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tricts ; but the French Government has
already offered to furnish these to the
Committee from its arsenals. Two ar
tillery officers are to accompany the
guns, for the purpose of instructing the
Papal artiltery in their use.
In making provisions for the wounded,
the Committee availed themselves of the
advantages of the World's Exhibition
just then going on in Paris. Here they
found models of many late improvements
and inventions adapted to hospital use,
all of which were adopted and procured
at an expense of 43,000 francs. The
entrenchments which it. is necessary to
throw around Rome as a protection
against those revolutionary bands, are
also very expensive. It is said that the
recruiting of volunteers for the Papal
Zouaves is going on very briskly and suc
cessfully of late, since the Government
has ceased to throw obstacles into the
way of the recruiting officers. The nobili
ty of France are taking a most praise
worthy part in the movement. Young
men of the best families either procure
substitutes or go themselves to serve as
privates in the ranks of the Papal army.
No bounty is paid, because they who are
willing to help this cause must do it for
the sake of the cause itself and not for
money. The applicant for enrollment
must have completed his 18th year, and
is required to produce : 1, his certificate
of Baptism ; 2, the written consent of
his parents; 3, certificate of Confirma
tion from his parish Priest ; 4, a certifi
cate from one of the members of the As
sociation. The recruiting offices are at
Paris, Strasburg, and Marseilles. Every
applicant must come to either one of
these places at his own expense ; and it
is really edifying to see how many young
men trudge thither on foot from the in
land districts of France, often even suf
fering hunger and thirst on the way.
Having arrived at Paris or Strasburg,
and being mustered into the service, they
receive 15 francs, to pay the expenses of
their journey to Marseilles. The Com
mittee has arranged with the different
railroad ©ompanies to carry these troops
at the usual half-hire rates.
The enthusiasm of the French people
for the cause of the Pope is really quite
an extraordinary one. Thus, on the 20th
of December alone, a body of 120 young
recruits left Paris, via Marseilles for Civ
ita Vechia, where an agent of the com
mittee is ready at hand to receive them
on their arrival. At the same time, the
collections for the Papal array are proving
successful beyond expectation, and yet
withal, the gathering of the Peter-pence,
which is going on at the same time, does
not seem to suffer in the least, but, on
the contrary has increased considerably
within the past year.
The late efficient reorganisation of the
society of “St. Peter,” has been also pro
ductive of much good. The Committee
now stand in direct and constant commu
nication not only with the various sub
divisions throughout the provinces, but
also with Rome. The Papal Secretary
of War sends regular reports to the
Committee of all those who were recruit
ed by its officers and are already in the
Pope’s service. From these reports the
Committee again makes out special re
ports to be furnished to the friends and
relatives of each individual soldier. The
Committee lias two agent# or correspond
ents in every Diocose of the Empire.
These agents procure members for the
society ; and every ten members are sup
posed sufficient for the maintenance of
one Zouave. Each member receives a
card inscribed with his or her name, and
generally, also the name of the Zouave
whom they are to aid in supporting. All
the Catholic papers have offered their
services to the Committee. There is little
or no expense altdied to the govern
ment and administration of the society.
All its outlays are the hire of one servant,
and the purchase of the necessary
writing paper. Printers’ bills there are
none to settle. All documents of which
a duplicate is required are given to the
monasteries and convents, where they are
copied gratis as often as it may be re
quired. At the end of every year a full
report of the state and operations of the
society is forwarded to the Holy Father.
Baron Stillfried remarked that he had
also noticed the same feeling becoming
quite prevalent in Germany. The late
pastoral letter of the Bishop of Mayenne
seems to have fired the hearts of the
dwellers on the banks of the Rhine.
Meetings are held everywhere by the
Catholics in which they express their
sympathy with the Holy Father, and
demand of their home government that
it shall come to the resoue, and protect
their Chief Bishop.
Meanwhile, others more active and
fiery still, are hurrying on to the front.
Thus Count X. S. Kerssenbroek and the
two Counts Stolberg-Stolberg have al
ready gone to Rome to enlist as privates
in the Papal army at their own expense.
Others still are gettirg ready to follow,
and the movement, thus auspiciously in
augurated, promises fair to become uni
versal. It was but a few weeks ago that
even in our own country the initiatory
steps were taken simultaneously in several
cities of the West to raise a regiment for
the Holy Father. Thus the one unaltered
and unalterable faith unites alt nationali
ties in one common cause, and presents a
spectacle to the world of the present day,
such as, perhaps, has not been witnessed
since the days of the ancient crusaders.
Truly the old Church is not dead yet.
The spiiit of sacrifice which animated her
children hundreds of years ago, animates
them still; and leads them on to-day. as it
did in the olden timt, to ever fresh lau
rels, won beneath the banner of that sel f
saine cross which has ever been to its fol
lowers a safe guarantee of final victory
over oppression, wrong, and even death
itself.
CATHOLIC INTELLIGENCE.
DOMESTIC.
Catholicism in Virginia. —The Irish
Citizen , of New York, correcting an im
pression that, it says exists among Catho
lic immigrants that churches and priests
of their religion are rare in Virginia, says,
“ there are in Eastern Virginia, Diocese
of Richmond, twenty-one places of Catho
lic worship, most of them regular churches,
but a few being stations visited by a
priest once or twice in the month. Rich
mond has the cathedral and two other
churches. There are churches at Peters
burg, Fredericksburg, Alexandria, War
renton, Lynchburg, Harper’s Ferry, Win
chester, Staunton, Martinsburg, Rath,
Norfolk, Old Point, Portsmouth, to.
There are also excellent •cheola and or
phan asylums.”
New Catholic Church.— The congre
gation of St. Michael’s German Catholic
Church, comprised in the densely settled
portion of the city around North Avenue,
in the North Division, commenced last
year, and have partly completed, a church
edifice, on the corner of Linden and Ilurl
burt streets, which will be one of the most
imposing structures in the city. It is of
brick, with a. massive tower, which is to be
surmounted with a tower whose top will
be some two hundred feet high. The
building fronts north on Linden street,
with entrances also on Hurlburt stroet. It
is hoped to complete it this year. The
main walls already being up—though a
very large sum will be required for the
work. The building now occupied by
this society is a long low frame structure
on the corner of North Avenue and Church
street. The church was organized in
1853, and has one of the most numerous
congregations in the city, though the in
dividuals are generally in limited circum
stances, and this great work is a sensible
burden upon them. It shows, however,
how the German, and especially the Ger
man Catholic clement, is increasing in
numbers and influence in many portions
of the city.— Chicago f ill. ) Evening
Post, March <S.
FOREIGN.
Mgr. Mi lies, sent to Rome to represent
the Chaldean Episcopate at the centenary
fetes, has just arrived in Paris. He is
staying at the Saint Sulpiee Clerical
School, and is the first Bishop ot the Chal
dean rite that has visited Fi ance.
The Pope and Mr. Peabody —His
Holiness ihe Pope has always a large
number of applicants for audience about
this season, but he seldom has to receive
individuals with such claims to public
gratitude as Mr. George Peabody, who,
with lion. R. C. Wintbrop, was presented
to His Holiness last week by Mr. Hooker,
late Secretary of the United States Lega
tion. The Pope was fully aware of the
character of his visitor, whom, with
Messrs, Wintbrop and Hooker, he re-
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quested to be seated in his presence, an
unusual mark of distinction. A delicate
token of Pio Nono’s appreciation of Mr
Peabody's universal benevolence was af
forded by the Latin quotations from Holy
Writ, showing the blessed quality of
charity, which he wrote with his own hand
under some photographic likenesses of
himself, which he presented to the party
as souvenirs of the visit. On retiring
from the Pope’s audience, Mr. Hooker
presented his friends to Cardinal Anto
nelli. The conversation turned on the
hospital of San Spirito, among other chari
table institutions, and Mr. Peabody no
sooner returned to his hotel than he for
warded a check for 1,00 Os. to the Cardinal
in aid of that hospital’s funds. Mr. Pea
body left Rome for Naples on Thursday.
Admiral Farragut is the next American
celebrity we expect in the Holy City.
[Rome Letter , Feb. 29.
Catholicism in England.— The Os
servatore Rvnano has a leading article
entitled “ Catholicism in the Nineteenth
Century,” which is principally devoted to
demonstrating the progress of Roman
Catholicism in England. Wo quote the
concluding paragraph :
In the year 1830, England had 434
Catholic priests, 410 churches, 10 con
vents, and no monastery or religious house
for men. In 1862, the priests were 1,242,
the churches 872, the religious houses for
women were 162, and for men 55. In
1867, the priests were 1.415, the churches
1,014, the monasteries 63, the convents
201, and colleges 11. In the sole city of
London there arc 17 convents for men
and 32 for women, one seminary, and three
colleges. The number of Catholics in
the principal cities of the United King
dom is becoming every day more consid
erable. At Liverpool there are 100,000
Catholics; Manchester contains more than
70,000, and in all London their number
reaches 300,000. Conversions to Catholi
cism continue in really consoling propor
tions. In London there are every year
about 1,(X)0 persons converted, halt of
whom belong to the easy and educated
classes, and the other half to the working
classes. * * The proportion
of the progress in the number of priests,
churches, and convents, in the city of
London, is as follows : In 1826 there were
in London 48 Catholic priests, in 1851
there were 113, and in 1863, 194. In
1826, there were 24 churches, in 1851,
46, and in 1863, 102. At the first epoch
there was only one convent, at the second
9, and cow 25, No religious house for
men existed in 1826. Now there are 15,
besides 34 hospitals and charitable insti
tutions which did not exist at all at that
time. This is how Catholicism is lan
guishing and expiring in the very centre
of Anglicanism—one cf the most formi
dable enemies of the Apostolic Roman
Catholic Church.
Catholicity in China ind Japan.—
China, a vast empire, received the faith
by the incredible efforts and indescribable
hardships of the Catholic missionary. Not
three centuries ago Father Ricci landed
at Canton. He was the first missionary,
and the only person in that vast empire,
which contained one-third of the human
family, who professed belief in Jesus
Christ. Now, China is divided among the
eight principal missionary orders of the
Church. It is governed by thirty-two
bishops, eighteen coadjutor bishops, and
thirty vicars-apostolic. These intrepid
and holy bishops of the Church in China
arc ably and devotedly seconded in their
zeal by a numerous body of native and
foreign priests, catechists, and Sisters of
Charity, who, despising every hardship,
braving every danger, employ every law
ful means to save souls purchased by the
precious blood of Christ. Colleges and
schools arc established throughout the
empire. They are attended by the na
tives, and are conducted by the brothers
and sisters of our various religious orders.
Hospitals have been erected for the sick,
and asylums for the abandoned children
whom pious parsons, appointed for that
purpose, pick up on the roadside, out of
the marshes, or from running streams.
The number of children thus saved in
18GG-T is given as 303,805, and the
funds collected by the Society of the
Holy Infancy for their support was
029" l 11. Conversions are progressing
on a large scale—whole villages embracing
the truth faith. The Catholics of that
empire and its adjoining dependencies
are counted by millions. Our holy reli
gion though persecuted in some cantons,
where lately many of our pious and zeal
ous bishops and devoted priests received
the crown of martyrdom, is flourishing
in otliers. This happens especially in
the interior, where the hardships to be
endured are so great, and the peril of life
so imminent, that our missionaries alone
dare brave them, and consequently meet
with no opposition from the missionaries
of the sects.
In Japan, where the priesthood was an
nihilated and the faithful massacred, reli-
gion again revives. The Church in Ja
pan, deprived for so long a time of its
clergy, is rising from its ashes. The faith
preached by St. Francis Xavier was never
forgotten ; it was taught by the father to
the son, and such acts of religion as could
be done without the ministration of the
clergy, were performed by the people.—
Hence, after the lapse of nearly two hun
dred years of persecution and abandon
ment, when the missionaries are again
permitted to enter the kingdom, they are
greeted by two hundred thousand faithful
—the children of the martyrs. — From
the Pastoral of the Bishop of Toronto.
STATISTICS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
The Pope bears the title “ Vicar of
Christ, Successor of the Prince of Apostles,
Pontifex of the Church Universal, Patri
arch of the West, Primate of Italy, Metro
politan of the Province of Rome, Bishop
of Rome, and Sovereign of the temporal
possessions of the Holy Roman Catholic
Church.”
The cardinals are 73 in number—name
ly, 6 cardinal bishops, 50 cardinal priests,
and 16 cardinal deacons.
There are three patriarchates of the Ori
ental rite, in Antioch (for the Melcliites,
Maronites, and Syrians,) in Babylon (for
the Chaldeans,) and Cilicia (for the Armin
ians) ; and seven patriarchates of the Latin
rite, in Constantinople, Alexandria, Anti
och, Jerusalem, Venice, the East Indies,
and Lisbon.
The patriarchate of Rome consist of 96
episcopal sees scattered over the whole
world (12 metropolises and 94 cathedrals),
which stand under the immediate jurisdic
tion of the Holy See.
There exists at present 11 patriarchal,
194 archiepiscopal, and 986 episcopal sees.
To these must be added the archbishops
and bishops in partibu* Jidelium ; so that
there are at present, with or without resi
dence, 908 episcopal sees. There are be
sides these, 101 apostolic vicariates, 21
apostolic prefectures, and 5 apostolic dele
gatures, all under the control of the Pro
paganda.
Fiua JX. has since his assumption of the
Government, created 93 bishoprics, 4 arch
bishoprics, I*2 prefectures, and 1 delega
te re, and preeonized a considerable number
of b'sliop* for vacant sees.
The Oupclla Pontejtcia (the Papal Court)
consists, as at present ordered, of the car
dinals and patriarchs, the throne assistants
(archbishops and bishops), the vice cham
berlain of the Church, the princely throne
assistants, the auditor and the treasurer of
the Papal Chamber, the majordomo of his
Holiness, the archbishops and bishops not
being throne assistants, the College of the
Apostolic Pronotaries, the archimandrite
of Messina, the Commander of the Santo
Spirito Hospital, the chief of the chancel
lery, the priors of the monastic orders, the
municipality of Rome, the master of the
Holy Hospice, the auditors of the Rota, the
comptrollers of the palace, the priests of
the chamber, the masters of the ceremo
nies, the acting and honorary chamberlains,
the chaplains, Ac.
The Pam iff lia PonUfeia, however, con
sists of the cardinals prodatariis, the Sec
retaries of the Breves, the Secretary of
State, and the Secretary of the Memorials,
the Chief Chamberlain, the house prelates
and other prelates, the chamberlains di
spadda e cappa , the Noble, the Swiss, and
the Palatine Guards.
The Holy See is represented at foreign
courts by seven Nuncios—Brussels, Lisbon,
Madrid, Munich, Naples, Paris and Vienna ;
3 internnneios—Hague, Florence, Modena
and Rio Janeiro ; 1 charge d’affaires—Lu
cerne ; and has 35 consuls. The diplo
matic corps at the Holy See, and the ac
credited consuls, consists of 3 ambassadors.
14 ambassadors extraordinary, 2 ministers
resident and 39 consuls, of whom 17 live
in Rome.
The State* of the Chnrch are divided
into 20 (since the robbery, into live) lega
tions, which are again subdivided into a
certain number of delegations, and ar«
peopled inclusive of the provinces usurped
by Piedmont, by 3,134,688 inhabitants.
The iuperficial area of the Papal territory
is 752 square mile* (geographical). The
present de fact • possessions of the Holy
See are Rome and the Comarca, Viterbo,
Oivita Vecchia, Velletri, and Frosinone
(excepting Ponte Corvo, with two square
miles of territory, and about 0,000 inhabi
tants), with 214 square miles, and a popu
lation of about #OO,OOO inhabitants, of
which Rome contained, according to the
census in 1864, 205,896.
In Europe there are 603 dioceses, with a
Catholic population of about 147 millions.
In America nearly two-thirds of the
population belong to the Catholic Church.
The total population is in round numbers
about 70 millions. Os these 42 millions
are Catholics.
Os the 148 dioceses of America, 50 are
in the United States, with a Catholic popu
lation of 4 millions. Os the remaining 97
dioceses, 12 are in British North America,
with a population of about 2 millions ; 33
in Mexico, with 8 millions; 11 in the em
pire of the Brazils, with 8 millions; and
the remaining 56 in the States of South
America and the West Indies.
Asia has a population of 660 millions, of
which scarcely more than 3 millions be
long to the Catholic Church. Os these 3
millions, 1 million dwell on British terri
tory, half a million in Turkey, as many in
Anam, and about 330,000 in China.
The Catholics in Africa amount in round
numbers to five millions, and arc divided
into 34 dioceses.
Australia has a Catholic population of
four millions, with 21 bishoprics. New
Holland and Van Dieman’s Land have
350 000 Catholics in nine dioceses, and the
remaining Australian islands 90,000 in eight
dioceses. The metropolis of these 16 bi?h
oprics is Sydney.
The extent of the dioceses differ* con
siderably. Twenty-six have a population
of more than two millions : seven dioceses
have between half a million and a million,
577 between 100,000 and 500.000 the re
mainder less than 100,000 —indeed some
less than 1,000 souls.
The two oldest bishops are the Bishop ol
Rio Janeiro and the Archbishop of Frei
burg, both above 90. The youngest i* the
Bishop of Vich, in Spain, whose age is _6.
The total uumber of secular priest* is
about 325,000 of whom 360,000 live in
Europe. ...
The ecclesiastical orders and religious
congregations have 8,000 houses for men,
with 120,000 members. The lemale orders
have 150,000 members, Next to Europe,
America has the greatest number of female
convents. Those of North America con
tain more than 10,000 inmates; . ouili
America has a number equally a* great.
Asia is represented by 4,000; Africa and
Australia together 1,000.
The Catholic Church counts 200 millions
of Catholics, the Protestant confessions
about 70 millions. The countries ot the
Germanic Confederation (in 1855) had
24,004,000 Catholics and 20,992,800 Pro
testants.
The Greek schism has 30 millions ot ad
herents. Os other Christians there are
about 15 millions. In the whole worhl
there are about seven millions ot Jews, ot
whom 353,000 live ini Austria, 284,000 in
Prussia, and 192,000 in otker States of Ger
many. The world contains 70 millions of
Mahometans, and from 700 to 800 millions
of heathens.
GEMS OE PROSE AND POETRY.
ROSE BUDS.
The half-blown roue is lovelier than the bud.
Yes, lovelier than tho full expanded flower;
Thus lovely is tho verge of womanhood.
The ripened rose is wrinkled in an hour,
Or spotted by tbe north wind’s cankering breath;
The bud within the green folds of its sheath
Hides all its blossoms; but tho half-blown ros*
Bares its full beauties in its tenderest hue,
And not a spot its virgin leaves disclose,
As fresh and pure as earliest bead* of dew;
Thus beautiful—half woman and half child—
With woman’s passions beaming in thine eye.
Mingled with childhood's sweet simplicity,
Dear maid, my youthful heart thou hast beguiled.
Happiness and sorrow are the measures
of our mortal life. We willingly record
the moments of gladness, and sorrow’s
hours make their own impression.
True love is a natural sacrament; and
if ever a young man thanks heaven for
having saved what is good aud noble in
his soul, it is when he thinks of offering it
to the woman he loves.
Be not astonished when you see men
of virtue in disgrace, and dignities worn
by those who have no right to them.
Open your eyes, and consider the innu
merable stars, which never lose anything
of their brightness; but the heavens turn,
and now the moon, now the sun, is
eclipsed.
WAGES—Br Thitwtboa.
Glory of warrior, glory of orator, glory of son;?,
Paid with a voico that will pass to bo lost in an end
less 80*—
Glory of Virtue, to fight, to struggle, to right the
wrong—
Nay, but she alined not at glory; no lover of glory
she;
Give her tho glory of going on, aud still to be.
The wages of sin is death; if tho wages of virtue be
dust,
Would she have heart to endure flu the Hie of the
worm and the fly ?
She desire* no Isles of tho bleat, no quiet %> *ts of the
just,
To rest in a golden grove, or to bask in a summer sky;
Give her the wages of going on, and not to die.
A Beautiful Sentiment. —Dr. Chal
mers beautifully says : “The little that I
have seen in the world aud known of the
history of mankind, teaches me to look
upon their errors in sorrow, not in anger.
When I take the history of one poor heart
that has sinned and suffered, and repre
sent to myself the struggles and tempta
tions it passed through; the brief pulsa
tions of joy; the tears of regret; the feeble
ness of purpose; the scorn of the world
that has little charity; the desolations of
the soul’s sanctuary, and threatening
voices within; health gone; happiness
gone; I would fain leave the erring soul
of my fellow man with Him from whose
hands it came.’’
THE WINTER FIRE.
YVc piled, with care, our mighty stack
Os wood against tho chimney-back—
The oaken log, green, huge, and thick.
And on its top the stout back stick;
The knotty fore-stick laid apart,
And filled between wiih curious art,
The ragged brush; then hovering near,
We Watch(ml the first r 1 1 blaze ajq nr.
Hoard the sharp crackle caught the gleam
On whitewashed wall and sagging beam.
Until tho old rude-furnished room
Burst, flower-like, into rosy bloom.
Sxow-Bound.
Strength. —Although men arc accused
of not knowing their own weakness, per
haps as few know their own strength. It
is in men as in soils, where sometimes
there is a vein of gold which the owner
knows not of.