The Arkansas banner., 1846-04-08
From he Truth Teller.
BISHOP HUGHES AT CLoGHER.


 This distinguished and ilusuious prelate preached on last Sunday ia the new chapel of Cunnns, near Clones, in aid of that splen- did undertaking. The precept of Christ to his Apostles, s.Do this for a commemora- ton oi meo was his text the Sacrifice of the Mass the subject of his learned and lumin- ous discourse. There was vast concourse of people, The collection (G50) ssan evi- dence of the preachers powers, and of the ineXhaus,ible charity and mnnificence of the people. The antiquity and divine institution of the great Sacrifice of the hiass-the hal- lowed and consoling effects, il produces-iis mysterious influence on the arts and siences in every age-thc higher influence it exerts in binding together, by faith and charity, all the members of the Church--the fidelity with which il was preserved and practised, even Tn adverse times, in crypts, in catacombs, and in cayerns--these vast subjects he brought down to every capacity, and opened to every eye, with rapid and decisive eloquence ol which he is SO admirable u master Bul when in a strain of impassioned devotion he reverted to the sancGfed recollection of the venerable old priest and his martyred flock, chased by Saxon persecution into some lonely glen, with the sky for their covering, the rock for their altar, and their offering up the unbloody sacrifice of their prosecuted faith when he congratulated them on the altered desiines of their country, the triumph ofthelr faith, and the completion of their own work, great, indeed was their joy, deep their emotions, elevated was their satisfaction--not unlike ihe melancholy and delight of the an- cient Jews in contrasting, after their captivi- ty, the diminished grandeur of the second with the celestial spendour of Soomon's temple The chapel of Cnnnins does credit to the taste and energy of the jealous pastor Rev. M7. Mac Oscar, who planned ity and is a brilliant monument of the faith and religion of the good people who built it from their own scanty resources. Alter the service of the day, large party of gentlemen, lay and clerical were entertained at the Dacre Arms, Clones, by the hospitabe pastor of Cunnins, Rev. MT Mac Oscar. To the last toast the chairman appended some remarks on the late message of President Polk, and the Right Rev. the Bishop of New York, replied. Dlr' Polk, he said, was the representative of the majesty of the American people, not their sovereign, but the vicegerent of that sover- eighty which they inherit as. a right, and by their free suffrages entrusted to him.-The trust could not be, committed to better or worthier hand. Mir. Polk. he described as a man of large experience and varied acquire ments, welFversed in business, fully acquain- ted with the history and resources of his own republic, close observer of the British Cab- det, with fixed and anxious eve upon the patriotic struggles of Ireland The Presi- dent of the American Conlederaey, said his lordshlp, IS man of calm reflection, oi steady purpose, and indomitable will. He seeks not for conquest, but he will repel 1nr vasion and risk empire to resist aggression If dssensionss and discontent prevail in another land, he has sagacity enough to em- plov them as instruments Of his own views. s.lf,' said the eloquent speaker, "the Caoi- nets of Europe, the despots of the East, the fierce chiefans of Africa, or the uByielding Congress of America, write in strains oi naughty defiance 10 England, thanks to o'Connell, thanks to the Repeal Association thanks to the people of Ireland The voice of their magnanimous struggles crosses the deep and the desert, and rolls back to Ire lands oppressors, backed and pushed by. the aggravated power and snivalry ofall civilised