Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-05-27

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| ot. mary are as much, II no. more
used than the high WAYS of the Iand
Fully 1,5OO prisons gathered. and
IN the pretty little hall attached IA
81. Mays Seminary apDlauied thu
speakers and enjoyed the thrilling
music OF the Naval Academy Band
In fact. the people Of the county
took far more interest In the event
than did any but the most enthusiasts
TIC members OF the association. the
attendance from Baltimore being
Disappointing to the committee
Tne enthusiasm OF the county peo.
pie, however, fully repaid the com
mlttee for the trouble and the ex.
panse ut the pilgrimage.
Mr.. John + Duke. president of
the - Mary s County School Board
was the only man present who at.
tended the exercises Of the first pil.
grimage, held 80 years ago. Mr..
+. X. Hale, director ~ the Catheral
choir, who took down selected
choir 10 sing the music of the Mass.
performed the same duties on the
pilgrimage Of % years ago, and saws
80 '"eC"NS W SO Ou t1c next Ou0 ZD
years hence.
MASS OK TUE STEAMER
The inclemency of the weather
disarranged the program some what,
as well as interfered with the attend.
ance from Baltimore. The east
winds were cold and raw, and the
clouds hung low aud threaieninRly
Saturday when the Northumberland
took the first detachment Of the pill
grims. including the ladies'. It was
still more unpromisiug when the
men sailed at night. And the morn
ing, when the two steamers landed
their passengers at St. Mary City,
was gray and cneerless.
IL had been planned to land at
Grason's s, go thence to St. Inigo's
and there hold Mass in the open, AS
did Fathers White and Altman and
the cOlonists nearly three centuries
ago. This being impracticable it
was hoped To hold il in the quaint
old church at st. Inigo's. but even
this was out Of the question. for tha
way was so wet and muddy that the
walk OF three quarters ola mile from
the wharf TO the church would have
been too trying, especially for the
ladies'.
In the end the beautiful service OF
the Mass was celebrated on the
steamer. So solemn and impressive
was the service, so tender aud ex-
quisite the music that the vessel be-
came for the time a real sanctuary.
Two NJ asses were said, the first
by Rev. +. X. Brady, president of
LoyOlo College, aud the second by
Rev. Peter ]. O'Carroll. At the
conclusions OF these Rev. J. Brent
Matthews, rector of St. Inigo's
Church, made brief address, in
which be emphasized the worlds
debt TO Calvert for the establish
meut in a new land of a place in
which every man might worship
God according TO the promptings Of
his own conscience. he spoke in
stirring manner of what this meant
then and OF what it means now.
AT ST.. MARY's CRY.
At st. Mary s City, Judge b. Har-
ris Camalier, who had driven from
La Plata to attend the celebration,
made brief statement introducing
Mr.. Charles S. Grasou, of st. Mary's,
who welcomed the pilgrims. Pres
idcnt Joseph II. Dunn, of the asso-
citation Mr.. Hart, chairman OF the
historical and social committee, made
short addresses, after which Judge
Charles W. Heuisler, of Baltimore,
made the principal speech of the
day.
His theme was The Early Mary
land Settlers" and be handled il
with mastery style. In talk of
half an hour he epitomized that part
Of the early history of the State
which is bound up in the brief life
OF Maryland's first capital. and an
swered convincingly some of the
arguments which have been made
to show that religious federation was
not a real tangible thing in the early
history Of Maryland and that it did
not spring from broad minded pol
icy on the part OF George Calvert
and his son Cecilius.
This concluded the exercises in
the hall, and the pilgrims aud the
people of the county spent the re-
mainder Of the early afternoon stroll
ing about the site OF the old town,
of which hardly a trace remains.
Two hundred and seventy five years
is long time, aud except for the
bricks of which the Episcopal
Church at st. Mary's City is built.
and which came from the walls Of
Maryland g first State House, moth
ing seems 10 have survived, except,
perhaps, the markers of a few
graves holding the bones OF some OF
the valiant band who came to a saw
age land, did their work like men
and passed away.
or the houses that lined Middle
street and Mattapanv street not even
q trace OF the foundations remain,
except possibly that OF Leonard
Calvert. and even the lines sup
posed to mark the site OF that
stately mansion are indefinite.
Where the streets and the houses
were are now fields. and the grass
is green upon them. Nothing S
left of the old fort built as a de-
Tense against the Indians, OF the
stout Jail, the marke. house. the
warehouses. the tavern OF Garrett
Van Swearingen. where the roy
sterers gathered aud often disturhu-
ted the peace and quiet of the city
built upon q spot of rare beauty,
but which has passed away almost
as CON pletely. as IL it had never
been.
| OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION.