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(For the* Banner of th* flor.th.j 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. 3