The New York Herald Newspaper, July 15, 1844, Page 2

* tolerant and free institutions exercise their appro- NEW YORK HERALD. priate influence, disapprove as heartily as an “ testant can, this attempt to resuscitate the spirit of oe the dark ages, and to enact in this country those e and tyranny which in the ach deadly foes to human ——=————— New York, Monday, July 15, 1844. Such has been tae demond for tne Lilusirated Wek'y Herald, containing an account ol the Phil- Tue “Tigers” at Cuuncn.—A sermon was adeiphia and [ilinois riots, that the whole of an | preached to the Boston Light Tntantry, on Sunday, by Rev. Mr. Lathrop, in Dr. Dewey’s chureh, Broadway. The Rey. Gentlerian came from Bos- ton for that purpose, having before preached to the iption lists of the Weeki, rald Light Guard of this city, on the occasion of their bi egies nine pl we taeda pi visit to Boston in 1836, and subsequently on June immense extra edition was exhausted yesterda: This morning we put to press the third edition, which will make about 15,000 copies. never so high as at present. Probably we issue @ greater number than the half of all the weekly pa- | 18th, 1843. persin thiscity. Our daily paper also never had a larger or more permanent circulation than at this moment. Supplement to the Herald, times, Xe. the steam ship Britaunia will close in this city. | jealous care. These Extri Singular Attempt on the Part of his Holiness the Pope to interfere with Religion and | £¢¢- Politics in this Country—Extraordinary | Coycerrs on Staten Isuanp.—Madame Damo- Repeal Speech of Bx-Governor Seward. reau’s Concert at New Brighton, on Saturday eve- We publish in this day’s paper two very remark- | ning, was very well attended. A great number of able documents. One is emitted from the See of elegantly dressed ladies, at present on the Island, The {attendance would have been of Pope Gregory, the Sixteenth; the other ema-| much better, however, had not the occurrence of nates from Ex-Governor Seward, at Utica, in the | » thunder storm, a little before the commencement centre of the great democratic State of New York. | of the concert, deterred many from venturing out These documents have not been strung together! of doors, Madame Cinti and Artot gave great sa- for mere caprice. They illustrate andexplaineach tistaction, and were immensely applauded. The other in such a manner as to render their juxta- | Concert was given inthe ball-room of the Pavilion position appropriate and just. Let us look at them] _, very nice place, but rather too warm, al- in this light for a moment. though they endeavored to ventilate it. ‘The ex-Goveraor asserts that the charge prefer-| ‘This was not, it seems, the only concert given on the Island that evening. concert, was given at Clifton House, by a party of . gentlemen from the city, who happened to con- Bat his Holiness comes out very frankly, and} centrate there, calling at Clifton House, as well as avows, without the slightest hesitation, that the] at the Telegraph, in company with the famous dis-emination of the Bible amongst “loquacious | « oid Salt,” who keeps the refreshment room old women,” “light-headed old men,” “wordy | there, About half a dozen of them delighted the cavillers,” to the common people, is one of the |iqmates of the house all evening by singing, on greatest of evils; and enjoins upon all under his] iy. piazzas, some of the most delicious old songs, : : The effect was exceedingly by every means in their power. The Pope, in| fine, being heightened by the occasional interrnp- truth, lets the cat out of the bag. What Bishop | tion of the thunder gusts and lightening—Ileaven’s Hughes endeavors to conceal under the mask} (ying artillery. After the storm was over, this of hostility to that which he represents as a cor-| very agreeable concert was closed by a general Rome in the centre of Europe, under the authority | wore present. red against Bishop Hughes and the Catholic Church of being actuated by a desire to exclude the Bible from the Public Schools, is false and calumnious. authority the duty of resisting it at all hazards and rupt version of the sacred scriptures, the old gentle- man who deals out damnation wholesale and retail in Christencom, states openly and without any at- tempt at equivocation. The Pope denounces the circulation of the Bible in the vernacular tongue, and denounces it, too, we have the best possible reason for believing on this particular occasion and in this particular Bull, in consequence of the repre- sentations of this very Bishop Hugheshimself. On this point, therefore, the epistle of his holiness fur- nishes a very interesting and instructive commenta- ry on the declaration of Ex.Governor Seward. Before we say anything more about the Pope’s letter, deaunciatory of the Bible, the “Christian League,” and all parties trom Luther down to Dr. Sparry, we may dispatch the speech of the Ex-Go- vernor, H+ talks about the great revolution in Ire land, which has been progressing under O'Connell. But thisis a revolution backward. It is arevolu tion for the purpose of continuing the present oppres: sive system ofa pampered aristocracy,a useless mon- archy, and all the anti-Democratic institutions of Great Britain. Repeat offers no real salvation to the poor [rish pwople, trodden down for centv- Ties. It proposes, it is true, a slight change in the puttern of the manacles, but it does not pretend a purpose to set the captive free. In order to deliver from their present condition, the oppressed people of Ireland, and their /ellow-suflerers in England and Scotland, a radical and sweeping reform of their present civil institutions must be effected — Overtura,— overturn,—overtu,n,—must be the order of the day, ere the people, the masses, obtaiu de- liverance. But the Bull of the Pope explains and illustrates other and more important matters than the declam- atory assertions of an Ex-Governor. It affords the most intelligible explanation which any one can desire, of the course pursued by Bishop Hughes in this country. It shows that that prelate has been engaged, in conjunction with his superiors in Rome, in the very hazardous work of giving the people of the United States a practical idea of po- litical Catholicity. The Catholic religion, as such, is entitled to the same protection, immunities and toleration as any other faith. The proscription of Catholics, on ac- count of their religion and belief, is a gross and iniquitous violation of the Constitution. Every man in this land is at liber'y to worship God as he pleases, so long as in conducting that worship he does not violate the civil rights of others. But the moment that any such attempts to control the operations of others, or to erect itself into a political body, then it assumes an attitude of hostil ity to the public well-being, and is to be denounced and deprived of all power of deing mischiet. It is into this position that Bishop Hughes has been laboring to bring the Catholic Church in this country, by conduct which has not unreasonably excited the alarm and bitter hostility of great num- bers of opposing sects, and which, it would now appear, has been approved of by the supreme au- thorities at Rome. This Bull of the Pope, evidently induced by the representations and reports of Bishop Hughes, will contribute in agreat degree to stimulate and inflame those feelings of animosity which have unhappily spraog up of late between the Catholic and P-otes- tant Churches inthis country, Itis the first instance in which the Papal See has directly launched its thunders against this country. It is directed against all the various Societies—Bible, Tract, Home Missionary, and so on, which have been or- ganized by the Protestants. It will circulate all over the country, be denounced and declaimed against in all the pulpits from Maine to Florida, and at the anniversaries next year, will be made to infuse new spirit into the crowds at the Tabernacle, stirring up the fires of religious zeal—and more ime portant, adding thousands to the Treasury of the Societies. The tone and spirit of this papal epistle is, from beginning to end, intolerant and arrogant. It is exactly like what Bishop Hughes would write, if he dared to speak out here. The abuse of Luther and Calvin is quite characteristic. There, in- deed, the old spirit which whitened the mountains of Piedmont with the bones of martyrs to their faith, lives and utters its de- moniac voice. What can possibly be more ar- rogant than the claim here set up to dictate the faith of mankind—to interdict the sacred writings, and to interfere with the operations of rival sects What would the world be ia this yearot our Lord serenade, cordingly. Paris. stitutionnel, Astor. irre ove thousand eight hundred and forty-four had the Reformation not taken place,—had the barriers \ which for ages had impeded the progress of free in Taearen quiry, remained—had the mind of Christendom stil) contioued ander the blasting influence of aue: western flouds. siastical despotism,which permitted noone tothink ! Tt is quite too late in the day now for his Holi- ness to attempt such impudent dictation, And we are pretty confident that by a great body of the in-| ‘Tux Horresr.—Yesterday was the hottest day telligent Catholics of this country, upon whom our | of the season scenes of priestly intrs oid world have been THIRD EDITION READY. || jiverty and human happiness The sermon has been the subject of a good deal of conversation, having treated pretty freely of the political aspect of things in general—of men and manners—of the age and body of the ' The principal topic was the right Ia consequence of the great press of interesting | of cjtizenship—and a change in the naturalization matter, we are obliged again to resort to the publi- laws, for which measure he is an advocate. cation of a Sypplement, which will be this morning | 4 term of twenty-one years he thought a pro- delivered gratis to all our city subscribers. per period of probation for foreigners before News for Europe. they become invested with the franchise—a privi- This afternoon, at 44 o'clock, the letter bags of | lege so important that it should be guarded with In his other remarks, which, upon Tnat steam packet will leave Boston to-morrow | the whole, were characterized with liberality of noon for Halifaxand Liverpool. sentiment, there was nothing particularly deserving We shall, therefore, as usual, issue an Extra | of comment, except his complimentary notice ot Herald at three o’clock, with the latest intelligence | the military body in general, and of the manner in of a political, financial, fashionable nature, from | which they conducted themselves in the late ardu- all parts of this great continent. ous and trying circumstances in Philadelphia. n wrappers, and also the Illustra-| The freedom with which these matters were dis- ted Weekly Herald of Saturday, can be had at the | cussed in the pulpit, gave a hue of novelty to the desk. discourse, to which, very likely, the attention of public opinion may be further directed. We shall Another, an amateur slees and catches. Mr. Featnerstonnavea anp Mr. Cray.—The former person in his recent work on ‘ America and the Americans,” which has been go severely censured by all the journals throughout the length and breadth of the land—as a gross libel upon the country—strongly recommends Mr. Henry Clay for the office of President at the next election. No doubt, the friends of the latter will be very thank ful for this recommendation, and appreciate it ac New Woxx—“ Tug Wanper- extraordinary work—one of the most characteristic and wildest creations of Sue’s zenius, has been purchased by the enterprising Winchester of this city, for the sum of fifteen thou- saud francs, and the first number will be issued by him two weeks in advance of the publication in Evcens Sur’s ine Jew.”—Th Sue received for this novel one hundred thou sand francs from M. Verm, the editor of the Con It is a singularly exciting book, and s destined to meet a sale here, even exceeding that of the * Mysteries of Paris” The first number will appear cowards the end of next week. Ivcreasep Travet to Evrore.—We are glad to learn that the five packet ship Mentezuma, Capt. Lowber, will sail te-morrow for Liverpool, nearly, i not quite, fuli of first class passengers; and this, oo, notwithstanding the steamships. The fact is, hat the difference in the length of the time of pas- sage to England in our fast sailing packets and the steamers 1s so small, that many preter going in a beautival and quiet ship to a noisy steam packet, Hence the great nuiaber that go in the ships. It is said that the Great Western is rapidly filling She is the favorite of all steam ships, and her new captain, Matthews, is universally esteemed. up with passengers. Muurary Movements.—The Boston City Greys, Capt. Newell A. Thompson, will visit this city this week en route to Philadelphia and Baltimore, accompanied by Kendall’s ceiebrated Brass Band. They will arrive to-morrow morning by the six o’clock boat. During’their stay in this city they will be the guests of one of our'crack corps,theFusileere, Capt. Cazneau, with whom they will partake of a breakfast on arrival at the Battery Hotel, and be reviewed by the Mayor. invitation of Gen. Storms visit the Arsenal, and at half past four P. M., partake of a dinner at the U 3. Hotel. In the evening they will visit Niblo’s. During their stay here they will quarter at the They will afterwards by % have papers trom New Orleans of the 6th inst. They give returns confirming the whig triumph which we mentioned yesterday. According toall present accounts there are two whig and two democratic members to Con- aress elected and a clear whig majority in the le- sislature and convention, sional members were all democrats. ZLouisiana FE Last year the Congres- Beacon Course, Honoxen —It isannounced that 1 trotting match, for $1750, three mile heats, in which either horse may go in harness or under the saddle, is to come off over the ground on Saturday the 20th instant, between Columbus and Sir Wil- iam. A second match on Sir William against Jersey Blue, has also been made to come off on he same course, on the same terms. These will certainly be two of as good matches, barring accident, as have come off this season ; ind a purse of $100 is also offered for a pacing match, tocome off on the 3ist; and it isin con- templation to have a hurdle race over the same ground in September next. tor of this Course deserves every credit for the de- sire he evinces to provide good sport. The spirited proprie- Hor Weatuer anp 11s Errects.—On the 5th inst. the mercury rose to 96 deg. in the coolest places in New Orleans. Six persons received each coup de soleil and died instantly. On the same day six persons died in Cincinnati from the effects of drinking cold water when overheated. @Saratoca Sprtnes.—There have arrived at this ‘ashionable watering place, principally at the Union Hotel, between the 3d and the 11th instant, 1480 persons. Dr. Lardner is expected to deliver a series flectures and to exhibit his unrivalled apparatus a that village in a short time. ov Goop News —One of the members ed to the legislature in Louisiana, sadden- don hearing of his return 0s Los s estimated that property orth at least $15,000,000 was lost in the recent Mors. on Arrairs.—There were no later advicet received from the Mormons by yesterday’s mail. EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTS, | 2 ore to propagate the Christien uae EMANATING FROM yee ee 7 ee of eeue juefin erder HIS HOLINESS THE POPE AND EX-GOVERNOR SEWARD, Circular Letter from His Holiness the Pope —To all Putriarchs, Primates, Archbish- ops ond Bishops, Venerable Brothers, health and greeting Apos- tolical—Amongst the many attempts which the enemics of Catholicism, under whatever denomi- nation they ay appear, are daily making in our e, to seduce the truly taithiui, and deprive them the holy instructions of the faith (les saints en- seignemens de la foi), the efforts of those Bible societies are conspicuous, which, originally estab- lished in England, and propagated throughout the universe, jabor everywhere to disseminate the books of the Holy Scriptures, translated into tne vulgar tongue ; consign them to the private inter- pretation of each, alike amongst Christians and amongst infidels; continue what St. Jerome for- merly complained of—pretending to popularise the holy pages, and render them intelligible, without the aid of any interpreter, to persons of every con- dition, to the most, loquacious woman, to the light-headed old man (viellard dilerant), to the wordly caviller (verbeux sophiste), to all, in short, and even by an absurdity 4S great as unheard of, to the most hardened infidels. You are but too well aware, my reverend breth- ren, to what the efforts ot these societies tend. You know what is revealed in the Holy Scriptures, and what is the advice of St. Peter, the Prince o: the Apos' / After having quoted the Epistles of St. Paul— they contain, says he, many things hard to be un- derstood, which they that are unlearned and un- stable wrest, as they do also the other Scriptures, unto their own destruction. Then you know what he adds:—Ye, therefore, beloved, seeing you know these things, beware lest ye also. being led away with the error of the wicked, fall trom your own steadfastness, 2d Peter, c. iit. v. 16, 17. You see what waseven in the earliest times of the Church the appropriate artifices of heritics; and how, discarding divine tradition and Cutholic en- lightenment, they already strove to either material. ly interpolate the sacred text or to corrupt its true interpretation. You are also aware with whut cau- tion and wisdom the words of the Lord ought to be translated into another tonene and yet nothing is more common than to gee these versions multi- plied, to admit, either through imprudence or malice, the grave errors of so many interpreters— errors which dissemble too frequently, by their mul- tiplicity and variety, to the misery of souls. So tar as these societies are concerned, it matters little whether those who read the holy books, translated into vulgar language, fall irto this or that error.— They only care audaciously to stimulate all to a private interpretation of the divine oracles, to in- spire contempt for divine traditions, which the Catholic Church preserves upon the authority of the holy fathers—in a word, to cause them to reject even the authority of the Church herself. This is the reason why the Bible societies cure not to ca- lumniate her (the Church) and the august throne of St. Peter, as if she had wished for ages to de- prive the faithful of the knowledge of the holy books, when the most forcible evidence will prove the immemorial and particular care which the Sov- ereign Pontifiseven down to the most modern times, and ia conjunction with their Catholic pas- tors, have taken to ground the people in the Word of God, whether written or delivered by tradition. In the first place, it is known that, by the decrees of the Holy Council of Trent, bishops are enjoined to see that the Holy Scriptures and Divine Laws be more frequently taught in theirdioceses. Itis known that,even exceeding the prescriptions ef the Council of Latern (1215), the Council of Trent recommends that there should be in the several cathedral churches and collegiates of the towns and cantons a stipend provided for a Doctor of Divinity, and that none should be appointed to that office, but a man fu'ly competent to teach and expound the Holy Scripture. It is known how frequently, in the pro- vineial councils which followed this prebendary, founded upon the decree of the Council of Trent, was mentioned, and how often the instructions which the canon entrusted with this oflice should deliver to the clergy and people, were taken into consideration, = ¢ The same disposition (to instruct the people in the Word of God) was sepecilly Chars le in the Council of Rome in the year I’ to which our predecessor, Benedict XiII., of happy memory, ummoned not only all the Prelatee of the Romish Church, but even a great number of Archbishops, Bishops, and other ordinaries immediately subject to the Holy See. The same desire animated the itoman Pontiff of whom we have been speaking, ‘a the various edicts which he issued and address ed to all the Bishops of Italy and the neighboring islands. In short, you yourseives, my venerable orethero, who are in the habit of forwarding to the Holy See, at stated intervals, everythingcalculated to interest religion—you know, by the repeated an- swers which our Congregational Council has returned either to yourseives or your predecessors, how much the Holy Romish Church rejoices, in concert with the Bishops, when they have in their dioceses theologians who acquit themselves with honor their duty in expounding the Holy Booka, and that she neglects no opporiuaity of encouraging and supporting them. But, to return to Bibles translated into the vulgar tongue; it is long since pastors found themselves necessitated to turn their attention particularly to the versiens current at secret conventicles, ard whic!: heretics labored, at great expense, to dis- seminate, : Hence the sebrtelt and decrees of our predeces- sor Innocent I!I., of happy memory, on the subject of lay societies und meetings of women, who had assembled themselves in the diocese of Metz for objects ‘ot piety and the study of the Holy Scrip- tures. Hence the prohibitions which subsequent- ly eipesied in France and Spain, during the six- (eenth century, with respect to the vulgar Bible (re- lativement aux Bibles vulgaires). It became ne- cessary subsequently to take even greater precau- tions, When the pretended Reformers, Luther and Calvin, daring, by a multiplicity and incredible va- riety of errors, to attack the immutable doctrine of the Faith, omitted nothing in order to seduce the faithful by their false interpretations and trans- lations into the vernacular tongue, which the then novel invention pi peniia: contributed more rapid- ly to propagate and multiply. Whence it was ge- nerally laid down in the regulations dictated by the Fathers, adopted by the Council of Trent, ana approved by our predecessor Pius VilI., of happy memory, and which (regulations) are prefixed to the list of prohibited books, that the reading of the Holy Bible translated into the vulgar tongue, should not be permitted except to these to whom it might be deemed necessary to confirm inthe faith and piety. Subsequently, when heretics still persisted in their frauds, it became necessary for Benedict XIV. to superadd the injunction that no versione whatevershould be svflered to be read but those which should be approved of by the Holy See, ac- companied by notes derived from the writings of the Holy Fathers, or other learned and Catholic authors, Notwithstanding this, some new sectari- ans of the school of Jansenius, after the example of the Lutherans and Calvinists, feared not to blame these justifiable precautions of the Apostoli- cal See, as il the reading of the Holy books had been at all times, and for all the faithful, useful, che ‘60 indispensible that no authority could as- sail it. But we find this audacious assertion of the sect of Jansenius withered by the most rigorous cen- sures in the solemn sentence which was pro- nounced against their doctrine, with the assent of the whole Catholic universe, by two sovereign pontifis of modern times, Clement XI., in his wn- ingenitus constitution of the year 1713, and Pius MAR in his constitution auctorem fidei, of the year 1794. Consequently, even before the establishment of Bible societies was thought of, thedecrees of the Church, which we have quoted, were intended to guard the faithful against the frauds of heretics who clouk themselves under the specious pretext that it is necessary to propagate and render common the study of the holy books. Since then our predecessor, Pius VII, of glorious memory, observing the machinations of these societies to increase under his pontificate, gid not cease to oppose their effo time through the medium of the apostolical n another by letters and decrees, emanating from the ral congregations of cardinals of the Holy Church, and at another by the two pontifical letters addressed to the Bish op of Gnesen and the Archbishop of Mobilif. After him, another of our holy predecessors, Leo XII, reproved the operations of the Bible societies, by his circulars address. ed to all the Catholic pastors in the universe, under date May 5, 1924 Shortly afterwards, our immediate prede- cessor, Pius VIII, of happy memory, confirmed their con: demnation by his circular letter of May 24, 1829. We, in short, who succeed them, notwithstanding our great un- worthiness, have not ceased to be solicitous on this sub- ject, end have especially studied to bring to the recollec- ‘ton of the faithful the several rules which have been successively laid down with regard to the vulgar versions of the holy books. We have good cause, however, to rejoice, venerable brethren, inasmuch as supported by your piety, and con firmed by the letters of our several. predecessora, which ve have referred to, you have never neglected to caution he flock which has heen entrasted to you against the in lic priest, who, with the missiea of the See, amongst the unfaithful rye no fatig: bin £ cooquer new children for the Church, either by preach- ing the divine word or by administering the sacraments— alwe)s prepared, at all events, to shed his blood for the Suivucion of sousand the testimony of the faith, Amongst the sectarians of whom we are speaking, deceived in their hopes, and in deepair at the immense sums which the pub- lication of their Bibles costs them, without producing any fruit, some have been found, who, giving another tion to their man@uvres, have betaken themselves to the own capital. Indeed, many precise advices and docu- ments teach us that a vast number ot members of sects in New York, in America, at one of their he on the 4th of June last year, have formed a new associvtiun, which will take mame of the Christian League (Federis Christlani,) a league com; of individuels of pe Bog at and which is to further increased in numbers by’ other auxiliery societies, all having the same object—viz., to propagate amongst Italians, and es- pecially Romans," the principles ‘of Christian liberty,” or, rather, an insane indifference to all religion. These, indeed, confesa that the Romen institutions, as well as Ktalian, hed in bygone times so much influence that no thing great was done in the world but had its origin in onr august city. Not that they ascribe the fact tothe Pon tifical See, which was then founded by the disposition of God Linsey, Dae sagt to some connie of the Roman wer, subsequently usurped, as they say, to our prede- pesnor who succeeded to that wer, < bi ‘This is why, determined to afford to auipeenie “liberty of conscience” (or rather, it should be said, liberty to err), from which, according to their theory, must flow as from an inexhaustible source, public Prosperity end political liberty, think they should before all things win over the inhebitants of Rome and Italy, in order to avail them selves after of their example and aid in regard to other countries. They hope to obtain this result easily by favor of the Italians scattered over the world. They flatter them- selves that on returning in large numbers to their conn. try, and bearing with them whether the exaltation of novelty, Lesh ag of manners, or the excitement oi want, they would hardly hesitate to affiliate themselves to the League, and at least second it through venality. This society strains every nerve to introduce among them by means of individuals collected from all parts, corrupt and vulgar Bibles, ana to scatter them secretly amongst the faithful At the same time their intention is to disseminate worse books still, or tracts designed to with- draw from the minds of their readers all respect for the Church and the oe Bee. These books and tracts have been composed in Italian, or translated into Ital » With the aid of Italians them- these books should be particularly aelves 5 cited * The History of the Reformation,” by Merle d’Au- bigne; and ‘‘ Calendar of the Reformation in Italy” ¢ Fos. tes do la Reforme en Italie,” by Jean Cric. As for the character of these works it is suificient to know that, ac- cording to the records of the society of which we are apeaking, the commissien entrusted with the choice of books for publication cannot count upon more than one individual beionging to one and the same religious belief. Scarcely were we made oware of these tacts, but we were profoundly grieved on reilecting upon the danger which threatened not only remct: countries, but the very centre of unity itself; and we have been snxious to defend religion against the like mananvres. Al though there be no reason to appre! the destruction of St. Peter’s See at any time,:in which the Lord our God has placed the immovable foundationot his Church, yet we are bound to maintam its authority. The holy duties of our apostolic ministry remind us oi the awful ac count which the Sovereign Prince of Shepherds will ex. act of us for the growing tares which an (eat es hand may have sown in the Lord’s field during onr sleep. and for the sheep which are entrusted tous, ifany perish through our fault. Wherefor ving consulted some of the Cardinals of the Holy Romish Church, after having duly exi "1 with them everything and Jistened to their advice, we have decided, venerable brothers, on addressing you this letter, by. which we again condemn the Bible societies, reproved long ago by our predecessors, and by virtue of the supreme Cheap ofour apostleship, we reprove by name andjcondemn the aforesaid society called the Chris. tian League, formed last year at New York; it together with every other society associated with it, or which may become so. Let all know then the enormity of the sn against God and his Church which they are guilty of who dare to as- sociate fthemselves fwith any of these societies, or abet them in any Way. Moreover, we confirm and renew the decrees recited above, delivered in former times by apos- tolic authority against the publication, distribution, read- ing, and possession of books of the Holy Scriptures trans- lated into the vulgartongne. With reference to the works of whatsoever writer, we call to mind the observance o! the general rules and decrees ef our predect te prefixed to the indea of prohibited book: invite the faithful to be upon their gnard, not only against the books named in the index, but also against those pre- scribed in the general prescriptions, As for yourselves, my venerable brethren, called as you are to divide our solicitude, we recommend you earnestly in the Lord te announce and proclaim, in convenient time ond place, to they people confided to your care, these Apostolic orders, and to labor carefully to separate the faithful sheep from the contagion of the Christian League; ‘rom thoce who have become its auxiliaries no less than those who beiong to other B who have any communication with them. You ere con- sequently enjoined to remove from the hands of the faith ful alike the Bibles in the eh ee tongue which may have been printed contrary to the decrees above mentioned of the Sovereign Pontifls, and every book proscribed and conéemned,and to sce that they learn,through your admo nition and suthority, what pasturages are salutary and what pernicious and mortal. Be more careful every day to see, my venerable bro- thers, that the Divine Word be preached not only by yourselves, but also by the various other pastors and Com. petent eccleriastics in each diocese, Wutch attentively over those who are appointed to expound the Holy Scrip- tures, to sce that they acqnit themselves faithtully, ac- sording to the cspacity of their hearers, and that they lare not, under uny pretext whatever, interpret or ex- olain the holy pages contrary to the tradition of the Holy Fathers, ani to the service of the Catholic Church. Finally, as it is the part ‘of a good Shepherd not only to protect and feed the sheep which follow him, but also to seek and bring home to the fold those which wander from it, it becomer an undivided obligation on your part and on ours to use all our endeavors to the ends that whoever may have allowed himself to be seduced by sectarians ind propagators of evil books, may admit, under the in fluence of Divine Grace, the heniousness of his fault, and strive to expiate it by the atoning works of asalutary re- pentance, Weare bound not to exclude from our sacerdotal solici- ‘de the seducersof our erring brethren, nor even the chief masters of impiety, whose salvation we should seek by every possible means, although their iniquity be far greater, Moreover, venerable brothers, we recommend the ut- most watchtulnesa over the insidious measures and at- ‘tempts of the Christian League, to those who, raised to he dignity of your order, are culled to govern ‘the Italian churches, or the countries which Italians frequent most commonly, especially the frontiers and poris whence travellers enter Italy. As these are the points on which the sectarians have fixed to commence the realization of their projects, it is highly necessary that the Bishops of those places should ey fasist each other, zealously and faithfully, inorder, with the aid of God, to discover and prevent their machinations. Let us not doubt but your exertions, added to our own, will be seconded by the civil authorities, and especially by the most influential sovere'gns of Italy, no less by ceason of their favorable regard for the Catholic religion, chan that they plainly percer how much it concern+ them to frustrate these sectarian combinations. Indeed it is most evident from past experience, that there are no means more certain of rendering the people disobedient to heir princes than rendering them indifferent to religion, under the mask of religious sWsery ‘The members of the ChristianLeague do not conceal this fact from themselves. although they declare that they are far from wishing to excite disorder ; but they, notwithstanding, avow that, once liberty of interpretation obtained, and with it what they term ee, of conscience amongst Italians, these last will naturally soon acquire political liberty. But, above all, venerable brothers, let us elevate our hands to heaven, and commit to God, with all humility ind the fervor of which we are susceptible, our cause, he cause of the whole flock of Jesus Christ and of hi: Shurch, Let ut, at the same time, recur to the interces sion of St Peter, the Prince of the Apostles, as also to that of the other saints, especially to the Blessed Virgin Mai to whom it m given to destroy all the heresi the universe. We conclnde with giving you with our whole heart, and asa pledge of our most ardent charity, the Apostolic hlessii to you all, our venerable brethren, andto the ete ike ecclesiastic and lay, committed to your ju- risdiction iven at Rome from the basilic of {St. Peter, on the Sth of May, ef the year 1844, and the fourteenth of our Portifi- cate. (Signed) GREGORY XVI, 8. P. Repeal in Utica—Ex-Governor Seward’s Speech. [From the New York Tribune.) Hon, WV, H. Sewarp having been in attendance at the Courts now sitting in Utica, the friends of Repeal conceived it an opportune time to respect- fully invite him to address a public meeting at thir critical juncture of Irish affairs, Ladivs and Gentlemen:—You have assembled un- der a notice addressed to you as Repealers, but | think I may safely address you by the title of Fel- low-Citizens. I regret that it is my firet duty to an- nounce to so vast an assemblage, that it is my pur- pose to disappoint their reasonable expectations.— You have come here to listen to an oration for Re- peal. Itfrequently happens that the highest and aoblest cause is impaired by the indiscreet ardor of its advocates. So it is now and here in regard to the Revolution in Ireland. It involves more bene- fit and more of hope for the human race than any other cause which now engages the attention of the civilized world, except one, and thatis the emancipation of that large portion of the human family degraded into domestic as well as political slavery. Every American concedes that the in- tense interest felt and manifested in favor of the Repeal of the act of Union by the People of Ire- ‘and and their brethren here is natural and right.— But a suspicion of insincerity follows the native »vorn American citizen, who betrays more than # ‘onventional and customary sympathy for the peo- ‘le of a land so remote, and with whom he is con- iected by none of the bonds of immediate con. sangninity. Advocacy that is suspected of insincerity lady any cause. Hence it is that, though received asa tiend of liberty in Lreland, | have not been among ts efficient advocates; 1 have never pleaded that anse with half the zeal or effort, that we are all ceustomed to put forth, even in support of mea- ures of mere administration at home. A letter vere and there drawn forth by inquiries that could sot be disallowed, constitute all my advocacy of (rish Repeal, except that by once or twice pre- iding at what were calied Repeal meetings I gave © the cause the sanction of my name and charac- ter, as does the respectable citizen in the chair on idious mancavres of the Bibleuocietios, solicituce {the Bishops, seconding with so much zeal the solicitude if onr Holy See, hae been blessed by the Lord. Already ve alimsredten: Crtholics who bad mone over to these ier, ex lightened at last as to their ejects, have sepe rived themselves from them forever, and the remainder of the faith(al, with very few exceptions, have escaped from rie sontag'on by which (hey wore threatened, The partisans of the Bible societies little doubted in heir pride but thut they could at least bring ever the un \ithful to the profession of Christianit: means of the sactod books translated into the vernacular tongue ; noreover they took care“to disseminate them by innu. merable copies, and to distribute them everywhere, even smongst (hose who wanted them not, at the hands of their missionaries, or, rather, their emissaries. But the men the present occasion. And yet the unmoved masses around me, have marked even this cautious sympa- thy as exceeding the bounds of moderation. Irish- born citizens of Utica! such considerations as these induced me to decline the henor of mee you @ year ago—then the revolution in Ire} Seemed to be advancing rapidly und surely to w succeseful and glorious consummation. “ American people held or seemed to hold their adopted brethren born in Ireland ia due respect and consideration. You and your country had ed- vocates, defenders and orators enough and But a reaction has come which has cover- ed you with contusion and sadness. ‘ithin a few menths a portion of the American community, men, women and,children, were com- pelled by American citizens to flee dwellings in the ni the woods and fi the | through sir Goy,to pablish thin morning scm« thin corruption of minds, not only in Italy but even in our | Spare. ht-time, and found iheir way to 3 ds by the light of the flames which consumed not only their Gwelling-, but also their churcl es and ‘he offence was that they ort!.eir an- cestors were born in Ireland, and that they wor- r to the creed and ritual of tha Koman Catholic Church—and this has hapyen- ed in the city that was founded by Wm. Penn, and endowed by Benjamin Frank lin—in the city where the Declaration of American Independence w: promulgated, and where the American Constitu- tion was establish ; The great wrongs, the outbreak of long cherish- ed religious and political intolerance, were not its most feariul and alarming incident. Emboldened by popular forbearance, the spirit of proscription has approached Congress with a demand for the tull disfranchisement in Ameri bom on the American soil. I say disfranchise- ment—for twenty-one years’ residence as a con tion of naturaiization, would be virtual distran- d God accordin of ail men not Exiles of Ireland for freedom and for conscience sake, you are justly alarmed and aggrieved by such wrongs in the land to which you were invited as an imultaneous with these misfortunes here, the re- volution in your own country has been arrested— the mass meetings which demonstrated the univer- sal uprising of Ireland, and gave such hopes of her i ‘iven place to subdued and erings around the | Four Courts where ner champions have been on trial for devotion to her cause. And O’onnell, the Wash ington of Ireland, is condemned and incarcerated within the walls of a. prison. r sympathy which cheered you a year ago is heard jets for oppression and in- jugation of Ireland, speedy restoration have anxious but fearful gat! The obstreperous no more, and the apoli tolerance rejoice over the su 0 and over the desolation cf Irishmen in America. ] obey your summons now because now you need sympathy, encouragement and asristance. not however to plead your cause, for if I could plead it with the eloquence of O’Connell, or of Shiel, or of Smith O’Brien, it would be unnecessary and unavailing. Those whom discussi2n could con- vince are convinced already, convinced by sympa- thies and affections which are irrepressible. ‘Those who remain unconvinced can only be made the friends. of Ireland and Irishmen by witnessing firmness, fidelity and putriotism of the ave not heard the Joud and deep tuned n the Philadelphia wrongs, and upon. the re- British oppression which I expected from the and from the leaders of mind in America Icome here free) countrymen, and if my voice cou rones, to declare before Pri Powers, that the injuries .nflicted upon Irishmen in Amer. ‘ea flagrant violation of Law—of the Constitution— of Liberty, andof Humanity. I know indeed what this Jeclaration costs. It may indeed give comfort to the poor awaken feelings of kindness to bosom, but it will offend very many of I desire the respect and regard of my own countrymen, but I would rather have of one desponding and oppressed fellow- man, than the suflasge of the whole American People giv- om to me in consideration of denying any true principle of Free Government, or repressing eny impulse of hu- Therefore, in this hour of tris my own countrymen. They tell us that an Irishman or Irishmen fired upon American citizens lawfully assembled and peaceably en- cussion of subjects affecting the public ter how offensive might have been the conduct of that assemblage or.low unjust, or how irrita i Irishman @id thus i Bi rican citizens, I disavow him over to the Jaw and to public execration, for he has committed an unpardonable offence against the law and liberty. Bunt the accusation is denied, They are the strong who accuse the weak—the victor who upbraid the sonquered—the incendiaries who revile the sufferers ; therefore, I wait for the proofs, and suspend my jndgment upon the accusation. But grant that an Irishman or Irishmen did commit this great offence—how can it palliatethe guilt of the retalia- tion? Women and children and ministers of religion were hunted from their burning dwellings and churches ‘ital or the Altar excite to vio- women and children who fired as an excuse for the Native American e these crimes were committed, that the Roman Catholics of Philedelphia and New York en- teavored, though by constitutional meena, to exc!ude the Bible from the Public Schools. plea can bear upo: PO) at But they tell u Party, in whose I know not how such o nthe issue. But I affirm thut on this subject l have ample knowledge and information, and 1 leclare and testify before my country. and the worl the charge is unjnst to the Roman Catholics and is and calumnious. But why agitate these painful subjects? Because they the rights and security of aa im portant portion of the American family and’ ultimately rightsimportant to the whole American people and to involve immediate]; The Declaration of American Independence asserts that all men are free and equal, and have inalienable ri Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ursuit of happiness involve the right of free ‘These rights are sacred under the Consti- ‘ution and Lawa, by the power of suffrage, and not other- wise. No matter then where @ man may have been born or how educated, how elevated or how degraded, unless by crime, wherever his lot is cast there he is and because a subject a member of the Civil Stat 1 condition of obedience to authority has aright to ex press his choice of those who make, and those w! ‘This universal rizht of suffrage is ac- knowledged by orr Constitution and Laws in regard to hose born in foreign lands, with no other conditions than xe of residence, morality and loyalty, recited in the vath preliminary to Naturalization. Hl this be not tru in invitation to de cute the Laws. the Declaration of Independenoe eand to betray mankind, ight of suffrage, invaluable to every citizen, is most ne- sary tu the indigent, ato his hands by society for his defence and protection against their own injustice and oppression, Tell me not at he was born in indigerce, and is debased by ignor- reasion, and by superstition. Grant it So much the more then do I demand for him the law- ‘al employment of the means of sifdefence and protec: tion which the Constitution has placed inhishande Tell ne notthat he does not know how to exercise his suffrag: Does he not know how to lift menace? How to strike back if you assnil him? There is an instinct which teaches this; and rringly teaches the Elector so to cast his ballot as to pre serve hia own domestic, social and political position — For his own happiness, and for the security and peace of society,1 would indeed,wishjhim educated and instructed. ind therefore I would render knowledge suffrage, But I would not stipulate for the knowledge uw Even Despotism might consen' le of Democracy with such a reservation. } nown that State where the power was given hat knowledge did not soon follow. 1 have never known he country where, if the power was withheld, lodge was ever obtained ‘These are the princip! winciples, by which Libert: ‘arth, You may hold the 8! It is the weapon put ince, and by 0 hat instinct un- as universal ay \condition of suffrage. can be extended over the we in bondage, domestic and ‘ou can, bnt let me put the ballot in his hand, all see him speedily rise to freedom, to know. ledge and to happiness. fellow citizens, that this is a question which interests or concerns only the voluntary citizen.— Che work of disfranchisement once effectually begun. would not cease with the debasement of one clars or con- lition of men ; other clasres would follow, and Oligarchy he succeeted by Despo' nen who favor this disfranchisement tell us how they ex pect to secure the subordination of the disfranc! slasses. ‘They cannot be expelled—they must incre: they incrense by virtue of the irresistible and unchang ‘They cannot be degraded to domestic avery, and uniess so degraded, they cannot be held in subjection to authority, except 'in one of two ways, b their own voluntary consent, or by militar: 4tanding armies no man dare de‘end—divfrancl Me laws of God. reland ia the result of the same principles adopted by the people of thet country as the remedy for evils long endured and now intolerable. our judgment a mere restoration of the ancient Irish Par- liament, subordinate to the royal power might be on inad and it might not work har noniously with the British constitntion. We have no ions. The movement of the jonality and freedom. Their , must define the object and the manner, an‘ If they aim too high they need vur sympathy that they may reach the attainable ele- vation. If they aim too low, our sympathy may well br that as circumstances shall favor they may ultimately pats the bounds now assigned, and reach the perfection of national freedom. We need not prove the wrongs of Ireland. They ere written on the care worn brows and in the stoopiny and meek and humble demeanor of her sons and tera, received famong ourselves, poptilated by prosperity, and prosperity never humbles 9 people as these are humbled! We ni people of Ireland are incapable of self-government. I vert this isto deny our own Constitution The’ proved that they could do what no other People have Jone—reclaim themselves from notional vices and contro) themaelves with moderation in the very excitement of po- But I declared | would not arg ood heart, then, m: sctions are as unavoidable in the moral worl the storm follows the culm, and the sun br rer the darkest night. qual conflict with Knowledge, and Bens enjoys uninterrupted your cause in Ameri quate security for lihert responsibility on there q irieh people ‘is towards fs, not end of the Revolution. rendered in the ho) Nations are never de- not fear that the litical revolution. sause of Repeal. Ignorance main' 0) ress, Take conrage then for for the cause of your country \c home ; O’Connell is clothed » y the sympathies of man ind with new might in his misforunes, and his yoic: acquire the velocity and the power of electrici’y ir » passage throngh the b 1 People will be generous to the exile uffered injustice at ther hands. The ruins of St. Angus rave cf religious and political ntole- is reod inthe fearfnl incoription that crumbling walls of that temple, ci emaina undefuc ‘Tue Lonp Seetn.” Onio Riven.—At Wheeling, on Thursday las', there were ten feet of water in the channel of the river— (illing. At Pittsburgh, on the same , the river had six and a half feet of water in the ¢ City Intelligence, Polleé.—Jert 14.—Anoriten Muavai.A woman named Sarah Smith, of 189 Leon: treet, was arrested ey, ona er By a kal men named John an wing, @ rag picker, on the head with as . An investigation wall be held. Buonzx.—We understand that the ‘ Aurora” intends, tive to an arrest illustrating the caption of thy cle. If so, they will violnte all those rules that go coufi- dential iniormativn and prevent the arrest of men loug practised in crime. Rowpvism.—Tue Porice.—Two druaken rowdies in passing through the Bowery on Saturday,about 6 o'clock, made a furious attack upon a young man who had been ies passing along the streets, and beat him severely, SiG jG eu antec eet ta copi ving & ena ey si off the passers by end obliging several Indies whe bat been walking along to seek refuge in the adjoining houses. When will we have an affective police torce to check this awful state of things? Coroner's Offices—Jutr 14.—A young man, named Charles H. Gage, yw of Thomas E. ‘was acci- dentally shot on the 4th of July, by a boy named George Young, from which wound “ tetanus” was’ produced which caused his death. Washington Monument Association. _Ameeting of the Washington Monument Asso~ ciation was held on_ Friday morning at the rooms of the American Institute, the Hon. Robt. H- Morris in the chair. _ “ , The committee appointed at a previous meeting to announce to the public, t ge of the act to authorize this association to receive the monies collected from the citizens, under an act passed in 1833, entitled “an act in com- memorstion of the services and in honor of the memory of General Washington,” reported that they had caused the act to be published in the daily papers, with a request that all persons having any funds in their hands collected under that act, wouid render an account and pay over the same to Mr. Grinnell, the treasurer of this association. That no notice had been taken of this announce- ment, except by one individual, who acknowledged to have in his hands about $700, and that the com- mittee believed that large sums of money remained in the hands of some of the former trustees, col- lectors, and agents of the prior corporation. ‘The report being accepted, General James Tallmadge stated to the meeting, that he was unwilling that this Association should proceed further in the prosecution of its objects until efficient meusures were taken to collect the funds raised by the for- mer Corporation, and wipe out the stigma of defal- catien and dishonor which attached to those who- had been engaged in this great undertaking, and had permitted the fands raised for this high and noble purpose to be apolted to their private uses.— That the community believed that, under the act of 1833, from thirty to fifty thousand dollars have been raised by the contributions of our citizens. That the Finance Committee, of which he was Chairman, upon the most diligent search and in- quiry, had been unable to discover more than two individuals who would admit the receipt of any of the monies so collected. | * That one of these individuals admitted that he had in his possession the sum ef $500, which he was ready and willing to pay over; avd the other the sum of $700, or thereabouts, which he was also ready to pay ; but ef all the rest of the large ely » hO correct information could be traced. Thathe deemed it absolutely necersary that co- ercive measures should be adopted to compel the discovery, under oath, of the amounts collected. ‘That the association and the individual trustees, were constantly assailed with inquiries as to these monies, and we have no doubt that as soon as this matterwas properly investigated, and the foul stain of peculation and defalcation was lad out, the community might be asaured that the business was aow in the hands of men who weuld not suffer such abuses—that the undertaking would be liber- ally sustained, and unless'this course were adopted, he would decline any further connection with the Peer: : : Gen. Tallmadge then stated some very interesting facts relative to the orgacization and present condi- tion of the Society of the Cincinnati, and expressed the belief that when the funds heretofore collected were recovered, and this Association had made such progressas would satisfy the public that their intentions would be carried into operation, the ‘und now held by the Society of the Cincinnati, would be by them appropriated to thisnoble tribute te the great man whom they so much venerated.— Gen. T. concluded an able address, of which this is f very brief sketch, by moving the following reso- lution :— Resolved, That the Finance Committe be au- thorised to cmoley counsel to enforce the law passed on the 7th May last for the recovery of the tunds collecies! vader the law of 1833, to commem-. orate the services and in honor of the memory of General Washington, and to cause the necessary application for that purpose to be made to the Vice hancellor of the First Cicuit, and to prosecute te seme without delay. ‘This recolution, after some remarks by several of the meiubers was unanimously adopted. The resignation of Mr. Nichoias Dean, as secre- tary, having been previously accepted, the Board proceeded to fill the vacancy, and Lenry Meigs, Esq., wes duly appointed. ‘The resignation of Mr. Dean, as one of the trus- tees, being also accepted, the Board proceeded to ballot for a trustee to fillthe vacancy, and the Hon. James Harper was unanimously elected. On motion of Mr. Cooper, it was, resolved, that the thanks of the association be presented to Mr. Dean, for his valuable and faithful services as sec- vetary of the association, and also as secretary of the finance committee. On motion of General Tallmadge, it was re- solved, that the Bye-Laws be amended, by adding the following article :— % If any trustee of this associatien shall be absent trom three successive regular meetings, unless pre- vented by sickness or absence from the city, the Board may, at its option, declare his office to be vacant, and proceed to fill up the vacancy. The tag after some unimportant business, then adjourned. Amusements. Nrsto’s Garpen.—The all admired ballet of the Revolt of the Harem, with its gorgeous Meio -plendid costumes, and rich appointments of every de- scription, continues to attract the most crowded houses of he season. Each night the Saloon is visited by hundreds of the strangers who are passing through the city, and by ul, the ente:tainments are received with unanimous ap- plause. We see, by theannouncement, that this popular hallet is repeated ‘to-night, and prognosticate another crowded and fashionable assemblage. READ WHAT SHERMAN’S LOZENGES HAVE. DONE.—A letter just received from Mr. Champlin, of Orient, L. 1, that Dr Sherman’s Li zenges are per- orming wonders among the people, and that the demand is increwsing every day. In many cases where the vhor Lozenges have been used for headache and nervous sttections they have produced immediate cures, and the Worm Lozenges have eradicated nore worms than any cemedy that has ever been known. He writes sor a lar sopply, 6nd states that my have never failed to saustection. How many t) and who could find relief by Ay bay | these celebrated L zenges. 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