New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-04-22

More Lincolatte saertlege.

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IT appears from the subjoined communication
thatsth wicked anti Popery and abolition mis-.
5creants who attacked New Madrid, under their de-
graded flag, robbed the Catholic church ID that
vicinity not only of the vestments in ts
sacrisy bnt Of the consecrated vessels in It's taer.
nacle, desecfated the altar of the blessed Virgin,
and, as If TO proclaim far and vide the ultimate
purpose Of the usurper, they cut the yestments
Union flags. 1t would be no more than poetica1
justice II one of these Lincoln Labarums were sent
tho submissive priests and prelates In the United
States who bowed down before the fnfuriated,
church hating mob and raised its emblem Of doms
2inati0n and supremacy over the sacred edifcess
committed 10 their charge. " sss i
( Lieut. Nc Dafie, It appears, rescued from the
New Madrid church 9 portion Of its yestments and
altar properties, and at the frst opportunity
handed them without any further injury to thes
Parish priest at Memphis. In this he has done his
duty, and his conduct Will be by personsE
OF all denominations. Il @ 9 .ss5s s;f
It has been feared that some of his ron Catholic
comrades, not appreciating the veneration felt by
Catholics for all articles set apart for the service
| of God, might doubt that Lieut.. McDnf6e had
transferred ali the property She saved from the
church to the nearest clergyman. We do not be-
ieye there is any just cause for such appreben-5
sion. Educated In a Protestant denomination and
assocating for the greater part of onr life mostly
with Protestants, we have. had abundant Oppof-s
tunies for observation, and confidently aver that
our mont Catholic countrymen, even when strongly
prejudieed against Catholic doctrine, OF rather
against their false notions of Catholic doctrine, re-
lspect the Catholic who stands up openly for his
church, while they secretly despise, how sver much
they may openly fatter, the renegade or coward
who Is false denies his religion For example,,
we can conceive possible case in which, IN al
company of one hundred Confederate Volunteers,
there would be but one Catholic; that in their
possession Of adeserted Catholic Church, and nm
conscions Of the real saeredness of its character
would be desirons Of seizing upon some 8of5 its.
properties as trophies We can conceive that in.
Il 0toA pO1d
the church door and warn his comrades thatit
was sacred-that to seize It's consecrated proper
ties would be not only robbery but sacriege; and
that II they did sc, they should do 1T only his
In such case the Protestant, Confederate would
i regard their Catholic comrade with admifation.3
1 They would honor his firmness and revere his
| piety. While on the other hand 8 failure ihhis
duty to his Church and to God would be viewed by
them with unqualified contempt. 3Sa3
/ Thus 1T was that when the noble Bishop Of
Il Wheeling, the venerable DR.. Wheelan, confrOntedS
the fnrions mob Of Tories who commanded him Is;
4 raise the United States flag on his Cathedral and
when, that courageous pfelate not only refused to
i comp with their manda ate, hut deciared that If
they effected their object # should be his dead
body the mob abasbed and yanqaished by his
moral heroism desisted from their attempt and left
i him and bis church in peace. ssatss -S s55
i We cannot doubt that Lieut.. McDaffle would
i have exhibited similar ffmness had the occasion
requredt; but the facts Of the case before us,
/ ihe deserves credit for having rescued the church
property from desecrauon TO restore 1t at the
earliest possible period to the nearest priest.
4 We subjoin Lieut.. Mel Dufies note with the ae-.
companying receipt: s5zE 3.
Tothe Editor Of the New Orleans Catholic Standard
Sir have called to furnish you q copy Of re.
1 ceipt given me as under: -, 4Ss=.5s i55=.5ss
I - = ~ MEMPHIS. March 2s 1867.
Received from Lieut.. II. p. Nc Dufie, G. s. Navy,
\ a portion of the vestments, candesticks, erucGx
and two oil paintings with other altar properties,
i taken by him from the Catholic Church New Mad.
4 n Nv fE,oE
4 eral army. s5tF354,. @s55
tsgued1 s.A.cLARksoN s. r. p. St. Peters ehutcb
1 Iwould also state that this church lay between
the lines of the contendng armies, and within q
i hundred yards Of the enemys pickets. The enc
j my previously had possession of this church and
had taken the richer portion of the vestments
which they cut into shredss and patches, out of
/ which they made Union flags, which they hung
tupondhe fences of the corn fields. So 49,
5 In one Of their skrmshes, when they had posses.
sion Of this church, the enemy also took the Chaliee
i u. E. MepuFFIE G. s. Steamer Ivy
i A TOUCHING INCIDENT ifditor-on recent
1 of the news of Gen. A. H. Gladden's wound, I'll
Columbia, South Carolina, Nancy, a slave Of his,
4 (who, for faithful conduct to his wife in her last
illness; TO her infant Mary and to himself in an
attack of cholera in New Orleans, has received
some privileges) set out to join her master at
4 Corinth, with The necessary documents from the.
Headquarters of Gov. Piekens. Hearing at Hunts
vile nformation of the place being occupied by
4 the enemy, she, with others, had to come by
i Mobile, fondly hoping to be permitted again 70
nurae the wounded soldier and patriot. Bnt, alas!
his spirit had fed and the sad news that reached
her here. deeply affected her; Being thus far
South, and having a so, lin New Orleans and
wounded also, she asked permission to pass on to
4 attend him and see her son, which was granted !
and she left for New Orleans on Wednesday after.
noon. CHI ye of the North, if your souls could
5Eappreciate the relation of master and servant in
the South, you would appreciate such affection as
4 this. But you are dead to such sentiment, and
must be left TO your idol, the almighty dollar
4 right. Mobile Tribune. 55 4. 50 IA
NASHVILLE correspondent Of the New York
4 Herald writes ,5ee5: IS s. 55l 55s {5S, iia
Men do not make any demonstration publicly
but it is plain by whom women, girls and boys are
pushed il to offer the grossest insults to officers
and men. Any one Of the demonstrations made by
4 the ladies would appear ridiculous if mentioned,
hut it is certain that though harmless
4 are very aggravating to the men, particularly as
i in reality polite as my Lord Chesterfield. Let me
mention an instance Of the means employed by the
1 fair DANES of Nashville to insult our officers.
Il Some of our generals were standing yesterday on
the sidewalk IN front of the St. Cloud Hotel While
i they were conyersing,a couple Of ladies', in full
4 dressof gaudy colors, approached them, followed
II by q great fat, dirty and sloveny negro Wench
as the ladies' neared the General, they changed
Il
! although there was plenty of room. At the same
4 time they carefully drew their dresses aside, to
i prevent their coming In contact with the Generals
ten feet distant placed their hankerchisfs up
4 on their diminutiye nasal organs. The negro
i wench had been well drilled, and it was with the
\ most serious face and admirable delicacy that she
i drew her hoopess skirt to side and put great
Il red bandanna to her nose. One General scratched
his pate with puzzled air, another swore in ap.
proved German style y while third appeared to
enjoy the joke Of the ladies and anger and chagrin
4 Of his friends. NJ s,.s= 6s3l fz5slss
The FEDERALs AT TsHUNTsYILLE.-Sergean b. q.
4 ISPritchard, Of the Washington Artillery arrived
i here last evening, and gives further particulars
i of the occupation of Huntsville. He was on his
Il way to join his company at Corinth, but was turn
4 ed back at Stevenson by the intelligence that the
Federals had possession of Huntsville, aud had
4 cut off the railroad communication with Corinth
4 Mr.. p, informs us that he had aconyersation with
an engineer who succeeded in running the gaunt.
i let, !, aud who gave him the following statement
Il He said that early on Friday morning he came
mp the road to Decatur, that arriving at Hunts
vile he found the telegraph operator in waiting
i who threw his apparatus on board, and informed
him that the Federaists were just coming into the
town. The engineer then started his train, but
before getting through the town, he was fred
4 upon by the Federal force and a shell was also