The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-09-29
Morning Star and Catholic Msssengef.
INV ORLEANs, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 1871.
Ixrrxx FROM PELICAN.


Pelican, whose letters are always interest
ng, arrived just one day too late for inser-
lion in our last issae:
PLAoUEM1NEs, Sept. 18th, 1872.
EDITOR Morning Star and Catholic Messenger.
The good folks Of Sup in the country"
have but little. to write about in these dull
ssGR
;urns and twists follow each other in quick
and all for the public good, If
We will only believe their authors, though
it is often difficult matter to. reconcile
some of them with any good whatever.
We have candidates BY the squad for
name, and. unfortunately, as is geuntally
the case, petty sttifes and personal prefer
epces tend to keep MP dissentions and di
vision where an should ",pnll together"
This 10 truly deplorAble state Of Affairs In
, contest Ike the present., where SOL much
Ssec happy old Creole State Ii at stake,
and il Is TO- BE aincerely hoped that the
rood " softer second thought Of our peo-
Die will yet prevail In time.
We.have com planned about the crops all
the year, and stu 1t IL the burden Of our
song. Last year we had too much rain. 1t
nuch dro1th-it rnins everything. World
like We have gene from one extreme to the
other in the seasons as we'll as in other
sahings. We have, Indeed, had q very dry
season-too dry entirely. for the cane crop,
as the result il telling iteo plainly already.
rain enough in our town end vicinity to
wet the dust. The corn crop was made
when this .drotth set in, and, am happy
10 say, is @ fine one. What cotton, too, we
have 10 doing well, but the crop Of sugar
cane needed some good rains in the month
81 3d. kn khno hoo
ceased to grow. We look for rain, consult
the signs, but all our weather wisdom has
only tended to prove the old adagey all
signs fail in dry weather."
The health Of our section is generally
pretty good, although we have to record
zens-several Of whom had gone beyond
the fonrth SCORE One, o worthy old lady
Mrs. Jalie Chopper, native of this Sec
ainn, Mas oHer ninety
Recently we have buried too very worthy
old men-Major Pierre .Gellusseau and
Michel Solitaire, ST., Esq. Major Gellus-
this country about 1918. Daring the fifty-
four years Of his life spent here he lived in
tho exercise Of the golden rule, and, it is
necdless to add, was beloved and honored.
Mr. Sohaftre was native of our section,
and in along, laboFious and useful life, strove
ever to do good to friend and neighbor in
-
aeared him to all Of our people. Daring
His burial business was generally suspend
ed in cur town, o mark Of respect worthily
bestowed.
As these two good old men lived, so they
lied. Coda minister was beside them in
the Redeemer's promise they paced from
The Academic year Of our Convent
began on the 6rst Monday Of this month,
with the prospect of being . successful one.
st. JONAS School fear, win not be opened
Aswever, We will succeed in establishing q
good boys school here this winter. Its
necesaity 10 too great to be neglected, and
lam truly glad to state that sn effort in
tho right direction IL now being made.
Th9 SectiOn of the Catholic Militant
Union OF tho Cross established here, has
taken the matter under its auspices, and
necessary means of buying or building q
suitable place for a school on the basis Of q
joint stock association, and will leave no.
thiog unaone TO carry out their object Of 2es-
ting mp good Catholic school for the many
Wiid, brighs-eyed, rosy checked youngsters
We have In QUE town and vicinity. With
$1,000 We could succeed in our object, but,
in face Of present prospects in our immedl-
ate vicinity, IL viii, We fear, be difficult to
get that Gum. However, we muet not tire
81 the good work.
The ladies OF onr congregation held a
meeting this last week to arrange for estab
hehing an Auxiliary Section of the Militsn,
Union, and, 1 presume, will perfect the
organization Of tho same shortly. The
Section already established will hold q
called meeting nextSunday to consider the
question Of charter for the Catholic
School Association of st. Johns, of which
moro anon. PELICAN.
P.S. We have an item of news-ope OF
these disagreeable items which partizan
legislation has foisted upon the America q
people to their shame and disgrace. Last
Week.a couple of colored men, in company
with white man, attempted to force
themselves upon some of our citizens at
dinner In one of our hotels, and the result
was fight, in which one of the colored men
samo Of second best. He has since gone to
Jour city, charged Conspiracy and
other things under the Civil ~ Rights and
kindred bille, and to-day Deputy U. s..
Marshal has arrested several of our quiet,
Poaceable citiEens, some of them peace
makers on the occasion, to take them be-
fore Commissioners Weller for trial. P.
IFrom ApPIetons Jouraall
rsSenaoy in Fever Of the Gisters Of Charity.