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tit Ekgant Tribute to Henry Clay,
In his late speech before the Kentucky Legisla
ture, on the Mercer College question, ex Governor
Bcriah Magoffin made the following beautiful al
luaion to Henry Clay. He said :
Disconnect Ashland from Kentucky University
and, if you will, erect upon its sacred soil a Me
chanical and Agricultural College, free from any
sectarian influence. ’This vkill meet the purpose
of Congress' and may meet the w ishes of the peo
ple of the State. Lexington, then, aspiring to
become the Athens of the West, may accomplish
the noble aim. Successful in the great work, the
home of Henry Clay will become the seat of learn
ing, of science and of elegance. It will be espe
cially dedicated to Agriculture and the Mechanical
Arts, of which he was so fond to the day of his
death, and for which he did-so much while living,
It will then become a fit monumentto the memory 7
of the departed sage and statesman ; a focal point
from which light will radiate over the State; a
cherished spot, from, which truth and knowledge
will flow over the land ; a sacred spot, to which
we can all resort and delight to linger in contem
plation upon the virtues of the illustrious dead,
made doubly impressive by the memory of all that
was useful and noble in his exalted life. Do this,
sir, and Ashland will become a Mecca and not a
Babylon, a fit monument to his -glorious and be
loved name.
Difiering from bim as I did in politics, I always
believed him to be a patriot, and I may, sir, with- j
out indelicacy, say I have given some evidence of
my admiration, of bis genius and his many noble
qualities in my connection with the erection of the
. magnificent monument which now towers above
the forest trees, and graces the beautiful grounds
of the cemetery near Lexington, and in sight op ]
Ashland. I admired him, sir, notwithstanding mv
opposition to his policy as a statesman. I believed
hito to be honest, and I admired him for his man
liness, his firmness, his strong will, his unrivalled
oratory, his splendid genius, and, above all, for
his great love of liberty and his extraordinary ef
forts to preserve it. Well do I remember, sir, the
last time I saw him. It was not a great while
before his death, and previous to his departure for
Washington city as a United States Senator, de
termined to devote the last years of his life to save
his State and his country from destruction. It
was, Mr. Chairman, in 1850, when at the request
of both branches of the Legislature he stood iy,
aisle, in all the greatness of his intellect and gran
deur of his palmiest days, to give an account of
his stewardship to the people who had so long
honored him with their confidence.
I remember well, sir, the wonderful variety of
the tones of his 'melodious, and incomparable voice
old and infirm then as be was, as it sounded in
this hall, now sinking to the softest whisper, which
was distinptlv heard by every soul of the vast,
breathless, spell-bound audience, and again rising
in all its musical and wonderful intonations, until
it swelled into a peal, like the echoing thunder. I
remember bis alarming prediction in regard to the
future of bis country, when he stood here with Isis
long silvery locks falling over his shoulders, and
the tears were streaming down his sunken and
furrowed cheeks.
Well do I remember when, for the last time in
this hall, with crest frame, and heaving bosom,
and flashing eyes, in a voice loud, and deep, and
clear as the bugle's blast, he uttered bis eloquent
and terrible warnings. You remember it, sir.
There was not a dry eye in this hall. It was a
touching and truly sublime spectacle, and those
thoughts of fire and burning words, unheeded
then, come to us to-day with a peculiar emphasis.
Those dreadful warnings, intended to alarm his
countrymen into a true sense of their danger, come
to us now from the grave with indescribable and
prophetic power. They have gathered strength,
and depth, and power, and volume as they have
echoed over our ill-fated country during this ter
rible war.
He died full of years and full of honors, in the
zenith of his fame; hut, alas ! as has been said of
another, too soon for his country. I have no ob
jecti«i, sir, to the erection of monumeuts to such
a man, in grateful remembrance of his services,
and to perpetuate his fame. But let it not bo as
sociated with such an act of injustice as is con
templated in this bill. Let it not be the scene of
strife, of warring sets of Christians. Let it be a
fit monument to his immortal,and beloved name—
a name that now lives in marble and brass, in
story and in song, and, above all, in the warm
hearts Ox his couutrymen; a name dear to overv
freeman, upon which the pall of oblivion wifi
never fall, but which every lover of liberty and
law will revere more, anu of which be will grow
prouder as long
*• As streams in silver mazes rove,
Or spring with Autumnal green, renews the grove.’*
The conflicts and passions of men will ° never
TII P: 3?A.OIFIOA.TOrt — -A. CATHOLIC J O TJIt IST A L .
dim it; the Goddess of Liberty, with flaming j
sword, will ever guard it; time will never shroud j
it, and eternity will make it brighter as- it grows I
older. Again, Mr. Chairman, and gentlemen of .
the Committee, I thank you for your courtesy and i
kindness, and especially for the patient and at- j
tentive hearing you have been pleased tu give me.
C'iirdinai Talbot and
Manning.
The nominption of the Bight Bov. Mgr. Man
ning to the Archbishopric of Westminster, by lii.s
Holiness the Pope, is confirmed. It is said that
in making this appointment the Pope has alto- :
gether passed over the nominations of the Roman j
Catholic Chapter of .Westminster, That body j
named Dr. Clifford, Bishop of Clifton ; Dr. Grant,
Bishop of Southwark; and Dr. Errington, late co
adjutor Archbishop to Cardinal Wiseman. It is
hardly necessary for us to remind our readers that |
I)r. Manning graduated at Oxford, was :\f erwards j
Protestant Archdeacon of Chichester, and seceded :
from the Church of England some years ago. In
addition to the message assuring Dr. Manning’s i
elevation, intelligence has been received that Mon- j
•signore Talbot is to he elevated to the dignity of I
Cardinal. Monsignore Talbot is a brother of Lord
Talbot of Malabide, and has been long.resident in
Home, where he is known as the “Pope’s English
man,” from his constant attendance on the Holy }
Father—-scarcely ever being found from his side, j
Like Dr. Manning, the new Cardinal was formerly j
a member of the Episcopalian Church; but his i
conversion is of much older date than that of Dr. -
Manning. The new Cardinal is not to be con- j
founded with Dr. Talbot, a brother of the Earl of j
Shrewsbury, who formerly held orders in the i
(jhutfch ot England, hut' who is now a jealous
pastor of the One Fold. Ireland can now boast
of a Cardinal of her own, not alone in lineage biit
in nativity.
The following particulars (says the London Ta
bid) concerning the newly appointed Archbishop
of Westminster may be relied on as authentic :
“The Most Reverend Henry Edward Manning, son
of the, late William Manning, Esq., was born at
Totteridge, in Hertfordshire, on the 15th of July,
1808. He was educated at Harrow, from-whence
he proceeded to Oxford and entered as an under
graduate at Palliol College in 1527. In Michael
mas term,-:>0, be tool, a first class in classics,
and was shortly afterwards elected fellow of Mer
lon Ciflloga, wlicra ho remained unliLU. ILuV !
| ing become a minister in the Protestant Church,
j he entered upon the living of Lavington, in Bus
sex, and it was during hi3 residence there that he
published the scries of sermons which to this day
arc in high repute amongst Anglicans. In 1840
he was named Archbishop of Chichester, aid he
continued to hold this office until having, by God’s
grace, arrived at, a fuller knowledge of the-revela
tion of the Day of Pentecost, he made his sub
mission to the Catholic Church in 1851. Very
shortly 7 afterwards he was ordained priest by the
late Cardinal AViseman; and his conversion must
thus he considered as one of the first fruits of the
Grace which England received in the erection of
the present hierarchy. He did not remain n Eng
land, but went at once to Bonn', to continue at '.tie
centre of all theological learning, the course, of
study which had been' his favorite pursuit, even
before his conversion. Arrived in Rome, by de
sire of the Holy Father, he entered the Academia,
where be remained till 1854. He then >• -turned
to England, and Commenced an active career of
missionary work-in which he was cliiefl? remark
able for bis success in the conversion el Protest
ants, a larger number of whom have been recon
ciled to the Church by Monsignor Maiming than
probably by any other priest of our time. .Subse
quently the Holy Father conferred cu him the
honorary degree of D.D., and also in 4*157 named
him Provost of Westminster,, a dignity then va
cant by the resignation of Dr. Whitty. It was
also during this year that, by the desire of the
Cardinal Archbishop, he undertook the establish
ment in the Diocese of Westminster of the Con
gregation of the Oblates of St. Charles, of whom
he has continued Superior up to the present time.
In 18(30 the Holy Father again rcoognized his ser
vices to the Church and devotion to the Holy See
and created him Domestic Prelate and Protono
tary Apostolic. Since his conversion he has pub
lishcd many works of all sizes, of which, perhaps,
the best known are the Sermons on Ecclesiastical
subjects, and bis treatise on the Temporal Power
of the Vicar of Jesus Christ; the latter, which is
the only work of any importance on the subject
in the English language, has also obtained a large
sale in the French and Italian editions. Amongst
his works, “The Grounds of Faith,” and
the “Office of the Holy Ghost,” have been so
largely instrumental in opening the eyes of those
in error to the light of faith, that we cannot omit
to mention them.
- Ildus from fniaitfr.
The latest papers speak encouragingly of a!
plentiful harvest.
LEINSTER.
Dublin-. —The Dublin Freeman says : “We
sincerely regret to announce' the premature
death of Mr. Henry Nicholson Levinge, who
was for many years connected- with the Irish
press. He was possessed of considerable liter
ary abilities, a refined taste and varied attain
ments. lie was widely known and esteemed
by the members both of the metropolitan and
provincial press, who deplore the loss of a valued
colleague, and the early and unexpected termi
nation of a promising career.”
The number of game certificates issued in
Ireland last year was 3,349, and there were forty
convictions for shooting without a certificate.
A return lias lately been issued of the num
ber of sheep supposed to h%e been killed by
dogs in each'constabulary district-in Ireland,
from the Ist day of January, 1554, to the Ist of
January, 1565, and the number of cases in
which the owner of the dogi; has been discov
ered and made amenable. The total number of
sheep’supposed to have been thus worried to
death is sot down at 6,147, which at £:> each,
represents a money value of £(8,441. Only in
441 cases were the owners of the dogs made
amenable.
The great Dublin International Exhibition
was opened with appropriate ceremonies on
Tuesday, May 9. The inauguration was con
ducted by the Prince of Wales in person. The
weather was exceedingly fine; and from an
early hour the streets were thronged with per
sons eager to gain admittance to the Exhibition
building. The city was brilliantly illuminated
in the evening.'
Kildare.—ln the Landed Estates Court, lato
ly, the estate of the Duke of Leinster, consist
ing of part of the lands of Kilrush, county Kil
dare, lu-id in foe simple,-containing 2,013;! acres
statute measure, profit rent, £992, ordinance
valuation, X 1.299, were sold to Thomas M. Egan,
Solicitor, 3 North Frederick street, Dublin, in
trust, for James Drought, of Monaeterevan, for
£30,100. '
Kilkenny.—On Wednesday, May 3, a cow on
the property of Nicholas O’Neill Power. Snow
Hill, county Kilkenny, dropped a calf, which
presented at its birth two perfect beads and
nocks, side by side with each other, of the most
complete formation.
Hugh Jones, Esq., of Ballyconwav, Knoek
topher, county Kilkenny, has lately translated
the “Odes of Horace,” which he has dedicated
to Baron Hughes.
la the Landed Estates Court, lately, part- of
the lands of Foulksrath, in the county of Kil
kenny, containing 97 statute acres, held under
lease of, which there are twenty years to run,
nett rent, .£42, were sold to James Poe, in trust,
for Patrick Murphy.
Meath.— I The old established fair of Dunleek
was held on Y\ odnesday, May 3. The supply
was not nearly so large as in general; the de
mand for all kinds of stock was very good, and
anything worth selling was sold before 1 L o’clock.
Springers in very good tjemand, and very scarce,
from £l4 to X 22 ; three year old heifers and
bullocks from £l2 to £l7 10s.; strippers from
£l2 to £l7 10s. ; two year old bullocks and heif
ers from £7 10s. to £l2 ; ‘one year olds.from £4
to £9 10;j. Pigs of the store kind i,i .very good
demand. On the whole, it was an encouraging
fair for the breeding of all kinds of stock.
The Ilev. Maguire Brady, I). D., a rector of
the Law Church, has lately published a statisti
cal digest of the diocese of Meath, which em
braces nearly all the counties of Meath and
Westmeath, half the King’s county, and parts
of Longford, Cavan and Kildare. From this
document it appears that the diocese contains
105 benefices,*- composed of 204 parishes, 108
churches, 10a incumbents, and 27 licensed cu
rates. lis endowments yield the nett amount of
£24,504, not including the See, which is worth
£3,064 nett, and other church property. The
wh-.1-i of the revenues of Meath are £37,187.
The OLurch population is 15,869 —giving 159
(fouls to each incumbent, and the care of each
si>U coats £1 18s. Bd. gross, and £L 10s. lOd.
nett.' The Roman Catholic population is 221,553,
gi v e • : lit) persons for each Protestant benefice.
Louth. —The Lord Lieutenant visited Droghe
da on Thursday, May 4. Great preparations
had boon made for the occasion, and those who
had charge of the arrangements carried them
out admirably. The. town wore an aspect of
festivity and animation to which it had long
been a stranger. The bridge below the railway
station was transformed into an avenflo of ever
greens, the main tlio.-.,ughfares forming the
route to the open country wore festooned with
laurels and flowers, and at intervals, were
spanned by lofty arches of evergreens, dir
playing inscriptions of welcome to his Excel
lency. The shops vero closed from an early
hour, and everything betokened a grand gala
day. On the arrival of the Lord Lieutenant he
was presented with a complimentary address by
the Drogheda Corporation. He, then, in com
pany with the Mayor, visited the several places
of interest in Drogheda, after which the party
adjourned to Whitworth llnll, where a gr.i.!
dejeuner wjis given in honor of his Excellency.
At the conclusion of 'the banquet the Viceregal
party returned to Dublin.
MUNSTER.
Cork. —The tide of emigration tins spring is
going on steadily from this neighborhood. Week
after week may bo seen parties of comfortably
clad young men and women taking leave of their
friends.
The Yoiighal races are to take place on the
6th and 7th of Juno.
In the Queen's College, Cork, there arc 21
Professors, including, the President and Vice
President. Os these, 6 are English, 1 Scotch,
and the remainder Irish ;' 5 are Roman Catho
lics, 1 a Quaker, and the rest Protestants.
A Dingle correspondent, writing to the-'Cork'
Examiner, says : *• It may bo in youi-'ree-dlection
that some two years' since I had announced to,
you the fact that Mrs. O’Shea, whose maiden
name was Malone, a native of the parish of
Dur.quin, was living with her daughter in New
York, at the extraordinary age of 122 years. I
am. now able to inform vour readers that the
same woman was in existence about’ the 15th of
last month, as a letter states which her brother
in-law. a Mr. Eugene O’Shea, a native of this
town, has received from one of his sons, an aid
de-camp in the Federal army, and which was
written after the assassination of President Lin
coln. In the course of his letter the officer
‘ Mary MaE no is still living, and she is as smart
and sprightly as she was veiiiaa. yon last saw her
in New York, some six years ago.’ So that she
had entered upon her 125th year in January
last.” t
Limerick. —The Limerick Chronicle, of May
Bit'.., miy«: '"Major GtlVali and Francis Win.
Russell, Esq., our present city members, have
been engaged for the last two days canvassing
the electors for re-election.”
At the Dublin exhibition, Mr. McSherrv, of
this city, has on exhibition a newly-invented
kitchen range, for a nobleman or gentleman’s
mansion, which is really a very beautiful speci
men of workmanship, and its design is at the
same time simple and efficient for the purposes
intended. The great objects sought to be
achieved in the construction of this range arc
economy of fuel and accommodation for cook
ing, and so confident is the exhibitor that he has
secured these two great points that lie offers to
wager a substantial sum that his range cannot
be equalled in these respects, or in beauty of
workmanship. —Limerick Can.,uric.
On Thursday,-May 11th, Mr. Samuel Grubb*,
a gentleman of high respectability, died .sud
denly at his residence, No. 26 Upper Cecil-,st.,
Limerick. It appears he had been, for some
time previous suffering from some internal dis
ease, arid on Thursday he was just coming down
his own stairs, with some money in his hand to
pay a bill, when he fell dead on the spot.
Clare. —We clip the following from a Clare
paper of May 6th: “On every morning this
week, large numbers of emigrants from the
neighborhood of Kilrush, Kilkee, and other ad
joining districts, passed through our streets, on
their way to the Foynes steamer—the first stage
in their long exile from a land of misery to one
wherein industry has a chance of solacing old
age with other guerdon than the workhouse.
Nearly all of them were accompanied by friends
or relatives anxious to bid them ‘ God speed
and still the majority of these—particularly the
younger and better-dressed portion—spoke hope
fully of following their exiled friends at an
early date.” .
Kerry.— The average weekly numbers leav
ing the county Kerry are from two to three hun
dred. The emigrants comprise the bone and '
sinew of the land.— Local Journal.
Tipperary. —Wm. L. Esq., will, it is
expected, come forward at the next general elec
tion, on the National Association ticket, for the
Borough of Clonmel.
Waterford.— One of our exchanges says :“A
sum of £230 has already been subscribed by the
generous parishioners of Tramore, for the purpose
of presenting their estimable pastor with a car-