, 1879-03-05

ties was a bundle Of moro Or less worthless
mites Of the tacc-vhluo Of $6e3, QUO, rs nEa'nsk
hilttv Tint tho sum may reach a stll greater
llGurc. 0tl,rr nDtea, rs nboro lncnftnlicti, hasr
hren burned or lost, while hugo Sims of trancy
have been 1cmt without even tho ceremony of a
memorandum.
Tho Church has property, but nothing like an
equivalent Of this debt, oven II It can 10
eaimcd by tho creditors, which Is questionable.
Various sct'cmea have been moosed tO meet nc
f oq by n1E Ss og h.. o a ,
ta!ned, nrnl tint scems to be dlf1cutt. Anotl'sr
misfortune is the manner ID which the Arch
bishops utnottonal flnnnetcr!ng las offended his
crcditors.,. Cincinnati Is largely German. Two"
hut The irish churches have been tho principal
recipients OF tlnnncial aid. In fact tho money
of tho 1cr.nnns has bocn poured out largely
to maintain 1rlal1 churches. It Is true,
could hare had It. but, bc!ng sclf-helptul peo-
pic trY did not nccd 1t, mid 50 Il went to those
who did. The moral Of this melancholy tale has
been pointed before, namely, the utter folly, or
ness mt, toreiher. rs notai i made plain BY Tic
above recital.
IA Clncinnhtt correspondent OF the New York
Sin says, with reference to the Archbishop's
tFnlflcr Callahan, who ls the private eccreia-
~ the Archbiahop, after sceeant!ng much of
The matter already given, said: The present
Cathedral, with its gFounda at'd tie Eptseopnl
resllcllcc, cost nut less than &250.00oi the r.
COO more. The taxes md assessments on that
part OF the property not exempt Rs propersy
church property, not lcas tlnn 80, 600 more.
a tr,tstue afterward placed tflat lattor Item at
cnt Cardinal McClosky, q pupi, Of Arch
bishop Purcell, preached tic consccreton
SERMON. Neitl,er before lint date nor sinea
hare Tiers been any contributions BY thc con.
Of this great property. There hayo been no
collections md no assessments OF any kind.
All has bccn paid by tho Father Edward ruf-
cell. Then tlle current expenses OF the Catle-
dral arc annually some $4,000 ID cxccsg Of the
pew rents, which arr ANAL, and the voluntary
offerings, i.s,tl TINT has ucen always borua hi
Father Purcell. But there has been no extrav-
agance: You sec VIC live. very plainly, and the
prlcsts' salaries arc ouly $500 q year., The
salary from his congregation. Fees Tor hapttsms
ll,,sl marriages wese nil be received. Nor did
llis Gfothcl, who was hta Vicar General, eyer
rcrctyu my salary. Every Archbishop is BY
diorese, known as the cathedrnflcun., a1s'1 the
smallest such salary ln other dfDccscs is
$1,000 or $1,000 per annum: But Arch
bishop Purcell tal never, until f1e had been
from, Ills dloeese. 1llcn It was urged upon him.
tlc said TO the CLERGY oFcrlnK It,, II wanted no
cashcdra.icu,11. but II you will tive $l0 each to
the theological seminary instead, VIII be cs,n'
tent III 1850, NJ The celebration III hfs Silver
Jnollec, It was then forcel upon him, n1nl he
tEleu sasd, We'll, mike It as low as possible
$9j for tile smaller churches, the poorer ones,
mud $50 for the largcr.' Froln that source hu
has received about $l,100 per annuul, ind tint
lc used not for himself. but In contributions to
tho poor aud to Institutions that we're In need.
Bfshiop Borgess., Of Detroit, relates that on one
OCCASION hi gnve tho Archbishop $500 IN the
not 4 cent. 1le Ind given IT all away. At hla
uuldeu Jubilee, the priests gave him 81, 400"