The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-03-15

great variety of new dress goods is offered
at Braselman's very cheap for cash.
Record of German Persecution.
COMPLICATIONS.
The confiscations going as fast as ever
A great quantity of articles have been seized
at the house of the Archbishop of Cologne,
and they are to be sold by public auction on
bring in 1900 thalers, the sum for which these
by what took place at the public sales Of tie
furniture of the Bishop of Treves on the 9th
of February. The sequestered property was
valued at l4o thalers {about sgd, but from
lers (about ED. There was not a single Jew
present, Though generally the Jews are very
ready purchasers, but they had received q rec
ommendation from their Chief Rabbi not to
attend the auction.
The State Attorney has just acted in gross
violation of our commonest rights in the case
secretary of the law courts, he penetrated into
the Bishops palace and asked the Bishop to
give up to him the address which the noble
ladies Of Munster had few days before Pre-
been published in the Westphalian Mercury
On the question of the Bishop, whether the
official bad any warrant to show for this de-
mand that gentleman answered that he had
none. The Bishop then desired to know what
law gave him the power to make such claim
The officer answering that the Bishop ought
lordship's writing-desk, examined the papers
it contained, came at last upon the document
he was in search of, took possession of it in
spite of the decided protest of the Bishop, and
withdrew.
ARCHBISHOP LEDoCHowsKr IN PRISON.
We have the following information abou.
the imprisonment of Archbishop Ledochowski.
He is constantly under lock and bolt, and In.
habits one of the cells of the prison. At
stated times one of the warders opens his door
and he is then allowed to walk about the cor
ridor.
Dividing the corridor is a partition, on the
other side of which other prisoners take their
exercise; amongst these there are thieves and
some murderers. All the galleries and stair.
cases, as well as the windows, are provided
with iron bars.
Cell No. 25, which is the Archbishop's, is,
sofa, and few chairs, all of deal. Tho
walls white-washed and look clean.
There is church about fifty PAGES from
the prison. 1t is near enough for the
Archbishop to hear the musical services from
his cell. AS far we con learn the Arch
bishop was quite worn with fatigue when hs
arrived; on the day after he seemed to suffe
q great deal; on Thursday he looked and felt
better. The governor of the prison forbids
the chaplain to visit the Archbishop. Accord
ing to the prison regulations he insists that q
and to this the Archbishop naturally objects.
His meals are supplied from the house of the
Rev. Provost Fabiez The Archbishop has o..
pressed wish to have an altar erected in his
prison, at which he may say Mass. 1t is RI.
mored that the cell opposite to No. 25 will be
allotted to him for this purpose.
COUNT sToLBERG's HOUSE sEARcIED: ~,
A similar outrage to that of which the
Archbishop of Munster was the victim, has
been perpetrated against one of the Deputies
Count stolberg Stolberg.
In this case the wrong was the more HagraDt
as advantage was taken of Stolberg's absence at
before the House Of Deputies. The Committs
of Privileges declared that the introduction Of
a criminal process and the house searching
which had taken place during the present
session were an unconstitutional proceeding
| on the part of the Government, but that the
Committee did not think it right to visit the
| Government with any severe censure or to
take any energetic action until they received
| more definite Information about the facts. 1t
was remarkable that during the discussion Of
this incident no member of the Government
was in the House. Suggestions were made by
| the Committee to the effect that the criminal
proceedings instituted against the Count
should be Immediately suspended till the close
of the session, and that an inquiry should be
set on foot at once, why the deputy in question
some severe observations from Deputy Wind
| thorst, the proposals of the Committee were
unanimously adopted.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The trial of the Archbishop of Posen is, it
seems, to commence with judicial interroga-
tory in April, and it is believed that the Arch
bishop of Cologne and the Bishops of Munster
and Breslau will very shortly be imprisoned.
The furniture of the Bishop of Munster has
just been sold by auction and has realized the
sum of a. thalers f6 s., and almost all
the great Westphalian mobiles have placed
their houses at his disposal. The Prince
Bishop of Breslau has no intention of with
drawing into the Aus trian part of his diocese,
and on the other hand the Prussian Govern
ment is going to proceed against the Arch
bishop of Olmutz in Moravia for the appoint.
ment of priests in the Silesan part Of that
diocese, and will stop the fines out of the
Prussian portion of his revenues. Nor is the
persecution at all confined to the Bishops who
appoint. The priests appointed also come in
for their share; the parish priest of Anclam
IN Pomerania is in prison, and two young Gu
rates appointed at Dantzig have been sent to
serve in the army.
Tu esday, the 18th of March, st. Patricks
day, will witness oupouring of citizens, all in
their holiday suits The Upper City Emporium has the
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