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The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1874-10-11
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New Plea for Abstinence from Tobacco and Ii
quorB.

All good people are unanimous in desiring
that tho Father of the Faithful, the earthly
Head of the Church, should be released from
his iguominious imprisonment and receive the
respectful treatment due to bis exalted station.
Such n boon were worth . great price, aud if
We pay enough God will surely grant it. True,
We are already making partial payments by
our prayers aud by offering up for that inten-
tion the Affections that daily come upon ne !;
bat 1t seems to me that an additional sacri6ce,
voluntarily offered by large number of the
faithful, would have great force before the
throne of Grace and my proposition is, that
we'll disposed Catholics of all ages and degrees
should resolve and take pledge to deny them
selves and abstain from the use of tobacco aud
spirituOus liquors, so long as the Pope and the
Church shall suffer under the present indigni-
ties. This is intended chiefly for those who
are not inclined to become permanent members
of tho present Temperance Societies. Who
seconds the motion Of sAcRfFIcR3
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The Celebration by the Catholic Total Abstinsnc,
" Societies.

We were pleased to see the large numbers of
men who attended the instructions of the Rev.
Father McKiniry, 8. j., Spiritual Director of
the Union of our Total Abstinence Societies,
at the Church of the Immaculate Conception,
last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday even
ings. 1t augurs we'll for tho success of the
movement that SO many men should attend SO
punctually to these religious exercises. It is
to be hoped that not only all who were present
at these instructions, but also those members
who were prevented from attending, will be
present at the Cathedral this morning to re-
cese the Bread of Life from the hands of His
Grace, the Most Rev. Archbishop.
The Macs will commence at O'Clock pune
tually, and will be celebrated by His Grace,
who has come from distant part of the coun-
try for this purpose, that his presence might
encourage the members, and show that not
only does he approve their work and the man.
ner in which they seek to accomplish it, but
that it has his special blessing.
The parade will take place in the afternoon.
The procession will leave the corner of Camp
and Canal streets at 2 o'clock. 1t will go up
town as far as First street, and down town as
far as Vaudeville street. The programme will
be found on the fifth page, and should be read
by those who may be anxions to see the pro-
cession.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1874-10-11

Statistics gathered by the Pittsburg TEL
egvaph show that the number of children
attending the Catholic parochial schools in
the diocese of Pittsburg is ABOUT Is, 600.
OF these 5000 are taught by the Sisters of
Mercy. The Common School Superintend-
ent's report shows the whole number of
puPils in the city of Pittsburg to be 60, ,2s2.
OF this number 1900 attend the Catholic
schools. When it ls known. says the Iele
graph, that, besides contributing their full
quota of the tax assessed to defray the ex
Penses of common schools, the Catholic
denomination relieve the public schools of
90 large number of tho scholars which
would otherwise attend, it would be seen
that their proportional Contribution to edu-
oational purposes is greatly in excess Of
that of any other body of citizens.
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LETTER FROM rHIHoDAUx.
TnnoDAux, La, October 6, 1874,


THBoDAUx, La, October 8, 1874.
To the Editor OF tho Morning Star,
The large and magnificent Catholic church
ct this place presented an interesting spectacle
last Sunday, on tho occasion of Confirmation
by His Grace, Archbishop Perche. The CON.
gregation assembled to witness the imposine
ceremony consisted of at least ffsesn hundreS
persons.
At the seven o'clock mass, which was oe,ss
brated by His Grace, assisted by Rev. i.
Anstaett, large number of the faithfus
received Holy Communion. The yarion.
| societies, having assembled at thoir halls.
and received their badges and banners, forned
in front of the pastoral residence. At the
| close of tho nine o'clock mass, His Grace boipo
received under richly-adorned canopy, the
procession moved toward the church, the st.
Joseph's brass band discoursing strains Of
| sweet melody. The procession was headed Inv
the Society of st. Valerie, followed in order
by the Children of Mary, Ladies of Notre Dame
de Bon Secours, Association of st. Alovaus.
st. Joseph's Association, Clergy escortins His
Grace. The display of banners was very bsau.
tiful; each We'd with the other in brilliancy Of
hue, arrangement of design and splendor Of
glittering ornaments.
Ano PIocoeSiob, nSVtbg advanced up the
middle aisle of the church, halted, and formed
passage for His Grace to approach the main
altar. After addressing the congregation at
length in French, His Grace proceeded to give
confirmation. He was assisted by Fathers An
staett, Menard and Favre. Confirmation being
ended, His Grace was escorted in procession q,
the pastoral residence, where many came to
offer congratulations and receive his blessing.
Yesterday His Grace visited the Catholic in
stitutions of learning-the Mount Carmel Aca-
denny and Thibodaux College. At the Academy
His Grace was addressed by q little girl in very
fitting words. At the College a cordial well
come was extended, by Master Chas. Menvin,
in q brief but eloquent DISCOURSE His Grace.
seated Oh the elevated platform of the Profess
sor, replied in French. Both institutions are
enjoying to-day, as the Archbishop's holiday.
j H R.
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EDITORIAL and OTHER ITEMS

1t is reported at Washington that in Penn
| sylvania there are 100 600 men unemployed.
and a prominent official is quoted as saying
| that in Illinois there are so 600 unemployed
! laborers.
| Of all books that have lately "thundered in
| the index" Lord Chief Justice Coekburne,s
much talked of book on Junius is the greatest
| fraud. We are now told that the book ia not
| even begun.
A Detroit paper chronicles the most ire
| markable incident that has happened in Mich
| igan since the first settlement of the State.n
a boy was playing with gun, which went off
| without hurting anybody.
In the county of Sussex, in the south of Eng
| land, there are extensive fig orchards, and
! their success has proved beyond a doubt that
the fig can be grown with perfect success as
an orchard tree in England.
An American lady who was ill for several
months at a Swiss hotel with the smallpox.
was surprised, upon her recovery, to receive o
bill at the rate of $1,000 a month, her illness
having driven all the other boarders away.
The grape crop of California was never in q
more promising condition, both as regards
quantity and quality, than at present, the vim
tage being placed at 10 600, 600 gallons, against
yield of 100000 in 1873, and 250oOoo in
1872
An imperial decree has been issued at Con-
stantinople, making it imperative for the
faithful to repeat the prescribed prayers Eve
times a day This is because of recent severe
free in that city, which are attributed to neg-
lect of this duty. Maybe this is also what ails
Chicago.
The depth of meanness is reached when q
man hurls stone at train of passenger cara
to revenge himself upon the company. An
outrage of this kind recently committed on
the Pennsylvania Railroad, near New Bruins
wick, has resulted IN the tieath of a passenger
who was struck.
Pope Plus TX. graciousy well pleased
at Bishop Gross calling his College at Macon
after the Holy Father, and has sent an elegant
statue of the Blessed Virgin as q token of his
regard. Bishop Gross, at early day after
his return to Georgia, will inaugurate this
statue, which is to be placed in a niche of the
college building.
Last year the total newspaper postage col
lected $l1 072 800. Under the new law,
by which newspapers are to pay two cents
pound and magazines three, it is expected that
$6500O0 will be collected in New York alone.
The plan is to weigh the mail iu bulk, and pay
for it in special stamps at the Office of deposit.
This places the postage on the publisher.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1874-10-11

DEATH OF Mr.. ERkINGToN.-The Dublin
Freenan's Journal pays the following deserved
tribute of respect to the virtues of the late
Mr.. ErringtoD, brother of HIS Grace tho Most
Rev. Archbishop Errington, and father of the
junior member for Longford "Though shrink
lag from the notoriety of active public life,
and always anxious to avoid its hustle ard it's
prominence, Mr.. Errington has left behind him
name that will long be remembered with re-
spect, and q reputation as a Catholic gentle
man second to none in the country of his
adoption. Mr.. ErriBgton was not an Irshman,
but from the time he made Ireland his home
he showed an earnest interest in it's welfare
and was ever ready to share in every move
mcnt that was designed to promote religion
religious education, and the purposes of chari-
". He was for many years President of the
st. Vincent de Paul Society in Ireland-took
large part in the foundation of it's magnificent
orphanage. and participated in every good
work undertaken by the Society. Nor was it
by word and work alone that he manifested
the sincerity of his Catholic faith. His purse
was ever open to the many calls of Irish Cath
olicity. 1t Is but recently that we recorded
his splendid muni6cence in sustaiument of the
Catholic University of Ireland-a munificence
that will never be forgotten in that national
establishment and that will ensure the per-
petuation of his fame in Ireland, and, indeed
throughout the Catholic world into distant
generations"
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1874-10-11

The use of carrier pigeons for press pur-
poses is on the increase. and the breed lie
rapidly improving. By careful "selec-
ti0n," and allowing only the "survival OF
the flttest," powers have been developed
which few years ago would have been
thOught impossible. They can be special
~ trained to fly over 500 miles, and it is
No uncommon thing for dispatches to be
taken to London from Paris, Lisbon and
BraGSels. Land and Water records a case
a. interest. An ocean homing bird of
great dOCility, intelligence aud spirit, has
bsan found in Iceland, which flies at the
Rsteor like speed of $50 miles an hour. A
pair Of these birds, whose present home is
in Kent, within FEN miles of London, re-
Gently carried. dispatches from Paris to
their home in one hour and quarter.
They do the distance from that to London
In . quarter of an hour, including delivery
u their dispatches.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1874-10-11

HONE EMANUFAcTURE-Every man ufacturing
interest established in city State should be fss
tered and encouraged and therefore take pleasure
in calling attention to the broom manufacturing estab
lishment OF Mr. p. II. Harmon, No. % Tchoupitoulas
street. Mr. Harmon employs from thirty to sixty
hAnds and is now selling from from four six hundred
dozen brooms week, and bis manufacture
justihed by the demand, to three four times that
number. The brOoms are better than those brought
from the North, and sold at lower prices Mr..
Harmon s also agent for the Mobile and Bucket
Factory which gives employment to forty skilled hands
and is now turning out which wall compare fGycF
ably with any made anywhere. They have Just 10
ceived order from st. Louis which will amount to
slGOOO and have doubt both brooms and buckets
will soon be thipped from here to the North and West
Mr.. s j. Pecot, for many years = popular in our
grocery and provision trade is managing for Mr.
Harmon, and is fully alive to the Importance Of the
enterprise He s full of energy, never tirag worker
prompt and in ali business relatiOn and We
advise all who want articles in his line to give him
call.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1874-10-11

CLERICAL CHANGES AND APPOINTMENTS
We authorized to announce the following
changes and appointments as official:
Rev. T. j. Kenny is transferred from the
Pastorate of 8. Theresa's to that of 8. John the
Baptist, vice Rev. Jeremiah Moynihan, re-
signed.
9ev. P. N. J.. Massardier is appointed Pas
tor Of st. Theresas, vice Rev. 7. ]. Kenny,
transferred.
Rev. j. G. Foote is transferred from the
Euracy of st. Patrick's to that of St. John the
Baptist.
Rev. jeremiah Moynihan, Jr., is transferred
from the church of ST. John the Baptist to the
Curacy of St. Theresa's.
Rev. John Damas is appointed Curate at st.
Aliohael's church.
Rev. Father Vsudry is appointed Chaplain
as the Academy of the Holy Angels, which is
under the charge of the Sisters of the Holy
Crosse.
Rev. Father Geoffroy is appointed Curate at
tho Church ut Petit Gallon, in the civil parish
of Torrebonne. 49, -se,-, ----
ssev. Father Branohe is appointed Curate at
the Church in Vermillionville, parish of
Lafayette.
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The Presidents Recognition.


The mastery argument of Cbas. O'Conor,
Esq., on the question of the Presidents
right to reconsider his recognition Of de
Jacto State Government, 10 copied by us
to-day from the New York Herald in which
it originally appeared. Though person
may hesitate between his conclusions and
those of Reverdy johnson on the same
subject, there can be no question as to
the lucidness of his style and the profound
analy tical powers of his mind.
Mr.. O'Conor holds that when there are
two or more de Jacto governments in a
State it is the business of Congress to de-
eide which is legitimate, or, in case Con-
gress should not be in session, that it ia
the Presidents business to make pro-
until Congress shall act. The Hon. Rever.
dy johnson contends that the President
having once given a judgment in the case,
that judgment is final unless reversed by
Congress,-that the President himself cam
not review it. Mr. O'Conor thinks that
he may, and ought to, do SO whenever con-
vinced of error.
Auc &No" AoiA ACfd" uuuo III ME-
O'Conor's views the practical inconve-
nience that the President might change his
judgment too often. For instance, if now
he should declare himself to have been
originally in error on the Louisiana ques-
tioh and should thereupon discard kellogg
and recognize McEnery, he might next
week again change his mind and our Gov
yho rpJa ,;cLk
badly another time.
On the other hand courts themselves
have the right to annul their final judg.
ments in certain cases, which is practically
to reverse them. By the laws of Louisiana
for instance. final judgment, art. COZ C.
p, may be annulled when obtained
through fraud or other ill-practices." No
doubt, according to this principle, which
is one of essential justice and ought to be
in force every where, tho President or
Congress might reverse Judgment as to
the de .fdcto government of State, not in
every case and as a mere matter of whim.
but whenever the first judgment had been
obtained through fraud, perjury or other
Immoral means. This would make a COM
promise between Mr.. johnson and the
Herald on one side and Mr.. O'Conor on
the other. 1t would provide that the
judgment o. President or Congress should
not be altogether immutable in every pos
sible case, and that, at the same time, it
should not be liable to the capricious un-
certainty feared by one of the parties.
So far as this view would affect the
Louisiana case, it's benefits would be as
mark ed as under the more latitudinarian
rule of Mr.. O'Conor, for manifestly the
President, if he was honest in his first
judgment, was cheated into it. Mr.. O'Con-
or himself assumes the fact to be now
universally admitted that the whole KEEL
logg case was based on fraud and made out
in perjury. Certainly the President had
then, right to annul his frat decision,
without even waiting for the the coup d etat
which terminated Kellogg's de Jdctody ism.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1874-10-11
Nominations by the Democratic Conssl vativ
Party.


The Convention of this party, which was in
session last week, made the following nomina.
tons:
For Mayor-C. J. Leeds.
Administrator of Improvements-E. A.
Burke.
Administrator of Finance-Ed. PiIsbury.
Administrator of Police-Dennis Mccarthy.
Administrator of Commerce.. o. Landry.
Administrator of Accounts-J G. Brown.
Administrator of Assessments-E. l.. Bouny.
toll.
Criminal Sheriff-Willia:u Pagan.
Civil Sherif-Eugene Waggaman
Coroner of First, Fourth, Fitch and Sixth
Districts-Dr. A. Chastant.
Coroner, Second and Third Districts-Dr. E.
De Blanc.
FOR THE SENATE.
First District-First, Second and Third
Wards, j. III. Grover, w. j. Kelley and Il. d.
Ogden.
Second Distriot-Fourth, Fifth and Sixth
Wards, E. d. White.
Third District-Seventh, Eighth and Ninth
Wards, Will Stevens.
Fonrth District-Tenth and Eleventh Wards,
j b. Eustis.
For THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
First Ward-A: A. Maginnis, Ed. Booth.
Second WaId-G. l.. Hall, w. J. Hammond
and Charles H. Schenk.
Third Ward-W. B. Koontz, John A. Gill
more Charles Byrne and Clement L. Walker.
.Fonrth Ward-M Sibilski and jules Aldige.
Fifth Ward-Charles Roman and Gabriel
Pascal.
Sixth Ward-George w. Dupre.
Seventh Wnrd-O NJ. Tennison, G. Gehlbach.
Eighth Ward-C. + Seaman.
Ninth Ward-T. A. DeBlanc, J. Christian
Sport.
Tenth and Eleventh wards-Alfred Moulton,
Charles Kummel and j. A Blaffer.
Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Wards
e. l.. Bower, B. G. Elliott.
Fifteenth Ward Henry Willet
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1874-10-11

to o festival in her honor, it 10 becadss faith
has grown -lukewarm and the world has o
fatal tendency away from the Mother Of Our
Lord-unconscious, alas: that by Withdrawing
from the mother it also withdrsws from the
Son.
The Scriptures bid us seek in the Stable at
Bethlehem the child Jesus soith His Mother and
again it points to Him on Calvary with His
Mother standing near His cross. And thus we
learn that where Mary is there is Jesus; and if
we wish, one day, to reach the Kingdom of her
Son, we must fy to her maternal arms and
beseech her to show and guide us in the way.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1874-10-11

Father Kenny requests us to thank the
reverend gentlemen who promised him to
preach during the Forty Hours Devotion at
st. Theresa's, and to state that their services
will not be required, as he has been transferred
from that Church to st. Johns
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1874-10-11

Down IN A CRATEk.-Recently two gentle
men, Mr.. N A. Rector of Texas and Mr john
Blackmore of England, made the ascent of the
Valcano Popocatapetl. They reached the
snow-line at six o'clock in the morning. From
this Poine they proceeded onward and up
ward until they arrived at the verge of
the crater, nearly 10000 feet above the
sea level, which point they attained at 10 80
o'clock. They descended into the crater about
100 feet to q bench terrace where was q
wIndlass, used by the collectors of sulp6ur.
TO this windlsss is attached o cable 500 feet
long, which, when unwound, reaches to the
bottom of the crater. The ad dventurers did
not make the trip to the bottom on ac-
count of the noxious gasses which almost
suffocated them. Besides, the sulphur gath
erers were not there, and the windlass
was out of order. The volcano is in a
qutescent state now, but sometimes evinces a
disposition to be eruptIve. In this crater a vast
Quantity of sulphur is gathered aud carried
down the mountain to the Mexican market The
travellers report that the scenery from a point
halfway up the mountain is m agnificent beyoud
anything they had ever before beheld. When
they had attained the topmast point of the
lofty peak, they found the view obscured by
clouds The ascent is not made by travellers
without incurring risk of accident. Many
places on the only feasible pathway are ex
ceedingly dangerous to the unpracticed adven-
turer.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1874-10-11

PLATE was not the only .eersecutor who has
gore into terror stric ,ken exile, fleeing un-
availingly from gfIost which must haunt
him always. When that day comes what
avails the memory of great armies, of
shouts that rend the skies and of news
paper popularity The DEVILS wages
always turn to dust.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1874-10-11

ST.. PATRfcK's READrNG-RooM AND LIBRARY
BocEETY.-The annual election of officers of
this Society was held Sunday, October 4th,
ASIA, resulting in the election of the following
officers to serve the ensuing year: j. Cahill,
reelected President; j. Delehunty, reelected
Vice President; P. Kearney, reelected Trea-
surer F. J. Carney, Secretary p. Carney, re-
siected 1st Marshal; II. Farrell, 2d Marshal /;
n Fitzgerald, reelected Banner -bearer.-No-
SSEe Re0fSfer.
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PKRsoNAL-Our esteemed fellow-citizen, Mr..
I. J. Woodward, of the enterprising firm of
Morrison & Wood ward, agents for the Cundu-
range Btters, left on Tuesday last to attend
the great st. Lous Fair, Mr.. Woodward is q
courteous and affable gentleman, who will
mako hosts of friends wherever he may go.
We wish him q good time and o safe return.
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CALENDAR OF TIE WEEK.

Oct Il-Twent tsth Sunday after Pentecost
SkanAny- :. =. OCT I2-Feeie
Tsesasy Oct. l3-sI Edward King of England,
Ccnfeesor.
"wednesday. Oct. list Gsilistus Pope and Martyr.
xharuaAy :. Oct IS-St Theresa, Virgin.
Hs1hny -. Got. 1H-Feria.
Unaar9ay -. Oct l7-St Hedwig. Widow
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His Grace, the Most Rev. Archbishop of
Now Orleans, will formally install the Rev. I.
,. Kenny as Pastor of the Church of st. John
the Baptist, at the High Mass to-day, at 10
o'clock.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1874-10-11

The man who has not the courage to i'm
pose upon himself slight privatIOn, will
had himself weak in the face of duty when
the HsoTal law demands of him more pain
fnl eGEorts.-Mgr. EreppeI.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1874-10-11

A Fair for the benefit of st. Francis de Sales
Church, Rev. N. Simon, pastor, will begin on
She 28th of November, in st. Francis Hall,
corner of Second and st. David streets Ad-
mission, twenty-five cents.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1874-10-11

Keep your feet warm and dry is the priu"
opal health maxim OF all doosors and do this it IL
necessary to good shoos shOse at Wagaes
store corner UnnlIns and Dauphins strests.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1874-10-11

wo have received, from Monroe, La, letter
for Miss Mary Hughes.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-10-06
Nut Hunters Shot.

A PARTY OF BOYS FIRED on, THIS MoRNIod -oNE
THOUGHT TO DE FATALLY INJURED.
A party Of boys, while gathering chestnuts in
Woodward, in the vicinity of the Poor House
Burying Ground on the road to Brandywine
Springs, was fired ON this morning by Mr. Wood
ward. The load took effect in the bodies OF two
of the party, one of whom it is thought will not
recover.
The names OF the boys who constituted the
party are John Skiiley, 929 Chestnut street;
William Lukens, Maryland Avenue near Logan
street; Edward Speakman, Jackson near Chest
nut street; Walter McAyaiy, Hedgevie; and
William Green, who lives just beyond the city
limits and near the line OF Front street
Skilly, l4ukens and one of the other boys were
up the trees whipping cut the chestnuts when
they were discovered. The remainder of the
boys were uron the ground picking up. The
boys say that Alr. Woodward came running out
wich gun and ordered them from the trees,
when they cane down as quickly as possible
that MIR. w. then picked up a club with which
he struck Lukins on the back of the head,
knocking bin down.
The boys then all started 70 run; Lukens
quickly regained his feet and soon caught up
with the crowd, and While rlnping close beside
Sfi'ley M'. Woodward discharged his gun after
the retieatiug party. Lukens wal shot badly
in the ba TX, side and rghtai.n, and Skilley had
his left arm bsi'y lacerated by the
shot, some OF which were imbedded 30 deeply in
the flesh that it was impossible to draw them.
Skiley was able to walk home, but obtained O
ride part of the distance. Lukens had to be
brought home, and it is thought will die. DIR,
Kane dressed the formers wounds but he il sui.
fiering much pain.
Lukins il Is years OF age Skilley II.