The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-07-02
ORLEANS, SUNDAY MORNING

alteady foresee that similar service such
as has been rendered to the Tuileries and
the Louvre will be rendered to the Vatican
and Gesu tomorrow if the stranger dared
to menace the eternal city" This quota
ton speaks volumes for what is in store for
| Pspal Rome, should the revolution be let
loose upon it. Similar threats to the above
were uttered at dinner lately given by a
colonel of our National Guard. The con-
| versation having turned on the dangers to
| which the Italian kingdom was exposed,
all, they would turn the cannon against the
Vatican" This announcement met with
the satisfaction of the company.
The Association of Freethinkers has just
sent around q circular, calling for the es-
Enlistment of a general centre here, and
foreigners in the Eternal City. They have
also plan on foot for burning in place of
burying their dead members. Lately at a
court of law in Italy nine of these declined
being sworn, because the oath was opposed
to their reason.
In order to fill the schools lately estab-
lished by the Corporation, and which, not
withstanding all the efforts of the "libera-
tors" seem not to be progressing so favor
ably as they were led to hope, the Commit
tee of Charity, under the presidency of
Count Pianciani, have issued q notice that
all those who are relieved by that institu-
ton will be refused relief in future unless
they can prove by some official document
that they send their children to the Gov
ernment schools. This savors much of the
means employed by the disciples and abet-
tors of Exeter Hall for the dissemination of
the gospelin Ireland and elsewhere. The So
ciety for Catholic Interests has already with
laudable zeal established twenty schools to
try and counterfeit these irreligiOus ones.
The success attending their efforts may be
judged from the fact that NO sooner had
their school been opened in one neighbor-
hood than all the pupils, to the number of
$50, who had previously been attending
the municipal school, except six, left it for
theirs.
In the early part of this week his Holt
ness, on hearing from Count dHarcourt,
the French Ambassador, for whom he had
specially sent, the losses suffered by the
churches in France, and the sad condition
they consequently were in, especially those
of Paris, with his usual generous munif-
cence handed to the Ambassador for distri-
button to the churches which had most suf-
fered large number of vestments, mitres,
stoles, ETC., and eighty magnificent chalices,
partly received by him as gifts on the oc-
casion of his Jubilee. Towards the cele-
bration of this Jubilee the eyes of the Ca
tholics of the world are now turned. do
not think the Romans will, in spite of the
"liberators," prove second to any other Ca
thOlics in their earnest desire to do honor to
their beloved Sovereign and Pontif on this
unique and glorious occasion. The Roman
mobiles are getting magnificent gold medal
coined in ita cOmmemoratiOn, and for
presentation to the only one of $50 Pontiffs
who ever saw the commencement of his
twenty sixth year as Pope. The Society for
Catholic Interests have now sensibly deci-
ded on handing to the Holy Father money in
place of the diamond clasp they had pro-
IL
engagements for the duly lodging and look
ing after the comforts of the Catholic clubs
who are coming from all parts, and who
will be received on their arrival aud taken
care of here by either their co-nationalists
or others speaking their languages.
All the Continental railways have low
cred their fares in favor of those coming to
Rome, but when the Italian companies
wanted to do the came, the Government
forbade it. In spite of their efforts, how
ever, Italy will not be behindhaud. From
every town and province money and gifts
are flowing in. From Naples is coming
$4,000 aud a magnificent gestatOrial chair
worth E340. The mitre from Belgium has
already arrived, and is, am told, apart
from it's great intrinsic value, q gem of art,
modelled on that 80 we'll known painting
by Fra Angelica di FiesolO, in the Chapel
of the Vatican. An immense number Of
Catholics are coming from Belgium. The
Bishop of Nevers is to precede the French
deputatiOn.
On the morning of the 29th hie Holiness
received in public audience two hundred
studenty of the Roman University, who of
their own free will had withdrawn them.
selves from the lectures and examinations
of the Sapienza, which has now, from the
errors of some of its professors, become a
school Of heresy and apostaey. On enter
ing the Hall of the Consistory the Holy
Father was received with rapturous
applause by the students, one of whom,
after his Holiness had assembled the
throne, read a spirited address, which
all had signed, aud in which they
protested that as Catholics they could not,