CATHOLIC TELEGRAPH . .. "In ]'OJ eee§ s~1l,rij§ Un ii tas. in Du toi is Libe:n.·tas, in 0 In nibu s Cal'i t as." PTJBLISHED llY CONAHAN & BROTHER.) REV. EDWARD PURCELL, EDITOR. (TERMS, $2,SO PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. VOLUME XVn.-NO. 5 L CINCINNATI, TI-IURSDAY, DECEMBER ~l, 1848. "VHOLE NUMBER 884. ".,...'"577 . ¥ Frorn the Tablet. tics ure not likely to approve (If C::ltholic February last, I entered the Congregation Ir.racked his own jol,es, at weddings, and THE "LIVES OF THE SAINTS." works of any kind. The Council of Trent of the Or~tory, I. submitted.l';ly wor ~;: t.o the w~s sponsor at the christeni.ngs for n:ore 'Ve allllou oce in another column, with did l1 ot.':!onsLJ.lt the ,opinions, n.ol' minister to Fathers WIth a VieW to obtall1lDg theJ]' JUdg- 1ch tl dren tha n any othp.r man 10 the pal'lsh. great regret, that this most valuable publi. the whims of heretiCS, whom Jt condemned, m ent on its continu ance. They, for "ari- He could recite whole pllges of Pasto ri ni, 'eatiOlY is s<lspcndp,d , ' Me regret t h is fer Ale~ander VIr., ~heD he condemned Jan- (OUS reasons, put off'their determination till Iand as for Co.lumbkill's prophecies, he· had t he sake of lhe thousand subscribe rs and sel1lsm, did not lespect the f~e llngs of Its the close ofthe)'ear, and u pon what grounds Ith em all at hIS fingers' ends. Shandy was the tre bled numbur of readers. Nuns in profes~o l's; and the Bul l, U/ligemlus, was they>t length h ave made it will appear hom (lOW about thirty·five yeurs or age, fa I' be­ theil' convents, und M'll1ks with Ecclesias- publtsned, though utterly unacceptable to the following letter which I have received low the middle size, but t hick-set, and of It ticnl students have by these ve ry Lives the Pr()testant~ of th ose days. The work from the Fath e r S uperior: ve ry staid and solemn figure. His hair wai been encouraged in theil' Chri~tian war- of t!l E' Church IS to convert Protestants fro~n "Mary Vale, Oct. 30, 1848. black, long and curly, and his face long, fa re. We regret it, tou, fOl' the s,\ke even theIr heresy: and not t~ encourage them III " My dear Father vVilfi-id-I h ave con- sallow, and demure as that of a grand vizi- 'Of the mecbaj]ical appliances ,yhich must It b.y gratifYIn g thei r w , sbe~ and Gonslllt~ng s ulted the Fathers who a re here on tbe sub- e r, His dress, which we must not forget. now be throwna~ i dc; the many s ubsc ribe rs theil' unhealthy tastes, ThIS act, to wh ,?b j ect of the "Lives of' the S aints," and we was rather old· fashioned for a man of hill and the e nthtlsiastic translators have had a the Fathers of .the Oratory hav~ commlt- h ave corne to the unanimou s conclusion of years and pursuits. His stockings Vle~ rebuff given them which, upon many minds ted t:l e msel.v es, IS a mela.~lc l~o,l y sign of o.ur advising you to suspend the series at pres- gray, over wh ich a~black velvet shorts de!· wil l have n o good effect. It is, s urely, a futul e co ndition, alld,b e tlcly~ ,l s~a te of dIS' ent. It appears there is a stron O' feelina eended to the calfor Ihe leg, !Jnd were there mistake to suppose that these Li ve;; are II e~se. ~mong . us which must fitl all .good against it on the part of a portion gf the Ca~ confi ued by a bunch of gl'C'en ri bhons. II is scanda l, to P rotestan:s. Protestunts wi 11 C~l'l S~ I ,~ Il~ Wit h a larm. ~~ e t us e~ncdlate tholic community in England, on the ground coat of a b~'own rusty black, w.as ont'! of the respect us fal' m or~ fOI' honestly publ ish ing ~~ot e"un:s, b7 a l1. ~11e? n, but t.~ .ub.,lndon a as we are given to understand , that the lives I swallow-talled speCies, reachlo!{ down ~l­ Ihe acts of. the SUll1ts th a n for suppressin g , ~, I :-at \:0 I k 11,.,e tl~I' wd,l b e ~o lal .f' on~ c,on- of t.he foreign. Saints, h?wever ed i fy~ng iIi ! most to the. ankles: wher~ the skirts. GSC II ­ them. T hIS seems on the sl.ll'face a conces. cti ratlll" that It \'\ til p,uvoke. fUI th~ t and theIr r especllve countnes, are ummlted to t lated from SIde to Side, WIth a velOCity Vlil.­ sion to an e vil spirit from which w e can all - greater demal,lds, and wtll exclt.e their keen England a nd unacceptable to Protestants, rylOg dil'ectly <is the moving body witilin. g ul' DO good . We venture still to exp ress cont er~~pt, ,~hlch, .fol' ou r selv~l s, we sh.~ll be To this feeling we consider it a duty, for Imagi~ e, there fore, gentle rellcl,er, that you our hope 'and I,,'ayer thal th is suspension is the fil ~t to s~y thelt \~e uttel,y d.esel \e.- the sake of peace, to defer . For myself, see th iS same personage mov ing under /I. only rOI· . a time, The edito r a nd transla - Th ~ converSion of thiS ?Oulltry IS a work you know well, without my saying it, how broad-brimmed hat, hi s arms to the e lbows tors will forgive us i.f we remind them of \.V~I C:l many have set. the.~ (' h ea rt~ Il ~o n: t~oy absolutely I identify myself with you in this Ithrust int? his coat PlJ c l ~e t8, and struttin,g the obstacles thl'own In the way oft.he Bol- leJolced 10 th~ 111111upllcat lonol P llests , In matter; but as you may h ave to publish this l dowo, Wi llI a solemn all', from the klO g s landis;s, whom n(~1V all men ~()110UI' fOI·th e il· th ~ b~t1d":~ .o, ch~J I:eh~s and .l,n t he"lnc rease I' letter , r make .it an opportu nity which has h igh r?ad, t~ Nancy Kellfs "she been," alld labors, w~de t he ir advel'sanes a re not res- of l h~. Rell"lollS ,O:d,: IS , nnl(:" , :~, u" . CUrl - not yet been g Iven me, of declaring that I you wIiI be lll:r o du~e d with all t~e formal­ pected. \V e beg the particula l' atte ntion of velH, and mOtHlS,ellb al e pl'l.! .ed th I o ug h- have no symp,~ th v at all with the feelina to I Ily necessary for a Ii rst IntroductIOn, to tp.e o ur readel's to the te l'se and explicit lette r out the country, and prnyel's a re contlnual- which I have all~l cled, and, in particular, I scripturian of the purish, the he ro of these o f the Fathe r Supe ri or or the English Om- ly made tbat tbe Satnts would re mel11bel' us that no one can assail your name without I pages and one of tbe droll est alld best Qa­ to ry. The r"l will be many who diffe r from III our desolation: whe n \~e s he w ourselves strikina a t mine. tured Iris hmen from Horn·hend to Capc him, but we must admire so crenerous a sac. to be utte·rly UllWl:lI'thy of t.hell· prQlee tlon , ';Ev~ r y our affectionate fri end, and bro- C leur." r i fi~~e to the wisl:es an~ i:lla~ms of othe l's; N~ ~ the le~:t.~ood all~t . a~:~tI~~le work w,os ther in our Lady and St. Philip, ArIel' the o;ual salutations h ud, I ~assed ~e. wb,Jir) on the pol iCY of It IVC have a ve ry th". u ~r!,e.1 tak,ul by. MI. L dbl: I, If hc hMJ "J. H. NEW~IAN , Cong, O rat. Presb. tween M I·S . [\ell'y and h f; I' new V\ Sltor, vlitlt strong opinion, The g rou nd s o n w hich the done notnll1g ou t edit t h es~j Lives and bring " Rev. F; VV, Faber, St. ·Wilfrid's." some convnsatlOll upon the state of th~ Fath ers o f th e Ol'atory have come to their t hem to the knowledge of lils countrymen, That this determination will be aO'reat cOLlnt ry, s he haste ned to show him a lettet' r esolution ure most p.ainfll l .to dwell upon , n o~~ COll Ie! d~~y t l:flt he at leas\ ha~ dOlle h iS disappointment to you who, as subscribers which s he had 'picked.;:p Il1 ,her cabin, j~ s.t and Inal l generous I1tlnrls \vtl l excltest rong pOltlOn of thl:; selVlce to the Chulch.