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The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-05-14

ST.. M1cHAELs CHURCH ON the invitation
of the worthy pastor, the Rev. Father Sheehan'
wa maid a visit to the modest but extremely
neat little Church of St. Michael, to witness
the work which is now begun of finishing the
church, and making it in every respect worthy
of the purpose to which it has been conse-
Grated. We found the workmen busily en-
gagged in completing the galleries and otner
nortions of the building which have remained
up to the present time in an incomplete state
| The church will be beautifully frescoed, and
| Immediately over the altar there will be a life
size picture of st. Michael, painted by one OF
the best artists in the city, and on either sios
| pictures of st. Patrick and st. Peter.
In consequence of the expense attending tn
completion of the church, Father Sheehan In
tends calling on his friends for their assistance
, and wa know that he has but to aek and
shall receive. Among congregation VINO
has made itself famous for its liberal contrlpt
t;ops to any work erected to the honor OF Got
the Dastor of st. Michael need have no les
but that O generous response Will be maze
his call. The school which Father Sheeha
u intends erecting on the lot adjoining the chure
t will not be commenced until the expense Il
e Cured in completing the church shall ha'
IT besn provided for, and for the sake of the larl
sr number of the children in the parish we tru
d that the time is not far off when they will
10 enabled to reap tho fruit of sound Cathol
,t education within the walls of st. Michae
ar parochial school.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-05-14

HOLY WEEK IN SPAIN AND ITALY.-They
who rejoice in the rebel conviction that
Catholicism is dying in Spain might take
heart of conversion to truth oy sseG E1gg
Week, not q carriage was seen IN Madrid
every shop was shut up, the walks and the
cafes were deserted the places of amuse-
ment were closed. The churches alone
were full of life the Offices" were ceie,
| brated in the presence of crowds who could
| scarcely find place for their homage; and
the city, says writer, was "like Jerusalem
| of old when the Jews went up to the fass-
over" Even the Ministerial newspapers
devoted articles to themes OF devotionai
interest, well knowing, at least, now 10
please, even if not quite in earnest them
selves The week proved richly how root
ed is the faith in the hearts of the Spanish
people. Three years of revolution nave
done absolutely nothing to shake that deep
planted tree, which neither persecution nor
impiety can 80 much as touch In one OF lSs
Catholic branches. The Court, indeed,
omitted the custom--consecrated by CEN
, turies of usage-the washing of the feet on
Thursday; but the House of Savoy coulo
, hardly be expected to bring from Florence
O usage it knew not at home. :.
Similarly in Italy the spirit OF Catnoil-
, city has not died out from the people. Inc
D Catholic journals contain quite animated
t descriptions of crowds of manifestations OF
0 the faithful, to make reparation for the lm-
@ pious banquet devised by ltailan Free-
s thinkers. On Good Friday, two nouIs
: after noon, these Preparations were made II
8 force. Particularly one OF them deserves o.
a notice. The ladies of rank in Turin &c
= the number of more than 100, met IN
q conspicuous part of the town, ana tneI
g advanced in procession to the Chapel
&c Addoloratta, which Is near to me th he Wa,
8, of the Cross, with an appearance OF eoity
IF ing devotion Tablet.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-05-14

q ursr Cp1rIcIsM.- following COM
n,unication is from the pen Of the Right
Rev. WIN. II. Elder, Bishop of Natchez.
There ia no doubt that favorable notice
IN snch a case as that referred to might
have the effect indicated, and become the
cause of much harm. We have no douo'
that, however much merit there may De, IN
some respects, in q religious production
from the pen of hereto, there must al
wavs be found a strong infusion OF poison,
although perhaps unconsciously on the part
of the author. We shall endeavor to Dc
more discriminating in our praise here
after 80.
Mr.. Editor-Allow me to make little CRU
<ism. Not long ago 1 saw in. your noIic S
9sooks a yery favorable notice OF Barnes N0tel
az, the New Testament. A Cathonc ieaulnl
anch a notice in D Catholic paper, might easli:
snnnose it was a good book for MIN 20 nav 9
and get it accordingly; whereas, unless ne ma ;u
a special permission, he wouic VioiaIo az &c -
nortant law of the Church. And even II i. n
Sad nermission, he could not read them witl
-,rt danger. and without taking precauton
nronortionate to the danger.
II is not generally lawful to read any poo
.,rofesssdly on religion, written py mo-
catholic author and certainly, PrespyteIia
notes on the New Testament, however ih.e
Sssting they might be IN secular na.Sos. 5 !.
necassarily filled with false and poisonous oo
tx;sfes all the more dangerous ior peine W
viewed under an interesting form.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-05-14

A abatement having appeared in a Lon
don naner that the Hebrews practice gam
bling with dice during the passover, the
chief rabbi of London has written letter
to the iournal in question, stating that ac-
cordinS to the Jewish law, gambling is not
only regarded as a Dissertation of the iestl-
val, but is strictly prohibited at all times
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-05-14
THE ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS IN PR1soN.-

THE ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS IN PRISON.
A correspondent of the London Times,
who succeeded in penetrating to the cell Of
the Archbishop of Paris in the Concierge
RE prison, describes his experience az fol-
lows:
We demanded an interview with the
Archbishop, which after some demar, was
granted on the condition OF our talking
with him through grating. This we, OF
course, declined, as being inconsistent
with his dignity, and after further Parley
it was arranged that we should be ushered
into his cell, a National Guard being sent
with us to prevent our talking treason.
Monseigneur Darboy was sitting on
wooden settle with d missai on MS knee,
and. shaking each one by the hand, thank
ed us Tor our visit and sympathy. de gave
us an account of the affair of Notre Dame
| on Good Friday. 1t appears that band
of National Guards marched ABOUT midday
| into the church and demanded the 1mmedi-
ate opening of the treasure-chests. Upon
being asked by what authority, one of them
produced dirty paper, purporting to be
| commission from the Commune, and pro-
ceeied, cap on head aud pipe in mouth, to
make an inventory of the plate. Present.
ly another man came up, saying thaI car
riage was at the door, and ordering the oy-
ISLANDERS to assist him in packing the
treasure in great canvas bags which he
u had brought with him. On the first alarm
an attendant in the sacristy had hurriea to
the Hotel de Vile, and forcing his way into
the council chamber, had demanded to
know by whose command SO great sacri-
lege was being perpetrated, and was there
informed no such order had been gwen. A
detachment of soldiers was sent at once to
, the scene of the action, which arrived In
time to stop the carriage ana put the
thieves. for they were no more, TO night:
, The sacred vessels were again consigned
to their accustomed places OF repose, ana
there the matter ended. The Archbishop
declined to believe that the Commune had
had any thing to do with the matter, prefer
. ring to believe that it was merely an auda.
0 cions attempt at robbery. Our National
, Guard now interfered, aud told us that we
: must stay no longer, and so the Archbishop
c babe us farewell, hoping to see us at ms
n palace msnth or two hence, "sho uld TINS
q DO permitted to remain in its place" nc
: said, pointing to his venerable head
d Stories of arrests crowd in upon US, and Il
}, this state of things continues, not ever
j. strangers will be safe. NJ. Raoul kigautt
=, the new Minister of Police, is terrible
IS and my sterious person, seemingly made u
d fill the place he occupies. Clever, ant
Is clear-sighted, and inscriptions, as he un
Of doubtedly is, he met his match the othe
d day in NJ. Matthias, temporary chief OF tn
Northern Railway, whom he attempted q
le bend to his will and pleasure, out wa
to compelled to set at liberty after lev
n hours detention.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-05-14
Annexation.

The telegraph informs NJ tnaS '"o
habitants of Alsace and Lorraine are to DO
made citizens of Germany. We are no'
told. however, that their tastes on the suo-
icct have been consulted. How astonisn-
ing! Several millions of human beings
transferred from one allegiance to another'
like cattle, without the slightest regard 10
their wishes! Where is the universal howl
from the secular press that ought to follow
such an announcement The only reply TO
this question is from the ghostiy echo
which family answers where"
Not-a mufmur-P Prussia is q worldly
power. after the worlds own heart. Ger
many lie q mighty empire. What they 90
lie above criticism, yet, let there be ques-
ton of the Papal States and how quickly
it is discovered that the voice of the peo-
pie must control always in the choice OF
their allegiance and in the character VI
their government. The Emperor says,
that the possession and control of certain
territories is essential to the welfare of his
Empire, aud the assurance of its continued
peace, He m ust have them and he Will
try to make the people as comfortable as
he can under the circumstances. Ihls Ii
all perfectly right and reasonable; not
radical paper throughout the length and
breadth of our land has aught to say
against it, because is not Prussia the warm
est ally of the Unioni We guarantee thai
the Conservative political papers also viii
be just as quiescent.
+ But let the Christian world in its majes
ty and university say that the control vi
certain small strip of neutral territory II
almost necessary to the independence
the Church government and to the dignity
of religion which Christendom professe
to follow, and the worlds indignation i
: intense the sympathy with any robbie
who comes along and overruns that terri
tory is enthusiastic, provided that robbie
is sufficiently well bred to preserve til
sham form of a popular expression in III
favor, and decently enacts the farce OF
plebiscite.
1t ia of little avail to scold over thes
] things. Thus it has been from the begin
e ming of the world, and thus it will be
= the end. Injustice and rapine will AWAY
q fird excuses for their dealings. The worlt
= notwithstanding its learning, its civilizf
n ton and it's politeness, will always be
u savage at heart, robbing with the create
), elegance of manner, and depressing IL
q innocent while explaining it with a f1uel
If wealth of specious language. AS OF DID,
n now "a days, "the fool says in his heart the
ic is no God" But men of sense ought to kno
t. by this time that the wrong doing of the o.
it pressor must come to nought, and that u
8. Good Pastor will protect his flock from t.
ravening wolf.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-05-14

LIZ the Diocese of Natchez, the prayer ad
repellendas tempestates is to be recited every
day in Mass until the end of August unless
otherwise directed.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-05-14

Remember the divine saying: He, that
keepeth his mouth keepeth his hfe."
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-08-23
AMERICAN WONDERS.

Silver Spring, Florida, is one OF the
greatest curiosities in the South. 1t
bursts forth in the midst of the most
fertile country in the State. 1t 6ub-
bles up in basin near one hundred
feet deep and about an acre in extent,
and sending from it q deep stream
sixty to one hundred feet wide, and
extending six to eight miles 10 the
Oeklaw@ha River. In the spring
itself fifty boats may lie at anchor
quite fleet. The spring thus forms
a natural inland Qort, to which three
steamers now run regularly from the
st. Johns, making close connections
with the ocean steamers at Pilatka--
| The elearness of the water is truly
wonderful. 1t seems even more trans
parent than air; you see the bottom
eighty feet below the bottom Of your
boat, the exact form of the smallest
pebble, the outline and color Of the
leaf that has sunk, and all the prismat-
| ic colors of the rainbow are reflected.
Large fish swim in it, every scale visi-
BILE, and every movement distinctly
seen. If you go over the spring in a
boat you will see the assures in the
rocks, from which the river pOurs up
ward like an inverted cataract.
Another wonder is, that "Stone
Mountain" of Georgia, which was
rendered famous during the late war,
has not been more written about, talk
ed about, and travelled about is unac-
countable, and indicates want Of
admiration for the wonders of the
Southland. Were it across the waters
it would be in song, in sermon, and
in lecture, and travels by scores would
go as they now go to the Pyramids
These the work OF man,
That the work Of an Almighty hand"
Imagine a mountain of solid gran
ite, towering two thousand feet, with
scarcely a shrub on its defiant bald
face. In its solitude it is alone; no
kindred night Not even the faint
outline of a mountain is discernable
in the distance and as we turn our
gaze upward to its perpendicular
height, the classic Palisades seem
tame, and we can but wonder if it be
a boulder from some distan sphere,
suddenly, by some freak of nature,
elected to our planet; or may it not
have been that during the great pri-
meval ocean, which once overspread
the earth, matter attracted matter,
until the mighty pile arose, and will
stand until the final consummation Of
all things here?
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-08-23
Savings and DOings,

ITO Die is Gain" 1t is a universal
statement universally disbelieved. I
have searched the graves of twenty
graveyards. and not a marble slab or
shaft, plainly wrought or chiseled in
costly design, bore this immortal as.
sertion. I have prayed above hun
dred cOffins, and watched the faces of
the mourners anxiously; not one be-
trayed knowledge of this sentence.
1 have carried q bright face to the
funeral chamber, and spoken the
words of cheerful faith and men
have marveled, revealing their skep-
ticism by their surprise. I have
found it hard to persuade men that
death is sunrise; but when I compare
the conditions of this life with those
of the next; when set the body sem
sual over against the body spiritual,
the mind in bondage over against the
mind emancipated when 1 have
bowed myself over the white face,
beautiful as it lay in deep, unrufled
peace, and remembered how passion
ate and painful was the life; when I
have stood beside the dying, heard
their murmured words of wonder,
their exelamations of rapture, and
seen a light, not of this world, fall
upon their faces as they touched the
margin of the great change have
said, death, thou art a gain. -
ReV. w. w. Murray.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-08-23
Monumental Legal Principles in Mer-
camille Law.

The following general rules are wOr-
thy Of preservation:
l.-That which is originally void,
does not by lapse of time become
valid.
"a personal right of action dies
with the person.
3.-The law compels no one to do
impossibilities.
4-No one shall be twice yexed for
one and the same cause.
5-The greater contains the less.
6.-The law favOrs things which are
in the custody of the law.
THE husband and wife are one
person.
S.-Every act shall be taken most
strongly against the maker.
9.-When two titles occur the elder
should be preferred.
O.-Agreement overrules the law.
11.-He who derives the advantage
ought to sustain the burden.
12.-NO man shall take advantage
of his own wrong.
I3.-When the right is equal, the
claim ofthe party in actual possession
shall prevail.
I4.-He has the better title who
was first in the point Of time.
ia right of action cannot arise
out of fraud.
I6.-It is fraud to conceal fraud.
1.-THE law assists those who are
vigilant, and not those who sleep over
their rights.
15.-Ignoranee Of the law excuses
no one.
19-Who does not oppose what he
might oppose, seems to consent.
20.-When contrary laws come in
question, the inferior law must yield
to the superior; the law general to
the law special; an old law to q new
law; mans law to Gods laws.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-08-23

Bishop Marvin, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, has a long
letter in the st. Louis Christian Ad-
UOedte, in which he handles the wo-
man-w6men in no gentle manner
Here is little bit of the bishop =
Among the social elements coming
into active force the chief are the
doctrine of 'woman's rights, so called,
and communism. The wOman's move
ment assails, without any mincingor
disguise-or at least many Of its advO-
Gates do, and, logically, it comes to
that-the scFiptural order as to domes-
tic relations. A large proportion Of
its champions are infidels. The sys-
tenn itself is, logically, infidel and dis
organizing. 1t Is fatal to the exist
enee of the family, and that is the
cornerstone of all organization, both
social and civil. Without the family
the state goes to pieces, and anarchy
takes possession of the world. Then
civilization itself becomes impossible.
Loosen woman fIOm her heaven-ap-
pointed and most beautiful orbit, and
everything goes to wreck. 1t is the
charm of wOman's modesty and puri-
ty that holds all society in its cohe-
reney. Analyze it and you viii see
that this is true. WOmsa's mOdestv
and purity are the very heart Of the
social fabric. They form the centre
Of gravitation, holding everything in
its place.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-08-23
Sunday Marriages.

The question Of the legality of Sun
day marriages is exciting considerable
attention in legal as well as clerical
minds. There seems to be about an
equal division of both parties in this
important matter. 1t is held that as
marriage is legal civil contract, and
that legal civil contracts are illegal if
made on the Sabbath, it is void if per-
formed on this day. An interesting
test case is now pending IN Rochester.
A millionaire died there recently, and
willed all his property to the children
of his second wife, disinheriting two
of his own children. The marriage
was performed on Sunday. tits not
clear how this invalidates the will
should the decision be against Sunday
marriages, but some lawyers believe
that in such case the viii could and
should be. broken. If the court de-
eides that marriages are invalid If
performed on that day, no doubt
many more interesting and pointed
cases win arise. Lawyers viii grow
fat on contested rights Of property,
while in ordinary divorce they would
not pay their rent. But no decent
court VIII decide against the legality
Of pure marriages.-[N. Y. Express.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-08-23
More About the Persian Famine.
CoNsrANINOPLE, July, 25, 1S7

CoNsTANINOPLE, July, 25, 1871.
Accounts of the most narrowing
and alarming nature have reached the
Sanitary Council from the Persian
frontier. The famine is committing
frightful ravages in Khorassan, where
the deaths from absolute starvation
amount to 800 "a day. The wretched
population are driven to feed upon
the most filthy ofal and garbage. and,
even this disgusting sustenanee fail
ing them, are compelled by the pres
sure of famine to devour the dead
bodies Of those who have perished.
The aspect ofthe people thus forced to
feed upon carrion and human flesh is
pitIable wan, emaciated, the glare Of
famine in their eyes, their forms
shrunken and bent, the expression Of
the features savage, the abdomen
swelled hideously. But what is worse
than all is that a bubonic disease
closely RESEMBLING the old plague, in
deed scarcely distinguishable from it,
has broken out, and seems to be ex-
tending rapidly towards the frontier,
where a strict sanitary Gordon has
been established by the Turkish au-
thOrities. Even in Teheran itself the
scarcity is fast approaching to famine
point, and crowds of famished wretch
es throng the cutters and fight over
the refuse thrown into them from the
adjoining houses.
The Levant Herald cites an in
stance where member ofthe English
Legation having killed wild boar at
some distance froIA the capital
had the carcass taken to a neighbor-
ing village, where his servants pro-
eeeded to cut it up. The eatable parts
having been selected for his own and
his servants use, theskin and unelean-
ed offal were thrown into the street,
where a crowd Ofstarving villagers al
ready waited the disgusting!prize and
as soon as it was within their reach
fell upon it and fought over it, and
swallowed in the filthy refuse-the
unwashed entrails-with the ayidity
of famished wolves. What the end is
to be of this terrible state of affairs it
is difficult to foretell. The seed corn
has all been devoured, and there is no
prospect of any better harvest this
year than last, especially in the neigh
borhood of Teheran. DepopulatiOn
threatens the country, and once more
at the gates of Europe we have that
terrible foe which for upward Of a
quarter of a century has lain dormant,
until we had laid the. flattering unc-
ton to our souls that his day had gone
forever. Whatever the Sanitary
Board may institute it will scarcely
be possible to prevent the transport Of
some medium of eontagion across the
frontier, and when we remember that
one infected rag may snffiee to estab-
lish once more the dominion of the
plague in Turkey, the prospect is by
no means an agreeable one.