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For the Banner of the South. “ Gray.” BY DU. K. O. TTCKNOR. Something so human-hearted, In a tiiot that ever lies Whore a splendor has just departed. And a glory is—yet to rise! Gray in the solemn gleaming— Gray in the dawning skies ! in the old man’s crown of horror— In the littlo maiden’s eyes ! Gray mists o’er the meadow brooding, Whence the world must draw it3 best ; Gray gleams in the churchyard shadows. Where all the world would “rest.” Gray gloom in the solemn cathedral, Where the “Glorias” are poured! And with the Angel and Archangel We wait for the coming Lord. Silvery gray for the bridal, Leaden gray for the pall; For urn, for wreath, for life and death. Ever the gray for all! Gray in the very sadness Os ashes and sackcloth ; yea, Wliile our raiment of beauty and gladness Tarries, our tears shall stay ; And our souls shall smile through their sadness, And our hearts shall wear the Gray. Cohtm'nts, Ga., January Ist, 1868. I- V —■ ■■ - From “The Irish in America.’’ : reminiscences of bishop England. [continued.] Bishop England’s diocese, as we have seen, was sufficiently extensive to satisfy the most insatiate thirst for wide-spread jurisdiction. It extended from Charleston to Elizabeth City, North Carolina, a dis tance of 450 miles, and from Charleston | to within 80 miles of Mobile—about 800 miles in the two directions, it was from 250 to 300 miles broad. Still, extensive as this vast territory was, it was not too much so lor the energy of this extraordi nary man, and the ardor of his priestly zeal, lie would get through his mission ary labors in this manner : possessing a little carriage, indifferntly described as a “sulky,” ‘‘buggy,” or “wagon/* the Bishop endeavored, perhaps with the aid of one of his few monied friends, to pur chase a pair of serviceable horses, or strong ponies, and accompanied by a negro boy | as a driver, he would travel from place to place, preaching, instructing, and ad ministering the sacraments ; and on his return, it might bo in throe months, six months, or even nine months, he would readily, and even profitably, dispose of lbs cattle, then more valuable than at the commencement of the journey, owing to the training to which they had been sub jected. Many a strange incident, and even ■ startling adventurer, occurred to the Bishop during his long and arduous jour neyings, at a time when the roads were little better or worse than tracks, the pop i ulation was thinly scattered, and accomo- I Cation, even of the rudest kind, was not always to be had. Frequently, the shel i ter of the forest was all that could be ob i taiued in those days for the traveller. Once in a city or town, he was sure of being well received ; for while preju dice kept some aloof from the “Popish ; Bishop,” curiosity, and the irrepressible j desire of Americans to listen to sermons, . discourses, “lectures” of any description, ' impelled numbers to hear a man who was famous for his eloquence. Halls, court houses, concert-rooms, churches, and eha j pels, would be freely placed at his dis posal ; and the probability is that he ; rarely suffered from lack of hospitality } under these circumstances. But there ! were occasions when the Bishop found it difficult enough to make out a dinner, or j secure the shelter of a roof against the night. Even in the Southern States, i which are proverbial for the unaffected hospitality of their people, churls were to be met with, at least in Dr. England’s i time. One evening the Bishop, who on this | occasion accompanied by one of his few Priests—Father O’Neil, it need scarcely he added, a countryman of his own— | drew up at a house of rather moderate dimensions, whose master was a marked specimen of the species Surly. Nego- I tuitions were entered into for a dinner, which the liberal host was willing to give on certain conditions, somewhat exor bitant iu their nature ; but there was to j be no further accommodation. “You can not stop tiie night, nohow,” said the agreeable owner of the mansion ; and his look of dogged dislike was quite as em ! phatic as his words. * After dinner, Dr. England sat on a chair on the piazza, and l ead his “office,” while Father O’Neil, hav i ing no desire to enjoy the company of an unwilling entertainer, sauntered towards i the carriage, a little distance off, where the boy was feeding the horses; and tak ■ lll K his flute from his portmanteau, he on a log, and commenced liis favorite a h\ ‘l’lie last Rose of Summer,” into which he seemed to breathe the very i 80ul ‘ °t tenderness. From one exquisite \ 11)( dody to another the player wandered, ■while the negro boy grinned with delight, and the horses enjoyed their food with a keener relish. That Music hath charms to soothe the*savage breast. as here exemplified. As the sweet notes stole on the soft night air of the South, and readied the inhospitable man sion, a head was eagerly thrust forth, and the projecting cars thereof appeared eagerly to drink in the flood of melody. Another lovely air, one of those which bring involuntary tears to the eyes, and fill the heart with balm, was played with lingering sweetness, when a voice, husky with emotion, was heard uttering these words—“ Strangers ! don’t go ! —do stay all night—don’t go ; we’ll fix you some how.” It was the voice of the charmed host! 1 hat evening the two guests en joyed the snuggest seats at the hearth, bather O Neil playing for the family till a late hour. Next morning the master of' the house would not accept the least com pensation. “No, no, Bishop ! no, no, Mr. O’Neil! not a cent! You're heartily wel come to it. Come as often as you please, and stay as long as you can. Well al ways be glad to see you ; but,” specially addressing Father O’Neil, “be sure and don’t forget the flute. There were occasions when not even Orpheus himself could have made out a dinner or bed, had he been like Bishop England on the mission in the Southern States. Orpheus would have had to sleep where he could, and carry his dinner with him, as ihe Bishop very often did. The Bishop was not unfrequently obliged to be his own groom and servant, to look alter the comfort of his horse, and see to the cooking of his simple meal. Tying the horse to a stake or tree, he would brush him down and supply him with corn, and then commence preparations for his own refreshment. One night in the woods, the Bishop and Father O’Neil had taken their frugal supper, read their “office,” and lain down by the fire to s;«2p ; but they had not been long asleep when they awoke in fright; a few mo ments more, and the forest would have been on fire, and perhaps the two mission aries “roasted like chestnuts,” as Father O’Neil afterwards said. The parasite ivy had caught the flame, and was it rapid ly encircling a gigantic tree in an embrace of fire. By the most extraordinary ex ertions, such as fear alone could inspire, the ivy was torn down, the fire extin guished, the forest saved, and the great missionary longer preserved to the Amer ican Church. The desire to hear the Bishop was not confined to any particular class : it was common to all. A somewhat curious in stance, illustrative of his popularity as a preacher, occurred during one of his journeys. Arriving at a kind of wayside inn, or what may be described as a car man’s stage, the Bishop found himself in the midst of a large convoy of cotton— wagons drawn by horses and mules, with a number of drivers and attendants, white men and negroes. His horses had been fed, and he was about to resume his jour ney, when a grave elderly man, who seemed to be iu command, approached him with every mark of respect, saying —“Stranger, are you Bishop England ? On being answered in the affirmative, he continued—“Mr Bishop, we’ve heard tell of you much. The folks say you are the most all-fired preacher in this country, I had to leave Washington before you got there, and I can’t get to Milledgeville till you are gone, Would you, Mr. Bishop, mind giving us a bit of a sermen right here ? It’ll obleege me and my friends much-do, Mr, Bishop.” “Do, Mr. Bishop” was taken up, in full chorus, by the rest. The appeal so urged was irresistible with the zealous missionary, who yielded a ready assent. On the stump of a tree, which had been cut down to widen the road, the Bishop took his stand, the branches of a huge cedar flinging their grateful shadow over the preacher and the reverent group that clustered round in mute expectation. It was a scene for the painter—the great overhanging forest the rude, weather-stained log house, the open clearing, lit up by a glowing sun, the huge wagons with their horses and mules, the bronzed weather-beaten coun tenances of the whites, the great eyes and gleaming teeth of the negroes of every hue and tint. But the principal figure was not unworthy of its prominence—a man in the prime of life, of powerful, well-knit frame, his lower limbs clad in breeches and silk stockings, that exhib ited a leg of model symmetry—a face strong, massive, dark, full of power and passion—an eye that looked as if it would search the very soul ; this was Bishop England, as he stood upon that tree stump by the wayside. Soon were his willing audience bound by the spell of his elo quence, as he unfolded before them the grand truths of religion, and explained to them their duties to God and their fellow men - He had been about twenty minutes addressing them, when the leader stepped forward, and raising his hand, said—“ That will do, Mr. Bishop, that will do ; we’re k mbiii ®f isi ioifso much obleeged to you, Mr. Bishop; it’s all just as the folks say—you are an all fired powerful preacher. We’d like to hear you always, but we rnusn’t stop you now. Thank you, Mr. Bishop, thank you Mr. Bishop.” “Thank you, Mr. Bishop,” cried the rest in chorus. And amidst a cheer, that would have tried the nerves of horses less trained than his, the Bishop started on his journey. A brief memoir, or biographical sketch, is given in the first volume of “The works of the Right Rev. John England, First Bishop of Charleston,” published by Murphy and Cos., of Baltimore. The me moir, too. brief for the illustrious subject, is evidenily written by one who loved the man, revered the prelate, and thoroughly appreciated his power of intellect, his energy of character, and his boundless zeal. To an apparently trivial incident was that tribute eventually due. How the Bishop became known to his future biographer happened in this way: A lady of rank and refinement came to Baltimore with the view of consulting a dentist of repute ; whom she accordingly visited shortly after her arrival in that city. 4he case, though important to the lady, was not of that acute nature which re quired immediate attention ; and the dentist having satisfied himself on this point, asked his visitor to excuse him that day, as he had made an engagement which he was very anxious to keep. “In fact, madam, Bishop England, the most celebrated preacher in our country, is now in this city, and I had determined to hear him.” “By all means, sir,” replied the lady, “do carry out your inten tion—l can call as conveniently to-mor row-” The lady withdrew ; but not well knowing bow to dispose of her time, which hung rather heavily on her hands, she thought she could not do better, in order to occupy . an hour or so, than go and hear the famous preacher. She went ; and so strong was the impression produced on her mind by the Bishop, then in the full vigor of his intellect, that she became half a Catholic on the spot. On her return she confided to her brother —a man of considerable eminence as a scholar, and a gentleman of the highest personal character—the change wrought in her opinions respecting the Catholic Church. The brother received the start ling intelligence with feelings of alarm and indignation. But how check the evil ?—how draw her back from the fatal goal to which, with all the ardor and im pulsiveness of a woman, she was sora pidly hurrying? He should himself un dertake the fraternal duty of solving her doubts, and confuting her new-born er rors ; and the more surely to convince her of her folly, he commenced an ear nest course of reading and enquiry— and in order to foil the Bishop with his own weapons, he resolved to hear him preach. lie did go ; and such was the power of the preacher, and the honest candor of the listener, that the alarmed and indignant brother was actually re ceived into the Church before the sister, who was only on the road to it! And from the date of his conversion the Cath olic Church in America had not a bolder, or abler champion than William George Read, the author of the “Memoir of Bishop England.” [to be continued.] A large and influential meeting was held on March 2, in Exeter Hall, under the auspices of the Catholic Association for the Suppression of Drunkenness. It was presided over by his Grace the Arch bishop of Westminster. It was the first Catholic meeting ever held in Exeter Hall. OBITUARY. DEATH OF BISTER MARY JOSEPH, OF THE COM MUNITY OF THE SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH. Sister Mary Joseph died iu St. Augustine last Satur day woek, the 14th inst., having lingered for a few weeks in consumption , contracted in tho discharge of her duties. The Sisters of Bfc. Joseph have lately come from France on an errand of Charity and Religion to ward the colored people, for whom they Lave opened schools in Savannah, in St. Augustine, and in Manda rin, Florida. All remember how at the close of the war, the civil and social position of the colored popula tion of the Southern States having been altogether changed, tho Holy Father recommended this portion of the human family, poor and degraded as it might be, to the solicitude of the Catholic Bishops of Amer ica, with the view of gathering into the true fold of Christ, this harvest, which seemed to be maturing and ready for the harvest ; and application was made to the community of St, Joseph in tho very city of Puy, in France, where the community originated. The call was responded to with astonishing generosity. Mem bers asked most eagerly to abandon all the ties of home and country, and to cross the wide ocean in order to help the ignorant and distressed freedmeu of America. Sister Mary Joseph was among the first to offer her self, being only twenty years of age, and having spent only two years in the Community. Her mother, who is still living in comfortable circumstances, had to give her consent for her departure ; it was a severe struggle between nature and grace ; but grace overpowered nature so fully, that she offered the dower of her daughter, which parents in France always give to es tablish them in the world, to defray the expenses of the colony of the Sisters of St. Joseph going to .Amer ica. The colony went first to St. Augustine, where they had much to suffer from various privations and uncomfortable lodgings. Sister Mary Joseph made no murmur nor complaint, and it is from this cause, prob ably, that the fatal disease, which earned her off, origi nated. As soon as the Sisters had become sufficiently acquainted with the language and country they took charge of colored schools. Sister Mary Joseph was sent to Savannah, where she was most active and zealous in the discharge of her duties. Meanwhile, the disease made progress, and it was thought proper to send her back to St. Augustine, where she had the happines of dying with extraordinary piety', a martyr, we may well say, to zeal, charity, religion, and obedience. ADVERTISEMENTS. PROSPECTUS. Will be Issued early in April, 1868, THE BALTIMORB LEADER, A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF NEWS, POLITICS, literature, economy AND ART. PUBLISHED SATURDAY NIGHT BY THE LEADER ASSOCIATION, BALTIMORE. MD. THE LEADER will give the News of the Week in condensed and readable form, Foreign and Domestic Intelligence. News from all parts of the Sontb, and the Latest Telegrams to the hour of publication. It will print good Stories, Literary Gossip and In telligence, Sketches, Humor, Poetry and Pictures of Life and Manners. It will discuss the Topics of tho Day, aud the Course of Political Events. It will note the Progress of public Improvements, and look after the interests of Commerce, Industry, Labor and the Laboring Man. 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