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The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

We are indebted to our enterprising young
friend A. P. Harrington, Esq, bookseller,
stationer and newsdealer, 115 Canal street, foT
an excellent supply of seasonable literature.
During his long connection with Mr.. J. A. Gres-
ham, Mr. Harrington learned all that can be
known about running such establishment,
and his friends are now proftting by the prac-
tioal application of this knowledge in his own
establishment.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

The Democrats of Liberty, Indiana, had an
immense barbecue one day last week, the finest
known since lS45 A steer weighing 1900
pounds roasted whole. A furnace was
built in which was kept constantly bed of
live GOALS. The steer was spitted on an iron
rod, the ends of which rested on nprights and
were attached to cranks at which relays of
men worked, turning the animal for i've hours,
when it was roasted through.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

At the recent primary election in Gfeep''.,b tbs
Tenn, young Andrew johnson, son y. 0u,i.
great Commoner," was candidate toE s nSD ~
nation to the Legislature, but was deieAVer I..s
an overwhelming majority. few days M
young Henry Clay, a grandson of the O;ro, O
" great Commoner," was defeated for nI' %.,s
office in Louisville. The young men may
been very worthy of the positions they SO's s.ed
but their ancestry seems to have Deen The
against both with telling effect, this oeiDS
main argument of their opponents
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

A singular phenomenon, frequently met with
in the Indian Ocenn, the real cause of which
has not yet been ascertained, is the existence,
off Malabar, and in certain spots along the
Coromsndel coast, of vast mud banks and of
tracts of mud suspended in the sea, wherein
many kinds of fish find abundance of food, i'm
nunity from much disturbance in the surround
ing element, and locality in which to
breed. The exact cause of the existence of
these large tracts of sea in which the mud thus
remains in solution is mystery; but at any
rate the ocean is so smooth that, during even
the height of the southwest monsoon, vessels
can run for shelter into their midst, and, once
there, are as safe as when inside a breakwater.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20
Territories.

| ltwould be truly Singular coincidence,
! to say the least of it, if the American Or =
ion should cease to be, after just one hur-
dred years of existence. 1t might have
| broken up ten years ago or it might keep
on for decade to come, but that it should
extinguish itself in precisely the year when
its fret Centennial was being celebrated
| would appear rather providential than &C
| ciGental Yet this is what seems to be con-
templated by the party in power, now
They. are throwing out feelers for the re-
duction of the Southern States to the con-
dition of Territories. This, carried out,
would be an abandonment of the Union
not in fact only, but even in principle.
Here are a number of States constituting
Union, but each remaining sovereign
and independent. If certain of them, form
ing majority combination, succeed in de-
grading the others from their sovereign con-
dition and reducing them to the rank of
territories belonging as property to the
general government, then as a question of
fact, that Union no longer exists. TLeee
has been a revolution there has been
conquest-peacefully, perhaps, without the
firing of gun, but, still, a conquest. An
other Union may take it's place, but it is as
truly different from the original one as
though the conquered section also constitu-
ted separated Union and there were now
two of them instead of one.
In principle the Union would be still
more fatally destroyed. That Union is
based on two ideas; one, that men are ca
pable of self government; the other, that
Republic has no right to govern provinces
or to hold mastery over populations which
are incapable of Identification with it. The
condition of territorial dependencies pro
vinces is totally repugnsnt to the Ameri-
Can idea, except as to special localities where
the population is too sparse to sustain the
weight of State government.
A reduction of Louisiana and other States
to the Territorial condition would, there
fore, be clear admission that self govern
meut as to them bad proved failure after
q hundred years of experiment, for there is
no pTetense that their populations are not
large enough to form States. And if Lou
isiana or Alabama is not capable of self
government, how long will Massachusetts
or Ohio remain so7 Is not, then, the right
Vi h@n W Sell i-So'efnnleuI' Will LIS capacity
for it, reduced from the grade of a first
principle to the precarious basis of q
chapce7
Let Louisiana be Territorialized and the
grand American manifesto of human rights
will be recognized as dreamerSs fustion, the
grand drama of American self- government
will terminate as a broad farce, to the uni
versal amusement of q world which had al
ways been sceptical.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

The new tongue to the thirteen Thousand
pound bell of liberty at Philadelphia, was
forged st Winsted, Conn, last week. The
tongue weighs four hundred pounds, and takes
the place of the one hundred and fifty pound
clapper, which was too light.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

A large demonstration of unemployed Ia
borers was made in Elizabeth, NJ, last Friday
week. The procession through the streets to
the Mayors Office was witnessed by at least
10000 people. The leader, Robt. MoClaud, bore
o broom-stick with loaf of bread on the end.
Al the Mayor was not to be found, their grev-
ances were not adjusted, and a meeting will be
held next week.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

Is it because they wear silk that women are
less liable to be struck by lightning than menf
Yet they are, for Of the $50 persons 90 killed in
France during the past decade, SCI were males.
Still more singular is the fact that whenever q
man and dog have got in the way of q thun-
derbolt the man escaped the electric shock, the
dog it was that died.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

Twelve Sisters of Charity, whom the iniqui-
tous ecclesiastical laws of Germany have
driven from their native country, arrived in
New York last week by the steamer Csllsnd.
After days stay for necessary repose they
left for Mauitowac, Wisconsin,, where they are
to take charge of st. Francis Hospital. Thus is
America gaining at the expense of Germany.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

From this list we miss the names of many of
the most populous and wealthiest 6ioceses in
the Union, while others, in which the Catholic
population is counted by hundreds of thou
sands, send contributions that would scarcely
be credit to a small congregation. The total
amount-$o. .500-is about equal to what one
would suppose two such dioceses as that Of
New York, ST. Louis or Milwaukee might easily
send annually. In the case of our diocese,
whose contribution was only S3I9 (1593 frs.)
there is some palliation, for we have had most
extraordinary difficulties to contend with,
| though we should be rather diffident in advan.
cing any excuses in the face of the fact that
the poor diocese of Natchitoches contributed
more than we did.
great deal might be said to reawaken the
zeal of the faithful in behalf of this great
charity, but the comparative ignorance of the
writer with reference to the details of the
Work, the system of collecting, etc., impels
him to conclude now with the simple express
sion of an earnest hope that some clergyman
will favor our readers with such an article on
the subject as it's Importance deserves.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

"a thrilling Episode in the Life of Robert
Emmet," which we publish to-day, is we'll
worth reading. Those who don't like "seriaV
stories need not be afraid to commence reading
this, as it will be concluded in our next issue
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

The Russian telegraph agencies, in reply to
the speeches made in the English House Of
Commons lately, to the effect that Russia was
stronger in 1853 than she is now, says: Gau-
lois shows that Russia, who in 1853 had an
army of Goo 900 men, now has 134O 600 as q
peace armament, and 9, 500, 600 in time of war. !"
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

1t has puzzled many people to decide why
the dark wood 80 highly valued for furniture
should be called rosew ood. It's color certainly
does not look much like a rose, we must
look for some other reason. Upon asking we
are told that when the tree is irst cut the fresh
wood possesses a very strong rose-like fra
grance-heuce the name. There are half a
dozen mere kinds of rosewood trees Tho va
rieties found in South America, and in the
East Indies and neighboring islands. Some
times the trees grow SO large that planks four
feet broad and ten feet in length con be cut
from them. These broad planks are principally
used to make the tops of pianofortes. When
growing in the forest the rosewood tree is re-
mark able for its beauty, but such is it's value
in manufacture as an ornamental wood that
some of the forests where it once grew abund-
sntly now have scarcely q single specimen. In
Madras the Government has prudently had
great plantations of this tree set out.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

We call special attention to the card, on our
ffth page, of Mr. f. Gogarty, the we'll known
stationer and Catholic bookseller. Mr.. Gogarty
has in store large stock of all the new school
books published as well as Of those in use.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

In the presence of Col. Benton, U. S. A., G en-.
franklin, DR.. GatliDg aud others, one of the
improved rapid-fripg Gatling guns was re-
Gently fred at the rate of forty shots second,
2l00 per minute. The gun is ten barrel,
forty calihre
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

Another miracle has been wrought at Lour-
des On the morning of the 4th of July, whilst
the Papal Nuncio was saying Mass, a most re-
markable occurrence took place. A sesmstress
named Madeleine Lansereau, belonging to the
parish of St. Radegunda, at Montreuil, in the
canton Of Double, near Poitiers, had thigh
bone dislocated nineteen years ago. She has
not been able to walk for the last fourteen
years without orutches She was instanta-
neouSly cured at the time mentioned above. 1t
is only in the true Church that suoh miracles
occur.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

RELIGIOUS PRoFEssIoN.-In the Chapel of the
Industrial School of Holy Cross, Third District,
Rev. Father Marine offisiating, assisted by
Father Robinson, on Tuesday, August 18th
Feast of the Assumption, the religions profess
sion of Brother Joseph took place. Brother Jo-
seph is a native of Alsace, and was known in the
world as Ambrose Lutenbacher. He came to this
country qaite young, and feeling himself
called to the religious state, left father and
mother and all that was near and dear to him,
to devote himself to the service of his Maker
by enrolling himself as q brother of Holy Cross
Brother Joseph had been teaching in st. Mary's
College, Galveston, for some years past. A
short time ago he was called to New Orleans
by his Superior to teach in st. Joseph's Paro
chial School. Brother Joseph is Jealous re-
ligious, having always at heart the glory of his
Divine Master, to whose service he consecrated
himself Tuesday last.
On the same day, August 18th, Mr.. Stephen
Apis, q native of Prussia, but for several years
American citizen, also received the Holy
Habit of the Brothers Of the Holy Cross from
the hands of Rev. Father Marine, Provincial Of
the Order in the South. Mr.. Apis is young
man who, although he had very good posi-
tion in the world, abandoned it to devote him
self to the service of Him who will give him
that pe ace which the world cannot give.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

"Linked Lives" by Lady Gertrude Douglas,
will shortly be issued by the great Catholic
publishing house Of Benziger Bros. The London
Tablet says that ait is book to be remembered
recurred to and cherished
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

The weekly expenses of the New York Sun
average &16O The paper has daily circu-
lation of lac, 900, and is sold for two cents on
the streets of New York. 249 persons find
regular and remunerative employment in the
different departments, besides the army of
Arabs who make living by selling it on the
streets. The SWn is printed on a sheet one-hslt
the size of this paper, but its type being small
and the space allotod to advertisements limited,
the amount of interesting reading matter con-
tanned in each issue is immense.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20
Work o; the Propagation of the Faith.

From the May number of the Annales de Ia
propagation de la Fol we gather the following
synopsis of the contributions of various coun.
trles to this most admirable work:
Total amounts Received from Doceaes in
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

Lacordaires treatise on '' Greatness of Cha
racter" (never before printed in Englsh). will
appear in the STAR of next Sunday.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

city of Paris are as follows: There were ass :
OS5 bonds offered and 13,3O2 47S bid for, of
which 8, ,621 Cos were in Paris. In other words
the city was offered ffty-three times moro
money than it needed. The premium varied
from 10 to 12f per cent.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

We are pleased to hear that never in the his
tory of that region have the crop prospects of
the Teche country been 80 promising they
are this year.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

W. W. Farmer hos been nominated for Con
gress by the Democrats of the Fifth Congress
sional Dictrict of Louisiana.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

A recent number of the Geological Magazine
contains map of Heligoland, an island in the
North Sea belonging to England, which is said
to have been "oopied from an old map in the
possession of the Governor of Heligoland." 1t
gives by three different shadings the size of
the island at three periods. In A. D. 800 1t is
represented as 12o miles in circumference; in
A. D. 1900 as forty Eve miles {; in 1649 only four
miles. Since then it has diminished to less
than one-third of mile in superficial extent.
The diminution of the island has been effected
almost entirely in one direction, the sea having
encroached thirty miles on the northeast side
and one mile only on the southwest. 1000 peo.
pie make this somewhat dangerous spot their
home.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

Rev. E. P. Lorigan, for many years pastor Mt
Whistler, Ala, and now in charge of the
church at Huntsville, is at present in Chicago,
collecting for his Mission.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

Most tragic actors, however anxious to
make q sensation, would rather see the
tiers full of eyes than the eyes full of tears.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-08-20

Since the year 1853 the collections have never
equalled the amount received the last twelve
months.
of the $4,000 (l232e7 fr. 62c) given by
North America, the Diooeses of the United
States contributed the amounts placed oppo-
site their names below. To these figures we
ask special attention, for they show how very
little, comparatively, the Catholics of this
country contribut to this grand work: We
give the figures in French currency, franc
being equal to 10 cents, gold, and q centime
being the hundredth part of franc:
, 1876-06-15


"oi@ln1otn'es' correspondent o1 BLAINE
pape' a. .ino4nnat' haKes Inc 1ollowlng can
'uA SUBMISSION ~ 'no fcsui6 Oh yestofaaya
o1se' ns'...',,; sassonn; .,,-........
but nothing orc c =. I,a So'r,
The ticket With u1a,ss has nroycn . fnIn,s ,mi
some bitterness exists between the plA,sr and
nh'ssow men, Senator LOGAN r., for "one rea'
scnt undrr sny r,,sur.,,nos ~ M WI. mo' ,nr
ln.t!on for any ONCE. un,srrx,s enemies 70 70
far rs 10 ins!nuate tha. he Is not Republican, that
he ~ not to be trusted, and that tho people do not
ar %a"' nun num- lncy 'otses or 10 no1 ea's 20 'uem
.,.r,..A a, ~. .,.," ' ,.t.t H., ~. ...,.
, 1876-06-15

The night before tho battlo closed in with
intonse excitement, though with less noise
than on my previous night. There has been
no surrender by any Of tho candidates. and
no combinations by whicl, agreements have
been made for the transfer of yotes Mr..
BLAINE maintains tho lend, but, for Bono
reason, thore WIS loss confidence in his im-
mediate nomination, md yot no definite rcu-
son WIS givon why his vote should bo
reduced or the support Of his friends shaken.
l. would seem that delegates havo lost faith
md confidence in each other, md tho ILL
formal ballot will intlicate to tho friends of
favorite sons whittier they mny 60. It is not
probable that BIA1NE will lsayo n majority on
tho first ballot, but he will probably rcach
his ma1imum vote on m early bal1ot His
friends will forco tho vote. Shon1d ho foil to
DO nominntod after several ballots, it Is pos-
siblo that combinations may bo 1nado that
will end in hia lofeat.
Nevertheless, 11r. BLAINE will onter tho
Convention today with largo plurality in
his favor, and consequently with m adyau-
tage over all his competitors At midnight
tho Indications woro TINT Mr. BLAINE would
bo nominated.
At later hour still thero were now doyel-
opmcnts in tho situation which lnay exercise
M important intlnonco on the annl result,
and which, in any event, Indicate TINT all Is
not settled yet, and TINT thoro is certain to
be a hard light boforo tho anti-1}LA1NE mon
give up tho ship. Perhaps tho heaviest gun
spiked in tho BLAINE battery ,yas tho work
of tho Committee Oh Rules Inst evening in
the adoption Of ar1llo prohibiting tho chang.
ing Of votes until altar the result of a
ballot is announced. The object Of this
is to prevent grand rush OF delegations
anxious to got Oh tho winning sidc,-a
contingency which tho BLAINE men
have confidently calculated upon. They
opposed the r7llo i'll tho Committee, aud
will fight it bitterly in the Convention to-dny,
but they will not 10 ablo to prevent the
adoption Of tho rulo, it, as now ICONS sot-
tied, tho opposition combine to vote It
through. Another defent was suffered by
the BLAINE mon in tho SANG Committee last
evening, in teloir failure to secure tbs alop-
ton Of rule requiring each delegation to
vote MS unit; SO that they may be copsil-
cred to layo lost two valuable strategic
points.
Still another evidence OF tho consolidation
Of the anti-ELAINE forces is found iu tho
action last evening Of tho Committee on
Credentials in reference to tho contcsting
delegations from Alabama and tho District
OF Columbia 1u tho cnso of Alabama the
srEacEH crowd werc ruled out, and in the
District Of Columbia dispute tho Doss Suxp.
HERD delegation wss excluded ILis losos
several votes to BLAINE, and distributes the
strength about equally between Monroy
CoNE11Ha, and Dn1sTow.
, 1876-06-15

Is There no Hp0t n thlH GreAt 8nd uIOFiOiig
conntrv Tint In firm fro,n tho corr,,nt;on. ~
o5Y,cin1 lin ? IL tbc,o mt so,no veI,,,o,,o~.,,
nool upon Which G,n7rn U,vn,sov,. ana,o
IN ,,;s f1;,,,t to tha u,,1,va NJ tba 1,a.o, co.,
]ook dawn and not be o1l;cc1 IN ,v;nl -
STEALING md swiui1l;nr ? TLo ouest;ons
aro NATURAL whom a Grand ,1urv r;sca m an,1
inform. ,,u that galt rm1o. c,,v1tl,o ho,.. -,
lin saints who lind ratire,] from n, world
10 keoD tl,eir skirts unconton,jnotc1 hv cor
toct win tha wickea Gcnt;lc.-;u -ottoa n
the core. md that nn,ouA,t Yonno h;n,s.lf
prouhet anl HIGH Priest. IL un ,o b,a ch;,, in
corrnp,iou. Ths Gro,d ,Tnrx IN lint c,,v
, 1876-06-15

The irrcpressIble "chcck" Of tho CoIv1S
family does not accm to bo limited by the ca
paclty VI thu 'ocnm tc',eHs, hut to ramtfy even
through Its etlllatA3al carnecttous. lIe has n
so1l-l1a-lav who has been living oil the public
for more than two years. half, by tho grace
Of Ills apa-Etl-law, and ut tlc rate vnrlously cs-
tIn,ated Ut from 5000 To $4,000 year. lie
Inns been nnd still is City scalcr. Hut now thut
this worthy sriou Of Il worthy sire scrs illat the
end is approaching, ho coolly eonfcHscs TINT tho
fcc-systenl By which the City sealrr pays him
SELF Is frasd, aa that tho o.'re, Il retained at
al shnuid bc put down to about 50 900 year,
a1id tho receipts turned into the City Treasury.
This confession would not llnyc hcrn fortl,corl~
Ing for another year II the Court latl nut pointed
out the WY for olisting tho whole GOWN fun
fly, but the son-tn-aw Ut the tocum ttaeas would
have gone placidly ou pocketing tho rlcl, yield
Of Ills otlieu III the full conviction tint It ID
fraud. MIR has It occurred to tic focun ttMe,s,
In his present Mn,a for removals, tllathc might
with propricty begin nearer home.
, 1876-06-15

Senator CnnEsTIARcY, of Michigan, in re-
ccut litter, admirably pictures thu great source
OF political Rnd Official corruptions. Though he
mrntI1ls no nancs, our rca11crs eau readily
rccog!ixc several portraits, drawn by hIul from
l1fe In tho following, which We extract from ILLS
letter;
1t cannot 10 denlcu TINT ~ In tho cnse of other
successful parttrs. SUCCESS haa attracted 10 it,
tneht tu ita Ereat pEnctp(ca Or any principle, Euyp
ubtainei, tu considerable extent, tho control Ut
is naeh!nery. md hara run II. not for te public
ndyIdu interests of particular leaders, or tloss
who hlTe Assumed tn bu BltI, an4 wtO aro Btk,-
rosea to b. abis % and Willing t1 e reward ac snb.
III power. Of even when they arc thought 10 have
PROSPECT VI oL.alnlnE IL Aaxe thcls taa;.csnar!ss.
chlncry nv - much stock In trade for
lLu promotion Ut thrIr uwn nserests ind sc'cn.cs;
who lUok upon appointments to o!co merely thu
rewards due frun1 their particular le4lurs or
patrons fur lln scrsllty and butselyenry OF thelr
followers, aud who therefore consider integrity
uLle dis'ualilcatlGnh fur Office, brcausc these
tsu!ts rcudos them Incapable Vi so ~ tuos for nth
not suppnrt u csnddatu for The Presidency unless
satisfied TINT he woni d!sFogar a'ctlE aill consent
to uake Gls appointtn'snls nYon thcl. own 'usr-
entitled to control ulul direct lilo honest
Inasses of this n.u.ot!co. seeking people into tho
support of such an n,eusGtea ttlrso Dlflcers
at tho a!ctst!on Ut their patsohs. may choose to
lin,ns, Thcsn ass men. who. having uLtalued
~ nwn t.
.ad tic appointment i t. di.tfsonted ~ ths =:
srcsaary IL pa9iy @ 10 erusa % out ad .nss;
down every higher md nuhIcr motive; tU concen.
t4atc ts low.s aod iaausnee of tAa nlaases VI tAs
, 1876-06-15

There was tho truo ring in much of the
speech mado by Mr.. Po,1Enoy, of New York,
Tho temporary Chairman of the Cincinnati
Convention. Tho purport was that q ,nan
should DO chosen who would elevate the
Civil Sorvice "by tho introduction of oil
noedful and proper rofor1ns"; that the
nominee should bo committed to tl4is "not
only by his expressed opinions, but also by
his pnbiio life aud couauct y; that " men as
well as measures arc to DO weighed in tho
public balauce during tho coming months ;"
that "the Republican party cannot continue
To 1.-Two by rcason Of its splendid achieve,
menta in tho past'; that formerly "tl4e
platfortn carried tho man," but that now
"party ties arc loosor, and no platform il
bnoyaus enough to tloat MI unworthy candi
date" All this was app1audel, and yet there
is rcason to fear that tue Convention regard.
cd thcse sentiments as mere goncralities, and
did not accept them as guide for action
suro TO achioyo victory.