The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-19
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The Yankees, despising all religions, eesn
to have an intense hatred for the Roman
Catholic faith and the priests end churches o.
that body of Christians. The eacking ard
burning Of two Catholic churches in Jackson
Miss, and Jacksonville, Fla, has been PUB
lished, and now we have from the New Yerl
F'eeman's Journal a history of other out
RACES. The Irish and German Catholics who
fill the ranks Of the Federal army with theiI
bodies, and the lists Of killed and wounded
with their names. would, we should think, be
highly amused at these little evidences Of play
fulnees on the part of their Yankee comrades
The Journal says:
We nave been eeined to hear bat tho Rev
Father Parks, of'Parbersburg, Va, was ar
restet. and n,s mos. private papers searchea
by crdsr of Gen. ScGmmo1. tafhar Parkf
'aa protested that he was csSrgesbie with
.,oth,ug thss be WAS not authorized 10 do by
the Consitut of the United states. Al he
was paroled, wa presume nothing was fous1
against him. The Rev. Dr. Becker, Catholic
uuder the ban, his church closed, nud she Catho
lies Of that region denied the sustaining and
soothing ministration of their religion. Father
Becker is in exile, and his crime is that he re-
fuses to interpola.e the sacred ritual Of the
Chu, cb, and repeat unusual prayers prescribed
by q military sa;rap-at least while he is de-
med communication with, and directions from
ths Bishop.
Bat deeper cry Of anguish reaches us from
I a
voted Catholic, writing to bid us farewell on
the eve of his quitting New Orleans, furnishes
us with the following facts, which our cores
pondent assures us cannot bs discredited:
Atter tho Hartford and Aibatrcss had passed
Port Hudson, the crew Of the II rtiorj, Admi'
raj Farragut's flag ship, landed at Poinso Cou'
pes, some 25 miles above Baton Rouge. They
com mol csd TO piu,der the place, and aseams 30
the Catholic Church The church is in ,hs
midss Of the old parish grave yard. The mon
uinents there erected TO the memory Of .hs
dead W 70 broken aud defaced, and much Wen
ton damage committed. Father Mlttle5ron
house vas then visited-he being absent st al.
other station. All that they thought Of snfh.
cient value was carried of, aud the rest Of his
movables broken or destroyed. Mex. they
broke into the church, overthrow the taberna-
Gle, and took from it the vessels that they found
there. This was not enough! The Blessed
Host was scattered on tho ground, while these
monsters called out for the Catholics "to come
and look at your God" Oae seized the Bene
dic.ion veil, exclaiming, "this will bs nice
blanket for my horse, when ge: onap
Some of the Catholics of the parish entered
complaint to Admiral Farrasut. His reply
was: ut is well for you it was not the crew
Of the other vessel, CIR 'you wcuid have Jared
worsei'' One OF his officers remarked: Good
enough for the damned secesh rebels
Soldiers Of = Massachusetts regiment, aboard
the game vessel, were meantime busying them
ssves at another poor little Catholic chapel at
Shenale-a short distance away-also in
charge of Father lRtlebron. In its nelghbor-
hooi they intercepted the good priest, and ds-
manded of him the horses he WAS driving. AS
he refused, they seized the horses, arrested
him. and finally transported aim TO Baton
Rouge, where ne was imprisoned ton days
At the end Of this time they pat him on dsy
bluff in the middle OF crevasse, with tgo
negroes and a barrel Of pork and barrel CT
biscuit, telling him to ait there till the rebels
came Tor him!" This little island WAS swarm
ing with ailigatoIs and poisonous snakes.-
Nevertheless, after three days, hs found means
to escape and reach his desCia,ed homo.
Father Mittlebrons case may present fsa-
ture Of peril for LincoInAs Administration that
they will be more submissive to than to the
Lord of Heaven. The good father is a sub
iect Of France, and we are informed an au.
the nticRtsd etatemsnt of the savagery of the
Puritan Yankees towards him is already on
its way to France, or will be by the next
steamer from this port. Conservative !"
Seward will no doubt make ample compensa.
ton to the subject of France, aud by taxes,
and tariffs, and 'licensss," or elss by printing
more greenbacks, gold will be procured to pay
the damages of shs subject of Napoleon Ill.
But our correspondent and informant, whose
character is q guarantee OF the truthfulness OF
whst he writes us, as sincere Catholic hor.
rifed at what has taken place, aud, as be-
isver in his religion, fssring further outrsges,
bsgs us, as his parting words on leaving New
OrIeana to call the attention of Archbishops
Hu ghes and Purcell to these and othsr fana,i
cal assaults upon the Catholic religion at the
South, suffered at the hands of New England
sc!dlery. These prelates rave shown tnsm-
selves tass friends of Mr. Lincoln and OF the
C.bines Ssereusries WAC control MIN Their
bother Catholics IL the South appeal 10 thum
10 exert their Influence for the "bsei valou OF
til ss laws OF civilized warfare THAI were oo-
served By our arn,es in Gexico under the
Democratic Administration OF Polk. Tney
appeal 70 these Archbishops, and to all distin-
Rulshsd Catholics who are allied IN this war
with Lincoin's Administration, to prevent its
becoming war againss the Catholic religion
at the came time thar it is a war against the
States and people of the South!
osz cr 1Hs cuTaiass eF TEL. WAR.
Rev. Dr. Stewart, Rector Of St. Paul's
Church, Alexandra, Va, left on the 10Th inst.
for Europe. just prsvions to his leaving he
wrote to the Rector of St. James's Church,
Wilmington, N c., full account of tie cut
rage psrpetra,ed on him ny the Federal sell
diers Will ofIlsi ting in bis pulpit in Febru'
ary, 1862 No account Of this has been printed
in the Csnfederacy, and we give the letter as
a chapter which wilt pas1 into history as the
narrative of one Of the most sacriegioos out
RACES Gf this war:
The eervices had progressed as far as .hs
second snffrages Of the Litany; Rev. George
Smith was kne cling at one enl Of the altar,
and was conducting the services At the Otner
end, when a confidential agent of Secretary
Seward, named Motion, aross in the front of
the Gu .ncei aud &c demanded that should pray
for the President Of the United States. At
the same time a Captain of the Ssa Illinois
cavalry, named Farasworth, began 10 repeat,
from front paw, the prayer for the Presi-
dent. Finding that paid no regard 10 his
demand, but proceeded in the Li@ny, Nor
ton gave sign to FarDsworth, and the oifiaers
aud Soldiers who had accompanied him into
the Church Immediately surrounded the
Chancal, and q sergeant was ordered to "seizs
that man" The sergeant sprang over the
Chancel railing, and made several MOTORS as II
be would lay hold upon me, but, inasmueh as
still continued the Litany, he hesitatsd, and the
me; thereapon the book was violently wrestsJ
from my hand and thrown upon the Aoor. The
order to seize me was now repeated; was
about usipg the suffraees "from all evil and