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6 Tj. t. blomf. &CO.. PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. AUGUSTA, GA., APRIL 11, 1868. PUBLISHERS’ DEPARTMENT, TERMS : One copy, onfj year, invariably in advance $3 00 “ “ six months ** " 150 Single Copies 10 eta To Clubs.—To any person sending us a Club of 15, one. copy, one year, will he given. To Clubs of 20, or more Thk Banhlk will bo furnished at the rate of $2 50 per annum, in all cases the names must be fumishodat the sajne time, and the cash must accompany each order. Dealers will be supplied on liberal terms. i l • jjr£“ All Communications, intended ft>r publication h Mii.lt .;. 1 tv. A. J. by as ; and I nsicfi s(. < n n.vtiu Ci rt to i) t 1 I'.'..' H is, I- T. Blomk & Cos., Augusta, G«. jpg- A few Advertisements will be received, and in serted on liberal terms. - 0 - ' ■■ ■ ■ Agents for Tfce Banner of the South : General Traveling Agents.— Capt. M. J. O’CONNOR and Lieut W. A. WRIGHT. Charleston, S. C,—EDW. LEE. Savannah, Ga.—E. M. CONNER. Maoon, Ga.—C. J. CAREY. Atlanta, Ga. —E. G. L. MOBLEY. Columbus, Ga.— Roy. P. CULLINAME is alone au thorized to receive subscriptions, for the Present. General Agent for Florida.—J. EYANH L ROST, Jack sonville, “ Mercury ” office. The paper can also be obtained from news and periodical dealers everywhere. Specimen copies will l>e sent to any address, on application. Agents Wanted. — Wo want Agents in all parts of the country—good, relia ble, active men, who will take an in terest in extending the circulation of The Banner of the South. To City Subscribers. —We have ar rayed to deliver the Banner to our city subscribers. If they fail to get their papers, they will oblige us by notifying ns promptly of the fact. To Postmasters. —We have received several complaints from subscribers at Savannah that they did not get their papers. A few complaints have also been received from Atlanta and Macon. Wo respectfully call the attention of the worthy gentlemen who preside over these institutions to these facts, and hope they will aid ns all that they can in getting our paper to subscribers. A Day to thf. Memory of the Lost Cause. —We invite the especial attention of our readers to the article under this caption in another part of the Banner. It is from the pen of one of Georgia’s most gifted daughters—one whose poetic soul is wrapt in love for her dear sunny land, and whose patriotism—bright reflex of all the daughters of the South ! —is always aglow with fervor and devotion to the “JLost Cause.” Her name—Carrie Bell Sinclair —has become “ familiar as househould words” to our people, and her suggestion is worthy of consideration. We hope to have our columns often graced by the productions of her mind and pen. , [Com mujiicftted. Queries.—Did any of the Peabody Fund, for the education of Southern chil dren, come to Augusta ? If it did, into whose hands did it fall ? If it fell into anybody’s hands, did it stay there ? If it was distributed, by whom was it so dis tributed? Was it equally distributed among the Schools of Augusta ? We know a School or so that- knows nothing of that fund. Who will auswer the above queries, and very much oblige One who wants to Know ! — . The Unasked Good.— The prayer which Socrates taught his disciple Alci biades deserves a place in the daily devo tions of every Christian: “That he should beseech the Supreme God to give him what was good for him, though he should not ask it, and to withhold from him what ever would be hurtful, though lie should be so foolish as to pray for it.” [For the Banner of the South.] The Dead Infant ——— ! Hrrw white it is! How fair the tiny hand at r«st Upon its bosom cold.. What hae this utainlesa breast E’er known of sin or grief? Pure es the bud whose leaves Are nestling .near tiiat young and si:Jess heart it grieves Lb much to part with one so ffiir. Yet Faith can give Tills comfort, holy, sweet, “the child though dead shall live.” He who unsinking walked the tempest tossed waves, Can bring us to the gem our heart so stricken craves To wear once more. Our treasure is not lost, but. given In holy trust to Him, who loves it new in Heaven. God “loveth whom he c hasten t: 111.” and to the poor “shorn lamb” He “tempera oft the wind,'’ till in the blessed calm Which falls upon our hearts, wo pant not for the strife, But only for the “water brooks,” there to drinlt the life Those waters give: to walk where “Gilead shed her balm” We pant to rest our weary forms ou “Jordan's banks of palm.” K. B. C'******. Macon, March 21. v/, 1868. PASTORAL LETTER FOR THE CONCLU SION OF THE MISSION. April, 1868. Augustin Veeot, by the Grace or God, aud the favor of the Apostolic See, Bishop of Savannah and Administrator Apostolic of Florida, To the, Clergy and Laity of Georgia and Florida, health and benediction : Beloved Brethren . We addressed you before the Mission, in order to exhort you to open your hearts to the sacred inti nonces of Divine Grace, and invoke the Divine blessing upon the exercises that were to be per formed in your midst. We think it most proper, nay, we feel it to be a duty of gratitude and justice to address you again after the close of those Heavenly exer cises, in order to give expression to our deep and heartfelt gratitude to God who has blessed the labors of those devoted Missionaries beyond our most sanguine expectations, and invite you, invite all the Diocese and all the children of God throughout Georgia and Florida, to unite in one grand chorus of praise and thanks giving to Him whose works are always admirable and whose mercies are above all his works, saying with the prophet— “ Give ye glory to the Lord, for He is good : for liis mercy endureth forever.’ The devoted Missionaries have just termi nated their labors in Atlanta, which was' the last Church of our Diocese, where they planted their significant Cross, invi ting all sinners to repentance before that sacred pledge of forgiveness. I heir min istrations have been everywhere crowned with success, from the moment they opened the Mission in the Cathedral of Savannah, till they closed it in Atlanta. Everywhere the Catholic population, and a large number of those who did not be long to the household of faith, have rallied around their pulpit, filled Churches to overflowing and suffocation, and better than all, an anxious crowd of penitents have literally besieged their confessionals leaving them scarcely any moment for the refection of their bodies and the rest of their exhausted frames. In the Cathe dral of Savannah, in the new Church of St. Patrick, in our city, in the time-hon ored Spanish Church of St. Augustine, in the extemporaneous Church or Shanty of Jacksonville, over the ruins of the Church burnt during the war, in the splendid edifice of Augusta, in the new Church of Macon, and in the humble Sanctuaries of Columbus and of Atlanta, the same consoling scenes have been wit nessed over and over again, ot anxious multitudes pressing around the Missiona ries to listen to the words of grace which fell from their lips, and drink freely at this fountain of religious instructions and emotions. It was truly the voice of God through his humble and frail organs. The voice of man is only empty sound ; the voice of God penetrates the heart and makes the heart embrace anew life. The voice of God, says the prophet, in power; the coice of God in magnifi cence; the to ice <y God breaketh Cedars, yea the Lord shall break the Cedars of Libanus.—Ps. *2B. We cannot enumerate the solid and substantial good that has been accom plished by the Mission. God alone knows the number of sinners who have been re conciled to God by an humble confession of their guiit in the tribunal ot penance where they have been washed and cleansed in the blood of the Lamb. Many have opened their consciences to the Minister of God who for ten, twenty or thirty years had turned a deaf ear to all the ad monitions ot their Pastors Many" sacri legious confessions, where a lake shame had closed the heart and lips ot unfortu nate victims of the dumb spirit, have been repaired, and they now have peace, unalterable peace in their hearts and consciences, The table ot angels, where flesh divine becomes the food of mortals, has been resorted to by hundreds and by thousands. It has been our unspeak- Mill® @1 THE. B©IEI. • able consolation to strengthen, with the Holy chrism of salvation, a large number of adults, and of old and almost decrepit Catholics, who had hitherto neglected to receive the sacrament of confirmation. Many have returned to the ancient fold which their fathers had left, going after novelties and strange doctrines. They have abjured those fake and heretical doctrines, and have been received into the bosom of that Church which has seen so many heresies spring up and die away. Many who had never entered the Church of God, nor even any Church at all, have, by Holy Baptism, become children of God, and of the Church, members of Christ, and heirs of Heaven. Many invalid and dubious marriages have been rehabilitated, and those who lived in adultery and crime, or in the danger of crime, which is almost the same thing, have settled their consciences and doubts, fulfilling the re quirements of God and of his Church. Some, and we mention this as a bright instance of the all-powerful Grace of God, have openly and boldly abjured the Secret Societies to which they had been affiliated, in contempt of the law of God and of his Church. They can say: “Thou hast broken by bonds, I will sacrifice to Thee the sacrifice of praise.”—Ps. 115. Chains they were, the bonds and chains of Satan, the meshes of that net in which the infernal tyrant entraps so many de iuded, proud, hoodwinked men. We said some; would to God we could say many of all the members of those darkness loving Societies have opened their eyes, broken their bonds, and destroyed their covenant with death ; hut alas! we have to deplore the obstinacy, or puerile fears, or cowardice of many who dread more the threats of. impotent men than the anathemas of him to whom Christ said : “ Whatsoever thou shall bind on earth, it shall be found also in Heaven.” Our only consolation is that they, and others who have remained deaf to the vivid ex hortations of the ambassadors of God, will have no occasion to lay their loss, their eternal loss, to our charge ; for they have received due and solemn warning of their impending fate. These, beloved brethren, are the fruits of the mission, not to speak of others not so bright, perhaps, in the eyes of men, but, perhaps, more important in themselves, and more prolific of spiritual advantages: for our mothers have had an occasion of knowing better their duties and the sublime mission of religion and zeal for which the Sacrament of Marriage consecrates them. Our young girls have been warned to avoid the dangers and awful temptations by which they are surrounded. Our fathers of family have been taught to be the heads, the spiritual heads of that divinely appointed society, the domestic society where they ought to act as Missionaries, nay as Bishops, according to a remark of a father of the Church. The domestic society is the element of that other larger society, the State and the Church. It the elements and constituent parts be good, the building will, indeed, be solid and prosperous. If the elements he bad, nothing can be expected but confusion, strife, disorder and total rum. Our young men have been exhorted and directed to avoid the snares which the evil one lays before their feet, and to realize, by their examples and virtues, the bright hopes which religion and the country re pose in them. On contemplating what the Mission has accomplished throughout the vast territory confided to our solicitude, have we not reasons, most powerful reasons, to be grateful to the Author of every good gift ? Yes, we wish nil to lift up their hands and their hearts to God in fervent, and most fervent gratitude. Gratitude is a want, an irresistible want, and an insa tiable craving of human hearts. The children of God have at all times consid ered it as the chief duty ot religion to return thanks for the benefits which the Divine Goodness bestowed upon them. When the patriarchs of old received a favor from Heaven, on the very spot where they had received the benefit they erected an altar that it might be a lasting monument of their gratitude to God. Moses and the chosen people sang their beautiful canticle after the crossing of the lied Sea. Mary, after having conceived the Itedeemer of men, and become the Mother of God, sung her Magnificat , which will resound in the Church to the end of ages, and perpetuate her gratitude to God St. Ambrose and St. Austin, after the conversion and the baptism of the latter, sang the beautiful canticle, Te lJeuni , which the Catholic Church loves to repeat as the expression of her loveand gratitude for the spiritual favors which she receives fiv-m her Diving Spouse. Let the faithful imitate the conduct of the children of grace in times past. Let them give vent to the gratitude which ougiit to fill their hearts, and let them remember the remark of a great Doctor of the Church, that “ingratitude is a burn ing wind which drains the source of Divine mercy, and dries up the fountain of Divine blessings, whereas gratitude for past favors is a sure pledge of new bless ings.” Let our thanks rise to Heaven, they will come down upon us in anew and multiplied blessings. As the water which comes from the clouds and imparts fer tility to the earth, does not remain in the earth, but, under the action of the sun, returns to the clouds to fall again in new beneficial showers, so let our thanks rise to Heaven and abundant blessings will be continually showered down upon us. In your gratitude, beloved brethren, you ought not to forget the zealous Mis sionaries, who have been the worthy in struments of Divine Providence in securing to you so many and so great favors. Your attachment and devotedness to them has filled them with holy joy and consola tion, and they retire from your midst with the conviction that they carry away with them your affection, your love, your regret, and your fervent congratulation. But we would suggest to you not to con fine your gratitude to these sentiments and pious emotions of the heart. Legiti mate as they are, we remind you that something more substantial ought to he done, and we mean that you ought to repay them by means of that Heavenly commerce practiced among the children of God, which is nothing else than the practical working of the consoling dogma of our religion, the communion of Saints. Pray for the devoted Missionaries who have been the occasion of so much good. Invoke the Divine blessing upon them, recommend them to the Divine mercy, that they may be saved from all dangers, and that they maybe enabled and empow ered to carry to other portions of the flock of Christ, the spiritual blessings with which they have enriched you, and may the Divine Majesty soon bring them hack among us to console again those whom their departure afflicts, and to reap a still larger harvest of merits, and make still more glorious conquests for God! We cannot conclude this Pastoral Ad dress, without exhorting you to holy per severance, that you may preserve and cause to fructify the invaluable blessings you have received During the Mission. “He that shall persevere unto the end, he shall, he saved ” These are the words of our dear Lord in the Gospel: we must persevere—nay, persevere to the end. It will avail us nothing to commence well unless we persevere, and persevere to the end. to the end of our life, to our very last breath, and hence the remark of a father of the Church, that, in Christians, it is not the beginning, but the end that is looked to. J udas began well and ended badly; he is lest. St. Paul began badly and ended well; he is saved, and a great Saint in Heaven So must you every day excite yourselves to anew desire of persevering in your good resolutions and winning the prize. After having washed your garment, could you wallow in filth again ? After having obtained a seat among the Angels of Heaven, could you descend to a level with brutes, and place yourselves under the feet of demons ? oh! the last stale of that man becomes worse than the first. Our Lord says, seven evil spirits worse than the former would then tyrannize over your soul. But, in order to persevere, you must em ploy the means, the efficacious means of persevering which have been proposed to to you. f ihe gift of perseverance is the gift of gilts, the one that crowns the others ; the one, without which, all others are useless. The fathers of the Church tell you that this gift is attached to prayei. Those who ask for the gift, will obtain it; those who ask not, will not have it. Devote then your life to exercises of piety and to practices of devotion. Prayer and the Sacraments are the true, the sure, and the only way of persevering, because the Grace of God is given to us by Prayer and the Sacraments. God, as we learn from the Council of Trent, which has adopted upon this the words of St. Austin, will not abaudon you first; but you may abandon him first, and compel him to abandon you; you abandon God when you abandon Prayer and the Sacraments. Form to yourselves, therefore, a rule of life, prescribing to yourselves exercises of piety for every day, for every week, for every month. Let the morning and night devotions, let a short meditation, if possible, let the holy rosary, spiritual reading, visit of the Blessed Sacrament be no longer practices unknown and strange for you. Above all, let com munion, and frequent communion, be re sorted to by all as an essential condition of perseverance. Communion gives food to our soul ; if you can live without food, then can you expect to persevere without communion. But the thing is impossible, and hence, if you neglect communion, your soul will become weak and languish ing ; you will die of inanition. £atan finding you deprived of all strength will easily make you fall into temptation and mortal sin, which will give the deathblow" to your soul. But if you receive ofteD, you will then eat the fruit of the tree of life; which will preserve and maintain your soul in spiritual vigor, strength, and indestructible vitality. To give effect to the suggestions of the present Pastoral Letter, we direct the Kev. Clergy throughout Georgia and Florida, to read the same in their respec tive congregations on Easter Sunday, and we prescribe that the Te Dcum be sung at the Benediction of the Blessed Sacra ment after Vespers of Easter Sunday, in thanksgiving for the benefits received from God during the Mission. Before the Benediction the Collect pro gratiaram actione found in the Missal afler the Mass of the Most Holy Trinity shall be recited in thanksgiving, together with the Collect pro devotis amicis found at the end of the Missal ( 0-rat, ad diver) for the devo ted Missionaries who have labored among you. Knowing, also, that it is at the Holy Altar and Sacrifice that thanksgiving and impetration are particularly efficacious, we direct that the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass be offered up on Easter Monday for the above mentioned purposes by every Pastor, with the above mentioned Collects of Thanksgiving and Prayer for the Mis sionaries to be added to the Prayer of the day; and the faithful shall be specially in vited and exhorted to be present at that Mass on Easter Monday morning. Given in Savannah, on Palm Sunday, 1868. AUGUSTIN, Bishop Saw and Ad. An. Fla. By order : P. Dufau, Sec’y. GENERAL NEWS. President Davis’ trial has been post poned until May 2d. Sergeant Bates, with his flag, arrived in Richmond on Wednesday last. Hon. John E. Ward, of Georgia, has been lecturing in New York for the benefit of the Bishop Elliott fund. Judge Irwin has been declared ineli gible by Gen. Meade. Gen. Jno. B. Gor don has been nominated by the Demo crats as their candidate for Governor of Georgia. The U. S. Supreme Court has decided in favor of Win. Gaines, regarding 1 his legitimacy, and recognizing the marriage of Zuleime Carriere to Daniel Clark, and the validity of his will of 1813. Sales under his will of 1811 are declared null and void. General Burnside, the Republican can didate for Governor of Rhode Island, has been elected by a tritie over 4,000. Connecticut has given Gov. English, the Democratic candidate, about 1,500 majority—a large gain over the vote of last year. The new Constitution of Ohio has been defeated. The Democrats have carried Sandusky, Ohio, Cincinuati, Ohio, and Evansville, Indiana, and elected their candiuate for Mayor of Milwaukie, Wis. The U. S. Supreme Court has decided that a contract interrupted by the war must be completed on the return of peace. D’Arcy McGee, a member of the Ca nadian Parliament, has been shot dead at Ottawa. Gen* H. 11. Welles lias been appointed Governor of Virginia, and sworn in as such. % The cars on the Augusta and Summer ville Railroad are now running to the Sand Hills. The fare on the City Line has been reduced to 16 tickets for sl, in place of PJ as heretofore. The impeachment trial is still pro gressing. The argument has been com menced. The Georgia State Medical Association commenced its session in this city on 1 uesday last. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : President, Dr. L. A. Dugas, of Augusta; First Vice President, Dr. S. Ray, of Atlanta; Second Vice President, Dr. I. G. Thomas, of Savannah; For Treasurer, Dr. E. Newton, of Savannah ; Recording Secretary, Dr. S. 11. Orme, ol Atlanta; Corresponding Secretary, Dr. J. B. Bailey, of Augusta. London. April 8, p. m.—Letters were received h<*re to-day from Dr. Living stone, via Zanzibar. He was in good health, and returns to England alter a successful journey. it is rumored that Lord Cranbcrnc has been tendered the Canadian Governor Generalship, Earl Mayo, the Indian Gov ernor Generalship. Lord Fitzgerald is about resigning the Irish Appeals Judge ship. Ihe Irish Hierarchy are preparing a petition to the Queen against the changes of the revenues of the Irish Church. A ioleuce against persons and property are daily reported in Cork. Advices by cable from Italy announce the illness of the Holy Father, tho Pope. The prayers of the faithful should be of fered up for his speedy recovery, as his life is of inestimable value to the Church at this time.