Life and times of the Most RevJohn Carroll, bishop and first archibishop of Baltimore . edko Camps, parish priest. ^ At St. Augustine the parish church restored by BishopTejada was in ruins, his house was used for the Church ofEngland service, the Franciscan Convent was occupied bythe troops, ^uestra SeSora de la Leche was a ruin, the chapelin the fort defaced and desecrated. Doctor Camps was ^ This is perhaps unexampled, the transfer of a parish from one placeto another. Rev. Dr. Camps was still parish priest of Mosquito, andnot of St. Augustine, so that when Spain recovered Florida he was no
Life and times of the Most RevJohn Carroll, bishop and first archibishop of Baltimore . edko Camps, parish priest. ^ At St. Augustine the parish church restored by BishopTejada was in ruins, his house was used for the Church ofEngland service, the Franciscan Convent was occupied bythe troops, ^uestra SeSora de la Leche was a ruin, the chapelin the fort defaced and desecrated. Doctor Camps was ^ This is perhaps unexampled, the transfer of a parish from one placeto another. Rev. Dr. Camps was still parish priest of Mosquito, andnot of St. Augustine, so that when Spain recovered Florida he was notrecognized as incumbent of St. Augustine, but another clergyman wasappointed parish priest and Dr. Camps remained by his sanction to attendthe Mahonese, though not regarded even as assistant. REV. DR. CAMPS. 195 without meaBS to erect a chapel for his flock, who had beenwronged of the fruit of their labor. He said mass in thehouse of Carrera, near the city gate. Though the British flag still floated over Eastern Florida,the strange series of events had restored Catholicity from CHAPEL IN THE FORT AT ST. AUGUSTINE, DEFACED BY THE ENGLISH. Augustine to Baton Bouge, and mass was regularly offeredin Pensacola and Mobile. Henri de Courcy de La Roche-Heron, La Ville de Saint Augustin,in the Journal de Quebec, March-April, 1856. 196 LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP CARROLL. In the country subject to tlie Continental Congress theclergy continued their labors amid the trying times ofthe war, those in Maryland exposed to the depredations ofBritish cruisers, which, entering the Chesapeake, ascendedthe Potomac, plundering plantations and inviting negroslaves to seek freedom under the protection of the EngHshflag. The old Jesuit estates still held by the clergy werecultivated by slaves, the only form of labor to be obtained,but the rule of the clergy was so light that a priests negro was a proverbial expression for a slave who was pretty muchhis own master. It was noticed and remarked that the ne-g
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