marshal,
brought up the rear of the line, having reached
the ground at q late hour.
The procession started at 4 O'Clock over the
route laid down, and very fine and imposing
parade ~ was, attracting crowds TO the side
walks and the societies were compllmented on
their appearance. When the head or the pro-
cessi0n reached the site a halt was ordered, the
line opened, and the colored societies, led by
the knights of st. Augustine, passed through,
taking position on the temporary flooring.
THE CEREMONY.
At r. m. the clerical procession for the bless
ing OF the stone ard the dedication OF the new
church was formed. the participants in the cere-
mony being Archbishop Bayly, with Reverend
Father Walter as master of ceremonies; Fathers
San Martino, Power, Haley, Sumner, Kanslei-
ter, RoccOfort, Stsrkey, Young. Rabbia, Lynch
Mackin of Rockville, and Guistiniana and Moo
nan OF Baltimore. The archbishop and attend
ing clergy rrst proceeded to the north end OF
the church editee, where, in accordaE zee with
the forms prescribed in the ritual, plain wood
en- cross, raised above the spot where the altar
Is TO be erected, was sOlemnly blessed. The
procession then moved to the southeast corner,
where the cornerstone was blessed by the arch
bishop and put in place, Certain prayers having
had been previously blessed by the sovereign
Pontif. The procession then passed around
the foundations, which the archbishop sprin-
kled with holy water, while the prescribed
psalms were chanted by the reverend clergy.
The cornerstone OF the new church, recently
received from Rome, IL of beautiful carrara
marble, white, and finely chiseled. 1t was SOL
EMMY blessed by Plus IL, and is gift from the
Superior Of the College Brignole-Sale at Genoa
Italy, in which institution Father Barotti was
educated, and from which he was the first mis-.
sionary sent TO the capital of the United States
The stone is Il inches in length, 10 inches in
width, and 10k inches In depth.
Rev. Father Boyle preached the sermon from
the 18th chapter Of Pauls Epistle to the
Hebrews. AT the conclusion OF the sermon the
immense multitude, numbering about 1000,
were dismissed with the benediction.
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lot 2, block II, LeDToit park, - so 49, JAS. L.
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623. -, $50; Cath. NJ. johnson to Mary Miller
lot 20, reservation b, -; Walter s. OK, trus-
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square 35S, So, goo; A. K. Shepherd and wife to
George 7. bearing, lot Is, square 164, SIC, 600;
Thomas +. Wallace 10 VIM. Geyler, lot 20,
block II, subdivision of Cottage Hill, $500; p.
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yation A, $500; James T.. Fitch ct al, trustees,
to Nathaniel CaTusi, lot s. square PSI, 81 ,343lI;
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