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vored to procure more assistance from
Lyons, his native diocese, and suc
ceeded in procuring the aid of the Fathers
of a Society, called Rozan’s Mission, the
Revs. I). F. Back, Aubry, R. Lafont, R.
St. Ives, R. Madeaure, and his own
nephew, J. Fortier. Rev. I), F. Rack
became President, and about the same
time the College received from His
Holiness, Pope Gregory XVI, the title
of University, which had already been
conferred upon it, November, 1839, by an
Act of the Legislature of the State of
Alabama. In 1843 financial difficulties
threw the whole care and management of
the College back upon the Bishop, who
invited the Rev. I). Ilarnpon from Pen
sacola, to take charge. Mr. Rampon,
with the aid of Mr. Rapier, a layman, a
distinguished scholar, and an accom
plished gentleman, succeeded in giving
new life to the University. The Rev.
Father Belier succeeded him in 1845,
who was again succeeded in 1846 by the
Rev. A. Degaultiers, during which year,
or want of teachers, the college had to
be ck»cd. The Bishop, however, feeling
it his duty to cany out his original in
tentions, and, determined to persevere,
sent his Vicar-General, the Very llev. J.
Bazin, to France, to secure a full corps of
teachers, who, after some trouble and
disappointment, finally succeeded in se
curing the aid of the Fathers of the
Society of Jesus. They agreed to take
the College, with the charge of keeping
also an ecclesiastical Seminary, and
maintaining and instructing one semina
rian for.every ten students in the College.
The College was re-opened September
1, 1844. The first President, under the
new order, was the Rev. F. F. Gautrelet,
8. J., a gentleman distinguished for his
learning, his personal dignity, and his
gentle, conciliating manner. He continued
to hold that office until iB6O, with the ex
ception of 1860, during which year the
ller. F. A. Jourdan, S. J., presided. The
Rev*. F. A. Curioz succeeded as President
in 1865, and still continues in the admin
istration of that responsible office. The
system of education introduced by these
Jesuit Fathers is not an experimental
one, nor one of those newly patented im
provements which embrace the greatest
amount and diversity of learning in the
shortest space of time, and, occasionally,
startle the world by the announcement of
a great moral progress. It is the old
system of the Jesuit Fathers, established
by St. Ignatius himself, which the expe
rience of three centuries lias shown to be
successful wherever it lias been intro
duced, and which has, perhaps, produced
a greater number of profound scholars
and able writers, in every branch of
science, divine and human, intellectual
and physical, than any known system
that has been handed down to our time
The diversity of language, nationality,
and religion among the pupils, however,
has led to some necessary modification,
while the requirements of a widely ex
tended commerce have led to a more en
larged development of the commercial
branch than was considered necessary in
the original system.
If a continued enlargement of the
means and facilities of education, and a
steady, progressive increase in the num
ber of students, be sufficient tests, Spring
Hill College, under the administration of
the Jesuit Fathers, has been a complete
success. The first year of their adminis
tration the number of students was 90,
last year 211, the average for twenty
years being 190, which would have been
much higher had it not been for the war,
which interfered materially with the pro
gress of the College. In the years 1809-
'6O, the number of students rose to 273;
in the years 1861-'62, when the war be
came active, the number fell to 1*23, and
at no time during the war did it rise
to 200. Numbers of our youth, some
of them mere lads, laid aside the class
book for the musket, and—God pity the
mothers and the sisters !—some of them
never returned. May they rest in peace !
At first, the great majority of the
students were Franco-Americans, from
Louisiana, Mobile, and Pensacola. Gradu
ally, however, as the population of tit
State and city increased, there came a
change. During the last year, out of 211
students, 133 were English-speaking
Americans. Mexico and Cuba have con
tributed to swell the number ot students.
In 1859-’6O there were 21 Spanish Ameri
cans at the College, The war, ot course,
kept them away, but since the war they
are beginning to return, and, I have no
doubt, if Mexico had a stable, permanent
government, affording sufficient protection
to agricultural, mineral, and commercial
industry, the advantage, as well as neces
sity, of knowing the language of their
great commercial neighbors, would bring
100 students yearly from Mexico alone to
Spring Hill College lam led to look
upon its future prosperity as already
secured by its present success. Nothing,
under Providence, can impair its useful
ness, or check its progress, but internal
war, from which, may Heaven, in its
mercy, save our people. As the popula
tion continues to increase, .so will the
number of its students, while the very
prestige of its name, and the experience
of its professors, will give an enhanced
value to its services. There is no insti
tution of learning south of Georgetown,
D. C., or Bardstown, Ky., can offer a
fairer promise of high intellectual and
moral training to the youth of our country.
What may be the material value of the
College building, with its furniture,
museum, philosophical apparatus, library,
outbuildings, and other improvements, I
shall not venture a guess, but the intel
lectual and moral value of the institution
to the State and community in which
it is located can never be estimated in
dollars and cents.
For most of the historical and statisti
cal information contained in this commu
nication, I am indebted to the courtesy of
one of the good Fathers of the College, a
gentleman of great learning and much
travelled experience, who ably fills the
Chair of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy,
and Chemistry. J. T. \t.
Mobile , May I.x/, 1868.
LITERARY AND ART ITEMS.
At a recent sale of French and other
foreign paintings in Now \urk—Mr.
Avery’s collection —the following prices
were obtained : —“River Oise at Anvers,”
by Daubigny, brought SSOO ; landscape
by Troyon, $510; “The Amateur Ar
tist,” by Briiloum, $5lO ; “ Market at
Rotterdam” (night effect.) by Van Sehen
del $515 ; “Phyrne,” by Ohotnans, $525 ;
“ The Fan,” by Hainon, $550; “ The
Recitation,” by Glide, $575 ; “ I he'\ ase,”
by Ilamon, $620 ; ‘ Louis XT', and Mad
ame Du Barry,” by Caraud,s7oo ;
“Swiss Scene,”by Calame, with ani
mals by E. Verboeckhoven, $7lO ; “Early
Sorrow,” by Merle, $725 ; “ The Annun
ciation,” by' Merle, $(50; “The Prom
enade,” by Moormans. $(50; “The
Surprise,” by Hnbner, 8770 ;“ Waiting,”
by Baugniet, $775; “ Near Florence,”
by O. Achenbaeh, SBS > ; “ Ave Maria,”
by Koek-Koek, SB6O ; “ Winter in Brit
tany,” by Brioo. $875 “Market at the
Hague,” (candle-light effect,) by Aan
Sehcndcl, SI,OOO ; ” The Happy Mother,”
by Bouguereau, $1,000; “Orpheus.” by
Jalabert, $1,250; “ The Wood Gutter,”
by Koek-Koek, $1,375 ; “ Tunxis.River,”
Connecticut, by James M. Hart, sl,-475 ;
“Fraternal Love.” by Bouguereau, sl,
500 ; “La Leggitrice,” a statue in marble
by Tantardim. sold fi r $1,025, and Meis
sonnier’s fine picture. “ The Reader,” (a
cabinet portrait < f the artist,) put up at
$3,000, in gold, was withdrawn.
Ball Hugh's, th 1 sculptor, died the
other day at ‘ s ‘Chester, after a painful
illness. An < xchange says he was a
member of ti e Royal Academy, a pupil
of Flaxman au-.t Bailey, but had resided
and practiced ms art, under many dis
couragements, lor almost forty years, in
the United States. He produced several
works of acknowledged artistic merit,
and was respected as a pure-minded
genial gentleman.
Rothermel expects to have his colossal
“Battle of Gettysburg,” which he painted
for Harrisburg, and for which he is to
receive $30,000, finished some time this
year.
Mery on, the famous and unhappy
French etcher, died recently, at a Maison
do Sante, at Charenton.
Paris has a new lady violinist, Madame
Norman Neruda, who is said to be equal
to Paganini. She was at Prague, educa
ted at Vienna, and married a Swede.
She is twenty-eight years of age, and ap
peared in a concert when only seven.
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THE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS GF
VIRGINIA.
As the chilly season passes away,
and the ‘‘heated term” approaches, people?
who have the means, very properly be
gin to look about for s ime pleasant,
health-giving location to spend the Sum
mer, and recuperate their wasted ener
gies. To these, what more attractive
place can be offered than the White Sul
phur Springs of Virginia ? The medicinal
properties of the water, the healthful
locality, the beautiful sceuery, and the
excellent accommodations, all combine to
»
make these Springs the most desirable
Summer resort in the Southern country.
They are situated on Howard’s Creek,
in Greenbrier Cos., Wost \ irgmia, and
upon the western slope of the great
Apalachian chain of mountains which
separate the waters that flow into
Cheasapeake Bay from those that run
into the Gulf of Mexico.
The situation of the Spring is described
as elevated and beautifully picturesque,
surrounded by mountains on every side.
Kate’s Mountain is in full view, and about
two miles to the south ; to the west, and
distant about two miles, arc the Green
brier Mountains; while the towering Al
leghany, in its magnificent proportions, is
found five miles to the east and the
north.
This Spring is in the midst of the cele
brated “Spring Region” of Virginia, in
latitude 37T W north, and longitude
west from Washington Cil} r . Its eleva
tion above tide-water is 2000 feet, while
the temperature of its waters is 62° Fall,
from which they do not vary during the
heat of Summer or the cold of Winter.
The Spring yields about 30 gallons of
water per minute; and this quantity does
not appear to vary in the longest spells
of dry or wet weather.
The climate is delightful, and the air
salubrious and invigorating—-just the
place for invalids and delicate persons
during the Fall and Summer months.
The lacilities for reaching the Springs
are excellent, and travelers from every
portion of the Union can now reach them
with little or no difficulty. The travel is
by railroad to Covington, which is twenty
miles from the Springs, and whence
splendid passenger coaches run to the
Springs. On the route from Richmond,
the passenger has an opportunity of seeing
the home and the tomb of Thomas Jef
ferson, the Sage of Monticcllo, and, also,
I he University of Virginia, with its mag
nificent Rotunda, and attendant public
buildings.
An analysis of the water shows that it
contains, in large quantities, sulphates of
lime, magnesia, and soda, carbonates of
lime and magnesia, chlorides of magnesia,
magnesium, calcium, and sodium, proto
sulphate of iron, sulphate of alumina?,
besides other ingredients, blended with a
large proportion of sulphur. The dis
tinctive medicinal influences of the Spring
are cathartic, diuretic, sudorific, and al
terative. Dr. Moorman declares that in
no other Spring is the alterative property
found so distinctively and unmistakably
marked. Its curative properties apply to
dyspepsia, chronic irritation of the mu
cous membrane of the stomach and bowels,
liver diseases, jaundice, chronic diarrhoea,
costiveness, piles, chronic affections ot
the brain, nervous diseases, paralysis,
sympathetic consumption, bronchitis,
chronic diseases of the skin, rheumatism,
gout, scrofula, and other diseases.
Near the White Sulphur Spring is a
Chalybeate Spring, in which iron exists
in a carbonate form.
The accommodations of the Hotel are
ample for fifteen hundred guests, and
the clerks and attendants the most
experienced and accommodating that
could he secured. Warm and hot baths
arc furnished; the tables are supplied
with the best that the country affords,
and Ilosenberger’s Brass Band discourses
delightful music.
The Society at the Springs is of the
most refined character. The prestige of
the White Sulphur Springs, in this regard,
is coeval with its early history ; and the
amusements varied and interesting.
A valetudinary kitchen, to supply q le
wants of the invalid, has been added j 0
the other improvements of this noted
resort. In a word, the enterprising p ro
prietors, Messrs. Peyton & Cos., have spared
neither labor nor expense to make their
Springs the most fashionable and popular
resort in the South ; and as our people
look for a pleasant, comfortable and desi
rable Summer retreat, we invite their
attention to the inducements and attrac
tions of the White Sulphur Springs < f
Virginia. The advertisement will be
found in another column.
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE,
It is exceedingly gratifying to receive
the approval of our friends, and, partic
ularly so, to learn that the “Lost Cause"
lias so many warm friends at tbe North.
We give below a number of ex'net -
from Northern and Southern letters r -
ceivcd at this office, which, we are sure,
will please our readers, as they have
pleased us :
Transcript of a letter received from
General Beauregard to E. E. Overall, Gen
eral Agent of the Banner of the South.
Office New Orleans, Jackson, j
& Great Northern R. R. Cos.,
New Orleans, May G. 1868. \
Dear Sir : —I accept with pleasure your
kind offer of the “Bannerof the South,"
for one year, iu the name of the patriot
and poet’ Father Ryan, whose soul-inspir
ing prose and poetry will long be remem
bered in our poor desolated land. !’>.
pleased to convey my thanks to Putin :•
Kvan, and express to him my hope, that
the “Banner of the South'’ may erelorg
be become the daily journal ot ever,
Southern home.
Yours, very Truly,
G. T. Beauregard.
Hudson, Mich.
* * * I have received four nun:
bers of the “Banner," have read then',
and they are now being read by others, i
whom I have given them. There is found
in them a high order ot literary merit, ( the
Banner's passport to success.) My pre>ei
abode is not in a community having much
taste for literature of a high order, lu
enough is found to make it more accept; -
ble than most Catholic journals ; indue;.
I would that all Catholic journals prow - .
as much.
* * * The Radicals know well
now that should the Southern people 1
ever restored to equality in the family of
States, their prestige is gone: therefor,
you can easily .judge from their antew
dents how soon they would remove ai
obstacle in their way.
Pleasant Grove, lowa.
Having read an extract from vuir “Salu
tatory,” and gladdened by finding its ::
timent to be the one dear treasure ol' no
unconquered heart. I desire you to seim
me the first number of the ‘‘Banner
the South,” and, also, one or two othv
if convenient. Yours is a grand mission—
to embalm in eloquence and poetry the sa
cred memories of our heroic dead —t-
gather in from a hundred battle-fields the
lifeless hearts and shattered hones of the
fallen brave, building a monument, the
foundation of which will be laid in the
sorrowing heart* of a proud, gallant p.
pie, whose apex will touch the >tars, where
sits enthroned the God of Truth and Right.
Out from the ashes of the past, shah
grow, bud, and blossom, the great worth
fiower of Liberty and Justice, bedew. -
with the blood of martyrs. Truly do you
speak when you say that brute force can
not make right wrong or wrong right.
Matter can not conquer mind, and the tri
umph of muscle over brain, when the for
mer strikes for error, and the latter wai
for truth, is a triumph fraught with dis
grace to the conqueror and danger to hu
manity. Our Cause is not lost—it can
never be lost—for ’tis the cause of Man :
Man is the brother of Angels and ward
of the Great God—God never permits lb ii
to destroy the Good.
May your paper he liberally sustained,
your labors be fully rewarded : and nuo
the kindness and generosity of the Sout*-
ern people he given freely to gladden a; .
beautify your noble life.
Jefferson Cos. AY. Ya.
* * * Tlius far have 1 been
rigidly preserving every line from)" ”
inspired pen, that greeted my vision, b
thought that I shall receive a weekly f. ■
of your inspired composition, almost *.
raptures me. You will please send :
hack numbers, if any, as I really de-i ■
every paper; or rather I would start v.:
your “Banner of the South.' ” It is un
less to wish thee success; surely notha -
so meritorious can pass unrewarded.
[From a Ladt.
Mt. Mary's. Abu
* Your charming poetry >
very popular here; it, as well as your and
- to the South, and her Cu'><
have endeared your name to every tru.
Somtherner.
Staunton, \ a.
* * * I recommended your :
per to our News Agent, (John A. Now
and hope that it may acquire the w
dilation in the Valley, which it so v.w
merits.
With many kind wishes for vour sw
cess. [From an Editor.]