Newspaper Page Text
Sring Star and Catholic MesWengr. aa- sm anvr SUNIDAT Mo w . REV. A. J. RYAN, S sDrroa-mcrml.. saw o Lansal, SNxDAT. JaULY is. e. Ma rPrAU ar r T ·B a TO oas oDDnZm twesi oider - .--............... 4 00o 9 emders will receive attention unless a esmpealed by the cash. Ageats br the Star. AL Ltearat, Franklin. T. DuoosA, Baton Rouge. J.. QA.AHRn. 232 Poestofico at., Galveston. J.L LarTmmCYcn, Laredo. C. . Banares, Houston. anAuLnur. KAsuer B»ns, Natcoes. B. F. Owmrs, Vicksburg. OaL aN 01 VIZ Wi. .. -St... aJea be Olr, Abbot. .Ju3y --6. Aaelete. Poe ad Martyr. ..ZJuiy 14-at. ovusnze. lBhop. Coen Rev. Father Duffy. It is well known already that Father Daffy has nearly arrived at the 25th ann veegary of his priesthood, and no one will be surprised ast the announcement elsewhere smade of an ntention among his friends to elebeate that event in a becoming manner. When we speak of his-friends, however, the affair commences to assme formidable proportions. We should like to see the 0 ms who is not his friend. Everybody d knows him, and the acquaintance is, to a enasiderable extent, mutual. But to know people is not all. Sometimes we know folks that we would rather not know, w'beres everybody that knows Father Daly is glad of it. He is one of those rare men that take a special interest in everybody in particular. He is not only ap awuasintance but a friend, and he is not on Mend in words only, but in actions. When we say, therefore, that hie friends Iatead to commemorate the affair in a suit able manner, we mean that there will pro- b Ilably bp a good many persona interested in the noye~pept, q p goo8. e t el f warl If you desire to have cards, bill heads, cir. eels se doay reciepts printed neatly, with mispateb and at moderate prices, send your rdeap to the STAR once. I Ova TaawtyLDu Aomrr.-Mr. Thos. B. O'Con ser, oar agent, is at present in Atlanta, Ga. We bespeak for him the kind as istance of the fiends of Catholic literature in that Sourish qng eity. _ The tickets for the Concert to be given in Granewald Hall next month, under the auspi eam of the New Orleans Catholic Total Abeti saem Society, are already out. The pro gramme, which is already partially made up, promises a most pleasant entertainment to all I who can't get away to the Coast that Sunday veniaog. ST. BrasLave' COMssacIAL CoLIzou. The annual commencewent of this College will take place on Wednesday, the 15th inst., at 7:30 o'clock P. iM. Few of those whp have been m fertsate as to receive invitationsa free Brother Florimood to attend will neglect the opportunity of visiting Bay St. Louis that "day, 0o* Bay is on of the most beautiful places on the coast, only two hours' ride from the city, and affords excellent eaccommodations. Morerox Coxrsarlcxs Socrrrv Sr. at r as PAUL-We are pleased to learn that he Conferences in Houston are progressing asnrkably well and working with a zeal I 'hec proves that they snot only understand h letter but also the spirit of the Manual. t Their annual retreat is to be conducted by the a.s J. Blam in the German church, and will l3a Bave days. The exercises in common will be at 8 o'clock each evening, and will be in I Unglish. It has been suggested to us that as there are t many hundreds of unemployed laborers in the I eity at presant, it would be well for them to I asleot some redearso near the business centres, where they might be saled on to perform the a theusand and one odd Jobe that present them Selves daily. It a meroant reeives a large letof goods, which must be stored immediately, hei knows not where to nd laborers, while at the saeme time these are anxioely walking theI seots in sarh oef something to do. True, the I wages paid are small and the work is not sterdy, but the It that a man may make by a rw or lsbo every day r e so, would at least hsp the wolf from hie s door. Soczat o0 ST. Vanccarr un PAdrL-An im pesaat asoe eto the members of thi soelety will be foead oanthe lh pagIe. The annu i etreat wil makte pIeo at the Jesuits' Chureh, eeumoeeing Wedassday next and lasting Sb... days. Thbesrvices will be at 7j o'clock Wedaesday, Tbhznday and Friday evenings. IX e to be hoped tihat no member of the Bro theeod will fail to avail himelf of this *r seolint oppetunaity of reviewing his short esesltSge and weaknessee daring the east year " ad qu aking geed reslations forte the ture, in whleh ladshe werk he will be instrueted, gded sa t da phte by nee of the nat. Fathers. The qustsrg Generatd Coemasmes wilhat at the Chambe of Ut. Vineat de aal, .Thin Distri4t, at 7 o'eloek, on d1th, ain the eeral meetiag l at the Sta sn the same day, Still litter. It is a long time sines our Presbyteria neighbor has come to the front. It him apparently had a season of moulting, whoa its musical volee was silent for the time but though it may have been changing It feathers the new plumage shows exactlj the same basee as the old. Quoth the Pres bytrian : Some of our Romish newspaper folk, refe: with great glee, to the fact that in a reoenl debate in Congress, Genl. Ben. Butler spoke admiringly of Sisters of Charity, and helped a BRomish society, the " Little Sisters of the Poor," to get an appropriation out of the Na tional Treasury. We do not grudge the Romish Church what ever credit may belong to the acquisition of Batler, a a champion ; on the contrary, there edime to be a very striking itness in the ar rangement. Our readers may remember that more than two years ago, we indicated him to be the coming man, whom the login of events clearly seems to seleot for the oham pionahip of the political aspiration of the Ro mish Church in the United States. In our last issue we published a detailed report of the debate referred to in the passage here cited. In that debate, not only Butler, but Messrs. Hoar, Cessna, Parker, Randall and O'Brien all advocated the appropriation. No one is reported as haviog spoken against it, except Mr. Garfield, and the report is that of the Chicago 2ribune. So far as the advocates of the appropriation expressed their religious affiliations, they were Pro testants. The majority in favor of the measure was 104 to 43 votes. These forty three we take as representing the expiring spirit of Calvinism. How conspicuous is the Presbyterian's well-known character for fair play and candid statement in its version of this affair ! Mr. Butler is the champion; the Ather debaters are not mentioned. The argument is a sneer. The Presbyterian does not "grudge the Romish Church" its new ally; butit cannot say as much for the other allies and the $25,000, and. the over whelming majority ; therefore it says noth ing about them. It overlooks all this and sees only Butler--nothing but Butler. Oar magnanimous neighbor is heavy on Ben. It is very mild and conservative and non-committal about the other gentlemen and about the big majority, but as for Ben-he's the dog with the bad name, and every body may kick him. Therefore the Presbyterian kicks. Its bitterness boils over; it frowns and splatters and ex plodes. Somebody has to suffer, and who nab be hit mord safely than the man whom everybody hits 1 oe06 not thnl Presbyterian see that it is on the losing side t Why does it not pull up stakes, while it can yet do so with something of dignity, and go to farmingt The West is a great place. Does it not is-reelve that the people of this country have no further use for John Calvin, and that the stake and faggots can not rule here I It may look black and puritanical, it may scowl and whiten its cravats, but all that is played out and the people are tired of its stale tricks. They look upon Phariseeism a an old dodge that has had its day and ought to retire. Therefore iis getting the cold shoulder. 104 to 43 against it is about the average toleration it can get from the non-Catholio public at large, as from their representatives at Washington. MoMahon. The French have found a man at last with whom they cannot play. McMahon considers that he has vested rights in the office that was conferred on him by solemn compact for a number of years, most of them yet to run. He holds that the French nation, though its de fast. government, has made a bargain with him which it has no right to cancel, and thinks that he holds in his own hands the power to enforce the con tract. He has the confidence of the people and the good will of the army. No one doubts his honesty or his patriotism. If he re solutely holds on to the reins of power, every one will believe that it is for no per. sunal end but merely for the good of his country. Fortunate it is for France that so pure a man is in control at this time, for the different factions into which its Par liament is broken have become so reckless and impassioned that they would soon pre cipitate the nation into revolution. At every moment they are on the verge of an appeal to arms. We hope that it is the mission of Mc Mabon to give a peaceful solution to the question. He will not permit the mad-caps to fight. He holds the fighting men in his own band, and has the nerve to deal asm masrily with the disorderly. After a while, when the paslions of the hour shall have cooled down, when his menagerie of a Congroes shall have been tamed into well behaved animals, when the flghting editors rad quarreleome lawyers and frantic poll ticlans who compose the Assembly and now dwell with the lmpression that they are the nation, shall have been properly snub. bed and taught their place, then it may be possible to come to a just knowledge of -hat is the actual wl!l of the French peo ple s to their form of Government. That being clearly known, MeMahon is not, so fhr as we can judge, the man to stand in the way of it, whether his tOrs e empired or not. Jos. W. Caroll, the heed of the onoe gesat ettoe house of Carroll, Hoy & Co.~, died lo. Our Nethodists. a We shosld like to know whether the a Methodists of this eity are ezeommunleated a from the general Wesleyan fold or are , simply more bigoted than elsewhere. If a they can be considered as in any degree f represented by the New Orleans Ohrifataa Adkocate, they are not in very open sym pathy with the Methodists Conference r lately held at Louisville. That body was very pronounced on the subject of non religions education. The bishops in a body made an address reprobating godless schools and favoring denominational ones. Afterwards a committee on that subject reported just as strongly, and all these proceedings were publihbed in fall in the said Advocate. But the Adroeate is no advocate for any such doctrine as that. It must think that those bishops and parsops and laymen were not posted; that they didn't know what 4 they were about. We infer this, not from any positive enunciation to that effect, but from the discreet silence of that jour nal- It religiously abstains from mention- I ing the subject at all. Considering the importance of the ques tion, the novelty of the position taken by I the Conference, and the very determined I attitude of the bishops and the whole as- I sembly, the Advocate cannot blink the i matter as one not demanding immediate attention. There is an evident want of cordial sympathy with the Conference on t that point by our neighbor. It is not for ns to accuse that neighbor of contumacy, t but we suspect it very strongly thereof. And yet the Conference was not of the M. E. Church North, as might be supposed, but of the "South" branch of it. Why does the Advocate recalcitrate t' Well, it must be hard on any paper to come out and be right on a question, when it has been persistently wrong on it for so many years. This would be a stretch of t humility that we cannot expect in the t premises. After all, it may not be bigo. t ery but, simply, pride. The Line of Duty. The United States Government seems to be quite technical in its construction of I this phrase. Lieut. Woodruff, it will be L remembered, sarificed his life most hero ically at Shreveport, last summer, while responding to what he considered the call of duty. The pestilence came and hundreds were falling before it. Lieut. Woodruff was stationed at that point, as headquar ters, while superintending the removal of the Red River raft. At a time when he was not strictly employed in personal 1 supervision of the works he devoted him selt unselfishly to Aightingr; the scourge that was aflitcting others. It was Lere that he fell. From a private letter of his mother, which has found its way into print, we learn that she applied for a pension on the ground of his death in the service, and that the prayer was rejected for the reason t that he did not die in the line of his duty. The brave young officer was, it is true, engaged in saving men instead of killing t them, but so far as danger is concerned, po 1 open field of battle could be so fatal in its death rate as that silent, deadly strife where, without the roll of drum, the rattle of musketry and the roar of artillery, the pestilence shot its unseen, silent shafts. It may have been his duty to ran away and go to the raft when he was not needed there, but he could not see it. He had a differ eat idea of the line of duty and we are in clined to believe that his views were accept able at the great Headquarters where he has since reported. At any rate, whether Lieut. Woodruff was on duty for the United States Govern ment or not, he certainly was on duty for Louisiana. He was a stranger, but he proved to be a brother; he was a soldier, but showed himself a philanthropist; he was a man, with rank and distinction and happi ness before him, and the tie of a dependant mother to bind him to life, but he was not an ordinary man, he was a hero, and cheer fully laid it all down it -following what he considered the line of duty. We think that Louisiana ought to grant the pension refaused at Washington. We know that special pensions ought not to be lightly given, but there is little fear of having too long a roll of such men as Lieu tenant Woodruff. oeentribtttens for the Relf et f Tho. iernan and wie, of olgterd, Ireland. Heretofor aeknowleadpd .. ....-. ................. H. J. N.rh PoC.ann p..........et .....u. J. KN--------------------e P. MNC......................................... Referring to the above, we take pleasure in publishing the following CARD O TvnANES. Those who so kindly and generously respond ed to my appeal in behalf of Thos. Kternan and wife, are hereby tendered my most grate fol thanks. The arrangements for their de parture will be made during the coarse of the present week, so as to enable them to leave by tbhsteamer Minnesota, which sails on Thurs day the 16th inst. I trust Almighty God will bless their benefactors; and I feel satidied hat neither by them nor by myself personally wil thbshaurity of their friends be soon fee. gesttes. J. G. FooTu.Aseistant Priest. 4. Paetrick' Clere, Jalf 10, 1874. 600 Mormons arrived ls New York from Ea oea the 6th. The Third Term. * The whit people of Lesluiaaa made one blander, and a fearful one, In the Warmotb coalition; It Is to be hoped they will avoid a similar fasm pd In the matter of Grant. It was thought that by Warmoth's strength and finese,the whites could carry the State at the last general election. Some persons still think that we did carry it, but with what result The fruit turned to ashes in our hands. The alliance was an improper one,-one which sacrificed dig nity and self-respect, though at the time it was honestly thought that expediency re quired it. If we are to judge by results, the reasoning was faulty, and a kind Prov idence has taught aus by a bitter lesson to avoid a wrong road. Now it appears that a similar temptation is being prepared for us on a larger scale. Grant wants a third term and has no chance of the regular Republican nomination. He will bid for the leadership of the Demo cratic party, or of an independent party, and it is thought that Southerners will take him up as the only hope of getting rid of bayonet rule. But we must' remember, first, that Grant ' is certain to be beaten no matter by whom nominated. The chief disgust of the peo ple with his party centers upon his own unscrupulous and disreputable career as President. Second, that it is wrong per 1 as, and beneath the dignity of freemen, to affiliate with people whom they brand as dishonest, and to cringe under the lash of tyranny into an alliance with the tyrant. r And third, that such an alliance ought to, t and will, turn to bitterness and ruin in its a fruit. - t Grant cannot be elected because he is o the agent of the bondholders, and if he r were elected, his Sourthern supporters would find nothing but disappointment as the result. The bayonet rule would not be raised, if he could help it, because that would put an end to tyranny and tyranny is the dearest instinct of a tyrant's heart. The hyena is not suddenly con verted into a lamb, nor the vulture into a dove. If Grant ceased to uphold robbery and plunder at the South, it would be sim ply because he had lost the power to have his own way. aS. Peter's and Paul's Parochial Girls' School. In the Third District the parochial schools for girls are all in a most flourishing condition, giving eminent satisfaction to priests and peo ple. They are conducted by the most asoom plished members of several religious Orders, among which the Marianite Sisters of Holy Cross hold a prominent place. The annual ex blbition of the pupils of one of their most florishing schools, that connected with the church of 88. Peter and Paul, took place last Monday, and was attended by a large number of the friends of the institution. On this occasion St. Peter's school had the honor of sending forth upon life's stormy waves, its first graduate in the person of Miss Jennie Welleban. That under the careful supervision and kind Instruction of the Sisters, the admirable qualities of head and heart in this amiable yoong lady have been fully de. veloped, and that in her future she will illus trate the excellence of the system pursued at her cJa a nter, no one who witnessed the modest and graceful manner in which she re ceired her honors on the occasion can doubt. DEATH or Two CATHOSIr BISHorP. -The Associated Press dispatches announce the deaith of the Right Rev. J. O'Gorman in Cin cinnati, on the 5th inst., and that of the Rev. B. V. Whelan in Baltimore, on the 7th inst. Bishop Whelan was consecrated Bishop of Richmond, Va., March 21st, 1841, of which See he was the second Bishop, having been pre ceded by the Right Rev. Patrick Kelly, who was translated to Waterford and Lismore in 1822. In 1850, when the Diocese of Wheeling, Va., was established, Bishop Whelan was translated to that See. The Mobile Register relates the following incident illustrative of the heroic courage and devotion of Bishop Whelan : When the bigots of 1861 declared their purpose of raising a Federal 'ag upon Bishop Wbhelan's Cathedral, that brave prelate stood at the portal, breasted the threats of bayonets and declared that the banner of his church the Cross-was the only one that should wave over its turret. His gallantry and devotion abashed the political crusaders. The Right Rev. J. M. O'Gorman, D. D., was coneocrated Bishop of Raphanea, is partibus ildelhies, and appointed Vicar Aportolic of Nebraska, May 8th, 1859. He was In the six tieth year of his age at the time 6f his death, which was very unexpected and was caused by a riolent attauk of cholera. Licroaz av Farrant Irayt AT srBT. Tnma-. Ba's Cvacc.-The Rev. J. W. BHieky, C. M., Vice Preeident of St. Vineent's College, Cape Girardean, Mo., is in our city on a brief visit. He preasobhed so adm!rable sermon last Sunday at 8c Stephen's chuborch to the great instraction and delight of the congregation. Father Hickey will lecture this (Sunday) evening, at 7j o'clock, in St. Theres's oburch, corner Erato and Camp street, Rev. T. J. Kenny, pastor. His subject will be "The Indestructi bility of the Catholio Churchb." Father Biokey has the reputation of being not only a most admirable pulpit orator but also a muan of vast lDsarning, and we doubt not that with so grand a theme uas the one above mentioned, his lecture this eveniang will be one long to be remembered with pride and pleasure tby all who attad. STr. Vurca Dn PAUL's OGzas' ScRooz.-The asnnual exhibition of the pupils of this school will take place in the sehool hall next Thur dap evealng, July 16th, at 6 o'eleek. This schoel is umder the charge of the gUtt tethe Holy Cres. . 2@4.S.3 a*; Zdemptetist. Th* twentysft anniversary of this good and meloes priest willoseeron Tuesday next., the feast of St. BoUetture. We are request ed to state that a meetolg of the friends of Father DUny will be held in St. AlphonusaI Hall, 8t. Andrew street, between Magasine and Conatamos, to-morrow (Monday) evening, 13th inst., at 7~ edook. This meeting is aed for the purpose of preparing an address and presenting a testimonial to him on the anni versary of his ordination. A cordial invitation is extended to all his gentlemen friends throughout the city to be pesent at this meeting. It is desired and earnestly requested that there be a large and punctual attendance. A meeting of the lady friends of the Rev. Father will be held for the same purpose to-day (Sunday) ia St. Alphonus' Hall, imme diately after the 10 o'clock Mass in St. Alphon enu'-say about 11:30 A. M. We are farther requested to say that a solemn High Mass will be celebrated by Father Duoy i in St. Alphousns' Church on the anniversary of his ordination, Tuesday morning, at 6 o'clock, at which Mass as many of the parish ioners as oan possibly do so are requested to 1 receive Holy Communion. The societies of the parish: 8t Afhonsua Benefoiial, Total Absti- I nenoe, 8cotlon of the Militant Union, and I others, are expected to attend in a body, andI for this purpose will meet in the ball at 6:30 1 o'clock. a On Tuesday evening, at 7:30 o'clook, there will be a general meeting in St. Alphousna' 1 Hall, when the address prepared for the oce- a sion will be read and the testimonial presented a to Father Duffy. Those who may be unable to attend the g meeting to-morrow evening, and who desire a that their names should be attached to this address, are requested to leave the same, with a the amount of their subscription, with either t of the following named gentlemen: a John Henderson, President Hibernia Insl- b ranoe Company. Patriok Irwin, President Hibernia Bank. a J. T. Moore, 85 South Peters street. t B. A. Bourk, at J. T. Moore's. a Henry Green, Times office. ID. Flanery, Western Union Telegraph offioe. Ii W. J. Castell, 47 Camp street. Jos. O'Brien, 80 South Peters street. t J. G. Ryan, 92 Tohoupitoulas street. t D. H. Buckley, at this office. ti . Urline Aesdemy, Galveston, Texas. .ANUAL COMM=CMEzNT MAND DmSTRIBUTION OF PRMIUaMS. The annual commencement exercises and distribution of premiums atthis fine Institute, the asylum of polite learning and moral tran- d Ing in Texas, took place on Tuesday, June k 30th alt. The elite of the city, together with the friends of the Academy and pupils, were asembled within the walls of the venerable Institution to witness the exercises on the 0 occasion, which they 4id with manifest pleaure. - We eannot speak in behalf of this anioent Order of pious and holy ladies, the distin' gaished daughters of St. Angels, the Ursnline Nwns, because we could not say sufficient in their favor. Like their patroness, St. Ursula, who lead so many heroio Christian virgins to martyrdom, and under whose protection they were placed by their saintly foundress, Angela Merioi, so have the Ursuline Nuns-sent forth into the world a bright ornaments for society h and as models worthy of imitation by those desiring to attain Christian perfection, many of the valiant female defenders of our fith. 9 We give the following as the programme : at. Cciria's Bend. Hesreward (Dresler)....l irt Pia. Misses M. ea gale and E.Jon3.. Second Plane, SE1ais5 . Hen- b nesy sand B. Philips Dedlication....... ........................ o Opening Address... ..............Miss A. Patterson Die Tasas Esbfe. Merry Swiss Home toug)...Misses . Muller G. ey band ad 1L Miler. Martha (Clan. Uradel).............rMiss . Masple Lonely Bird (cseg).... Mlase L. Maine and K. Muller " Le Chat Pat Iee Sourli Danseat. a Sass Seko (Asoeber.. lsse MI. Iaglale ad B. Henneasy r ArTr co0sm, 11 Webers Ivitation (DrMeerle).... FrsPiano, Misses M. Mauler and L Sherman; Second Piano, A. Petit pIas and L. Waens. Der penhirt..............................Chorus Advocates of Hoipeless Caes (Poem)...Mlas M. Malds I Lucresta Borgis (echer) ............Mi. M. Muller Mary Stuart-let nd d Aets. Forest Nymphs (song).. Mlsee M. ller and L. Warren Mary Stuart--3d Act. Jo Pars, Ade ..........d.........................Chorus t Afterthis followed the distributien of pre- t miums. C The eflorts which have been made to onlti- f vate the art of music in this institution were a very well manifested by the specimens given I on this occasion by the talented young ladies p of the Academy. Their teacher, a young Nun, a is herself one of the first musical performers of ii the country. The principal prizes were bestowed upon the a following young ladies: Crown of Honor, for amiable deportment and observance of the regalations of the i Academy, awarded to Miss Jennie Nolte. In Daysohool-Prize for aminable deportment, c to Misses Loucy Sherman, Kate Farrell and Lillie Maume. - Junior Circle-Misee Reosine Biron, Claudia Beoulord and Julia Franklin. Christian Doctrine--Gold medal awarded to Mis Maggie Muller; 1st prise, Mimsses Lucy Sherman, Kate Farrell and Mary Cavrtt; 2d oldss Misses Mary Ann Byrns, Mary Magale, Mary Riche, and BSusie Feaunk. Junior Cirole-Catechism, Misses Bosine Biron, Mary Cross, Pauline Moser, Annie Bro Lot. Want of speee, and the late day at which we : received this report, compels as to omit the names of thdyonag ladles to whom aweards were made for 1roloiency in the several olausses. Among the elergr preesnt were ~sey Rev. Leouis Chaland,Char eav.'s A. Trehard, F. Derns, antr. We retar -a -ineese theas tothe Revrend Lady prioressu, to sister St. Agnes, Diree I trees, end ts oar own SiBter Mary Aagels for kind end appeenate4 fSvore : also to Mr. J. 7. QLkaher. Usesptisa ESk etst, 4aid THE POPE'S ALLOUTI0W. RoMs, ITALY, Jene 19th, 1874. To the ditor ot the Morninag Bsr The American pilgrims landed at Civita Veoohla on Sunday morning, June 7th. Pre vious to their landing thy bad to remain on board of the vessel to sawt the examination of the medical officers of the port. This ex amination included the whole company on board, passengers and crew. We suffered some delay hero.. It seems that it had been tele. graphed from Marseilles to Civita Vecahil that we were one hundred in all. The medical officer of the government not flnding on board the reported number, after counting us over several times, asked and wanted to know ex actly what had become of the balance. He was told that they had gone to Rome by rail. way from Marseilles. He would not allow na to go on shore until he had communicated with his government. Meanwhile, the Right Rev. Monsignor Gandelf, Bishop of Civita. Veoohla, boarded the vessel and was soon in our midst bidding us a hearty welcome and inviting our good Bishop-Director to come and say Mass at his cathedral and all the pilgrims to attend the same. But the delay ocassioned. by the unfortune ciremestance that we wers not one hundred strong threatening to last over 12 o'olook, our good Bishop had had put up a temporary altar on the dqgk and was going to make preparations to say mass, when a messenger arrived and informed us thatý permission had been granted us to land. Im mediately, we hastened to avail ourselves of the cordial invitation of His Lordship, Mon. signor Gandolfi, and after disposing of our baggage, harried to the cathedral, through the prinolpal streets of this small town, under a burning sun. After Mass we were invited to the rooms of His Lordship, which are in the same building as the church, where we were waited on by any number of priests and sem inarists belonging to the household, and received from them many marks of kind at tention. It was the intention, of the pilgrims to take the two o'clock train for Rome, but the venerable Bishop of Civits Vecchia, ad vised us to lay over to the next morning. You will naturally inquire upon what grounds was based such an advice. The following is the reason: The day on which we arrived hap pened to be the feast or celebration of the unifoation of Italy, or, as they call it here " El festo del Statuto." The populace, or sol diery, being excited by the occasion, and knowing that from our character of American pilgrims we could not have mucoh sympathy for the existing government, it was feared lat our arrival in Rome on such a.day might esa sion some disorder among the rabble or disa greement to ourselves. We took the advie and put up for the night at the Hotel d'Or lando. As this was a national holiday through out the new kingdom of Italy, Clvita Vecobhia must, of course, have its share of illumination, and hence the fort, the customhouse and the other government buildings were beautifully illuminated and a band of musio regaled the people with so-called popular airs. There was also some display of ireworks on the piazza. The whole population of tha place seemed to have come out to enjoy the sight; but we were told that on Sunday it was the same. So the government could hardly give itself any credit for this turning out of the people of Civits. Vecehia. This place is small and does not contain over 10,000 Inhabitants. WW have been told that it has lost considerably of its former importance, and the people in general have few resources for a livelihood. We had many proofs of this both in and around the hotel at whloh we stopped. After a comfort. able night's rest, we got up early next day and left by the 7i o'clock train for Rome. The remarks which I made about railroad travel ling in France, apply equally to Italy. We arrived in Rome at about 11} o'clock Monday, June 8th, and put up, some at the Hotel de is Minerve and-others at the Hotel de Rome. Immediately after our arrival our Bishop Director and our Chairman of the Committee were called upon by Moasignor de Merode, of the papal household, who within two bonm thereafter introduced them to His Eminence Cardinal Antonelli. His Eminence deigned to fix upon Tuesday, the 9th, at 1 o'clock fee an audience with His Holiness, Pope Pius IL. It had been the general impression among the pilgrims that the audience would take place at a later period In the week. Yon may well imagine, therefore, that as soon s this news was announced to them it created no little exeitemnt. Every one was then seen buslyl active in preparlng for the great day whih was to be for them one of the happiest of their lives. On that beautifal morning of the 9th, at the expected boar, a long line of earrisges could be been halted in btont of the Vatican. We were recsived in the ball of the conslstory. Every pilgrim wore his red cres and the s jority bore along with it the image of the 8ered Heaurt whioh they bad reoelved in New York. Among those admitted as spectatol were the stodents of the Amorsioe Colleg end averasl other gentlemes belongieg to the 0osete ds lIteret CetlRues. A few iadi1 also were present beside our lady pllgrims, but I ould hot asesrtain their ehrsetr. Were I areporter for the press by professlon, I should have been more inquisItive and been therebY better able togive to the readers of the SrA a more aenrate aad detailed secoaut of all that transpired on that happy oesklen bat being naturally timid sad not speaking Itol5 -which is almost noesm for any me who wishes to get along ia swme-I will meely salatte brisy what I sawr and coesai to psp my own personal imprelom. I shold her tM&o that among the dignitsrls presut ws His Eminene, Carddaul'•rbshb p Galbers oWhen. all the atteants had taken thedr i poeltions and while thee reigned the grsoteat