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s-h0. irnhADlin Io.S .. De. lt aseb oasirgin sad Martyr.

Vgy Rev. J. O. Mre.s has been appointed wVie Beseral of the Diocese of aa Antolna. oi

istoO the bt o inst., Mr. L Sullivan, M.. for to

S4eaty Louth, was called to the Irish bar by pt-- Lard Chaneellor in Dublin.

esufly N00 have been oontribteod by the asphis Total Abstinence Booieties to the pa

of the sufferers from yellow feerw in gt__fb in

smar.-Temoerrow (Monday) evenoing, at 7.iek, the N. o. Bomestead Association will P

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r a less to is Stockholders in the MorningStNar uel116 Proydres street, corner Camp. a

clGBrd soolal gathering and festival I. the al21, sen or Second and St. David streets,

Iubth District, ever, night at 6 o'clock, com-".mkadag November 15th, 1876, and ending De- he

-sember 4th. 1876 Admiasion. 25 cents. U

I rnmsp dentsof hseLoudon Feblet, writing dDiNResm, Nov. 4th. says: "Among recent

•eptlioas at the Vatican were the Arebbiebopf Raw Oiess• Mgr Napoleon Joseph Perce

this week on return (via Havre)

Co0 mr0r von Sr. AhLnorsues ASYLUM -On omaAsy evenoing, December 4th, a grand coo.-

wDjeI willbe given in St8. Patrick's Hall, ounder o01direction of Prof. Blake. for the benefit of

now St. Alphousus Asyl . The pro towill be found on our fifth page.

OUwslms AcADIo Y, T•COLOOes, ALA - inJ Amsag the advertiesments on our fifth page na•e publi

sh a card from the Mother Baperior of p

-ti Academy. The institution is situated in oneSr the healthiest and most eonvenientiparts of AAt State, and its terms are very moderate.

Of the many diseases wbiob afflict mankind oaOe following fifteen cannes of death take the mead ln England, aooording to the Registrar- t

dseral's returns: Bronchitis carries of theleagest numbers, then comes phthiles, next de-itity, the old age, then heart disease (mostly StddiWag down the adults), then pneumonia,

gassist Afver, disarrbs, apoplexy and paralysis,oancer, premature birth, and whooping pc

acwl

The word "boll-dosing," reports a trust- wy etymologian, is an Anglo-African cor- al

of the word ball-drover. And yet itnot mean bull drover, but the whip used

the propeller of the beefy herd. The ety- retan reports that the bull-dozer has been io

,not to intimidate voters, but to punish tothlevrlng, with whioh many neighbor- d(

alds are constantly annoyed. to

In som recently published letters of Prince.JMaternich, he asays that during fifty years hehad read a mass of journals, and out out all reremarkable articles and classified them. He Bhad at the time a collection of them compris- mlag fifty volumes. " One must know how to jo

Ahbese and read the journals, and attend only pito these represeating an opinion having im- bpartamrs. I note even what they do not say.Their silence is often more eloquent than their

aseoh."

Governor Seymour thinks that should Hayes itbe counted in be would be called Kellogg- eNales from the first to the last. We are, how- oever, persuaded (asys the Brooklyn Eagle) that tithis weald be the designation: " To March 3 a1877, Rutherford Bircbard Hayes. After Marchb4, 1877, Returning Board Hayes." No change r

of-initials would be necessary, aid the ca rac-ter of the man, as well as his titie to the placewould be indicated by the LCew ad appropri-ate cognomen.

A writer in the Pao lfero ejse that the ipeople of the United 8&te• are sack cf a Re-publio, and are on the point of establishing a

neoarchby. The following is a fair sacmpe of)is logic: " When the Emperor of Brarivisited the Exposition ast Philadelphia, theilght of the crowned head inspired serious re

Sections in the minds of the most se>siblea•ong the Yankees. 'Happy Braziliane they

tead, with envy. 'With their institutionsthby are ever the most tranquil of the twoAserleas; their sovereign can absent himself,eAd they do not suffer from his distance.'"

A siglea life may bridge a good deal of humanhistory. The French papers announce thedeath of M. Ripert, one of the last suorvivors ofthe armies of the irst republio. The deceasedwes born at Colmur in 1777, and at thi age oflearteen was admitted into the Bohool of Mare,Sounded by Rbbespierre; shortly afterwards heenalsted as a volunteer and jlined the army ofItaly. He saw hard eervioe during the empire,•was one of the few who withbtood the hard

Sships of the terrible retreat from Moscow, andlived to see two empires, two kingdoms and twonepebiles in France, to say nothing of nuoberle3 minor ohanges.

Te or B•OF RAPID PrnYamear.-One day IestSweek Mr. D. H. Fleutbher, of the of8oe of Blake,

Kerr & Boyd, made a bet of $10 with a friendthat he could write 5000 words in eight hours.Aeoording to the terms of the wager there weresot to be two words alike in the entire .000.

d It was agreed that if Mr. Fletcher aooneed-ad In sitnw 3000 words within the time set.tiet d~on he would win the bet in eo far thatbs would not lose the $1.0 he had paut op; fail-ta to write the 3000 words it was to be held

btht he had lost. The bet was taken up, anod.Mr. Fletobereommenoed his work at 10 o'clockia the morning. He wrote on fooieosp paper,

S144 words to the page. Having written toSa little after 6 o'olock, whioh nlooluded oan- ouns relalation, makinog about seven hours'

work, he found he bhad written 300 words. ItSwa nnecessary to go ray fuorther, as it was

impdailble so write she remaining 1500 in anShear. Mr. Pre*brr won one part of the beti-f- u1 -..

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It may be that the Demooracy of the wiUnited tates is a little slow in making itsintentions known. The policy of Grantand his Cabinet will perhaps be measura-bly shaped by the forge of public opinion,and that opinion will itself be neessearily glfiueased by the attitude of the Demo-craste power. In other words, there is a cbconsiderable portion of the public whiobhwill form its opinion entirely independently eveof prineiple, and altogether in view of in- sat

terest. The great body of capitalists, on -

tering obiefy in New York and the bEtern States, will incline to any side and ho

support any measures that promise the r

surest guarantee of peace. Their policy is

peace on any terms, even though the Con- citostitution should be somewhat damaged miin the compromise, even, indeed, though thethe Republic itself should pass into an Em Depire rather than battle with usurpation. B

This is natural enough, considered from mea merely pecuniary point of view, for, a mecivil war once commenced, the National op'

credit would for the time being materially ddepreelate and entail a heavy loss on the de

holders both of currency and of bonds. The peaultimate result of a gallant contest for right mewould most probably be to put the national pal

vitality and the national credit on a firmer tifooting than ever, but capitalists look moreto immediate values than to remote con-tingencies.

Now, how will and how do capitalists look Ho

at affairs under their present aspeet? On the trO

one band, they see Grant inflexibly bent on witsustaining the supremacy of his party, rightor wrong, and regardless of means. TheyH

know that he will not for an instant scruple soc

to use military force to carry out his plans, rio

no matter how illegal, and they know that anin this treasonable plot his Cabinet and

nearly all the Republican Senators and Re- quapublican leaders will be fis zealous con andfederates. They see him at the head of the he

Army and Navy, in possession of the public 51i;

treasury, of the fortifcations, of the arse-

nals, of all the military supplies and equip-ments, of the whole machinery of govern-meut except the House of Representatives, Sotand in complete sympathy with the local ohsgovernments of nearly all the Northern heStates. On the other hand, they see the andDemocrats triumphant, indeed, at the thepolls, but with their victory disputed riesand embarrassed by Returning Boards, Amwhile they are unarmed, unofiloered, unor- Lotganized for united action, and, worse than whyall, apparently hesitating in thei; counsels. byl

We are satisfied from reports daily tavreaching us thatmany Northern capitalists, Iincluding some Republicans, would prefer queto see Tilden inaugurated if it could be Butdone peaceably. But it is natural for tiem exeto argue thus: If it is attempted to inaugu. Sterate Tilden in spite of the Returning juriBoards, Grant will certainly fight; if he is itrejected in pursuance of the verdict of those theBoards, the Democrats will probably sab- Imit. We would prefer Tilden, and he is perjustly entitled to the place, but he cannot halpossibly get it without war, whereas his it,

being cheated out of it will cause nothing greworse than grumbling. Therefore, we ultmust throw our influence for Grant's policy. me

In a game like that being played now, betit is important to conciliate and control imevery element of public opinion, especially a,one so powerful and influential as that of p,

the leading capitalists. It will be bad hismanagement to let them openly espouse the anGrant cause, through a mistaken idea of noDemocratic nerve. If the Demucratic Buparty means to instal Mr. Tilden in any deevent, and even though force should be vonecessary, it might be much the best policy pr

to say so at once. Nothing can be lost by hilit, while it might dirtct that tide of indiffertnt yet valuable strength which always Hipets in favor of the beet chance. St

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Prompt Enough. th

The concentration of troops at Washing toton is going on with a rapidity that would el

not have been dreamed of two weeks ago. B

Exchanges notify us that 12,000 troops of C'the regular army are to hold the fortsaround the city, while militia regiments by

the dozen, to be sent by Republican Gov- q'n ernors, are arranged for. Certainly Granta has not lost his military instincts. Hecon- t

ielders Washington as the key to the sitn-Stion and intends to hold it. And this is the b

man who makes such protestations against 'Spermitting fraud to color the rensult of theeections.

In the meantime is the Democracy goingd- to stand quietly by and let itself be tied

d hand and foot I Will it permit a trap to be ano deliberately made into which the House of ar Representatives will not dare to set foot

except under pain of being a virtual prisoner '

t of State? If the House does not meet in,, Washingtoo it will be declared contoma-ad cione and its mino-ity will proceed to

s, us•p all the functions of a Congressional0. body. If it does assemble there the Demo-

Scratic members will ran the risk of beingat held in captivity during a war of indefinitei; lengtlm, and will of course be in a position

ud where intimidation can be made mostek effective.

toWe then, ask, is the American people toao wait meekly for some overt act of usurpst tion when it will be almost too late for it

as to move esccessfully in defence of its

i' rights I Among nations, when two poweresam in a poasition that may result In ettilU

Uie, ea- of them will aotals-au ptauiy Ial Iwhile the other is makinogvery preparationfor active war. It would be considered anact of eqJpremest stupidity for any govern- wemoot, uoder aoch circumstances, to wait powithbout movement until its enemy, bavY.g wegotten ready at its leisure, hould, at pits own ehosen moment and on its ownchosen ground, say to it: Come, submit.You are unarmed, and my guns command *eevery position that you can possibly take. tie

The Demoeraey of this country are not a posat of sheep. They embody the principal tiolfighting element of the populatino. Werehostilities to break out to-day Republican i,resistance would be scattered to the winds voiin a month, but besides the fighting caps p,city, they monopolise also the principal acmilitary ability of the country. Leaving p,the South out of the question,the Northern anDemocracy furnishes such names as unMcClellan, Hancock, Hooker, Shields, chiBoell, etc. Is it to be supposed that these momen are asleep; or that, having their eyes miopen, they can see what is going on and tinot comprehend its meaning? And, un waderstanding its full meaning, will they Mcpermit their friends to wait without move- eoment until an active, skilful, and unseru- hispoulos foe shall have made every prepar strtion for an inevitable conflict re

Men, reasonable men, talk about what incCongress will do-what the House of Representatives will do. What can that theHouse do confronted with 12 000 regular stytroops and 50 000 militia. The election, ottwith the Returning Board proviso, has been onua farce, and to put the slightest hope in a to IH-nse of Repreeuntatives with the bayonet if eaccompaniment to it, would be as fa infe witrior in dignity to s good farce as the bray of hean ass is to an explosion of wit. of

Grant is flanking as every where. He is to Iquietly taking charge of all the positionsand fortifying them. Among other things, nothe is going to taketfharge of the Governor- gleship of this State and South Carolina. on0

It is for the Democracy-the National poDemocracy-to say if he shall be permitted anto do it. wh

This is not a question for Louisiana orSouth Carolina. It is no longer a Governor'schair that is in question; it is an outpost of dhe White House. Concede Paeokark to Grant Caand you give him two months' possession ofthe position that the Republicans have car- imnried Louisiana. How will it sound to tell the meAmerican people on the 4th of March that doLouisiana gave a Democratic majority, aswhen for months you have submitted to thehypothesis that the election had resulted in forfavor of the t-publicana. lug

It may be argued that all this is a legal wriquestion and must be settled by the courts. eve

But here is the vital mistake. The chief din

executive power of the Nation and of a me

State, alike, is something beyond thejurisdiction of the judiciary. The right toits possession is a political question, and

the courts have nothing to do with it. shThe ultimate jurisdiction as to the bre

personal constitution of any political body falhaving or sharing the sovereignty rests in foritself. The lower House, either of Con- igress or of any State Legislature, is the pr

ultimate judge ot the election of its own habmembers. The same is the case with the thi

Senate, eit!,er national or local, and it is fro

impossible to escape the conclusion that the At

same rule applies to the Presidency. The thb

President elect must be the final judge ofhis own election. If he has been really

and truly chosen, he must assume the officenotwithstanding any chicanery of ReturningBoards, and notwithstanding any partin todelicquency of Congress in miscounting his wivotes. If the people have elected him, the ypresumption most be that they will sustain th

him.The same is the case with a Governor. It

His is the sovereign executive power of theState, and he es the fioal judge of his own aelection. The U. 8. Supreme Court has held fr

that the President must decide which of t'

two candidates for a Governorship hasbeen i

elected, where the result is in controversy re

But there is no such power hinted at in theConstitution, and the Supreme Court had ino right to go farther than merely admit that ait had itself no jurisdiction over a political tquestion.

In this view of the case, it appears to us Pthat Gen. Nicholls will have an indefeas- iible right to take the office to which he has ibeen elected, when the proper time to doso arrives. Of course, it would be as a mat- bter of policy, very improper for him to doit, unless fully assured of support by theNational Democracy. But with that sup-d port, it might be good policy. Indeed,

some such movement may be the only wayof scattering, before it is put together, theSmaterials of the trap which Grant is so cun-

r ningly preparing to set at Washington.

L Mircusm. BRrtris-There will be a grand- Military High Mass celebrated at 88 Peter andto Paul's Church by Very Rev. C. Moynihan, on

al Sunday morning, Nov. 26;h, for the repose of- the souls of Allen, Larkin and O'Brien, the

ag lMaobester Martyre, it being the anniversarySof their execution. Taeis pions tribute to theirn memory is being carried out under the anspices

Sof the Mitchel Rfles, who have extended

special invitations to Co. A and B, Irish Riles,to participate, and ageneral invitation is given

t to all Irish organizations, and Irishmen gener-a ally, to attend. The Company will meet at

it their armory, 101 St. Charles street, at sevenit o'olook A. w., sharp, in fall drees uniform, ftally

sa armed and equipped, and move promptly at1 T;U0 A. as., seeompaniod by invited guests.

Belp Itthe Tien _MalU e ilansuemm. whAmid our absorintg peliteal tarme• o,

commercial disaaters and ouaeial trooblea,we are apt to neglect interests not less important. In the effort to-seoure our rightswe sometimes forget our duties. Our ownpresent suffering obliterate the memory oftLose we have inflicted upon others.

But, by a happy providence, we have a lis'ew watchful sentinels who, from time to eltime, remind us of our neglected duty andpoint out means of retrieving our derelio- vition.

One of the most vigila of these is Mr.McMaster of the Freeman's Journal, whose asvoice has sounded the note of help for ourp ,or Indian brethren and whose hands areactively engaged in making his suggestions inpractical. His plan is at once simple and thsublime, two characteristics of everything exundertaken in a true spirit of faith and la1

charity. The payment of three coast amonth towards the support of the Indian tbmissions in the West, and the daily reta of

tion of one Ave Maria for their spiritual wiwants, are the two weapons which Mr.McMaster invites us to take up in defence of lbour poor Catholic Indians. Who can refuse g,his appeal His parse strings and heart tbstrings too must be lax indeed if the mite ticrequired of either of them causes any ticinconvenience whatsoever. no

We see in the columns of the Freemanthe names of many persons from all the abStates, answering his appeal-amongstothers, Father Jonan, who was once inour city, opening his true Catholic heart poto this cry of charity; but we would rejoice oif every reader of ours would come forward ,,

with his alms of money and of prayer, and j0,hep to swell into thousands the hundredsof dollars already collected and forwarded wI

to the Indian Missions. ofOut in that Western Vicariate, there are an

not sufficient means to support even a sin- reagle priest, and yet the noble Bishop'whomour Holy Father has placed at that distant vopost, is working there for souls, without ha

any help from human power. We all know bewhat Grant's peace policy has done for the hi,Indians, and what it would dofor the whole th,country if it could, but with Macaulay go" when we think of the assaults which the bilCatholic Church has survived we do not"

imagine U. 8. Grant can devise ways and anmeans to destroy her. However, be has nodone great wrong to the Indian-and we, be

as part of the American people, most share wlin the odium before men and the crime be-

fore God of this most iniquitaous proceed oning. But as Catholics we can stone for thewrong that has been done, and endeavor to tltavert some of the evil in store. If the In sadian is a victim of the American Govern- toment to day, it is because Catholics gave aninnocently been the cause of his subjection. vi

We discovered this New World, we were ththe first white men who stood upon its

shores or sailed upon its waters. We 91brought "tidirgs of great joy" to the in-habitants of this land long before Grant's afore-fathers, finding themselves oppressed biin Europe, woke to the possibility of op hipressing others in America. We settled plhappy Indian reservations broad-cast over F

the country, and taught the truths of God safrom the Atlantic to the Pacific shores.And now we are thrust aside from fields w

that we had planted, from aharvest we hadalmost gathered, from a vineyard bloomingwith the fruits of piety and grace, andtold that there is "none to hire us." 11

Mr. McMaster shows us a way in which a:to commence our work anew, a way which swill cost us neither time nor money, and hyet which will give us an assurance that pthere are busy hands and zealous hearts attheir poets of duty among our far-ofIndian brethren.

Our dole of cents and prayers will build Iup schools and churches, will strengthen afaith among the Indians and zeal among t, the Black gowns, will reclaim the wander- 1

n ing tribes and compensate for wrong al tready done and evil yet to be perpetrated.

The plan suggested by Mr. McMssterd is for one person to form a band of fifteen--

at aquin decade as he calls it-each one to pay'I three cents a month and to say a daily

Hail Mary for the success of the cause. Thes prayers can be said, and the alms offered,

Sin the name of deadfriends, thus combiningSin one charity three grand objects, via.,

o support of priests in missionary lands;

t help, spiritual and temporal,forthe Indian,a nd remembrance of the faithful departed.

e We owe it to our priests and to our In-dianes to pray for them-the spirit that ani-

d, mated Father Marquette, Father Jogues,Father Breboeuf, Father De 8met, and

Sother noble heroes still survives in our

SAmerican missionaries; and although un-der the policy of the Government we canexpect only extermination for the Indian,

nd still it is our duty to do what we can thatud he may know and love our Lord here onn earth so as to merit the bliss of being with

of Him forever in "the happy huntinggrounds" which his faith shall promise him.

ir * * For the information of thosece who may not see the Journal, we will state

led that it publishes every week long lists ofl contributors to this pious fund of prayers

rn and pennies, amounting already to many

thousands of Are Marias and several hun-Sdreds of dollars.

lly The lists include clergymen, religiousas communities, schools and the laity of all

clasma, from profesoasIola to poor domes.

M•ss we oSes indesed that some of te peet stieve eanpssers are of tb very ban rp

blest eless. For example, 2lAeres lasoand Pet• y Blead/ferd, too poor colored nthwomen of Springfield, Ky., secured thenames of early one hundred subscribers, aspajorlty of whom are colored pers ons. *- a

Any of our redors who wish to contribute theto this double treseury may send in their litllists of names together with their aJms, ameither to the office of the Morning Star or to atMr. Chus. D. Eider, at 8t. Patriek's Hall, thewhence they will be promptly fowarded totheir destination.

B Eatertalameat for the lschool ead in St. Peter's tS Parish 84

B When intelligence, seal and genius combine ofs in the cause of charity, it would be singular if lac

the result failed to equal the most sanguine qaI expeetations. That it did not fail was evident thi1 last Sunday evening, November 19th, when St. 58Peter's Literary Booliety placed its talents at wthe service of the intelligent gentlemen and haof the as-loes pastor of SB. Peter's parish, for mlthe benefit of the School PFund, the sucoess of nowhich these gentlemen have so mooh at heart. 1

We had received a kind invitation to attend Pithe entertalnment given by this Literary oBSociey, and declded to be present ratherthrough a sense of duty than through any an- 16s tiolpation of pleasure; but our good resolu-tions met with a reward whibh we really hadnot anticipated. To

Although the night was cold, the comfort- Paable ball on Marigny street was filled with a mamost genial audience, showing that the re- solsponse of the parishioners to their pastor's ap- pripeal was as generous and spontaneous as his wtown exertions are earnest and heroic. tie

The drama placed upon the stage was entitled sl]"The Seven Clerks," and was, we should lotI judge, prepared and adapted from the French, So

We were surprised at the elegant manner in inI which the play was gotten up, while not a few set

of the actors displayed a dramatic genius and edSan appreoiation of the True and the Beautiful rh

really surprising in souh young men. orMr. Hawvichorst, in particular, by his floe pel

voice and excellent impersonation, made an paimpression not easily forgotten by those who onhad the pleasure of listening to him. Grave, Freloquent, identified with the oharacterassiguedhim, he made us forget the youth of nineteen inthe sad, revengeful Denesoecr whose greed -for

gold led to the terribleremorse which deprivedI him at last of life itself.

The other oharacters were also well sustained,I and altogether the whole representation gave

not only entire satisfaction to the audience,

but added new laurels to the already well -iitablisbed fame of St. Peter's Literary Soeiety,while the primary object of the entertainment le-the benefit of the oSchool Fund-was carried tout most successfully.

B We understand that over one hundred gen- po

D tlemen are sesociated in St. Peter's parish as tOactive organizers of asure and permanent Fond intowards the support of the parochial schools, th

e and what we witnessed Sunday evening con- th

vinoes us that their exertions will acomplish 10e the desired object. ge

a Congratulating St. Peter's parish on the lie

e genius of its young men, the seal of its worthypastor, Very Rev. C. Moynihan, and the intel- Isligence of its managing committee, we repeat atour assurance that where such elements combins in the cause of charity none but the arhighest results can be expected ; and hence thed plan adopted for the benefit of the School an

ir Fund will undoubtedly culminate in complete a8

d unocess. ccs. It occurs to ns that pastors of other churohes th

ia who find it difficult to sustain their sohools,would do well to consult with the gentlemen of th

8t. Peter's Educational Booiety, with a view toestablishing the same assistance in their own lo- @1calities. It isthe intention of this Society tore tilieve our already overtaxed clergy of the heavy:h expenses of such schools and to establish a

system by which a sure Fond will be alwaysatd hand for the furtherance of proper educational

at purposes.

ats The Catholic World.

The Catholic World for December is a brightId and seasonable number. It opens with aen searching review cf the doings and sayings of Eig the recent Unitarian Convention at 8aratoga.

r- The Rev. E E. Hale, who seems to have been ,l the chief expounder of Unitarianism at the a

d. Convention, is subjected to a criticism that n

er will probably invite reply, inasmuctl as, from othe Catholic Worlds standpoint, there is not Emuch left either of that gentleman or of arational Christian platform for Unitarianism.

ly The whole article is a sharp challenge to Units- ahe rianism as well as a healthy piece of criticism.

I, It is followed by a charming paper on "Siena"

ag and its great St. Catherine, whose name and fis., fame belong to Earopean history no less thanIs; to the Catholic Charoh. The serials, "Six d

n, Snny Months," "Letters of a Young Irish-d. woman to her Sister," and "Sir Thomas More,',

I continaue. The last-named romance is an-nounoed to conclude in the January number.The present installment draws a flue picture ofes, the great Chancellor's trial and condemnatiln.

The other two serials are as full of bright -ur scenes and charming personages, as happilyin- described, as ever. "The Young Irishwoman" 1an at last visits her native land, and the return isan, described with all the grace, half-bright, half-bat pathetic, that runs so readily from her pen.

o A short story, end a very good one, is" Theith Devil's Christmas Gift." The article on Prof.

S Mivart's Contemsoary Erolution gives an ex-iem. ellent idea of a work that has called for very

general attention in religious and seientifico

ose circles. The paper on the "Cateacombs" is one;ate of the best written and most interesting in theof number. It is ostensibly a review of the Rev.

rers Mr. Withrow's book on the same subject; but,

Sas the writer of the article plainly shows him-an self far better acquainted with the Cataoombse

Sthan the author of the book, it can only be

looked upon as rather a refutation than a re-on view. "A Trip to Ireland in the present year

all i a very pleasing aooout of a flying visit to*- that lnau of many P memoris **spesla" IsO

ptaty "ameuse pep., -ls rwu alesrep "esalt by the gard alsesbo. s se eof "Jeam Igaslowe Pasem i She qlsoartileo Isis as n of these plee ef bee p.ary eilelem whisL the seB s Weri .w leommand wbho i• pisae. sad to wbkb i•unezeelled. Crta•l•y, shes who Mers, at gstate of Catholio litrary misuam eauss .at.the Cstel World. It is Just, tee asm itseo•literary erltielem3 show. Thesela Piaoeestfaand Catholio are treated on am equal seei• •and praiseed and eoodemnod on the merjsg•their reespetive works.

A German ppoer exp2resee 2eminos1M ats Sdecreasing population of PreIesa proper. Detween 1861 and 1864 bther wa s anem ee as o8 409, but between 1864 sarod 1807 thbre ws ,deorease of 12.922, and between 1807 and 1of 56,440. Allowing for the leos of hif Is lalast two wars, sad for the Prueslih• .dequartered in Pramce at tSe time of she •the los of population in ten ye•r ameasbt56 00. Not imprdbably the new marriagelewhioh emoe into foro• two or three yeasaphas had a bearing on this. Hitherto amight be married ast I and a girl at 14, batnow the marriageable age is 20 for males augit for females. The deoline seems to be in theroral districts, for the great oities have through.out Germany shown aremarkable iaerense I1867 Berlin bad a population of 703437, sad In1673 820,000

A Goon 8uoo•'roT . -At a meeting of thYoung Catholies' Friends Soclety of St. IpetqParish, held recently. Rev. Edward MeColganmade on address to the members present, satsubmitted a proposition whicbh cannot fall ofproving advantageous not only to stranggerwho visit St Peter's Church, but also to par-ties holding pews. His plan is to give thesuoperintendence of the obhurch during serviesinto the control of the Young Catholle' FriedSooiety, which will delegate irs members etobin attendance at the d fferent masses and atservice. It *ball be the duty of those appoint.ed to see that persons obtain a seat, and thatthe aisles sad vestibule of tbo chureb are nstovercrowded' Parties wishing to procure a 'permanent seat may be assigned to one hIpaying fifty cents every three months to myone of the members of tboe Young CatbhligFriend Society in oharge.-Beltiaore Mier.

We are pleased to see that notwithstandingthe feverish anxiety of our people abeaot thePresidential election, great interest is meal.fosted in Father Ryan's forthcoming leetere as"' Modern Siences in the Presen of Ohrist'The subject is one of peculiar importance atthis time when the lectures of such propsegasdiets as Huxley and Tyndal are atteded byorowded sadiences and reported is matsea in theleading English and American Journals, seattoting broadeset over the world doctrines atonce rediclous and pernicious. Fathe Ryan'spowers as a reasoper and bhise gifts as an ora-tor leave no room for doublse to the mannerin which he will treat these great eetentistee ofthe modern sohool, and we venture to upeeletthat be will meet in St. Patrick's Hall on the10th prox. as floe an audience, both in inotlli-genoe and numbers, as has ever greeted •pub-

lio speaker in this oity.

A Southern Protestant paper dovotee a wbsh,

large page to obituary notices of its frie•aand patrons. This is altogether too mouh of a

good thing, espeoially as most of the notio

are by far too long,' and some of then assoffensively eulogistio. One prominent iteia

such funereal intelligence generally is to the

effect that the deceased, who lived a long andconsistent life, took for a dozen or two of yea

the paper in which the obituary notice is In.

serted. How much better it would be to dropthese tedious and fulsome statementain prorand obitusrizo the deoedent in a few linsof

choice poatic lamentation, after the manner of .

the illustrious George Washington Cbhilds,I M., of the Philadelphia Ledger, thus, for in-stance:

Fa the well, theou old snuberlbr.1 Taon wilt tao thibs sheet eo moan;

Never maro agaln t•ou'lt roead i,Over on the oter bshore.

Gone to meet the other osabsrbers.

TEXA8 ITEMS.

Ta. migrant wagons loaded with men, onmen,

a children and household goods pam tbroOaptf Erath County every day, going woetv'Nearly everyday they hear of paries inOquirifor vacant hobouses, and none to be found isla universal complaint. Eratb is setling rapidly,le and reports of many improvemente under 'V

I reach no from every direotion.Trains will begin torun regularly next yde

over the. Texas and New Orleans Roead fn)t Huswelling tide of emigration i pourind

Northwest fexa, along the line of oh" 5i

* and Pacific Railroad, Palo Pinto, Stephens ada- Sbakelford receiving the larget accessions

n. The great cave in Llano County n ehas hefatplored one mile from te entranoe, and 1iof wonders. One or two departmenare 1

Id feet high, and there is a river within.nTroutae aoght along the Gulf oast ad

dried nd acid by the wagn lad In Stonio.

Tax STATE E.crCoTO.--Belor will be fooandSthe returns of the vote in Lo•aibsn. 5e5r s.oompiled by the Returning Bosd :

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