The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-04-09

government mas sent special envoy to
Rome to convey to the Holy Father the
consoling news of the reparation that had
been made by the many faithful for the
outrages of a few Red Republicans.
THE GREAT DEAK'S SUCCESSOR
Liberalism has won another victory in
Hungary, in the choice of a successor to
Deak, the incorruptible and uncompromis-
ing leader of the Catholic party. The
vacancy in the Diet, created by his death.
has been filed by Michael Horvath, an
apostate and communicated priest, the
quondam friend of Kossuth and the no.
torious associate of revolutionists throng h-
out Europe. This wretch, who has been
elected to dishonor the seat of Deak, has
been public enemy of religion and society
since the kossuth fiasco. Endowed with
more than ordinary ability, he grew restless
under the yoke of the priesthood, like some
other ambitious occupants of the Sane
tnary who have been degraded, since he
acquired notoriety by his terrible down
element which prevailed in 4s throug hout
Europe, be abandoned the duties of his
vocation for political preferment, and be.
gan to intrigue for bishopric. His plans
were, however, detected and foiled by the
vigilance of the Holy See. AS be con-
spired with that revolutionary swindler,
kossuth, whom the American people have
good reason to remember, he was expelled
from Hungary. Under the cover of the
amnesty that was extended to political
prisoners he was allowed to return to his
native land, but not to re-enter the sane
tuary. His maiden speech in the Diet was
made in support of the law of civil mar
riage. OF course the Anti Catholic press of
Vienna is profuse in its praise of the apos-
tate, whom it styles with it's usual
scrupulous regard for truth ga prince of
the church" He has all the guilt of Judas,
without the dignity of Judas. He is how
ever dignitary of Freemasonry, which
his Catholic predecessor, who was the
prince of Catholic laymen, held in the
greatest adherence as the foe of the State
as we'll as of the Church. The election of
this noisy apostate is the greatest insult
which Hungarians could have offered to
the memory of their greatest and purest
statesn an.
The experiment of the submarine tunnel
between England and France seems really
about to be tested at last in a practical
way. Half of the amount required for the
preliminary experiments, four millions of
francs, has already been subscribed in
France, and 1T is not probable that Eng
land on such question will lag long be-
hind her Continental neighbour. After the
cutting of the Egyptian isthmus and the
piercing of Mount Gents, it would be
strange, indeed, if modern science, backed
ny VIC CdplIal VI inc WealCOleSC nations in
the world, should find itself banked by any
material obstacles in the way of uniting
England with the Continent. A story has
gained currency, by the way, of late. that
the piercing of the st. Gothard Tunnel be-
tween Switzerland aud Italy has been eus-
pended by unexpected difficulties in the
work. This turns out to out quite untrue.
There are two enterprises connected with
the st. Gothard Tunnel. One is the piercing
of the tunnel, which is chiefly in the hands Of
Franco Italian company, and the other is
the organization of a net work af railway
to. connect with it, which is controlled
chiefly in Germany. The latter enterprise
has been badly handled, and has come to a
stand still. The former is going on stead
ny and successfully, and there seems to be
no reason to doubt it's completion within
the time specified in the original contracts.
In the Old World as in the New it seems
to be the function of speculation to mar
whatever science undertakes. 1t is harder
i'll, in other words, as it always has been.
to deal with human greed and folly than
with rocks and rivers, hills and seas.