The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-01-15

our late visit to the city of Rome, the Cardinal
who presides over the spiritual welfare Of mis-
sionary countries did not heeitsto to strip the
College of tho Propaganda of the copy of that
life it had in Italian-the only one that could
be found in the Eternal City--to make of ie q
present to us We look upon this book as q
treasure, aud we do not intend to bury it and
keep it hidden. We wish to give the colored
people of our Union detailed account of the
great things which one of them has done, and
present to the gaze and admiration of all the
extraordinary gifts which q colored man-a
son of Africa, an Ethiopian-has received from
heaven, and show triumphantly how upright,
impartial and unprejudiced the Catholic
Church is. by placing that man among the
greatest illustrations of mankind, of religion,
and of the Church, and assigning him rank
among those truly great and good men whose
God.
: Now, circumstances imposed upon us by past
events and the present condition Of our do
cese compel Us to adopt the following mode of
publication. We will issue every week a sheet
of eight pages, octave. four of which will be
taken mp with the life of the Saint The pub
until the whole life, translated from the Italian,
is given to the public. 1t will be easy 10
separate the four pages OF the life at each
issne for the purpose OF Hing them, WHOM
will then give the life of the Saint in the form
of book. We will take copyright of the life
The sheet which will be pu blished will be the
successor of the St. Augustine Examiner. which
has been killed in the hand of Matthias X.
Andrew, Fieridian by birth of many genera
tions, by newcomers and adventurers drawn
here by the hope of the spols at the end of
the war. They have cut off all patronage,
legal and political, from other papers, to con-
centrate it upon their own pet sheets, and that,
in q thin population of our comparatively de-
serted country, makes it impo sible to pnblish
any paper. Our sheet will be in the same form
as the present issue; but with the next year,
1876, we hope shall be able to begin the
life of our colored saint. We must, however,
positively and formally declare that we need
patronage to commence the work, aud it sub
scribers are not secured, and if they do not
eend US the practical and eficaoious proof OF
their good will, we cannot, iu the impoverish-
ed state of the diocese undertake the publica-
ton. We appoint the Rev. Henry Clavreul,
the rector of our cathedral, as the fiscal agent
of the paper; to him applications are to be
made for the paper, and the remittances OF
money addressed likewise to him. Mr. Matt mas
Andreu, the former proprietor of the Era
miner, will remain at the head of the typo
graphical department., and is charged also
with the advertising department OF the paper
for which special regulations will afterwards
be issued. We want the paper to be serious
unflinching in ;ts advocacy of the truth, and
the enemy of all kinds of frivolity and pro fame
ioviality. The price of the subscription to the
| paper which will contain the life of the Saint
| will be tw o dollars per annum, payable in ad
vance AUGUsTIN VERoT,
| Bishop of st. Augustine, Florida