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About The banner of the South. (Augusta, Ga.) 1868-1870 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1869)
(For the Banner of the South.] Doubting. Look up my love, see o'er the sky. A thousand clouds go fleeting by. A host, they scud along. v love-star shines through the hurrying throng tie- wind so fairly. , Aho strife of life, if coming years Bring Borrows, frets and bitter tears. tv all life’s evils, come what mar, SlTyour love, like the star, still light my way. SHE* through these but rarely. W. t. D. L °;;«Sa-. Oaf, March, 1869. A THRILLING INCIDENT The following 1 incident is extracted from a very interesting paper in Bentley’s Miscellany, entitled “Hours in Hindoos t.m »» Tbc cobra capella is said to be onC of the venomous species of serpents in the Bast, his bite being attended by almost instant death: We had been playing all the evening at whist. Our stacks had been gold tflobur points, and twenty on the rubber. Maxey, who was always lucky, had won five consecutive bumpers, which lent a golf-satisfied smile to bis countenance, a „d made us losers anything but plea sant, when he suddenly changed coun tenance and hesitated to play. This the more suspried us, since he was one who seldom pondered, being so perfectly master of the game that he deemed long consideration superfluous. “Play away, Maxey; what are you about?” impatiently demanded Churchill, one of the most impetuous youths that ever wore the uniform of the body guard. “Hush,” replied Maxey, in a tone which thrilled through us, at the same time turning deadly pale. “Are you unwell? said another about to start up, for he believed our friend had been taken suddenly ill, “For the love of God sit quiet,” replied tbc other, in a tone denoting extreme fear or pain, and he laid down his cards. “If you value your life move not.” “What can he mean? Has he taken leave of his senses? demanded Churchill, appealing to myself. “Don’t start—don’t move, I tell you,” in a sort of whisper I can never forget, uttered Maxey. “If yon make any sudden motion I’m a dead man!” he exclaimed. We exchanged looks. He continued: “Remain quiet and all may yet be well. I’ve a cobra capella around my leg.” Our first impulse was to draw' back our chairs; but an appalling lock from the victim induced us to remain although we were aware that should the reptile transfer but one fold and attach himself to any other of the party, that individual might already be counted a dead man, so fatal is the bite of thatdieadful monster. Poor Maxey was dressed as many old residents still dress in India, namely, breeches and silk stockings. Therefore he more plainly felt every movement of the snake. His countenance assumed a livid hue; the words seemed to leave his mouth without the features altering their position, so rigid was the look, so fearful was he least the slightest muscular movement should alarm the serpent and hasten his bite. We were in agony little less than his own during the scene. “He is coiling round,” muttered Maxey, ‘ 1 feel him cold, cold to my limb; and now he thickens. For the love of heaven call for some milk. I dear not speak loud; let it be placed near me; let some be placed on the floor.” Churchill cautiously gave the order, and a servant slipped out of the room. “Don’t stir. Northcoto you moved your head. By everything sacred I conjure you not to do so again It can not be long ere my fate is decided. I’ve' a wife and two children in Europe; tell them I died blessing them—that my last prayers were for them. The snake is winding round my calf. I leave them all I possess. I can almost fancy I feel his breath. Great God, to die in such a manner!” The milk was brought and carefully put down; a few drops were sprinkled on the floor, and the affrighted servant drew hack. Again Maxey spoke: 'No! it has no effect! I dear not look down, but am sure he is about to draw hack and give the bite of death with more than fatal precision. Receive me, 0 Lord, and pardon me. My last hour has c< no ! again he pauses! I die firm, but past endurance! Ah, no! He has undone another fold, and loosens himself! Can he he going to someone else?” We involuntarily started. 1 Fur the love of heaven, stir not! I’m a dead man; but bear with me. He still Jensens —he is about to dart Move not, nut he ware! Cnurchill, he falls off that wa y. Oh, this agony is too hard to bear. Another pressure, and lam dead! No, her relaxes.” that moment poor Maxey ventured J“ look down; the snake had unwound nimself; the last coil had fallen, and the le ptile was making for the milk. “I am saved! lam saved!” and Maxey bounded from his chair and fell senseless into the arms of one of the servants. In another instant, need it be added, we were all dispersed—the snake was killed, and our poor friend carried, more dead than alive, to his room. CONVERTS TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH- The following letter has been ad dressed to the Editor of the Cork Ex aminer: Sir —l send you a list of recent con verts to the Catholic Church from memo ry, which I believe will be found to te more accurate explanatory, and I should tope, interesting than that furnished by ‘a Presbyterian Minister’ to the Nor thern W big and copied into your paper of the 18th instant. Not having any ma terial at band for futher investigation, line list is necessarily incomplete, but as ar as it goes I believe it will be found to De substantially correct. I also feel it would be almost invidious to particularise names from a body of men who are all alike remarkable for an amount of zeal and a spirit of self-sacrifice without parallel in the religious history of the world. Let it then be sufficient to ob serve chat amongst the English Catholic clergy there are at least two hundred ariests who were at one time clergymen of the Church of England —Yours faith ully» Veritas. January 26, 1869. The Marquis of Bute (Stewart) The Earl of Oxford (Walpole) The Earl of Gainsborough (Noel) The Ear lof Denbigh (Fielding) The Earl of Dunraven (Quin) The Earl of Granard (Forbes) The Earl of Pembroke (Herbert) The Earl of Buchan (Stewart) Lord Louth (Plunkett) Viscount Norreys (Bertie) Eldest son of the Earl of Abindon, and son-in-law of Colonel Townley Hall, Lancashire. Lord Huntingtower (Tollemach), eldest son of the Earl ofDysert, and son in law of the late Sir Joseph Burke, Bart, Glensk Castle, Cos. Galway. Lord Nigel Kennedy. Lord Gilbert Kennedy, sons of the Marquis of Ailsa. Lord Henry Kerr, son of the Marquis of Lothian. Lord Charles Thynne, brother of the Duchess of Buccleuh and the late Mar duis of Bath, father of Yicountess Cast lerosse, and son-in-law of the late Doctor Bagot, Bishop of Bath and Wells, form erly a -clergyman. Sir George Bowyer, Bart Sir W. R. Codriugton, Bart Sir John Sutton, Bart Sir Yere De Ye re, Bart Sir Paul W. Molesworth, Bart Sir J. Hungerford Pollen, Bart Sir John Simeon, Bart, M. P. Sir Charles Compton Domville, Bart, son-in-law to the Earl of Howth. lion Colin Lindsay, brother of the Earl of Balcarres. lion, and Rev. W. Towry Law, broth er of the Earl of Ellenborough. His eldest son is a priest of the Oratory, B romp ton, London. Hen. and Rev. Monsignor Talbot, domestic chaplain to his Idol iness Pope Pius IX, and brother of Lord Talbot de Malahide; at one time a rector in Somer set. The Hon - and Rev. Gilbert Chetwynd Talbot, brother of the late Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, now a priest iu London. The late Hon. and Rev. George Spen cer, P&ssionist Father, and founder of the community of that Order at Harold’s Cross, near Dublin, was uncle of his Excellency Ea 1 Speneer, Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland. The late Hon. and Rev. Reginald Pakenham, also a Passionist Father, and who died at Harold’s Cross, was former ly an officer in the Guards; was a broth er of the Earl of Longford and nephew to the Earl of Wellington, and late Dean of St. Patrick’s. The late Duke of Leeds. The Duchess who resides at Hornsby Castle, near Leeds, is a munificent patron of Catholic charities in the North of England. The Duchess of Hamilton, daughter of the Grand Duke of Baden. The Duchess of Norfolk, daughter of the late Admiral Lord Lyons. The Duchess of Buccleuch. The Dowager I uehes of Argyll. The Marchioness of Londonderry* eldest daughter of the Earl ot Roden, and mother of Viscount Powerscourt. The Marchioness of Queensberry, claims descent from the dauntless Red Hugh, through her mother, a daughter <d £>ir Hugh, O’Donnell, the head of the ancient and princely sept of that name in the Country Mayo. Ihe Dowager Marchioness of I.othan, Min® ©i in® s©mn. sister of the late Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot. The Dowager Countess of Clare, has built a church, convent? and schools at her sole expense in the Isle of Wight. Is widow of John Fitzgibbon, second Earl of Clare, of whom Lord Byron wrote—‘As to friendship, it is a propen sity in which my genius is very limited. I do not know the male human being ex cept Lord Clare, the friend of my infancy, for whom I feel anything that deserves the name? The Lady Milford, daughter of the Earl of Wicklow, married, secondly, Mr. Thomas, Eyre, eldest son of Count Eyre and first cousin of Mr. Vincent Scully, ex-M P. for Cork county. Lady Catherine Petre, daughter of the Earl of Wicklow, married to Mr. Edward Petre, cousin of Lord Petre. The Dowager Countess of Castlewart, daughter of Doctor Bathurst, Bishop of Nor which. The Countess of Gainsborough, daugh ter of the Earl of Errol. The Countess of G ranard. The Countess of Buchan. The Countess of Kenmare. The Countess of Portarlington. The Lady Holland. Hon. Lady Simeon. Lady Do Vere. Viscountess Bury. Lady Georgiana Fullerton, sister of Earl Granville The Ladies Achinson, daughter of the Earl of Gosford. The Lady Herbert of Lea, mother of the Earl of Pembroke. Miss Gladstone, Sister of the Prime Minister, the Right Hon. W. E. Glad- stone. Miss Stanley, sister of the Dean of Westminster, and daughter of the Late Bishop of Norwich. Mr. Charles Wentworth Cavendish, son of the lion. General Cavendish, married to the only daughter of the Rt. Hon. Sir Alexander Coekburn Lord Chief Justice of England. Mr. J. R. Hope Scott, the eminent Parliamentary Q. C. grandson of the Earl of Hopetoun, and inheritor of Ab botsford, in right of his first wife, the granddaughter of Sir Walter Scott, and daughter of Mr. Lockhart, the well know r n Editor of the Quarterly Review. Mr Hope Scott married, secondly, the Victoria Howard, eldest daughter of the late Duke of Norfolk. Mr. 0. R. Scott Murray, formerly M. P. for Bucks son-in-law of Lord Dovat. The Right Hon. Colonel Monsell,M.P* Mr. F, R. Wegg Prosser, formerly M. P. for Herefordshire, son-in-law of Earl Somers. Mr. E. J. Hutchins,ex- M.P. Count de La Field, brother-in-law of the Earl of Limerick. The late Mr. Francis MacNamara Calcutt, M. P. Admiral Manners. Mr. Thomas Chisolm Anstcy, cx-M.P. Colonel Gaidsford, son-in-law of the Earl of Howth. Mr. Stephen Dc Ycrc, ex- M. P Mr A. G. Fullerton, brother-in-law of Earl Granville. The late Archdeacon Wilberforce, brother to the Bishop of Oxford; died in Rome a few years ago while preparing for holy orders in the College of the Propaganda. The Rev. W. H. Wilberforce, brother to the Bishop of Oxford. The late Rev F. W. Faber. I). D. The Rev Richard Gell Mac Mullen, D. D The Rev. Dr. Mrshall. The Rev. William Lockhart, A. M. The Rev. Frederick Oakley, A. M. The Rev. W. G. Ward, A. M. The Rev. John Henry Newman, D. D. of whom Earl Russell remarked some years ago in the House of Com mons:—‘Foremost among English divines for learning, and whose loss to the Church of England we all deeply deplore.' The Most Key. Henry Edward Man ning, 1). I). Archbishop of Westminister and Catholic Primate of England, form erly Archdeacon of Chichester; was mar ried to a daughter of the Rev. John Sargent, and sister to the wife of the Bishop of Oxford. His reputation for learning and wisdom, the spotless purity of his life, his marvellous eloquence and attractive address have all combi ned in giving him a power and influ ence to draw the thoughtful and refined classes of English Protestant society within the pale of the Catholic Church, which no man has ever before enjoyed in England* Catholic Intelligence. The erection of the Bishopric of Chi cago into an Arehepiscopal See is talked of. We regret to learn that the health of the Archbishop of New Orleans did not permit him to officiate, during Holy Week, at the Cathedral. He, how ever, blessed the holy oils at the Arch bishopric. We see it stated that Rev. Father Balt€*s, of Belleville, has been nomi nated as Bishop of the Diocese of Alton, vice Bishop Juncker, deceased. Prince Scomberg, a young nobleman of great wealth and ancient family, has been received into the Roman Catholic Church by Cardinal Buonaparte. His conversion has given the utmost gratifi cation to his Holiness, and to the Catho lic world. On the holy feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin, the foundation stone of the new St. Mary’s Cathedral, of Sydney, Australia, was laid by his Grace the Archbishop of that See. We learn from the Catholic Mirror , that on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and on Passion Sunday, the Most Rev. Arch bishop of Baltimore, visited several among the Churches of the District of Columbia, and administered confirma tion. In those visited, the total number confirmed on the recent occasion was eleven hundred and thirty-five, of whom one hundred and thirty-six were converts to our holy faith. This keeps up the usual proportion of twelve per cent, of converts on the total number confirmed. His Lordship, the Bishop of Toronto, has issued an important Pastoral Letter on the subject of Matrimony; denouncing the modern abomination called Divorce, and warning Catholics against the evils that surround them, and the moral dan gers to which, by their surroundings, they are exposed. “No Christian legis lator,” truly adds this Prelate, “ can conscientiously aid in framing a law of divorce for a Christian community.” Un fortunately, it is only by courtesy that many of our modern statesman can be styled Christian.”— True Witness. Djocese of Galveston. —The Belton (Texas) Journal , of March sth, says : We have heretofore announced that there was a Catholic Church to be erected in Belton; and now we are enabled to state that the early completion of this public enterprise may be expected. The Rev. J. S Bussant has recently been in our town, aud we are informed that the site for the building has been selected. It is due to our enterprising fellow townsman, R. D. Kinney, to state that lie has generously donated the lot, and one of the most beautiful, for a Church within the corporate limits. *We are glad to see this public spirit manifested, and trust that it will not be long till our nourishing town will be supplied with Churches to suit the diversified opinions of the religious world. Diocese of Natchez. —A correspon dent writes to the New Orleans Morning Star , from Yazoo City, Miss. : A great grace has fallen from Heaven upon our little city. The visitation of our beloved Bishop, Rt. Rev. William Henry Elder, has been to us the source of a few holy and profitable days, and they will be remembered. here on the morning of the 6th instant, and fatigued from a long journey by rail and stage, he nevertheless preached the same morning to a large congregation, a touching discourse on the importance of Salvation. Ou Sunday the subject selected was the “Necessity of Sacrifice,” and of the most sublime of all sacrifices—that, of the most precious body of our Saviour, truly present under the appearance of bread and wine. It was an exceedingly lucid exposition of the teachings of the Church, and delivered with the usual unction aud pathos of the Bishop, had a powerful effect. The exercises continued until the morning of the 12th instant, with three instructions during each day upon some important dogma of our faith, and fol lowed in the evening by a sermon and the Benediction of the Blessed Sacra ment. Os our congregation, about one hun dred and thirty received Holy Commun ion, and there were thirty-two Confirma tions, of whom there were four ladies and one gentleman lately received into the Church by our good pastor, the Rev Paul Le Corre. Bishop Eider is not only a Rishop in the Church—he is a powerful aud efifee tive missionary. His visit has not only been fruitful of good to the faithful, but has been also an occason of much edifica tion to those without the pale of our Holy Church. Let us hope that God, in his goodness and love lor our couutry, may raise up lor us many more like him. ENGLAND. The cordial reception given by the Queen to the several gentlemen who presented petitions praying for the release of tn e Fenian prisoners is the topic of general conversation. The Star says that it is not improva ble thatdii the course of a few days an announcement will be made on the part ol the Government, that they have come to the determination to release the whole of the political prisoners. IRELAND. Cardinal Cullen has issued a pastoral letter to the clergy of his archdiocese, ex pressing strong disapproval of the propo sed national collection for the Fenian prisoners and prohibiting bis clergy from assisting or in any way countenancing the movement. Mr. Justice Keogh, as one of the Judge of Assize in Kerry, visited the Tralee gaol on Saturday morning, and on his return to court expressed to the Grand Jury extreme displeasure at its condition and arrangements, censuring in very strong language the Board of Superintendence and Local Inspector. A daring murder is reported to have been committed in the county Donegal on the 13th. Bailiff Murphy, in the employment of Lord Leitrim, was shot in the head at 3 o’clock in the morning, within a short distance of the Kildare Police station. The collection for the Fenian prisoners had been inaugurated in Cork by a gift •f princely magnificence from the Meis s. Murphy—a firm foremost in every benevolent movement. Their subscription is £IOO. The Mayor has given £25. Wexford.— The surviving friends and the many admirers of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Keating, are respectfully informed that it is proposed to erect a stained glass window, in the Cathedral of En niscortby, as a memorial of the great benefits which this great and good bishop conferred on the Diocese by the erection of its magnifii ent Cathedral, and the res to aticn of its ecclesiastical discipline. The execution of the window has been entrus ted to Messrs. Early and Powell, of Camden street, Dublin.— People. Waterford.— The people of Dungar ven have just sustained the loss of one of their favorite priests. The Rev. N. Csesaretti, one of the Augustinian Com munity, and a zealous coadjutor of Father AndersoD, O. S. A., in every work of piety and charity, died of fever, at three o'clock on March 7, after a few days, illness.— lbid. The weather continues to mend. We have had some heavy rain during the week, but, on the whole, everything is propitious for country work, which now goes rapidly on. The atmosphere being genial, vegetation has received a great impetus, and grass is, generally speaking, prolific.— Ibid. Limerick. —The return of William O’Sullivan to his native place, Kilmal lock, after his liberation from Portland, was made the occasion of great rejoicing. Along the line from Cork, he was greet ed by cheering crowds, and at Charle ville the enthusiasm of the people was only satisfied by his leaving the train and mingling with them on the platform dur ing its few minutes’ stay. Cork. —ln the Chapel of the Presen tation Convent, Youghal, were performed on March Bth tire funeral obsequies of its foundress, Mrs. Angelina Gould, a lady whose name will be long held in veneration not only in Youghal, but throughout the entire diocese of Cloyne. It is with deep and heartfelt regret I have to announce the death of the Rev. David Relihan, C. C., which sad event look place at his residence, Ballyknock ane Cottage, Baliinamona, on March 11, at half past five o’clock A. M. A subscription has been opened in Cork for the relief of the released Fe nian prisoners. Another Distinguished Celt Gone. —From Chili we have news of the death of an illustrious Celt, the Captain- General Don Benardo OHiggins, whose obsequies were celebrated with great pomp on the Pith of January. He was the greatest of those lay whom the Chilian revolution was accomplished. Among the South American States, Chili holds the first place for the civic virtues and commercial integrity of its people. To be the greatest man among such men, was a high and exceptional distinction. A Catholic Clergyman on Fenjan- Catholic clergyman, Rev. Mr. Shanahan, recently made a speech at Limerick, Ireland, in which he openly avowed himself a sympathizer with the F< nixn movement, concluding with the following words: “I do not exactly know what a Fenian is, but if it means love for Ireland, Ireland for the Irish, and that Irishmen ought to be able to govern themselves, 1 am a reman in rnv heart, and so is every Priest in Ire land.” 3
