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6 this glorious Faith? All the ceremonies of the Church are beautiful in my eyes; for each one speaks to me of devotion, ) »raise, and thanksgiving, to our blessed Redeemer. Some Protestants laugh at these ceremonies, but it is only because they do not understand them. Did they understand them as Catholics do, invol untarily they would fall on their knees in acts of mute, but eloquent adoration. How reverential, how devout, are Catho lics in their Churches. Even the little children feel its sanctity, and you see them kneel before the cross, lisping a little prayer with their pure, innocent lips. While I was associated with the Catholic friends to whom I have before referred, they never sought to influence me to change my faith. This is characteristic of Catholics—they never proselyte. It is their holy example alone, which wins souls to Christ. Circumstances separated me from these friends, and I came here to reside, where I was entirely" removed from all Catholic influences; and yet not entirely, for we kept up a correspondence. And, now, having told you how it was I learned to love the Church, I will now tell you how I was brought into its true fold, thereto abide forever. When my dear friends heard how heavily God’s afflicting hand was laid upon me, in the death of my precious chil dren ; when they heard how inconsolable I was in my great sorrow, then they wrote me, directing me where 1 should find that peace and comfort for which my poor heart was so earnestly" longing. They assured me that I would find it in the Catholic Church, and I determined to seek it there. I procured books which would teach me its faith and doctrines. For months I read, praying our Lord to enlighten my understanding, that I might discern the truth. I placed myself under the instruction of a good and holy Priest, one as eminent for his learning* as his great piety; and to his teachings do I owe the Heavenly peace which now fills my heart. I pause here to invoke a blessing on him who was made the in strument to lead me from the darkness of Error into the full light of Truth. After reading and investigation, I became con vinced the Catholic was the true Church. Convinced of this, I felt my soul was in danger, unless I accepted the salvation thus offered me, and in the sacred and nure water of Baptism, I was received into the Holy Catholic Church. You can imagine what a struggle it was for me to leave the Church in which I had been born and educated, and my good kind Pastor, who bad been with me in my hours of affliction—who had prayed by*.he couch of my dying children, and consigned to the grave all that was earthly of my darlings—who had so striven to console me in my sorrow and desolation, that, while life lasts, I shall never forget his kindness and sympathy. Sincerely" do I wish my dear friends were with me in this Holy Church. I long for them to know the peace and joy I now experience. They are so close to my heart that its every prayer is for them. And now, how can I ever be sufficiently thankful to the loving goodness of God which gave me the grace to persevere ? Every day is to me an act of thanks giving. The problem of all my sorrows and suffering is now solved to me. lam at rest, and in peaee. I think of my little children whom I mourned for so long, without consolation. Now, with resigna tion, I say, God’s will be done. I sec their little snowy wings; I see their ten der angel eyes. They are watching over me—waiting for me on the other side. All this I see by the light of Catholic Faith. Tristesse. The Berlin correspondent of the London Times , writing on the 23d of May", says this year’s emigration promises to be one of the largest on record, and it is expected to reach something like 250,- 000. Its remarkable feature is the prev alence of the northern element, chiefly Protestants, and men with a small capi tal in their pockets. Lord Brougham. —M. Feyonet, wri ting in a Paris journal, gives the follow ing anecdote of Lord Brougham : Speaking one night in the House of Lords, his lordship experienced some interruption from a conversation which was being carried on during his speech by the Dukes of Cumberland and Wel lington. Taking occasion in the course of his argument to explain the word “ illustrious,” he said that we sometimes use that word conventionally", and some times literally. “For instance,” said the 'noble lord, “we apply it bv courtesy to the Royal Duke, who is talking so loudly, and who has done nothing whatever to deserve it, whilst we apply it in its primary and real signification to the illus trious Duke whom his Royal Highness is addressing.” L. T BLOME &CO., PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. AUGUSTA, GA., JULY 4, 1868. TERMS : One copy, one year, invariably in advance,....s3 00 «• “ six months “ “ * Single Copies c * s To Clubs. —To any person sending us a Club of 15, one copy, one year, will be given. To Clubs of 20, or more The Bax nek will be furnished at the rate of $2 50 per annum, i u all cases the names must be furnished at the same time, and the cash must accompany each order. 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The St. Aloysius Society, of the Sunday School (boys), went in a body to Communion, at early Mass; and, in the afternoon, at Vespers, accompanied by the Sunday School Society of the Immaculate Conception (girls), marched in proces sion from the Sunday School to the Church. After Vespers, Father Ryan delivered a very neat and appropriate little address to the children, sketching, very briefly, the life of the good Saint, and presenting it as an example worthy of the imitation of his young hearers. He, also, alluded, in eloquent terms, to the Holy Father at Rome, and asked for him the prayers of all the little boys and girls of the congregation, that God might bless him, and strengthen him, through MinsT®i iii all his cares and trials, ami spare him long to govern the Holy Church. After Vespers, the St. Aloysius Society proceeded to the Sunday School Room, where they elected their officers for the ensuing year, as follows : President—Mr. Wm. Mulherin. Vice-President—Mr. E. F. Samuels. Secretary—Master Michael Mullane- Treasurer—Master Tony Tischer. Standard Bearer —Master Jas. Scully German Papers. —Mr. Chas. Ever, the gentlemanly and energetic Agent of the New Orleans German Press, was in our city during the past week, soliciting sub scriptions for that journal. The Press is a very able exponent of Democratic prin ciples, is well edited, and handsomely printed, and will, we hope, be liberally sustained by the Germans of the South. The Katholischer Glnubensbole is the organ of the German Catholics of the West, and is a large, well filled, and ably conducted sheet. It is published weekly, at Louisville, Ky., by Wm. J. Weber, at No. 138 Third Street, two doors from Greene Street, and deserves, as it, no doubt, has, a wide-spread circulation. We commend it to the patronage of the German Catholics of the South, as well as of the West. Address P. O. Drawer 102> Louisville, Ky. The Amende Honorable. —We assure our revered eotemporary, “The Banner of the South,” that the omission to give the proper credit of “Make Home Attract ive,” copied in our issue of the 10th inst., was entirely unintentional. It is not often that cases of this kind happen in our office, as we have, at all times, scrupulously observed the Rule, to “render unto Scissors the things that are Scissors.” But accidents will happen in the best regulated families. By the way, we know of no better Family paper to recommend to our read ers than “Tiie Banner of the South,” published at Augusta, under the editorial charge of the Poet-Laureate of the South, the Rev. A. J. Ryan, whose matchless songs find an echo in every Southern heart. Subscription price, S3 per annum. Address L. T. Blome & Cos., Augusta, Ga. —Sandersville Georgian. Your explanation is quite satisfactory? brother Georgian, and we thank you sin cerely for your very kindly notice of our journal. We should, perhaps, have said nothing about credits, as we felt sure that it was, with you, an untintentional omis sion; but if you knew how much we np* preciate the courtesies of the Press, the honor they do us in copying our humble articles, and the great advantage to us of so copying, with “credit,” you would not blame us for being somewhat particular on the subject. Accept our thanks for your very flattering notices, and also our best wishes for the continued prosperity of the Central Georgian. PERIODICALS. Tiie United States Musical Review. —This is the title of one of the handsomest musical publications in the United States. It is published monthly, in quarto form, at New York City, by J. L. Peters, at $2.00 per annum. It contains a very large amount of musical intelligence, and mis cellaneous reading matter of an interest ing character ; and, iu addition, a quantity of sheet music, very choice and select, altogether forming a most desirable mu sical library. Persons wishing to subscribe, can do so, by addressing J. L. Peters, box 5,429, New York. Mr. Peters is, also, the pub lisher of other musical periodicals, of a very instructive and popular character. We cheerfully commend him to the patronage of our readers. Tiie Catholic World. —This periodi cal for July is a capital number. It con tains a number of ably written and inter* estin 0 * articles. The I Vorld should find a place in every Catholic family. The Messenger of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. —This is a monthly bulletin of the Apostleship of Prayer, and is pub lished at $2.00 per annum. It can be had, with the Are Maria, of Notre Dame, Ind., for $4.00. It is full of in teresting religious reading. Burke’s Weekly. —One of the neatest printed and most interesting juvenile periodicals of the day is Burke's M eekly, published at Macon, Ga. It has already a very large circulation, and is steadily increasing. We tifke pleasure in com mending it to the public. It can, also, be had in monthly- parts, with a handsome illuminated paper. Card of Thanks. -The Sunday School Teachers, of St. Patricks’ Church Sun day School, beg leave to return their thanks to the following persons, who so kindly contributed to their enjoyment at the complimentary Pic-Nic given to them at Berzelia, on Wednesday" the 24th ult. : Col. E. W. Cole, Mr. S. K. Johnson, Messrs. T. Lyons, T. Cook, and W. O’Con nor, of the Georgia Rail Road ; Mr. Neb hut,, of Berzelia; to those members of the congregation, who honored us with their presence, and to Messrs. Mahoney and Brannan, to whose untiring energy and good management the success of the Pic-Nic was, iu a great measure, due. New York Correspondence OF THE BANNER OF THE SOUTH. The Completion of Reconstruction not an Ir reparable Misfortune —The People of the South most stand Shoulder to Shoulder — Instability of the Bogus Southern Govern ments—The Tribune on the “ Irreversible 1 Correct Principles Must Re-assert Themselves—The Examples of History— The South not Helpless—What She Can pa—The Future of the United States — Mr. Johnson Game to the Last—The Headquarters of Southern Delegates to the New York Convention —Anticipations of u A Big Time ” Generally. New York, June 30, 18G8. The completion ot what is facetiously called Reconstruction, in seven of the Southern States, is not an irreparable mis fortune. With Radical functionaries to stuff the ballot-boxes, and Radical Generals to uphold the cheat at the point of the bayonet, it is not at all surprising that the present apparent consummation should have been reached, and, indeed, the only wonder is that there were men in the South to counsel their people to any participa tion in the scoundrel scheme, fight the devil with fire, Was the argument of these gentlemen; but, alas! lire is the devil’s own peculiar element, and he can give any good Christian man ten in the game and then beat him with that weapon. But all that is past now, and however we may have differed in the South, on the point of action or inaction, it now behooves us to forget those discrepancies, stand shoulder to shoulder, lock shields once more, and try it again. These bogus Governments cannot stam There is a deep undercurrent ot opinion here, which admits their absolute insta bility; and I was particularly amused die other morning to see how this belief cropped out even in the Tribune. This paper has the interesting peculiarity pos sessed by dreams, to wit: that their true meaning is t<> be interpreted by contraries. Accordingly, its great cry was, that this Reconstruction, so-called, was “irreversi ble.” On this it harped so much and so long, that 1 could not but think that here was the weak point ol the whole affair, and the Tribune knew it. Y ben we hear a man forever prating of his honesty, or his courage, we are almost invariably right to set him down as a thief and a coward; and so it is that this howl of “irreversi ble,” by Greeley, means that that long headed old reprobate very clearly per ceives that this Congressional Reconstruc tion is rotten to the core, and destined to a speedy and ignominious abrogation. To suppose that eight or nine millions ol the Caucasian race can be permanently sub jected to the rule ol a little over three millions of boot-blacks, washerwomen, and plow-boys, is an absurdity that, is enough to make a cat laugh. Human vio lence can, for a time, it is true, overhear the great rules of right and the well ap proved principles of all good government, hut. in the end. those rules and those principles, which are of God, re-assert their supremacy, and overwhelm, utterly and disgracefully, the things of men. In France, they slaughtered the Priests once, overturned the altar, and decreed death to be an eternal sleep; but, in six years, Re ligion came back, triumphant to her tem ples, purified her shattered shrines, and re erected the beautiful banners of the Cross- In England, they upset the Constitution, in Cromwell's time, and confiscated millions of Cavalier property, but the day came when the old Government was re-erected iu tliat country, the old owners re-estab lished in their possessions, and the body of Cromwell hanged up to the kites and crows. So, in the third great convulsion of modern times, re-action will follow action as certain as the day succeeds the iMffht. That the hour is now dark, is, in deed, true, but so much the more reason then for rousing up one’s courage to the dangers that it holds. In easy times it is easy to be valiant, but the entrance to the Dark Valley of the Shadow of Death, is the thing to try the nerves. That the South is helpless, is a falsehood. I couldn't help myself is the coward’s plea. The South is, to-day, the home of nearly one third of the whole white population of the United States. It has been welded by op pression into a solid mass, and union is strength. It owns the land, and ] ar so , power. It employs the Negi oes, and cui turn them off it 11 icy vote. It is ' ■jj men ot known desperate bravery, and I can break down the Borth by forcingtltct to keep up immense standing armies. \. can menace th® “national debt, and jjj. oair the “national ” credit, by threatening x) cast its 800,000 white votes, and all the Negro votes it can rake and scrape, for straight-out repudiation, if it ever gets a chance. Its pulpits can animate an undy ing opposition to tyrants, even asset. Pay] vaunted his Roman freedom, and the prophets of old stirred up Israel again s* Edom. Its Press can insist that the 4 mongrel Governments are all utterly i11,,, gal, and constantly countenance the people against any recognition, on any of either their righttulness, their necessity, or their justice. And its women can ketp up the social ostracism with force. The South is not helpless. The strugg 1 , must not be given up. The instrumentali ties are abundant, and the prospects of success are clear. No people, said a dear brained statesman, once, can be long so danger if their hearts are sound; and the lesson is one that is of peculiar force to-day. The future of the United States Govern ment is dark. Dangers and difficulties an ahead of it, and at almost any day the de position and attitude of the South may rise into supreme importance. Nine mil lions out of twenty-eight millions can never be long without weight, and especially i> this the case when those millions are knit together by the most affecting ties of a common cause. Courage, therefore. Gird up thy loins, O! reader, and play the man! To speak of general topics, it w ill U seen that, game to the last, Mr. Jolmsoi has vetoed the Reconstruction bills, as was hinted in a prior letter he would do. Tri umphant as Reconstruction appears to be, there are some hitches in it yet, which, for lack of time, cannot be more than allude 1 to, as in connection with the proposed 14th amendment, and from a recollection of some of the President’s words at an in terview, mentioned heretofore, I should not be at all surprised that he would yet cut out work for the Reconstruction doctors. For the information of those intendii _ to visit this city during the Democratic Convention, I may say that the Alabama delegation will quarter at the Metropolitai and St. Nicholas hotels; the Georgian.' a' the Chandler House, just across the street from Tammany Hall, the place of meeting, the Arkansas, Louisiana, North Carolina. Maryland, and Kentucky men will stop a* the New York Hotel; the South Carolini ans and Floridians at the Southern Hotel the Mississippians at the Everett House and the Texans and Virginians will 1 heard of at the New York Hotel. It i pleasant to see in the list of names so man;, of the true men of the South, and it make one feel homelke to read here that liu Hill, Gordon, Reid, of Macon, Phil Sim mons, Pottle, of Warrenton, and Ram Wight, are to be along from the gallar. old State that worried Hindquarters Pop. out of his saddle, and scared Plenary Meade into a jelly with the Ku Klux. Everything promises what, in the slam of these parts, is called “a big time”—; harmonious session, a straight-out Demo cratic platform, a whirlwind of enthusiasm and an aggressive fight. There is to he m standing on the defensive—the war is to 1 carried into Africa, and these dirty buz zards who defile the Temple of Libert charged up to the hilt. Tyrone Powers. Some Facts About the Dome ok ou; National Capitol.— The dome of the Capitol at Washington is the most anibi tious structure in America. It is a hun dred and eight feet higher than tin Washington Monument at Baltimore, sixty-eight feet higher than that o i Bui* ker Ilill, and twenty-three feet liighei than the Trinity Church spire of New York. It is the only considerable dome of iron in the world. It is a vast hollo v sphere of iron weighing 8,009,20' 1 pounds. How much is that ? More tliai four thousand tons, or about the weight o seventy thousand full-grown people; o: about equal to a thousand laden coal car. which, holding 4 tons apiece, woul reach 2 miles and a half. Directly ove: your head is a figure in bronze, “ Ainei ica,” weighing 14,985 pounds. Th pressure of the iron .dome upon its pier and pillars, is 13,477 pounds to th* square foot. St. Peter’s presses near!; 20,000 more to the square foot, and St Genevieve, at Paris, 60,000 pounfi more. It would require to crush th supports of our dome, a pressure of 755 280 pounds to the square foot. Th* cost was about 81,100,000. The nev wings cost about 86,500,000. Th architect has a plan for rebuilding th* old central part of the Capitol and cn larging the Park, which will cost abo 1 $3,200,000. When does a candle resemble a tend ? When it is set up for a lai husband. A paper in Indianapolis, Indiana, pr* poses that hereafter, instead of saying, “h us sing the doxology,” the minister sim say, “Let us put on overcoats, adjust lur slip on gloves, grab hats, and look to ' ! Lord, and be dismissed.”