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Off With Your Grey Suits, Boys!
Written in answer to an order of the
Yankee Frowst Marshal to take off
Confederate Uniforms.
BY ROBERT FALLIGANT.
Off with your gray suits boys!
Off with your rebel gear!
They smack too much of the cannon's
peal—
The lightning flash of your deadly steel —
Tne terror of your war!
Their color is like the smoke
That curled o'er your battle’s line !
It calls to my mind the yell that
When the dastard columns before you
broke
And their dead were your fatal sign !
Off with the starry wreath,
Ye who have led our van !
To you ’twas the pledsre of glorious death,
As we followed you over the gory heath.
Where we whipped them, man to man!
Down with the Cross of Stars !
Too long has it waved on high !
'Tis covered all over with battle scars,
But its gleam the negro banner inars —
’Tis time to lay it by !
Down with the vows we’ve made!
Down with each memory!
Down with thoughts of our noble dead !
Down! down to the dust where their
forms are laid!
And down with Liberty !
Augusta, Ga., May , 18G5.
EVERYDAY LIFE OF PIUS IX-
The astonishing energy displayed by
the Holy Father, in his constant atten
tion to public and private affairs, has long
been a matter of remark. The following:
interesting details, on whose accuracy our
readers may rely, will show with what
regularity and order every portion of
tke'life of the Pope is laid out:
The time he allows himself for sleep
is scarcely six hours. Half-past six finds
him already in the chapel, adjoining his
sleeping apartments, where Mass is cele
brated in his presence by one of his
chaplains. He next offers the Holy Sac
rifice himself, and whilst making his
thanksgiving after it he assists at a third
Mass. After this third Mass, the Pope
recites the little hours of the divine of
fice, and then takes the cup of black
coffee, which constitutes ins constant and
only breakfast. This is the only refec
tion taken by Ilis lloliucss before dinner,
which is at half-past two, except on ex
traordinary occasions, when the fatigues
of the morning force him to take a small
cup of soup. At breakfast the members
of the Pope’s family, who may, at any
time, be in Home, are received in au
dience. Afterwards the morning’s let
ters are brought in. The letter-bag is
brought to his Holiness three times a
day, and is always opened by him per
sonally, as are all the letters addressed to
him from all parts of the world. They
are immediately arrayed in classes, and
olten annotated in his own hand for the
guidance of the officials whose duty it is
to answer them. Thanks to this orderly
system no letter on any matter of conse
quence ever remains on the Pope’s desk
at night. The interior arrangements of
the household are next settled, and or
ders for the afternoon’s promenade and
duties of the day given to the lieutenants
of the guards.
At half-past eight the Cardinal Secre
tary of State is received in audience,
and on his retirement those persons who
have obtained special introduction are ad
mitte.d, often taking up the whole time
till half-past ten o’clock* at which time
the doors of the grand apartments are
open to receive the Cardinal Prefects of
the Congregations, ministers, and other
dignitaries, for whom audiences have
been assigned. Next follow the private
audiences of those who have obtained
that honor, by the intervention of the
Maestro di Camera Except on solemn
occasions, when the throne room is used,
Pius IX. receives in the room which
serves the double purpose of sleeping
apartment and of study. On one occa
sion a French officer was very desirous
°t having an audience, but could not
bring himself to perform the usual cere
mony of kissing the Pope’s foot. He
was consequently about to leave Rome
without fulfilling his desire of having an
audience, when the Pope heard of the
matter, anu at once sent for the officer,
telling him he dispensed with the cere
mony objected to. and giving him his
band to kiss. The gallant officer w T as
completely overcome when, at the close
of the audience, his Holiness handed him
a splendid cameo, requesting him to pre
sent it to his mother as a memento of his
\isit to Pius IX. After some three or
four hours spent in audiences after this
fashion, some repose is necessary. This
repose the vicar of Jesus Christ seeks in
the Chapel, in communion with Him
whose representative on earth heqs. A
tew minutes are then devoted to conver
sation with his chamberlains, after which
at half-past two, dinner is served.
The Pope usually dines alone, and is
served by his first valet-de-chambre, to
whose family belongs whatever remains
of the,repast. This usually consists of a
soup, a dish of broiled beef and vegeta
bles, and roast meat with rice and desert.
On fast and abstinence days, fish and
white meats are substituted for the flesh
meats used on other occasions. No dif
ference is made on feast days. After
dinner the Pope takes a short siesta in an
arm chair.
His next occupation is to recite Ves
pers and Complin, after which, when
weather permits, he drives out generally
to one or other of the most frequented
promenades in the city. This is a favor
ite time for stangers and others who de
sire to see the Pope. They range them
selves in a line on each side of the gal
lery along which he passes to the car
riage. His Holiness’s usual going-out
dress is a white cassock with red cape
and hat. A« he passes he bestows his
blessing on the two lines of the faithful
at each side.
Four chamberlains usually drive out
with him, and an escort of dragoon.! ac
companies the cortege. One of them,
called the Battistrada, rides in advance,
and at his approach the people in the
streets range themselves along each side,
so as to allow the carriages to pass, and
themselves to obtain the Papal Benedic
tion.
When arrived at tlje place chosen, the
Pope usually alights and mingles with
the crowd, exchanging kind words with
those he recognises, who are always a
goodly number, as his prodigious memo
ry enables him to recollect almost every
one who has ever been presented to him.
This daily excursion is always terminated
before the time of Angelus, which in
Rome varies with the season from 5 to
S o’clock.
On his return to the Vatican, the first
occupation of Pius IX. is to recite Ma
tins aud Lauds of the following day, in
which he is accompanied by one of his
chaplains. To this follow the audiences
dedicated specially to matters of gov
ernment and such like. Theseare usual
ly extended to a iate hour, seldom
terminating before half-past 10 or II
o’clock. When the audiences are all
over, a few minutes are again devoted to
conversation with the domestic Prelates,
His Holiness partakes of a Very frugal
supper, and then he retires to his cham
ber.
This is the usual routine, and is sel
dom interrupted, for Tius IX. lias no va
cations properly so-called; for the few
days he spends at Castle Gandolf, or Por
to d’Auzin, cannot be dignified by that
name. Even then, audiences are as nu
merous as at Rome, and the business of
the Church never ceases. In fact, even
more than his predecessors, lias Pius
IX. made himself “The servant of the
servants of God.”
BISHOP LYNCH S LECTURE
TIIE VATICAN COUNCIL AND THE DOGMA OF
FATAL INFALLIBILITY.
We learn from the Charleston News
that the Catholic Chapel was crowded
Sunday evening on the occasion of a
lecture by the Right Rev. Bishop Lynch,
who has recently returned from the
(Ecumenical Council, on the question cf
the Infallibility.
In opening his lecture the Bishop re
marked, that the character of the age,
though irreligious, was by no means in
different. Religious truth had to en
counter hostility and hatred on all sides,
aud there was no lack of earnestness on
the part of its enemies. On the other
hand, there was equal earnestness on the
part of those who supported the truths
of Ifivine revelation. In proof of the
interest with which religious topics were
now discussed, lie cited the immense
lumber of controversial books and
pamphlets with which the presses of the
world were teeming. An intense, world
wide battle was iu progress, and as, in
the conflicts of material war, a central
struggle often occurs which attracts the
attention of the wh de line, so that the
combatants elsewhere pause for awhile
to behold the result of this particu’ar
contest, so on the field of religious war a
combat was now going on at which the
whole world was gazing. He alluded to
the opening of the Vatican Council some
months ago, which had assembled at the
app anted time and place, without one
hour’s delay. It had been computed that
more than 1 00,000 visitors had flocked
to Rome since that event, and correspon
dents from every leading journal in
Europe had hastened to chronicle, more
or less accurately, what was done. All
religious issues with the Catholic Church
had been suddenly merged iu the in
terest excited by the questions before the
(Ecumenical Council. The presence of l
• mEEmmgsmimm.
so lorge a congregation as he was then
addressing, showed that this feeling was
alive here, as elsewhere over the whole
world. Indeed, the Church was a grand
fact in the world, and it was not to be
wondered at that her nineteenth general
Council, through which she speaks to
mankind, should have excited the atten
tion of nations. If her claim to be the
sole teacher of Divine truth were false,
then would the Council be a great crime.
But if her powers were from Christ him
self, what reply would the Christian soul
be able to make at the last day to the aw
ful question, Hast thou heard My Church?
The Vatican Council was the grand par
liament of the Church in which she took
cognizance of all things relating to the
faith aud morals of her children; in which
she decides doubtful points, sets forth
contested truths, and acts in fulfilment
of the mission, and in virtue of the au
thority whichlChrist has given her. He
did not mean on this occasion, however,
to speak at length of the authority of the
Church. He would consider the Church
historically rather than dogmatically. In
any point of view, the Vatican Council
yields not to any previous Council of the
Church—neither in the number of the
assembled prelates; nor in their vast ec
clesiastical erudition; nor in the fullness
of their secular knowledge; nor in the
holiness of their lives and their devotion
to the cause of Christ, which many 7 of
them have proved by tortures, chains and
imprisonment. He dwelt on their vast
and varied experience in the ministry,
which gave them an intimate knowledge
of all that is of good or evil in the world,
and of the remedies best adapted to
check the sinful tendencies of the times.
He briefly sketched some of the notable
personages of the Council, and gave an
interesting description of the manner
of dispatching the business before that body
The Infallibility of the Church, he ob
served, did not mean such inspiration as
God had given the prophets of old, and
as had illumined the minds of those who
wrote the books of sacred scripture; nor
did it mean a light from above teaching
anew revelation. Infallibility was the
divine assistance guarding the Church
irom error, and promised by Christ who
i had said, “I am with you oil days, even
unto the consummation of the world.’’
When Moses approached the burning
bush in the desert he received a revela
tion and went before Pharaoh. God was
indeed, with him in his mission, but this
! did not imply that each time he spoke to
j Pharaoh there was a renewal of the re
velation. The assistance of God gave
him courage to speak and to overcome all
obstacles, and finally led him to the suc
cessful accomplishment of his great work.
So the Church, having received the
! sacred deposit of revealed truth, and hav
ing been made to understand it by the
Holy Ghost, is always sustained by the
Divine power and inspired with the
courage to overcome all obstacles and to
fulfil successfully her mission on earth.
I Hence, in her councils, the Church ex
j amines sedulously what has been the
; doctrine always held upon any mooted
.. point, and makes use of all human means
Ito ascertain certainly, and set forth
clearly, the truth. The result of this ex
; animation is infallible; because in arriv
| ing at it she is sustained by that assis
; tunce promised by Christ himself, and
I which He never fails to give. It was
; important, then, that the distinction be
| tween inspiration and infallibility should
be clearly fixed in our minds, if we would
! comprehend the course of proceeding of
■ the Council.
After describing the opening and
| organization of the Council, the Bishop
’ spoke at length of the matureness with
! which the questions brought up before it
; were examined. First of all, he said,
distinguished theologians from every
country in the world had been summou
i ed to Rome, twelve months before its
| meeting, to study and prepare the busi
| ness for the Council. By these, a draft,
|or schema , of each subject to be con
! side-red was drawn up. This draft was
! submitted to each of the Bishops present
j lor Lis criticism sjn writing. These
i criticisms were referred to a standing
| committee, who drew up anew draft,
which was discussed in the Council, aud
amendments proposed. The discussion,
carefully reported by stenographers, as
well as the amendments, was referred
back to the standing coramitte, who re
ported on the amendments, and the
schema thus amended was voted on by
the Fathers, one by one. Subsequently
to this vote, the schema was considered for
the third time by the committee, in view
of the vote, and it was then again re
ported to be voted on viva voce by one
of the three formulas— Fldcet (I ap
prove !) Non placet (I disapprove!)
Placet jujrta modum (I approve con
dition.Uy !) The votes recorded ac
cording to the last formula must be ac
companied in writting by the condition
attached to the vote. The schema was
then taken in charge by the committee, !
in conjuetion with the conditional votes,
and was by them afterwards submitted
for thfe final vote; after which the result
was kept back for a formal vote and pro
mulgated in the next public session of
the Council. It would thus be seen that
the progress of the Council in dispatching
business was necessarily slew.
Os the unfinished business which had
been considered during the five months
that be was present at the Council, he
could not speak, but lie could speak of
the subject of Papal Infallibility, be
cause it had not come up for considera
tion at the time he had quitted Rome.
The misconceptions that prevailed on this
subject were very great. The Church
is infallible. It is her duty to teach tLe
world, to declare the truth, and to re
ject error. All Catholics acknowledge
that the Bishops of the Church, in Coun
cil assembled, speak with the infallible
voice of the Church. The Councils,
however, are held at very rare intervals.
During these intervals, the Church does
not lose her power of teaching infallibly.
Christ established a centre of unity tor
His Church, and through all her history
St. Peter and his successors, the Bishops
of Rome, were ever acknowledged as
such. Now, the prerogative of infallibility
stands in this, that according to His
promise, Christ will ever so guard and
and guide and control the Church that,
in defining what He has taught in mat
ters of faith and morals, she shall never
err. Moreover, the Pope, in virtue of
his office, has the right and duty of de
claring these doctrines of faith and
morals. This is the ordinary and
normal mode in which the Church tea
ches.
The question of Papal Infallibility then
resolves itself into this, Does this gui
dance and control promised by the Sa
viour guard the Pontiff' from error when
iu virtue of his office, he decides and au
thoritatively announces what has been
aud is within the Church the true doc
trine of Christ, on a matter of faith and
morals?
This Infallibility must not be con
founded with impeccability. The Pope
as a man is liable, as other men, to sin.
Nor does this Infallibility protect him
from error in any branch of worldly
knowledge. Even in questions of ec
clesiastical discipline he may act unwise -
ly, and the Pope, as an individual, may
entertain views on religious subjects
more or less obscure and erroneous.
Thus, it would be seen, how unfounded
was the assumption that Papal Infal
libility touches in any manner the poli
tics, the finances, or the commerce of
the world. The question was strictly
theological; and in theology it was a
speculative question merely, for prac
tically the infallibility of the Pope had al
ways been acknowledged in the past, and
whoever rejected the doctrines promul
gated by 7 the Papal See had been cut off
from the communion of the Church.
Even some of the most active champions
of Gallicanism had been in practice, the
firmest supporters of Papal Infallibility.
In concluding his lecture, the Bishop
explained the circumstances attending
the letter of certain American Bishops
suggesting the inopportuneness of a de
finition by the Council of the dogma of
Infallibility. This question was not
among those which had been proposed
previously to be treated by the Council.
Some of the Bishops wished to introduce
it; others thought its introduction un
necessary 7 for three reasons: Ist. That
| Gallicanism was expiring and its ad
herents were few. 2d. That it was
thought by’ some in Europe that the de
finition of the dogma would unneces
sarily irritate certain goverments (but iu
this vi ew the American Bishops did not
concur.) 3d. That the question, if in
troduced. would occupy a great deal of
the time and inconveniently prolong the
session of the Council. The objections
of the American Bishops, it would bo
seen, did not touch the question itself,
but merely related to the expediency of
its consideration by the Council. More
over, their letter was published in this
country several months after it was writ
ten, and at a stage of the discussion when
a number of those who signed it had
modified their views. The Bishop de
clared that, for his own part, he had al
ways believed in the Infallibility of the
Pope, which he considered a logical con
sequence of the Infallibility of the
Church.
EURNIN6 OF THE STR- TENNESSEE-
Wilmington, N. C . June 30 —The
fine iron steamship Tennessee, Captain O.
Chichester,; which left Charleston on
Tuesday evening with a large ireig lit aid
over fifty passengers, has been totally de
stroyed.
At about 1 o’clock on Wednesday morn
ing smoke was discovered issuing from the
forward hatch, where a quantity of c im
pressed cotton was stored. The steamer
was at this time about forty miles east
northeast of Cape Ilotnaia, and between
twenty-five and thirty miles from the
shore. As soon as the discovery of th
smoke was made the steam pumps were
set to work, and in a few minutes a hand
pump was put in motion. Besides this
six streams of water and steam jets from
the boiler were turned into the bold
where the burning cotton was*situated
Notwithstanding all these efforts the fire!
within twenty minutes, had gained so
much headway that the flames burst
through the lower hatch, and the vessel
was in imminent danger of destruction.
Ineffectual efforts were now made to put
down the hatches, and in the emergency
the sails were unbent from the spars, and
after being thoroughly wetted, were put
over the open hatch below. The upper
hatchway was also put down, and with the
hold shut off from the air, and with six
streams of water and a constant volume of
steam thrown into the hold, the prospect
seemed good for obtaining a mr.stery over
the flames.
The few passengers in the forward state
rooms were awakened by the noise made
in the effort to put out the fire. The? very
prudently remained quiet, however, until
the flames burned through the lower hatch.
The rest of the passengers were then quiet
ly awakened, and, after providing them
selves with life preservers, they patiently,
though with some alarm, awaited the re
sult.
For some time the hot ‘•team passed from
the lower hold through the water-tight
bulk-head, into. the boiler and engine
rooms. The engineers were nearly suffo
cated, but they bravely stood at their
posts and kept the engine in motion. An
hour later, when the flames had beer,
somewhat checked, they could attend to
their duties with less|discomfort.
When the fire was discovered, the
course of the steamer was changed to
north northwest, and at about 6 o’clock in
the morniDg she reached the shore, and
steamed along the coast at a distance of a
third of a mile. Her speed was materially
slackened by reason of the large amount
of steam which was used to keep the fire
iu check. ‘ A large volume of water had
been poured into the bold, causing the
bows to sink about two feet lower than
usual in the water. These two circum
stances retarded the progress of the
steamer.
As day dawned many of the gentlemen
passengers came forward and volunteered
their assistance in working the hand
pumps. They “took taeir spell” like good
fellows, nnd rendered valuable service.
At about 9 o’clock, the outward indie*;?
tions were that the fire was again obtain
ing the ascendancy. The hot steam was
once more pouriDg through into the boiler
and engine rooms, making it difficult for
the engineers to breathe; and nearly blind
ing them with the intense heat. A little
later, fears were entertained that the
flames had got between decks, and, with
these indications, it was deemed important
to put the passengers ashore, where their
lives at least were safe.
At II o’clock, when the steamer had ar
rived at a point a sfiort distance above
Little River, and thirty miles south of
Gape Fear, she was run hard on the beach
and was at cnee scuttled as the only hope
of saving her. She grounded in ten feet
of water, with the tide very near the ebb.
Four boats were then manned and the pas
sengers were taken to the beach, where,
subsequently, a tent was improvised out of
a sail to afford shelter from the heat and
rain.
At 12 o’clock I left the wrecit in a small
boat, with the pilot, Mr. Davenport, to
seek for assistance. Wc ran up the shore
a distance of thirty-two miles to SmilL
ville, which place we reached at 8 o’clock
at night. There we found the revenue
cutter Seward, commanded by Captain
Usher. Immediately after be was in
formed of the condition of: the steamer
and passengers, he got up steam and
started at midnight for the burning vessel.
We arrived at daylight, and found nothing
left of the Tennessee but her hull, from
the surrounding wood work of which pro
ceeded an immense volume of smoke.
The. passengers were in as comfortable a
condition as could be expected after hav
ing passed a night on a barren sand beach.
By 8 o’clock this (Thursday) morning they
were afely transferred to the revenue cut
ter, through a heavy surf, and thence were
brought to this city.
Most of the passengers will go on North
ward by the cars to-night—minus their
baggage, ali of which was destroyed.
I learned that after our departure at
noon yesterday, in search of assistance,
the officers and crew remained aboard the
steamer, excepting such as were engaged
iu transporting canvass and spars for tents,
and bedding and provisions for the com
fort of the passengers. At 7 o’clock in the
(Wednesday) evening the smoke began to
issue from the upper deck, and the vessel
was abandoned. A 9 o’clock the flames
burst from the forward upper deck, and at
11 o’clock the wnole length of the vessel
was one mass of lurid flame, presenting a
spectable of awful grandeur. This con
tinued for some hours.
Appended is a list of the passengers car
ried by the Tennessee: J 8 Terry, B I
Moses and family. IIG Walsh, Miss Lyon.
Miss Ba-mond, J B Sardy, John High
land, Mr and Mrs Baig, hi Bteedman, Mrs
General Gurney, Miss Gurney, D 1
Fleming. Mrs Fieming, C Underhill B C
Brown, W H Hatch, J II Parsons, Mrs
and three Misses Glover, Mr and Mrs E
Perry, TCiaffy, E Sullivan, G Webb. F G
Wheeler, Miss Wolcott, Miss Woodhull,
J H Bates. W M Kelly, J Gorman, J H
Barran, Miss Fiske, Master L Gurney,
Miss Fleming, Master Gregg, Master, Hy
ams. Master R Gurney, T U Dehoney, V
H Welsh, W Crump, F Steigletiz, Mrs
Horton, J II Ballad, Mrs M Dorotn.