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Mrning Star and Catholic Messenger.
NEW ORLEANS, 8~NDAT. YtMARCH 11 M3.
[From the DabUli Nos.o J
DE PEOFUNDIS.
From the depths of oursadnes mudsorrow,
We ry, day and utiht. to our God
To ud aus th dewn of a morrow.
That will le btap our emerald sod
With rays brlgbt u aver ah9ue round her.
lmineg night's darknoas and sloom,.
Era elasry's old hand hath bound her
With myrtle and rue from the tomb.
0 Lord. *e were thine. thronh dark ages
Of wrong, like that nation of old
T peopl, on HtLsery'. pges
ep w¢totl In letters of gold I
In bonday ts raised up their veaes-
Ia bondeago e raiee thm today:
Por our lend, though ore smeiken. rloioes
In Him who wn always o.r taey.
Yor.
AUDIIENCES.
ROMe, Feb. 7.--His Holiness continues
to bold almost daily audiences more or less
numerous, besides those that are offi
cial or granted to particular individuals.
On Saturday lhat, ist of February, there
was a general audience, at which about a
hundred ladies and gentlemen-English,
Amerirca, French, German, and Italian
were present. An English lady, on this
occasion presented an offering of £100.
On Sunday, the 2d, Feast of the Purifica
tion, the Holy Father blessed the candles
in his private chapel, and afterwards re
ceived offerings of candles from about 100
corporations. The Bishops of Salford, Ar
ras, Carcassonne, Montaubann. and Concor
dia, and the Archbishop of Quebec, each
received from the Holy Father a large and
beautifully painted candle. There were
several Cardinals and a large court present.
On the same day the Marchioness Serlupi.
and the Countess of Salm-IIlogstrmten
presented to His Holiness an album which
had been forwarded to them by the Duch
eas Adelaide of Braganza, containing 35,
000 signatures collected by her Royal
Highness, accompanied by an offering in
money. On Wednesday the Duke of Rat
ibore (Prince Hohenluhe) was received in
private audience, and on Wednesday Count
Yon Arco-Zinneberg, who presented an ad
dress from a numerous body of German
Catholics. The Holy Father's health con
tinues excellent, and he has taken his usu
al mid-day walks in the galleries, or
(weather permitting) in the gardens.
THE CARDINAL VIChtR'S LETTER TO THE
ROYAL PROCURATOR.
Great and painful sensation has been
aroused this week in Rome by the reply of
the Procuratore del Re-an officer having
some of bhe functions of our Attorney
General-to a letter addressed to him by
the Cardinal Vicar. An infamous journal,
infidel and Red-Republican in principles,
has been publishing in its columns a "Life
of Christ," which for thrpitude throws
Strauss and Renan completely into the
shade, and everybody has been expecting
the suppression of this tissue of blaspho
mies. As it proceeded, however, to the
fourth number with impunity the Cardinal
Vicar thoughtlit his duty. to try and put an
end to this scandal by the following letter :
"The journal I1 Capitale in four numbers
the last of which is dated Jan. 31., con
tains an article entitled ' Life of Jesus
Christ,' in which the impious writer pours
forth such and so many blasphemies and
heresies against the august person of the
lan-God as would disgrace Arius and Re
nan, and which inspire horror and disgust
in whoever retains in his heart any senti
ment of religion. The faithful and good
hoped, that, as it is incumbent upon your
office, sir, to announce the sequestration of
journals guilty of offences of the press and
that you could not have failed to read
these impious articles, thatyon would have
ordered the suppression of the above
named numbers of the Capitalo as guilty
of a violation of religion; but having
waited in vain for several days, they have
addressed to the under-signed Cardinal
Vicar the strongest remonstrances and pro
test against so grave a scandal to which no
stop has yet been put. Nor can there be
any excuse for not proceeding against these
impieties, according law, for they are in
open opposition-to the statute. In fact, if
it has not become a dead letter, the first
article recognizes ' the Catholic Apostolic
and Roman religion as the sole religion of
the State.' But how can that be true if it
be permitted in the public daily papers to
insult its Divine Author on whom rests
its whole foundation 1 Besides that, this
impiety not only offends those who profess
the Catholic religion but also all those
Christians throughout the world who,
though outside the Church and belonging
to hetereodox comnmunions still acknow
ledge and worship Jesus Christ as the Son
of God. Thus, not only a Government
that calls itself Christian, but any that
professes liberty of worship would feel it
a matter of duty to sequestrate journals so
wicked; for if it has the duty to guard the
rights of its subjects so that they shall not
be violated, it certainly cannot permit
that anyone's religion should be publicly
offended. If the laws of a State oblige
the magistrate to protect the property and
life of the citizens, know, Signor Procura
tore, that to Catholics their religion is
dearer than property or life. Neverthe
less among the various sequestrations that
you, sir, have frtequently ordered when
ave we ever seen one inflicted.on the im
pious journals (of which there are so many)
for offences against the Catholic religion
and its august head the Sovereign Pontiff?
If the. smallest offence in the journals
against the King is rigorously punished,
certainly the injuries vomitted by the Cap
ital. ought not to be unheeded against
King of Kin~ s Who jealous of His honor,
will sooner or later justly avenge Himself
on those who outrage him, and not less on
those who, bound by their office to prevent
those ontrages, permit that His most holy
life, spent for the salvation of men, now
described by an Infernal pen, should be
thrown into the dirt. After this the Car
dinal now writing, hopes that his jest re
monstrances will Induce yon, sir, to pre
vent further scandal, by forbidding tlhe di
rector of the above named iournal to con
tinue the 'Life of Jesus Christ," or else
by the sequestration of the paper should it
be continded. Sometimes, however, these
reclamations remain without effect, and
therefore the undersigned gives notice
that by the duty of his ministry, and that
the faithful may not be scandalized by his
silence, he intends to publish this letter in
the Catholic journals, with this scope also,
that all may know to what sad condition
the metropolis of the Cathelio world is now
reduced, where, with the most horrible
outrages, the Divine Person of Jesus
Christm ly be assailed with Impunity.-
CONxTAIQTINa, Card. Pa:axzr, Vicar-Gen
eral."
ANSWER OF THE PROCURATOR GENERAL OF
THE COURT OF APPEAL IN 3O153.
" It being part of my office to watch
over the press, the Proeuratore de Re has
transmitted to me your Eminence's letter
eoncerning some artloles published in a
Roman journal on the Life of Jesus Christ,
a letter that I had already seen announced
in the Osseratore Boomno and the Voce
della Yerita. I tnderstand the sentiments
which have determined your Eminence to
reqpnstwate against the publication of the
sairarticles, and I can deplore with you
that discussions are made on principles ac
cepted and professed by Catholics with the
greatest veneration. But in a State like
ours, guided by the principles of liberty,
we cannot with sequestrations and process
es close the mopths of those who by con
victia:i, or through passion, raise discus
siona t:at are not forbidden by the laws.
Your Eminence knows better than I that
in all times and in all countries, even un
der a regime of the press less ample than
that now existing in Italy, there have been
such publications without the State think
ing it necessary to interfere, and-permit
me to say-without lessening respect for
religion which rests on too flu in a basis to
be shaken by similar attacks. Your Emi
nenco moreover cannot be ignorant that
the 2d article of the law of the 13th May,
1871, proclaims fall liberty of discussion
on religions matters. How then cau judi
cial authority which should be inspired by
the laws only prevent such articles when
they do not exceed the limits of discussion u
For the rest, let your Eminence be persua
ded that my ofice exercises a rigorous sn
pervision over the press, and when it over
stops the boundaries set by law, has not
failed, and will not fail in the accomplish
ment of its duty. (Procura Generale)
FRANCESCO GHIGLIERI." Therefore for
the future Christ may be publicly blas
phemed, and the Italian authorities may
"deplore" but will neither check nor pun
ish.
NOTICE TO QUIT TO THE RELIGIOUS COMN
MUNITIES.
It is also said on excellent authority that
when on Sunday last (better day -better
deed) the Usher went round to the various
convents to give them the official notice of
the expropriation, he addressed some ter
rified nuns in these words:-" You are
very credulous to think your God is om
nipotent. If lie were, after what we have
done to Him and are going to do to Him,
He would have overwhelmed us."
DESTRUCTION OF OBJECTS OF ART.
And that you may see that the love of flue
arts is on a par with the religion and mor
ality of the regenerated city. After selling
at ridiculously low prices the objects of art i
that were part of the treasures of the
Monte di I'ieta, they are beginning to strip a
the chapel, one of the most beautiful in I
Rome, and onn formerly visited by many
foreigners. The architect was Giovanni
Antonio do IRossi, and it is said to have I
cost two millions of lire, or £80,000. It is
entirely lined with the finest and rarest
marbles and has some fine sculptures. The
Holy Trinity is by Domenico Guidi, Tobi
as is by Le Gros. There are also four beau- t
tiful statues of Faith, Hope, Charity, and I
Pity or Alicsgiving. Lately have been
sold for a few francs, six candelabra and a
cross in brass, but " Cissellato" that is cut
and worked by hand, with the most exqui
site taste. It is said the four fine statues
above named are for sale, if not all of c
them. Certainly no care is new bestowed
on the building, and the rain is now spoil- c
ing the roof. The other instance is more
the affair of certain personages, but it is
everywhere reported that the renowned
Quirinal gardens, the summer pleasure
ground of Popes from Urban VIII., down i
to Gregory XVI. and Pious IX. are ruined.
That the stoves arid greenhouses of Greg- h
ory XVI. have been all made into stables,
and that the magnificent vases of orange
trees ara t, be sold as old rubbish. The
coat-of-arms of Clement XII., erected over
the as'eru anglo of the palace, the
work of Ferdinando Fuga has been de- ]
stroyed, and the cultivation of flowers has ,
been totally abandoned. This once beau- r
tiful, thoughl quaint garden, embellished -
by a succession of Popes for Sunday even
ings, each after the fashion of his time, is
now a something between a wilderness and
a stable-yard. But we live in a utilitarian t
age, and all this too is progress after its '
kind.-London Tablet.
Those who admire the writings -of Mr.
George D. Prentice, will be pleased to read t
the following extract again : "It cannot
be that our life is a bubble cast up by the
ocean of eternity to float a moment upon
its waves and sink into nothingness. Else
why is it that the high and glorious aspira
tions which leap like angels from the tem
ple of our hearts, are forever unsatisfied 1
Why is it that the rainbow and clouds
come over as with a beauty that is not of
earth, and then pass off to leave us to muse I
on their lovAineset Why is it that the I
stars which ' bold their festival around the
midnight thrones,' are set above the-grasp
of our limited faculties, forever mocking
us with their unapproachable glory I And
finally, why is it that bright forms of hu
man beauty are presented to our view and
taken from us, leaving the thousand
streams of our affection to flow back like
Alpine torrents upon the heart t We are
born to a higher destiny than of earth. There
is a realm where the rainbow never fades,
where the stars will spread out before us
like the islands that slumber on the ocean,
and where time beautiful beings which pass
beforoe us like shadows,- will stay in our
presence forever."
British clergymen of the industrial sort,
are writing bulky pamphlets to prove the
particular religious belief of Premier Glad
stone. Here in the United States the the
ology of public men does not In the least
concern the people, so long as the minis
tare are honest, all of which reminds us i
that in the bygone days, when the sterling
William L. Marcy was Secretary at State,
there came unto him a good anid zealous
man who said, "Sir, three of your clerks
go regularly to the R,,man Catholic
Clhurch." You astound me," said the chief
ofthe foreign bureau. "I thought I would,"
responded the good man. " I am much
surprised," continued Mr. Marcy, " that
three government clelks in Washington go
to any church at all." The complainant
looked blank, the clerks in question wor
shipped as they listed, and retained their
deskse.
The best thing in this world is to take things
as they uome-teake them essy-and take a
good many of them.
The aitrast.
Rather more than three hundred yeats ago
a rich Spanish gentleman lived in Valladolid,
where the court wasee then held. He was in
name, of course, a Catholic, but his life badly
agreed with his faith. He looked upon life ab
a time gives him to speed In amssement and
pleasure, and he never gave a serious thought
upon wBat he came into the world for.
It so happened that, when be was about in
the prime of life, the renowned Father Faber,
of the Society of Jesus, (now "Blessed") arriv
ed in Valladolid. His fame bhad reached there
before him, aend many of. the Arst gentlemen of
theCourt were eager to press around him, and
to listen to the holy words that fell from his
lips. And soon it was arranged that Father
Faber should give the Spiritual Exercises of
S. Ignat!ns to a large number of these gentle
men.
All this came to the ears.of our rich friend.
And as it was quite a la mode now to go-and
visit Father Faber and seek spiritual oounael
from him, he made up his mind he, too, would
go and oven get leave to join in the Spiritual
Exercises.
He accordingly set oil on his visit, and call
ed upon Father Faber. After a little couver
saton Father Faber saw that he was not quite
the man to enter as yet the Spiritual Exercises
and so he told him that he would do well to
put them off for a time, but that meanwhile he
should attend well to his ordinary duties as a
Christian, and so prepare himself to make a
retreat later on. The gentleman was obliged
to consent to this; but, not to go away
empty-handed, hebegged him to give him some
spiritual advice or counsel before he left.
The holy Father agreed to do so, if he would
promise to carry out faithfully what he should
tell him to do. The gentleman promised this,
and then Father Faber said to him-"As often
as you can remember to do so, repeat to your
self these words-"Christ poor and I rich!
Christ hungry and I filled with liixuries!
Christ naked and I richly clothed! Christ in
torments and I in pleasures!" Turn these con
trasts over in your mind often, or at least re
peat them with your lips." Tho gentleman
promised he would do this, and with a simple
adieu took his leave. As he was walking home
be thought to himself-"flow is it they make
so much of this Father Faber t They call him a
most spiritual man, and here he gives such
simple advice. I am not much of a spiritual
man, certainly, but I believe I could give a
better counsel than that." His thoughts ran
on in this way, and he returned home thinking
very little of Father Faber.
However, he kept his promise. He repeated
the words vocally from time to time, but imoro
in jest than with any intention of getting good
for his soul.
So things went on for five or six days. At
the end of that time it se happened that he
had invited a large company to a most magnifi
cent banquet. Every delicacy was there; the
choicest and rarest wines. Noluxury was for
gotten. In the midst of this rich brnquet, the
thought came to him to repeat the contrasts.
"Christ poor and I rich ! Christ on the Cross
and I at this Inxurious table! Christ in tor
ments and I in delicacies! Christ fasting and
I feasting 1" But this time he did not say the
words in jest. His heart was touched. At
first there were some attempts to throw the
words away, but they returned again and
again, and each time with more force. And at
last he enti:ely surrended himself to the grace
which was working in his soul.
And as it is written of Joseph when his
heart was yearning to make himself known to
his brethren-"Joseph could not refrain himself
before many that stood by; whereupon he corn
,manded that all should go out, and no stranger be
present at their knowing one another. And he
lifted up his voice with weeping :" so now this gon
tiemnan, not being able to refrain himself lon
ger, got up fronm the table and left the ban
queting hall, thenou went to his chaumber and
threw himself before his crucilix; and there
alone, "where no stranger was l,aese:r, at his
now knowing Jesus Christ, he lifted up his
voice with weeping." IHe spent there a good
part of the night, pouring out his soul in deep
contrition to his crucified G ,t.
Early next morning he started off to visit I
once more his saintly adviser. And when
he saw him be told him, amidst sobs aind tears,
how those words he had bid him repeat had
been to him like so many arrows piercing his
heart, and be begged him to tell him what
he meet now do. Tue saintly Fattier embraced
him, himself aseddingtears of joy, and told him
that he must now love what he hated, and
hate what he loved. Soon after he put this
gentlenan through the Spiritual Exercises of S.
Ignatins.
And Valladolid was snrptised to see ever
after in this gentleman a lman leading a self
denying, holy life.
Members of the Association, we can all turn
these contrasts over in our minds, and get as
much good for our souls as this good gentle
man did. LEX FrvELtS.
-Messenger of the Sacred Heart.
It is seldloin that a reward offered for scien
tifl research is followed by more important
and valuable results than those attending the
strife after the Breant prize. During the
cholera epidemic of 1849, a pr'ze of one hun
dred thousand francs was offered by M. Breant
for a specific remedy for that dreadful scourge,
the precise terms of the offer being " the dis
covery of the means of curing Asiatic cholera,
or the indication of the precise causes of that
dreadful disease." Although no one has yet
solved the problem to the satisfaction of the
comumittee, yet the inducement thus offered,
and still open, has been sufic:ent to elicit
every year most interesting and usefll study,
and the results of these investigations are con
stantly appearing in the form of valuable
works on this subject. The authors of these
have, from year to year, been awarded by the
French Academy, though us yet no one has
been found worthy of the principal prize.
When the consideration of one of these late
esayss was before the Academy, one of the
enilbers, M. Bonilland, expressed the senti
nients of that body ueguarling the award as
follows: "There repiains for our civilization
the difficult bimt glorious task of tracking the
monster to its cradle, or rather to its lair. We
are still awaiting the advent of the Hercules
on whom will devolve the gliry of so ntoble, so
meritorious, so dicine a work, but it is to be
feared that in our day no esuch denti-god is
likely to appear."
A ILEA FOR THE LEFT HANDx-Why is this
exccllent member of the human body treated
with an injustice bestowed on no other ? The
strictest impartiasllty prevails in regard to all
the organs of the senses, and to the nether
limbs: why is that hand, which in Latin is
c lied "sinister," in French "gauche," and in
Gsermn'n " links," in English called left, as if it
were almost neelessi Habit and prejudice are
the cause of this; nature made no such dis
tinction. Children commonly use either hand
indiffurently, and have to be taught that thle
right is the one of which they are chiefly to
avail themselves. Savages use either hand,
and we read that of the tribe of Benjamin
there were on a certain oucasion seven hen
dred men who could with their left hands
"sling stones at a hair's breadth and not miss."
Now, though there can te no question but
there are some things which are better doteu
with the right hand, as, for exaumple, writirng,
which runs from the left toward the right, and
there is an apparent awkwardness in offering
your left hand to a friend, or holding a spoon,
in it, yet there seems to be no good reason why
a boy should not drive his hoop and flourish
his whip, or a girl do her sewing or learn to
draw with either hand indifferently. One of
our first water-color painters is what is callea
left-handed, and one of our great musicians,
now deceased, wrote a Capital hand after the
same fashion.
In the course of a few weeks tens of theou
eands of Amerleans will dook to the *'beaks
of tbe beautiful blue Danube," and partial
pate in the enjeyment of thbe great ledus
trial Exposition, which will be opened in
Vienna on the first of May, and which,
there is every reason to believe, in splen
dor, variety, extent, and arrangement, will
far surpass any of the universal exhibitions
that have been held up to the present time.
Althoouh the capital of Auatria, next to
Paris, is unduestionably the most magnifi
cent among the great cities of Europe, it
in a measure, has been neglected by
American tourists; and, for this reason,
we believe that a slort sketch of it will
not be anacceptable to our readers.
The city of Vienna is beautifully sitona
-ted on both sides of the Danube, which
there is exceedingly wide; and the two
parts of the place, the principal of which,
including the old town, lies on the right
of the river, are connected by several splen
did bridges. Prior to the sudden growth
of Berlin in the last few years, Vienna
was the largest.city in, which the German
language was spoken ; but, if Berlin has
now a larger population by one hundred
thousand than Vienna, the latter still retains
its old fame of being an infinitely mote beau
tiful place than the capital of the new Ger
man Empire. Merlin has undoubtedly
many attractions, many superb palaces,
many grand old churches; but its popula
tion is homogeneous; while Vienna, aside
from its suaperior architectural beauties,
and its by far more interesting historical
traditions and reminisences, has this ad
vantage over its great northern rival on the
river Spree, that it is populated by a south
ern race, noted for its lively character, its
cheerfulness and versatility, and that there
are mingled with its German inhabitants,
who form the bulk: of the population, re
presentatives of all the numerous races of
Eastern Europe, whose peculiar costumes
lend a most varied and animated aspect to
street-life in Vienna.
The history of Vienna is fraught with
the most momentous and interesting mem
ories. Its origin is not accurately known.
Tradition says that it was founded by
Colte, under the name of Vindebon. Un
der thie early Roman emperors it became a
municipal city, under the name of Vindo
bonn, and here it was where the great em
peror and philosopher Marcus Anrelius
died, A. D. 180. In later years it was in
vaded by the northern nations, and re
mained a long time in the hands of the
Rugii, who called it Fabiana, from which
the present name of the city seems to have
arisen. Goths, Lombards, and Avarians,
then hdld the place alternately, until final
ly the German emperors took it; and, In
1042, Henry III. held there a regular Diet.
Maximillian I. made it the capital of the
archduchy of Austria, and from that time
forward it increased rapidly in importance
and population. After the two sieges by
the Turks, under Solyman, in 1527, and
under Kara Tustapha, in 1683, during
which the city offered a most heroic resist
ance, it was surrounded by strong fortifi
cations,which the French, after a brief in
vestment, destroyed in 1809. The city has
now a population of upward of seven hun
dred thousand inhabitants, which is in
creasing so rapidly that the Austrian stat
isticians estimate that its population in
1875 will exceed one million.
The cathedral of S. Stephen's is justly
considered the pearl of all the architectural
monuments ofVienna. There are few finer
churches is the Christian world. Its con
struction was commenced A. D. 1144, and
completed in 1433. Its steeple is four hun
dred and twenty-eight feet high, and from
the top the spectater enjoys a most enchant
ing view over the vast city, and the beau
tiful valley of the blue Danube. The in
terior of the church isgorgeously dueorated,
and contains many memorable tombs,
among them that of the illustrious Prince
Eugene of Savoy.
Among the other churches deserves to
be mentioned that of the Capuchins, In the
New Market, with the vault and tomb of
the imperial family. A visit to that vault
will bring the traveller face to face with
the dust of many personages who bore a
conspicuous part in the history of modern
times. Here repose, till the great day of
Resurrection, the Empress Maria Theresa,
the despotic Francis II., Napoleon's fa'her
in-law; time unfortunate Duke do Reich
stadt ; and, lastly, the ex-Emperor Maxi
millian, of Mexico, and his imperious
mother, the Archduchess Sophia. The
gloomy memories with which this sombre
vault is filled, are not relieved by the gor
geous ornaments with which some of the
imperial sarcophagi are embellished.
Next in beauty to tlhe cathedral of St.
Stephen's is that of St. Carlo Borromeo,
built in one of the suburbs in fulfilment of
a vow which the Emperor Charles VI.
made whent the plague raged in Vienna,
in 1707.
The imperial palace, the Hlofburg, is a
vast but gloomy-looking old pile ; but its
interior rivals in the magnificence of its
decorations, and the extent and value of
its collections, the most renowned r*esid
ences of the Old World-princes. In beauty
of architecture and symmetry it is far sur
pasIled by Mnany of the other palaces of
Viennml, and especially by the Belvedere,
which was built by Prince Eugene of Sav
oy, on one of thie most delighttul sites in
the city, and Iby the palace on Joseph's
Place.
Tui Boas ox BocLooNe.-The bois de Bou
logne, which lies about a mile from I'Paris, be
yond the Barriere de l'Etoile, is a portion of
tho ancient forest of Roovray.
In the 13th century same pions merchants
made a pligrimage to Boulagne-suor-Mer, to
visit a shrine of the-Blessed Virgin, and on
their return determined to build a chapel on a
site possessed by one of them in the forest of
Rlouvray, similar to the one they had visited.
The royal permission for its erection was
speedily granted by the king 8. Loais of
France.
When the chapel was built, the immense
concourse of pilgrims made it necessary to
provide scoomodation for them in its vicinity.
Thus a little village arose in course of time,
and received the name of Boulogne. Charles
V. a few years afterwards bad summer resi
dences bnilt for himself and his court st a
ashort distance from Autolium, on the side
nearest to Paris. This group of bounses form
ed the nucleus of the village of Pasty. Grad
ually these villages increased in size to the di
mninution of the forest, which was at length
reduced to the proportions of a wood, with
the name of the Boits le loalogune. Napoleon
Bonaparte was the first monarch who made
,plantations in the Bois ee Boulogne.
The green of pines, firs, cedars, eyirceses,
jonimers was arranged to contrast agreeably
tin winter with the brown solemnity of oaks,
elms and limes, and the sivery bark of beeches.
The wall which surrounded the wood was re
built, and keepers were appointed to drive
away vagabod,. In the year 1864 the Bull
deo Boologswae given over by the State It
,et of ar, on condition that t should
be made into " park.
The most important edifi8e in the forest ol
Ronyrny fr many years wasbthe convest of
This convent was founded in the year 1960
Sby Isabdlte, sister of S. Louis. At her deat
she was buried lb the convent chapel. The
mlk followed her to the ve, and delivered
Sdiseourse tbll of condolence for the lose
which the community had sustained. Name
oae miraculous cares were effected through
her intereossion, in consequenoe of which, im
mense crowds were attracted to Lonbehamps
for mere than two centuries. Isabehla was
beatified by Pope Leo X, in 1316, and h-t
shrine became a celebrated place of pilgrim
age. In the reign of Terror, the convent o:
Lougobamps was destroyed, and the nnc
put to death. The loos pligrimage to Longs
champs Abbey wa bchanged into gay prome.
ardes to Longchamps, for the display o@
spring fashlens, and these promenades were
revived under Napoleon I., and have been
continued ever since.
CARqYINo OUT TuN JOKe.-While we were
lying in camp at Roesville, Georgia, writes -
correspondent, the Sixtieth Illinois returned
from their ihrlough with a number of reeruits.
One of these, having exhausted his supply of
clean shirts, and not having learned to be his
own laundress, asked a veteran where he could
get some washing done. " Do you see those
tents there by the church f Well, go there,
and ask for Mr. Morgan; be does washing.
He's a crusty old cuss, but if you talk pretty
nice to him, he'll do it for you." The recreit
went as direoted, and found Genesal Morgan
walking in front of his tent, dressed, as was
his custom, in the uniform of a high private
"Where will I find Mr. Morgan I" asked the
recruit. "My name is Morgan. What will
you haves" "I came to see if I could have
some cl6thes washed." " HII-m-m Who sent
you here to get your clothes washed t" "John
Smith, over here in the Sixth." " Corporal of
the guard!" (The Corporal approached and
saluted.) "Young man, go with the Corparal
and show him John Smith, so that he can
bring him over here. And youn come back with
him and bring all the dirty clothes you have."
They departed, and soon returned with the
guilty veteran and a huge armful of dirty
shirts and socks, etc. The General to Smith:
"Did you send this young man here to have
his clothes washed T" " Yes, sir, for a Joke."
"For a joke ! Well, we'll have the Joke carried
out. We do have clothes washed here some
times. Corporal take this man, Smith, and
that bundle of clothes down to the creek, and
have him wash them, fold them up neatly, and
return them to the owner! See that he doe
the job up handsomely!" The veteran went'
away to his work sorrowfully, and the General
resumed his walk.-Exchange.
GoNl.-Iike dropping, dying stars, our
dearly loved ones go away from our sight, the
stars of our hopes, our ambitions, our prayers,
whose light ever shines before us, their place
is left empty, cold and dark. A mother's
steady, soft and earnest light, that beamed
through wants and sorrow; a father's strong
quick light, that kept our feet from atum.
tiling in the dark and treacherous ways; a
sister's light so mild, so pure, so constant, and
so firm, shining upon us, from gentle, loving
eyes, and persuading us to grace and goodness;
a brother's light, forever sleeping in our souls
and illuminating our goings and comings; a
friend's light, true and trusty, gone for ever.
No, the light has not gone out. It is shining
above the stars, where there is no night and no
darkness forever and ever.
The only thing we are positively sure
of in this life seems to be the very thing
we think is never cuing to happen, and that
is-death.
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
JANUARY 1, 1873.
IVISON, BLAKEMAN, TAYLOR & CO.
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to the following
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thollte publicattoo ld iontitetloee Nuombers of the
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of Irelaad. I3 each. IHlt Cathulic CircelauLg Library
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WESTERN PRODUCE, LQUORS, ITC.
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WHOLESALE oROCERS,
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Prodooe,
ORKER OF CANAL AND DELTA STZiR S,
oto 7I ly NEW 0O3.3*55.
JOHnE O. RYAN.
WHOLESALE LIQ1JOR DEALER,
AND RBCTIF/It OF h1IEXTS.
Iole Agent fot sad keeop.. o,atl hans , e Cele
bwaod OLD RY. WRISet ae. .
well-known Bongal Warekm eaee .D,/ GeIL
TINAN cororof r Ffm s d enk eyb.eM
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Please call anit osasaleib, ymureelveq. soo
SUNDRIES.. ..........SNRE
We effbr for male. ia lotse er laamSlttI e he mut put
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59 cask. C. It. BACON 511)3.
I0 caskaBACON SHOULDIRS.
50 mcaks DRY SALTED BOULDERS.
900 bbtla. HEAVY MESS PORE.
53 tierce. Haghee. Geslee & Co. ' "KENTUCKY
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25 tieree. IIEAIRGRASS HAMS.
100 tieroes Choloe Refined LARD.
100 kegs Choice Jeinsd LARD.
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50 firklas Cholce OOHEN BUTTER.
50 firkinsCbholee WESTERNRBUTTEL.
5b bblm. OLD CHICKEN-C0E WHISKY.
50 ht bble. OLD CHItE.O000o WHISKY.
95 bbls Celebrated MAGNOLIA WISEg.
ZS bbls. New York GIN.
25 bbls. New York BRANDY.
FINNEY, SHZEEHAN & RUSS.
Oct.tt Poydram shrt,
Octftf ". New oseom..
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DwALmias
GRAIN, CORNMEAL AND IH&t,
57, 59, 1, G63...New Levee Street...57, 69,61, f,
J s147 _ ly. Corner Poydras.
JOHN RENDERSON,
Wholesale Liquor dealer and Rectifier,
NO. 85 TCIOUTITOULAS STREET,
And 72.74 and 76 La'fyette Shtre
New Orleans, La.
PURR BOURBON and RYE WhoHY lw% ea
and, dret .om McGbbo ro.' elobrated Dl.
tillery, (Iaytiana, Ky.
Also. Aent for the Celebrated BRAZrLIAN HERS
.aITRSa nd RLECTIFYING CHARCOAL. jellaly
EDWARD BURKE,
WINES AND LIQ'UORBS,
186 and l9h..Toehoupitoula stroet..1ijG and 19
mb37918v ,dOr.lawMs.
COAL AND WOOD.
"W.OOD .. ................WOOD................. WOOD
NREAT RDIrT)CTIr IN PRICES.
AH WOOD, Ie 50 per cord, dellvIoed.
OAK 750
makera' PNE., 4 00 .
FAT 4 00 .
CHIIARCOAL. 4t0. per barrel.
For stle by JOHN J. ULAIRK,
Oftfoe and Yards, rorner Jollia and Drtesd.
rOl Im o And corner Julia and Libetry street(.
JAMB S.COIICORAN,
DAIROR IN
OAK, ASH, AND PINE WOOD,
ALSO
SAND, BUiLL~II, wTC.,
S.pplad on tlh Most Reaaonablo Terms.
No. 039 NEW BASIN, Julia Btrat Landing,
0o0 m - New Orang.
J J. CLARKS.
WOOD AND COAL MERCHANT,
Office corner Julia and Dryade.s treet.,
And Corner Liberty and Julia a tRe,
Box 1'319 Mobanlca' and Traders' Ezohang.e,
New Orleans.
Dealer In Wood and Coal. IBricks, Sand, LIma, Cment.
Plaaior Hair. Latha, Shlnglae. Oak, Abh and Pln
Wood, boal and Charcos, wholealo and retail at ,te
loweet market rateo. Ordsaa OLed and t eaumbreta
auppllod at hlor notloe. nold"eI
PATKICK IMURIU'HY.
OKALR IN
WOOD AND COAL,
231............Magnolia Street ........... 231
oci3 OG IlBtwean Thalia aid Xr.f.1 .ia.O
HARDWARE-STOVES-COOPERAGI.
j S. AITKNS A SON,.
33......... TcnIorOUPI U arrr,.......W
DEALEE6 IN HARDWARE,
Irpn, Iteel, Copper, Bra.., Lead, Oalvrensed Spies
Nails Bolts, etc.
Bras. and Compoetona hl Hafrdware, Builders' Hard
ware and Fire Orate.
Locksmithe' and Bell Hangers' Material.
Together with tio regratest variety of every denoriptoc
of Mechanic.' Tools and Uardware to be found In tse
South. at reasonable prices. ie  ly
G. PITAI.D,
Builders' Iardware, Grates and Mantels,
PAINTS. OILS. VAP.VIre. TURPSNTUI6.
WINDOW GLASS and WALL PAPUR.
349 ........... Common trt .... ...
ml4 79J Ly ete Clnbeema Market.
Mc cITYR & A&PPIOGALB
PLUMBERS,
Dealers In Cookling sagtes and Selaees. Tube
Water Coseet. Wart Stedde. libe l L. s
and Iorce Pump. Ale Pmshe and Lebd Ppoe
Braa a d Plated CoaL eeb at pa a le
146...............0D t T......POD ....... 14
saw ouLMa.
N. B.-Auta for Colwell'., Shaw s Wlerd a PDMm
OLD ESTABLISHED TROY BELL FOUNDRY
(Continue to maenufactereo thoe BLLS (wbhi haves
made TROT cetebrated tbraugoeat the WOrId. sed
which have bee. made at thlie maliUbeset darta Sthe
pant twenty years). end are now maltIng ame.Un an
nualty thae ea other Foury Is t. esya for
Churcbhe. Aeadele.s, Plaaatseae. eta, made dSenmae
Bell Mtal (Copper ad TiL.) _ atpA the
beest irn All Ball. Warsated taemy. t
Large Illtrated Ctle a us rap Vo I Pes
Uen t JUOp8 - CO., T'ry . t.
Catrto.-- we ar partL edlngome 1 musaadaaturo
OGeene Troy Chburch Boill wbohe Foundry is NO mad
mrvut has beea. l{oaed in Trey, N.. . said aedm. are
I.tended to deceive tse public. rJ