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Morning Star and Catholic 'Messenger.
!es ORIEANS. SUNDAY. APRIL 97. 1673.
Iieem the Senthwestern Presbyterlan.
'The Consequences of the Dogma
Prove it to be False."
In accordance with our announcement not
long ago, our neighbors inform the public that
they have got to the endil of their atring, hav
ing got to the end of Weiger; for the re'
maining chapter is merely Weniger's ans were
to Weaniger's objections to the dogma.
Then farewell! Weniger; farewell! lRoia to
cutesa. Though Kenrick takes you for a blun
dcring zealot, and (ratry, for an unscropulonau
liar, surely, it is not your fault that you have
proved to be easuch aon enfant terrible to men who
so unfairly tried to get a reputation for learn.
ing at your expense.
But we are not at the end of our string by
any means, on the contrary we have jest be.
gan on the merits of the question. Weniger
isa habort horse, and soon curried, but this iise
eusesion involves matters be did not dreani of.
Then having done with Weniger's rhapsodies,
we ask some consideration for the official utr
terances of the Itorish Church, the nervous
y- -- steffof -the- apaey,-the---itntiopY of ages
of history, the uniform voice of the Popes
for 50 years, and the unchanged statutes of
to-day.
As yet, we have said nothing of the cruel
laws against the Jews; of the lawa of anathe
ma and exeommunication, of papal instruc
tions to inquisitors, and of many other things
which occur in 3000 pages of closely printed
ordinances. We shall also want a calm dis
cosslon in this connection, on the Taxr Apos
telica I'enltentiarii ; the price list of indulgen
ces fir crime. We shall want to know how it
eonaelsts with infallibility to publish such a
list for the benefit of those who wish to com
mit rape, theft, murder, perjury, apostacy, etc.
Then there are other matters to be ceasidered,
which every American oitizon will thank us
for bringing to light.
We, therefore, recommend patience; and
paslig by similar decrees of Pope Urban IV,
John XIII, Honorius IV, Alexander IV, Leo X,
we proceed to that of Paul IV, in the Seventh
Book of the Decretals from which we have
been quoting. Lib. V. Tit. 3.
It is shown by this decree that the assertion
of our neighbors that these decrees operated
only against criminalse anid subjects, is desti
tute of truth, since it here appears that the
Popes claimed the right to enforce these dev
ilish enactments against princes, kings nod
emperors. In other words the Papacy asserts
absolute authority over governments as well
as individuals.
PAUL IV.
" Since by our apostolic office, not according
to our merits, we nave been entrusted with
the care of the Lord's hlock. it rests upon us,
and therein shall we he held responsible, for
the faithful cuastody and wise direction of it,
like a faithful shoepherd, to watch assiduously,
and very attentively to provide, that whoever
in this age, nurged by their sins, and trusting
to their own prudence, licentiously and perni
ciously rebel against the discipline of the or
thodox faith; and with superstitious and
feigned inventions pervertiiing the understand
ing of the Seripturbn, and the unity of the
Church, Catholic; sand who endeavor to rend
the seamless robe of Christ, may be expelled
from the fold of Christ, nor mlay they
continue the teaching of error, who disdain to
be disciples of the truthl,.
- We, considering i thing of this kind, to be
so grave and dangerous. as Buman I'ontiff, -ho in
the stead of God, anu,,d of our Lordt Jesus Christ, wield
the plenilt.dc of lower uspon earth, over peoplest and
kingdoma; wcho judeers all, and shom none in this
world ma judcge: We will, that if any he de
tected wandering from the faith, in order that
he may teo brought back; that where greater
danger threatens, there sholld be more ample
and diligent counsel; lest false prophets, or
others holding secular jurisdiction, should
miserably deseive thie soults of the simple, and
the numberless ipeolple conmmited in lipiritual
or temporal things to their care sudi rule, and
draw them into perditionl, and death of daim
nation, and thus shouldL happen that we must
see in the holy place, the abomination of des
olation ap ken of by the prophet D)aniel; de
sire as much as is possible in God, according
to ear pastoral charge, to catch the foxes who
re sking to ruin the vine of the Lord, and
to drive the wolves fridR the fuldl. lest we seem
to be dunmb dogs that cannot bark, and lte lsr.
with the had husbandtien, and be counted ai
bireling.
having mlaturoly deliberated over these
things with our venerable brethren the cardi
nils, by their counsel, and with their unani
moos assent. Ste approrcanud -ronicr, all general
and particilar ,-eurnmmunications, of suspension
andistcrdict, qof privation, ancd alt othcr asntence,
censures and panishmrnts, by cany of the Rosani
I'Pontifs our predecessora decreed or ricogni:-d, by
their Ilelers r-tra agants, iihetherreccived by the
Churob of God frout the holy councils or from
the decrees of the holy fathers, and statutes or
holy canons and constitutions, and apostolic
ordinations, in whatever manner enounced
and promulgedl against heretics or schismat
ica, by the Apostolic authority we approve and
renew themn, and will that they be obser-ied in
perpetuity and let the observance be referred to
these if perchance is le not to those. Also
whoever may have erred fronm the Catholic
faith, or have fallen into any heresy, or incur
redl or excited schism, or detected in coummit
ting it, or confossing or having been convicted
er-which CGod in his clemency and universal
bounty avert-shall hereafter deviate, or
fall into heresy, or incur schism, or shall excite
or conmmit, or be detected in having erred
fallen, incurred or excised or coummitted
or shall confess or he convicted; of what
ever state, rank, order, condition or oeminen ce,
they i, even if Episcopal, Archiopiscopal,
'Patriarchal, Pl'rimatial, or other greater eccle
siastical dignity, whether holding the honor
or a Cardlinalatie, or of any places of thie Apon
tolic See, even the office of perpetual or tem
poral legate; or of secular, io ('ount, Jlaron,
Marguis, uske or uing, riei thosth they gtlitter
rith Imperial authority or rcellenci \i We will
aiid dew-c, that anay of them iiciurs the aforo
suid cenuslrco, sentences and penalties.
And considering no less, thain it is It that
those whi, do o it abstain from, vico out of Ilve
for virtue should be doterred from it liy fear
of punishlnient anl that bishops, Archbishops
Patriarchn. l'rinuatee, Cardinale, Legates,
Counts, Barons, Mlarquises, Dukes, Kings oail
Emperors, who should be those who teach
others, and set them a good example, that
they may retain them in the Catholic faith,
sin, more grievously than others, in prevarica
ting, since they niot only destroy themselves,
but numberless others committed to their care
and role, or draw others subject to them, into
perdition and the pit of death; with the coun
sel and assent of such, by this our coistito
lion, which shall he perpetually of force, in
hatred nf so great a crime, than which none
against the Church of C~od caii be greater uor
more lleruiicious; in the plenitude of Apostolic
power we enjoin, decree, determine and deaue
that by the sebintoces, censures anit penalties
aforesaid, retaining their force and vigor, and
even with Increased force all and alogn
lar Bishops, etc., who as aforesaid have erred,
etc., or who shall hereafter crr, etc: Since in
this they are rendered more iaexcussble than
others, in addition to the aforesaid senitcnces,
censures and penalties, be deprived of servise
of right or fact, of orders. Cathedrals, Patri
archal, Primatial churches, Cardsh,,,late, Of.
Bceof Legate, of any voice active or plasaive
of authority, monasteries, bonehices will, or
without cure, of seeulsr and regular olmces,
however obtained by whatever, apostolic
dispensationa and onocessione, eta, etc.,
Ceust, aroqLass. Dokes, Kln anA
afl wfsln the shal he and I
teemed incapable and unfit thereafter,let them
be considered everywhere and in all respects,
subverted, in the same way as it, formerly
they had abjured this heresy before the judge;
nor may they ever be restored to their former
state, whether Cathedral, Metropolitan, Patri
archal, etc., or any honor or dignity great or
small, etc., etc., or be restored or relhabiliated
in Barony, Marquisate, Dukedom, Kingdom,
etc.
Further, let the seculars be remitted to the
judgment of the authority, to be punished
with merited clhastisement unless-the signs
and suitable fruits of penitence appearing-the
Ienignity and clemzency-of ha s Italy See. so
clude thenm in sorn,, monastery or regular
place, to do perpetual penuuce, with bread of
grief and water of saudness. Wtherefor, for
such should they 1,e held, traced and reputed,
by all of every State, rank, etc., whether
lisihop etc., etc., that such persons tay be
avoided, ani that t hey may be destitute of oev
cry consolation of huImanity. -
Furthermore those arrestedl or confessed
heretics, or convicted pf knowingly receiving,
favoring or defending thenm, or who may have
preestnoed to dogmatize upon their dogmas, in
cur by the act, sentence of excommuniation;
they are deslgnated as infamoss; nor by voico,
person message writing, or proxy, can they be
admitted to any pulbhlle or private office or
council or Synod, or Conclave of Cardinals, or
election of any one; or to ofer testimony.
Furthermore, they are intestate, nor can
they enter upon a succession; no one nmay be
compelled to transact business with them. If
they be judges their decisions are of no effect,
and no causes shall be brought before them;
if they be advocates, let no one patronize
them; if they are notaries, their notarial acts
are without value. Further, Clerics in all and
singular churches, Cathedral, Metropolitan,
Patriarchal, Primatial, and in dignities, Mon
asteries, Beneices and Ecclesiastical offices,
even as aforesaid, however qualified or at
tained, also Laics qualified, enjoying the dig
nity aforesaid of Kingdonme, uchies, Lerd
ships and temporal goods by them possessed,
by this fact they shall be deprived of them.
Kingdoms, Duchies, feudal tenures, cuand goods
of this kind shall be confiscated, and when
confiscated shall become the right and proper
ty of those who hball first take possession,
provided it be done in sincerity of the faith
and unity of the holy Roman Church, and in
canonical obedience to us and to the Roman
Pontiffs our successors."
Hero is another genuine expression of Ionfal
libility, as the Popes understood it. Archbish
op Kenrick was undoubtedly right when he
said at the Vatican Council : "'The conse
quenues of the dogma prove it to be false."
True eeonouy consists not in purchasing at
low prices prices simply, in getting good articles at
moderate rates. Some stores always sintag the song of
cheap, cheap, but the Southern people have had tooe
much exlrenlece to be swayed entirely by this consid.
eration, they look for the best and always finding it in
the leading establishment of the line of material want.
ed, are satisfled that they get the cheapest after all.
Now, in the dry goods line this Iyding position by an.
animotsverlect, belongs to the house of i). H. Holmes,
1U3 Canal and I Bourbon streets. Importing directly
from abroad from the manufacturers, in ship leads we
might say, to the amount of millions of dollars
annually, Mr. Iolmes Is naturally enabled to
defy competition, and to sell the very best of ar
ticles at the same prices which smaller dealers charge
for inferior artieles. Those facts are important, and
should be remembered by all who wish to economize in
the true sense and who, for their own benefit, should
avail themselves of the advantage presented through the
liberality and business energy or this house. By an ad
vertisement elsewhere, we see that Mr. Holmeshas
just received a full and complete line of the bert Brit
loh hosiery for ladies, men and chfldren.
Music hath charms to soothe the savage
breast, but it would be utterly vain and foolhardy to
essay & practical exempliticatlon of this fact without
the aid of a good lnstrument. Had Orpheus possessed
a grand piano, or even an ordinary upright of good
quality, be would have calmed the wrath of the strong
minded ladies who treated him so ecandalously and per.
haps have lived to forget the smiles of his lost Eury
dice in those of some other fair. Slut alas! he had
naught but a rude little lyre; he never heard-of Stein.
way & Sons; and until sometime after his death, Louis
(irunewaltIs temple of music was net. We would call
the attention of our musical friends to this advantage
which they possess over poor Orpheus, and suggest a
visit to tirunewald's establishment, No. ti9 Canal
street, as will been by our advertisement.
From far Cathay and still more remote Japan,
comes intelligence dashed through the cable wires
which thrills uts as it were with an electric spark. Tea
has gone up, i. e. increased Is price, and unless those
good people in our community who patronize the leaf,
lay in a geoo, supply soon, the luxury will get beyond
their reach. It view of this fact, we are glad to call
attention to our advertisement of Messrs Cuonninghass
& Hogan of the Chinese and Japan Tea Company,
whose teas and cofetes as well as their prices, will be
found to afford universal satisfaction. The splendid
display made by this firm at the Fair Grounds, was the
wonder and delight of old and young, and those who
visit the Pair during the early part of nest week
should remember that it affords no greater object of in
terest than is ofared by the China and Tea Co. The
very low prices of the different teas will be found
plainly marked.
Among the line displays at the Fair Grounds
this year, that of optical articles made by Atr. Wa. H.
Itohse, of No. I Carondelet street, attracts great at
tention. In the centre of his large show ease rest the
t ophies of past victories, in the shape of twohandsome
medals, awarded at prertwns Faire. By his intimate
practical and theoretical knowledge of his profession
Mr. tBohne has wan for himself the patronage of ast
.lasses in this commutlty. Basing our advise upon the
stresg recommendation of our leading oelists and upon
cur long acquaintance with him, we suggest that those
of our readers who astter from any of the vartions disea.
tea that etlhet the sight sheuld eall upon ktr. Iechse
at suer.
A N Exct-.I.ENT OrratTrvilTy Jolt INVST-*,
eno MOeey.-The advertisement at Stesers. Ifauh &
tdElodsn, on our fifth page, offers great indutemente
ora lavestmtent. Besides the advantages set forth, it Is
i well tuosen fact tihat this city is greying up the
leer, and nthere ran beno danbt that ta a few years thts
sroperty will bring three or four times its present
caine.
TIEST ANtS OLtiETa FAstL~Y MIeDICtINIC.-.s.N
ocid's Lirerr Inrigerster-.a purely Vegeteble Cathartie
sad Teolc-for Dispepsis, Constipation, Debility, Sick
teadache, Ihilious Attacks, and atl derangements at
.tver, Stomach and Iloweis. Ask year Dregglut for tt.
loearr of imilations. sh30 iy sow
Folt TottoAT lDIEAegES AND AFFE ~IONs OF
he Chest. BROWN 8 BRONCHIAL TROCHES are of
aloe. Fey Ceughs, Irritation of the Threat caneed by
old, or unseust exertlon af the vocal ergana, in speak.
ug in public, or singing, they produce beasficlal re.
'ults.
I ani thoroughly satiefledl titat Simw.ona'
Aver Itegnistor is sit it claims to he for Isdtgeation
ad Billeus Complsints. I have also beard many af my
lends epeak ef it. ssni all agree that it possesaeao the
irtues claimed far It. A. it HtIGHTOWERt
Coeductor M. & W. It. R.
Htaantxa.& Insuumwec CoMWAZ.O.-On the 8th
fMay as sisetle- be Direetere of this Ce-mpeep wilt
ase p'ase, s et btb the advertise-met eleewhere
ENGLANID.
The London Universe of the 5th inst.
gives a glowing account of what was in
rtended as a great Catholic Temperance
meeting, but which was so numeronusly pt
tended that it had to be divided into two
sections. The demonstration was gotten
up under the immediate supervision of
Archbishop Manning who addressed both
eetings, assisted by Fathers Nagent and
f Lockbart. The Universe says
r The Catholics of the metropolis may well
be proud and gratified at the two demon
strations which were held last Monday
evening in furtheranc of the Catholic tem
perance movement. Smjldom, if ever, has
the metropolis of England seen suchl a
gathering; certainly nosuch demonstra
tion of Catholic influence and numbers and
earnestness; no such grand display of zeal
and resolution in the best of all causes
the furtherance of religion and temperance
-has ever before been witnessed in this
country, at least, not since English society
became adulterated with the national eff
ects of Protestantism and Dissent and that
general falling off from tihe Christian uni
ty and peace of which the Catholic Church
is the sole repository. All Londonors
know of the monster proporti ps of the
pri.'cipal room of the establish nt known
as Exeter Hall. The people who came on
Monday night to show by their presence
their desire to help the movement would
have tilled this spacious apartment twice
over; so great was the rush at the build
ing that the doors had to be forcibly shut
and placards posted up making known tihe
fact that the hall was cramed to excess.
Still the crowd lingered outside tihe doors ;
and loud became the bemoanings that they
could not get to hear their revered arch
bishop and those much-esteemed- clergy
men by whom it was known his grace
would be supported. After some waiting
it became known that a supplemental
meeting would have to be held in the open
air at Trafalgar Square, and there was
quickly a general rush to the esplanade of
that notorious region. With wonderful
alacrity torches were brought into requisi
tion at the northern base of the Nelson
column, and a meetinog of large propor
tions was quickly in full operation. It must
have bee a trying and exhausting even
ing's wort for our not over robust arch
bishop. His grace would not be satisfied
with attending and making a speech at
the monster in-door meeting at Exeter
Hall. When he heard that his flock had
come in such large numbers that a second
meeting had become necessary his benjgn
features brightened up with joy, and he at
once decided that none of his friends
should go away disappointed in not having
heard and seen all they expected. As soon
as his grace had disposed of the most im
portant portion of the business of the meet
ing at Exeter Hall, he proceeded to Traf
algar Square and there met with a most
enthusiastic reception. What a sight in
the metropolis of Protestant England! A
Cathollc archbishop-once one of the most
distinguished lights of tihe Established
Church of England-addressing by torch
light a large open-air meeting of English
and Irish Catholics within a stone's-throw
of those Houses of Parliament upon whose
temporal influence and mundane notion of
things in general the samie sham religion
exists, and the air full of the cheers which
greeted the appearance of this distinguish
ed ecclesiastic among his :nultitudious ad
mirers. Where wore, we should like
to know, the archbishops and bishops of tihe
richly endowed state Church at that particu
lar-time I What thought lhad they of their
flocks, of tihe morel condition of England,
of the vast distress they have such splen
did opportunities and means of releaving.
FRANCE.
"lfemoires Secrets" of 1'apoleon Ill.
We are promised "Secret lemoranda" by
the late Emperor Napoleon, ordered by him
to be published only after his death. They
are edited by the Comte de In Chapelle,
and extracts have already appeared in Fig
aro. Of these the most important record
tihe bitter deceptions experienced by the
Emperor when he discovered the real truth
as to the relative state of preparation in
which France and Germany were. "On
the 6th July, 1870, Marshal Lebmuoftold
him that he could bring into the field 588,
000 men. A close scrutiny brought this
total down to 400,000 but when tihe mobili
zation was commenced and marching ord
ers were issued, the number was further
reduced to 385,000 men. Three weeks later,
when the army was concentrated on tihe
frontier, it was found that only 20,000
men were available. At the same time it
goe discovered that the German army,
Which lhad been set down at 300,000 men,
really amounted to 900,00 menm." The lat
er mistake seems immpossible to account for;
the over-estimate of the French resources
is explained by the unauthorized permis
sions given to married soldiers by the gen
erals in command of districts. There are
also fresh statements with regard to the
miscalculation respecting arms and sup
plies, and further extract4are promised; the
work when complete will be interesting
enough, as bshowing the delusion under
which the Emperor acted, as regards tihe
real facts, it cannot of course be as couclu
sive an authority as the report of the enbse
quent French commission.
The "Trascontinental" Tria .-Thle great
Transcontinental Company swindle has
been disposed of by the French Courts, and
it appears that only six miles of railway
were ever laid down, and only twelve
marked out, and that there is no reason to
suppose that the promoters ever intended
to go on with it. Twenty millions of france
were subscribed, of which-speakingrough
ly-six and a-half have been sent to Am
erica, and fve and a-half have been pock
eted in France. M. Crampon, ajournalist,
who had received 800,000 france to write
up the speculation, gets four years' impris
onment; Baron Gauldree Boilean, Consul
General of France at New York and Min
ister oh Peru, tmree years only, in consid
ation of his having refunded; and General
Fremont, the well-known explorer and
candidate for the Presidency, five years
parn cemntumace. He is proved to have re
ceived 3,Mt)0,000 francs as mhairmam of the
company.
Mlarsarml Bmmzaime.-Thle French corres
pondent of the Times who interviewed Mar
shal Bazaine appears to have done the pris
oner no little disservice, for there is a
rush of witnesses offering to disprove the
allegations in his defence and to support
the eharge against him. Amoug these
Geaeal Jams who was Depaty Quarter
msme.t ~mu aJ Metak eetraiiets the
stop that orders to destroy the Frene
flags were sent by the Marshalto Genera
Soleil, but weth not carried out in time
And a brigadier-forestler declares that I
was he himself who sent the despatch wbico
Marshal Bazalune asserts that he never re
ceived. The effect of the revival of th
controversy has been still further to em
bitter the publio feeling against the accne
ed, and if it true that I. Thiers wished t
let him out on parole, he could not do a
now.
Afunicipal Institutions .Decaying.-Th
important manufacturing town of Ville
franche, the most popular place in the De
partment of the Rhone, has just re-elects
its municipal council. Never, since th
last elections of the Commune of Peru
have candidates been elected by more Ab
surd proportions of their constituencei
Here are the figuree: Out of the first see
tion, which contained 1,163 electors, outn
.329 voted. The number of town council
lore to be chosen was seven, three of whor
could not be elected at the first scrutioj
owing to theif out baving polled the requi
site number of votes, The second sectio
contained 1,084 on the register, of whor
only 412 voted. The third sent 263 voter
to the poll, out of 1,039 on the register
The single candidate could not be elected
for the reaso., already mentioned. Th
second attempt at polling, which tool
place on Sunday last, exhibited a stil
greater degree of indifference on the par
of the townspeople. These are the sort a
persons who were elected: two grocers,
retired butcher, a gardener, a house-car
penter, a bootmaker, a journeyman silk
weaver, (canut), a clerk in an insurane
office, and a broom-seller. Such are th
kind of men to whom are entrusted the ad
ministration of the interests and the mani
palation of the municipal finances of a towl
of 17,000 inhabitants. The connection
which such persons are known to hay
formed with the radical committees enabl
one to predict accurately the way in whicl
they will discharge their duties. They ar
pledged to abolish the octroi, and to estab
lish secularist schools, and expel the Christ
ian Brothers.
Progress of the Rcvolution.-It is bas
enough when such municipal councillor
get the management of affaire in one im
portant town; but, unhappily, the case i
not an exceptional one. Nearly all Freul
cities are governed by men known as revo
lutionists. This is of itself a serious dan
ger; but there is a worse behind. We are
not far from a general election. The Con
servative party would, as I have alread;
remarked, be glad to prolong the existence
of the National Assembly until the moot]
of April, 1874, but it is foreseen that the
Radicals will succeed in bringing on the
general election at an earlier date. In an
ticipation of that event the Democrats arn
carrying out a vigorous organization to se
cure the return of their candidates. It i
at Lyons at the present moment that the
efforte of the Radical party are beington
centrated.
Charity and the Church.-To, the Communal
Charities Bill the Bishop of Orleans, in an
eloquent epeech, supported and carried the
addition of an article providing that
the psrish priest should always be one
of. the commissioners. The Left at
tempted to put him down when he ad
daced the argument that charity was
the creation of the Christian Chnrch, and
that in pagan times it was unknown.
M. Grevy characterized the interruptions
as most indecent, and the article, placing
on commission the parish priestand the re
prisentatives of the legalized Comimunions,
If they existed in the Commune, was carried
almost unanimously. In the course of his
speech the Bishop mentioned the faot that
120 hospices, in which 20,000 aged persons
were cared for with the most delicate char
ity, had been established in France by the
Petites Saurs des Pquvree, and when a
member on the Left called out " how
about the heirs t" he informed him that in
his own diocese the Petites Smara des Pan
vres had just refused, without even asking
his advice, a legacy of 1,500,000 france
although the relations of the testator con
sented to the bequest-on the ground that
if they accepted it they would no longer
be the little Sisters of the Poor.
SWITZERLAND.
Ihe Persecution in Sacitze-rland.-The el
ection of a cure of Geneva seems certain to
result in the intrusion of the ex-Pere Hyac.
inthe, who has been lecturing again, as the
real Catholics will not vote. In the Jura
the population is subjected to yet more
terrible trials. The party in power talks
of nothing less tian military occupation
and the imprisonment of the Bishop, and
bitter regrets are heard that Mgr. Mermillod
also was not imprisoned instead of bannish
ed. -In the meanwhile thesparish priest of
Bienne, who made a vigorous and manly
protest when summoned to rebel against the
Church, has been incarcerated in the town
prison; at Lajoux the cure, when about
to say Mass on Sunday, was driven from
the altar by the soldiery, and the country
is virtually under a State interdict. No
sacraments, not even baptism, can be pub
licly administered. No bMasse is said in
about 120 churches, and from the villages
near the frontier the parishioners have had
to emigrate on Sunday in a body across the
border ao order to hear Mass in France or
in Alsace. At Ferney, the whole popula
tion of Collex-Bosey in the Canton of Gen
eva has appeared, with mayor and adjoints
at the head of the procession, as an escort
to eighty young people from that parisb,
who received the Sacrament of Confirma
tion from the hands of Mgr. Mermillod'
RISSIA.
Says the St. Petersburg correspondent
of the Tablet: Russia has been, up to the
present time, by a special kindness of Pro
vidence, exempted from those social con
vulsions which have shaken the other king
dome of Europe, and our Government, fear
ing nothing save from the Catholic Church,
is doing all it can to bring on similar con
vulsions, the first effect of which would be
to limit its own power, and next to over
throw it a~logether. Nevertheless, it is
forcing on the country unhealthy knowl
edge; it is opening theatres and closing
churches; pulling down convents and en
larging prisons; facilitating divorces,
which are now handed over to the exclu
sive jurisdiction of the civil tribunals; and
is about to ,pft the finishing touch to its
demoralization of the peasantry by means
of the forced military service, which causes
them to mix in the barracks with the other
already sceptical and morally corrupted
elassee Pouting rifes into the people's
hands while you take away the Catechism
is about the surest way to arrive at the
Commune of 1871.
IwOra.-.Trial for Olvorce, which her.
ch totore belonged exclusively to the ecclesl
ma astical courts, are henceforward to come
se. before the ordinary tribunals, which will
tit have to decide as to the validity of the
lob pleas brought forward by those who sue
re- for divorse. The diocesan authorities are
the simply to give theirapprobation to the fact
m- of the divorce; a mere formality, the fees
us- for which range from 10 to 1,000 roubles
to according to the circumstances of the ap
so plicante.
'he The teetotallers are, it' is said, about to
le- start a comic paper, in which the chief
)e- aubject of ridicule will be drunkeoness
led Apart from all moral oonsiderations, it
he will be interesting, as a question of art, to
is, see how the writers and artists will set
b- about their task. There is a stage of
es. drunkenness which is undoubtedly comic;
ec- and all sorts of droll stories are told about
ily drunken or semi-draunken men. The French
ii- -who, when they are not being besieged,
nm bombarded, or otherwise inaltreated by
y, victorious enemies, are a sober people
i- enough-allow that it is excusable for a
ion young man to get drank once in his life
am on drinking champagne for the first time.
srs Afterward the act (if act It be) of being in
er. toxicated is looked upon as an ofoence
sd, against society; and, though such offences
,he are, no doubt, committed, they are not con
ok sidered laughable, but blamable, or at best
till pitiable. Accordingly, the French comic
art papers deal very rarely with drunkenness
of as a subject of mirth; and there are plenty
a of French farces in which not one of the
sr- characters is seen in a tipsy condition from
1k- beginning to end. Perhaps crossing the
ice Channel upsets them; fer in English far
he oee, which are known to be for the most
id- part taken from the French, a certain num
ni- ber of the characters are tolerably sure to
wn get drank , while in our numerous comic
ns and soi disant comic papers the gentleman
,ve returning from a dinner-party is a figure
ale constantly turning up. If the preceding
ch observations be accepted as true, t follows,
ire we think, that the most sober countries are
ib- not those in which drunkenness is most
st- frequently viewed in its grotesque aspect.
But it must be remembered that in the far
cad es and the "capital stories" in which
re drunkards (or rather, let us say, persons
m_ temporarily and accidentally drunk) are
? the prominent personages, the laughter
1h evoked is not entirely that of derision, but
,0_ is, to some extent, of a sympathetic char
acter. Take, for instance, the celebrated
and familiar case of Mr. Pickwick in the
nr pound, declaring his name, his "cold
n punch," and so on. The reader laughs,
e but not with a bitter laugh; and if he will
th analyze his feelings, he will possibly find
he that he is not altogether ungrateful to Mr.
he Pickwick for having giving him an occa
sion for laughter. The teetdtal humorist
Smay say that the butt of his jokes will not
e be the exceptionally intoxicated man, but
'i the habitual drunkard. Hie, however, is
Ie not a comic, but a tragic character, cauasinog
"pity" to men and "terror" to women. On
°the whole, we are of opinion that the tee
totallers had better reserve whatever fun
al is in them for other lubjects than drunken
in ness. Otherwise they will either make no
he one laugh, and their '-comic paper" will
at fail, or they will do their own cause the
e bad turn of rendering drunkenness amus
t- lug-which, properly considered, it is not.
d- -Pall Mall Gazette.
ns
id
n. Tie SISTERS OF CUARITrrY.-Right Rev.
i Bishop McCloskey, of Louisville, on the invi
ig tation of the Mayor and health authorities of
e- that city, has permitted the Sisters of Naza
9 reth to assume charge of the pest-house there,
as the scoorge of small-pox is now raging
at there with great virulence. The Louisville
is Adrocate speaking of the self-sacrificing spirit
r- of theae religious, says:
ie The readiness with which the good Sisters
a of Nazareth answered the appeal of the city
Iw authoritices, and the wishes of their Bishop, is
0a bright leaf woven in their crown of immor
a- tality. As soon as the unenviable position
g was offered them they embraced it without
taking time for reflection or deliberation.
The same train which carried the petition to
a Nazareth, brought the Sisters on its return,
t and they marc4d to the new pest-house as a
or bride to her wedding, because they saw Jesus
Christ suffering in his members. There, with
out distinction of race or religion, they will
surround the patients, who are bshunned by all,
i- with their tender care, and remove to a great
to extent the terror which the scourge Inspired
c. in the very heart of the citizens. This step
he does also great credit to the city authorities.
ra They have certainly adopted the best means
to stop the epidemic. The pest house, under
r the care of the Sisters, will no longer be con
5 sidered as a kind of doom. People know that
in as long as one of the §isters can stand on her
id feet they will receive as much attention as
id they would find at home. Those who are at
I, tacked by the disease will not dread the place,
of and hide themselve.o in their homes to the
Sgreat risk of spreading the infection. On the
contrary, both rich and poor will seek the Los
le pital as a means of recovery, for they will
Sfind not only good care, but also that medical
it attendance which they could scarcely expect
ni from their friends at home.
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