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[For* thn Bannr-r of the Scnrth.] For the Immaculate Conception. Dark wap the otf sinfulness That brooded o’er the earth, When ro#e theater of siniessuess ' That hallowed Mary’s birth. That star arose in glory bright, Poured forth its peerlessly, While Angels hailed its sacred light And wat' hed its sacred way. How sacredly shone its lustre fair, Where Carmel stands alone, For Mary's lrumble home was there, To all but God unknown. How gladly looked the Angels down Upon that sacred scene, While wove their hands the brilliant crown To deck their future Queen. B lt'rrtan saw not the sinless one That blest the sinful earth, And man saw not the Star that shone Upon their Mother’s birth. But Angels watched its sacred way, They saw it rising high; Aloft it soars with purest ray, To Bethlehem’s midnight sky; And now its lustre falls upon The dreary desert sand; For Mary, with her only Son, Flies to a foreign laud. Yet man sees uot the Star of Love, That thus so sweetly shone, Till Jesus died and went above, And Mary, too, had gone. ’Twas then he raised his eyes, when, To 1 A lovely light was there; He looked from earth—he felt his woo— And Mary heard his prayer. For in a bleak and trackless waste, Weak man had wandered on; Back to bis God his steps lie traced, When Mary’s beacon shone; For o’er the world’s wide stormy sea, The storm-tost mariner lay, Back to the Port he sailed again, ’Neath Mary’s guarding ray. Far in the path of sin afar, Poor mortals blindly trod; Back by the light of Mary’s star, ' They came and loved their God. . Star of the Sea! thy lustre Shine sweetly o’er me, Star of my love, oh I guide me there, To Jesus and to Thee. David Ryan. CATHOLIC INTELLIGENCE, Lfxture.— An interesting’ and elo quent Lecture was delivered last evening at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, by Father A. J. Ryan, the gifted poet and scholar, which was listened to atten tively by a large audience. It was an eloquent effort, fully in keeping with the high reputation of the orator. [ Sav. Republican, June 12th. Courtis Christi.— The solemn and impressive ceremonies attendant upon this Church festival were celebrated yes terday at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, they having been postponed from Thursday, owing to the death and funeral services of Mr. Theodore Blois. The services yesterday morning were largely attended, and were beautiful and interesting. Corpus Christi , or the body of Christ, the Feast of the Holy Sacrament, is the season when the Church celebrates the doctrine of Tran sit bstantiation. At half-past ten o’clock yesterday morning services commenced and Mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Dufau. The sermon was delivered by Rev. Father Hamilton, and was a very fine effort. It related to the life of Christ while upon earth, of man’s duty to his Saviour, and of the proper manner in which to train up children so as to make mem useful members of the Church. Luring the services the choir sang Co cone's Mass. At the Offertory a beautiful solo was sung— O! Salutaris —by Theo. * on Lallaehe, of New Orleans. At the conclusion of the Mass, the Blessed Host was taken from its re ceptacle on the Altar and a procession organized as follows : Altar boys, bear in Crucifix and lighted candles, Father i carrying the Blessed Host, Father Hamilton, bearing the screen which shel tered the Host. The procession then passed around the Church, the choir singing the Pange Lingua. On ar riving at the Altar, the Host was again deposited, with form and ceremony, and the benediction of the Blessed Sacra ment was pronounced. During the Oc tave ot Corpus Christi, which ends on Thursday evening next, the same bene diction will be pronounced every evening at half-past seven o’clock. The announcement was made by Father Hamilton that lather A. J. Ryan would Pleach a sermon in St. John's Church on Thursday evening next. Pews free to all,— Savannah Republican , June 15. Funeral Services of Mr. Theodore R--OlS.—The funeral services of the late Theodore Blois, Esq., took place at St. John's Cathedral yesterday afternoon, and were of a most impressive character. Tuore was a large attendance of the re latives and friends of the deceased. At twenty minutes past five the re mains wery brought into the Church— Messrs. D. A, 0 By rne, 11. J. Thommas son, Jno. R. Dillon, Wm. Rankin. John Flannery, Wm. J. Clements, B. F. Mc- Kenna, andS. P. Whitehead, pall bearers. The services for the dead were then read by Rev. Father P. Dufau, after which Rev. Father Abram J. Ryan, who had been requested tq deliver the funeral discourse, advanced in front of the coffin and said that death needed no text, the coffin was text enough, and that if he could consult his feelings he would be silent, but as he was asked by the friends of the deceased to say a few words he would do so. In his eloquent language he alluded to the shortness of life, and advised hts hearers to imitate the example of the de ceased, and be prepared when their hour came. The deceased died as he lived— he died a happy death. He lived in the Church and died in the Church. He loved the Church and the Church loved him—that Church, unlike others, does not leave those who die in it at the grave, but follows the Christian to the land of peace, and wafts a prayer which will be a help and an assistance to those who have departed. She knows that death is no barrier to her prayers, and that those who are dead and gone are as dear and as open to her prayers as those she looks upon to day. The Church will not forget him whose body lies be fore us. He has gone from among those by whom he was loved and respected —left a world of sorrow for one of joy. For him, and those who die like him, it is going out of darkness into light —going out of the shadow and clouds into a land where a cloud never floated and a shad ow was never seen—going out of a land swept by storms into one of peace and happiness—going out of a stormy ocean to where no wreck has ever been found —gone out of a land where temptations ever meet us and lead us away from God, into one where Satan fell and where his power will never be felt any more. The speaker concluded his remarks by again referring to the virtues of the de ceased, and imploring the blessing of God upon his spirit. Father Ilyan onU spoke for nine min utes, and his remarks were of such a char acter that we regret that we cannot give them in full. The remains were then taken to the Cathedral Ceme cry and interred with the usual ceremonies, Rev. Father Du fau officiating, having accompanied the remains to the Cemetery as a token of his particular friendship. [Savannah News & Herald. 12th inst. Archdiocese of New Orleans.— Confirmation, Etc. —On Thursday of last week, the Most Rev. Archbishop con firmed, in the chapel of the Sisters of St. Joseph, thirty-seven children in that es tablishment. On the same day, the pre late gave the religious habit to Miss Emma Michel—in religion Sister Aimee of Jesus—of tue same community. Subscription for the Pontifical Army. —We have forwarded, this week, a fifth remittance of a thousand francs for the Pontifical army, This makes, in all, up to the present, five thousand francs, equivalent in greenbacks to thirteen hun dred and seventy-five dollars and twenty eight cents. Considering the sums re ceived in gold and silver, up to the present moment, by both Catholic journals, the amount will reach fourteen hundred aud sixty-four dollars and seventy cents. [jV. 0. Morning Star. Academy of the Visitation of Mount Maria, on Church Hill. —A charter for this institution has been granted by Judge Meredith. Its object is the estab lishment of a school for the education of girls, The capital stock is not to exceed $150,000, and the principal place of busi ness of the corporation shall be in this city. The Superioress, the only officer of the society for the first year, shall be Amelia R. Hitselberger, otherwise Sister Mary Baptista. The association is com posed of the following ladies : Mary Eu phemia Prevost, otherwise Sister Mary Justina; Theresa Macatee, otherwise Sister Mary Innocent; Virginia William son, otherwise Sister Mary Louise ; Mar garet Gahegan, otherwise Sister St. Fran cis de Sales; Mary Kennedy, otherwise Sister Margaret Mary ; and the Superior ess, Sister Mary Baptista. [Richmond Paper. Ordination.— On Wednesday, June 4th, in Mt. St. Mary’s chapel, Mr. Win. Hawe received the Ecclesiastical Tonsure and Four Minor Orders, from the Most Rev. Archbishop Purcell. On the sth Mr. James O’Donnell was ordained by the same Sub-deacon. And on Saturday, Rev. Charles B. Doherty was ordained priest, who on Sunday cele brated his first solemn High Mass in St. Peter’s Cathedral. The Rev. Mr. Do herty is a native of Cincinnati. • MSSSIJI 111 Confirmations, Ere.—On Tuesday, Juue 2, the Most Rev, Archbishop offi ciated at last Mass in the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, Third strepL The delegates to the Gorman Central Union were present at the ceremony.' On Thursday, June 4, he administered the Sacrament of Confirmation, in the Church of St. Francis Xavier, to 413 persons. Collection for the Holy Fathers.— As announced previously, a collection for the Iloly Father was taken up on last Sunday in all the churches of the Arch diocese. The Most Rev. Archbishop preached on the occasion in the Cathedral. The Reverend Clergy will thankfully re ceive, from now until July Ist, the offer ings of those persons who have not already contributed, or who desire to iucrease con tributions already made. Semi-Annual Ordination at the Pro vincial Seminary, Troy.— The Semi- Annual Ordiuation at the Provincial Seminary, Troy, took place on Saturday, January 6. The service was performed in the Chapel of the Seminary, and was conducted by the Right Rev. Francis P. McFarland, D. D., Bishop of Hartford. Subjoined is a lust of those promoted to Orders: Priests, 26 ; Deacons, 11; Sub deacons, 26; Minor Orders, 11; Tonsure, 24. Total, 95. N. Y. Tablet , 13th inst ] r i here are now five Catholic churches in the “ city ot spindles,’ 7 Lowell, Mass. There are one hundred and ninety nine parishes in Ireland in which there is no Protestant. The Catholics of Charleston, S. C., first associated themselves as a religious society in 1786. Anew foundation of the Sisters of Mercy has been established in Portsmouth, N. LI. Rev. D. W. Murphy is the zeal ous pastor of Portsmouth. As far as we can learn, the Pentecost collections in the diocese of Boston ex ceeded those ot last year. So much for bringing before our people in a promi nent light the great necessity of contrib uting to the education of young men for the priesthood. , Some thirteen years ago the Rev. P. McCarthy was appointed to the pastor ship of the Holy Gross on West Forty second street, New York, then a rather ungainly looking edifice, but one which was so numerously attended that any at tempt to make suitable alterations would seriously discommode the exceedingly large number of devotees attending divine worship. Father McCarthy, however, in stituted improvements and additions, and so extended the influence of his church as to render a reformation of the church building an absolute necessity. The re formation was commenced, but it was speedily discovered that an entire recon struction would be most advantageous, and, in the end, most economical. A temporary building, fronting on Forty third street, was erected, the old church toru dowu, and anew once commenced. On .Sunday, the corner stone of this new edifice was laid, and the foundation of the new church blessed by His Grace Archbishop McCloskey, with appropriate ceremonies, at which a large number of the leading clergymen of the diocese as sisted. The Rev. Father Keeker, of the Congregation of St. Haul the Apostle, de livered a timely, pleasing discourse, in which he appealed to the sensibilities and religious fervor of his auditors, urging them to continue unitedly and devotedly in the good work of erecting a suitable temple to the worship of God, aud in which His divine teachings and those of Ilis Church could be given with proper dignity, and to which those of other faiths might come to hear what the Priests of the Church might say. The ceremonies were attended by an immense concourse of persons.— Pilot. His Holiness, Pius IX., on the 16th entered on his 77th year ; and his health is wonderfully vigorous for his age. He takes pleasure in referring to the great longevity of his nearest relations His brother, Count Terome, died at 84, his mother, the Countess Catherine [nee Po lazzi), atß2; his paternal grandfather, Count Hercules at 96. His two surviving brothers, Counts Gabriel aud Gartano, are respectively 87 and 88 years old. His only surviving sister, Countess Renigni, is only three years younger than himself. Father llecker of tiie “Catholic World.” —Referring to the tour of lectur ing aud preaching recently undertaken by Father Hecker, in some of our Western cities, the A 7 ". Y. Independent says: “Ex cept by an occasional phrase, it is said that his preaching differs not at all from the discourse of any devout, sagacious, and el oquent Protestant revivalist. At Chicago he preached in the Cathedral, and after wards gave in the Opera House, to an overflowing audience, his lecture on ‘the Church and the Republic’—a lecture in which lie argues for the paradox that the religious teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, are not only compatible With re publican institutions, but ab*nlately -neces sary to their -perpetuity. Father Meeker is a consummate orator atul Dialectician. He has a grace of manner which reminds one of Wendell Phil lips. Most Protestant preachers conk], profit by a few lessons from him in the art of putting things to the head, the heart, and the conscience of an audience. Need we add that he speaks extemporaneously?’’ The new church of the Jesuit Fathers in Limerick is fast approaching completion. 'The Church of St. Aloysios is situate on the Crescent, exactly opposite Hogan’s famous statue ot O’Connell; it is a handsome Gre cian building, resembling in general outline the beautiful churqh of the same Fathers in Gardiner street, Dublin. The grand fancy tair and drawing ot prizes, about to be held by the Fathers for the completion of the new church, promises, we understand to be a brilliant success. The prizes are numer ous and very beautiful. The Rev. Father O’Connor, P. P., Rath farnham, had the gratification of receiving on Wednesday morning, a check for £3O from His Eminence Cardinal Cullen, to wards the erection of the school’ and Church at Bohernabreena. Together with this magnificent offering the* good Priest received a very gratifying letter, commending Lis piety, fervor, and zeal in the glory of God. On Tuesday, his Grace the Archbishop of Tuam held his annual visitation of the Deanery of luam. Ilis Grace’s charge was chiefly confined to impressing on the cler gy a continued zeal for the promotion of elementary education amongst the poor. His Grace called the attention of the cler gy to the present position of the Holy Fa ther, and named Pentecost Sunday for re ceiving the offerings of the faithful of the archdiocese. IRISH NEWS. The Representation oe Dublin.—Gos sip is already busy disposing of the parlia mentary representation of the city. For the vacancy caused by the death of Sir. B. L. Guinness, candidates innumerable have not only been named, but positively placed. It would be wrong, however, to publish a full list of the gentlemen spoken of, but among those most generally mentioned as probable candidates are..Mr. Matthew D’Arcy, Sir Arthur Guinness, Edward Hudson Ivinahan, our present High Sheriff; and Theobald Purcell, Q. C. It has also been stated that, as a representative of as cendency and an active enemy of religious equality, Sir Edward Grogan is likely to endeavor to renew his acquaintance with the electors of Dublin. —Preemun of Thurs day. The Hanging of Poor Barrett. — A co temporary well remarks :—“That Barrett was a Fenian, and had ‘conspired’ for the independence of his country ; but that neither actively not* constructively had he anything more to do with the Clerkenwell explosion than with the building of Noah’s ark. His absence from the scene of explo sion, and his entire ignorance of the act beforehand, were proved to the satisfac tion of every one whom a frantic fright of Fenianism would not lead to convict the most innocent man, no matter how insuffi cient the proof, of any crime whatever. John Bright, Gold win Smith, and other such men, declared their belief in Barrett’s innocence, in a petition for his pardon. The pardon was refused. Their belief was reiterated in a petition for anew trial. The new trial was denied, and Barrett was hanged. Even his death, judicial murder as it was, was not a greater scandal on justice than the conduct of the Chief Justice and the verdict of the jury, which lift the atrocities of Jeffreys into respecta bility by comparison. This execution con tributes one more literal martyr to Irish history, and will compensate to Fenianism for more than a hundred defeats in the field.” Death of Sir B. L. Guinness.— Far and near the intelligence of the death of Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness will cause heart felt regret. In politics he was a staunch, unswerving Conservative, yet by his many amiable qualities he succeeded in becom ing generally popular, even among those to whom his political sentiments were most obnoxious. Having inherited a princely fortune and the possession of a business developed to the greatest extent yet ob tained in Ireland by a commercial estab lishment, his benevolence was generous, and he seldom permitted an opportunity for extending the employment of the peo ple to pass unavailed of. We may particu larly point to the restoration of the vener able Cathedral of St. Patrick, which His munificence saved from inevitable ruin and placed in almost a state of original atehitectural beauty. The lamented de ceased was the son of Mr. Arthur Guin ness, of Beamnou, by Ann, daughter of Mr. Lee, of Merrion ; he was born on the Btb of November, 171)8, and therefore was in his seventieth year. In the year 1837 he married Miss Elizabeth Guinness, by whom he had issue three sons and one daughter—now the Hon. Mrs. Plunkett. The Nation , in a critique on Professor McCarthy’s work on the Epistles and Gos pels, makes the following pertinent re marks : We have been long-accustomed to a great deal of “tall talk” from our Protestant neighbors on their great and exclusive love of the Holy Scriptures. That vulgar bigot, who now rules with consummate pedantry and offensive ill breeding over the “Establishment” in Cork, treated us a few days ago to some of his characteristic ranting on this subject. To him, and much better men in his fcKtfrch, we commend the foßbwingparugraph from Dr. McCarthy's preface I heard but one word of complaint, because I wrote “Ex cept, perhaps a few lectures on Ethics, and on the evidences of Christianity, the Protestant clergy hear nothing and know nothing whatever of Dogmatic or Moral ineology. What I add deliberately now must he more distasteful to the organ of the Protestant clergy: I betfqye no Church in the World has done less for the stra ly ot the Bible than the Irish Establishment After a diligent search through All the Bibliographical Indexes within m> reach (see Home’s In trod., last ed., where the Index is very complete), I cannot find the name of one Irishman trained and serving in the Anglo-Irish Church, who has published a comment, on even one chapter of the Bible.— Northern Press. A Convict Without a Religion.—ln the House of Commons, on Monday night Mr. lay lor asked the Chief Secretary tor Ireland, whether it was the fact that a prisoner itiMdintjoy Prison, who declared himself a Unitarian, was ordered by the Governor to select his religion as Angli can, Roman Catholic, or Presbyterian, and that on declining to do so, he way sen tenced to penal cell, with bread and water diet. The Earl of Mayo said : I presume the question of the hon. gentleman lias reference to the case of a convict named John Brophy, alias Pagan O’Leary, who was received into the Mountjoy* Prison on the 31st of July, 1865, about three years ago. The tacts of the case are these: Hie Governor ot the prison inquired in the usual manner what was the religion of the convict, who stated that lie was of no religion whatever, and that he never at tended any place of worship. He added that he was a pagan—(a laugh)—and re fused to be instructed in religion of any kind. The director being a military man, ordered him to select his religion immedi ate] v. (Loud laughter.) The Governor stated that he told the prisoners what was required ot them, but he objected to go to any place of worship, as he did not believe in any religion. He w r as, therefore, put on penal diet for three days. (Much laughter.) 1 wo days afterwards—namely, on the 4th of August—he was again pluced on penal diet for three days—(Oh, oh!) at the ex piration of which time he selected the Catholic. Religion. (Renewed laughter.) Penal diet, I may remark, does not con sist of bread and water, though it is con sidered lower than the ordinary diet. Since my attention was directed to this case I have caused inquiries to he instituted as to the course adopted under similar cir cumstances in other convict establishments, and I shall be able to state, at some future time, what rule it will be advisable to lav down. (Hear.) Royal Residence in Ireland.— On the motion for going into Committee of Sup ply, Sir. Column O’Loghlen moved an ad dress to the Queen, praying that a Royal residence might be established in Ireland. He argued that Royal visits to Ireland would have a most salutary effect in pro moting abetter feeling in that country in respect to the Imperial Government. Mr. I im seconded the motion, and every mem ber who spoke supported it. Mr. Disraeli said that there were strong reasons why the proposal had not hitherto been carried out, and it would he. inconvenient if the motion was now pressed. He assured the House that the Queen was much grati fied at the reception of the Prince and Princess of Wales in Ireland. Mr. Glad stone, while thinking the question was one of grave importance, advised that the motion should be withdrawn, and this was done. The Cross and the Shamrock.— The Rev. Father Hickey, of Orange, X. J., de livered a very interesting lecture at St. Joseph's school-room, on the 28th ult, on the subject intimated in the above caption. The idea was that the highest glory of the Irish people was their fidelity to re vealed religion, of ‘ which the Cross was the universal symbol. The Shamrock was their National symbol; and it, too, while it roused every sympathy of the Irish, as the badge of their people, and as the mark of the Irish Nation, was consecrated as a profession.of their faith in the Triune God. He dwelt in glowing terms, on how their faith led them to a love of the land their race had a right to, and how their pa triotism required them to be faithful to the laws of their religion as Catholics, that was tlreir greatest glory. The Irish race, whom ever scattered, must, forever, desire, and be willing to do and suffer, for the re-es tablishment of Ireland, as an independent Nation. Rut every effort to accomplish this, by means forbidden by the Catholic Religion, would prove abortive, because founded on a misconception of the true purpose of the Irish people. —Freemans ■Journal. ♦ • • Fault Finding. —A man habitually finding fault, habitually on the alert to detect folly or vice, without even bestow ing a thought on whatsoever things are true and lovely, and of good report, is, as nobody would choose to deny, morally halt and maimed. One half of his faculties, iind the most powerful half, is paralyzed and useless. He is like land which pro duces nothing but thistles and brambles. The best men are not those who have waited for chances, but taken them—be seiged the above, conquered the chance, and made the chance their servitor.— [Chapin. 7