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The Greorsia Weekly Telegraph, and. Journal &d Messenger.
Telegraph and Messenger
■UArON-AUGUST 16,1870.
The War News.
The noon dispatches yesterday indrcaethat
the oreat straggle between the French and Prus-
thegrea - mo j; B t e lv pending. The French
Bians is now immediately peuu* g
hare fallen hack on Metz and the lino of the
“Bine Moselle.” The Prussians occupied Faul
Kuement, ten to fifteen miles from Metz, day
before yesterday, and their pickets must have
been in sight of each other all day yesterday, if
ihe forces did not join battle. We suppose
Ul3 French mean to make a mighty straggle here
to roll hack the tide of invasion, and if they
fail the disaster will be franght with a terrible
aignificance. The issue will hardly be long de
layed. In a day or two, at farthest, we must
get news of tremendous import. Indeed this
very issue of the Telegraph and Messenger
may very possibly contain it in the later dis
patches.
The French political news is also very im
portant. The Ollivier ministry had been driven
out by force of popular indignation and a new
one formed with tho distinguished General
Count Palikao.
A Strong Card.
Wo by no means believe that Napoleon’s for
tunes are so desperate as the miserably pre
judiced English accountswe receive represent
them, but even if they were, he has one card
in his hand, the playing of which, though it
would not save him, might ruin his adversary.
It is the cord of Red Republicanism, which
would wake a demon more terrible oven than
needle guns or mitraillcurs. If Paris is in
inurnment danger, let him turn loose the Red
Republicans of France and a flame is kindled
winch will lick np like dry straw the thrones of
Europe. There is not a monarchy in Europe
that would not feel the heat of this terrible
fire. It has smouldered many years, but the
coals still glow and only need the potent breath
of such leaders os Garibaldi, Rochefort, Victor
Hugo and others to be kindled into a scorching,
devouring flame. Red Republicanism is strong
er to-day in Europe than it was in 1848, though
seemingly just the reverse. In England and
Ireland it has made rapid strides, and would
give to the grand uprising on the Contioentmost
powerful assistance.
The King of Prussian doubtless dreams of
Paris as his headquarters day and night.—
Would it not be one of the most startling epi
sodes in history should that prize be wen at the
expense of a popular revolution whose ending
might find him without a throne or a foot of
earth he could call his own? Stranger things
avo happened, and history has recorded them.
Prolongation Bailies.
According to tho Atlanta Constitution the Re
publicans of thatcity opposed to “Prolongation”
held a meeting in that city Wednesday night,
Which was set upon by Capt. E. Blodgett, the
Spotted Horse, O'Neal and others and much
annoyed by their bullyings. The bullies finally
got the concern into their hands and called on
the great Wauhoo to speak, but he told them
ho was ashamed of their conduct and would not
abase himself by speaking to such men. Far
row, who made the opening speech at the meet
ing, said that in common with Mr. Blodgett and
others, he endeavored to have that part of the
Constitution of Georgia stricken ont which
brought on an election in Nov., 1870, but the
voice of Congress wa3 against striking out and in
favor of an election being held. As a national
Republican ho was bound to support the act of
Congress. When the conference committee was
in session, Mr. Blodgett exhibited to at least
one dozen Senators a telegram from Atlanta,
saying: “Prevent the conference committee
from reporting. Stave off action. E. B. Bui.
lock." This ho read with his own eyes.
The Agency on Wednesday.
In the Senate, the Committee on Enrollment
recommended “twelve gentlemen” as clerks, in
aocordanoe with a resolution of the Senate.
Patrick O'Keefe was appointed Assistant Door
keeper at $5 per day. The following bills
passed: To authorize Glynn county to issue
$75,000 in bonds for a Conrt House. To change
the time of holding courts iu the Macon Circuit.
To change the name of City Banking Company
of Macon. The bills to amend the charter of
Lumpkin, to incorporate the Southwest and
City Banks of Albany, and to amend the charter
of Albany, were lost.
In the House, the resolution to pay the mem
bers one hundred dollars each was reconsidered
and referred to the Finance Committee. A
number of bills were read a second time and
referred. Sundry bills were received from the
Senate as having passed that body, and were
read tho first time. The report of tho Com
mittee recommending $5,000 to the State
Printer was taken up and adopted.
Prolongation Laid Ont!
A private dispatch from Atlanta received last
night at 5 o’clock says, “Prolongation is killed
deader than Another dispatch says the
majority in the House against it was seven. If
there are any democratic members who got
leave of absence from the House in order to
dodgo this vote they can now return. Tho thing
is over, and they have earned their money. We
congratulate the State on the failuro of this
wretched scheme to swindle and defraud the
people. Let tho Atlanta Intelligencer tell ns
how all his lofty ex cathedra prognostications of
tho success of this swindle in the House broke
down. Give us the secret history. Yon know
all about it.
Wesleyan Female College.
Tho Fall term of this well known institution
commences on the 3d October next, and we
doabt sot its list of students will continue to
demonstrate the growing influence and reputa
tion of this College. To increase the sphere of
its usefulness the expenses of board and taition
have been reduced to the lowest point. The
sum of $315 covers the entire cost of board and
tuition for tho sessional year. We presume
thero is hardly a similar institution' in the
United States—certainly not one of equal repu
tation and educational facilities which is able
to offer so low termB to students. See tho ad
vertisement.
Not Dead Yet.—We learn from a Richmond
dispatch, of the Oth inst, that all the fool3 arc
not dead yet The French Consul at that place
announces through tho papers, that he cannot
accept 'tho services of the ex-Confederato sol-
diers who wish to join the French army. What
interest, we ahouldlike to know, have theso sol
diers in fighting for France ? They may sym
pathize as much as they like with Napoleon,
but they owe him nothing else. Their place is
at homo. Virginia claims all their hearts,
brains and muscles. She is not out of the
woods, yet. Generally speaking, a man J who
will not stand by his own folks when they need
him, is not worth much to anybody else. The
real ex-Confederates of Virginia are giving their
best services to her, and have no time nor incli
nation for any other business.
Washouts, the carpet-bag Governor of Lou
isiana, recently assulted a negro in Nf-zOrleans,
and the negro got ont a warrant against him.
The Courts,however, being owned by Warmouth
the negro failed to get justice, and he therefore
challenged the developer to fight a duel, which
he declined. Now let the negro go for him ala
Tapper, and give him a genteel thrashing.
That's his only chance.
University of Georgln—Changes Made
at the Recent Meeting of the Board
of Trustees.
A friend at Athens who is in a position to
speak officially, has furnished us with a synop
sis of the action of the Board of Trustees of e
University of Georgia with reference to sever
changes made at their late meeting, w ic we
publish as matters of general interest
The sale of certain small parcels of land be
longing to the University was authorized, in or
der that the .Laboratory might be enlarged and
improvedsoastogivospace for the practical
teaching and illustration of analytical chemis-
try.
The time of the annual vacation was changed
to take effect next year. It will be from the 1st
of August till the 1st of October.
The following degrees were conferred: Hon
orary—L. Q. O. Lamar, of Mississippi—L.L. D;
Ferdenand Jacobs, of Athens—D. D.; Henry
Moore, of Augusta—A. M. Regular: Dr. Jas.
S. Hamilton, of Athens—A. M.; A. O. Bacon,
of Macon—A. M.
1. Commencement day shall continue to be
on the 1st Wednesday in August.
2. Commencement Sunday shall be observed
according to the old established mode.
s. Monday choii he appropriated to the Soci
ety of the Alumni: the Alumni Oration shall bo
delivered; the Alumni meeting for business
held; and a dinner had, as the Society may
order.
4. Tuesday, the third day of Commence
ment, shall be devoted to the two Literary So
cieties. A literary address shall be delivered
before the societies by some distinguished man
who shall be elected, as heretofore, by the soci
eties.
5. Commencement Day shall be Wednesday,
which day shall be devoted to the announce
ment of the names of the graduates, in the
several departments, and'the names of those
on whom degrees are conferred; also, to the
delivery of certificates and diplomas, and the
awarding of medals and honors, as hereinafter
named, and such others as may be established
from time to time. Addresses from graduates
as follows: 1st. Orations, not to exceed two,
from Masters of Arts. fid. Orations, not to
exceed two, from Bachelors of Arts. 3d. Ora
tions, not to exceed two, from Bachelors of
Science. All the addresses shall be submitted
to the Facnlty for criticism and approval one
month before the final examination.
MEDALS AND HONORS.
1. Sophomore exhibition shall be held at the
close of the first term, (Fall) A medal shall
be given for the best reader, or declaimer, as
the Faculty may decide; which medal shall be
prescribed on Commencement Day.
2. In the Sophomore class, there shall be a
medal for the best essay on any subject by a
member of 6aid class ; and further, a scholar
ship allowing free tnition for one year in the
University shall be given to the best student of
the said class, to be ascertained by the Fac
ulty.
3. Medals at present awarded to Sophomore
declaimers, are to be given to the Literary So
cieties for the best debater, one to each Socie
ty ; the award to be made by the Society, and
modal to be presented on the night of the cele
bration, duriDg Commencement.
4. A medal to be given for an essay exhibit
ing the greatest original research on any lite
rary or scientific subject; the award to be made
by the Facrnty, and to be presented at Com
mencement. All essays that compete for this
medal must be submitted sixty days befere the
close of the long term; and said medal shall be
open for competition to every member of the
University.
5. Two medals, or one medal and one scholar]
ship for one year, shall be given to the best
stndent in the Scientifioyjrin the Literary depart
ments—one in each department—and shall be
open to competition of Junior Class or classes;
and shall be awarded by the Faculty.
C. Monday and Tuesday evenings shall be
appropriated to the Society celebrations and
speeches made by orators selected from among
themselves.
Acla3s in Telegraphy will also be taught
practically, and for that purpose a line will be
put up extending from the University to the
High School, a distance of one and a half
miles, and put in charge of an expert operator.
The admissions to the various classes from
the schools of Athens and from the High
School, before Commencement, numbered 24,
Students from distance do not generally pre
sent themselves till just before the Fall session
commences, and of course there is no means
of arriving at their probable number now.
Why Bool Ii Killed President Lincoln
The New York Democrat, to the length of
some eight columns, narrates the reason why
Booth assassinated the late President Lincoln.
Booth was tenderly attached to John Yates
Beall, of Virginia, an officer in the Confederate
service. Beall had conceived the idea of releas
ing the Confederate prisoners, to the number
of twelve thousand, confined on Johnson’s Is
land, in Lake Erie, and had procured a commis
sion for that purpose from the Confederate
Government. He was, however, arrested—tried
a3 a spy and sentenced to death. Under these
circumstances Booth, and at hi3 solicitation,
John P. Hale, of New Hampshire, G. W. Mc
Lean, of Cincinnati, and CoL John W. Forney,
waited on Mr. Lincoln, at night, and after the
most earnest entreaties, Mr. Lincoln promised
to interpose and pardon Beall—pledging his
word of honor to that effect. Subsequently,
however, through the influence of Mr. Seward,
Mr. Lincoln was induced to recall his promise
and Beall was executed. The Democrat says:
When Booth learned that Lincoln had lied to
him, andmot kept his sacred promise, his face
turned to the pallor of death, his lips became
white, his eyesseemedready to burst from their
sockets, and he swore by the Eternal God that
he would kill the man who had lied to him, and
that his own right hand, then raised to Heaven,
should avenge the death of his comrades. And
lie did!
Booth called to his counsel but a few friends,
some of whom were in Washington, two of
whom wero not. He marked the President for
his own avenging, and to others was given in
charge to kill Seward at the same hour, for his
interference. _ to
As we believe, under the directing power of
another world, Booth’s hand did avenge the
death of Beall. He was the martyr to private
feelings, for he knew that almost certain death
awaited him, but he cared not for that.
Inflamed by revenge—going like a bolt of.
wrath to the President, he fired tho shot which
sent echo after echo down the long lano reach
ing to the future.
le kept his word—he avenged the death of
his friend, and a wondrous Providence dealt
then with him as the world knows of.
But Seward lived. There was not that “light
ning” in the hearts of those who were deputed
to aid Booth in his avenging that filled the soul
of the one who settled so terribly in full with
tho President. :
And so died Abraham Lincoln, not by the
hand of one who struck in behalf of a nation,
hut by the hand of a fiery, impetnons stage
walking tenement of chivalry. 'Had he kept his
word, he would not (hen and there have died, no
matter what his fate afterward.
i'lesr Bale oy AlabamaCotton.—The Mont
gomery Advertiser, of 'the 10th, says the first
bale of cotton of the new crop was received i in
that ciiy last night from the plantation of
Messrs. Jackson & Trimble, three miles from
this city. It will be sold at auction this morn
ing.
The first bale received last year was from the
plantation of B. D. Chapman, on the llth of
August. •<ii J: Vi •• ‘-n
A large number of the business men of Phila
delphia, irrespective of party have formed an
association to resist in every legal way the col
lection of the income tax.
Prize Fight Near Montgomery.—The Ad
vertiser reports a prize fight at Shorter’s depot,
near Montgomery, last Saturday, between one
Ferner, an Englishman, and Donnelly, a na
tive of the Emerald Isle. The Advertiser
flourishes with the flash terms of tho art with
surprising facility for a novice. The con
clusion of the whole matter was that after sixty
rounds the fight was declared to be drawn.
The Georgia Press.
Augusta had one of the heaviest rains of the
season Tuesday. Columbus didn’t have a drop,
and is as'dry as a powder horn. -
Washington county shows 1,136 white polls,
and 1,267 black ditto. The value of land is
$1,411,250, and total value of whole property
$2,302,855—an increase over valuation of I860
of $355,820.
The United States District Court was opened
at Savannah, Tuesday, but no Judge being
present, was adjonrnedto the first Monday in
September.
Lightning struck a tenement house in Savan
nah, Tuesday morning, in which there were six
negroes, and after demolishing the chimney and
rafters, and stripping off the weather-boarding
of each of the houses, passed ont without doing
any damage except killing a dog.
Captain Lewis and his first and second mates,
of the brig Celia M. Long, now loading at
Brunswick with lumber, were arrested and
brought to Savannah Tuesday, charged with a
murderous assault on four of the crew, but
were discharged by the United States Commis
sioner.
On the the 5th of July, the jewelry store of
S. P. Hamilton, Savannah, was robbed of 32
diamond and other rings, valued at $3,500—an
item which the News, of Wednesday, publishes
for the first time—in acforonnn to the detectives
who, np to this date, have succeeded, as usual,
in—neither finding the thief nor recovering any
of the booty.
The Columbus Enquirer has the following ac
count of a church disturbance in that neigh
borhood:
More of the Church Disturbance.—We
learn some further particulars of the distur
bance at Soule Chapel, Sunday night, from A.
R. Spencer, who is pastor and was at the time
preaching. The meeting commenced Priday,
and was progressing finely. About 9 o’clock
Sunday night a man (whether white or black is
yet unknown) rode up on a black horse, and
sent in word that unless the crowd was dis
persed in ten minutes the church would be fired
upon. The congregation did not disperse be
fore half-past ten. Some five hundred persons
were present. Another colored preacher, named
Henry Haywood, was with Spencer in the pul
pit. As the freedmen were retiring a parly of
them were fired into from a dark clomp of trees.
The weapon used was a double-barreled shot
gun. A number of shots were fired, and four
persons were wounded. A woman was shot
through both legs, and was seriously hurt; a
man was shot in the hip, and escaped a bad
wound by having a newspaper in his pocket; a
third was shot in the arm, and a fourth had his
head grazed. It is supposed that a bad state of
feeling had grown np betweon members of the
African Methodist Church and the Methodist
Episcopal Church, the latter (being the one in
session Sunday night) having won to its mem
bership a large number of persons from the
former, and the intention was to kill the preach
ers. So Spencer thinks. A large number of
white and colored citizens were to meet yester
day for the purpose of ferreting out tho offend
ers. The result of the meeting has not reached
us.
We get the following items from the Newnan
Defender, of Wednesday:
Importation oe Chinese to Newnan.—We
learn through our friend Mr. John Smith, who
was sent this spring to Hong Kong, China, as
agent of the “Coweta County Immigration So
ciety,” that he has arrived in Savannah with
300 Coolies, and will as soon as practicable be
here with ms Celestials.
We will state that of this number thore are
250 contracted for, the balance to bo hired ont
on arrival. Among their number are several
first-class cooks, who have been in the employ
of some of the best mandarin families of Can
ton and Hong Kong.
The prices asked for their services will be
from four to ten dollars per month. They are
represented as being frugal and strictly honest
Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama,
Railroad.—Wo are informed that the track of
this road is completed from Griffin to within
six miles of this place, and that the work of
grading keeps steadily ahead of the tracklay
ers. But a few more weeks and this road will
be finished to this point. The active superin
tendent of the Savannah, Griffin and North
Alabama Railroad, L. Kendrick, Esq., has ar
ranged to open tho road for passengers to this
place, to go into operation on to-day. The cars
ran to North’s, eight miles from here, and the
connection is completed by first-class four horse
coaches, making close connection at North’s.
The fare is fixed at the very low rate of $2 from
Newnan to Griffin; the trains also make close
connection with the trains of Macon and West
ern Railroad, at Griffin. As the track is laid
the staging will be shortened.
P. S. We think the Chinese item is a hoax,
bnt that’s the Defender’s business—not ours.
The Savannah papers make no mention of any
such arrival.
Messrs. S. W. Brown, E. A. Burch, E. B.
Gilbert and J. J. Sparrow are the Pulaski
county delegates to the State Democratic Con
vention.
The Rome Commercial says:
An Outrage.—A negro on Saturday ovening
last shot a young girl while passing from her
home to the house of a neighbor. After shoot
ing her he struck her over the head with his
gun, and it is thought outraged her. This
horrible affair took place in Sugar Valley, on
the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad.
The Atlanta Georgian says:
We are happy to know that the most influen
tial and intelligent colored voters of the State
are outspoken in their opposition to the pro
longation plot. They say it is an outrage upon
tho rights of the people, and that they would
rather die than support it. We learn from high
authority that nearly all the colored people in
Augusta are anti-prolongationists. The some
is true of the colored population of Atlanta.
We are glad to see this large class of voters tak
ing the right direction. It speaks well for their
present and future prosperity.
Stephens’ Constitutional View op the War
Between the States—Its Causes, Character
and Results.—The publishers send us the sec
ond volume of this work. It is adorned with
portraits of Mr. Stephens, Gen. Beauregard,
Mr. Toombs, President Lincoln, Mr. Douglas,
Jefferson Davis, Gen. Lee, Gen. Johnston, and
President Grant. /
In the first volume of his work Mr. Stephens
confined himself entirely to a dissussion of tho
causes which led to the secession of the South.
In the volume now before us, he narrates the
story of tho war, giving especial emphasis to
the action of tho government of the Confedera
cy, or to what may be called its confidential his
tory. His account of the important conference
at Hampton Roads between President Lincoln
and the Confederate Commissioners, is one of
the most valuable additions to the literature of
the war, and is in itself worth tho price of the
entire work. The vexed question of the non
exchange of Prisoners of War has much new
light shed npon it, and tho peaco movements in
the South are thoroughly explained. The fact
that the first volume, which was but the Intro
duction of the History of tho War, commanded a
sale of over 60,000 copies, folly warrants the
assertion that this volume, which is not n mere
discussion of principles, bnt a living, breathing
narrative.of the events of the great straggle of
modern times, by one of the most important
actors in it, will reach a sale unprecedented in
this country. No fair-minded, unprejudiced
person can afford to be without this book. It
is the official history on the Southern side, and
must hold in the literature of tho war even a
higher place than is accorded to Mr. Greeley’s
American Conflict. It will occupy in our his
tory the place that is given to Napoleon’s Me
moirs in the literature of the French Empire. It
is like that work the last production of its gifted
author, and is entitled to all the weight which
attaches to the high character of a great leader
presenting to, the world the story of his cause
in vindication of it The book is sold by sub
scription only, and agents are wanted in every
county.
Address National Publishing Company, At
lanta, Ga.
INFALLIBILITY.
Dogmatic Decree of Ihe Ecumenical Conn
ell—-Primacy, Power anti Perpetuity of
tlie Pontiffs—The Church One and Uner*
lag from Peter to Pins the Ninth.
[From the advance sheets of the Catholio World
for September. J .
Pius, Bishop, Servant of the Servants of Ood,
with the Approbation of the Holy Council, for
a Perpetual Bmembranee Hereof:
The eternal shepherd and bishop of our
living God, all the faithful should be united
by the bond of the same faith and charity, foi
which reason before he was glorified he pray
ed the Father, not for the Apostles alone, but
also for those who through their word would
believe in him, that they all might be one, as
the Son himself and the Father are one.
(John xvii, 1-20.) Wherefore, even as he
sent the apostles, whom he had chosen from
the world, as he had been sent by tbupwlier,
so be willed that there should be pastors and
teachers in His Church even to the consum
mation of the world. Moreover,. to the end
that .the Episcopal body itself might be one
and undivided, and that the entire multitude
of believers might be preserved in oneness of
faith and of communion, through priests
cleaving mutually together, he placed the
blessed Peter before the other apostles and
established in him a perpetual principle of
this two-fold unity, ana a visible foundation
on whose strength “the eternal temple might
be built, and in whose firm faith the Church
might rise upward until her summit reach the
heavens.” (St. Leo the Great, sermon iv, or
iu, chapter 2, on Christmas.) Now, seeing
that in order to overthrow, if possible, the
Church, the powers of hell on every side, and
by a hatred which increases day by day, arc
assailing her foundation which was placed by
God, we, therefore, for the preservation, tho
safety and the increase of the Catholic flock,
and with the approbation of the sacred Coun
cil have judged it necessary to set forth the
doctrine which, according to the ancient and
constant faith of the universal church, all
the faithful must believe and hold, touching
the institution, the perpetuity and the nature
of the sacred apostolic primacy, in which
stands the power and strength of the entire
Church; and to proscribe and condemn the
contrary errors so hurtful to the flock of the
Lord.
CHAPTER L
OF THE INSTITUTION OF THE APOSTOLIC PRI
MACY IN THE BLESSED PETER.
We teach, therefore, and declare that, ac
cording to the testimonies of the Gospel, the
primacy of jurisdiction over the whole Church
of God was promised and given immediately
and directly to blessed Peter the apostle by
Christ our Lord. For it was to Simon alone
to whom ho had already said, “Thou shalt be
called Cephas,” (John i, 42,) that, after he
had professed his faith, “Thou art Christ, the
Son of the living God,” our Lord said,
“Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona, because
flesh and flood hath not revealed it to thee,
but my Father who is in heaven; and I say
to thee, thou art Peter, and upon this rock I
;eys ot the kingdom
whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth it shall
be bound also in heaven) and whatsoever thou
shalt loose upon earth it shall be looked also
in heaven.” (Matthew xvi, 16-19.) And it
was to Simon Peter alone that Jesus, after
His resurrection, gave the jurisdiction of
supreme shepherd and ruler over the whole of
His fold, saying, “Feed my lambs“feed
my sheep.” (John xxi, 15-17.) To this doc
trine, so clearly set forth in the sacred Scrip
tures, as the Catholic Church has always un
derstood it, are plainly opposed the per
verse opinions of those who, distorting the
form of government established in His Church
by Christ our Lord, deny that Peter alone
above the other apostles, whether taken
separately one by one or all together, was en
dowed by Christ with a true and real primacy
of jurisdiction; or who assert that this pri
macy was not given immediately and directly
to blessed Peter, but to the Church, and
through her to him, as to the agent of the
Churcn.
If, therefore, any one shall say that blessed
Peter the apostle.was not appointed by Christ
our Lord, the prince of all the apostles and
the visible head of the whole Church militant,
or that he received directly and immediately
from our Lord Jesus Christ only the primacy
of honor and not that of true and real juris
diction, let him be anathema.
CHAPTER II.
OF THE PERPETUITY OF THE PRIMACY OF
PETER IN THE ROMAN PONTIFFS.
What the Prince of Pastors and the great
Shepherd of the sheep, Our Lord Jesus
Christ, established in the person of the bless
ed apostle Peter for the perpetual welfare and
lasting good of the Church, the same through
his power must needs last forever iu that
Church, which is founded upon the rock, and
will stand firm till the end of time. And in
deed it is well known, as it has been iu all
age3 that the holy and most blessed Peter,
prince and head of the apostles, pillar of the
faith and foundation of the Catholio Church,
who received from our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Saviour and Redeemer of mankind, the
keys of the kingdom of heaven, to this pres
ent time and at all times, lives and presides
secrated by his blood. (Council of Eph..
sess. iiL, St. Peter Chrys. Ep. ad Eutych.)
Peter, in this chair, holds, according to Christ’s
own institution, the primacy of Peter over the
whole church. What, therefore, was once
established by Him who is the truth, still re
mains, and blessed Peter, still retaining tbe
strength of the rock, which has been given
to Mm, has never left the helm of the Church
originally entrusted to him.. (St. Leo, Ser
mon iiL, chap, iii.) For this reason, it was
always necessary for every other Church—that
is, the faithful of all countries—to have re
course to the Roman Church on account of
its superior headship, in order that being
joined, as members to their head, with this
See, from wMch tbe rights of religious com
munion flow unto all, they might do knitted
Into the unity of one body. (Sti Iremuus
against Heresies, book ill., chap. 3,. Epist. of
Council of Aquileian, 3S1 to Grattian, chap.
4 of Pius VI., Brief. Super Ibid, itate.) If,
therefore, any one shall say, that it is not by
tho institution of Christ our Lord himself, or
by divine right, that blessed .Peter has per
petual successors in the primacy over, the
whole Church, or that the Roman pontiff is
not the successor of blessed Peter iu this pri
macy, let him be anathema.
CHAPTER HI.
OF THE POWER AND NATURE OF THE PRI-
3IACY OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF.
Wherefore, resting upon tho. clear testi
monies of holy writ, and following the full
and explicit. aecree of our predecessors, the
Roman pontiffs and of general councils, we
renew the definition of tho Ecumenical Coun
cil of Fiorence, according, to wMch all tho
faithful of Chnst must believe that tho holy
Peter, the prince of the apostles, and tho true
vicar of Christ, and is the head of the whole
Church, and the father and teacher of all
Christians, and that to Mm, in the blessed
Peter, was given by our Lord Jesus Christ
full power of feeding, ruling and governing
the universal Church, as.is also set forth in
the acts .of the Ecumenical Councils and in
the sacred canons.
Wheiefctre we teach and declare that the Ro
man Church, under divine Providence, posses
ses a headship or ordinary power over all other
Churches, and that this power of jurisdiction
of the Roman pontiff, which is truly episcopal,
is immediate, toward whioh the pastors and
faithful of whatever rite and dignity, whether
singly or all together, are bound by the duty of
hierarchical subordination or of true obedience,
Dot only in things which appertain to faith and
morals, but likewise in those things which con
cern the discipline and government of the
Church spread throughout the world, »o that
being united with the Roman pontiff, both in
oommunicn and in profession of the same faith,
the Church of Christ may be one fold under
one chief shepherd. This is the doctrine of
j Catholio truth, from which no one can depart
without loss of faith and salvation.
So far, nevertheless, is this power of the su
preme pontiff from trenching on that ordinary
power of episcopal jurisdiction by which the
bishops, who have been inatitnted by the Holy
Ghost, and have succeeded in the place of the
apostles, like true shepherds, feed and rale the
flocks assigned to them; each one his own;
that, on the contrary, this their power is as
serted, strengthened and vindicated by the su
preme and universal pastor, as St. Gregory the
Great saith: “My honor is the honor of the
universal Church; myhonoristhe solid strength
of my brethren; then am I truly honored when
to each one of them the honor due is not de
nied.” (St. Gregory Great adEuloguius, Epist.
80.)
Moreover, from that supreme authority of
the Roman pontiff to govern the universal
Church there follows to him the right, in the
exercise of this his office, of freely communica
ting with the pastors and flocks of the whole
Church, that they may be taught and guided
by him in the way of salvation.
Wherefore, we condemn and . reprobate the
opinions of those who say that this communica
tion of the supreme head with the pastors and
flocks can be lawfully hindered, or who make it
subject to the secular power, maintaining that
the things whioh are decreed by the Apostolic
See or under its authority for the government
of the Church have no foroe or value unless
they are confirmed by the approval of the secu
lar power. And since, by the divine right of
apostolio primacy, the Roman Pontiff presides
over the universal Churches we also teaoh and
declare that he is the supreme judge of the
faithful (Pius VL brief super, soliditate,) and
that in all causes calling for ecclesiastical trial
recourse may be had to his judgment, (Second
Council of Lyons,) but the decision of the Apos
tolio See, above which there is no higher au
thority, cannot bo reconsidered by any one, nor
is it lawful to any one to sit in judgment on
his judgment. (Nioholas I. epist. ad michaelem
Imperatorem.)
Wherefore they wander away from the right
path of truth who assert that it is lawfal to ap
peal from the judgments of the Roman Pontiffs
to an eenmenioal council, as if- to an authority
superior to the Roman Pontiff.
Therefore, if any one shall say that the Ro
man pontiff holds only the charge of inspec
tion or direction, and not full and supreme
power of jurisdiction over the entire Church,
not only in things which pertain to faith and
morals, but also in those whioh pertain to the
discipline and government of the Church spread
throughout the whole word; or that he pos
sesses only the chief part, and not the entire
plentitude, of this supreme power; or that
this, his power, is not ordinary and immediate,
both as regards all and each of the churches
and all and each of the pastors and faithful, let
him be anathema.
CHAPTER IV.
OF THE INFALLIBLE AUTHORITY OF THE ROMAN
PONTIFF IN TEACHING.
The Holy See has ever held, the unbroken
custom of the Church has proved, and the Ecu
menical Councils—those especially in which the
East joined with the West in union of faith
and of charity—have declared that in this apos
tolic primacy which the Roman Pontiff holds
over the universal Church, as successor of Pe
ter, the prince of apostles, there is also con
tained the supreme power of authoritative
teaching. Thus the fathers of. the Fourth
Council of Constantinople, following in the
footsteps of their predecessors, put forth this
solemn profession:
The first law of salvation is to keep the rale of
true faitb. And whereas the words of our Lord
Jesus Christ cannot be passed by, who said: “Thou
art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church
(Matt, xvi, 18.) These words, which he spake, are
proved true by facts, for in tho Apostolic Seo the
Catholic religion has ever been preserved unspot
ted and the holy doctrine has been announced.
Therefore, wishing never to bo separated from the
faith and teaching of this See, wo hope to be wor
thy to abide in that one communion which the
Apostolic See preaches, in which is tho full and true
firmness of the Christian religion. (Formulas of
St. HormisdaB Pope, as proposed by Hadrian II. to
the fathers of the eighth General Council (Con-
stantinop. IV.), and subscribed by them.
So, too, the Greeks, with the approval of the
Second Council of Lyons, professed that the
holy Roman Church holds over the universal
Catholic Church a supreme and full primacy
and headship, which she truthfully and humbly
acknowledges that she received from the Lord
himself in blessed Peter the prince or head of
the apostles, of whom the Roman Pontiff is
the successor, and as she, beyond the others,
is bound to defend the truth of the faith, so if
any questions arise concerning faith, theyshould
bo decided by her judgment. And finally the
Council of Florence defined that the Roman
Pontiff is the true vicar of Christ and the head
of the whole Church, and the father and teacher
of all Christians, and that to him, in the
blessed Peter, wa3 given by our Lord Jesus
Christ full power of feeding and ruling and
governing the universal Church. (John xxi.,
14-17.)
In order to fulfil this pastoral charge, our
predecessors have ever labored unweariedly to
spread the saving doctrine of Christ among all
the nations of the earth, and with equal care
have watched to preserve it pure and unchang
ed where it had been received. Wherefore the
bishops of tho whole world, sometimes singly,
sometimes assembled in synods, following the
long established custom of the churches (S. Cyr
il, Alex., ad S. Coelest, Pap.) and the form of
ancient rale (St. Innocent L to councils of
Carthage and Millevi) referred to this Apostolic
See, those dangers which especially arose in
matters of faith, in order that injuries to faith
might best be healed there, where tho faith
could never fall. (St. Bernard ep. 120.) And
the Roman Pontiffs, weighing the condition of
times and circumstances, sometimes calling to
gether general councils, or asking the judgment
of the church scalteredthrough the world, some
times consulting particular synods, sometimes
using such other aids as Divine Providence sup-
ilied, defined that those doctrines should be
leld which, by the aid of God, they knew to be
conformable to the holy soriptures and the apos
tolio traditions. For the Holy Ghost is not
promised to the successors of Peter that they
may make known a new doctrine revealed by
him, but that through his assistance they may
sacredly guard and faithfully set forth the rev
elation delivered by the apostles, that is, the
deposit of faith. And this their apostolio teach
ing all the venerable fathers have embraced,
and the holy orthodox doctors have revered and
followed, knowing most certainly that this See
of St. Peter ever remains free from all error,
according to the divine promise of our Lord
and Saviour made to the Prince of the Apostles
—“I haved prayed for thee that thy faith fail
not, and thou, being converted, confirm thy
brethren.” (Conf. St. Agatho. ep.adlmp: a
cone, oecxim vi. approbaV.
Therefore this gift of irath and of faith whioh
fails not was divinely bestowed on Peter and his
auccessuis iu this chair, that they shonld exer
cise their high office for the salvation of all, that
through themtheunivorsalflockof Christ should
be turned away from tho poisonous food of error
and should bo nourished with the food of hea
venly doctrine, and that the occasion of schism
being removed tbe entire Chnrch shonld bo
preserved one, and, planted on her foundation,
should stand firm against tho gates of hell.
Nevertheless, sjneo in this present age, when
the saving efficacy of the apostolic office is ex
ceedingly needed, there are not a few who carp
at its authority; we judge it altogether neces-
sory to solemnly deolare the prerogative whioh
the only begotton Son of God has deigned to
nnito to the supreme pastoral office.
Wherefore, faithfully adhering to the tradi
tion handed down from the commencement of
the Christian faith, for the glory of God our
Saviour, the exaltation of the Catholic religion,
and salvation of Christian peoples, with the ap
probation of the sacred oouncil, we teach and
define it to be a doctrine divinely revealed that
the Roman Pontiff, when he speaks ex cathedra,
that is, when in exercise ot ms offioe of pastor
and teacher of all Christian peoples, and in vir
tue of his supreme apostolical authority, he de
fines that a doctrine of faith or moral, is to be
held by the universal Church, possesses, through
the divine assistance promised to him in the
blessed Peter, that infallibility with which the
divine Redeemer willed Hig Chnrch to be en
dowed, in defining a doctrine of faith or morals,
and, therefore, that such definitions of the Ro
man Pontiff are irreformable of themselves, and
not by force of the oonsent.of the Church there
to.
And if any one shall presume, which God for
bid, to contradict this our definition, let him be
anathema.
John Real, the rough who was hung in New
York last Friday, for the murder of Smediek, a
police officer, was buried with a prodigious dis
play, his coffin being covered with the Ameri
cas flag and a wreath of immortelles. Ten
thousand people were in the procession.
The European war threatens to scare over to
America whole troops of foreign song birds,
and the Northern papers say that the opera will
flourish next winter to a surprising extent.
HoreGeodKews.
The following whioh we copy from the Char
leston News, of Wednesday, conveys the very
gratifying information that another foul-
mouthed blaok-guard of the'‘developer” species
baa received a portion of his deserts. More
power .to your elbow, Dawson, the next time
you thrash one of . the gang. That is the only
argument they understand. The News says:
Yesterday morning it became the unpleas
ant duty of Mr. F. W. Dawson, one of the edi
tors of the News, to administer a sound casti-
[ gation to Mr. Myron Fox, one of the editors of
a radical sheet published in this city. This was
made necessary by the publication, on Monday
evening, of a grossly insulting article reflecting
upon the character and courage of Mr. Dawson.
At about half-past 19 o’clock, Mr. Dawson,
accompanied by a friend, entered tbe editorial
rooms of the Radical paper. Mr. Fox, known
to be one of its editors, was seated at a table
near the window. Mr. Dawson went up to him
and asked whether he was the editor of the pa
per. Mr. Fox, extending his hand, replied that
he was. Mr. Dawson, pointing out ihe offen
sive article whioh he held in his hand, said:
“This nrticle is grossly insulting to me, and I
shall chastise you.” With this, he struck Mr.
Fox in the face. Mr. Fox sprang to his feet,
when Mr. Dawson struck him between tbe
eyes, and, with a flexible cane, thrashed him
over the head and shoulders. At this moment,
W. J. Ballentine, an attache of the Radical
sheet, seized Mr. Dawson from behind, but,
after a struggle, was shaken off. The pair,
Fox and Ballentine, then attacked Mr. Dawson
vigorously, and were both of them badly hit.
In the meanwhile, a crowd of twenty or thirty
persons had gathered in the rooiq, and the en
counter ceased. The police were sent for by
Fox, and Mr. Dawson and his friend were ar
rested. Mr. Dawson was unhurt. Fox bears
npon his face some of the marks of the punish
ment he received.
Mr. Dawson and his friend were conducted
to the guardhouse, where Fox made a charge of
assault and battery. The ease was then turned
over to Trial Justice John G. Mackey, and
Mr. Dawson, waiving an examination, was
bound over tokeep the peace for twelve months,
and bailed to appear for trial on the first Mon
day iii November.
A Radical Congressman in a Tight
Place.
We find the following dispatch in the New
York Tribune, of Monday:
Washington, August 7.—A letter from Green
ville, Tennessee, just received here, to be sub
mitted to the Commissioner of Pensions, states
that Representative R. R. Butler, of that Con
gressional District, commenced his pension and
bounty speculations in October, 1867; and
among the serious charges against him is that
he procured back pay and allowances to the
among of $400, but gave only $40 to the widow
in whose behalf it was obtained- Further, that
he made a business of having bills passed by
Congress, the recipients of the benefits paying
him one-half of the sum, and that he obtained
a pension for a man who had served as a Con
federate soldier, never having been in the
Union army.
This man Butler was as good as convicted of
selling cadetships, but by some evil fortune
escaped Wbittemore’s fate. It is very natural
he should try his hand at other species of ras
cality, and we axe only surprised he has not
been caught before. There is some talk of this
sort against that eminent counterfeit detective,
John A. Wimpey, Bullock’s pet Congressman
from the 6th district; but, of course, it is
slander. That distinguished scalawag is cer
tainly sharp enough, now, to so cover his tracks
as to defy detection. Or perhaps he is in the
business for the purpose of catching some of
these bounty swindlers just as he did tho New
York counterfeiters.
OBITUARY.
Died, on the 4th of ’August, 1870, Flomxce An
Dent, daughter of Wesley H. and Bailie V. Dat
aged one year, five months and four days. ”
Little Howie had good medical attention, but h.
time had come, and she had to go. ’ et
She was a sweet little girt, so gentle, so pretf _
and so promising! But God has taken herfcoa
us, and has carried hei to that bright world abow
where all is love, joy and peace. In this bereave!
ment, the sorrowing parents shonld not foreet rw
“God doeth all things well,” and that “He ig t,
wise to err, too good to be unkind.” Rwaa ac-Jv
ing to God’s wise purpose to take little Florrie fm m
them, and it is for their good, though they
see it so. TheyBhould iwnnot
“Know ali the ways of God to man are jnat
And where they can’t unriddle, learn to trust»
With resignation they shonld say with Job
Lord giveth, 'and the Lord takoth away t**
blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Bereaved parents, remember that He who said-
“Suffer little children to oome unto me” is
“friend of sinners,” and He is the only way to v
little Florrie. May the Lord bless you, and rou^
you with your little babe in Heaven, is the eincer
prayer of your brother. ^
Thos. J. Bazekobb -T»
High Compliment to General Lee.—The
New York Commercial Advertiser says: “ We
are glad General Lee has not tendered his ser
vices to either of the European belligerents.
He can safely rest Ms military reputation where
it now is. The Prussian Field Marshal Yon
Moltke, in the presence of several American
gentlemen, once paid tbe great Confederate
cMeftain a compliment which, from such lips,
was indeed worth having: 1 consider General
Lee,’ said tho old veteran, ‘as a soldier not in
ferior to Wellington.’ His auditors were all
Northern men, bnt they relished the remark
none the less as a deserved tribute to an Ameri
can soldier.”
Distances from Paris to the Seat of War.
From Paris, northeast, the stations and their
distanoes are : Rheims, 99$ miles; Cbarleville,
1534 miles; thence southeast—Sedan, 163 miles;
Montmedy, 201$ miles; Longuyon, 2144 miles,'
Thionville, France, 241$ miles.
From Paris, east, the stations and their dis
tances are: Nancy, 220 miles; thence North to
Metz, 244J miles; thence east to St. Avoid. 275$
mileB; Forbach, (France,) 287$ miles. From
Paris, east again, the stations and distances are:
Lunneville, 240 miles; Avricourt, 255 miles;
Sarrebonrg, 278$ miles; Severne, 2S5 miles;
Strasbourg, (France,) 312$ miles. From Stras
bourg, across the Rhine, to KeM, the distance
is 12$ miles.
A correspondent of the Chroniole and Sen
tinel furnishes the following table, showing the
length of a mile in different European coun
tries, which may be of interest at present :
i , Yards.
English mile 1760
Russian mile 1100
Italian mile 1467
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A Bad Boy.—The editor of the
Greenville
Advocate startles the world with a statement
that last Saturday night the Presiding Elder and
a large portion of the ministers and delegates
in attendance on the Methodist Conference were
in the City Jail. In another paragraph, how
ever, he condescends to explain that they fled
thore on their way from Church, for refuge from
a tremendous thunderstorm.
The South Caeouxa . Ca»vas3 waxes, warm.
The whole State is aroused and all colors are
busy prying into the mysteries of carpet-bag
politics. The Reformers boast that their meet
ings are attended freely by the negroes, and
that they will decide the vote. But the Scott
men show the negroes polities through a glass,
and get the advantage. £©»-•■
The development of the IlKnois coal fields is
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who thonght that snch a country canid not be
destined by Providence to be without fuel.
“The wood is nearly gone,” said he to himself :
“ergo, there must be coal." In this almost
whimsical faith he sunk a shaft 160 feet, and
then struck a vein of excellent bituminous coal,
of whioh he is now mining to the amount of
$2,700 per week. ; .
Thebe are two ladies in thePostoffice Depart
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are scholars in four languages—Gorman, French
Spanish and Italian. ‘Utehsii ftioi- ■ ■■: «;
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fatten npon the State Treasury for two years
longer, in disregard of evury principle of right
and justice, and in flagrant violation of law and
the Constitution, is an important defeat of the
wrong and a great triumph for tbe right.
Attxktion, Houston County.—The citizens
of Houston county will meet in Perry on Satur
day, the 13th inst, to appoint delegates to the
Democratic Convention in Atlanta.
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