The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-06-28
NORNMG Star AND CATHOLIC MEssEHaER.
NEW ORLEANS. SUNDAY. JUNE %. 1868.
MlscE11ANEous IRISH NEWS.

elected member of parliament for the cit
Of Dublin on the LIST, ult., without OppOs
ton.
The Freeman of the I'd ult announce
that Mr.. A. NJ. Sullivan, editor OF til
Nation and Weekly Nems, was liberated O
the previous day, on giving bail Z" to be
good behavior for two years." His sccu
rites were Aldermen Plunkett and Mr..
F. Lombard, TIC, J.P. On his way thlong
the city after being liberated, Mr.. Sullivan
wherever recognized, was loudly cheered
The judges to go to the various circui
at the summer assizes have already beer
assigned. The home circuit will go Ou
6rst-the judges being keogh and O'Brien
Those for the Leinster circuit will b,
Barons Hughes and Deasy.
Some friends Of the late Mr.. William Oar
gan, at the head of whom the Duke of Lein
ster, have formed the idea of originating +:
testimonial to his memory, in the form Of /:
gift to his widow The Duke Of Leinste,
headed the list OF contributors with 9lO(
while others subscribed from f5 to EOS
Subscriptions We're being received ut tho
banks. -si,+-1S~
WICKLOw.-A correspondent of the E,ee-
wants journal, under date May % saws: On
Monday last, an officer in Her Majesty's SER
vice made q novel and most successful run
IN a small boat or canoe, from the Liffey
head in the county Wicklow to Dublin.
When he came to Poulaphuca waterfall lat
which point he was first seen by those in
the neighborhood) he got out of the boat,
and, it being very lightly constructed,
carried it to the next navigable portion, and
30 proceeded to his MISUNDERSTANDING,
i understand, a very handsome bet.
WEXFoRD.-The Freeman of Nav 3Dth
says: Mr.. kavanagh will not offer himself
at the next election for the county of Wex-
ford, and Mr.. Hall Dare will come forward
in his place. The other sitting member
Sir James Power, will also, we believe. re-
tire, and his eldest son, it is announced,
will offer himself instead.
The Dublin Freeman says: 1t has been
stated that Tory of the most "Orange,
and "no surrender politics, will seek the
representation of Wexford in room of Mr..
kavanagh. We can we'll imagine the re-
ception such n candidate would receive
from the patriotic people of the Barony of
Forth, if he presented himself The name
OF no liberal candidate, however, has vet
been put forward, though Mr.. Tottenham
has been significantly given to understand
that his constituents will no longer support
him.
KILKENNf.-Mr. Morgan John M'Donogh,
son OF Mr.: George r: M'Donogh, Gowran,
county Kilkenny, and grandson of the late |
Morgan John M'Donogh, Esq, Carrick-on-
shannon, Leitrim, passed his examination. |
held on the 10Th ult., for an appointment |
in the inland revenue.
1t is stated that Captain Greene will again
offer himself to the electors of the county of
Kilkenny, in opposition to Mr.. Agar Ellis.
who at present misrepresents the COUNTY in
parliament.
The ThomastOwn summer fair was held |
on the 18th ult. A reporter present says
that at it, horned cattle, sheep, and pigs, |
y! were sce pretty well represented, but horses,
Anything exhibited in the way of beef
went lively at about Cos. per hundred
weight ;-mHtton, also, was in good request,
and carried from Cd: to I'd. per pound,
sinking offal. A heavy dullness, was, how
ever, apparent in the sheep fair%an excel
lent eve, with lamb at foot, could be easily
got for two guineas; wedders 3Os. to 35s.
each, and lambs ranged from Iss. to 27s.
Mich cows and springers realized smart
figures; so, too, did pigs. Those at the
tair said that it would be impossible to es-
innate the vast amount of service the late
rains have done the crops in that district,
and 60 far there was reason to believe that
the harvest Of 1868 would be one of. the
most bOuntiful we have had in Ireland for
the past twenty years.
CARLow,-Mr. Osborne Stock, MP, had
arrived in Carlow to canvass his consti-
tuents for re-election to parliament.
Died, ut st. Leo's Convent. Carlow, on
he 18th ult, Kate, fifth daughter Of the
ate Mr.. Thomas MulhaIl, In reiisioff Sister II
Mary Augustus, In the twenty -eigk& year orE5
Ter age, and eleventh of her co11enfunl
lie. Deceased was one Of ak sisters Who'll
lad devoted themselves to q life of pfous !
elf sacrifice as heroines Of charity. her !
ldest sister having also died in the Order '
4 Mercy some years ago, leaving four
tfer sisters still laboring in the same zeal g
us cause.
KILDARE.-A preliminary meeting of the =
Inhabitants of the parish Of Kilcullen,
ounty Kildare, was held on Sunday, the Z
4th ult., in the national school-ro0m, to
dept measures to present the Rev. John Y
'yrren with a suitable address and testi- IL
,onial, on the occasion of his promotion to e
ne pastorship of Blackditehes.- The obiect-l +
the meeting was completely successful. p
WEsTMEATH-Itisan announced that Robert .
. Bayley, Esq, of lockwood, gentie- u y
IAN of independent fortune, and closely =
miles of the county Westmeath, viii 1 e