Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-04-20
4 DEGRADED ANS pIrIABIE HAr1oH

Brownson, the well-known conductor Of
Roman Catholic Quarterly Review ut Boston,
in his April number thus discourscth:
Catholic people. Tho non-Catholic element
however, predominates; and owing to our vast
extent Of cheap and fertile lands we are free
from many of the material evils Of older coun-
tries But tn real tDeii being, in the refnsments
Of life, IN the culture Of The soul, in the Aigher
civiiisation, or IN true national or individual
uirtte and happiness, WE ARE FAR BELOW THE
LOWEST CATHOLIC STATE. We can boast only
Of our industry. Our literature is not worth
naming; our newspapers, for che most part,
are o public nuisance our common schools
amount Il, little, and cannot be named ruth those
Of Austria we have not respectable library
or university in the country; and the liberty
We boast is merely the liberty of the meb, to
govern us as it pleases. There is, perhaps, no
people on earth that has less of moral and
mental independence, or less individual free
dom and manliness. We are slaves of COM
mittees, associations, caucuses, and n public
opinion formed by ignorant and fanatical and
lying lecturers, preachers newspapers, and
demagogues. A man can be free man hero,
and speak and act as a true man conscious of
his individuality, only at the expense Of becom-
ing a Pariah-an outcastD
We trust tat no one will mar the magnif-
cenee Of this by a single word Of comment.
The MAJ oRALTy OF PHifADELPHIA.-Hon
Robert T. Conrad is the nominee Of both Wings
and Natives, for the Mayoralty Of the Consol-
dated City. The NORTH american says:
aJudgc Conrad possesses in an eminent do
gree all the qualifications required for the high
and honorable position for which he has been
designated. A writer Of great force, aspeak-
or OF rare cloqnence, with o mind richly calti-
vatcd and largely informed on general topics,
he is at the same time thoroughly conyorsant
with our municipal needs, and has proved
capacity for the details Of business. Bred to
the law, he is familiar with all the profession
al duties belonging to the Office, and with am
pie experience OF public affairs; with we'll
balanced mind and disciplined Judgment; with
comprehensive but conservative views; with
sagacity and prudence, joined 10 energy and
zeal and, 10 his other merits, unites sngu-
larry graceful address and dlgnifed deport-
ment; which, along with his recognised talents
and public services, have justly made him an
especial favorite among his icllow-citizens"
IL ono half Of this be true, and there DO no
important drawbacks, Judge Conrad will as
suredy prove model Mayor And badly
docs Philadelphia need such chief officer
Bat have the Wings and Natives become
one?
RvDr. G.. b. Smith, Of Baltimore, reports
in the Boston Medical Journal two cases Of
puerperal fever cured by the ministration Of
brewers yeast, internally. lie gave the yeast,
diluted with an equal quantity OF water, and
sweetened with sugar, table spoonful every
two hours
Albeit we are no medicine man, II IL our
opinion there is much truth in DIR. Smiths
prescription Of brewers yeast as a remedy
The yeast is both cooling and nonrishing, We
have used IL in our own family in scarlet FOYER
Of the seyerest type. But at the same time
we do not advise others to do likewise. We
only give them the benefit Of experience in one
case.--E r.hangs.
TURKISH HOSPITALITY Under the counsel
Of tho British Minister, the Hungarians were
not delivered MP to Austria but they were vir-
tually retained as prisoners In Turkey, and
were finally sent out Of the country under
Turkish guard Those who ahjured their re-
lioion were permitted 10 remain. III there was
any hospitality or manhood in this, IL is GER
tainly OF very remarkable kind such az does
not usually pass current in this country.
NeD Orleans Delta
seven bullets ~ his body, received in ducls and
streets encounters.