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YOUNG MEN'S CATHOLIC FRIEND'S ' Socitr.-We have the ,pleasure of ack nowledging an invitation to a most appi tiring entertainment to be given this morn ing by thegentlemen of this society in St. alphonisrupaceoir Mowe. Tamers P O'Rrion, Sohn J. O'Brien, and M. E. Halligan, com mittee. It is with great regret that we ap prehend being unrepresented on this occa :-sion, partly through sickness, and partly throghe unavoidable absence from the city. ) IOCESE oe NEw (ORLEANS.-COOfirma tioes.-On Sunday last, the 14th inst., the Most Rev. Archbishop conlfined two hun tired and forty persons in the Clhurch of the A,~timption, Lafayette. On Tuesday, the Itith. the prelate ,otilirled eighty-nine t'terstne in the Church of Notre )Dame de iBont Secours, Wrench congregation, F'ourth I)istrict. On Wednesday last, hi confirnmed thirty-nine persons in the Chapel of the I'rsuline Convent-some, the pupils of the ornvent, the remainder, attlched to r the 'Church of St. Mauri.. O)n -Thursday, he (clnfirmed three hundred and eighty persons in St. Joseph's Church, Common street; and at the Hospital Chapel, on the same day, His (,race confirmed fifty-one persons, of whom twenty-three were converts. -- , I IOCESE OF NATCIIITOCIIES.-OrdiIatios. (,n Tuesday, 2d inst., Right. Rev. Bishop Martin, of Natchitoches, promoted to the sacred order of the priesthood, Rev. Ludovic Enault, a native of the diocese of Rennes, France. This young priest has been ap pointed vicar of the Church of St. Matthew, .Monroe. . '",njfirniations.-The 5sltole right reverenlld prelate confirmedl one Ihundred and two' per sons, on the ;d nit., at St. lnial'. C'hurch, I',rlish of Avoyeilt.l. (li, the 14th 1.f the .ni!tlmollonth, he collntilaimed thirty-live jIer snti iii St. Augustine's (flhuichi. Parish of N;a'.c.hit*w)ech. On the· 17th, the lBishop t cont tit'ned seven pupils in the tolnvcltt it' the acrlcl lleart, in the same parish. (ii time "diet ult., he confirmed twenty-five hpersons in his cathedral. On the 7th instaut. His Grace oonfirmed twenty five pewslons in the Church ot St. .Iohn the Baptist. Cloutierville, ill the sante purisi,]. All these confirmations, hi their rcspv'tivt localities., coincide with the close of'the tridunam ]mr.- e scribed by the Sovereign Pontiff, which has ,.verywhcr. developed great faith and piety. 'I'EAS.--Thoee who have lbeeu 1vaitiug tor tieh supplies will he gladl to learnl 1, .1. W'. PlaIt .&'o.'a adv ert isemont in another ,olhnnr, that they are now iii riueeipt of large ihvoic:is of the variouas Eualitici. of teas there ,.n inerated, which they uctll at such prices as must meet the wishes of every teouomical house keeper. The Caoert *' the Pope. ti Monday evenLng, tal 9th Inltant, is the time set for theeonert to be given at St. w Patrick's Church, in aid of the Pope. As th to the maerits of the concert in itself, any Iaudationon ourpart would be nealled for. Morart's Twelfth Maamsis.aerk of which the merits are thoroughly recognised in this community, and the style in which it has been recently presented by artists, who again appear on this occasion, is saMcient guaranty of its effectiveness. When we know, however, that additional talent is en-. u listed for this performanee,'that Mr. Colli- ' gnon joins Mr. LaHache in the direction, i and that the grand organ of St. Patrick's 4 will lend its-glorious tones o the harmony, we cannot but anticipate even a more per- bi feet renderaing of this master-piece on the in present occasion than that recently given at hi St. Alphonsus Hall. The influential names constituting the committee of arrangements, and representing at least twelve of our principal pdrishes, afford a good indication of the probable size and character of tb au- bi dience.. Irrespective of these various uarantle ee of success, however, the motive of the ef- Ib fort,'the fact of its being a tribute to the D Pope, ought to make it a real ovation. s Our whole community, non-Catholic as well o au'Catholiocan, without inconistency,mark lb their sympathy with the wrongs and mis- f fortunes of the Venerable Pqntift. For Catholics, what more elevated, more Ia holy subjeet for e]ladty than the Church it- mn self, representd b-its august head t It is o0 for.the Church as a whole, for its indepen dence as an organszation,its freedom of un- th restrained communication with its head and fa centre, that we are called on to move dur- on ing the present times. If the Pope is driven Cs from Rome to seek ahelter under a foreign i flag, or if remaining there, he is but a sub- e ject liable to control and coercion at the whim of some temporal dictator, what guar- m anty have Catholicsthat his communications with them may not be, as they have fe- he quently been, hampered, restricted, per- ev haps, totally suspended, by the folly or mn- ch piety of a despot-? --In such a case, history Co tells us, too loudly, how discipline is ne glected and faith languishes. What though wl we shower gifts upon local charities when Co such a danger threatens ? Will God thank m' us for decorating the shrines of his Church, Ps when we permit that thurch itself to be " overwhelmed with desolation and disorder? What though our substance is given to the p' most deserving asylums~? God is, after all, 1 the source of their support, and he cannot a bless a near-sighted charity which overlooks 00 higher claims, because more remote. There mm is no duty equal . t that of sustaining the" Pope. h. The occasion is one which might, indeed, by well call forth an expression of sympathy ' from our non-Catholic fellow-citizens. As mi imbued with the chivalrous sentiments m ascribed to the South, where will our people Cl find a more honorable instance of weakness a struggling against power than in the present position of the Pope I A large portion of ol his territory wrested from him and added to the dominions of an enemy eager to deprive th' him of the remainder; harassed by inroads ev of organized forces belonging ostensibly to m1 no nation, yet having a foothold beyond his a lines; sustained only by the enthusiasm of his few remaining people, the ardor of a Jo small band of foreign volunteers, and the cr -squadrons of an unwilling French protector; wI the policy of a mysterious imperial cabinet he may, at any moment, leave him exposed to Ca an invasion, by which he would, surely, be foi overwhelmed. If, therefore, we claim to be a people who always incline to favor the wt weaker side, here is an occasion for sympa- na thy beyond question. all Gratitude, too, always appeals irresistibly th to generous hearts, and gratitude for soul felt sympathy, even though fruitless, is al- ne ways stronger than for ostentatious aid. In tal the darkest days of the late Southern a struggle, when the nations of the world sent co their citizens by tens of thousands to swell I the ranks of the Northern armies, the Pope er alone of all the potentates of Christendom, mi the weanki·est and, geerally, the most pru- an dent, sent to us kind words of sympathy, and to our enemies messages of unmistakable rebuke. We all know his efforts jn behlalf "P of unfortunate Poland, and, if our States of him the Southl should, through tihe success of a fal revolutionary policy, be reduced perma- ev nently to a condition similar to that of l'o- foi limd. we kimno' that lhis prayers, his tears, ag and his iliatllimece Vwould atll be t',r us, to,, t. Non-t'atholics of the ~outh ought to rc- in aognize their own interest in maintaining " the permanence of the Papal influence. no That influence has always been wielded for tr( the maintenance of order and the suppres- In sion of usurpaIti;ml for the protection of the ati wealk and the llhumanizilng of pIower; it has to ever hecen tie. watchful enemy of radicanlism t tin .\vcy shape, and the friend of conserva- I an tism: it discourages revolution when vio lent. and fosters all progress that can Impe n to be permaniift it ioes not interatd with poltics, but it sheds upon morals a light iso lvine thi philoadpb is illnminated by the refectiOn, and no longer loses its way Samongu the by-patbs of !olly. Calvin Reproduced. Most of our readershave, probably, been of the opinion that the peculiar fires of , JohnCalvinhadbeenextinguished forever t that thegreat apostle of Geneva had carried down into his grave the torch which he used so effectually in his controversies as an ar-g meiiiaad hominess, Even if such had been the ease, the origial Calviam has again broken out more viralently than ever. The originator of that peculiar form of brotherly love applied it to only a few ases B in his own experience; while the latest high riest et the sect proposes commeanag operations on a much grander scale. Rev. Bob Breakenridge, of Kentucky, desires r to set fire to New York city-yea, verily, and to keep at it until nothing shall be left but ashes and brick-bqta, and, possibly, among the rubbish, a few bones of such old folks, invalids, and balies as may not have been able toecsape the swift destruction. , Rev. Bob doesn't drink-he is a temperance saint, and means what be says. He say$y in I effect, as we have been recently informed, i by the daily papers, that there are fifty thousand Irish and Catholic voters in. New York city, by means of whom that eity is lost to the Republican party, and that, if necessary, to get rid of them, New York ought to be burned to the ground. This seal of the learned doctor is somuch the grander in its scope than that of his feebler prototype, in that it embraces not only the cause of God, but, also, that of Caesar. It is not merely because New York is polluted with the presence of fifty thou sand Irish Catholics, (idolators!) with their families, but because the said fifty thousand men and voters are all Democrats I But, Robert himself is not a Democrat at present, hence the " torch." We are confient, how ever, that there is one weak point in the chain of argument by which the doctor has come' to this peremptory conclusion-one difficulty which he has overlooked, and which will change hispolicy : the insurance companies would object to his proposition most vehemently-and the insurance com panies, are they not rich and worthy to be respected? New York, then, is safe! If we might be allowed to suggest a B proper field for the apostolic gifts of the Rev. Mr. Breekenridge, it would be among a population where his seal would not be counteracted by the cold calculation of moneyed men. He could render himself iresistibly popular, fo lnstance,-with the king of the Cannibal Islands and cabinet, by his natural talent for roasting human victims. Through this happy facility he might win the way to therflhif ; for the mild and humanizing doctries of "that Christianity of which .he proclaims himself a teacher. We know not what will be the limit of f old Mr. Breckenridge's desire for justice, after the fall elections of this year. If, as the Democrats claim, they should carry every Northern State but one, he will be more convinced than ever that Irishmen and Papists are at the b~ttom of it. Lucky it is for the said Irishmen that the day of John Ca:vin is gone forever, except in the crazed- fancies of a few malignant fanatics, who can never again reach the popular heart. The civilized World is acclimated to Calvinism as an epidemic. It must, hence forth, show itself only in a sporadic form. Mr. Robert Breckenridge, of Kentucky, was, some twenty years ago, a man of great natural ability; but his character was always essentially of the Puritanic type r that is, Mr. Robert Breckenridge was right, and every body who differed with him was, necessarily, wrong, and ought to be made to take his view of things by force, if neces sary. The essence of Puritanism is self conceit-a self-conceit which not only scouts the idea that it can possibly be in error about anything, but which is deter mined to assert its superiority over others, and force its views upon their acceptance I -whenever anopportunity offers. Thus, the reverend doctor of whomn we speak has become so habituated to deify Shis own reason and believe in his own in fallibility-not only in religion, but in everything else thatrhe cannot entertain, for a moment, the idea that those who dis agree with him in politics are anything less thiatn devils, pure and simple. Hlis Calvin istic bitterness, increased fromx yen:r to year, during a long life, by feeding on itself, has not been diminished at all by the sense of treason to his section and to his friends. In his later developinents, then. he is fast attaining a reputation which will go far toward le:aving lhis name coupled in popular tradlitions with thile id.a of the evil spirit, I and " Old Bob " may yet be The f;amiliar siibstitate for "Old Nick." In history, he will. perhaps. be recognized with more dig nity, as the " Tamerlane of the Pulpit." Ith *itmlan *St.i Joseph's. bh Last ys1W ,k telaminaitionsa of the by octave of iCesg rj Christa the Most Bev. Sy Archbishop! {ei stiered confirmation, at St. Joseph's "4ap, to some three hundred and eighty eandidates, and to fifty-three en more in the domtitte hebapel of the Charity f lospital-in all, four hundred- and thirty three. The ceremonies, eompnencing at nine he o'clock, with solemn high mass, lasted a nearly four hoars, and were witnessed by a congregation _which rowded the church to d its .utmost, although on a week day, and during the busiest hours of the day. The Most Bev. Archbishop assisted throughout mass, seated in great state, and attendedby e the reverend -pastors of St. John's, St. Peter's, and St. TMresa's churches, as well as by the clergy of St. Joseph's. SRev. Father Jeremiah Moynihan preached after mass, with his usual eloquence and impresdsveness, and upon the topio which had been of sueh engrossing interest during Iy the morning-the sacrament of confirma d onI .The necessity for this saerament of courage ad .fortitude was clearly por e. trayed-the timidity, the faint-heartedness e otf man in meeting danger or even asacriee, in the cause of truth and justice, were evi dent in the conduct of the Apostles them seves, previously to the descent of the SHoly Qhost. If even these ehosencompan ioens of Chrst were so impotent for good If without this great sacrament, how slow should we be to jaudge harshly those non Catholics who do not admit the existence of such a sacrament, and are, therefore, left to their own weakness! And how perfectly manifest ought to be the growth in all the heroic virtues of Christianity among those irk who now receive this sacrament, even as it i- was manifest among the Disciples on the great day of Pentecost. The origin and institution of conlitma Stion, its nature and effieacy, were ably ex it, pounded by the learned orator, including W- the clear demonstration that the Church has he now the same. power that. she had in the Ls beginning, of conferring the Holy Ghost by ne the imposition of hands. At the conclusion of the address, the Ven erable Archbishop, notwithstanding the on suffering which is habitual from his indis n- position, addressed those whom he had confirmed, and exhorted them to be faithkal to the strength then imparted to them, and a to despise ally weakness in the practise of virtue. The paternal, apostolic language g in which he spoke, must have ereated'an be impression worthy of the love which prompted it. Notwithstanding the great e length of the ceremonies, the Archbishop he did not fail to visit the Charity Hospital, to ' administer confmatiozjapit ;chapel, sawe' an have already stated. After which, without he tacing the rest so necessary to his infirmity, he was-obliged -to hasten home, to meet tat other engagements anid'ities. Of the four hundred and thirty-three I persons confirmed, forty-eight were con of verts--twenty-three of these being within e' the precincts of the hospital. This is truly aa glorious result of zeal in the good Sisters. y Their exterior works of charity are accom panied by spiritual ones, and blessed with en abundant fruit. To be sure, their convertp are often incurables, cripples, andl other un he fortunates, who would not be considered a great acquisition to some fashionable con s' gregations, but they are among those over whose conversion it is said that the angels in heaven rejoice. It is but'a repetition of ,- the marriage parable where the fashionable and the gay excused themselves, and the y, master of the feast was obliged to send out at into the lanes and highways and bring in as the worn and weary pilgrims, in their dust and poverty, to sit at his royal table. f it, - r - es, The Sugar Lands of Louisiana. to These lands, the richest, the most pro- c s-' ductive intthe world, and priceless in true a - value, are now worthless to the owners in Ii y consequence of the rain and desolation d in brought upon them by the war and the a r- merciless taxation and disorganization of ii Slabor since imposed upon them. Immense Stracts, with princely dwelljngs,_extensive t and comfortable negro quarters, massive Ssugar houses, mills, barns, stables, ware- b 7 houses, costly gahinery, and all the ar- Ii Srangements for t culture'and manufacture a in of sugar on the most extensive and expen- fl n, seive scale are being sold for less than the A Soriginal cost of the ditches that drain them, ti s because tlhe owners. often those who rescued a "- them from the river, the swamp, and the J r, forest, are positively unable to pay the se as taxes and other civil burdens levied upon C of them. t S Nearly one thousand sugar plantations l Sthroughout the State are lying idle, t t1 ar fences down, the fields and, alsn growing d at up into dense "brakes," the buildings and it, machinery rotting and rusting, and the g unfortunate inhabitants, too often, alas. u g- limited to the grey-haired old sire, the pale .h and delicate widoiR, and the emaciated, p helpless orphns, truggling for abare sub e sitence, cultivating mall otehes of corn, rice, sweet potatoes, and peas, just enough to stave off the cravings of hunger and keep gaunt famine away. Cannot something be done to save these lands to the impoverished owners and to Smake,the pgsin productivef To answer thisuaestion in the affirmative is the desire of every pbue, Chrstlan heart. With proper refleoMioe upon the- u jcuties and obstacles to contend with, these wills cppoe to us sug Sgetions .and plans that will revive the drooping spirits of our' peipe, and soon cause our fields to wiave with ripenalg ease. Sugar is gdd, for it eaanot be ismported without sending gold to purchase it fron foreign countries. These 'pu lands of uLaisia are almost the Q ulsyms north of the Galf of Mexico, and i$' ste already i prepared for Immediate , i as tia w Syear cou.ldprodueeahir al b.hag a.ds Oi s0agar. The proaetion at ea er ease is the properi and almost exlusive use to which our lands are m adapted, and our main f object should be to resunsiate amd emeor age its eultvtrtion. To d4othls,tb present arduous and expensive dutie of the sugar planter should be divided, as that other capital aid industry and skill eould be brought to his assistance. Id other Words, e the labor of the planter shoueald be caniaed as closely as possible to ageieultre, dad I other capital and skill be employed in the manufeture ofthe sugar. If emh wlieatgo wee fred to grind his own grain, we should not only hate miserable bread, but, ctaally,f miuM would r often prevail. If eaeh gpe grerreed his own grapes and fermeated their juice, we would have but few drinkers of claret, and they would be very " vinegar faced." But little of the immense sugar props of the Eastern Hemisphere would ever reach the channels of commerce if the cultivator was relied upon to manufacture the "beet and cane juice." A thousand reasons might be given why the planter of cane should not be the manu facturer of sugar; and a thousand thanks will be heartily given by him if you relieve . him from the three months of toil, expense, and anxiety that he invariably undergoes during " sugar making," and permit him, at that most favorable period, to reap his hay, gather his corn and potatoes, plough his Sgound, and plant his cane, so that be could Sheartily respond to the Christian's salute of " a happy Christmas," and fairly start the ".new year" with a vigorous and sound crop of seed cane in the ground. How easily would be And time to plant4nd cal tivate corn, peas, potatoes, ripe, etc., in abundance! And, when the hot summer months came, and his erops were "laid by," how pleasant the reflection that there was no wood to cut and haul tothe " cormorant" of a sugar-house! But, aside from all these reasons .why the planter should abandon the sugar-house to others, is the uncontrolable one of " pov erty;" and we must turn our thoughts and exertions to the bestplans for accomplishing - the change and supplying the capital fortht, new order of sugar-making. If the owner of the soil aree relieved from the necessity of employing immense capital in manufac thring. he could turn his..whole energy to production; and he could sell or rent por tions of his lands to others, at fair prices: and, in a few years, he would no longer see "rain and desolation" around him. But he must be assured of a certain and fair market price for hiscane; and that must be our next object of inquiry. That Pic-Nic. - Gentlemen-who intend entering the lists for the splendid prize, silver pitcher, can see it on exhibition at this office. It is really an elegant affair, large and beautifully chased, and well worth a good deal of per spiration, considering the amount of cool ness it can afterwards procure. Parties doubtful of its powers to refrigerate punch andlhings of that kind, are welcome to ry it while under our charge. , This elegant prize has meen entrnastedo the Pic-nic Association, by certain ladies oTJefferson city and the Fourth District, to be awarded to the successful competitors in some of the pmlanly contrts to take place at the Oakland Course, on the fourth and fifth of July, under the auspices of that Aslicia~ition. We have, after conlsiderable" trouble, ascertained that these thoughtful and generous lady doners, are Mrs Charles J. Fox, and Miss Mary F. Breen, of Jeffer son City, and Mrs H. C. Brown and Mrs. J. C. Cornell of the Fourth District. In order that the prize may be more honorable and stimulative of competition, it is to be hoped that one of those ladies may be induced to deliver tthei d with her own hands. The Ipat~c and social entertainment~ given by tht s public-spirited asnnociation is under the sanction of the Most Rev. Arch .bisbp, and the opening ceremonies will be ~peiraed iy itimself. assisted by many of