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The boldest incredulity cannot certify
that this prophecy is made during our
tirn( .« or designedly; the volume which
contains it is 112 years old ; also, Father
Menestrier speaks of it in his works.
\Vc may believe what we please, it is not
an article of faith; but it agrees with
the opinions of the holy fathers, who as
ajJn to the duration of the world a lapse
of 6,000 years.
There was, according to them, 2,000
v „ ars 0 f the “natural law ” from the time
of Adam to that of Moses; 2,000 years
f “bitten law ” from the time of Moses
to that of Jesus Christ; and there will
be 2,000 years of the “law of grace ”
from the time of Christ to the end of
tie world, which will, according to
their calculation, take place in 160 years
from this date (1840.) He who lives at
that period will see it. Jesus Christ said
in His Gospel: “Do you think there will
Ik- faith remaining on this earth when the
Son of Man will come ?” The decline
of faith among Christians, and the hatred
borne towards the true religion sustain
our opinion.
SAVANNAH CGA.,) CORRESPONDENCE
OF THE BANNER OF THE SOUTH.
NUMBER EIGHT.
Dear Banner: .
Everything is crowding upon us at
or.ee, St. Valentine’s Day, the Opera, the
Hanlons, White Fawn. “First come"
you know, so we will speak of St. Valen
tiue first. We have numerous pretty fa
bles concerning the old time celebration
of this day, and, if half we hear is true,
we can not but regret that these old
times have passed away, or else that the
memory of the day did not pass with
them. It is certainly, with rare excep
tions, an abomination scarcely to be tol
erated. It seems that all the cowards,
men and women, who dare not come out
openly with their anger, vent it on this
day by sending so-called Valentines,
(but which are nothing less than gross
insults,) to the object of their hatred,
seeking thus to gratfy their spite. No
person should condescend to meddle with
these low, insulting prints, but if they do
so far forget themselves, I would advise
those who receive them to laugh the ma
licious sender to scorn, and light their
lamps with the paper, recollecting that
their money was not foolishly thrown away
upon them. I would be glad to know if
those persons who buy such Valentines
have paid every man his due, that they
have money to spare ? I saw one sweet
young girl, day before yesterday, holding
one of these impudent carricatures in
her hand, her eyes filled with tears, and
her lips quivering. The practice of
sending such Valentines should be dis
countenanced by all respectable persons.
I am sure that no lady of delicacy would
so lower herself as to send them.
The theatre is crowded every night.
So strong are the attractions of the Opera
that it is always a success, no matter
at what season it comes. Doubtless there
are many who go to hear the music, but
the Opera is a fashionable amusement,
and many others who seize the opportu
nity of dressing up and look far more
earnestly at the audience than they do
at the actors. I must say that I prefer a
simple ballad, sung in a sweet low voice,
to fashionable music, for even the grand
soul-thrilling music of the olden times is
so tortured and twisted as to be scarcely
recognizable.
The velocipedists are to be here next
week, and doubtless many of our young
men will soon be furnished with these
2.40’5.
We had a grand wedding not long
ago. at which our good Bishop officiated,
and I had an opportunity of feasting my
eyes on one of the sweetest and most modest
countenances that I have seen in a long
time. I have heard that her dress was
magnificent, and her lace veil a perfect
marvel of beauty, but I was so much
interested in the sensitive face of the
bride, and chivalrous look of the bride
groom, who doubtless never dreamed
that I saw him, that I did not particularly
notice the bridal robes. I sincerely
trusty they may be as happy as the people
about. I cannot tell you with
what delight I read the entertaining let
t rs of your correspondent, “Tyrone
“Powers,’’ and, last night had all in the
ivom enjoying a hearty laugh over his
Turks—-from Cork.’’ So vivid was his
description we could almost imagine they
vyere before us. His letters are ever
fresh and spicy, and ’tis not 1 alone who
f-inl: so. To be candid, I sometimes
wonder if anybody can have patience
enough to look over my letters after
reading his.
Yesterday was marked, in our city, by
an awful occurrence. Mr. D. G. Olcott
- ' the firm of “Cooper k Olcott,” shot
himself through the head. No one can
imagine why he did it; “in a fit of tem-
I wary insanity,” says the Republican.
I he>e incidents are becoming feariull v
frequent; and who can wonder at it ? If
we had not immortal souls, I doubt not
one half of the people would be cold in
death before night; but, fearful as is the
pieseut, we choose rattier to bear than
open the gates of eternity and face the
uuknown. It does, indeed, require a rare
amount of courage, aye, and a hatyt of
constant, watchful prayer, to enable us to
bear the burden of care and sorrow that
is laid upon our hearts : aud, even then,
sometimes, when the heart grows sick
and the future looks cold and dark, we
turn from “man’s inhumanity to man,”
and throw ourselves rather upon the mer
cy of God. . But this should not be ; hope
on, dear friends, and believe the sun is
still shining aud for you, though clouds
hovering above your heads may hide its
light for a time. Yours truly,
Both Fairfax.
JAMES T. BRADY-
On Saturday evening last Mr. James
1. Brady, while on a visit to his friend,
Mr. Edward T. Young, of No. 14 West
Sixteenth-street, was suddenly taken ill
by a stroke of paralysis of the left side,
andj after lingering over two days, ex
pired at a quarter of an hour before five
o’clock yesterday morning.
The parents of the distinguished dead
were natives of Ireland, who emigrated
to the United States in 1812, and for a
while took up their residence in New
Jersey, where Thomas N. Brady, their
eldest son, was born in 1813. *He be
came a Lieutenant in the United States
Marine Corps and died at Tampico, dur
ing the Mexican war. Subsequently
Mr. and Mrs. Brady removed to this city
in which the subject of this sketch was
born on the 9th of April, 1818. He
received a liberal education/studied law,
and in 1835 was admitted to the bar.
His great natural ability and legal at
tainments soon placed him in the list of
the most eminent lawyers of New York.
Asa pleader in criminal cases he was dis
tinguished for the happy manner in which
he would combine the most artful argu
ments without deviating once from the
truth. In the great “India rubber” case,
between Day and Goodyear, Mr. Brady
was associated with Daniel Webster, aud
that great statesman was profuse in his
praise of the able manner in which his
associate conducted the proceedings. It
would, of course, be impossible to narrate
all the important law suits defended or
prosecuted by the deceased. The last a
case of more than ordinary interest in
which he was engaged was the recent
trial of General Cole at Albany for the
murder of Mr. Hiscock, and which re
sulted in the acquittal of the accused.
While quite a young man Mr. Brady
attached himself to the Democratic par
ty, becoming in time one of its acknowl
edged leaders in this State. The only
office he ever held, however, was a local
one, that of Corporation Couusel for this
city. He was frequently solicited to
become the Democratic nominee for a
judgeship, but always declined, bis
practice bemg too valuable and lucrative
to be abandoned. At one time he was
the candidate of the Democracy for the
office of Attorney-General of the State,
and was defeated. Iu 18G0, Mr. Brady
supported the claims of John C. Breck
inridge for the Presidency, and became
the candidate of that branch of the
Democracy for the office of Governor.
He was, with the candidate of the
Douglas Democrats, defeated by the
Republican nominee. After the outbreak
of the rebellion, the deceased nave a
hearty support to the war measures of
Mr. Lincoln’s Administration, and even
went so far as to join the Union League
organization, in defence of the non-par
tisan character of which he wrote and
published a letter at the time. As soon,
however, as he discovered that it was
partisan, he severed his connection with
it. Mr. Brady’s political career dur
ing the past few years was unmarked
by any important event. He is said to
have supported General Grant for the
Presidency, but of this we are not
positive.
Asa public speaker the deceased was
one of the most eloquent men of the
time. He was polished, fluent, witty,
aud ever entertaining. Whether at the
bar, pleading for a client, on the stump,
advocating his political ideas, or in the
social circle, engaged in conversation, or
replying to a toast, he was ever the same
—charming his hearers by a ready and
happy flow of language that but few men
are possessed of. Mr. Brady was the
President of the Friendly Sons of St.
Patrick, and also President of the Dra
matic Fund Association. And here we
would state that there was no more lib
eral patron ol American art, literature,
and drama than. he. In him, the Ameri
can artist, writer, and dramatist found a
warm friend. Taking him all in all, both
as a public man and a private character,
the death of Mr. Brady leaves a blank in
New York life that, will be difficult to
'lyyiiiifiiM 01 1 fsi
fill Asa lawyer but few members of
profession can be found to fill the posi
tion he occupied who are not already his
peers. Asa member of society his loss
is irreparable.
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From the N. O. Morning Star.
We are happy to clip (as a preface to
Dr. Rogers’letter,) the following from the
Memphis Appeal, edited by J. M. Keat
ing, Esq., an ardent Episcopalian, but
ever opposed to “Ritualism.” It is pleas
ant to hear him speak thus of an oppo
nent :
It [“Ritualism”] was introduced by a
man who had, from early boyhood, been
identified with Memphis and with the
Episcopal Church of the Southwest—the
Rev. Dr. Rogers—a man of whom all
that knew him know that he had devoted
himself solely to the service of his Maker,
and that every act of his was to the
furtherance of what he believed to be
the interest of Christ’s Church.
The Episcopal Church in Tennessee
can now move on in the old way. Ritu
alism is dead in the person of its boldest
advocate, most thorough defender, and
most eloquent apologist. He has followed
Cardinal Wiseman, where allothers, of a
Ritulistic turn are sure sooner or later,
to go. Our friend said truly yesterday :
“There is no middle ground for Ritu
alists.”
[communicated.]
Editor Morning Star and Catholic Messenger :
I discover in the N. Y. Church Jour
nal an article copied from The Church
Intelligencer, in which it is stated that I
was deposed from the Episcopal ministry
for introducing “Ritualism” in the
Diocese of Tennessee ; and in The Pro
tenant Churchman, that I was not
Rector of a church at the time of my re
nunciation of the Episcopal ministry.
As regards the first, every editor
should know(although their readers might
not,) that the Bishop had no power tode
pose any one for what is called “Ritual
ism.” Even in the celebrated case of
McChonoehie, which, after months' of
litigation, has just been decided by the
Court of Arches, in London, he was only
commanded by the Court to snuff out his
candles, and blow out his incense; which,
doubtless, he has done, and so might I
have done had any ecclesiastical court
commanded me, rather than be deposed
from the ministry —for these things were
never considered essential by Ritualists,
but only useful for doctrine. The plain'
unvarnished truth was, that I renounced
the Episcopal Church, published it to the
world, and notified the Bishop of Ten
nessee of my action in the premises, long
before the date of the deposition referred
to, and of course he could only do what
was done in the cases of Archbishop
Manning, Dr. Newman, Dr. Wilberforce,
Dr, Ives, aud hundreds of other clergy,
who had been my masters in theology—
i. e. displace me from a ministry in the
Episcopal Church which I had de
liberately renounced. But all this was
studiously concealed in the article re
ferred to, leaving an impression quite
contrary to the truth.
The other paper says I was not “Rec
tor” of a Church in Tennessee—“ That
the Church of the Blessed Virgin” was
not a Church of the Diocese, etc.
which in one sense is true and in another
false. I had been for many years a
Rector in Tennessee, and built six
Churches in Tennessee (one in Memphis),
over all of which I had been Rector. But
being for a long time absent in Europe,
I returned to Memphis to carry out, in
good faith, the views of my ritualistic
brethren, and organized “The Church of
the Blessed Virgin,” by obtaining the
permission of a majority of the clergy
and having “Articles of Association”
signed by the requisite number of my
congregation, according to canon ; but
my Church could not be legally received
into the Diocese until the next following
Convention. In this sense, the writer
tells the truth; but the impression made
is a false one, which the above facts will
correct. I need not add, what had be
come a matter of public notoriety all
over the country, that, “The Church of
the Blessed Virgin” (even though it could
not be received in Convention until the
Convention met,) attracted a larger num
ber of worshipers than all the five Epis
copal Churches in Memphis put together.
The Greenlaw Opera House—not used
as such during our occupancy —being se
cured lor regular services,to accommodate
them,and nothing could have induced me
to abandon my work, under such flatter
ing auspices, but the conviction that I
was not a Priest , which was at the last
forced upon me; and I turned my back,
without littering a word of reproach,
upon the Church at whose altars I hid
served for more than twenty years. But
now, being assailed on every hand, as
though my example might effect others
I venture to tell these editorial gentry
and their very clerical correspondents
that while they are seeking“corporate un
ion with Rome” and boasting of their
catholicity while they are sending
deputations to the Holy Father, as they
did in 18G7 (by the “Church Union of
Oxford,”) and knocking at the door of St
Peter s, they would do well to remember
that his Holiness, Pius IX., sets a higher
value upon common honesty, truth, and
charity than on the color of their gowns,
the shape of their altars, the light of
their candles, or the fragrance of their
incense ! J. W. Rogers.
Father De Smet. — The Freeman’s
Journal, says: There was a painful
report that this distinguished and beloved
Jesuit Missionary had met with a severe
accident on his late passage to Europe;
having fallen and broken two of his ribs.
We are very happy to hear, through a
friend at Brussells, that the report was
exaggerated, if not baseless. Father De
Smet had been in Brussells, in his usual
health.
Apropos of Frtlier De Smet: The
following occurred during a discussion
in Congress on the 4th inst., on Indian
affairs :
Mr. Pruyn (Dern., N, Y.) said that he
was in favor of some change in the ludian
system. How was it that the Quakers
and the Catholic Missionaries got on so
well with the Indians ? How was it
that one Roman Catholic Priest (Father
De Smet,) had more influence with the
Indian tribes on this continent than any
other man living’ ?
Mr. YY indom said he could answer
the question. It was because the Quakers
and the Catholic Priests, when they
made a bargain with the Indians kept it’
while the Government did not.
Mr. Pruyn said he was glad to hear
that answer. It showed that the whole
Indian system was wrong, and that a
different system must be tried.
Ordination at the Salesian Semi
nary near Milwaukee.—A correspond
ent writes us that “on the 29th ult.,
the Rt. Rev. Dr. Henni, the revered
Bishop of Milwaukee, conferred Holy
Orders on fifteen young graduates of the
Seminary, and but a month previous a
larger number went forth from the same
asylum of piety and learning. The
names of those who received Ordination,
and the names of the Dioceses, which
will be blessed with their future zealonus
labors, are as follows :
“Priesthood —Revs. J. Friedle, Mil
waukee ; E. Hoeynck, St. Louis ; H.
Fegers, W. Goebbels, P. Gormly, R.
Huth, C. Kalvelage, T. Leyden, M.
Luby, T. Murphy, F. J. Murfcaugh, W.
Y\ iederliold, of the Diocese of Chicago.
u Dcaconship —-Revs. G. Noever, La
Crosse ; R. Ryan, Dubuque; J. Savage,
Detroit.”
Archdiocese of Cincinnati.— The
Catholic Telegraph of the 3d inst. announ
ces the consecration of Right Rev. Igna
tious Mrak, D.D., as Bishop of Marquette
and Saut-St.-Mary, to take place in the
cathedral at Cincinnati, on Sundav, the
7th. Says the Telegraph :
Dr. Mrak has for many years been a
most devoted and efficient Missionary
among the Indians, Canadians, and other
Catholic settlers of the region of Lake
Superior.
The Bishop elect is a native of Carmi
lia, Austria. He is in hie 59th year, and
has been twenty-four years a Missionary
in the Diocese of Detroit and Marquette
—speaking, like his saintly predecessor,
the languages of the various nationalities
to be evangelized in his Diocese.
Father O’Callagiian, S. J.—There
is every reason to believe that the Catho
lie priest named Callaghan in the dis
patch, who is reported as having lost his
life by the accident to the French steam
ship Pereire, is the well known and much
respected Father O’Callagiian, S. J., for
several years connected with Loyola
College and more recently with George
town College.
Father O’Callaghan left here in
October last, as Procurator from the
Province of Maryland, to a meeting of the
Society of Jesuits in Rome He was
expected home about this time; and let
ters were received from him recently,
announcing his early departure in com
pany with another Priest, Father Keller,
and two or three Brothers.
Some slight hopes are still entertained
that the lost passenger of the Fereire
may be some other person. These hopes
arebased upon the fact that Father O’
Callaghan was not to return alone, and in
the event of his deah this companions would
have probably sent a despatch to the
Provincial of this Diocese. At all events
we shall wait for more positive intelli
gence before writing the obituary of this
highly respected Priest, whose loss would
be mourned by thou ands to whom his
many noble qualities have endeared him.
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IRLAND.
The Fenian Prisoners.— At the last
meeting of the Dublin Amnesty Com
mittee, a letter was read from the hu
mane and charitable Marchioness of
Queensbury, expressing her warm
interest in the success of the movement
oi le release of the Fenian prisoners.
I need not surrely tell vou,” writes
this noble-hearted lady, “that had Ia
thousand lives I would willingly give
them and all that I have to set theprilon
ersfree. What would I not do even to
comfort them a little, and help them to
bear their trials; I pray the good God
to bless them and strengthen them. I
look to God to deliver them, and He will
do it.” The Dean of Limerick has lent
his valuable influence to the movement
and a letter was received from him,
enclosing five hundred names to be added
to the petition. “I have no doubt,” says
Dean O’Brien, “of the dispositions of
some of the men at present in power; but
a strong public opinion quickens justice
and gives power to sympathy. Your
petition ought to be signed by a million
of people, and I have little doubt it will,
because I never witnessed such an
anxiety as watches on your movement—
an anxiety almost becoming an impa
tience, and almost universally diffused ”
The I own Commissioners ofDungarvan
have forwarded through their chairman,
Dr. Anthony, a petition in favor of the
release of the prisoners, and a similar
document has been numerously signed
by the townspeople. An aggregate
meeting in furtherance of the movement
will be held in the Rotunda at Dublin,
on the 2oth, the Lord Mayor presiding.
A Foot-Ball match played on January
loth, at Marlfield, county of Tipperary
the residence of John Bagwell, Esq.,
M. P., between a scratch team of gentle
men and eighteen of Gurteen, headed
by Messrs. Raymond and Arnold De la
1 oer, both ol whom highly distinguished
themselves. The Marlfield team con
sisted of the following gentlemen : R.
Bagwell, V . Bagwell, R. H. Bcresford,
Captain Bookey, Mr. Chichester, G2d
Regiment; P. Creagh, G. Creagh, W.
E. Currey, C. H. Currey, Mr. Jones,
56th Regiment; Hon. W. Hutchison,
11. Moore, C. Moore, E. Prittle. The
Messrs. C urrey and Gough, were re
marked for their “brilliant following up”
services, and Mr. Hutchison and Capt.
Bookey for their fine kicking in base.
The game was contested with spirit for
about half-an hour, when the superior
practice and condition of the Gurteen
team began to tell; and time being
called they remained victors by two
bases to none.
Events suceeed each other so rapidly
now-a-days that the affair of Uallymoohey
and its chief actor have almost passed
away from the public mind. Very
interesting, and, to those chiefly con
cerned, salutary and consoling results
have flown from the deplorable tragedy,
however, namely, the return to the bosom
of the Church of Mr. William Scully
and his family. With this object, it
appears, he has been in Rome fur some
time past, and is expected home daily.
The Rev. Patrick White thus writes in
the Tipperary and Clare Independent:
“Your readers are partly prepared for
the announcement I make, Major M’
Donnell has brought the sheriff down
upon one of his tenants. An eloquent
lawyer once boasted that the home of an
English subject is inviolable—that m t
even the ruler of the realm dare cross its
threshold forcibly, as long as its owner
is without crime. What an English sove
reign cannot do, an Irish landlord can do
and has done. The latest—l wish I
could call it last—instance of this has
been worked out within the last few days
under my eyes. I briefly notify the
particulars to the public. A tenant
named Michael Ilaugh offended Major
M’Donnell by ploughing one acre of
laud which the Major wished to have under
grass, and in this wise the Major has pun
ished him:—l. He required payment of the
hanging gale. 2. V hen not one penny
of a rent that exceeds the government
valuation by about fifty per cent, was left
unpaid, he proceeded to eject him. 3.
When the formality of quenching the
mans fire and expelling his young family
was gone rigidly through, this evicted
tenant had to submit to the following
condition rather than remain on the high
road, cr occupy the place prepared for
him in the work-house:—He had to sign
anew proposal for a portion of his firm
(nine acres out of twenty six being taken
from him,) engaging to pay 255. an acre
for some of the Worst land in Clare.
He had to pay for house turf for the last
year, and is noticed that he must do so
in future; and he had then and there to
sign an I 0 Tto Major M’Donnell for
the rent that falls due in May next.”
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