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i a vp well-improved farms, and seem in-
Siousand thrifty. We (Mr. Hun
accompanied me,) arrived at the
rhurcli about 10 o’clock and found a
hree crowd there. The Church is a
substantial stone edifice, surmounted with
n elaborate iron Cross, bells are super
fluous as yet, the congregation being so
o-iflplv scattered, and so remote that
few would hear one. * * Itwasde
cidedlv a motley congregation. I re
cognized Germans, Irish, Americans,
French, Swiss, and Swedes. I have ar
raD^ed them numerically; the first pre
ponderated greatly; though at the “El
|( W ' 7 the second would take the lead.
The Church was crammed, and seats
were at a premium. More than one
(tinl had to stand, and among them
D :anv ladies and myself. The altar was
( uitc m at, and ever and around it were
a number of plain pictures, such as are
often seen in the rooms of the poorer
class of Catholics. But the main pic
ture, a large painting, which cost some
£3O 00—is the pride of the
]t is about sxß feet, and represents the
Blessed Virgin Mother seated at the
foot of a plain Cross, in an attitude of
sorrow; the scene a mountain top, and
Jerusalem in tho background; Raphael
or a Domenichino might have done bet
ter.
There is a Choir attached to the
Church, and they sing without organ or
melodeon, in a yet unfinished gallery.
The music was entirely German, and
therefore by no means bad; but, a doz
en or so of babies, a self constituted ac
companiment. was anything but har
monious. The intonation of each hymn
was the signal fertile infantile accom
paniment to strike up, and the last
notes of the music were always prolong
ed in a key. Imagine the dif
ficulty I had to keep my mind on my
devotions. The congregation numbered
between 200 and 300—a large assem
blage for this region.
After the service, I rode alongside
"Mrs. Toby’s” wagon and enjoyed a
hearty repast at her hospitable board,
without having experienced any real in
convenience from my long fast, though it
was 380 before I tasted a morsel. I
could but admire the zeal of the good
Germans in that settlement. They seem
determined to have all the advantages
of Religion in their midst. When I left
the Church, the principal members of
the congregation had grouped around
good Father Rcmele discussing the
means of obtaining a Priest to be sta
t’oned permanently there and offering to
furnish land, a house, Ac. * * They
ate a very persevering and thrifty peo
ple and I doubt not will soon attain this
end. * * I reached home about G
P. M., pretty tired, you may judge. But
a cup of lea, followed by a good bath,
brought me a sound and refreshing sleep,
and to-day I feel quite bravely. *
B. T. E.
Jomp pte.
IEKLAiNI).
Death of Father Kenyon* of Tem
tlederry.—Dear Sir : It is with feel
ings of deep sorrow I have to an
nounce to you the death of one of the
most remarkable, if not the most re
markable, and gifted Irishmen of mod
em times. On last night (Sunday night)
Father Kenyon departed this life for a
better one. I will not attempt to write
the great man’s obituary —that will be
better done by you—but it may not be
out of place to say a few words about
him. Ido not exactly know how long
he had been on the mission, hut he was
appointed to the curacy of Templederry
in 1843, and a few years later he was
appointed Parish Priest. The part he
took in politics during the Repeal agita
tion and Young Ireland movement is
now matter of history; and it is well
known that the great orator’s withering
denunciations of alien misrule in Ireland
often called forth the vituperation of the
Government press. Though Father Ken
yon took little or no part in politics since
48, his attachment to the cause of faith
and fatherland, I need scarcely say, con
tinued unchanged, and he believed there
was but one remedy for the grievances
( ’f the country. Political rascals he dis-
I'-ked, and within the past three years he,
Regardless of their calling, denounced
some of them publicly. Far down below
• lie vast Pacific, in the wilds of Austra
lia, and beyond the broad Atlantic, in
bie backwoods of America, as well as in
mine of the prison peng of England, there
a-o thousands of Irishmen to whom in*
t diligence of the death of this high-souled,
honorable and patriotic man will be very
' and news. Father Kenyon had been in
o- delicate state of health for a considera
te period, and a pulmonary affection
v as the cause of death. Father Kenyon
was about 57 years of age. #
Yours, D. R. (7.
T./nplederry, March *22, 1860.
[Nation.
The Rev. John Kenyon, P. P., Tem
plederry, died at his residence on the
22d inst. He had been sometime in fail
ing health, and his friends expected that
he would have passed away long before
the period when k pleased the Lord to
call him hence.
The deceased was one of the most
gifted individuals this country has seen
since the days of Swift, and possessed at
tainments of the highest order, such as
few can lay claim to. A profound
thinker, graceful writer, in prose and
verse, deeply read in theological and
philosophical science, and acquainted
with fureign languages, he might, had he
so minded, have adorned any circle of
society to which his sacred profession
could give him access. Father Kenyon,
however, it must be admitted, chose
rather to remain “shut up within him
self,” and, as a matter of course, became
very' eccentric, though harmlessly so.
Never did man set less store on the grand
gifts of intellect with which God so richly
endowed him than he did; and as we
turn over the early tiles of the Nation,
which contain some glorious emanations
of his genius, we can only regret that
tho eccentricities to which we have alluded
turned him away from literary pursuits*
which he might have cultivated with honor
to himself and his country at large. It
is impossible to avoid regretting that
abilities so rare and so remarkable should
have been so sparingly exerted and so
seldom awakened; but we cannot bring
ourselves to dwell on the subject now,
and we prefer to unite with the reader in
offering a prayer for the eternal repose of
the famous P. P. of Templederry.
[Nation.
The death is announced of the Rev.
John Kenyon, P. P. Templederry, near
Nenagh. lie was a strong nationalist,
and his love of country betrayed him
at times into expressions open to mis
construction by' those not intimately ac
quainted with him. A correspondent in
the Tory press takes occasion to libel
his memory by saying his last expressed
wish was, that lie should be buried in
the Protestant burial-ground. The ab
surdity of the statement must be so
manifest to Catholics that it is scarcely
worth explaining. Templederry church
yard formerly belonged to the Catholics,
and is consecrated ground, but like many
other places was taken by the Protest
ants; and Father Kenyon may have ex
pressed a desire to lie with the grand
old race that kept the faith, and many
of whom died for it, but certainly uot
because it was the Protestant church
yard.—London Tablet.
THE CELEI.RATION OF ST. PATRICK S HAY.
Dublin. —The Times 1 correspondent
says that the anniversary of St. Patrick’s
Day was celebrated with various mani
festations of popular feeling “In the
diversity of them the promiscuous ele
ments of which the national character is
composed was fairly 7 reflected. The
devotion and the wildest frolics were
exhibited in singular contrast or still
more singular transition. Its religious
observance was not the less solemn or
general that the anniversary happened to
fall this year in the holy season of Lent.
The Roman Catholic population, who re
gard the day as a solemn festival, how
ever inconsistently they mav keep it,
attended their places of worship with
scrupulous reverence. Their attention
to the solemn duties of religion which
form a fitting tribute to the memory of
the “Patron Saint’’ of Ireland has become
of late years more earnest, or, at least,
more demonstrative. In its social as
pect the celebration of the day is becom
ing more creditable to the people, ex
hibiting as it does in their habits and
demeanor most unmistakeable evidence
of an improved moral tone Scenes of
rioting- and drunkenness are fast disap
pearing from the public view, and there
was scarcely an instance of misconduct
to be seen in the streets. The anniver
sary assumed this year in various parts
of the country more of a political char
acter than it has hitherto borne.
At the military display in the Castle
Yard we read that everything passed
over very agreeably until the bands in
attendance commenced to play “ God
save the Queen,” when there w’as a regu
lar damper thrown on the feelings of the
people, and they hissed the “ National
Anthem” vigorously. The performance
of “Patrick’s Pay,” “Garryowen,” and
some airs of a more congenial character,
had the effect of restoring them to good
humor, and matters passed off pleasantly
enough.
Cork.— We reprint the letters of apolo
gy read at the Cork banquet from 3lr.
John Martin and Father Lavelle :
Kilbroney, Rostrevor, )
March 11, 1869. \
Dear Sir : Seldom in all my life have
I felt more strongly tempted to jump
over the barriers of prudence than I do
to-day upon receipt of your committee’s
1 invitation—t am so gratified with the
EMBBiB ot fii roum
earnest and downright national spirit of
the Cork people, so proud of tkeii big
hearted, dashing conduct on all critical
occasions, so consoled for the thwarting
and disgracing of our holy cause in other
places, sometimes by fanatical hates and
mean jealousies, when Cork comes for
ward manfully to lift up the banner and
sound aloud the trumpet of our nationali
ty, and thus turn Irishmen’s thoughts
away from their paltry little by-battles,
and silence the grating voice of faction.
lam so pleased with the people of Cork
for all that, that I should love to see
them at home enjoying themselves as well
becomes on St. Patrick’s night, and to
see you all enjoying yourselves, and with
your worthy Irish-hearted and Irish
voiced Mayor of Cork as head of your
festivities, and an honored guest—all
that is very tempting. I am glad the
Cork people are celebrating the festival
of our national Saint with an Irish merry
making. Certainly there is still much
in the circumstances of our country, and
especially in the fate of virtuous Irish
men who vainly attempted to serve her
by arms, which is very sad to think of.
What then ? Has it not been always so
in Ireland for ages past? And will it
not be always so until the first day of
freedom has dawned upon Ireland ? And
what good, what kindness, would it bo
for us, who are outside the prison walls,
to crush down our natural elasticity of
spirits, and our gay and happy tempera
ment —which is the gift of God to our
afili. ted people, as “He tempers the
wind to the shorn lamb”—by way of
showing sympathy with the poor fellows
still in Portland and Woking ? No, no;
you wiy do better. You will toast
their healths, poor fellows! on Patrick’s
night, and you will gve due praise to
their patriotic intentions, and you will
continue to contribute for the relief of
the distress which their fate has brought
upon their families. But you will have
your songs aud your dances, and will
have a gay time with the beauty' and
wit of the Cork women to help aud par
take with the decent fellows of our
coarser sex. I am very sorry that I can
not go this time. I hope to have yet
the great pleasure of meeting the Cork
people face to face, and so hopes my
wife. Please return my best thanks to
your committee, and my best wishes that
you may have a happy and perfectly
successful night.
I remain, dear sir, sincerely 7 yours,
John Martin.
Gentlemen: I beg to acknowledge
with unfeigned gratitude the receipt of
your circular, enclosing on the part of
the “ National Dali Committee, *’ a com
plimentary ticket of invitation to that pa
ri iotic reunion on next Patrick’s Day.
Traversing, as it has done, the Island
from end to end, 1 value that invitation
the more, as I could hardy expect that,
surrounded as you are by the most ster
ling patriots in the land, lay and cleri
cal, you should think of my humble
name in this remote district. I there,
fore, the more deeply regret my utter
inability to avail myself of the high and
esteemed honor you have done me. Social
duties of a pressing nature will detain
me at home both on that glorious day and
during the entire week. lam delighted
to see that your truly patriotic Lord
Mayor is to preside on that auspicious oc
casion, and I am doubly proud to be
lieve that those noble and devoted sons,
lately liberated from the gloom and de
gradation of an English convict settle
ment, will participate in the festivities,
mental and material of the occasion. I
only hope the occasion is not far distant
when their patriot confreres will breathe
as before the air of their freed country.
“Pity such eagles should mew, while
kites and buzzards play at liberty.’’ Pity
—a thousand pities—Lubin, O’Leary,
O'Donovan Rossa, should be immured in
felon’s cells while Massey and Corydon
pollute the air with their breath, and con
taminate society by their loathsome exis
tence. Wish ing your celebration of the
national day every success, and fondly
hoping that the day may soon be cele
brated by a united and disenthralled
people—a nation once again, I have the
honor to remain, very truly, yours,
Patrick Lavf.lle.
Waterford. —The Waterford Citizen
remarks: “ The ‘Wearing of the Green’
was universal ou Patrick’s Day. Every
one wore the immortal ‘trifolia repens:
Protestants and Catholics, landlords and
tenants, merchants and mechanics,
displayed bunches of the true sham
rock, either in their hats or worn on
their left breast. Every unmarried fe
male made it a point to appear with a
large bunch of‘triple leaf fastened on her
bosom. It was a subject of remark that
the custom of wearing the shamrock was
never before so generally observed,
while that other custom of ‘drowning’
the shamrock was all but forgotten, at
least by the townspeople.”
Wexford. —Os the manner in which
the festival was observed in Wexford,
the Wexford People gives the subjoined
account: “The anniversary of our great
Patron Saiut was observed in this town
in a most edifying manner, and in a spirit
which reflects much credit on the people.
Few there were who did not wear the
‘chosen leaf of bard and chief.’ and what
is still better, fewer still who disgraced
themselves and that emblem of faith and
nationality, by intemperance. Not one
Wexford man was committed for drunk
enness on Patrick’s Hay, and we make
this statement upon the authority of the
constabulary.
Sobriety of the Irish. —All ac
counts testify to the orderly manner in
which St. Patrick’s Day was kept both
in England and in Ireland, although
some of the observances were not free
from a tinge of political bitterness. The
guard mounting at Dublin Castle was
unusually brilliant, even for that cere
mony. A slight disturbance took place
in The Castle-yard, but the city was per
fectly quiet. At Cork a dinner was
given to Colonel Warren and several of
the released Fenian prisoners. At Bir
mingham the toast of “The Bishop and
Clergy of the Diocese” was received
with some disfavor at a banquet given
in honor of the day. The people kept
sober everywhere, and not one case of
drunkenness arising out of tho festival
came before the magistrates or Olerken
we!l.--Ntar.
Catholic intelligence.
Lecture of the Rev. A. J. Ryan.—
It will be seen, from a notice in another
column of this paper, that a lecture will
he delivered in Davis’ Hall on Monday
night next, the 19th instant, by the Rev.
A. J. Ryan, the proceeds of which are to
be appropriated to the erection of anew
Catholic Church in this city. Aside from
the object, which commends itself to all,
there will doubtless be one of the largest
au diencesthat has ever assembled in Da
vis’ Hall, drawn thither on the occasion
to hear the “Poet-Priest,” than whom
but few men in the South, let them oc
cupy whatsoever position they may, have
so won the confidence and love of the
Southern people. Butfewwbocan get
to hear this lecture, and wiio love “The
South”— which will be the subject of it
—will be absent on the occasion of its
delivery.
Bishop Verot. —We were pleased
this morning to make the acquaintance
of Bishop Ycrot, of the Catholic Church,
who is in our city on a brief visit, lie
leaves this afternoon for Baltimore. The
Church over which lie presides has rea
son to be thankful for having so zealous
and able an expounder of their doctrines.
[Atlanta Constitution.
Father Ryan.— From a telegraphic
dispatch received on yesterday from Mr.
Cullinan, from Columbus, to Rev. T. 0.
Reilly, we deeply regret to hear of’ the
illness of Father Ryan.
The lecture which was to have been
delivered at Davis’ Hall, Monday even
ing, is therefore postponed.
In connection with the numerous
friends and admirers of Father Ryan,
we deeply sympathize with him, and
hope soon to be able to give notice when
the lecture will be delivered. —Atlanta
Intelligencer.
Pittsburgh. —The promotion of Dr.
Mullen to the See of Erie, and the de
plored death of Very Rev. Father Stibiel,
left vacancies in tiie officialty of the
Pittsburgh Diocese. The Pittsburgh
Catholic informs us that the Ordinary of
that Diocese lias appointed Very Rev.
John Hickey Vicar-General of the Dio
cese, and Very Rev. J. Tuigg, Vicar-
General Foraneus, Rev P. Kerr, Secre
tary of the Bishop; Rev. J. Shell, Bishop’s
Secretary for the Germans.
Freemans Journal
Tiie General Council. —The Holy
Father visited, on the 6th inst., the
works now in progress in the transept
of St. Peter’s. His Holiness was accom
panied by the four architects of the
church, and by other officials. Some
modifications have been made in the origi
nal plan. There will be fourteen Vows
of stalls, arranged en amphitheatre Each
Bishop will have a desk before him. To
prevent the dispersion of sound which
would be caused by the great elevation
of the roof of the transept, a thick cur
tain will be suspended above the assem
bly, stretching from one cornice to the
other. The arcades, which from a
communication between the transept and
the two chapels adjoining it will be en
tirely closed. The interior surface of
the enclosure through which the Prelates
will enter the transept will be adorned
with portraits of all the Popes who have
held Councils.
It is said that at the (Ecumenical
Council in December next there will be
very nearly two hundred English speaK-
ing prelates. Os these one hundred and
ten will be from England. Ireland Scot
land, and the British Colonics; sixty
from the United States; from ten to
fifteen coadjutor bishops; seven or eight
bishops who have retired from active
‘luty; and about as many mitred abbots.
According to this calculation the Anglo-
Saxon clement will form nearly a fifth of
the whole assembly.
Ihe Converter Converted. A
severe calamity has overtaken the Protes
tant missions in Conncmarra. Mr An
drew Hopkins one of the teachers im
ported to instruct the Irish iu the truths
ot the religion established by law, has
been received into the Catholic Church
by the Rev John O’Malley, at Cong.
These missionaries, who pretend to make
converts ot the poor Irish, are unable to
retain their own teachers within the pale
of their church. —Northern Press.
Conversion of a Preacher.— Fort
Smith, Ark., March 21, 1809. To the
Editor of the Pilot.—Dear Sir : On
March 19th, after the Lenten service,
Win. T. Powell, read his abjuration and
profession of Faith with a loud and jfinn
voice, arid received conditional baptism
fr nil Father Smyth, Col. B. Duval being
sponsor,himself a convert Mr. P, is a Vir
ginian, and was an Episcopalian. He
received a liberal college education, and
became a preacher of the Gospel, as in
vented by Wesley. On the breaking
out of the war, lie indentified himself
with the “lost cause,” and subsequently
became a very able reporter for a city
paper, and in that capacity first became
acquainted with Father Smyth (about
two years ago,) and began reading
Catholics works. Father Smyth receiv
ed three or four others lately.
Yours, ‘ W. S.
Circular of the Most Rev. Arch
bishop on the Approaching Provincial
Council. —The Tenth Provincial Coun
cil of Baltimore will be convened in
the Metropolitan Church ou Sunday,
April 25th, the feast of S. Mark, and
its Sessions will terminate on the follow
ing Sunday the feast of St. Athanasius,
Doctor of the Church. Twelve Bishops
of the Province, —including a Titular
Bishop—will meet under the presidency
of the Metropolitan to deliberate on
matters of discipline in the Province, and
chiefly on the most effectual means for
carrying into execution the Decrees of
the Second Plenary Council of Baltimore,
which have been already revised and
approved of by the Holy See.
That the deliberation of the Council
may be guided by the Holy Ghost, and
may thereby bo crowned with good re
sults for Religion, the prayer of the faith
ful are earnestly invoked. For this pur
pose, the Rev. Pastoral Clergy of tho
Archdiocese tire directed publicly to re
cite the Litany of the Saints immediate
ly before or after the High Mass on the
Sunday preceding the opening of the
Council; and to exhort their flocks to
pray for the same purpose during the
ensuing two weeks.
This Circular will bo read by the re
spective Pastors on the Sunday after its
reception.
Baltimore, Easter Monday, 1800.
By order of the
Most Rev. Archbishop.
Thomas Foley. Chancellor.
The Tenth Provincial Council.—
The Tenth Provincial Council of Balti
more will meet, D.V., in the Metropoli
tan Church on tho Fourth Sunday after
Easter, April 25th, the Feast of St.
Mark, the Evangelist, and its sessions
will terminate on the following Sunday.
We invite our Reverend and dear Breth
ren of the Clergy, and our beloved chil
dren of the Laity, to unite their fervent
prayers, that the Holy Ghost may preside
at the deliberations of the Council, and
that thus we may attain the most happy
result for the glory of God, the propaga
tion of our Holy Faith, and the salvation
of souls. We suggest for this intention
the daily recitation of three Hail Mary’s
in honor of the Immaculate Heart of the
Blessed Virgin. On the Sunday prece
ding the opening of the Connell, the 18th
of April, the Reverend Clergy will read
this notice at the last Mass, and recite
the Litany of the Saints, begging tae
continuance of the prayers of the faith
fil during the sessions of the Council.
By order of the. Kt. Key. Bishop.
Aug. J. McConomy, Secretary.
Cathedral, Low Snnda,y 1869.
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