New-York tribune., 1879-03-15

tbe most irreyereut carelessness has been made In
certain sense point conscience and In order TO pro-
test against all the and corruptlons WHICH "i
linked up with a formal system. There mas oeeh u
studied contempt for everything which Chiha'n"" VI
teste and culture respects and esteems. rros,''
therefore has been "wearily slow" ana the mlsson
aries are pcrpetuay going home " broken In health
and bowed down with disappointment regrettlng tha'
lion " Roman missionaries have been dstlneusnIeu
FOR their cruditon and have made the sOlld Ioun
~ scholastic ncnuremcnt the basis OF their trainhG
while the Protestans, up to recent dae, % nh,o ,s
themselves against schools. and by ehc1u"gIus III @
sonarcs 10 begin preaching before they had any re
knowledge OF the language have pu, 'inic,cnt and
positions where they =" were aDsolutep in'" ~
TOO often ridiculous"
The address which Leo XII. delivered,
February 90 to the representatives OF 'he 'a'no"'
press assembled in Rome from many parts OF 'ne "ou
is one OF the most interesting OF his uue'"noo'' "
specially remarkable in that it contains 'he hiS' AP
and public declaration OF the necessity ior 'c'Poi"
sovereirntv. and his determination TO assert ana
reyndIcate this claim Of the church. lie reh"'h'
that il IA OF the greatest Importance once
moro "a remind Catholics that the church. III inc
exercise Of the supreme power which was dl'IheS
conferred on ST. Peter and his successors st cuo'
the fullest liberty" and that II was III oruer 10 Seou
the free exercise Of this authority over tho "hoe ea'
that Divine Providence after the perous Niciss''u'
Of the first ages disposed that the temporal domhions
it should be preserved for long series oi 'e,-
turi.s amid the infinite mutation OF peopIo
and ovcrthrow OF Kingdoms" Another reInarha-
bic feature the address its public recognition oi W
power OF the Press. and OF his ih'en''oh -"
o the press as an organized force in the service OF the
church being II is said, the first RECOGNITION Oh inc hu
that Roman PontlG has made. :" You, my beloved
sors he adds show yourselves most prompt In sup
nortinc the liberty and honor OF the Apostolic See WIN
stren 9Th and unaniny by word and by writlng hgnI
for the necessity temporal sovereignty Tor inc Tree
exercise OF supreme power i"o! "0''
advised not to compete with their adversares by adop
ing their arihcer but by the use OF ecgdCe oI hP 10
an6d dgent variations OF recent facts They should
excel In funess of useful know edge ana III t @ & a u,i
funess which would convince even tne o' d w ,r
Their manner OF writing should be " grave anu 1c,pri
ate" order not to offend the reader oy hoppoituno
asperitles."
The PRESBYTERIAN Mission at Laguna, New
Merico among the Pueblo Indians finds many obstacles
10 overcome and not the least considerable Is the
language of the Indians With the study OF this very
little has yet been accomplished The missionaries nave
no means OF getting at its principles IL mas ht'ie III
common with the great languages, having no prepos
ons articles. cOnJunctons or relative prohounS ana
o great xent wants the moods aud lenses OF verbs
The siunle sentepce God made the body OF Adam out
of the ground and formed Eve from the body OF
Adam" must be translated as though 1t read: "GOd
made body father Adam in sand earth; also Is pou
made body mother Eve one rib Is father ADAM Inc
Puebos are plnthcists, ana naturally they are
very religious They worship the SUM- mooh' stars'
rainbow fire. water, rivers mountains and trees-even
snakes. bears and other animals semblance OF
Catholic Christianity is already among them. After
they were conquered by the Spanish they descended
from the mountains where they had lived and made the
valleys their homes. Here they were compelled to
build churches either OF stone OF brick and to attend
mass on sunday mornings pay the penalty of being
uubcly whipped. Some OF their churches are
now in ruins, others are falling into decay, while
few are in use. In the church at LaGuna there
are on the two sides Of the altar from floor TO ceiling
many Indian symbols, such the Puebos use at their
dances The canopy above the altar consists OF paint
ing of the SUM- The rainbow, the moon and stars; while
on the two sides the body oi the church paintings
OF many objects OF Indian worship such mountains,
trees plants flowers and animals which represent the
lower Indian gods The back OF the altar only - oc-
cuped with Catholic symbols, such as the virgin the
infant Saviour saints and angels. The third annual re-
port of the Laguna Mission made by JOhn MehauI ID
tust published.