National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-06-15


at $4,000 The tower Will cost $4,000 additional.
1t is expected that the building will be wholly
viii be used fOr reiiSious Services 6S peIt Gbpist
mas. Mr.. E. T. Baldwin, Of Baltimore, is the
architect, and Mr.. John Chapman, of this city,
the builder.
THE CORNERSTONE
Of the new church, recsntly received from Rome,
ts composed Of beautiful carrara marble, white as
snow, and finely chiseled. 1t was solemnly
blessed BY Plus X, and is gin from the Supe-
flor of the College Brignole-Sale at Genoa, Italy,
in which institution Father Barotti was educated,
and from which he was the first missionary sent
70 the capital Of the United States. The stone is
M inches in length, 10 inches in width, and IOl1
inches in depth. 1t bears the following Latin in
scTtption: rLspis Aqgularis Ad Ecslesam, Alb
Alumnts Collegn Brlgnole-Sale, Washington,
ConStruendam S. Sanetilate, Pic Papa TX. Bene-
dictus Ammo Bomini MDCCULXXIIt" =.
peaaansSip ofMr 0aSSan Of the War pspar
lows: r..
Ammo Rep. Sal MDCCCLXXIy,
ok Pontifce Maxine,
Federstor, Stat. Praes. Nlisss Grant.
Jacobus Roosevelt Bayley,
Archiep. Bsltimorens. ri
Rogatu FelIcs Barotti, Presbiterf.
Pafacie Ngritarum Prafecd
Ad Eden Alb 1nchoato Extruendap
..- ~ IN HQpQrsm
Del Optimi Max. . .lS-r
Et1n-Memoriam . 4rtSSs =
Augustine PATHS ct Docteris ~ l.-lS
EcclesiR Sanctissmmfil N.-H -
Lapidsm Hume Sacrum Auspicalsnr. ]
Roma Acceptum ~ a.
Rileque Alb Ipso Pontince
Max Expiatum
Post. ID. Jun. Solemniter StGtuit.
Besides this there are deposited within the
stone copies Of THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN and
States coin, and various sacred relics. e
THE NEW NAME OF TIE CHURCH.
One circumstance Of special interest and i'm
portance in reference to the church is as will
be seen from the above parchment inscription that
church edihce, on whose site it is being erected.
The old building was commonly called st. Mar
chapel Of Blessed Martin de Porras The new
one is to called the church Of St Augustine. This
change Of name is not one Of choice, but made
necessary by the requirements Of canon law. As
is pretty generally known, the process Of beatif-
cation, which gives the title Blessed, is inferior
aiTes ths title Saint Now. only thoS. Who haTs
been declared saints can be the patrons Of
churches, according to canon law. The honor
character, their names can Be given only to prI-
When St. Martins, as it was called, was FIRST
built, It was meant simply as 9 chapel attached
to st. Matthews parish, and hence il could be
called by the name Of Blessed Martin de Porras
himselfa colored man, and therefore specially
ntted to be the patron Of the colOred people who
we're TO worship in 1t. But the Most Reverend
ArchbiShop SPaldlng having subsequently, sew
cred its dependence on the parent parish, and
made It q separate mission, with all the coIored
people Of the District for its parish 1t could no
retain lOrmcr title, lence the
change now made by the direction Of the Nest
ReYeFend Archbishop Baylsy.
TAE PRocEss1oS AND TIE CEREMONIES.
Yesterday afternoon the cornerstone Of the
, new church Of st. Augustine, formerly Blessed
T. Martin's,l was laid with all the grand and i'm,
three O'Clock the various Catholic benevolent and
temperance societies Of the District all in full re-
sembied in front 6fthe City Hall, and formed In
procession in the following order!
Chief Marshal, (mOunted,) Lieut.. ]. F. Kelly;
chief assistants, (mounted,) Maj. Richard Dillon
and Charles Langley; special aids, (mounted,)
James Lackey, Dennis C0nnell and William H.
Smith mounted marshals Of societies, John B.
Lynch West End Hibernian; Leonard Zeller, ST. |
Michaers Beneficial: John Rupert, st. Jo-
SePh's Benefeiali y. D. DAILY. Georgetown
nence Of Georgetown; WIN. II. Wise Junior
Knights Of St. Patrick; John Painter, HIbernian
Benevolent Association; Patrick Cullinane, |
St. Peter; Thomas V. Ryan, Junior Knights Of
ST Peter; David RsaTdOn, Knights of St. Co |
lg l1Sa Gwen . MSSSGads: AiseIIian No
Inent Of United States Marine band Hfberniap
Benevolent Society, No. ], two hundred and Gxty-
eight men, Dennis Kenney, marshal; 7. q. DAILY |
president. CThis society, besides its handsome
banner bore in the advance four small Papal
hags.) Hibernian Benevolent Association, one
assistants, John Meehsn and John Fogarty; HI.
beTnian, No. 3, one hundred and twenty men, Ed
ward Quigley, marshal: assistants, Bartholomew
Diggins and James Butler. West End Hibernian,
one hundred and forty-hye men, Thon u Calvin,
marshal; assistants Stephen Kane, Sylvester
nian, one hundred men, Baker Thorn, mar
shal; assistants, J. Sullivan and T. Gross. |
Georgetown TemPerancs Society, twentY-six
men, Charles T. Ofutt, marshal. ST. Pat |
Iickis Temperance Society, seVerIy-one men,
W. II. May marshal detachment Of Uni
ted States Marine band. Knights Of ST. Patrick, |
Of Alexandria, sixteen men, an association Just |
organized; NJ. A. Hart marshal. knights Of st. |
Patrick, one hundred and eighty men. James !
inns Tlar
and VIM H. Murphy. Junior Knights Of ST. |
Patrick, OH hundred and ssventy-iVe in number, |
II. Wise. Knights Of St. Columbkille, one hun |
dred and nifty men, John Moran commander. |
Knights of st. Peter, sixty men, Capt ]. P. Bar
nIngs, George q. Barnes and P. Sullivan. Junior |
Knights Of ST, Peter, seveuty-fve in line VIM J. |
Foley commander; aids. J. j. Toole and ], Hen |
Messy Kings Georgetown band knights Of |
st. Augustine, original organization, one hun |
dred and twenty men, Robert Hstton commander; |
Douglas; marshal, Gilbert Gordon. St Martins |
band. Knights Of 81. Augustine, No. q one hun |
dred men, VIM. II. Smith commander; aid W |
Smith; captain general John MITCHELL Catho. |
lie Beneficial, sixty men, William Wheeler |
president st. Joseph's and So: Bsnsdiet's So |
Bavarian band. Catholic Male Benevolent So |
Siety, eighty men, William Benjamin marshal |
National Band BLESSED Peter CIsTer Society, |
ffty men, Ignatius TiIlman president; William
H. Barker marshal Donch'a Band. knights Of
ST George, hfty strong, Georfe Jusnemann com
and fifty men, George Bergling president; John
Kaiser marshal. st. Michaolb Beneficial, sew |
enty men. Casper Ofenetein president; George |
Bartholemy marshal; Isadore Ebbitt assistant. |
S. BOnfaeius Society, hfty-three men, John |
Miller president; S. HelHiek marshal. The Good
Samaratsns Of Baltimore, twenty strong, T. Ra- |
gan marshal, brought up tho rear Of the line, |
having reached the ground st late hour.
THE LINE IN NOTION.
The societies moved 1t four O'Clock, and pro- |
ceeded by way Of Third street and Pennlylvania |
avenue TO Fifteenth street, and thence direct TO
the ate Of the new church. The procession was /
about a mile In length, numbering about twenty |
I'VE hundred men IN regalias Of green, gold, pur
pie and blue with variety Of banners and hage, /
emblematie Of faith and nationality, and was I'M
ousstIonably the largest and most brilliant dis /
clay Of Catholic organizations ever, witnessed at
the national capital. Along the entire route
crowds Of admitting spectators lined the side
walks and filled the pogqc0s, windows, bal
e0pisf and b0usetops. IN
AT TIE CHURCH.
when TIE head of the long column reached the