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DaN DavonoxAL Goose or ensY KaD.
Owing to press of matter we have been
nsempesed to postpone, till our next ssue, the
pebihsation of several nteresting articles.
Mk. Henry Peel is duly satherised to eolleot
for the SBrA in New Orleanse soand Agle. As
our esteemed friend Mr. Cheevers has been
called to duty in other ields of abor, our. Al
. i ,-..- wrill oblige us-by settling their
accounts with Mr. peel when called upon.
Our agent, Mr. J. H. Kelleber, who is so
favorably known to the citisena of Mobile, will
visit that city daring the first week in April
in the interests of the STAr. We bespeak to
Mr. Kelleher the same kind reception and en.
aoragememat which greeted him on his fist
Mr. TimDuggan,of Baton Rouge, has kindly
aseepted the agency of the STAB for that place
Mr. Duggl n is a true type of the active ani
energetic so of old Ireland and enters int
the spirit of everything Cathelic with a sea
which compels socess to follow in the ware
of all his snde4rtaliae.
In these penitential times it were not mnap
propriete to drop a tear and my a " De Pro
fandia" over 21e Tea P1ariot, whose marty:
doe is so touchingly told in " Ellen Fitzgerald
to.day.
The celebration of St. Patrick's day by te
Irish reeidents of New York was notewortb,
fea entheasiem, and the absence of distnrbinl
dlementa--the oeqasion resmanli.U a genera
neliday. The procession probably numbere
16,000 men, headed by the 80th New York, any
ist New Jersey militia, and several minor mill
tary organisations.
Aeoan lsmor Branrmn .-We have receives
faet Mr. P. F. Gogarty, Catholic bookselle
sad stationer, 15t Camipstreet. a eplendid eo
graving of the late Arehbishop of Baltimore
It ise from the house of Murphy & Co., and ii
beyond all doubt, the best, if net the onl
likeness of the great Archblihop we have ye
seen. Mr. Geogarty bas a supply of them whio
be sells at very low pricee. Every Catholi
who reveres the !memory of this illostrio
Archbishop, as all Catholics do, ebonld pre
cure acopy to bang in his parlor.
Thousands of non-Catholics attend, ever
year, the solemn and touchlng ceremonisal ,
the Chureh daring Holy Week, but for war
of information, many see therein only val
foemality or what I. vulgarily termed " man
mery." Now, in order that all may foilow t11
services unerstandingly, a book has bee
~·pared called the ,' Holy Week," which es
plains the whebe, frm Palm Sunday to Eats
Seaday iselasive, and we ase glad to see the
Mr. C. .A Eider's booketore, 124 Camp etree
is prepared to supply the large demand with
mew edition of the earrent year.
According to the Retera Baudpet, the Interni
tional Society has determined to put every di
lealty in the way of the promoters of the il
ternational exhibition, which is to be opens
at Vienna next year. They regard this node
taking, like others at a similar kind, as onl
bringing advantage to eapitaliste, while t'
workman, who is the real producer of tt
goods exhibited, only has to pay higher price
for the necessariea of life, owing to the infon
of vsia attracted Lby the Exhibition, an
does meot gain any advantage at alL As a fin
atop against the Ebxhibition the Genevars sectic
of the International is colleeting funds for
aimnltaneoun strike of the workmen of a
nations, who, during the tintme, would be mail
tamed out of the anma so collected.
ICommianaled.]
One of our city papers comes out on St. P
trick's day in a moat famous article on E
Patrick. Famonus for its sheer Ignorance at
prejdice. Saints' days are observed on tl
day of their death, as tber on that day ent
. the Joys ete;nal. St. Patrick was not the pr
-oho introduced distillation into Ireland, a:
m oreover never sanctioned the use of aloobol
drnkl. Every IriLshman knome that po(at
is little pot; and when St. Patrick gave i
atrus lions for his funeral, be ordered that
potlt beer be given to each weary traveler wrl
came t., his funeral, as they were expected
come frm afar. VuarrAs.
We have refrained from commenting editol
ally on tbhe article to which reference is hei
made, ecaLse we still retain the impresion'a
to that artiie which it made upon us ot fi,
reading it. We considered it then an untimel
joke, eoneived in a spirit of levity not at a
becoming the occasion, bnt innocent of an
intention to give' offence. Thecourseof th
joeurnal in whilch it was fonnd is too fair an
respectful towards Catholic', as a generi
thing, to permit the suspicton of a deliberaul
.··&,.t..sn ( lt them on sochaoday.
Holy Week..
It14 a source of congratulatioa'to know s
that no matter how wisked the age, hew wi
worldly the times, there is at leant one
season of holiness every year. No people T
can be so corrupt or impious as not to be b
somewhat sublected to the inflaemes of i
Holy Week wherever the Catholit Church of
has a foothold. The ritual is so solem, ,
the ceremonial so grand, the whole spirit
ant air of the Church so impressive, so
laden with the mighty interests of the a
events celebrate d no one sea wholly it
escape their contaglon of piety.
It is truly p season of manifold grace, b
and it behoevib all persons to take every u
advantage of the opportunity. Even 5i
though temporal affairs may suffer a little Ii
apparently, Catholics ought to make efforts I i
to frequent the Churches with more fidelity 1
than usual. With eaeha population as we
have in New Orleans, the Churches could h
all be crowded every day in the week and
ought to be so crowded. The momentous f
events just preceding the Craciixion, as I
well as those accompanying and succeeding
it, arecommemorated, and all whobelieve in
their sacredness or feel interested in their
4 history should naturally seek to be present I
at the observances instituted by the Church I
to keep them fresh in the memories of i
men.
Our faithful Catholics eught not to per
m mit their feelings to be chilled or their
actions influenced by the frigid attitude of
Protestants on this oceoeion. The true
sponse of Christ must weep over His sor- i
rows and rejoice at His triumphs as their I
anliversaries roll around with the lapse of
years, while it is but natural that His re
bellious children, spurning as they do the
gentle guidance of their mother, the Church,
0 should turn coldly away from the memory
i of His great Passion.
But after all a good Protestant is not
nearly so displeasing in the sight of God as
a tepid Catholio.
The Papal International.
Ly
b Under this heading our neighbor, the
nd -Presbyteris, makes a rather feeble attack
to upon, the "Catholic Militant Union," as it
1l views it in the light of the Archbishop's
he remarks on a recent occasion.
It says, speaking of his Grace's allusion
s- to adhesion of the "Union" to the dogma
o- of the nfatllibility :
r- This dogma is to be held as superior, more
"l binding than "''sectional or national feeling."
Now our neighbor has, in the same issue,
the republished the Bee's account of the pre
hy liminary meeting where the .remarks re
ug ferred to were made, and thereinwe find
ra proof that it has entirely misunderstood
ed the expressioan ritioised. That expression
aud iwas undoubtedly codtained in the follow
- ing words of the Archbishop:
We should lay aside all sectional and nation
al feeling, and I recommend that in such a
cause all members should be Catholics alone,
or without regard to aught else, in any manner
en- of form.
re. Does this language raise any presump
is, tion of antagonism between the "feelings"
mly spoken of and the great dogma I We see
yet no contrast whatever made between the
ich authority of the Church and the influence
lie of nationalism or sectionalism. There
an can be no doubt that the dogma of
Ir
the Infallibility-of the -Pope,.like every
other dogma of the.Church, is to be main
rr tained by every Catholic under every con
of tingency that can possibly arise on the
ant earth. If national feeling or sectional
in feeling should come in conflict with any
am
one of them it must be sacrificed instantly,
e but we cannot see any special conflict be
tween national or-aeotional feeling and the
ter particular dogma referred to. As to the
hat language of the Archbishop commented on,
et, is probably meant that thbseommunity was
h a composed of £ mixed population from
many countries and of different races and
as. that, in order to form a close Catholic
lit- Union, the "feelings" alluded to must be
In- ignored, so far as they arouse foolish pre
ned judices or useless antagonisms.
er- The Presbyterian goes on :
rly He does not specify what is meant by " s
the tional feeling," bat we suppose it is only a
the fair inference, that it implies whatever
principles, privileges or obligations grow out
ces of or belong to our relation, as citizens of the
nx communrty or of t.he State.
ud If this is a fair specimen of Presbyterian
rat fair interences, then we must request our
on neighbor to give a "sample" of what it
'a would consider an unfair one. We cannot
all
in- suppose that anybody living could sus
pect for a moment that our Archbishop
would counsel as to lay aside "whatever
Sprinciples, privileges or ebligations grow
t. out of or belong to our relations as citisens,"
ad and yet such is the candid inference dirawn
t by the Presbyterian, and presented to its
ry charitable and pious readers.
d Again :
S If the Pope's infallibility is to be upheld in
in- spite of every consideration of National relt
at tionship or obligation, then of course the in
wno junctions of that Infallible authority, dispense
to a man from all political duties, divest him of
Iall political rights, vest hbis citizenship in a
society of whichb the Pope is the head. and for
eri which bhis will is the only political austhority
ere and civil law.
as IHero we have the same old thing. The
rat Pope is infallible in faith and morals, there
Oiy fore in politics; on spiritualquestions, there
ll fore on temporal ones; in religion, therefore
"Jny in statecraft. This is a distinction which
ad the Presbyterian finds it impossiblo to com
ral prehlend, but we do not hesitate to leave
ato it in the hands of all others as being self
evident.
Prsetiubltly amembtseef tb.e e ty ise.- at
fhrasebsd 'of his atiseIlity, *hu?, Ibat g
nationality m_be. b hPasetalely be t sde to
s*py •a besl e rebtee. ·o say eeastry in
wIhoi be a awe4 u att'l tbha ebautry a- /
knobwodgw t Pop's a mpsoy over her 01
polties. Pretem oth.mti t of latiot
Lms most be baenibe feem his heat. It can
have ao free exercise dmh it is to be limited is
by the deee of an ltrespmnalble Pope. The oi
nlatense sfishness of this 'ew Istsrnatioea is
obvious. Many of the blt and meost patrioti
eitises of this eontry are members of the C
Romlek Chameh. That Church dees not eom- Ii
prss oemexth of our population, yet its mem
to, * gratif an insane ecolesstical ambi
tics, are esld on to subordinate their country o
and pledge themselves to undying hostility to it
its indepenadeno and its free institntions.
What a tempest in a teapot 5 From small a
beginnings into what mighty proportions a
we do grow I Our neighbor starts with the
smallet, narrowest, most shadowy prem
Isq, distorted from all of its original mean
ing, and then cavorts.wildly around through
the field of casuistry and bathos, until it
'works itself into a dreadful fit of patriotic
hysterise.
Why, good neighbor, the doctrine of In- i
fallibility is nothing new. No Catholic ,
has ever doubted that this divine power t
was vested in-the-Church somewhere, and, i
if anywhere,it contained the same element I
of antagonism with temporal authority that I
it does now, if any such antagonism exists.
But what does history say to justify the vir
F tuous fright of our too timid neighbor
Does it not show that Catholics have always
been true to their own country, no matter
what its form of government or who its
f enemy P Where, in the whole history of
5 Christianity, will our neighbor find instances
tojustify these wholesale charges of treason
against Catholic subject or citizen t This is
f the me imputations that has been made
- aga t aus from the beginning. The
a ancient Romans could find no other to
make than this same one that Christians
must be false to their government, and yet
no others were so faithful to that Pagan
t government asits Christian subjects. From
a that day to this one of rampant heresy and
infidelity it is always the same cry in order
to arouse popular prejudice and State per.
secution. The Catholic has no nationality,
e he is the enemy of his country, there is no
k patriotism in his heart.
t From that day to this the charge has
a been equally false and malignant. Facts
add experience have never verified the
n suspicion nor justified the slander and yet
a the same vile work goes on. Men who
wear sanctimonious "exteriors and put
e themselves forward as standard bearers of
truth and religion do not hesitate to repeat
' the charge with as much audacity as
though eighteen centuries of history had
Snot been sufficient to commend it and its
d propagators to the infinite contempt of all
d decent men.
n
DIOCEBo 1OF NATCHZ.
2- EPISCOPAL VISITATION.
e Feb. 25.-Meridian, Lauderdale county, Pas
tr tor Rev. Louis Vally.-Thirty-four were con
firmed, of whom three were converts. _
The Bishop preached five sucoessive even
lugs, on the Infallibility of the Pope; the actual
e evils of society, and their progress; and their
e only remedy the infallible teaching of the
:e Church, and the grace conveyed by her sacra
e meats.
)f The number of the audience and the atten
y tion with which they listened, and the interest
that many of them expressed afterwards, are
strong indications that they feel depply con
cerned in these matters, are well disposed to
e give their close attention to the great truths
of religion, when laid before them with cer
y tainty and authority in the name of the living
r, Church of Christ.
i- Meridian, at the close of the war had scarcely
0 thirty Catholics. There are now more than
e two hdndred. The lot for the church and the
u, pastor's house was donated by the Mobile and,
u Ohio Railroad Company. There is a handsome
wooden church, surmounted by a steeple.ter
minating in the sign of the Christian's hope.
There is also a small, neat presb3 tery.
is Rev. John McManus, of Columbus, and Rev.
e Marcellinns Vignie, of Paulding, came to assist
- at Meridian.
The former bad expected to profit by the
Bishop's visit, and celebrate the opening of the
a- church of Louisville, Winston county, but
a owing to a disappointment with regard to
D1 workmen, he was not able to have it ready.
e That church is a small but quite handsome
building, erected chiefly by the exertions of
a Mr. Burrage and Robt. Rives, Esq., aided by
r the contributions of both Catholics and non
t Catholics. Almost every meonber of this con
a gregation is a convert.
Feb. 2d.-Enterprse.-Four confirmed, of
whom two were converts. No church.
March 3.-FPaulding, Jasper coputy.-Pahtor
SRev. M. Vignie. Only three confirmed, of
whom two were converts. The confirmation of
the chbldren was deferred, because the inter
ruaptlon of the Catholic school had interfered
Swith their preparation. The school is now
reesumed under Mr. McDevitt.
March 7.-There was inaugurated at Pauld
n Ing the 4lrot Catholic total abstinence society
rof Mississippi, under the protection of St.
SMichael, patron of the Church. Twenty-two
f members signed their names. Two evenings
a the Bishop preached to the eelored people, who
r nearly liled the church,
J Msrch 10-Raleigh, Smith county.--Pive
e confirmed, of whom two were converts. 8ev
oeral other grown persons are studying e
catechism, with a view to being received into
the Church. After the lecture on Infallibility,
several gentlemen expressed a desire to hear
forther expositions of Catholic teacsehing.
During the week (1lth to 17th) visits were
C paid to scattered families at Forest Lake and
SMorton, in Scott county, and to Newton, in
Neawton county. One convert was bptized
-aU confirmed at oeest, nad three young pe- is
eons at Newton.
The stations on the railroads that centre at Ui
Meridian will be attended by Rev. L. Valy, el
of Meridian.
Rev. M. Viguie, of Paulding. will vialt the
interior of the counties is the Southwest angle 1i
of the road. w
In every one of these places the people came
willingly to hear explained the Dogma of the a
Infallibility of the Pope. And they listened p
even more attentively to what was said con- a
coerning the growing demoralisation of society. ti
its cause and remedy. The cause of this was
pointed out in the loss among men of concern
about God'sJudgment and its consequences :- t
and this arising from their unemrtainties in
matters of religion. The remedy-the teach- t
ings o God through His Church, to whish He f
has guaranteed that she shall teach without t
error-that is with infallibility.
If a band of earnest missioners would go s
around through the country, preaching d
especially for the enlightenment of non-Cath- I
olim-saying little or nothing about the dif
ferent denominations- but exhibiting the
authority and the excellencd of the Catholic t
Chursh:-and if they would remain two or
three weeks in each place-giving time for a I
good course of instructions in doctrine and
morals-they would everywhere make con
verts:-*hiefiy among the men who think
deepest and who feel most concern for the
welfare of themselves and of society.
ST. WATRICLK DAT ID WOXKL.K
IMonIa , March 90, 1879.
I Editor Mornlng Star and Cathelic Meesasger.
St. Patrick's Day was appropriately
celebrated in this city, notwithstanding the
exceeding inclemency of the weather.
e The morning was ushered in by a chill
e northwester, accompanied by a drizzling,
persistent rain which continued, with but
slight intermission, throughout the fore
noon. The air was nipping and eager and
a. the streets were extremely uninviting, but
t all this could not quench the ardor of the
enthunsiaitio sons of -Hin, ,nor prohibit
their customary public demonstration in
i honor of St. Patrick.
d Even as dubious people were discussing
the probable programme of the day, in
view of the forbidding aspect of the
weather, the "clang of harmonious brass"
r, announced that the city organisations were
0 on their way to the depot of the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad to welcome a sister so
ciety from Whistler.
s Having concluded this ceremony, the
a various societies repaired to St. Patrick's
Church where a grand Pontifical High
SMass was celebrated, Right Rev. Bishop
it Quinlan officiating. The Mass was sung,
o with their usual happy style and effect, by
it the excellent choir of the Cathedral. After
the reading of the Gospel, Father O'Meara,
of St. Mary's Church, pronounced an ele
it gant and eloquent discourse-a perfect
is gem, indeed, on the Cross and the Sham
d rock, taking his text from Machabees, chap.
2, verse 51-"And call to remembrance the
a works of the fathers, which they have done
II in their geebrations: and you shall receive
great glory, and an everlasting name."
He began by speaking of the fdelity
to faith and love of country blended
together in the promptings of the Irish
man's heart typified by the Cross and the
Shamrock, and showing how the church
recognizes such union and adds the bless
ings of the. Cross to the lustre of the Sham
rock in the person of her noble representa
tive, the Bishop of the Diocese, who ofici
1- ated on the occasion. He then dwelt, in
4 glowing words, upon the round towers, the
ir remarkable ruins, the ancient abbeys, the
old churchyards, and the monuments that
i covered the face of the land, and drew
h from the lesson which they teach such in
struction as.would do honor to the memory
o- of St. Patrick.
et The Rev. Father then spoke of the pros
perity of Ireland from the time of her con
e version until the year 1172 when she began
- to drink of the bitter caup of abverslty-a
to draught, he remarked, bitter though it was,
is which tended only to heighten her gran
r- deur. Did she not, said he, bear upon the
back of het history, the deep, dark, dismal
spot of Rpligious persecutiont The fore
ground of her prosperity would have but
ly little attraction ior us; it was the contrast
in between the dark background and the
ie brilliant fomegrqund. that heightened the
d effect ot the picture which her history pro
duced and made us love her the deeper for
it.
'- The Rev. Father then spoke of the future
o. prosperity of Ireland and asked his hearers
if they would hasten the deliverance of
v. their beloved laud by imitating her virtues.
st At this point of his discourse, he became
really sublime as he spoke of the ruined
e abbeys and monuments telling of t:e glo
ries of Ireland in days gone by. Repeat
be nlog his question, if they would hasten the
at deliverance of their beloved land by imi
to tating her virtues, lie said, "methbinks I
hear you one and all say yes. Listen,
therefore, unto me. A fearful crisis is
Spending in which we, Ca holices and Irish
of men, shall have to play no insignificeant
y part, and it is well we should know our
n- duty.
- Forewarned is forearmed. All Europe
is rife with the important issue. America,
of too, is moving into line. The subject is
agitating the greatest minds of the present
day. It is the same old problem over again
or that requires to be solved but under a new
of and different aspect. It is Christianity
of against Infiadelity. Heretofore, it was miad
r- against mind, intellect against intellect,
physical force against moral conviction.
But Infidelity, finding that sincerity and
w truth were more than matches for her du
plicity and intrigue seeks to get posses
d- sion of Christianity's strength by striving
to get hold of the mould in which the gold
is sifted from the dross. Need I say to
. what I allude: I refer to the grand and
o vital question of the day--the education of
s youth. The portentous clouds of infidelity
o are marshaling their forces upon the hori
zoo of the world for the terrible straggle.
e Christianity, too-the mother of civiliza
tion-is girding her loins for the bloody
Sfray. For our part we have but one duty
to discharge and that is to fight nobly in
o the cause for which our fathers bled and
, died-a relgious education-an education
r in which the mind of the child is kindly
nortured and developed, whilst the pas
sions are sought to be restrained-an edu
e cation in which the priest exercises his be
d nign irnfluence over the youthful mind -an
in education in which the blessings of our
d Holy Religion predominate-an education
In which the dchil Is tau ht to love its
prents and o its supero ro--an ednes
tio In hib the shild earns dignity for
ee's self and respeet for old age-uan dd L
eataon the fruits of whieh will bring the
gy hais of belplmparents to the grave
n joy and iadnes--in a word, Ia edoea
on that will teach the child to know that
whilst hab a body to serve it has a soul I
to save, ain- - t upon its moraloeanduet in
this life depends its happiness heme a well
as itlory hereafter. These are the first
prinples of elementary knowledge, and
any edinstion that will separate the Sul.
tore of the mind from the eravings of tl i
breast is not only false and vicioos, but as I
caleulated to lead to destruction every
thing that could adorn human nature-the
true the beautiful and the good.
EAueation, therefore, to be perfeet, must I
take bold, not only of thei intellectual I
faculties of the human mind, but also of
the promptings of the human breast. The ;
child most be tanght to develop the one
whilst it restrains the other. But where
are we to find this education for our chil
dren t In our common schools Ah I no. 1
In our intermediate9 Far from it. In our
high schools t By no means. They ignore
moral training. They sneer at the thought
of religious training,, and eliminate from
their teachings the existence of God, the
one thing alone necessary to make educa
tion perfect. Doeny the existence of a God,
or, what amounts to- the same thing, eliml
nate from your teaehing the existence of a
Supreme Being who wall reward the good
and punish the wicked, and what becomes
of morality T Your morality gone, what
becomes of your ievilization If you seek
into the cause why Sooiaty is so corrupt. at
the present day, you will fnd it to have its
origin in the utter and complete ignoring
or the Supreme Being from your common
school system. But if we cannot get this
education for our children in our common
schools, where, then, are we to find it We
shall find it under the fostering care of Her
who alone can fulfil this suablime mission
our holy religion-she who, by her divine
commission, is the mother of youth and the
mistress of morals, and, where our fathers
found it before us, in those schools under
the immediate charge of our "Soggarth
Aroon." Here and here alone can we find it.
In this struggle, as well as in others, let
Us recall to mind the deeds of our ances
tors-how they, amidst the bogs and the
mountains, taught their children how to
know and to love God. And if we, my
friends, but review the history of those ter
rible days in which our fathers had to fly
to the mountains, in the darkness of the
night, to taste of the sweetness of educa
tion, we sball find that from the deep
morass and thorny hedge arose some of the
brightest geniuses, the most distinguished
orators, and the deepest thinkers Ireland
has ever witnessed. Let us not, therefore,
close our eyes to the issue of the day or
the part we have to play in the terrible
struggle. The preservation of our Holy
r Faithand the traditions of our sires depend
upon it. Yours, therefore, my beloved
friends, be the task of bringing forth a
faithful race of children who shall be true
to the cross and the shamrock, who, by the
parity of their lives and the extent of their
research, will infuse a new life into the re
animating form of our beloved land, and
who will clothe her with the resuscitated
glories of the distant past. But if you be
false to the trust reposed in you, by not
sending your children to those schools
under the charge of your "Soggarth
s Aroon," then speak not to your children
of the glories of by-gone days when your
mothers clasped you to their bosoms and
prayed God that the sun would never rise
upon a recreant child of theirs to the
Emerald Isle. Speak to them not of the
hallowed memory of those bones thbt lie
mouldering into dust from whose very
marrow you imbibed the substance of your
t existence. . Speak to them not of your boy
hood recollections, when your feet trod
upon the green award of a Saintly Isle, but
"Yet your nameand your race
]Be a stotdalndlnrgcd
In ftare oen os to come."
The Rev. Father conoluded his eloquent
discourse by reminding all Irishmen of the
n deeds of their ancestors, and expressing
a the hope " that the Cross would never be
11 separated from the Shamrock, nor the
ShamrOck from the Cross, but both work
e ing together in harmony, unison and love,
may contribute to the aooomplishment of
each other's aims and desires-the Sham
rock in aiding the Cross to a speedy. liber
it tion of our Holy Father, the Pope, from
e imprisonment, and the restoration to him
0 of his patrimony; and the Cross in assist
- ing the Shamrock to make Ireland what
r she ought to be
OGreat. gloriens sad free.
S First cower of the earth
a And sweet gem of the sea."
if The religions observances of the day
s. were concluded with a few remarks by
e Bishop Quinlan and the giving of the Papal
d Benediction.
- The various societies then filed out of
the crowded church and formed their line
e of procession in4the following order : first,
i- St. Patrick's Benevolent Association, pre
I ceded by the brass' band of Phoenix Fire
i, Company, No. 6, St. Patrick's Reading
is Room and Library Association, with the
- society band, and, lastly, St. Patrick's Be
It nevolent Associ-tion of Whistler, preceded
r by the excellent silver cornet hand of that
thriving village. Then, with green ban
e ners flying and sprigs of shamrock adorn
i, log each manly breast, and to the inspiring
s strains of "Wearing of the Green," and
It other Irish aire, they marbched through the
n principal streets of the city to Odd Fellows'
v Hall, and here your correspondent will
T leave them to discuss a sumptuous colla
4 tion and exchange gratnlations on their
, happy celebration of St. Patrick's day.
THEMIS.
THS CAPHIOLIC MILITANT UNION OF TRE
CRoasas.-The last number of thes Frseeman's Jour
Snalc publishes the admirable letter of Bishop
SMartin to the Council of New Orleans, to
I which the attention of our readers was earnest
. ly called, at the time of its appearance in oar
columns. Our very able New York contem
porary prefaces the letter by a few explanatory
rsmarks concerning the "Catholic Militant
Union of the Cross." One expression, how
ever, of that article might give an impression
somewhat incorrect, that. is, where it states
I that the plan, as set forth by- Archbishop
I Perche, "is to unite oel really Catholi a edeties
in this grand Militant Union of the Cross."
The limitation to Catholic societies it only
provisional, but it is clear from the constitu
tion of the "Union" that eventually all Ca
tbolics are invited and expected to enroll
w' ag thd damis of France begins ol the
istof y,. ,
lvem etlitede hbas aank ofti a Efe of
honest poverty to Conpg .4
Tw1v lieL dlas are ig invested in
hotel property in Chiesgo, Ills.
The Tiehbberae lslmnt is suable ito obtain
bail, and ha besq smsd to plss for trialr.
Dr. Gesham, Peetmeste eDytest , T
has absonaded with$0b 00P of verumsetftds.
Sig m. gives afantastie idsattie of M.
Thiers: "This is a man whem ides mre most
large, but least high."
The New Jersey Methodist Confereas has
passed a reslaltion eleeosing Camp masuis en
Sunday. Pretty hard on Camp meatigp.
It has been proved that Marshal Basasin
dined with-Prince Frederik Chaders, Pres.
ala, shortly before the easpitulation of Mets.
The Pope has received sa address of sym.
pathy, to which 11,715' egnatores were at
tached, from the IndlandiooeseofTamanalipm
A man out West was offred a plate of maca.
roni soup, but declined it, declaring that they
" couldn't play off any biled pipe stems on
him."
It is rumored that a treaty is pending be.
tween Prussia and Italy, whereby Alsace and
Lorraine are guaranteed to Prussi and Rome
to Italy.
It is reported that England and Uruguay
have come to an open rupture, sad that all
friendly relations between the two nations
have ceased.
In the Christ Church distriot of South Lon
don the population ia 40,000, of whom 30,000
are paupers. Nice for the ratepayere.--Boes
London Courier.
A Canada editor says he has " a keen rapier
to prick all fools and knaves." His friends, if
they are prudent, will take it from him. He
might commit suniide.
A oheerful giver puts the following note in a
pair of pantaloons sent to the Michigan suf.
ferers: "There, take 'em; last pair I've got.
Don't get burned oat again."
The Jacksonville UWloo and Webster are at
antipodes. The former, in describing an ex-.
eursion down the St. John's says: " Scratilla.
tions of wit and repartee," eto.
A fire occurred in a tenement house occupied
by negroes, in Lawrene. Kansas, on the 21st.
The father and three children were burned to
death, only two of the family escaplng.
The following somewhat ambiguous pars.
graph appeared in an Edinburgh paper: " We
regret to find that the announcement of the
death of Mr. W. is a malicious fabrication."
The Archbishop of Cologne-has formally ex
communioated Profa. Hligers, Keoodt, 8augen
and Rusobh, of the University of Bonn, for their
rejection of the dogma of Papal Infallibility.
The Cincinnati pork packing dlttlatier for
1871 show the number packed 4.868,448, against
3,605,251 last year, an increase in the cropof 34
per cent. The increase of la 28j per cent.
Passident Thiers, It a re6eption recently,
spoke upon the Roman question, and in his re
I marks maintained that Cathollicism is a trsdi
tion and an element of strength to the French.
The aggregate of wool produ of ifni
r for last year, was S1,876,253 pounds, an Increase
of nearly 5,000,000 pounds on the previous year.
The clip ttis season is expected to be larger
s and of a superior quality.
Horace Greeley, in an editorial on the Cin
einnati Convention, says if free trade be made
r a plank in the platform, he asks to be counted
- out. All be asks is that there be left a freedom
to all clasaes on economic questions.
"My friend, don't you know that it is very
dangerous to take a nap while the train is in
motionP 1"Why, no," exclaimed the aston
t lshed iandividual, waking up; "why sot"
"Because this train runs over sleepers."
The jury for damages in the Westfield dis
aster disagreed, one joror holding that the de
fendants were not liable, attributing the s·ci
dent to the dispensation of Providence. Eleven
f jurors favored a verdiot against the company.
A jealous contemporary says that the city
editor of the Jackqonville (Ill.) Joural has
frozen his ears a foot deep, but that, as they
have beenajIntated at the second joint, he
C has an abundance left for the requirements of
his position.
The London papers have intelligence frcm
Roumania of continual persecutions of theJews
Sat Cabul. The entire Jewish population, c5n
slating' of about one thousand, have been fear
fully punished, routed, and their synagoges
f filthily polluted.
Delegates of the old Catholio party, to the
number of one hundred, heold a meeting at Bonn
last week, and resolved to call a congress,
to aeet at Cologne in September. A petition
against the Jesuits was framed, to be presented
to the Reichstag.
SThe assassin of Lord Mayo has been 0ex
cated. iHe confessed that the saMsasintion
was not the work of a conspiracy, bat that h*
alone designed and carried out the murder.
He designed also to kill Gen. Stewart, who ac
companied Earl Mayo.
In Sooth Florida, orange trees Ave years old
I from the bud, will yield 100 oranges; seve
years old, 500; ten years old, 1000; and theie
fifteen and upwards are expected to yields0
average of 2000. There are instanoes of their
prodoucing 3000 and 5000 oranges.
About five hundred persons were present on
the 17th in Chicago, at a meeting of the Inte
nationals to commemorate the foundationof
the Paris Commune. Addresses were made in
its favor in four different languages. No Ae
rican of any standing was present.
The first publio meeting of the Internationsl
of St. Louis was held on the 17th, about40
Swere present. On the same day, which isit
anniversary of the rialog of the Paris Cos
mune, the New York Internationals had aba"
quet and speeches. Among the speakers wa
Victoria Woodhull.
A marble inscription has been placed in tie
r prison yard of La Boquette, the scene of tbe
murder of the-hostages, giving their nasUa
under a notice to the following effect: "REasp
this plawe, which witrnessed the death of na