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NW ORLEANS, SUNDAY, APRIL 9. 1871.
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CONcERT yea THE BEIIrlIT O ST. THERESA's
bmral .-Masny of ourreeders have, no doubt,
noticod the extensvo erepairs which St.
Theresa' Church has lately been undergoing.
The entire exterior hasbeen replastered, the o
roof hTe been repaired, and the painters have I
been plying their brushee within bud without
until they have effected such a metamorphosis j
that one would now scarcely recognize the e
dingy and faded-looking old church in the o
beautifully renovated building at the ht rer of
Camp and Clio streets. The expense attending t
such extensive repairs, while having exhausted
the coffers of the church, is still unprovided
for in full, and Father Kenny, whose labors in
behalf of his parish seem to be interminable,
desiros of meeting the expense incurred, in- r
tends giving a grand vocal and instrumental
concert on Sunday, the 23d inst., at o'clock 0
volunteered to asist the worthy Father, and ti
we trust success will attend themn in their e
charitaeble work. There is no parih in the t
city which, taking all things into cnsiders- t
tion, can boast of greater prosperity than St.
Therean's. The school is now regularly at
tended by about five hundred pupils, and when
the new school for the girls is completed by
the iisters, there will be scarcely anything
wanting to this fortunate congregation ; and I
it will be long before they are again called
on for anything. The means adopted by Father a
Kenny fort the collection of funds to meet the
expense incurred are very judicious, for if r
we are not satisfied with his tkn -. for our as
value of our money, in the pleasure which all
are bound to have, who attend the concert.
Our readers generally will join us in con
gratulating the congregation of St. Michael's
Church upon the return of their pastor, Rev. a
M. Shehan, who is just back from a two
mont hs tour, much improved in health by his
trip. The Rev. Father is prepared once more
to enter upon the discharge of theoa duties of
his kind offices of spiritual adviser and friend
of his people, and hopes at an early day, with s
the assistance of the public, to witness the v
interesting account of a Papal protest recently n
made by the congregation and College of Pass r
Christian, and reret that, owing to an unusual t
press of matter, it is crowded out of this num- t
ber, although already in type. It will be found I
in the next isensue.
The Rev. MRe. Sbaser, of tshe aw York Methodist
P es]lm' Assoeiation. is under discipline. He openly t
esfesd beftore a meating of the associaton referred j
to, that he "kept a plan in his ola se tor the amurs.
smet of his ehildre', mad tt hi ar" ocesaeusi ly da.
sead a te parlr with them ." Of course this ce.fo
s Uks a thdsrbmlt among the brethren, who were
at the momeat dcsbtin hew thy mightl best combat
rie froward disretion of their people to enoy them.al
eslVes. Osn brother inquired. did brother Saoler open
his dancing twith pray, o I t ws obliged t ho andi It
be edid not. Another de ded to know if the devilish
mretiess weore exeuted to saored music. which, partle.
larly in fog metre, would, debtie, boe sooe alliation
of theteace. Confoeudd. the peor parses was obliged
to confess that h ad not frtied himself by this pr. i
lesti. oven. It wee in vais. astr this startling on.
Seon, that Rev. 8haf r pleaded merits in other re-I
iesor thate have had ever played oardsr checkers, at.
leadiod an opera, smoked a cigar, nor drank asythlng
stimulating.he •m !o
According to the lew York World. rthe nv. Smyth
(set ho of gin-admilk notoriety) declared that the hi.
doct abominatieons of cheks and hess dwere pe.
alno by church members within has knowledge. The
ruimeo of rother Safo. bhow. evr overhabw petall
othre sao oedooe likoe a psoi evtr the bwhes protoed.
ren The mol t edcasuas thought of minist r elevating
Is lers a dtern tely wnith his hLld n, san turs nom hi
ebody suoesiveloy in a parlor, wth ~ ·rlein the pro
esedrags with prayse , wee enough to drive all e thr
thohts fem the minds i the Pleac htaesl' A ociatcs,
aid ios mem hdo he art te o "prod furhthr 0~ol
Brether Shar hod orors bteen h a Lnoswpld. The No
York lars habvo had marry time over thlousm procad
logs onf the Metho Pralersl I' aLssor laton
The orchbislop of re susn, ishview of theime apdrl
rthe moment for costita a ells to aLve euve.
oppoeeto I th temporal power of the hly eis. tdo
nominations education ; to tohe hheay e she reibr nse
orders; oa d to the santity of tilbs e s.
enorsily soppmoed to ha very highly the t 5o ne
councils of the new Emperor of Geracny.
lik the Baton Prouge dint. Journal no aswer. in its
let issu that Journal makesa• malicioua but abortive
tltack on the Catholic Ciergy, which shows that the
predominant feauers in the character of the paper Ia
Signs of the Times.
(rlTrr arrTIcLz.)
No other man occupises such a position;
none other wields such a tremendous pow
er,-as the Prisoner of the Vatican. And
mark it well ;--that tfower is manifested in
weakness. Oa earth, to-day, the most
powerleseenercises most power;-the weak
est wield strongest sceptre;-an uncrown
ed man ;-a prisoner holds widest empire.
A dethroned King counts more subjects;
and those subjects the most loyal,-than
the greatest Monarch on earth. There is
no use in blinking the fact. Pius the
Ninth is King of the World. Why ? Be
cause he is the King of a thousand Peoples.
Proud Philosdphers of the age ! have you
not proclaimed the dogma that the People
is King. We accept your doctrine, wheth
er right or wrong the peoples of this age
are surely taking the crowns from the
Kings to wear them themselves. Wha:
ever it may mean they are crying for free
dom-freodom from sceptres and from
thrones.-and that freedom they are fast
obtaining. - But those very peoples !-who
is their King?
Ask them. And the peoples of the earth
point their fngers to Pio Nono.
Philosophers of the age! you believe not
in the right of Kings but in the divine
right of majorities. Well ;-we accept
your theory. Take the votes of Christen
dom. Have a fair ballot. And the ma
jority of Christendem-a majority reckon
ed by millions, will be in favor of the Pris
oaer of the Vatican. He need purchase no
votes; he need use no coercion. He has
the hearts of three hundred millions of his
own children; and he has the sympathies I
of multitudes who accept not his faith. t
That is,-one third or more of the human e
race speak out in his favor. That is; more
than one half of the Christain family speak t
out in tones of thunder in his behalf. By the
right of majority, therefore, has he a right
to his throne,-that is-to his independ
ence. A minority of the peoples of Chris
tendom favors the Robber King;-and
those, if they do vote, do so through pre- t
judice. And shall we, the vast, overwhelm- t
ing majority, shall we cowardly yield to I
the wrong inflicted by a felon-King on one,
who, apart from any higher title, has in,
his favor the suffrages of the world '
Why do not the peoples rise? The days of
glorious swords have surrendered to the '
days of Protests. The men of our age are
not brave enough to become Crusaders.
Is there no other way of expressing sym
pathy with the Peoples' King than by mere
local protests
There is another way in which the peo
ples of the earth can more powerfully and
more unitedly protest against the wrong
done their King. Is the world ready for
that way? What way? A. J. R.
Religion. f
Judged by the number of Church 1
steeples visible in every city, town, and
village, all over the country, we must be a
religious People ; judged by the multipli
city and wondrous diversity of the denomi- t
nations which divide with one another the
religious power in this country, we ought
to be a very religious People; judged by
the inevitable tracts and innumcrable
Bibles which meet one's eyes everywhere,
we are, certainly, a most religious People.
But, are we? Judged by our pretensions
to Piety, we must be a pious People;
judged by our grand theories, and wonder- i
ful projects for the Christianization of i
every one who is not as good as ourselves, I
we ought to be a very pious People; judged I
by the immense numbers and various kinds
of Associations for the amelioration of the
morals of all who fall below oarhigh stand
ard, we are, certainly, a ost pious Peoplet
But, honestly, are wel Judged by our
universal Church-going, on Sundays-or,
on Sabbaths, as some, with scrupulous
Scripturalness, would say-we must be a
devout People; judged by our inordinate
cravings and wonderful relish for finoe Ser
mons, we ought to be a very devout Peo
h ple; judged by the glowingeulogiums pro
nouanced, indiscriminately, over the coffins
.of every one who has the distinguished
Sprivilege of dying in this country, we, cer
tainly, are the most devout People "the
* world ever saw."
In truth, are we t Judged by the number
Sof our Ministers, with their splendid sala
Sries, and the variety of their teachings,
suilting every taste, we must be a good
People; judged by the eztrsvrdia.ry inter
eat manLfested, ia , macsy ways, for the
I conversion of agr~* I*s hes, we
ought to be a tve yse Ivy*w Ijagd r
ed, ard well paid, i ai - v s., t,4. ly tie
a ship-lads of iable, ma5 '~ atii, t a* -
w r derfei tesit j tkhs-at 4au iv t rtaw we
Chridewstire the sfl rtia tl-va ;, w *i4
do eawsrsits thel s e '.4; tit d kou* kt. ,(.
n o on . se, f sw. i, iS..-S t'·
Is it a reality, or, Is istnwaea iss*il* u- i
'a' alt sham? What, and ew* D'iwa., .a (ise
l'ower of Religion among our 'eapsN BMsa
It exalted, and' s it elevatiag them? Is Re
ligion gaining or losing ground t Are our
lofty professions real, or, are they but a
modern form of old Phariseeolm I
And these are thoughts that need to be
pondered; questions that ought to be an
swered. If our Religion be not real, then
it is no Religion at all, and, without Reli
gion, real, positive, powerful, above them,
and, independent of them, no People can
live, no Society can last. If the relations
of men with God, through Religion, are
disturbed or destroyed, the relations of
men towards men in. the political order,
through Government, must suffer.
Religion for the individual, for the Na
tiqu, for the People, for the World, is ne
cessary. It is the law, universal, without
an a Lption, and he who breaks the law,
most bear the penalty. Religion is neces
sary to the purity of the People; the puri
ty of the People is essential to the stabili
ty of Government; so that the surest way
to destroy a Government, is to weaken the
Religion of its People. That Nation which
eschews Religion, must necessarily lead an
agitated life, and die a violent death; for
Religion is the very basis of order and of
law. If the laws of Religion be universal
ly violated, be very sure that civil and po
litical law will not be long obeyed.
Are we, then, a R$ligious People Is
Religionlamong us a supreme thing ? No;
and we are sorry, indeed, to know it, yet
not afraid to say it. The war was a test;
and it proved that there was very little Re
ligion in the Country. That little, since
the war, has grown less. Did not North
ern Religion invoke the hatred of men, and
the vengeance of God, against us t Were
not the Pulpits desecrated by appeals to
the passions of men ; and did not Religion
exert her powers for war, and not for
peacet Did not the war plainly prove
that the boasted purity of Religion, in this
Country, was only a boast, and nothing
more -
Tested by war, the Religion of our Peo
ple proved a failure.
And, now, if you wish tojudge fairly of
the strength or weakness of Religion among
the People, consider their lives. A People's
life is the criterion of a People's Religion.
A. J. R.
Easter Sunday.
To-day we celebrate the most triumph
ant festival of the Church, the anniversary
of that day when the resurrection of the
dead became an accomplished fact in the
person of Him who had preached that most
glorious doctrine. The greatest of all con
tests, that between life and deafh, between
destruction and immortality, had been de
cided finally in favor of the human race.
We must remember that this war had
been waged from the beginning of the
world-the war between good and evil, be
tween faith and scoffing unbelief. The
fool had always said in his heart,
there is no God, no resurrection, no eternal
life. The devil had always reigned over
by far the greater portion of the earth.
Its whole face had been wrapped in the
veil of superstition, idolatry and immorali
ty. There were always, indeed, some few
holy men who revered justice and spoke to
others of meekness, of patience and of
charity, but they were scouted as barbari
ans by the amore polished among the hea
thens, and oftentimes stoned to death by
those who ought to have regarded them as
prophets.
The evil one had almost secured the un
disputed sovereignty of the whole world
when the Messiah, so long promised, at last
appeared. The flood of evil had reached
its height and but few were left not as yet
submerged beneath its swelling tide. Christ
was born, and when His time had comb,
He spoke to men, but it was as one having
authority. He preached lowliness, poverty,
self-contempt, obedience, submission and
the loveof enemies. Human nature stood
aghast; philosophy was astounded. But
the grace of God was with His words and
many believed.
They believed, but the world called them
madmen. Almost the whole human race,
with its learning, its wisdom, its wealth
and its power, was against them. What
wonder that their hearts sometimes failed
them as they thought of all they had left
behind ! What wonder that, as they looked
(or a moment beyond their own little cir
cle, and beheld the great, black, universal
storm about to burst in overwhelming fury
upon them, that their knees smote together
and feat came upon them! Bot they founnd
Sgreater wisdom and truth in their Master
ttha they had left behiLd, so they believed
in the face of the grast darknea itself;
tury had se sAs Mari J vtr quallthe tem
pul wsth a geaser a ISAi thead, and walk
'spee he eagag ma*, a, rs they hoped, as
se w the Aal hw as of id had come.
r.e , la 4 &rest. pymvaled in" the contest
S~rt .\ Thert Master had fallen before
. i p ia of the worid. In triamph the
y~ *4 ad agty lhad seized Him, in
unittt IS.w, estan Iim. They had told
.tnu . A&4. own from tbhe cross and
i.m,-m* A islieve in him. Their
.,a.ue dad an d buried, and now be
ts,. '4 a.. th4 day had dawned. The last,
5,, y.n: tt, chaoee for the triumph of
C.wv vA- .s wse pasing, the last second
• sv sr. w.ng day of disappointed hope wa_
A &,t'i fadt into the twilight of despair
s utoss nilht muf~ t be death-eternal death.
Glery be to God I Christ is risen. "The
Master is not bere." The stone of death is
rolled from the door of hope and angels
stand before the baled grave, watching
over the sanctuary into which victory Lhas
turned the tomb. Truth has triumphed
at last and the spirit of darkness is robbed
of his prey a$ the very moment of assured
success. The faithful few who haye has
tened to the scene stand bewildered with
the .realization of their most glorious
dreams and in breathless joy scarcely dare
believe the testimony of their own-sight.
And now once a year this blessed event
is brought vividly to the recollecitifn of
men through the solemn offices of the
Church. It is recorded, not only in books,
but, far more strikingly and imperishably,
in the customs- of the people. Its spirit
pervades the whole Church, not only to
day, but throughout the year. We know
that Christ is risen from the dead and that
the conqueror of death is, and ever will pbe
omnipotent against evil. The same war,
it is true, is still waged against his king
dom in this world. The powers of dark
ness still rage against his chosen ones, but
the faithful Christian knows well on which
banner victory must eventually perch. The
storm often gathers, now, in portentous
blackness, but we are certain that its clouds
must clear away before some future sun of
triumph. The populace `may still cry out
in a moment of phrensy for Barrabas, and
prefer a "noted robber" like Victor Em
manuel to Christ in the person of His
Vicar, but in the light of this day's glo
rious resurrection it is easy to foresee the
coming victory of truth and justice.
Orphan Asylum Capitalists.
There are probably few Catholics, if
any, in this city, who have not heard of
the famous speech delivered last Monday
evening, by Mr. Walton, in the City Coun
oil, on the subject of the quarterly appropri
ations to charitable institutions, Mr.Walton,
one of the city administrators, asked to
enter his protest against the passage of the
ordinance, and, in the course of his obser
vations, is reported to have said:
That a number of the institutions to which
these appropriations 'were made, invested,
through their directors, the very money re
ceived quarterly in the city seven-thirties, and
drew the interest with as much gusto and
promptness as any other capitalists.
Now the whole list of institutions em
braced in the ordinance consists of orphan
asylums, except the house of the Good
Shepherd. We therefore, on the best au
thority, that of the City Treasurer, have
these asylums presented in the new role of
capitalists, that is, as humbugs and impos
ters. Rich establishments, probably, well
endowed, having revenues -at least suf
flcient to the wants of their few inmates
present themselves at the door of Mr.
Walton's treasury, and with the hypocriti
cal cant of professional beggary make a
poor mouth and solicit charity under false
pretences.
" They draw their interest with as much
gusto and promptness as any other capital
ists." What visions of fat monks and
wealthy monasteries come up before the
mind stored with good puritanical history,
as one reads this suggestive announcement.
Ah, the lazy sluggards, the useless drones,
who take the world so easily and have, no.
thing to do bat come every quarter and
cram their plethoric parses still fuller with
Mr. Walton's unwilling greenbacks!
We must insist upon it that Mr. Walton
should show up these people. That right
here, in the open day of the Nineteenth
Century, we should relapse into the scan
dals of the " dark ages" without notice or
provocation, is not to be borne. Especially
it is to be reprobated that Protestant es
tablishments should so degenerate after all
their horror at the wicked doings which
transpired before the light of Luther's day.
We regret, too, that Mr. Walton found it
necessary to be so pointed in his allusions
to them that it sbould be impossible to mis
understand his meaning. He is so well
aware, together with all other men in this
city who have a particle of sense, tht the
Catholic asylums are deeply involved in
debt and frequently have no idea one week
before hand where they will get the next
week's bread, that it is impossible for him
to have made allusion to them.
No doubt some of these boouses may have
creditors who will not press them harshly,
and who advise them to hold their City
bonds rather than dispose of them at a
ruinous discount. If such creditors are
willing to wait, it is but fair and it is eer
tainly honorable in the asylams, as it would
be in an individual, to take advantage of
this kindness and keep their bonds in the
hopes of a better market. In such a case it
would not be unduly presumptuous on their
part to apply for the intereat, provided they
did not do so with "gusto." Any "prompt
ness" could not be complained of by a
reasonable man who knows the state of the
city treasury as well as Mr. Walton does.
SWe doubt not, therefore, that some of the
Catholieasyloms have occasionally present
Sed those little coupons to Mr. Walton, but
I be could not, by any possibility, have been
r referring to them under the head of Capital
- ist, when he knows that they were holding
, their bonds merely through the charity of
f creditors.
d We cannot coincide with the administra
a tor of finance when he thinks it right to
, establish and support a public almshouse
. while he would not give a cent to private
charitable institutions. It Mr. Walton had I
taken the general ground that government
has no right to taix people for education or
religion or charity, that it has no business
to interfere with such interests, but must
leave them to the good will of the people,
we might, perhaps, have sided with him.
We are satisfed that Catholies will always
furnlsh snol meansas are necessary for
these objects, espeoilay if they are not al
reedy over-taxed by the State; but when
government insists upon raislog money
enodgh to meet these and similar ends, Ca
tholies insist upon having their.far appor- 1
tilonmeit of saeh moneys and on making
the application of them after their own
fashibn.
And it is not nrecssary to argue with'
Mr. Walton upon the correctness of this po
sition. o80 thoroughly is this community a
convinced of it, so far as concerns ques
tions of charity, that the administrator I
may be safely left to enjoy his peculiar
diews in solitude. I That gentleman is,
doubtless, a good financier, but how he can.
sustain his position upon the subject of an
almshouse on economical greounds, is a mys
tery sto us. Mr:-Saw's exposure of his
fallacy was complete in a very few words,
embodying the two following propositions,
1st, it would become an insupportable bur
den, and 2dly, a prolific source of adminis
trative corruption.
Mr. Shaw wisely asked how far $14 per
annum would go towards supporting an
orphan or anybody else. In all probability a
if the city should take charge of all these
unfortunates, their care would cost about
$100 per annum each. The list as publish
ed and embodied in the ordinance numbers I
1781 children. The assumption of the fall I
support of all these, would certainly entail,
as Mr. Shaw says, an intolerable burden.
Public establishments are always and
necessarily far more costly than those of
private charity,because a considerable por
tion of their outlay is for salaries to offici
als. These perions must be supported in
handsome style with their families, and
have enough over to lay up something for
a future day, while Sisters of Charity ask
no wages and want no wealth. As to the
superior order, cleanliness, comfort, moral
ity and happiness of their establishments 1
when compared with those sustained by the r
government and directed by hired officials,
it is useless to raise a question.
Mr. Walton has the reputation in this
community of being honest, which is high
ly creditable to him, but we think his jus
tice is not sufficiently tempered with mer
cy on this subject, and while we may give
him credit for a watchful solicitude over
r public moneys, we must dissent from his
socialistic tendency to concentrate all
powers in the government. We by far
prefer the policy of Mr. Shaw, which sees
more wisdom in trusting to private chari
ties, and we heartily applaud his declara
tion, under the present aspect of politics,
that "he considered these appropriations as
a more sacred obligation than that of pro
viding for the interest of the consolidated
debt."
Holy Week.
To the last week of Lent, in which we com
memorate the sufferings and passion of our
Lord Jesus Christ, all practical Catholics,
properly devote more of their time to the ob
servance of tl ir religious duties, than at any
other period of the year. For during that
i week we call to mind all the blessings which
Christ vouchsafed to his followers, and in
these we rejoice; and at the same time we
contemplate all that He has suffered for our
salvation, and in that contemplation, we weep
in sorrow and in love for that God, who in His
excessive love for us, submitted to every
humiliation, aye, even the ignonimy of a death
r upon the cross. As on Holy Thursday the
Church celebrates the institution of the Bless
ed Sacrament of the Eucharist, the faithfel
I participate in the celebration by partaking of
a the Body and Bloood of Jesus Christ from the
hands of the representative of Christ, as did
His disciples at the last supper, from the hands
of Christ himself. On Good Friday we follow
the Saviour i His journey from the court of
Pilate to the summit of Mount Calvary; and
who among our readers will join in the vast
throng which accompanies Jesus in that hu
miliating journey, and behold the sons of God,
Sbowed down with the weight of the cross, His
Sdevoted head pieroed with thorns, presenting
a spectacle of blood, his flesh lacerated with
Sthe whipping and buffetting of a blind rabble
-who can look on and see his God fall thrice
e to the ground, ere he reaches the place of exae
Scution,-and who, in fine, can stand by while
V the nail is driven with brutal force into the
- sacred hands of Him whose love for his very
e executioners was so great, thate he called to
- His Father in Heaven to forgive them,-who
i will do all this, and feel no pang of sorrow I Is
if it still necessary in order to excite your grief,
a that you most behold Him on the cross be
t tween two oriminals,the blood oozing from His
r every pore ? Behold Him then I For your sins
the Son of God dies on a cross. And at
Sthe foot of that cross, behold a mother who
a loved Him with a mother's love and now in
the anguish which only a mother can feel, sees
her Son expire in agony. Cas you now weep?
The custom of visiting the various Churches
e on Thursday and Friday of Holy Week is a
beautiful one, and we are pleased to see that
the observance of thecustom is, each year, in
Screasing. The streets leading to the churches
Swere literally crowded on Good Friday. From
g the close of the deremonies in the morning nn
til the services in the evening, the number of
visitors to the churches in the Second and
- Third Districts was immense. It seemdd, how
o ever, that all who had been to the churches
ie down town afterwards extended their pilgrim"
ae age to the different churches in the First and
Fourth Distriots. The altars of the Blessed
Virgin in all the churches were exceedingly
beautiful in their decorations. To the English,
French and German Churches of the Redemp
torist Fathers in the Fourth Distriot, the tide
of the faithful seemed particularly to dow.
Few personseexcept those living in the Distriot,
were aware however that in the "Convent of
Mercy" on Bt. Andriw street, there was a
sight which would have well repaid a visit.
In the Chapel of the Convent there was ereew "
ed a beautiful canopy supported by twelve
columns; these were twined with lowers of
every hue; beneath the canopy stood the ta
bernacle, containing the HolyEuoharist, which
was most gorgeously decorated; the wholewas
surroudded with the richest lace, and number
less candles shed their mellow light on the
beautiful repository of the Host. On Holy Satur
day, the only Church in which there is any ere
mony is the German Church of St. Mary on
Josephine etreet. We have seldom seen any
thing so beautiful and so imptessive. The
German Catholic Societtes are present and
form in the procession of the Blessed Sacra
ment, as it isbornearound the Church. During
the ,peremonies the entire congregation sing
the responses to the celebrant, and to the Ca
thollo unaccustomed to this mode of assisting
at the services, the impression is extremely
edifying. To-day all is joy, and well may we
sing, "Glory be to God, in the highest, and
on earth peace to men of good will"
St. Joseph's New Church.
The grandest enterprise of its kind ever an
dertaken by the clergy of the South is, beyond
a doubt, the erection of the new church of pt.
Joseph by the Lazarist Fathers of our ity.
When this grand edifice is completed, there
will not be a building in the 8tate, except theU.
8. Customhouse, which will excel i in its im
mense size; lad- in ilre beauty ' durabilty
of its construction it may be' equaled by the
Cathedral of St. Patrick in New York, but even
that grand temple will not surpass it. The
walls of the church are now raised about fifteen
feet above the ground, and the sills for thelay
ing of the floor will be soon prepared and put
in place. The side walls are of brick and stone,
the entire froqt of the church will be com
posed of brown stone. It is now but a short
time since the work began, and the progress
made is wonderful. The heaviest part of the
work is now finished, and our citizens, in a
shorter time than they think of, will see this
great addition to the city's beauty in a finished
state, giving another proof of the energy and
enterprise of the Catholic priesthood.
The dimensions of the churchare, as wehave
before informed our readers, two hundred and
thirty-three feet six inches in length and one
hundred and fifteen leet in breadth. There
will be a double roof to the church, something
similar to the Church of the Immaculate Con
ception, the first roof being eighty feet above
the floor. Owing to the great size of the
building there will be no galleries-twenty
five hundred persons can be comfortably sested
in the pews. The basement of the church will
also be completely finished and divided into
several large rooms and used for various pur
poses.
We paid a visit to the work last week, and
we must acknowledge our inability to describe
what we saw and do justice to it. A visit
alone will give one an idea of what is being
and has been done. Mr. Thomas O'Neil, the
architect, has constructed many of our public
buildings, but this one will be the grandest
testimonial to his capaciiy as a builder that he
could wish for. He has pushed the, work
steadily, and has been giving almost his entire
time and attention to its proper construction.
The name of Thomas O'Neil will be inseparable
from the grandest edifice of which the South
can boast.
To-morrow evening a grand fair, under the
auspices of the ladies of the parish, will open,
and we trust that all who have any claim to
the reputation of being liberal, or desirous of
encouraging improvements in our city, will
attend on one evening at least, and contribute
what they can to the now depleted treasury of
the worthy Lszerist Fathers.
Tan Youxo Hzalamaxs.-We learn with,
pleasure that the y'oung men of this city who
can boast of Irish blood are about to inaugu
rate a movement to organize a Hibernian Asso
ciation. rhe spirit oo-St. Patrick seems to
have crossed the broad Atlantio, and for a
time leaving his devoted Erin, comes to organ
ize those who, years ago, fled oppression in the
land of their birth and sought refuge in a dis
tant but happier clime, and comes to remind
them that although they are now the adopted
children of another, they must not forget the
mother on whose bosom they were nurtured.
And the children, too, of those who abandoned
their homes, when they were turned into hells
by the maliciouspersecutions of a short-sighted
Government-they, too, must show that al
though their fathers had a country, but could
not call it their own, and although that conu
try ranked not high among the powers of the
world, yet they feel no shame for Ireland.
Yes, the spirit of St. Patrick is with us, and,
infusing itself into all, both young and old, is
bringing forth glorious results. Time was
when many were ashamed to be considered
Irishmen, but now, with the same pride that
the members of the Old Guard felt when point
ed out as a soldier of France, he who belongs
to one of cur Hibernian organizations, feels
when one of hise fellow-citizens singles him
out as a son of St. Patrick. Due notice will
be given of the first meeting of the young
men for organization, which will take place
within the next two weeks. Success attend
them !
The last month heas been rich in interest to the Eng.
Sitsh Churchmen. They are now beset behind sad be.
fore. Mr. Voysey's condemnation strucok terror into
the hearts of the Eatisoneslsta sand now the Rituiealiste
Iare limited, on the other hand. Lord Hatherley end
- his o-episcopasl judge have decided in the ces of Rev.
f James Purches thatnoclergyman can wear " cbhsuble,
I b. or teal," although the biretta is allowable. Nel
ther mast he use the wafer in the communion, nor mix
water with the wioe. He muat not stand with his back
Sto the people, nor can he nuse the first prayer book of
Edward VI. At this rate the English church will soon
i lose its reputation for indiscriminate toleration.