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The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-03-26

THE FRENCH RELIEF FUND AND PROSE-
LYTlsM.-The following letter was address
ed to the Bishop Of Liege by one OF his
priests, who had been employed to dis
tribute the money allotted by the Irish
Dublin Committee for the relief of the at
fiicted French: e1 .ul. ..ss. .rt
MY Lord beg to acknowledge with
most lively gratitude, the RECEIPT o OF your
and the other for $500. On my return from
my next visit to our afflicted neighbors
viii make it my duty to furnish your lord
shiu an account of how the money mas
been distributed. fully agree with the
opinion of his Eminence, Cardinal cullen,
and believe that, except where exereme
SHOULD above all things endeavor to assist
the husbandmen and small farmers. The
land, for the most part, has not been sown,
and when the spring comes the farmers
will be without seed, corn OF potatoes to
plant. And thus the present distress may
be prolonged throughout several years.
Almost all our benefactors insist much on
this point. However, we do not lose sight
of the necessity of counterbalancing the
attempt at proselytism. We have been en-
abled to open a school for Bazeilles in the
Chateau de Montvillers, in the nelghoor-
hood of that unfortunate village, under the
management OIL LuO ~AoS
they instruct, also feed the poor children
whom they have collected. On the other
hand, have induced the parish priest OF
Bazeilles, who had taken refuge with me,
to undertake to collect money for the re-
building of his church. The Prussians had
forced a vacation on this estimable parish
priest, not only by burning his church, but
also by threatening to shoothim IT he again
should enter France. He started for Eng
land, to collect, on the 26th of December,
and have heard from him this very day,
to the effect that his first attempts have
been successfuf. 1nis success WIZ BIO of
the greatest Importance to us, and the first ret
good building that will raise its head at
Bazeilles will be the house of the good God.
We had great fear that we should see an
anti Catholic parish start from the ruins.
| am reioiced at this for the poor priests
sake With all his efforts he was not able
to remove the Blessed Sacrament from his
burning church, and ever since he is in
cessantiy repeating )" They burned every
thing without any cause, and even the
tabernacle of God" May poor Catholic
Ireland and it's great Cardinal be forever
blessed for the relief they have given t.
such immense misfortunes.-I have thu
honor to be, ETC.,
DEzEppE, Cure, Dizier.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-03-26

SELF-SAcRIFIcE OF PRIESTS AND MONKS.
The newspapers of Toulouse gave long
account the other day of the funeral of Bro
Their Andre, Capuchin lay brother, who
lately, at the call of the Government, quit
ted his order to enter the battalion of Chas-
seurs a pied, to which he had belonged be-
fore no became Capuchin. His faneral
was veritable triumphal march; two Ca
puchins in their habits, and with sandals
on their feet, and two Chasseurs pied in
full uniform, carried his coffin on their
shoulders.
The Rev. Father Arnold was killed in the
explosion of the citadel of Laon, and Fa-
ther Alsicien also was wounded by the
bursting of n shell. Father Charles de Da-
mas, and Father de Renneviile were
| wounded at Belfort; Father de Rochemon-
talk. whilst carving off n wounded man on
his shoulders at one of the last affairs Of
the Array of the Loire, received a sabre
| cut in his face by the hand of q Prussian,
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-03-26

FRoUDE ON QUEEN ELIZABETH.-Nothing
from any known Protestant pen could be
more seductive, than the following state
ment of Elizabeth's motive for desiring the
cooperation of a true Catholic Bishop in
the manufacture Of her frst counterfeit
prelete:
| tenure untouched by the accidents of time.
Dynasties may change-Dations may lose
! their liberties-the firm fabric of society
itself may be swept away in the torrent of
revolution-the Catholic prelate remains at
HE post; when he dies, another takes his
place and when the waters sink again
the Quiet figure is seen standing where
IL stood before-the person perhaps changed
the thing rooted like o rock on the ada
mantiye Easements of the world. The
Anglican hierarchy, far unlike its rival,
, was o child of convulsion and compromise
, it drew its life from Elizabeth's throne, and
had Elizabeth fallen, it would have crum-
, bled into sand. The Church of England
: was as limb Topped off from the Catholic
z trunk it was cut away from the stream by
!. which its vascular system had been fed
@ and the life of it, as an independent an6
= corporate existence, was gone forever. Bu
y it had been taken up and grated upon TIL,
n State. II not what it had been, it coult
a retain the form of what it had been-th
>. form which made it respectable, withou
= the power which made it dangerous Th
"a image, in its outward aspect, could be mad
y to correspond with the parent tree; and
at sustain the illusion, it was necessary {
,t provide bishops who could appear to hav
n Inherited their powers by the approve
"a method, as successors Of the apostles.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-03-26

The Pulpit AND THE PREss.-h the
vines, the Baltimore american says:
We admit that the press has the advan-
tage of the pulpit, inasmuch as, howeva
should have, all the stirring ntws of the
day to compensate for the duhness of its
utterances, The pulpit, on the other hand ,
if it should not furnish discourse that is
both interesting and instructive, provides
nothing to save the pews from nodding and
winking at the preacher. It would not be
in order to take up a book to read or to
get up and escape the infection bya re-
creat The reader can throw down the
newspaper when it fails to interest him,
but the pew must hold ON manfully to- the
end and keep awake as best he may. HUI
man nature cannot stand everything; and
which of our readers can say he has pot, at
times, while listening to a dull and fnono-
tonous repetition of Christian truths that
Before bel 4eit t impossible to resist tS9 infiu
ence of sleep, and almost jerked his neck
away in his efforts to keep his head in
steady positione We can go to place
of amusement and sit three or four hours
in one position without any feeling of
| drowsiness, because the mind is deeply in
terested, but one hour of a dull and spirit
less sermon will test the somnolency Of the
best of us. Then, again, the press, when
! it has nothing to say that is regarded Of
| sufficient interest to write about, can fill
up it's space with selections from the wri-
tings of others. Rather than publish dull
and spiritless editorials, the intelligent and
experienced editor regards it is much the
wisest course to say nothing editcrially.
And here comes the point we wisfsto make
with the clergy, whether it woulfnot be
better for them, when they feel paricular-
ly dull and stupid, to take b6ct from
their library and read to their ebagrega-
ton some one Of the able and, eoquent
sermons that can be found there The ed
sSr who writes tso merely to mp up %
may impart TO his readers, has mistaken
his vocation, and, we are inc2hed to
, think, the divine who breaches fSeely to
!. consume his allotted hour has naisfxen his
, calling.
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will recall instances in their OWE nves.
But II We do our duty, how bright the 1 Ia.
ture of Catholic literature will %! Ihis
bright failure ID the time when the truth OF
the Church viii b placed plainly before our
people. with Gods blessing We shsll see
that day. support Catholic lterature, and
Won will hasten its coming. New books can
BE published TO meet the wants OF our time
and country. Nearly thirty ,nillions OF sopis
depend npon usfor the blessing Of Catholi-
city. Those who have gone before ms have
planted their faith, ard done their duty no.
bly,. Let MS prove equal to our grand 70.
cation. Let us do something for our great
cities for the farm, the prairie, and
plantation; for the souls in the factories,
the stores, the mines, and the workshops OF
the great republic. If you purchase ana
circulate Catholic books, you do truly
apostolic work. You givehuman souls the
divine truth Of God. The press is the
needle-gun Of truth. In Gods name, let
us use it.s Every good book is mission
airy. Listen to the exhortation of Plus LIZ:
'Providence seems to have given: IN our
days, q great mission to the Catholic press
Leave nothiug untried by which our
most holy religion and its salutary teaching
may increase still more in the United States,
and unhappy wanderers may return to the
safe path. "-TAe Catholic Publication Socie-
fu's Tracts. 7.A 2lit f r.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-03-26

The new Protestant Dean of C3nsrbury,
DR.. Payne Smith, has not tes long in
showing that his knowledge of theD- calied
Reformation is none of the cleaass. In
letter written to @ society, the baer day,
he says: $50
San enemy to the Reformation,u ought in
consistency also to be an enetr to civil
liberty, and should wish for the f.oration
of arbitrary authority, the abreation of
the rights of conscience, and the eturn of
ignorance. For really it was th,iiffusion
Of knowledge caused by the disyery of
the art of printing which led 1.-THE Re-
formation for when books IRE made
cheaper, and men began to fehdhe Bible
and the works OF the early satrs, they
We're surprised 10 ma that I'D proper
zion OF the ordinary oeilefs OF tbtime had
no authority either in the one oide other.
snouia IKE 10 know whetheE tse people
who abuse the term ProteBtar wish to
bring these errors back again. Are we tn
De dragged down into that stA'of things
which existed before the discove of print-
ingf If this is not to happeEwe must
still protest against falsehOod ad abuse
and error of every kind"
We suppose that the reading this pre
clous document was tolloweoly cloud
cheers." IL would DC wen, Fever; for
those VINO write or applaud ga stuff first
20 ask themselves VINO was lsti invented
pruning. history ldanfoithem that
it was Catholics, and would that the
first printing press in Englan' vas act ur
IN westminster Aooey wnils vas still 6
Cathol'o church. AS Tor cisa berty, the
Dean ought to know that ltestantisn
was forced on inc people ngland by
laws "hlch were unsurpasseA barbarou
I cruelty henFy Fllt. ana nAs stle daugh
: ter Ehzaoeth cared little foF'l liberty 81
tiong as tney couio accomPHsheir object
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-03-26

ARCHBISHOP MANNING ON LENT AND
ENGLISH L1FE.-A pastoral letter from
Archbishop Manning ON the due observ-
ance of Lent was read in the Catholic
churches of London last month. The
Archbishop warned those whom he address
ed against dwelling on the sins of those in
other countries on whom calamities had
fallen, but to look at home. The chief sin
in England, he said, was the 'spride of life"
No nation possessed such self-congratula-
ton and she was deluded by insular securi-
ty, tradition of success, and exceptional
prosperity, into the belief that these things
would last forever. The Archbishop next
referred to the great increase of luxury in
domestic society. Elaborate self-indulgence
had, he said, invaded the higher ranks of
men. There had also crept in habitual ex-
cess in wine, by which (even without
! drunkenness) the mind and body became
inflamed and diseased. This often arose
from mistaken kindness or imprudent ad-
vice. The Archbishop also spoke of the
extravagant fashions that prevailed in fe'
male dress. Men had improved since the
last century in this respect, but the attire
! of women had become more costly, osten-
tatious, and singular, even to strangeness
and thus money was wasted which would
clothe the naked, feed the poor, or educate
children. The pastoral concluded with al
appeal for the Catholic orphanages
North Hyde, Norwood, aud at Hamp
stead,
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-03-26

.NEw ,L.sHr.,It q. a, good thing for
man to ehAnsa his mind when the change
10 from wrong to fightAftsm narrownsss to
liberality sectarianism 70 Catholi-
city. Dr.. Bsllows was at first violently
against Catholics ON the question Of the
Bible in the public schools. His first posi-
ton on this sabject was dictated by his
prejudices /; the second has been the de-
duction of his reason. In q recently pub
lished discourse, referring to the exclusion
Of the Bible from the public schools, he
says: '@e 1ftd
"When it was frst proposed, felt hor-
But I have thought long and anxiously
upon the subject, and have, from pure
logical necessity and consistency, been
obliged to change, nay, reverse my opinion.
Duty to the nnsectarian character Of our
civil institutions demands that it should be
Importance Of the Bible in the education
Of American youth, but only q concession
that we cannot carry on the religious with
the secular education of American children,
OF at the public expense and in the public
schools, So long as Protestant Christians
insist, merely in the strength Of their great
majority, upon maintaining the Bible 10
the public schools, they Justify, Roman
Catholics in demanding that the public
money for education shall be distributed to
sects in proportion to the numbers Of chill
dren they educate. This goes far to break
up the common school system of this coun-
try, and if carried out must ultimately tend
to dissolve the union which depends on the
community Of feeling and the homogeneity
of culture secured by an unsectarian sys-
tenn of common schools" t.t.
While it is confessed DR.. Bellows second
opinion is better than his first, CATHOLIC
are quite Indifferent on the subject-wiN
or without the Bible they cannot send thef
children to the public schools. They n,ct
insist on sending their children where fey
will be instructed in the saving truth OF
the true faith. A
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casting ridicule upon the Church. Popular
: novels are equally dangerous. They in
spire NO good thoughts, they say nothing
profitable. Let US, then, throw them aside
the love of God. And let us buy Catholic
books, which SOW good thoughts in our
hearts. They will increase piety. They
strengthen our faith. Good books often
save souls. If You cannot buy expensive
books, at least you can purchase library
of cheap publications for very moderate
aum. Catholic books Of fsetion, amusement,
travel and devotion, S98s 0nly from 25c. to
Al. Will books ever be cheaper than this
Ia Is cents too much for an entertaining
work Many dollars are spent on frivo-
lous objects. Can we not, therefore, give
a dollar for o book which will last our life
time, and be o pleasure to our entire
family, and even to our friends also1 Ii
we do not want cheap books ourselves, we
might give them to our poorer neighbors
both Catholic and Protestant. 1t is o mis-
sionary work. But even handsome books
are no longer very costly. Catholic pub
fishers now issue books equal to the ffnes
editions of tue secular press, and elegan
enough for any-drawing.room table o
library. Well-made books are always tn
cheapest. In buying books the clergy ar
liberal, but many wealthy laymen have ex
pensive libraries, yet only rev Cathoii
works, and some scarcely Catholic wor
upon their shelves. Ought this to be so
They are generous in other respects. The
spend more money freely for secular pun
poses. Why not, then, give something t
sustain the Parochial Sunday-Sch i
brary Why net devote something yeari
to advance American Catholic literature
Our Catholicity should induce Us to bu
our own books. Our patriotism should il
duce us to become u reading people, liz
all other American citizens. This is Il
greatest nation of readers the world n;
ever seen. Yet our cOuntrymen know bl
little about the Catholic Church. The
will question as about it, but imperfect e:
plantations will not satisfy them. They a
Keen for that. If we do not read Cathoi
books We shall he unable to answer the
Questions or solve their doubts. How oft
.-,---this .hsnnspsi AaRK Who read this ira
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NE VS. d Y MAIL.

Turkey now refuses to consent to any new
stipulation concerning the navigation of the
straits.
The Rev. L. w. jackson has been chosen
by the executive committee as general agent
of the Congressional Temperance Society
for the ensuing year.
An Illinois farmer, on Wednesday, shot
three highwaymen while on his way home,
and when he reached there found his wife and
daughter Murdered.
Jacob Rose, aged 81 years, was found ly-
ing on Sunday night at the corner of 18th and
Baltimore streets, Philadelphia, fatally stab
bed in three places.
Advices from Tucson and Prescott, Arizona
represent that the Apaches in great numbers
are committing depredations, and numbering
white settlers and running Off their cattle.
The United States Consul General at Lon,
don has written a letter to the Secretary o.
the Treasury, transmitting to him the license
and enrolment of the schooner Transfer, O
Portland, Maine, which vessel was lost on the
18th of last month, and the Captain, George
Guptel and his crew rescued and carried tc
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FROM LEWISTON.

Lewiston, Jan. 81. At the annual meeting
of the Department of Maine, Grand Army Of
the Republic, held in this city last night, the
following officers were chosen &C. p. Mat
tocks, Department Commander; George A..
Parker, s. V. D. Commander; A. c. Perry,
J. V. d. Commander r. s. Morrison, Med
ical Director: Rev. E. M. Haynes, Chaplain );
Council of Administration &c. o. Bailey,
VIM. Farshley, F. c. Dozen, Nelson Howard,
and James A. Dole.
The following appointments were made by
the Department Commander - Henry c.
Houston, of Portland, Assistant Adjutant-
General; John Yeaton, Jr., of Portland, As
sistant Quartermaster- General.
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BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE g
Daily Kennebec Journal.
EUROPEAN NEWS, &c.
Lyons still Maintaining Resistance.
Bismarck and the Emperor go to
Berlin.
Paris Revictualed.
The Armistice has begun at Paris.
Lyons still Maintaining Resistance
Paris Revictualed.
The Armistice has begun at Paris.
London.

LONDON.
LONDON, Jan. 81
Count Bismark will leave after the meeting
of the nationals at Bordeaux. The early re-
turn of Emperor William to Berlin is ex-
pected. There is a report that he will start
| Tuesday but it is not authenticated.
The Germans will enforce rigid passport
regulation during the armistice.
In day or two it is thought sufficient food
will have reached the city to relieve the i'm
mediate want of the populace.
The armistice begins instantly at Paris, and
three days later in the department., and ex
pires at noon, Feb. 18th. The line of divi-
sion between the German and French forces
separates into portions of each of the de-
partments of Calvados and Orme. The Ger
mans hold those of Savthe and Loire, Loire
ct Cher Loiret and Yune. The neighborhood
of Jura is excepted from the armistice. The
terms of the capitulation are that prisoners of
war remain in Paris during the armistce,
having surrendered their arms. The Nation
al Guarnd and gendearmes retain their arms
as also the police. All Franc-Tieurs will be
disbanded, and the German prisoners will be
exchanged The public funds will remain
in Paris.
The re-assembling Of the Conference is
again postponed in consequence of the illness
of Earl Granville.
Postal communication between London and
Paris is resumed.
Prussians are driving cattle into Paris to
feed the inhabitants.
bismarck has notified the British foreign
office that the Dieppe line alone is at present
available for transportation of provisions to
Paris, but that until sufficient supplies can be
received, the Germans will share their stores
with the citi Zens
The execution Of the terms of the Conven-
ton between Favre and Bismarck, proceeded
yesterday without interruption.
Bordeaux.
BORDEAUX, Jan. 81.
Gambetta forwarded despatch to Favre at
Versailles requesting him to break the silence
maintained by the Paris government, state the
name of the minister whose coming to Bor-
deaux has been announced and the motives of
the delay in his movements and to give pre-
else information respecting the condition of
Paris.
Demonstrations have occurred in several
French towns against both armistice and the
mutilaton of territory of France. The mu-
ncipality of Lyons appears to maintain its
resistance to the Germans and has sent dep
utation to Bordeaux to urge the adoption of
general measures for the same object
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Special Notice ,

Extra copies OF any issue Of the DAILY KENyE.
BEG JOURNAL may be obtained by giving orders
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Mr.. o. W. SIMS of Hallowel, is our travelling
Agent
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New York Produce Market.
NEW YORK, Jan. $

COTTOS-sales - bales: mid. uplands l5sS.
FLOUR-l3,000 state 2Od7 30; round hoop Ohio
TO0dIO0; western cog 49,; southern 7O09S75.
WHRAT-52, 500 bu; No. / spring 153900: new
No. do. l5G5l5S; winter red and amber western,
l606lGl
90.
OATS-state 90; western 90 d65.
PORK-OO0. new mess, 2300523.0o. old Il 75d
~ 90. prime, 00.009l9,50.
LARD-l2al3ls; steam, 90 q 90; kettle, -
BUTTER-Westn. l2622; state, 2Ogi0.
WIiISKEY-0000 Western free, 9Ja951s.
RICE-Carolina, IA as.
SUGAR-Poro Rico, Ooooso0; Muscovado, "a
10.
MOLASSES-N o. 5000.
SP'TS TURPENTINE As.
ROSIN-000a235 for strained
PETROLEUM-crude, 1916, refined, p
TALLOW- sh99
FREIGHTS TO LIVERPOOL - Cotton, 5-l6g
cod, flour IS. cd, wheat Good
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FROM MILWAUKEE,.

Milwaukee, Jan. 81. House Kenosha, in Wis
consin burned this morning, and Mrs. J. B.
Merrill and four children persisted in the
tiames. Osmond Kapromd and S. Fuller were
rescued after being so badly burned that their
recovery is doubtful. H. +. Chase was badly
injured by jumping from three story window
Several other guests received slight wounds
and bruises Charred remains of Mrs Merrill
and children were taken from the ruins this
morning. The cook of the hotel, Edward
Waller, is missing and it is feared he also has
been burned. Origin of fire unknown. Fire
at Oconomawoc this morning, burr ed the post
Office and Allison's dry good store.
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New York Stock Market.

Now YORK, Jan. 81.
Mariposa, 4, do. pfl., 81; Canton Co. IL; Cum
berland Co., 20; Western Union Tel. Co. ,464
Quicksilver Mining Co., 1913; Pacific Mail, 427S
Boston Water Power, 221a, Adams Elk. Co., 81
Wells, Fargo Co., 4l4 American Merchants Un.
a.. u os s Ex: Co., ~; ON \. Central and Hudson
Harlem, 3D. do. ptd, 49, Reading 9s; Mich.
Central, llsH Lake Shore and Michigan southern
9ai; Illinois Central 1887 Cleveland & Pittsburg
l04; Chicago 4 North Western. 753s do preferred
sj,s Chicago Rock Island. 107s41 Mil Il St.Paul
53A4 do preferred, AK; Toledo Wabash Il West.
ern. 52T; Toledo, Wabash Il Western preferred,
"a; Pttsburg & Fort Wayne, 81; Terre Haute,
2sf, do, pid. S.; Alton, ll51, do. prefd. lis;
Ohio and Miss. 34a Boston, Hartford Erie, 3.