Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-06-04

Simple Ceremonies at the Monument b
Leonard Calvert.


Simple Ceremonies at the Monument 30
Leonard Calvert.
The ceremonies attending the unwilling OF
the monument TO Leonard Calverta at ST. Mary's
Nd, yesterday were simple. inspiring and i'm
pressive, and the surroundings possessed a TT
ness peculiarly their own. The drapery about
the shaft was drawn aside by the hand of de-
scendant Of him whose name was craven upon
the granite. The unwilling ceremony opened
with an invocation by Cardinal gibbons read BY
the Rev. Joseph Cunnane. Of Upper Marlboro.
Col. j. Thomas Scharf then delivered a his
torical discourse, after which wright's band
played a selection and Miss Julia Stuart Calvert
of Washington pulled the cord which caused
the draping to fall from the monument and
disclose Its cleaning shaft Maryland, Nv
Maryland" with words written for the occa-
sion, was sung by the ladies of st. Mary's
Female Seminary, after which Attorney Cen
eral william Pinckney WHITE delivered the
grafton of the day. The ladies Of ST. Mary's
Seminary sang America" and as the group
stood with bowed and uncovered heads Right
Rev. William Paret, bishop of Maryland, pro-
nounced the benediction. A burst Of music
from the band closed the proceedings
Among the persons in attendance in addition
to those named. were Gov. jackson and Mr.
George H. Calvert Of Washington, the father Of
Miss Calvert
The river was lively with large and small
craft The steamer Excelsior. which left Balti-
more Tuesday night with the party from Balti-
more, was moored near by the oyster police
steamers McLane and Thomas. the sloops Nelly
jackson, Daisy Archer, Louisa WHITE Katie
Hines and Bessie Woolford were swinging at
anchor. and when the cloth fell from the monu-
ment they, with the police steamers, fired a
rouslng salute. In addition to these vessels the
water was white with the sails of canoes from
the shores of the Potomac and st. Marys rivers
ana the Chesapeake bay.
Hon. William Pinkney WHITE. in the course
Of his address, said:
The pathos and humility Of the officials and
inhabitants of the Catholic settlement at ST.
Mary were thrown away on the assembly
which repudiated the appeal with coarse and
almost brutal scorn. They showed the acri-
mony Of the dominant party in their reply
when they said: ST. Mary's only served
hitherto to cast a blemish upon all the rest of
the province
"Remonstrance and appeal were all in vain.
annapolis rose upon the downfall of old ST.
Mary sand in 1884 became the capital of Mary
land: The ancient city was stripped of her
privileges, OF everything that gave her life and
she was left to waste and perish from the earth
Her population departed, her houses fell to
RUNS and nothing is now left VI her but a
name and a memory. In 170i Annapolis was
enacted into city under charter from Gov
Seymour and obtained the privilege of sending
two delegates to the assembly. while the yener-
able town Of st. Mary s. which had been deciin-
ing from the time she ceased to be the capital
OF the province. was deprived of her two rep
resentatives. which seems 20 have been the last
blow to her falling fortunes.
1.-The ground, however, on which we stand,
my fellow citizens, is holy ground; the foot
prints OF the good are on its sands and its soil
Is enriched with the ashes from the sanctified
thurible. The line that sweeps around this
limited horizon includes a space whence his
tory draws her most attractive record and pre-
sents scenes where indeed the purity of the
nation and the benefcence Of the act seems to
invest the genius of history with the spirit of
Inspiration and enables US to find beneath the
simplicity of secular narration the means Of
spiritual instruction"
THE WASHINGTON CONTINGENT
The Washington and Baltimore contingents
in attendance reached st. Marys yesterday
morning after an all-night rough-and-tumble
run on the steamer Excelsior. The location is
one OF exceeding beauty. In fact, the we'll
known historian, John p. Kennedy, in his
John of the Bowl. spoke Of it as the most
attractive country, that particular spot and
expanse OF water the most beautiful and pic
turesque he had ever seen. The location Of ST.
Mary's is upon an elevated plateau peninsular
in shape and environed by the waters Of ST.
Mary river, broken into pretty. shady inlets
and bayous. An imposing colonial-looking
building used as q female seminary, con-
Quoted under the auspices of the state
church recently despoiled Of its antique
attractiveness by being not altogether tastefully
undermined and a graveyard containing head
stones in marble running back from recent
dates to period when plain wood boards now
crumbling with mold, marked the resting place
OF the dead Is about all that is Left of the once
famous capital of Maryland. Twelve granite
stones, about twelve inches square and as many
above ground mark the twelve corners of the
old cross-shaped capitol the bricks of which
upon its downfall and disintegration went into
walls Of the church hard by. This is the ST.
Marys of today, but an attractive, promising
place nevertheless
GATHERING OF THE rHRoyG.
Bright and early yesterday small sail and
row craft of every description began to pour
out of the hooks and inlets of the ST. Mary and
the lower Potomac, and vehicles of all sorts.
filled with men, women and children
babies included, began to appear, ali
vending their ways along the country
roads to witness and participate in the cere-
monies. In addition TO the influx of the in
habitants for twenty or more miles around and
the crowds brought by the Royal State NAVY
and the Excelsior the steamer Sue came heavily
ladened from Leonardtown-a namesa of him
whose name and memory were to be honored
CLOSE ATTESTIoN PAID.
Unusually close attention was paid by the
standing audience to the proceedings and when
the cord binding the stars and stripes around
the stately shaft was drawn by Miss Calvert and
the folds fell gracefully away good, hearty.
patriotic applause followed. A general rush
ensued for bits of the cord as mementos and
in a short while it was cut into shreds and car
ried away. Miss Calvert was, of course. the
center of all eyes and the recipient Of many
compliments for the graceful and successful
manner in which she performed the duty as
signed her.
The number Of Washingtonfans present was
limited, but had a notable representation upon
the program and all received special consider
alton as guests. The representatives of the
Calvert family attending were Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. H., Miss Julia and Masters Cecilius and
Johnnie Calvert.
Col. J. Thomas Scharf, the chief manager of
ceremonies on the occasion, is q writer and
historian Of considerable note, having written,
besides others, histories of Maryland and
Baltimore. All Of the members of the other
committees were present and assisted.
The Excelsior left on her return trip at d.
m. After getting under way homeward those
on board met and Mr.. John T. Ford of Balti-
more offered several resolutions, which were
unanimously adopted, expressing the thanks
Of those present to Mr.. J. Thomas
Scharf of Baltimore, Secretary Of State
Lecompte and State Senator Washington
Wilkinson, committee ON arrangements
for the unwilling, for the admirable
program prepared, fraught with deep historic
interest and genuine qualification TO all true
Marylanders. The resolutions referred in
high terms individually to those participating
in the ceremonies. Resolutions were also
adopted, offered by Mr.. C. j. Hamilton Of Bal
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