The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-10-15

..o"o', au recognition OF the services rem
dered to France by that good city during
and subsequent to the war: "Alr. Mayor
hasten to inform yon that upon the re-
port which had been laid before him of the
exertions, SO sympathetic, which ycu have
necessarily made on behalf of the French
wounded, the Chief of the Executive
Power and President of the Council OF
Ministers, has desired to give you on this
occasion u special token of remembrau &c
and esteem. He has, at my suggestion,
conferred upon you, by decree of this
day, the Cross of Knight of the National
Order OF the Legion OF Honor. l will lose
no time in forwarding to yon on a future
day the insignia as soou as they shall have
been sent to me by the Grand Chancellor
OF the Legion Of Honor. Receive, Mr..
May or, the assurance of my very high es-
TEEN. The Minister of Foreign Affairs,
REMUsET.
Mr. John DAILY, Mayor of Cork"
FRANCE AND IRELAND.
We observe that the visit Of the French
to Ireland has been made the subject of
friendly remark in several newspapers and
magazines in France. From one, the Re
cue PoLihqHe, We extract the following pas.
sages: "lreland first sent us q whole corps
of surgeons and hospital attendants, to-
gether with the finest ambulance applian-
ces we have seen during the whole war.
and the devotion and the services of which
have been above all praise. Besides, she
expended several millions of francs in the
purchase of every kind of assistance for
our wounded soldiers, our orphans, our
victims of the invasion. She is still occu-
pied in sending cargoes of grain to our
impoverished peasantry. One of our most
estimable fellow citizens, Count de Flavig
ny, whose functions az director of the In
ternationa1 Ambulances had enabled him to
so<o
else the services of our Irish friends,
thought that they had some right to the
formal expression of our thanks, and he
informed the Dublin Committee that lie
proposed to 60 with several of his fellow
laborers to offer Ireland the expression of
their gratitude in the name of France.
Never has q sovereign been received
amongst friendly people with so much
enthusiasm as have been those twelve OF
fifteen French visitors in Ireland. Since
the memorable days of O'Cennell no such
ovation has been given to any one. Such
a gratifying recognition of Irish hospitali-
ty brings to a pleasing close an interesting
international event.
ALARMING EXTENT OF THE porAToE BLIGHT.
There seems to be NO longer any doubt
that q very important portion of our food
supply will be lost to us in a great extent
this year by the universal prevalence of
Uuc pOIdIO UtlXuCs FROM an eXCSlleQC
8 ,urce we are in possession of reports pro-
cured from no less than forty agricultural
counties in Great Britain and Ireland, aud
these reports serve to confirm the worst
anticipation. In every direction disease is
reported with an estimated loss of from
10 to IS per cent.-Dublin Freeman.
GALWAY ELECTION.
We are glad to learn that there is every
prospect of Hyacinth Darcy, Esq, Of
Newforest, being the imam for Galway"
He has, we nderstand, received the sup
port of the bulk of the electors, This is
as it should be, for Mr.. D'Arcy-as a con
sistent advocate of Home Rule, a sterling
Catholic, and a first class landlords pre-
ciseiy the man to send to the English Par
Lament to advocate the enactment OF
measures calculated to benefit Ireland.
He is the descendant Of one of the oldest
and most respectable Catholic families in
the county, aud both himself and his
relatives have always been counted
amongst the best friends of the tenant
farmers Roscommon Journal.
Captain Nolan has made an electioneer-
ing tour to several districts in the County
Galway, and was very warmly received. 1t
would appear, however, that the vacancy in
the representation will not occur for twelve
months more, as Sir Hercules Robinson has
consented to stay another year in Ceylon
to carry out the currency reforms, and Mr..
Gregory will in the meantime retain his
seat in Parliament,
MIR. DIsRAELI AND THE oRANGEMEN.
At a meeting recently held at Bushmills,
county Antrim, one of the speakers, the
Rev. Henry Henderson, stated that the Rt.
Hon. B. Disraeli had consented to allow his
name to be given to the Stafford Loyal
Orange Lodge, and in the letter annonn-
cling this he had declared that lie thinks
highly of the principles of the Orange in
stitution.
81 THE FLAX CROP IN cAvAN.
Tho flax crop in Cavan end Monaghan
has been pronounced a failure, 1t is fortu-
nate, however, that the extent sown is much
smaller than last year.
AN OLD THEORY EXPLoDED.-Every-
body has read of DR.. Franklin's experiment
of placing pieces of cloth of different col
ors upon the snow in the sunshine to sec
which would melt the snow most rapidly
! The d<rctor arriyed Mt the conelugiysa that