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Berzelta. —One of the pleasantest 8 cornier retorts that we know of is Ber zelia, w here the veteran Nebhut keeps one of the finest hotels in the South. It is only twenty miles from Augusta, on the Georgia Railroad, and just the place to «pend the Summer. Mr. Nebhut and his accomplished lady and daughters spare r,o pains to make their guests comforta ble and pleased. If any of our readers want a desirable place to spend “the heated term,” we commend Berzelia and Nebhut’s Hotel to them. The Democratic Platform.— We give in this issue the Platform of the Demo cratic Party, as adopted at the recent National Convention in New York. It is such a platform as the South can accept with honor to herself, the North with propriety, nnd the whole country with profit and glory, _ NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE OF THE BANNER OF THE SOUTH. r The Democratic Nominee—What they Said—The Right Doctrine—Enthu siasm in Neiv York—The Finger of Providence Overruling Men's Might —Punishment Always Sure—Retri bution —How Chase came near the Nomination —How he Failed to Get it—Great Excitement—The Conven tion—A Glance at the Interior of Tammany Hall—The Southern Dele gates —The German Scheutzenfest — The Famous New York Seventh Regiment—Spec ulations. New York, July 9, 1868. Selah ! the daw dawns ! The Demo cratic party has nominated for President a man who said, in 1864, that the South didn’t need any reconstruction ; declaring ‘ The doctrine of Southern disorganiza tion and revolution is a doctrine of na tional bankruptcy and of national ruin ; it is a measure for lasting military despotism over one-third of our country, which will be the basis for military despotism over the whole land and, for Vice-President, this Convention nomi nates a man, who said, in a letter, written on the 30th of June, in this very year : “We must have a President xcho will execute the will of the people, by tramp ling into dust the usurpations of Con gress, known as the Reconstruction Acts." This is the right doctrine—no paltering with tyranny ; no bowing down in the house of Rimmon ; no dealing with the unclean thing, but a bitter and relentless war upon it, till oppression quake in high places, and Dagon be hurled from his throne. I cannot tell you what an enthusiasm this unexpected determination of the lion-hearted Democracy has awakened here, among those who keep to the pure and undefiled faith as handed down by the Fathers. At one time, it was feared some juggling might foist Chase into the nomination, but it has pleased Heaven to order otherwise; and, in to-day’s work, the Star of Hope beams brightly for the South. Even if they would draw back, the Northern Democracy cannot now re treat. They must fight this fight on the platform of the South—that Reconstruc tion is a shame and villainy, and must be torn up, root and branch. Some weeks since, I wrote you not to despond—that Liberty was sot dead, but sleeping—that there was sunshine ahead; and, fresh from the tumultuous thunders of the great Convention, I hasten to renew that assurance. The great West is in a blaze, as the telegrams report, for all day long the wires have been flashing the news to and fro, and it seems that, in this determination to make a straight out fight for a whiteman’s country, and down with isms, the right cord has been struck. What, indeed, could we have and jrjQ with Chase, the man who drew up the second Xtoootist Ap.r„ and said, only a few days since, it was right, and constitutional, and just? And, now, let me relate one or two remarkable circumstances in connection with these nominations. In the first place, they reveal how the finger of Providence overrules men’s might, and teach as how an ill deed, though it be years afterward, is always requited. dia.ro deseruit, Ac., says old Horace, rarely does a crime escape punishment, though punishment comes limping on behind. The two meu most prominent for nomination were Hancock and Chase. The one was, at one time, far in advance in the ballotting, and the other, as I shall $ >on show, came very near being foisted cn the party. But three years ago Ben. Hancock obeyed the order to execute -Ins. Surrat, and to-day Nemesis dashed the Presidency from him just as the luxu rious cup was mantling at his lips. So much for retribution number one. For the second, here was Chase, the Chief Justice, sworn to do immutable justice, who withheld the decision on the McArdle case (which is strongly adverse to the Reconstruction Acts), thinking, doubtless, to get the Radical nomination at Chicago, wherein he failed; and then cast about for the Democratic nomination, but herein failed, also. What is it that Scripture says of him that withholdeth judgment ? Whatever it is. it may be written of Chase, who will never be so near the White House again. Retribution, Retri bution lid the work for these two men— for Fan did not forget their deeds, though meD seemed inclined to. But i was about to say how Chase came very near the nomination. It hap pened in thiswise: For some time back, it was the intention of certain shrewd politicians here, who value one bond more than all the suffering South, to concede the constitutionality of Reconstruction to the Chief Justice, if he would concede, in turn, his ardent support to the payment of the bonds in gold. Not daring to nominate him at once, these New York politicians voted for Church, and Hen dricks, until there had been some twenty ballots, thinking, at the last, to rush in Chase, and secure his nomination, on the spur of the moment, when the rest of the Convention might begin to despair at being able to concentrate on any one else. But the Pendleton men were just as keen at party trickery, and, in return for the persistent withholding of its sup port by New York from the Ohio States man, finally withdrew his name, and nominated Seymour, determined, that if their man could not win, Chase should not. Before the New York delegation could rally, the crowd took to cheering; from the galleries it spread to the floor; from the floor to the streets; out came the cannon, and began their joyous roar; the bands began to play; the flags were waved; cheer upon cheer rose, like the sound of mighty waters; State after State came in to Seymour; the South voted in solid column; New York was out manoeuvred, overpowered; Chase was utterly ignored; and, in a whirlwind of enthusiasm, a straight-out Democrat had won the day; ’twas a good thing on the part of the Buckeye State, and well and wisely done; for, if Grant is elected, there will never be anothor Presidential election in this country, and it was hut right to go into this great battle with a straight-out Democrat n the van. The general particulars of the Conven tion have been so fully telegraphed, that it is not worth while to repeat them. Suffice it to say that the interior adorn ments of Tammany were simply .superb. The coats of arms of all the States were hung around the hall, Pennsylvania and Georgia being to the immediate right of the Chair, and South Carolina and Massa chusetts to the left. Above the Chairman was a marble bust of Washington, shrined in a canopy of crimson silk, and in front of the alcove was “Pro Patriaf in letters of gold. In the body of the hall, to mark the various delegations, were slender lances, with blue silk pennons, embossed with the name of each State in gold. To the right and left of the desk, were enormous bronze figures, larger than life, of Roman soldiers, and clustered in front of the Secretaries were huge bouquets of rarest flowers. In the midst of all this maguificence, imagine six hun dred delegates, and between six and seven thousand spectators, and, if you fill in the picture with a huge arbor of evergreens, canopied with flags and pictures, outside, you may fancy the tout ensemble of the great Democratic Convention of 1868. The Southern delegates were, by far, the handsomest and most distinguished looking men present, and have received compliments, both repeated and deserved, on their moderation, good sense, and courtly demeanor. The Herald said the Southerners were as talented as ever; the World praised their dignity, good sense, and propriety, in a leading article; the Sun also eulogised them, and even the 'Th'ihune failed to .find a sneer. A mast favuicible impression has ueen made by their presence, and, if some of our gallant orators would stump the North during the canvass, it might greatly strengthen the growing conviction, that the excellent abilities of these hereditary Statesmen should not be lost in times that are now so sadly destitute of real commanding excellence. Besides the Convention, New York has been greatly exercised over the German Scheutzen-fest , or Riflemen’s Jubilee. Marksmen from all parts of this country, from California, South Carolina, and from Switzerland, the German States, and the Tyrol, met here to contend for victory, and some fine shooting has been seen. Each man was allowed to choose his rifle, and everything, accordingly, from the weapon of the Alpine hunter to the regu lation Minis, was on hand. The German portions of the city were resplendent MBBfIB ©I fSj l©ifs; with flags and evergreens by day, and parti-colored lights and fireworks by night, and, as may well be supposed, the lager drunk, and songs sung, are such as no man can compute or number. A cheerful, kindly people are these Ger mans, and, to their credit, it is said, there were not a dozen disturbances, if even that many, among at least a quarter of a million Teutons, out on a frolic of a week. Yesterday, the famous Northern Regi ment, the 7th New York, was out, and it really put one in mind of old times to see the grey uniforms once more. Save that the cloth was finer, and there was a great deal of gold work on it, and the flag, though the old flag, wasn’t our old flag, the steady march of the glittering bat talions put me in mind of the days when Longstreet’s dashing division came through Richmond, cn route to help Magruder out at York town, in 1862. Ah! how time flies! That was six years ago. Six years from now, what will the flag be, and who Emperor ? Tyrone Powers. NEW ORLEANS (LA.) CORRESPONDENCE OF THE BANNER OF THE SOUTH. Mental and Moral Improvement in Southland—The Public and Private Schools of New Orleans—Catholic Schools and Colleges—An Idea of the Extent of these Schools—Their Prospects—More Work for the Priests — Mr. C. D. Elder's Educational Agency. New Orleans, July 9, 1868. Editor of the Banner of the South: In addition to the great progress our Southland is making in material physical improvement, there is another, more important , forward movement going on. The field of mental and moral culture is being worked to good effect. The past two or three weeks have been de voted, in a great measure, to the Annual Examination and Exhibition of our Schools of all classes; and the universal verdict testifies to their efficiency and improvement over former years. In this city, owing to the rare tact and discretion of Mr. Rogers, our able and experienced Superintendent, the Public Schools have been so managed as to give all possible instruction to pupils of every nationality, without the slightest clash of races, and to the full satisfaction of all. Aided by the sage counsels of the Nestorian Assist ant, Professor Dimitry, no other result could have been expected. Owing to the impoverished condition of most of our formerly wealthiest families, the Private Schools have been more sparsely attended than of yore; still, a fair attendance has enabled the best of them to continue their career of useful ness. Amongst these, the various Catho lic Colleges and Academies stand pre eminent, as may be seen by reference to the accounts of their Examinations, &c., as published in our daily newspapers, and especially by the fuller details in the Morning Star , during the past few weeks. As for our Catholic Parochial Schools, they were never more flourishing than now, thanks to the devoted zeal of our untiring Parish Priests throughout the city. The amount of good they do, in training useful future citizens, for both Earth and Heaven, is simply miraculous . I have no official statistics of the number of children who attend them, but, from personal observation, I can safely say that, in one Parish alone, the Fourth Dis trict, they number not less than 2,500. Knowing the size of our city, you can now estimate what must be the grand total in all the Parishes thereof. Herculean as are all the labors of our Priests to-day, there is a note of warning for them to prepare for still weightier work in the near future. Under the new Constitution of the new State of Louisiana, which gives “equal rights to all citizens without regard to race or color,” the Public Schools must be thrown open to all! As the Negroes enter, most of the white children will, of course, retire; for there are still a good many white folks here who do not believe in amalaramatlrur wnai Huj created separated N6 \f, these excluded whites must be educated, and, no doubt, thousands of them will be placde under the well known discipline of our Catholic Parish Schools, which, being private establishments, are permitted to select and discharge their pupils at will. In this view, 1 repeat, our Christian Brothers, Sisters of Charity, and other educational Orders, must prepare for a greatly increased field of operations next year. The same remarks hold good towards the numerous Catholic Pay Schools, for both boarders and day scholars. For, as material prosperity is gradually dawning upon our citizens, many hundreds of them will prefer (having the mear.s) to send their children to Academies of pretention, having advantages that the ordinary Parish Schools cannot command; and,in this connection, I am glad to see that our thoughtful fellow-citizen, Mr. C. D. Elder (who, by the way, has been acting as amateur Agent for the Banner of the South), has established himself as a General Agent here, to represent the Catholic Institutions of the whole country. This Agency supplies a long needed desideratum, and will prove immensely valuable, both to parents and to the In stitutions that avail themselves thereof. The world moves. As we must all move with it, let us hope that, in the race ol telegraphs, railroads, steam-tugs, elevators, steam-plows, cultivators, &c., &c., Education in the South may keep the lead ! Southern Radical. CATHOLIC INTELLIGENCE. Ordination. —The Most Rev. Dr. Spalding, Archbishop of Baltimore, late ly celebrated several Ordinations in the Chapel ol the Seminary, conferring Orders on the postulants of several Dioceses. On the 28th ultimo, Messrs. John E. Mallin, William E. Starr, James M. O’Brien, William E. Bartlett, Georges W. Devine, Joseph Mullen, Caspar Sclimidtt, of the Diocese of Baltimore ; Joseph L. P. Ilugon, of the Diocese of Savannah; Richard Boyse, John A. Hef fernan, Patrick McNamara of the Dio cese of Brooklyn ; Francis F. Lestra, of Santa Fe; James McGurfc, of the Diocese of Richmond; Henry Bouillard, Patrick Georges Tobin, Michel Bardi, of the Dio cese of New Orleans ; John B. Fitz- Patrick Boland, William J. McDonald, of the Diocese of Boston; John Fagan, Lawrence Fuchs, Peter Schwarz, of the Diocese of Brooklyn ; Henry Meissner, of the Diocese of Fort Wayne ; Florimond R. J. J. B. Blanc, of the Diocese of Natchez; William F. O’Brien, of the Diocese of Hartford. James F. Makin, Valentine FI. Schraidtt, of the Diocese of Baltimore ; Daniel McFaul, of the Dio cese of Portland ; Antoine Fourchegu, of the Diocese of Santa Fe; Louis Vally, of the diocese of Natchez, received re spectively the First Tonsure, Minor Or ders and Sub-deaeonship. On the 29th, Messrs. Stanislaus Ryan, Jas. P. Carey, Francis P. Duggan, Jas. F. Makin, Jeremiah O’Sullivan, Valen tine FI. Sclimidtt, of the Diocese of Balti more ; Michael Fitz-Gerald, of Hartford; Jeremiah J. Healey, of Boston ; Francis Lennon, James McElroy, Ignatius Her man Zeller, John Fagan, of Brooklyn; Bernard TANARUS: Borg, Henry Meissner, of Fort Wayne ; James McGurk, Pierre Cheva lier, and Henri A. Molette de Morangies, of Natchez, were promoted to Deacon ship. On the 30th, the Rev. Patrick F. A. Murphy, of Hartford ; James P. Carey; Francis P. Duggan ; Mark Stanislaus Gross, of Baltimore ; Jeremiah J. Healey; Fr. Lennon; James McElroy; J. Fr. Makin; Jer. O’Sullivan ; Ign. H. Zeller; John Fagan; Ber. T. Borg; Michael Dolan, of Boston ; Val. FI. Sclimidtt; Henry Meissner; James McGurk, were raised to the holy Priesthood. On the Ist instant, the exercises of the present session of the Seminary and Uni versity were closed, as usual, by a solemn Mass of Thanksgiving, followed by the Te Deum and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. [Catholic Mirroi , July 11. SYNOrSIS OF THE FA PAL BULL. The European telegraphic despatches of last week contain the following impor tant news : Rome, June 29.—His Holiness Pope Pius the Ninth, following up his Allocu tions to the Sacred Consistory on the general condition of affairs, spiritual and temporal, and the Austrian legislation with respect to the Concordat, has to-dav issued a Papal bull calling a general council of the Catholic Church. The Pontifical decree and summons, which is addressed to the Cardinals, Pa triarchs, Primates, Archbishops and Bishops —urbi et orbis —directs that they shall assemble in the Vatican, in this city, on the Bth day of December, in the year °* 2L 1 . 1 , duh nas produced a decided sensation in diplomatic circles, as it is acknowledged on all sides that this ecclesiastical Convention will consti tute the most brilliant—in point of num bers and talent and momentous as re gards the subjects to be discussed—hie rarchical assemblies which has been brought together from the earliest days of Christianity. The Holy Father, in explaining the reasons which guided his judgment to the conviction of the necessities of a general council, sketches out the programme of the work of its members with a free hand. His Holiness states that the subjects to be submitted to the congregated body in clude : The necessity of renewed Epis copal exertion to secure, in all quarters of the globe, a firm belief in the integrity of the Catholic faith; a more abiding and heartfelt respect for religion; a more ready obedience to Catholic Church dis cipline, and a more general observance of its rules, regulations and laws; con sultation as to the best means of im proving the morals of the members of the fold ; how to extend and establish peace and concord among individuals and nations; and how to more effectu ally remove the many ills which afflict civil .society, as well as many of the religious orders. Ihe bull, in conclusion, adverts to the absolute necessity which exists, to up hold the temporal power of the Pope in the Eternal City and domain of the Church, to sustain and defend the sanctity of the sacrament of marriage in every land, and to be careful of the education of the yonng. His Holiness deplores the persevering, untiring, and insidious efforts which are being made by the enemies of the Church to throw down, destroy, and deface all these, and imparts to the faithful the apostolic benediction just before adding his signature to the paper, and attesting it with the seal of the Fisherman. The bull enjoins that all persons re quired to attend the Council must appear either in person or by proxy. General Lee as a Drainer and Ruler of the Young —His Health— Feeling Towards Him of the People of Lexington. —Dr. Bagby, who attend ed the late Commencement at Washing ton College, writes of General Lee as fol lows, in a letter to his paper, the Native Virginian: And here it will be in place to relate that, on my return from Lexington, a gentleman in the coach expressed the fear that General Lee’s kindness of heart, and his desire to enlarge the college, might, perhaps, make him too lenient and, possi bly, lower the scholastic standard. To quiet his fears, I told him what had been told me a few days before by a clergy man residing in Lexington. “General Lee’s office,” said he, “is no sinecure. His work taxes to the utmost his powerful constitution. He registers in his mind not only the faces but the names of the 410 students. Nor is that all. He can tell you the standing of each student in the several branches which he studies, and any neglect of duty is prompt ly punished.” "Punished!” I exclaimed. “Yes,” said he, “in General Lee’s own way.” “How is that!” I inquired. “Well, not long since, a young friend of mine, who is in the college, confessed to me that he had been, as he expressed it, ‘hauled up’—that is, he had received a message to the effect that the President desired to see him in his office. “Did General Lee lecture you ?” “No, indeed !” “Did lie scold you ?” “Scold ! I only wish that he had. He talked to me so kindly that he nearly broke my heart, and you don’t catch me in there again, I tell you.” That is “Gen. Lee’s way”—not like Stonewall Jackson’s, but quite as effectual in college, as was Jackson’s in the army, [f we add to this personal supervision of each individual student the labor of cor respondence (a great deal of which cannot be taken off his hands), and other duties, we may understand how it is that the re port, which went the round of the papers a few months ago, of the General’s failing health should have gained credence. He lias improved very much of late, but does not present that robust appearance to which our eyes were accustomed during the war. Replying to a gentleman, who congratulated him at the alumni supper upon the prospect of the long holiday before him, he expressed his regrets at not being able to mount his horse, and ride day after day among the mountains. He must desire and must need greatly the quietude and refreshment of the soul which comes of solitary communion with Nature. On his health hang too many and of this it wore wolf diately around lii*n should never bo un mindful. The revered affection ana .; rat j on with which Gen. Lee is regarded by , o citizens of Lexington, seems rather to in crease than to lessen —proof enough, if proof were wanting, of the true greatness of the man. Whenever he rides through the village, the people watch him with as much interest as though they had never seen him before; and if he chance to stop in the street on some business, they linger at their doors and window* as if their eyes would never tire of gazing upon that face so heroic, yet so full of all gentleness. Both Pretty.—A snow-fall in a sun shine is like a maiden shedding tears in laughter. Both are pretty scenes and not very wet. 7