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146 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-