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!Morning Star and CathoUc Messenger,
FIW OLNJAJW, SUNDAT.NOVEYMIBER9. I3.
9o0ingI CATHOLIC INT3LLGIOZC- J
CONSECRATION OF TlHE ARCIIDocrS OF BALTI- C
"MOR3 TO TUE SACRED HEART OF JEsUS. it
On last Sunday, the twentieth after Pen- h
cost, and-the feast of the Maternity of the
Most Blmed Virgin Mary, the Archdiocese of
Baltimore was most solemnly conseerated to
the Sacred Hleart of Jesus. In every church
and at every mission the solemn offering wasS
rmade, and all the splendors of the Ritual and
all the feior of the clergy and the faithful
were brought into requisition, in order that I
the consecration might be made a meet, right,
and acceptable frank-pledge to the loving
Heart of our Divine Lord. From the old Met
roptan rn Church to the smallest church of
this historio and venerable Archdixcee, the
bolocaust of praise, thanksgiving, and cons, e
cratiol was simultaneously offered up to the
Most High. Catholics rejoiced at the new
manifestations of loyalty which o many thou,
ands made; the enemies of the Church. whose f
usual weapons are scoffs and sneers, now felt i
the added rage of disappointment in beholding (
the gathering together of such vast multitudes
of souls in the cause of Catholic unity and
love.
All have read the inspiring Circular Letter
of our Most Rev. Archbishop, in which, fol
lowing the expressed intention of his vener
sted predecessor, his Grace ordered the solemn
consecration which we witnessed on last Sun.
day. In that Letter we were told that the Hloly
See had enriched the Devotion to the Sacred
Heart by many special indulgences; and that
not only had many provinces, but whole coun
tries been dedicated to it. The rich blessings
which God has showered down upon the heads
of those who devovutly practice the Devotion,
have proved that it is most pleasing to the Most
High. The Mest Rev. Archbishop not only or
dered this consecration as a testimony of our
gratitude to our Divine Lord for the many
blessings He has bestowed upon us, but as a
means of promoting a religion peculiarly suit
ed to the wants of the faithful in these peril
ous times.
How universally and devoutly llis Grace's
loving children responded to the fatherly call,
let the outponuring of the congregations on last
SandaLy attest. The Cathedral was literally
pi.kevd wth thousands of the faithful. The
sauitm- sene around the altar, the magnificent
umuis -t si~ eh-Lr, the Adorable Sacrifice of
the 1tLsa, L: Grace being celebrant, the able
.amd ioltun n wermon of Father Wayrich, the
Ipr:wu',Y i u s iycrs ated people, all ascended
uti rai, C!r,l'i. ,: Grace as a beautiful votive
irt'rungi, e:r,,pi. s-r to the solemn consecra
vrmun v 'ss, IncUc:h the Archbishop read at the
en-i Sone Mas.
The a:lar was beautifully decorated with
natural slower., which mingled their tints with
the glow of hundreds of tights. The Arch
bishop and priests were arrayed in their rich
eat vestments, and the seminarians, to the
number of over fifty were present in their cas
socks, and the vast congregation in the back
ground, which filled up every part of the Ca
thedral, all were united in the solemn scene of
adoration and prayer.
The Most Rev. Archbishop Bayley celebrated
s tthe Grand Pontifical High Mass, msisted by
the following clergymen: Grand Deacons of
Honor. Rev. Wm. Starr, Chancellor of the
Archdiocese, and Rev. H. Volz, assistant pas
tor of the Cathedral- assistant priest, ery
Rev. J. P. Dubruel, 'resident of St. Mary's
Seminary; deacon of the Mass, Rev. P. Disses;
sub-deacon, Rev. P. Chapon; and master of
ceremonies, Rev. J. A. MeCallon; all of St.
Mary's Seminary.-lialtiamore Mirror, October 25.
A IIAUTIFtL SGIIT.-TWELVE HUNDRED CIIIL
DREN CONFIRMED AT THE NEW YORK CATIIO
LIC PROTECTORY.
On Thursday. October 16, the Most Rev.
Archbishop McClosky v isited the Catholic pro
tectory, Westchester, for the purpose of ad
ministering the Sacrament of Confirmation to
the youthful inmates of that institution-male
and female. As the Archbishop approached
the Protectory, 1,300 boys, neatly attired,
walked in procession to meet him, with ban
ners flying and music playing. The ceremony
commenced about 11 o clock, in the beautiful
chapel of the Male Protectory. The Arch
bishop, assisted by Father Quinn, Vicar-Gen
eral, and the chaplain of the Protectory, ad
ministered the Sacrament of Confirmation to
e00 boys. The ceremony of Confirmation is
always an imposing and impressive spectacle,
but the visitors t0 the Potectory on this ocaon
sion were more than edified as they beheld the
young soldiers of the cross, kneeling, two by
two, at the foot of the altar, to be confirmed.
At the close of the ceremony the Archbishop
delivered a brief address to those who had re
ceived the Sacrament, exhorting them to be
true to God, who had bestowed such signal fa.
vors upon them, and to be grateful to the good
Brothers who had watched then, day and night
with loving care, and prepared them for Con
firmation. After imparting the episcopal ben
ediotion his Grace, attended by father Quinn,
Father Kearney, Brother Paulian, and Brothel
Jelion, proceeded to the Female Protectory,
which stands hard by. Hereo the Archbishop
administered the Sacrament of Confirmation
to four hundred girls, and concluded the cere
mony with his wonted eloquence, bestowings
merited eulogy on the Sisters of Charity. Ac.
oompanied by Father Quinn, Brother Paulian,
Brother Humphrey and Brother Jelion, he ell
the Protectory about 3 o'clock, and visited the
novitiate of the Christian Brothers. The ma
jority of those who were confirmed received
their first Communion on the same day. Amon;
those present, we noticed Father Quinn, Vicar
General; Father Kearney, iBrother Paulian
Provincial of the Christian Brothers; Brothel
Humphrey, Director of Manhattan College
Brother Jelion, Rector of the Prrotectory; Ilro
ther Adrian, Vice-Rector; Dr. Anderson, and
others.-Nctc York Irish American.
CONVERSION.
On Sunday, October 12th, the Archbishop ol
Cincinnati, administered the Sacrament oi
Confirmation ii the church of St. Bridget
Xenia, Ohio. On this occasion Mr. Samuel
iwtng, a well known and most estimable oiti
zen of the town, was received into the Church
This gentleman, says the Catholic Telrgrap-,
"had been baptized, by sprinkling, in the
Episoopal Church, at the age of sixteen. Ar
riving at the maturer age he carefully investi
gated the claims of Presbyterianism, Methe
ism. etc. but being dissatisfied, he turned to
the Catholic Church, read its standard books,
soughtinMtruetions, prayed for light and grace
divine, whioh are always granted to the earn
aest inquirer. With an educated, firm, conseci
entious vooice, he read the profession of faith
on his knees before the altar, amid the deepest
stillness of the audienoe, received absolution
from heresy and oonditional baptism with all
the ceremonies. After Vespers and Benedic
tion, Mr. Ewing was confirmed with another
most respectable oonvert, Mr. Walker, and
ninety-three others, inoloding several young
men, citizens of Xenia, and youth of the church
school.
The N. Y. Wlorld has supplied an omis
sion in the Tribune' report of the sessions of
the Evangelical Alliance. The latterjournal
overlooked a statement of Rev' Professor
Astie, which the World thinks ahould be
recorded. The words are few but they are:
true and suggestive, though not very flat
tering to the wisdom of the preachers who
gathered in New York to reorganize Pro
testantism on an impossible basis for new
conquests. "But two active organized re
ligious forces exist," said this candid.mem
ber of the Evangelical Alliance, ' Infl
delity and Romanism. Protestantism is
Sdead for all offensive movements,"
. ,
The Catholic MiseonUs4 Colored Amerceans.
(Prom the Brooklyn Catholic Review.)
Through the kindness of the faculty of St. M
Joseph's Foreign Missionary College, Mill Hill,
we have received from the rector, Very Rev.
Canon Benoit, the report of that educational be
institution, in whose success all Catholicse, but
more especially those of the United States,
have a deep and prominent interest. This W'
report we are not able to give in full, but from tb
it we have selected some points which may p1
advantageoasly be borne in mind. to
Of the first inspiration of this Catholio mia cl
sion to our colored brethren, we shall imitate fo
the report, and say nothing. The story is al- f
ready familiar to our readers. The idea was
blessed by the Father of the Faithful, and its e
1171 the first pious missionaries of St. Joseph's gi
Society vowed before God to be forever " the it
Fathers and Servants of the Blacks, and to ni
undertake no other work that might withdraw ei
them from their special mission." They sailed ei
for Baltimore, where Archbishop Spalding re- m
ceived them with open arms, and in the name
of his brethren of the episcopate, added his b
blessing to those which they brought withem b
from the bishops of the Old World. The pub
lie has heard little of their work since then, f
exept through the murmurings of the nodis- n
guised dismay of the enemies of the faith, who a
appreciate as well as we can the glorious mis- i4
sion that awaits them-glorious in its dificul
ties, its opportunities and its certain success.
But if their work, as the work of the Catholic
missionary always is, has been silent and with
out parade, it has also been effective, and the re
port is able to say, " The success whioh has 0
hitherto attended the labors of the missions- v
ries has been far beyond expectation, both in
respect to conversions and to the establish- t
ment of works of piety and education. The
confident affection of the colored people, who
now say that they have got their own 'priests,'
has been fully secured and abundantly testi
fled to by the generosity and affectionate man
noier in which they responded to every appeal. .
A second chapel, formerly a Baptist meeting
house, has also been opened in another part of
Baltimore." The little band of missionaries
has already sent one of its members, a victim
to typhus fever, contracted in the discharge of
his apostoltd tattes, to pl-ea7tt er causeT
heaven. Two others have come from St. Jo
t seph's to ill his place and cooperate with those
already in the field. They have opened a high
school for colored boys, the first Catholic es
Stablishment of the kind opened in America.
f Among the lay Brothers are two colored. The
Brothers are employed in teaching and cate
chizing. Clearly the missionaries, in a little
over a year, have laid the foundations of a
Sgrat and promising work.
Our readers will remember the extremely
able articles which our special correspondent,
0 Mr. William Lummis, wrote last winter from
the South to the Catholic Jieriew on the chbarac
ter of the Southern negro and the probability
of his conversion to the Church. The report
briefly confirms the opinion then put forward
of the admirable adaptibility of the Church
0 for the elevation and Christianization of the
negroes. It says: "The colored people are
inclined to piety and religion, and if they had
1 Catholic priests devoted to their service a large
harvest of souls would be gathered in. We
have been urgently invited to establish our
selves in the midst of a number of black pop
Snelations in different dioceses, and it is a duty
publicly to confess in this report that there is
t no other impediment in the way of our accept
a once of these invitations than the waet of suf
7 fcient means to educate and prepare a larger
' number of laborers for the work." And again,
. in another place it says, "They are free from
of those intellectual vices which have deeply
t traced an expression of peculiar malice upon
the faces of modern society. No work can be
:L- dearer to the Sacred Heart than that of
o- preaching the Gospel to a people which is sim
ple-minded and inclined to believe, but humble,
v despised and cast out by men. either they nor
their fathers hare rejected the known truth. They
are involved in no guilt of apostasy like the peo
t le of other nations. Hunted and treated like
l beasts their fathers were caught or purchased
ed for the value of worthless baubles or for rum
id and gunpowder and reduced to slavery. And
'till the other day it was illegal and a punish
n- able offence to teach them, even though they
had acquired freedom to read and write."
h- The Society hopes that in the immediate fi
ture their American mission will be the seed of
d the faith in Africa. This, perhaps, is looking
to very far ahead. But there can be no doubt
that as the resources of the Society increase,
le its missionaries will work such wonders in the
le, South that we may not despair of seeing what
the we may call superfluous force diverted into
SAfrica.
y Several important letters from American
l'ishops are published in the report commend
0 ing the work. One of these from the late
b IBishop of Savannah, Mgr. l'ersico, contains
the valuable statement that the colored men
od will give a richer harvest of souls than can be
1ht reaped in the Eust Indies. This i4s stated on
an experieapo of sixteen years in the East In
dies and four in America. Bishop Quinlan, of
n° Mobile, believes that " as the delirium of their
her suddenly acquired freedom is fast passing
ry, away, leaving them in cooler and better dispo
' sitions to hear the word of Eternal Life, no
0on more favorable time to begin the conversion
of the non-Catholic colored people of these
re-States could in God's good providence
be afforded than at the present." The Arch
a, bishop of Cincinnati says, " we hail with
et gladness and hope the Star from the East
the which promises to guide the colored people of
the United States to the knowledge and love
red of the Saviour. It rises in England and il
lumines the West. England originated and
na America perpetuated negro slavery. The two
countries now unite to render tardy justice to
her the African race-tardy, but effectual."
ie The present condition of St. Joseph's College
iof is not wholly satistabtory, owing to the want
rd of funds. There are many demands for admis
sion, especially from Germany, since the perse
cution. At present there are in the college
three deacons, four sub deacons, one in minor
of orders, and six promoted to the tousnrate,
of seven other students have not been called to
Set, orders yet. Nine candidates have been re
nel cently admitted, but other subjects entirely
ti- eligible have been refused on the ground just
'ch. stated, and must be refused until benefactors
4, contribute £10 a year, required from each
he student. The report points out with regret
r- and sorrow that our English brethren are a
ti- little negligent in contributing to this work,
ho and shows that it actually receives more from
to the Society for the Propagation of the Faith
re, than it gives back. The following is rather
ce surprising when we remember the truly Catho
n- lie leeling we have been accustomed to attrib
ci- ate to our English brethren, who properly
th declare in words, and many of them show it
ast in deeds, "they are first Catholics." We
ion quote from the Report: "It is not out of place
all here to refer to the reason which has been
ic assigned by some estimable persons for not
er contributing. They say that St. Joseph's Col
n-d lege is not an English work, because it re
n ceves and edocates a number of foreigners.
ch To this we reply, let Englishmen with voca
tions present themselves in greater numbers
than they do and they shall be received with
is open arms. iut ,rhile millions are perishing see
cannot 'ait for Englishmen." To the rebake
of contained in the liues we have italicized, no
al thing need be added.
r There are many readers of the C,atholic lIe
be ri~er who would desire, and some, doubtless,
re who are bound to do something for the colored
h- man. In no way cii they do it more eftlectu
Sally than by aiding St. Joseph's Society.
- The London T"iesro has taking to spelling
- the word " banOs" with only one m, and
- one of its contemporaries aecusea it of
is "seeking to Americanize our English by
arbitrary and revolutionary innovations.
siters of Charity.
Five Sisters of Charity have died in
Memphis of yellow fever contracted while ca
waiting on those sick of that disease. A st
good act done without ostentation must pl
be beautiful In the eyes of heaven. We w
find a violet In some far away recess of the ol
woods, in some lonely glen, or clinging to bi
the precipitous side of some monntain- of
places which but the advanturous hunter w
looks upon, and even be only by the ti
chances of the chase-but it is as fair in is
form and color, and emits as sweet a per- Ic
fume, as if daily seen and admired by the a
eyes of thousands. And so it is with a ii
good act. It is beautiful in and of itself; d
it shines of its own light ; and though it
may not be published abroad there is an v
eye that sees and a heavenly hand stretch- a
ed forth to reward and bless it. How I1
many such unheralded deeds of love and o
mercy, dictated by the most disinterested a
benevolence, are now being performed in p
our city, may never be known. We have
found out enough, however, to learn how I
much of the pure gold of true mauhood, a
and of noble woman's gentle devotion and c
long suffering, there are in mankind. The t
silent watches of night testify how much c
of angelic sympathy there Is, after all, in c
the human heart. What a glorious halo c
surrounds the head of the devoted Sister -
of Charity I Not hers the lot of ordinary
womankind-hard enough at best, for wo
man in every station has her trials-trials
that the gay world may never know, for
her well-disciplined heart bids her smile
when she might better weep. Not hers the
sweet blandishments of home.
"The primrose path of dalllanoe"
the gay allurements of society, the fascina
tion and intoxication of the fashionable
beau monde. Not hers to drink of the cup
brimming with the nectar of maternal love;
to kiss the living, smiling miniature of her
liege lord, to whom her heart goes out
with the coming of him who is to her a
world within himself; to guide and govern
h a happy household, and walk down into
- the reverend vale of age, leaning upon the
i trained affections that sprang up and flou
e rished at her bidding, in the sunshine of
home, sweet home. These, and more than
these, has she resigned for His sake, who,
upon the Cross of Calvary, gave up Ilis
y precious life to save mankind. Silently
t, and unknown to the world, she goes forth
m on her mission of love and mercy. Not
a into the houses of the wealthy and the
great-they have no need of her ministra
tions. They have all the attention that
money can command. Not to these does
ie the meek and lowly Sister of Charity
re bring the tender care of her loving and
d skilful hands, the imparting courage of her
e abiding faithethe noiseless attentions and
careful nursing which induces the stricken
r- one to believe her a ministering angel;
- but to the poor and the outcast who have
i no friends and are without means to buy
, friendship; for in our day, alas! friend
s ship is an article to be purchased with
er current money of the merchant ! With
n, out ostentation, without display, anxious
nm lest the world should know it, eager to
ly avoid an occasion of its being known, she
n walks in the thorny path over which the
be Saviour trod, with eyes of faith on Him,
and love for the poor-His poor-in her
Ie heart ! Where suffering is, there will she
or be found; where sorrow, the blessing of
ey her smile will be there to soften and make
0- tolerable the pangs of the wretched. The
ke poorest cottage, the lowliest hovel, the
ed prison dens, where the unhappy outcast
m members of our race writhe in fatal, ling
.b ering torture, the bed of pestilential death
ey itself-things from which the strong man
shrinks away in terror-are the scenes of
ru- this brave and noble woman's unnaid, and,
of too often, unappreciated sacrifices. She is
ng the friend of those who may once have had
ht friends, but now are deserted by the world.
Be, With unflinching courage she braves the
at pestilence, her woman's useful presence of
to mindlsever deserting her, for to the last she
is physician, nurse and friend to the sick
an and dying. She is missed from the bed
id- side of affliction only when she herself
Lto needs a physician and a nurse ; and she re
is turns no more to her post, because her
in spirit has at last flown away to the better
e land to hear the heavenly salutation,
o ',Well done, good and faithful servant,
of enter thou into the joy of the Lord !"
eir Does there yet linger within the narrow,
ng pent-up and unhealthy bounds of sectarian
o- ism a spirit so mean as to sneer at or ridi
no cule the splendid heroism of this woman t
on If such there be, let them not dare assail
se the glorious record of a Christian saint,
lee lest in doing so, they mock the Christ that
tb made charity for mankind, sealed with
it one's life-blood, the highest testimony and
of t3 po of Christian perfection.--.1emnphis Ap
ve pCrl.
5o Whoever understands his own interest,
Soautn is pleased with the beautiful rather
'gthin the deformed, will be careful to cher
jut isll the virtue of gentleness. It requires
,is- but a slight knowledge of human nature to
Be- convince us that much of happiness in life
,ge must depend upon the cultivation of this
ior virtue. The man of a wild, boisterous
te, spirit, who gives loose reins to his temper,
to is, generally speaking, a stranger to hap
re- Ipnesa; he lives in a continual storm ; the
bitter waters of contention and strife are
Salways swelling up in the soul, destroying
Ich his peace, and imparting the baneful influ
et snce to all with whom he is connected.
BaHe excites the disgust and ill-will of all
k, who are acquainted with his character,
m and but few can be found to wish him
th success in any of his undertakings. Not so
or is the influence of gentleness. The virtue
will assist its possessor in all his lawful
ly undertakings; it will often render him
it successful when nothing else could; it
Ve wins the hearts of all ; it is even stronger
ce thaud argument, and will often prevail
n when that would be powerless and in effect
ot tual. It shows that man can put a bridle
ol opon his passions, that be is above the ig
noble -vulgar, whose characteristic is to
Sstorm and rage like the troubled ocean at
rs every little adversity or disappointment that
h crosses their path; it shows that he can
ire soar away into the bright atmosphere of
a good feeling, and live in a continual suan
o0 shine, when all around him are enveloped in
clouds and darkness, and driven about
Slike maniacs, the sport of their own pas
Ssionus. The most favorable situations in
,. life, the most lovely objects in nature,
wealth, and all that is calculated to in
crease the happiness of man, lose their
charm upon a hearth destitute of this
virtue.
of lie that is slow to anger Is better than the
I mighty; and be that roleth his spirit, than he
that taketh a city.
Wsakfulse from Ovarwork.
A symptom of mental exhaustion, indi- Al
cative of a very great degree of mental
strain, is persistent wakefulness. The
physiological cause of this condition is
well understood. During excessive labor
of the brain there is an increased flow of
blood to the working organ, the vessels
of the head and neck become distended
with blood, as is shown by the flushing of Cap
the face. If this condition of distension
is long co-.tinned, the vessels are apt to
lose the power of contracting when mental
activity is diminished. Hence arises the
impossibility of fulfilling the physical con
ditions of sleep, the most important of
which is the diminutfon of the flow of the s
vital fluid to the brain. Some extraordin- F
ary instances have been recorded of pro- 3
longed wakefulness as a result of mental
overstrain. Boerhave mentions that when, w
on one occasion, intently engaged on a
particular study, he did not close his eyes H.
in sleep for six weeks. Sir Gilbert Diane
was informed by Gen. Pichegrue that, for
a whole year, when engaged in active T
i campaign, he slept but one hour in the
twenty-four. These and other similar
cases have probably been unconsciously
exaggerated, for people often sleep with
out having an after-consciousness of the
r fact. It is certain that the continued de
privation of any considerable part of the IM
normal amount of sleep will be seriously
a detrimental to health. Dr. Hammond, in
r his work on sleep, mentions the case of a As
a literary man in America who, for nearly a
a year, while intently engaged in a favorite
study, restricted his period of rest to four
hours a day, and frequently less. At the
end of that time the overtasking of his
e mental powers was manifested in a carious He
p way. lie told the physician that, though H
still able to maintain a connected line of J
reasoning, he found that as soon as he at
t tempted to record his ideas on paper the p
a composition turned out to be simply a tie- J I
n sue of arrant nonsense. When in the act
o of writing his thoughts flowed so rapidly
e that he was not conscious of the discon
- nected nature of what he was writing; but
,f as soon as be stopped to read it over lihe
n was aware how completely he had misre
presented his conceptions. If the language A
is happened to be at all intelligible it was
y sure to have no relation to the ideas lie
h wished to express. Thus, wishing to ob
t tain a book from a friend, he found that pi
e instead of that request, he had written
a. the prayer of Socrates, as given by -
t Plato.
a Sir Isaac Newton, in the later years of
his life, suffered greatly from wakefulness.
id The fact, well known' to every medical
er man, that persistent sleeplessness is fre.
id quently the precursor or initiatory stage
In of several most intractable maladies, phy
I; sical and mental, always invests the pre
re sence of this indication of mental over- ,
iy strain with grave interest. But a contin- N
d. ued course of excessive mental labor gen- o
th erally manifests itself on the mind itself d
h- in various ways, all more or less premoni
as tory of approaching collapse. The brain
to worker begins to perceive an unwonted e
he want of clearness in his ideas ; work comes
he gradually less easy to him; he is alarmed
, at sudden awkward failures of memory
rt a feeling of surfeit or disgust will steal
he over him in the midst of work; lie becomes
of unable to fix his attention, and latterly
ke feels as if all mental energy was crushed C
he out of him.
Ih If these warnings of an overwrought
ist brain, now speaking distinctly with the
,g- tongue disease, are disregarded, the won
ith der frequently is, not that the inevitable
an retribution follows, but that it should have
of been so long delayed. What particular
id, form the Nemesis shall assume, whether of
is physical or mental disease, will be deter
ad mined by accidents partly of personal ha
ld. bit and temperament, and partly of inherit
he ed predisposition. It is noteworthy, how
of ever, that the common opinion that exces
ie sive mental occupation gravitates toward 1
ck insanity, does not appear to be verified by
d- facts. Indeed, one of the foremost of liv
elf ing physicians doubts whether alienation
!e- of mind is ever the result of overstrain.
ier It is to physical, not to mental derange
ter ment that excessive work of the brain gen- I
,n, erally gives rise. Insanity, he points out,
it, finds the most suitable material for its I
!" development among our cloddish, unedu
w, cated classes; while the worst form of
,- physical diseases are originated and in
ii- tensified by our educated, overstraining
a Y brain-workers.-Chamber's Journal.
ail t
at, r
at CuRious ELECrRICAL PIIINOMENON.-A
ith party of surveyors belonging to the United
nd States geological survey expedition of
p 1872 had a novel experience on the summit
of a peak near Cinnabar mountain. When -
they were within five hundred feetof the
top, a storm came up and they were en
at. veloped in clouds. The ascent was very
ier difficult, as the fragments of rock were
er- sharp, and the most of them loose, sliding
res from beneath the feet of the party as they
to clambered upward. One of the company,
ife however, succeeded in reaching the highest
his point and depositing his instruments, when
es he discovered that be was in the midst of an
er, electrical cloud, and his feelings not being
ºP- of the most agreeable sort., he retreated.
be As he neared the remainder of the party
re they observed that his hair was standing
ug on end, as though hie were on an electrical
s- stool, and they could hear a series of snap
d. ping sonunde, as if he were receiving the
all charges of a number of frictional electrical
r, machines. Another member who attemot
m ed the ascent soon received a shock which
so deterred him. The peak was appropriate
e ly called Electric Peak. Its altitude, as
fl measured the following day, is 10,992 feet
m above the sea.
ail People are talking of the way in which
t- the French physician, the late Dr. Nelaton,
le used to perform operations. While most
g- finely accurate, he was also calm to a mar
to rel. One of his doctrines was that there
at was no danger when a correct diagnosisl
at thad been made, and when the surgeon
n knew what he was about. "If yoa have
of the misfortune to cut an artery," he would
n- say, "remember that syncope will not oc
in cur for two minutes, Oand death about as
ut long after. Four minutes is four times as
,. long as is necessary to place a ligature on
in a blood-veesrel, provided that you do not
e, hurry." Never to hurry was one of the
n- elements of his power. Once he gave voice
ir to a clever paradox which deserves to be
is remembered by all surgeons. "You are
going too quick," he said to an assistant,
"we have no time to lose."
se
e What is the most wonderful of acitbbatic
feats t--For a man to revolve in his mind.
INSURAiNCE COMrPANIES.
AMERICAN MUTUAL INSURANCE (
ASSOCIATION OF NEW ORLEANS,
25 Commercial Place,
Between Camp and St. Charles streete.
Capital ..... ......... $600,000
(EXULUSIVBLY FIRE.)
S. E. LOEB, President.
B. MEYER, Secretary.
O. S. ASCH, Superintendent of Agenciel.
S. E. Loeb, M. Pokorny, H. qMaruart,
F. P.obbert, F. Beling, F. Hollander,
B. Broderick. L. Schormann, P. Blaise,
P. S. Anderson."r A. S. Cutlcr, HI Hafner,
Winm. Swan, J. Alt. Hugo Redwita,
W. Leonard, C. Toebelmann, Wm. Ebert,
H. Weber, F. Pippo, Wm. Hipper,
M. Ancona, jyl3 9m
TEUTONIA INSURANCE COMPANY
OF
NEW ORLEANS.
Office, No. 111 Gravier Street.
Insure Fire, Marine and River Risks at Lowest
Rates.
Assets ................ .......8798,464 61
A. RIMER BADER. President,
CHR ENGSTFELD Vice President,
GEORGE STROMT ER, Secretary.
BOARD O0 rTUSaTESe:
Henry Abraham, A Eimer Bader, N A Banumgaden
EFlrel Bondio. Ch Engstfeld, M Frank,
H R Go Ireve, Hc Hailer, Sigmund Stats,
f J H Keller. JHetfer, LLouis Leonhard,
Thee Lillenthal, C H.Mlller, F Riokers,.
Frank Roder, Louis Schneider, W B Schmidt,
IaR. Sel, aac Scherck, Louis Schwarts,
J M Schwarts. J R Wilderman. X Wessenbaoh,
je2ss 73 iv
NEW ORLEANS MUTUAL INSURANCE COM
t Office, corner of Camp and Canal streets.
Capital, 8500,000,
e Assets, December 31, 1872..........$755,841 24
SInsures Fire, Marine and River Rieks dividing the
profits on each department separately to the Insured.
For the accommodation of its customers, the Com
It pany willl make Marine Lossespayable in London.
n . TUYES, President.
n J. W. HINCKS. Secretary. fell 73 ly
NEW ORLEANS MUTUAL INSURANCE
3. ASSOCIATION,
1Office, No. 102 Canal Street,
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
We, the undersigned members of the committee
appointed by the Board to examine the assets of the I
New Or leans Mntual Insurance Asuociation, and to
value the same for the purpose of reducing its capital,
do hereby solemnly affirm that we have carefully and
consolentiously examined said assets, each item separ.
ately, as detailed in the statement now opened for
examination of stockholders, in the Association's office,
and that we have valued them, to the best of our know.
ledge and judgment, at their respective actual value,
and that we have arrived at the following result, to
wit.
Value on
Books. Reduction.
Cash on hand and in bank.... $134,927 30
Cash in hands of agents...... 8.399 85
Notes and bills receivable ..... 72J,31 (1. 167.518 19
Stocks and bonds ............ . 123.117 10 21,67 10
Real estate...... .......... 192,501 31 12,801 34
Balatcedue by insurance cjm.
panies
On loss ship John Parker... 19,730 (0 .....
Premiums in course of coltec
tion ................. .22,188 95 20,876 00
Premiums collectable in fol
lowing quarters......... 183,994 8 ......
Total assets..............1,761,540 36
Total reduction........... $131,870 53
LIABILITIES.
Due in Europe Er .......... .. 1553,846 35
Notes and bills payable....... 1,490 40
Unpaid interest-d dends.... n ,e50 00
Unpaid profits on ancollected
premiums of previous quar.
tee ........................ 7,82" t,
Ship ohubn Parker. received on
account of salvage.......... 21,797 53
20. V. Joyce.................. 1,3N0 G6
E. R. Perry.................... 16 2
Unadjusted losses............. 41.000 00
Unexpired icks............... 79 91 10- 0921,210 65
Total of assets on books .....11,761,540 36
Lesn reduction above......... 131,8701 53--1,69,669 83
Deduct liabilities............. 951,210 05
Net surplus of assets..... $768,438 98
The actual net value of assets bring, as above stated,
_708,458 98, we earnestly recommend that the Board
take the proper steps to have the capital of the company
reduced in accordance at $78 per share, to wit:
Actual cap!tal, 9052 ebares, at $i!O0...........$905,200 00
Proposed reduction, $22 per share............ 199,144 00
Reduced capital. 9052 shares at $78.......$706,1 5 00
-reserving the original aesets, thus reduced, as the
exclusive property of stockholders.
We furthermore certify that the foregoing lists of
assets and liabilities agree with the books of the Asso
ciation.
New Orleans, Cctober 18,. 173.
LEON HAAS, JR.,
JOHN ROCCHI,
LEON QUEYP.OUZE.
A true copy :
1a19 73 ly G. LANAUX. Secretary.
OFFICE OF HIBERNIA INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW ORLEANS. 37 Camp street.-At an election
held on Monday, the 5th inst., the following named
gentlemen were chosen Directors of this Company to
serve for the ensuing year:
Patrick Irwin. JTohn Henderson,
John T. Gibbons, William Hart.
Thosee. Markey, R. M. O'Brien,
E. B. Brigg, J. A. Gardner,
h. Hirsch J. G. Ryan,
Edw'd Sweeney, A. u. Isson,
Thomas King.
And at meeting of the Board, held this day, JOHN
HENDERSON, ]Eq.. was unanimonusly elected Presi
dent, and P. IRWIN, Esq, Vice Presildent.
The Board also declared out of the net profits of the
puast twelve months 10 per cent interest; also 10 per
cent dividend on the paid in capital, and 40 per cent
dividend in premiums-the said interest and dividends,
under the amended charter, to be placed to the eredit
of the stook notes.
THOS. F. BRAGG, Secretary.
New Orleans. May 12, 1073. myl8 3 Iy
BOOTS AND SHOES-HATS.
OIN G. WAGNER,
AT THE EIG OF THE
"RED BOOT,'
Corner of Ursuliues and Dauphine Streets,
BOOTS, SHtOES AND BOOTEES,
see8 3m VERY CHEAP.
D. HURLEY,
FASHIONABLE HAT AND CAP STORE,
172.......... ..oydras Street........... 172
Dewtween St. Charles and Carondelet, New Orleans.
Constantlyen hand a large assortment of FINE HAT8
of the latest style. Also, Silk and Caslmere Hate.
Chlldren's Fancy CAPS. mat 73 ly
HOME FOR EMIORANTS.
FOR SALE, OR ZXCHANGE FOR CITY PRO.
PZRTY-130 Arpenta of Gn. high Prairie Land, eight
mile weest of New Iberia. La.. and two mlUs tr I
Opelooae Railroad. Ercellent neighborhood. Pales
Waft
,M j
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS.
GRAND LOTTERY
on THEu
NUN OF KENMARE,
TO ESTABLISH A HOME FOR POOR GIRS,
To Compensate for the Lose of Thonsands of Nembers
of the "Life of St. Patriok" that were de.
stroyed in.the Great Boston Fire.
TO BI HELD ON
Tuesday (St. Patrick's Day), March 17, 1874.
First Prize--A MAGNIFICENT LIMERICK LACE
BRIDAL DRESS YELL mad OPERA CLOAK,
with a Tiara of Irish Diamonds, Neokles and
Bracelets, etc., te.. vralue Osa Thesad Delars.
Thicond Prize-A BEAUTIFUL LT H POPLIN
DREsS, designed exr essly for the puese (a
while ground with gold Dhamreks), withasen.
did set of Gold Ornaments alter ancient Inks
Model, value One Thousan Dollars.
Third Prize-A COMPLETE SET OF THE WORKS
OF THE NUN OF KENMARE, hound in Green
and Gold Morocco. with her Autograph in each,
value Five Hundred Dollars.
Fourth Prlse-A SET Or IRISH POINT LACE
HANDKE.CHIEFS, to be Embroidred with the
tars.
ihone of the Winner, ofKal Three .alduox ea
Fifth Prlize-A BEAUTIFUL BABYT'S ROBE, HOOD
and CAPE, in Irish Guipnre Laeos the Pattern
has been designed expressly for this Lottery. with
the Harp and Shareroks, value Two Hundred
Dollars.
et Sixth Prize-A MAGNIFICENT BLACK LIMERICK
LACE TUNIC, with Body Trimmings sad a
Shawl to matob, valte Three Hundred Dollars.
61 Seventh Prise-A WHITE LACE SHAWL OF IRSH
POINT, of exquisite work. value Two Hundred
Dollars.
Eighth Prize-A COMPLETE SET OF VIEWS Or
CELEBRATED IRISH SCENERY-in r a Mg.
foent album ot Killarney Arbotus Wood, vae
One Hundred Dollars.
in Ninth Prize-A MODEL OF AN ANCIENT IRISH
HARP, in Killarney Bog lak, studded with Irish
Diamonds, value One HBoundred and Fift Dolla,
With Several Hundred other Prie.s, all of Irish Mann.
facture, end all varying in value from Ten to Five
Hundred Dollars.
TICKETS. ONE DOLLAR EACH.
Any person disposing of Twenty Tickets, will receive
I- In return, free of all cost, a Magnificent Chromo.
Lithogrph of the Nun of Kenmare.
NOTICE.-AnY person dispo ng of Sixty Tickets
will he presented with a Free Ticket for s a. l ial
]Drawing for a MAGNIFICHNT BArN. sultihlete
any Sciety, valueo ONE THOUSAND OLLARS..
No other ticket will he allowed a chance of the Banner.
24 Tickets can be obtalned direct from the Convent of
Poor Clares, Kenmare, County Kerry.
'he The names of Local Agents wlll be announced soon.
SThe Cbromo.Llthographio Likeness of the NUN OF
KENMARE will be mailed free to any address for s.;
a carte-slzed Photograph for One Dollar, and cabinet
y sized Photograph for s.
NEW WORKS OF THE NCU OF HEENMAE.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF POPE PIUS IX.-Thb
rubli are cautioned against purchasing works said to
be written by Sister Mary Claa and againdt support
ing those who are injuring her Convent by elling hr
books solely for their own advantage.
The Life and Tmes of tope PiasIX. has been In pl
ratiton fbr several years, aid'Srter ar Fran
Clare has had special opportunities for wrlt sneuh
work, which will be of real and permanent value. This
work will not be a compllation of scraps out of news.
pe or other books, but a permanent standard woik.
The "NUN OF KEMA.RE'S DOLLAR BOOKS.
This series of boobks will be iseued immediately, and
will no doubt have the same extensive circlsation s
the "Advice to Irish Girls."
Sister Mary Francis Clare's likene will be proateted
In the United States and Canada, to prevent unscruns.
ons persons from copying them, and defrauding the
poor of the profitE of the sale. aun3 73tf
J. A. KERNAN & THOS. WHITE.
PRACTIOAL CILDERS,
106 Customhouse street, near Royal,
NEW ORLAANR .
Looking Glass and Picture Frames, Plain and Orns.
tal, made to order. Regildlng done in the ver bmst
style. Oil Paintings restored, relined, cleaned and
varnished. IHaving a bnusiness experience of nearly
forty Vears in this city, they hope to give satisfaction
to their customers, not only in the superior quality of
their work, but likewise in their moderate charges.
N. B.--The atronage of the trade solicited. Chureh
decoration and country orders promptly executed.
au31 2m
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TIE AMERICAN
EDUCATIONAL PEADERS,
A NEW GRADED SERIES,
FULLY AND HANDSOMELY ILLUSTRATLD.
Messrs. IVISON, BLAKEMNS , TAYLOR & CO.
have the pleasure of announcing that they have now
ready, after many months' preparation and a large out
Isvlay, the first four numbers of an entirely new seriesof
school readers, whioh they delignate " Tila AsSazc 
EDUCATIONAL s.a.nna." They have been published
to meet a want that is not supplied by any existing
series, in size, gradation and price; andit is claimed
that, In these respects, they are in every esential fea
tere, an improvement upon any ether books that have
preceded them.
Iv Attention is Invited to the sizes and priceaof
the works herewith appended:
FIRST READER, 64 pages.......Price 25 ote.
SECOND READER, 124 pages.--.. Prioe 40 cta.
THIRD READER, 160 pages......Price 50 eta.
FOURTH READER, 240 pages.... Price 70 eta,
FIFTIH READER.'
" The Fifth Reader will be ready during the Summer.
One copy each of the first four numbers will be
sent hb mall to teachers and educationists, on receipt
of ONE DOLLAR. if desired, for examination, with a
view to introductlon
IVISON, BLAKEMAN, TAYLOR & CO.,
EDUCATIONAL PUILISHEIS,
133 and 140 Orand street, New York.
Or TIMOPHY MORONEY,
GonNItAL Aogst.
No. LL'2 Camp street,
jy6 73 ly _Naew Orleans.
CASSIDY & MILLER,
SAIL AKERS,
COTTON DUCK Agent. Manufacturers of Every De
scription of TENTS, TARPAULINS, AWNINS,
etc., era. Dealers in all Blise and Qualities of
MANILLA and TARRED ROPE. PUE
CHASE BLOCKS, all sizes.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Bunting for FlaIgs,
all colors and qualitles.
Flags of all Nations made to order and on hand at all
times.
We yy especial attentien to getting .np o nsrB
desired stile or finnish fine 8ILK FLAGS or oa .
Our facilities end long experienoe in business jntl.,
us in offering our services to alli relqrirg anythinmg t
our line, and our work shall be First Bate and itr
prices quite moderate.
CASSIDY MILLER,
107 ................ Poy dra street .................. I
an2u i r Bie twee n eCm ad Magardoe
HOTELS.
D. SWEENY'S HOTEL,
ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN,
Corner of Chambers and Chatham streets,
jy20 6m NEW TORE.
LACLEDE HOTEL,
CORNER FIFTH AND CHESNUT ST8.,
ST. LOns, MO.
Telegraph, Railroad and Steamboat Ticket Omes I
this House.
Je29 73 ly J. W. MALIN & SON. Prepreter
THE UNDZRSIGNOD HAVE THIS DAY FOBM*
T ed a oopartno .under the same ad atyle of
BROWN k GLARY. at
No. 172 Tchoopitoolas Street,
OTIIEor i t°se oae the BROOM KAZV
mIIxal.