The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-11

| GALLITZIN. In lieu of our own promised
review OF this new work, want of time hav-
| Ing as yet prevented our perusal of 1t, we
| append lengthy notice thereof from a re-
cent issue of the Johnstown Tribune. The
! scope and character of the work may to
some extent be judged by this summary of
| Its contents, but we are assured by persons
who have read it that it contains number
OF letters to and from the pioneer priest
which are exceedingly interesting, especial
! ly TO those who figured in his day ana gen.
| Grafton, besides a fund of anecdote and in
cldent which cannot fail to amuse and en-
tertaln all who peruse it. The style and
! paper is not what it should be for the mon
! ey, but to those who revere the ballowed
| memory of the great ''Apostle of the Ale
! ghenles, this will not prove an unsur-
| mountable objection. The book is made
up to great extent of facts never hereto
1ore published, and comparatively few now
| hvlns have any knowledge of many of the
| incidents and occurrences related IL its well
written pages. NJ. p. Meagher, of Johns
| town, is prepared to furnish the work by
wholesale at publishers prices, or single
copies at retail for $3.50. If ordered thro'
US, however, $3.50 will pay for the book
ana Il copy OF our paper for one year, or
two copies of the book and paper to an old
and new subscriber, or two new subscribers,
Tor $3.50. Here is Rhat the Tribune says
| about the work
eral days ago we noticed the fact OF having
| received from NJ. 7. Meagher, bookseller
ana statloner, a book bearing the above title,
| and written by Miss Sarah NJ. Brownson, OF
! New York. Since then we have read the
| work and feel justified in following the
| Unread OF her narrative and expressing
OPINION OF Its contents. The life OF this Won
! ueftuI man furnishes fruitful theme for the
! pen of the historian. The wealthy. educa-
ted son OF noble parents in Russia; Il prince
by utle and having by birth and associations
! everything about him that the world conld
give hlm, he suddenly concluded by and with
the advice aud consent of his parents, to pay
a visit TO this country At that time, near
the close oi the last century, civil dissensions
prevailed In nearly every portion of Europe.
| n set OF Goddess so-called philosophers were
the trusted advisers and intimate friends of
several relgnlng monarchS, and although the
sending away OF her son to a country of which
the most that was known then was that it had
just thrown oft the yoke of hated tyranny
ana declared her right to be Il free and indie
| pendent nation, was a sore trial to a fond
nOthef hetrt, yet she was prepared to make
the sacrifice so that She could remove. her son
from the company of profit gates who profess
ed no form OF belief beyond the certainty that
life was short, and that it should therefore
be given up to what the world calls enjoy
ment The ways of God are inscrut:tble.
Little did that mother think as she claspei
him to her besom when he was about leaving
that her eyes had rested upon him for the.
last time on earth, and that the Prince, whose
heart was heating high in anticipation of the
to him wonderful tour he was about to un-
dertake, would be found 4 few years later in
one of the dreariest wilds OF PENNSYLVANIA
an humble missionary doing battle i'll the
service of his Divine Master.
The authoress deyOtes considerable por-
! ton OF the opening chapters TO history of
the GallltZIn family. From her learn
that the father of the subject of this memoir
was Russian nobleman. He stood high in
the favor of the reigning Gar and held many
) positions of honor and trust. He was not a
professor of religion, but on the contrary
his associates were Voltaire aud other iufi-
del philosophers. The mother of the Prince
is represented to have been Of noble birth
learned, piOus and virtuous wonIan-and
1t was doubtless owing to her example and
admonitions that the mind Of the young
Prince was trained to despise the frivOIities
: of the age. She procured for him tutors who
were in accord with her own ideas and
I while receiving y liberal education in all the
| advanced branches of study, his religious
training was not neglected.
= Shortly after Prince GaliitZin arrived in
tins country he concluded to enter the priest
hood, and after pursuing his sacred studies
| under the tatherly care of the lamentcd BiSh-
OD Carroll, of Baltimore, brother of Charles
Carroll, one Of the Signers of the DccIara-
ton of Independence, he was by him or
dained- The mission chosen by the young
minister was one that suited person of his
zeal and ardent temperament. For time
, he traverstd almost the entire southwestern
portion of this State, and even attended to
the wants OF the settlers in a part of West
Virginia. About the year 1898, he located
, permanently at Loretto, and founded that
village in All almost impeneUrable wild.
Gathering about him few settlers, he soon
reared an humble chapel, and although his
congregation was small, the good priest
: found plenty of work TO do in visiting dis
tant settlements. BY becoming a citizen of
, the United States he incurred the displea-
! sure of the Gar, and his estates in Russia
were forfeited to his only sister, with the ex-
: plicit understanding that no portion of the
inheritance should accrue to his benefit. His
sister, however, sent him various sums of
, money, all which he expended in relieving
: the wants and necessities of the poor and i'll
> buying land for those unable to purchase.
For forty-twO years the humble missionary
, pursued the calling which he had vountar-
! lily chosen, when at length his health began
to fail under the active work required of
him, and on the sixth day of May, 1910, two
: attending priests and a weeping knot Of his
parishioners gathered around his bedside TO
Calmly ana ,,, ISL pass away @
and his immortal soul Was received by Him
for whom he had renouuced wealth and
: worldly distinction to enlist under the ban
ner of the Cross.
AT the time of his death Prince Gallitzin
was in the SEVENTEEN year of MS age. His
= remains lie in vault just III front of the
Catholic church, at LOretto. y monument
D., marks his last resting place, but we under
stand that an effort is being made to have a
more appropriate one placed over him.
We have followed the general thread of
| Miss BrownSOn s narrative, but our sketch
= conveys but very faint outline of this work.
. Her history of Prince Demetrius Augustine
! | GaIlitZin is written in the finest language
( leading incidents in the career of her ilustri-
Gus subject are faithfully portrayed, and
taken altogether one wonders how the tai
> ented lady could have the patience to pur-
= sue the difficult task of collating all the ma
! | terial contained in this life. If space per
- mitted we would publish in this connec-
,; tion a few extracts from the work, that
\ | would give the reader an idea of the manner
" i'll which the book has been compiled. AS
- an interesting history of pioneer mission
:. | airy it is an invaluable contribution to liter
= ature, but it is work of peculiar value TO
the people of this county, where nearly half
a | a century of his life and labors were passed.
FATAL ACCIDENT.-On Saturday even