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6 RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN MISSIS SIPPI. One of the most high-handed outrages that lias yet been recorded since the com mencement of the present war, was com mitted on the person of the lit. Rev. Bishop Elder, bishop of this diocese, by one of the upstart creatures of the present Administra tion, (Jen. Brayman, Commander of the Post at Natchez, and evidently with the sanction, if not by the orders, of the au thorities at Washington. When Gen. Tuttle was in command at Natchez, lie inaugurated a system of petty annoyances to the Catholic portion of the community, among which was an order (not issued officially) to the Bishop to read a certain prayer, which he designated, for the President and the Administration, from the altar, during service at High Mass. The Bishop called on Gen. Tuttle and rc •monsfrated on the impropriety of forcing the Catholic Church to become a partizan in the contest now raging between the No v th and the South, when throughout the entire war she has borne herself in such a manner as to command the respect of all parties in both sections of the country, inasmuch that there had never before been an attempt made to draw her from the strictly neural position she, as u Church, has uniformly maintained. The Bishop's remonstrance was met by General Tuttle with the most gross abuse, in which the insulting epithet of “ Damned old rebel hypocrite ” was freely used, and the Bishop ordered from the house. Where upon the Bishop positively refused to read the prayers on the following grounds, via.: That it would be highly prejudicial to tho interests of religion and derogatory to the dignity of the Holy Catholic Church to submit to the dictation of any authority outside of the Church.” At this time the Bishop made a formal complaint to the President of General Tut tle’s interference, and also stated his reasons tor not complying with the order. Very shortly after General Tuttle was re moved for some cause; and Col. Farrer (commanding a negro r> giment), was left temporarily in command of the post, and took up the ‘‘hue and cry” again, but did not dare to do anything officially (not hav ing as yet, probably, received instructions from Washington). When General Brayman, the present com mander, arrived, the matter began to assume a more serious aspect. lie issued a special order “ that the Bishop of the Catholic Church at Natchez should read the prayer, as before mentioned, from the altar, during service at High Mass;” and again the Bishop refused; when General Order, No. *l, was issued, July 29th : “ That the Catholic Church he confiscated and the Bishop he removed to the other side of the river,” where he now remains in olose confinement, under negro guards, sub ject to such insult and indignities as only negro sold ers and (white) negro officers can inflict. The charge against the Bishop is •‘disloyalty.” 1 defy Gen. Brayman or Abraham Lin coln either to point out a single instance of disloyalty in a dignitary of the Catholic Oburch. I defy Gen. Brayman or Abraham Lin coln to quote a single disloyal sentiment ever uttered from a Catholic pulpit since the beginning of the war, cither North or South, and 1 furthermore challenge either of them to name a single denomination, out side of the Catholic Church, that extends through North and South, that is not at the present moment, and has not been since :hc first blow was struck, agitated by politi cal discord, rent by faction, and, in fact, as much divided against itself, as our distracted On the contrary, what a magnificent spec- Tacle of Christian union and harmony—not only throughout our own country, but Lroughout the world—does the Catholic l Himvh present, challenging the admiration ad respect of all parties and all creeds by e purely Christian manner she is fulfilling he r mission on earth—ministering to the spi ritual wants of her children, but ignoring auv • connection whatever with their tempo ral lifaira —thus guarding against the very thin gs that have destroyed the peace of all othei • denominations. Xf these outrages on the Catholic commu nity i redone l.y the sanction of the Govern ment, let them beware. They arc treading on Gauge rous ground. The Catholic element ; u this' country is far stronger than they •dream of—at least one third of the entire army Lit Catholic. If they wish Catholic support, .they must respect the Catholic Faith. That is the Catholic’s tender point. The jharge of disloyalty against the ajishop i >f Natchez, is only a pretext to an noy the Catholics of that place. It is a l utter impossibility for a “ Catho lic Bishop” to Vie disloyal, unless in direct violation of the fundamental principles of his Faith,, when he would cease to be ii liidhop. But if r efusing to submit to the dictation of Gen. B ray man constituted “disloyalty,” then every Bishop, every Priest, aye, every j Catholic in. the Uuited States is disloyal, for Coo humblest of them Would not submit to it for a mo men t. It is to higher authority than Gen. Bray- j men. or the Administration, that the l’re- ] iates of the Catholic Church ask for in- j structioa in matters pertaining to their re- ! 11 ,r ious services. And when that, authority | recognizes the right of ‘‘temporal rulers to , .dictate to her ministers in religious affairs,” j then, and not- till then, can Gen. Brayman j or Ahraliam Lincoln have such prayers read j ti their fancy may suggest. ; If the course pursued by Gen. Brsymau iu the present instance is to prove a prece dent for future action, then let Catholics look to it. The war will have assumed a different color. If it is to be a war of re ligious persecution, let it come, und let Catholics prepare to meet it. [Metropolitan Record. The In liana are described as the copper-faced type of mankind !• THE I‘A< ' I KICATOIt A CATHOLIC JOUBNAL. (il)c pacificator. P. WAI.SH, ) Ij. T. BLOME,j E,3ItorB, comer Intouh 3* SCrt/nnf.l, SiM, AITGrXTSTA, GriV., j SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15,1864 .——— THE WAH NEWS. The war elements are busily at work at nearly all of the several ‘‘Fronts,” and movements are on foot which must, ere long, lead to results of good or evil for our Confederacy. God grant it may be for tho former. Around Petersburg and Richmond, the enemy’s hosts are marshalled and almost daily engagements are taking place, with-, out important results. Grant and Butler arc in command of the Federal troops, while our own gallant Leo seems to confront them at every point. In the Valley of Virginia, wo have met with recent reverses, and Gen. Early has been obliged to retreat; but tho enemy has subsequently fallen hack some distance, and Gen. Early has, doubtless, recovered much of the lost ground. In South-western Virginia, wc have been more successful, and the enemy has been repulsed in some of his forward movements. In North Carolina, all is comparatively quiet, but an early attack on Wilmington is anticipated. At Charleston, the usual bombardment of the city and batteries continues. In Georgia, the news is rather favorable, but strict reticence is properly required in regard to army movements, and we, there fore, simply report our army as, at last ac count, oa the State Road, which was being rapidly and effectually destroyed. At Mobile all is quiet. In North Alabama, Mississippi and Geor gia, Forrest, Wheeler and Ivorson are en gaged ill tearing up railroads, etc. . In Tennessee and Kentucky, the guerillas carry on a desultory warfare against the Unionists. In the Trans-Mississippi Department, the Confederate arms appear to bo eminently successful. Price is now in Missouri, while Texas, Western Louisiana and Arkansas seem to be almost cleared of Federal soldiers. Since writing the foregoing, it is an nounced in the daily papers that a portion of our army has already crossed the Ten nessee River, near Gunter’s Landing, Ala.; that its destination is Middle Tennessee; ami Sherman, with a portion of his army, is in Chattanooga. Important results are an ticipated. TEE MORAL RESULTS OF THE WAS. War deals with humanity as the Nile, ill its overflow, does with tho valley of Egypt. From its mystic sources that ancient river, whereon Cleopatra sported and Moses eddied with the tide, swells peri odically to gigantic proportions that cover the whole valley. Ilamlet and cabin, life and property, man and beast, are alike swallowed up before it, and the ragged Copt, who has fled to the high lands for safety, looks thonce on what would appear to another a scene of utter and irreparable de struction. Experience has taught the na tive, however, that good is here hidden un der the guise of evil; that the earth is all the richer for its disturbance, and will, when its fury is over, bring forth its choice fruits in smiling plenty—the maize, the melon, tho endive, and the great health giving leek, once worshipped from Canopus to the Falls. In some such way the philosophic mind looks upon that other overflow of Bar. Sporadically it bursts forth over the happy valleys of the world, and buries, for a time, a whole country beneath its swollen waves of slaughter, destruction, and woful change. Upheld by the experience of ages, lie who lias read history aright never despairs of a happy issue from such a prospect, however dark. The best interests of humanity form the soil over which sweep tho hitter waters of war, and, though hidden for a time, that soil is sure to emerge at length all the better ! for its obscuration. Such, at least, is the 1 lesson every other people have learned, and ! such is the oue a siern experience will teach i 113. It is laird, we know, for any ogo to be lieve Ibis now. Evil is so very close to our eyes, that'we cannot see the good behind. We are in the very agony of contest, and writhing, a3 it were, on the rack, are too full of the present to anticipate the future or study the past. Wo know that, physi cally, we are losing blood and treasure. Via believe that, morally, wo are changing from better to worse. There is groat reason, we admit, for this opinion. Revolutions are not made with rose-water, and this has borne to the full its crop of iniquity. Blood-guiltiness aud rapine, sacrilege and oppression, irreverence, and withholding of corn, are crimes • that cry for vengeance. Some have flourished in tho North, and some grown far too rankly in the South. Contemplating them, one could almost des pair of the future, and believe in bitterness of heart that, indeed, the thorn tree of war can never Bring forth the figs of peace. But, turning away from tho distractions of the process and looking to the cud —tho end that crowns the work, be it human or divine—we shall come to see a thrilling sig nificance in the Moral Results of the War. Already that significance begins to unfold itself dimly. Tho careful thinker is per ceiving it, and the people will not he far | behind in tho appreciation of necessary results, whose apprehension and expectation i must till them with the happiness of a great hope. In tho attrition of this war old prejudices have been rudely shocked, and venerated error made to totter on its idol shrine. The great and terrible sophism of American life, that has so long obtained credence, is begin ning to challenge investigation. The ques tion is asking, whether man be in reality that self-sufficient creature we in tlih coun try have heretofore regarded him. Whether he be in very truth a rule unto himself, aud possessed in his own nature of such an au tonomic ability as renders him apt unto | everything without any extraneous assist- J ance. Tho great majority of our people have been thoroughly imbued with this de structive belief. It has led to sad things in the State and sadder iu the Church. Polit ically it has led to war, and morally has eventuated in irreligion. If in the bosom of each man ho a final judge, then there are as many courts of last resort as there aro beings, a proposition which is absurdity itself. Faith, justice, truth, form a trinity of unities, and are what they aro and not what wo take them to be. It is humiliating to human pride to confess this, aud, rather than confess it, the moral history of this country for years past has presented a me lancholy record of human short-sightedness, evasion, and error, so firmly clung to, how ever, that nothing but some great and terri blo convulsion could shako that dreadful hold. This war is such a convulsion, and when the real causes that brought it about shall coino to view, the public mind will un dergo a revulsion, of sentiment as whole some as it will he great. To go further, and explain tho particulars of this revul sion, would lead us to statements for which we would be immediately challenged to con troversy, and believing that time will justi fy us, though controversy might not, we de cline the argument and prefer to wait. So waiting, we look .to see, and he who roads this shall, if he live, most surely see in the moral results of this war a change for the better in the religious and political princi ples of our people. Subordination in mat ters temporal and spiritual, a recognition of the Divine inequality established by Divine Wisdom, a forsaking your owu pride of opinion and a reverent reception of tho great truths of authority, will be some of these results. Religiously, the Church shall prosper by this change. Men aro tiring of their present unfixod, voluntary, self-made faith, and wearied of building upon the quicksands of themselves, will seek those foundations that are laid upou the eternal Rock. Politically, tho cause of good gov ernment will also prosper. Men syre learn ing that Power is of God, aud not of man. They are wearied of a system which has no bettor base than the ignorance aud instabil ity of the many, and will seek to model the government of this country hereafter on those same principles which regulate the Heavenly Kingdom—where the power and the intelligence of the commonwealth shall be committed to the same hands. In these views we may havo seemed visionary and theoretical merely. Time will, we think, approve us. Revolutions never go back ward. War is a chastisement that changes; and the people of these Confederate States are never destined to go back to the false principles of human sufficiency, or show that they alone of the liTitions have not been brought through the liory gates of war to great and beneficial moral results. Agents for the Pacificator.—The Catholic clergy throughout the Confederacy are authorized and respectfully requested to act as agents for The Pacificator. The following gentlemen aro also authorized to act as agents: Savannah, Ga.—Capt. L. J. Guilmartin, Capt. M. J. Doyle, Capt. Michael Scanlon, Henry 11. Eden. Macon, Ga.—Wm. Walsh, D. Dunn. Charleston, S. C.—Lawrence Cantwell, Thos. Quinliven, C. R. Cassidy. Columbia, S. C.—W. McGinnis, Richard Flannigan, Simon Fogarty. OUR SOUTHERN LITERARY PUBLICA TIONS. Among tho resources which the present war for Southern Independence lias devel oped, are those of a literary character. Heretofore, we have boon content to draw our literary pabulum from the North. Their productions were sought for with eagerness and read with avidity. Now, that we are deprived of these publications, wc must depend on our own resources for intellectual amusement; hence, wo find several literary journals published within our Confederacy, and some of them quite creditable to their projectors. What we desire in the South, in this respect, is a pure and moral literature, free from the gross licentiousness to which wo have too long been accustomed; and to secure this, public patronage should only bo extended to such journals as do not cater to the depraved tastes of those whose morbid sentimentality gives them a keen relish for the vulgar or immoral. The Southern Field and Fireside.— This excellent publication is tho pioneer of Southern literature. It lias stood firm amidst the clash of arms and the tumult of war, and will, we hope, continue to receive the patronage of a generous and patriotic public. Its liberal and enterprising pub lishers, its talented and courteous editor, its corps of able contributors, all deserve for it the encouragement and support of the Southern public. Tub Countryman.— The Countryman is the title of a neat and interesting little paper, published on Mr. J. A. Turner’s plantation, some nine miles from Eatonton, Ga. It is modelled after Niles’ Register, and is well edited and neatly printed. The Magnolia Weekly.—Wo publish in another co’umn the prospectus of this jour nal. It is devoted to the literary interests of the South, and being ably conducted, we take pleasure in commending it to Southern patronage. The Mercury.—This is, also, a literary journal, published at Raleigh, N. C-, by Win. B. Smith, at $lO for six months; and each number contains an illustration. RECEIPTS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE PACIFICATOR. [Note. —We will publish under this head a weekly list of subscriptions received at this office, which will serve as a receipt to the subscriber. Any person sending a re mittance to us, and finding no record of it in this department, is requested to notify us of the same without delay.—Eds.] M O’Dowd SIOO, C II Phelps 30, M J O’Brien 30, Thos Ilayes 15, Patrick Ham mond 15, Mrs P O’Connor 30, A L Dortic 15, It II May 15, L G DeLisle 15; Dr Byrd 15, Mrs Margaret Johnston 15. Mrs R DeMartin 15, W C Jones 15, J D Kavanagli 15, Jno M Gannon 30, Jas Heney 15, A Dorr 15, P Otis 8, Patrick Roach 15, Hon Juo T Shewmake 8, M G Dunne 15, Jno Cleary 15, Miss Jane Pritchard 8, Miss Catharine C Smith 5, Miss Ellen Woods 15, Jno A Bolder 15, Rev G Duggan 30, Rev .1 F Kirby 50, Jno Kenny 30, Jas Kenny 8, P Kenan 8, P & M Gallaber 15, L Guerin J Cos 15, Chas Spaeth 15, Mrs Mary Burns 8, Mrs McDermot 8, P O’Jlahoney 8, D G Murphy 15, Misses Murphy 15, H Dempsey S, T Armstrong 15, Jerry Reed 15, J F Casey 15, Miss ii McMullen 16, Carter C*it tenden 8, J Judkins 5, B Gerrity 15, IV li Griffin 15, A Faughnan 15, Dr Fitzgerald S. M II O’Connor 6, Con Lenehan S, F Coggin 15, Mrs B Norton 15, Jas Kennedy 15, Frank Reed la, Jas Gargan 8, T M Buck ley 8, Michael Biehenor 5,1) O'Connor 8, Daniel Looney 8, Jas McAdam 8, L Cos grave 8, tlas Maguwihan 8, Jerry Hanlon 8, F J Winkler 8, Francis Sherman 8, Matt Mahones 8, Dan Hanlon 8, Dan Galvin 8, Jno Leonard 15, A Stevens 5, Mrs Austin 8, P J Stokes 15, J P Laveuturc 15, J M Kinchley 15, E F Kinehley 15, L Chas Dugas 15, Jas Costello 8, D L Roatli 8, Jxu Greer 15, Mrs M D Macmurphoy 15, Capt Goo T Jackson 8. TO THE PRESS. To our brethren of tho press wo return our sincere thanks for the kindly notices have given us in advance of the publication of our journal, and particularly to the Savannah Morning News and Repub lican for especial favors rendered u3. For those who have thus given our enterprise such favorable notices, as well as tho flat tering reception which they havo boon pleased to give our little paper, wo shall always feel profoundly grateful; and hope that these acknowledgements of Tins Paci ficator as one among the family of news papers may be typical of the speedy acknowledgement of our young Confederacy as one among tho family of nations. The Southern Express Company.— We are already under obligations to the Southern Express Company for repeated favors. We tender them our sincere thanks. Catholic Church. —Rev. Father Caiiius will preach in the Catholic Church, in this city, at High Mass, to-morrow (Sun day) morning. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF ARCH BISHOP M’CLOSKEY. A late Northern paper contains tho fol lowing sketch of this distinguished divine-! Formerly the Bishop of tho diocese «f 1 Albany, Dr. M’Closkey was known as on* of the most polished and eloquent orators of the Roman Catholic Church in tb® United States. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and after the usual course of education, was ordained a priest. On th® 10th of March, 1844, he was ordained Bishop of Axieren and coadjutor to Dr. Hughes, then Bishop of New York. Tlireo year* later he became the Bisbop of Albany, being the first prelate of that see, as the diocese was then first established. fit, Mary's, one of the four Catholic Churches of Albany, he made bis cathedral. In tit* entire diocese there were about forty churches, some of them without a regular clergyman. Tbo Catholic population wer* scattered over a large territory, were for tba most part poor, and had to struggle against the prejudices of the surrounding people. Dr. M’Closkey had, therefore, no easy task before him in carrying out his zealous plans for the Catholic Church. But he went to work with earnestness. One of tlie Bishop’s first projects was the institution in Troy of a Female Orphan Asylum, which lie placed under the control of the Sisters of Charity. In 1851, th* Christian Brothers occupied the Academy of St. Joseph in the same town ; and the same year the Sisters of Cliarijy opened a hos pital which has iu a single year received 789 patients. The next year a Female Sem inary was founded in Albany by a colony of the Sisters of tho Sacred Heart. In 1855, Dr. M’Closkey opened in Utica an Academy for boys, at the cost of more than $17,090. The diocese of Albany includes all of the State of New York lying north of forty two degrees north, and east of tbo eastern line of Cayuga, Tompkins and Tioga coun ties. After a service of seventeen yearn, Dr. M’Closkey left in this diocese one hun dred and thirteen churches, eight chapels, fifty-four minor stations, eighty-five mis sionaries, three academies for boys and oils for girls, six orphan asylums, and fifteen parochial schools. If the new Archbishop of New York leaves as good a record as he liar left as Bishop, the Catholic Church will surely have no reason to regret the Pope ? * selection of John Hughes’ successor. On Sunday, August 21, the Rev. Jolne M'Closkey was installed as the Archbishop of the Catholic diocese of New York, th« ceremonies on that occasion being performed in St. Patrick’s Cathedral. If Dr. M’Clos key succeeds as wpll as his predecessor in making his influence felt tier g ood, both th* country and the Church will have occasion for congratulation. Peace.— The great argument tvith the advocates of war is, that’we can never Submit to a dishonorable peace ; what does that mean ? Does it signify that wo will make, peace with the South on no tonus short of subjugation ? The idea is mon strous. We can never subjugate such a gallant people, and if it were possible, it is not desirable. Subjugation means large standing armies, oppressive taxation, tb® possession of great military power by t/w Washington Governm, ut, and we ought t« know by this time that they can and will use it as freely upon ourselves as they would upon a people whom they would have con quered. This is, in brief, what a dis honorable peace means, although tho war advocates strenuously deny t at such ig their meaning. Tho subjugation of tb® South is nothing more nor less than tbv subjugation of tho North, and if' there is still a Democrat who wishes the war prose cuted under such circumstances, ho is to all ['intents and purposes in favor of dishonora ble peace. We are now, as we have always been, heart aud soul in favor of peace, ar.d opposed to this relentless, brutal and fiend ish war. Already tho ruin predicted by t lie great statesmen of tho country is in: pending. They warned us against section alism : they told us that a war of oue part of the country upon another part would re sult in separation; but we scoffed at the •warning, und in our assumed superiority of wisdom wo flung their advice to the winds. YVe are now aware of the result. Our boast ed civilization and wealth aro powerless against a resolute and brave people fighting on their own soil and iu defense of every thing man holds dear. England vainly put forth her power to crush out the indepen dence of three millions of colonists, and spent seven years in the attempt, yet sh® was obliged in the end to submit to a “ dis honorable peace.” But there is no dishonor in peace ; it is the war which is dishonora ble, and which has already disgraced us in the eyes of the world. Shall we, not col.- tent with disgrace, bring ruin and destruc tion upon us? Shall we continue in (lower the perjured officials who have brought dis honor upon us by their diabolical conduct of the war and their well established cor ruption ? YY’e b.dieri that the toleration of the people is exhausted, that tho end is near, and that the heartfelt yearning of the j country is for peace. —Metropolitan Record. Tiie Two Armies.—The South has more men in the field now than she ever ha 1 before, says the Selma Reporter. Ir will t.o impossible for him to raise the armies with j tho North divided, with one half her citi zens hostile to the prosecution of the war, which he did when she was united. Be sides the foreign supply of recruits must diminish hereafter, as the Catholic hierarchy of Ireland havo set their face against tin* enlistment of Catholic Irishmen in tho fed eral armies, thereby cutting off the rein forcements which Ireland has, heretofore, so liberally furnished. It is apparent, therefore, that with the terms of enlistment of the present Federal troops rapidly expir ing, Lincoln's armies must continue to waste away. Indeed, his only hope of sub j ugatin# us is to accomplish it within tho short re maining period of the present year’s cam paign. Failing in this, his vast scheme of subjugation must collapse.