The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1873-08-17
STAR AND CATHOLIC MESSENGER SUNDAY AUGUST 1878

the smallness of which has been favorlte
topic with the Left.
The Votire Church on Montmartre.-The
next day was that of the debate on NJ. Kel-
ler's report on the grant of powers of ex-
preparation for the construction of the Vo-
tive Church to the Sacred Heart on Mont
martre. nj. de Belcastle spoke eloquently
on behalf of the Committee, calling on the
House to remember that France was
born of an act of faith on field of bat
tle and not to fear making another act OF
faith in order that she might live again."
NJ. Baze, indeed, as President of the Com
mittee, attempted to tore down M. de Bel
castles speech rs expressing more than the
sense of the report, but the Assembly ev
idenIly sympathized with the bolder of
the two speakers, aud the objections OF Nj.
de Pressense against the "devotion t"
which the State WAS to be committed, met
with no success.
State ef the South Of Spdin.-It seems
that the atrocities perpetrattd at A!coy
were even worse than the te!eGrams re-
presented them. Merely because the mayor
and municipality refused to resign, the
mob took the Town hall by storm, and the
assailants, after torturing and outraging
it's defenders, brought them naked to the
balcony, and, calling out the name of each,
asked the rabble below whether they would
have them dead Or alive. If the answer
was "dead, >" the head was INN ediately cut
off and the remains thrown down ; if the
mob answered "alive," the unfortunate
victim was cast down upon the pixies and
bayonets raised to received him and of
those so treated one is said to have fingered
fourteen hours before death came to his
relief Another person had his clothes
saturated with petroleum and set on fire,
and was made to run and serve as blazing
target till he was brought down by more
skilful shot. Several priests seem to have
been hung, and the women who fell into
the hands of the mob were outraged in
most cold blooded manner and General
Velarde, who claims to have re established
order, has only done SO by leaving the
rioters unpunished. The anarchy almost
every where is complete. Seville and Ca
diz have proclaimed the independence of
tagena, and Barcelona have either followed
the example or will shortly follow it, for
autonomy is a necessary element in the
Federalism which has been accepted at
Madrid. The Government are issuing de-
crees with a Wow of reclaiming the pro-
vinces which are Slipping from their grasp.
Pavia is appointed CAPTAIN General of
Andalusia and Estgemadura the Governor
of Murca is deposed: the civil Governor
of Cordova is ordered to be tried by court
martial, and SD on but the difficulty will
be to carry these DEGREES into effect. Con-
treras and Pierrad are cashiered, but the
former is still dictator at Cartagena the
crews of five ships of war which have join
ed the insurgents are declared pirates, and
friendly Powers are requested to treat
them as such but friendly Powers are
likely to wash their hands of the whole
business and do nothing of the kind. One
of these ships, by the by, is said to be
commanded by an English Internationalist,
Samuel Price, who may be a very distn-
guished officer of the society, but oS whom
we confess that we have never heard. The
dictator at Malaga, Carbajal, is kind OF
saltimbauque of the Garibaldi species, and
imposes great respect by means of q white
cloak, white slourh hat and red feather.
and above all by yellow boots but he has
shown some practical fighting qualities,
for he marched his men out of the town
and took up military position which pre-
vented the Government troops frpm effect
ing junction. At Seville, tue Dictator
Is most appropriately 4 barber, and this
new Figaro is doing not a little harm in the
way or destroying art-treasures as well as
and converts. AT Cadiz tho
municipality have just put up to auction
She magnificent tabernacle of the Cnthed- |
raj, miracle of seventeenth century sill
yer work, worth more than 10000 Ali
cante 1t appears has retracted its declara-
at Cartagena have hoisted the red flag on
the fort Of Galera, and taken possession of
a squadron of four frigates-three of them
lronclads-in the port +; and the Committee
of Public Safety at Barcelona is said to be
about to discharge the whole army of Cata-
onia, which will leave clear field for the
Carlists and the Volunteers of Liberty to
ight ont the battle between them in that
province.
Progress Of Me Carlists-The only hope
or the restoration of order and confidence
appears to liesin the success of the Carlists,
who are certainly beginning to prosper by
reason Of the disgust inspired by the ex-
cesses of the Republicans, and by the i'm
Dotence of the Republican Government.
3ut even this is remote prospect, which
Will require good deal of discounting, for
the Cariists to be victorious at
Madrid within q few months, there will
&c the whole of the South and East of
'pain to suhjugate before the civil war can
'e said to be ended. Don Carlos, who
rossed into Spain at Zugarramundi, is
aid to he marching on Bilbao with 10 900
men. He signalized his entry by an act of
lemency and by an act of dis
lpline, having set free the Republican
prisoners, and given them q safe conduct
nto France, and having ordered Santa