The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-09-07

Christian man, yet round the waus OF tnat
howell fash lights and glories which many
proud aristocrat knows nothing of in the love
of the father and the child. No, the Irish
laborer is not degraded, and when the mother
lisp the simple prayers to God, and the father
reversntly uncovers his head, the blessing Of
sn%
often does not belong to the hall Of naughty
nobles.n Eloquent words, that bear most
a9 to sha
the humblest homo Of clay in the country dis
tricts of Ireland.
We have had two %
Montgomery-is to come off on Tuesday next.
The blind man, lawrence Smith, who stabbed
neghbaE; Of his Own tS death II 81 o. e.
ership of strip Of bag, was haaged on satur-
day morning last at eight O'Clock within the
precinets Of Cavan Jail. he met his doom in
several days before, he received the ministra.
| tions Of several Catholic priests: ,When the
e1ecutionsr whilst tying. his hands behind his
Arrived at the foot Of the scaffold, be was In
formed of the fact by the Catholic clergymen;
voice, In the name Of God" he asoended
| rapidly. stupid mistake of tho hangman
added to the natural horror OF the exec1slon.
feet Just touched the ground, and the execu-
TONER had to draw mp the wretched man In
the moment of his final agony. The other ex-
ecution was that of Edward Walsh at Castle
bar on Tuesday for the murder of his wife in
o fit Of drunkenness OF semi-drunkenness. On!
. all the crimes that are to be laid to thy &C.
count accursed demon drink! Walsh too died
, a penitent and even edifying death, having
. been constantly attended since his condemns
! ton by three Catholic priests and the Sisters
: of Mercy. His execution was not mismaneged.
! The day before he died his two orphan chil-
f dren-a boy Of sig years and q girl Of fsur
were brought in to SEQ him at his request. The
Z interview was one that might melt heart Of
/ stone. At night, in the presence OF the Cath
. of his crime. He declared that he never in
tended to take away his wife's life, that they
J, were on friendly terms together before the
r deed, and that a sudden dispute about the key
a of the shop Che was q baker and o publican)
8 excited his passion Che having taken liquor
Q during the day., and led him to do what he
i would have given worlds to undo the moment
I it was done. There is, suppose, no reason to
:, doubt the truth of this story and, if so, the
i conclusion is irresistible that had Walsh been
: a sober man on that fatal Sunday in April, no
o never have suffered On ignominious death on
IS the scaffold. read in the Castlebar Telegraph
n that when sober he was well-conducted and
Y in offensive man.
J. On Sunday, Rathkeale church was consecra-
q ted, but DR.. Manning was not able to be pres
l. emit. His Grace will also be prevented from
It preaching in Armagh on Sunday; The conse-
Grafton of the National Cathedral in that city,
b is to be, as have already intimated, great
:, affair; and shall take care in my next letter
/, to let the readers Of the STAR have good ac-
IS count of it, Father Burke is to be the prfnci-
It pal preacher and this reminds me that the
ii great Dominican orator delivered one OF his
j. first lectures in the Munster Hall, Cork, on
l. Tuesday evening last, on the religious history
t. of the United States with special reference to
e the spread of the Catholic religion which, ne
said ne hoped yet to see the prevailing and
" distinctive religion of Columbia. need not
= summarize the lecture, as you will doubtless
l. reproduce it in ertenso in the columns OF the
If STAR. j. j. q