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MIrning star and Catholic Messenger.
NEw O lAsIM seDAT, OCTOBER 15. IsT1.
(F6r te Morning star sad CstholleMaaaenger1l
THE CITY OF REFUGE.
Hebron and Basser, Eaet, Keel , Golan
I eade of them at Use of evening proper,
Thea elosed my Bible, sad went faeth to study
The other Bible-Natere's slamo ar.
The nasses msse buk whee, enterag the gre.awood.
I alowly poeed Its laify, lowery ways
- abson and Brees, Umeth, edes, Goelan
I mused upon the eitis of old days.
Isran had passes the horroe of the desaue
Hdd thrown aeLd. fsr aye old Egypt' bchain,
Eas reached the promasd land, but still was wanting
The rest that for Gol's people doth reamaa.
Thae'still was strife asn bloodshed ; stll th' avenger
Of ganulltls blood did wait to slay the slayer
Bat God appolnted strong and walled ditles,
That he who aooght might And his safety there.
Whmre are they sw. ths cittle of protection t
Bare they been overwhelmed by time's gret eoodt
hath war been there, and havoo, and confusion,
And left of them no vestige where they stood
tomr o ! the avengers smiteus, too for evil
That we have done-our forefathers and we
Nsrrow, and care, and suffering pursue us;
Have we no city whereunto to flee1
3611 this sad question crme. as in the gloaming
I wandered onward through the shadowy doll,
And all at once the nuspokns thought was ansawered
By the soit ringing of a bchime of bells.
Then on I roved, where, hidden in the forest,
Bullt by long.felded, lonmgforgotten hands,
Halfroiuned, weather-beaten, Iry.overed,
ia old gray chapel of St. Mary stands.
Ad there. wherefalls that hapel' lengthen'd shadow,
Where tell trees wave their branches overhead,
PWr from the nosay concourse of the living.
I saw the silent city of the dead.
And as I gazed upon the scene tbfur. mre.
Where uhabed or ayeareseunds strife and mirth.
A still voice whipered, " See the portals to a city
Of refuge for the stricken ones of earth "
O. Father, hear, and in thy gooi time grant me
A mansion in that city of the blest,
Where wicked ores forever cease from troubling
And calm the weary le In muriug rest.
-Once'.
(For the Morning Star and Catholic hessenger.I
BLLEN FITZGERALD'
(A NovEL.)
verentlr Dflieatrd ti, the hsemoryef RICAR.D
D'ALTON WILLIAMS, the Irish xlie and Poet,
ar
S. 1,. ELDER.
(Conttnued.)
CHAFTFER VII.
As they left ti he room, Mrs. Dudley turned to
her husband, a:nd with a cheerful tone on
quired :
" Well, C',arles, sball we talk of our dear
Clifford, now I"
" Rea,,l re the letter again,. wife. and let me
alueretor 'I what it is he really says."
"New You x, Aug. 20th, 18
M~.y D.ar Father-I have received your last
favor inviting me to return to New Orleans,
and join you in business. I do not wish to pain
von. but my decision is to settle at the North.
I am of age, and all my sympathies are with
this section of the Union. I do not think I
could be happy at the South.' Having lived
here so many years of my life, I find that my
opinions are no longer the same as in boyhood.
I hope this decision will not grieve my mother
and sisters, whom I/ihall always hold in most
affectionate remembrance. My prospects are
very good at present, and I have no need to
call upon you for pecuniary assistance. With
muchlove to my mother and aisters and Wllie,
believe me, Respectfully your son,
CLIvFroID Owax."
As Mrs. Dudley closed the letter she said,
"I am afraid he calls me mother only in
name, and that I have but little share in his
affections. Poor, little fellow Lw1ow well I re
member the night you brought him home to
me, and how delighted the children were with
their new playmate and brother."
"I have no patience with him!" rejoined
Mr. Dudley. "He has disappointed me more
than words can tell. I am afraid he is both
proud and selfish !"
Who was Clifford Owen, whose conduct had
so disturbed the genial temper of Mr. Dudley,
and thrown a shade of sorrow over the inva
lid's brow t
As husband and wife continued thoir con
versation througlh many hours of the nighthis
history could well be gathered from their
words; but thle story was a simple one, and
ean econ be told.
He was an orphan; a poor, friendless boy,
who had often passed Mr. Dudley's door. How
Willie and the little forlorn, motherless boy
first met, was beyond the recollection of either;
but for two or turre years, seldom had a day
passed without an interchange of kind words
or friendly smiles between them.
On his way to school, or at the corners of the
street, or ou the steps of the omnibus, or at
the door of the little chapel, somewhere and at
some time, Willie Dudley was sure to meet his
friend.
He shared with him his lunch, he took him
portions ,f his dinner, he gave him pocket
mone.y, h taught him his own simple prayer.
These were a tow of the many ways in which
Willie became bound iup ill the humble conm
panion of those early days.
Clifford was entirely alone in the world,
strange as it may seent. And how many
of the little urchins that till our streets,
are, like hint, without homes or friends or
parents
He knew well tlhat he hadt none in the wide
world to give him love or food or shelter, amd
that two lonely mounds in St. Patrick's grave
yarl held the mouldering forms of those who
had once cared for him.
It had never ocurred to Willie that his fa
ther or mother could or would assist his poor
friend, so that their attachment had continued
for a long time unknown to either parent.
At last there came a crtaisl in the orphan's
fate. He could no longer bear his joyless,
miserable erlatence, anl had joined himselr
to a travt.lng eircus company: nay, had even
smid himms.i:f to one of the managers on certain
eonditio: >. F.r a stated length of time.
It was when he told all this to Willie on the
eve of his departure from the city, that the
generous heart of the merchant's son felt how
very dlear was the poor, barefooted orphan at
his side, aol how their lives had blended to
gether until it was agony to think of parting
now.
Thoat ilght, almost dellrious with iis sorrow,
Willie c·rmimed all to his mother's keeping,
mand inmllored her, for the love of him, to take
thie filtetless orllan hmone and make him
lailppy ith her care.
Mrs. Imdley enmdeavored t, coimnole her
hinV nl i, ll hi., mtmimll .iaw'aiy mIrt, m his little
s's " , ." ads,,e,~re t.4'a to quiet
)Rb.a Unwlling as he was to Impose an additional
burden apon his young and eeate wife, and
, bad as were his strugles them to epport hi
own little family, Mr. Dudley was won over
r. by Willis?. tears antCllford's sad history, and
he resolved to adopt the poor hey.
Thus it happened that the little orphan be
same a mesber of the didley family, and
greup with Willie more like a twin brother
Mrs. Dudli's heart opened to reesive the
lonely child, and sheaoon loved him with all a
mothe's love. Mr. Dudley oontributed every
O thing within hs means to the edAotion and ad
vanoement of his adopted son but an elder
brother of bh,. a Mr. Robert IDadley unmar
ried, and living t the North, offered to give
Cllord a complete collegiate edueation, and
nducaed Mr. Dudley to entrust him to his care.
Devoted to monn-mahkn, rad Imbued with
ranting the fanatical notlo of the day Bobert Dad
le had infuaed the some spirit lntioClifford's
mind, until he had destroyed within him all
vanger love for his SBothern home and friends.
Mr. Dudley had only Clifford's interest at
heart when he hadgiven him-p to his brother,
re. and did not dream that the affectonatelioy
could ever become a cold and selfih man.
" How deeply I regret," said Mr. Dudley to
eoodi his wife that night, as their conversation drew
g, towards its olose "that I ever allowed my bro
ther's wishee to inflnence me in regard to Clif
ford. Regrets, I know, are useless; but I fear
we have lost a Son I"
He stooped and kissed his wife as he
spoke, then rose and paced the long, quiet
rooms.
Mr. Dudley was a rich banker now, and
Clifford would have been gladly welcomed to
ma, all the privileges of a son ; but the young man
sweed felt a resentment against fortune for having
once cast him, a forlorn and helpless child, at
the feet of Mr. Dudley, and he imagined that
the man of wealth and influence had conUted
every dollar and every trouble the orphan boy
had cost him.
He had been away from his home and from
her whom he called mother, at the very age
bado, when his heart most yearned for love and ten
ad dernes. and when his nature was most sus
c Oeptible to all their gentle influaece; now he
determined to steel bhis heart against all softer
pleadings and lead a lonely, joyless life.
Between Willie and himself, however, there
still existed the closest friendship; and the
fIrt former would not yee in his friend any of those
Ity faults which grieted his mother and elicited
his father's disapprobation.
Mr. Robert'Dadley being now dead, even Wil
lie hoped that Clifford would return to his old
home, and he could not believe that pride
a alone had made him reject all offers from his
father, and kept him beggared of his love and
Crlu. confidence.
That night, as Mr. Dudley bade his wife
good night, saying, in a distressed and disap
r.I pointed tone: "I am afraid we will have to
give him up, my dear"--Willie, in his own
Sroom, was pouring out his heart's affection for
Clifford in a long, closely-written letter, the
RARD last words of which ran thus: "We will not
Poor give you up, old fellow ! Remember, that No
vember the 17th is our Kate's birthday, when
she will be eighteen !"
CHAFTER VIII.
lrcenty One !
William Dudley's twenty-first birthday was
aed to drawing near-Kate and Blanche were each
se on- preparing some little token, which, proving
useetl to him, might at the salme time remind
dear him of their sisterly affection.
lMr. Dudley had proposed giving his son an
let me Inauguralparty, but Willie scornfullydecl d
such manifestations only fit for girls, an
he.would wait for Kate's birthday When
r last counil enjoy himself at her "frolic"-iuuch
leans, more than he would at his own.
o pain The time, therefore, slipped by unnoticed;
North. Mrs. Dudley alone counting the days that
s with hurried her boy, as she fondly called him, upon
bink I the road to manhood.
glived How strange it seems to a mother's heart
that the darling baby-son whom she cradled
on her knees and lulled to sleep within her
nother arms, should now be the earnest, thoughtful
Smost man upon whose bosom, her own weary head
ta are often inuds repose and in whose strong arms
ed to her anxious heart seeks comfort and encourage
With ment
Wllie It happened one morning as Mrs. Dudley
moved about her Tuom, that she heard her
name called by her son in a rather loud and
unnatural tone.
said, His room was just oppositeher own, opening
upon the long, wide ball; and as she hurried
nly in to his door, she heard him still calling in a
in his tone of amazement and fright.
lIIre "Mother! Mother! There is a man in my
rmeto room!"
e with It was just at the break of day, for Mrs.
Dudley, though an invalid, was always an
joined early riser, and rather an amused smile played
more round her lips at the idea of an intruder
both being within the house and her strong, mpuly
soft calling on his -weak, invalid mother to in
et had form her of the fact.
udley, With this smile upon her face and a wealth
inva- of love overflowing her tender eyes, she enter
ed Villie's room. It was in strange confusion,
r con- chairs and tables upset and the bed dragged to
;ht,bis the very center of the apartment. Boots,
their shoes, coats, hats, all the articles belonging to a
ie, and gentleman's wardrobe, were lying in singular
profusion on the bed or floor, and even the
s oy, mirror had left its lofty position on the wall
and occupied, with as great deal of risk to it
is boy self, the only rocking chair in the room.
either; " I do not see any man here," she said, look
a day ing only at her handsome son, whose erect and
words well-knit frame seemed a match for more than
one opponent.
of the "Not see one, mother!" exclaimed Willie, in
s, or at a tone of mock disappointment and dismay,
and at "then surely do your eyes deceive you!"
cet his He was very handsome in his young man
hood. His white forehead wearing the im
ik him press of truth and virtue, and his dark eyes
pocket flashing with mingled pride and mischief.
prayer. " What sort of a man Is it, my son ?" asked
which his mother, looking around her for a seat;
le con- which Willie seeing, he soon had her comfort
ably installed in his beat arm-chair, while,
world, standing erect before her, he answered her
nany question:
treets, "A very flue looking man indeed, mother.
uds or Tall and graceful, with ittelligeut features
and intellectual forehead. Dark, earnest
e wide eyes; soft, waving hair; white, well-formed
ar, and hands, and feet small enough even for a lady."
grave- She lookedl at him admiringly in spite of his
so who saucy emile and egotistical words, and, lay
ing h.er hand caresingly upon his arm, she
is poor "And what do you intend to do with this
rtinued mans, my darling fn"
t. -LThe earnest, loving tone drove all mischief
rphan's from hiuface, all 'merriment from his lips, as,
joyls, kneeling down before his mother, he replied:
himslf - I shall try to make a good man of him.
du even Oe that a mother may he Iproud of throngh
certain all the days of her dear life. But you must
es him nowiu and give him a sweet kiss ashis
on tle 'nost precious birth-day token."
bat the Capng her arms around his neck, she mur
,it how mnsred words of love and blessing.
han at -'_My own dear boy. my precious son!
dd to- Though yon cell yoursef a emn to-dsy, yon
nrting will over he my own loving Willie, my pride
and Joy. Be but what you have always been
sorrow and I shall be content."
ping, Then clinging to him as though the world
o take were already drawing him beyond her reach,
a him and she was fast receding from his heart and
hopes, site said:
l her "How can I give you up, my son! Oh!
little when the world, with all its cares and pleas
a ut ires, engrosses your kind heart, keep always
tn her thlere a place for your poor mother!"
".rFd it "Far ndt,hbest and sweetest mother. I do
e at- iuot thlink earth can ever give mile nO llhing as
Ciur.o ildear as home, and I have yet to tind eyes
iueni, brigiller r nore loving thalln your own."
)lie I.i-cl away us teur-dropalowly trickliig
ec th Ilown ilt r ehelck, ilid enuloldel her still mir,e
close:! 1I hi arms.
l Beantifisl devotion of parent ad ClMa I
4 Why is teoran
is "Cliffodl too, was twenty-one few motla
sr ago hbut I fearbeh eas led all tboughto of
id me .tom his heet, nd that you are dased,
Willie, my only oon.
::Dont " veh issp et, dear mother, for I
i aill blievO he Ii rve himselO f not 11 uD
sr grateful for your love ad eare. What would
oa my it I shouel malake that be wll yet
i a Obdstmam gagga."
a t you .e still • ba opel chbild, Willie,
Ihand my own be-earmwtned boy" She
I drew h heed d-w o Lher bosom and pressed
w a kism upon his brow.
r- Willie looked up with a beaming, roguish
e smile.
d "A man, mother you forget, a man "'
. "I can't see him yet," she answered, with an
h arch emphasis on the words. " You told me
I. thatmy eyes deceived me, and I Intend they
's shall continue to do so, for many long years to
II come."
"Unfortunate mortal! miserable me!" was his
t laughing rejoinder, as he caressed her thin,
r,white ands. "Even my mother ignores the
y distinguished honor of having another man
in the household, another victim to be figura
o tively twisted around her majesty's thumb."
. "God grant that you may always be as light
hearted as now, my son, and that the ha pt
f- ness of others may be ever dearer to you than
r your own. Remember always your duty to
your God and you will never forget that which
e you owe to His creaturee."
i " Brother Willie," called out-the sweet voices
of his sisters, " let u`s eongratulate you upon
d being twenty-one to-day I"
S'fn your kases said Kate, "has mamma
n been scolding you for all your past misdeeds."
g "Rather advising him in regard to his fu
,t tare good conduot, said Blanche, as she laid
t a parir of velvet slippers at his feet. Kate
d passed her gaft, a beautiful, daintily embroi
dered cravat, around his neck, while she ex
claimed:
"At least he is all mine for rthe present, and
e unless he repents of all his past mischief and
promises amendment for the time to come-I
shall strangle him without mercy."
a Willie Immediately pretended violent eaf
r focation; when Kate, loosening the delicate
pressure on his throat, suddenly found herself
e and Blanche caught and imprisoned in his
strong-arms, while he held his laughing face
a so high above them that neither could reach it,
i either for the purpose of Inflicting punishment
or bestowing a caress.
" Never mind!" he said, when at last be al
l lowed himself to be pulled down to a level
, with their own sweet faces, " never mind, I
am a man now, and can afford to be conde
s acending to little girls!"
They plnched his rosy cheeks and pulled his
a ears, declaring he was a saucy boy, and in
quiring why he had established such perfect
3 disorder in his batchelor apartments.
"Just becaueo I had a right to do so!" lie
r answered, " and because everything was so
a staid and steady round se that I did not feel
t as if I really had entered upon-manhood."
Mrs. Dudley gazed upon them as they stood
a encircled in each other's arms, with all a moth
er's love and pride. Willie, in all hisyoung, man
ly beauty; her fond,conifding, noble, hich-heart
ed boy, whose trust in those dear to him was
only eq lilled by his love. Kate, her smiling,
joyous, liht-heurted, hopeful child, whose fa,
cies werelalways bright and' beautiful; and
Blanche, her pale-faced, pensive darling,
whose hands were evet open to the poor and
needy, eas whose life was a continued act of
love to God and man.
"You remind me, my children," she said,
" of the beautiful figures of Faith, Hope and
Charity which I have sometimes seen; es
pecially asmy Blanche is, to-day, as white as
the marble of whiebthe group is sculptured."
Willie caught his mother's meanidtg, and
i with a look of mnngledreverence and fiiaebief
i' aised his hands 'nd eyes imploringly to
n heaven; Kate, with a radiant smile, stretched
out her arms towards the distant, future, as
d though she saw and fain would grasp its gold
en promises; while Blanche, extending her
white hands, with a look of peace and love,
seemed imparting blessings upon all earth's
lowly children. It was a lovely group, and
a well might fill a mother's heart with pride;
for while playfully personating the heavenly
virtues, they had unconsciously typified their
own loving natures.
d CIIAPTER IX
The -Lonely Heart.
The bright, new life opening before Ellen's
a view with such joyous hopes and innocent ex
pectations, changed itself to a bard and sad
y reality, whose bloom and beauty were all con
cealed within her uncle's grave. All her art
- less efforts to win her uant's affection had
a been coldly thrust aside, and no stranger could
d have been more indifferent to the pour girl's
,r grief and desolate conditioun -
f One morning, Ellen was asked rather ab
raptly by her aunt, "what she meant to do
with herself."
a The question both surprised and grieved
her; for she had thought, or rather had hoped
, that her aunt would receive her as her dead
0 husband's legacy, and bestow upon her a
I, mother's love and interest. Not that the young
a girl desired to be a burden to any one: but her
r orphan'd heart so longed for affection and
e kindness, that it ached at this cold casting off
ii " If you are not going back to Ireland," con
k tinned her aunt; "you can hardly think of
staying here doing nothing."
- "O, no, Aunt Margaret," answered Ellen, "I
am very anxious to earn something towards
n my support, so as to be as little expense and
trouble to you as possible, only as yet I had
a not deterihIned what to do."
P, " If you are able to teach." continued her
aunt, "I know one of the school-directors
s- very well, and I will speak to him in the mat
i- ter. It is just about time to make application,
is for the new teachers will be appointed towards
the end of this year."
d Ellen thanked her aunt and expressed her
willingness and satisfaction at the suggestion.
- " I should be very happy to obtain a situa
5, tron in the schools, for while my salary would
,r be of assistance to you in the household, I could
still have leisure to assist you in many ways."
r. Mrs. Noonan nmadsle no reply to Ellen's at
Sfeationate arrangement', but, seizing the firat
it favorable opportunity, silently left the room.
d Ellen sat for a time, musing over the new
prospects before her, and shrinking instinct
' ively from the burden fate seemed to force
upon her. And what young girl, with refined
e and tenner feeling, does not hesitate to leave
the sanctity and shelter of home to enter upon
- a publio lite, however restricted its duties may
uf 8he knew that as a teacher in the schools of
i, the city, there woqld be much to arose and
wound her pride-muoh that every tree wo
. man hesitated to meet and which she would
L most willingly beared. Every Director had
t the right, she kne, to comment upon her co
l tions, and diotate his own peculiar views.
Every newspaper in the city was in the habit
of classing the body of teaochers as "the fair
crestores," whether they presided with dignity
over their scholars, or congregated at the City
n Hall to receive their very moderate salaries.
e "Quite a flatter among the fair creatures,"
n was the usual style of introducing the maid
ens, wives or widows, whose sore necessities
d forced them into public notice, and whose sor
, row-laden hearts, alas ! too often fluttered with
d "'hope deferred," and whose eare-bordened
lives robbed them too frequently of all bloom
or brightness.
It was natural that Ellen, in her orphan
5 hood and grief, should feel that life's new
duties wore the form of sorrow's cross, and
a that the realities of the present were far dif
iI ferent from the visions she had formed in the
a ip'st.
he thought of her island home,bcrniother's
g love thaft lhad always brightebed existence,
Sh,,vev.-r dark its clouds amight be; and now
,w vvei'ytlthiiig wise vi ciaauged. Sl ho was an
I erpha Ia a strange laud, friendless aisog
561556 15P% the bshelter of her nel's hous0e
h i vena to her mese greudinly, and his love and
I brightb plans for er, aat down in the silent
tombl
Asbamed of bet team Aund of sitting idle at
sunoh an early ,tor of thbe day, she left the
lonely toeem sanwent up stairs to her own lit
tie sanetum. -Ben this was eomfortless and
dreary-looking, with no homesamile of wel
come. A bed sand one solitairy chair ad been
its only futrniture the night she- was Ifrt in
troduced to her unele's home; but Ellen had
since added a little-table, a couple -of snowy
urtalans and a floe engraving of the Sinless
Virgin, "Mother of Him who islaviour of all,"
Cwhose lovng eyesseemed-to look upon the
-orphan girl with that tender pity only felt by a
mother'. heart.
"Other hearts have been sad and desolate,"
thought Ellen, as she looked at her treasured
picture and realized the beautiful meaning of
all those symbols of her faith. It is to incul
cate hope and resignation that-the Church
seatters these simple tokens of the Saviour's
love and the Virgin's sorrow through the hum
ble dwellings of the poor or the stately man
sions of the rich. In this ease. the lesson was
not lost; for Ellen felt new strength while
looking towards the picture, and a patient ac
ceptance of the moment's trial which made it
seem comparatively light.
Seeking her aunt again, she entreated her
to allow her to be of some assistance in the
household duties of the day, but, as usual, met
with a htilliunganswer.
"I do not need you in any way," was the
hard reply, ," I prefer to do the work myself."
It seemed to Ellen that her very presenee in
the house annoyed her aunt and ruffled her
tiper; so she concluded that a visit to the
Widow Brown would.'be far pleasanter than
remaining listlessly it home.
She had already been several tames to the
widow's 'ottage, and had always met with a
kind welome. - Mrs. Brown had often entreat
ed her to repeat her visits, for her lonely heart
yearned over one wlbQthad known her boy.
Aunt Polly, too, bad taken a fancy to the
young girl who had been so kind to Jim, and
always greeted her with so earnest "Howdy,
Miss Ellen, glad to see you. Mis' is right in
there."
It soothed Ellen to-day to hear the kindly
spoken words, while the. wiclow',s smile of
welcome, made her feel that she had done well
t. come.
She found iMrs. Brown engaged in unpacking
herson's trunk; and Ellen could readily under
stand how every moment spena in such a task,
added new pain to the mother's heart. Shirta
that she had made for him, socks that she had
knit, every article called up his image vividly
before her and awoke fresh grief and tears.
"My dear boy's-things!' she said to Ellen with
a umonrntnl smile-"Strango what a sad pleal
ore there is in looking over them again!'
Ellen sat down beside her, helping her re
move the clothing from the trunk and folding
up each article as the widow laid it aside.
Pausing in her labor the widow said :
" What an aimless thing life is now! " ften
when I think that my boy no longer needs me,
I pray that my pilgrimage may be short."
Then bowing her head over one of her son's
garments, she wept bitterly.
" If I on!y had his body !" she said at last.
" It seems to nie tLiialoss would not be quite
so hard to bear."
How true and natural was this feeling! El
len sympathized with the sense of desolation
that came to the mother whenever her thoughts
lingered on that fathomless, ocean grave.
Poor human nature! It matters so little
where the body rests, since it is not that which
we love and prize so fondly; and yet how much
greater seems our lose, how much deeper our
regret, If we may not claim the little left uas
here on earth!"
It was this that made both Ellen and the
widow weep in unison, although each heart
had its own peculiar sorrow. Mrs. Brown
mourned not only because her son was not, but
also because he slept so far away. She could
not water his grave with her tears, nor plant
bright flowers upon the precious sod; and
when at last death should call her hence, she
could not lay her head near his in earth's last
narrow home.
Ellen wept as she recalled the grassy
mounds of earth beneath which her father tnd
mother rested, and it seemed now that even to
near them would make her less friendless,
be lonely, sad.
(To be continued.)
BzISOP POTTER ON NUNS AND SISTERS OF
CHARITY. - Dr. Potter, the Protestant
Bishop of New York, has a very clear idea
of the importance of Nuns and Sisters of
Charity in the Church militant; and he has
great anxiety to have a large number of
these holy women under his jurisdiction.
We make these remarks on the foundation
of a speech whi4. Dr. Potter delivered at
the Episcopalian convention held in this
city a few days ago. But Is not Dr. Pot
ter, in his desire for Nuns and Sisters of
Charity, aspiring after the impossible ? If
th RIt. Rev. gentleman will make inquiry
of Catholic Nuns and Sisters as to the
means by which they were attracted to
pursue the convent life, and by which they
remain cheerfully in their vocation forever,
he will get two answers: first, that they,
the Nuns and Sisters, firmly and absolute
ly believed the Charch to be Infallible,
and, second, that they And the Sacraments
of the Church to be real channels of di
vine grace to their souls. Dr. Potter
could not reject either of these answers as
apsuficient. The reason is each of them
Has accomplished the effect assigned to. it
as a cause. And a&lance at both of them,
i';4 will convince any one that, in opera
tion, they are competent to produce the as
signed result. But Dr. Potter's Church
has neither Infallibility, nor Sacraments.
No one on earth, certainly not Dr. Potter
himself, believes that it is Infallible. This
universal disbelief is a criterion of truth.
Therefore, Dr. Potter's Church has 'no In
fallibility. Itis the same thing as to the
Sacraments. The Protestant Episcopal
Church has no Sacrament of Penance, and
it has no Sacrament of the Blessed Eu
charist. It totally repudiates the ideas of
Confession and Absolution; and it looks
on the doctrine of the Real Presence as a
mere Roman superstition. Therefore, it
has no Sacrament of the Eucharist. There
fore it has no Sacrament of Penance. The
Episcopal Church thus naked, how can it
have institutions of boly women ' The
thing is utterly impossible. Thu case then
is, that if Dr. Potter means to have Nuns
and Sisters of Charity, he mast have In
falitbility and Sacraments. The former
gives certitude as to salvation; the latter
gives all the grace and strength the soul
requres,.-New York Bt. Peter.
Some very wise people have been sneer
ing at the Count de Tyrone for his remark
in Dublin that O'Connell rests in Rome,
whereas lhe was buried at Glasnevin, near
the Irish capital. But the Count was
right. O'Connell's heart is in Rome, and
there is good authority for applying the
word "reet" to the heart. Mr. Ml'Carthy,
the well-known poet, in an address to
Rome says:
Amid the nuntsies crowd whose pUllrimage
nuded wltbia thay lOting arms divine. I
Let. me _resd Re I't-om out the immortal page.
T r'OI Lord. Tiyorwet's Earl, ans· thile.
Wb"sWo~ublel heart now trot, in Agatha's lone
sixths. - ----- l`-
EDUCATIONAL.
MT. MART-IENERSON COLLEGI,
PARISH OF ST. JAMES, LA.,
Situated on the (isstssIppi River, Sity Miles above
New Orleans.
This astleat sad maPgaioent establlhment. incof.
petaled by law eof she Legisatars, ad empowered to
grant diplomas and degtes, irll be epened on the 3d of
October. It is under the direction of the Marais
hbthers, who rem a eoetoty specially devoted to elods.
ties. College Point and Caoveat Landing are conve
nlent and regular landing places hor steamboats gooing
to and returning from New Orlesas.
Payable In U. S. currency half yearly in advance:
Board, toutio, wauhing and stationery, per term of
mie months ................................ ...1i9
Dooor's fees and medicine, in ordinary casee of ill,
ne (for all). per annum .......................... 0
Entranoefee.be he pnad only once.................. 10
. .-Al muso leseons are to be paid for monthly
in advano.
Iit Grace, the Mest Rea . Archbishop of New Orleanse
The Rev. Clergy of Algiers.
For farther details, apply to the Very Rev. President,
at the College.
MR. P. POURSIrNE,
oot ly te. '40 Graider street. New Orleans.
NSTITUTION or THE SISTERS or ST. JOSEPH
Corner St. Philip ad Galves streets,
SNew Orleans.
The govruament throughout this establishment is
mild nd parental. The pupils are never eparated from
their instrraeee . Reoreation, table, dormitories, are
the same for all. In snort, everythlng tehds to pro.
mote afiotionate union between the Sisters and the
young ldiee intrusted to their motherly care.
The instruction m thorough and solid, and in harmony
with the remreirement of ociety. The ournecompreeo
n both Englith anmid French) n the branches of know
ledge cultivated as the present day. Each engua ie
teught by native. of respective countries, so I .
scus eorrect pronunciation. r o--n.o
The academical year closes with a public exhibition
nd distribution of premiums to which parents are in
vited.
Education Is here the object of epecial attention and
solicitude. Governing those placed under their charge
by moral sssion alone, the Sisters of St. Joseph codes.
vor to Inculcate principles of solid piety, require the
strict obervance of polite and amiable deportment, and
instil feelings of respect and affection towards parent.
Pupils of all denominations are admltted.
horA.--Durng the bathing osason the Boarding
School i moved to the ay St. Louis, wier the Sistlser
of St. Louis have flourilshing academy.
TERMSi-To e paid in tdvauce, as follows:
Boarding, per three months ....................54 00
Washingt, . . ........................ 0
Music Lessomns and use of Instrument. ....0....... . 00
inging Leon................................. 6
Trawing Leson ............................... 90o
Pastel, oil painting. according to the number of pupils.
seedle-work In all Is varietiees, golden embroidery,
artitfical flowers, Is taught to the boarders withoutextl
charge.
For farther particuirs address, "~Snperirees of the
Acalulmy of the Sisteir, f St. . oueph, B1or 1 11, New Or.
leens :" or, if more convenient, ap~ly to
oa.lO ly C. D. ELDER. Agent.
PROSPECTUS 0 T-t
College of the Immaculate Conception,
NEWV ORLEANS.
This Literary Institution, incorporated by the State of
Louisiana, and empowered to confer degrees, is con
doutted by the Fathers of the Socilety of Jesus. The build.
togs are well adapted for educational purposes. A
courtyard, entirely cut off from the street, f reserved for
recreation; so that, from the arrival of the pupils, at 7:3
A. M., till their departure at 4 P. m., theyare constantly
secluded and superntended.
The ours o instction embraces Greek, Latin,
English, French Poetry, Rhetorlc History, Gorrby,
Mathematics, Astronomy Natural and Mental PYman
thny, with the additlon of BookkeepIng sod the uesul
Commercireatl Brane, alec the German language.
Students are not admitted, unless they know how tA
read and write.
The moral and religious tralnlng of the students is the
lead.ng objects of the Inst-acltors.
Every month a report is sent to parentes, stating con
duet, progress, rank in class and attendance.
The academical year begins on the first Morday o
October, end end.about the 3lst ofJnly.
Collegiate Course, pybls in dverae, and I, UnOld.
Satet O currency, two months, d0.
Preparatory Course, ti$.
apif ly RE V. F. GAUTRELET, President.
ACADEMY OF THE VISITATION,
Monte Maria, Richbmond, Virginia,
The duties of this Instltution will be resumed on the
FIRST MONDAY IX SEPTEMIBER.
Parents and Guardians desiring a flret-claas Boarding
School for their Daughters and Wards, will find hers
every advantage.
Located In the healthiest portion of one of the most
healthy cities in the oouth, with large grounds, and In
a retiredsnd romantic situation, it affords, in addition
every facility for acquirin an education, mental and
moral, of a high grade. Large additions have been
made to the buildlngs to meet the increasing applica.
tions for admission.
Apply for Prospectns and Terms to the office of the
Morning Star and Catholic Messengor. 124 Carondelet
street. an28 ly
4T. JOSEPH'S SCHOOL.
Corner Jena and Prytania streets.
This Institution, for the Education of Young Ladies,
with a Preparatory Department, oonducted by the Sis.
tors of Chuarity, watll re-open i otacle, and resume its
eformer exercises, on MONDAY, September 4, 1871.
The 1Sisters consilder themselves bound to respond to
th confidence reposed In them by parents and guar
adis by giving to thelr pupils a Christlian and Virtuous
The course of instruction pursued includes alt the
branches forming a Solid Education.
Tnuass. Per Month-Payable in-Advance :
English Claeses, from ....................$ t0 tote8 00
French Classes ........................ 00
Music, Drawing, Plain and Fancy Needlework. form
extra charges. su2 tI
AO CEMY OF TeE VISITATION,.
11 " N-AR MlOBILE, ALL.
The Thirty.Ninth Session of this Institution, will
begin on WVEDNESDAY, September 20, 1871.
TERHS:
Board and Tuition in English and French, per half.
session of Five Months...... .............. ... $100
Washing and Mending ............................15
Infirmary chabrges ............. ........... ...........
Entrance Fee, for first yearonly ...............to 10
For prospectus and further particulars, apply to
au2n m SISTER DIRECTRESS.
NEW ORLEAN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC,
No. 90 larounoe Streot.
This Institution Is couducted nfter the European
plan. All branches of Vocal and Instrumental Music
ere taught by Professors of unrivaled nbillty and repu.
tatlon. Charges very moderate. Beginning of the
Ssneon. MONDAY, September 15th.
Call personally at the Consservtory, or apply for Cia
cnlars, etc., O(llabox 1596, New Orleans, La
eeo0 6m THEOPHILUs MASAC,
Preedent.
_ DRUGGISTS.
I TI'E HIBERNIA DRLG STORE.
O. A. OLIN'IbN.
I)UBLL PHARMACEUTIST,
SDesierIn
Pure Drugs. Chemicals and Family Medicines
FTRE TOILET ARTICLES AND PEtFItMHER.'.
Depot for Patent Medleines. sweedshh Leaches, Nor
wegad Cad Lrver OlU.
Secial.titntion gven to fIlog'Shlpe' Medicine Ces*ts.
ysicls' tPrescrptpon carefully prepared, at all
h ours, day and nigot.
125 TCHOUPITOULAs ST. COR DELORD,
New Orleans myfi8 '7 1y
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EDUCATIONAL.
YOUNG LADIES' ACADEMY
of
THE HOLY ANGELS.
Under the Direction of the Sisters Mariattee of Holy
CornerofRampart ad ogressstreet, Third District,
New Orisens. Loutsianra
This magaillsnt Institution was chartered pebrmar
S1l xi. siimatlse i. quie and hlth looaljny, t
the of tuu eb otcity, ad at a short distanoe
the river. Itis o veryoo imoduo vestiated,
ad aords all thee advantages wio to
the health ad security of ite Lma..,
Pupils ofall denominauioss are admitted, butenr the
romotion of order andfrgulrity allaemU obbltodtet
the Institution.
TUITION :
The ystem of education embrac the Preah ad
and " h,. u mar, Btm Pe ,kl,
era ý Ger y. of the Globes. Prose sad P iiosi
CUR History acient ad Hodes, Sasels and
TERMS-PAYMEN'TS TO BE MADE QUAXTEILY,
LT ADVANCE :
Board and Tuition in French sad English, per
month............................... ..  a 00
Entrance Fee for the tt year only a.... r
EXTRA CRARGES:
German ........................ ..........I
Mus on the Piano, per quarter .............. . 00
Use of Piauo .. ....... r ... . .000at
wtationrFlower ..................1 00
W a hi n g I. . . .COs 0 0
ntkd od e .... bro..y .e.. .I.............. 8e 00
artdeg Fwters o o . . . 100
.............................. .. l!00
Bathe for the Summer, Season............... 4 00
The classes commence about the first of SCeptember,
sad close by the end of June, by an examination and
public exhibition.
Books, etc., may be procured at the Institution at
moderate prices.
hPupils ar oe receved at ny time during thear, and
chargee made from the date of entrance only.
For further particulars apply to the Mother Superior,
Academy of the Holy A,",,l. an t1 ly
.SANT . VINeCENT'S COLLEGE,
(.APS GIInAKDEAU, MISOURI.
This Aintitutioun conducted by the Priesst of the Con.
gregation ofr the Mission or St. Vincent or Pau, is
beutiully lted on the Mississippi river, forty mileA
abore Caier, and one hundred and iuty mile below St.
Louts.
The College buildngs are large, commodious and well
ventilated. The grosnds are beautiful, extensive, and
well adapted for healthful exercise.
The College is of easy access. IRegular daily packets
touch at Cape OGirardeau.
Ther holasto year begins on the FIRST MONDAY
OF SEPTEMBER, and ends about the first of July.
TEEMS.
Board and Tuition, per scholasti year .............
Washing, and mending of artiol washed.......... 25
Physician's Fee and Medicine ................... I0
Instrumental Music................................. 4I)
For further information apply~te
Rev. A. VERINL , C.M..
President of the College,
Or to Rev. THIOS. J. SMITH -C. M,
su" nl lv St. Toseph's Church. New (lpeans.
T. JOSEPI'S URSULINE ACADEMY FOR
T YOUNG LADIES.
SnouutNraL, ILLLtOIS,
(Formerly of Charleston, South Carolina.)
This Institntion Is adapted in every respect for an ex.
tensive and flrstclass Boarding School; the location is
healthful and retired. The bnldng is odio, ha
all the modern improvmenlR, ad is heated thraughont
by furnaces.
The Ursulinues beIng for the l2t threecenturies rog
nised as one of the best quaslifie for the formation ad
education of youth. rtt is almost usele to add here tha
I ntng will beo left undone to Impart to the pupils con.
fided to the care of the lades of St. Joseph's Academ
a thorough educatioa in the highest sonse o the word.
I not alone instructing the intelct, but, with materus
care, gu d dtra ining the heart
In consequence of the present condition of the South.
era reople, these ladies ofe to Southern pupils every
advantygef Boud. Bed, Bedding, WashingTndion in
English and Vocal and Instrumental Music,
Drawing, Painting, nbreorery and Plain Sewing, for
]per annum.
F fll particulars and prospectus, address the Mother
Superiorese, at Springfield, Illinois, or Rev. Wm. S.
urphy. S. J., Now Ori s.
apl7 tf M. R. BRADY'. I tTnaon street.
ST. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY FOR YOUNG LADIES
Conducted by the Sisters of Charity,
oer Emmitsburg, Frederick County, Maryland.
This institution is pleasstly situated In a heedth and
plcturesque part of redoerlck county, Maryland, hai a
mile from Emmltaburg, and two miles from Mount St.
Mary's College. It wasommenced in 100, and mnoor.
ora by theLegislatureof Maryland in 1610, The
buldnls are e onvernient and spacious.
Board and Tuition per academIc year, including
Bed and Bedding, Washing, Mending nad
Doctor's fee..................................-50 00
I, 5.-for each sesmon ........................... 140 00
ALL PAYABLE LN ADVANCE.
The Academic year is divided in two Sesslons of five
months eac.h, bening rUpectl ly on the bth of An.
gust and the tb of Janush oA
Letters liry directed to the
MOTHER SUPERIOR,
apedL St. Joeph' Academy,. Emmltsburg. Md
ST. STANLISLAUS COMMERCIAL COLLEGE,
BAr ST. Louis, Mzisn'rt.
This institution, conducted by the Brothers of the
Sared Heat has been in eesfl operatianince
looA. It is hautifully ituated on the shores of the Bey,
oommanding an extensive view of the Gulf--ad stord
ing ll the advantages of the sea br , and bathing in
the Summer, is, or the pupils, a great inoitement to
healthful amusement. The Commercial Come com.
prise all the branches of a good English education.
Board and Tuition, per session, payabls half yearly in
advance....................................0 o00
Wahing,per session ......................... 10 00
Beddiý ,r session, (optional ................... 10 00
Vacatio, if spent at the institution .............. 5000
nZTS ClIAso:
Pino and VIolin, per month, each. ............. . 000
Use of Piano, per month .......................... 1 50O
Flint. per mth ................................ 4 00
Bres Instrument, per month .................... 1 00
Spenel and German languages, per month, each.. 5 00
Fort arther psrticulars, pps toL RMND
fel 7'1 ly DIretoru of the College.
ST. JOIHI THE BAPTIST URSULINE AoADEMY
TuscALOOSA, ALA.
This Institutlon le adopted in every respect to give
annestcnsre and first-clas education. The loceation is
healthy and retired.
The School opens on the 1.t of September, 1871.
For full partiolars and prospectus, addres Right
3ev. Bishop Quinlan, of Mobile, or the
MOTHER 8UPERIOBESS,
snuOim Tmo ca looos Ala.
pASS CHIBXSTIAN COLLEGE.
The Sixth Annual Besslon of this Instlturlon will
begin on MONDAY, October 2,- 17l.
For particulars, addres
C'OMMERCiAL AND CLASICAL- ACAIErMY,
• For B oAor An xors o --a
eventh Sieson opens MONDAY, ep~ember4 1071'
Ho. 147 St. Charler stret northest sction of Tivoli
Circle. Forf terms, eto.. apply to the Princlsip, No. ft
Commercial Alley, on Saturdays, ad at aesmy from
4th September, or per Potofice. l' lam
D PW. H -----1....-.C.........,o cAAL. STRET.
Continued Accessions of
PARIS MILLINERY GOODS,
Communion and Bridal WR/EATHS and Bridsl Furnish
ing Goods, Artifclial FLOW\ERS and Matoritas
Crepe Silk RIBBONS.
Fancy and 8itrni Goods, Milliners' Materials,
WHOL-ES&LE AND RETAIL.
nol3 ly. Formerly 0 Cnstombous steel.