The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-02-19

| 1t is surely q strange sight 70 eee our legis-
lators experimenting in arts and schemes OF
government which even pagan tribes spnrn
gress we have made! WAen the popular me-
| grim (for, unhappily, 1t has becone Popafar)
1Saway, we shsil certainly look foolish at
that subss.tu. ., the oase devices s;a;, OF
Whatever others may think; however they
may speculate, we, Catholics, k"ow, that by
Catholic teaching alone, can the country be
rescued from the meshes which ignorance,
fanaticism, and a satanic "progress" have
woven around it. In this, is the countrys
hope all else is inef1iciency and Instability
Leather and prunela"
And fortunately and, doubtless, providen-
TALLY, Catholic teaching, in spite of many OBJ
stacles, is on the ascendant. Our educational
houses in this parish-St. MaryJeferson Col
lege and the Convent of the Sacred Heart are
fiOurishing they never hourisbed before.
Day by day, pupils are dropping in from
every point Of the compass; and the chief diff
ficulty now, appears to be in the tension of the
Marist Fathers solicitude to provide suitable
accommodations for the newcomers. But as
it is true that God first dement's those who by
continued perversity invite their own destruc-
ton so it is likewise true that He specially
aids all who serve Him with singleness of pur-
pose. The just are held in eternal remem-
brance; and resources are multiplied Tor them
in ways the least expected. None can fail to
see now, the efficacy of st. Mary-Jefferson Col
lege, nor honestly ignore the good it is accom-
piishing. Even those-a small but active
Coterie not unconnected with certain wide
| spread " fraternity THAT thought because
they wished it) to see it live ont few years of
the same precariOus existence that distinguish
ed it in secular hands, and vainly hoped to real
ize their wishes by Withholding their encourage
Ment, are at last constrained to give it not
only their approval but their patronage. This,
to be sure, as your correspondent has reason to
know, is contre 10 gre; but m'importe; whom God
helps, are helped.
THE AGRICULTURAL INTEREST.
In this and adjoining parishes, the sugar
and other crops recently garnered, though not
excessive were sufficient to satisfy reasonable
expectations. The preparations for the future
are active, although frequently interrupted 10y
rains, which for the past month have been
slightly intermitted. The labor on the seed
cane has been consequently retarded and the
planters patience cor-espondingly exercised
Yet, this is not the only nor the sorest trial to
the planters temper; for this, being providen-
tial and irremedable, may be more less
gracefully put up with; not SO, however, the
preposterous postal arrangements by which
our people are subjected not only to great in
but to positive loss for when
our public carriers, no one knows, as mat
tiers now conducted, how or when
to calculate OF even speculate on return or rs-
Spouse.
Your correspondent has received through the
pOst-otfiCe, New Orleans Journals, month after
date, and some he has received-never! Of
course tue DuIIDcr leLterS In1Slalu, mlS-Sent,
and otherwise diverted from
their lawful destination, by irresponsible of
ficials, must forever remain undetermined.
lis needless to say that all the industrial in
terests are seriously damaaed by these irregu-
larities; and that of QUIZ agriculturists, on
which the others are dependent, most of all.
In vain We clamor in vain we appeal to the
postal authorities The governing leeches
bleed us, but the quid pro quo they withhold
and laugh at our remonstrance. How long is
this state of things to last We know not
But what we do know, is, that our rulers seem
resolved to omit no proof of their incompetency
to serve the public interests. Oh! for a modi-
cum of that industry in promoting the public
good, which, noodles, as most of them are they
know how to employ in depicting the public
In all things else, incapable in
this assuredly they are experts! Deny it who
can.
Many other things we have to philosophise
On, Messrs Editors; but we are admonished
by that proverb about :" the soul of wit y! and
must take another occasion to ventilate more
fully our ideas touching the mad-cap "pro-
gress" which dolts are moving earth and hell
to fill the public ear with, and which, prob pu-
dor some Catholics are fools enough to listen
to!
IN sot trourc to"Jonrs IN plus sot qui rad
mre" % xYZ
ELECTION OF JOHN MARTIN.-Some Jour-
nails (says the London Unirerse) think that