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6 Erin's Flag. BT MOTVA. Unroll Erin's flty ! 11l a:; its fold* to tbo bret-zo! Let it float o’er the land, let it fla*h o’er the was ; Tift it out of the. dust- let it wave as of yore. When its chiefs with tneir clans stood around it end swore Tliat never !—no 1— lie-. or, wkilo (iod gave them life, And they had an arui and a sword for the strife, That never! — no!— never, that Banner would yield As long as the heart of a Celt was its shield ; WMI.- the hand of a Colt had a weapon to wield. And his Lvst drop of blood w its unshed on the field. Lift it up 1 wave it high!—'tin as blight as of old 1 Not a stain on its Green, rot a blot on its Gold, Though tho woes and the wrongs of three hundred long years Have drenched Lriu’s tiunburst with blood »r.d with tears; Though the clouds of oppression enshroud it in gloom And around it the thunders of Tyranny booru. Look aloft! look aloft! lo! the clouds drifting by, There’s a gleam through the gloom, there’s a light iu the sky. ’Tis the Sunburst resplendent—far, flashing on high ! Erin's dark night is waning, her day dawn is nigh! Lift it up ! lift it up! the old Bann«r of Green 1 The blood of its sons has but brightened its sheen ; What!—though the Tyrant has trampled it down, Are its folds not emblazoned with deeds of renown ? What ! —though for ages it droops in the dust, Shall it droop thus forever?—no! no ’ God is just! Take it up! take it up ! from the tyrant’s foul tread, Let him tear the Green flag—we will snatch its last shred, And beneath it we’ll bleed a« our forefathers bled, And w e’ll vow by the dust in tie* graves of oar dead. Anti We’ll swear by the blood w hich the Briton Las shed— And we’ll vow by the wrecks which through Erin he spread— And we’ll swear by the thousands who, famished, unfed. Died down in the ditches—wild-howling for bread. And we’ll vow by our heroes, whose spirits have fled ; And we'll swear by the bones in each coffinless bed, That we’ll battle the Briton through danger and dread ; That we’ll cling to the cause which we glory towed, ’Till the gleam of our steel and the shock of our lt ad Shall prove to our foe that we meant what we said— That we’ll lift up the Green, and we’ll tear down the Bed. Lift up the Green flag ! oh ! it wants to go home ; Full long has its lot boon to wander and roam : It lias followed the fab- of its sons o’er the world, But its folds, like their hopes, are not faded nor furled ; Like a weary-winged bird, to the East and the Went., It has flitted and fled -but it never shall rest, 'Till, pluming its pinions, it sweeps o’er the main. And speeds to the shores of its old home again. WhercQlts fetterless folds, o’er each moiwaUun and plain, Shall wave with a glory that never shall wane. Take it np! take it np! bear it back from afar— That Banner must blaze ’mid the lightnings of war ; Lay your hands on its folds, lift your gaze to the sky. And swear that you’ll boar it triumphant or die, And shout to the clans, scattered far o’er the earth. To join in the march to tin. land of their birth ; And w herever the Exiles, ’neath heaven's broad dome, Have been fated to nutter, to sorrow and roam, They’ll bound on the sea, and away o’er the foam, They’ll march to the music of “ Home, sweet Home !" ST. PATRICK'S DAY. On every recurrence of the Seventeenth of March every Irish heart yearns ever so fondly but ever so sadly for that glorious land which has suffered so much, and whose sons have done so much to make for themselves and their country a name and a fame which stands out ever so grandly in history. Ireland lias a glorious history, and Irishmen should feed proud of their country, their race and their history. And they do feel proud of their past.— There are no people who have more love for their country and veneration for the past than the Irish, for wherever an Irish heart beats on St. Patrick’s Day, on this globe of ours, even from the rising of the sun in the far-off East until it sinks to rest in the West, in every land and every clime, it sighs ever so sadly for Ireland, and longs to he at home. Eight centuries of op pression and tyranny, the most grinding and galling, have neither crushed out their patriotism nor dimmed their enthusiastic veneration for their country. Her trials and her sufferings, and her wrongs and her sorrow's, have only served to intensify the love of her children for their native land —who ardently cherish the hope that the day is not far distant, when some of her wrongs at least may be righted. God grant their hopes may meet with an early realization. THE PAY IN AFGUrTA. The Hibernian Benevolent Society ccie-j brated its first anniversary. The Rev, j A* J. Ryan presented the Hibernians with i a beautiful !tanner which was accepted by j Mr. Pat. V» ulsh in behalf of the Society. Ihe procession was then formed in fronij ot tlie llal: of Augusta No. f>, under the oilection ot Mi. enines tiargan, ("hiefMar- 1 shall of the day, in the following order. 1. Hibernian Bemwokut Society, with their banner. 2. St. Vincent de Paul Literary j* n d \ Benevolent SoeieD. 3. St. Aloysios Society(Sur,U!.v ! boys) with bunr.* r. 4. Washington Fire Cos., No. i. 5. Augusta Fire Cos., No. 5. 9. Blannerhassett Hose Cos., No. f». 7. Richmond Eire Cos., No. 7. 8. Citizen Fire Cos.. Mo. S. The procession presented a vvrv re spectable and imposing appearance, and was witnessed by crowds of citizens, many of whom were Indies and children, along the line of march, on the sidewalks, an the windows and on the balconies. THE BJ2LIGIOVS SKRYIf KS. After proceeding through some of the principal streets ;lie procession entered the Catholic church, where high Mass was celebrated. After Mass, Rev. Earlier Ryan read from the Ki7tb Psalm: l»y the rivers oi* Babylon, there we sat down. yea, w* wept when we remember ed Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof; for they that carried us away captive required of us a song: and they that wasted us, mirth: ‘‘Sing us of the songs of Zion."’ How shall we sing the Fora's song in :i strange land ? If 1 forget thee, O -Jemblem, let my right hand forget, ll Ido not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my jaws ; If 1 prefer Jerusalem above my chieljoy. The Rev. Father, likened, to a certain ex tent the wandering of the Irish people to the children of Israel, who endured and suffered so much during their long captivi ty, but who were finally delivered from the conqueror’s yoke as a reward for their faithfulness to trod and their country. So too, will tho day of Ireland’s deliverance come, for God never permits wrong and oppression and iniquity to triumph always over justice ami right and righteousness. The reverend speaker delivered a sublime discourse—so grand and pathetic that the tears welled up in many an eye unused to weep. There were others in the large coii gragation besides Irishmen who felt how applicable the sentiments wore to the con dition of their country, and who fondly cherish the hope that their day of deliver ance may not be lar distant. After the sermon the parade was dismiss ed. The members of the Hibernian Society met in the evening again and had a pleasant re-nnion. The following ofnoeiv were elected : President —R. H. Mha. Vice President —P. Walsh. Secretary—A. .E Gouley. Treasurer—M. O'Dowd. Standard Bearer —J. Hanlon. THK 1)A Y IN OH A HLESTON. | The deat h and burial of an honored Ii »sh man and a prominent citizen of Charles ton, W. H. Gilliland, Esq., President of the Hibernian Society, threw a gloom overt.hu community and interrupted the festivities of the day. Out of respect to the memory of the deceased, the Hibernian Society de ferred their anniversary dinner, election, and otherfentivit ies. St. Patrick’s, Benevo lent Society honored the day by a proces sion through the streets. We leara from the Courier , that after parading for «oiue time, they proceeded to St. Joseph's Church, Anson street, where High .Mass was cele brated by the Rev. J. O'Neill, .Jr. The sermon on the occasion was preached by the Rev. C. J. (Jroghan, who appropriately chose for his subject, ” The Life and Times of St. Patrick.” In the afternoon the Society re-a: seinbled at their hall, and proceeded to t he election ot officers for the ensuing year, with the following result: Rev. J. G. Oroghan, President. James Cosgrove, Ist Vice-President. John M. Touhey, 2d Vice-President. James F. SI at lory, Treasurer. William Bake r , Secretary. THE DAY IN ATLANTA. That gallant and peerlo* soldier, Gcr/i John B. Gordon, delivered an oration be fore the Hibernian Society of Atlanta. We learn, from tin that the ad dress of Gen'! Gordon was not only meri torious as a linear pro* be don, in which the sad history : x t •/;..* but outraged people was U* ;• le-v.s-.d, but. was replete with imentf e- ; hdty patriotism which drew ; n:d and applause from the auditory. The drawn between the course of the oonouerors of Ireland and Those of our own unhappy -t.ction, and the unfortunate re-n!ts in both instances, was so painfully truthful as to be felt by ad present, and though the paral lel ease* were touchingly referred to by the speaker, it was not done in that spirit of bitterness which might he not unreason?;- 1 bly expected of c.ne who had valiantly sought to have it otherwise. but rather as an appeal—a voice of warning—lifted to avert a fate for his people more degrading and damning thau that which lias crushed those of the Emerald Isle. Gen’] Gordon's tribute to Patrick Cleburne, whose memo ry will ever remain fresh in Southern hearts a* the green hills of Erin, was both pathetic and eloquent; while upon “Father Ryan,” who-*? very name elicited strong applause, he nestowed a full measure of praistj— praise which has become familiar to the ear of that gifted son of the South —praise which follow him everywhere, but cannot be* greater than be deserves. The following arc the officers unanimous ly re-elected : J. H. Flynn, President. Owen Lynch, Vice-President. Vm. Dowling, Secretary. Michael Mahoney, Treasure. THE DAY IN SAVANNAH. The celebration iu Savannah iu honor of the day, was exceedingly enthusiastic; the various organizations representing the Irish element of the community, turning out in lull strength to do honor to their natal day. We learn from the Sew* and Herald, that, at 10 o'clock, the Irish Union Society, the Hibernian Society, the Working Men’s Benevolent Society and St. Patrick's Total Abstinence Society, recently organized, as sembled at their respective halls—the for mer installing their officers as follows: Hod. IX A. O’Bryne, President; Andmw Flatley, Vice-President; W. J. Flynn, Sec retary ; Patrick Ford and John O’Connell, Standard Bearers. After the usual busi ness transacted, they moved to the Mar shall House, the headquarters of the Hiber nian Society, to act as an escort of that or ganization, of which the following gentle men are the officers: Jno. J. Kelly, Presi dent; Cap!. Jno. McMahon, Vice-President; L. J. Guiimartin, Treasurer; (’apt. Jno. R. Dillon, Secretary; and P.K. Shields, Stand ard Bearer. The procession then moved down Whitaker to Bay street, where they wore joined by the two other Societies above mentioned, and the whole moved to the M asonic Hall, which was tilled with ladies and gentlemen attracted by the fame of the Orator of the Day, Judge O. A. Eochrane. The stand was occupied by the officers of the Societies, with the Standard Bearers carrying tho appropriate emblems of Old Ireland. Judge Lochrane’s oration wiis one of his best efforts. It abounded in lofty sentiments of patriotism, and paid a glowing tribute to Ireland and her children. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. D O M E STIC. The impeachment of President John son is progressing slowly. His lawyers may continue it for a number of years, or at least until his present term expires. The impeachment trial of Warren blast ings, as our historical readers may remem ber, occupied eight years. Sergeant Hates, who is proceeding on foot from Vicksburg, Miss., to Washing ton City, I). 0 , with the U. S. flag, ar rived in this city on Wednesday last and resumed his journey on Monday last lie has taken upon himself the task of vindicating the Sonth from the slander that its people are still rebellious and that Union men are unsale here. Hon. Alex. IT. Stephens, of Georgia, was in this city on the 19th. A Jewish paper, in refering to Gen. Grant’s candidacy for the Presidency, says : ‘‘As a Jew, we cannot, and will not vote for a man who has done us a ir t ore shameless injustice than any other man in power in this country, and we hope and expect that the whole Jewish press will come out against him ” This opposition isowing to Grant’s General Or der of Dec. 17th, 1862, expelling all Is raelites from the Department of Tennes see at ”24 hours’ notice.” Mr. Pen dleton introduced a resolution in Con gress at the time condemning it. Mr. Wade says that the Constitution gives every Statein the Union two votes in the Senate, and yet he declares that the Republican members will refuse to entertain any question refering to the vote of the States ! W here are we ? In Richmond, Ya., the total registered vote is 12,000, the blacks being fib votes ahead. Gen. Meade lies issued an order pro claiming the thetion in Georgia on the Constitution and lor State officers ; c.>m mences Monday, April 20th, 1868, and continues four days. Judge Augustus Reese, of Morgan county, has been nominated tor Governor by the Democratic party, and Col. R. R. Bullock, of Richmond county by the Radicals. St. Patrick’s Day was duly celebrated in this city. There was High Mass at the Catholic Church, a procession of the IrUh civic societies and invited associations ; and u banner presentation to the Hiber nian Benevolent Society. FOREIGN. ENGLAND. English papers contradict the report that Lord Brougham is failing. They say that lie Has not enjoyed better health for eighteen months than at tiie present time. A detachment of over 180 men of the Scots Fusilier Guards are now on duty at Osborne, looking after the safety of Queen Victoria. The Queen has ordered her Highland Journal to be translated into French. She is highly pleased at its large sale. SCOT!.AND. The house and shop-letting season has j set in with great vigor in the city of Edinburgh. Rents have in some in stances taken quite a fabulous leap. The Court Journal , which first started the report, now denies that Edinburgh Castle is falling down. FRANCE. A terrible fire has occurred in Paris, by which the printing establishment of the Abbe Migne was destroyed—the loss being estimated at the enormous sum of GOO,OOO francs. The Emperor is said to lollow with un flagging interest the debates on the press law, and during the sitting of the Cham her to have the various incidents reported. The Princess de la Tour Auvergne has given up the great world, and is build ing n chapel at Jerusalem of exceeding beauty anp artistic merit. Mgr. Jean Nicholas Jager, Honorary Canon of Paris, and late a professor in the Sorbonne, lias recently died. Ninety-one journalists fought duels in Paris during the year 1867. BELGIUM. Asa proof df the great efforts that%re being made by the Belgians for the de fence of the Holy See, we are informed that in the diocese of 'Malines alone the sum of 566,000 francs have been collected since 1861. A “ strike” and serious disturbance have taken place in the Mareiuelle and Gilly coal mines, near Charleroi. Seve ral arrests have taken place. SWITZERLAND. Anew and comparatively short and easy route has been discovered to the top of the Matterhorn. A Manilla rope, fifteen yards long, enabled the party to over come the only difficult place in the final ascent and tho descent from the summit to Breuil was accomplished in seven hours. The representatives of the Italian and Swiss governments signed the final pro tocol of the treaty establishing the bound ary line between the province of the Valtelkine and the Canton Orisons. ITALY. The Holy Father is said to Lave spoken, as if in prophecy, “ Italy will go to pieces, hut Rome will not go to pieces.” Italy has no coherence, but Rome is on the rock. The other day the enemy was at her gates, and was driven back. Next time the enemy may get in, but it will be only like a passing wave which sweeps over a rock. Rome will endure as long as the Curistian world endures; and the Pontiff will be the supreme authority on earth. The Garibaldian colonel, Cattabene, died in Naples on February 10th, having received the sacraments of the Church with the most edifying repentance, and having made a renunciation in the pre sence of his family of the detestable princi ples he defended in life. Eugene Bianchi, and two of the chiefs of the party of ac tion, made a similar pious end in the hos pital of St. Onofrio, having been wounded mortally at Men tan a. The population of the kingdom of Italy is said to he 24,231,860. Ofthis number 12,128,824 are men and 12.103,030 women; a very even division. The num ber of unmarried persons is 14,032,381 ; of married persons, 8,356,172 ; of widows and widowers, 1,623,308. That is a little more than one-third of the Italians are married. The Agence Rcvlcr , though contra dicted by certain Italian journals, declares it tube a fact that France and Spain have entered into an alliance, with a view to protect the temporal power of the Pope. According to this report, Spa ti is to put at the disposal of the Holy Father a body of 25,000 iik n, who are to be under the communu of Marshal Pezuela. Prince Iturbidc is a handsome young man, and iccoived his education at St. Barbe He sh eps in t lie banacks with the soldiers of hi•> squadron. The Rope lias idieted him the grade of major, w hich he has refused. The Rrince is at th s moment ilie lion of the Eternal Ci y; he goes, hovever, very little into society, and appears to be of a melancholy turn. The rumor of the retirement of Cardi nal Antonel i from public life seems to have some lounda.ion. A letter from Rome, in the Paris Debuts, says : “ Everybody knows that the Papal army contains subjects of all countries ; but what is not generally known is, that it is not composed exclusively of Catho lics, and that there are soldiers in it bc longiin to all creeds. I myself could scarcely believe the fact, and I was obliged, to be convinced oi' it, to take notes with my own eyes of a certain number ol men in the Pontifical uniform attending a Protestant church. Cardinal Antonelli is confined to his palace by serious illness. Admiral Farragut has arrived at Spezzia on the steamer Frolic. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. The news from Lisbon shows that the popular dissatisfaction has not yet sub sided. A dispatch from Lisbon reports that an effigy of the Queen oi Portugal was burned on the night of March Jd by an excited mob. The Spanish Government, which had already deprived the Infant Don Henry, brother of the King Consort, ol his privi legeS and decorations, has just suppressed lus pensiou of 6,000 douros, on account of an offensive letter which he had ad dressed to the Queen. Counte du Ponte de Santa Maria, Mar shal of the Portuguese army, is dead. GERMANY. The obligations of the new treaty be tween the North German Confederation and the United States, are to apply re ciprocally to Germans and Americans. All the previous engagements between the two countries in regard to extradition are removed. By one of its provisions the treaty is made terminable at the end of ten years. IRELAND. Clare. —Information wanted of John. Mary, Margaret, Catherine, and Honor Breen, who left Knocknahela, Parish of Kilmurrv, Ibrickane, County Clare; when last heard of, about two years ago. were in Goshen, Orange county, New Yrk; also, of their mother, Honor Breen, who left Ireland on the 4th of last June. Any information concerning them will be thankfully received bv lueir sister, Bridget Rooney, Alverthorpe, near Wakefield, Yorkshire, England.— Dublin Irishman. Cork. —Sub Constable Casey, who was wounded in the leg by a pistol shut, during the capture oi Captain Mackay, in Ciouin’s public house, died of his wound in the North Infirmary on the morning of February 22. Dublin. —A Conservative paper, the Irish Times, says : —The Emigration Commissioners notice with some surprise the fact that, during the past year, tho emigrants from Ireland were better clothed, and carried with them better furnished kits than either the England or foreign emigrants. During the past year 61,000 Irish emigrants left Liver pool alone, a regiment a week—l,ooo strong. Information wanted of Catherine Mee han wife of Samuel Meehan, who hft Ireland about five years ago ; last heard from two years since, at which time they lived at 128 Charlton street, New York. Any information relating to the above will be thankfully received by her tLotbi r, Bridget Meehan, 2*2 Bere.derd street, Dublin.— lrishman. Information wanted of Michael, John. Peter, Bernard, and Catherine Synuott; when last heard of, about thirteen years ago, were in Philadelphia. Any infor mation concerning them will be thank fully received by their brother, John Patrick Synnott. now living at No. 21 Chester street, Oxford street, Manchester. — lbid. Information wanted of John M’Quado, boot and shoemaker. When last heard of. two years ago, was in Manhattanvillo. New York City, State of New York. Any information regarding him will be thankfully received by his mother, Mrs. M’Quade, 4 South • rest street, Raislev t Scotland.— lbid. An address has been presented to John Martin, in Dublin, by his sym pathisers. The House of Lord-* have passed the bill renewing the suspension of the habeas ' corpus in Ireland. Information-wanted oi John Ward, a native of Derry gennelly, near Enniskillen, North of Ireland, who emigrated to Amer ica about 18 years since ; when last heard o! lie was in Williamsburg. Any intelli gence of him will be gladly received by his brother, James Ward, Shaftesbury street, late Ashley sir-O, Toxteth Park, Li v e rpool.— lJy VI n In sit -ma n . Mr. Justice (Sir William) Slice, died in > London, on February IS. lie was the eldest son of the late Joseph Shoe, Esq., of Tbonia>town, and at one period represented that county in Parliament. Died, m February 20,Thomas William Filgafe. J P. f Tuilykeel, County Louth, aged 49 years.