The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-11 00:00:00

education threatened by the Liberalism which
now rules in Austria, in defence of the Con-
cordat which is the symbol of their religious
rights, and, lastly, in defence of the Pope, whose
cause the Austrian Government have aban-
doned.

If low views and false ideas debase a people,
true and noble ideas elevate a nation, restore
strength t o the weak and courage to the
cowardly. A chord has been struck which,
if it does not find a response in the breast
of every Catholic, has yet touched the hearts
of many in Austria. The, heart of man•in its
eager quest after happiness must be set on
something tangible and real. If supernatural
ideas be dim and feeble, it will seek an imme-
diate guarantee for happiness in wealth, in
ambition, in intellectual self-deification, or,
as is the case too generally in Austria, in sen-
suous enjoyments. But a great cause arrives
—a noble idea inspires a nation. Such a re-
vivifying idea was evoked by the Crusades
when Europe lay prostrate in the tenth and
eleventh centuries, such an idea is now arous-
ing Christendom. Pius IX. is the new Peter
the Hermit, and the crusade which, cross in
hand, he is preaching, is directed against a
more subtle foe than the sanguinary and un-
believing Turk ; and the " Holy Land," which
he desires to rescue from the grasp of the great
anti-Christian Revolution, is the faith of Christ.
The Catholic world, nation after nation is
joining the crusade, and, in reply to the call
of Pius IX., is crying out with one voice—
Dieu le veut.—Westminster Gazette.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

(From the Anglo-American Times.)
The new trial of Surratt was to begin on the 24th
instant.

The English frigate Jason, from Vera Cruz, Jan.
5, and Havannah the 13th, has arrived at Now York with
Mr. Middleton, the English Chargé d'Affaires in Mexico
and his suite, who are on their way to England.
Samuel F. Cary, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was the
only Republican who voted against the New Reconstruc-
tion Bill.

Mr. Conkling's (New York) amendment to the
anti-Contraction Bill to prohibit further expense, as well
as contraction, was defeated overwhelmingly in the
Senate.

The friends of Philip F. Thomas, of Maryland,
Senator elect, hoped for an early decision in his favour.
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Minister John P. Hale, at Madrid, has resigned.

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Mr. Theaker's resignation of the office of Com-
missioner of Patents has baen accepted, and W. D. Bishop,
President of the New York and New Haven Railroad, re-
turns to that post.

Commissioner Rollins, of the Internal Revenue,
has not yet resigned, and it is thought the Senate will de-
fend him if he refuses to move.

Judge B. T. Thomas, nominated by Governor
Bullock as Chief Justico of the Supreme Court, has been
rejected by the Massachusetts Executive Council by 5
votes to 4, as follows :—Ayes, Messrs. Brayton, of Fall
River, Harvey of Boston, Talbot of Billerica, and Knight
of Easthampton; nays, Lieut.-Gov. Claflin, Adams of North
Brookfield, Endicott of Canton, Usher of Lynn, and Welch
of Cambridge.

The Maine Republicans have chosen their four
delegates at large, Messrs. Samuel E. Spring, L. A. D.
Fessenden, Gen. H. M. Plaisted, and Eugene Hale, and
instructed them to vote for Grant, unitedly and unre-
mittingly.

Capt. Charles S. Wheaton, an officer of the same
regiment as Governor-General Ruger, and Treasurer Capt.
Rockwell, is the officer selected by General Meade to suc-
ceed the Controller of Georgia.

The Constitutional Convention at Telahasse,
Florida, sent an invitation to Colonel Sprague, command-
ing in the State, to take a seat in its deliberations.

The Rev. Dr. Barnas Sears, agent of the Peabody
Educational Fund, has received a cordial and hearty re-
ception from the people of the South, and the trustees
met at Richmond on the 22d of January, when, on a reso-
lution by General Grant, $200,000 were directed to be
expended.

General M'Clelland was at Berlin a few days
since and dined with Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister.
He afterwards left for Dresden. He will remain in Europe
until written to to come home by his political friends.

Egbert 1-1. Grandin of Mobile has been appointed
United States District Attorney of the Southern District
of Alabama, in place of Martin, who lately shot Judge
Richard Busteed.

General Montez, the Haytian rebel, is said to
have died in his prison from apoplexy, instead of having
been murdered by President Salnave.

Dickens's Readings are about to commence in
Washington. The proceeds of the sale of tickets at e
over $12,000, and seats have been reserved for the
course, for the President and his family. During the
Train excitement it was proposed to detain the author as
a hostage.

Col. Forney's Philadelphia paper, tb e Press, says—
"No man has so caricatured, so maligned, so cruelly
spoken of us. For insults to our flag, less than the cool,
deliberate words of Mr. Dickens, and coming from poor,
illiterate, angry men, we have taken life." And the re-
verend doctor, in a Lite lecture, said that one would infer
from most of Dickens's representations that every Chris-
tian philanthropist is either a fool or- a hypocrite, and
that it is fortunate when an author so full of poison gives
it to his readers diluted in oceans of verbosity."
General Carl Schurz is at Berlin, and dined with
Mr. Bancroft, our Minister there. He has also had a
two hours' interview with Count Bismarck, which the
Count pronounced one of the most interesting he had
had for years. They not only discussed German but also
American politics. General Schurz was afterwards in-
vited to dine with the Count. General Schurz is one of
the finest speakers in the United States, and will go home
in March to take the field for General Grant for President.
Mrs. General Magruder, of Baltimore, wife of
the late rebel General, is going to move to Rome. Her
husband is living in New York City.
Mr. Colerado Jewett has gone to the United
States, anal proposes to engage in business in Baltimore.
UNITED STATES VICE-CONSUL AT HAIIDURGII.--"
James R. M'Donald, ono of the leading American mer-
chants at Hamburgh, has been appointed by Mr. Williams
as United States Vice-Consul. No better or more popular
appointment could be made. Mr. M'Donald has long been
connected with that consulate.
Baron Gerolt, the Envoy of the North German
Confederation, was officially received by the President on
the 24th January.
" Colerado" Jewett is busy at Washington, where
a great effort is being made to procure the admission of
Colerado as a State of the Union. Since the President
vetoed the bill for its admission a year ago the population
has increased 5,900.
Clarence E. Brown, who wounded so many of
his assailants at Amherst College with a chisel, has been
presented with a seven-shooter.
James Guthrie, Senator (Democrat), from Ken-
tucky, is about to take his seat, though still in feeble
health. He left Louisville for Washington on the 18th of
January.

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Births.
DARROCH —On the 9th inst, at 5, Beaufort-gardens, the
wife of Duncan Darroch, Esq., of Gourock, of a son.
KARSLAKE —On the 10th iost., at 31, Chester-terrace, Be'
gent's-park, the wife of Mr. Preston Karslake, of •
son.
NOEL—On the Bth inst., at 79, Onslow-square,
Kensington, the wife of A. Leland Noel, Esq., of a Poll'

Marriages.
CORRY—KING—On the Bth iust., Captain the Hon. Arrnse
Lowry Corry, RN., to Geraldine, fifth daughter .of J'`cr,
King King, Esq., M.P., of Staunton Park, Hereford.
shire.
DEBENHAM —SMITH—On the Bth inst.. at Cheshunt, 11°et°'
Horace K. Debenham, Esq., of Presteigne, Badnorshiees
to Eliza, second daughter of the late T. F. Smith, 854"
of Broadway, Worcestershire.

Deaths. ,
11.
CHENERY —On the 9th inst., at Eamsgat', Charles .•
Chenery, aged 84. `•-home
SODEN—On the Bth inst., at Coventry, suddenly, •---
Soden, Esq., •10td 70. ovo,
SHALES—On •
the inst., at 43, Westbourne-grn,
Bayswater, Thomas Edward Shales, late of Brigbw
aged 48. ter,
VERNON—On the 7th inst., at Holyrood House, Worces--
Mrs. Mary Vernon, ag.ed 90.
,! 11011'
WAY—On the 9th inst., John Way, Esq., of SPaYn-5
Great Yeldham, Essex, aged 76.
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