The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1871-06-18

Hall Green, Prior Park, Beaumont Lodge,
Mount st. Mary's, and Bayswater; we shall
Of others of our principal establishments. In
one college, in order to provide for the ex-
penses, the students have petitioned that the
! may this year be devoted to their noble en-
bassy to Rome The effect of all this will tell
beyond the present horizon. We rejoice in IT.
more because it contains the most impressive
lesson in Christian Doctrine which any college
could teach (; it is o lesson which will never
die out of the house which has taught it, and
it is part of the special education by which
our Intelligent rising yonth are being prepared
to take their part in the future struggles Of the
Young Mems Address has reached about 80 600;
all further signatures and subscriptions should
be sent in by the let of June.
Opening Of a Catholic chape! in Leeds-on
chapel was opened in Leeds. dedicated to St.
Bridget. The building, which was formerly
well known in Leeds as Ann Carr's chapel, was
lately rented by. the teetotalers. Some time
ago it was offered for sale, and was purchased
by the Rev. Father ODonnell, St. Patrick's
York-road. The cost has altogether been
G11OO and it is calculated to seat near 500
persons. 1t is situated in Regent street, Ley
lands, q quarter to great extent inhabited by
the Irish of the town. It will be q great boon
to the Catholics of the district, and great
the clergy and the worthy bishop of the do
cese, for the manner in which they have Sc
cured this the fifth substantial place of wor-
ship for the Catholics of the capital of the
wooden trade.
Father Nagest.-Never were the capacities of
the noble st. Georges Hall, Liverpool, SO fully
tested ss by the Immense audience that assem-
bled on Monday evening to welcome back to
and to his many friends and admirers, the Rev.
James Nugent, after his benevolent mission of
many months in North America. Galleries
so that, from the platform, tho audience,
eager and expectant, presented the view of q
surging mass of faces. The object of the as
ssmoiy was ahssefod to express public and
hear an account of the success of his first essay
in prompting juvenile emigration, and
to v.n assist s ~ attendance s1 at the soecert
st. Anne street, the invaluable institution
he founded, and has rendered fourishing.
The Rev. gentleman addressed the audience as
follows You know started from this town
with large family for one man, and especially
that man being q single man, and little accus-
toned to the details of family life. T left the
rhirty-six there were twelve boys and twelve
girls from the Industrial Schools. arrived in
Montreal, and in less than forty-eight hours
these twenty;four children Were provided with
comfortable homes. Eight of the girls were
placed in respectable situations, where they
receive from two to four dollars per month and
are permitted to attend school one half the day.
The four younger girls we're adopted into re-
spectacle families. Three of the boys were
left in Montreal in good situations, and nine of
them Were placed with intelligent, respectable
farmers in Canada West, and in both cases I
took care they should be under supervision SO
that i. any injustice or tyranny were exercised
oyer tn VI 1 should have report of it, and if
they became dissatisfied with their situations
Others might be provided for them. If had
landed with a hundred such boys and girls
could have found every one of them situations"
In speaking about the state of morality in the
large cities of the United States he said
Some people talk of the rowdyism of New
York. Our own town produces more rowdies
than New York with all it's license. From the
moment could find more open vice than
saw at New York, Chicago, st. Louis, New
Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore, or Boston,"
One of his friends having told him that peo-
pie accused him of being Missionary, in fact,
q dreamer, he acknowledged that he was real
ly a dreamer. but that he always dreamt with
his eyes wide open. l had an idea he said-a
dream of land in Arkansas-where might
establish q colony. The more went south,
the more dreamt with my eyes open. i heard
. man talking about Texas. / listened, and
ns had or him
encouragement about Texas. 1 had . letter
from a gentleman in London and this attract
ed my mind to Texas, but I never dreamt
should see Texas when left these shores. I
took in the information my friend gave. I
went to New Orleans and to Galveston and /
found my friend had not been wrong in his in
formation. I got hold of Texas almanac
and lost opportunity of talking to this
one and that one, and as far as 1 could Judge
found Texas the poor man's home, but was
not satisfied through seeing it in books
having it on hearsay, but made long, diff
Texas. went to San Antonio, and after
spending q fortnight there and seeing the
principal landowners made my way to Aus
tin. There was received by the Governor and
the Legislature, and twice addressed the
House. From Austin made my way to Hous-
ton, and so on to Galveston, and 1 am now
thoroughly convinced that Texas is the home
for for the poor man: Lyh Wsh J. could give you a
very brief. The first man l met in San An
tonic was a poor man from Rathmelton, in the
County Donegal; five years ago that poor
man, wife, and two Jumps of boys and girl,
were starving in the streets of New York, and
some charitable people found him the means
to get to Texas. He arrived in San Antonio
and got employ oyment-driving a dray through
the city. He soon managed to buy horse
and borrowed dray, 80 h- drove on his own
account 1t was not long until he had suffi-
cient money to buy both dray and another
dray and horses aud bis eldest boy drove the
second dray. In twelve months he went eight
ilas fr, aa