The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-08-30
arIsoKLLANEoUs IRIEH HIVE.
IRIsH LAW APpoINrnrNrs.

1t Is stated that DIR. Ball will immediatel,
De appointed Lord Chancellor the Hon. Mr.
present Law Adviser, Solicitors General; and
MT Purcell, Q. c., Law Adviser. So says The
Istsh 1'n,es but there are rumors that Baron
Fitzgerald, brother of the Protestant Bishor
OF Killaloe, may be appointed Lord Chancellor
Dr. Ball is, however, the more likely man
mr.. Ormsby will succeed as Judge in the
Landed Estate Court.
SHOCKING MURDERS.
Three horrible murders have been committed
not remote from each other, in Munster, and
under circumstances that strongly supoest
that they were effected by the same party. and
solely Win view to robbery. The murder of
| Two lone women in di fferent houses for a few
pounds is not an Irish crime The supposed
| murderer was chased by the police and also bv
tne peasants, and captured bravely by the
| sup-lnspector of constabulary, and upon his
person was found some of the money which
Inc murdered women had received the dav he
t lore. he refuses to give his name and says
peahantry would have lynchetl him had not III a
| police lnterposed Crimes like this are who'll
foreign to the Irish nature, and in no way. from
t tne'r extreme rarity, detract from the cbarac-
ter OF the people. oNH,''0-
FACTION FIGHTS.
While, moreover, this is So tt,sre- III ona 5orL
spot emf raclng some three par shes near Emlv
on tne borders of Tipperary and Limerick in
WIN, whlcn faction fights OF long standing unbap-
PLY continue. The origin of these factions e
SAID 10 have been contention, ages ago re
sspecting the age of bull !; hence The names Of
me sne Delngerents-the three year-old and the
faction fights, which for long time had
aoated, has ELECTED from His Grace, the Arch
5 bishop OF Cashel. a powerful Pastoral ad-
ishes, in which his Grace points out, with deem
leenng and great force, the folly of their
cononct, and appeals to them to abandon
paac,ice lraught with crime and misery, tenn
PoIal as well as spiritual. His Grace saws: az
nave called these factions insane and hell born.
anu they are both the one and the other What
rs tne origin OF these factionsf No person can
nions one OF dispute as to whether a beast
was three or four years old. What are the
Irults OF these factions ? Hatred, revenge, |
%ayiaylngs, maimings, breaking of skulls |
oloodsbed, murder. Look to the truly wretcheI |
state OF things the three and four year Odds
nave nare brought about in ono of the fairest por-
tions OF the land. In that district teeminp
with plenty there is no peace no hn ppiness No
tenJoyment, no security for life. No man be-
longing TO either faction can say that his live
is, III? own LOT twenty-four hours. No man be-
IsohB'hS TO either faction can go a distance
rom nome or get Oft the railway train after
Gark without being in danger of losing his
ire at the hands of the opposite factionists
~ man belonging to either faction goes to
haiket, those of the opposite faction living in
w W. ior hlm as he returns home fell him to
lne eaf1n with tho loaded blndgeon or the
nus blood thirsty assailants let him escape
"lth broken skull. If fair is held in the
o; the rival factions turning the
air,day into u field day, assail one another
With the yells of savages aud the fnrv of do.
mons, seldom ending the fight without blood
n n II without loss of life. Or if people
,onn Iogether for the purpose of enjoying q
,olse-race or other public amusement, the re- {
teation OF the well-disposed is marred by the
nree ana tour year olds, who, turning am use i
na ,noo murder, meet on the race-field to kill
'ue another. The consequence is that all | =
'eaceIoying people. much as they might desire 9
o PROVIDE rational and innocent emusement !
VI ,,a, .n9 pubic, heartily wish there were no .
9ch thing as horsc-races in the neighborhood Il
y the three and four year old factions since c
uch gatherings in those localities are almost il
nHIariaoiy attended with bloodshed. Then, a
IONS. Look to the once happy homes thew Il
ave hlled with sorrow, look to the hearts they q
I've made desolate look to the fine stalwart n
corning of their days, look to the old men Il
nose gray hairs they have brought down in a
e esn to the grave. There is yet another C
ny means the worst, is deplorable enounh II | n
J, that ut this moment some half dozen per-
jus are Undergoing, and will for years have Il
undergo, all the horrors of penai srrv;tnda !,
punishment of the crimes they were insfi u
ated by the devil to commit In the name and l!
u the maintenance of these hellsh factions q
e5oiu some OF The effects of these factions L
'd say whether they are not the work of the Il
eVll Worse than all, the curse of the living NJ
Oh must tall upon those who have hand, act, fir
sP part III them" Such is the fearless aud di O. h
hed manner in which the Irish prelates cor ~
CT and admonish their focks. a'
THE CATHOLIC PRESS II,
The Irish Provincial Catholic Press. always J ia
una and devoted to Church and conntry las ta
zen improving in tone and ability year after % %
ar. Not alone in Cork, Belfast, Kilkenny. a.
merck, Galway and the larger towns but in y. ~
any smaller, as Cavan, Sligo and others. the u
lthoIo press is rendering signal service to Sc
9 cause of religion. In proof We NAV refer to co
@ very handsome presentation of plate and a ST
rise OF 100 Suineas by the Bishop, clergy and err
ny to Mr.. OEianlon, of the Anglo cen, Cavap. ex
testimony of the ability with which he has an
nducted that journal, which was started in o..
lo as n moderate conservative paper but was ~
rohased some years since by the Catholics,
van IS the only county in Ulster having a lnt
thollc member who, with his Presbyteriat, fol
League, Is Home Rnler. art
ma
fer
LIE SIMPLE SECRET.-Twenty clerl.s !, art
tore. tMentY hindu in - ~ M,