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malediction ? These are questions which mav well he asked, even though the an swers to them may startle and sadden us. But the answers need not be given. A look at the world —and you have them. Society, the world over, is rocking like a helmless ship on, the billow. The spirit of unquiet is on the men of our age. Agitation stalks among the na tions. Men are strangely restless— though not with that grave restlessness which shows the struggles of the human for the divine. They demand changes. Tired of the past, dissatisfied with the pres ent, they go groping towards the future. Anything —anything—so it be change this is their cry and clamor. And there is tumult among the nations. Every thing is tried- and nothing satisfies. What ails our age ? Can it be that it wants God’s blessing and the humility to ask it ? Can it be that if it had more faith in Him, and fear of Him, its chil dren would be happier and more con tents Has not our age a grand eivi bration? What more does it, lack? What if that civilization would kneed down and kiss the cross ? A. J K. The First Wild Violet. —We found it yesterday. Not on a sunny slope nor in a thicket sheltered from the fierce North wind, but by the side of a fallen log, buried deeply in decayed wood and dead leaves. It looked up strangely at us from the yellow tangled grass. The blue eyes filled with rain tears, the flexile stem bending to the earth—winter, decay, and desolation around. The unlucky herald of capricious spring was evidently mourn ing its untimely haste, it must have beer, an ambitious violet, always pushing itself in the lead, finding it had overtaxed its own strength, and had better have re mained a little longer in safe obscurity Foolish flower! could you not have thrown a tendril up here and there, to see if the earth was prepared for your reception ? There are many things very beautiful, and good, and true, that are lost because the world is not ready 7 t<» welcome them. All truths struggle at first through a killing mist of error, shiver in an uncongenial atmosphere, and seem to wither' and pass away. But, lib* our little violet, they revive at a more fortunate season —a sea*on when all eyes see their beauty, and all lips hymn their praise ; when they wreathe the amphorm at festivals, crown the tri umph, and sanctify the grave. The world had been slow to comprehend the revelation, but now h only wonders how it existed without it. We looked at the violet'with these thoughts passing through our mind, and was suddenly struck by the peculiar shape of the hillock on which it grew. A little examination convinced us that it was a grave. One of those lonely wayside graves, so common since the war, whore some poor soldier dying, on a hasty march, was thrown in the ground without * ven a board to mark his resting place. Whether he died in the grey or the blue, what matters it ? Someone had mourned and yearned for him ; some one hud questioned Heaven with hot, passionate tears for those poor unhonored ashes—some one would have watched and tended his resting-place, as love alone can watch and tend. But there stands the sentinel flower, mourning with drooping form and heavy tears There, too, it or its drooping sisters will stand until the woodland is lush with blossoms, the breezes play among the full-leaved trees, and all the light and color of a Southern summer forest decks the lonely wayside grave, now only witched by the first wild violet. [A r . 0. Times, Feb.'! 3. 1 hi: Accomplishments of a Lady in ” Reign or Charles IT—A certain Mrs. \\ oollev wrote a nook called 1 The Gentlewoman's Companion ; or, a Guide to the t en'.ale Sex. wliich was published in the reign of Charles 11. Among 'khor things, this curiou- work contains : list ot books proper for a gentlewoman to read, such as “Clelia, ’ “Grand Cyrus,” “Cleopatra.” “Sir Philip Sydney,” “Ar cadia,” etc. She then proceeds to tell them what accomplishments they should possess—they should be familiar with nil the productions of the needle, all the curious devices of wax-work, rock-work, moss-work, cabinet-work, bugle-work, "hell-work ; they should be acquainted with the art of preserving ail kinds of sweetmeats, wet and dry; setting out of banquets, making salves, ointments, cordials, and sweet powders for the hair, etc. L. T. BLOME & CO., PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. AUGUSTA, GA., MARCH 21, 1868. * TERMS: On«: Copy, one vvar, invariably iuadvance.. .$3 00 “ t»ix months, • “ “ ...150 Siugl* • Copies 10 cts. To Clubs.—To any person sending us a Club of 15, one ropy, one year, will be given. To Clubs of ‘2O, or more, Tiik Banker will be furnished at the rate o* $2 50 per annum. if tj" In all eases the names must be furnished at the same time, and the cash must accompany each order. tfa* Dealers will be supplied on liberal terms. HZ" All Communications, intended for publication, must be directed to the Editor, Rev. .V J. Ryan ; and all Business Communications to the Publishers, L. T. Blomk k. Cos., Augusta, Ga. ts jp A few Advertisements will be received, and in serted on liberal terms. Agents for The Banner of the South : H. .1. O’CONNOR, General Traveling Agent Savannah, Ga.—E. M. CONNER. Macon, Ga.—C. J. CAREY. Air' The paper can also be obtained from news and periodical dealers everywhere. Specimen copies will be sent to any address, on application. PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT. To Subscribers. —Subscribers in the city who arc not served regularly with the paper should give us notice without delay. Those abroad should state their names, Postoffice, and State very dis tinctly. Ottr Terms.- —We have placed the price for the Banner of the South as low as possible, in order that it maybe within the reach of all who desire to 1 ecome subscribers. Editorials— The initials A. J. It. to an editorial indicate that it is from the pen of Father Ryan. This rule will be strictly followed. Advertisements. —We shall publish but a very limited number of advertise ments in The Banner of tiie South. To those in the present number we invite especial attention. Agents Wanted —We want Agents in all parts of the country—good, relia ble, active men, who will take an in terest in extending the circulation of The Banner of the South. «►. —.— Agents.— Capt, M. J. 0 Connor is our authorized Traveling Agent. He is a gentleman known and respected in this community, a Southerner in set liner and action, and we take pleasure in commend ing him to every community which he may visit. To the Press. —Our thanks are due and hereby specially tendered to the Press of the State, for the very libera] and flattering notices of the Prospectus of this journal. We may not be able to reciprocate all their favors, but we shall have the free will to do so, and extend to those who have bestowed them our good wishes and heartfelt thanks. Father Ryan’s Poems, —We shall publish in each number of the Banner of the South one or more of Father Ryan’s poems, so that at the close of the volume our subscribers will have them in a con venient form for reference and preserva tion. We are sure that this will be very acceptable to all our patrons. The Reason Why.—lt was our in tention to have issm and The Banner of the South on or about the lstnf .March, but owing to the delay in receiving some of the material necessary to its publica tion, we have been compelled to wait until the present time. We sincerely hope that the appearance and contents of the paper will make up for the delay, and meet the approval of its friends and patrons. ©I SH SOOSSL Our. Editor.— lt is with feelings of sincere pleasure and pride that we an nounce as our editor Rev. A. J. Ryan, better known throughout the South as Father Ryan, the Poet-Priest, the scholar, and tho true Southern patriot. Firm in his religious faith, and earnestly devoted to the interests of the South, he has en deared himself to our people, and won for himself a name and a fame known to every part of the Union. We need say nothing more of Ins qualities or abilities, as they have already spoken and will con tinue to speak for themselves; and, there fore, with this brief allusion to our Editor, we introduce him to our readers, who will now have the opportunity of becoming editorially acquainted with* him, as they have been through his ministry and his poems. Agents. —We shall soon have local Agents in all the principal cities of the South. In the meantime, we hope that our friends throughout the country will aid us ! in extending the circulation of the Banner. We respectfully request all who feel an interest in the objects lor which the Banner of the South is established, to aid us by their encouragement and support No efforts shall be spared on our part to make this paper a welcome visitor to every household. The Clergy are particularly invited to act as Agents for us. ■». - .Ii - The First Number.— We publish a very large number of this issue, and send it to all parts of the country. If those who receive it aie pleased with it, we hope that they will give us their patronage, and remit the amount of sub scription as early as possible. OUR BOOK TABLE. The Irish in America. By John Fran cis Maguire, M. P.—Author of “Rome and its Ruler,” “Father Mathew ; a Biography,” etc. New York : I), kJ. Sadlier A Cos. 1868. This volume is one of considerable in terest, as well as of historic importance to tho people, whose share in American life it so vividly portrays. It is written in an easy and graceful style, and preserves in a pleasant form the memories which must be dear to every Irishman in America. Asa specimen of the character and style of the work, as well as for the home interest which it contains, we publish in this issue a chapter from the book, con taining some very interesting reminiscences of the beloved and lamented Bishop Eng land, of Charleston, CATHOLIC INTELLIGENCE. DOM FISTIC. Redemptorist Missionaries— The Re demptorist Missionaries, Fathers Wissel, Gross, Enright, and Jacques, opened a Mission in the Catholic Church, in this city, on Sunday, March 1, and continued it until Wednesday, March 11th. The exercises consisted of morning and even ing services, and lectures to the married and unmarried, the young and the old, and were highly edifying. Numbers of those who lmd stayed away from the Faith were brought back to the fold and some converts added from those without the Church. These good men went hence, on their mission of love and mercy, to M aeon, Columbus, and Atlanta, Ga., bearing with them the prayers and good wishes of the congregation. Confirmation in Savannah, Ga.—Rt. Rev. Bishop Verot of Savannah on Friday last confirmed about 400 persons iu the Cathedral of that city, according to the Savannah Republican. Catholic Bishop for North Caro lina. — An ‘ ffieial paragraph in the Bal timore Catholic Mirror announces that ;.li the Acts and Decrees of the Council of Cat hi die Prelates, held at Baltimore in October, 1806, have been approved and confirmed in IL »me. The appointments then made to vacant, or newly erected Episcopal Sees, have been ratified in like manner. Os vacant Bishoprics there were only three, Buffalo, Louisville, and Erie, (Pa. ) The newly erected arc twelve in number. Columbus (Ohio), Rochester (N. Y.), Wilmington (Del.), Scranton and Harris burg (Pa.) St. Joseph’s (M 0.,) Green Bay, La Urossc, (Wis.), besides North Carolina, and the Territories of Colorado, Idaho, and Montana. The four last are techni cally styled Vicariates, not Sees, because the incumbent, though invested with full Episcopal powers, does not derive his title 1 from any particular city of bis Diocese, aid may establish his residence wherever it pleases him, in any place of his juris diction. The Bishop elect of North Carolina is the Itt. Rev. Jas. Gibbons, D.D., hitherto Secretary of the Archbishopric of Balti more, and one of the Clergy attached to the Cathedral of that city. Dr. Gibbons is a native of Baltimore, and has the reputation of good abilities, refined man ners, and eloquence in the pulpit. He is in the prime of life, being not more than thirty-three years of age. His talents, his amiable disposition and untiring zeal, eminently fit him for the field of his future labors.— R 'ilmington ( X. C.) Baity Jo>tr eat, Feb, 23. The Rt. Rev. Ignatius Persico, D. I). —The Edgefield (S. C.) Advertiser, of a late date, announcing that this prelate had held ser vices in that town the previous week, says of him : This prelate of the Roman Catholic Church is an Italian, and has, we are in formed, labored since his early manhood in India and Hindustan. His clerical rank is high, he being Bishop of Gratian opolis and ex-Vicar Apostolic of Hindu stan. For the improvement of his health, as well as, if we are correctly informed, on account of some political trouble in Italy, he is now in America. We are glad to announce that he will preach in Edge field on the third Sunday of every month. Bishop F'ersico is a man of the widest travel, of vast and wonderful experience, and of great learning. On Sunday last his Church was densely crowded with earnest listeners, and his discourse, upon “Evidences of Christianity,” was able and interesting, lie preached , most faithfully, Christ the Foundation Stone; and no in dividual, let him be of whatever creed he may, could have taken exception to a single word or thought. The Catholic Church in America.— The Catholic Almanac for 1808 gives a glowing account of the increase of the Roman Catholics in this country. In 1860 the American Cyclopaedia esti mated the adherents of the Catholic Church at a little over three millions. The best Catholic authorities are now said to declare that nearly five millions of per sons belong to their denomination In Rhode Island and Connecticut alone the increase in sixteen year*; has been from sixteen thousand to one hun dred and twenty-five thousand. In the five New England Suites, exclusive of Massachusetts, the Catholic strength is one hundred and ninety-eight thousand. It is announced that special efforts are making to nationalise the Church. Here tofore the majority of the clergy have been French, Italian, or Irish, and the number of native Americans who haver entered the priesthood has been small. New Catholic Bishops. —Rome Iris confirmed the following recommendations for Episcopal Sues, made b\ the Plenary Council of Baltimore' in 1860; Right Rev. Sylvester H. Rosecrans, I). D., Bishop of the new See of Columbus, Ohio; Right Rev. Win. MeClosky, D.D., Bishop of Louisville, Ky.; Right Rev. .1 V. Ryan, C.M., Buffalo; Right Rev. Dr. B. J. McQuaid, P.D . President Seton Hall College, Rochester, N. Y.; Right Rev. \Ym. OHara, D.D., Scranton, Perm.; Right Rev. -I. F. Shanahan, D.D., Harris burg, Perm ; Right Rev. T. Mullen, Alle ghany, Erie, Penn.; Right Rev. T. A. Becker, Richmond, Va., \\ ilmington, Del.; Right Rev. J. Gib! >ons, Baltimore, Vicariat# North Carolina: Riixht Rev. P. J. Ryan, of St. Louis, St. -Joseph, Mo,; Right Rev. Melcher, !>.P, St. Louis, Green Bay, Mich.; Right Ri-v. M. Ilebs. D.D., LaCrosso. There are Apostolic Vicariates estab lished in Idaho, Montana, Arizona, Colo rado. For the last, we rejoice to learn our friend and olden time fellow-iaborer in this Diocese, Right Rev. Priest, (Pro ject us) Maehebeuf, Vicar-General of lit. Rev Bishop Lama, of Santa Fe, now at Denver, has been selected. He is, indeed, a soldier of the Crus*. The See of Nashville has been trans ferred to Memphis. We regret to learn that the See of Mar quette is not supplied. The <iatul(i‘ or informations presented to the Council by the late Bishop Baraga, for tho choice of administrator, or a successor, were either mislaid or deemed insufficient. The erection of so many new Sees and \ icariates, and the selection of such worthy incumbents, demand the liveliest gratitude of the Catholics of the United States to Almighty God, the Holy Father, and our own Hierarchy. Ihe various nationalities of clergy are represented in the appointments. S. H. Rosecrans, McCloskey, McQuaid, Becker] Gibbons, Shanahan, are Americans. M. M. Melcher, Heiss, and, we believe, two or three of the Vicars Apostolic are Ger man. M. M. Ryan (Bishop), perhaps O’Hara and Mullen, are Irish, and M. Machebeuf is French. A Belgian and two Spaniards were named for Idaho—all throe in California. An Italian, a Frenchman and an Irish man for Montana. T - or Arizona three different nationali ties. We cannot state at present who were the chosen for those Vicariates.— (kith olie Telegraph . F O R EIG N . Noted Convert to Catholicism.— The London Register, of the 25th of January, made this announcement: “We have reason to believe that before many days are over a conversion to the Catholic Church will be announced that will cause more talk than even the recep tion of Dr. Manning, of Dr. Newman, or Mr Oakeley did twenty years ago. If what we have heard is true, the conver sion to which we allude is more than likely to be followed by many persons who lor a long time have been anxious, but afraid, to pass the Rubicon.” The Cork (Ireland) Examiner , of the Ist ot February, says there seemed to be a general impression that the individual re ferred to is Dr. Wilbpforce, the Bishop of Oxford, whose sympathies with ritualism are well known, and adds : “We under stand that a private letter has been re ceived in this city stating distinctly that Dr. V ilberforcc has entered the Catholic Church, and that the fact is to bo an nounced in London to-day.” London papers of as late as the fith instant have been received in New York, says the Nashville Union and Gazette, and no mention is made in them of the conversion to the Catholic faith of the Bishop of Ox ford, but the names of the Bishop of .Salis bury and Dr. Pusey are referred to as the distinguished person, or persons, whose going over to the Romish Church was to make a sensation in the religious world. A communication from Romo says : “ The Pope, by a recent decree, has ac eorded to the Cistercian monks, known by the name of Trappishs, derivod from that of the monastery where the illustri ous Do Ranee effected his celebrated re* form, a grant of the ancient aud cele brated Abbey Belle Tre Fontana, at Rome, with the three churches belonging to it. Thus the Trappists recover pos session of a convent of their Order which the Cistercians occupied from 1140 to 1825—a space of 735 year-."' The Franciscan Church or the Holy Trinity, at Killarnev, (Kerry, Ireland,) the foundation of which was laid in 1864, was consecrated, February 10th, by the Most Rev. Di. Mori arty. The Very Rev. Dr. McLaughlin preached the sermon. The relics of the Martyrs of Gorctim, (Holland) brought from Rome, were conveyed in procession from the old church, followed by the clergymen and acolytes, young women dressed in white, bearing lighted tapers, and young girls carrying statuettes of the Blessed Virgin. The church lias cost X4,oooup to the present, and an equal sum will he required to complete it. The Clntreh of Ft. Charles Borromeo, Sidney Place, Brooklyn, N. Y., was de stroyed by lire, March Bth. The loss, in furniture, was estimated at .V 12,000, and the church building hi 520,00 Q. Lhe organ, music, a piece of sculpture, and pain tin gs, we re dost rrn -i. The Pope has just conferred the order of Pius IX , on Baron Buhner, the late ambassador for Austrk. at Rome. The same distinction has ai-. been accorded t.i Count de Maupassant, son-in-law of the ex-Austrian minister. These marks of honor are intended to acknowledge the services Baron Tlubuer has rendered to the Pontifical Government. The London (Jlobt, of the 20th of Feb ruary, states that two influential curates of the diocese of London, on the previous day. announced by letter to the Bishop ot London, that they had joined the Catho lic Church. The same paper says that many other clergymen of the diocese are about to take a similar step. 5