New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-24
a Card from Bi.hop Lynch.

To the Editor of the New York Tribune:
Sr-The Tribune of this morning honors me
WIN an editorial paragraph. / have ever en-
osayored TO stand aloof fiom angry political dis
WITH my ecclesiastical character. / have now an
adaitiona motive in the duty of /" letting bygones
be py. .gones." and Of looking forward hopefully,
aI aha o. laboring earnestly and manfuy for hap
rect some mistakes as to facts relating to Invsef
into which the writer Of the paragraph has
| fallen. 81 = 20 p = - ~
| /. He states that /" was an original. acrimo.
nious, efficient and persistent pro-savery rebei.n
| This charge will, 4 think, surprise nv personal
friends, as it certainly surprises me- So far as
acrimony is charged, it does not tally with sundry
notices of me and my acts, published in the Til
bune itself in 1851, 1862 and 1888. However, let
this charge pass. To discuss it would be TO dis
cuss politics, from which abstain.
H..The paragraph states that had a Ie Desns
celebrated on the reduction Of Fort Sumter in
April, 1861. In reply, state that the re Deuns
was announced and sung especially to give thanks
to God for the wonderful fact-still incomprehen-
the artillery duel of those two days. The accom-
panying prayers implored continuance of the
same Divine mercy-that the clouds which threat
ened might pass away, and that the land might
rot have to mourn the loss of many lives. This,
| it seems to me, was Christian appeal, not map
proprate in a congregation where many near and
dear 70 US had passed through the danger un-
| scanned, and might again be exposed. am not
| comments, r.,i
iii. The paragraph states in the third place that
lNWent 70 Europe next summer" that is, in 1851,
az potentate." Now did not 10 q Enrone fnr
nearly three years after the date assigned ana. in
| point OF fact, the Pope was not induced bv me or
any one else to recognize the Confederate govern
ment. 1t is incorrect to say that such recognition
| was ever made.
True, when President Davis learned, through thu
newspapers, presume, the noble words uttered
by His Holiness in the cause of peace and charity,
he wrote to him respectful letter, to which His
Holiness replied in kind and courteous language,
such as he always uses, and as the rules OF well
understood etiquette required. Both the letters
were personal, not diplomatic. On both sides
they were understood to be simply such. They
carried with them political Or national charac-
ter. make this statement that there may be no
mistake as to facts. For myself, at the time Of the
correspondence was in South Carolina, and knew
no more Of it and had no more to do with it than
! the editor of the Tribune himself. gss.
| Finally, while making these corrections in tho
statement Of my record" I will lay moaeaty
aside, and claim in addition, as part of the t.re-
cord" that ever desired and prayed for peace !;
that during the war labored earnestly and to the
extent Of my ability to mitigate the evils attend
ant on it, without stopping to inquire TO what side
or to what church the sufferers belonged; and that
now, the war being over, am laboring and with
equal earnestness to repair some Of the evils it has
left behind. 4BE.
We all desire that peace, prosperity and good
will be quickly and firmly re-estabiished through
out all the States, and that the Union may mot be
merely one of force, but may be cemented by tho
influence Of mutual kindly Offices between all tho
| sections. F
VI am engaged in reconstruction, and hope ]
shall meet the cooperation desire in New York.
i am, sir, very respectfully. your obt servant,
York March f. n LfseH Ess D. Bishop Of charl'''ea
The Spring Races. 3s
The spring meeting ut the Nashville race course
i commencing in May, under the auspices Of thu
Nashville Blood Horse Association. promises to b
the most interesting reunion of the Southern
friends aud lovers of the sports OF the turf, and oil
, stack raisers, we have had here for years. Al
ready, the hustle of preparation, and the earnes
activity Of the various turft associations aided b.
leading Southern stock raisers, revye5 happy
memory of good old time, when the Jacksons
and the Peytons, and Bacons, and HardinGs, and
other iustrious family names we're represented il
the most mettled and truest coursers from lht
wealthiest stock farms in the country. We arr
glad to notice an awakening interest in the de
velopment OF our stock raising resources, ana
that the day of Tennessee thorough breds vii
not be permitted to fade entirely out. "
Il Mr.. Ebb. Deming, the present proprietor Of tn
course, has spared neither pains nor expense i
getting the tract, grounds houses, streets an
: hotel in readiness for the approaching season. an
l. we trust his enterprising and public-spirtad ei
; deavors will meet ample reward. There is ever
indication that there will be q fuller attendance
IN May than the course has held for half doze
D. years. nne McAdaln ROAD mas neen conStructt
~ since the fall leading from the city to the cours
10 so that drive to the old Nashville Course is no
d one of the pleasantest drives ont from the city
g This is something that has long been needed, an
r visitors and patrons Of the tract may now Wis
:, it during the amusement season with complet
d exemption from mud and dust.
: Some of the most noted racers from the Soutl
r ern States, and some of the finest thorougbre
stock of the country entered for the lists, an
the sport promises to be good. The spring meet
ing commences on Tuesday, May lst, and vii
continue during the week. Nashville Banner.