Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-24
CALIFORNIA RENAISSANCE.
Restoration of the Carmeio Mission
Church - The Junipero Sierra Centen-
+ NAL.
The following address has been issued for
the object stated

The following address has been issued for
the object stated
! To the People of California: On the aSth OF
| August next. California will commemorate the
| one hundredth anniversary of the death of her
first pioneer, the founder of the Indian Missions
( Padre JunipeTo Sierra. After a long life of suf-
/ teringS sacrifices and hard labor in the service
I of his beloved Indian flocks this venerable
! priest yielded mp his spirit 10 God, and his body
was laid AT rest under the stone flags of the old
| church of san Carlos. in Carmelo valley the
scene of his labors and death. The Mission of
San Carlos. first established at Monterey on the
Sd of June. 1zTe and removed to Carmelo in De-
cember of the same year, was the second mis-
sion founded in Upper California by Father
Serra President ofthe Franciscan Missions. OF
the twenty-one missions established in Califor-
mia few are well preserved, Others are in ruins,
and of some not vestige is left to mark the
spot where once they stood. The most pctur-
esquc and poe.ic of these historic landmarks OF
our S,ate, aud the noblest work of Padre Sierra
is the old stone church at San Carlos, at Car
melo, and it is sad spectacle and rcproach
to California to see this venerable pile through
neglect and apathy slowly crumbling into dust.
IneXorable Time has laid his finger on this
relic of religion and civilization and was level
ing it to the earth until quite recently the Rev.
Angelo D. Casanova, the pastor of Monterey, un-
der,ook to stop the work of destruction and pre-
serve to California this monument of The life
! and labOrs of the venerable Padre Sierra and his
last resting place, and also that of some of his
co-laborers in the Missions. and few of the
early Governors of California.
The restoration of the old church is going on.
Already over $1,000 has been expended on it,
and the total cost is estimated at about $4,000
| 1t is hoped that the work viii be completed by
the 2Sth of August next, and that the centennial
| anniversary of the death of the energetic
| pioneer viii see his work as il stood when his
! body was laid away under the flags.
We now make an appeal to the people of Calf
fornia, irrespective of creed, to pay tribute of
respect to the memory of this venerable man,
bv assisting with their means in the restoration
nf q N stand
coming ages n monument over the grave of one
whom we revere, respect and love
such graves as his are pilgrim shrines,
Shrines to no code or creed confined,
The Delphian yales the PalesineS,
The MeccaS of the mind
We ask Calitornians to help this undertaking
by forming committees in every town, and for
ward their collections to Father Casanova, at
Monterey. that this building, one of the first
fruits of civilization i'll our beloved State, may
be restored, and the centennial anniversary of
/ JunperO Serra'S death commemorated in
manner worthy of the good pioneer priest.
Signed: George StOneman. Governor of Cali
| loruia Washington Bartlett, Mayor of san Fran
! cisco: George G.. Perkins Ex-Governor; +. II.
Burnett, Ex-Governor; William Irwin, eX-Goy-
! ernor; J. G. Downey, Ex-Governor: V. +. How
| ard, Superior Judge John Mansfield, eX Lieu
! tenant-Governor; L. F. Thorn, Mayor OF Los
| Angeles; c. 7. Ryland, II. II. Bancroft. Joseph
! G. Eastland. James K. Kelly. r. b. Bishop d.
Callaghan, President First National Bank Prof.
| Joseph lie Conte, University of California:
Prof. F. W. HilgHrd, University of California
John T. Doyle, Thomas Ashworth, John Shirley.
G. X. Fitch, Prof. George Davidson, Coast Sur
vey; F. s. WcnsinSer, ID. j. Oliver A. s. Halla-
die, p. c. Mo!loy, James Enright, Santa Clara
Gen. NJ. G. Vallejo. SOnoma G. r. b. Hayes, W.
r. Wallace F. A. A. Belinge. NJ. d.; ]. f. Sulli-
van superior Judge; james j. Mcdonnell, John
A. Staniy, James Murphy NJ. D.; p. W. Muir
ply, II. W Smith superior Judge, Los
! Angeles: Il. +. Del Vale State Senator; A. +.
/ Coronel. eX-State Treasurer; j. W Hellman.
( President +. and NJ. Bank, Los Angeles J, G.
! Estudillo, ex-State Treasurer; l.. Loeb, Vice
| French Consul; 4. Z. Sepulyeda, County Au-
ditor Los Angeles; l.. c. Goodwin .Viee-Presi-
! dent F. and NJ. Bank n. A. Covarrabias; o. w.
| Childs, Los Angeles 5. NJ. White, District At
| torney, James Kays, County Treasurer, Albert
| Stevens, City Attorney, Los Angeles; X. s. Den,
NJ. D., J. S. Griffin, NJ. d., Los Angeles Francis
| Buckley. San Francisco, D. NJ. Delmas
! Contributions may be sent direct to Rev.
/ Father Angelo D. Casanova. V. f., Monterey, or
! to First National Bank, Donohoe d Keliy's
/ Bank, Nevada Bank, San Francisco, CONNER
| cial and Savings Bank of San Jose; +. and NJ.
Bank, Los Angeles, or TO collectors authorized
| by Father Casanova.