The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-11-27

Arisn cross, IN carved Limestone, erected on
an obelisk of the same material, in which
| is inserted a slab Of white marble bearing
| the following inscription:
Here lieth one who loved his country we'll,
And n, d in her sacred cause Gnt'mely fell;
Pray God save Ireland, and this martyred soul"
The monument stands in the burial
| ground attached to the ancient Ca
| thedral, now the site of the Pro-
| teseant Church, and which is the COM
mon metropolis of members of every creed
| existing in the neighborhood. When the
memorial was brought from Limerick to be
erected over the grave, the clergyman of
| the denomination having possession OF the
churchyard, taking objection to it's purpose,
prevented it's admission, and for several
days and nights guard of police was set
to watch the memorial as it lay outside the
gate. Ultimately, on an undertaking that
no epitaph should be added, its erection
was permitted, but one morning the parties
to behold the marble tablet with its sigEi-
| fcant obituary, which had been placed on
| the pedestal of the monument during the
| night.-Cork Examiner.
| DR.. FurlOng on Drunkenness.-The Most
| Rev. DR.. Furlong has again this year ad-
| dressed his flock, of the diocese of Ferns,
| against the sin of drunkenness. In his ad-
all others debases and brutalises man,
| etfaces from his soul the image of his Maker,
and, instead of being a child of God and
an heir to heaven, makes him the vilest
and most AFFECT slave of the Prince of
Darkness-that is drunkenness. We have
been shocked and Mortified by the descrip-
| tons of those scenes of carnage, which
mark the remorseless career of deadly
strife between two civilized and Christian
nations. Aud yet what were they but the
CHASTITY wreck of forms of clay, doomed ere
long to the corruption OF the Sravef But
were the veil removed which conceals the
spiritual world from our view, infinitely
| more hideous and revolving would be the
spectacle of immortal souls, countless in
number, firmly held in the grippe of the
rants, foul and lOathsOme with the pollu-
ton of that most disgusting vice of drunk
ennessT' In compliance with his Lord
ships directions NOvena commenced on
Sunday throughout the diocese for the pur-
pose of appealing to God to erase this vice
from our midst.
Preservation of Roscommon Abbey.-Iti is
remarkable that, in the list of contributions
just published by the ROscommON Messen-
ger, only five of the name or lineage of the
great tribe of Ui-Conchobair appear, al
though we know they abound not merely
have settled. We are happy to observe in
the list referred to, good array of the
| names of Protestant ladies and gentlemen
of note, who have gone forward with taste
and patriotism to rescue this ruin from
further dissertation and destruction, and to
tomb of an Irish King. We learn that the
! encircling wall of the Abbey has been COM
| menced out of subscri ptions already in
hand. AS to the locality being within the
| circuit of the Town Commissionership of
| Roscommon, the Poor Law Guardians
| as an ordinary church-yard. Contribu-
| tions to this praiseworthy object will be
received by Sir William Wilde, Dublin !;
A. O'Conor Eccles, Roscommon, or the
National Bank, or any of its branches
| Freeman's Journal.
| The Fair of Knockcroghery was held on
Tuesday and Wednesday. On Tuesday,
the sheep day, the supply was large and in
| fine condition, but it soon became apparent
that the briskness, which attended preced-'
ing fairs, was not to be expected, as the
"strangers" from Meath, Dublin and Kill
dare, with few exceptions, did not put in
an appearance; consequently business did
not commence until late hour, and then
at about SIS. a head under the prices ex-
pected. On Wednesday the horned cattle
were sold. Here, too, the supply was good,
and the demand very nearly if not al
together equal to that at Strokestown and
| Castleplunket, two year Olds going from
clio to Ella. The want of accommodation
is telling sadly against this once celebrated
fair, and but for the convenience of the
railway few strangers would attend it.
Roscommon Messenger, 29M alt.
The Fair of Croghan was held on yester-
day, and was an Improvement on Knock
croghery. Year and half year old heifers
went high fgnres, viz, from 9S to SI3.
Sheep also were in more demand, lambs
bringing from 4Os. to So, ewes from SOS. to
Cos. Beef was remarkably scarce, certainly
not usual at Croghan. Well conditioned
cattle of all ages were closely looked after.
Ibid.
improvement Of LouJhrea.-Frequently
as revert to this subject, are glad
that we are always in a position to refer to
the steady progress our town is making in
it's architectural improvement, and this, in
II great measure, is attributable to the in
terest the respected agent of the Marquis of
Clanricarde takes in every thing which he
considers calculated to promote the welfare
and advancement of Loughrea. Within
the last few years the principal streets of
our town have been improved by the erec-
ton of handsome edifices, and it is crafty
ing to notice that the good works continue
in active progress. We understand that a
number of laborers' cottages are about
being built in various parts of the suburbs
of the town.-JOurnGI.
It affords us much qualification to learn
that Mrs. DeVere, of st. Cerans, has, at
her own expense, opened a National, School
for the education of the youth of the dis
trict where she resides. This estimable
lady, who is indefatigable in works of