Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-07-09
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! The ceremony OF investing Archbishop
| Gibbons with the red beretta. as sign OF
bis elevation to the cardinalate, took place
at the Cathedral, in Baltimore, yesterday.
The beretta is the hat worn by the Catho-
| lie clergy in church and at home. and is
black, except in the case of bishops. who
commonly wear purple, and Of cardinals.
From an early hour the streets near the
Cathedral were thronged with people, but.
though large body Of police was station
ed in the vicinity, there was no occasion
for their services, the best of order being
kept spontaneously. Everybody seemed
to be in good humor. Soon after ten
O'Clock the students Of the preparatory
ecclesiastical college of st. Charles at Ell
licott City, in their ordinary dress, follow
ed by about $50 students from ST. Marys
Theological Seminary, in Baltimore, and
upwards OF 100 priests, all in cassock and
surplice, marched from st. Alphonsus Hall
by Saratoga Cathedral, Franklin and
Charles streets, to the arch-eplscopal resi-
dence, where they were joined by large
body of bishops and archbishops, the for
mer walking two and two, each with his
train borne by boy in red cassock and
white surplice, the latter each attended by
a priest and having two train bearers All
were attired in their purple robes, but
there was an entire absence of the gorge
GUS vestments which frightened the pro-
cession at the council of 1884. Behind the
archepiscopal two barred cross came the
new cardinal in his purple archepiscopal
robes. Near him we're Mgr. Straniero, the
papal abelgate, and Count Muscioli, the
noble guard from the Pope's household
The lastsr is d very tall, handsome Young
man, and was attired in an elegant uni
form Of scarlet and gold, with white
breeches and high black boots. An ele-
CANT gilt helmet was carried in his left
hand, while with his right he held the hilt
of his long sword. He was the admired
of all admirers among the young ladies in
the crowd, probably because he was the
only man in the procession open to matri-
monial proposals, though it is said he is to
be married to an American lady before his
return to Rome. The procession moved
through Charles, Mulberry and Cathedral
streets, entered the front door of the Ca
thedral, already crowded with ticket hold
ers, and then any one who could get in
was allowed toenter, but some of the ladies
by standing on chairs, benches, effectually
cut off all view of tho altar from those be-
hind them. Archbishop Williams, of
Boston, celebrated the Mass, which was
accompanied by two choirs, one under the
direction of Rev. Father Graf, the choir
master, and the other composed of theo-
logical students. The music of both was
very fine. Archbishop Ryan, of Philadel-
phia, preached the sermon, one of great
power and eloquence and then the papal
ALLOCATE handed the beretta to archbishop
Kendrick. of st. Louis, who placed it upon
the new Cardinal IS head, after reading of
the papal letters authorizing it. Cardinal
Gibbons then made brief addresses to the
ALLOCATE and to the congregation after
which the TIE Deum Laudamus was sung
and the Cardinal having meantime retired
and assumed his new robes of red. the pro-
cession returned to his residen ce by Cath
edra!, Franklin and Charles streets. A
dinner was given to the Cardinal and WIS.,
iting prelates at st. Mary's Seminary in the
afternoon, and at night most of them at
tended a reception given by Miss Emily Har
per, granddaughter of Charles Carroll,
of Carrollton. who lives opposite the ca
thedral. There was also torchlight pro-
cession by Catholic societies and sere-
irss. .sers illuminated. President Cleye-
land sent Cardinal Gibbons letter OF re.
greet that public business detained him in
Washington the President had been invit-
ed to the investiture, and it is said he
wished much to come but could not leave
the capital just now.-Ale1andria Gazette.