The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-06-13
.=oar1ro STAR AND oArHoL1c mEssEHaEn.
NV orIEANs. 5slrNDAnlJIuNE 10. 1909.
REVIEW cg THE WEEK


,,,,ovA1 OF O'CoNSEI's REMAINs.-Tho
80 ocoupied by tho GRAFTON of Father Burke
=, .o.dov's paper will be considered well devo.~
|.-, The orator is by far Of tho most elo-
,on+ preachers in the Church, and while
a1;po it one cannot fail to call to mind the,
.otobless thrilling eloquence of him who
Inns the subject of the discourse. The gath I
.;r, was in every sense of the word, national,
sublime and Catholic.
coxrrsr IN THE CoUNcII--Judge Collens
rendered his decision in the Council controver- I
az on Tuesday, requiring that body to decide
Gov themselves the question of eligibility OF ats
members The judge told the Council they
sbonld have performed their duty promptly in
the first instance, and that they had neither
ricbt nor precedent in calling in the aid of the
courts /
DIVORCES In CONSPICUOUS The Northern
noners are calling attention to the fearful de-
liberalization in society consequent upon the
frequency of divorces The new Governor OF
recommends an amendment OF the
laws in this particular, and many OF the pfoni-
|ipent writers urging the adoption OF meas
nres looking to reform in this matter-conspic-
IONS among whom is President Woolsey, of
Vale College During the last year the di-
vorces numbered 47S-something more than
one-tenth of the number of marriages The
Norwich Bulletin thus speaks on the question:
aft is a worse admission of rottenness and
corruption than appears on Its lace. All the
marriaues celebrated in the State during the
ear are included in the total of 4734. large
proportion of these are marriages between for
eeiTners commandments of the Roman Catholic
Church, who, except in very rare cases, never
trouble the courts. The twenty-five unhappy
couples whose names adorned the Superior
Court docket for this county at its last term,
are without exception, native citizens. Add
TO this the number who practically d-
yorced, but who, from family or other consId-
erations, neglect to obtain a legal separation,
and the extent of the evil Will be made apPa-
rent"
viii our friends of the evangelical press
| of this city consider the fact dwelt by this
Protestant editor, that g communicates of the
Roman Catholic Church, except iTeSery rare
cases commandments never resort to this pro
ceedingl never trouble the courts Who are
the conservatives of society? Who follow the
true Bible doctrine
METnoDIsTs ON Observation-Disclosures affect
great reverence for the Bible, and falsely ac-
eusc Catholics of opposition to its dissemina-
ton. If there is any text in the Bible palmer
than that affirming misunderstanding of mar
rage, we do not know it; and yet we see how
lightly the sanctity of this sacrament is held
by the following paragraph =
"A man and his wife, (James Matix and
| Amanda Matix both old and respectable citi
zens of Koko ONO, Ind, beth prominent and in
huential members of the III. E. Church, after
having lived, to all appearance, lin perfect har
which they were blessed with children tna1
have become ornaments to society, were re-
Gently secretly divorced, to the lne&Presslple
amazement and modification OF their many
warm friends. The only cause yet heard OIL
for the separation is the one assigned by the
husband: THE old lady just took it into her
head to be single again, and couldn't per
suade her ont of the notion. She would CO.
Board Of 4ldernem.--A joint session was pro
-vidcd for Tuesday night to elect two members
of the School Board, to fill vacancies. A com
mittee was appointed TO examine the creden
tails of the newly elected members, which re
ported in their favor, which report was adopt
ed; but the Board adjourned without induct
ing the new members
Board of assistant Aldermen.-The weekly re
port of the Treasurer showed: Receipts, $40,
44O 81; expenditures, $50, $50 03; balance oil
hand, Sl9,S91 80. message from tho Mayor
transmitting a Communication from the Boar
of Health relative to q nuisance on the bat
ture, was referred. communication was re
ceiyed from the Street Commissioner, detailing
facts relative to the removal of earth by tn
City aiIFoad- CompanYz-Which-
him, the Street Commissioner, for $1,000 dan
ages for his interference. The ordinance fror
the upper Board relative to the Dryades Nal
ket and. the Livaudais heirs, was laid Owe
An ordinance adopted declining to intel
in the controversy between the Shi
leland Canal Company and the Drainage Con
missioners, but offering to bear portion {
expenses incurred in litigation.
AFFAIRS IN SFAN.-The London Table
in an article of great force on the prese1
condition of Spain, thus concludes:
Alas for Catholic Spain, for the prOudes
noblest race in Europe, for the nation tha
grew up in the Faith, which never comprC
missed with error, which was never anythin
but Catholic, loyal to Rome, firm an