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[For the Banner of the South.] AN APPEAL TO THE CATHOLIC YOUNG MEN OF THE COUNTRY. I ■ . A cry has gone forth from the centre s of the Catholic Church, and has reached j the ears of her most distant children ; i Pius IX has appealed to the Catholics of j every part ot the world for help in Inis 1 his hour of need. The echoes of that voice have been ; tardy in reaching us, but they have at length wakened the wilds of America, and we hear him begging his devoted sons in the South to lend him the aid of their strong arm in repelling the attacks of | those brigands led on by Garibaldi under tin; patronage of Victor Emanuel—who, -too gr< at a disgrace to humanity for any civilized Government to own as their ; agents, are nevertheless aided and fur- j thered in their villainy by the treacherous j Trans-Alpine Government. Although our Holy Father has not called on us sooner, there is, however, no country in the world to which he might have felt less hesitancy in appealing; for hi; h is many claims upon the courage and devotion of the men of the South. First, as men, we cannot stand by and see a feeble old man, whose domains are en croached upon, whose rights are trampled on, who is subjected to every indignity and injustice possible, without a feeling of indignation and a generous resolve to redress his wrongs. Still less as Southerners, can we look calmly on and witness these outrages perpetrated on the only European sovereign who recognized our struggling Confederacy as a nation, at that time when all the other powers balanced be tween fear and interest, selfishly and unfeelingly looked at our martyrdom uninfluenced even by such a bright example of fearless and generous friend ship. But are we not Catholics? And every blow aimed at our Mother, the Church, is it not directed against our own vitality ? for we are still in her womb until bom into eternal life. Young men of the South, Catholics of the South especially, you are oppressed and galled by tyranny at home, and you long and pine for freedom. How many among you, hound by no necessity to remain in the midst of these dark days, could, by going forth in this holy cause, further the interests of your country by bringing on it the blessing of a good, but perhaps, angry God, who will be appeased and softened by devotion to his holy Spouse, the Church. Glory will be your meed. Home, the eternal city, will be the fitting scene of your noble and courageous struggles in the cause of justice. Bright though they already be, fresh and imperishable, you have still, by your valor and prestige, to augment and beautify the laurels of the Pontifical Zouaves. Catholicus. CATHOLIC INTELLIGENCE. Dear Banner : —On Tuesday, May sth, the Right Reverend Bishop con vened, at the Episcopal Residence in Savannah, a Synod of all the Priests of the diocese. The evening previous, all the Priests of Georgia, with the ex ception of the venerable Father Duggan, ot Augusta, absent on account of infirm health, assembled. On Tuesday morn ing, Right Reverend Bishop Verot opened the Synod with Mass and the synodal prayers, after which he preached a ser mon full of unction and force to the clergy. We are not informed as to the matters brought before the Synod, but we understand they relate principally to the temporal affairs of the Church in Georgia, and that the Bishop will shortly publish a Pastoral giving the result of the Synod. On Wednesday and Thurs. day morning, the Right Reverend bishop celebrated Mass and gave appro priate instructions. On the evenings of Tuesday, Wednes day, and Thursday, Father Ryan—who was selected as the Preacher of the Synod— preached in the presence of the Bishop and clergy and very large con gregations. 0:i luesday night, he preached on the three great Spiritual Powers of the Church—the power of teaching au thoritatively—of consecrating really mul of forgiving sins—or, as he presented it—the pulpit —or infallible testimony; ttie altar—or real consecration and com munion ; the confessional or authoritative absolution. On Wednesday night, to a still larger congregation, he preached on the work tugs and wonders of these three great powers ; and on Thursday night, on tlm Priest—as agent of these powers. W 7 e noticed in the Sanctuary, the venerable and aged Fathers O’Neil and Wbelau, whose labors in the cause of religion for forty years have endeared their memories to the hearts of thousands. On Thursday night, the Synod closed with Benediction and the singing of Te Deum , and on Friday, the Pastors returned to their respective parishes to labor with renewed zeal for the interests of our Mother Church. V * * * Rev. Father Ryan, accompanied by Rev. Fathers Hamilton, Gaboury, and O’Neill, and the members of the Choir of St. Patrick’s Church, left Savannah, on Saturday, to dedicate anew Church at Brunswick, Ga. The ceremony took place on Sunday last. Confirmation.— Yesterday the right of confirmation, held in so much reverence among the Catholic denomination, was ad ministered to one hundred and six persons at the St. Patrick’s Church, corner of West Broad and Liberty streets, by Right Rev. Bishop Augustin Verot. The interest felt in the ceremony at tracted a large crowd of persons, among whom were the parents of the children who were to be confirmed, and a large number of persons of other denominations, who took great interest in the impressive ceremonies. At half-past ten o’clock the exercises were commenced with High Mass, cele brated by Bishop Verot, Rev. Fathers 0. C. Pendergrast, of St. Patrick’s Parish, and P. Whelan, of St. John’s Parish, assisting. THE CONFIRMATION commenced about eleven o’clock, and the rite was administered to fifty-one boys and forty-three girls of the St. Patrick’s Parish, and also to twelve adults. The ceremony was of the most impres sive character. The absence of the choir, which accompanied Rev. Father Ryan to tho dedication of the church at Brunswick, was felt, and in a measure detracted from the interest of the occasion. The names of the candidates for Con firmation were called by Rev. Father Peii dergrast, and each, as his or her name was called, advanced to the altar and knelt be fore the Bishop, who, anointing the fore head of the candidates with the holy chrism in the form of the cross, said : “ I sign thee with the sign of the Cross; I confirm thee with the Chrism of Salvation in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” After the rite had been administered to all, THK CONFIRMATION SERMON wan preached by Bishop Verot. He se lected for his text the 21st verse of the Ist chapter of the Second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians: “lie that confirms us in Christ. lie that lias anointed us in God, who has also scaled us and given the pledge of the spirit in our hearts.” The Bishop remarked that these words of the Apostle contained a summary of the doctrine of the law of Christ concerning the sacred sacrament which was to be con firmed. We find the name of the sacred rite in the text, “ lie that confirms us,” the author of the same, who is God, the instrument of the sanctification imparted to the soul, which is an unction—the char acter or indelible seal imprinted on the soul, to the chief effect of Confirmation, which is to give the Holy Ghost to the worthy receiver. The Holy Ghost is given in Confirmation to strengthen Christians in the profession of their faith, and in the practice of their moral and religious duties. How much do we stand in need of strength and fortitude. At one time the profession of the Christian faith involved the danger of losing property, liberty, and life. For three hundred years did the Roman Empe rors wage, war against the Church. Innu merable Christians sealed their faith with blood. They preferred rather to die inno cent than to live guilty in apostacy and crime. We call those heroes of the Chris tian Church martyrs—these martyrs of the Catholic Church count by thousands and hundreds of thousands. You receive, be loved children, the same spirit who gave such superhuman strength to the martyrs, and although you will not be called to make the sacrifice of your life for your religion, you cannot avoid suffering and persecu tions tor virtue’s sake, if you want to be faithful to the end. Confirmation gives you strength for that purpose. He then delivered a powerful exhorta tion to parents, regarding their duties #or the spiritual welfare of their children. The discourse was about forty minutes in length, and was noticeable for its elo quence and practical application to the subject. After the sermon the benediction was pronounced and the congregation dismissed. [>S(i'C. Xeics & Herald , May 18 th. Diocese of Charleston.— Rt. Rev. Bishop Persico preached at the Church in Edgefield, C 11., last Sunday, on the Unity of the Church.” This learned Divine is working zealously- as a Mission ary', and is sewing the seed which will produce good fruit. Diocese of Mobile. —On Friday, the beast of 8. S. Philip and James, Bishop Quinlan conferred the Holy Order on Mr. Edward Aloysius Ignatius Taylor, formerly of Southwest England, and on Misii m fig i©im William Lane, formerly of Cloyne, Ire land, and on May 2d, raised them to the Order of Deacon and Priest. They are destined for the Diocese of Mobile. Diocese of New Orleans. —The Re demptorist Fathers recently concluded a Mission at Plaquemine Church, Parish of Iberville, with very beneficial results, Although the people are in poor circum stances, some seventy dollars in specie and currency was contributed in aid of the Holy Father. Oil April 26th, the Most Rev. Arch bishop confirmed thirty-five persons at the Convent Chapel of the Ladies of the Sacred Heart, Parish of St. James, and on the same day, sixty-six were confirmed at the Church pf St. Michael. Contributions for the Pontifical Army are being made by the citizens of New Orleans. New York. —On Sunday, April 26th, the Most Rev. Archbishop administered the Sacrement of Confirmation in the Church of St. Nicholas, in this city, to 210 persons. On Thursday, 7th inst., he adminis tered the same Sacrament in St. Patrick’s Church to 832 persons, and on Friday, the Bth inst., at St. Patrick’s, to 751 per sons. They had been prepared for the Sacrament of Confirmation during the Mission just given by the Redemptorist Fathers.— Tablet. Albany. —lt is almost miraculous how wonderfully Catholicity has advanced here within the last thirty years. Its first Bishop was Dr. McCloskey, now Archbishop of New York, He was co adjutor to the late Dr. Hughes in New York —was consecrated A. D. 1844, and appointed to Albany, May 21st, 1847. His successor is Bishop Conroy, who wap Catholic pastor of St. Joseph’s, Albany, before his elevation to the mitre. There are 200 churches and chapels, and 60 stations where masses are read by cler gymen from some of the churches ; there are 121 Priests in the diocese, 50 eccle siastical students, 4 Academies for boys, 6 Academics for girls, and 7 parochial schools. The Catholic population of the diocese is over 230,000. — Chronicle. Boston. —The Rt. Rev. Bishop of Boston, administered Confirmation in North Brookfield, on May 2d, to 352 persons; of these, 190 were from that town ; the rest belonged to the missions which are attended from North Brook field, by Rev. Edward Turpin. On the same day, the Bishop dedicated the church recently erected in North Brookfield. It is placed under the pat ronage of St. Joseph. The Bishop, on the same day, blessed a cemetery also in the same town.— Pilot. A Redemptorist Mission in Chicago.— The Mission at the Cathedral of New York is hardly finished, when, already, Fathers Jaeckle, Enright, Wissel, and Rathke, of the Redemptorist Order, are going to Chicago, to open a Mission in the Cathedral of that city.— Freeman's Journal. The Vicar General of Covington, Ky. — We are nained to have learned that, the venerable and Very Rev. Thos. R. Butler, V. G. of Covington, is iu such precarious health as to have requested to be relieved of the arduous duties that he has so long, and so zealously discharged. Ibid . The following note of the Bishop of Covington intimates the appointment of his distinguished successor: “The Very Rev. Jas. Madison Lan caster, has been appointed Vicar General of the Diocese of Covington, the present worthy and exemplary Vicar General being in very feeble health. Geo. A. Carelle, Bishop of Covington.’’ Covington, Ky., April 27, 1868. A Catholic Incident in South Car olina—A letter from Savannah, dated May Ist, 1868, to Jas. A. McMaster, Esq., Editor of the New York Freeman's Journal, says : From a letter written by a lady of South Carolina, I extract the paragraph you will find below. As the venerable Father Birmingham, who built the church at Edgefield, is no doubt re membered by many of your readers, and as they may read with interest the re markable account of the Church they helped to build by their contributions, i thought you would not object to giving it a place in your paper. lam informed that the church is an elegant stone struc ture, built at a cost of from $15,000 to $20,000, the whole of which amount was collected by Father B. Many of his friends at home regarded the building of such a fine church at Edgefield, where there were so few Cathodes, an injudi cious expenditure of money, but the good Priest perhaps saw in the fair and libera! minded Protestants of the locality, a fu ture devoted Catholic congregation. Bishop Persico, alluded to in the ex tract, is a missionary Bishop who was, l believe, obliged on account of ill health to resign his see in Africa. He is now assisting the Pish op of Charleston, and doing the work of an humble missionary Priest. Here is the extract: “ In Edgefield there is but one Cath olic family, poor Irish people ; by the request of the people our good Bishop (Persico) preached to a Protestant con gregation. Preacher and all crowd to to hear him. Such a crowd ! The gen tlemen have to give way to the ladies. The organ is played—our church music sung by Protestants! Imagine them singing the * Regina Cceli.' Truly, as the Bishop says, it is extraordinary. “ Respectfully yours, “B F. McKenna.” IRISH NEWS. Antrim.— lt is the intention of the Most Rev. Dr. Dorrian to proceed shortly with the erection of two new churches in Belfast : one in the neighborhood of the quays, and one at Ligoniel. Cavan.— Ore of the, most worthy re presentatives of the Irish Clergy abroad died in Paris April 23. His mortal remains were accompanied to the grave at Mont Parnasse Cemetery by a large concourse of friends and Irish mourners. Abbe MacArdle was a native of the county of Cavan, and was ordained be fore the Revolution of 1830. He re mained since that epoch attached to the pariih of St. Sulpiee, where his sterling worth, piety, and charity won for him the affection of all who knew him.— Didrtin Nation. Clare.— The following property was recently sold in the Landed Estates Court, Dublin, as the estate of William Munroe: Part of the lands of Clonroad, situate in the barony of Islands, containing 94a. 2r 32p.; estimated profit rent, <£loo. Sold to Mr. John Glynn for £2,200. Messrs. Jeremiah Perry and Archibald Collum, solicitors, had the carriage of the sale. Cork.— The Examiner of the 23d ult., says: —One thousand persons embarked on the two vessels which sailed yester day from Queenstown for New York. Seven hundred and fifty obtained pas sages in the Inman steamer City of Bos tou, and this is the largest number em barked by a single steamer for a num ber of years. Though it may be taken as such, this large number does not indicate an increase over the previous years, for the fact is that the exodus of this month will be less by a couple of thousand people than it was in April, 1868. The Erin embarked 320 passen gers yesterday, and she leaves about 300 for the steamer which will sail on Satur day. The Cork Examiner of a late date, in alluding to a proposed meeting iu Cork, says:—We understand the first resolution will be proposed by the Earl of Cork. We are glad to learn that a nobleman of his worth and position is to take so promi nent a part in this national movement. Lord Cork is a good landlord, and in favor of a just settlement of the land question. Nor does he advocate what he does not practice ; for every tenant on his properties hold, by the best of all securities, an honest lease. On April 24, while some workmen were digging in a field near the Waterworks, they discovered the human remains of a female skeleton. The skeleton was quite complete, and when found was iu a sitting posture. Information of the matter was given to the police, and they took the skeleton in charge. It now awaits an inquest.— Examiner. Mr. Bernard Sheehan, who at one period was a prominent member of the Cork Corporation, to whose deliberations he imparted a peculiar raciness, died at Lis residence in Duncan street, on April 15, in his 68th year. Soon after his with drawal from public life, his health tailed, and for some time previous to his death he had been bedridden. — Ibid. Dublin. —At the sitting of the Court of Chancery on Wednesday, the following were called to the bar: James Clarke Lane, Esq., A. 8., T. C. D., eldest son of Richard James Lane, Baggot street, in the city of Dublin, Q. C. ; Charles Hamilton Teeling, Esq., eldest son of John Francis Teeling, of Mountjoy place, iu the city of Dublin, solicitor, and John Ouseley Byrne, Esq., A. 8., T. C. D., son of John Byrne, of Lombard street, in the city of Dublin. On April 21st, a Solemn Requiem Office and Mass were celebrated in the chapel of the Holy Cross. Conelifie, for the repose of the soul of the late Rev. Luke Dempsey, who during life and at death proved him self to be a sincere friend and a generous benefactor of the Diocesan Seminary of Dublin. There are S4 political prisoners sen tenced to penal servitude, as follows: Thirteen for life, three for 20 years, ten for 15 years, one for 14 years (the gifted and accomplished Kickam), two for 12 years, (including the gallant twenty-two for 10 years, fourteen lor 7 years, and twenty for 5 years —while three have been executed and twelve have died in prison. We understand that the legal effect of proceeding by writ of error, under the recently altered state of the law, will be that Messrs. Sullivan and Pigott will be released from prison pending the trial of the writ. The probabilities are that within ten days or less both gentlemen will be out of prison. The population of Ireland on 7th April, L s ol, was 5,574,143, of which 687,661 were professing members of the Establish ed Church, and 5,086,482 were non * n ghmn s . Ot the latter, the Catholics numbered 4,490,483. Iverr\. 1 lie largest number of omi gi ants that took their departure for America, on any one day, from the Tralee railway station, during the last three years, was on Wednesday morning. One emigrant agent, Mr. Ilannafin, had 23 booked for California and 02 for America. The accounts received here daily from the Western States of America as regards wages, etc., are most cheering.— Tralee Chronicle , April 18. Langford.— lnformation wanted of Matthew Fealy, Ivilloe, Longford, who went to America in March, 1861. When last heard from he was in Louisville. Ky. Any information respecting him will he thankfully received by Lis mother Mary Ilealy, Killoe, Longford. —Dublin Nation. The recent harsh and piercing winds have been followed by genial and abund ant rain, so that the weather is at present all that the agriculturalist could desire. The crops now present a luxurious ap pearance, and give every indication of an early and excellent liar vest. Nothing can he finer than the aspect of the country generally.— Hid. We understand that about a fair aver age crop of flax is being sown in the coun ty of Louth this season. The crop, how ever, will not be equal in extent to that of last year. —Drogheda Argus. Meath.— On the 17th April, a respect able farmer, named John Farrelly, re siding at the parish of Newton, a short distance from Kells, died under the fol lowing circumstances : It appeared that his nephew’s land immediately ad joins deceased’s, and an altercation arose during the afternoon as to the 11 tar ing which divided their respective farms. Words came to blows, and the deceased received in addition a bad fall. He was immediately attended by a medical gen tleman, but' he never rallied, Mr. Chaloner, J. P., attended at the man’s bedside before his death, and took full depositions of the whole matter. The nephew was at once put under arrest, pending the coroner’s inquest, which took place next day. Deceased was fifty years of age, and left a wife and seven young children to mourn his untimely fate. He was generally respected in the district.— Drogheda Argus. The spring fair of Ratoath presented a considerable number of store cattle, and a very fine show of springers and milch cows. Purchasers attended from Dublin, Drogheda, and various parts of Meath, who invested in stores to a large extent. Sc\-cral valuable-and well-con ditioned lots of two and three year old hefers and bullocks, as well as a goodly number of strippers, were bought at remunerative prices. Roscommon. — The fineness of the weather has permitted much progress in spring work, and nearly all appear likely to escape the mocking of the cuckoo. ’Tis true an easterly wind, that generally prevails to some extent, retards vegetation, but the heat of the midday sun and copious night dews counteract much of this, so that taking all into ac count, our spring, considering its late ness has been more favorable than was anticipated. The scarcity of laborers is felt severely, particularly at a distance from towns—for, strange to say, agri cultural laborers are fewest in the rural districts—the evicted and needy having fled to the towns for refuge, where, though increasing the rates, they afford some compensation in the shape of willing hands at the times of spring and harvest. But, even so, wages rate now at 2s. a day—indeed, not too high, taking into account the price of provisions.—Mes senger, April 18. Waterford.— The Waterford News says :—This day, (April 24,) the Catho lics of the ancient city of Waterford, true to their historic fame as earnest workers of civil and religious liberty, made a splendid and most enthusiastic demon stration at the City Hall, in favor of the grand attempt now being made by the great Liberal leader, Gladstone, to over turn ascendancy in this country by the disendowment of the State Church in Ireland. Called by requisition to the Right Worshipful the Mayor, the Catho lics and other Liberals of our ancient city made it a point of duty to be present in force, and one and all, from the open ing of the meeting to the close, showed the greatest unanimity in the proceed ings, and proved that, heart and soul, they were thoroughly with the great champion of religious equality. 7