The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-04-04
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sTw ORLEANS. SUNDAY. APRIL q fe@.
pEyTEW OF THE WEEK

,,caments for q series OF reauings Wnlcn |
a. contemplates giving, in order to raise
s.,o 70 carry her husbands case up TO the |
.,ritish House of Lords, and thus secure, II |
,,oas;ble. his release from the horrors OF an |
rngl;sh prison, which recent developments
20 nlaced on footing with the tyranny
Exercised in the Black Hole OF Calcutta.
This lady is q brilliant example OF the de- |
lotion of g. true woman to the object OF her
.essct;op. She comes across the ocean to
-. sl.e gifts which nature bestowed on
~ Il order to effect q holy purpose. ADJ
,,,;ration for herindea.it energy and true
-rcmanly devotion should induce our people
% respond to her wishes. Her husband
vsIi known OF, both sides Of tho Atlantic.
Connecting himself with the movements OF
his countrymen at q very early age, he soon
became a prominent leader, and after
,e.,;tless agitation. shared the effects of the
..;..s,-o,,s saisure. In 1866 he established
- I,u,l;n she .Fyisk People. It's career was
,hort.lived. The entire staff Of the paper
.1vere Imprisoned, and their families lett
aostitute. Rosa was tried, and the sen
tsnce passed upon him was imprisonment
for life at hard labor: The informality OF
his trial; the deprivations which were i'm
nosed on him previous to it's occurrence,
md The cruel hardship of mig sentence, has
encouraged his wife, thoroughly devoted to
: him tn make an effort to obtain new trial
!. Inv means of writ of error. The enor-
Mons exnense attendant on such a proceed
;ro can ne easily understood. Mrs. Rosa
her. 1ynlx mis- i'm
and we are sure her appeal will meet with
a generous response. We are not aequaint-
ed with the detailed arrangements for the
readings, but presume they will receive the
usual publicity when completed. z
Since the foregoing was in type, we have re-
ceiyed m advertisement, which will be found
on the fifth page, by which we understand that
e. Mrs. ODonovan Rosa will give Readings from
Irish and American authors, on Friday evening,
April 9th aFt@ znG.4 ~ sa
DEATH OF Mr.. FRERET.-7James P. FIRE.
ret, who died on Tuesday, the Both ult..
was throughout life jealous, active and in
defatigable in his exertions to promote the
welfare of this, his native city. Conformity
with Samuel j. Peters, James H. Caldwell
and Mr.. Locket, he was greatly instrui
mental in developing the resources of the
old Faubourg st. Mary, and placing New
Orleans on the proud position in which sh'
stood prior to the war;
-. How GREELEY FIRST Cor WoRK.-.Th'
editor of the New York Tribune often use
the influence of his journal to traduce AM
vilify the Irish, yet it seems his after caree
depended much on the fact of Irish int1u
ence exerted to procure him employment
We say it seems--for had he missed tn
tide, hewould probably have found his wa,
back TO Vermont and his position as q vii
lage printer in Poultney. In his Persona
"reminiscences" which we read this week
occurs the following passage, which w
place under the general heading solely O
that account:
My host was Mr.. Edward McGolrick hi
place quite as much grog,shop as boarding
house; but 1t was quietly, decently KEEP
while stayed in it, and he and his fanlil
were kind and friendly. regret to nd
that liquor proved his ruin not many year
afterward. My first day in New York wa
a Friday, and the family being Roman Ca
thufic, no meat was eaten or provided
aadeFsteed;- but when Sunday even
ing was celebrated by unlimited amuse
ments in that same house, my tradition
were decidedly Jared. ] do not imply tha
my observances were better erl worse tha
my hosts, but that they were different.
Having breakfasted, began to rarsac
the city for work, and in my total ignoI
ance traversed many streets where non
could possibly be found. In the course {
that day and the next, however, mus
have visited vtwo4thirds of the prfntin
offices on Manhattan Island without a CLEAR
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