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6 [Tor the Banner of the South.] 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.