The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-04-16
Morning Star and Catholic Messenger.
NEW ORLEANS. SUNDAY. APRIL 1e 1e7f.N
MIsCEILAHEoUs IRlsH NEWS.

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D Death Of tho Lord Bishop Of KiIlaloe-1t
- with the deepest regret that we announce
day the death of the Most Rev. Nicholas
&wer, the venerated and beloved CoadJu-
~. Prelate of the diocese of Killaloe. The
event occurred at his Lordship's resi-
bee in Nenagh yesterday morning, at five
Hook. 1t is an announcement that will
obread throughout Ireland with as much
Nprise as sorrow. In the diocese, in
ch he had ministered as priest and
q bate for so long a period, his death will
Regarded as the saddest Of bereavements,
his people will mourn for him with all
& - bitter grief of children for father.
midst the cherished body of the Irish
piscopacy, there was not one. OF them
'xAno had fixed himself more hrmly In me
IN Actions of his charge than the amlaole |
&8Iohop, whose demise we record today |
and every memorial that he leaves behind
him ia an evidence that he was, in every
respect great prelate ''who in his days
hath pleased his God" As we have init
,pected, and he sank to his "sieep ia the
Lord" in the peace and quiet of q soul shat
had fought the good fight and persevered
INTO the end" DR.. Power was = native OF
ALE diocess of Killaloe and at the time OF
his selection by the vote of the clergy OF
Abe diocess to the coadjatorship of its see,
was the respected pastor of the parish from
& which the diocese takes it's title. He was
y eonsecrated Bishop on the 2Sth OF June,
y 1865, by his Grace the Most Rev. Or.
Leahy, tho Archbishop of Cashel. Five
years and half we're not much for an
Episcopal career, but, in the case OF Dr.
Power, they were enough to prove INN
eminently fitted for his lofty dignity, and
to secure for Linn a grateful and lasting
remembrance amongst the devoted faithful
of KiIIaloe. 1t is not long since they went
out in joy, and with all the symbols OF nj
ial pladness, to welcome him to their midst
from the labors aud the anxieties OF the
Vatican Council. They were proud that
amongst that great and ilfustrious throng,
aud that the name of their diocese
should have its place in the list OF those
that had furnished signatories to It's decree
of Papal Infallibility. They gave him
cordial welcome to his Irish home' anu
for many years to come. 1t has seemed
wise to the merciful Dispenser of all events
that it should be otherwise and we oHer
our sympathy to the bereaved flock OF XII
laloe.-Fretman.
The Assizes for the County of Cork were
opened by Judge OBrien, on the 2lst.,
who made the customary address to the
Grand Jury, reviewing the condition OF
the district as regards both the crimes ap-
nearing on the face of the calendar, and
those which are reported by the police au.
thorities, but where the parties are no1
- Is
Judge also glanced at the condition O
other counties which formed the circuit o
himself and the Chief Baron, Glare, Liner
lex, and Kerry. Happily the task was IL
81 case of all four satisfactory. Ihere were
indeed acts of criminaiity to be dep!ored
but the general result to be derived from
consideration of the official testimony wa
in favor of the peace and good order
that large district. AS if to supply an an
swer to the liberal and tolerant taunts o
FfFRf3a
tholic as Tipperary, more Celtic, aud Ger
tain]y leave the Protestant counties moth
iug to brag of in point of public morality
No doubt, to certain class amongst u
this is disappointment. There are peopi
who actually revel in these statements @
"a the wickedness of the lower order-es
pecially in Catholic ,districts-just as
child does in q dreadful bogie story. In
more it frightens them the better they hk
it, For ourselves we can only say that W
do not in the least despair to see'ehe Peae
and order of the southern counties emnla
ed by the whole of Ireland, not because
"the substantial Protestant element" bl
IA the natural result of the operation OF
better system of 1aws.-Cork Erdnsa,er.
Breach of Promise Cdse.-On Tuesda
March IA; an action for breach OF pr0mi
of marriage was tried in Galway by Bare
Hughes, the plaintiff being Miss Agn
Joyce, beautiful young lady in her min
teeuth wear, daughter of Thomas Joyc
Esq, of Ratanese, in that county and Z
defendant was Mr. Theobald Blake, D. !
who lived some distance from the plainti
widower, aged forty five years, and pc
sessns yearly from to a5 lsaaes
Damages were laid at twelve thousa
pounds. The Attorney General stated t
plaintiffs case, from which it, it appear ssar
that for more than four years the deten
ant was paying marked attention to Nj
joyce. He met the Joyce family in Ron
in 1866, and accompanied them to seve
parts Of Italy, and when they returned
Paris he was with them. When they
turned home this intimacy was RESUME
and in some time after Mr.. Blake pr9pos
but the young lady rejected hun; He He
piled to her mother, and through her
fluence he was accepted. The weddil
day was fixed, but when it was close
hand $780, the defendant asked c to nj
with. Some letters were read, the
being that of the defendant, dated Sept
Der s, 1870, in which be reasoned with
~ ts>f her