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10 the public mind, can be host judged of by the following introductory passage : TO EMIGRANTS FROM IRELAND. The majority of you seek America with the hope of bettering your social condition. On your arrival in the port of Now York you may expect to be immediately solicited to enlist in the Federal army for the restora tion of the Union, and fur the pretended liberation of the negro. What will thu lib eration of the negro benefit you or yours at home or abroad, that you should risk your lives for his so-called “freedom?” What benefit or credit will redound to you from tlie re-establishment of the Union, that you should sell yourselves for a few pounds in baud to the men who would raise themselves to military rank, pay and promotion, by making your dead bodies the stepping-stone of their ambition? Read; and from the letters of John Martin and W. Smith O’Brien learn that the war of the Northern Yankees against the Southern States is a most unjust, most bloody and inhuman war. Read; and learn from the letter of our Holy Father, Popo Pius IX, that this war of th» Nor.h against the South is the dires', most destructive, and most dismal of all the evils that could befall a people or a nation. Read attentively that epistle of His Holi ness, in which he urges and commands Archbishop Hughes of New York to omit nothing “ he can undertake or accomplish ” as a Bishop to stay the war and restore peace ; and then ask yourselves, if you can with a safe conscience despise this entreaty of the Holy Father, or lend yourselves to counteract his injunctions by enlisting in or aiding a war which the Pope has so unquali fiedly condemned. But even a more remarkable proof of the unanimity with which persons of the highest influence and of opposite parties are work ing together in the cause of peace, Is to be found in the efforts that are daily made to procure signatures to the “ Appeal," recent ly put in circulation, from the “ People of tile Unitad Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the People of the United States.” That appeal addresses itself to the ties of kindred, to the past history of the United States, to the long continuance of tho civil war, to the empty character of the results, to the waste of humau life, and to tho amount of loss and misery caused by the conflict; and entreats the people of tho North to consider their position, and to make peace with the Southern States. In a leading article commending that ad dress to the favourable consideration of its readers, the Irish Times says: Let all who read and approve of it affix their names to it; the Signatures of two or three millions of men, far from the fury of the strife, cannot but have weight even with the fiercest. Means will be taken to secure for all an opportunity of signing the appeal at the Rotunda, in the porticos of houses of worship, and in the public streets. Wo have far greater reason to desire that peace should prevail in America than England has. If one of her branches of trade to the Southern States has suffered, a dozen others have prospered; but there are, or were, three millions of the Irish race settled in America- The soil of Virginia and Mississippi and Georgia absolutely streams with Irish blood. * * When kings and cabinets stand aloof, perhaps the voice of the peoplo from whom Northerners and Southerners have more or less purely sprang, may be listened to with respect and effect. A people can best address a Republican Government and a Republican multitude. In such a ease there can be no offence, no selfish motive. It is humanity appealing to humanity, and entreating that the worst form of war should be closed in au honorable peace. This popular movement has been begun simultaneously in London, Liverpool, Man chester and Glasgow; it begins to-day in Dublin, and will commence shortly in Cork, Queenstown, Belfast and other Irish towns. The Cork Examiner, upon the same sub ject, has the following : The honesty, the integrity, the ability of t.lio Northern States are now being more and more largely enlisted in the cause of peace. Political reasons induce some to moderate the expression of their eouvietions on this head, but every indication points to the be lief that it only needs a grand occasion—au encouraging crisis—to induce even the most powerful leaders of American parties to enrol themselves under the banner of peace. This, therefore, is a time when friendly voices from this side of the Atlantic may make themselves heard with effect. And if the voice of the peoplo of England is likely iu be heard with complacency, with how much more readiness ought not the friendly utterance of the Irish people to he listened to! We are merely the mother country ad dressing what was once our revolted colony. We aro addressing our owu nearest and dearest of kindred. Wc Irish have been among the saddest sufferers by this war, a» many a desolate hearthstone, many a roof tree deprived of its prop, can testify, both on this side and the other side of the At lantic. If there were virtue in this war, irishmen were among those who made the most despirate saeriliees for it ; if there were misery—as, alas ! how much—lrish men have borne more than their fai r share. An address from tho people of this country, j couched in the language of friendship and j brotherhood, ought to appeal with peculiar i force to the people of the United States; I and we trust that every man in Ireland will lend the weight of his name to the persua- ! •ion of that document. The Dublin Evening Mail, with its strong ly marke’’ Confederate sympathies, has scarcely patience to treat the address in a •.pint of conciliation to the North. It re marks : We solicit tho reader’s attention for tho interesting document in support of the peace movement which we publish to-day. As an address from tho people of Great Britain and Ireland, it has been prepared ir.ith a regard to both classes of opinions represented among us, and professes, ac cordingly an original sympathy for thp North and former confidence in its success, which we, for our own part, never enter tiiied. Wo have consistently held opposite THE PACIFICATOR —A. CATHOLIC JOURNAL. sentiment?, and the event has warranted the judgment we formed. Whatever arrange ments may he concluded between North and South, they will ever henceforth remain t*vo nations, for many and obvious reasons stated by us and others three years ago. The peace now desired will bo brought about only by the North admitting the com plete independence of tho South, and the arguments of this address in sustain incut ! of that course are irrefr^gible. The address is also given in extenso, with ; favorable comments in the editorial columns, i in the following journals : Dublin Morning New* (leading Catholic organ), Dublin i Evening Post, Belfast Newsletter , Waterford | Mail, Wicklow News, Drogheda Conservative , ! Limerick Chronicle, etc., etc. It was read | in ttie various Churches in Queenstown on | Sunday last, and the congregations were affectionately and solemnly invited to sign | it. Sheets for signatures have been placed i in the Chamber of Commerce of this city, ! the Exhibition, the principal hotels, news i paper offices, shops, the offices of young i men's societies, Trinity College, etc. Thus the anticipation of tho Irish Times, ‘that the document will be signed by two or three millions of men, is in a fair way of being more than realized.— London Index . ®tje Pacificator. T>. WALSH, I I-,. T. BLOME, j Editors. Office, corner Mctntoth Jr Key Holds Sit, AT&TTSTA, Gk/A., SATURDAY, OCTOBER22,IBG4 REPUBLICANISM. There is in the word freedom a pleasura ble, exhilarating sound. People lovo to boast of freedom of thought, freedom ot speech, and freedom of the press. It is gratifying to their vanity, conducive to their pride, stimulative to their ambition, to be considered the equals of every other human being, to be styled the true sov ereigns of the land, and to owe no alle giance to those in authority. All these privileges are claimed as the offsprings, as the good gifts of Republicanism. Hence, Republicanism is the day dream and the unceasing aspiration of the people of al most every clime and nation. Many have tried it and failed. Others have attempted to obtain it, and also failed in the attempt. But it was thought that in America, the experiment had succeeded ; that our system, however jarring and discordant the compo nent parts of the Great Republic might prove, possessed within itself the elements of a cohesion too strong to he destrd^;d - *by the abrasions of discord or the corrosion of time. It was thought and argued that the popular elections were so many safety valves, through which threatened revolu tions would ever escape; and thus the Re public would move on to unexampled pros perity and grandeur, excelling in natural greatness, in extent of territory and popu lation, the most Utopian dreams of th« most ardent Republican enthusiast. But, alas ! how have the mighty fallen! Awakened from the magic spell of those brilliant visions of the past, we find this splendid fabric a heap of smouldering ruins, its cities in ashes, its streams red with human gore! So sudden and so unexpected came the shock, so rapid has been the occurrence of events, io iCppaling seems the terrible change, that, the observer seems rather to be witnessing some horrid dream, than just to have awakened from one. And to what results does this spectacle lead? It shakes the faith of the enthusiast in Republican ism, strengthens the opinions .of its oppo nents, and leads us to question whether the great freedom which we were supposed to enjoy in the past was not rather an idea than a reality; rather a mistaken theory than a practical principle—in short, whether it was not rather a public misfortune than a public benefit. These are reflections wlpch the mighty revolution now progres sing around us must awaken in the mind of overy candid thinker, every patriotic citizen. In our judgment, the seeming failure of Republican Government is not attributable to any inherent defect of Republicanism, but rather to a want of capacity on the part of man for self-government. Republican ism, in its purity, presupposes a stato of morals, of superior enlightenment, of gen uine liberality, that can scarcely bo found in anylarge community' in the present age. Hence, when revolvers and bowie-knives take the place of argument and reason ; when the high places are filled by tipplers and gamblers ; when the “ sovereigns ” aro bought and sold at elections, and the “ puri ty of the ballot box ” is discarded; when virtue finds no reward, and vice rides tri umphant over the land; when libertinism is winked at, and licentiousness is unre buked; when pride of place or wealth tramples upon honest and straggling pover ty, Republicanism runs into corruption and anarchy, and instead of being a blessing, proves a curse to the community. Man, therefore, must learn to govern himself Individually and morally' before ho can fit himself for political self-government and for thrfse high and ennobling duties which Republicanism requires of those who enjoy its blessings; for this form of government is, we conceive, the most perfect of human governments, and, therefore, the most unfit for human government. But it is in the power of the people to adapt themselves to that form—to make themselves worthy to enjoy its blessings, and to establish it on a firm and sure foundation. Will they do it? Will the people of the South, learning these dear bought lessons from the trying ordeal through which they are now passing, j purify themselves from the corruptions of the past, cut loose from the wicked habits of the old Republic, and, casting aside tho impure, the immoral tendencies and teachers of the past., - give place only to the virtuous and tho good; dispensing with that self sufficiency which pride and ignorance has built up in their bosoms, and giving all en couragement, by precept and example, to pure religion and good morals—so fit them selves for the high duty which will devolve upon them, of not only creating a New Re public, but, of establishing upon a firm and sure foundation the pure principles of true Republicanism and Constitutional Govern ment? Commending these crude sugges tions to the reflection of all our readers, we need only add to the Christian the words of sacred Scripture : “If Christ shall mako you free, you shall be free indeed.” THE WAR NEWS. GEORGIA. Wc get nothing definite as to movements in Georgia. Rumors are current of suc cesses to our arms, which, we hope, may prove true. Gen. Beauregard is said to have reached the army, and under his lead ership and that of the gallant Hood, the most beneficial results are anticipated. The Federals in Atlanta are said to be short of provisions. SOUTH CAROLINA. In South Carolina all is comparatively quiet. The shelling of Charleston con tinues, with exchanges of shots between the Confederate and Federal batteries. NORTH CAROLINA. A raid on Weldon in force was authenti cally announced a few days ago, but we have heard nothing of it since. VIRGINIA. The Richmond Dispatch, ot the 17th inst., says * On the lines, beginning on tho Charles City road, North of James river, and termi nating on the Vaughan road, South of Petersburg, no military movement of im portance has transpired since last Thurs day. The Yankees then tried to force our lines below this city', but met with such a reception as had the effect of keeping them quiet ever since. Some surprise has been expressed that Grant has postponed so long tho grand at tack which it is known he is preparing to make on our position. There are at least two good reasons that W'e know of for his delay. He. desires the co-operation of his navy, which he cannot have until Butler's canal shall have been finished; and bis army', for tho reinforcements of which every ef fort is, with some success, being made, is not yet strong enough for hisjpurposes. From a gentlemau who is just through from Wash ington city, where he conversed with many well-informed persons—some of- them offi cers in the Yankee army—we learn thet, the draft is being rigorously enforced every where in the North, except in New Jersey and Brooklyn city, and that conscripts are being sent to Grant at the rate of at least a thousand a day. Such accessions to his army are worth waiting for. When these conditions aro fulfilled, the Dispatch anticipates two assaults upon the lines—one below Richmond and one South of Petersburg. At last accounts, all was quiet around Petersburg. In the Valley, Early had succeeded in thwarting the plans of Sheridan ; but the latter has destroyed property to an immense aniount—houses, grain and cattle all sharing in the general destruction. ALABAMA. At Mobile all was quiet. MISSOURI. Price was reported to be in the vicinity of Booneville at last accounts, Sanborn harassing his rear guard. A Sunday Revery. — We publish, j under this title, in this week's Pacificator, j a charming little poem from the pen of the ! gifted author of “ Maryland, my Mary land,” James R. Randall, Esq. There is a freshness and pathos about it that will thrill upon the heart-strings of the reader, awakening a kindly sympathy for the exiles from happy homes and bounteous fields— exiles by the cruel hand of war and rapine— exiles from loved ones, now cut off by the ruthless power of the oppressor. We hope to have our columns often graced by the productions of this talented young South ern poet. OUR WILMINGTON CORRESPONDENCE Probability of an Attach oit Wilmington — The prospects of a Successful Defence — General Whiting. Wilmington, N. C., Oct. 18, 1861. It would seem, from all we can learn, that the hostile designs of the enemy are to be soon directed against Wilmington. Its im portance to the Southern Confederacy has been very generally discussed by the North ern press, and they have, accordingly, .time and again urged the necessity of its cap ture. That an attempt at this will be made at no very remote day, is looked upon by all as au almost absolute certainty. Tho questions, then, are, can it sustain itself against attack'? or has it one in command equal to the emergency ? It has a General, in command, who, in the language of our much esteemed and worthy President, is one of the best in tho Confederate army. General Whiting, to whom this high com pliment was paid some time since, is in dubitably a man of superior courage and ability, and fully capable of successfully defending the port of Wilmington. His cool courage has been amply tested on many battle fields, and his skill and ability are universally acknowledged. It has been, his lot to have his character maliciously im pugned by men, who form the criterion of others, but their censures are entirely unde served, and bespeak a littleness on the part of those who have given them birth ; and be it said to his honor, that his greatness alone has enabled him to rise superior to them. For the defence of Wilmington, General Whiting has been, to our own certain knowl edge, unremitting in his exertions, and the gigantic works which have been constructed by him, not only entitle him to a rank among the first of engineers, hut are calcu lated to bid defiance to Farragut, or any other distingue, whom it may please Mr. Lincoln to send. Furthermore, these forti fications have met with the approval of the greatest engineer of the age, the illustrious Beauregard. With these excellent means of defence, then, and an adequate force to use them, commanded by au approved and able soldier, why need undue apprehension be felt respecting the fate of Wilmington ? The tide of victory may be turned against us, it is true, hut this does not argue ineffi ciency in a General. Various causes may conspire to produce defeat apart from this. The greatest • Generals in the world have each in their turn suffered defeat. Let no unnecessary uneasiness be felt about Wil mington. Wc think, under present circum stances, everything gives promise of suc cess, and that the name of our distinguished General will descend to posterity surround ed by a halo of glory. J. 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 are also authorized to act as agents : Savannah, Ga. —Capt. L. J. Guilmartin, Capt. M. J. Doyle, Capt. Michael Scanlon, Henry 11. Eden, M. X. Quiuan. 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'. An Address to the People of the United States.— We conclude, in the present number, the publication of this able Address, by a Catholic Divine. We hope that its effects may bo such as its distin guished author intended. It will well repay perusal. THE POPE’S TEMPORAL KINGDOM. Among the items of European news by the latest arrivals is the report of a treaty betweeu France and the Italian States, which proposes to re-establish and sustain the temporal power of the Pope. The treaty is said to give general satisfaction in Italy, but there has been some conten tion and bad feeling in relation to the se lection of the Italian capital, which is to be Florence. The Comtitutionnel, in a semi-official article, gives the following as the chief article of the contention : “ Italy engages herself to respect tho actual territory of the Pope, and to prevent by force any attack that may be made on it from abroad. France is to withdraw her troops in pro portion to the organization of the Pontifical army. 'Tho evacuation of Romo to be ac complished in two years. The Pontifical army to be of a sufficient strength to main tain the Papal authority and tranquility both in the interior and on the frontiers of the Papal States. The Italian Government to raise no objection to either the elements or number of men comprising that army, provided it always does not degenerate into a means of attack against Italy. Finally, Italy undertakes the liquidatiou of a share et the Roman debt, proportioned to the extent of those States of the Church now auuoxcd to the Kingdom of Italy.” The accounts which have arrived from all parts of Italy announce that the new Franoo-Italian treaty is redyed with tho greatest satisfaction. # MRS. ROSA A. GREENHOW. We have received the following letter, de tailing the last rites of respect to the ladr whose name is above written : “On Saturday morning. October 1, a dis patch was received in Wilmington, by Mrs. Do Prosset, President of the Soldiers’ Aid Society,, stating that the body of Mrs. Grecnhow had been recovered from the sea at Fort Fisher, and would be sent to town for interment. The ill-fated lady—a pas senger in the steamer Condar, which got aground in attempting to run in at New Inlet —was drowned in trying to reach the shore in a small boat, which swamped on tho • rips.’ “A hundred houses were open to receive the lady, but a meeting of the Soldiers’ Aid Society being hastily convened, it was judged proper to have the funeral obsequies as public as possible, to which end the chapel attached to Hospital No. 4 was beautifully arranged, by order of the surgeon in charge, Dr. Micks, and here it .was proposed the corpse sjiould lie in state. “On the arrival of the steamer Cape Fear, which was appointed to convey the remains to town, the ladies lined the wharf, closing round and receiving into their midst the lifeless form of her who had been so zealous, so devoted, and so self-sacrificing an adhe rent of the cause dearest to all their hearts. She was then carried to the chapel, where a guard of honor was stationed at the door. “It was a solemn and imposing spectacle. The profusion of wax lights round the corpse; the quantity of choice flowers in crosses, garlands, and boquets, scattered over it: the silent mourners, sable-robed, at the head snd foot; the tide of visitors, women and children, with streaming eyes, and soldiers, with bent heads and hushed steps, standing by, paying the last tribute of respect to the departed heroine. On the bier, draped with a magnificent Confederate flag, lay the body, so unchanged as to look like a calm sleeper, while above all rose the tall ebony crucifix, emblem of the Faith she embraced in happier hours, and which, we humbly trust, was her consolation in pass ing through the dark waters of the river of death. “She lay there until two o’clock of Sun day afternoon, when the body was removed to the Catholic Church of St. Thomas. Horn the funeral oration was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Corcoran, which was a touching tr unite to the heroism and patriotic devo tion of tho deceased, as well as a solemn warning on the uncertainty of all human projects and ambition, even though of the most laudable character. “ The coffin, which was as richly decorat ed as the resources of the town admitted and still covered with the Confederate flag, was borne to Oakdale Cemetery followed by au immense funeral cortege. A beautiful spot on a grassy' slope, overshadowed by waving trees, and insight of a tranquil lake, was chosen for'her resting place. Rain fell in torrents during the day, but as the coffin was being lowered into tho grave, the sun burst forth in tho brightest majesty, and a rainbow of the most vivid color spanned tho horizon. Let us accept the omen not only for her, the quiet sleeper, who, after many storms and a tumultuous and checkered life, came to peace and rest at last, but also for our beloved country, over which we trust the rainbow of hopo will ere long shine with brightest dyes. “The pall-bearers were Colonel Tansill, chief of staff to General Whiting, Major Vandcrhorst, J. M. Seises, Esq., Dr. do Prosset, Dr. .Micks, and Dr. Medway. “General Whiting and Captain C. B. Poindexter, representing the two services, were prevented from actingsas pall-bearers, the former by reason of absence, the latter in consequence of illness. “The ladies of the Wilmington Soldiers’ Aid Society would have performed the last office for any one coming to them under similar sad circumstances, but with how much greater respect and affection for her who, during imprisonment, sickness, losses of various kinds, and finally death itself, through devotion to the holy cause which was the very main spring and breath of her existence. “At the last day, when tho martyrs who have with their blood sealed their devotion to liberty shall stand together firm witnesses that truth is stronger than death, foremost among the shining throng, co-equal with the Rolands and Jean d’Arcs of history, will appear the Confederate heroine, Rosa A. Grecnhow.— [Richmond Sentinel. Robbery and Blasphemy.— A ladv of Caroline county, Virginia, in a letter to tlie Richmond Sentinel, detailing the outrages of tho enemy in her neighborhood, says : “At Mrs. ’s they found the wine used for the church. She told them what it was, and begged them to spare it; but they laughed, and called for others to come and drink the blood of Christ.” At a representation of Mozart’s “I>tm Giovanni,” a young coxcomb hummed so loud certain airs of the opera, as to annoy all his neighbors. An amateur, who sat by his side, unable to bear it any longer, said, aloud, “ What a fool!” “ Do you mean me ?” said the troublesome fellow to him. “No, sir, I complain of Mario, who prevents my hearing you.” The mother of the Italian Princess Anna, whose fortunes aro about to be united with those of the eldest son and heir of Victor Emmanuel, was a Miss Frazier, of Charleston, South Carolina, whom the Prince Lucieu Murat married during his long exile in America; so that tho future Queen of the new Italian nation will be half American. A Passage from Malaria.— “ Father, it would not require much stretch of the imagination to believo that, by r some de scendental metempsychosis, I had beeorne an experienced member of the saerod gnom;- des, torn ruthlessly from my sisterhood in oerrß de Frio on tho cold dreary caverns of the Agathyrsi ?” Jolly, lofty, andluminous, isn’t it?