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In r to note what effect the whispeicd
words will have on her.
“Tell her, Lord Vernon,” said a voice.
“Tell her yourself,” answered Vernon,
shrinking, he knew not why, from the
task
“So I would,” replied the first speaker;
“if I were as dear a friend as yourself.
Tush man, tell her, it will only be a
cast in ir aside for a time those bright robes,
to bo resumed when the allotted twelve
months have expired.”
“I don’t know about that,” murmured
Vernon, “I believe in my heart she
loves him.”
“Or you,” laughed his friend, turning
away.
“VVhut is the matter, Lord Vernon?”
asked Eugenia, noticing his manner,
though she laid not heard a word he said.
“Nothing, nothing, madam,” answered
Vernon, in a constrained voice.
“But why do you look so strangely?
are you not well ?”
“Perfectly well, madame; I was only
thinking of—of—”
“Well, of what my friend?” asked
’Genie smiling"; “you are strangely em
barrassed this evening. Tell us of
what you are thinking.”
“Os the Earl es Clare, madame.”
“The Earl of Clare !” repeated ’Genie
with a light laugh. “I am glad you
you have put me in mind of him, for in
truth I have not had time to spare him
one thought to da}'.” (Oh! how false
that was.)
“You arc doubtless wishing to sec
him ?” asked a lady, benevolently trying
to cover Lord Vernon’s painful embar
rassment.
“Not I, indeed !” txciaimcd ’Genie,
“I assure you it would not break my
heart if I never—” she paused. Or
mand had entered the room, and now
stood before her, his eyes, blazing like
red hot cools, gazing into hers.
“If you never saw him again, you
would say !” he exclaimed.
“You are right, my lord, you are al
ways right,” replied ’Genie, turning away.
“There has been a battle,” said Or
al and.
“And doubtless your brother has added
new glory to the time-honored name of
Sutherland ?” asked ’Genie.
‘ lie lias indeed!’’ cried Ormand, with
flushing cheek and flashing eyes.
“May I ask what wondrous feat he has
performed
The silence was positively painful.
Every one held their breath to catch Or
mand's answer. Far, very far from sus
pecting the truth, ’Genie, with a w’ild ex
ultation in the glory of her husband’s
name, waited for Onnaud’s answer.
It came.
“In the foremost of the fight, madame,
he died like a hero!”
For one moment the blood forsook
Genie’s check, and then a ray of hope
crimsoned her cheek.
“You are jesting!” she exclaimed
“Heaven forbid that I should jest about
my brother's death ! answered Ormand.
“Head!"
“i have told only the truth, perhaps
too roughly,” said Ormand, startled by
the wild look in her eyes.
“Oh! Ormand tell me that you do but
est, tell me that this is but a trick to wring
from my proud heart au acknowledgment
of my love for Reginald; oh! my
brother, tell me this and I will forgive
your cruel words!” Eugenia clung to
Ormand’s arm with the desperation of
despair.
“You love him, then!” said Ormand
sadly.
“iiOve him ! Great heavens, do not
torture me thus, tell me at once, Ormand,
that he has returned, that he is even now
listening to my words ; Reginald, where
are you ? conic, come! does your pride
demand a public avowal of my love ?
You shall have it. Oh! Ormand, how
have you been so cruel! Where is he ?
where is my husband ?”
“Alas! ?r murmurred Ormand, turning
away.
“You do not answer me!” cried 'Genie;
/l \vhy do you not speak V
“He is indeed dead,” said Lord A er
non, in a low voice.
“And I have killed him!” A\ ith a
lend scream 'Genie threw her hands up
and, as if struck by lightning, fell on her
face.
[to hi; continued.J
A FICKLE COUPLE.
The following anecdote took place at
Lyons (France) some time ago :
Two betrothed went to the City Hall
in order to perform the formality called
marriage civil, before going to Church,
where the real marriage takes place.
The Mayor asked the ordinary question
of the young* man :
“Do you consent to take for your wife
Mademoiselle, Mary B ?”
“No ! answered the young man, acting
under a lit of unjust jealousy.
Os course, that answer ended the
thing for the present.
After a few days, all impediments
having disappeared, they went again to
the City Hall, and alter the young man
had answered “yes,” the Mayor asked the
young lady :
“Do you consent to take for your hus
band Monsieur Albert D?”
“No!” answered the young lady.
This caused anew rupture; but the
lady having declared that her conduct
was only intended as a retaliation, they
went back the third time before the
Mayor. The latter, though annoyed for
being disturbed to no purpose, made no
complaint, and asked the usual questions.
Both, this time, responded a cheerful
“yes.”
“Well, Monsieur,” said the Mayor,
“when Mademoiselle Mary was ready,
you were not; and you, Mademoiselle,
when Monsicr Albert was ready, you had
already changed your intention. Now,
while you both are ready, I am not; but,
if you come to-morrow, I hope that time
we will get through.”
Having said these words, he left, for his
private office.
No use to say that next day the two
intended received, at last, the papers that
they needed before going to Chuech.
THE CHURCH AND THE BIBLE.
In the World we find the following
report, being the substance of a Lecture
by Archbishop McCloskey, at St. Pat
rick’s Cathedral, New York. The lec
ture was given on behalf of the poor under
the charge of the Society of St. Vincent
de Paul :
And the subject of whicli I propose to
treat is the Church and the Bible, or in
other words, the relations of the Church
to the Bible, and the relations of the
Bible to the Church. And in order that
my remarks may' not take too extended
a sphere in speaking of the Church, you
will understand me to mean th q Christian
Church, and in speaking of the Bible you
will understand me as restricting myself
to the books of the New Testament. l"ou
are all aware how much misapprehension
exists and how many the repeated mis
representations that are made as to the
real belief and practice of the Catholic
Church with reference to the Holy Scrip
tures. It is presumed and averred by
many that there is au antagonism be
tween them, and that their claims are
incompatible; and so when we are heard
to exalt the attributes and character of
the Church, we are considered as by so
much intending to depreciate and under
value the sacred Scriptures. And when
the Holy Scriptures are justly eulogized
and extolled, it is considered as so much
made against the character; that the as
sertion of the claims of the Holy Scrip
tures tell against the claims of the Catho
lic Church. I desire simply to put this
question before you in its true light, and
in order to do so, I shall not treat it so
much controversial as historical. I shall
endeavor simply to place before you here
this evening facts as they are recorded by
authenticated history—facts as they are
sustained and confirmed by credible and
incontrovertible witnesses. And the first
fact which I present to you is this, that
the Church is older than the Bible—that
the Christian Church, in point of time,
preceded the Christian Scripture or the
Books of the New Testament, and that it
existed, with all its essential attributes, in
the completeness of its organism, in the
integrity of its doctrines, in the fulness of
its prerogatives and authority, before there
was a knowledge of the inspired books
which are contained in what we call the
New Testament. The founder of the
Christian Church was doubtless Jesus
Christ our Divine Lord; He was the
“author and finisher of our faith;” He was
the Divine Teacher that came on earth as
man to communicate His revelations.
But lie taught not by writing, but by
word of mouth —He never wrote Himself.
He never gave any instructions or com
mands to others to write—His commission
to His Apostles was, “go preach the
Gospel to every creature.” As soon as
the Holy Ghost bad descended upon them,
on the day ot L’cntccost, they made haste
to commence the fulfilment of the mission
with whicli Ho had intrusted to them.
They began to preach in Jerusalem, and
thousands and tens of thousands were
baptized into the faith. They went forth
from place to place, bearing witness in
their own persons and by word ot mouth
to all, that they learned, and that they
were commissioned to teach, claiming to
be heard as having Divine authority to
deliver their message to man. They
spread themselves through various parts,
not only in the known empire, but among
the barbarous nations. They founded
Churches, not only in Jerusalem, but in
Antioch and Corinth, and Ephesus, and
Rome; not only there, but in Judea, and
in Sythia and Messopotamia, and in the
Southern part of Gaul. So it was true to
say, as I have said, that the Church was
founded—that the Church was planted
with its ministry, with its saerguneuts, and
With its worship, and that hundreds and
thousands received its faith and were bap
tized--were fed and nourished by its
sacraments, lived and died in communion
witii God, and were numbered as mem
bers of the Church triumphant in Heaven
before the books of the New Testament
were penned. So much, then, for the
first establishment of the Church, which,
as you sec, occurred in a time anterior to
the New Testament, and spread and was
founded entirely independent of it. But
now, some of the Apostles, under the in
spiration of the Holy Ghost, came to
write not all, but some only, of their
Gospels. Matthew wrote his Gospel in
Hebrew about six years after the ascen
sion, but it was not translated in the
Greek, which was the language under
stood by the people, until six or eight
years later. St. Mark wrote his Gospel
about the same time. John did not
publish his Gospel, or his Epistles, or his
Apocalypse until the close of the first
century—that is to say, fourteen years
after St. Paul had written to the Bomaus,
saying to them, “Your faith is spoken ot
throughout the world.”
Now, these gospels and epistles had
been written for and addressed exclusive
ly to those who had already been in
structed in the faith. St. John says:
“1 write to you not as to those who
know not the truth, but as to those know
ing it.” The Scriptures were not to
instruct those who were in ignorance of
the Christian religion, not at ail; they
were written as occasion seemed to re
quire, and what are the Gospels ? They
are little or nothing but a history of the
life and the miracles achieved by our
blessed God. What are the Apostles?
They are exhortations and instructions,
some to the people of Corinth or Galacia,
or of Ephesus or of Rome. These
writings were possessed only by the
Church to which they had been addressed
or to which they were confided. In
those far off countries to which St.
Thomas, St. Bartholomew and St. An
drew had gone, the people had been
taught to believe by the teachings of those
sent to them. The Apostles never took
any pains to have their writings collected
together ; they held no council in order
to make an uniform history or plans ;
they did not come together to draw up
any summary, except that given so
simply in the Apostles’ creed. Their
teachings were not committed to writ
ing—they were held in the memory of
the people. When it was a question
among them as to what they were to
believe, the teacher or the ruler of the
Church did uot. refer them to a writtens
code, because, as I have told you, there
was no regular collection of the writing,
but that they were told to believe such
doctrine as having been received from
Christ through the Apostles, and through
their disciples; so that each successive
generation testified to the same faith that
the generation before it had received and
had believed. It is generally supposed
that all the writings of the Apostles are
in the New Testament, but this is not
so. There was another epistle of St.
Paul to the Corinthians besides the one
we have, and there was also another of
his epistles to the Laodiceans which is not
in our testament ; and besides these there
were others read in the Churches which
were received as inspired. There was,
for instance, one Hernias, who was a dis
ciple of the Apostles, whose writings St.
Clement and Tertuiliau quote as inspired.
Also, there was an epistle of St. Barnabas,
aud he was one of the seventy disciples
of our Lord. So this went on until nearly
the end of the fourth century, when the
Church in her council at Carthage deci
ded what should constitute the New
Testament, so that the inspiration of the
books of the New Testament is only
worth just so much as the authority of
the Church. When, therefore, you over
throw the authority of the Church, you
destroy the credibility' of the one wit
ness, and the only one having authority' to
testify and the right to decide in the
question of the inspiration or the falsity
of that volume. He proceeded to show
the exertions that the monks of the mid
dle ages made to preserve the Scriptures.
They were engaged nearly all their time
in transcribing the precious manuscripts
which they had obtained. Their ac
quaintance, therefore, with the Scrip
tures was minute, and a subject of ad
miration to latter ages. It was a con
dition required of the candidate before
his admission into the Church that he
should be able to recite all the Psalms
by heart, know the New Testament by
heart, and it was a common thing among
them to recite nearly the whole of the
Scriptures. St. Bonaventurc knew the
whole of the Bible, from the beginning
of Genesis to the end of the Apocalypse,
by heart, and transcribed the whole ot
the Bible twice with his own hand. And
this writing in those days was done in
the most splendid style. He had himself
seen the Acts of the Apostles written in
letters of gold. He then proceeded to
show that the Bible in the Vulgate went
through one hundred editions before the
Bible of Luther ever appeared, and as
many as eight hundred editions were
printed in various languages before that
reformer’s Bible came forth ; and the
reformation was spread, not by the read
ing of the Bible, but by preaching and
showing forth the abuses which had
grown up among many of the children
of the Church, and by attacking the
Pope and the monks and the priests
The Laplanders became Protestants be
fore a Bible appeared among them.
Luther rejected certain portions of the
Scriptures as they previously existed,
and the result of giving the Bible to
every man to read and judge for. himself,
fulfilled the prophecy of Bossuet, as the
Bible would be destroyed as an inspired
book. Rationalism and Unitarianism
were the fruits of this license, so was
Bishop Colenso’s teachings, aud the
preachings of strong minded women in
our own city. He showed that sue!)
things as these would not be tolerated
for a moment in his Church either in a
bishop or the humblest layman.
fjjttpa.
IRELAND.
DATES OF THE l6l'H.
Death of Viscount Strangford.—
Viscount Strang’ford died at his town
residence on Saturday evening. His
lordship was the youngest of the five
children of Percy Clinton, sixth Viscount
Strangford, G.C.8., by his wife, Ellen,
youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Burke,
Bart., aud widow of Mr. Nicholas Browne,
of Mount hazel, county Galway. He was
born November 26th, 1826, consequently
he was only 43 years of age, and married
on the 6th of February, 1862, Emily
Anne, youngest daughter of the late Bear-
Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, K.C B.
Information wanted of Laurence MeAu
liffe, son of Michael MeAuliffe, native of
Broad ford, county of Limerick, Ireland,
lie lived in Pennsylvania about twelve
years ago. Information concerning him
will be thankfully received by his brother
Maurice MeAuliffe, No. 14 Laurence
place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Information wanted of Catherine and
Mary Davis, natives of Fairfield, Ahas
cragli, county of Galway, Ireland. When
last heard of, about 13 years ago, they
were living in Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
Mary was married at that time to Mark
Craffy, native of County Roscommon, Ire
laud. Any information of them will be
thankfully received by their brother Win.
Davis. Address Pat. O’Connell, south
west corner of Ist Avenue and 59th
street, New York, for William Davis.
Earnings of Irish Railways.— The
total earnings of all the Irish railways in
1867 amounted to £1,872,619, as com
pared with £1,762,354 in 1866, showing
an increase last year of £110,265. The
following Irish lines earned last year more
than £IOO,OOO each : Belfast and North
ern Counties, £143,966; Dublin, Wick
low, and Wexford, £168,456; Great
Southern and Western, £533,539; Irish
North Western, £115,700; Midland Great
Western, £299,707; Ulster, £165,311;
and Waterford and Limerick, £101,814.
The net profit realized last year on these
lines was as follow: Belfast and Northern
Counties, £64,111; Dublin, Wicklow, and
Wexford, £86,192; Great Southern and
Western, £875,549; Irish North West
ern, £49,743; Midland Great Western,
£137,623; Ulster, £60,209; and Water
ford and Limerick, £45,705. The total
net profits of all the Irish railways in
1867 amounted to £890,554.
A Year’s Emigration from the Mer
sey.—ln 1867 the number nf emigrants
who left the Mersey was 115,681. In the
year just concluded, the number was
129,337, or an increase of 13,656 on the
year. In the 3larch quarter of last year
the number of emigrants was 15,479, or
757 less than in the corresponding period
of 1867; in the June quarter 57,288, or
an increase of 14,141; in the September
quarter 35,718, or an increase of 1,003;
and in the December quarter, 20,832,
being a decrease of 731. Os the total
number of emigrants in 1868 there were
119,673 passengers under the Act, and
9,664 in “short” ships, being* an increase
of 14,823 in the former class, and a de
crease of 1,167 in the latter. Os the
emigrants in Government ships, whose
nationalities are classed, 43,289 were
English, 3,585 Scotch, 26,543 Irish, and
48,256 foreigners, principally Germans.
Os the total number, 102,323 were for
the United States, 15,409 for Canada,
1,601 for Victoria, and 340 for South
America. In 1867, of 97,085 passengers
under the Act there were 35,224 English,
2,332 Scotch, 33,786 Irish, and 25,743
other countries.
The foundation of the monument {,,
commemorate the memory of the ] a m
lamented Dr. J. Goman has been com
pleted in the Augustinian Church of
Dungarvan.
Died, December 31st, at Johnstown
Castle, the Right Honorable Sir Thomas
Esmonde, Baronet, one of her Majesty's
Most Honorable Privy Council in Ireland
in the 83d year of his age.
The farmer is complaining much 0 f
the loss which he is sustaining, by rea
sou of the progress which disease j s
making in the potato. Whether in the
house, or the pit, the progress ot decom
position has been rapid. In many cases
fully half is gone. —Dorm Recorder.
Our bank officials in Roscommon
scarcely recollect a Christmas when so
large a sum was remitted by their friends
in America to the people at home as the
present. In this one bank alone, from
19th December to the end of the month
no less a sum than £3OOO was receivi and
on such account.
[From the Cork Examiner.]
219,625 head of cattle and 460,66*j
sheep were exported from Ireland to Liv
erpool during the past year. Their ag
gregate value is estimated at £2165-
763. ’ "
The Hon. Capt. White, M. P M has
given the munificent donation of £loo
towards the fund for building the new
Catholic Cathedral in Thurles, accompa
nying the gift with a warm expression ot
his interest in the work. He has also
placed a considerable sum at the disposal
of the Catholic Clergy for distribution
amoDgst the poor in various towns o!
Tipperrary.
The Lofd Chancellor has written a
letter to the Earl Charlemont expressing
his approval of the movement for the
ereetion of a statue to Henry Grattan,
and offering a subscription of £IOO to
the fund. lie tenders his co-operation
“because it is not the movement of a party
or a sect, but of a nation offering its
grateful reverence to one of its worthiest
sons. “The Irish Protestant” says Mr.
O’Hagan, “will not hold unworthy of his
homage the chief of the great men, of
his own faith, whose labors and sacrifices
for Ireland have given lustre to their
race. The Irish Catholic will be emulous
to honor him who, in evil days, untainted
by corruption and unawed by power, wa>
the dauntless champion of religious liber
ty”
Tralee Monthly Fair. —The first of
the new monthly fairs for this year was
held to-day. There was a very good at
tendance of people, and the number of
cattle brought to market was larger than
on previous occasions—in fact, this r.ew
cattle market is improving wonderfully,
and one of the best signs of its progress is
that it has been for the first time attend
ed by tinkers. Milch cows and heifeia
were the sort of cattle mostly supplied,
and the demand was very good.
Limerick Monthly Market.— The
usual monthly market was held to-day,
when there was a very large supply of
°f pigs, which were bought up quickly
at from 575. to 545. per cwt. for bacon ;
Berwicks, 565. As regarded cattle the
supply was small, but prices for heifers
and store bullocks rated high-up to 635.
per cwt ; milch cows £l3 to £ls each
Sheep—A poor show.angstruggling sa’e-;
mutton, 4 Vd. to 54d.; best wedders, 6d.~
Cork Examiner, Jan uary Mh.
T 1 ic Tral ee Town Commissioners have
resolved on presenting the Lord Chan
cellor, Mr. O’Hagan, with an address ol
congratulation on his elevation to the
highest dignity of the judicial bench in
Ireland. Mr. O’Hagan formerly repre
sented the borougli of Tralee in Parlia
ment.
The Grattan Statue —Dum.iv, fn>
day. —An influential meeting of gentle
men, of every creed and party, interested
in the above undertaking was held this
afternoon, in the Oak Room of the Man
sion House—the Mayor in the ebair
for the purpose of forming a permanent
general committee for carrying our th*-
erection of the statue to the late IFuq
Grattan. Amongst those present we.' 1 •
The Lord Mayor, Jonathan Fim, M l <
Sir John Gray, MP. ; h erv Rev. D
Spratt; Lawrence Warden, DL.: - ’
Sullivan, T.C. ; Edward Burden, 1
Professor Shaw, Trinity College: k“’
Mr. Carroll, St. Bride’s; Alderman
Manning: Dr. Owens, T.C : J- A"’
wood, T.C. : Win. Lane dovnf D y
Hon. Judge Little ; and Proses- 11
Trinity College. Mr. A. 31. Mp •
acted as lion, secretary to the meeting-
Several resolutions in favour v: -
object of the meeting* were unauip
adopted, and Mr. Pirn, M.P-.
been called to the second chaii. ,l “ 1
vote of thanks passed to the Lord - £
The proceedings terminated.
Youug men anxious to get rid oi y
wild oats would do well to get a
machine.
