The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-02-20
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lery of the doom OF the Capitol, at
Washington, d. c. lie was 20 years
of age, and had been studying for tie
priesthood at tho Baltimore Catholic
College,
Ex-Vice President Colfax lectured in
Washington last Saturday evening, on
"The Life and Character Of Abraham
Lincoln" According to an Associated
Press despatch, Mr. q olfax has written
a private letter to fri end, in which he
states that he is "far happier now than
when in Congressional life," and that
"no consideration whatever could in
duce him to return to it,"
While a man, named Durnella, was
testifying in civil suit,at Huntington,
W. ", on Saturday, DR.. Butler, a par
ty to the suit, called him liar. Durn-
ella struck Butler, and was instantly
stabbed iu the abdomen by the latter.
Butler is in custody, awaiting the re-
suit of Durnell's und.
The River and Harbor bill, reported
Monday, appropriates 5000, 200.
Among its items are $780, for E rie,
Pa pier near Lewes, Del, S15, ,000;
Wilmington, Del, $4,000; Delaware
River at Fort Miflin, $4,000 Schuyl-
kill river, 1000. The bulk of the
appropriations are for Western rivers
and harbors, and there is an item of
500, 900 for the mouth of the Missis-
sippi.
Governor Kellogg Tuesday sent to
the Legislature at New Orleans a veto
of bill appropriating $160,000 "for
per diem, mileage and contingent cX-
penses Of the General Assembly," He
says the amount is $50, 900 in excess of
what is necessary, and that several
provisions Of the bill conflict with the
recently adopted Constitutional amebd-
ments limiting the debt and expenses
of the State. His veto was sustained.
The house Of D. b. Mellott, in Bel
fast township, Blair county, Pa, was
burned on Monday, aud three of his
children perished. Mr.. and Mrs. Mel
lott were absent on q visit, and left
their children locked up at home. The
bones Of the children were found in the
ruins Of the house.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1G.-The
purchase Of the Age newspaper estab-
lishment was conSummated to-day by
an association of gentlemen, who will
take possession of it on the 18th of
March, and on thai day issue the
Times, q two-cent daily. Seni-weekly
and weekly editions vii also be print
ed. The general editorial department
will be in charge Of Col. A. K. Nc
Clure.
Recently the Pope delivered an ad-
dress to the Academy of the Catholic
Religion" the text OF which has been
published by the Journal of Florence.
In the course Of it the Holy Father
made the following remarks on the
question of infalllbllity: "Among the
different subjects which you will have
to treat there is one which seems to me
of special Importance, and that is to
bring to nothing tho efforts that are be.
ing made to falsify the idea of PontiG-
cal Infalliblity. OF all these efforts,
that which seems the fullest of malice
consists in attributing to the infallbility
of the Pope the right Of deposing SOY.
eregn5 and Of absolylug subjects from
their allegiance. Without doubt this
right has sometimes been exercised by
the Popes in their supreme struggles
but 1t never had anything in common
with their infallibllity, and IFS source
, was not infallibility, but in the Pontif.
cal authority. Moreover, the elrrc sC
of the right in the ages of faith-wheu
man recognized in the Pope what he
) really is, the supreme judge Of Chris
NN'-N'N1i NAAN ANAllbNANlL5Nu bllI dufhl
tage5 of his tribunal for the solution OF
great questions arising between people
, and their soyereigns-the exercise O
that right spread itself, seconded as il
ought to have been by public law and
, the general agreement of the national
J alities, to the graVest interests of the
. States and their chiefs. The conditions
of the present day are greatly changed
and only malice can confound twt
, things so different; iIfallibllity in re-
gard to revealed principles, and the
right which the Popes exercised in vlr.
tue of their authority when the welfare
of society demanded il. There are some
who wish should eX plain and render
still more clear the definition of the
r Council. l will not do it. 1t Is clear
, enough in itself, and has no need Of
further ordinations or commentaries