The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-07-07

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trsan'''ssa arm ta~ i IKE -'y''a f's tA' h''s''
Before con1h6nidatins % Our SieSdefs .
won6erful EVENT *hAA AaRtek place. ma
which il exeitiRs, aIsat Adoption e the
R gsets ssUaa Se II sss,s q
for attentje85 3s!is'ni ~ = sisd 'Hi%
Although, ear, jpferNatiee.i e stiil Hsey
incomplete, and although We have 70 Se
serve our own View Of the eveus.' yet We
think that We otght 70 reproduce "Ass NJ
said about it elsswhere,aos3 ..,lea 49,.
have bean seen Il, great nSa6befs upon the
panes 81 windowsF 1iia upca atee roo1s 81
houses In many llaessos tse iesese aoe SI
the Rhine EAs pAsP %sSS1 s. ~ s. as
n no. an spread ft6m thenee to Wurtemberg,
and reacbed atrasburg.s 81 Sh.. -
The crossss csre. a@sh, their celos - |
DARK, and they sse visible - ssSsa t dnay-
light Evsybcdyis able 70 se's'is 20 t MOI
anoh isthe simple fact. With 70 adaitsee
of oars.' We have no explanAtion q 1t 70
oifer. TIE people oF thsSe countries are
naturally nuch' exciee4 abcot - stf.sSs |
phsaonsnon: It ha. takee peses.sae. O.
psassss Is IL s,ss.1 S:Soidsrs, soon a.:
snoe hntasAic fMnss or tbs hkeseasss Of
Well-known people, S,..y ,,S 10. bocies
This went 90 Tar that the German Ao-
vaiiisSr szeissnspt 81 assna Il scisafsAe
nieusiSiiitT; and niso g prohibit HE psb-
fieation 81. fxcts.' Ia Aigese The sppar1tt0n
of the crosses was Es8af0e6 - .. s:gni g
GOD; IL The de-. 81 re S.l R,ssss PSF
Here We repeat that we think y most
prudent to kecp,p for che present, to tho
simple fact; chat is cersaia.;l this q.
plantations will come heleafter: AL the
German papers have spoken g II; pa me
further details are f0rths0maog. The
French papers are mere echoes Of the ru-
mora from the other eide OF the Rhine, 80
that they afford no additional information.
The Journal des Debats speaks as fol.
lows of the apparitions OF the crosses saat
time 3" For several months thousands OF
persons have been believing they saw upon
the ridges of the houses-beginning with
thoseRinhabited by the public fnnctionar
figures of all sorts, but chiefly religious
or warlike. Madonnas, Zouaves, Turcos,
cannons, and ironclad ships are the objects
most frequently seen and it seems to DC
the chief employment in most villages 20
stare at the window panes for hours To-
gether; field work is neglected, and every
new appariion. If we remember rightly
it was Just after the murders of Generals
Clement Thomas and Lecomte that similar
apparitions were announced to have take!
pIace at Montmartre. Nothing happened
in consequence. AS for the present cpl
of Baden, at Rastadt. Crosses, swords ant
deaths heads were seen on the widow
panes. 1t has broken out In france, com
mencing in the district of Wissembourg
1t has Just reached as far as Strssenrg
Unfortunately we are without Information
on the subject except what We read II
papers edited or inspired by Germans. On
cannot help suspectiDg that, although Ver.
much displeased at the obstinacy OF tn
patriotic feeling which Hnds every wher
these papers really treat the epparitien
with unconcern and their new couptryme
with contempt" -
The correspondent of one Of Theses paper
goes 80 far as to say that in Alsaees =: com
pglsory faith psssss hsfo,s SG 2nlRgsaS
the agitation by which whole villages III
at present disturbed., The correspondents
the Journal de Genere tries 70 acceunt g
the apparitions on natural -PriIcipies. d
talks about hypnotisaa developed by Ion
dow-panes when they arc dazzling with Il
sunshine. That 10 clever he also tall
about the delusion being favored by tt
clergy, whom other pspers accuse OF SOM
thing worse. And he finishes by sayir
C0AG Lu0 Eu6nlb 10 y AAaHA-VuO -01SA hS>
cause no uneasiness. Absorbed by h
overwhelming desire for reunion wit
France, Alsace has fallen a prey to hall
cination. We ourselves are pretty near
of the same opinion; but how touching
this hallucination; and how striking
does it contrast with that of the Graz
Duchy of Baden, although. the manifest
lions are identieal-the Badeners seeiI
crosses and swords too-but to them +
terrifying presage Of fresh war, less fo
tunate than the last. or all the explain
tons that seem to be haEarded, IL seems
US that the only one utterly inadmiseibie
to attribute, as the Geneva paper, follow
by the Debats, notwithstanding OF t
entire population OF Alsace. That :
facts may, by possibility, be exaggerat
or misrepresented we are ready to adml
but that whole province can be sable
for so long time to deliriam, 80 as
see things that are not there, is the M
incredible hypothesis Of all.
In q letter from Baden, lately publish'
we find the following details respecting
origin of the manifestations that hs
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