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Seventy-one persons died from starvation in
London during the last year. Coroners' jaries
returned verdicts in every ease afrming the t
uease of death to be absolute starvation or t
saposure and want of proper food.
Siuee the suiolde of Sultan Abdal-A5is3, in
18WF, Turkey has had two Soltans, five Minis
teles, forty cabinet offisre, one constitution,
eas Parliament, one war, lost three-fourths of 0O
ib privinace and been forced into bankruptoy. of
of
'OasMrrmsroNa.-Hie Grace, the Most Rev- re
eed Archbbishop, has recently administered a
the 8aorament of Confirmation at the times, in
places and to the number of persons mentioned
below :
Aplsebth. Ft. May'". KenervtllIe...... ...- 1in
Apýlt 801.. Day School. Sasters of the Macred Heart 29
y5dDt y heobool Ursalinu Nuns..............
May ad, Bt. Augustine's Churho.................. 13
Total......................... ............. gcc
From Mr. P. E. Burke, President of the E- go
eestive Committee, we have received a kind a
invitation to attend a grand Fair and May id
Festival to be held at Weeks' Oak Grove, New w
Iberia, on the 14th, 15th and 16th of this
month, for the benefit of the Mount Carmel m
Convent. Musical entertainments and the. ti
atrical performances will be given each night, re
and refreshments will be served at moderate of
prise. We understand that a number of die
tloguisebd persons from New Orleans and
Mobile are expected to honor the occasion 113
with their presence. 01
We understand that a number of influential at
gentlemen, admirers of the musical talents of E
Mrs. Theresa Cannon Buookley, have tendered o
her a Complimentary Benefit. The details
have not yet been deoided on, but we feel safe
In saying that the concert will take place in
St. Patrick's Hall early in June. Mrs. Buokley 0'
has hosts of admirers throughout the city, and n
the generous use she has always made of her ri
great talents for the benefit of our churches I
and charitable lnstitutions, without charge or a
onslderation of any kind, has given her claims
upon our people whioh we feel sure will be g
ittingly acknowledged by a crowded house on
the ecasion. v
The United States Senate after the 4th of
March next, will be Demcoratio by a majority
of from eight to twelve. The only hope the
Badoials have of getting a hold in the OCvern
moent thereafter, is by securing a majority in the
next House of Representatives. What their a
chances are may be judged of by the figures of t
the official canvass of the last election, which -
show that the Democrats have three times as
many absolutely safe districts as have the Re- t
publicans. The figures are as follows :
Majorities. Dem. Rep.
e.o0 or over ............................. 1 21
stween ,,Mo and 0s w,.u...... ...... 41 49
setween I.(0o and (1 0................ . 1. .15
Bader 1,0................2...............3 dl)
Total.....- . .. ................ 15 141 1
The movement for the preservation of the
Irish language is spreading in England, as well
as in this country. Recently a meeting was
held in London, having for its object the in
4rodnotion of Irish into the programme of the
Irlab National Board. An English member of I
Parliament, Mr. Huntchinson, presided, and I
among others present were a Scotch member of
Parliament, Isaac Batt, O'Connor Power, Dr.
Mackay, the well-known oScotch litterateur, and
Mr. Stokes, an inspector of schools in England.
lSeveral excellent speeches were delivered, after
whioh resolutions were unanimously adopted
in favor of the object of the conference. In
the course of his remarks Mr. Stokes stated
that the object can be attained if the Irish
people really wish it.
On Monday, the let of April, his Holiness,
Pope Leo IIII, received in private audienceo
hli Eminence Cardinal Collen and Monsignor
Kirby, Rector of the Irish College. Cardinal
Cullen presented to Loo XIII. on this occasion,
six addresae from Ireland. The first was an
address from tLe Clergy of Dublin Diocese.
The second was from the Catholic University
of Ireland. The third was from the Bishop,
Clergy, and faithful of the Diocese of Oseory.
The fourth was from the Arobbishop of Cachel
and the Bishops of the province of Cahbel. Th
ffth was from the Bishop, Clergy, and faith
fol of Lerns Diocese; end the sixth was from
the 4.Corporation of the City of Limerick.
These .ddresees were separately presented to
the Holy Father, with a few words of explana
tion trom the Cardinal. On the same day
an immense number of persons were re
eslved in the loggie of Raphael.
The 3000 oreditors of the great house of Jay
Clooke & Co., which failed live years ago, are
beginning to enquire what has become of the
aMets of the firm. At the time of the failure
oi liabilities were estimsted at $7.000,000 end
e sets at $t1000.,000. In five years only
• dividend, amounting to 5 per cent, has
been paid, " The creditore," says a Northern
paper, "are people of all sorts and conditions.
Some of them were poor when the calamity
ocourred, and were reduced to absolute beg
gary by the lose of their small savings. Others
were rich then, but were impoverished by their
- faith in the big financial bubbles blown by
these Christian bankers. The estate is theirs,
but where is itt How much of it are the
Cookesthemselves enjoying ? Whet part of it
does Jay Cooke continue to manlpolatef HBow
m many lawyers, trustees, aemlitant, ageont,
semmittemen, and soobh like oormorant. are
there now feedinlg and waing fat on this
enewayI
Government Without Religion.
The people of the United States are the
arst that-ever-dreamed of such an absordi
ty. Even Bismarck, with his hatred of a
Christianity, encourages the idea of a pop
ular religion. He knows that without some
such sentiment pervading a people it can
not be governed. The less perfect the re
ligious idea among a population, the more ri
difficult their government-the more des
potic and merciless moust be the reign of
force and repression. The Chinese gov
ernment is one after a fashion, for there is r'
a strong religious sentiment among its ai
population. That sentiment is gross and n
false in most of its details, but it contains a
be great radical truths of Divinity and res- o
ponsibility in a future life. The moral
sense of the people is not however quick
ened by a knowledge of the real attributes b
of that Divinity and of the corresponding
virtues proper for man. So while their fears
of future punishment are strong enough to O
render society possible, it is only with the 0
assistance of the most rigid and all-control- I
ing intervention of civil government. ti
The greatest liberty in human govern- ti
ment is only possible with the most virtu. tl
onuse population, and in exact proportion
with popular vice and immorality must b
coercion and absolutism at the hands of the st
government.increase. The form is nothing; 0
a king may be as responsible as a pres- V
ident, and a popular majority may be as w
wicked a tyrant as a czar. *
To come back to our prat proposition, we E
must insist thet the people of this country, b
that is, a majority of them, have precisely n
reversed the truth in their understanding ti
of this matter. They hold that a free
government can make a people virtuous,
instead of holding that a virtuous people
can make a free government. In conse- ii
quence of this fatal heresy they drop God t'
and replace him with the Public_School. C
Education is to make people moral; edu
cation is to be the great missionary.
Fatal blindnessl Wicked pride! God
does not choose to be eliminated from his h
own creation. He never meant to make a
machine, wind it up and then leave it to °
run of itself. His finger regulates every
movement. He is himself the main spring d
and the only one.
Americans have yet to learn that to make
good citizens and good republicans the t
people must be virtuous, and that to be 1
virtuous they must be religious, and that
to be religious they must have the grace of C
God, and that to have the grace of God
they must come to him through his Church
and not through the civil government.
But people are not gererally open to
conviction a priori; they moust judge a
tree by its fruit. Well, the godless system
-in schools especially-is bearing a fall
s crop of fruit in this country. First we have
the tramps whose name is legion, then the
vast army of criminals embracing forgers,
embezzlers and fraudulent bankrupts as
well as many others, and finally the Com
munists or organized anarchiass. These
last are enemies of authority-all and
every authority. Their fundamental prin
ciple is revolt-revolt against the govern
ment, revolt against any government.
They are looked upon now as something
of an exotic in America, a European im
,f portation that will not flourish here. Bat
d accounts show that they are flourishing.
If The moral climate suits them wonderfully,
and will continue to suit them better, the
d more and the longer God is ignored and
* the Republic worshipped.
r Why should we, or any one else raise
dour voice against such madness? Itcomes of
human pride, and will go on until, out of
the very bitterness and woe that shall
flow from it, men will be forced back to
common sense. Let them fully taste the
fruits of anarchy, and in sackcloth and ashes
3e they will fall down before the altars of
or religion and beg God to stretch forth his
al hand and stay the storm of destruction.
n Tariffs.
ty Morally speaking a Custom House is
P. a nuisance, economically it is a scandal.
Y. In the former capacity it is the hot-bed of
el all political intrigues for overruling the
popular will. By means of the Custom
House and the Post Ofice a national ad
ministration controls an army of voters and
to wire-pullers. The positions at its disposi
a. tion are intended solely for the general
sy good, yet they are dishonestly converted
e- into engines of party or of personal suprem
acy The operation of this system is fre
quently to subvert the real popular will.
57 It acts as an immense bribe, a bribe the
re influence of which is felt in every hamlet
e of every State, forcing its beneficiaries
r into an activity that may be foreign to
Stheir disposition and in favor of a policy
which they secretly disapprove.
rm The mainspring of republican govern
u, ment is the popular vote; the popular will
ty is the only sovereign, and any tampering
eg- with its full and fair expression is a kind
era of treason. Yet theCustom House is oper
ir ated as a standing, flagrant, organizerd
by treason of this sort.
ra, But that is not all. The tariff is a tax
the on the poor. The laborer pays more for
his coffee, his nsugar, his cotton and wool
len clothing, his hate and shoes, his tools
are and implements of labor than he could
h get them for if there were no Custom
Huse. It is true that the rieh man mast
also pay more for bhis ne wines, rich alike
and grand furniture, but the effeets upon
the two classee are not parallel. The poor B'
man auffers by reason of -b-tax s the-rich
man does not. The former pays the increase in
of price out of his necessities; the latter th
out of his superabundance. The poor man ac
can, perhaps, barely support his family in tb
comfort when prices are at the lowest; the to
rich man never feels the pinching of want
p1
no matter to what figure prices may rise. he
The Custom House is an inhospitable th
reminder to other nations that they are m
strangers, it is the remnant of an era of se
non-intercourse and mutual jealousy, it is
an institution founded on barbaric notions In
of dominion, rather than on Christian prin- es
oiples of universal brotherhood. in
We are told that home industries must on
be fostered until firmly rooted, and that
taxes must be raised in some way. th
Home industries can be fostered as effi- .
oiently by the bounty system as by that ,
of the protective tariff and far more Justly, ev
for the bounty would be paid by the sec
tion to be profited, while the tariff lays its liI
tribute on sections not at all interested in Vi
the industry to be fostered. he
Taxes must be raised. True enough,
but why draw them from impoverished t
sufferers while superabundance and luxury
overshadow the land with their pride I li
Why tax labor which asggestia haidrailp,- o
while there is property which is proof of fie
savings We hope to see the day when a iB
Democratic simplicity in government will de
have abolished all impediments to com
merce with their corrupt and corrupting k
train of official parasites.
That Great Defection. ti,
-li
Some of our city journals have been giv
ing currency to a silly story about a cer- tI
tain grand impending defection from the or
Catholic Church in Mexico. One Dr. Riley, na
"Bishop elect" is reported to have passed tb
through this city recently on his way to be o
"in at the death" as they say, or to be on
hand for receiving the seceders. or
On recovering a little from the shock
one's first impulse is to ask : who "elected"
him t-that is, Riley Did the Mexicans
do it I This point is left in such profound w
mystery that we are induced to suspect
the Dr. of being a carpet-bagger. We fear it
that his reverence was "elected" by some fr
body other than his intended constituents. ti
Then we do consider it a very suspicious
circumstance that the rev. Dr's. christian at
name is not given. We have scarcely a a
doubt that that name is Pat. Anything d
from Indian chief to Mexican (Old Church)
Bishop for a wild broth of a boy when he's v
off on a tear.
However that may be, he is fit to take i
rank with Stanley as a discoverer. He a
announces that there is an immense move
ment among the Mexicans looking to a sepa- tl
ration from Rome. He even gives out that ti
three Jesuit fathers have joined the move- d
ment, but unfortunately neglects mention- Y
lug their names. The strangeness of the h
discovery is increased by the fact that the v
rev. gentleman is just going to Mexico
instead of just coming thence. How he
got this information in advance of the
telegraph man and the newspaper corres
pondents, we are left to imagine.
So the Mexicans have, according to him, t
"put themselves abreast with the Old Catho
lic movement in Europe." And has it come i
to this at last-or rather, so soon ? Has the I
great, overwhelming, Mexican Protestant r
movement, which Reverend Bishop Some
bodyelse was engineering a few months
f ago, simmered down into so insipid a mesa
Salready? Dear, dear! Instead of camp
1 meetings and shouting greasdrs we are to I
have only a "Mlocarabic liturgy."
But reverend Riley says that's all right ;
he's satiefied with that. Any kind of split
with Rime will do him for a religion. Well,
if it's only abreast of the O'd Catholic move
ment in Europe, we don't think Riley will I
make much by it in either cash or consols- 4
tioer.
_- - L - - --1
The New Coadjutor Bishop of Galveston.
. Te Missions Catholiqules publ'she the fol
lf lowing:
S" Mgr. DUbuin. Bishop of Galveston, Texas,
whose strength, after thirty years of a labori
one apostolate, is not equal to his courege, has
Joest received as his Coadjutor Mgr. Pierre
Doual, of the Congregation of the Holy Cross,
Bishop of Delcon, in partibus, formerly Vicar
l Apostolio of Eastern Bengal.
"Mgr. Dufal set out for Eastern Bengal in
- the month of October, 1858, was appointed
- Vicar-Apostolio of this Mission on Jaly 3. 1860,
I. and was oonsecrated on the 2Sch of November
e following. Very Rev. Father Moreau, founder
t of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, having
Sresigned his position as Superior General in
the month of August, 1C66, was ensoeeded by
Mgr. Dofal, who, to his great regret, was
y obliged to leave his Mission in tbhe course of
the following year, to return to France. But
Sin July, 19A8, he resigned his funotions otf S
ll perior General, and on the 19th of October he
3 embarked at Marseillea to return to Bengal.
d On August 4th, 1875, an Apostolio Brief trane
r- ferred the administration of the Vicariate of
o Eastern Bengal to the Anglo-Belgian Province
of Benediotines of Monte Casino, and on July
S98, 1876, another Brief appointed Rev. Father
or Downey Pro-Vicar. Mgr. Dnfal left Bengal in
October, 1876, and went to Rome to place him
self at the disposal of the Holy See.
) ' On Monday, April 1, Mgr. Dubuls, Bishop
Id of Galveston, started for Rome, where his new
m Coadjutor has been reelding for some time
t puaLt."
Our May Lesson.
"t the marriagefeaat of ana in Gallile, the
B!eesed Vargin Mary gave the world a lesson
-which les- sblime epitome of all the teach
logs of the faith, and whioh lolncudes every role
that the Church has ever framed for the use
and guidance of man. When it was seen that h
the wine had failed and there was only water
to place before the guests, Mary spoke to her
Divine Son; and although she received an ap- t
parent reproof, her maternal and generous t
heart was satisfied with the reply, for going to
the waiters she gave them this simple, ever
memorable instruction : "Whatsoever He shall
say to yoo, do ye."
Now, as the Christian's life censists in obey- r
lag all that our divine Lord taught while on
earth, it follows that no one oan aid as so well ,
in this sublime lesson, as she who knew Hisea
ored Heart so perfectly as to interpret for as its
first miraoolous manifestation of divine power
and goodness. It is for this reason then that
the Catholic world draws near to Mary during
this month of May, so as to learn from her
words and her example bow todo all "whatso
ever He shall say."
For thirty days the Church unfolds to ns the
life and hereoic virtues of this Most Blessed
Virgin, this bright exemplar of all woman
hood, this perfect model of all Christian souls,
this most faithful follower of the divine Mas
ter's teachings; and if we will but enter into
the spirit of the Church, and treasure up its
precious counsels and instructions, our sub- a
lime May lesson will bring us such an increase a
of faith and virtue, -tit o-brhearts will-over
flow with that wine of gladness so well typi- a
fled by the miraculous drink given to the bri
dal guests of Cana,.
This lesson comprises in its few brief words,
food for many thoughts, and subject for many
meditations. Every word might form a text for
a sermon, while the whole furnishes an instruo
tion as complete as it is beautiful, and as sub- t
lime as it is simple and explioit.
Whatsoever ! In great or small things, in lit
tie virtues or heroio deeds, in trifling actions r
or important events, whatsoever it is He bids
as do, we have but to look confidingly towards
the Blessed Virgin, and she will direct our
oourse and guide as in the path of virtue.
He shall say to you. Ab, if we know that the
order comes from Him, if we are only sure that 1
He has spoken, there will be no murmuring
nor delay in our obedience to His will. Like
the water.carriers in the Gospel, we have only
to attend to Mary's directions and all will be
well.
He said, "speak no evil, think no harm, do no
inojutice"--bat we must go to Mary to learn
from her bow to practice the sublime lessons
taught by His sacred lips.
Do ye! Bo not satisfied with idly talking
about the duties of one's state in life, nor with
moralising upon the obligations imposed by I
love and duty; bhut bravely do all that must be I
done. Life does not consist of words, but of
actions; and we must do our part upon its
varied field of thought and enterprise if we
would please our heavenly Master, and Mary
is the one who can interpret for us His wishes
and intentions.
Whatsoever He shall say to you, do ye. This is
the one great rule which cocatitutes all Chris
tianity, for He has said to us, all that we must
do in every particular of our lives. To old and
young, to rich and poor, to wise and simple, He
has given rules of action and motives of perse
verance, He has truly said all that man can
wish to know, or needs to learn. But Mary is
the bright exemplar in which all His lessons
shine with so much brightness, olearness,
beauty, that we have but to gaze upon the
shining page in order to learn their true mean
ing and fully understand their sublimeadapta
tion to our daily lives.
" Whatsoever He shall tell you, do ye." This
is the lesson which the Saints learned so well
from the lips of Mary; and which, by constant
repetition, won for them the undying fame
and the unfading crown reserved for them in
the bridal halls of heaven.
The same lesson, if properly learnt, will also
make us saints, and will secure for us the same
glorious inheritance; but no one can help us
learn the lesson so efficaciously and so perfect
ly, as She who taught the world itself that, in
order to draw the wine of gladness, it must
do all "whatsoever He shall say."
May, the most beautiful month of the year,
is appropriately dedicated to Her who was the
most beautiful among created beings, the Lily
of Israel, the Rose of Sharon. This month is,
as it were, the bouquet of the year, the one
perfect period when neither heat nor cold pre
ponderates, when all nature is in bloom, when
skies and birds and flowers are in harmony, a
figure, perhaps, of the eternal Spring of Hea
ven. Well, the lesson of May, taught by Mary
at the feast of Cans, is also the bouquet of all
splritual inetruction--the complete epitome of
all perfection, the fragrant nosegay which in
cludes all the roles necessary for man's hap
piness on earth and eternal happiness in
heaven.
Let us imagine all through its shining hours
that we bear the Blessed Virgin saying to us
softly yet most seasuriugly: " Whatsoever He
shall say to you, do ye." It may be that a
word will come from those saored lips which
will rend our hearts with anguish, bow our
g heads with pain, and thrill our souls with sor
row; but if we can realize that He has spoken,
Sthat it is Ils will which we must do, then,
like the guests of Cana, we will find the water
Sof bitter desolation, of anguish, humiliation
and suffering, transformed into the blessed
Swine of peace, strength, hope and pstlent
. resignation.
ot The Catholic lievier reports that an estimable
e lady-Mrs. Eliza Peck, formerly of Schneotady
ly -died on the let of February last, leaving a
er will, which was admitted to probate in Pough
n kespsie. In this she leaves bequests amount
m- Ing to *31,600 to various Catholio bcharities in
the city of New York; gives the remainder of
op her estate to be held in trust for her son-in
Slaw, Patrick Callaghan, during his life; and
me directe that at his death it shall go to His
PEminenoe, Ca rdinal MeColo skey.
The Vatican Library of E-tertaining and Instruct
ie O·tholic Lterature. &ction 1. Cheap Novels.
New York: Blikey & Co. New Orleans: C. ft
D. Elder.-- -- - .
This new and admirable series has already
reached its 13th namber, and we are glad to
know it has recelved the approval of several *
most pious and energetic Bishops. Moreover, $
this ecclesiastical approbation is of that prao
tioal kind which manifests itself tangibly in t
the shape of repeated pnrchases, by the dosen, v
of these cheap books, whioh prove to be an a
excellent substitute for the old style tracts.
The stories are all well written; some are
even classicslo in the language-and, that our
readers may jodge of their quality anrod cheap
we give some of their titlee and prioes:
"Fabiola," by Cardinal Wiseman, 25 eants;
"Tyborne, in the Days of Elisabeth," 20 cents; t
"Wrecked and Saved," a book for boys, 10 c
cents; "The Straw-Cutter's Daughter," 6 oent s.
Readers who have injuretitheir eyes by the
poor print, and risked their faith and morals
by much of the doubtful matter in the Lake
side, Riverside, Seaside, Waterside, and other
side novels, will welcome the Vatican Library
for its neat and attractive covers, its clear and
legible type and, above all, its bchoice and s
interesting selection of tales.
The Church and Civilisation. By Cardinal Peco, t
now Pepe Leo XIII. New ]ork : P. O'Sheas.
New Orleans :P. F. Gogarty.
This little volume, if ganged by its humble
else and its low price of twenty five cents,
might be passed by as unworthy of notice;
but,-in vlew itthesubjeot-and-theillustrious t
author, it at once arrests the attention and
invites examination. And as soon as this ex
amination is commenced, the reader finds him
self, as it were, in a mine of golden thoughts
which he cannot leave before exploring to the
end.
It is a marvel how so many burning ques
tions have been treated, and thoroughly treat
ed, too, in these few pages; and we shall not
be surprised to see this pastoral address take
rank, as a text-book, alongside the immortal
Syllabus of the wonderful Piss IX.
Letters of a Younq Irishwoman to her Sister.
The 2howel and the Cross.
Stray Leaves from a Passing Life, and other stories.
Six Sunny Months.
Assuanta Howard, and other stories.
Sir lhomas Mora
Alba's Dream, and other stories.
To the Catholic Publication Society of New
York we are indebted for copies of these most
interesting volumes, which have just issued
from their press. Readers who have enjoyed
these charming productions as they appeared,
from month to month, in the columns of the
Catholic World, will welcome their reproduction
in the present more compact and permanent
shape; while the conductors of Catholic col
leges, schools and academies will rejoice at
the very opportune appearance of so choice a
selection of fresh books, than which nothing
is better adapted for distribution as prizes to
deserving pupils.
THE MONTH OF MARY.-From Mr. P. F. Go
garty, 151 Camp street, we have received a neat
ly printed little book published by the New
York Catholic Publication Sooiety under the
above title. It coqtains a series of meditations,
prayers and edifying examples, in honor of the
Blessed Virgif, arranged for each day in the
month.
"One of God's Heroines" and "Sayings and
Prayers by the Foundress of the Order of
Mercy" are two little books sent us from the
Convent of Mercy in this oity. They will be
duly noticed in our next issue.
(Communicated.)
NOTICE.
During this season of festivals for Churches
and charitable purposes, much has been heard.
in the well merited praise of the many pro
fessionals and amateurs that have been en
tertaining the good people of our city. Among
them all is Professor M. O'Reardon who enjeys
a world famed reputation for his perfarmances
on the instruments of his own invention-the
Tnmbleronicon and Water Flute-by which he
produces "the most heavenly musio that can
be imagined." Snob is the praise of all who
have heard it.
The effect of the Irish Melodies on those in
struments surpasses every thing that has been
heard in that style of music. This gentleman
is on a visit to his family friends in this city
e which was the occasion of his assisting Pro
fessor Blake in giving s concert in St. Michael's
Hallduring the past week. A repetition of the
same concert will be given this evening in St.
Stephen's IIall, Napoleon Avenue, at 7J o'clock,
and it may be the last opportunity for those
a who wish to erj y it as Professor M. O'Rear
don is engaged for the Paris Exhibition and
P will soon take his donarture.
PLEASANT AND CHEAP EXCURSION TO TmI.
noDAUx.--Oa Saturday, Sunday and Monday,
11th, 12th and 13th of May, a fair will be held
in a beautiful grove on the ontskirts of Thibo
daux, for the benefit of St. Joseph's Church of
that town. The managers, who are among the
most respectable and influential ladies and
: gentlemen of Thibodaux and its vicinity, have
Sspared themselves no trouble to make the en
h tertainment as complete a suncess, in all res
pects, as possible. There will be a vast num
ber of articles of all descriptions for sale and
raffle, the refreshment stands will have ice
cream, soda water, etc., in exhaustible supply,
in and lunohes and dinners will be served on de
mand at all bours. At the lower end of the
park there will be rifle shooting and other
sports and each day a dramatic and musioal
entertainment will be given.
For the accommodation of those of our oiti
zens who wish to visit Thibodaux and the
le beautiful country around on the Bayou La
y fourohe during the fair, Father Menard, the
a Pastor of St. Joseph's, has made arrangements
h- for an excursion train to be run next Sunday.
t. It will leave Algiers at 7:30 in the morning and
n the excursionists will reach Thibodaux, 65
of miles, in about two hours. On their arrival
n- Mass will be celebrated at St. Joseph's. Re
id turning, the train will leave at 9:30 o'olock in
the evening. Tickets for the roand trip $1.50,
l Father Menard has sent us a few tickets to
dsipose o fofer him.
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May pole matinue to-day at the Opera Roses
for the benefit of the poor. Admistion 50 ent
ohildrewnbalf-prlboo _--
Yesterday the Are boys of Carrollton made
magnifioent display on their eighth anulver.
sary. Mr. 8. L. Henry was the Grand Msaba"
To.morrow Mercury will erows the path o
I the son. Soientists and curonus alght-*sesr
will interview the telescope man of COal
street.
This (Sunday) evening, the Lafayette . ;r
B. Assoolation give a grand festival at the
Carrollton Gardens. The amusements begia
at 3 o'olock.
i The Louisiana Boat Club held a regatta at
the New Lake end on the 1st Inst. It was the
opening of the aquatic season, and was wit
nessed by a large number of people.
Division No. 1, Anolunt Order of Hiberntis
esoorted by the Irish Rifles without arms,
received Holy Communion in St. Joseph't
Church at the 8 o'clook Mass last Sunday.
i That our Total Abstinence Sooleties are alive
and working is proved by the frequent noties
of meetings, communion, etc., which appear in
that column of the SBTA specially devoted to
them.
To-morrow, Monday, between the hours of
a 11 and 1 o'olook, the annual election for Diree.
tore of the Hibernia Insurance Company will
Stake pTaie at the fflue -ofhe --Compeny,
i Camp street.
Next Sunday, May 12th, the children of St
SMary's parish, 2nd District, will make their
First Communion and in the evening will re,
oeive confirmation. At the Cathedral the First
Communion will take place the same day.
The directors of the Hibernia Insurance
t Company held a special meeting last .Wednu.
e day and adopted resolutions of respect to the
I memory of Mr. Patrick Irwin, their late Vice
President. They will be found in our obituary
column.
The Quarterly Communion of the members
o' the Society of St. Vincent de Paul will take
place this Sunday morning at the seven o'clock
Mass, in St. Mary's (Archbishop's) Church. The
W general meeting will be held in the Morning
It Star Hall at 5 o'clock p. m.
d "Traveller" in his letter from Donaldson
1, wille, published in our last issue, was mistaken
e in giving the name of the architect who built
n the fine Lemann residence as W. P. Frret,
t Esq. Mr. James Freret, 25 Commercalal Place,
1. is the architect.
The School Board met last Wednesday even.
a ing. Besides the regular routine, the only
g business transacted was the adoption of a reso.
lution of regret at the resignation of Mr. Louis
A. Martinet, a colored Director, who is about
o- to remove from the city permanently.
The First Regiment Infantry, Louisiana
w National Guard, Col. Adolph Meyer, command.
1 ing, will give their first Festival and Tourna.
ment on the 11th and 12th of this month, at
1e the Fair Grounds. The amusements promised
i are varied as will be seen by the programme
published in our advertising columns.
A five fine locomotive boiler exploded in the
yard of the carpenter shop and building msn
ufactory of Mr. Peter Ross, at the corner of
SWashington and Prytania streets. Notwith
standing the foct that the proprietor and two
of his employee were standing almost in front
of the boiler at the time of the accident, none
ee of them were injured.
Prof. Jules Cartier, organist of St. Louis
o Cathedral, was the benefioiary of a grand
n- vocal and instrumental concert given at Grune
'g wald Hall last Thursday evening, under the
s auspices of his choir and St. Cecilia's Soelety.
The programme was made up of the choicest
selections from an extensive repertoirs, the
artiste were of recognized fame and the audi
ence was very large and appreciative.
The suit of the City of New Orleans against
n- the Southern Bank, in the Fifth District Court,
en came up for trial last Monday, and a verdict
in was rendered on Thursday night. That ver
ty diet is in favor of the City and condemns the
o- Bank and Mr. Dobnolet, in solido, to pay
l's $84,000. The city sued for $2.000,000. Neither
he party, it seems, is satisfied, and the verdict is
't. to be appealed from to the Supreme Court.
so The liquor dealers now refuse to pay the
ir. licenses which they had been accustomed to
nd pay before the Governor signed the Moffett
Register bill. In addition to this stand, they
have formed an Association for the purpose of
0. testing the constitutionality of the, to them,
Sobnoxious measure. At a meeting held Wed'
d nesday evening last, Mr. F. Hollander, pre
Jo- siding, they retained Meessrs. Huntington and
of RBlce to plead their ease in the courts.
he
nd Professor H. A. Blake leaves next Monday
ve for the country, having been engaged to give
n- several concerts for Churoches and Catholic I
es- stitutions and organizations. His first enter
m- tainment will be for the College at New Iberi,
nd after which he will go to the Convent at
oe- Fause Point, thence to the Church at Morges
ly, City. He will be assisted on all these os
do slons by Professor O'Reardon, whose perfort
the anoes on the Tnmbleronioon have been 0
her highly appreciated everywhere.
At St. Patrloh's Churoh to day-Sund4"*
it- immediately before High Mass, the une
t and blessing of the new statoe of the eof
eHeart of Jesus will take place. His GraOe,
the Most Rev. Archbishop, will honor the ooesb
th with his presence and an appropriate serm
will be delivered. During Mass the fine oh
Sof theChurob,o consisting of Professor Datab
leader and tenor, Mrs. Dubos, soprano, MI
SWhite, alto, and Mr. Roux, bas, will sing "
lecttons from Meroadente, Farmer, Weber a~
Dieteoh.
S The following tranafsr werue made in pl
si Wednesday: Ca . edly, ef