The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-02-07
woRa1ra srAR AND CATHOLIC EEssENGER,
: ,Ssvy ORLEANS. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY !. tsse.
REVIEW or THE. WEEK.

tba clergy, the Rt Rev. Bishop of North Caro-
z INA and several prominent layrnen, the Doctor
,yas introduced by our distinguished fellow
c,tizer,. Hon. Thos. j. SemmeaA His discourse
was interrupted again and again by outbursts
NJ applause and prolonged expressions of APP
nrobation, after he had taken his seat, indi-
Gated tho interest of the audience in the speak
ar and his subject. 1t would be impossible to
riye in few paragraphs, any idea of such n
lecture Suffice it to say that three PROPOSE
tions were demonstrated:
1sf-That the contest, now going OIL, As be-
tween two great parties Catholics apa Ra-
tioaalism,n or Authority and Reason s. critic
of Revelation.
2d-That Rftadiism is tbs s5atnraI revnisiestz
of Anglicanism from the i8elpeat Rationatisae.
which underles that9whole system.
3d-That the Catholic hnrch' alone di5nifes,
instead of degrading, Reason from its proper OF
fee. and remains over the same, suataiped and
guided by the promised Paraelete. e,
After paying glowing tribute to the Mo-
thern he bad found at last he bade his audi
ence good night.
While he was speaking, tho Committee of
Arran gements determined on another lecture,
10 be delivered by him next Sunday night, at
10 the audience by the Iion.sT. j. sssshnies.
We trust that every person that reads this
will he present on Sunday evening. Those
that were absent On Friday night lest one4of
the greatest intellectual treats
The subject on Sunday viii be: 'sWhy am I
Catholic OF the Capital Defect of Ritual
ISM
PUBLIC School BoAB5. - The gentlemen
composing this Board had the subject of re-
trenchment again before them Wednesday
night last, and the proceedings show that a re-
duction of "a few hundred dollars has been
made. Considerable discrepancy existed as to
the usefulness of meSof the employes-one
member considering the Assistant Superintend-
ent " an incubus, = while another thought his
services so valuable that he proposed to in
crease the salary of the incumbent. The
chairman of the committee on teachers stated,
that there were teachers holding appointments
under the Board who were known to be incom-
petent. The discoveries in the library depart
ment were decidedly rich, and an effort was
made to confine the fun to n favored few; but
one member declared concealment impossible
as those ubiquitous gentlemen, the reporters
had ferreted it out. The chairman of ythe
library committee, it appears, has been playing
a snug little game in disposing of valuable
works and replacing them by worthless ones
from his own secondhand book store. Mr.
Pope roundiy taxed the late chairman with
: desire to feather his own nest and neglect
entirely the interest OF the School Board,r
when the Board almost unanimously put him
down. as the Chairman being present, it was
highly indicate to woupd his feelings for,
after all, what had he 2done7 Why oaly ac-
corting to the report of an investigating COM
mittee, possessed himself of $50 volumes -
many of them rare and valuable works--and
giving in exchange $50 rolum.s of worthless
trash. Why, this was a mers :sasa tsiIe!
Board Of Aldcrmen.-Resolutions from the
lower Board, appropriating s1ss0 to the Little
Sisters of the Poor and the st. Anzrss ASYLUM,
were concnrred in. Resolution to extend the
time for paying licenses, after amendment, was
adopted. resolution from the. lower Board,
to mehorialize Congress to donate the building
known as the United States Mint, was concur
red in. Apetition was presented from French
2 residents in New Orleans relative to the Girod
fund, which WASH referred to the Finance Com
mittee. The lessee of the Poydras afarket
communicated his willingness to relinqnish his
lease OF that account of the inyofye=
ment of city money.
Board Of assistant Aldermen Street Com
missioner reported that the present bad condi-
ton of the streets was attributable to the de-
lay ia Finance Departments The Trea-
surers report is as follows Receipts. SI5f.
7@ 7s; expenditures, s66,591 AZ; balance en-
hand, $3.50, o6s es. The Board of Drainage En-
gineers reported against the feasibility of the
projected ship canal, and committee was sp-
: pointed 10 lay the matter before the Senate.
The Finance Committee advised leasing the
wharves, as we'll as to farm city licenses. The
same committee submitted an ordinance 70
issue bonds for 100000, exchangeable for
city currency, and another for bonds IN tbe
amount OF 100000, to provide for tho pay
.no4' 81 o'ner debts, and asking the Legisla-
ture to iegalize these acts. A petition similar
10 that OF the upper Board was directed to be
presented TO Congress, requesting that the Mint
premises be donated to the city. The special
committee on the sale of market leases report-
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