The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-04-18
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~--os1r1Es. SUNDAY. APRIL Is. 1859.
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~. o,DoSoyAN RossA's READINGS
''a Monday evening last this, noble and.
~ LII accom- plished lady gave9one of her
p.s sartainipg and patriotic readings at the
y "s.,m Hall. There was q very fair audi
: ,,,ssent on the occasion, izffact one of
s CIV largest we ever remember seeing in
hst ball. However, what was wanting in
wa SEhors was made up in enthusiasm. goa
naS u b. Hood, in q. few appropriate. re- !
,srts introduced Mrs. Rosa He spoke
8 ter husbands noble efforts in his coun- /
.rv,s cause and his subsequent imprison
mt and condemnation t. penal seryitnde
sar life by the British government. Mrs.
Rossa and herafamily, being thnse deprived
If their natural protector, she resolved to
.vercise her faculties not only to- rnaintaif
nd educate her children, but also to pror
ave- sufficient f1ndsto have her husbands
mse brought befofe'she House Of Lords on
swr;t of error, hoping thereby to have the
.,ntence pronounced against him reversed.
twas in furtherance of those objects that
sie now appeared before them. = ~
Mrs. hossa, win, Is u lady pf s noble iap-
na.rance as well as rares accomplishments,
nov came forward, richly attired in green,
If the midst of applause, and went through
Nth the programme as announced for the
occasion. which consisted, of the following
neces {. The Sister of Charity" by Gerald
Griffin "The Old Green Flag by &C.
Halpine; "Molly Muldoon," by Samuel
Iover +: The Beautiful City of Derry, by
Michael Seaman "A Scene from the School
for Scandal ~ IA Visit to the Prison. by
Mrs. O,Donoyan Rosa and "The Battle of
Fontenoy," by Thos. Davis. Some of these
pieces, as our readers know, are not well
adapted to stage delivery, such for instance
as that smooth and truly beautiful poem
the " Sister of Charity" by the gentle Crit
fin. of whose pure and sincere mind it is
truly Characteristic. Bat in the dashing
and brilliant poems of Halpine and Davis,
with her rich and deep toned voice, she
was quite in her element. Who that heard
her recite the cold Green Flag and the
"Battle of Fontenoy," could fail to feel
that her heart was on fire in the cause it
approved, and that she had an abiding hope
that that cause would srise again." The
most affecting piece, however, was her own
composition, ga Visit to the Prison" which,
being true picture of real occurrence,
was truly pathetic. There she stood with
her infant child pressed close to her bleed
ing heart, waiting within the cold gray
walls of one of those tombs of living death
for permission to see, even for moment,
the shrunken and withered form of her per-
secuted husband, who had dared to love
his country too we'll; and was rewarded
therefor with chains and a dungeon. The
authorship of this poem alone proves heI
to be possessed of true poetic genius, and
the manner in which it was delivered shows
that her Evolutionary powers are Of a high
order. During the recitation of the vari-
GUS pieces, Mrs. Rosa was frequently in.
terrupted by outbursts of applause, and al
the termination of the entertainment many
whose hearts had beat in unison with hers
waited to grasp the hand of the patriot'l
gifted wife. raer la.a.s. z--aa
Mrs. Rosa left on Tuesday evening fol
Mobile, at which place she was announced
to read on Wednesday night. We arr
pleased to learn that movement is on foo
to induce her to return to this city in
short time, to give another of her excellen
and patriotic entertainments, in which
event We trust she viii have ssf aaaieae,
worthy of her and the. good cause in which
she is engaged. ..-..'s..,. .....-
b0aTd Of -4tdeTmeN "A resolution freH
the lower, Board was concurred in, appro
prlating $500 for the engraving of the fy,
million bonds to be issued under the act
the Legislature. A resolution from tn,
lower Board approving the adjudication o
tne contract for, cleaning and widening
Marlgay canal, passed. A committee wa
appointed to take into consideration vha
legislation is necessary to procure new
ogest of city ordinances. The ordinance
granting certain privileges to the New Or
leans, jackson and Great Northern Rail
ROAD Company, was referred. A petition
TO have certain property taken from tn
assessment rolls, was referred. The Fl