The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-07-17

INTO band of C0mmAnchas.,
have mot tn courage tD wrtee beyond
~ 1Eiss aRee0 q ietter. % the scenes
-tAe-3snxls{s, Tho visaeasseneSsth sadsans
49, 80 t;NMsuISS "a 80 nun IN
~ - snEss q this wearle0 Old man no.
eW1mnang swollen ssfeams, q night
eeHlee on1er Sne oroad canopy o. heaven,
1nq tAe noMaing VOL w1tnin pistol anot.-
"a - = sso ~ stz ~ y: - w n;eus
"a c1c mn ~. Ot GC0 ~ MsssasNes0n SUI
q nIos ~ e sAnS uAsIeSs ovesy P,ro-
!; eess0a se4en a8eAnes ns4ns Z, assack Oy
8 1o1ans. Our 9oo0 6isnoP u tne nfst on
esasess = Gay ofeak, scuP OF 1Iack COT
- Wsc1ous sugar, cofnDEea3 Wlsno9t any
SeasooinS; any amount Oh poor doe or
ss1 ,..S 49, ,.
II. hA1en0R N1sn We @oes IIoty on .veiy zen
9erconeciehce ne oePfocabe0 consenuon:
$50. wsse IN their own conceit contend
- ~ Cnnrcn would NOT nave been 90
e1oase6 % 1ec encienr mlseione ana lands,
lilly and legally titled ~ their MOST Ga
p0i!c MA3eeuee o. span, ana s9ose4uentiy
~ tho Mexican NATION, nad dinerene senta-
Dens prevailed. howevef' wnetner we
Nrsee these hnee IN pam or IN anger, we
eNnnce ayos9 notlng tne lact, tnas gu enose
.eo0ers ana 0espCAers q sne Cnurcn IN
xexas, p 1eil a. tnoeo ruMens VINO go cru
sa!y treated some young PflesCs-aii nave
W1thered ana dasaPpeareo, some oy VOL
eace, but none Of them by christian death.
ct IA RIDE ooWn Inat DeautIui valley. Inc
old walls are SILL nv1ng witness OF the
devotion OF CaE1onc SPAN. Inns famous
zaissi0n called FL EspirItu Santo, Is SIT
mated about one miie east OF tne Town OF
G0liad, on the east Oank OF the San Anto-
Mo river. 1t has always peen- Done OF
eOntention amongst the ssints, whe have
In their madness given 1t 9 new title-Ara-
mama College, yet never have succeeded in
making IT an Institution OF learning. Now
come with me across the river to old La Ba-
HiA. Here we find another old Mission,
vsth its once silver-toned chime now crack
I'D from being made target of by men
FALLING themselves Chrtsttans and of supe-
E1pE civilization. This Old ruin and sur
Sana6ng buildings carry ms back to "Gra-
- Of the MOors,"' Tor %asl tho buildings
ne 1a$ rooted and ROlid masonry. IA this
venerable old church We aad one Of IL
= sain&s,n . man With tho prefix a. tshotSfSS
&ele ht4 namq{e0S every reader III
- win instantly recognize my inference),
with camp bed fixed up in corner of the
church, who declined to move out of it, in
imating that it was his property, and he
was certain the courts of his country and
jury (of Goliad) would decide the case in
his favor. Yet if the Bishop would pay him
one Thousand dollars he would sell the pro-
perty and give him a title to this old Ro-
man Catholic Church. The poor Bishop, to
avoid law, raised the funds and paid this
progeny 60 the way of all flesh, and him.
sen, the last saw of him, q miserable and
unhappy man. often incline to the opin-
ion, that the action of the Texas court at
Victoria in the case of the square of ground
donated by the mother government for a
oAurch, and taken possession Of by the
Rresbyterians, was one of the causes that
led the good Bishop to place but little reli-
ance ON Texas court or Judiciary.
These and numerous other. painful trials
Must have occasioned him much uneasi-
ness. II was not until the State was an
1exed and United States troops at San An
tonio. that the sanity landsharks found
the Bishop in Possession of the city's prop
erty, "a they alleged, with ell the brazen-
faced assurance of polite robbers they
entered suit, and for years the case lay dor
1ant IN the supreme Court. 1t was then
1ortunaSely q weii-knoW lurist OF the CIV
/ = law school became o resident Of Calves
Sons and by his researches and argument
tAe case was soon disposed of, and as a
Bishop. Fs.
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aug MUes nov SVun mary Ouiu AsoO 70
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xS TrrS - = 49, EIyp7PoA
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