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nent, though unobtrusive virtues, will stand
forth in still bolder relief, and throw ad
ditional lustre around a character which
w*e have all learned to love and reverence.
But while thus proffering to you, Rt. Rev.
Bishop, the homage of our respect, we can
inot avoid expressing a pang of regret at
the thought that, in beiug deprived of your
valuable services, the Lazarist Congrega
tion in the United States loses its brightest
ornament, and the most powerful and de
voted support. Rest assured that in as
suming your position among the Princes of
the Church, you are accompanied by the
sincere affection, and undying regard of
those whose pride has been for so many
years to address you by the familiar and
endearing title of confrere. The Faculty
of this Institution in particular, towards
whom you have constantly exercised the
tender offices of an enliglited director and
father, whom in the dark day of adversi
ty, when a devastating element had re
duced to a heap of smouldering ruins the
fruit and labor of years, you so generously
aided and consoled, feel that their debt of
gratitude is far too deep to be expressed
by mere words. In conclusion, we desire
to convey to you, Rt. Rev. Bishop, to the
Most Rev. Archbishop, and the Rt. Rev.
Bishops and Rev. Clergy present, our high
appreciation of the honor conferred upon
us by this visit. The Seminary of Our
Lady of Angels has indeed just reason to
felicitate itself to-day on the proud distinc
tion of welcoming beneath its roof tree so
many distinguished Rt. Rev. and Rev.
guests. We will only add Rt. Rev. Bishop,
that it is our earnest prayer that the
career upon which you are entering may
be as brilliant and successful as its begin •
ing is joyful and auspicious, and that the
Divine Husbandman may deign to grant
you many, very many, happy years to labor
in this portion of his vineyard.”
Bishop Ryan beautifully, touchingly
responded. “He felt indeed that the eu
logium uttered regarding his merits was
too llattering—that there were many
others in the Congregation capable of
filling the position he so lately occupied.
True liis affections gathered around the
Congregation; he had been moulded from
boyhood to matuner years under its fos
tering influence; had become bound by
love to ins many members, and it was
with reluctance he had been seperated
from so many tender associations. As
regards the Seminary of Our Lady of
Angels, he had always watched its pro
gress with interest, and now, placed as
he was in even nearer and more peculiar
relations with it, he would endeavor to
do what distance • before prevented. Its
success, henceforth, he, as Bishop of
Buffalo, should and would endeavor to
promote, as it was hereafter to be con
sidered the Seminary of the Diocese.”
The lit. Rev. Bishop concluded by pro
posing the health of “Our Holy Father
the Rope.” The health of the Most Rev.
Archbishop was then toasted, in response
to which, in his accustomed elegant man
ner he replied. He thanked the Faculty
of the Seminary and complimented them
highly for the energy, devotedness, and
zeal which have resulted in erecting over
the ruins of conflagration so grand a
monument of learning and religion as
that which, contrary to expectation, he
had witnessed. “I was indeed surprised,”
he candidly remarked ; “1 had, it is true,
heard that a fine building had been
erected, but I bad not the remotest idea
that it was so grand an institution as is
this. Spacious, commodious, and beauti
ful, I consider it one among-the first
Catholic Seminaries of the land, and I
trust that it will always meet with that
success, of which it is deserving. In
conclusion he proposed, “To the Presi
dent and Faculty of Seminary of Qur
Lady of Angels long life and success in
all their undertakings.” Very Rev. R.
E. V. Rice, President, in response to re
peated calls, in that quiet and winning
manner peculiar to him,,expressed the
deep sense of gratitude lie experienced in
Seminary of Our Lady of Angels
being honored by the presence of so
many distinguished guests, and the praise
which was bestowed upon it by those
who would not stoop to flatter. If the
Seminary was what the Archbishop had
been pleased to style it, all was owing to
the goodness of God, the generosity and
co-operation of the Bishops and Clergy of
the country. He was followed by his
Lordship, Ri. Rev. Bishop Lynch, of
Toronto, in remarks full of wit and hu
mor which kept all in a continual roar of
laughter. After a few mirth provoking
remarks from Rt. Rev. Bishop Wood of
Philadelphia, was terminated an enter
tainment, which, by all persons present,
was pronounced princely, sumptuous,
and long to be remembered. No wonder
that encomiums in profusion were lavish
ed upon this Seminary, the pride of the
Buffalo Diocese, With the grandeur
of the Niagara immediately in front,
scenes of historic as well as of natural
interest surrounding it upon every side,
the broad expanse of Lake Ontario in
the distance, a climate the salubrity of
which is not surpassed in the country —it
certainly enjoys advantages of Nature
and of art the most desirable. Rt. Rev.
Bishop Ryan lias just reason to eongratu
late himself on having within his Diocese
an Institution which cannot fail to be
productive of great and beneficial results,
not only to the people placed under his
jurisdiction, but, also, to the whole Catholic
people and Church of every section of
these United States. May no cloud ever
dim the brightness of the future of the
Seminary of Our Lady of Angels, and
may its Faculty live long to enjoy its
blooming honors. “Participator.”
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Personal.— lt is with pleasure that we
notice a gradual, but very decided improve
ment in the health of our friend and be
loved Assistant Pastor, Rev. J/F. Kirby,
who, prior to his recent trip North, suf
fered serious and prolonged illness. The
numerous friends of Father Kirby, both
in Augusta and Savannah, and through
out the entire Diocese, will, we feel as
sured, receive the information of his par
tial restoration to health with unfeigned
pleasure. Father Kirby has labored
long and faithfully among the people ot
Augusta, who entertain for him the great
est respect and affection.
Rev. L. If. Pacquet, of Montreal, who
resided in this city for several months
on account of his health and who left for
his home last summer, has again return
ed to this city. Father Pacquet is an
estimable gentleman, and is universally
beloved by the members of the Catholic
congregation. We are pleased to learn
that his health has improved, and that it
is probable he will remain in this city
for a lengthened period We hope that
he will remain permanently in our midst.
St. Patrick’s Church Sunday School
Society. —The Annual meeting of this ,
Society, which is composed of the Sun
day School Teachers, was held on Sun
day, 6th inst., at which time an election
for Officers of the Sunday School and Li
brary for the ensuing year was held.
The names of the Officers elect are as
follows :
J. D. Kavanagh, Pres, and Supt.
E. F. Samuels, Asst. Supt.
Miss M. Murray, Supt. Female Dept.
P. M. Mulhcrin, Secretary.
C. E. Boulineaux, Asst. Secretary.
Wm. Mulherin, Treasurer.
A. F. Tischer, Librarian.
Wm. A. McCarty, Asst. Librarian.
During the year a Library lias been
formed for the use of the Children of the
School. It numbers, at. present, several
hundred volumes, but it is still insuffi
cient to supply the wants of the School.
A meeting of several gentlemen of the
Congregation was held on Sunday, the
6th inst., to devise means to increase the
Library. At that meeting 200 volumes
and a very liberal sum of money was con
tributed, and a Committee of three, viz.
Rev. A. J. Ryan, Mr. xY. Mullarky, and
Mr. J. D Kavanagh, appointed to solicit
contributions from those members of’ the
Congregation who wore not present.
We sincerely hope the members of
the Congregation will show their accus
tomed liberality, by their liberal contribu
tions to this worthy object, and, by this
means, a good Catholic Library will be
formed, where the Catholic youth of the
Congregation may find both moral and
interesting reading, and, be kept aloof
from the corrupt and dangerous litera
ture which is spread broadcast over the
land, and which causes the loss of so
many souls, who, had they been sup
plied in their early years with pure
food for the mind, would have become an
ornament both to their religion and so
ciety, instead of becoming, as alas, so
many have, a disgrace to both.
NEW ORLEANS (LaTcORRESPONDENCE
OF THE BANNER OF THE SOUTH.
AN AMUSING AND INTERESTING
LETTER.
New Orleans, Dec. 12th, 1868.
Banner of the South :
In these latter days a Lady or Gentle
man is nothing if not fashionable.
Every lady is a woman, but not every
woman is a lad}-. Our soi-disant ladies
think the difference lies in working and
not working. All women wear aprons.
But, as working women always wear
their aprons in front, the ladies—so-called
—have adopted the fashion of wearing
theirs behind, to show that “ they work
not, neither do they spin yet, I dare
say, Solomon, in all his wisdom, never
dreamed of anything human arraying it
self in the style of progressive ladies, who
swarm upon Canal street every day the
sun shines. Another distinction is that
plain, honest, working women wear their
aprons at home, and always take them
off before, they go out; whilst the fash
ionable lady wears none at home, but
never goes out (or a walk without her
“ ulterior attachment.' 5
’Tis different with your gentleman,
who, often, has well founded fears that
he is not wholly a man but may be a
mere puppy; so, in order to look as
much as possible like a man, he strips
himself, and with the aid of his Shanghai
leggies and jacket, assumes much the ap
pearance of an “unfeathered bird, 7 thus
claiming for himself one of the most an
cient and classical definitions of a man.
In head-dresses, also, there is a great
change from old times. Formerly the
lady 7 s bonnet was worn on the top of her
head, that it—the dearest article of her
toilette—might be seen, admired, and en
vied by all the world, except herself;
now, however, she has adopted the more
sensible fashion of wearing it where she
can forever enjoy the “ thing of beauty”
with her own eyes. Latterly, you
know, the bonnet, from being an unsight
ly mass of whalebone, wire, straw, or
horse-hair, has bloomed into an exquisite,
tiny bouquet of brilliant blossoms; but,
in order to enjoy its contemplation, the
fair owner keeps it no longer hidden in
ner hair, but by means of a ribbon thrown
over her head, allows the beautiful object
to hang suspended upon her breast with
in perpetual range of her own eyes, as
well as those of her admiring friends and
envious rivals.
The latest style of male head-gear,
also, lias its advantages in being adapted
equally well for sleeping or waking uses.
Indeed, it seems more suited to the for
mer than the latter, as its walking wearer
always impresses one with the idea of a
somnambulist who lias forgotten to take
oft' his crushed night-cap.
Our municipal pap-suckers have come
to grief by the emphatic refusal of the
people, at last week’s election, to counte
nance the contemplated Three Million
Loan swindle, which had been elaborately
and cunningly concocted by the Alder
manic boards. Their scheme was to
raise money for their own immediate
benefit, at the cost of ultimate hopeless
bankruptcy to the city itself. By a wise
provision of the State laws, all such
schemes require the direct approval of
the people by ballot. The election was
accordingly held, and resulted in an al
most unanimous thunder of no from the
indignant people, who are now determined
to submit no longer to any such “ nice
little financial operations,” us have the
lust four years brought only ruin and
starvation to the masses, while the few
speculators —political and financial—roll
ed in luxury. The discomfitted Alder
men are furious at their failure, and
threaten to resign—“a consummation de
voutly to be wished;’ for then the Pro
perty* Holders’ Association will take the
matter in hand, and see to putting the
right men in the right piaces.
'Our gardens are, this morning, de
spoiled of all their beauty by that vener
able rogue, Jack Frost, whose hardened
fingers have filched from its stall' the
Last Rose of Summer, and planted its
brilliant colors on the fair area of Beauty’s
cheek.
Say not a word about my figures of
speech; for, on such a stinging day for
hot mixed punches, you can surely make
allowance for a slight mixture of
metaphor.
The steamship Crescent was last night
totally destroyed by lire, and what is sad
dest of all, the explosion of a quantity of
gunpowder in the hold, killed and wound-
ed a score or more of our noble firemen,
who were gallantly battling with the ele
ments in an unselfish effort to save the
property of strangers. A true fireman
is, after all, the greatest of heroes. All
honor to the self-sacrificing fraternity.
Southern Radical.
new yorkYoTreTpondence
OF THE BANNER OF THE SOUTH.
The President's Message—The Public
Debt—Fearful Blow at the "LoiT ' —
The Radical Howl—The President
and a New Party—Department Re
ports—lhe Temper of Congress —
Gen. Grant—The Supreme Court —
Handsome Compliment to the South
ern Confederacy.
New York, December 12, 1868.
Banner of the South:
A. J’s message is a fearful blow at the
loil. He has struck their beloved debt,
whereby they live and move and have
their being, and their cries at the “out
rage” are proportionately piteous and
keen. In plain English, Mr. Johnson
recommends that, instead of paying six
per cent, interest in gold on the enormous
debt, now resting like an incubus upon
the country, six per cent, of the princi
pal be paid each year and do interest at
all, whereby, in sixteen years and eight
months, the entire load will be removed.
This is howled against as repudiation,
but the Message very astutely meets this
declaration by saying that to change the
form and manner of paying the debt has
already been not only proposod but acted
on by Congress itself in the Funding Bill
of last session. This was.to extend the
time of ultimate redemption to forty
years and lower the interest to four per
cent., and as the original obligation was
to pay six per cent, interest and to reim
burse the principal in twenty years, it
can be seen that the Funding Bill itself
was repudiation.. Merely' to suggest that
the people are tired of having their sub
stances eaten out by the loil cormorants
who lead the Radical party, is taken as
high treason, and as this is what Mr.
Johnson has done, the cry of traitor is
hurled at him as fast and hard as it was
ever leveled at the people of the South.
Besides the express languarge of the Mes
sage, there is also, aloes, gall, and worm
wood to the fcrooly loil in its implied
menace. This is perfectly well under
stood to be the intention of Mr. Johnson,
immediately on the cessation of his Pres
idential term, to go back to Tennessee
and there set about the formation of a
new party antagonistic to the Radicals, on
the score of their gross robberies of the
people by means of the public debt.
Being to the last degree obstinate and
unyielding, and with all his natural hardi
hood intlamed to the pitch of fury by the
ceaseless badgering to which he has been
subjected for thiee years past, it can be
seen that Mr. Johnson is even more for-
midable to the Radicals out of the White
House than he is in, and already, in an
ticipation of his future assaults, they are
beginning to both feel and testify uneasi
ness. By reason of his sticking to the
Union, lie is not debarred from politics
by any test oath now administerable, and
thus, with a full course open before him,
and the keen remembrance of past in
juries to spur him on, we may well look
to see him worry the saints to such pur
pose that they will be even more dis
gusted with him than they are now. As
1 had occasion to meutien in a letter
some mouths since, the great unimpeach
ed is far from showing the effects of
time, and has, to all appearance, years
and years of rough political warfare in
him yet. Wait but tor a few months,
and if he does not open with shot and
shell on the weak point of the Radicals—
the debt—it will only be becau.se all
signs now apparent fail.
Towaru the close of the Message is a
very handsome piece of satire to the
effect that, while Hayti and San Domin
go seem to be trying to establish Repub
lican Governments, “It is, indeed, a
question of grave consideration whether
our recent and present example is hot
calculated to check the growth and ex
pansion of free principles, and make
those communities distrust, if not dread,
a Government which at will consigns to
military domination States that are in
tegral parts of our Federal Union, and,
while ready to resist any attempts by
other nations to extend to this hemis
phere the monarchical institutions of
Europe, assumes to establish over a large
portion of its people a rule more absol
ute, harsh, and tyrannical than any known
to civilized powers.”
Considering* that Hayti and Sau Do
mingo are mere mobs of warring negroes
who do everything toward one another,
save actual cannibalism, that is ferocious,
the idea of saying they are disgusted
with “the best Government the world
ever saw,” is a pretty severe thrust at the
pride and vain-glory of “God’s people.”
The departmental reports accompany
ing this remarkable .Message sing but
one song, and that is more money an.’
more troops, with bankruptcy at the e n d
of it. As of special interest South \*
may be mentioned that in these report
Meade says he wants more power to ij]
terfere in civil affairs in the Department
of the South, or the five “successfully re
constructed” States of North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama
while in Mississippi, which is not roeom
structed at all, Gen. Gillem reports that
there is no use for troops, that the civil
courts are administering justice, and that
there is a fine crop, worth about s3o
OOChOOO. Virginia, too, another mire,
constructed State, is represented as need
ing no more soldiery, while from every
where else the satraps, and pashas, and
tetrarchs of the army are sending llp a
yell for more bayonets.
In financial matters the total amount of
the debt, to date appears in round num
bers as $2,550,000,000, and the Secre
tary of the Treasury virtually “gives it ’
up ;” the Director of the Miut recom
mends that the branch mints at Char
lotte, N. C., New Orleans, and Dahlone
ga, Ga., be discontinued; and the Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue sets down
the expense of collecting the revenue
as increasing and the amount of
revenue steadily decreasing. All 0 f
which goes to show that military Govern
ment breaks itself down, and that justice
in a Government, like honesty 'among
individuals,*is always the best policy.
The temper of Congress is worse, if
possible, than before, and the most sig
nificant circumstance about this increased
malignity is that it is a fair index to the
disposition of the new Congress which
meets in March, most of the present
Radical members being re-elected to that.
As to Grant, nothing is to be looked for
from him. Public sentiment here seems
pretty well settled down that he will
either go with the ultras of his own free
will, or, that failing, be tricked or whipped
back into the traces.
A learned argument was lately had in
the Supreme Court on the constitution
ality of the legal tender act, or to say
whether it is lawful for Congress to com
pel a creditor to take a depreciated
greenback dollar in full payment for a
dollar due him in silver or in gold. The
unconstituticnality of the thing is evi
dent, but it is stated that on grounds of
“policy” the Court will not so decide. In
the course of the argument by counsel,
the other day, quite a handsome compli
ment was paid the ability and honesty of
the Confederate Government in its re
fusal to make its Treasury notes a legal
tender. Speaking of the wrong done by
any Government which forced a paper
money into use as legal tender, one of
the learned counsel said:
“Upon this point no illustration could
be more instructive than the history of
the paper of the Confederate Government.
Treasury notes were authorized by that
Congress?, (Acts No. 58, March 9, 1861;
No. 311, December 19, 1861,) were
made receivable for taxes and public
dues, (except import duties,) and were
the general circulation of those States
from their first issue till the final subju
gation of the authority by which they
were issued ; always declining in value,
but always reeivable at a value fully pro
portionate to their chances of ultimate
redemption. And this though never
made a legal tender. Nay, although by
law the right to insist upon payments in
gold and silver remained, it was very
rare for any one to assert the right. Yew
contracts were made in these notes ; their
gradual depreciation alleviated the looses
to creditors by distributing that deprecia
tion through a series of creditors. Yow
and then a creditor refused to take them
and discharge the security for some
specific debt, and was left to hold his se
curity. But these cases were few: sher
iffs received these notes upon execution,
damages were assessed in them upon
trials, and, except in rare and unusual
instances, they performed every service
they could have performed had they
beeu made a legal tender. They fluctua
ted in a ratio with the success of the
Confederate arms, as did our notes. And
they are a standing illustration , for r
time , of how a people can put Herr tad
man into the field, and sacrifice tncu'
last dollar, without issuing inclul'gene's
to one man to appropriate the prop I’l 1 ’ 1 ' 1 :
of another without consideration .’
When the bar of the Supreme Court
holds up to that tribunal in correctie met
the errors perpetrated by the fanatics who
warred upon the South, the wise an",
statesmanlike course of that very Soum,
iu a matter of cognate bearing, one r
led to feel anew that, sooner or later, the
good of the Lost Cause will emerge Loir
the dust of defeat, and shine radiant in
the light of victory. Truth never di< > .
it is as little moved by hard words a> ’ *
everlasting* hills, and, like the fm
though barren in the winter, biotic
beautiful in the spring time, since In
good seed is there.
Tyrone Povk '•