The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-04-04
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
FOREIGN.

GERMANY.-Last Tuesday the Catholic
Bishops of Prussia met at Fulda to consider
the bill BOW before the Diet (the text of which
will be found else wv here in our columns), with
drawing State grants from the Church.-Dr.
Henry Forster, Bishop of Breslau, has been
summoned to resign h's bishcpric because he
promu lgated the Papal Encycllcal against the
Eccles iastical laws.-A special from Berlin
to the London Post, dated April 1st, says that
eighty ecclesiastcs are at present imprison ed
in Pcsen alone. Ii is rumored that the govern
ment has arrest ed the Papal delegate, who b az
been secretly administering the ArchbshopTic ic
of Posen.-A financial panic in Berlin is
feared. Settlements on the Eourse are Effected
with great difficulty. There have been twenty
eight failures and two persons have committed
suicide in consequence OF financial reverses.
RoME.-Ndrch 31.-The ceremony of confer
ring the title of Cardinal on Archbishop Man
ming took place to-day at the Church of st.
Gregory. The services were most imposipg g,
and were witnessed by large congregation,
including thousands of English and American
Catholics.
SpAIN.-Rumors are current that numbers of
Carlists are deserting and that in several in
stances their troops hoisted flags of truce, fra
ternIzed with those of Alfonso aud called for
Province of Santander aud will be followed by
Carlos with most of his army. 1t is supposed
they are trying to penetrate to Castillo.
MExICo.-The reilly gious controversy increases
in bitterness. The Federalists cepsure the
foreign journals of the Capital for leaning to-
ward the Conservative Church parties. The
ToE de Nerico, a Catholic organ, says Our
situation Is critical; our holy faith, its minis
teIs ale prosecuted. The written doctrines OF
the Government and constitution are against
MexIcans and foreigners in the Republic
are divided into Roman Catholics and dissent
ers. On one side is religion; on the other, un-
belief. The unbelievcrs have united their
forces to combat the Mexican Catholics. The
Empire failed because II did not adhere to its
original plan, aud allowed the profession OF
false worship 1t consequently lost the sup
port of the Mexican Catholics. The actual
question is not one of politics. but of religion
Ii the Catholics receive immunity and lipcr'y
for their rite and the nefaIious laws which
oppose aud oppress it are aunuiled hen, and
not until then, Will they be III concord with
the rest of the nation, even if hot entirely
satisfied with the condition of things.
UNITED STATES.
WAR ON THE MEXICAN BonDER-On the
18th ult., several ,nds of Nexicaus variounly
estimated as numbering altogether from 500 TO
loOo men, crossed the Rio Grando INTO Texas
and began pillaGiDg the farms and ranches of
all the settlers excepting those of their Own
nationality. The excitement in Corpus Christi
on the goth and tie several ensuing days
intense, all the men being under arms TO repel
the expected attack, as il was known that he
MeXcans had advanced to within eighteen
miles of the city, with the expressed intention
of capturing il. Gov. Coke having called on
the President to protect tie frontier the
Secretary of War has ordered the commanding
General to distIibute troops along the Rio
Grhnde.
THE Ice GOEGEs During the past week the |
combined effects Of rain and mid weather
have caused most Of the immense gOrges in !
Northern streams to break, fortunately with |
far less loss of property than was feared would |
result.
RAILROAD AND MINING TROUBLES IN Penn
members of the Miners and
Laborer's Benevolent Association aud Of the
Mechanics and WorkingmeD's Society, both
very powerful organizations, having branches
through the mining dIstrct9 and all the |
great railroad workshops, have been on
strike for the last eight days. They have com
nitted number of outrages and openly defy
he civil authorities in several instances cap
nring and disarming the police Fathers
)HaIa and Marin have been zealously at
work going amongst the strikers and inhu-
'nclDB them to preserve the peace, in several
ases causing the dispersion of large bands,
Vbich had started out with the intention Of
orclng all Don-society men to quit work.
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