The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-07-04

me welcome that l have received over
whelms me, and is SO spontaneous, generous
and cordial, that realize what 1 aspired to
feel, that once agai0 we should be, and are all
boys together"
After dinr b was 9 bountiful hilarious
repast at which , guests participated, the
Cardinal appeared in the terrace and mingled
unreservedly with all and seemed revived and
reinvigorated by familiar intercourse with 30
many happy faces. just before dinner an
alumni association was permanently organized
with the following officers:
Presidential ward w. Tiers, of Frederick
county, Md. Vice e-Presidents-Rev. Jeremiah
J. Griffin, New York city VIM. George Read,
Baltimore Nd; Hon. Thomas E. Garvin,
Evansville, Ind, and John G. Devereux, New
Orleans La. Recording Secretary-Rev. John
Corresponding Secretary-Dr Joseph F. Cor
rigan, Newark, ]. Historian-Rev. H. c.
Macdonald, New York city. Treasurer-James
NJ; IMcsherry, Frederick City, Md. ,
Walsh, Cumberand, Md; John Clemson,
Frederick county, Nj; Charles w. Hoffman,
Washington city, D. G. James w. McElroy
Baltimore Md.
committee was appointed to prepare reso
lutions to express the congratulations of the
alumai of Mt. St. Mary's College at the seleo-
number by the Holy See.
The next day at
ST. JoSEPHs ACADEMY
| were held their commencement exercises. This
spot is paradise Every thing that modern
| ingenuity can devise and unstnted expendi-
ture procure bas been done to make this iusti-
tuition unrivAled in the education of girls. The
| exhibition hall is work of art and when the
| red-robed Cardinal was seated in the middle
of the room, with the Bishops in purple sur
| rounding him, and the $50 girl students, in
| white and blue, eptered two by two and cour-
tesyiDg, were arran ged about hu-an occasion
al Sister of Charity fitting here and there
the golden harp and the pianos forming back
ground to the picture, it was a scene of gran
dcur, brilliancy, and purity and beauty not
| often encountered.
1t was a touching coincidence that relative
of Mother Seton's, the Monsgnore Seton, in
his purple insignia should be present at the
! first visit of the first Cardinal appointed for
America. 1t brought the old and the new, the
humble and the grand into beautiful relations
of learning and harmony. The Cardinal ex-
pressed himself as having been surprised by
the perfection of the music and charmed by
the progress and department of the girls. He
criticised one voice as being truly golden
voice. l myself had noticed that he followed
all the musical exercises with close and de-
lighted attention. He remarked that he much
preferred the music in vogue at St Joseph's to
the eloquence of speeoh-making graduates of
Mt. St. Mary's. The "sweet girl graduates'
were greatly elated by the compar ison.
Gold medals and crowns were awarded to the
following young ladies, viz: Misses Mary Nee
han and Mollie O'Rourke, of New York ;
Carrie Williams, of Baltimore, Maryland ;
Blanche MeeGan, of st. Louis, Mo; Eta Brent,
of Washington, D. c.; Mary Hughes, of New
Orleans, La.
The following young ladies are students
from Louisiana, and highly successful {:
Misses Rosine Adams, Maud Brown, Annie
Campbell, Comstock, Dufilho, Filhiol, Grayer,
Hughes, LIE Bourgeois, ODOnnell, and Swar-
brick.
L am writing from Carrollton Hall, the
baronial residence of your friend, c. M.
Dougherty, Esq. 1t is in the heart of Carroll
Manor, tn Q former home of that Chas. Carroll
of whom, when he signed the Declaration of
Independence, John Hancock exclaimed: :
"There goes a cool five millions in the cause"
From turret to foundation of solid granite, in
size castle, and in situation unsurpassed, it
looks down on thousands of acres, the richest
in Howard county, and the most picturesque
the eye could wish to dwell on. Everything
in the vicinity speaks of history and romance,
and to a Louisianian, the solid prosperity that
abounds is an ever recurring source of wonder,
and had almost said, of envy. Maryland is
much blest soil, and doubt not, has earned
her reward from Providence by her grand
devotion to the principles of religious and
political freedom which are the pride and
glory of her sons. JG' D.