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[From the Baltimore Leader.]
Our friend, E. A. Sea brook, relates a
legend of’ Ireland, and does a bit of de
scriptive verse :
O'Donoghue.
Among the many fictions created by
the wild imagination of the Irish, the
most beautiful is the legend of the O’Don
ohue. Any one whose soul has lately
been shriven—says the legend—happen
ing on the shore of Lough Lein at dawn
on the first day of May, will hear, just as
the sun rises, a wild strain of music, of
unearthly sweetness, welling up from the
bosom of the lake. In the species of
magical trance which will suddenly fall
upon the spectator’s senses, he will behold
the ancient castle of the O’Donoghue
rise witli “majestic motion'’ upon the
steep, which formerly it crowned in the
4ays of baronial pride. From the opeu
gateway of the forest, a solitary knight,
clad in the vesture of an ancient Irish
chieftain, rides slowly forth upon a snow
white steed. The forms of eld, elves, and
fairies, glistening with brilliant hues,
wheel on swift wings in intricate mazes
about the knight, and strew a profusion
of beautiful flowers upon his traek. He
rides straight onward upon the waters of
the lake, and turning at the midmost
point, surveys for a moment with melan
choly glance, the abode of his ancient race;
then slowly waves his baud with solemn
gesture towards the stately towers, and
immediately the pageant disappears.
Upon the crags in rosy light
The dawn’s first glories shine,
Where sleep below the storied height
The waters of Lough Lein ;
Just glows the early flush on high.
A fainter, paler ray,
lire yet the sun shall scale the sky,
And pour a brighter day,
As o’er the summit, streaming wide,
The golded splendor breaks.
A wild, sweet music from the tide
In soft response awakes ;
And taint tliro’ silent glens it thrills,
And dewy dingles near,
Till, swelling loud above the hills.
It peals along the air.
Upon the cliffs with ruins piled.
In measure to the strain,
The wrecks of ages, scattered wild,
Are marshalled once again ;
And swift, as by enchantment’s power,
The gathering rocks arise,
Till massive wall, and stately tower,
Frown dark against the skies.
The ancient baron’s feudal keep
In battlemented pride
Looms, darkly towering, on the steep,
And gleams upon the tide—
No sign nor sound of life is ther j
Within its silent halls ;
No banners in the stirless air
Droop o ’er the vacant walls.
Lo! from the portal's open arch,
Upon a course white,
Hides slowly forth, with stately march,
A solitary knight—
No clarion’s notes awakes the glen
With high announcing strain ;
No pageant proud of martial men
Is glittering in his train.
But thronging lairy forms are seen
Quick springing far around,
Where the bright circles magic green
Enamel o’er the ground ;
And glistening bright with many a hue.
On swift terial wing,
Around the hero’s track they strew
The garlands of the Spring.
Upon the lake with motion slow
He holds his steady course ;
The willing tides forget to flow.
And bear the gallant horse
’Till far amid the encircling lands
He stays his straight career.
And, wheeling o’er the water, stan Is
In stony stillness there.
A moment o’er the broad expanse
Os battlements on high, •
He sweeps with melancholy glanc-
His proudly pensive eye ;
And then salutes with lifted hand
The long departed years ;
And swift, as at magician’s wan 1.
The pageant disappears.
IRISH 7jEWS-
Ihe Irish ( tiizen says the chief topics
•Icalt with in the Irish papers, b}* our
hist mails are, first, the Parliamentary
movement tor “disestablishing’’’ the Es
tablished Church ; second, the visit of the
Prince and Princess of Wales: and third,
the rigorously severe treatment of politi
cal off’euders in the Irish prisons. As to
the first, very little excitement can be got
up although English “Liberals,” aud a
portion ad the British press, pretend that
justice to lieland is now at last to be ex
pected immediately. It has given us
some surprise to find that the Nation is
lenumg its influence to encourage the ex
pectation of such an act of “justice ” as
the abolition of that Church* would cer
tainly be.” Says the Nation :
On Monday last the British Parlia
ment, for the first time in history, com
menced a serious attempt to deal effect
ively with the monstrous injustice which
assumes the title of the Irish Church
Establishment, and which has long since
been judged and condemned by the en
lightenment and wisdom of the Empire
Morally, the Anglican Church in Ireland,
lias long ago been laid prostrate ; from
English Protestant divines and English
Protestant Statesmen, the thunders of
condemnation have rocked it to its founda
tion, but, sustained b}’ the pusillanimity
or the prejudice of successive govern
ments, and protected by all the artifices
of bigotry and corruption, it lingered on
amid the scorn and derision of every
justice-loving and impartial mind. Even
those who acknowledged its anomalous
character, shrank from putting into exe
cution the sentence of condemnation
which they felt themselves coerced to
pronounce. Statesmen who were unable
to defend the “Irish Church.” on the
grounds ot principle or policy, recoiled
from a collision with the forces which
bigotry and intolerance arrayed in its
favor, and so, between clamor and cow
ardice, the welfare of Ireland has been
sacrificed. Stung into action, however,
by the prevalence of dangerous disaffec
tion in Ireland, the English Liberals
have at length taken a bold plunge,
and, in the resolutions introduced
by Mr. Gladstone, an earnest of real
resolute work is afforded.
DUBLIBf.
From the quarterly return of mar
riages, births, and deaths, in Ireland, we
gather that the births registered for the
three months, ending the 31st of Decem
ber last, were 32,479 ; and deaths 20,-
672; and the number of emigrants. 13,-
227. It would, therefore, appear that a
decrease of 1,420 has taken place in the
population of the country within the past
quarter.
The return of the registrar of marriages,
births, and deaths, shows that the num
ber of emigrants who left the various
ports in Ireland for the three months
ending the 31st of December last, was
13,227, being 33 in excess of the num
ber for the corresponding quarter of
1866,
During the four weeks ending March
28, eleven deaths have been caused in
Dublin by the purple fever, which threat
ens to become endemic. As in preceding
cases, the victims were under the age of
puberty, and a considerable majority—
nine out of eleven—were males.
During three years of the famine, it is
computed that Ireland lost nearly forty
millions’ worth of produce, and at one
period there were within a few thousand
of eight hundred thousand men depend
ent for the daily support of themselves
and their families on the public works.
Ferm anagh.— There is a rumor abroad
and gaining ground, which points at a
change in the representation of Ennis
killen before the general election. It is
said that the Hon, Mr. Cole, who is not in
good health, is about to resign the seat,
and that Lord Viscount Cole, son of the
Earl of Enniskillen, will offer himself to
the electors.
The of Earl Enniskillen, who had been
so seriously ill that his life was despaired
of, is now better.
Lowth.— Fine weather has come at last,
and throughout the county of Louth far
mers are exceedingly busy with agricul
tural operations. Now that strong and
willing hands are required for work that
has been seriously retarded by the in
clemency of the season, it is lamentable
to see the young of both sexes swelling
the tide of emigration from our shores.
Dundalk Examiner, April 1.
It is rumored that Mathew O’Reilly
Deasc, Esq., I). L., of Ravenswell, Bray,
and Dee Farm, Dtmlecr, will be a can
didate for the county Louth, at, the next
election, on “thoroughly independent
principles.”— Ibid.
A few days ago the wife of Mr. Thomas
Gartlan, a former residing at Dromiskin
Commons, in the county of Louth, gave
birth to four children. —lbid
The fishing season at the Blackrock,
near Dundalk, has been the must unpro
ductive of any known during the present
generation.— lbid.
On Saturday last we were agreeably
surprised to see on the stall of Mr.
Thomas Carpenter, three early lambs,
which weighed ten pounds and a half per
quarter, and were bought from Mr. James
Eakins, of Colpe.— Drogheda, Argus,
March 28.
Limerick. —One of the constabularly
named Murphy, stationed near Bruff, was
nearly beaten to death on his return from
the races of Kilmallock, on March 26,
having been attacked by a large party of
men at a public-house on the road be
tween these two towns. They beat and
abused him in a very savage manner,
with sticks, inflicting serious injuries on
the man’s head, which may prove dan
gerous. A pistol which he carried was
taken from him, but afterwards restored
fortunately without any use being made
of it. The man has sworn information
against his assailants, four or five of whom
have been arrested.
The half yearl y meetings of the Lim
erick and Ennis and Limerick and Fovnes
- t-rr- ~ ‘ *
| Railway Companies were held on Satur
day. Neither company pays a dividend.
The traffic for the half year on the Lim
erick and Foynes line shows an increase
of £it i 2 18. Id. In the traffic of the
other line there has been a decrease of
c£479 10s. 9d., as compared with iB6O.
Roscommon.— With feelings of sincere
regret have we to announce the demise of
that much respected clergyman, Rev.
Timothy O’Reirne, P. P., Baslick; which
took place at Castle Plunket, on'.March
24. He was zealous in the discharge of
his duty to his flock, and conscientious
and sincere in every relation.— Messenger.
Waterford.— The Quarter Sessions
were opened on March 23, by the Chair
man, B. C. Lloyd, Esq . Q. C., and the
following magistrates: Sir John Nugent
Humble, Bart., Lord Hastings Henry A.
Fitzgerald, John R. Dower, Samuel It.
lifzgerald, Samuel E McGuire, Simon
Bagge, Richard Usher, Thomas Sherlock,
H. Redmond, R. M. There were but
three or four bills for petty larceny to go
before the grand jury, and one against°a
man named Wm. Power, for having a
gun, or rather a part of a gun, in a pro
claimed district, without being licensed.
Mr. P. Kelly prosecuted for the crown,
Power was bound in his recognizance to
come up for judgment when called upon.
His Lordship, the Most Rev. Dr.
O’Brien, visited the schools of the Sisters
of Charity and Christian Brothers, in
Tramore, on April 2, and expressed his
admiration of the g”eat good effected by
these excellent institutions. His Lordship
also paid a visit to the Parish Priest of
Tramcre, the Rev. Nicholas Cantwell.
Westmeath. —We learn by a cable tel
egram, of April 16, that 11. Featherston
haugh, Esq., of Westmeath, one of the
wealthiest men of that county, and a great
landowner, was shot and killed on the
night of April 15, near his residence, by
an unknown man. The assassin escaped
in the darkness. The police are on his
track, have as yet made no arrests. Mr,
Featherstonhaugh, the murdered gentle
man, was a man of high social standing,
a strong supporter of the government,
and what is termed an “active magis
trate” on behalf of the Crown.
Westmeath.— There was a better at
tendance at Tagbmon fair on April 2,
than for some months past. Every de
partment was well supplied, with the ex
ception of those of veal and lamb Prices
for prime beef remain firm, but those for
bacon experienced a fall 2s. to 3s: per
cwt., top prices being 555. Gd. per cwt.
[ People.
On March 23, the Rev. Walter Har
pur, C. C., Lady’s Island, ccparted this
life, at the venerable age of seventy years.
The immediate cause of his death was
paralysis; but though he had been for a
number of years in a delicate state of
health, the melancholy event was quite
unexpected.- -Ibid.
CATHOLIC INTELLIGENCE.
Progress of the Church in Augusta.
—Besides the converts received into the
Church during Holy Week, Father Ilyan
baptised five last Sunday evening, and
receives six persons into the Church this
week. We understand that a great many
colored people are applying to him for
instruction. So the work progresses.
Owing to tiie heavy rains and freshets
of last week, which interrupted railroad
travel, the Synod of Georgia and Florida,
convoked by Rt. llev. Bishop Verot, did
not meet in Savannah at the appointed
time, Monday evening, April 27. It is
to meet Monday evening, May 4.
We learn from the Gazette, that the
Sacrament, of Confirmation was adminis
tered to a large number by Rt. Rev. Bishop
Lynch at the Cathedral Chapel, Sunday,
April 19. The Gaze'te says:
Though the weather was unpropiti
ous. there were a goodly number present ;
among whom were seventy-six young
ladies, all postulant for the seven gifts ot
the Holy Ghost, which this Sacrament
confers. The whole ceremony was sub
limely grand. Before administering Con
firmation, the Bishop delivered a most
eloquent and appropriate address, re
minding the candidates that they were
about to become enrolled as Soldiers of
Christ. That they were about to receive
Knowledge, Fortitude, Counsel, Wisdom
and the other gifts which this Sacrament
gives, through the grace of the Holy
Ghost “As water is used in Baptism,
so chrism is used in Confirmtaion The
outward anointing with chrism, represents
the inward anointing of the soul with the
gifts of the Holy Ghost, as the outward
ablution with water in Baptism denotes
the inward washing of the soul, by the
sanctifying grace of God."
The editor of the Freeman's Journal,
New York, will receive and register, but
not publish, the names of young gentle
men, able themselves, t>r through their
friends, to pay their way, and desirous to
serve the cause of religion by defending
in person the Holy Father.
The editor, however, states, upon in
formation, that the time has not come for
any contingent of Papal defenders from
these States. Money, not men, is the
present demand of the Holy Father and
cf religion. Mr. McMaster says that
there are men enough there, ready and
willing.
The Dominican Fathers are giving
missions in some oi the New England and
Middle States, doing a vast deal of good
wherever they visit.
From the Freeman's Journal of the
25th of April, we learn that two zealous
Priests ot the diocese of Detroit, Rev
Vancler Heyden, Pastor of Saginaw, and
Rev. Wicart, Pastor of Pontiac, both of
Michigan, sailed for Europe, on a visit
to their native Belgium, after many
years’ absence.
Cathedral,— The Rt. Rev. Bishop of
Philadelphia has just obtained an entirely
new set of Vestments for the Cathedral. I
They are made of white silver doth, and !
the decorations and ornaments are of gold,
done with the needle, and not by ma
chinery. They consist of two copes, one
chasuble, four dalmatics, veil for sub
deacon, and usual number of stoles and
maniples. They were made in Brussels,
and cost in currency near $3,000. They
were used last Sunday tor the first time.
These vestments have elicited universal
admiration, and we heartily congratulate
the Rt. Rev, Bishop on the fine taste he
always displays in all that pertains to the
increase ot tlie grandeur and solemnity
of the service of the Church.— Catholic
Standard.
Cardinal Bonaparte s Address to
the Pope.— The French papcis publish
the following report of Cardinal Bona
parte’s address to the Holy Father, in the
name of the newly created Cardinals, at
the close of the first Consistory :
Holy Father —Ttietrated with the
liveliest gratitude, my venerable col
leagues and I come to thank your Holi
ness for the dignity to which you have
deigned to raise us, and to lay at the
august feet of God’s Vicar on Earth the
tribute ol our profound veneration, and
the sentiments of devotion which will
animate us till our last moment for Holy
Church and the Chair of Peter. The
great heart of the Sovereign Pontiff’ will
understand the emotion which fills my
soul when 1 behold myself, though so
bare ot merits, the interpreter of my ven
erable colleagues, men so rich in virtues,
and who have had the happiness of conse
crating themselves unremittingly to the
service of the See of Peter, amd of the
august person of your Holinea*. What
consoles me in my unworthiness is, that
the smaller my personal merits, the more
brilliant in the eyes of Christendom is the
good-will which the great Pius IX has
shown on this occasion to the noble and
generous French nation, a nd to its glorious
chief. We supplicate you, Holy Father,
to grant us your paternal benediction,
that grace may descend upon us to per
form worthily all duties incumbent upon
us, and to devote ourselves till death to
the service and defence of the Apostolic
Throne, aud of our Temporal Power.
Similar sentiments were expressed by
the new Cardinal to Mgr. Ricci, who
brought the Cardinal,s hat He said, “I
can but adore the decree of the Most
High, and thank God for II is infinite mer
cies, and Ilis August Vicar on Earth,
who has deigned to look upon my nothing
ness. A deep joy to my heart is the
thought that among the chief defenders of
the imperishable Pontifical throne, and of
its Temporal Power, are found the grand
and generous French nation, and its glo
rious and magnanimous Emperor.”
AI ) VK R TISEMENTS.
Kenny & Gray,
-No. 2-JS JLiroatl festreet,
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dially invited.
Augusta, March 21, 1868. ts
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AUGUSTA, GA„
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