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WASHINGTON, D. C, SATUEDAY MOBNING, APRIL 17, 1875.
NO. 123.
VOL.XV..
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NEWS FROiiK-OREIGN LANDS
SUFFOCATION IN A BALLOON.
BISBAKSkS EEFLECTIOSS ON TDK TOfL
aQvMSS OF DJS2AEL1 T0WA1DTHE PiESS
&.III! GEHUEHfS H IE GERMAN HQTE.
The Japanese Getting Jealons or Hie
Conduct or tlie Ctflnese Toward the
Neighboring Islander Chlneie
Troop Severely Handled by
Ibe FornioHan Snvnsres
War Imminent.
SPAIN.
Reported Carhst Barbarity.
Mauri d, April IS. It Is reported that the Car
lists haTC seized a cumber or women and chil
dren in the proTlsee of Sorla, and threaten to
shoot them unless they are ransomed.
CANADA.
Hew Winter Mail Bonte Proposed.
Ottawa, April 1C. The Government, by way
cr testlCE winter navigation or the M. Lawrence,
Las offered a contract for the carrying or mails
across the Straits of Northumberland during the
winter months.
FBAHCE.
Extraordinary Balloon Ascent Two of the
Areonasts Suffocated.
Paris, April 18. A party of three persons
ascended in the balloon Zenith to-day, for the
purpose of making; scientific observations. The
balloon attained the extraordinary height of 8,000
metres, (over 23,000 feet.) Two of the areonauts
were sulfocated to death, and when the balloon
reached the ground the third was almost Insen
sible, and has since been so ill that bis recovery
is doubtful.
BELOICH.
Discussion of the German Kote in the House
of Deputies.
UnrssEU?, April 16. In the Chamber or Depu
ties this evening the Minister of Foreign Affairs
stated that the Government yesterday received
Germany's reply to Its last note. The reply cites
no fresh facta. It descants on the principles of
International law involved In the discussion, and
expresses the hope that Belgium will seize the
opportunity to dissipate the Impression that Ger
many Intended to attack the liberty of the press
in Belgium. The Minister after Informing the
House or the contents 01 the note, said that In
addition to this correspondence courteous Terbal
explanations bad been exchanged with the Ger
man representative.
In conclusion, be assured the Chamber that the
Belgian Government sincerely desired to
strengthen good relations with Germany.
OHKflTBBITAIlf.
The Commons Seal Gingerly with the Press.
Lozieost, April 16. In the House of Commons
to-night there was an acrimonious debate on the
question of summoning to the bar the printers of
the Tines and Sewt for breach of privilege, for
publishing documents In the hands or the Select
Committee on Foreign Loans.
Mr. Disraeli moved a resolution that the select
committee be Instructed to Investigate the affair,
and report how the press obtained the documents
in question. The resolution was carried, and the
order summoning the printers was discharged.
REVIVAL VOVIUIBT.
Low no, April 16. Four crowded revival meet
ings were held here to-day. One of them, espe
cially devoted to stndents for the ministry, took
place at Spurgeon Tabernacle. Mr. Moody de
livered an address on Christian work, which was
rapturously applauded. Thonsands rose at his
invitation to go into the streets and work for
Christ.
JAPAN.
Unfriendly Feeling Towards China Begird
ing IheTreatnent of Formosan and Loochoo
Islanders The Simosski Indemnity.
Saw FeWcisco, April 16. The steamer Colo
rado, whlci. arrived last night from Hong Kong
and Yokohama, brings the following Intelligence:
Yokohama, March 23. It Is now known that
Government changes of considerable importance
are Impending, and a modification of the present
lorm of the administration is expected. Great
secrecy has thus far been maintained by the offi
cials, owing to the ellorts or the foreign ministers
to interfere. Considerable excitement prevails
among tne Japanese soldiers In eonsequence of
the news that tne Chinese had already provoked
a conflict with the
8ATAOES Of TORVOSA,
and the op'nlon Is expressed that China should
be required to give a guarantee for at least the
reasonable treatment of the aborigines. The elr.
cumstance of China having exacted submissive
acknowledgments from tbe Loochoo Islanders,
which Is yet unexplained, adds to the feeling of
Indignation against that empire. The Loo
chooans concerned bare arrived In Yeddo, In
obedience to a Government summons. The case
Is cow undergoing investigation.
Several new railways are projected In various
parts of Japan.
Telegraphic communication Is now established
between all the Important cities ol Japan.
Intelligence or tbe proposal ol the United
States to return one ball or the
BIKOKSKI ISDXMSITY
is coldly received In Japan. It Is felt that the
money either does or does cot belong to tbe
1'nlted States. Ac oiler to refund a portion
would cot be cordially welcomed iu the present
state of public opinion. A partial acknowledg
ment would probably be refused.
chaxcie ix TABirr.
Taxes on 250 small articles of trade have been
abolished and translerred to tobacco and native
wine, which will cow yield about 1,000,000.
chxnaT
The Formosa DiEienltv Slaughter of Chinese
Troops by the Indians Hobs' Interference
with the Telegraph,
llosn Koso, March 15, and SHAaonAi, March
17. Particulars have been received of
TOE TIGHT IX rOBUOSA
between the saTagrs and Chinese troops. Two
Chinese officers ventured, In January last, to en.
ter the region of Botan, inhabited wholly by the
aborigines, and were immediately killed. On tbe
13th of February a body of 200 troops was sent
from tbe west coast to retaliate. They burned
one village and put the Inhabitants to death. In
cluding old men, women and children. On their
return they were surrounded and routed, with a
loss of 90 killed, among wkom was the Chinese
leader. The loss of tbe savages Is estimated at
30. The affair causes much excitement In China,
and there are rumors that large forces are to bj
dlrpatcbed to the scene of tbe occurrence. Work
on
TBS rOOCHOO TELEORAra LtXE
continues to be Interrupted, and considerable ad
ditional property of the company has been de
stroyed by mobs.
GEBHANY.
Bismarck on the New Ecclesiastical Bill.
Bisus, April 16. Tbe bill abrogating those
clauses or the constitution which grant tbe inde
pendent administration of ecclesiastical affairs,
tbe unimpeded intercourse of religious associa
tions with their superiors, and freedom of clerical
appointments, passed Its second reading to-day
Id tbe lower House of the Prussian Diet. In the
course of tbe debate Prince Bismarck said the
Government was loth to proceed to such meas
ures, bnt they were unavoidable since the Vati
can council.
No one possessed the Influence the Pope had
with a compact party, a well-organised press,
and an army of obedient priests. This power
would be serious even Kit belonged to aoatlve
Instead of a foreign monarch. That monarch. If
lie bad the means, would carry out his programme
in Prussia, but he would first have to destroy the
majority of tbe Prussian people.
The Prince closed his speech with these words :
"When all the breaches in tbe bulwarks orthe
Stale, caused by granting too many rights to un
worthy objects, are repaired, then will we be able
to conclude peace."
riAEBALL 811 ITB'S LABORS.
Berlix, April 15. The success of the revival
mission ol Mr. Pearsall Smith la this city and
other towns In Germany Is Increasing. Immense
crowds attend the meetings, and members of the
nobility occupy seats on the platforms. The
mpress Augusta has given a private audience
to Mr. Smith.
CUBA.
Taltsateda's Efforts to Subdue the Cubans.
Havaxa, April 16. The Sixth battalion or In
ranty and the Second battery ol artillery of the
Havana volunteers left the city this morning for
tbe jurisdictions of Colon and Cienfuegs, where
they will be divided into small detachments, to
protect tbe plantations. The authorities say the
work of wholesale destruction of plantations has
been stopped, but tbe Insurgents may burn some
in Isolated places. Tbe country people are Indig
nant against tbe rebels for destroying small set
tlements Inhabited by poor people.
Captain General Valnaseda contlnnes to per
fect bis plan lor driving the insurgents back over
the Troche.
TBI 8rOAB CIOP
for the precept year Is finished U the Cisco Ylllai
district, and on most of the plantations In the
western department.
The jonrnals report that tbe San Joe and Com
ita plantations. In the Clenfnegos jurisdiction,
have been burned by the Insurgents.
rARDOx or rebels.
The Csptaln General has pardoned Escobar, a
white man, and Lorenzo, a negro, who were con.
detuned to death as rebels at Sagu&LaQrande.
SBABKET STILL IN JAIL.
Havaxa, April 16. Sharkey remains In jail,
and is cot allowed to hold communication with
' aoy one. The steamer Columbus sailed to-day
without him. Whether the authorities have ar
llved at aoy decision in his case is unknown. It
is possible ce may be sent to New York to-morrow,
but If not he will certainly be kept In Jill
lor the present. Fox Insists on tbe truth of his
charges against Sharkey.
IN THE COAL BEQION.
Complaint of Hard Times Ho Punishment for
Crime.
New York, April 16, A Pottsvllle (Pa.) dls
batch says: The long continued suspension or
mining m this region Is seriously injuring all
kinds of business. Until quite recently little had
been heard orthe growing stringency in business.
The pinch had not become severe enough to com
plain 01. But when the first or April found busl.
Tie's In anytblng but a favorable condition for
quarterly settlements, men began to look grave.
Now tbe air is heavy with rumors, many or them
only too true, or disasters Impending over mer
chants and ether business men ol the region. Few
have ever been able to do a strictly cash business,
and those who deal on credit have already lost
heavily, with no prospect or speedy relief. No
positive failures have been reported as yet, but
many merchants have from 15,000 to $31,000 on
tseir books, ofwhlch they are unable to collect a
dollar, and It Is said that one firm In this place,
retailers or dry goods and groceries, have already
Invested t42,000 In the strike. The same strin
gency which effects merchants Is felt in all other
branches ol business. It is
AS BAD AS A PASIC.
Nobody Is able to collect money. Real estate, in
which there was a very large business done last
year. Is wholly Inactive. The local stock market
Is depressed. Savings funds, which usually Issue
a new series of shares every month, now Issue oaly
one third as ottcn, for nobody has any money to
save, ind the shares go unsold, and It Is reported
that one or two In the neighboring towns.bave sus
pended payments.
CRIMES AXD XO PCXISHXEXT.
The Philadelphia and Reading railroad has
adopted the practice of running pioneer engines
ahead of its trains on tbe more dangerous
branches, and one of these, on Mine Hill branch,
last Monday removed a pile or planks and sills
from tbe track at a dangerous curve for the third
lime. Nobody brings to justice the miscreants
who perpetrate these crimes; nobody attempts
to.
TBE MIXERS LEA VINO.
The miners themselves are becoming very sick
of the contest; and are leaving In considerable
cumbers for other parts ol tbe country.
IXTI1IIDATIXO HEX EROV WORKIXO THE rUlTTS.
WiLKESB abbe, April 16. Within a day or two
there have been efforts at several of tbe collieries
In tbls vicinity to prevent tbo mining or enough
coal to keep the engines at work to pump the
water outer the mines. Tbe works or Charles
Hutcblnson, near Kingston, have been idle since
the strike was first inaugurated in this valley,
but coal sufficient to keep the machinery running
was mining. During this wrek, however, the
plsnot Intimidation practiced in the Hatleton
region before tbe outbreak was begun among Mr.
Hutehlnssn's workmen. On Thursday morning
tbe few miners who had been digging the coal to
run the engtne refused to enter tbe mines again
through fear of their lives If they did so. David
roster, tbe mine boss, has been threatened with
death If he does not stop work. Several laborers
havo also been threatened. IT the men are thus
intimidated any length of time serious damage to
the mines will be the result. These are the first
Instances orthe ktnd In tbe Wyoming region dur
ing this strike, and if they spread to tbe other
collieries or are continued tne operators will bave
to ask for protection for men to mine coal for tbe
engines.
LOUISIANA.
Election ef a Conservative Compromise
Speaker.
New Urleaxs, April 16. The House reorgan
ised by electing Estlllette, compromise Conserva
tive, Speaker. Estlllette was supported by the
Kellogg and solid Republican vote, and was
elected by 65 to 37 for Wilts.
BACES OX THE XETA1BIE COURSE.
New Ubleaxs, April 16. Louisiana Jockey
club, 5th day first race; Handicap hurdle race,
1 miles, over 8 hurdles. Tom Leathers won by a
length. Limestone 2d, Bob Brttton 3d, beating
Captain Jack, SblllaUta, and Little Flirt; time
Z-ATA. At tbe fourth hurdle Little Flirt fell, but
with little damage to horse or rider. At tbe filth
hurdle ShUlalab fell, breaking tberlcht arm and
slightly Injuring the rider. Second race: Free
handicap, mile heats. Mary L., 1 1; Mildew, 3 2,
Vortex, 2 3; time UTS, ltHJf. Third race: One
and a quarter miles, all ages, won by Capt.
Hutchinson, beating Granger, Bonaventure, and
Stampede, in the same order; time 310. On
the t -aek, before tbe start, Bonaventure was the
favorite, four to one against all others. Bona,
venture and Granger run neck and nrck until en
terlcg the home-stretch on the finish, when
Granger went to tbe front, but was passed by
Capt. Hutchinson before reaching the string.
Good weather, good track, good raclnx, and
fair attendance.
execution or a murderer.
New Obleaxs, April 16. Brown, a negro, was
hanged lour miles irom Greensburg this morn
ing, for the mnrder of James W. Clinton, an at
torney of St. Helena parish, on the 18th or De
cember last. He was convicted on circumstantial
evidence.
The Picayune publishes the confession of tbe
murderer, Kiting the particulars or the killing.
Brown overtook Clinton riding along tbe road
and shot him with a single-barrel pistol. On
being shot Clinton dismounted and walked to a
tree a short distance from the road. Brown went
up to him when Clinton told him to take hit horse
and what he had, and that he (Clinton) would
say nothing about It. Brown then drew his knife
and cut the horse's throat, and after giving Clin
ton ten minutes to pray cut his throat, took his
watch and valuables, and left him. This was on
Friday, and Clinton's body was found on the fol
lowing Sunday. The conclusion of the coroner's
jury was that Clinton had lingered until that
morning.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Two Murderers Hanged Fears that Another
may be Respited by the Acting Governor.
Chablestox, April 16. Sclplo Bryan and
Elijah Atkinson, both colored, were hung at
Beaufort to-day, for the double crime of murder
and arson. In June, 1874, they entered a country
store near Grahamville, robbed the clerk In
charge, earned Bohn, murdered him and set fire
to the premises. The execution was witnessed by
about five thousand colored people. There was no
disturbance. Both murderers made lull confes
sion and professed penitence.
Considerable excitement prevails among the
colored element in Charleston, caused by tbe ru
mor that Burch, the mulatto policeman, who,
while drunk, murdered an Irish policeman last
fall, is to be pardoned by the colored Lieutenant
Governor, Gleaves taking advantage of the ab
sence of Governor Chamberlain, who has gone to
tbe Lexington centennial. Burch was to bave
been hung last Friday ..out was respited tor one
week by Governor Chamberlain.
Movements of the President.
Bostox, April 16. President Grant and suite
arrived In tbls city at SS0 o'clock, by the Boston
and Albany railroad. An Immense crowd had
assembled at the depot, but beyond the usual
surging and gaslng Incident to crowds, no demon
stration was made. Several members of the
Governor's staff were In walling and were pre
sented, alter which the whole party were escorts 1
to tbe Revere house. Dense crowds lined the
sidewalks along the route, and Eowdola square,
upon which tbe hotel laces, was densely packed
with people eager to catch a glimpse of the Pre si
dent. Some ebetrlng was here Indulged in. Governor
Gaston was In waiting at the hotel and inform
ally welcomed the President and party. This
evening the President attended Mrs. Bousby's
benefit rt the Globe theatre. To-morrow morning
the President will be driven out to Beaooa Park
to inspect tbe blooded stock. At 1 o'clock p. m.
he will visit the Massachusetts Club, and at 2 p.
m. will be entertained at a banquet at the Com
mercial Clab rooms, at which Governor Gaston
will preside. At 8 o'clock tbe Presidential party
will take a special train for Concord.
Damages Against the Baltimore and Ohio
Eailroad Company.
Baltikofe, April 16. In tbe United States
ClicultCcurt to-day, Judge Giles presiding, la
the esse of Wm. H. Colela vs. Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, for damages for injuries to
plaintiff by defendant, the Jury rendered a ver
dict for 7,CO0 In lavor of plaintiff. In July, 1873,
tbe plaintiff was a passenger in the cars of the
defendant, and while passing over the "Blue
bridge," which spans Qwynn's falls, near the city
line, bad hit arm, wbleh was resting on the window-sill,
thrust outside by a sudden lurch or the
car, and, coming in contact with an Iron pillar of
the bridge, his arm. was broken In two places,
whereupon he brought suit, resulting in the
above verdict. It is stated that tbe objector
bringing suit Iu the United States Circuit Court
was to take tbe case to tbe United States Su
preme Court.
Chicago Billiard Tournament.
Cdicaoo, April 16. In tbe billiard tournament
last night Burleigh beat Parker 200 to 159; win
ner's average, 11.41. Miller beat McAfee 200 to
1S3; winner's average, 6.23. Mart loll beat Hon
leg 200 to 146; average, 6.45.
Chicago. April 16. In the billiard tosrnament
this p. m. McAfee beat Maggloll 200 to 146; Par
ker beat Horning 300 to 110; Miller beat Liver
man 209 to lco.
Xellogg'i Success.
Philadelphia, April 16. The benefit or Miss
Kellogg to-night, at tbe Academy or Music, was
a perfect ovation. She gave her original Imper
sonation of Marguerite, and was several times
called before the curtain. The season has been a
great success.
Bsmum's Temperance Lecturs.
Philadelphia, April 16. Mayor P. T. Btr
sum, or Bridgeport, arrived in town to-night, and
will deliver a temperance lecture attbelllppo
drvB CS Sunday afternoon.
CURRENT CAPITAL TOPICS.
ATTACK UrOJI A PBOTESTAUT CHAPEL.
INTOLERANCE OF MEXICAN CATHOLICS
SPLENDID CHAXCE FOB THE POPE.
WILL HE ENFORCE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY?
Hrport or Captain Qnesn Prompt Ac
tion of the Mexican Commandant
Failure to Fnnlsn the Rioters
Onr Indian Policy Army and
Jiaty Rcwenues and Fl.
nnnee Dcatb ofn
Cadet.
Beligions War at Acapulco.
The Navy Department hat received a commu
nication from Captain Queen, commanding the
United States steamer Saranae, dated Acapulco,
March 27, he having been ordered thither to in
quire Into the circumstances attending the
DEATH BY YI0LESCE OT AH AMERICAN CITIZEN.
Captain Queen reports that during last fall Pro
coplo C. Dlas and other residents of Acapulco,
all native eitlsecs or Mexico, organised a con
gregation for religious worship according to the
Protestant creed. The meetings were held on
Sundays and other days, In the house or Diaz,
and were strictly or a private character. Dlas
and some members or his flock were occasionally
stoned by tbe population and otherwise annoyed,
but sustained no serious damage to their persons.
In December last, Rev. H. H. Hutchinson, head
of tbe Presbyterian mission in Mexico, was so
licited by the congregation to become their pas
tor and to organise the congregation in a mora
formal manner. Converts were added to tbe
church, and. In all, the society numbered sixty
eight persons, mostly natives of the country.
Preaching took place and prayer-meetings were
held at Dial's residence. They looked lora suit
able residence for church purposes, and soon
rented one whlcn had served as a Roman Catholic
church, subsequently used by the French In
vaders and afterward had been occupied as amer.
cintile warehouse.
THE CHAPEL WAS TORMALLT OPENED
In January last, Mr. Hutchinson officiating as
pastor. Alter the services, the congregation re
tired without any fears of injury from their ene
mies. On the 25th of that month Mr. Hutchin
son did not attend tbe chapel, the services being
conducted by Mr. Dlas. There were present
thirty or forty members. A few minutes alter
8 o'clock In the evening, as the congregation were
singing the last hymn, a disturbance was occa
sioned by forty Mexicans, armed with machetes
and mnskets. From the testimony adduced en
the examination into the dlstnrbances only six or
eight of these armed men entered the building,
the others remaining outside for the purpose, It
is said, of finishing the Piotestants who should at
tempt to escape. The struggle In the chapel did
not contlnne more tban eight minutes. Shots
were fired, but the principal damage was done by
the machetes. The Protestants barricaded their
chapel to protect themselves from the force out
side. The military commander and his aids soon
reached the spot, and were directly followed by
iorty soldiers from the garrison. The district
judge and his secretary also appeared upon the
scene, and ordered those inside to open the doors
or the chapel. Tbls the Protestants relused to
do until they were assured the party so ordering
ware their friends. It was then ascertained, ac
cording to official inquiry, that
TUBES HEN Aim ONE 1V0VAS HAD CEEN KILLED
and eleven men wounded Among tbe cumber
killed was a eclored msn named Henry Morris,
a barber, and a native of Boston. His body was
fearfully mangled, his head being almost severed
from the body. He had frequently been warned
by bis friends not to go to tbe meetings, as there
were reasons for believing that by doing so be
would place his life in danger. A woman was
killed by a bullet passing through her bead, and
a man was fou cd In a dying condition. This man
was of the attacking party, and was shot by Diaz,
who was badly wounded, having received eight
wounds.
Captain Qnesn ssys the majority of the people
of Acapulco Influenced and approved
THE EXTERMINATION OP THE PROTESTANTS.
He has reason to believe that tbe teaching and
lofluen'e of the Roman Catholic curate instigated
the assault. In his sermons he never condemned
the outrage. A petition has been presented to
Oereral Alvarez, the Governor of tbe State,
asking for tbe expulsion or the Protestants.
Nothing hss been done to bring the otfender to
punishment. Any energetic steps to this end
would have the effect of Increasing tbe excitement
and occasioning fresh outbreaks.
A formal accusation against tbe curate was
pending, but there seemed no prospect of bringing
him to account, owing to the present unfavorable
condition of affairs.
Kevenue Appointments.
Wm. M. Dalglelsb has been appointed ganger
for the Twenty-second district of Pennsylvania,
and Daniel Moocey aod Henry R. Adee for the
Second New York district. Sidney M. Wlehl has
been appointed storekeeper for the Twenty-third
district of Pennsylvania.
Financial Affairs.
The Internal revenue receipts reported yester
day were $286,511. The customs receipts were
(51)9.537, and national bank cotes for redemption,
1577,128. The Treasury balances at the close or
business were: Coin, $80,553,878; currency. $3,531.
125; coin certificates, ra.imoo; special deposits
of legal tenders for redemption or eertlficstes or
deposit, $47,830,000; outstanding, legal tenders,
31,229,O00.
Ordtred and Detached.
Csptaln L. P. DeKrort, having reported his re
turn to this country under orders or detachment
from tbe Aslatlo squadron, hss been granted
three months' leave or absence.
Lieut. Commander Francis M. Green has been
detached from command or the Fortune, and or
dered to the bydrograpblc office.
Lieut. S. B. Ackley has been detached from the
storeshlp at Callao, and ordered to the Rich,
mond. Lieut. MUler has been detached from the
Richmond, and ordered to the Onward. Master
John A. Norrls and Ensigns Charles M. Bart
lett and Downs L. Wilson have been detached
irom the Fortune, and ordered to the hydro
graphic offlce.
The Drowning of Midihlpman Cox.
The following account or the sad drowning of
Cadet Midshipman Cox has been received at tbe
Navy Department :
U. S. Natal Academy, April 18, 1875.
Sib: It was my painful duty yesterday to tele
graph to the Department thatCadet Midshipman
W. H. Cox had been drowned in Graveyard creek
by the upsetting of the shell boat belonging to
bis class. Tbe morning was fine, the water per
fectly smooth, and with three cadets the unfor
tunate young gentleman whose loss we deplore
wss seeking health in tbe manly exercise of row.
leg. He was pulling the bow oar and steering,
and in turning the boat too quickly it was upset.
Thrro of tbe boat's crew swam to tbe right bi.uk
of the creek, and after vainly attempting to draw
an oar from tbe boat for hit support Mr. Cox
probably attempted to swim to tbe left shore, and
in tbe effort may have been seized with cramp, as
his body was found at tome distance from tbe
boat, and he was not seen by bis companions after
they struck out for tbe lata. I Inclose a copy of
tbe report of his surviving comrades.
Mr. Cox wss a gallant and manly laJ, much
liked here, and hit death ts deeply mourned. The
funeral service will be held at the chapel r the
Naval Academy, and the remains will be con
veyed with military honors to the railway sta
tion, on their way to their last resting-place. In
Tennessee. The escort will be the full battalion
of naval cadets, and the officers and professors
will follow In funeral procession.
1 am, sir, your obedient servant,
C R. P. R0DSE3S,
Rear Admiral, Superintendent.
The Indian Policy.
The following circular letter to Indian agents
was issued from the Interior Department Jes'.er
d': DtrAETMEVT OP THE ITTEBIOII, )
OpriCEor Indian atpaiks,
WASiiixciTox. D. C, April 1J. 1S7J. )
Sir: It is the settled policy ol tbe.Govemment
to induce Indiaat to Tecogclze in a practical way,
at the earliest day possible, tbe Inevitable neces
sities which are upon them to abandon their no
madic habits, and enter upon some calling by
which they may eventually become seir-support-lng.
j
To this end Congress has Incorporated a
clause In the aet making appropriation for the
Indian service for tbe present fiscal year, which
requires "all able-bodied male Indians between
tbe ages or eighteen and forty-fiTS' to perform
service upon the reservation for the benefit of
themselves or or the tribe, at a reasonable rate,
to be fixed by the agent in charge, and to an
amount equal In value to the supplies to be de
livered." By the treaty of April lo,18oS,(StaMTol.l5,
?. 639.) Government stipulated to provide each
sdlan over four years of age, who should remove
to the reservation, with neat and flour for tbe
term of four years after removal. That provision
has now expired. Therefore, whatever supplies
may hereafter be furnished tbese Indians by the
Government will be in the form of a gratuity,
and the Government assumes the right aod resog.
nlzes the duty to so manage tbls gratuity as to
make the most or It in the way of civilization
and material benefit for the Indiaat.
So far as practicable, therefore, yon will be ex.
peettd to bring the Indians under yourcbargo
into conformity with the requirements or the law
above referred to.
There Is mingled with b different buds of
Sioux a class of persons to whom this law has
special application. These are mixed bloods and
white men, who, being married to Indian women
at the time of the treaty or 1868, were thereby In.
torpor ated Into the tribe, and those, if any, who
have subsequently been adopted by tbe tribe
with the content of the United 3tates Govern
men. or this latter class, viz: the whites who bave
Intermarried the first requirement will be that
the parties claiming to be married shall go before
a clergyman, or priest, or Indian agent and make
acknowledgment of such marriage, unless such
yartles have heretofore been formally married
and be able to produce a certificate to that effect,
and tech acknowledgment or certificate must be
a matter of agency record.
Second. All able-bodied males belonging to
thlsclsss, as well as mixed bloods, must make
returns in labor for any favor received from the
Government by way or supplies or clothing, and
you will therefore notify them, fixing the day on
which this order. will go into effect, in any event
cot later than June 1, that hereafter there will
be no free issue or rations or goods to themselves
or families, and that yon will open an account
with each each person or head of a family, to
whom yen will issue rations and goods only In
payment or labor, and also only to tbe extent or
their pro rati share.
They should be encouraged to select land, and
erect upon It a home, and expend la farming,
fencing and other improvements sifh labor as
they maybe able to perform. If toreador this,
or in adoltlon to this, they shall desire to perform
labor for the benefit of tbe agency or tbe tribe,
tbe same kind or credit will be allowed them.
You will notiry all your Indians or the change
In their claims upon tbe Government for supplies
by this expiration of tbe treaty stipulation, and
that before long they will all of them be brought
to the same requirement as Is now laid upon tbe
white men and half-breeds among them, and that
tberelore they will find It greatly to their lnterost
to render to tbe undertaking In every possible
way such efforts as will secure lor themselves a
home and land for cultivation.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
.F. Smith, Commissioner.
FBISHETS IK THE WEST.
Travel Suspended on the Union Pacific Bail
way. Omaha, April 16. The high water, which for
several days past has delayed the trains on tbe
Union Pacific railroad, bas finally becom- so
high that travel Is entirely suspended between
Laramie City, Wyoming, and Ogden, Utah.
Water Is six feet deep in many places, and still
rising. Passenger trains which left here the 13th,
nth mnd IMh of Anrll are lvlnir at Laramie CUT
' and Rawllngs, while those which left Ogden
since the 13tn are lvtnir at nolnts west of Green
river. All are In good quarters, and are well
cared lor. The officials of the Union Pacific ad
vise travelers for Utah and California not to
start until notice or the blockade being broken Is
given.
PEHHSYjLvANIA.
Vetoes by Governor Hartranft.
Harriseceo, April 16. Governor Hartranrt
hss Issued a proclamation, giving notice that he
has filed In the Secretary or the Commonwealth's
office certain bills, passed by both Houses, with
his objections thereto. Among the bills thus re
toed Is one declaring the trustees or the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In the
United States the successors or the trustees of
tbe Presbyterian House. He bas signed the bill
providing for a special committee te make an In
vest'gatlon into the affairs of tbe Reading Rail
road and tbe Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Companies.
ehode'slaot.
Second Election for Members of Legislature
Success of the Republicans.
Peoyidesck, R. 1., April 16. The second trial
In this city -to-day to elect a Senator and nine
Representatives In the General Assembly "re
sulted In the choice of the regulsr Republican
ticket, supported by tbe liquor interest, by 350
majority. This probably secures tbe election of
Henry Llppett to tbe office or Governor, and tbe
repeal or the prohlbltlonary and Stite constabu
lary laws. Several arrests were made for bribery
and Illegal voting.
Black Hills.
Omaha, April 16. A dispatch from Fort Lara
mie, Wyoming, to day, says that Captain Mix's
company of tbe Second cavalry, who were sent
alter the mining party at Harney's Peak, have
secured the whole of them, consisting of sixteen
men, one woman, and a boy. They are expected
to arrive at Fort Lar rate on April 18.
Heavy snows are repu rted In tbe Black Hills,
and high waters everywhere throughout that
section. A war party of Sioux and Arrapaboes
are reported to have left for the Shoshone coun
try. Striking Weavers.
PsiLADELrHiA.Aprll 16. The striking weavers
In the southern section or the city held a large
meeting to-night. Two shops were reported as
paying full rates. Tbe others were reported as
still out. A resolution to stand firm until their
employers accede to their demand was adopted
unanimously.
Betnrn of as Absconded Defaulter.
St. Louis, April 16. Hetry Gambs, the public
administrator of this city, who absconded last
November, tome 450,000 in debt to various Indivi
duals and estates In his bands, has voluntarily
returned, and is engaged with his bondsmen in
tettllig his afftlrs.
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Execution of Travis Harris.
St. Louis, April 16. Travis Harris, who mur
dered Squire Masterson, his fataer-In-law, at
Commerce, Mo., on the 3d of November last, was
hanged at that place to-day.
Becoid of Fire.
MiLwAChEr, April 16. A fire at Sheboygan
yesterday destrojed Crocker, Bliss & Co.'s china
factory. Loss, $30,000; Insurance, $10,C00.
Charlotte, N. C., April 16 A fire here this
afternoon destroyed about three thousand bales
orcotton, the depots or the North Carolina and
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Companies and a cumber or private residences.
Loss, flXO.ooo, about two thirds Insured.
Tbe fire Is supposed to have originated from
sparks from an engine ol a cotton compress,
sisndlcir neara large platform capibleor holding
over 3,000 bales of cotton. It was soon beyond
control, there being a high wind from the west.
The fire passed over a thinly-built part of the city
a distance of three quarters ol a mile, mostly of
cotton and railroad depots. Insured In the follow
ing companies: Jiome.ofNew York. 5,000; North
British, 3,000; Machattau,e! New York, $15,000;
Franklin, $3,000; Continental, $15,003; Ktna,
$10,000; Phanlx, (6,000; Niagara, tio.000; others,
tu,o,
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Becord of Crime.
Philadelphia, April 16. Carl KngelboHer, a
German lawjer. was found dead in his house, 310
Green street, this morning, under mysterious
circumstances. Investigation leads to the belief
that EngelheOer has been dead for several
days. The tody was found lying on the fleor.
but no marks of violence have been found
on his perion. Tbe police bave found the wife
or deceased at the bouse or a relative, where
she has been lying sick lor ten days. She says
she has cot seen her husbsnd for the last week,
and that he bas been subject to tits or Insanity,
and had threatened to" commit suicide. He was
in trouble, an agent having sold a house belong
ing to him during his abteuce In Europe, and re
fused to pay over tbe proceeds.
St. Locis, April 16. Mrs. E. L. Irwin, a highly
respectable young widow lady or Hannibal, Mo.,
tied a clothes line around herself and little ulrl,
six years old, fastened tbe other end to a stake In
the ground, and then, taking the child In ber
arms, deliberately walked Into Bear creek, and
both were drowted. Financial embarrassment
and disappointment in love Is understood to be
the cause.
PERSONAL.
The Navy Department was yesterday advised
of tbe death of Commodore John B. Marchand,
(retired.) He died at Carlisle, Pa., on the lath
instant.
Hoc. O S. Ortb, Minister to Austria, and Hon.
Horace Maysard. Minister to Turkey, will sail
Ircm New York In tbo .steamer Russia on her
next trip.
A letter from Miss Elizabeth Fhllp, the com
poser, announces the marriage of Miss Antoi
nette Sterling, our great contralto. In London, on
Sunday, Match :8. After tbe ceremony a hieak
fsstwatclrtn to the bridal couple by George
Mtcdosald. '
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Donaldson's Plant.
The Pell Mall Castile or April has the follow
log: "An American balloonist, by name Mr. Don
aids on, has informed the Soclete d'Aerostatlon, of
Paris, that within three or four months he Intends
crossing the Atlantic from the United States to
Europe, in a balloon measuring70,OM cuble metres.
Mr. Donaldson is convinced that there exists a
constant current of air Is the upper strata of the
terrestrial atmosphere setting at tnat season from
westtoesst. He's undeterred by previous fall,
ures, and has provided himself with cant of Lle
blg'smeat extract, life-belts, blue lights and
rockets, carrier pigeons, bottles to contain float
ing messages, astronomical Instruments and flags,
by means of which he can signal to vessels near
which he may pass. He will probably travel
alone, for the sake or lightness: and the ballast
Is the balloon car will principally consist or 'fire
pots' or Mr. Donaldson's own Invention, wblch are
said to be tin cylinders containing a chemical sub
stance which becomes Inflammable lnstantane
ously upon contact with water, and emits a bril
liaoiacdlocg.laaUng flame. As Mr. Donaldson
is borne rapidly along eattwardhe will drop these
fire-pots into the sea every ten minutes, so at
eight the whole horiton, be expects, will be II.
laminated, scd he will leave a fiery track behind
him on tbe Atlantic. Tbe scheme sounds all the
more a 'big' one, as the recent voyage orthe
Zenith balloon, from Paris to the neighborhood
or Bordeaux, Is the longest on record, and only
occupied some sixteen hours. The balloonist
Green, is all his fourteen voyages, was never
Iccger In the air than three or four hours at a
time. Sixteen years ago the 'Geant' balloon
went up from the Champ de Mars and descended
la Hanover, after six hours' sailing. Subsequently
MM. Flammaricn and Goddard traveled from
Paris to Prussia In, eleven hours. Several slmi
Isr trips have since been made. However, Mr.
Doca'ason hopes to he in the air 'not longer than
a week.'" - ,
It has bees colder in Sweden this winter than
in any vther civilised country. In Fitrudal the
tfetrcacaiter marked sixty degrees below rero.
SATURDAY MONOGRAPHS.
SANCTUARIO DE GUADALUPE.
LOXGEST WORDS IS TIIE WORLD.
THE STORY OF THE PRINCESS SALM-SALM.
WHAT NAMES IN WASHINGTON TEACH.
Tbe Recompense of Bin Tbe Creole
Vis-cist niatory or Celebrated Wares
Lessons Learned from Names
Hard Words to Bpcll.
Bard and Long Words.
As a curiosity in the way of long words, and as
aprofot to the times, tho following Jaw-breakers
are reproduced from the Baltimore American:
Tbe first word offered Is said to be the longest
word in the English language, nsed often In old
plavs. and placed in the mouth of Costard, tbe
clown, In "Love's Labor Lost," act v., scene 1,
"Honorlficabllltudlnltatlbus."
The next iu "Pilgrims or the Bhlse," by Bui
wer, "Amoronthologosphorns."
The next Irom Kabefals, "Antlperlcatametana-caparbeugedamphlc-Rlbratlonestoordecanllum."
Ibe next It the name or an officer, now In
Madrid, Don Juan Mepomuecno de Burlonagona
torecsgagreazcoecha. The next It a town In tbe Isle or Mull, "Drlm
taidhvrlckhilllchattan." The next, "Jungetrauenzlmmerdurchschwlnd
suchttoedlungegegenyerien." "Nltrophenylenedlamlne" and "Polyphrastl
contlnomlmegalondulatlon' are two words that
recently appeared In tbe London Timet and Mar.
"Sankashtaebaturthlvratodyapana."
"Swapanchaksharimabamantrastora."
The names of two productions of Sanscrit lit
erature. "Lepadotemachoselachogaleokranlolelphanod-rlmupotrimmatoklchlepikossupbopbattopertJter-rtlsktruonsptegkephloalgklopelelolagoesslralob-apbetraganopterugon."
This last word Is the longest In any language.
It may be found In tho "Kkkleslatousal" of Aris
tophanes. The Princess Salm-Salm.
One of the most Irrepressible or modern ladles
Is tbe Princess Salm-Salm. She Is personally
well remembered by many In Washington who
met her here during the late war. To well-defined
beauty she added a dash In style that was
always captivating. Her most heroic devotion to
tbe ctuse of Maximilian In Mexico and to her
husband won for her tbe decided admiration or
the public. Uer husbsnd was killed In the
Frsneo-Getman war, August, 1870. After his
death she served through the remainder of tbe
wares a Sister of Charity. She now bas a vol
ume of memoirs in press, entitled "Ten Years of
my Life," and "Appleton'a Journal" for AprlllT
has a few advance theels. They Include an ac
count of the wonder to which tbe "Sanetuarlo de
Guadalupe" owes Its existence. Tbe Princess
ssys:
"In the year 1131, ten years after tbe conquest,
there lived in the village of Tolpellac a newly,
convened Indian, who at the font had received
tbe came of Juan Diego, lie was an exemplary
fellow, and went oltea to Santiago Tlalulcuclo,
where the Franciscan monks gave him religious
Instruction. As he, upon a time, was crossing a
hill that ends Is a point wblcb extends into Lake
Tezcoeo, and is called 'The Nose orthe Moun
tain,' or in Spanish, 'Naroz del (Jarre, or ts
the language of the aborigines, 'Tepetlyeeac
gol,' he heard some music that was far more
beautllul than any he had ever heard before,
either among the Spaniards or h'sown people.
When be. In his amazement, looked about,no saw
a rainbow that was far more brilliant than he had
ever berore seen. Inclosing a light, transparent
cloud, in which there stood a beautllul woman,
with a sweet, winning mien, dressed In the cos
tume of a lady of tbe court of his lormer heathen
ruler. The poor. Ignorant fellow had no Idea who
she was, but he was sot afraid, and approached
her, when she told him t,bat she was the Virgin
Miry, and desired tbat a temple should be built
on that spot and dedicated to her. She premised
her protection to those who should worship In It,
and bade him Inrorm the bishop of what he had
seen and heard.
"The bishop, Don Juan da Zumarraga, a Fran
ciscan, refused to believe the story, and seat the
Indian away. The Holv Virgin, however, was
not to be put off. and appeared three times more
to the cew convert. Being very much exercised
about the matter, and yet not having the courage
to go a second time to tbe bishop, he decided to
aduress himself to his couressor, whom he was,
moreover.deslrous to consult concerning his uncle
Juan Bernardino, who was dangerously ill.
"Fearlpg that tbe Virgin might appear to him
again, he avoided the usual path; but, on a spat
which, strangely enouzb, is still to be recognized
by a smell of sulphur and a spring, the water of
wblch tastes of this mineral, the appeared to him
for tbe fifth time, told him that his uncle was en
tirely recovered, and bade him gather some flow
ers on the summit of tbe hill and carry them to
the bishop as a proof tbat all he said was true.
"But upon this hill thero grew, as was well
known, nothing but thorns and thistles, and yet
when tbe Indian reached Its summit, to hit amaze
ment, he fonnd an abundance or tbe most beautl
lul and sweetest-smelling flowers he had ever
seen. He plucked a goodly collection of them,
and went again to tne Incredulous bishop, who,
when he heard what brought the Indian to him
the second time, battened with several priests to
meet him. Juan Diego thereupon gave as ac
count or what he had seen and been commanded
to do, and when he opened bis talma to show the
flowers, behold! the bishop and all tbe priests
fell upon their knees as though they had been
struck by lightning. On the ayate or tbe blissful
conveit there was sueh a picture of the Virgin as
Is seen of the Saviour on the handkerchief or
Saint Veronica.
"Now, or course, all doubt was dispelled; the
wonder was too apparent. This occurred on the
12th or December, 1531. ten years and four months
after tbe conquest. What seems to me most re
markable Is that the Virgin In this heavenly
painting Is cot only represented in Indian cos
tume, but as having Indian leatures and an In
dian complexion.
"When the bishop recovered from hit consterna
tion, he went out to see the places that had been
rendered holy by the apparition. lie took the
miraculous picture, and after keeping It for a
time In his own bouse, he placed it in the cathe
dral. "Tbls picture wss probably painted by an angel
on a fabric tbat tbe Mexican Indians weave from
the fibre of an indigenous plant. The holy Virgin
wears a tusle of woolen staff tbat reaches Irom
her neck to her feet, and her head la covered with
a mania in short, ber costume is thst of a rich
Aztec lady. Tbe color ol her skin Is brown, htr
ctir Is black, ber expression amiable, medest and
frank. The picture is known is Mexico as the
Crtele Virgin.'"
Washington Names.
Tbe cames In a mil directory or any elty afford
many amusing thoughts andqutlnt ideas, and
our own city of Wsshlngton is no exception to the
rule. For instance, if we wanted a fratricide
according to an old account we could afford eleven
Abclls end only three Gains and oae Glubb. I
we were shouting for our country we could only
claim one America. Ifwe were lying Is wait for
Prey, we have only three, and yet we have
twelve Ambushes. If our entire copulation
wasted to leave the city, we have only twenty
three Cans; and if we were a traveling company,
and had to stay ont all night, we should find only
four Camps; and If we wanted to make a bridal
present, we eould find no more than two Cakes;
and ir we had to fight all tbe world, three Cham
pions would be tbe extent or our list.
It Is a curious fact tbat while we hare only one
Apple tbereareBaldwInswlthoutnumeer. lfsud
denly called on to people the skies we could contri
bute no more then three Angells. We havegot,as
a elty, eight Paynes and four Alkens, and lrwe
wanted soup the only varieties we eould get would
be three Julllens. We have flfty.seven Mills,
seven Grinders and two hundred Millers. We
hare fllteen -CXoyes, tnt only one Drummer, yet
as infinite number of Horns. To that place from
which no traveler returns -we have only one
Bourne ; but If we wanted to play a game or
euchre tbat would beat tbe "heathen Chinee" we
bave eight Bowers ; and ir It was in our power to
afflict Job once more we have got twenty-eight
Boyles. To sjmpathlte with all mankind we
have thirty-one Harts, and for agricultural pur
poses four Plowman. To show we are civilized
we number only two Barbariss, and if we want
ed to get drank we hare only five Beers.bntthere
it no necessity for getting those on tick-, because
we have thirty-two Banks.
We have any quantity of Woods to cut down,
and only two Axes. We are badly off for sea
men, baring only two Sailors. We hare twenty,
two excellent Baits and only Are Drlnkards and
one Beszette, which speaks well for tbe quality
of our liquors. Cur Fish we can hardly count,
and jet In all the number there Is only one Hull
flsb. There it not much crime is the elty.beeause
we hare only ten Ruffles. Uf poor relations we hare
only three Cotsens to bother us, but for the ambi
tious we bave lorty-nlne Grossts.olghteen Crowns,
and only one Crowner. Little weeping here, for
we have only one Cry, and she fs a widow. If
overtaken In iniquity, we have three Just men to
interpose In our behalf. We bare fire Shekels,
owned by fourteen Itlch men, to be distributed
among twelve Poor, the extent or that class, or
the stormy and troublesome waves of Jordan we
bavo twenty.five, and only one Shore to reach;
but to get there yon must cross lour Hirers, two
hundred Brooks,and twenty-fire Ponds and Pools.
For all this rerrytgo there are only roar Shill
ings, and yet, if advlee was necessary, we have
four Sages, six Seamen, and nine Selts on whloh
to lssd; bnt in dolag tbls we should have to pus
over nily.seven Ultferent Waters, eight or whleh
are Lavenders, and in making the passage we
should have-forty Days, more or less, and when
we got through there would be only one Dodman,
but for him there would be six Coffins, and yet for
him there would be seventeen Graves. Although
a republic, we could populate tbe world with
royalty, for Washlnaton boasts or two hundred
Kings, but these kings have only twenty-three
Queers, fourteen Princes, twenty-rour Knlgbts
and six Earls, and for the proud emblem or
America we bave Just one Eagle. In twelve
Fields are scattered serentees Forrtsts, is wbleh
there are an infinite number or Burcbes and
Beaches, one Greenhouse, twenty-ono Gardners,
three Flowers, DReea Plants, twenty-three Roses
asd two Garlands.
In precious stones we make a better show. We
hare got tea Jewells, four Rings, two Pearls and
fourteen Garnettr, but for paving-stones we have
only one-Kuble. To afflict the entire city there
is only one Crabb, and he Is scattered over ten
counties... In the sports of the field and sea we
are very strong. There are eleven Falconers,
two Few let, jlxttcn Babbitts, on Kid, eight
Pike, eight Sparrows, fifteen Lambs, six Steers,
thirty-one Hartr, fourteen Doves, quite a number
of Cranes, one Songster, two Bearers, twenty-one
Foxes, three Bass, four Chicks, one Doe and
twenty-one Birds. We hare four Saks to put
them In, one Salt to season them, and two Saner
weins to drink with three straight Bauers. We
hare fortr-elgbt Hunters, forty-etght Fowlers,
ten Fishers, ten Drivers, one Kllle, two Klllman,
ten Tanners, twelve Skinners and thirteen Hydes.
and to furnish the repast a countless number of
Cooks. Among our women we kave Ave Dar
lings and one Dowdy, and only two Darts for
Cupid's use. For all the city w hare only one
Pre, for the women only one Fin, and for terrific
disease only eleren Pyles. For lorers there is
Just one Slmtker. In all the city there is only
one lllman, though three who are Sly, twenty,
four Steeles, (Including the Chronicle.) To fire a
salute we have Alices Cannon. But it Is In the
religious sense tbat wo beat the world. Our
riches In this regard have no end. We have
eighteen Churches, seven Cbappells, twenty-tour
Prjort, seventeen Popes, eleren Kirks, fire
Churehllls. any Crosses, eighteen Crowns, three
Desklns, eighteen Deans, eight Lords, one Sa
cred, two Sins, one Churchman, two Romans, two
Rones, twenty-flve Shepherds, two Habits for tbe
Nuts, sixteen Christians, two Devises and ten
Stints, one Kant and only two Bulls.
This sort or pleasantry Is Interminable, but one
single Idea of it proves bow from the names 01
Individuals whole histories can be written.
Old and New China.
Old and sew China are both objects of delight
and ambition to ladles, asd not nnfrequentlr an
equal taste for one or both Is discovered In gen
tlemen. Chins, new and beautiful Is color asd
design, Is tht pride of the housekeepers or all
countries, and connoisseurs of ancient ware will
endure hardships, and willingly pay Immense
sums in order to obtain possession of some rare
and problematically valuable article of the
delicate, fragile and translucent Cblca, The best
pottery known In Europe before the fifteenth
century wss rude and inferior to the varieties
since tnsnufactured. After the voyage of Vasco
de Gsma, the first spectmeas or China and
Japanese porcelain were brought to Europe by
Portuguese seamen.
The Chinese claim an astonishing antiquity
for their china, some writers dating a knowledge
of It anterior to our era. Some or the factories or
China now In operation are a thousand years old.
A few are nearly two thousand yearsola, and one
employs nearly a million work people, and has
three thousand furnaces Is constant operation.
It appears that kaolin, a species of soft white
earth. Is the basis or white porcelain. It Is sot
found In many localities, and Its discovery near
Dresden In the seventeenth century, led te the
establishment or tbe first factories which pro
duced the china, so long famous. A sculptor and
painter or gieat skill, early la the eighteenth
century was placed In charge or those works, and
ever since In the manufacture of porcelain the
spirit and taste cr style or the arts prevalent have
been emulated. A royal patronage soon built up
a rival factory of porcelain at Sevres, near Paris.
Near this place kaolin was found, and at one
time Adam, tbe sculptor, had charge ot these
works; and under the patronage or Madame de
Pompadour tl.e works rose to unrivaled skill and
Importance. Bleu de Hoi, a turquoise blue, and
Rose du Barry, a delicate and lucid carnation
are colors produred at Sevres, and later, Joo
qulllee, a beautiful yellow, and green, rert-pre,
were employed as grounds. It is recorded that a
pair or vases of the color Reseda Barry were
bought by tbe Marquis of Hertford for XLS1310S.
In 1874, at a tale in London, a set or five pieces
were sold for 2.230 guineas; at the same sale arase
or Bleu de Rol. oviform, painted by Mozln,
brought 1,800 guineas. Atchrlstles,lnl87,three
pieces of china. Rose du Barry and green, and
painted by Moiin, were sold for 10,000 guineas.
Such immense sums for snob perishable articles
prove tbe extent to the mania for the beautiful.
The celebrated Portland rase became first the
property of the Duchess or Portland for 1,800
gnlneas. Dr. Johnson once became Interested is
the Improvement ol china, bnt abandoned it at
too expensive. To-day the wares or Englaad are
most generally used, and the name of Wedge
wood, and specimens of his beautiful dishes;
rases, plsqces and medallions are everywhere
known. A Mr. Fenwlek, late or New Castle, was
possessed of a cup of porcelain, said terrave been
sent to the Tower by Queen lltabeth that the
Earl of Essex might take from it tse-txerament
on the morning of his exeestlon.
AMUSEMENTS.
The "rational Theatre The German Company.
This afternoon the German operatic and dra
matic company-elose, in behalf of tbe good opin
ion of Washington theatre-goers, an Illustrious
esksgement. We wish they could -stay longer,
and when they asnotrnce-thelrreturs full and
appreciative audiences will greet them. JTo
habitue of the theatre is is his seat for a single
moment before he realises the presence of a cul
tivated, thoroughly trained and artlstie com
pany, asd if not even understanding thelanguage
or the play he esters at once Into the enjoyment
of good acting. 11 err Guitar Scheresoerg has
been pronounced by his Washington admirers
the Lester Wallack of Qermany, and his elegant
assumptions entitle him to the distinction. "Led
Astray," as played last sight, was translated
Into the Oermas from Octave Feuellet ten years
previous to Ita Introduction Is this country, and
as rendered last night It Is certainly fuller and
much more effective In detail.
The troupe la composed or artists who would be
esteemed as first-class In any first-class theatre in
tbe country. Admirably talented and cultivated,
thoroughly skilled In mannerisms, gestures and
expressions, and possessing physiques facile In
assumptions asd pleasing in all changes, they
lelt nothing to be desired In the performance of
tbe entire play. Careful and accurate or dress
and association, they caused the scenes to pass
with remarkable naturalness and force of repre
sentation. Each role was well assigned and pre
sented to the life, and each artist seemed to de
serve Individual praise.
This afternoon In tbe matinee "The Beautiful
Uallette" and "Hannah Weeps and Hannah
Laughs" will be performed. We shall look for a
large house.
Monday evening tbe Kellogg English Opera
season commences with the perlormance of "lir
nani," with tbe following east : hUvtra, niece to
Duke dl Sllva, Mm. Jennie Van Zaodt; Buy
Uomez, Duke dl Sllva, Mr. George A. Cool j;
Charles V, Emperor, formerly King of Castile,
Mr. Carleton; Is lovanna. In Elvira's service. Miss
Howarth; Rleardo, esquire to the King, Mr.
Nichols; latjo, esquire to Dnke dl SUva, Mr.
Cayla; and Lrnani, or John of Arragon, Mr.
Wm. Castle. Tickets at Metserott's.
Ford's Opera-hosse Tony Pastor.
This afternoon and evening afford the last
changes to hear and see Tony Pastor asd his
great troupe or specialty artists. Each per
formance will be made a gala one. The troupe
like their patrons asd the patrons like the troupe.
Between tbe two there is an extra amount of
good feeling, and to-dsy It will hare Its full ex
pression. Yesterday they all went on a pilgri
mage to Mount Vernon. There are no further
charges against Miss Bertha Foy; the river was
rough on the return trip, and she settled all ber
accounts, not even forgetting to leave for the
herring in thePotomac the last slice of cold ham
eaten at the srrine of the Father or her Country.
The mother of Venus and Adonis was a little
mad at the gardener because he toldlthls
fine old English lady that the chestnut
piantea in American sou oytne tmusn Bands
of tbe Prlsce of Wales was ot slow growth. Miss
Jennlo Morgan wondered at tbo. performance or
some fishermen she sawrbnt Mrs. Fielding; ex
plained to ber that they were letting down their
sets to catch oysters. Out Williams purchased
photographs of the sacred scenes, with the Inten
tion ot presenting them to his friend, George
Wilkes, or the Spirit of lie Tines, but he lost
them In a gust, whleb blew them from the
steamer out Into the river. George will feel bad.
Tony Pastor, who slugs of Washington and ex
hibits his picture erery night, was affected to
tears as he studied the Interesting relies ol Moust
Vernon and trod its classic shades. The best of
friends must ptrt, and to-night we part with the
troupe. They will take with them the '-cup of
kindness" presented by their Washington friends.
Inaugural Concert.
The Inaugural concert at the newand beautiful
public school building In Georgetown, on Tuesday
evening next, will be necessarily fine from the
great talent enlisted in the undertaking. The
merits of Professors Qloetzen and Benkert are
known at home asd abroad, while the singing ot
Mrs. Camp, Miss Cooke, Mr. llerr asd Mr. S. G.
Toursy is ever attractive to our concert-goers. It
is expected that Mr. Leo. P. Wheat, or Rlcbmosd,
will participate, asd the masy rrtesds or Mr. Jas.
P. Cewaruln, of Richmond, will flock-to hear his
Inimitable lecture on "Southern' Reoeastruetlos
and tbe Hsmors or the Court-room." See adrer
tltemest elsewhere.
The Avenue Theatre.
The stars at the Avenue are making Its stage
very attractive. Miss Minnie Baker's songs and
dsnees are warmly applauded, and herhasdsome
appearasce adds to the pleasure derived from her
efforts. M'lle Henrietta is popular with the
patrons of this theatre. To-night the Mablle will
be allre with the fresty of the Can-can- Next
week Sillle St. ClaIr,ObxrIey-Howard, asd other
sew racer.
The Theatre Comio.se.
At one o'clock the Theatre Comlqne band will
toued the jubilee for all the faithful to gather
within its walls for the grand matinee perform
ance. Ladles and children are specially Invited,
asd the latter will particularly enjoy the per
forming dogs. The drama of the "Golden Farm
er" will conclude each entertainment. Manager
Rogers has powerful attractions for next week.
Bishop Manning's Accession to tht Cardinal
ship. The Karlk German Gazette,.ittmlng to the re
cent discussion lathe English press respecting
Cardinal Manning's position Is English society,
devotes seme remarks to the social consequences
whleh his appointment will hare, and to the ques
tion raised by the introduction or a prince of the
Church into the upper classes or society In Eng
land. The article says the Cardinal, as a prince
of the Church, would enjoy In Oatholle countries
precedence over members or the families or tbe
highest nobility. This, however. Is ont or the
question is Protestant England, where people, of
course, do sot recognise the status of a prince of
the Church. The Gazette adds: Mgr. Manning
has availed himself of every opportunity to ob
tain a place In the upper grades or society la Eng
land, asd wishes to compel It to recognize his
rask is a Church which Is is Esglasd, properly
ipetkfDg, only a dissenting sct. The srreat no
blemen of tbe House of Lords, however, would
hardly be disposed to take their places behind a
Roman Cathollo prelate. The good relations
whleh have hitherto existed between the Arch
bishop asd the aristocracy might, therefore,,
should he adhere to hit claims, become rather
less trleodly. It Is even possible that the ques
tion may be raised In tbe House or Commons as
to whether a British subject can accept the title
of Cardinal without; the consent of the Govern.
ment.
THE ROMAN CARDINALS.
LECTURE BY BET. C. I. WHITE, D. D.
IKTEEDBT1NG HISIOEIO? THE SACRED COLLEGE
HOW AHD, WHY IT WA8 OBGAHIZED.
DUTIES AND PREROGATIVES OF ITS HE9I3ERS
Tbe Manner or Creating Cardinals
Scaerlption of tbe Dresses Worn
Tbe Ceremony of Instltntlon
Beference to Catholics In
America A Word
About tbe Order
of Jesuits.
The following leeturewas delivered on Wednes
day evening iast,berere the Carroll Institute, or
this elty, by Rer. Chas, I. WJilte, D, D., pastor. of
SL Matthew's church, asd at the request of nu
merous patrons or the paper itls published. It
will doubtless prove Interesting reading to all
classes, as it gives in concise form much valuable
Information on the subject discussed.
"TtlB CAnOISALATIS."
The eleratlenof an American prelate to theear
dlnalltlc dignity Is as erent which has naturally
created a sensation throughout the Catholls
world, because or its novelty aod its Important
significance. It Is now over three hundred and
fifty years slnco the glad tidings of the Oospel
were proclaimed in this western hemisphere, and
until the present day the Supreme Pastor of
Christendom had no Intimate adviser or member
of his privy council (if I may so express it) Is this
part of the world to aid bim is the government
of the universal Church. The appointment of a
cardinal Is, therefore, something new and extra,
ordinary for the millions of people who inhabit
this western continent, and when we consider the
motives whleb induced It we cannot but view it as
a most remarkable and Interesting event in tbe
history of the American Church.
In the conslstorT held on the 15th or March
last the sovereign Pontiff, Plus IX. after enume
rating tbe dreadful trials to which the Church Is
subjected at the present time, addressed the as
sembled cardinals is the following words: "In
the midst, therefore, or sueh great tribulations,
seeing that tbe more bitter the combat the
greater thonld be the co-operation and virtue of
tbe generals asd soldiers, we hare resolved to
nominate te-day,for the senate of onr holy Roman
Church, six eminent men, all of whom assuredly
have shown themselves worthy of this honor,
whether by administering their episcopal duties
with a zeal, prudence, firmness and doctrine de
serving cf all praise; whether by suffering
THX OHIATXST FXBSZCimOIlS
In delense of the Church, and giving a sigsal ex
ample of virtue and courage; whether by reader.
Isg is our city ot Rome zealous asd constant ser
vices highly esteemed by the Apostolic See. And
on this occasion it Is a subject of great joy to us
to be able to give a certain asd sincere proof or
the love and interest we feel for those illustrious
churches from which wo have chosen and honored
those prelates." From these words or the Holy
Father it Is plain that the Catholic Church is
tho United States has risen to a degree of Im
portance asd innueo - bleb, qualifies it to as
sume an equal rank wiuubo churches orthe Old
World, and to furnish a delegate or representa
tive fer tbe government or the Church at large.
This Is the real Import of the event whleh Is at
tracting so mneh attention on this side of the At-
I Untie, and any Information, that will throw light
npou inosuDiect oy anowrog we relations 01 tne
cardinality offlce to the"Onureb, must prove In
teresting. In my remarks this evening 1 shall
confine myself to the more prominent questions
that suggest themselves for conspiration :
I. After the Soverelf s Pontiff there Is nothing
higher Or uore venerable In the Church than the
Sacred College or Cardinals. They, are -tho
princes of the Court ol Komertht'confidentUI ad.
Ttiers of the Pope; his principal coadjutors dur
ing his life, and alter his death the government
of the Church devolves upon them, and they are
the electors by whom a successor Is chosen to fill
the vacancy la the Apostolic See. They consti
tute. In fact, the supreme senate or the Church.
TBI T1TLT OT CARDINAL
was originally given to clergymen who were at
tached to particular churches In the capacity or
pastors. They were distinguished by this name
from other clergymen, who had no determinate
place for the exeretse of their functions, but offi
ciated Is different churches according to tbe order
of their ecclesiastical superior. The appellation
oi cardinal (whleh is derived from the Latin word
Cardo, a hinge,) signified that their locality was
fixed; that like a door retting upon Its hinges the
respective stations to whleh they had been ap
pointed, depended on them fortho benefits of reli
gion. The same word was sometimes employed
for the sake ol distinction among bishops asd dea
cons. By a cardinal bishop was understood a pre
late who was charged with the government ot a
speclsl district- Cardlnaldeaeons were those who
were appointed to serve mtaor churches, called
deacon ries or oratories. Historians do sot agree
at to the precise period when this title was first
Introduced. Some contend that It was nsed as
early as the year ISO, while others dste its com
mencement from tbe close of tbe third eenturr.
It Is certain, however, as Fleury observes, that
this mode of expression wss very common under
the pontificate of Gregory the Great, is the sixth
century, and in general acceptation throughout
the Latin Church. In the course of time It was
applied particularly to clergymen who resided Is
cities, asd at a still later period it became obso
lete, except is tbe Church of Rome, where the
primitive usages or Christianity are adhered to
with a peculiar reneration.
The cardinals of Rome, from the office which
they exercised of
Aimsa the sotksxios rosTirr
Is the government of the Universal Church, soon
became more elevated In dignity than bishops
themselves. The episcopal order Is, doubtless,
far more eminent than that of the priesthood; but
the distinguished rask of a cardinal is estimated,
not from the grade of the sacred order with
which he Is Invested, but from the extensive
powers which he enjoys as member of tbe Apos
tolle See asd counselor and elector or the Pope.
Thus, Eugeslss IV, In a Utter to tbe Archbishop
or Canterbury, in the year 1440, alter mentioning
the several prerogatives of the cardinals, con
cludes that their dignity, arising from the vast
jurisdiction wbleh they possess, surpasses that or
patriarchs asd other bishops, whose authority Is
confined within the limits of their respective ter
ritories. "Who does not see," says that Illustri
ous pontiff, "that the dignity of a cardinal sur
passes that or as archbishop? For, while the
latter Is established only for the interests of a
Jiartlcular country, the former look to the
nterests of Christendom at large. While
the archlepltcopal authority extends only to
a certain church, that of the cardinal
is conjunction with the Apostolle See, has
reference to all the churches; and while the car
dinals are subject only to the judgment of tbe
sovereign Pontiff, It Is their privilege, in union
with the Pope, to sit In judgment upon patriarchs
and archbishops and all other orders of the
linuroa. '
At first the cardinals of Rome consisted only of
fBIXSTg A3D SIAC0S6, I
but subsequently the bishops of the neighboring I
cities were decorated with the title and ranked
among tne counselors asd asslstaats orthe Pope.
They were called subsrblcan bishops, and were
formerly seres Is number, viz: those of Ostia.
Porto, Alba, Palxstrisa, Sablna, Frascatl asd
St, Rufist; hut this last see having bees coupled
with that of Porto, the number or cardinal bishops
wss reduced to six. Tbat or cardinal priests and
cardinal deacons has often varied. Upon the
death or Clement VI, in 1342, it was resolved by
the Sacred College that the number or its mem
bers should not exceed twenty; Paul IV limited
It to forty; afterwards Slxtus V carried it np to
seventy a regulation which has been uniformly
sdopted by sis successors. Each cardinal Is re
quired to be in the holy order which he represents,
unless he be dispensed by the toverelgs Pontiff
from the observance of tbe law, which obliges him
to receive the holy order befitting his rank within
twelve months from the data of Els appointment,
under pain of rendering his nomination rold. It
generally happens, however, that most of the
cardinal priests are Is ftct bishops: asd the ear
dlsal deacons in the order of bishop or priest.
The distinction ot the three orders of cardinals
proceeds from the difference of the titles which
they receive at the time or their promotion, and
as the cardinals originally, as we nave observed,
were only priesU or deacons attached to the ser
vice of certain churches or chapels at Rome, they
who are elevated to this dignity become the titu
lar pastors of thoso churches or oratories, and
derive from them their cardlnalltle rank.
The six cardinal bishops, though they attend to
the administration of their respective dioceses,
are titulars of the Latersn basilic in Bome.where
they reside as more Immediate counselors or the
Pope. To assist the Sovereign Pontiff In the gov
ernment ct
TBI mtlVERS Al CHTSCH.
being ose of the principal offices of the cardinal.
ate, the members or the Sacred "college are re
quired to remain la the city or Borne, and. they
would be guilty or a grave offease ir they left ft
without the papal sanction. The other most im
portant duties devolving upon them eons 1st In the
government of the Church when deprived of its
lief pastor, and Is electing another to All the
vacant chair of Peter. They aet as coadjutors of
the Pope la the management or ecclesiastical af
fairs, ehlefly is the Sacred Congregations, as they
are called, which axe nothing else than standing
committees, established at different periods, and
which hare for their object to examloe the vari
ous matters of business, or theological asd disci
plinary qnestlons.tbat prettstthemse Ires for the
consideration of the Holy see. There arena less
than twenty-two of these committees, who report
the result of their deliberations on any point to
the Sovereign Pontiff, whose prerogative it is to
give a decision. From the Important funeuoas
whleh the cardinals exercise, we may readily In
fer that they are selected by His Holiness who
alone has authority to appoint them rrom among
those ecclesiastics who are most eonsplcuout for
their learning, piety and other estimable quali
ties. "It U the peculiar honor or this Illustrious
body," says De Joux in his "Letters on Italy'
"to be Tormed or men distinguished by their tal
ents, genius asd virtue, without aoy regard to
natlooal considerations or to circumstances of
birth and fortune. Wears not surprised, there
fore, to find that even tht first princes or Europe
have
AtrraiD to tct diqsitt
of cardinal." Sri England observes: "What.
ever might be the merits or tbe talents of any
other body of men, I could have no hesitation for
as instant to pUee this assembly by Its side, and
whether upon the ground or capacity, of expe
rience, of Information, of industry or of
virtue, or of all united, to claim a favorable
award from every impartial and capable judge."
Speaking of the Sacred College as it existed In
his Ume, about thirty-fire years ago, (and wa
may take hla description as usually charac
teristic or this dlsilngulshed body,) he says:
"Not one of Its members has been raised to tbe
eardlnalate, merely because of his family great
ness; he hss uniformly decorated that, at least,
by his virtues. In this body are round the pro
tectors of science, the patrons orthe arts, the pro
moters of piety, the founders or collexes, or hos
pitals and or those other institutions which alle
viate the distress and promote the happiness of
man. Tbe constitution of the body exulblts the
sources from which Is drawn the mass of excel
lence which it contains. If there be something
of aristocracy Is its composition, It Is, perhaps,
that species or which even a republic might, to
some extent, approve. No ose is admitted by
descent or hereditary claim. If dignity is c in
ferred, it Is only upon the individual, and for his
personal merits. It Is open equally for the son
of the peasant as for the ton ol the prince.
"The usual
CBZ3S Or TBI CARDIHAL3
in the Papal chapel Is a red cassock, with a sine
cure ot the same color, baring tassels or gold, red
stockings, a rochet, (that Is, a surplice with nar
row sleeves,) over which they commonly wear a
eappa or ample cloak, with a large tippet ot
wbltavermlne, which hangs over the shoulders
and chest. The ermine Is laid aside In the sum
mer season. On their head they wear a small
red calotte, (ex. skull-cap,) and sometimes a
square red cap, (or blretta.) In timfs of penance
or-mourrmg the red robes are ehanged for others
of a violet color, asdos two or three particular
days tbe rose color Is used. On solemn occasions,
when the Pope officiates, or wben there Is a grand
procession, they all wear red shoes and mitres or
.white damask silk. The cardinal bishops wear
copes, tbe cardinal priests, chasubles ani the
cardinal deacons dalmatics, or the color suited
to the solemnity; but os days or penance tbe
deacons wear ebasubles. Their dress of state,
when sot engaged In sacred functions, Is tbe cas
sock, the rochet, over which Is worn a manteletu,
or short cloak, through whleh they put their arms,
and a mozetta or tippet with a small hood, over
which the cardinal bishops exhibit the chain of
TBI riCTOEAL CBOS3,
but not the cross Itself. .When In full Jurisdiction,
that la. In the churches of their titles, or during
the vacancy of tbe Holy See, tbe mantelletta is
always laid aside. Cardinals promoted from any
of the religious orders preserve in their robjs the
pecuIUrity of color belonging to that association,
and never use silk." But all wear the red hat
and cap, the first or which was introduced by
Innocent IV, In 1345, at the Council or Lyons.
Considering the great evils wblch the Church
had suffered from the wicked persecution of
Frederick II, Emperor or Oermany, who went so
lar In his Impiety as to declare Moses, Christ and
Mahomet a trio or impostors, and to!lmbrue bis
hands In the blood or the highest dignitaries or
the Church, the Pope ereateda great number ot
cardinals, and conferred upon them the red hat,
sot only as a mark of their eminent dignity, but
as an emblem ot tbe obligation tbey were under
of standing firm, asd eves shedding their blood,
if necessary, for tbe honor of God and the wel
fare of religion. History repeats Itself. Among
the cardinals just created by Plus IX" is tie
noble Archbishop of Qnesen and Poses, Ledoo
ho lkL who is actually a prisoner is the bands
or tbe German Emperor, and who, most probably,
has not yet he orthe distinguished honor con
ferred upon b. -i by the Sovereign Pontiff. The
red cap and blretta worn by the cardinals were
instituted by Paul II in 14S4, to distinguish
them from other prelates on occasDns when the
bat was not used. Prior to the seventeentb cen
tury the address of a cardinal, either verbally or
In writing, was "Right Reverend" or "Most
Illustrious;" but from the year 163), under the
Pontificate of Urban VII I, it was decided that a
cardinal should be addressed as "His Eminence."
HOWXTXX OBJXCTIOSrABLZ
the spletwyd costume and magslfleest display or
the caruioals may appear to puritanical eyes,
they will be regarded as sacred asd venerable by
those who look to tbe eminence of their station,
the important atrsUeasee or their dress, and the
powerful Isflaesee-or, brilliant ceremony is affect
ing the mind and elevating the soul to the author
ol all grandesT aod perfection. Far rrom being;
Incompatible with the spirit or humility Inculca
ted by the Ssrfeur, the costume of a cardinal re
minds hlmccattaallyof the weighty obligations
Imposed on him, f his entire derotedness to the
Interests of relitteo, and or the disposition he
should have,-Mt.nly to labor lndefatlgably for
the welfare f the Church, out even to sacrifice
his life Uneeetaary, tirtlie cause of truth. What
-Ossssano has recorded in his life or St. Charles
Borromeo may with due proportion be applied
to the great majority or those who are decorated
with tbe purple. "He was particularly solicit
ous," says this writer, "to houor the dignity or bis
rank, by a constant attention to the practice or
those virtues which become so high a station. In
stead or being elated with the title ot cardinal,
he felt himteif bound, in virtue or his elevation,
to sourish in his heart a most ardent love for
Ood, to be inflamed wltb zeal for the salvation of
souls, and the propagation or the Catholic faith,
asd to be willing at azur moment to
ronniT bis lot
In the eanse of religion." "ir the splendor and
richness or the cardinal's appearasce In public be
great," obserres Dr. England, "numbers of them
hare inherited the means by which that exhibi
tion is sustained, asd relsse to accept from the
public purse the allowance whleh is appropriated
for Its support; others would, in any state or so
ciety, have by their merits obtained a similar
rank; others is the midst of this external show
follow In their prlrata life, the poverty and mor
tification which they vowed as members or the
strictest orders or religion; and If they ride in
splendid carriages In Rome, for the purpose of
conforming to tbe etiquette which Is so essential,
they hare traversed Italy on foot, with only their
breviaries in their hands, making its churches
resound with the eloquence which converted the
sinner and encouraged the taint." Be it said to
the lasting honor ot this distinguished corps ot
individuals, that few or them comparatively
have proved themselves unworthy ol the high
trust connected with their exalted station.
Whether we look back Into the annals or history,
or confine our observations to tbe present age, we
shall always behold them, as a body, pre-eminent
in piety, in learning. Is phllastbrupy, in seal for
the honor ot religion, and the cultivation ot
TBS AET8 AID SCIENCES.
What names have come down to ss encircled'
with a brighter halo than those or Charles Bor
romeo, Peter Damlan, Bellarmln, Xlmeses,
Barontus, De Berulle, D'Ossat asd a host of
others T Where shall we discover more extensive
erudition, more brilliant genius, more enlightened
wisdom, tban In the writings of those celebrated
men? Where shall we look for more eminent
sssctlty, for purer benevolence, or for the more
rigorous practice ol any or the virtues that can
adorn the character or a mas, a Christian, or an
apostle, than In tbe lives and actions of so many
Illustrious cardinals 1 Without referring toasy
other examples Is modern times, we have only to
recall the memory or the late amiable Cheverus
(first bishop of Boston, and subsequently arch
bishop of Bordeaux, in France,) to form an Idea
orthe high qualities to which the cardlnalltle
dignity is awarded. "Who among our religious
teachers," says Dr. Chaining, a distinguished
Unitarian minister, "would solicit a comparison
between himself and the devoted Cheverus T
This good man, whose virtues and talents hare
now raised htm to the high dignities in Church
asd State, who sow wears Is his own country the
joist honors or an archbishop asd peer, lived in
the midst or ss, devoting his days asd sights
asd his whole heart to tbe service of a poor and
uneducated congregation. We saw htm declining,
in a great degree, the society ot the cultivated
and icflsed, tbat he might be the friend of the
Ignorant and friendless, leaving tbe circles of pol
ished life, which he would have graced, (or the
meanest hovels; bearing with a father's sym
pathy the burthens and sorrows or his
LABCJI 8P1BITUAI, S-AXILT;
charging himself alike with their temporal and
spiritual concerns, and sever discovering- by the
faintest indication that he felt his fine mind de
bated by bit seemingly humble office. This good
man, bent on his errands of mercy, was sees is our
streets ssder the most burs ingsun of summer and
the fiercest storms of winter, as IT armed against
the elements by the power of charity. He has left
us, but not to be forgotten. He enjoys among us
wbattojuchaman msst;be dearer than fame.
Hit same is enriched where the great of this
world are unknown. It Is pronounced with
blessings, with grateful tears, with sighs for his
return. In many an abode of sorrow and want."
In viewing this finished character, and the
numberless others that might, be presented, we
are forced to acknowledge tbat the scarlet robes
of a cardinal are something more than ontward
thow. We cannot but believe that they are the
expression of great excellence, at.well as the in
signia of eminent rank, and that minds so pure,
so gifted, so cultivated, as to have merited this
high distinction, will honor it by the falthrul dis
charge or the Important obligations whleh it im
poses. These obligations are of so weighty a
character that the history of the Church exhibits
numerous Instances or men,
rsi-isasnraTis lsax.tiso
asd sssctlty, and conspicuous by their genius,
literary labors; and apostolle zeal, declining, a
spirit of humility, the honors orthe cardlaalsnip.
Sueh were the blessed Andrew Contt, or the
noble family of that same, asd a Frasctsean
mosk; Vincent Ferrer and Louis of Grenada, of
the order orst. Dominie the termer an apostolle
preacher, powerful In word and deed; the latter
one of the most Impressive writers on spirituality
also, St. Francis Borgia, of the Society of
Jesus, asd St, Philip fieri, of the Oratory.
Others, equally distinguished for Iheir eminent
qualities, accepted the eardlnalate only after a
positive order from the sovereign Pontiff to do so.
while some resigned that high position that they
might labor for their sasetlfleatloa Is a more hum
ble sphere. Amosg the former we mar mention
those two illustrious Individuals, Baronlus, or the
Oratory, whose annals of the Church hare won
for him the title of father or ecclesiastical histo
ry, and Beliarmlae, whose eontroversui writings,
chiefly against the errors or the pretended Refor
matios, place him In the highest rank ot modern
theologians. Or the latter, we can same St. Peter
Damlan, Is the 11th century, asd Is oar own times
Cardinal Odesealcbl, who laid aside his purple
robes in 183s, to become an humble member of tbo
Society ot Jesus.
TBI Lin Or A CAIDriTAT.
is sot ose of Idleness It Is sot the off km cms dlg
nitalt. Being presidestt of the congregations or
bureaus for ecclesiastical affairs, apostolle visit
ors of conventual institutions, protectors ol re
ligious orders, confraternities and colleges, they
devote themselves entirely to the Interests or tbo
Church, stsdy, the Papal audiences, reception
ot visits rrom strangers, religious solemnities, the
ears of the poor and the tick, works or piety. In
stitutions of charity and learning, the encourage
ment or letters, the setsnees asd arts all this
nils up the time asd absorbs the revenues of the
cardinal.
It It time to say something of the mode of pro
ceedlsr by which tn eeclesiastio Is appointed to
the cardlnalltle rank asd Inducted into the exe'
clse of his office. Thir takes puce in what Is
called a consistory, which U a meeting of the
Pope asd cardinals for the transaction of bnsU
(Sc Famxtl race.)