The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-05-14
The Beretta Rosa,
Vivid Description OF the InvestIture OF
Cardinal nIcCIOskey.

pageant lHdI ever WAS presented to the
gaze of seDsstIon-lOving New York, was
the ceremony OF placing the red eccIe-
slsstIcal cap OF a cardinal on the head of
Archbishop McCloskey. which took
place at the plain, Old-fasbioned church
OF ot. Patrick, to day. The old church
Is situated at the corner of Mulberry
ana Mott streets, IN a quarter densely
populated, chiefly by Irish and Italians
The whole district turned out of doors
ut O'Clock this morning. and bnsinagg
was suspended in all the neighborbood
OF the church. The mills were silent
as the Workmen had taken a holiday
The windows were filed with women
ana children, and the rOof-tops were
crowded. In the vicinity of the
cathedral there was a constant arrival oF
gorgeous equIpages, conveying rate
ana city officials, dignitarie- of fho
Gnurch' and other distinguished peonie
For several blocks aTav fropD o {bo
onurch, INES OF police officers directed
the li''s0'Ors' heid BACK
THRONGING THOUSANDS.
IL was admitted by the trustees that
ponce arrangements were admirabIe
buG LOT the police, the ticket holders
.DNIa nov nave got near the church
AS IL was, the arrangements 7zere DO.
1870 III one respect, namely, az re-
Barus the press representative TIE
wife OF Frank Leslie. artist of fbo &c
toTai OF that title, and other nrnss
ticket holders, were kept under the snp
tol 'NenCy minutes, at the church
Ho9r' awaiting the appearance of some
oouy "i.o had charge of the press ar
Eahgements. Representatives of lead
ing New York papers found snace set
apart Tor them filled with people who
had no business there exceDt from curi-
oSlty' This Is really the experienced If
reporters At Catholic churches IN ,,eD-
eral, ana st. Patrick's cathedral in mar
tlcuiSr' While the bright sun sbone
Cd the crowded rOof-tops, and the
YELLOW FLAG OF THE pope
IS temporal prince, with the GROSS
Keys ci st. Peter, waved neocef,I1y
side by side the stars and strireg Of the
american republic, over the main an
trance, the tlcket-hOlders were kent in
me- Tour deep, under the blazing heat
along the sidewalk. and advanced at the
s.; OF three steps in twenty minutes.
Anese were simply holders of tickets of
. Ill Meanwhile, to the great
IIiSi{ ust OF these people, the Inckv
FOLDERS OF numbered tickets FOR news
pissed IN rapldly-among them gentle
men IN fell dress, as if for = concert
Dome OF the most distinguished and
trlstocratIc people in New York hurried
aloh8 around those uninvitiug streat
corners, ttTough ferce-Iccki9p men
a ailO eAcis able-looking voang women. for
VIC HhsC time IN their lives.
INSIDE THE CFrRcH
s'Ii was P"aoe and magnifcence. Can.
S Eb.eS % crimson were to the right and
sc 80 ~ u me altar, through the interstices
lch nuns of various orders glanced
i'm I'm feminine curiosity, upon the
thronS OF distinguished ana wealthy
PeupleS Ire aroma of sweet incense
s,! t9e Vestry filled the air. The
-ilSn SItar was ablaze with tall tapers,
'iIa radiant with flowers. Cloth of
there around the ssnctuorv ana 81
paintings, cOries of old m9starg yroro
instinct with life under the concentrated
HShI' The Joyous words.
re DEUM LAUDA,JTsU
olazed IN gas lets over the b.,c,a ,,r,,;e,-
"hich surmOunted the high altar R1t
1t was when the triumDbant etroins
rom the organ and a battalion of in
I InIehtsLlts resounded through the
church, flooding it with elorio1s bor.
lnonS, that the real interest OF the
G-he began. This was shortly before
Il CLOCK. AcOlytes in black soutancs.
aooIyteS IN red soutapes acOlytes
6IaceIuI robes of white SWINGING
Users Users priests with pale, sad faces
2'oI'iy looking dignitaries of the church:
mo- ~ IN white habits monks in biacl
a. mite irlars and the black friars
-,,.., VIZ mt'''" eges-slowly moved
long 5le Ii2vn- panorama, with CON
"'"HIlS sh !sllE hUes, before the
NiHi c'nSry a.ion. Then priests in
ordinary sUrplices.
WHOLE ARMY OF THEM
mai bent the kues b, fore the bi5,b o1tor
OF q passed down the central pasSooa ami
seated themselves the rrTnaind9r 40
,'''te3 to the light and left. and flied
chalrs ~ .ho sanctuary avcoYt
nose reserrri fer the bisions and
"'ihS mVfsl ecclesiastics TLo
I,El's Of til .ne.uary flashed hack tbe
60" from tie Offering mitres as the
= '&t'S began to issue slowly from the
Nt9'r' ana advance two by two into tba
sanctuary. EcclcslastiCs in DurnIa
cassoGks, attendant priests, and srbar
oilelals moved forward first. Tron
PRINCES OF THE CHURCH.
WIN Gapes Of gold from neck to heels.
ana 'hoSr urIental-loOking mitres which |
a. NO. Strange dignity to the wearers. |
lie bishops and archbishops. Sc in |
number, advanced slowly and arranged |
themselves in thyea front rows of ciairs
WINE shifting rows offered. white and /
biack moved 10 the left and right and |
hlGh above all were the glorious strains /
OF the organ and striuged Instruments
II was sight never TO be forgotten bv /
those who were there. A. much as
Sl0J vas freely offered for admission
tickets, outside the church. The mass
was pretty much the same as ordinary
solemn
HIGH MASS.
ceremonial. but there were trihing
dsvlatlons, arising from the presence of |
50 many prclates. Probably one Of the
most imposing figures in the gorgeous
pageant was the tall and stately Count |
Marifoschi, of the Pope's Guards No
bile, who came il behind Bishop
Laughiln, of Brooklyn, the celebrant
of the mass, wearing his ANTIQUE !
shaped brass helmet, scarlet tune,
sword, heavy boots and spurs. To the
aHIOulSuneDJ OF NaIlOllCS, he wore lis
helmet until the canon of the mass.
This formidable aud GorFeously uni
formed cavalier was understood to be
the guardian and custodian Of the small
scarlet cardinals ha-,
THE BERETTA
the comforting of which nas the occa-
sion of all this joyous ss.euui,y. After
mass had concluded, ard be real bust
ness OF the day cOmmegca.., IF was i'm
possible for the ushers t1 restrain the
curiosity of those in rL. 9ous seats to
the right aud left whu ,.ubt not see
through twenty solid
YARDS OF CLEEGYNEE
They first got upon the p leading to
the sanctuary. Then one false step
led to another, until Heutirr.nu 10 or
binary street costume az iul dress had
crowded in among tin. saui-ugtuTed