The Irish standard., 1886-08-07

| tIS, Wao q lIcu uollI VlSlCOL aC GllG ONCE
of Peter B. Sweeny. and was subse-
quently employed by that gentleman.
He was Charles G.. Halpine, afterward
known the worlG over by his stirring
war ballads and Beranger-ike lyrics RS
"Private Miles O'Reilly."
The old building was the rendezvous
of many others noted for their brilliant
minds, and splendid literary attain
ments. Abraham r. Lawrence, then
first admitted 10 the bar, WAS Mr. Dill
Ions first assistant, and the future
judge no doubt proiited by the experl-
ence and legal acumen of his chiet.
John Clancy was an extensive coal
merchant, but his tastes were those Of
a journalist, and it was under his i'll
spiration :he New York Leader was
started. lnere are many who relnel,:-
ber the sketches of prominent people
OH the Shilling Side Of BroadwaY,' y
with now and then a rollicking or pst-
thetic song from the njsnble pen Of
Haipine, Other engaging features were
the biographies of New York's Old
merchants and 1oparchs by Walter
Bennett, the poems OF Nathan D. Urn
er and Nathaniel G.. SHEPPARD, and
fancy bits of sparkling hnmor 10y Ada
Glare, the only female slar i'll the Cen
steliatiol, with occasionally vigorous
leader from the Bismarck OF Lbe party,
Peter B. himself. There are few sur
yivors OF that brilliant coterie. The
old brick building las disappeared, and
on its site q colossal edifice, :sl] but
wholly completed, DOW stands, the
property Of the Irish Eulitsrant society,
and magnificent TO the un-
tagging industry Of the Irish immi-
grant.
The society may be looked upon IS
the parent of the emigration commits
sion and The Emisrant Industrial Say
iuss' bank, for its founders We're i'll
strumental in procuring the incorpoIal~
tion uf both. lmbuen With The same
pure spirit ut oeneyolence: they sup
piled the two agencies, which have
since become Il necessity.
Since its organization the society has
transmitted over $50, ,000, 900, the money
going to every townlaEd glebe. and
parish in Ireland without the loss Of
one penny to the sender, as trained
hands have always directed the letters
or supervised their direction. The
chief contributor is the servant girl, who
gives freely Of the fruit OF her toll to
her suffering kindred at home. One Of
Irelands S sweetest poets, the late Chas.
j. Kickhanl, las beautifully emlalme(
in tender verse this generous devotion
Of the lrisl, girl to her kindred III The
old land:
Oh, brave, brave Irish girls VIC we'll may call
you brave:
Sure, the least OF all your uors is the stormy
ocean wnyc.
When you leave our quiet valleys and cross the
Atlantic foam,
To hoard y.our nArt-won earnings for the little
ones ar home.
While ,i,e Irish servant girl made the
society a channel through which Il
golden stream was constantly pouring
from this great Sutherland of the West
into the lap of sorely distressed Ire
land, she did not turn deaf ear to the
calls OF charity and duty that rose i'm
around her. Ii is in u large
owing to her humble efforts
and offerings that churches, schools,
hospitals, and other benevolent insJitu-
lions have SO greatly increased through :
out the land.
The presidents of the Iljsl1 Emigrant
society f1om its foundation TO the pres-
ent time are as follows:
Or. Robert Hogan, from lsi1 to I844; Gregory
Dillon, from is45 to 1854; James Matthews, ad
Interim. 1855; .Anarcw Carrigan, from 1855 to
1868: Richard O'Gorman, from 1866 to 1869; and
James Lynch, elected in 1870, who is sill! serv-
ing.
The president of the society is ex-
otficio an emigration commissioner. and
in that useful and honorable body finds
4 fair field FOR his labors. The profits
Of the society after paying necessary
expenses are given away annually to
various charitable institutions and in
dividual cases where worthiness is
shown. During the past twenty years
over $3.50, 600 have been donated in this
way. The irish Emigrant society may
well be proud Of such q record.
The Most Rev. O'Dwyer, the newly
Bishop of Limerick, says the
Dublin Freeman, is Is years of age,and
was born in the city of Limerick. For
the last 13 years DR.. O'Dwyer was en-
gagged in discharging the duties Of Gu
rate attached to the principle churclin
limerick, and gained for himself the
eAspect and admiration Of the people
whom he worked. The new
pfelhte has, been all his life an enthus-
iast3o and hard-working advocate in the
cause of temperance, while he was al
ways been an outspoksn and fearless.
champion of every popular movement.
In the year 1875 he founded the Linn
erick Catholic Literary Institute in