Louisville messenger. (Louisville, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-04-22

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Interesting 10 our readers.
II WINS on the holy Sabbath morn
the Cathedral WIS crowded, aud as
Tie high toned Organ sw, He'd up the
anthems 10 the Most High, holy
awe aud solemnily pervmdcd the
place. In various parts Of tho build.
ing were 10 he ,oen It's many patty
,oiored members, knecling 10 the
Spiril---ws hopc--of the true religion;
We say hope, Tor ever and anon, from
beneaih the Dlaclz vail, covering roine
native beauty, could be seen a spark
ling eye wandering from the book
which was in her hand, to something
more OF leach than Ileaven'--this
may nave been nearly imaginary,
but the observer, If he caught that
look, would have had good grounds
to constitute it into something very
different from religious impressions.
Here were assembled the Spaniard,
the Frenchman, the Portuguese, the
Italian, aud the mixed Breeds whose
names are numerous. There could
be seen the Quatroon, with her long
black hair gracefully plated ore her
high forehead, parsiaIly hid by q vail
whose delicate texture could not stay
the glance from her lovely eye, but
rather added force TO its power, In
one corner Of the immence bulldog
might have been seen the coasser
forms, and less Intellectual features OF
the mulattoes; and little beyond,
the Mestizoes, anu still more remote,
the black,ln all her shining glory
there was one man, however, IN the
vast assemblage, whose motives Were
of different charac.er. lie had
noticed on a previous occasion, a
golden image OF our SAVIOR stand
ing on the alter. lie had drempt OF
this image, he had magniii,d its val
ue, and IN the bitterness OF his soul,
aggravated by The iron hand OF pov-
erty, undetermined to possess II. lie
Was man of desperate iortune--isn
! udventnssss " No .a..1l .uisitaa Ne A Ur-
leans for a SPECIFIC object. lie was a
boat man---a laboIer,--on bord oi
broad horn from up The river The
visit 10 New Orleans was Tor the
purpose Of ste,iing the golden image,
lie gropei his way up to tie altcr.
ZACH ny Inch, kneeIirg and praying
as he went along. Those who kne.t
in the iumt date vicinity oftls man,
remarked atterward, tl.at they took
him for a murderer. P,rhap, he was,
and under the influence OF the bad
feeling, which mus have possessed
him rnen, he gave way to the power
Of conscience which he ultimately
subdled, and committed the s"crl-
iese. He had now reached The place
best suited to his purpose. la the
meantime service progressed, the
noly Iites Of the Catholic church, at
all times imposing, was on this coca
siou more 30. II WAS All Saints Day.
The voice Of the Holy Father, sec
onded by heavenly an hem, ascend
ed op high, and filled the soul with
inspirations, not of earthly but Of
heavenly KEN The heart that could
hot ieel ON this occasion must have
been SO welded to things OF earth,
tnet eaven the voice ard minstrelsy
Of Angels could not make a change.
Did it change the heart Of this sacrl-
legious wretch, who, like a serpent
had crept into The very sanctuary OF
the Lordl No!
The service was ovcr--the crowd
was gradually dispersing--the Organ
still poured fourth its strains, and $
sounds fingered in the air, long alter
the o. yanist Ind left his seat. A llo-
illness seemed to pervade the place;
vet was q deamon there! The boa,-
man had thrown himself at ullleng'h
in the pew, and watched the motions
Of the Sexton, who was removing
and replacing the things used BY the
priest and his holy office.
He now cautiously left his hiding
place, and ju-t as the Sexton turnet
| his back, he seized the golden image
and Midnight under bis huge red JAG
| ket, with the same cautionl whlcl