The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-05-22

America IL still on the increase. The num-
Dor Of passengers that left hero during the
week by tho Canadian and Anchor line IL
tar beyond the everage. To-day (Satar-
In Derry in consequebce Of the steamers
being overcrowded. Should emigration
from this locality continue as IL Is now
doing, the counties Of Tyrone, Fermanagh,
Cavan and Monaghan will soon be thinly
peopled. The majority Of those emigrating
are tho bone and sinew of the country,
being stout, healthy young people, male
and female, from seventeen to twenty five
years Of age. The emigrants' passages are
chiefly paid by their friends on the other
side of the Atlantic.-Northern WING.
Tenant Right-On Lord Liffordls Carr
John M'Iver farmed about seventeen acres,
at the yearly rent of EGG. Being an aged
man, and without help, he was unable to
put in crop, but he got the liberty of dis
posing of his tanant right by proposals.
Mr.. McGusker was the highest bieder, and
| in possession, and the fact that he was
from another estate did not prevent the
landlord from giving it to him. The Carr
estate is part of the Belmore property, sold
in the 1ncumbered Estates court few
years ago. Lord Lifford imposed no IN
crease Of rent.-Iyronc Constitution.
Tile Coercion act in Kerry.-Traleee,
April 18th, 1870. = When Mr.. Barron,
Chairman of the Quarter Sessions, was
lately here on his circuit, he expressed as
his opinion that this unusually quiet
county would not be visited by the Coer-
cion Bill. Yet, scarcely had the act been
passed into law when the authorities put
its most stringent clauses into force. The
first case was at Causeway, where, with
regard to some threatening letters, wit
nesses were brought before the magistrates
and examined without any person being
Gown Nnnr i'd 1k4 I.,.k Al -
miserable failure, nothing being elected
from the witnesses as to the individuality
of the cowardly culprit who wrote the
letters.
Election cfa Bishop for the Diocese of
Raphoe.-Letters have been sent to the
parish priest in the diocese of Raphoe by
the administrators, the Very Rev. Dean
of electing bishop to fill the vacant see,
which will take place on the morning of
Wednesday, the l1th May, in the Catholic
Church of Stranorlar. The Most Rev. DR..
Lynch, Coadjuter Bishop of Kildare, in alb
sence Of the bishop fthe province, at Rome,
as been appointed by the Propaganda to
preside on the occasion.
applying tho Coercion Act.-At q very
full meeting of the Irish Privy Council,
held this week in Dublin Castle, the pro-
visions of the Coercion Act were partially
put in force over the entire extent of the
counties of Meath, Westmeath and Mayo,
and in certain specified districts of Cavan,
Kings County, Longford, Roscommon and
Sligo. The singular part of the transaction
Is, that one of the morning papers not only
announced the intended move itself, but
actually stated quite correctly the number
of counties to which the act would be ap-
piled
The Repeal Movenaent.-The vitality of
the repeal principle in the hearts of Irish
men is at present being demonstrated in
an unmistakeable and very gratifying man
ner. The repeal question is no longer one
for the newspapers merely, it has become
part of the practical politics of the coun-
try; it is being made a test question for
parliamentary candidates on the hastings
AT the present moment four candidates
have addressed Irish constituencies, and
each one of them declares in favor of home
rule for DECENTRALIZATION.
Threatening Notice.-The other day a no
tice, threatening the life of gatekeeper on
the Dublin and Belfast junction Railway
line, was found posted in the townland of
Faughiletra, near Jonesborough, in the
county of Louth. Constable Conroy has
arrested two parties on suspicion of having
been the writers of the notice, and they
have been remanded for trial at next Fork
hill petty sessions.-Ne,rr5 Telegraph.
. Mountain .Fires.-During the past few
days large fires were seen blazing at inter-
walls along the top of Slievenamon and other
mountains In this and the county of Water
ford. Speculation was busy as to the OBJ
jject of these fires but it has been ascer-
tanned that the burning of the heather was
for the purpose of improving the scanty
Observation-Disclosures Chronicle.
John Lyddy, native of Glare, recently
returned from Australia, has been COM
mitted to Ennis Jailupon q warrant charg-
ing him with avowing himself a staunch
and resolute Fenian-that he came home
to aid his country, and brought plenty of
arms and ammunition with him, and that
he would have little difficulty in blinking
the Dublin detectives.
The Mayo Election. The writ for the
! election of a representative for the county
of Mayo, in the place of the late Mr.. George
Henry Moore, reached the Hanaper Office
on the goth, and was despatched by last
nights post to the High Sheriff of the
county, who will fix a day within the
statutable period for holding the election.
Coming Epcnts.-Lord Talbot de Mala-
hide has placed upon the journal of the
House of Peers notice to the effect that
| on an early day he will present a petition
from the Board of Guardians of the North
Dublin Union for the Repeal of the
Legislative Union of Great Britain and
Ireland.
The Protest Of Kilkenmy.-A meeting of
the Catholics of Kilkenny, convened on a
very brief notice, was held in the Town
Hall on the 10Th TO protest against the re-
cent vote of the House of Commons with