Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1866-11-29
NO. 3.
CLOSE or THE CATHOLIC NATIONAL,
COUNCIL. --- PRESlDENT JOHNSON
PRESENT.

past concluded its labors on Sunday, and
the ceremonies were brought to close
by grand celebration of high mass in
the Cathedral. President johnson was
in attenance at the concluding services.
He and his daughter and Mr. Walack
occupied seats at no great distanc from
the altar, and watched the proceedings
with great interest, each being supplied
with a printed syllabus of the ceremo-
nies, to which they referred from time to
time.
Archbishop Oden of New Orleans eel
ebrated mass.
The President and party seemed to be
particularly struck with the music, espe-
cially with the "alma virgo" solo, in
which the fine soprano voice of the sing
Ell displayed wonderful sweetness, powep
md fcxibility.
After mass, Archbishop Kerrick, of
St. Louis, delivered a discourse on the
authority of the Church, taking for his
text the 18th verse of the 10th chapter
of st. Paul TO the Romans. After the
sermon, the Archbishop of Cincinnati,
as Oldest by consecretion, addressed Arch
bishop Spauldding, expressing the high
sense ofhis devotion to and qualification
for his position ltert"ined by all pre-
lates and clergy and eulogising the abil-
ity and devotedness of the Ameican
priesthood as inferior tononein the world,
and worthy of the noble people and great
Republic in which they had the happi-
ness to live-concluding by begging God
to bless America and to make of us uni
ted people, blessed by God and exhibit
ing to the world an example of every vir-
tue Archbishop Spaulding replied, in
a beautiful address, thanking the mem
bers of the Council for their assistance
and forbearance, and expressing hope
that the Holy Father would look favor.
ably on their deliberations, that the Coun-
Gil just ended might result in the com
meucement of a new order of things -
President johnson listened to the ad-
dresses ofthe Archbishops of CINCINNATI
and Baltimore with evident interest, and
seemed to derive satisfaction from that
part of Archbishop Purcell's discourse
that had any political bearing. The GER
emonics of the Council concluded with
the reading Of the DEGREES in Latin, and
their signature by the Arcbbishops and
Bishops. This done, the procession re-
formed, anb moved back 10 the Arch
bishops residence by the same rout it
had come. As the President left the Ca
thedral, he was surrounded by large
crowd, and hundreds pressed forward to
shake hands with him. He appeared
t ken by surprise, but was evidently fat
tered by this demonstration. The mem
bers of the Council dined together to-day
at the Music Hall, North Howard street.
President johnson dined at the Eutaw
House, and left Immediately on the 4:l5
P NJ. train for Washington.
"On my last string" as the billiard
player said when about to be hanged.
The diamonds Mollie Trussell wears
in the Chicago Jail are valued at $50, 900.
The assessed value of property in
Grorgia is S207, 900, O,O0O-in 1S6Oit was
100000, 900.
Mr.. Coleridge was once asked which of
Wadsworth's works he considered the
prettiest, when he promptly replied, "His
daughter Dora"
81 have nothing but my heart to give
you" said spinster to lawyer who had
conducted suit for her. "well, said the
lawyer gruffly, "go to my clerk; he takes
the fees"
A Radical isn't apt to strike for high
figures. Only for number one.
Miss Emily Mason is about to publish
"Southern Poems of the war;"
During the war the Government oper-
ated 4l9 locomotives and $3.50 railroad
cars,