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think I wished that from any desire of
display or bravado, but simply from a
sentiment of self-respect. I did not
intend saying' a word to the audience, or
by any act of mine gratify the morbid
curiosity which had drawn them there,
it was for myself alone I acted, and in so
doing 1 merely desired to preserve a
proper course of demeanor.
The fatal hour arrived, and the offi
cers of the law, with such courtesy as
the circumstances permitted, prepared
me for the occasion; the scaffold was
reached, and I was placed on a seat.
I do not remember any peculiar sense
of unpleasantness when I heard the
death warraut read, and I can account
for this only by the severe demand
which I had determined to make upon
my powers of endurance, which was
not quietly responded to by them.
The final prayer f|was said, the usual
thanks tendered and greetings given; the
cord was adjusted on my neck, I was
placed upon the trap, 1 looked for the
last time upon familiar objects, the cap
was adjusted over my face, I felt an
increased heat around my heart, a full
ness of the throat, a slight weakness
of the muscles of my limbs, then an
involuntary shrinking of the nerves
and a catching of the breath as I felt
myself falling, then a fierce fiery pain
shot through my whole frame, my head
seemed bursting, and my consciousness
was gone.
How long I remained unconscious I
do not know, but when sensibility re
turned, it was entirely mental. The
shock of my fall had evidently paraly
zed the nervous sensibilities and de
stroyed the physical capacity of sense,
but my mental powers were soon resum
ed in a wonderful manner, for my
earliest remembrance of anything was
the combination of all the colors of the
prism glowing radiantly before my
eyes. Os course I did not see them
with my eyes, but 1 seemed to see
them thus, as they glowed and waved
and blended, then separated, then re
formed themselves in new combinations
and danced and laughed with a bril
liancy far exceeding the rainbow’s paint
ing or the prism’s power.
This gorgeous scene began to fade
away, and my next transition was into
a sea of light; not the light of the sun,
or such a light as is made by any chemi
cal combustion, but a light of dazzling,
glowing, glorious whiteness and purity
of which my own mind seemed to be a
part. I now began to observe my own
condition; I knew that ray whole body
was growing cold and rigid, the only
perceptible warmth being in my heart
and I wondered how long it would be
before that too should become cold like
the balance and I should entirely die. I
even speculated upon the severity of the
pa;n I should have to endure when that
spot did grow cold—but I never knew.
G bile I thus took note of the physical
condition, ray mind with grandly in
creased power was fully occupied Before
mo in in review and then gathered around
me were all the transactions— good or
evil—of life; there was nothing forgotten
—nothing absent. I saw them all, knew
and recognized them all; even minute
and insignificant circumstances, which at
the time had made no impression on me,
were now there, and I became fully
aware of the fact that this sentiment
being which had animated my body
would not die, but would live on and on
ami on eternally, and eternally surround
ed by and in companionship with all the
transactions of physical life. E verlasting
lile was as conclusively shown to me as if
the spirit of him who had been dead a
thousand years had spoken to the fact-
But how was Ito exist, where should 1
c xist? . I knew I was not a part of my
body ,' in Tact, I desired to entirely sever
the eouiK otion with it, and impatiently
waited until IJIO warm spot of my heart
should grow cola. Had I been at lib
erty to acceptor rejt.pt an oiler of return
to vitality, 1 should have rejected it. In
vain I scanned the light around me for a
revelation of my future condition* In
vain I applied all the brilliant powers of,
my purified mind to pierce the future,
even to fully comprehend the present.
I recalled my early instruction, and
sought for yawning gulf and crystal
gates, but on the one hand I found no
devouring fiends, and on the other I saw
no gleaming chariots. I heard neither
ot joy nor wailiags of woo, nor
touiid any otter being than ray own, 1
existea in my own lormor life, and so far
as } c and discover, would continue to
cxict there forever. This was not desi
rable, but from it I saw no way of escape.
1 have no idea of the time I had passed
in this condition, but it must have been
all the time required by medical judg
ment to deprive me of life, for in the
midst of my speculations I became aware
of the removal and handling of my body
1 remember I thought they were about to
hairy me; as I was not dead, I wished to
protest against it. I loathed the idea
of being incarcerated in the grave with
my body, or having any further compan
ship with it. I did not know what was
being done, but I felt myself in motion
for a time, then the motion ceased; then
there was a quick, sharp, rending pain,
a fearful shudder of my whole physical
powers, of writhing, an anguish far worse
than the anguish of death, and sensibility
and sense slowly returned to me; once
more my heart, which had never grown
cold, throbbed, my vital functions were
partially re-established, and again I
became burthened with the cares, anxiet
ies, and sorrows of life. To me it has
been one long sorrow, and without joy
or hope I await the time when I shall
once more bathe in that sea of light,
once more gather around me the radiance
of life everlasting.
My resuscitation was the result of an
application of electricity and the skill of
a surgeon. For a few days, until I had
partially recovered my strength I was
concealed, and then tied the country.
NEW ORLEANS (LA) CORRESPONDENCE
OF THE BANNER OF THE SOUTH.
New Orleans, July, 1869.
Dear Banner:
An obituary is a painful subject at any
time, since it is never written except in
memory of those who were once dear to
our hearts, and whose loss very naturally
lacerated our sensibilities; but when these
ever-present difficulties? are aggravated
by such an intensely ‘‘heated term’, as
the present, the writing of an obituary
becomes a positive torture, absolutely
"intolerable and not to be endured.”
Consequently, 1 shall write none on the
present sad occasien, but simply express
my sympathy with the millions of good
citizens who this month deplore the dis
appearance forever of our dear, venera
ble, old Fourth of July. For more than
three-quarters of a century his annual
appearance has been greeted throughout
the country, by ourselves, our fathers,
and our fathers’ father, with the greatest
rejoicing, accompanied by martial and
civic parades, the firing of salutes, the
gleeful ringing of bells, and a grand dis
play of banners, flags, wreaths, and
streamers, to sav nothing of the shootirm
crackers, sky-rockets and other fire
works, all of which showed that the ova
tion was not confined to citizens of any
one class or age, but was universal.
Within the past few years, however, a
gang es shoddy upstarts, jealous of the
majestic veteran’s hold upon the popular
heart, have been covertly tapping and
drawing off his life-blood, until his Con
stitution beng entirely undermined, he
has finally toppled over unto an untime
ly grave, from which will annually spring
a crop of such putrid fungi as Boston
Peace Festivals, Yankee Thanksgiving
Days and the like! “Let us have peace. ”
The question of importing and incor
porating amidst our already sufficiently
depraved populace, some millions of the
licentious, pagan Chinese, is looming up
as an important Dsue in our near politi
cal and social future. There is much
to be said both for and against the
scheme: and our Solons, (if any be left
in the land) will do well to give the mat
ter grave deliberation. The Baltimore
Southern Metropolis thus thoughtfully
considers the subject:
• 0
“The immigration of Chinese to the
Y\ estem shores ot America is becoming
enormous. On one day last week no less
than twelve thousand Chinese arrived in
sailing vessels. In a few years, at this
rate, the Chinese population will bo num
bered by millions. The Japanese are
also beginning to come. This is a strong
counter wave to the great surge of ad
vancing population and civilization that
moves westward so rapidly. It is hard to
foresee what will he the result. These
people are industrious, frugal, hardy, and
live on little or nothing. I hey will thrive
wherever there is work to be done. Will
they remain hewers of wood and draw
ers of water, or will they become a
wealthy and dominant class ? Will
they remain separate and preserve their
national traits as a caste among us, or
will they intermarry and mingle with us,
and make our future skin dark, our
grandchildren’s eyes oblique, incline us
toward Buddhism, an 1 give us a fond
ness for rats and birdsnest soup; or will
the resultant “coming man” of this poly
got mixture lea mongrel, or a noble
| creature with the virtues of both and the
! vices of neituer !
Urged on by a consideration of the
same subject, the New York Metropoli
tan Record boldly announces as a part of
its platform:
“The Supremacy of the white race in
a Union made by and for white men.”
“The subordination of the interests of
inferior races to the interests of the su
perior.”
“The adoption of immediate and effec
tive measures to stop ike tide of Chi
nese immigration, and to preserve this
~ lit ijj -<
Union and iis territories for white men
and their descendants.”
These allusions to "superior and inferi
or races,” bring to mind the consistent
inconsistencies of the consistenly incon
sistent Yankees in regard to their new
found "man and brother” Sambo.
For four years those Northern beauties
risked their own lives and took a hand in
murdering many thousand of our best
citizens, with a view to placing their
ebony idol on a "brotherhood” level, and
now that they have succeeded, and one
or two of tli • ir more aspiring "brethren”
are appointed to places in the Govern
ment Printing Office, Navy Yard, and
other positions of equality and fraterni
ty,” these same consistent beauties raise
a most consistent howl of indignation,
and threaten, thro’ their Unions, to
sweep their darling "brother” completely
oft the deck into the dark sea of extir
mi nation, ten thousand times worse than
any fate that was possible to poor Sam
bo while under the protection of his late
Southern master. Oh Consistency! thou
art a jewel rare indeed in Yankeedom,
As the readers of the Banner proba
bly do not read the local police reports,
I can’t resist the temptation of telling a
little "tale out of school” even though
yonr own sober agent be the victim,
it appears that last week one of the
members of his family was seriously in
jured in the face by an oyster shell
thrown by a vicious little imp of darkness
who resides near by. Your agent forth
with proceeded to the street, caught the
little miscreant, and instead of spanking
him on the spot, delicately caught him
by his waistband and carried him in, yell
ing, to his venerable Air lean parent for
flagellation. The hoary savage, instead
of complying with the moderate demand
of your .-gentle agent, began to abuse
and threaten him "wid de law” for mal
treating his innocent black lamb! The
amiable agent of the Banner withdrew,
discomfßted, to meditate upon man’s
"onsartinty,” and to regret lie had not
whipped the little darkey himself, and
disposed of the matter.
He hadn’t meditated long, however,
before a nigger policeman (an appointee
of the young man from Illinois, now act
ing Governor of Louisiana), appeared
at his domicil and arrested him on a
charge of “assault and battery” with
specifications of having “beaten, knocked
down and kicked the youthful son of the
complainant !” The old darkey had
made good his threat.
Your conquered agent was permitted
to put on his coat and hat and bid adieu
to his wife and children, and then march
ed off to the police station, escorted all
the way by the aforesaid armed African
policeman. *
Bond was required for his appearance
before the Recorder, (another creature
of the Illinois youth), and when the case
was called the next morning the vera
cions old darkey, quietly swore that he
saw your ferocious agent do all the beat
ing, kicking, and knocking down, as
specified, altho’ he was inside his
cabin, inside of his yard fence at the
time the “assault and battery” was said to
have occurred out on the public street !
The Recorder, Campbell, (the Illinois
youth’s appointee) of course was bound
by “loiity” to find your agent guilty,
and sentence him to a fine of two dollars
and a half! Your agent will please par
don this little “notis.” It is given only
to illustrate how conscientiously our
Scalawag officials refrain from making
any “distinction on account of race or
color or previous condition.”
Pe* C. Verb.
From the Baltimore Mirror.
[official ]
PASTORAL LETTER OF THE MOST
REV, ARCHBISHOP OF BALTIMORE
PROCLAIMING THE JUBILEE-
Venerable and Beloved Brethren:
The great event of the nineteenth con
tury is, undoubtedly, the General Council
ot the Vatican, convoked by our glorious
Pontiff, Pius IX., for the “Feast of the
Immaculate Conception, the eighth of
December next. For the first time in
more than three hundred years—since
the close of the last General Council of
Trent in 1503—has the Vicar of Jesus
Christ on earth—appointed by him in
the person of Peter to feed the sheep and
lambs, comprising His whole flock—
deemed it useful or necessary to summon
all the Bishops of Christendom, to as
semble from ail parts ot tne earth m sol
eran Council, to take into consideration
the wants of the Church under present
circumstances, and to devise the most
suitable measures for supplying them.
When the wolves had already gathered
together around the sheepfold, and with
glaring eyes and gnashing teeth threat
ened to devour the tlock, it was was time
that the Chief Pastor should call together
his associate, but subordinate, brother
shepherds, to take counsel with them as
to the best means for guarding against
the menaced danger, in order to impart
anew sense of security and anew life
to the dear sheep entrusted to their care
by the great Prince of Shepherds.
Pius IX. has done this; and trusting
in the good providence of God more than
in the wisdom of this world, he has
done it with rumors of wars ringing: in
his ears, and at a crisis in the world's his
tory when European society, particular
ly, seems to be on the very brink of a
terrrble volcano, and when any day may
startle us with an eruption such as has
not probably been witnessed since the
beginning of the world. Pius IX. trusts
in God, and he has accordingly convened
the General Council, fully prepared for
any emergency which may arise; even
for one, rather possible than probable,
which may temporarily delay the meeting
of the Bishops, should almighty God in
His unsearchable counsels permit such
a trial.
Knowing well, that we can do nothing
of ourselves, as of ourselves, and that
all our sufficiency is from God, the ven
erable and saintly Pontiff calls all Chris
tendom to prayers on an occasion so very
solemn and momentous for the interests
of Christ’s kingdom on earth He says:
"And that God may the more readilv
grant what We wish, and may incline His
ears to Our prayers let us implore the
help of the Almighty’s right arm and
the heavenly light, that in this Coun
cil We may be able io decree all those
things which may most conduce to the
common salvation of the whole Christian
people, to their utility and to the greater
glory, happiness, and peace of the Catho
lic Church. And as it is well known
that the prayers of men are much more
grateful to God, when they come to Him
with pure hearts and with souls free from
crime, hence We have determined on this
occasion to open to the faithful with
Apostolic liberality, the heavenly trea
sures ot Indulgences, that being inflamed
unto true repentance and released from
the stains of sin through the Sacrament
of Penance, they may with the greater
confidence approach the throne of God,
and may obtain H;s mercy and help in
seasonable time.”
This general union of prayers poured
out from pure and earnest hearts through
out Christendom is truly beautiful, even
approaching the sublime! God never
resists the fervent prayer of His servants
thus united, since He promised that even
where two or three are assembled together
in His name, lie would be in the midst
ot thorn. Such a season of grace and
spiritual benedictions thus brings a ju
bilee of joy to the religious soul, lifts it
above itself, gives it a glimpse of para
dise, and makes it exclaim, “0 Lord! it
is good for us to be here !” In allusion
to this general jubilation of hearts raised
to God in world-wide prayer, the highest
and most ample form of Plenary In
dulgence, usually bestowed on such oc
casions. is called a Jubilee.
We beseech you, Venerable and Be
loved Brethren, to enter fully into the
spirit of this acceptable time, of these
days of salvation. Let your faith rise to
the height of this great, almost unique
occasion; and let your piety burn
forth even more warmly and more
brightly tnan ou any previous occasion
of Jubilee, when tnc objects were not so
elevated nor the emergency in the
Church’s history so great. To gain the
ample and most precious Indulgence of
the Jubilee, yon will please bear in mind
that a strict compliance with all the con
ditions assigned therefor is indispensable;
the wilful or negligent omission of even
one of these, without proper com muta
tion by the spiritual Director, would suf
fice to deprive you of the priceless boon.
These conditions arc stated by the Pon
tiff in language so clear and precise, that
We cannot do better than to reproduce
them in a literal translation. After statiim
as the first Condition, the visit of three
churches to be designated by the local
ecclesiastical authority, or of one of
these twice, he says that at such visits
they shall “devoutly pray, during some
space oi time, for the conversion of ail
who are unhappily wanderers from the
truth, for the propagation of the most
holy Faith, and for the peace, tranquility,
and triumph of the Catholic Church; tast
ing on three days, even not continuous
that is on Wednesday, Friday, and Sat
day ot any week, not one ot the Umber
weeks; aim within the time assigned
shall reverently receive the holy (tonsmu
ni on alter Having confessed the ** F>« -
and shall give some alms to Pie poor as
each one's devotion may prompt.
In behalf of travellers, the sick, pvis
oueis, and others who are in any way
unable to comply with all ihe conditions
for gaining the Indulgence, the spiritual
Dilector nas the faculty to commute into
others all or any one of the works en
joined, except Confession, or to put off to
a more convenient time the performance
thereof; with the further power of dis
pensing even witu the Communion in
favor of children who have not yet made
their first Communion.
Toe time for g'ainiug the
in the Archdiocese of Baltimore y-nff"
tend from the Feast of the Assn» -
of the Blessed and Immaculate Vi-of
August 15th, next ensuing, until
of the General Council; each pastor vX
mg the privilege of appointing the ml'
ticular time or tiint a when those u,‘.jV
his charge may have the opportunity i
maybe strongly urged to* comply
the conditions, without however abn cU'
the time above assigned for gamin* V*
Indulgence. Pastors are requested T
aid one another, and to arrange, if V - \
ble, for Eight Days’ Missionstn the larger
and Three Days’ Retreat in the smaller
Churches or Congregations. Our be
loved children of the Laity are earnestly
exhorted to avail themselves fervently
and generally of the precious season of
grace now presented. For many 0 f them
it may be possibly the last opportunity
offered for their return to God, or for
their advancement in virtue and sanctity
In brief, the Conditions for gaining the
Plenary Indulgene are the following
1. To visit three churches designated
by the proper ecclesiastical authority, or
one of them twice; —
2. Praying therein according to the in
tuitions of the Pontiff, as above indicated
—no special prayers are prescribed’
either those indicated iu the small Minna!
of the jubilee, or even five Our Father
and Hail Marys, will suffice:
3. Fasting on three days, even not
consecutive, other than those ot the Em
ber weeks; —
‘ 4. An alms bestowed according to each
one’s ability or devotion; —
5* Finally, a good Confession and
Communion.
The three churches to be visited in the
cities, or one of these twice are: for
Baltimore, the Cathedral, St James’, and
St. Peter’s; for Washington, St. Patrick’s,
St. Mathew’s, and St. Peter’s; through
out the rest of the Archdiocese, the
parish Church may be visited twice, and
in convents, the conventual chapel also
twice.
In each church of the Archdiocese
the Pastor will have a closed box placed
in a conspicuous place, inscribed JimixE
Alms, in which the faithful may deposit
their offerings; one half of which th
Pastor will apply to the charities or poor
of the parish, and the remaining half he
will forward to Rev. Edward McColgan,
for the support of St. Mary’s Industrial
School for boys of the city of Baltimore.
According to a notice issued in a pre
vious Circular, and which We deem it
well to explain more fully, the Reverend
Clergy will please remember that the
Collect De Spirit,\i Sancto is to be always
added, as of obligation , according to
the injunction of the Pontiff; while there
is no obligation, but simply a request,
that the low Mass of the Holy Ghost
should be said once in each church, on
all Thursdays not impeded by a double
feast.
Venerable and Beloved Brethren I
The time draws nigh when it will he our
sacred and agreeable duty to obey the
summons of the Sovereign Pontiff’to the
General Council. We will, however,lin
ger among our dear children till the l ist
moment, and propose to sail only on \h
20th of October. We commend our
selves to your holy mementoes and pray
ers. Viewing the uncertainty of life, it
may well be, that we may not be allow'd,
in God’s inscrutable provi ier.ee, to vv.aca
nevertheless even when most inseraW •
we must bow down in the most lowi.
and loving reverence, that We .-hail n
be allowed to see you again :n the ilosti.
But whatever may happen, in life and m
death, We shall continue to Lear y o
in our neart of hearts, as children
whom We love, and for who:.e so
We shall have to render a dr.c.
account at the dread tribunal ot Christ.
Venerable and Beloved Brethren pro
for us, while We will never forget y< -
at the holy altar.
This Pastoral will be read in ah me
churches of the Archdioe -e on the Din
day after its reception. , .
Given from our residence in bum
more, on the Feast oi US. Peter
Paul, 1869. Bv order V
The Most 11 ev. Ai.chb:sb ?•
Thomas Foley, Chan
—
Confirmations by Arch' - ;
ixg.—The Most
Spalding, of this dioeesm ' u y;,' J °, . •
visit to the lower counties or • L
confirmed eighten humir; t ai - Dm
persons, of whom tw : a Ricis * u, y -
were converts. In Prince George v. -
three hundred ands renty e
confirmed, sixty-five of whom -, ~
verts. In Charles county ix hun
fifty-three received the saeranum-, _•
two of whom were eouvi rts, ai. \ y
Mary’s county eight hundred —y* , .
one hundred and touty-Dm*
converts. — Mirror y
The Banner of the South *- y
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