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superb manner in which it was decorated.
Isabella was really deserving of all these
marks of respect, nut only for her sincere
piety and the extraordinary virtue with
which her noble heart was endowed, and
her great zeal for our holy faith, but also
her charity and tender compassion which
prompted her to devise many comforts
and conveniences for the sick and wounded;
in was her greatest delight to assist and
comfort her soldiers ; she had large and
commodious tents arranged for them,
which were unanimously called the
Queen’s Hospital. King Ferdinand,
seeing the pride his nobles took in adorn
ing their encampment, had some appre
hensions lest they should lose their ardor
for the approaching combat, and relax in
military discipline, so necessary for suc
cess. But his apprehensions were quite
groundless. On the contrary, they showed
themselves more chivahic than ever,
always anxious and ready to fight
for their country. The protracted seige
was irksome to them, as they ar
dently desired some occasion to display
their courage and loyalty ; indeed, so
long had it continued that the encamp
ment rather resembled a great military
city. Numberless artisans, from differ
ent places, resorted thither to display their
merchandise. There were helmets and
cuirasses elaborately wrought, of polished
steel, inlaid with precious stones, glitter
ing swords from Damascus, together
with a choice variety of arms of every
description. Aurora was just pouring a
Hood of golen light upon the earth, ting
ing the distant mountains with a rosy
hue, when a band of Moors, fully armed
and mounted on splendid Arab steeds,
dashed with great speed towards the
camp. One of them, named Tarfe, noted
for his extraordinary skill in arms, and
great audacity, rode near enough to the
Spanish camp to send his lance a great
distance within, till it quivered in the
ground at the very entrance of the
Queen’s pavilion, then, spurring his
horse, was out of sight before the aston
ished Spaniards could see from whence
the weapon came. He soon overtook his
oompanions, who with him exulted at the
success of their insulting deed. The
Spaniards having removed the lance
found upon it the following laconic in
scription : “ For Queen Isabella.” This
bold and daring act enraged the Span
iards so much that they resolved at once
to avenge the insult. Don Ilernan, who
was a true knight, at once remarkable
for his piety as well as bravery, formed
a plan of making a secret nocturnal in
road upon Granada, and destroy by fire
some of the principal buildings, and then,
in the confusion which would naturally
ensue, escape without detection. Every
one agreed, as all were interested in de
fending the very name us their loved
Queen, for most willingly would they
have given their lives for her. Don
Hernan soon collected a small band, as
courageous and resolute as himself. On
the night appointed, they set out, guided
by a converted Moor, who was acquainted
with a subterranean passage under the
river Darro, leading into the heart of the
city. Full of ardor and excitement, lest
their plan might fail, they reached Gra
nada about miduight, guided by the sil
very beams of the gentle moon. Not a
sound was heard except the soft music
of the falling spray from the many mar
ble fountains in the public squares and
gardens, and the rustling of the leaves, as
they played in the gentle breeze, which
swept over the silent earth. They
walked with cautious tread through the
lonely streets, until they arrived at the
principal mosque. Here they paused,
and Don Ilernan, as pious as brave, knelt
down as if to implore the powerful pro
tection of the help of Christians ; he then
drew from beneath his mantle a scroll of
parchment, on which was inscribed, in
characters of gold, “ Ave Maria this
he fervently pressed to his lips, and then
rising, nailed above the front entrance of
the mosque ; after which they proceeded
to the Aicaccria. Here they again im
plored the powerful protection of Mary.
But, unfortunately, Don Hernan had for
gotten the firebrand; it had been left at
the mosque. Knowing it would be unsafe
to return, he was in a great perplexity
what course to adopt; but, fortunately,
they had brought with them some flint,
when, just as Don Ilernan was striking it
to obtain lire, they were warned to take
flight, as the Moorish sentinels were heard
approaching the spot. They immediately
departed, and were soon far out of reach
o. the enemy. The Moors were aston
ished the next morning to find such un
mistakable evidence of a visit from the
foe, nor could they account for the mystic 1
rious manner in which it had been con
ducted unknown to them ; they were still
more enraged on seeing their mosque
profaned, as they considered it to be.
While the Moors were trying to unravel
this strange affair, the Christian camp
was rejoicing at so glorious a victory
Queen Isabella returned sincere thanks to
the Mother of God for her powerful pro
tection ; she ever showed Don Hernan
signal marks of esteem and approbation,
(both in public and in private,) and raised
him to the highest dignity in her army.
He ever afterwards, before engaging in
any great combat, prayed to our Blessed
Lady who had so signally preserved him
from such great danger. Isabella also
conferred on him the glorious title of the
Madonna’s Knight, of which he was far
more proud than the most illustrious
titles earth can give. Tradition still
cherishes the remembrance of this event,
and tells us that after the conquest of
Granada, he transformed the mosque into a
church, where, at Mary’s shrine, an eager
throng prostrated themselves in thanks
giving for the great victory, and for the
triumph of the Cross over the Crescent,
“ THE VALLEY OF DEATH/ 5
In Kinglake’s new volume on the Cri
mean war is a graphic and minute de
scription of the charge of the 600 at Ba
laklava. He thus describes the ride, and
Cardigan’s appearance :
The pace for some time was firmly
governed. When horsemen, too valor
ous to be thinking of flight, are brought
into straits of this kind, their tendency is
to be galloping swiftly forward, each
man at the greatest pace he can exact
from his own charger, thus destroying, of
course, the formation of the line; but
Lord Cardigan’s love of strict uniform
order was a propensity having all the
force of a passion ; as long as it seemed
possible to exert authority by voice or
by gesture, the leader of this singular on
set was firm in repressing the fault.
Thus, when Captain White of the
Seventeenth Lancers (who commanded
the squadron of direction), because “anx
ious” as he frankly expressed it, “to get
out of such a murderous fire, and into
the guns, as being the best of the two
evils,” and endeavoring, with that view,
to “ force the pace,” pressed forward so
much as to be almost alongside of the
chief’s bridle arm, Lord Cardigan cheeked
this impatience by laying his sword
across the Captain’s breast, telling him,
at the same time, not to try to force the
pace, and not to be riding before the leader
of the brigade. Otherwise than this,
Lord Cardigan, from the first to the last
of the onset, did not speak or make a sign.
Hiding straight and erect, lie never
once turned in his saddle with the object
of gettiug a glance at the state of the
squadrons which followed him ; and to
this rigid abstinence —giving proof, as
such abstinence did, of an unbending
resolve—it was apparently owing that the
brigade never fell into doubt concerning
its true path of duty, never wavered (as
the best squadrons will, if the leader,
for even an instant, appears to be uncer
tain of purpose), and was guiltless of
even inclining to any default, except that
of failing to keep down the pace.
* * * But although he rode sing
ly, and although, as we have seen, he
rigidly abstained from any retrograde
glance, Lord Cardigan, of course, might
infer from the tramp of the regiments
close following, and from what (without
turning in his saddle) he could easily see
of their flanks, that the momentum now
gathered and gathering was too strong to
be moderated by a commander; and,
rightly perhaps avoiding the effort to
govern it by voice or by gesture, he either
became impatient himself, and drew the
troops on more and more by first increas
ing his own speed, or else yielded (under
necessity) to the impatience of the now
scattered squadrons, and closely adjusted
his pace to the flow of the torrent behind
him. In one way or in the other, a right
distance was always maintained between
the leader and his first line. As before,
when advancing at a trot, so now, while
flinging themselves impetuously deep
into the jaws of an army, these two
regiments of the first line still had in their
front the same rigid hussar tor their
guide, still kept their eyes fastened on
the crimson-red overalls, and the white
near hind leg of the chestnut which
showed them the straight, honest way—
the way down to the mouths of the guns.
Wc take much pleasure in acknowl
edging the receipt of that handsome and
valuable weekly, the Banner of the
South, edited by Rev. A. J. Ryan, and
published at Augusta, Georgia. Father
Ryan’s poetical gems render this paper
exceedingly attractive; the editorials
are ably and interestingly written; and,
as a literary paper generally the Banner
of the South lias no superior in the
country. Terms, S3 a year, in advance.
Address L T. Blome & Cos., Publishers
and Proprietors, Augusta, Ga.—Sweet
water {Tena.) Forerunner
In a family Bible in Connecticut this
record is to he found :
“Elizabeth Jones, horn on the 20th of
September, 1785, according to the best of
her recollection.”
The Late Thos. D’Arcy McGee.
The following poem was written by t he late Thomas
D’Arcy McGee, when quite a young man, and shortly
after he was exiled from Ireland for his participation
in “the Rebellion of ’43.” It is in memory of a gen
tleman who will be remembered by several of our
citizens, as a resident of Augusta, and a relation of a
lady now residing here:
“MEMENTO MORI.”
To the Memory of Nicholas S. Donnelly, Esq., of New
York, (who died of cholera while on a visit at St. Louis,
M 0.,) May 18th, 1848.
I.
He sought the South in his early prime,
’Ere half the worth of his heart was known—
While yet we thought—oh, how many a time ?
By the light of his life to guide our own.
§ IL
He went where “the Father of waters” rolls
His united waves to the gulf of the sea—
Where the Pestilent-Spirit was showering souls
Into the lap of eternity;
in.
Like a mower it swept the tropical South
Os weed, and flower, and fruit, and thorn:
The vested Priest, with the prayer in his mouth,
It took, and the infant newly born;
IV.
The bride at the altar it breathed upon,
And the white flowers fell from her clammy brow;
And the hand the ring had been just placed on
Blackened and fell like a blasted bough.
V.
But of all the Pestilence gathered in,
The noblest heart and the truest hand,
And the soul most free from stain of sin, v
Was thino, young guest of th’ Southern land.
VI.
In him the fulness of manly sense,
With the Christian’s zeal, were finely blent;
While a tender, child-like innocence,
The charm of love to his friendship lent.
VII.
And he is dead; and pass’d away,
And we have bow’d to the chast’ning rod;
In holy earth we have placed his clay;
His soul rests on the breast of God.
vm.
Yet still sometimes we think we hear
His quiok, firm step and laughter shrill;
So Fancy cheats the accustomed ear,
While the Heart is bent to the Maker’s will.
IX.
Rest, Brother, rest, in your early grave;
Rest, dutiful sun, our dearest and best—
In vain have wc prayed your life to save,
But not in vain do we pray for your rest.
M.
New York, June, 1843.
MORE ABOUT THE BATTALION FOR
THE POPE.
Gen . Tevis gets the Papal Benediction —
Father Franco , a Jesuit of the Civilita
Catholica, will sag Mass for him —
Splendid Picture of Things .
The following rose-colored letter has
been addressed to the Westminster Gazette,
a London Catholic paper of high stand
ing :
Sir—Your readers may be glad to
learn some further particulars in connec
tion with the new regiment now in course
of formation for the defence of the Holy
Father and his small possessions against
the attacks with which he is still menaced.
The formation of this new regiment,
“ Les Chasseurs Americainsf is due to
the perseverance of Gen. Carroll Tevis,
of the American army. Shortly after
the battle of Mentana, an offer had been
made by Gen. Carroll Tevis, and two
friends, to undertake the formation of a
regiment, men to be supported and armed
by money collected on this and the other
side of the Atlantic. This offer was not,
for the time being, accepted. Gen. Tevis
then applied himself to the collection of
funds for the use of the Government of
the Holy Father. 11 is efforts were soon
successful beyond his hopes, and money
flowed in weekly. The General again
applied himself to the task of obtaining
the consent of the Holy Father to the
formation of the new regiment. For this
purpose he placed himself in constant
communication with General Kanzler,
the Papal Commander-in-Chief and pro-
Ministcr of War, whose devotion to the
Papal cause and to the person of Pius
IX. is so well known. Eventually, when
all the details connected with the pro
posal had been laid before his Holiness,
and explained fully by General Kanzler,
the permission sought for was granted
to Gen. Carroll Tevis. The general de
tails are as follows :
The corps to consist of 1,000 men re
cruited in the United States.
Term of service, three years.
The officers and non-commissioned offi
cers to have served in their own army in
as high or higher rank than that which
they shall hold in this corps.
All appointments to bo made by his
Holiness.
No names of either officers or men to
be proposed to his Holiness which have
not been previously submitted to and ap
proved by the Bishops and Priests of the
Dioceses and Parishes in which they
reside.
The arm to bo the same as that of
other regiments, viz. ; the Remington
rifle and sabre bayonet.
The name of the corps to he the “Chas
seurs Americainsf to be under the com
mand of Gen. Carroll Tevis, with the
rank of Lieut. Colonel.
These give an idea of the new corps,
which, it is hoped, or at least a part of it,
will arrive in Rome by the middle of Oc
tober. Their uniform will be light bluish
grey tunic trowsers, and cap with green
facings, which will distinguish it from
the Zouaves, who have red facings.
On the 21st of May Cardinal Barnabo
addressed a circular to all the American
Bishops on the subjects, urging them to
give all the assistance in their power to
the movement, and especially their super
intendence in the selection of men and
officers. On the 31st of May Gen.
Carroll Teris was honored with the fol
lowing letter and blessing from the Holy
Father ;
“ Dib3o Maii, 18C8.
“ Benedicat Te Deus et benedicat illos qui bona
voluntate et arnore huic S. Sedi libenter et spontanei
arma surnunt pro defenßione ipsius S. Sedio et pro
gloria D. N. J. C. “ Pius PP IX.”
Fortified with this blessing, Gen. Car
roll Tevis at once received his final in
structions from the Minister of War, and
started, by mail, for London, on his way
to New York, where he will arrive in the
course of the present week. Within the
last few days a telegram dated from Rome,
has appeared in the morning journals to
the effect that, in consideration of the
disapproval of the movement by the
American Government, the whole thing
has been abandoned. No faith, we must
hope, can be placed in this, as it is highly
improbable, and more especially as the
telegram bears no official impress, and
gives 1,200 as the number of the corps,
whereas it was strictly limited to 1,000.
Had the source of the news been official,
this mistake would hardly have occurred.
Before his departure from Rome, Gen.
Carroll Tevis received a letter from the
well-known Father Franco, the senti
ments it contained being such that I can
not abstain from giving you a translation
of it. It is as follows :
Civilta Cattolica, Casa degli Sorittore
Piazza a Bobgo, Nuvo 66.
Rome, 30th May, 1868.
My Dear General ; Not feeling sure of
.seeing you before your departure for
America, I desire to offer you my best
wishes for a safe journey and happy suc
cess. You can scarce imagine what inter
est my colleagues and I take in your en
terprise. Ah ! if we had under the Hag of
St. Peter, last October, 1,000 brave Ameri
cans, what great things we should have
accomplished ! A single company of cru
saders was at that time looked upon as
possessing the force of a whole battalion.
When the 5,000 Garibaldians had taken
prisoners the heroic and brave defenders of
Monte Rotondo, consisting of merely two
companies and a half, and that only after
they had fired their last cartridge, you
know wo looked upon this loss as serious
ly as if the army of the Holy Father had
been deprived of the services of a whole
corps of very great strength and importance.
And, now, it is not so much the 1,000
bayonets the more we desire to have, as
1,000 devoted hearts to testify to the
world that the cause of the Holy See is the
cause of Catholicity. Tell our brothers on
the other side of the Atlantic, that it is not
merely a question of guarding a slip of ter
ritory so small that it would not add a
single star to the American flag; but, tell
them it is for the defence of one of the suc
cessors of St. Peter, and to secure the in
dependence of the religion of Christ ; that,
to accomplish this, it is necessary to save
Rome from the tyranny of the Italian Gov
ernment, and to deliver the ifoly Father
from the menace of the stiletto. You will
remember how they boastingly glorified
themselves in their journals on the organ
ized attack on the Vatican Palace, to take
place on the 23d of October last, and how
sincerely they regretted the miscarriage of
their concerted plan. Never, since the
time of the Crusaders, has a question of
such grave importance arisen, in which re
ligion and human civilization are alike
compromised. Make your countrymen un
derstand this ; Europe does understand it,
and, but for the action of the revolution,
the question would have been now solved.
We have seen not only Catholics but Pro
testants assisting the Pope. All honorable
men amongst the Protestants of Holland,
Germany, and England, applauded the
young Zouaves, who, with the Papal colors
living from their hats, passed through the
different towns, declaring aloud that they
went to defend their “ Father 1 from the
encroachments and the tyrannies perpe
trated by the revolutionary spirits, with
the connivance and under the protection
of the Italian flag. Even poor Italy,
chained down as it is, has contributed its
quota to the gallant little army of Bt. Peter,
besides a subscription of six or seven mil
lions francs. 1 >id it depend on me, I would,
without hesitation, be satisfied to give you
as your companion and co-preacher in this
crusade, the honorable M. Guizot, Protest
ant as he is.
I would, above all things, that you
should explain to the Catholics of the
United States that no local interest can
however great, for a moment compare
with the all importance of saving Rome
and the Holy Father from the horrible
slavery ot the Italian Government. Ah,
if you only thoroughly understood the or
ganized brigandage which they call “ Gov-
ernment”—if you could paint it in its t ruo
colors, I believe that the people of th.
United States would cry out with rage
and would, with all their power, help ‘to
crush an infamy so colossal. What would
honest Protestantism say, did it know the
history of this self-styled Government that
robs its citizens of its goods, and that
drives out into the street, without shelter
or bread, the Priest, the Religious, the Sis.
ters of Charity with their sick, and the
orphans—and for the sole reason that it
requires money, and takes it from the
weakest ? What would it say of a G ov .
eminent that, after seizing all this wealth
managed in a few years to become bank
rupt to the extent of three milliards, to
ruin commerce and agriculture, and cause
a famine in a country where real poverty
was hitherto unknown ? What would they
say of a Government that during a e.»n
tiuued peace shot down its citizens by
thousands, crammed its prisons, and burnt
and sacked its villages ? I tell these tiling
to those who desire to see the Holy Father
compromise with Victor Emmanuel. Yc-s
tell these, and still more horrible facts, anti
you will be within the truth. But mv
letter grows long, and I must cease, more
especially as I know my Franco-Italian
must be annoying to you, who speak and
write Italian and French at will. Prav
give us news of yourself, and tell us that
you have met with a complete success,
such as the Holy Father wished you in the
brief address to you.
I shall not forget you in the holy sacri
fice of the Mass.
Believe me, dear General, yours,
(Signed) P. Jean Joseph Franco.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
B. C. M.
ALLOCUTION OF *OUR MOST HOLV
FATHER, PIUS IX.
DELIVERED IN SECRET CONSISTORY ON
june 22, 1868.
Venerable Brethren :—Wc should never
have imagined that, after the convention
agreed to, nearly thirteen years ago, be
tween us and the Emperor and Aspostolic
King of Austria, to the great joy of all
well-minded men, we should be obligedto
lament upon the miseries and serious
misfortunes which, by the machination
of evil disposed men, now afflict and
annoy, in a deplorable manner, tiie
Catholic Church in the Empire :
Austria. In fact, the enemies of or,;
divine religion have been unceasing in
their efforts to destroy the said conven
tion, and to do the greatest harm to tL.
Church, to us, and to this Apostolic See.
On the 21st of December last, the Austrian
Government passed an odious law, to be
carried out and strictly observed in every
district of the Empire, even in those dis
tricts where the Catholic religion exclu
sively prevails. That law establishes free
liberty for all opinions—liberty of the
press, of all faith, and no matter what
confession or doctrine; it grants to th
members of every confession the rightc:
establishing public schools and colleges,
and members of every confession are al
lowed to be admitted on the same footing
with the sanction of the State. Although
we felt great grief on being informed c:
the fact, and wished to raise our voice
against it, we, nevertheless, gave proof 1!
forbearance, and we deemed it aivisuM
then to keep silent, chiefly supporte 1 by
the hope that the Austrian Governme:'
lending a docile ear to the just complain
of our venerable brethren (the holy pa
lates of Austria), would return to mo.
wholesome ideas, and adopt a sound-'
determination. But our hopes have b
frustrated. In fact, the same Govod
meat, on the 25th of May of this pns
year, issued another law which com;
all the subjects, even the Catholic *im
the Empire, deciding that all sous !
of a mixed marriage must follow the
ligion of the father, and the daughter
that of the mother; and that, under s *
years of age, they must follow in
stray path of their parents from ’h -
faith. Moreover, the same law suqpm
entirely the validity of the promise > vd
the Catholic Church, with reason :
with greatest justice, exacts and pr< -
absolutely before the celebrati n of-’
marriages It makes apo-daey -
civil law, both as regards the '
religion and the Christian ivlL' 1 -
rally; it suppresses all authority 1
Church over cemeteries, and ■ at; : ‘
bound to allow the bodies of h a dm.
buried in their Churchyard, if
not any of their own. Mon '
same Government, on ike - m
of May, of the pr.’sent year, .
tate to promulgate a law -a
which entirely cancel > all tin- 1
agreed to in the convent; m
alluded to ; this law restores th'
Austrian laws, w ieli ar< c in
laws of the Church ; it admit
confirms, that form of man
condemnable, called civil u or. ■
the authority of any eonfo.-m : v-.
refused the celebration of the i
on grounds which are not an
valid or legal by the civil : x
By this law, this same Govern. ; M
suppressed all the authority and.*’” '■