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' \ I?- · " ~ "(.. andCathollolesenger L awak aaim.. a , E oraingStarandCgtboleE ettheaarasu res TaR Mona 8a hON b bO He o eN Pe , I with the approval of th. Archbishop of NPre des. authority of the Diocse, t . admitted want in New Orles, Tie* Presdeat. . Earox, "ee Pr t ~mainly devoted to the nltereste a -x Catholic Church. It will not te .MorwaAx, politics except wherein theyn * Mow'm.&a,~ with Catholic rights, but will iniquity io high plau.mitotr dear. C. I. Ipeesons or parties. Net to th IlmnvPTC. 8. It. ~o~g-rights of all men, it wllmeeel . nar, C. . _. pion the temporal right. of the p see m ,Apgo pa* of V ,. me N row FM We approve of the aforesai LC -ptakling, and commend it to the OCtems of our Diocese. Ibes ao sMd asne t J. M. anaznnor or Nuw Oaraal Dutsr N, INT. O -e.. 11e oyras trseet, eorner oe Ca. "HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THEN THAT BRING GLAD TIDINGS OF GOOD THINGS!' em-gI , g O ; Mal Sta ad NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 9 1876, NU BE Star and Catholic Messenaunr. I drafted m. witnnt ..-a ... . _... _,_ . - Star and Catholic Messenger uNDAT. APRIL 9. inss. ULtsara APo sUMMARy. sonalex. bi statedthat the Minister of FI bmittig the budget will proose a the salaries of the clergy and gov sal of from 20to 25 per cent. Tho constitution propose to increase f Senators. e Chamber of Depufles has an. tions of a number of Bonapar lit deputies. The law a bol of seige has passed both been promulgated. The gov rdsred Prefects to permit the wpapers without exception by ealers and in the streets. La wods says the majority of the nds to put an end to clerical agi nfine the priest to his proper nrcb, and will inflexibly repress monts, whetheropen or disguised. gained her influence and prea Sby loaning the Khedive seve franos, upon his urgent appeal m dishonor, by enabling him to Gen. Cremer died on the 4th, was attended by seven thou of Beliville, Earl Bhaftesbury's motion in the rds, for an address praying the assume the title of Empress of -yeas 91, nays 137. The Russian y denounce Disraeli's course and e Titles' Bill. In view of Russia's Asia they say that the Queen's as the Title of Empress of India will a declaration of England's de maintain her Indian Empire at e Russian Telegraphic Agency ollowing: "Despite the happy an armistice, the general sitna tal question has rather been e Porte has relapsed into in ea the European cabinets to without aiding them by the forms. On the other hand the metan fanaticism is announced. outs of the massacre of Christ ed. The Christian. are calling and 5000 insurgents haveentered of Bibace and Trannik. All to are more serious beoanuse they ginningof Spring." The insur Il headway along the Dwina and ian frontier. t 5 o'clock A. U. on the 2nd, Gen. tamoras with 100 men to recon forces. He was cut off and cap resistance. The main body of then marched boldly up to the city, where they were received y the National troops who sner joined them. At Costa Nita and rnando a slight resistance was thin a few hours all surrendered. 1 n, Dias gives the following list 0 mob, 17 pieoes of artillery, me, besides those in the hands e revolution seems to be gain ugbout the country and it is ready 10,000 men are in arms rument. EXITED STATES. gton the fifteen investigating utinne eteadily at;work, bringing side and secret workings of the ments of the governmentduring a years. The regular committees at work digesting bills for pres- t ongress. This is not so easy a sy seem to many, as, in order t Intelligently and with justice to I d trades interested, it is necessa. f arguments that may be present mine into the probable effects, ' to, of proposed changes. Besides e must always remember that n of antagonistio principles it Is v make any radical changes, and g to seuonre the passage of a bill n has to make concessions to the n sr. 0 the Senate resolved itself intoa L ehment to try Belknap. The E nt him was made returnable on a 230. lg offiioalorder has been isslned: t ters of the army are hereby re and hereafter in time of pe-ae ashington City, and all orders, t no relative to military operations, he military control anddisocipline i iuned b the President through r, neral of thbe rmy.o ALPHONSO TArT, w Socretary of War. ulg the President's salary to a both honsee. The foreign a two exceptions, ct did reprehensible acts in bn ireetor and speoulator in the Em- to is not guilty of intentionel dis. Fi we embers will attempt to show se o' onoection with the mine was Bi dishonest. has rejected Dana as Minister to re ri4 Committee to investigate the mi inMlsisspi Is compoesu of In S lesby, RepublIcans, o wid ta9 0 t ef. drafted men, without regard to color, ineol. ii Sding militia and volunteers who served for ten a days in the militaryor naval servioe in the war ii of 1812, and to their surviving widows who a have been married prior to 1860. It also directs ri the restoration to the pension rolls of pension-. ti era struck from the rolls on account of the Is Fi- rebellion. ti sa In the Louilsiana District Marshal case one as witness was examined who arrested 150 before in Te the election, when proceedings against them se see stopped. He could not swear, but was morally certain blank warrants were distributed broad- Al cast; his warrants reached him in due form. at un- The Committee to investigate the St. Louis fa ar- whiskey trials has diseovered that one of the in )0i. membersof ths jury was in constant communi- he ith cation with the Presidentdnring the trial, and yr 0ve that a man named Bell was employed by Bab- El the cock to steal the evidence from the District At L torney'soffice. 08 the CoNECrcncur ELECTION.-Total vote 98,485 00 ýgi. against 100,983 last year. Result this year: th per Rbinson, Rep. 43 557 ; Ingersol, Dem, 51,071; wl e Smith, 1871; Atwater, 1986. Senate: 18 frc ed. Democrats, 4 Republicans. Democratic gain, thi ea one. House, 159 Democrats. 85 Republicans, gr ve- 2 Independente. Democratic gain, 22. eal CALWFORN-IA...-T sir great Chinese cor- Bou to parties wuibicdoninate the Chtneae population agi th, of California held a meeting Saturday night g n- and addressed a letter to the Chief of Police of pal San Frapncisoo, in which they complain that the Ap he resent agitation against Chinese immigration he as already provoked assaults upon their of countrymen, and that unless some steps are an taken to check acts of hostility they fear a nd bloody riot may be the redult. On the 6th, ten a's thousand persons attended the anti-Chinese s- convention. Gen. Irwin was made President. ill The resolutions reolte the evils dowing from le- Chinese immigration, and, local measures for A at relief failing, the only recourse was to appeal ma: to the treaty-making power. A delegation Thi was ordered to Washington to urge immediate T cy action. A cordon of police were stationed fai py around Chinesetown during the meeting. The Ho' a- Chinese have purchased weapons largely. mac an ofte n- me, to IMMIGRATION. but he - brie i Some weeks ago we published a circular from will d. the Board of Colonization of the Irish Catholic mun Benevolent Union, an association numbering its d about 80,000 men, distributed throughout most the 11 of the States of the Union. This circular called low Ffor information from the clergy about the n id nature of the climate, soil, etc., of the districts the. in whioh they resided, and the special advan- R 0. tages offered to settlers, with the view of out p. placing the data thus collected at the disposal the ,f of the thousands who are known to be anxious mes no to make their homes in the country. The first r results of this effort will be found in the fol- lavi d lowing letter from the Secretary of the Board: the is Since my last writing the movement lookig in h I. towards- olonization has received very coo- Eve it siderable impetus from many quarters. On agai r, account of the wide intervals between the and Is residences of the other members of the Board vain 1- and my own, I am unable to predict what vain is other communications you may receive, and War is consequently I propose, even at the risk of re- th 1 petition, in yourco amos to som up very briefly far a our further progress during the month. r e Answers from far-off correspondents con- or to Stinue to come in irregularly, the more notice- risn able being the Vicar-Apostolic of Lseavenworth cane oKansas, the Bishop of Natchez, Miss., and chr SBishop Hogan, of St. Joseph'e, Mo. cha . Applications for the benefit of this informa- dpee tion are frequent and touching in their tenor, urde Sand indicate great perplexity and distress in not, r the Eastern States, while others, possessing a theE Slarge amount of capital, are applying from as outs, r far northwest as Michigan and Wisconsin. so ings implicit is the reliance placed in our trust- o y worthiness. wtw An I. C. B. U. Colony has been determined pelle upon in SwiftCounty, Minn.. afbwm mles north- of no west of Do Graaf, the site selected by the ener- the p Sgetic Bishop Ireland, of St. Paul, and there is staec no doubt that the latter part of April will wit neas the advent there of many families going whiar out under the auspices and irection of our and t Union. The good Bishop has held out to the their Board the most cordial and hearty promises of tIrea assistance and support. part Another I. C. B. U. Colony will soon be loca ted in Allapaha, in Southwest Georgia, Bishop In n Gross doing for os there what Bishop Ireland promises to do in Minnesota, There Is also an 5th, 1 immediate and pressing neceassity for the selec- is ale tion of lands in Northwest Virginia, as well as in Missouri, and the Board wil give their best one fl efforts towards the accomplishment of these Tote c reesults. It ia significant that of the many ap- and d plicants only some halfdozen are without means. Some have as much as $5000 to start you n with, while the general average would be This somewhere in the neighborhoodof $700. What might a field for work is here I What a privilege for if the a Board to guide these men of sturdy arms and child-like confidence, wishing to go forth to and Id better their own fortunes, and unconscioously ntug to to disseminate the prinoiples of our Holy avery Faith! With Local Boards of Colonization, a er suggested by our worthy President, Father water Botler, we may become a vast power for good. hood The Seoretary of the Colonization Board has vidual received a communication from Allapaha, Ber- State rien County, Georgia, in which that gentle man signifies his willingness to do everything the ci in his power to aid in the organization of a month colony in his nelghbomhood, as determined by of lat1 the Bessd. Mr. James Murray, aesording to l reals, Isis thriwn arsr adeotd lait .ý".ý41i'!!i ti~ fain- implicit reliance can be placid. His services r ten as an agent to the Board promise to be valuable war in the extreme. He gives a most enoonraging who account of the section of country in which he reota relsides, but in his praises he is far excelled by glon- the good Bishop of the diocese, who is particn the larly strong and hearty in his recommends tions of the soft and genial climate. There one seems to be every reason to think that a colony afore In the EmpireState of the Booth will be a huge hem success. rally Mrs. W. M. Basty Smith, a lady resident of 'Oad- Alabams, but now visiting Washington, has arm. also written, offering a large tract of land to onis families at a "nominal yearly rental" and pro the mising to build a small church and achool uni- house should a suffioient number aooept the and Proposition. Mrs. Smith is a convert from lab- Episcopalianiem. The secretary has arranged At- for an interview shortly to hear more of this offer. The Bishop of Mobile has promised 4185 occasional spiritual visitations even before r ar: the church is ereoted. This is the first case 171; where there has been a shadow of a departure 18 from confining our sources of information to ain, te clergy, but it affords good prima facie I ens' ground for inquiring farther. c The names of pereone fully resolved to jnin our Minnesota Colony are now coming in. om- Bishop Ireland has written in most encour- f ion aging terms, and saying the starting of the o ht party had better be towards the latter part of sof April. Altogether matters are moving briskly. the Iremain, sir, yours fraternally, r 0 P. J. DONAHUE, I leir Secretary Colonization Board, are 1707, 19th street, Washington, D. C. bra r ten se I Communicated J j t Fair for St. Vincent de Paul's Church. 8 ,om for Another Fair! in such hard times,-wby soA eal many calls on our imnpoverished people The a ion announcement comes from St. Vincent de Paul's, ri ate Third District; but have we not already had di d fairs and collections for that same church he How Is It that another call on liberal people is made on account of debt? Yes, it is true, we oftentimes have had reconroe to every available F means of obtaining assistance from the people, but a few words of necessary explanation will bring to their knowledge unknown facts that 6e om will go to prove that St. Vincent de Paul's w 1lio must still stand much in need of assistance. In 1867 the church which now stands in all ing its beauty on Greatmen street, was erected for hi oat the spiritual wants of the people residing be- in led low Enghien street; there was no organized he congregation; a few poor families, English g and French, were scattered here and there; gi eta they had scanty means at their command. en S Rev. Father Foltier, the Pastor, who, to em ploy the expression of Archbishop Perche, took of on himself the hard task, was wrestling against tic sal the impossible:no church, no ongregation, no he an means. As to-day, when the difficulties have pr reached their climax, instead of giving a sub t stantial aid to this' church, the Ninth Ward CO ol- lavished their offerings on other ohurohes of sti d: the city to the amoantof six thousand dollars. The poor priest himself, so mouch disappointed of °g in his calcoulations, lost five thousand dollaras 'n' Every one knows the case, He has judgment W he against his debtors, a slipof paper in his hands, tre he and for the last nine years he has struggled in rd vain to recover his property. at Moreover the church built for the Ninth the d Ward is limited to Ferdinand street, so that gli ©e the bulk of the parishioners residing down as y far as Poland street go to the Ursuline Convent, or to some other chapel, giving no help to the aP e risingcongregation. Another drawback which eal :- cannot be overlooked originates from thq two th Sdifferent languages hitherto spoken in that church. Of course, since the risnlog generation hel speak English altogether, the congregation has - undergone a change; but such a transition sa 'r from one language to another being slow, does at in not assist in works of immediate necessity. So ge Sthe Pastor,not to speak of his hard labors at the the e outset, had to surmount the diffliculties of erect- fo 'o ing a church and forming a congregation in a ir notyet well settled and poorest part of the city. Vi No wonder, then, that Father Foltier is com- All pelled to call so often on the generous people V Sof New Orleans. Let us hope that this time r the public at large, fully aware of the sircoum. 00o to stances and of the wants of the church, will tool t patronize the Fair or Strawberry Festival, st K which is to open on Easter Sunday, April 16th, .r and that they will give a substantial proof of and e their high appreciation of the immense good swe ' already aooomplished by Father Folter in that the, part of the city. CRESCENT. fo for In a private letter, dated Plaquemine, April any 5th, Mr. Alex. Hebert writes us: 'Grand River H is almost entirely under water, and very seri- her oe0 fears are entertained about the Grosse whi Tete country. The poor people labored night suff, and day last year and escaped the overflow, E you might say, by the skin of their teeth, and This year a greater volome pours down the She t mighty river, and it will be almost miraculous TI if they escape inundation. Gov. P. O. Hebert lie t and Mr. Michael 8Shlatre have gone this morn- long ing to visit the Hickey levee. This levee is in the 4 a very precarious condition, with seven feet of Inds water at its base. The people of the neighbor- vals hood are at work, but what can a few indi- mire vidnals do on a work that defies parochial and care State enterprise ? The late freece did not injure will the cane more than setting it backward a Ti month; but this is serious, as one month more saw of labor will eatall heavy cosats on farmers and wealn planters. Plae weather has at ina. All are saw ta--t bah doe Lre. A. T. .adliera Treaslateo from the French of able Mgr. do Mlegur.] ?"' THE WONDERS OF LOURDES. I by oda- (Contlnued. I bore When, a moment before, the priest's sister age had gone out, Franooise, excited by pain, had musof tered the remains of her energy to say to taf her Mother : "Oh, I cannot stand it! * has to I am burning! I am burning! pro- Mother, some fresh water. I must drink !" Her mother urged her to try a few drops of em tisane. "No, I want some of the water from god the grotto. It must either cure me, or finish ;bin his me. " * " Oh, the Blessed Virgin will core ore me !' ase The mother took a tea-spoonful of water e from the phial, and raised the dying girl. cie Francoise refreshed her month with the drop Sof water; she raised her head to let it go down ) her throat " For an instant her head r- fell on her chest. Suddenly, under the touch ;he of the Immaculate Virgin, that dying body of was reanimated as by an electric shock. She ly raised her head, her face brightened, her eye lit up. Her almost lifeless features becameq animated, her voice, almost like the death rattle a moment before, sounded ringing and joyous: "I am oured, mother, I am cured. Some more water; I want to drink it alL" n And she herself emptied the phial into her a so he mouth. 'Yes, cured; really cured," she again F 's, repeated. "Ican raise myself." At the first ad drops, she had felt strength and health infused 2 is through all her limbs. we It was a few minutes past five o'clock, on t ;le Friday, the 10th of May, 1867. e Francoise blessed God, and poured out her ill pue u e at soul in thanksgiving to the Blessed Virgin B l's who had saved her. 11 Her father came, looked at his child, fell on C or his knees, and when he could cantrol his feel- hi e- ings a little exclaimed: "It is a miracle Ia cc bd great miracle! let as thank the Blessed Vir- re i; gin." And he prayed until the decire of i embracing his restored child made him rise. Ai " The good pastor came to mingle his admira- be It tion and his prayers in that scene of joy. "I a to hoped," said Francoise to him, "I believed; I Vi e prayed; I drank some drops of water; I am A cored. And If I said that the tip of my finger f still ached. I would tell a lie." t :. Meanwhile, her two brothers knew nothing ce of all this. The father van to the workshop. 0o a Os It When they saw him coming the poor fellows de a, trembled; their sister was surely dead. They Pa oould not believe until they had seen her. And on h then, what joy ! what tears! what cries of go th, it gladness! thi The neighbors came in ; soon there was like thi a procession to the favored house. Francoise i ott h said to every one : "It was the Blessed Virgin Ar o that cured me, and here is the phial which sica held the water from the grotto of Lonrdes." oc arc When the crowd of visitors was great, she hbe said in a voice the strength of which excited she general stonishment : "It is not for me alone she sni Dthat this miracle has been performed; itis also br for you. As for me, I can never love the Blessed qmO Virgin enough. But you mst love her too.the ran All of us, all of us, should love her." at Without opposition from her parents, Fran- lan coise got up; she felt strength to do so. She ah and I took a large cup of broth without the slight- the et difficulty. During the evening she talked bial and laughed with her companions; after tha haw sweet sleep, she eat some oranges and pastry; to then, the next day, bread and mest ; she who Soc for three months had not been able to swallow If t ban anything solid. was Her brother, coming in before noon, found goo her up, beautifying a little that altar of MARY olic and which had helped her somooh to pray and to and suffer. we. Every Saturday, every Sunday, people came us a and came again to see the child of the miracle. peeo She was cheerful, strong, and active.y The physician was informed of the cure. tyra ile would not believe it. When he could no T longer doubt, he said to a person who related the the details to him: "But what is this water fori Indeed, it works miracles. Bnt, bah! a con- com valsion will soon come, and the girl and the stab miracle will go off together." "Then if the bror core be lasting," answered her mother, "youen Miii will believe I" "Well, yes." The care continued, evident, splendid; he A saw Francoise, who, two or three days after, Cha went on foot to Caroassonne to thank him. He is t aw her, he examieL d her, he toesbe that aed b , wYa rh bead b Jass 40 geirem " ip l.ri ich of said he, "you have not the slighteet illness; you are perfectly oared." ES. He saw, he said all that; but, like so many other learned men, he deolared himself puzzled, (that is their style,) bet he dared not admit lster the mirsacle. They are all alike; before the had supernatural, their boasted science draws back ay to affrighted, and then, to escape the crashing evidence which they cannot set saside, they be . bravely take refuge in absurdity; then,two in k and two nolonger make four, white is black, ' po certainty is impudently denied. Yes, let us de rrom say it openly, out of ten doctors confronted sa osh with a miracle which they cannot deny there Swill be nine whom wantof faith or fear will ref cure pirevent from giving glory to Goa ter I knew one, a practical Christian, who in ater presence of a fact evidently supernatural, told sa girl me this : "As a Christian, I say it is a miracle; ro Irop asa doctos, say it is something unheard of, yo awn inexplicable." "And as a Christian doctor," I n asked him, "what do you say I"' He made no an ch reply ; he was afraid of the Faculty. at ody Two months after the miraculous cure of t Francoise Pailes, the wouthy pastor of Ma. h eye quens terminated thus his ofticial report : ce awe pri ath "Eversaince her admirable care, Francoise the works every day, and enjoys very good health, yo: and Hence we can certify, and the whole parish yo' red, might certify with no, that this young girl's it er ore was sudden, radical and persevering." ad' herin By the savings of her daily toil, the good noi sin Francoise was at length able to make a pil- the irst grimage of thanksgiving to Lourdes. On the die sd 29th of April, 1868, at dawn of day, she pros- car trated herself before the sacred grotto, en- thg on tranced with joy, weeping with love, to ITo be Coetteud.lJ for her we. gin Archbishop Croke, of Cashel, says the God Brooklyn Rerie', has recently delivered to the Bet on Conference of St. Vincent de Paul, attached to soil ,el- his cathedral in Thurles, an exhortation and unji ca commendation which should stir up zealous not, 'ir- recruits for that noble brotherhood wherever the of it exists. Unhappily it is not supported in Don America as it ought to be Where hundreds nate r. belong to it, thousands and hundreds of thou- aroc . sands should work under the banner of St. ro SVincent. For the laggards we quote this sum- that am mary of the Archbishop's address : the den. ter "If I never did any good act save this one dani -never any good work save being instrumen- . tal in the formation of theSociety of St. Vin- And ug cent de Paul in this pariah, I would be proudm ,pon that act-I would glory in the good work."' my Then repeating the history of the St. Vincent thre ' de Paul Society since its first establishment in have ey Paris in 1833, pointing out the thousand and those id one ways by which its members could diffuse wont of good-their visits of consolation to the poor, ren 1 their solicitude for the suppression of crime, have their friendly care of the poor little children, you ke that they may be suent to school-in fine, the have se example of their own liven which shall induce your others to walk in the ways of the Lord, the And in Archbishop continued: "It in not the priests rb alone who have to watch for the salvation of sape souls. You may say snob a person is a drunk did n ard, such a person a scandal giver; but what y e have I to do with that It is the priest who form d should look after him; it is the priest who famo eshould endeavor to eradicate the evil-should ofay suppress the crime. I say, you should also, my . so brethren. If an army going to battle, fa the Abb d question of victory only a consideration for midmi ,0 the generals, colonels and captains Are the whicl rank and die to have no concern in the issa wnere at all? Oh, yes, my brethren, it is their gal- alive a. lant charge, their unity of purpose which en- time, e abshies them to hold aloft the banner of victory, Althe and it is thas, dear brethren and brothers, by lange t the union of priests and people, and the imr d bishop, that you will effect your parpose- it wa ir that you will continue in the good work you prehe have so well begun, and therefore I am so glad thong Sto meet you, brothers of St. Vincentde Paul's after o Society-one of the best societies in the world. nor hi vIf there were no other reason why we should .. band together in this holy society, bat that it rick, was established in Francoe, ought not we be thi d good members T France, famous for its*Cath- them, r olicity, where the Irish student was received them and educated in the faith-when to be edaca- their ted at home was punishable with death? Yes, the m weshould love France, the country that gave but of us s pare and patriotic priesthood. The Irish have people could never forget Franse. Her pros- slept perity is their fondest hope,and they soanxious- would ly wish her freed from the neck of the rauthless thise tyrant." have The monument to General Lamoriciere in vineed that I I the Cathedral of Nantes, which has been cided I for some time in course of erection, is now withle completed. It consists of a recumbent promt statue in marble, larger than life, and at threat the four angles of the tomb are seated Know broonze figures representing Faith, Charity, solely Military Courage, and Meditation. and A man worth 050,900 has started from Don Charleston to Sweden, working bhis paseag eg as a sailor on a steamer. The reason of It Is that he has jest fallen belt to that snm sad had me meeW wish whlk to o sad !rte ,... .... . " a ýi . .. * Mg oTHE BETROTHED: WI By MANZONI. ed, nit - lbe iContinnsdl oink CUArMa xxvY. ug Don Abbondlo uttered not a word., It aag, iley be confessed that we ourselvee, who haveoth.. wo ing to fear but the critiolems of our radsgt k feel a degree of repognanee in thus urging thI unfahilonable precepts of oharity, ooerage, Ia. us defatigable solicitude forother, and unIlnited. ed sacrifice of self. Bunt the reflection that t bre things were said by a men who praotioed what hO preached, onoourages us to proceed in one 'ill relation. "You do not answer," resumed the oardlnaL n "Ahi! if you had followed the dictates da chbarity and duty, whatever had been the e. sId ult, you would now have been at no lose fbra sle; reply. Behold, then, what you have don.; , you have obeyed iniquity, regardless of the" requirements of duty; you have obeyed he' I promptly; she hbad only toehow hersell toyoa no and slgnify her desire, and she found you read at her call. But she would have had reoines to artifice with one who was on his guard Of against her, she would have avoided exciting a- his sespicion, shabe would have employed ecu cealment, that she might mature at leisurc her plrojects of treachery and violence; she has, M ce the contrary boldly ordered you to infraene ,h. your duty, and li ep silenoe; you have ob. ih you have infringed It, and you have ke ' silence. I ask you now, If you havedone noth. l' g more. Tell me if it is true, that you haver advanced 'Wiee pretenses for your refusal, so aso >d not to reveal the true motive-" il "They have told this also, the tattlerel" thought Don Abbondio, but as be gave no I. ºe dication of addressIng himself to speech, the e- cardinalpursuned: "I It tree that you told these young people falsehoods to keep them I,, ignorance and darkness? lam compelled, then, to believe it; it only remaions for me to blush for you, and to hope that you will weep with me. Behold where it has led you, (merelfhtl ie God! and you advanced It as a justleation f) e Behold to what it has conducted you, this solicitude for your life! It hts led yo- (repel freely the assertion if it apear to et d unjust: take itaossalutary homilationif tis a not) it has led you to deceive the feeble anad r the unfortunate, to lie to your children I" "This is the way of the world!" thought Don Abbondio again; "to this devil inear s nate," (referring to the Unknown,) " bhise arms around his neck; and to me, for a half lie, re proaches without end ! Bout you are our supe. riore; of conrse you are right. It is my star - that all the world is against me. not exeeptlng the esuints." He contioned alood: "I have done wrong. But whatoould I do in so sembar raseing a situation I" S'Do you still ask T Have I not told oout And umust I repeat it You should have loved, my son, you shboold have lovd and prayed; you would then have felt that iniquity might threaten hbut not enforce obedience; you would have united, according to the laws of God, those whom man des red to separate; oa would have exercised the ministry these child. ren had a right to expect from you. God would have been answerable for the consequences, as you were obeying His orders; now, since you have olbeyed man, the responsibility falls on yourself. And what consequences, Joest Heavel And why did you not remember that you had a suaperior How would be now dare to repri mand you foir having failed in your duty, rIf he did not at all timnes feel himself obliged to aid you in its performance? Why did yeou not In form your bishop of the obstacles which In famous power exerted to prevent the exercise of your ministry T' "Just the advice of Perpetna," thought Don Abbondio vexed, to whose mind, even in the midst of these touching appeals, the images which most frequently prosented themeelves, were those of the bravoes and Don Roderick, alive and well, and returning at some fotore time, triumphant and inflamed with rage. Although the presence, the aspect, and tse language of the cardinal embarrassed him, and impressed him with a degree of apprehensIon, it was, however, an embarrassment and an ap prehension whibch did not subjugate his thoughts, nor prevent him from refleotingthat, after all, the cardinal employed neither arms nor bravoes. "Why did you not bthink " pursued Fred.. rick, "that if no other asylum was open to these Ianocent victime. I could myself receive them, and place them in safety it you had ment them to me; sent them afited and desolate to their bishop; as therefore belongling to him,as the most preclous part, I say not of hi charge butof his wealth! And afor you, I should .b have been anxious for yon; I would not have slept until certain that not a hair of your bead woeld be touched; and do you not euppe that this man, however audacious he may e, would have lost something of his audacity, when ce vinced that his designs were known by me, that I watched over them, and that I was de cided to employ for your defence all the umesas within my power! Know yon not, that if man promises too often more than be performs, he threatens also more than he dare ezeeatet Know you not that lataib does aet depend solely on its own etrength btaon the eredality and cowardice of others "Just the reasoning of Psrpeta," thee Don Abbondlo, withoct ·euddutag that this singular ecoieideee ln juadgment e Borromeo and his servest, was an U s arguentagansthim. ý e nt yea.