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Ioralm g Star and Catholic Messenger. PaRLIUMD YIRtY SUNDAY moNfINO. re EW OR.LuARS, SUNDAT, ZPTIMlESZ it. 1 re ISALMlA O01 TS WI to Se....Se. pt f-Fifteenth Sunder after Penteest. de Miay.... Sept 3-St. Ast4oinn5. P. ýe~s1 " ....Foept. 4_--8 Rae i o e Vtorbo, Vlrgin S 1~Ketesd.pt. 5-St. Lureonce Jeattnate. . P St tsia...Sept. s-Bt John Nepomueea, Martyr. I*y ....S.pt 7-St. Peter etloisne, 0. . a I ay ....S. pt. e--Natlvlt of the B. V. Mary. Gavan Dffy has been elected Speaker of the by Legislative Assembly of Victoria, Australia. oh ST. SmIoaL'e SELECT SCHOOL -Clasmse at this institution were reenumed Saturday, Sep. he tember let, 1877. For terms, etc., see card on ao fifth page. _____________- ha UnesLnor DAY ScuooL.-Classes in this sohool, which is situated at the oarner of Es. re planade and Rampart streets, will open next re Monday, September 3rd. e The Stonewall Jackson of the Sees, Admiral pl Rapbhel Semmes, is dead. The announcement atl comes tos from Mobile, and merely states that wi be died at Point Clear, Alabama, at oe'clock ve Thursday morning. lol The Archbishop of Cambral has just in- on formed Mgr. Hautersar, Rector of the Catholic of University of Lille (Nord), that an anonymous at gift of 100,000 francs is placed at his disposal or for the foundation of a chair which is to bear the name of St. Vincent de Paul. co Lut Wednesday evening, Prof. Blake's ch pupils gave an exhibition in St. Michael's to Hall. The exhibition consisted of two tab- se leaux, "Dream of Fairyland" and "Noe's Sa0- th rifoo," and numerous pieces of vocal and in- of strumental musie which were well rendered be by the young ladies and gentlemen. so The Germanising of Alsace and Lorraine is Is steadily and remorselessly proceeding. The fe latest edict ohanges the names of ninety vil. fe lages, substituting German forms, which are E alone to be used in the future. Thus Brulange Is henceforth Brulingen, Destey becomes Dee b trieh, and uisse is transformed into Sulzen. We congratulate Father Georget, Pastor of k Paes Christian, and the ladies who so gener ally assisted him, upon the fine success of the a fair, which closed last Monday night. The net proceeds foot up, we understand, to more than e p$00, which will ensure the construction of the Church, to replace the one burned some months ago. e Minnesota,.a good Nothern Republican State, iI bas repudiated its railroad bond debt by a vote a of 59,176 to 17,324. The State has all along it been governed by mon of its own choice, and got full value for its evidences of debt, yet a the Northern papers say little on the subject, though they go info hysterics when in any ,.Southern State the justice of refusing to pay the fraudulent bonds issued by the carpet. isaggeTr is mentionedl. ------ c------ nn In San Antonio, Texas, August lith, 1S77, Miss Jane Wheelahan (in religion Sister Mary b Gabriel of the Annunciation), Miss Charlotte Howard (in religion Sister Mary Helen of the Assumption), Mise Belle Bradley (in religion a Sister Mary of the Scored lHeart of Jesus). re- e ceived the veil and bhabit as Sisters of the In. -I carnate Word. The two first named young o ladies are natives of New Orleans, the last i mentioned is of Mobile. iI FATHER HceCEn, TIE PAUI.ISTS AND THEI CATHOLIC WORLD.-A couple of weeks ago we stated, on the authority of a New York d secular paper, that Father IIewit had sue. o needed Father Hooker as Superior of the c Paulists and Editor of the Catholic Iforld; c1 Father Hecker, it was said, baving been com- a pelled by ill-health to seek release from his duties. We are informed, on the very best authority, that there is not a word of truth in a the statement, and therefore hasten to contra. t diet it. p ACADEMYi OF ST. MARY OF LOIRETTI, MONT- " GomSItty.-This Academy was established in n 1873 a.d is eligibly located in the beautiful city of Montgomiery, Alt. It is under the con trol of the Sisters ,of Loretto, who devote themselves exclusively to the training of young girls. The academic year consists of forty weeks, divided into two sessions of twenty ,e-kis each. Charges: board, tuition, etc., h&,U per atisieu ; washing and intirmary ohargis, ,X10. Total 4100. Sue card on fifith page. The many frihcin of Mr. Chas. M. Spriggs will be pained to hear of his death which oc curred on the 13i: of August int New York. Abe:t two to t!:n r,.o his wife dlied in this city after a hiLt illness, and he, being in bed health, eouin :ftor left, with his three little chihdten, Ir his mnothor's home in Now York. Mr. Spraggu was well known and greatly to teemed in thin city. li, was a fervent Catho lic, scrupulously attentive to his duties and ztealous in all work c, -nected with the Cburob. He was for someu time and till it susopended its meetings, ~'lce President of the Conference of St. Fruancis de Sales, Society St. Vincent de Paul. Last Tuesday, the Rev. Chaplain of the Hlome of the Little Sisters of the Poor, Father LeCo sic, blesswd the ground upon which the new wing to the building is to be erected. lie was aesisted by Rev. Fathers Koergerl, Bogaerts, and others. Before the ceremony the old folks enjoyed a great treat in the shape of a fine dinner at which they were waited on by the Rev. Fathers. We understand that it is the intention of the Sisters to commence builing the new wing immediately. The building as it stands now, two-thirds complete, soeommodates only i6O old persons, and as every place is filled many deserving applicants have to be refused ad mission. The completion of the new wing will easble the Sisters to receive 100 more helplees and deserted old people. We trust that the publio will come generonsly to the aeistance of the Little Sisters in thei-noble undertaking. Several States bave been revising and r remodeling their Constitutions of late, and t we sincerely hope that the fashion will e r tend to Louisiana. Our organie law has ql developed a number of faults. It has I afforded an opportunity for saddling the tl State with a debt of many millions of dol- g lars for fraudulent aend worthless cosider ations. It has rendered possible thesale " by a venal Legislature of important fran chises, thus establishing monopolies by r which the people are intolerably taxed. It has permitted a license tax, whereby per sonal exertion for the support of one's 01 family is grievously hampered and might e7 have been actually probibfted. These' are great evils and ought to be a remedied promptly. Our Legislature is P vested with powers that are absolutely t excessive and would be unreasonably plenary though every member were a strictly honest man. There is no reason why civil government should be able to b vest in one man the sole power to sell a lottery tickets. The whole infamous tramc h ought to be put on the criminal list instead of being licensed, but if it is to be licensed b at all, why limit the faculty to one person or one corporation. It may be said that the State receives a C consideration for the grant of such a fran chise, but the same argument would apply to any other monopoly. The State could e sell the exclusive right to make shoes, and s then everybody would have to get shoes of Mr. Howard, if he were the luck beneficiary of the grant. It could sell the sole right to handle cotton, sugar, rice, Ash, meats; it could put up the pro- t fessions to sale also and limit to a lucky F few the right of practising law or medicine. Each of these monopolies would, of course, pay a handsome bonus to the government, but nothing like the amount which would be realized from competition in the same f kinds of business under licenses. Certainly it is in the highest degree e unrepublican, to prohibit any line of occu pation to any citizen, or to vest the gov u ernment with power to create such dis e tinctions. Everyone ought to be free to follow any occupation for which he is competent and the principle of monopoly ,, has always been fought against as the e miet despotic that tyranny can incorporate R into its Code. 1 The license systa in is not so outrageous as that of outright monopolies, but is info rior to it in degree only. Its pinciple is the ease, and indted its operation is p- partly the same. The license can be placed at such a figure that only one, or at most a few, will be able to purchase it, so that virtually all the weaker aspirants to y business in any such line ale crowded out. This is not a mere speculation; it is a n well known reality. Its destructive pres once is felt by the broker, the grocer, the .manufacturer, ti e Insurance Co -by any t one and any corporation that begins busi- F t ness with a limited capital in a tield where d heavy capitalists are to be competed with. 1 These things are outrages upon personal o rights, but the power of piling up unlimited t debt upon a helpless people is an outrage i. upon the rights of property. It is in prin e ciple nothing but confiscation. If a man can mortgage my property, he might as well have the right to sell it. These cdying grievances ought to be t righted. Of course politicians will oppose o any reform in these respects. It is their trade to traffic in these abuses. But the people ought to demand it. Louisiana of r- all the States has suffered most from the u misuse of power.; she ought to take the 11 lead in placing civil power within such o- bounds that it will be comparatively to harmless whe:her honestly or dishonestly of administered. of We ought to have a Constitutional Con vention. But we Pee no nIovemielit in that direc h tion. It is rumored that New Orleans is in the hands of a Ring ; it is even said that this Ring, if it does not control the Me State, intende to do so. And ' hat about nr- our niewspapors The Ring tand thu rk. bondholders, of course, want no Conven tion. Are our r'spectable dallite ttoo a defrerattal to the Ring and the bond h io'ders 9 - Our Indian Policy. o Our national policy towards the Indian l tribes of thie Northwltest is one of tteachery its and brutality. First the Government's of agents swindle them and goad them into a de kind of frenzy ; then the Government's sol diers are called on to kill them if an oiut break has resulted. Many of these tribes, Stoo, had shown tile best dispositions. They ew have been peaeeful, friendly, inclined to was industry and desirous of progressing in ad civilized practices. There can be nodoubt Iks whatever that with an English or French lne government over them they would have the maintained their peacefu1l attitude and been finally elevated to a certain degree of the civilisation, while in our hands they have iog been goaded on to the most desperate ow' extremities. Iso For this the American people are to y blame. It is well known that our Govern ment has no special foreign policy. In monarchies there is a fixed, traditional the foreign policy as hereditary as the crown. no. In republics where one Administratioo nu. ecceeds another without any tie of rally inclined to tinker with the problems thate present themselves. There is no responsibility except that of party. If the question to be dealt with is one in which the whole people take an earnest interest, of the Government is cautious, prudent and prdent andon generally wise. Its party is on probation cr1 and the poHtlticia's instinct of self-preser vation affords an incentive to disoretion pi fully as powerful as any that moves a of royal cabinet, ha But wherever the people are indifferent, oil then the tinkering comes in and all kinds no of foolish expedients are tried by way of ns experiment. Witness the Quaker inven tions of U. S. Grant. Would the Republi- Li can party have risked such stupidity if the people had cared about the Indian ques- ob tion t Certainly not. of But humanity demands that the people in wake up to the gravity of that question. The system adopted by the Government wi hitherto has been _anational disgrace and as will leave an indelible stain upon our am history. as The world will know-the fact cannot at' be disguised from it-that all this cruelty, pc all this bloodshed, all this warring with th weak and pitiful tribes was totally unnec essary* Everybody will know that a few be Catholic missionaries like Father De Smet hi and his colleagues could have easily check- en ed any lawlessness among the Indians if in allowed to see justice done them. trO stl The Scourge of War. tit War is always classed with pestilence tL and famine as a scourge from God. When p the nations have filled their measure of sin, punishment comes. We see now in the East a great struggle pending. It is truly tb a death struggle, for each side throws its whole impetuosity into the contest and co but little mercy is exhibited by either. all Turks have not much claim on Christian Pi sympathy; they are fanatical, treacherous aB and cruel ; but Russia is very little better, do if at all. Her persecution of Christians is W as fi~rce and unrelenting as that of the tb Moslems. It fact it is more inexorable. te The Turk is amenable to the influence of bribes and blandishments; the Russian stops only at submission. do The fate of this war has been wavering Ti in the balance. The Turk is a braver and to better soldier tiati th RIus, but in the w long run weight is s;t rto prevail. Numbers are with tht Czar. His generals have it: shown t;lemselves teompitent to plan a to campaign, but eveu blunders eventually lead to wisdom. Tie gn.at question of any modern war is getne ally the purse. Even fo with the best of the tight the Turkish army al may suddenly fail of ammunition or food, ti Then Constantinople is at the Czar's feet unless some other power interferes,. t Who can foresee the outcome that God fi shall give this contest I It may be that ci the scourge will fall only upon the two c parties now a ngdged, or it may be that the N day is upon us when all those who have joined hands in robbing the Church and dishonoring God's Vicar shall be taught practically the great lesson which they refuse to learn from history : Cursed is the a spoliator atid the impious. PRIZE LITERARY EXYRCISES.-So much in terest has been manifested with regard to t this subject, and so many people are anxious to attend the entertainment, that the managers thereof have decided to engage St. Patrick's Hall for two evenings, September l:3:h and C S14th, 1e77. The programme for the first even f ing will consist of the reading of the prize e poem, the prize essay and prize homerous sketch, each being read by the euccessfnl com petitor or by any person whom the author may select. Then will follow a very in eresting debate, which will be ably sustained by the participants, Messrs. lieney, Carlton, Santini and Riohardson. The finale will consist of a few tableaux. The evening of the .1 th of September will be devoted to military exercises and tableaux is conu~m..rative of the 14th of September, 1t74, d the Itui't impretssive of whiohdbill be "Green :e wood's Shaft " and " Our Fa'.llen Hleroes.'i at There .lil to several beautiful tableaux by chbldre : also: songs, recitations and comical mnihitary relt. t t ntitlor.r. There will be music Sboth eveningsu. 'ce s.ould remiind onr readers I that th. proceieds ol e entertLinmel't, are to bte dtv tcd to ti'c cr,i i ruauce if 'ork upon the new St. Stelhez.' C:noic', NSpolenu Ave. nne. 'lThe irice if :amianiou has leon tixed at ItI cfiutC eaich cvccVInir. in _- . . - -- _ ry In another colnnu we publish a communica e 's tion urging the oxtiisian of the S.jt. Charles, Clio ,a a nd Jackson depot railroad up to Sixth street, ,-. by Magnolia street. The section of the city the t-cars· would then run through is qaite thickly settled, and its population is steadily increas o' iog, owing to the improvements malde by esuch 'y publiespirited citisens as Mr. J. It. Keller and to others. If the St. Charles street railroad com in pany does not respond as promptly as it should .bt to the earnest appeals of our fellow citisens in ch the section of the city referred to, we presume ye that they will be able to secure rehlief from ud some other quarter. This relief will probably of come through the efforte of Mr. Keller, who was yoe granted, by the Flanders' Administration, the ate right of way for a railroad from Canal and Front streets to Dryades, up Dryades to Delord, up Delord to Locust, and up to Carrollton. The road would have been built at once but in- for the fact that the Council aseociated two In gentlemen with Mr. Keller whodid not possess Dal energy equal to his. Mr. Keller may, however, Fn. ask for and secure a renewal of the charter if on the joust petition now ander consideration is of not granted. "- W P eBLwaTIONS. oc. A Life of Plus IX. Down to the Episcopal Jubi- Be lee efld77. By Bev. BernardO'Restly. New York: P. F. Collier. A work which has grown out of the thought the of years, can not be read in the glance of a of moment; and a labor which is at once a mo and oment of love, zeal, and erudition can not be div criticised by an Idle passer-by. The gifted author styles his work A Li/e of bs Piss IX.; thus modestly placing it in a clas as of similar productions and claiming in its be- slo half neither privileges nor peouliar excellen- leg eies. The style in which it is written, is, of typ course, exceedingly beautiful, for Rev. Ber- the nard O'Rellly has an artist's skill in moulding ba thought into clear and graceful expressions par The work is very voluminous; but Pope.Pions Life will still afford material for many future volumes. One of our contemporaries seems to object to the space devoted to the early years of the Pontificate, but we do not see this fact any woe in the light of a blemish. and The trials of the new ruler of Rome, and the wide-spread plots and counter-plots organized ten' against his government; the various causes of tior agitation d d e,, aog t pleple1 and the dissensions in the Papal Cabinet; the B strategy of the Radicals, and the policy and E position of the Pope, these surely are leading A events which shaped the destiny not only of the Pontificate but of the whole of Italy. Thoroughly to understand what PFus IX. C has undergone as Ruler, Pope, and man at the C hands of his people, his subordinates and his cat enemies, it is necessary to unfold all the links obl in the Lcomplicated chain of conspiracy, stri treachery, ill-faith and rebellion which trin stretched itself about the person of the Pun- gio tiff and finally dragged from its foundations '1 the temporal power of the Pope, and the Inde- the pendence of the Papacy. This has been done fre by our author in a-necessarily lengthy man- ant ner; but it throws a clearer light upon subse- are quent events and brings into stronger relief all the the details of the great Life before as. The impertinent dictation of Napoleon, the conflicting aims of the Catholic powers, and all the other obstacles to the noble policy of nel Pius IX., can not be related in a few pages; gra' and we can only praise the writer who has ser done his part in vindicating the thoughts, Or] words, and actions of our Holy Father from las the sneers of Liberals, the taunts of Pro- Ff testants, and the calumnies of all haters of eta order and authority. A few inaccuracies on historical points, which have crept into the book, can, and no ele doubt, will be corrected in future editions. dei These are not very important, but serve to af- ex I ford a pretext for disparaging a really fine kn woik. mc One would hardly expect to find our late pri illustrious friends, thecarpot-baggers, referred Oit to in a Life of tile venerable Head of the to Church; but we read in connection with the hi strictures of the press in England, France, be and the United States upon the Holy Father for not granting an unconditional pardon to pt all who had been concerned in the late revolu- H tion, these words, page 39 ): "We, Americans, boast-and rightfully- le that once our gigantic civil war ended, not a life was acrificead for a merely political of- of fense. Most true. But the disabilities in- be curred for these same offenses have not yet at been removed from thousands upon thousands, nor are they likely to be for some time yet.. 1 P' Nor in te Y$ates which seceded have lthe deep, pc feari l and ruinouse eilcts of "carpet bay' ai- N ruleanld domination cmuie to an eua after twelve yeals of mIlisy and buffering to millions of e freemen and fellow citizens." tc The italics are ours, but the efecto described hi are still felt by our people, although the hi misrule and dormination have come to an end. cA We might criticise a diffusiveness of style, a an exuberance of aigures, an amplifacation of di a- thought; which though charming as composi- 11 0 tion, are at times tedious in an historical b work. i The book is elegantly gotten up, bound in 7( Spurple and gold, with finely tinted pages, a d clear, large type, and bears on its title page 0 the approbation and commendation of his d Eminence, the Cardinal Archbishop of New iYork. a- The work is a beautiful souvenir of ocr Holy y Father and should be treasured up by all his g children. It contains information very valua e ble to the general reader, and very interesting e 1 to the devont Catholic. Its pages are replete a with incentives to virtue for the young, and b with consoling reflections for the old; in a word, it is " a Life" which is a model to-Oll x men, and over which must soon fail the h4'bdow of a Death which, while it embalms n- the memory, will also glorify Itoe aanie and pont ficate of Pius IX. y Stanelarl .rithatic \o. 1 atrd.o "2. New York: al Lawrnee Kobue. ic Thcee two numbers of theStandard Arithlme t rn tic are very careftnlly gotten up, both as re- i to gards t l'e and binding, and include many ' on subjects entire!y new to the student. We e o- tind, for instance, a list containing the names, t nnumber of guns andl tonnage of all the vessels belonging to the United States navy. Also a the size of the Legislative bodice of the dit Sferent States, population of all large cities, I areas of large lakes and seas, etc., upon all of ae which are given interesting and practical ex- a erciseas. The two vOlumnes contains, it seems to us, all s- that is needed in an ordinary mathematical c ourse-embracing as they do, the principles Sand rules of Mensuration, Life Insurance,I Mechanics, etc. S The author, James E. Ryan, of Brooklyn, is deserving of the highest credit for this very m complete and practical treatise, which con tains a fund of information upon almost every ly subject connected with the science of numbers. SWith such laborers in thefield of Catholic edn be cation, we have reason to hope that the har ud vest of intellectual culture among our youth rd, will be both abundant and reliable. . Grammar Sclool Speller. New York: Catholic ut Publication Soctety. New Orleans: P. F. wo Gogarty. em We thought that Bishop Gilmour's excellent er, Speller, belonging to the Ameriean Catholic if Series, left nothing to be desired in the way of ai a Word Book or Definer. The one before us, published by the Catholic Publication eo olety, has,b however, elaims upon our aettentiu uot irior to then ones Isued b, 6-b h=se of Beosiger Bros. I Its aim is to furnish one book containing the material necessary for a thorough course of instruction in orthography and orthoepy, and in furtherance of this purpose the book is nil divided into oral, written, dictation exereises. we We are glad to see so much care and erudition Pr bestowed upon works for our Catholic youth, h as every new one refutes the world's base at slander in regard to the Catholic Church seek- ro, iog to retain her members in ignorance. The type, binding, etc., are of good quality; but th the cost of each copy is somewhat of a draw- ev back to its general and immediate use. We of particularly commend the lengthy list of words usually mispronounced, and the careful th manner in which the corrections are prepared. m The rules of spelling are decidedly superior th 1n simplicity and perspicuity to those found in t any grammar in our public sobhools; and the de work would be an acquisition to both teachers and pupils, and we think our State Superin- th tendent would be pleased to have his att tion drawn to its many excellenoiesl. Catecaism of Christian Doctrine for Icademies and re .,tg9 ,coo-s. Antermaazo es. . -SL-. Benaiger Brothers.. New Orleans: Chas. D. at Elder. re A Full Catechism of the Catholic Beligion. w Tsanslated from the German of Bev. Joseph De 6I Harbe, S. J, byj the Rev. John Fander. New ni York: Catholio Publication Society. New m Orleans: Chas. D. Elder. t We have once before noticed these excellent si catechisms, and need only now refer to the it obligation resting upon every Catholic of in struoting himself and his family in the doo- ti trines of the Church and the History of Relt- i gion. hi These can be learned most thoroughly in as the two worKinfibiatre us; both of which are oi free from dryness, tediousness, and obscurity; to and, while instructive to the sincere Christian, 0o are also interesting to the intelligent and in thoughtful student. hi at DEPARTURE OF FATHER COLONEL, C.S8.R.- r The numerous friends of the Rev. Joseph Colo- ii nel, C.8S.R., will no doubt be surprised and grieved, like ourself, to learn that this saintly servant of God has been removed from New Orleans. Humbly and silently be left our city last Thursday, in obedience to the orders of his Provincial Superios, and is now, as we under- h stand, the Superior of the Redemptorist Mis sion-house at Chatawa, Pike County, Miss. P Though we are rejoiced at his well-deserved b elevation, we, in common with thousands. f, deeply regret the painful separation. It is no a exaggeration or flattery to say that no one knew Father Colonel but to love him; for a t more humble, obliging and selfsacrifloing 1 priest or rel'gious could not be found in the city. We still hope that he will soon return to his sorrowing friends, who can never forget 4 him or cease to thank him for his countless benefits. t At Alverekirchen, a village in the Prussian t ° Province of Westphalia, the funeral of Rev 1 Henry Lohans, the pastor, took place lately with great solemnity. Deceased was for no less than seventy-two years first assistant and - afterwards pastor at Alverskirchen. He was born in 17Il, ordained priest March 9th, 1805, t and soon afterwards was appointed assistant pastor at Alverekirchen. In 1812 be. was ap pointed parish priest, at the presentation of Napoleon I. He had ten assistants in succes sion, of whom six have already passed away c to a better life. Every member of the parish d has been baptized by him, prepared for his or 1e her First Communion, and, if married, re ceived at his hands the Sacrament of matri e, mony. For a considerable time he was rural )f dean, district and local school inspector which i. latter cffice had till the present persecution al been a prerogative of the clergy, both Catho. lie and Protestant. He had celebrated the in 70th anniversary of his priesthood, the 60th a, anniversary of his pastorate, and his 50th an te niversary as director of the Young Men's So is dality. A Japanese paper-the Bolhi- Tchinbun-gives a distressing account of the misery at present ie prevailing in Cores. The people are dying by thousands fronm want of food. When a vessel enters the port laden with rice, corn or provi to sions of any kind, it is at once surrounded by Il bands of hungry natives, who endeavor to seize its contents, and blood is frequently shed in keeping them off. Food is, it is true, dis be tributed by the Government to the poor every U1 ten days, on the 0Oth, 20th and 30th of each . imouth; but the amount at the disposal of the authorities is utterly insuflicient to feed the k- multitude of supplicants. The horrors of dis ease and pestilence have also been added to io. those of famine, and the bodies of the dead lie e-. in the streets for days. In the northern pro fy vinces of China, a:so, famine is reported to Ve have set in; but there the Governmenst heas es, greater resources to assist the suffeitrers. tde -------- - iso The efforts being made by some of the Bsh lif- ope and Catholic newspapers at the North to e, discourage large and expensive fonerals, do of not seem to meet with much euccess. And how ix. can it be otherwise when some of the very pa pers. that publish the longest and strongest all editorials denouncing these expensive funer cal als, prove the hollowness of their professions les by giving extended accounts of "grand funer cg, als, etc.," and even go so far as to state that "the esteem in which the deceased was held yn, was made manifest by the large number of ery carriages etc., etc." As an instance we may on- cite the funeral of an excellent clergyman who ery died in Chicago recently, and at whose funeral, era. says the local Catholic paper, "the carriages dn- numbered 203, and the boggles, 36, making a iar- prooession of 239 vehicles." uth Two pounds of black bread and one-quarter olic pound of fresh meat, or bacon in lieu thereof, F. with garlic, salt, and plenty of tea, seem tobe the daily rations of the Czar's soldiers. Oooa ent sionally they are treated to a sort of coarse oli sweet bean. The Turkish soldlirs are wonder. y of fully easy men for a commissariat to satisfy. us, They will fight for weeks on meal or bruised eo- Indian corn. leommaniestsd.l WILL IT PAT I. E., a RAILROAD IN THUL nUA OF TmH FOURTH DISTRICT. EdAtor Morning Star t I notice that the necesaity of a railroad run ning through the rear of the tenth and eleventh wards has been brought to the attention of the Prmes, and that "expresaion of publlo opinion" has, with itse sual enterprise in all public measures,; advocated in strong terms the exten sion up-town of the Clio and Erato street rail. road In the district bounded, say, by Melpomene, Franklino, Louisiana Avenue and the swamp there are no railraod aooommodations what ever, yet in that distriot reside a large portion of our most worthy citizens. In building a railroad, or in undertakingany enterprise requiring the outlay of money and the payment of current expenses, the AreI and most important question asked by the ea iatl lst is, ' Will it payr' and onlresseid besiihr that it will pay, no will not adv l ! ds hIr towards the undertaking, though eryt declares it to be a public necessity, etc. Caps taliste have money to make money, nateimpl to supply public wants. This, Mr. Editor, is the position oooupied by the Clio and Erato oad company : "Will it pay t" Un less that company come to the eonelusion that it will pay, we will not have a railroad in the rear of the first, tenth and eleventh wards. Wit payo io entr into cs qumluonan-d- answer it conclusively in the affirmative would require more space than even your courtesy would grant. That it ean be proved that an extension of the said railroad will pay there is no doubt. Let the company consalder for one moment the vast population in the limits of the above-mentioned district; let them con sider to what an extent the extension of their road out Clio street to Magnolia proves a pay ing investment; let them consider that this part of town is rapidly being built up; let them consider that there are here no railroad accommodations; let them look at the matter in a most comprehensive view, and I fail to see how they can doubt that an extension of the said road will pay. There are many people in this part of the city who would ride a dozen times on the ex tended road where they do not now ride once on any line. Railroad accommodation would, of itself, be such an improvement as would induce many people to make this vicinity their homes, because of economy or reduced oiream stances, but who would not live away from railroad communication. The people want the road, and they will liberally patronize it. BRAse TACKs. The Great Farm Drawing for the Benefit of the Orphans. At a joint meeting of the Commissioners and Committee in charge of this charitable work, held this day, the 17th of July, 1877, it was Resolved, That, owing to the fact that hmany persons, residing at a distance, have not yet been able to make full returns of the sale of tickets to them entrusted, the drawing fixed i. for Wednesday, July 18th, 1877, is hereby un o avoidably postooned. e Resolved further, That all persons in charge of tickete be forthwith requested to make re a turns of their sales to the Treasurer, L. g Tonart, Esq., of Mobile, positively, on or be e fore the 3tun day of August next, accompany ing the returns with the amount collected. S Bscolred, further, That the drawing will take t place positirely, and without any postlponement, on s £uesday, September 4th, 1477, at twelve o'clock sM. The Commissioners hereby give notice that the warranty deed of the property is in their n poeseesion, in trust for the winner, and shall v be recorded in the name of such winner, free from any incumbrance, as soon as the drawing is completed. R. SMInmas, o P. WILL.as, Jr., d Wm. A. LEEARON. Jon H. HIOLaY, JNo. CAVANAGH, H UNRY ST. PAUL. Commissioners. Mobile, July 17, 1,77. We have a few tickets in this lottery for sale at this effioe. For details see advertisement on sixth page. h THE BENEDICTINES IN NORTH CABO LINA. From a letter dated "St. Mary of Help, Gas al ton County, North Carolina," to the Freeman's h Journal, we take these extracts: in This is a Priory of the Benedictine Order, o. established by and under the jurisdiotion of 1e Rt. Rev Bonifacios Wimmer, Abbot of St. th Vincent's Monastery. Westmoreland County, Pa., situated in Gaston County, twelve miles n- west of Charrotte, and within one mile of the o- nearest depot on the Air Line Railroad, having the Caroline Central Railroad a abshort distance to the north. It is of easy access, and in direct communication with all our public thorough ea fares. The lands lying on the banks of the nt majestic Catawba, are a magniflcent domain, ) well timbered, and rich in golden ore. This is the Southern valley of the Blue Ridge chain el of mountains: Spencer's Mountain is in ri- sight, whose base, laved by an tcffshoot of the oy Catawba, sings its anthems day and night, and mingles with the monastic strains of St. to Mary's. ed The eoil, though rot alluvial, is productive is- of all the cereals, fruit and cotton. The cli mate is one of the most healthy on earth, in ry the opinion of many of our most eminent phy oh sicians. Nowhere in the world could be found be a situation better adapted for the object for which it is intended. It is a donationi to the he Benedictine Order of Rar. Dr. J. J. O'Connell, is- whose name is a housebold word in the South. to The Very Rev. Dr. Hermtan,,, Wolfe is our worthy Prior, a six footer, a convert, and an ex-Confederate soldier. lie has also in charge ro- several churches in Gaston ntad adjoining ' to counties, one of them near Concord, Cabarras County, where thebo congregation are all con 05 verts and of German descent. Hlis long white beard gives him a patriarchal aspect. He is assisted by Father Joseph Keller and a number of lay brothers. Your old friend, Dr. J. J. h. O'Connell, represents the secunlar element of to the priesthood very fairly. do The existence of this institution is a start ling fact to those who knew this mission w twenty years ago. I can imagine how Bishop ra- Lynch and his great predect-soor rejoice. It is eat a grand proof of the growth of tthe Catholio Church in North C.rolina, of the r'al of our er- dear Bishop Gibbons. and of the tidelity of the >us Benedictine Order to its primitive spirit and er. vocation. oat eid The Chief Justice of Pennsylvania Breaking the Law. y[Pittaburg Commercal i rho Chief Justice Agnew, in comrpany with ral, two other gentlemen of Beaver, Pa., went ges out gunning, and prepared themselves for a good day's sport in bagging woodcocks. SBut it seems that this variety of game did not exist in the locality traversed, and some of the party fell to bringing down tr pheasants. Between twenty and thirty of sof, the birds were bagged and brought home, mbe and all hands seemed well pleased with a- the day's enjoyment. The Chief Justice and his companions were, however, some I*what astonished a few days afterward r upon receiving a sunmmons from 'Squire fy. Glass of New Brighton to appear before sed him to anewer a souit of the Sportsmen's Association for violating the game laws.