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The Confederate Dead.
KT J T. SCOTT.
flushed be the fife, anil still the drum !
All hearts fall into line !
Hnto a duty mkl wo come ;
Around our common skrino
We bow our heads, uncovered, bare.
In memory of the brave.
Who, fighting, fell that they might aliaro
tfweet Freedom or the. Gravel
We shed upon their tombs our tears.
And sorrow deep display,
For comrades who, devoid of fears.
Now sleep beneath the clay—
For noble men of iron hearts
And courage true and high,
Who so heroic did their parts
Without a fear or sigh;
Who faced stern death on every field,
Their homes from wrong to free ;
Who would not most submissive yield
Their rights and liberty 1
Who would not bend the knee to might.
Or fear usurping hand—
Who battled for each sovereign right
Os their own Sunny Land!
We love the ground whereon they f»*tl
In courage matchless, high ;
We love their memory far too well
To let it ever die!
We treasure ovary written word
They sent us from the field ;
We venerate each gun and sword
Which they so well did wield !
We sacred keep the locks of hair
They sent to us at home ;
Wo keep unused the vacant chair
For liim who did not come i
We keep his dog, his rod, his gun.
In memory of the slain.
But oh, the thought wo cannot shun ;
/If will not come again !
"the trees he planted are in bloom,
Tho vines he trained art* green ;
Wo, still, keep closed liis vacant room
His books remain nnseen.
His home-wove clothes he left at home.
We placed away with rare,
Until tho loved again should come
And then should proudly wear t
But oh, within the hearts of those
Who loved the dead ones dear,
Words cannot that deep grief disclose
For those who, are not here.
There is true sorrow in each breast.
For those who fighting, fell ;
For those who now in the grave rest.
And did their duty well!
Now cease our tears! We know that they
Are free in Heaven aboTe ;
We must remember this alway.
God in a God of Love ;
And as we wish to meet them there
Let us have courage high,
For none can win who fear to dare.
Or fear for Right to die!
Crivm’bHi, Go., March, 1868,
From the Winchester Times.
THE ROMANCE OF FACT.
The frequently employed assertion that
“ Truth is stranger than Fiction,” was
never more strikingly exemplified, per
haps, than in an event in real life which
transpired in the good old county of
Berkeley last week. The scene of this
romance was in the southern part of the
county, not far from Bunker Hill.
In the early years of the war, after the
occupation of the Lower Valley by the
Federal army, a gentleman of middle
age, fine address, and considerable
worldly possessions, made his appear
ance in the neighborhood indicated, in
the capacity of a grain spftulator. lie
hailed from “My Maryland,” was con
servative in his views, and as a conse
quence was introduced and kindly re
ceived into the best families in Berkeley.
Finally fate led him to the hospitable
mansion of Colonel , where he
made the acquaintance of the lovely
daughter of his host. To know her was
to admire her, and the weeks which sped
by on rapid wings, found him a constant
guest at the residence of his charmer. At
last lie made known his attachment and
love, and asked in return the heart and
hand of the young lady, which oiler was
met with a courteous but prompt and de
cided refusal.
In the same neighborhood had been
born and reared a young man of excel
lent parentage, and charming social
qualities. The Federal army was again
driven from the Valley, and the young
gentleman in question, now a gallant
soldier in the Confederate army, returned
to his home to rest awhile upon the laurels
of bravery lie had so worthily won. lie
visited the home of the Colonel, and there
met the maiden whose affections had
refused another a few weeks previous.
Through the influence of morning calls,
afternoon tete-a-tetes, and moonlight strolls,
their hearts warmed toward each other,
and love vows passed. She loved him
“ for the dangers he had passed,” and he
loved her because she did pity” him.
The result was an engagement, and when
the bugle sound summoned him to duty
again he left, indulging in bright antici
pations fur the future,
| “ Win l 7i tins mini war is over. "
But this was not to be a calm summer
ot love. Trials severe and heart-rending
were in store for the fond lovers. Fate
soon made the young man a, prisoner of
war, and tho charge of “spy” was pre
ferred against him. The drum-head trial
was gone through with, which resulted
m his conviction and sentence of execu
tion, We will not attempt to describe
the mental agony, heartache, and the con
suming anxiety which this climax of woe
visited upon the young heroine ; nor the
manly fortitude, the heroism, and the con
stancy to his country of the young man
during these sad hours. But a deliverer
came, and barn-burning Sheridan com
muted the sentence to imprisonment for
life. Shortly after, an exchange was
effected by the Confederate authorities,
and our hero No. 2 was restored to his
command.
The war closed. The “ boys in grey”
returned to their homes, poor in all things
save honor, but the large stock of this
article which they brought with them
made their reception cordial. Our hero
having escaped the dangers of “ tiood and
Held, as well as the halter so grimly
prepared by Yankee barbarity, made
haste to visit his lady love, and the meet
ing was such as might have been expected
under such circumstances.
We will not protract a detail of the ro
mance by following the lovers through
their many happy meetings; but will
hasten on to twelve months ago, when
their bright dream was rudely interrupted.
The Coloners consent to the union of the
betrothed couple was asked, when an
emphatic veto was placed upon the matter,
and the young man forbidden again to
enter the house. Os course they were
disconsolate, but yielded to the imperious
mandate, well knowing the stern charac
ter of the parent.
The scene again shifts. Lover No. 1,
in the meantime, has removed to Missou
ri, and is living in opulence, possessed of
all that could make life pleasant and at
tractive—except peerless woman’s love,
He wanted a wife, and some six months
ago made his appearance in old Berkeley
again, lie visited his former charmer,
and the result was an engagement. A
short engagement was agreed upon, and
the happy former grain speculator re
turned to his Western home to make ar
rangements for transferring the Valley
rose to bloom on Missouri soil. The mar
riage day was fixed for Tuesday, March
24. [By way of parenthesis, it may be
remarked that in all this time not one
word had passed between lover No. 2 and
| the object of his adoration ] Monday’s
train landed at Martinsburg the groom-to
be, as well as a number of his relatives
and friends. The party was met, the
license procured, and the merry crowd
departed for the Coloners residence.
Here in the meantime arrangements had
been made for a grand party that night,
and to this party the whole neighborhood
had been invited, including the young
lover, who was thus to be permitted the
boon of taking a last fond farewell of the
woman who
“ Upon his heart and life Ixad set
A deep and deathless spell.”
A gay and festive scene was that of
Monday night. Wine added to the revel
ry, and sweetest strains of music gave zest
to the intoxicating pleasures of the dance.
But in the glad throng were two sad
hearts—the one a young girl, about to
marry a man she did not love ; the other,
a young man who expected that the
coming morrow would forever cloud the
brightest hope his most blissful imagina
tion bad indulged in. The midnight
hour had passed and the revelry was at
its height. From an adjoining room the
father sent for our heroine, and to her
surprise, asked which of the lovers she
preferred—the mau to whom she was
engaged, who offered her lavish wealth,
or the young man whose fortune had
been shattered by the losses of war ?
Woman’s love w r as weightier than man’s
policy, and she promptly indicated the
young Virginian as the object of her de
votion, thus attesting the fact that she
Would lather live upon the light of one kind smile
from him,”
than become the possessor of the elegant
home and broad acres offered by the Wes
tern suitor. The young man was then
sent for aud asked how he would like to
marry the daughter. ,l Too late ! too late /”
was the sad response. But when assured
by the parent it was not too late, that the
prize might still he his, Hope mounted on
eagles’ pinions, and his being thrilled
with emotions unutterable.
Two o’clock had arrived, and it was
only seven hours until the nuptials were
to be celebrated. The Western suitor
was in ecstacies—the dream of years was
about to be realized, and the bright sun
shine which was shortly to glance over
the eastern hills was to be typical of the
bright life upon which lie was about to
enter. He is called into an adjoining
room,-and the terrible truth broken to
him—his betrothed is to become the wife
of another ! The electric flash could not
have been more stuuning ; and we drop
the curtain over a heart too deeply wounded
MMIII m fMI mmK
to appreciate or be consoled by the sym
pathies of others, no matter how wannly
they may be extended.
The disconsolate lover, with his friends,
hurried to Martinsburg, brushed the durt
of Virginia soil from their feet, and struck
for the West At the hour appointed for,
No. 1, lover No. 2 led to the altar and
was united in marriage to the young lady
upon whom the rivals had lavished their
affections.
P. S.—For particulars, see marriage
column.
In the Presbyterian Church, Martins
burg, by Rev. Mr. Wilson, on the 24th
inst, Mr John E. Boyd to Miss Virginia
Stewart, both of Berkeley county.
LATE IRISH NEWS.
From the Tablet and other Journals.
If Joseph F. Bird, a native of Drog
heda, will correspond with Thomas Sheri
dan, No, 2 Bolton-Street, Dublin, he will
hear something to his advantage. —Dublin
Irishman.
At the Meath assizes, on March 6th,
Thomas Keilly was indicted for the man
slaughter of Bernard Comesky, Upon
the application of the Crown the case was
postponed until the next assizes.
Mr. Caulfield, S. 1., Slane, county
Meath, has taken charge of Tramore, in
succession to Mr. Newland, S. 1., trans
ferred to Navan.
Michael M ’Given, of Bally bay, in the
county Monaghan, draper, has been de
clared bankrupt'
By a Rescript received from Rome,
on March 13, the \ ery Rev. John Mawe,
P. P. f \. G., Tralee, has been appointed
Dean of Kerry,
The New District Lunatic Asylum, for
Clare, which has just been built from the
plans of Messrs. Keane and Fogarty,
architects, by Mr. Meade, of Dublin, is
one of the finest looking buildings of the
kind in the South of Ireland. It will be
handed over by Mr. Meade in a few days
to the governors. Dr. Dixon, who has
been appointed resident physician, has al
ready taken up his quarters in the asylum.
Mr. Meade, of Dublin, we have heard,
has been declared contractor for the
building of anew church in Ennis.—Lim
erick Reporter.
Information wanted of .fames Glynn,
of Ballyngall, near Mullingar, county
Westmeath. When last heard from was
in the btate of Michigan, America. Any
information concerning him will be thank
fully received by his brother, Christopher
Glynn, at 4, Glengal-place, Belfast, Cos.
Antrim, Ireland. —Dublin Irishman.
On March Bth the two Judges of As
size, the Right Hon. the Lord Chief
Baron Pigott, and the Hun Mr. Justice
O’Brien, attended Mass in the Church of
the Immaculate Conception. Ilowe-Street,
in their official robes. Their Lordships
were attended to the* door of the church
by the Sub-Sheriff, Thomas Wilkinsou,
Esq., and the oheriff’s officers, and as
their Lordships stepped from the coach,
were received by Joseph Swan Waddy,
Esq., Mayor (who wore his chain of office
and was attended by his sergeants-at-mace
on the occasion), and Richard Joseph
Devereux, M. P.— Wexford People.
The operatives of the Irish North West
ern Railway works, Herrv, met in the
Maiden City tavern, the other evening,
for the purpose of presenting their late
foreman, Mr. Tunstall, with a purse of
sovereigns, as a token of their esteem and
regard. Mr. Graham, Station-master at
Derry, was unanimously voted to the
chair, and presented Mr. Tunstall with
an address.— lbid.
On Sunday night, March 8, some per
sons threw a stone, six or seven pounds
i weight, through one of Mr. John Kane’s
room windows, Tenncygan, Cos. Dougal.
The result might have been serious, as
two young girls were asleep at the time in
a bed directly opposite the window. Hap
pily there was no further injury than a
few panes of broken glass. This wanton
assault is the more heartless, as Mr. Kane
had, on the Friday before, buried the
sixth member of his family, all of whom
died within the short space of a few years.
Efforts are being made to discover the
guilty parties.
A letter from the Cape of Good Hope
informs us that the Right Rev. Dr. Grim
ley, Catholic diocese, has, at the request
of his clergy and laity, written in the
name of the Catholics of South Africa to
the Emperor of the French, thanking him
for the aid afforded to the Holy Father
during the invasion of the Papal territory
by Garibaldi and his robber bands.
On Sunday, March Ist, the new church
of St James’, at Millom, England, was
solemnly opened by the Right Rev. Dr.
Chadwick, Lord Bishop of Hexham and
Newcastle. Millom itself is quite a new'
place on the western coast of Cumber
land. It sprang into existence about
three years ago in connection with the
Haematite iron mines and blast furnaces
of Ilodbarrow.
CATHOLIC INTELLIGENCE.
DOMESTIC.
Holt Week— or, ns it is sometimes
called, the Great Week, commenced on
♦Sunday last, which was Palm Sunday—an
anniversary commemorative of our Sa
viours entry into Jerusalem, when the
populace strewed palm branches before
him. and shouted “ Hosanna to the son
of David ; blessed is he who cometh in
the name of the Lord !” The Church
makes this day a special festival, and it is
commemorated by peculiar services, the
most prominent of which is the blessing
of, and distribution of evergreens among
the congregation. At the Mass on this
Sunday the scriptural narrative of our
Lord s passion and death is read on the
gospel side ot the altar ’ and while it is
in progress the congregation stand, each
one holding an evergreen.
Holy W eek is intended to commemo
rate the most important epoch in our Sa
viour’s life—his passion, death, and burial.
On Thursday—“ Holy Thursday”—two
hosts are consecrated, one of which is
placed in a repository, generally situated
in some part of the Church away from
the grand altar, and pious Catholics spend
the day in visiting the repositories of va
rious churches, and offering up their
prayers before the consecrated elements.
The repository here was most beautifully
fitted up by the ladies of the congrega
tion, who displayed great zeal and taste
in the work. In each church, also, is kept
up what is known as the perpetual ado
ration,’ the priests and acolytes relieving
each other throughout the whole night,
remaining on bended knees before the
consecrated host After the intoning of
O
the Gloria in excelsis on Holy Thurs
day, all instrumental music ceases in the
choir, and the services thenceforth on this
day, on Food Friday, and until after the
Kyric Elcison has boon pronounced by
the celebrant of the Mass on Holy Sat
urday (-when the Gloria is again intoned)
are carried on with vocal music alone.
Good Friday is commemorative of the
crucifixion, the special service of that day
being the adoration of the cross by both
Priests and people—the former of whom
prostrate themselves before the crucified
image and remain for some minutes in
silent adoration of the Great Redeeemer
whom it typifies. No mass is celebrated
on this day (the only one in the year in
which it is omitted), but the officiating
priest consumes the elements that were
consecrated on Holy Thursday, and which
have been in the repository until removed
therefrom by to-day. This removal, from
the repository to the altar, as well as the
previous one from the altar to the reposi
tory, is accompanied by a procession of
Priests and Acolytes, and while it is in
progress the choir sing the hymn Vejrilla
Regis. Holy Saturday is commemora
tive of the entombment of our Saviour,
and Easter Sunday of his triumphant
resurrection from the dead. On the for
mer day the blessing of the holy oil, fire
and water use in the services of the
Church takes place. On Good Friday
the altar is stripped of all its adornments
and looks bare and desolate, the door of
the tabernacle is left open, typifying the
absence of the Holy Eucharist. No or
gan peals forth its solemn strains ; no
bell is rung; no joyous anthem ascends
from choir or chancel—everywhere ap
pear indices of a spirit of mourn
ing and lamentation. But on Easter
Sundiy all is changed. Music, lights,
everything that can indicate feelings of
joy and a firm faith in the great miracle
of the Resurrection is observable through
out the Cnurch. jhe Easter services
are peculiarly grand, the music on the
* ceasion being always made a speei a ]
eaturc of the religious exercises. With
Holy Saturday the season oflent is closed.
The following is published by order of
the Rt. Rev. Bishop Verot, of this Diocese:
1. On Easter Sunday the collection
is taken up for the Bishop’s fund accord
ing to the decree of the Jst Synod of
Savannah.
2. Oil Easter Sunday at Mass the
Pastoral letter of the Rt. Rev. Bishop for
the conclusion of the Mission will be read
in all the Churches of Georgia and Flori
da. At vespers the Te Drum will bo
sung in thanksgiving for the benefits re
ceived during the mission, and prayers
will be offered up for the Missionaries.
The Mass on Easter Monday will be offer
ed up for the same intentions.
3. A Synod is called for the 27th day
of April, when all the clergy of the diocese
will meet in Savannah. From the loth
day of April until the conclusion of the
Synod, ail priests will add at Mass the
coded de spiHtu sanclo to obtain the
blessing of God upon the Synod. For
the same intention, the Litany of the B.
V. Mary will be recited at the end of the
Parochial Mass on Sunday 10th, and
Sunday 26th inst.
The new Bishop of Wilmington, Dela
ware, Rev. Dr. Becker, delivered the
oration on the 17th, at Portsmouth, Ya.
Mother Jerome, Superior of the Sisters
of Charity, in New York, is getting up a
Home for Catholic Widows in destitute
circumstances.
The Franciscan Fathers of Winstead,
Ct., gave a Mission to the people of Lee,
Mass., of whom Rev. George Brennan is
pastor. It began on the 9th and closed
on the 15th. Fifteen hundred persons
received Holy Communion during the
Mission. Father Brennan was compli
mented by the Fathers for the good care
he takes to have his people, and especial
ly the children, receive all Christian in
struction. The Fathers who attended
the Mission were Rev. Friar Leo, 0. S. F.,
Superior, assisted by Rev. Friars Ed
ward, O. S. F., Vincent, O. S. F., and
B. O’Brien, 0. S. F. —Boston Pilot.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Lynch left this city,
on his return home, on March 20th. Tho
state of the Bishop’s health did not per
mit his remaining in our climate any
longer. He is suffering from a severe
cold. During his stay in Boston, every
respect was shown to him by our Rt.
Rev. Bishop, the clergy, and the people.
His mission to the North has proved both
agreeable and profitable. He was fully
convinced that the Catholic body knows
no North, no South in their charity.— lb.
A festival for the benefit of the Schools
under the auspices of the Sisters of Saint
Joseph, ot Kansas City, Missouri, re
sulted in the handsome sum of $1,071.25.
Religious Profession. —On the 29th
ult., Sister Mary Frances de Chautal
Lampe, of Hanover, Germany, made her
solemn religious profession in the Monas
tery of the Visitation B. Y. 31., of this
city. The Very Rev. Father Provincial,
C. preached an eloquent and ap
propriate sermon on the occasion, received
her sacred vows, and said the 3lass of
Profession ; he was assisted in the cere
monies by Rev. Father Holzer, C.SS.R.,
Rector of St. James’, and Rev. Father
Luhrman, C.SS.R., Rector of St. 3lichael’s.
An early 3lass was celebrated by
Rev. Father 3lullcr, C.SS.R., Rector of
St. Alphonsus. —Baltimore Mirror
FOREIGN.
Our latest intelligence from Rome is
that the nomination of the new Cardinals
was to take place on the 13th March,
and that the Emperor Napoleon lmd un
dertaken all the expenses connected with
the elevation of Monsignor Lucien Buona
parte to that dignity.
From all parts of Europe there con
tinue to arrive at Rome contributions to
Saint Peter's Pence, accompanied by ad
dresses expressive of the warmest sym
pathy with the Holy Father, and of con
demnation of the revolutionary party.
Holland lately sent through the Papal
Nuncio 30,000 Roman crowns. But one
of the most consoling facts in this matter
is the German movement in favor of
Papal Rome. The strangest part of the
matter is that the movement is being car
ried on with the greatest enthusiasm bv
the German students
The Independence Beige mentions a
rumor to the effect that the British Gov
ernment lias expressed itself favorablv
towards the maintenance of the Pope's
temporal power, and that in consequence
of this and the friendly attitude assumed
by Prussia towards the Holy See, France,
not liking to be outdone by Protestant
powers, will, in her negotiations with
! Italy, speak more decisively than ever
i upon the Roman question.
Pope Pius IX. (Giovanni Maria Mastai
Ferretti) was born in Sinigaglia, May
13, 1792 j was elected Pope on the 10th
; and crowned on the 21st of June, 1810.
i
j IV e hear that the Anglican establish
| ment at Hackney, from which seven of
; the Sisters joined the Catholic Church
a few weeks ago, is to be converted int >
; a Catholic convent, and that the ladies
who formerly belonged to the house are to
be joined by others, and they together will
form anew Convent of the Sisters of
Mercy, under the direction of the Arch
bishop of Westminster
(London Weekly Register.
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