The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-08-03
MIscKLLANEous FOREIGN NEWS.
ITO July isth.l
IRELAND.


Emigration still continues, though M
merous letters are appearing in the press
stating that when laborers can get Is
day in Ireland they are foolish to encount-
er the hardships and privattons OF the rev
World. We do not know how this may be,
but We can say that we know of 40 labor
ers in this part of the country, for more
than q very short period at spring and har-
| vest--say for two months out of the twelve
receiving that wages while at this pres
| emit moment, but for the Indian meal very
many families Of working men would be- IN
| the poor house and for everything in the
way of meat which reaches them they are
also indebted to the same bountifulco
America. So when poor men hnd that
| they can have American produce here so
much cheaper than that of their own coun,
try-in fact that without it they would
| starve-and when they learn in ADDITION
that wages there are double or treble what
they are here, it will be difficult to persuade
the working man that he would benefit him
| self and his family by remaining at home.
Now those arguments, we make use OF, have
been repeated to us by an intending emil
| grant, who could remain pretty well
ut home-they are tangibse-the poor man
can undersigned them-and we admit we
found them difficult to answer.-Roscon,-
mon Messenger.
The New Cathedral of Armagh We
have been requested to publish the follow
ing statement and appeal. signed by the
hon. secretaries on behalf of the Archbishop
of Armagh and the Cathedral Committee
"The solemn Dedication of the great Ma
tfon Cathedral Of st. Patrick, Armagh, has
been fixed for Sunday, the 24th of August,
1873. This magnificent temple of worship has
Beauty and astistio excellence, now stands ON
rivalled by any church ever erected in this
country either in ancient or modern times: AL
ready more than sixty thousand pounds have
bao, ponff int ito nf yrh n
siderable amount still remains dae Local
charity has been taxed beyond measure, and
rs the payment of the debt cannot be deferred,
we are obliged once more to make another and
last appeal to the generosity Of the Irish Cath
awe should feel difident of success but for
The Armagh Cathedral is, in the strictest
| sense, the property of the Irish Catholic ma
| tion, and is q lasting monument erected to the
and pisty % Of his his spiritual chiidren-
"More than thirty-three years have now
elapsed since this great work was undertaken.
stone was laid by the Most Rev. DR.. Crolly.
Two successors of that great Prelate have gone
| to their reward. third has been elevated to
purs and c taken his Place tSs
fallen the happy.lot of browning work which
has engaged the care and attention, and taxed
the energies Of 50 many Of his iilustrlous pre-
| "Of the many thousands who will have the
happiness of visiting the new cathedral, and
seeing its towering spires and graceful proper
| tions on the great day of its solemn dedica-
ton, we venture to say there will not be one
| whose heart will not throb with manly
pride at the thought Of having contributed
ever 80 little to the erection of q building that
| is at once an honor to the land and o glory to
the Church.
"Its site is, perhaps, one of the finest in the
| world. Standing on u gentle eminence north
of the city, it Commands q view of the sur
rounding country for many miles-a view that
| is unrivalled for picturesque beauty and charm
ny In conneeti H with the sito there is very
remarkable incident related in the Book Of Ar
1nagh and one which would seem to show that
the exact spot on WHICH the new Ca s',s
| St. Patrick having obtained from Dare, the
lord of the place, the site of which is now the
| Protestant Cathedral-the Book OF armagh
! "And they went forth together, both St. Pa
trick and Daire, to view the admirable and
well:pleasing gift. and they assembled the
height, and found o roe, and little fawn with
her lying on the spot where the altar of the
fNorthern Church in Arddmacha now stands
Aud ST. Pstrick's companions wanted to catch
the fawn and kill it, but the Saint objected,
and would not permit them nay, he even
took up the fawn himself and carried it on his
shoulders, and the followed him like pet
sheep until he laid down the fawn on another
emiuence, at the north side of Armagh where,
according to the statement of those who are
familiar with the ground, miraculous attesta-
Of -Armagh, as quoted by DR.. Reeves in his An
Client Churches Of Armagh, p.
The eminence lat the north side of Ar
magh can hardly be any other than that on
which the new cathSdi al is now built. Few
places are vested with more historic inter-
est than the ancient City of Armagh.
Around it are inseparably entwined the
most hallowed associations of the past.
The number of its churches and the fame
of it's schools are known to the humblest
student of history.
ENGLAND.
The BurioLs Billion the 9Th Mr.. Beres.
ford Hope talked out the Burials Bill, as Mr..
Osborne Morgan patheticatty prophesied
that when he once got on his legs he was
sure TO do. One popularity in the de-
bates on this subject-each refusal to set
tie which, according to the member for
| Denbigshire, is "knocking a nail into the
coffin of the Establshment"-is this, that
both parties appear to approach it with
| feelings and arguments more or less unin-
telligible to Catholics. The Dissenters
want to have an equal right to conduct