New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-05
TIE BROOKLYN MIRACLES.

Il
tr certain miracles said to have been worked by some
| Cstbo'c tni.sjonaies who seem 70 have exercised
e- miraculous powers for the Icusve beueSt of the
sick and NEEDY for DO fee eWard-vitbout money
md without price TIE supernatural gifts Of the mis-.
sorares have been used but 10 single direction-for
| .Ie cure or alienation Of deCormtes and isesses
yey Catholic journals have published the facts to
the world giving their sanction to the assertions thst
the cure performed have been accomplished by direct
heavenly nterposi0n; and in the last impression u
The Fr1mans .Iop,nGl the editor Of that Influential
sheet in Enlightened article, announces Lis implicit
fatl in the miracles He does e,cn more than this
10 says that the performance Of miracles is
| renee 20 common in the Catholic Church that with
em they have ceased to DO matters Of even curiosity
Certain it IS, however, that among the more unedu.
Gated Of the Catholic aity, signs and wonders have
not vet Ost their interest for durirg the stay Of the
woodworking missionaries 10 ths vicinity, the
scenes Of their min;rators have been thronged with
an eager and excited crowd Of people.
In the State Of Pennsylvania near the smoky city Of
Pitt.burgh, in the town of Birmingham there is =
monastery Of Passohiss, order OF monks foun led
by the blessed Paul Of the Gross. I'm uncauoniled
Saint This Birmingham monastery was est tabished,
understand, by Father Gaudentiu- and Father
Aucny, who found, their way thnher from Genoa,
bearing with them certain relics Of The /" Blessed Paul.
consisting Of pieces Of his bones and portion Of his
heat These are the relics by virtue Of which. with
prayer the miraculous healing. are effected. We do
not learn when the sus crnatura power first found
to be inherent in these bones, and we have at hand
OF goirg back OF the record of the past
few weeks 10 find when miracles first performed
in the name of the Blessed Paul of the Cross
Recently Father Gaudentus and Father Antony pro-
ad a ,fof ho md
narrated, made their appearance short time since in
Brooklyn, bearing with them the holy relics. They
have, in the Of their mission created Intense
excitement, particularly among the uneducated
and poorer Of the various parishes where they have
preached In alluding TO their services the Catholic
journals deicatcy say that in the Of this mis-
sion, it is asserted on credible authority that God
pleased to manifest his power by special grsoes
" of an external character meaning thereby that
actual miracles have been performed through the
dium Of the holy Fathers. A. soon the report
gained eredence that diseases were cured by them,
much excitement Immediately followed. The churches
where they preached were bese with throngs people
the blnd the auP the deaf and those afflicted with
acute diseases, were brought in great numbers
b. their believing friends 20 be present al the mirs
tration5 OF the missionaries. The excitement among
those who were unprepared to believe in miracles at
the present day also very great and said that
rot only many wonderful have beea effected but
that hundreds have been confirmed in their predspos
ton to the Cathoe faith and that very many formerly
of opposite opinions have been covered, and united
with the Church Among the latter, prOminen. phYi'
clan of Brooklynis mentioned he hay ing eenconyinced
by the miraculous ameloraon Of certain physical all
ments that had btfled his own individual skill as
regular practitioner. Father Gsudenus alone is as
aJ 10 Gya Lup lred
into the Catholic Church; and when it is considered
that conversions to this faith not effected with tie
rapdity Gsua! in Protestant reyiyas il must be admit
ted that Father Gaudent:us has unusual to
ioce over the result Of his clerical labors,
In the miraculous healngs the mode # proceeding
is very simple The diseased persons arc blessed by
Father Gaudentivs With the relics AMI stras shtwsy
the believing are relieved. Ssme are cured
in,taDtaneousy and entirely others receive certain
relief, and yet Others unaffected IN any way what
ever and number Of The cured have been visited by
our reporter with the view of finding out if the relief
genuine ard lasting whether the beneficial
influence eyapOrated a. the excitement incident 20 the
performance Of the miracle passed away. One Ct the
yet perfcrmedisthat Of George
Wilson, who lives with his mother in Dean street.
George is youh Of -. At the early age o; four
months, by Ct the diseases incident to childhood
he was affected with deafness which SO grew upon
him in short time that ne could hear nothing the
most unusual and violent roises. He applied to the
woodworking missionaries, was touched With the
holy relics and now is cured as IS asserted, b! the
miraculous power of the blessed Paul Of the Cross
alone. His mother says that he has been the sub ect
Of number Of experiments, with tie view OF dtCd-
ing whether bis Imagination has not deceived him, but
the cure appears to be perfect and ne hears vel.
George absent from home ct the time Of our visit,
so that opportunity was afforded for conversation
with him, but his mother gives the above particulars
The name of another subject is Reynolds; he 10 an
Ish lad Of about l3 years DID, and he resides at the
maternal donicile which is not very eligible mansion
in Vanderbilt avenue. This boy Reynolds was a.
ficted WITH what is commonly known as fever
sore that had destroyed part Of the bone OF one
of his legs. He had been under the care of the
surgeons % the Hospital. and at the end OF the year
be left that institution. He proceeded to church with
tie multitude was blessed with the relics, and was
cured He mas now been at work for about three
weeks Whether the remedies and treatment sd-
mniste,ed in the Hospital contributed to this happy
cor summation, is question for the believers aud
strong poiIt for the joubers.
Miss Van Wpkle OF Bergen street, who has suffered
much from disease of the spine, went to the mis-
scparies for relief The application of the relics was
made with The customary blessing. and the patiett.
a2ined that she better, but the disease las re-
turned with al. its original yirulence.
We were informed Of case Of an Irish woman
who gains subsistence by collecting cold victusl' at
the kitchen doors OF those in more sluent circum-
stances than herself This female was subject TO epi-
leptc fits che was cured and accordingt her acount
at,o b., Ian lefo n