The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-02-23
Charleston and New Orleans.

The Charleston Courier, of the 18th, an
the Gazette, of the 18th, contain the CORE
spondence between the Very Rev. T. Der
mingham and Very Rev. N. j. Perche, Gale,
forth by an appeal of the latter gentlema,
in behalf of the destitute institutions of ou
city. Want of space precludes the publ
cation of this correspondence entire. Th,
eloquent and feeling manner in which
Father Birmingham alludes to the PROSTATE,
ruined condition OF Charleston, and the con
sequent inability Of her citizens to RESPOND
in way which would be consonant will
their wishes, testifies how fittingly he rep.
resents community unsurpassed in any OF
the qualities hat elevate and ennoble OH,
race. The illusions too, bring up our OWL
"reminiscences, when Charleston lowered, a
very queen-majestic in inte1iect-munifi-
cent III commerce-princely in hospitality.
We remember the devoted Father McEneroe.
OF st. Mary's, Hazel street, and his minis
trations in an epidemic scarcely less fatal
than that through which we passed last
summer-when st. Finbar's, though then a
wooden shell, was crowded with rapt audi
tors, drinking in,- in unmeasured draughts.
the golden sentences that flowed from the
gigantic Bishop England-when yelling
ton & Crafts controlled the Courier !; Moffatt
& Pinckney conducted the Mercury; Car
doza the Patriot; Geddes the City Gazette.
Alas how deplorable her present condition.
In the words of Rev. Mr.. Birmingham:
Piles of crumbled bricks still occupy the sites
of her dwellings, and her once beautiful Cathe-
Mill olntS~
subimity amid the surrounding ruins. This
condition of things make her poverty and pri-
vations more vivid and saddenlng; more SEN
sibly felt.
In fact, such is our condition, from misrule
and misfortune, that even the sources of ordi-
nary charity are nearly dry"
In an editorial, acknowledging the receipt
of the money, the Very Rev. Able Perche
says: -se,g~
The Very Rev. T. Birmingham, Vicar General.
has sent us three hundred dollars for the objects
specified, considerable sum for the city of
Charleston, which has passed through so many
trials of every kind, during the war, and which
has felt, like ourselves, the rufnous consequent
ces of that implacable vengeance exercised by |
the radicals of the North against the South.
In his letter on this occasion, Very Rev. Mr. |
regrets having to send such n |
small amount, and assures us that it is not the |
charity or generosity Of Charleston that is at |
fault, but the means and resources, a truth |
whlcn we knew to0- Well, from thecOndition of |
our own population.
The Very Rev. Mr.. Birmingham speaks in /
warm terms of what has been done for him in |
New Orleans, when he collected there for the |
diocese of Charleston. AT that time however |
there were yet some resources in the city, and |
all charitable persons took pleasure in aiding
u city to which we closely united.
He would be happy to send us much as he
but within two years the unqualified
hatred of q tyrannical Congress has he'll htened
the ruins of Charleston, as we'll rs here and +
he excuses himself for being able to send only.l
the widows mite. For ourselves we are the
more sensible of this deed of charity of our
brothers in Charleston, and we shall cherish it
as a precious remembrance.
The generosity of Charleston presents q sad
contrast with the indifference shown by the
great cities of. the NortlrfeySard our institu-
tions. The West has been more generous. We
cannot be sufficiently grateful for the charita-
bic zeal with which His Grace, the Archbishop
of Cincinnati, has come to our aid. We must
also acknowledge the charity manifested by the
conferences of st. Vincent of Paul, at st. Louis,
and by other societies of that city. A society
of brave Irish laborers, who live by their daily
toll, has sent us one hundred dollars, collected
in small sums. These areItraits cannot for
get, and which merit publication.
CoNFIRMAT1oN.-OnN "Wednesday, the 18th
instant, His Grace, the Most Rev. John Mary
Odin, Archbishop of New Orleans, admins
cred the sacrament of confirmation in st.