The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-02-05
jsrnIng Star and Catholic Messenger.
1W ORLlANs, scrNDAY, FEBRUARY 1871.
uIsCH6y:ANEOUS IRIAR NEWS.

OF the FREEMAN, are Meso. - -
from Mr.. George Mccarthy, OF Lissawour,
upon which he built o house and omces,
and made several Improvements. Dr;
Moore having died, his widow was served
with notice to quit, and possession was
now put in claim for compensation under
ehe new Act She claimed under the Gus
eon,D Clauses E7OO, as tho sum tenant
wonld give for the goodwill. She also
nisimed, under the clauses relating to dis
turbance by the landlord, and to compensa-
years rent at e26 a-year, ESQ perma-
1eut buildings land repairs" Of dwelling
nts.. f6; reclamation, eos; tillage, etc,
Estimating in all COCO. But, as Mrs.
Moore couldkot claim under both the sous
tom" and compensation" clauses, she elect.
cd to claim under the latter. The result
was q decree in her favor for f35O, togetf.
or with one years. rent, making total Of
ESQ. The landlord will also be obliged to
pay the costs.
Unusual interest attaches to the reports
of the proceedings Mt the Quarter Sessions
now being held throughout the country, in
consequence Of the Land Acts coming I'M
der discussion. The Observation-Disclosures
have, in addressing the Grand Juries, ex-
pounded more or less fully the provisions
Of the Act, mingling, somewhat strangely,
in some two or three instances, their expo
sitions of the law with an admonition to
the tenants that they should not form ex-
travagant notions of the benefits to be de-
rived from it. The Judgment in most of
the land cases heard in the Civil Bill Courts
have been reserved, but in a few cases de-
cisions of somewhat grave import have
been given, and these are worthy of much
attention.
The amnesty to the political prisoners,
in addition to being unjust, ungenerous
and unwise," is also very Incomplete. We
learn from the Cork Examiner of Thursday
that Mr.. j. F. Mcguire, NJ. P, has been in
formed by the Home Secretary that "none
Of the military Feaians have been included
in the amnesty in question. We do not
know-Mr. Bruce does not state-the rea-
sons which have Influenced the Government
in excepting "the military Fenians" from
the number of those whom it is proposed
to release |; and, in our opinion, it will be
difficult to find a sufficient or even piausi-
BILE reason. Really it would seem as if the
Go8ernment were bent on rendering this
act of grace as ungracious as possible.
Tie news that the political prisoners
who are confined in Portland Prison have
refused the conditional pardon offered
them by the Government will cause no
small degree of painful feeling in Ireland.
A few days ago there was universal salts
faction at the thought that those long-suf-
fering men were done with the pains and
horrors of prison life; and it is not pleas
portion of them are still to remain in cap
fivity. However, it is to be considered
that the question of accepting or rejecting
the Government conditions was one on
which each of the prisoners had to consult
his own feelings and his own sense of
long time will not elapse before the Gov
eminent will decide on giving up those
really worthless conditions, and according
to those men full and complete amnesty.
The Amnesty Association have published
q balance sheet of their receipts and ex-
penditures from the 18th of June, 1869, to
the 3lst December, 1870. Their financial
statement has been checked and certified
by the well-known public auditors, Craig,
Gardner g. Co., of this city. Itshows that
the entire cost of working their Association
during the time above mentioned amounted
to the sum of f430, 19s. 6d-certainiy not
an extravagant amount, considering the
widespread agitation carried ON by the
society, involving large expenditure in
printing and postage, rent of rooms, cost
of getting up public meetings, etc. A sum
of 1888 was distributed by the Association
among the prisoners who have been re-
leased ut various periods, aud-a small bal
ance remains in the hands of the Associa-
ton. The publication of those accounts,
thus attested, will no doubt be satisfactory
to the numerous friends of the amnesty
movement throughout the country.
Aid for the French.-The following, is a
translation of letter of the Very Rev.
Pere Etienne, Superior General of the Con-
gregation of the Mission and of the Sisters
of Charity to the Most Rev. DR.. O'Hea.
Bishop of Rose, acknowledging relief sent
him by his Lordship for the French victims
of the war, through the Very Rev. Father
M'Namara, Rector of the irish College,
Paris, now staying at st. Vincent's, Sun
days Well, Cork.
"Brussele, 4th January, 1871.
"h&y Lord-1 have the honor of inform
ing your Lordship that have received the
anm of four thousand two hundred and IF
t. francs, which you have been pleased to
transmit to me by ME-. M'Namara for the
purpose ofrelieving the victims of the wal
which is ravagiDg France at this moment
am, my Lord, deeply affected with this
magnificent testimony of sympathy which
Catholic Ireland affords to my unhappy
country, SO dreadfully tried at present. /
shall preserve precious recollection OF
the efforts of your zeal to excite its COM
passion ia our behalf, and shall address