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CALEXDAB 0o TEl Wig=.
Sasy ....Marcb i6-Third Snday in leet.
seay.....Mlarch I7--. Patrick. Asostle of Ireland.
Teeday ..... rc s--. Oabriel. Mrchasagl.
Weisediav . Marchb e-St aeeph. Ceoufss.r . spoos of
the B. V. M.. a od Patron oB the UCivelrsar Chure
batsrsr o.. March 5-~tL Uhbert. BStehp tec ,Tran.
Mrd... .... Mre ri--T be Fore WooUat of our Lord.
ntrday .... Ms-ctt-.tL Benedict. Abbot.
To avoid uoneceesary delay, all letters
coamunications and poat-office order
should be addressed "Editor Morning b'lar."
We are pleased to state that we have secured
the services of Mr. Thai. B. O'Connor, late of
IBaton Rouge, us traveuliong agent for the STAR.
Mr. O'Connor is at present in Baton Rouge,
after canvasiing which place, he will proceed
to Natchez, Vicksbnrg, Yazoo City and Jack
son, Miss. We bespeak for Mr. O'Connor the
kind consideration of our friends, and hope
that they will lead him their advice and inflo
ence in the promotion of the object in view.
The MoRNNso STARn I always for sale by Mr.
Chas. D Elder, 124 Camp street, who is also
authorized to receive subecriptions for the
same.
ST. VINczuC's Io Itr..-The Committee are
requested to be punctnal at the meeting this
(Sunday) evening at the hiome at 5 o'clock.
Officers of Conferences are invited to attend. t
Hibernians and all interested in the celebra- I
tion of St. Patrick's day should read the adver- e
tisements on our fifth page, especially those in
the "Special Notice Column."
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CAruouc ToTAL ArTI's selc AssocIATION.- f
A spesial meeting will be bheld this, Sunday
rvening, at 6I o'clock, in the Star lHall. Gen
tlemen wishing to join are invited to attend. q
To-morrow, Monday morning, at71 o'clock the t'
members will meet at the same place in
order to attend the Mass and blessing of their h
banner at the Jesuits' Church, at t4c o'clock, d
After the mase, the Association will join the P
Iliberniao Association in celebrating St. Pat- t
rick's aday.
SILVER WvEDIiNu.-Ou the 19th inst., St. I
Joseph's day, occurs the Silver Wedding to
the Church, or the 25th Anniversary of the
elevation to iloly Priesthood, of the Very Rev, y
Canon Cornerlt hloynihtan. Father Moyniban
was ordained bty Archbishop Blano (then
lishop), at St. Joseplh's Church, the Church 1
itself being dedicated that day. Father Moy- .
nihan's Jubilee will be celebrated with much
solemnity at St. Peter's Church, of which be is
now, and has been for, years the respected Pas
tor. A Solemn ltigh Mass will be spng at 9J
o'clock and a sermon will be preached by our
distignished attd rereverend confrere, Father
Richard Kane, editor of the Propagator.
ST. PATRICK's Cluttcn.-Forty Hours' Adora
Lion.-The forty bours' devotion commenced at
St. Patrick's Church Saturday morning, at
11igb Maas, and will conclude to-morrow
snorning at the aolemn ligh Mass to be cele
brated at 9 o clock in honor of St. Patrick,
the patron saint of the Church. lls Grace,
the Most Rev. Archbishop, will be present st
this mass, as also a large tunmber of the clergy,
nill of whom are invited to attend. The pany
gerio of St. Paltrick will be delivered by the
eloquent Fat her Finn, of PaLs Christian.
Branch No. 1 of the Ilibernian Association
will attend this mass, and theo publio are cor
dially invited to be present. To-day solemn
Iligh Maos will be celebrated at 10 o'clock.
The music on these occasions, it is almost need"
less to stale, will be in keeping with the sol
emnity and grandeur of the ceremoultes, St. Pat
rick's choir, since its reorganization, being one
of the bet in the Buth. Besides having such
eminent anmsicians as Mmine. Zeiss Denois, Mers.
Dubos and lIensm, it hbees been strengthened by
the addition of a quartette of male voices.
SOLtmn llt(eti Mast AND BLErsItNG OF A BAN
MER AT TiE JeUTst' Cnuncn.-The Festival
of the great Apostle of Ireland, which ocueors
to-morrow, will be celebrated at several of oar
churches with great smolemanity. At the Church
of the Iresncielate Conception, Baronne street,
at 83 o'clock, there will be a solemu High Mass,
at which the distinguished Jesuit, Father Me
lKiniry, will preach. At this Mases a very in
teresting ceremony will take pilae. The Cath
lic , rtal Abltineoce Asmociation, organizerd
last summer, has Irown rapidly in numbels,
aud with that sea) which characterizes the
mtiovementt agattlst intemperance through the
states, has alreadly procored a splended new
banner. This tunner will be blessted at the
Mass with mnuch ilemnlly, several dihsti
gtuished giutlresnietu atd taldie' having kiundly
'ounettl l lt ;io t in S. ,ol"sr. s. T'Ihe A nsititit l
its Illcllrl slh 4, oI" tlhe c(',otlre o"f 'llrllla|nperanllt :Mtil
acull".*
lV lTe smhwmeUra pemblvlselaa1
The sletliar Arm o IshaliMilLy.
TbM puerile misrepreseotatioa of Arebbishop
SPerheo paper, which we republish today,
semr to require no a. eeiat attention.
We proceed to mostee a more plausible one
-m.ade previeoely, and often made by Bomisb
advoeates. They vociferocaly deny that their
Church is responsible for the cold blooded
atrosities so long practiced against those dii
eriag from it in religlous faith. The Canon
Law tells a different story; it sbows morever,
that bhis statement of Romish debates, is an
nmitilgated falsehood.
Poste Lucius III, has already informed us,
that the laws again's heretics were enacted
"for tbhe destruction of all who believe or
toeeh, differently from the teaching of the Bo
mish Churcb in respect to the asacraments, or
whoever the Church shall decide to be a here
tic.
This is certainly a very ,omprehenaive deS
aition And it is perfectly intelligible.
We now quote fror, the Canon Law, Septim,
Deeret, Lib. y. Titulns, 3, De Hacrebtces et
Schismaticis.
Lir oczuT IV.
The laws of the Emperor ledrler, against those
partly of Amrery. their eoeemplice, and secret ad
bereae arn co.ramed. are ordered to be pat
fato ereoatioe.
Cnarzxz I.
Innocent, Bishop, servant of the servants of
God, to his dear sons, princes, cunoctI and I
communities of cities, and other places of
Lombardy and the Marches of Tervisana and
Romaniola: health and Apostolic benediction.
Since Frederic, Emoperor of the Bomans for
merly promulgated certain laws against here
tical depravity, by which that plague is to be
restrained from spreading; It being our will
that for the strength of the faith and the
health of the faithtul, those laws, be observed;
we command by our Apostolic letters, that
everywhere, and in so far, as these laws shall
specify -whose contents we send, that they be
recorded in your capitnlar les,-proceedings ac
cording to themn, shall be undertaken with ex
act diligence against heretics of every kind;
otberwrse we enjoin by our letters on the Pro
vincial Prior and Brother Inquisitors, ofhcreti
cal depravity of the order of the Preachers. in
Lonhaiudy, the Marches of Tervisana, and Ito
maniola, that they compel you thereto, by per
aonal excommunication and interdict of your
soil, without privilege of appeal.
The contents of these laws are as follows:
"Frederic, I.y the grace of. God, Emperor of
the Romans-ever August,-king of Jerusalem
and Sicily, to his beloved Princes, venerable
Archbishope, Bishops, and other Prelates of
the Churches, )ukes, Counts, Mlarquises,
Knights, Principalities, Burgraves, Advocates.
Judges, Ministers, Officials, and all constituted
authorities, throughout the whole Empire,
sends the present letters, to bhe read to his
faithful suljects, greeting:"
"The divine care of government and imperial
authority which the Lord has laid upon us,
which we exercise separately from the ascer
dotal office, require that we should draw forth
Ihe sword agalust the enemies of the faith, as
Igainst children of vipers who devour the
womb of their mother; whom we should por
toe with justice and judgment, as criminals,
lot to be permitted to live. for by their seduc
ng knowledge the world is infected, and these
licetased sheep have bronght corruption into
he flock of the faithful.
Therefore, we decree and establish, that
meretics of whatever name, throughout the
txt'*nt of the Esmpire, wherever they have been
:ondemnned by the Church and assigned to the
secular tribunal, shall be duly punished.
-Should any such after apprehension, terrified
.yfear of death, desire to return to the unity of
athb, and to do penance, according to the ca
ttiico sanctions, they shall be imprisoned for life.
esides whatever heretics are found in cities,
owns or other places of the Empire, by In
uisitors of the Apostolic See, or others zealous
or the orthodox faith; those having juriadic- i
ion are bound to seize them nt the notiflca
Ion of the luquisitors or other Catholics, and
sold them very strictly guarded, until coin
lenned by Ecclesiastical censure they may
erish by as accused death, who condemn the ss
rsmaeuts of faith and life. Also we decree
hat like penalties be inflicted on all who l'ke
cunniug enemny, are advocates of favoring
he error of heretics, or who provide them un
awful defenders; should they not desist after
ieing warned, their crime is especially great,
since they led to that life which they have de
lended. But those who having been convicted
if heresy in one place and then remove else
where, that they may more contionely poor
forth the poisoun of heresy, we decree that they
es subjected to a fitting vengeance; but as to
those converted to the laith from the aforesaid
error, and not by those who convicted them of
heresy, sone satisfactory testimony in to be re
quilred.
Also we decide that those heretics he con
dumned to death, who abjuring heresy before
the trlbunal; in the extreme peril of their lives
shall swear falsely or be convicted of bad
faith, or of is spontaneons relapse into the
same malady; as the lying iniquity is the
more culpable. And the lie must not escape
duoe punihment.
Every benefit of proclamation and appeal is
withdrawn from entertainers or favorers of
heretics, it being our wilt that from-the terri
tortes of the Empire, in which the true faith
should ever dwell, the sprouts of liecetical
lasping should in every way be destroyed.
Illt because in proportion, to the greater
gifts received fromi divine mercy, and our more
exalted station above the children of iren, we
should display more gratitude to the author of
our blessings; whenever the authority of our
exaitedtstatiou burns against the despisers of
our name, if we condemun those guilty of treason,
in persu.. and in disinheriting their children,
uneli lore strogly andi justly are we provok.
ed agaitist the 'L;Ipliemenrs of the name of Ga(d
antd the letract.rs of the Catholic faith : The
heirs, and poadrity unto the arcond generation, of
threse sonice heretics, of their €entertainers,. fa
orers, and adrocates, we deprive of all temljo.
ral breutilits, public oflcets and honors, by l be
imperial authority; so that they msiay bewail
in coottinuual eadnues, the moenory of the pater
nal critie; surely kinowing that iGodt iajealoeus,
powerfilly avenging the sille of the lathelrs
upon the ehildrou. lBut we do not jduce that
those are to ie cut off from mercy, who not
following the paternalu heresy, nlay have re
vealed the ciucealed perfidy of their parents;
the innocence of the chbidrnto, in that case,
shall iot be snubjected to the punishment of
the parents.
For these pnrposee let it be knowno, that the
Brothers Preachems, of that Order, for te bns
ineus of the faith, are depouted throughout eour
emitire agatunt heretics, in aldition to others,
who lnay he aassolated for jdging heretics -
unless they should have been pruscriued by
the empire;-iu going, dwelling, uand return
ing, they are received under our special impe
rial protection. Let all faithful anubjeet see
that they be not atlested; we eljoin upon all,
wherever, -rnenever to whomoever they bshall
colme, that ye receive them Liodly. and with
out chalrges; andt protect their persous from
the attacks of heretics, lying in ambtush for
theun, that you guide and counsel them, and
ailned them annlaces , in their business Iar ac
cepattle tin tite nigtsL of (i,,d.
Slur as to the hirretlcs who abow theniselves
iito , ,achb onle taking them witninu his own
juruiitition, let theni deltained.in ate let nsua
tiuly iti1il IttI' ji ltdgilet ofr ecoleslustical cotll
,ltuateioi n lt, t, athensujl'ct theou to tihe Iutntlsh
lmelt tihey deetoe. Kuow that in the
eli-rutlion ,II til.. It ,snlllllv. yiU perform IaI hl
'lmuge grateful itI, Iod t, I o ii ictei ltale to uin;
t|lnlllge al ltanY (of iltr.aly, .ou Ip rillrll a Ire
c itiu eltli t i. uiu. .ol i workl , togeiltn r with tlihnee
.... iiu .. .. n-i it iI olu.1 i ii, the sightl i f,,h ('l,~lt
Tbhus speaks Pope Inoeent IV.
Now If the popes ae Inrfallible the atrocious
eruelty of sneb laws truly repreoset the gena
Ine spirit of the Gospell. Whre is the 0ma
who would not resent seeh a foul lhbel on
Cbristiasity.
Therefore we repeat the declaration already
quoted:
'" Ie TcoueeMasec of the dogma prore it to be
I false."
The Popes Exercising Infallbllblity.
The Presbmhtrian's reply to our last ar
ticle, though considerably exceeding it
column in length, will be found published
by as to day intact. We could hardly Gond
a convenient place to cut it off, but most
caution our neighbor t, be more exact for
the future.
We do net pause to notice its reply. It
is indeed no reply at all but simply a con
tinuation of the same argument already
disposed of by us. ` It is an additional ex.
tract (or purports to be) trom the Canon
Law or documents sanctioned by the Can
en Law in those phrases where provision
in made for proceeding against heretics.
We have said to this t ,
Ist. That heretics in those days were
generally notorious criminals. The Mani
cheans, for instance, respected neither God
nor nature. They taught as articles of
their religion, assassinatiion, fratricide, par
ricide, incest and every abomination against
which the soul revolts as disgusting and
unnatural.
2. That the Church did not decree their
punishment, but merely left them to the
laws of the different governments. Centu
ries before any such canons were promul
gated, the Emperors of Rome decreed the
severest penalties against heretics.
3rd. But chiefly we told our opponent
that no attribute of infallibility was ex
ercised or could have been exercised in
these provisions of the Canon Law. They
did not come within the conditions of the
dogma and it is not very creditable to the
to- the fairness of a controversialist to
argue as though they were embraced with
in that scope when he most know that they
are not.
if a serious Argument is attempted to the
effect that these provisions, so distasteful to
our neighbor, are included within thelel d
embraced by the dogma of Infallibility, we
shall hold ourselves bound to notice it as
coming within the limits of the coutrovesy.
But so far as it is a mere charge of inhu
manity or folly against the Popes,. we
must defer any discussion of it to another
occasion. Our motive for this is nob a
repugnance to have any point whatever iu
the history of the church or the Popes ven
tilated. On the coutrary all Catholics
ought to know of every ot.jection that is
habitually brought against their church,
and understand exactly wherein It is a
fallacy or a sophism, and bow it may exist
as a fact without compromising the church
either in its sanctity or its doctrine.
But we decline entering upon those top
ics under an issue foreign to them. After
the present discusion is ended, we will
take up with the Presbyterian any of the
collateral subjects which it has been so anx
ious to foist upon us. The Jesuit mission,
the lives of the Popes, the Canon law or
any topic it may select will suit us. To
discuss them now would make the subject
interminable.
We, therefore, go on with our proofs that
the prerogative of infallibility has alwa3s
been recognized in the Churl.h, by giving
some prominent instances of its exercise
from the earliest ages.
First Century.-ST. CLEManT, (the 4th
Pope), according to Ireneus, wrote most
powerful letters to the Corinthians to re
recall them to unity, they having fallen
into great dissensions. And he was suc
ceasful. This was while St. John the
Evangelist was still Tiving, and it is evi
dent that the Corinthians would have ap
plied to him instead of to Rome, had it not
been understood that Peter's successor was
the controlling power in the Church.
Second Century.-IPope VIcrOR ordered
a council of the Bishops of Palestine to be
convoked in reference to the subject of the
Paschal time, and threatened to excommu
nicate Polycrates, Bishop of Ephesus, for
celebrating that least acoording to the
Jewish custom. This appeared to Ireneus
and others, to be rather severe, but they
did not call in question the power thus
claimed by the Pope over tar distant
churches. He also condemned the heresies
of Ebion and others infallibly, and his de
cree was not disputed.
Pope Ivroraus condemned the heresiaes
of Marcion and others.
Pope EcLUrrzaalus condemned the
Gnostic heresy.
Third Oentury.-ST. STEgPHN, Pope
condemned the error of African and Asi
atic Bishops, who bsptized over again con
verts that had been baptizsd by heretics.
He prohibited this re-baptism nder threat
of anathema, and the Bishops all yielded,
though at first one named Cyprian and
others were inclined to resist.
Origen, accused of heresy sent his pro
fessi,n of faith to Ro.me. Dionysius, Pa
triarch of Alexandria, was accused by
his enemies of heresy. Before what tribu
nai ll eforer the Pope. " They came to
It.ome and accused him before Dionysius
the lmau 'Pontnff of the same uame as
Ihimaelif." The Pope held him innocent.
in this century PIope ZaErIrlIn s, con
]dciued the heresies of Tertullian, Pope
Cornelies that of Novatas, and Sylves1er
oeeademned the Arias heresy.
Poarth Oeatary.-JULIuo, Pope, absolved
Rt. Athanasius from charges brought
against him by certaina Arians whom the
Patriarch of Antioch sustained in. their
aceasations.
Pope DAmasus, condemned the errors of
Apollinaris and others.
Pope Stalscus condemned the Jovioian
heresy.
Popes Innocent and Zosimus condemned
Pelagianism and Coelestin condemned
Nestorianism.
The same species of action on the part of
the Popes has continued to this day bat we
limit ourselves to the first four centaries
from want of space.
In all these decrees of the Popes upon
Faith or Morals there was so concurrenee
of ecumenical councils at the time. Some
times their decrees were afterwards ad
opted by councils, sometimes they were
not, but never was one rejected by a coun
cil. And such decrees have been always
received by the whole church as Infallibly
correct as well oefore their adoption by a
council as after-ards, and just as much so
in those instances when no action was
ever taken by any council.
Is it possible in the face of such facts, to
doubt that the Popes always claimed and
exerctsed the right of final jurisdiction
over questions of Faith and Morals and
that the whole church submit'ed to it and
recognized it I
We have promised to republish certain
ohargesof the Presbyterian, in connection
with Tertullian's, text, and reply to them
as soon as we have been furnished with the
necessary data, and we now comply with
the promise. Those charges are an fol
lows:
For instance ; we have repeatedly expressed
the eff,.rts to Wenigerize Tertnllian, and we
challenge an examination of the proofs of i-
on our files. Consider the Wenogeriems on this
one point, 1. They asserted that Tertulliarn
believed and tangbt papal infallibility; 2.
They declared that he said in reference to it,
what he never said; 3 In punblishlitg the quot
tation in our article, Out. 27th, tbhy falsified
oer quotation to make it correspoond to their
own; 4. They also falsifty it in precisely the
same way Nov. 10th. 5. In their Paper of
Bept. 5th. as if to add stultification to fraud
they give the quotation correctly; 6. in their
Paper of Dec. 8th, they publish without reply
our exposure of fraud practiced on their rea
ders; 7. In their Paper of Dee. 22d, they deny
that they practiced any traud; 8, And after
those repeated exposures, they assert tb.day
that our quotation and theirs is identical'; 9,
We might add that in the same Paper of Nov.
10th. they deliboerately deceive their readlbre
by leavingout a paragraph denouncing their
other quotations as fra,,dl)ent; 10, And is
their Paper of Jan 12tb they assure their ree
ters Uat " we never coetsnverted their other
qnotatioens'
'To tilese we answer:
1. We did not. 2 We did not. 3.
Not so. The reprint which we gave of the
Ptedyterian' article contained she typo
graphical error of " all " bitead of "also"
but this did not make it correspond with
our own tranelation. On the contrary we
had never used the word "all." This ty
pographieal error was totally unknown to
the editor of this paper, and was an over
sight of the proof reader. It was only in
the reprint and never appeared in our edi
torials. If the Presbyterian had called our
attention to the misprint at the time, as it
ought to have done, the correction would
have been made instanter.
4 and t9 These are both explained at
the same time. The Presbyterian of Oct.
31st 672, republished the article contain
ing the phrase wherein was the error
above mentioned. In a previous column
the following annonneement was made by
it:
Oar nomish neighbors " tell us that
they " have. not space " enough, for the dis
coussion of the seeocid part of our article.
In order to furnish them space, which will
enable them to answer that part leisurely, and
fully, we republish it to-day.
Instead of copying from their paper, our
foreman naturally used as copy the reprint
that had been previously made in this pa
per, thereby repeating tihe same error.
Moreover by this means an additional par
agraph interpolated by the Presbyterian
in its reprint, was of course left out be
cause it was not at all in the first edition.
T.ia-is the omission of which complaint
was made inumber 9. But the singular
part of all this is, that the Presbyterian did
not notify us of it at the time, instead of
saving it up for some future exigency
when it might have nothing else to say.
5. We always gave it correctly. 6.
Because we had not the slightest idea of
what they were alluding to. 7. Of coarse.
8. And we repeat it.
10. The denial of our quotations was
made in the paragraph omitted through er
ror, csnsed by the Prebllterian itself, as
above explained. Of course we knew noth
ing about it.
St. Joseph.
Next Wednesday the feast of St. Joseph
will be observed with the devotion always
felt ny good Catholics on that occasion. It
is not desirable as a general thing, to draw
comparisons between saints, but there can
be no doubt as to the exalted position ac
corded to St. Joseph in thle hearts of all
devout persons. 1Is relations with our
Savior and thie Blessed YVirgin, combined
with our knowledge of his own most lovely
and perfect character, will always put him
In the next place to the divine Mother
among tl:hose who call her Blessed.
The festival will be celebrated with pe
culiar solemuity at the Clhurch of St.
Joseph.
• St. Patrick's Day.
To-morrow recurs the ever memoeable
and ever faithfully remembered festival of
Irish Chrlstianity. St. Patrick's day is
never forgotten wherever throughout the
earth the bold, adventurous spirit of the
Celt has directed the footsteps of his race.
To-morrow the green flag Butters in every
breezs but Erin's. It would seem indeed
as though the whole world were Irishlpx
sept Ireland.
There is no race which has influenced
exterior populations to the same extent as
theIrish. In France, Spain and Austria,
the noblest and most influential names
have been for generations and are this day,
Hibernian. But especially is the iofla
once of the race felt in new conntries.
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the
United States-not only in giving popula
tion but in giving strength and tone to
that population. There is a dash, a force,
an enthusiasm in the Celtic blood that has
resisted for seven centuries the most re
lentless and savage oppression which the
world has ever witnessed and stands
forth to-day as irrepressible as ever.
Occasionally in this country a recreant
may be found,a fellow who is ashamed of
St. Patrick, but any one may see by looking
at the turn ont to morrow that these are
not mans in our midst. The splendid
Hlibernian Association organized in our
city does much toward fostering a proper
sentiment among its members, and as
will beseen elsewhere, it will appear in
force to-morrow. As long as the true
spirit of their race burnsamong our bosts of
Irish citizens, and as long as their descen
dante are true to the faith and traditions
and gl)orous souvenirs of their fathers, so
long the storm of despotism gathering over
this country will be stayed in its threaten
ug or resisted in its fury.
ST. PrTEma's FAF.-As the generosity of the
people of the old Third and the energy, iloe
ence and sa.eir of the lady managers gave
every reason to antieipate, this Fair has
proved a splended financial success, the set
pretdi amounting to the handsome sum of
8t.7 V,. In thin conuentin we are requested
by the Very Bev. Pastor to publish the fol_
lowing
CAIR,'O TWRA 15A
The sndersigned, deeply grateful to the
zealon.lsadies who bad charge'of the tables at
the lath Fair for St. Peter's Chbrch, to those
who so ably assisted them; and to the generous
public w'ose patronage'made it so eplended a
success, desires hereby to publicly shant one
and all of them. Whilbt thankin all equally,
for the reselt proves that each did her utmost,
he believerthat a special. mention iedue to the
following:
Times TaBWe-Mrs. Capt. Tilbury. Miss Mol
lie Grayer, Mrs. Bartley aud'Mrs. B'Mrne.
Fireman's IeBtreat-Mrs B. Sweeney, Mrs. M.
E. Garvey and Mrs. M, Toomey.
MeEnery etres--t-Mrs. insella, iMrs. Swan
and Miss Fannie Malons.
Hibernia Tabe-.-Mrs. Thoe Cullen- and Mrs.
Jas. Kelly.
Shamrock Table-Mrs. Jas. Gibney s.d Mrs.
Wm. Hanson.
S-. Perer and Panl's Table-Mrs. sad Miss
Dtalia Qailrer.
Crescent Table-Mrs. P. Bradley,.'rs. Win.
Walsh and Mrs. Jacobs:
Mornoiug Star Table-Mrs P. Qnion, trw.Eli
zardi, Mrs. W\n. Iauight and Mts. Truer.
Children's Table-Misses Katie Hoey, Piats,
Lynch and other young ladies of the schbol
Special thanks are also due to Mr. Jae. Con
nors who supplied the ice, gratis, for the Phir.
C6nwtLuMoNramsuae, P. P.
ST. THEatasA's Be.--Oar readers-must ex
cuse as for not giving. as yet, a full-statement
of the result of this Fair. It would appear
that returns are slow in coming in,.and, so for
as we can learn, they. have not been cloeed
yet, while those of St. Peter's Fair have been
published in fall already, though the enter
tainment terminatedllater than St. Theresa's.
We hope to give a eomplete statement in on,
next issue. A few items we have picked up,
however, and these we give as follows : Mrs.
McHugh. of the Little Emmet table, returned
$1200. The Jennet, donated by Mr. U. Foley,
brought $110, and was won by Mr. Connie Me
Niel. The Doll, donated by Mrs. Kennan was,
won by her grandchild. Mr. M. Foley's daugh
ter, the result of the contest being au follow a:
Mary Foiley, $130 Daisy Mullen. $i5.25; Jennie
Seiler, $59. Total, $74 25.
A German paper, the Prorinsial Correspondenz,
publishes an answer, believed to be inspired
by Prince Bismaarck, to the berns memoran
dunm of the Prussian Bishops to the &,vernmeut.
Threatening the Catholics, and especially the
Bishops. with what the State will be able to
do after the new ecclesiastical laws are passed,
this paper declares that "there can be no ques
tion of martyrdom inflicted on the Charob.
The nmartyr's crown," it says, '"would ill be
conie those wbo cunspire against Od and con
etituted authorivty"-meaning the State, what
ever it nmay enjoin-"oot for the have of their
faith, but on behalf'of the worldly power and
mastership of the Church." .iow this insinua
tion involves nothing more nor less than an
outrageonus and palpable untruth. It iseqniv
alent to saying that faith is not involved when
a Bishop is forbidden to remove a priest who
preashobes heretical doctrine without the consent
of the State, and without a decision on the
part of the State whether that doctrine is
heretical or not. It is impossible to conceive
an issue in which the purity of the faith is
more directly interested, and the talk about
worldly power and spiritua! domination is
simply an attempt to browbeat the Catholics
and throw dust in other people's eyes, so as to
divert public attention from the real greivauces
which lie at the buttom of the Catholic resist
auco.
Mr. Cnrran was once engaged in a legal argo
menut; behiud hiin stoOd hs colleagtue. a Oten
tleinull ehuseu vlereuOll was remnarklably tall autd
slendeltr, anld who hd originally intetntded to
take ordlers Tne juldge observing that the
cao, nulnder disc~ut~ullu ilil lvvedl a qulleatio, of
eccletlnsunu, luhw : 'Then ' said Curriila,, I ,ao
refer your lrdiship to a high auathorir.y bhhin.l
1ue, who was oncet intenldedl for the Culllrchb,
though, in muy opinion, he was fitter for the
steeple." -
DZTmnOIAL AND OPARE niE L
Spain continues to send troops to Cuba. 500
sailed on the 13thb.
Gen. Portdio Dias has been elected Chief
Jastice of Mexico.
New York is to assue $3.800,000 of bonds to
widen and pave Broadway. -
On New Year's day there were 38,370 post
offices in the United States.
Ex-King Amadeus has been appointed Lieu.
tenant general of the Italian army.
Miller, the collector of Customs at Mobile is
said to be a defaulter to the amoent of 6,0o00
The master printers throughout Germany on
the 10th, looked out all employees who belong.
ed to Unions.
Beecher's church costs $43 000 a year, of
which Beober's salary consunmes $90,000, and
the Library $700.
A recent philosopher discovers a method to
avoid being donned. "How t--ow f--bow ',
everybody asks. Neer rue is debt.
The Legislatures of Ohio and Indiana have
adopted resonaltiops censsring Congrssmen
from those States for increasing their salaries,
The death of Right Hon. Henry Thomas
Lowry Conery, member of Parliament for Ty.
rone, is also announced the same day. He was
72 years old.
The Portuguese journals sny that at no time
in the history of their country hare such efforts
been made to organize a Repubiean party as
are now making.
Falsehood is like a house built of wretchedly
bad materials. It may stand for a time, with
care and attention; but, at last, down it Comes,
probably burying its inmates in the reing.
The coil oil experiment has again been tried
and, as usual, resalted in a brilliant sacces.
This time it-was in Baltimore by a negro we
wan, who wanted to light a fire in a hurry.
Bootwell was elected on the 11th, to succeed
Henry Wilson as Senator from Massachusetts.
He received 124 out of 231 votes. Boutwell has
resigned the Secretaryship of the Treasury.
The Albany N. Y. Argue publishees a table
abowmng that of the thirty seven counties
holding town meetings, Democrats and Liber
als have carried twenty against Ave last year,
making, a net gain on their aide of eighty.
three towns.
A remarkable phenomenon was wtnessed re!
cently in the town of San Ignaue, Sinalos,
Mexico. There was a shower of qnick.silvev
loe drops of Mercury falling everywhere and
covering the plants. The inhabitansr eoleeted
many samples.
Viscoun$ Ossington, John Evelyn" lenfos,
died on that tb, in the 73d year of hirage Be
was a member of Parliament almost' conta.
wously from 1823 to 1872, and the Speaker of
House of Comemons from 18N7 to the year of
his retirement.
-A petition has been signed by manyte the
colored citizens of Pensacola and forwasaibte
their representatives in the Legislature, pray
ing them to secnce the passage of a law mak
ing twebty-sin days a mouth's work for all
house servants.
To use book. rigbtly is to go to them hr
help; to apoealt be them when our own knew
ledge and power fels; to be led by them into
wider sight, purer sonceptisce than our own,
and reeiove from them the united sentence of
the judges and osneils of al time, against our,
solitary and unstable opiuiort.-Rskis.
The Thedegar laen Works, at Richmond, Va.,
established. nearly thirty-eight years ago,
now have $1,000,0,0 capital and nearly 2000
workmen, A special. manufacture is a freight
car of great strength and dt-rability, of which
large numbers are sent to every part of the
country. The buildings cover a space of fif
teen acresi
A meeting was held in New York on the 8th,
of a large number of Socthere gentlemen, in
eludingbbe most prominent basiness men from
the South.residing there. Es-Gov. Lubbock,
of Texas., and Col. Hart of Georgia, delivered
addresses, The objet of the meeting was to
form a Southern asmeoiation for social, benevo
lent and-other purposes, which should inolude
all gentlemen conneeted with Southern trade.
Another cable is soon to be laid under the
Atlantie Already 2567 miles of the wire are
coiled in the oapastousoeit o ti-e Trreat B0t
ern. This colossal steamer, which is specially.
adapted' to the delicate work of cable laying,
is to steam out of her British harbor toward.
the end of May, and the projectors of the new
oceania telegraphic enterprise confdentlyer
peot to have their submerged wire in operation
beSwe the beginning of July. This cablnis to
be brought directly to bur shores, via Halifax.
It is reported that a Portland, Moe., gentlo
man, who had heard unfavorable reports of
the misohieveus proclivities of the boys at an
adjacent village, had occasion to visit the
village in question, and, after making a
tour of it in safety, met an acquaintance, to
whom be related his ill.founded ansploions,
adding that be had not even seen a boy. "Ah,"
said his friend," that's beeanse all the boys
are at the other end of the rillage, atoning a
funeral."
One day at dinner a soientiflo la asrked the
late George 8tephenson, " Wha do yoen o0
nider the mat powerful fore. in natlure
"Oh," said be, in a gallant spirit." I will sooon
answer that question-it is the eye of the wo
man for the usan who loves her; for if a woman
looks with affection on a young mae, sad he
bshould go to the uttermost ends of the earth,
the recollection of that look will bring him
back. There is no other force in nature that
could do that."
People having nice furniture are naturally
oanxious, whben ocation requirre. thek remral.so have
it done with ears and skl In tbis eoaeotion we
eteerfully reommenad Mr E. heater who. theough
still a younag men. is a veteran at the busise esand is
endorsed by all who have had occasaln to engage him
as beltg as klt1fra, careful and prompt as erven the
mtt oaptioens counld wlb. Mr. Sbooters charges are
rery raonsouable and bhis aunfalling good humr seer.s to
r,-ieve one .f three fourths th case and ver..ton it:s
ally rxperlieced on mach t 3ng occarsious as re-ntim,.
He can b en h at the ecorn-r -' -'i andi Natcle'
streets. or order'rS m tlyl'r I ' " - . '.-- >1
Casal, or Maduit.. . Cat.. ..r. 2r Ildun i ti
8lth pege.