The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-12-21

by silent contempt to the salutations Of the
Intended priests on their way to their
official banquet. At nine o'clock the pop
ulation attended In immense numbers the
High Mass, celebrated by the parish priest
in the evening the whole parish went in
procession to eing Vespers at the chapel of
Notre Dame du Yorbourg, o place Of pill
grimage about mile and a-half from the
town. At Porrentruy, N. Pipy, alias
Deraney, and the other apostate priests
lowed about by the gendarmes to protect
them against too free expression Of
public opinion, which Is not likely to be-
come more favorable to them when the
causes of their dismissal from their former
dioceses become more generally known.
the Catholic cure, and it is he alone who IL
asked to ofiiciate at baptisms and funerals;
so that 1t 10 rumored, says the Libevte, that
the priests intruded by the Government
are beginning to declare that they can
never get on with the people 80 long 40 the
Ultramontane clergy are allowable re-
ties are beginning to interfere with Catho-
lic worship. The police have capsed an
action to DO brought Against an owner of
the barn in which Disfne worship il cele-e
brated at Porrentruy, ON the ground that
the two tapers on the alter at Mass are an
Infringement Of the regulations of the Fire
Insurance Company, and M. Gobat, the
viee-prefect, has sent circular to the
Communal Councils, apprising them that
worship offered up in barns will no longer
be tolerated, and that the authorities will
only permit ceremonies to be celebrated in
a private house, and in tho presence of not
more than two or three persons. 1t will
become question for France to consider
whether she will permit the violation of the
treaty under which the district was con-
coded to Switzerland to be pushed as far as
the forcible suppression of all public
Catholic worship. The just remonstrances
without supporters in the Federal Council
itself. MN. Schenck, Scherer, and Borel
opposed them. It was three against three !;
but N. Ceresole, the President of the
Federal Council, whose hostility to the
Catholics has been proved in the Geneva
affair, gave his casting vote against them,
and secured the rejection of the appeal.
THE PERSECUTION AT GENEVA.
The Geneva Council of State has called
on three other cures in the Canton, those
of Lancy, Chene-Bourg, and Caronge, to
take the new oath of the civil constitution
of the clergy; demand which is, of
course, simply preparatory to declaration
that their benefces are vacant, and to q
seizure of their churches for transfer to
some foreign 8pOSC8Ce. 81.
CONSPIRACY AT cARTAaENA.,'
The bombardmeRt of Caitagena is still
deferred, but the blockading squadron
has come back and no one is permitted to
enter or leave the place. The rumors
about Generalization and dissension in the
councils of the insurgents seem to have
been we'll founded, for last week brought
to light military plot for the surrender of
the place. Nearly all the officers Of tive
regiments of regulars were sent to prison
on this charge, and Contreras himself seems
to be implicated, for he took refuge at the
French Consulate, and, as soon as he left
it, was arrested. Ar armed mob is said to
have attacked Fort Galeras, which was
with difficulty rescued from them, but the
kilograms do not tell Ms whether these were
conspirators, or whether they were In.
transigentes" who suspected the patriotism
of the ostman-commandant.
GREAT AMNEsTY MEETING IN IRELAND.
The amnesty agitation, which had SO
splendid a commencement at Clontarf in
September, was brought to as splendid a
conclusion on Sunday, 22nd Nov, in
Peterborough: About one hundred and
fifty thousand persons took part in this
final demonstration in favor of the release
of the political prisoners. And it was not
Dublin alone that was represented on the
occasion. Almost every part Of the pro-
visces and every part of England aud
Scotland in which TrishnIen reside in cou.
siderable numbers sent delegates to the
vast assemblage. Roughly speaking, there
were over fifty hands, and hundreds IF bau>
ners aEG hags, most Of which bore embIe ms
of m mourning in token of the day-the anni-
versary of the Manchester executions.
Almost every one exhibited the National
color, and very many had Grape, in add
ton, on some article of dress. 1t need
hardly be said that the trade organizations
and friendly societies of Dublin threw
themselves heartily into the demonstrot ton.
1t is estimated that the procession took
nearly two hours in passing a given point.
When we add that every one seemed thor
oughly impressed with the solemnity of
the days proceedings, and that the most
admirable order and decorum were pre-
served throughout, an idea may be gained
of the grand, imposing, aud picturesque
nature of the spectacle. The meeting was
held in large field in Peterborough.
within view of Mountjoy Prison on one
side and of the monument to O'Connell in
Glasnevin Cemetery on the other. This
field contained probably one hundred
Thousand people. At about half past one |
O'Clock the head of the Droneasiap antara5 |