The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-12-29
rxLRaRApHIc suMlrARY.
ENGLAND.

ENGLAND.
Tho storms last week caused all the streams
to rise immensely, overfowing large sections
of country and causing great loss. Tho Thames
rose higher than at any time since 1852, and
Windsor Home Park and thousands of acres are
submerged.
The vessel wrecked south of the river Gironde
on Saturday, was beyond question the Allen
erpool on the 9TH inst. for Havana and New
Orleans. with leave to call at Corrauna and
santander. Thirty persons were drowned.
The Assembly has adjourned till after the
holidays. Gambetta's newspaper predicts q
crisis upon its reassemblng. The Committee
of Thirty. has appointed two subcommittee
distinguished member of the Institute. was
recently struck from tho jury list because he
acknowledged that he did not believe in God.
to express sympathy with him.
Tho Mayor of Nantes, has been dismissed by
Tbiers, for not affording sufficient protection
to the pilgrims to Lourdes.
The Prussian Cross Gazette publishes the
following imperial rescrpt, addressed to Bis
marck II relieve you of the presidency of the
Gennc f OF Min,'teTs ySu VII retain the MN
empowered to vote in the State Ministry,
through the President of the Council, Delbruck.
The premiership devolves upon senior
Minister"
The Pope delivered an allocution to the con-
sistory composed of twenty-five Cardinals. on
the gath. He said the Church was still sorely
prosecuted. purpose to DESTROY her was
shown in the act of the italian Government
which compelled the clergy to serve in the ar
my, and imposed heavy taxes on Church prop.
now pending in the italian Parliament for the
suppression of religious corporations and de.
clared that title to property acquired by this
his Of thOae " enCr0AChed the
rights of tho Church. and denounced Germany
where the pitfalls of open violence, calumny
and ridicule were employed to destroy the
sought to- define its dogmas The allocution
concluded with a protest against clergy dota-
tion.
The Government has introduced bill pro-
viding for the abolition of slavery in Porto
Rico. No reforms the Governme Mt an
nounces will be made in Caba. while single
| insurgent remains in the field. The deputies
in the Cortes greeted the emancipation bill
with cheers.
UNITED STATES.
WAsHINGToN.-The Supreme Court has held
an inform al meeting about Louisiana affairs in
| which it was decided to leave Judge Braaleys'
course entirely to his own decision. Up to the
present he declines going unless requested to
do so by the Court. The New Orleans Com
| mittee has issued q SPLENDID address to the
people of the United States reviewing all recent
troubles and stating them in their proper light.
Inc document mas I0ColSeu IdSOTaplc uotlco
from all the northern papers, aud it is probable
that Congress will take some action in the
premises upsn Resembling.
| PENNsYLyANIA.-Atr train containing fifty pas
sengers was wrecked at Prospect on Christmas,
25 persons were killed. and sixteen wounded,
several of whom will die. On the same day, at
| Williamsport, while the Baptist Church wa,
crowded, the upper floor gave way preeipitat-
ing 300 persons to the lower floor. IL were
killed and 60 wounded.
ARKANsAs.-On the 23rd, a disastrous fire
occurred at Helena, and on the goth, half the
town of Dardanelle was destroyed.
ALABAMA-The rump Legislature, in def
ance of tho compact entered into at the sugges
| ton of the United States Attorney General
| continues its sessions at the Court House. A
bill wss passed last week authorizing tho issue
of loan of $2,OO0000, but the Democrats
| warn capitalists not to invest in the loan az
it ia illegal and will be repudiated.
Misunderstanding to all accounts, the
weather during the past week has been the
coolest known for years. From o mass of tel
grams, we select the following.
l. New York, 26.-There is twelve inches OF
snow on the ground. Teams and street cars
have nearly ceased. A gale still blows from
the northwest. Care are generally from six te
twelve hours behind time.
Philadelphia, 26.-A man was frozen las
St. Louis. 24-Last night and this forenoon
was the coolest of tho season, the mercur!
falling to eight degrees below zero by the Sig
nal Service Thermometer, and to twelve to Six
teen degrees below by tho ordinary instru
} ments, according to location. The river abov
the bridge piers is frozen strong eaough to-
are laying plank roadways on tho ice, prepare
tory to the transfer Of freight. ,,.
The weather at Milwaukee is the coldes
known, being 80 deg. below zero. man wa
: frozen on tho street.
Wabash, Ind, 24.-Sixty engines approach
= ing here, have been frozen in, and are out @
water. Cattle, hogs and sheep have been TIC
zen to death.
3 THE NEW PROGRAMME oE THE ORANGEhEf
The Liverpool Post reports that meeting
, the grand committee of the Loyal Orange IL
stitution of Great Britain, consisting of repre-
, sentative men from all parts of the country
was held on December Cd, when the follow
ing resolutions were passed unanimously
) "That in the opinisn of this committee IL
? desirable that the members of the Loya
f Orange Institution throughout England an
4 Scotland take q more prominent part in bot
8 parliamentary and local elections, and that