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Nearer Home.
The solemn thought steals sweetly o’er my soul,
Like ocean waves that o’er the lone rock roll ;
That though I tread the cruel flints unshod,
The way is short. I thank Thee, oh my God,
What though “ my life is like the autumn leaf,”
The Withering stem. The trembling flower, whose brief
And fading life, whose sear and blighted form.
Is but life’s emblem ? We are nearer home.
What though my life is like a desert rock,
Which firmly stands to meet the ocean’s shock ;
What though upon its nigged bosom bloom
No sWeet wild flowers. Itneedeth not perfume.
Hope, like the so,a moss, firmly, wildly, clings
To my lone tnisting heart, and ever brings
In loving arms, all to the fold who roam,
And guides our homeless feet, still nearer home.
E. B. C.
Macon, March 24 th, 18G8.
CATHOLIC INTELLIGENCE.
• DOMESTIC.
Episcopal Visitation.— On last Sat
urday evening, March 28th, Right Ilev’d
Bishop Verot arrived in Augusta. On
Sunday morning at 7 o’clock, a large
congregation assembled in the Church to
witness the administration of the Sacra
ment of Confirmation. The Right Rev.
Bishop, assisted by Rev. Father Kirby
and Father Ryan, celebrated the mass,
at which a large number of children
•made their first communion. At the
close of the Mass, the Bishop gave an in
struction full of piety and unction to the
candidates for confirmation, and then gave
the sacrament to one hundred and thirty,
forty of whom were adults, and nineteen
of whom were converts to the Faith.
The day before, Father Ryan had bap
tized and received into the Church ten
converts, and we learn he has many more
under instruction to be received into
the Church during Holy-Week. The
Bishop at High Mass, celebrated by Father
Paquet and very beautifully sung by the
choir, preached a truly apostolic sermon
on Perseverance. At three o’clock in the
afternoon, the children of the two Societies,
of the Immaculate Conception, and of St.
Aloysius, were visited by the Bishop, to
whom Daniel Dunn oil the part of the
hoys, and Annie Keleher on the part of
the girls, presented two addresses, to
each of which the Right Rev. Bishop
responded—approving the Societies, and
giving his blessing to the members. Much
credit is due to the energy of Mr. Jos. D.
Kavanagh for the spirit of union, poetry,
and religion, which characterize not only
the two Societies, but the entire Sunday
School, which now numbers upwards of
400 children. Messrs. Wm. Mulherrin and
E. F. Samuels also deserve great praise
for their untiring* devotion to the interests
of the children. At half-past seven
o’clock vcspQj-s were sung, after which
the Right Rev. Bishop, notwithstanding
his labors of the day, preached again a
doctrinal sermon, powerful and convincing,
on the use and abuse of the Sacred
Scriptures; and the day, which was
truly a blessed day, closed with Benedic
tion of the Most Holy Sacrament. Mon
day morning the Right Rev. Bishop left
for Savannah.
Sodality of the Immaculate Con
ception.—Election of Officers. —At a
meeting of the Sodality of the Immacu
late Conception on last Sunday, the fol
lowing officers were elected :
Miss Margaret Cullen, President.
M iss Mary C. Ward, Vice President.
Miss Bettie Ward, Secretary.
Miss Nora O'Hara, Treasurer.
Miss B. Ward, Standard-Bearer.
The Society numbers 80 members.
St. Aloysius’ Society. — Election of
Officers. —At a meeting of St. Aloysius’
Society, on last Sunday, the following
officers were elected :
Mr. Wm. Mulherin, President,
Mr. E. F. Samuels, Vice-President.
Master Charles Boulineau, Secretary.
Master Pickett Boyle, Treasurer.
Master Wm. McCarthy, Standard-
Bearer.
The Society numbers 75 members.
Joseph D. Kavanagh, Superintendent of
Sunday Schools, is Sub-Director of both
Societies.
Right Rev. Bishop Verot has convoked
an assembly of all the Priests of the Dio
cese of Georgia and the Vicariate of
Florida. They will meet in Synod, at
Savannah, cn Monday evening, April 27th,
for the purpose of taking into considera
tion important matters regarding the in
terests of the Church in these two States,
which are under the Bishop’s jurisdiction.
The services during the Synod will be
very imposing, and much good will cer
tainly result from this Assembly".
Eloquent Discourse.— Right Rev.
Dr. Persico preached a very eloquent aud
learned discourse on “The Supremacy of
the Pope,” at the Cathedral Chapel,
Queen street, last eveniug. The Chapel
was crowded, many being obliged to stand
during the delivery of the discourse, and
many others went away unable to gain
admission. The audience included mem
bers of other Catholic Churches, and
large numbers of members of other de
nominations. The music of the choir,
which is always superior, was, on this
occasion, exquisitely grand, and rendered
with great effect.— Charleston Courier ,
Diocese of Philadelphia.— St. Pat
rick's Church —A mission conducted by
the Rev. C. H. Stonestrect, S.J., and
Rev. J. B. Emig, S.J., was commenced in
the above Church on Sunday, the 15th
inst. The congregation ought certainly
to be thankful to their worthy Pastor.
Very Rev. Dr. O’Hara, for this spiritual
Retreat, and we hope the efforts of the
zealous missionaries will be crowned with
success.— Standard.
Ordinations. —On Monday, March
9th, 1868, Right Rev. Bishop Wood con
ferred Minor Orders on Messrs. Charles
11. Haas and Francis Buning.
On Tuesday, the 10th instant, Messrs.
J. P. Murphy, Daniel A. Brennan, Thos.
F. Mullen, James M. Loughran. Fred.
Fechtel, Charles 11. Haas, and Francis
Buning received the sacred order of
Deaconship.
On Wednesday, Rev. Messrs. Thomas
J. Kelley, Joseph P. Murphy, Daniel A.
Brennan, Fred. Fechtel, Charles 11. Haas,
and Francis Buning received the sacred
order of Deaconship.
On Thursday, the 12th, the holy order
of Priesthood was conferred upon the fol
lowing ; Rev. Messrs. John T. Mellon,
Thos. J. Kelley, Joseph P. Murphy,
Fred. Fechtel, Chas. 11. Haas and Francis
Buning. The ceremonies took place in
the Cathedral Chapel, and the above
named gentlemen were all students of the
Seminary of St. Charles Borromeo.
Os the newly ordained clergymen. Rev.
Thomas J. Kelly said his first Mass at
St. Mary’s Church oil Sunday morning,
the 15th instant, and preached in the
afternoon. Rev. Frederick Fechtel said
his first Mass at St. Alphorisus’ Church,
Fourth and Reed streets. Rev. Francis
Buning said his first Mass at the Church
of St. Bonifacius, corner of Maschcr and
Diamond streets, attended by all the
ceremonies which our German brethren
apply to so happy an event, such as wear
ing a wreath of natural flowers during
the celebration of tho Holy Sacrifice, etc.
Rev. Charles 11. Haas celebrated his first
Mass at Columbia, Pa., in the Church of
the Holy Trinity.— lb.
Death of a Religieuse.— Sister M.
Antoinette, Superior of the Convent of
the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary, located in St. Paul’s parish, died
on Friday evening, March 6th, a most
happy and edifying death, after a long
but not severe illness, She leaves a large
community of Sisters and their pupils, a
fond and loving mother, affectionate sis
ters and brothers, a wide circle of rela
tives and friends, to mourn her death and
to pray for the eternal happiness of her
soul. R. I. P.— lb.
Archdiocese of New Orleans.—
Mission at Gretna. —We are glad to
state that the mission given by the Rev.
Fathers Giessen and Branstatter, in the
St. Joseph’s Church, Gretna, was very
successful. About six hundred persons
approached the Holy Sacraments, of whom
several had neglected their duties for years.
To-day the same Rev. Fathers will open
a mission at Baton Rouge. We wish
them God speed in this new field of their
1 abors. — Evening Star.
Death of a Ursulixe Nun. —We re
gret to have to announce the death of a
nun belonging to the Ursuline Convent
of this city. On the 12th instant, Sister
Agatha, in the world Miss Martin, de
parted this life. She was born in Ire
land in 1830, and took her vows in New
Orleans in 185*2. The sweetness and
amenity of her character, her edifying
deportment, and the depth of her religious
convictions, endeared her to the Sisters
who were favored with her companion
ship. After having endured with exem
plary patience the tortures ot a lingering
malady, surrounded with all the aids
which"the Church affords her children, at
the final decisive moment, she died with
out effort, in calmness and peace, with
the sweet, enduring confidence of a re-
union forever with him she had faithfully
served, and to whom she had consecrated
her pure and innccent life.— lb.
The St. Patrick’s School —A charter
was granted yesterday by Judge Meredith
to Sisters Mary Innocent or Mary Cun
ningham, Mary Paula or Judith Grimes,
Aloysia or Margaret Kane, Eulalia or
Catherine McKenna, Mary Ellen or Ellen
Weaver, for the incorporation of a Society
under the name and style of “The Sisters
of Charity of St. Patrick’s School.” The
purpose of this Society is to educate girls.
It will own not more than five acres of
land, not to exceed in value SIOO,OOO,
and to be located in the city of Richmond.
Sister Mary Innocent, otherwise Mary
Cunningham, will be the Superior and
only officer of the Society for the first
year.— Richmond ( Va.J Examiner and
Enquirer , March 2 Uh.
FOREIGN.
The quiet little Chapel of the Presenta
tion Convent in this town, was, on Wed
nesday, 19th February, the scene of one
of those beautiful ceremonies of the
Church—always so full of interest for
Catholics—the reception of a re.liginise.
The young lady, for whom the quiet of
the cloister, and the love of the heavenly
bridegroom, had a stronger attraction
than the wealth, pleasure, aud vanities of
the world, was Miss Ellen Wall, (in reli
gion, Sister Mary Vincent), only daugh
ter of the late William Wall, Esq., of
Loughtown, in this county. Wexford
( Ireland) People.
Death of the Vicar ArosioLic of
J afnapatam. —On the 23d of January, on
the eve of the very day on which he "was
to have departed for his vicariate apostolic
ot Jafrapatam (East Indies), with a
number of missionaries and religious
ladies, Mgr. Stephen Seineria, Bishop of
Olympus (in partibus), died at Marseilles.
He was born in the diocese of Vintimelle
in 1813, and belonged to the Congregation
of the Oblates of Mary. He was named
vicar apostolic, and preconeised bishop
June 4th, 1856.— Translated for the
Mirror from the Cor. de Rome.
The Papal army is every day receiving
fresh accessions from ail parts of the
world. The Belgians and the Dutch are
foremost in the van, and from England
and Ireland, in spite of the difficulty of
becoming used to the food and climate,
the number of zealous and devoted de
fenders of the Holy Father is ever on the
increase.
The first volume of an admirable reply
to Bishop Cole'hso’s heresies respecting
the Book of Moses has just been published
by Messrs. Longman. The author is the
Ilev. Dr. Smith, Priest in charge of a
small mission at Inzievar, Oakley, near
Dunfermine, in Fifeshirc, Scotland.
The Monde published a brief which the
Pope has addressed to the Archbishops of
Prague and Vienna, congratulating them
on the resistance which they have offered
to the plan for a revision of the Concordat.
This brief bears date November 1.
The Countess de Steilberg, a Lady
Superior of the Hospice of Belhanie, at
Berlin, has just died of typhus fever,
caught while visiting the provinces suf
fering from famine and epidemic disease.
LATEST IRISH NEWS.
ACQUITTAL of CAPT. mackay.
Cork, March 12.—The trial of Captain
Mackay concluded at 4.30 p. m.
The jury retired, and after an absence
of twenty minutes came into court with a
verdict of “not guilty.”
[Dublin Evg. Post.
THE HORRIBLE MURDER AT TODMORDON.
Mr. Plow is favorably progressing, but
Mrs. Plow still lies in a very dangerous
condition, and no hopes are entertained of
her recovery. Since the prisoner lias
been committed to take his trial, at the
Manchester assizes a number of impor
tant letters have been given up to the
police by his sweetheart, Sarah Bell,
which will show that he had entertained
thoughts of the dreadful crime for some
months past.
HUDDERSFIELD ELECTION.
Mr Somerset Beresford declines to op
pose Mr. C. A. Leatham, as candidate
for the representation of Huddersfield.
THE SHANNON INUNDATIONS.
A correspondent, writing on Tuesday,
sends the following:
This day, the 10th of March, the whole
valley of the Shannon, from Limerick to
Lough Allen, is one continued sheet of
water. The valley of the suck, from
Balinsloe to Castlercagh. is also a sheet
of water. More than 50,000 acres of
land in those valleys are now inundated.
Boats have been rowed over the weir at
Athlone, the water on the lower side of
the weir being within a few inches of as
high as the water above.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND.
The Evening Express learns, on what
it terms respectable authority, that the
Chief Secretary for Ireland, Lord Mayo,
will shortly succeed the present Gover
nor-General of India.
[We have reason to believe there is no
ground for this report —Dublin Irish
Times.
DR. WATERS.
The liberation of this gentleman, we
understand, was directly attributable to
ill-health, caused by confinement. The
conditions of his release were that he
shall enter into his own recognizances in
£lO9, and two sureties in £SO each, to
observe good behavior for the next twelve
months.
ACCIDENT IN THE CASTLE YARD.
While the guard were being paraded
in the Upper Castle Yard yesterday after
noon, the rifle of one of the soldiers acci
dentally exploded. The occurrence caused
some alarm, but fortunately, no person
was injured. The soldier who carried the
rifle was placed under arrest.
THE DEBATE ON IRELAND.
The Times remarks that tho Govern
ment, according to Lord Mayo’s explan
ation ot their plans last night, have no
policy to recommend with reference to the
relations of landlord and tenant and the
Irish Church. They would have Parlia
ment to wait, and in the interests of the
Liberal Government it is perhaps desira
ble that their desire should be granted, but
the occasion has its appropriate use. If
nothing is to spring directly from the
discussions of this week they should re
veal to the country the ideas and the
courage of the statesmen prepared to meet
anew Parliament.
The Daily News finds in the Mines
terial programme for Ireland little chance
of a settlement, but it may be the first
step of an advance, though on the Church
question Lord Mayo still speaks the old
language of his party.
The Her Id gives a summary view of
the Irish measures of the Government.
They will introduce a bill to facilitate and
encourage the grant of leeses, and to give
additional security to* the tenant making
bona fide improvements. They will fur
ther tuke account of the wishes of the
Reman Catholics for a superior system of
education after their own manner, and
will give to Ireland from the public reve
nue all that the public interest may re
quire. As for the Irish Church Estab
lishment, the Government wall decline to
legislate upon that subject until the Royal
Commission has reported, because it will
only legislate for the better distribution
of the revenue of that church, if need
should be, and not for its despoilment.
The Herald is of opinion that Lord
Mayo’s statement will be partly welcome,
both in England as well as in Ireland.
It will dispel a number of mischievous
and malicious rumors, and rally round the
Government all men who care for the
maintenance of the good faith of the Gov
ernment and its adherence to sound prin
ciples of statesmanship.
The Telegraph says the public will
miss in Lord Mayo’s speech, a3 the House
did, an answer to the crying questions of
the day. In what spirit, and with what
intention does the Government approach
that most urgent task, the settlement of
the Church problem ?
Mr. John Francis Maguire made an
able speech-on the condition ot Ircdand.
The following abstract shows its scope and
spirit : Mr. Maguire said, though Ireland
was a part of the empire, and was now
peaceful, vet the personal liberty of every
irian in that country was at the mercy of
spies, policemen, or government officials ;
and this state of things existed when the
records of the Courts showed that there
were few cases of ordinary crime. He
quoted the statistics of pauperism, emi
gration, and other evils. The country, he
declared, was decaying, and its people
were in despair. Discontented was a
word inadequate to express the state of
feeling. He denied the correctness of
the assertions made by Lord Mayo and
Lord Kimberly, that the farming class in
Ireland were loyal. The cruelty of the
past had made a deep impression upon the
Irish people, and the effect of all future
laws should be to obliterate these bitter
remembrances. The laws in regard to
the tenure of land were defective, and
operated so disastrously that the means of
a tenant which were good two years ago
are worthless now. He denounced the
London guilds, which hold large tracts of
Irish lands, for their cruelty to their
tenants.
The streets of Kilkenny have been
lighted with oil for the last twelve months,
the corporation not being able to come to
a satisfactory agreement with the gas
company.
The Waterford lunatic asylum is about
to be enlarged, the present accommoda
tion being found insufficient.
NEW TEER,
The Rev. Win* O’Neill, of Shane’s
Castle, County Antrim, is to be created a
Peer of the United Kingdom by the title
of Baron O’Neill.
THE PRISONERS IN DOWN .TAIL.
We understand that instructions have
been issued for the release of Mawhinnev
and Keating, on their recognizances being
completed. —Northern Whig.
INSTALLATION OF THE PRINCE OF WALES
in st. Patrick’s cathedral.
The Installation of His Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales as Knight of St.
Patrick will take place in the grand Ca
thedral renovated by Sir Benjamin Lee
Guinness, Bart. No installation has taken
place in the Cathedral of St. Patrick
since that of George IY. in 1821. One
of the principal objects of the Prince's
visit to Ireland is to receive investiture
with all pomp and ceremony. But other
objects of his coming are to revive his
knowledge of Ireland, and to aid in re
moving from our people the feeling that
they have been apparently forgotten by
Royalty.
THE LATE R. BOLTON, ESQ., D.L., J F.
The late R. Bolton, Esq., D.L., J.P.,
of Bcctive Lodge, County Meath, died sud
denly of heart disease at the age of 61
years, on the 28th of last month. For 43
years he was a member of the grand jury
of the county. His was a truly catholic
spirit, for although strongly attached to
the Established Church, and anxious to
extend her influence, he munificently aided
his Catholic tenantry, when they desired
to build a church more capacious and
more befitting the sacred purpose for
wdiich it was intended than the old mud
built place of worship which they had be
fore. He was an excellent resident land
lord, such as Ireland requires, and he
effected much substantial good amongst
the people around him. His funeral ob
sequies were largely attended by all creeds
and classes. He rests in the parish
church of Bcctive, one of the handsomest
in the diocese, which was built and en
dowed at his sole cost. Believing that
the loss of such a man was not merely
local, the Bishop of Meath took partin the
funeral service, and delivered a most im
pressive and touching address.
The late Mr. Bolton married Frances
Bomford, of Palmerston, County Meath,
and leaves no issue. Mrs. Bolton suc
ceeds to his property as sole executrix.
She was ever the partner of her husband
in his benevolence, and, like him, is
loved by the people of every denomination.
AN EXQUISITE STORY BY LAMARTINE,
In the tribe of Neggdeh, there w r as a
horse, whose fame was spread far and
near, and a Bedouin of another tribe, by
name Daher, desired extremely to possess
it. Having offered in vain for it his camels
and his whole wealth, he hit at length
upon the following device, by which he
hoped to gain the object of his desire. He
resolved to stain his face w r ith the juice of
an herb, clothe himself in rags, to tie his
legs and neck together, so ns to appear like
a lame beggar. Thus equipped, lie went
to wait for Naber, the owner of the horse,
who, lie knew, was to pass that way.
When he saw Naber approaching on his
beautiful steed, he cried out in a weak
voice, “lama poor stranger; for three
days I have been unable to move from this
spot to obtain food. lam dying; help me,
and heaven will reward you.” The
Bedouin kindly oilered to take him up on
his horse and carry him home ; hut the
rogue replied, “I cannot rise; I have no
strength left.’ Naber, touched with pity,
dismounted, led his horse to the spot, and
with great difficulty, set the seeming beggar
on its back. But no sooner did Daher
ieel himselt in the saddle, than lie set spurs
to the horse, and galloped off, calling out as
he did so, “It is I, Daher, I have got the
horse, and lam off with it.” Naber called
after him to stop and listen. Certain of
not being pursued, he turned and halted
at a short distance from Naber, who was
armed with a spear. “You have taken mv
horse,” said the latter. “Since heaven ha*s
willed it, 1 wish you joy of it; but I do
conjure you never to tell any one how you
obtained it.” “And why not ?” said Daher.
“Because,” said the noble Arab, “another
man might he really ill, and men would
fear to help him. You would be the cause
ot many refusing to perform an act of
charity, for fear of being duped as I have
been.” Struck with shame at these words,
Daher was silent for u moment, then,
springing from the horse, returned it to
its owner, embracing him. Naber made
him accompany him to his tent, where
they spent a few days together, and they
became fast friends for life.
St. Patrick’s Day School, )
Augusta, Ga., April 2, 1808. \
At a meeting of the pupils of this
school, held on this day, Master Wm.
McCarthy offered the following resolution:
Resolved . That our thanks arc due
and are hereby tendered to Mr. Philip
Malone, of the Augusta Foundry, for the
handsome, and sweet toned Bell he so
kindly presented to us, for our school.
Chas. E. Boulineaij, Chm’n.
John Funk, Secretary.