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rT. STEPHEN'S PARIsu.-On Soniat street, in t
seven blocks above Napoleon Avenue and three "Ar
blocks towards the Lake, is St. Vincent's new
and beautiful cemetery which belongs to St.
Stephen's church. On Sunday evening, .2d me
inst., at 4 o'clock, in the elegant chapel of this agel
cemetery, there will be vespers for the dead, aim
and a sermon by the Rev. Father Bogaerts, in vin
German. On Monday, at 10 o'clock, there will jud
be at the same place a solemn High Mass for pill
the dead and a sermon in English by the Rev. or
T. J. Abbott, C. M. ter
GauNEwALD's ILs..-Wo are indebted to Mr. the
Grunewald for an invitation to the grand con- ma
cert in honor of the inauguration of his splen- era
did new ball on Baronne street. The concert do
will commence at 8 o'clook Monday evening saI
next, and isto be given by the German Quar- fat
tette, under the direction of their leader, E. ti
Groenevelt. The interesting ceremony of the
formal delivery of the Hall by the builder to ti
the owner took place yesterday evening.
an
Nuw Muaxc.-We have received, with the ha
author's compliments, a copy of the "Douce ca
Esperance," by J. W. H. Eckart. It is a good
production in its line, being commendable for fel
varied accompaniment and brilliant measure.
We understand the author is a native of our
eity, quite young, and just out of school.
Judging from this first effort, he will rank th
high among the many excellect artiste of our
city.
ILLNESS OF BISlno GROSS, Of SAVANNAH.-  i
The Augusta Ckronicle of the 27th, says : a
The physicians in attendance upon Bishop
Gross having decided that his restoration to al
health depended upon his spending a few
months in a different climate, a number of
gentlemen of the congregation of St. Patrick's ri
Church, in this city, contributed, on Sunday b,
and yesterday, nearly six hundred dollars to
enable the Bishop to carry out the directions of at
his physicians. The Bishop will reach Au- ti
gusta this afternoon and remain a day or two,
when he will leave for Florida.
DEPARTURE OF FrATHER RYAN FOR NEW
oitK.-Last Saturday evening Father Ryan
received a telegraphic dispatch from Bishop P
Quinlan, requesting him to repair to Albany, q
N. Y., as soon as practicable. The Bishop has a
been North for some months, locturing and I
collecting for his Cathedral in Mobile,
which he is desirous of completing at an
early day, and we presume that he is anx
ions to have Father Ryan's valuable services ,
in his arduous labors. Father Ryan left here
Monday morning for Mobile, leaving which
place Tuesday evening, he expected to reach
Albany by Saturday night.
From the foregoing statement our readers
must necessarily conclude that the address
promised for November 1st, at St. Patrick's
Cemetery, will not be delivered.
A ScaUrnP E.-A few days ago our venerable
and respected fellow citizen, Patrick Irwin,
Esq , President of the Hlibernia Bank, on en
tering the Ilibernia Insuranco Company's
oeice, was greatly surprised at finding a splen
did painting of himself hanging next to that
of the lamentsd lingh MlcCloskey, which has
graced the walls of that institution for some
time past. The surprise was complete, as Mr. Ir
win's modesty had always been an insurmount.
able obstacle to the faltillment of the desire of
his friends to have a painting of him, and he
was conscious of never having sat to an art
ist. He could not, therefore, imagine how the
painter had found it possible to eo faithfully
delineate his features and expression. We
presume, however, that ere this he has dis
covered the secret from those of his admirers
who conceived and brought to so happy a con
closion the plot which preserves to this city
so excellent a representation of one of its
most respected citizens. The painting will
remain in the Insurance office as a testimonial
of the great services which Mr. Irwin has ren
dered that institution. The artist, Mr. G. D.
Coulon, 37 Camp street, in this work has cer
tainly achieved a triumph of which he may
well feel proud, and which, with his many other
excellent paintings, must give him a place at
the head of his profession in this city.
Tre METrRoPolI.AN.We are indebted to
Mesrs. W. 3. Oooper & Coe. 85 Casal sereet, for this ex
eellst fashlo meoathly for November. Every tasy
sheosI get *e*
Journallstic Courtesy. faith, f
We must admit having experienced an
emotion of surprise, In reading an article in sense
the N. O. Herald, of last Sunday, entitled tribu
" The Religious Revival in Europe," at to trivi
encountering therein some expressions of dwced
a character not very courteous to Catholics. minibe
Take, for instance, the following : monb
Here around us, a social condition is rapidly
developing in strong analogy to that which
characteri-ed the medieval ages. Fanaticism.
and supnerstition have sprung to new life in
munltiudinous forms. The strange old monk- We
ish asceticism and desire for seclusion, is also Prof.
rapidly redeveloping. The great Protstant
church is more closely approximating its or- man, i
ganisation to that of its mother, while the lat- on the
ter is revamping all the machinery and splen
dor of its loios past. The chanting
ilgrims poung through France, with wraving certal
anners andbranches, are seemingly as indi- of the
ferent to the teachings and tenets of science
as those upon the road to Meooa, or they who and w
long ago followed Peter the Hermit on his as spa
heroic mission. gentle
" Fanaticism and superstition" are here gide
put in very suspicious juxtaposition with whide
the " social condition of the medieval Prc
ages " and with " the strange old monkish prty
asceticism." We are inclined to believe, in its
however, that this is a mere slip of thepen, have
the writer having no intention of wounding come
the feelings or convictions of anybody, but of it
a inadvertently giving vent to the old-time 1
prejudices in which so many of our fellow the I
d citizens have been reared. Pilgrimages
are not expressly inventoried by him hro
among these superstitions, but the context
would leave them quite an equivocal stand- the I
Ts ing in that respect. ther
re New let us, is the most friendly way,
1. ask that writer to reflect within himself if can
he ia certain that all pilgrimages are the amo
er- fruit of fanaticism and superstitions. Let choi
him stand apart, a moment, from the infla- in t
ences of education andlook at the question its
e in the light of logic and common sense.
ri "Are pilgrimages necessarily fanatical and Cho
t. superstitions t" It will not do to say "yes"
2d merely because there are fanatical pilgrim- Cha
this ages, such as those to Mecca ; nor, again, Bah
sad, simply becoause John Knox and John Cal- mB
, in vin say so. Those gentlemen were good sal
will judges of fanaticism, is is true, but not of al
for pilgrimages, because they had traveled the sal
Rev. jormer road and had not traveled the lat- hig
ter. For generations they have imposed Yu
SMr. their dicta, in this matter as well as in ow
con- many others, upon unquestioning follow
plen- era. Upon their bold assertion, impious
nert doctrines have been held as faith by thou
ining sands of men possessed of better minds and be
nar- far better hearts than their own. But it is
f, e time for such men to lay aside these tram- of
Sthe mela. It is time for them to look ques- th
tions like these in the face, and no longer he
supinely satisfy themselves with second- ch
h the hand opinions of which they have just
once cause to become doubtful.
good No man ought to pronounce a pilgrimage oa
au for fanatical unless he knows two things; first,
urwhat a pilgrimage is, and second, what ac
:hool. fanaticism is. Because, a man must know
rank the exact nature of two premises before he
f our can compare them and say in his conclusion
whether they agree or disagree. We do t
not intend to argue this matter now, for we n
are not sure that anyone has thrown down at
ishop the -gauntlet, but we merely advise the ,
on to able writer in our contemporary to do jus- ti
brfew to his own intelligence and set himself o
rick's right. Why a pilgrim should, for the time C
aday being, be less a believer in the " teachings rI
ionsof and tenets of science" than at another b
h Au- time, is the conundrum which we propose e
two, to his speculation.
We are surprised also at the narrow view
yan Of the causes of this great agitation as re
ported by our neighbor to exist in certain
dbany, quarters. It speaks of the "revival" as
op has something universal and almost incompre- t
ig and hensible. It says: :
Ilobile, Modern politicians and scientists are now t
at an directing attention towards the extraordinary
religious revival extending throughout En- i
is anx rope. Never since the Crusades has a more
ervices rapid, and in some sense, a more wonderful
ft here change occurred in public sentiment, than is
now exhibited, antl the promotive causes,
whic whether spiritual, political or social, are being
u reach eagerly investigated and disputed over by the
many men of many minds who as aspire to be
readers public teachers.
address After admitting that Protestantism is
atrick's shaken by the universal emotion and is
moving back towards Catholic affinities,
after showing that the Church of England
Irwinle shares in the upheaval and that " its altars
on n-. are once more brave with old puritan hor
upany's rors," it asks a solution of the mystery as
a splen- follows:
to that Now, whence comes this inexplicable change
ichhasso unexpected in its dawn, so rapid in its pro
gress, so vast in promise Is it ordained of
Ssome od and a special providence, as claimed by
Mr.Ir- spiritual professors or has it, on the contrary,
mount. een invoked as a political engine, through
Lesireof which to revive the lost cause of Bourbonism
de throughout Enrope, and make all political
nd he roads lead to Rome
an art- What a strange hypothesis is the latter
ow the of these ! Bourbonism throughout Emrope !
,ithfully Do they mean monarchy in general ? The
n. ie suggestion is preposterous, for they who
as dishould then invoke the movement are the
ae most bitterly opposed to it. They have
his city evoked it truly, but by way of reaction
a of its against their tyranny and not in response to
eg will their inducement. The greatest enemy of
imonil the movement and the greatest champion of
has ron- personal government is one and the same
r. . 1. man--Bismarck. Do they mean the Boar
has cer- bon dynasty in France t Then how ac
he may count for the upheaval in Germany and
ny other Switzerland, the movement in the Church
>lace at of England, the revolution at work in Pro
testantism Y What has all this to do with
bted to a political game to seat Henry V. on the
O thIs x- French throne.
e'ry · y We cannot blame those who have net
faith, for failing to se the hand of God In
the affairs of men, but mere common We I
sense ought to guard them against at- of late
tributing great and mysterious phenomena been a
to trivial causes. We all know how absurd ant is
was that labor of a mountain which pro- Ellen 4
dnced only a mouse. It it equally inad- shire,
missible to attribute the convulsion of a dist pi
mountain to the struggles of a mouse. which
Fontaine on Education. the pr
lately
We republish to-day a communication of her l
Prof. Edward Fontaine a Protestant clergy- somet
man, addressed to some of our city dailies etc., a
on the subject of Public Education. We marks
particularly commend to the attention of by a
I certain so-called liberal Catholics several torati
of the five principles which he lays down, Mrs.
o and we ask them to listen to common sense quite
s as spoken by an honorable and fairly inclined a mir
e gentleman, though they contemptuously set of on
h aside the teaching of our holy Pontiff breat
which is to the same effect. her.
Prof. Fontaine holds that the public pro- Nc
perty of a Republican state and the money her
in its treasury, belong to the eitizens. They nine
have a strict right, under every rule of
Ig common honesty, to their individual shares othe
of it or to the benefits of its application' Mrs,
It follows from this that any attempt by and
the State authorities to dictate to them for
ea how they shall apply their share of it is Mr.
xt arrogant and tyrannical whenever it can l
practically be made a matter of choice. In darl
the matter of State policy and public order
there can of course be but one way. There ticil
if can not possibly be two systems of laws, Cat
he or a variety of Governors and Legislatures, ligh
he among whom people could take their mi
choice. This would be an impossibility
In- in the nature of things, because -'Law," by
its very definition, excludes the idea of 011
and choice, and Government, by its definition, the
es" implies supremacy without a rival'
If it were possible to give everybody his eta
choice in these matters, it ought to be done.
sin, But it is not possible and therefore the of
majority controls. But can the same be of
ood said of education. Is there any good and he
St of valid reason why a man may not have the to
same freedom in choosing the teacher for
lat- his children as in choosing their doctor.
oied You say that he pays the doctor with his bl
own money ; but Prof. Fontaine answers
low- that the school fund is his own money. It
hog- is but a fiction of law to suppose that it a1
and belongs to the State. The State is every
it is body. It is a mean and contemptible piece of
ram- tyranny to coerce a man in the application
of his share of the public money, when
ines there is no absolute necessity for it. It
,nger has indeed been fashionable for casuists to
ond- claim a show of reason in this matter by C
saying that Common school education
could not be so ef.iciently promoted with- ei
nage out concentrating all its means in a system
first, controlled in every detail by the State u
wh authorities. The bad faith of this picture
ehe is, however, shown by the experience of
re Texas, Savannah, New York, and many of
e do the great nations of Europe where denomi
r we national schools are working with complete
down success. d
Another principle laid down by the Pro
m the fessor is that it is "wrong to force a parent r
jus- to send a child to a school whose teaching '
meself or religious or moral influence he does not
time conscientionsly approve." To this they I
hinge reply : " We do not force any one to send
other his children to the public schools." True
opose enough so far as physical force goes, but
false so far as double taxation can go. If a
rview man cannot afford, after paying his school
as re- tax, to pay tuition at a private school and
ertain therefore sends his children to the public
ll" as schools against his will, he is, to that ex
upre- tent, coerced. It is not so open an attack
upon the rights of conscience as it would be
' 10w to send his child under an escort of police, to
of Eu- a place where it would be taught doctrines
Smore that its fether considers immoral or
than is blasphemous, but it is a more ingenious
causes, mode of attaining the same end. And
by the the principle of wrong is the same whether
e to be positive immorality is taught or morality
. is merely left untaught.
ism is We know that there are many Protes
tants who cannot see the force of Mr.
uities, Fontaine's reasoning and the justice of his
grounds, but in this country the day of
i altars bigoted opposition to Catholicity, and that
by foul means if necessary, is over. There
tery as are millions, of course, who would not
stop at any injustice, to hamper the pro
itsafoe gress of the Church, but public opinion no
ime of longer suenstainLe them as it did a few years
ago. We are aware, too, that there is a
hrgh sprinkling of real Protestants in the Church
rbosni itself, men who have the audacity to call
oliticl themselves Catholics, but do no hesitate to
a latter treat with contempt the teaching of the
Snrope! Pope on this point, and indeed, on others
SThe if it suits them so to do. Bnt the army of
ey who God will march successfully onward, un
are the impeded either by the open opposition of
ey have unscrupulous enemies, or the treachery of
reaction pretended friends.
ponse to Man relies far more than he is aware for
iemy of comfort and happiness on woman's tact
aplon of and management. He is so accustomed to
these that he is unconscious of their worth.
he same They are so delicately concealed, and yet
Boar-so ceaselessy exercised, that he enjoys
bow ac- their effect as he enjoys the light and at
n and mosphere. He seldom thinks how it would
be with him were they withdrawn. He
Church fails to appreciate what is so freely given.
in Pro- He may be reminded of them now and
do with then; he may complain of intrnusion or in
Sterferene; but the frown is smoothed away
by a gentle hand, the murmuring lips are
stopped with a cress, and the manage
ave not ment goes on.
protestant Miracles. Ltter
We have been considerably taken aback the
of late by several miracles claimed to have To
been wrought in favor of certain Protest- $=100 **
ant ladies. One of these ladies is Mrs. the Mo
Ellen C. Sherman of Pierpoat, New Hamp- ledged.
shire, wife of Rev. Moses Sherman, Metho- article
dist preacher of that place. The account 21st in
which we have seen circulating through place 1
the press is to the effect tiat Mrs. S. was made c
lately very ill, could not raise her hand to The pr
her mouth, was subject to intense pain, up in
sometimes even to the point of delirium, Aloysil
etc., when all of a sudden there was a re- ther T
markable " change for the better followed ihor
by a rapid progress towards complete res
toration," and this without apparent cause.
Mrs. Sherman herself writes and publishes
quite a long account of the event, claiming tinned
a miraculous care through the direct agency has re
of our Saviour present at her bedside and pret
breathing upon her face, though unseen by behall
her. He ha
Now, it appears that the Methodists of dollar
y her community accept her account as gen- frieyt
u uine, and recognize the miraculous char- tort
acter of the event, while members of the phae
other sects can't see it. They say that econe
Mrs. Sherman got well from natural causes made
and that her mind was distempered by the Ta
force of her disease. Singular to say, Rev. hour
Mr. Sherman, who ought to know a good ctDy
deal about the affair, appears to keep quite well,
dark in relation to it. in at
.er in a
re We do not seriously discuss the anthen- seveb
re ticity of this pretended miracle. In the we '
Catholic Church alleged miracles are not last
ir lightly accepted as genuine. They are
most critically examined and subjected to
by every test of reason and science which the
of experience of many centuries has suggested ago
as available. If after the severest scrutiny a c
there is found any possibility of question- low
his ing them, they are rejected. The mere wos
statement of Mrs. Sherman unaccompanied aen
the by corroborating proof, by certificates of diff
of medical men, by evidence of circum- ext
be stances showing the utter impossibility of clos
and her uonre by natural causes, etc., amounts nec
to absolutely nothing. The presumption the
for against miraculous interposition is too rel
his strong to be overcome by such questionsa- Ca
ble proof. nu
ryi But the striking fact about the affair is Tb
the avidity with which the Methodists have de
swallowed the fable. This is so much the lie
ry- more strange that the Methodists have been ve
te of as scornful as other Protestants in referring tk
tien all modern miracles to imposture, and as th
uncompromising in declaring that " the ut
to day of miracles is over." The Church of
Christ is constantly giving proof of its a
by sanctity in the miraculous manifestations f
wtion which God makes through His most favor- ex
stem ed servants. The Protestant world to a of
te man disclaim the slightest belief in these is
state miracles, because if they admit them, they o]
tare must admit the sanctity of that Church tl
against which they rebel. To save them
y of selves from the necessity and danger of t1
omi- going into an examination of these events,
they create an axiom to the effect that the
Pro- day of miracles is ever. They have no a
arent reason on earth for the saying, except con- t
hing venience, yet it is advanced with easuch an
s not air of certainty that millions of unwary
they people take it for granted and never dream
send of inquiring further.
True But now that one of their own sects thinks t
it has a chance of proving its own sanctity %
If a through a miraculous interposition of God, 1
,chool how quickly it forgets the cherished dogma
1 and about the " day of miracles!" How sud
pnblic denly it comes to a knowledge that there
t ex- can yet be miracles in the Methodist
ittack Church, and how enthusiastically its mem
aid be bere jump at the distempered fancies of a
ce, to delirious sister as full and complete proof
trines establishing their pretension !
ral or Truly our Protestant brethren are getting
nions demoralized. First they permitted cushions
And in their pews, then organs in their choirs,
Nothen fiddles, then crosses on the outside of
ether the meeting houses, now they are adopting
miracles, and next they will probably got
'rotes- up a Pope of their own, and prove concle
Of Mr. sively that he wears the genuine ring of St.
of his Peter.
lay of BISror QUINLAN IN ALIAN'Y, N. Y.-On
ad that Sunday last, Right Rev. Bishop Quinlan, of
Mobile, by request of Rev. Father Doran,
There visited St. Ann's Church and took up a collec
Id nt tion to aid in completing the cathedral at
Mbobile. During the Mass. the Right Rev.
e pro- Iishop delivered a beautiful sermon upon
lonno "Mary, the Mother of God." IHe showed the
intimate relation that existed betwcen the
years second person of the Blessed Trinity and the
e is a Virgin Mother, the respect in which she was
h eld by her Divine Son, and her place in
Chrch Heaves as Mother of God. IIe also explained
to call how her intimacy with our Lord was for the
itt benefit of mankind; our appeals to her were
always heard by the Son, and whatever she
of the interceded for, was granted; that Christianity
other was based on the truth that Mary was the
MIother of God, for if Christ who died on the
rmy of Cross of Calvary was God made man, Mary
rd, un- must have been the Mother of God. If Mary's
Son was not Christ the second person of the
Trinity, then Christianity was nothing more
hery of nor less than a delusion. At the end of the
sermon, he spoke of the impoverished condition
of the diocese, the number of Catholic souls in
are for it not exceeding twelve thousand, while he
a had but fifteen Priests to attend to their spir
's tact itual wants. His cathedral, which was begun
med to over thirty years ago, is still unfinished. It
worth. looks more like an old building going to rui.
and yet than a building not yet completed. It is
enjoys without towers and exterior ornamentation.
ad at- During the late war, by the explosion of a
Swould magazine, its windows were destroyed, and it
. He took $7,000 to repair the damages; and now
S that something must be done, he was com
given. pelled to call on the more wealthy Catholics of
S nd the North. His appeal to the people of St.
IAorin- Ann's was properly responded to, and the
d away amount collected speaks well for the charity
lipsare of the Pastor and his fock.-Albasy Reflector.
g Celestial timber--Sunbeams.
Letter of Aeknowledgmenl t From Ihrepert.
SBnRvEPOT, October 24th, 1873.
To the Edltor of the Morning Star: Re
My Deer Fremnd.-The liberal donation of
$100 sent by the St. Aloysins Society through van, Oc
the MonIxNo STAR office, is gratefully acknow hic mis
ledged. You will find herein enclosed a short
article taken from the Shreveport Times of the
21st inst. Some Catholic gentlemen of this engage
place had it published to show the use to be from
made of the money which comes to me direct.
The prayers of many orphans will be offered appreb
up in behalf of the good young men of St. Friday
Aloysiae Society, Holy Trinity Church, in be- from £
half also of their Spiritual Direotor, Rev. Fa- to his
ther Thevis, and of cheir President, C. Haw- rites a
vichoret. Yours, in our Lord. 8aturd
J. J. Durro, S. J. was b
The article from the Shreveport Times, men- Sunda
tioned by Father Duffo, is as follows: neighl
FoR TiE ORPANs.--The Rev. Father Daffo pious
has received a kind letter from the Catholic Fatl
i priest of Yazoo city, Mis., the Rev. Father
Lcorre, wh promise to make an appeal in West
'behalofof the suffering people of Shreveport. loge c
He has received also the sum of thirty-three this d
f dollars through the Poatoffice, sent by MrsCol
Mary O'Flanagan, Charleston, Mas. The Co
friends of the Rev. Father Duffo advise him of 18(
to use the money which comes to him directly, and tl
for the renting of some house where the or- He
Sphaus might be congregated; it will be more
it economical, and will spare him the trouble to pedal
provide for so many applications which are dce
made to him every day. andes
T0 THe EPIDEMIC.-During the last forty-eight to edt
.hours a few new cases were reported in the eat
. hity and a considerable number in thecountry. His d
Most of the cases in town were doing very ward
to well, but we hear of some being seriously ill man:
in the suburbs, where the disease is still raging
in an epidemic form. At the convent there are for I
1- seven patients, all doing well yesterday. As estee
we have said before it does not look as though offer
we would get clear of the pestilence until the
ot last one subject to it has been taken down. eni
re meni
to ST. VINCENT DE PAUL'S PARasn.-Our read- his
hers well know the difficult task imposed on justi
ee the venerable Father Foltier some few years (Dat
ago, in assigning to him the work of erecting
ny a church and forming a congregation in the Gi
)n- lower portion of the old Third District. This time
are work was the more difficult as the resi- was
led dents of that portion our fair city are of engi
of different nationalities, thus, to a certain the
im- extent, rendering almost impossible that excl
of close union among the people which is so port
Lats necessary for the energetic prosecution of wh:
works of magnitude. Besides this, many of in t
the English speaking families are divided in it i
religious matters, some of the members being val
ma- Catholics while others are Protestants; the dul
natural result, of course, of mixed marriages. the
r is The Rev. Father has, indeed, cause to be I
lave deeply grateful to many of the heads of fami- act
the lies in his parish, who are not Catholics, for p
)een very liberal assistadtce; still, in many cases Sh
ring the same fervor and zeal do not exist nor can Sh
I as the ends in view be so easily realized as where of
the unity of Faith exists. In spite of these great of
h of obstacles, however, Father Foltier has been
f its enabled to erect a fine brick church costing gr
$60,000 and a presbytery; to establish schools
for boys and girls, and to organize several So. es
veo- cieties for the benefit of his people. The one rJ
to a of these most specially deserving of mention pa
hese is that for boys, which, while giving them an v
they opportunity of amusing themselves, enables
uarh them to learn music, etc. The constant drain
hem- upon his resources which is made to support
:r of these several important works, leaves the Rev.
ts, Father little, if anything, wherewith to pay p
t the the interest on the parish debt, which amounts o
to a considerable sum, not to say anything a
e no about reducing the principal. Considering c
con- this fact, the ladies of his parish design hold
:h an ing a fair about the end of January next, the
wary proceeds of which will be devoted towards t
ream paying the debt of the parish. Should the fair a
prove a complete success, we understand that I
hinks the Rev. Father intends erecting a steeple in
ictity which he will have placed a large clock for the
God, benefit of the residents of the neighborhood. 1
t
ogma As the " Apostfeehip of Prayer" and other
end- Asssociations in honor of the Sacred Heart of
there Jesue are rapidly multiplying among us, it
'odiet may be agreeable to Pastors, Superiors of Re- i
nem- ligious Orders, Heads of Catholic Institutions
a of a and others, to learn that the Central Director of
proof the Apostleship in the United States is author
ized to give Diplomas of Aggregation.
vetting Conformably to an ordinance approved and
shions confirmed by our Holy Father, Plus IX, " all
the faithful affiliated to the Apostleship, thereby
side of share in the Indulgences and other favors
granted to the Archconfraternity of the Sacred
opting Heart," writhout any further aggregation ichatso
ily got 'rer.
onclt"- The Messenger of the Sacred Heart" is the
of St. organ of the Apostleship, and publishes every
month a full list of " petitions " and " favors
Y.-On granted." The rate of subscription is $2.00
lan, of annually.
Doran, The Diplomas, the Mcsasenger and " Catechisnms
collec- of Devotion to the Sacred Heart and of the Alpos
it et. fleship," can be had by applying to the local
pon Directors, whose namres may be found on the
ed the inner page of the cover of the Messenger, or to
and the REV. 13. SESTINI,
he was Central Director of the Apostlebhip,
lace in Woodstock College, Howard County, Md.
plained
for the
er were "To CATHOLIC PARENTs-A TIMELY WARN
o .r she ueo."-Such is the heading of a circular issued
tan by the Cadets of the St. Aloysins Total Absti
on the nence Association, in which they admonish
, Mar3 parents, if they wish to save their sons from
of the the drunkard's fate, to enroll them at once
g more under the banner of Total Absetinence. " In
of the my visitations," says Archbishop Bayley, "I
souls in have been accustomed to warn the young in
hile he particular against acquiring the habit-to
ir spir- avoid taking the first step in a path which
le I leads to so much vice and misery." We hope
to rin that the admonition so opportunely given by
I. Itis the youths of the St. Aloysius Association
utation will not be permitted to pass unnoticed by
and it parents and others charged with the morael
nd now and spiritual care of the young.
si Coi For time and place of Meeting see notice in
a of St. our special column.
and the
charity A welcome visitor in every household is the
Pefeceor. Catholic Family Almanac," whose arrival we are glad
to see announced in the card of the publisher, Mr. Cs..
D. Elder, 184 Camp streett.
Deas of Natches.
DEATHn o A PraIST.
Rev. Anthony J. Strake, pastor of Brookha
ven, Lincoln County, Mississippi, died Satur
day, Oct. 18th, at Osyka, Pike County, Miss., in
his missionary district.
His death was very unexpected. He was
engaged in his missionary duties to Wednea
day afternoon, teaching Catechism each day
from Sunday to Wednesday both included.
Thursday he was sick, but nothing serious was
apprehended, until be booame unconsoious
Friday night. One of the Redemptorist Fathers,
from St. Theresa's Retreat, Chatawa, e
to his assistance, and administered the last
rites of the church, remaining with him till
Saturday afternoon. Be deidat U w. M. He
was buried in the cemetey of St. Theresa's,
Sunday afternoon, masy of the Catholios of the
neighborhood attending at the funeral and the
pious ladies covering his coffin with fowers.
Father Strake was born near Munster, in
Westphalia. He studied at the American Col
lege of Louvain, in Belgaim, and arrived in
this diocese in May 1867. He was stationed at
Columbus, Lowndes County, until the summer
of 1869, when he took charge of Brookbaven
and the surrounding missions.
He was a priest of great energy: and heoea
a pecially devoted his labors to the Catholic
* education of the children under his care. He
underwent great fatigues and much privation
to establish a Catholic school in Brookhaven.
y, His devotion to this duty, his great charity to
wards every person in distress, and his amiable
manners in his intercourse with everyone, won -
for him the affection of his people, and the
is esteem of all who knew him. When Mass was
h offered for him at Brookhaven, almost the
entire congregation approached the Sacra
ments and offered their Holy Communion for
d- his repose. " They that instrucet many to
on justice, shall shine as stars for all eternity l"
are (Daniel xii. 3.)
Drg
the Ga. Josxnr E. JonaTsron'S Boox.-Some
his time since (says the Sarannah News) a rumor
ei- was current that Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was
of engaged on a history of the late war-betw
sin the States. The following paragraph from our
hat exchanges go to conirm the truth of the re
so port. A book on the war by General Johnston,
of who bore so conspicuous and important a part
of in that struggle, even though, as is intimated,
I in it is confined to his own campaigns, will be a
,ing valuable contribution to history, which will be
the duly appreciated at the North as well as by
ges. the Southern people. The Baltimore Sun says:
be It is announced that a careful and deliberate
i- ccount is about to be published from the pen
of General Joe Johnston of the events which
for preceeded his removal from the command of
ascs the Southern forces operating against General
can Sherman in Tennessee and Norther n Georgia
Military men, it is said, ave long been aware
here of the decisive effect of that removal in favor
reat of General Sherman and of the Union cause.
been The New York Sun has the following pars
ting graph on the same subject:
!ools At last we are to have from one of the great
o- eat-perhaps the reatest-of Sonthern clern
one rals his account of the war. We refer to Gas
Joseph E. Johnston, whose history of his can
ution paigns is soon to be published in an octavets
San volume by Mr. Appleton. It is to be embel
ae lished with portraits of distinguished ofsee
and maps of the various scenes of operationsa
drain
pport The German "Old Catholles," after re
Rev. jecting the Vatican Council, seem to be
3 pay possessed by a mania for holding councils
ounte of their own. Their frequency, and the
thing admission of gentlemen holding every spe
leriog es of religious belief, from the RBuso
bold- Greek Pope and the Anglican Bishop
the Liberal Protestant, whose faith is bu
t, the one degree removed from that of the
rards tionalist, seem, in their minds, to compen
e fair sate for the want of genuine Catholielty
Ithat The last of their new-fangled " councils
took place in September, at Constance I
pe in Switzerland. The entire "Old Cathode
or the hierarchy, consisting of the new Bishop
rhood. Reinkens, was present. As usual, the o
torical trio, Reinkene, Schulte and Fried
other rich, furnished the chief entertainmen
,art of The usual song of Papal aggression an
us, it Jesuit intrigue was sung; in fact the
of Re- seem to be the only strings to their violin
utions t may interest our readers to know th
tor of Schulte claims 14,000 followers for th
movement in Prussia, 13,000 in Bava
nthor- 9,000 in Baden, and a few elsewhere, an
then, with entire disregard for the rules
ed and arithmetic, figures up a sumtotal of 50,000
"all Still, granting them their 50,000, whe
a effrontery on Bismarck's part to acknow'
hereby ledge this fraction of the 15,000,000 Cath
favors olics of Germany as the Catholic Churci
Sacred of the Empire ! Even the arithmetical fee
rhatso- performed by the religions newspalpe
known as the Church and State, and pub
i lished in New York, would hardly help the
matter much. Reinkens himself, we se
every if the reports may be trusted, put down
favors his following at 5,000. Herr Schulte, byl
is $2.00 rapid addition of unknown quantities Va
rived at 50,000 as his sum total; Churd
o by 4, and announces that there are not
e local 200,000 Old Catholics in Germany. Thi
on the sort of addition, we suspect, is always as
r, or to companied by a somewhat dangerous pm
cess of subtraction, by which the amonf~
carried over to the new total is withdrw
from the accountant's own honor and e
Md. respect.-Catholic Review.
WARN- The Paris correspondent of an ol"
issed medical journal gives the following
Aeti- scription of a new method for fatten
fowls. The birds, which consist of e
monish mon fowls, ducks, and turkeys, are e
asfrom fined in small open stalls, which .re.
at once large enongh to receive them, and in w
e " in they are so fastened that they can h.
y, "I move. Here they are fed with an embilhd
ong in composed of milk and oatmeal, wbioa.
pumped into their gizzards at stated boil5
b lt-to This is all the food they get, and, with i
which exception of the ducks, which are alld
fe hope a little water, they have no other dtioL
Tivenby he fowls are taken at from three tO
ociation months old, sad are fattened in from two1
cetyto eighteen day, ata trifling cost.
e moral BsT AvD OLDEBT FxLY MBDICE.*'
for'. LIer IngWoreorr- purely Veetable C- Y* '
otie in and Tonic-for DgspepaIl, Conspitlon. Dobtii,
HeAuahe. illous Attacks, and san dorSlfleng
Liver, Stomach and Bowels. k your Du
Kr. Chas. A new fall de an be pumhasd ehdap
IYvy mss 55 Nss SWOrr t.