Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-05-08

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npaArsas Arfhsrips.-Tb will be a
meeting ofthe "susaf Bowl Debating So
clety'' this Tuesday evening. ut o'clock,
1T the meeting Room Of Independence
rire Company No. s.n Question fot de
hatei (which IL the more stable form Of
,overnment-a Monsfeheal ~ Repub-
lean ~ Punetusl attendance respectfully
requested. ny order Of the Society.
NOLAN A. STUART, Secretary.
prArn 90 AIMS lIte,-=One of the
most delightful, instructive and
piquaut Of oontempory writer's has
Just died az Paris, The memory
of the Able Hue, a French mission
airy IN China and Thibet, who car
red the Gross into the heart Of
Central Asia, aud studied the ritz.
al of buddhism 10 the very Meeeas
Of that strange and wide.estended
faith, deserves place in the litel.
AIRY Pantheon. es well M IN the
more sacred slfines Of the Church,
which he served with So single.
hearted q devotion,
Evariste Regis Hue was born at
Toulouse. August I, 1918. He WINS
ordained to the priesthood in 1870.
aud sailed from Ilavre to take the
place of the missionary Perboyre,
who had Just been pnt 10 death at
Macao. The prosecutions Of the
Catholics in China only stimulated
the zeal Of the young priest who
entered upon bis lab0rs with a
spirit. an energy, and self-iorget.
FIJI zeal not unworthy the great
apostle of the Indies himself. For
1--WE years, Father Hue sometimes
accompanied by n colleague--Fath.
er CADET. but more frequently
alone with his own honest faith.
traversed the Chinese Empire, pen
etrating far into the chain Of the
Alta. and eventually reaching the
sacred city Of the Grand Lama.
In 1859 he gave 60 the world his
narrative Of Voyage en- Tbrtdriei
Il 7Aibei 81 Ia Ch,ns, pendant les an
nnos 1914, lsa5 and 1916, This
work. almost Immediately transla'
ted into English, achieved an in.
Simultaneous and remarkable sue
cess. IL poured . flood Of light
upon countries and customs, Of
which the vagucst and most ques.
tionable accounts had before boon
current in the world, but this was
not its only, nor even its greatest
charm. The singular simplicity
which breathcd through these fresh
aud graphic pages seemed to DO.
long TO the age Of Heroditne rather
than 10 the nineteenth century
Picturesque without an effort,
shrewd without skepticism, com
bining the irrepressiblo gaycty and
viyacity of the southern Gaul with
the sweet and natural dignity Of
the unaffected Christian, the good
Abbc became nc once universal
iavcritc. Omne tuit puncfum; cthno.
logists and enlightened desire Of
accuracy in dealing with the facts
under his observation students Of
human nature, and readers in gen.
.eral. were charmed with bis uncon.
soious portraits Of the strange PEG.
plc il had been his rare fortune to
know so intimately. A subse.
oucnt publication, EEmpire CHA.
o,sc, though Il covered ground more
familiar and better known, was
not inferior in merit or in inter
eat.
A full and attractive sketch OF
the Catholic Missions in China, was
NJ. Huc's last contribution to liter.
allure. This appeared in 1857, un-
der the title Of Le Christianisme IN
Chine, and has been translated in.
TO many languages. Worn down
by his labors and undermined by
the insidious effects of the coast
climate Of China, the abbe's health
has been precarious ever since his
return 70 Europe; and his death,
in the forty-sevcath year OF his age,
can hardly be called unexpected
He leaves behind him no priest
more sincere, and few writers more
honest or more entertaining than
himself.