The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-02-18
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FRANCE.

TIL The AZ ASD. ;, Loy.oa the SoreosnsL ~.
| been ELECTED by the e pf the Able 10y.
SON. professor at the * tbonne, brother o. o.
declared in his opening lecture, before an
| immense audience, his full submission to
the DEGREES of the Vatican Council, dis
avowing, with evident emotion, the acts
and doctrines of his brother, For what
is for you," he said ga public misfortune,
de famille.")
The Archbishop Of Paris-It seems that
Mgr. Guibert, soon after his enthronement,
heard it stated that by an ancient custom
the Archbishops of Paris had the right to
obtain the pardon of four prisoners In their
diocese on fret taking possession of their
See. He accordingly made application to
Keeper of the Seals, who ordered the ar
chives to be searched Nothing of the
kind could be found, but the Archbishop
was informed that, although there was no
trace OF an ancient usage which could be
restored, the custom should be established
in his favor end at his request. NJ. Guibert,
tStherefore, designated four prisoners, one in
each of the principal prisons of Paris, all
| under severe sentences, but deserving OF
| interest for one reason or another, and the
President and NJ. Dufaure decided that
their pardon was to remain secret til! the
them. Yesterday" says the Union, "the
venerable Prelate visited la sante, st. Pc;
lagie, St. Lazare and la Roquette, and
spoke words of deliverance, which were
received with tears of gratitude; those to
whom he brought the good news were
While at la Roquette the Archbishop re-
quested 10 be shown the cell occupied by
Mgr. Darboy,. and visited the spot where
he and his companions met their death
Z" wish, he said, to 60 and pray at the
place where my predecessor was shot, in
this kind" He did 80, and knelt and pray
ed for some time.
The Murderers Of the Hostages.-The trials
of the twenty-three persons accused of
share in the murder of the hostages are
still proceeding. Very little that was not
known before has been elected as to the
facts Themselves, except the brutality with
ed. One man struck the body of the Arch
bishop and abused him, because, in stealing
the silver buckles of his shoes, he had hurt
himself with the sharp points another
boosted that he had given him the coup de
grace, and a third complained that NJ. Bon
jean was so difficult to kill. Moreover,
when the Archbishop knelt down during q
few moments delay while the keys Of a
gate through which they had to pass were
being brought, he was savagely interrupted
and insulted. One of the priests examined
spoke to the civility with which Langbein
had treated him, and another witness de-
posed that his life had been saved by the
warder keeping, for . consideration, the
paper which bore his name at the bottom
of the pile, 80 that, when three. more vic
time besides the Archbishop, M. Bopjean
and the Able Deguerry-wh6 we're speci-
fed in the order-had to be selected to
make up the tale of six, the witness escaped.
Arvai Of Ahn
evidence tells very heavily and it appears
that the first of the three declared thet NO
priest should escape, whichever order came,
and brutally ill-treated the warder, who,
when the order arrived to shoot sixty, sent
back to know whether six was not the num-
Der meant. Fifty-four lives were thus
saved, but the warder who, in all proba
bility, saved them, is said to have been
shet by the troops soon after their entry.
GERMANY.
The Contest in Bararia.-It will be recol-
lected that Herr Rentfle, the excommuni-
Gated pastor of a village named Mehring,
had succeeded by the support of the civil
of the church and everything appertaining
to the parochal charge of the place. He
has failed, it seems, in persuading the Co.
vernment to ask theNansenist Archbishop
of Utrech to come and confirm his parish
toner's, but, short of that, he has had it all
LIS wv "aSs 4uclc arc upCOmSJ HOW
ever, that this abnormal state of things is
becoming irksome to the majority in the
Chamber. The Bishop of Augsburg has
petitioned the House of Representatives
against the violation of his constitutional
rights in this matter, and the petition hav-
ing been referred to a committee of nine
members, the report has been carried by
six votes against three to the effect that
there are good grounds for the Bishops
The minority opposes to this
the singular argument that, if
the complaint were just, the Committee
ought simply to state it, and recommend
the impeachment of Ministers. The an
swer of the majority is, that the Chamber
would not consent to an impeachment, and
probably will consent to a debate on the
subject. In this manner it is hoped that
justice may be obtained, whereas petition
to the King would be referred back to the |
Council of State, in which the Ministers
have right to vote, and are secure of
majority. It is also said that the Bavarian
have designated for the vacant
see of Speyer the Benedictne Abbot
Wortl. This ecclesastic being suspected
of not having submitted to the DEGREES of
the Vatican Council, the Catholics of Ba-
varia propose to draw up protest against