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Joseph’s. Whilst so much,has heen done for the
education ‘of males, shall nothing be done for fe-
uiales who form.so interes and L important a por-
‘tion of the comm unit! e, in same degree,
ce we ‘have voeaived them of inter-
of the~ public concerns of the state 5
but ‘shall we deny them even the advantage of edu:
ion ? it generous to. refu
the efforts of these helpless f jer fevoales, who hay alrea-
it
ty,a great deal for c' charity, anda
at Mr. H. tr vv red t hat the Senate would not
bestte to pass the b
' Dr. d rose to spport ‘the iniotion ofthe, gon-
He had also to urge the grant
stitution in Washington
tleman from Nelson.
a charter to a similar in
county, culled | ettu. The nature of- the | instilu-
n hed | been. Gert ‘well explained by the last gentle-
man, with the exception of the tera
t
mistake he had applied to t ‘They
not Nuns. By Nun: s, Catholics Codeatind fem wiles!
devoted to-the_ cose of ie fel ious life by per:
yetual obligations. © The sisters of charity bind|y
Thomse Ives ‘fora yea only, at ‘the end of which, they
are perfect © retire e Institute and
anarry. They devote thomssl es i “fen male educa-
tion, and he p ne is ignorant of the ge-
‘oral neglect | that sins in fi this rega ard. -Yet noth:
ng is more importan society.” To ‘the ‘female
‘is entrust ted, th-care
anind even of our-own sex, Prejudices against Ca-
‘holies, exist a in the minds of . some eolighten-
“me: blamed ‘on this: account,
co onaidetiog the industry which has been used to dis-
uise Catholic prin neiples. It may be thought that
Catholics in temporal matters, as well as in spiritu-
under the control ofthe P.
ail wil give him soine influence © over the property
-of these ladies. vho . does not know that the
authority. which Catholics ai i
Pone, is spiritual ? ? The Irish Ca thties disclaimed
on cont all civil allegiance. Whoc e ignorant,
-that'when-the weak tyrant John taid his crown at
the feet of the Pope, ‘the Archbishop Langton at
we head of the English Barons’ wrung from the ty-
nt the great charter-of British libert y? fr ish
. ‘Catholics have. lately given.evidence of their good
dispositions towards other denor minations, © since
- they, w with O'Connell at their head,. (that wi onderful
«man who has shaken the British ‘kingdom n to its
1 “centre ») sought the reliefof Protestant Dissenters,
even before | Catholics themselves had obtained their] ,
3
ng
~
citizens, whether ‘called to -sit.in the Couneils
. their country, or to fight
eperil 2° The Catholic who should prove false to his
berties, Catholics enjoy the same
tizens, and I trust, ini thé Senate wil a
_ the just request now £
sti
“be: the ae a “second time, sod wee. carried by 3
Ir. then ved the vend 2
third reading be dispensed with. a nd the bill imme-
diately put on its passage, since its object was fully
under
to 4.
ud
ers
wiember -¥ whose name we did not learn, object-
_éd to the dispensa tion, as he wished ‘more accu-
rately to-. weigh the various clauses of the bill.
se and observed, that per haps some
~ might think the Bishop to be oderator ex-officio,
, Which is ‘not the case. The. present Bishop i is in-
L deed Moderator, but.on his demise, the, Trustees
are to choose the Moderator,: as they are also to
‘fill every occurring
* Mr. Maupia inquired whether, i in case of any lady
leaving the institution, she received ler property
‘: which.on her entrance she had even
eee had understood
as
-should-she do so, she was .in the
*- female donor, who, after:the age of 21, might make
0 4..
ie question 85 then put whether the en ‘should
and was by the same majc
eM Hardia then aed ‘that the act ineotpo-|
rate the Female literary and benevolent jnstitution
of Loretta, pasa-without reading, since itis litera
x
ry
o legis aid to} cond, ri
las
n Nuns, which
‘aod formation of the ‘young| Tho:
t her battles in the hour of|
de.
n was then put whether the bill should di
{Pag
case of any other!
. ‘01
_ dispensed “with, and was carried by a majority of
o& copy ofthe other, © with the exception of i
UNITED STATES CATHOLIC MISCELLANY.
‘VOL. IX.
*,
names of the. ‘Trustees, and the limitation of five: tensive, perlaps inferior to-few, even of those eéstab-
thousand dollars ri
mber objected, a
read. “The ion was
rene a second lime, and was carried—-yeas 31,
z
“Mr. Hardin moved fur a dispensetion of the see
eadin move for a.dispen
in the third reading, but the’ proviso authorizing the
Legisiature to modify or repeal the act, was want-
iug.
Mr Rudd stated, that its omission was a mero ore
of the Clerk, since a member. o the Hou
Representatives then present, testified its adoption
in that Mouse, as an amen
It-was then proposed.as- an amendment, and the
question being put, ‘it passed unanimously.
The question-was then put whether the bill “itself
Hale pass, and was carried by & majority of 31
te wou
° Ve ave boca furnished ‘with a copy of the acts
as they passe Touses, which w not con-
ven intl insert ‘this we They are verbally the
same; with the exception of the Trustees, of whom|
there’ are. seven, to each institution, including the
Modefater, Rt. Rev.. Bishop Flaget. ‘Th e Board
for Nazareth consists of John Baptist p
cis: Patrick Kenrick, Benjami
| Robertson, Catharine paiding, and Angela 8
rt Loretto are John Lancaster, Guy Ignati-y
avid Deparcy and three female mem-
ers of the Institution,
learned. J-Kontucky Western Herald. |
oem mermerrseommmn
Ke
‘Rom THE’ JEsuiT.]
The Auierican ‘Almanac and Repository f Use, seful
Knowledge for the year 1830, Boston, published
by Gray ‘and Bowen. -
The above work has just issued from the Pre
and is now Jor sale in this city, | It contains certain,
i much valuable information, and the reader will be
both instiveted and entertained by the. perusal of its
. able pains have undoubtedly been
taken ‘with macy y of its articles, some of which are
highly interesting and important; but we regret ex-| o!
tremely -that the same have pot been bestowed upon
all 5 for . we have long desired t ork of this
kind before the Public, which should be perfect and
complete in all its p uracy is all important
in compilations ofthis n nat ure | Sand whenever-a no-
table ct, or omission is discovered in any of the
ae where-the Compiler undertakes to present
them as complete, it must detract considerably from
their value and merit ; it must diminish also the con:
—we feel satisfied on the
contrary, that ‘his desire was. to collect the best infur-
ation on every subject. We are only sorry that he
d not apply for it,.in relation to Some matters; to
those me alone had it in their power to give his
the b
We ‘have been led to these romerit, ‘by observing
the Table of Colleges i in the United States, as exhi-
bited by him in page 226 of his Almanac, and which
is taken from the Journal ofthe American Education
Society ; and that of the 'Pheologica!l Seminaries, in
ge 228,.copied from as same Journ nal. Tow far}
the ‘information, afford ti
hat matter to e investigated by others,
assert only, o r part, that the number
Catholic Colleges, and of Roman Catholic Theolo-
gical Seminaries is far from being ‘complete in the
tables Prose ented. The Comp ter Pe in fact made
of one, viz: of Bt. ary’s College i in
ve shall. endeavour ‘ supply a. porti on
ond sha i
Rom
n-but
Balimee
of the o'
The frst i is the neglect to niention the Roman Ca-
tholic College i in Georgeto own, dD. C. which is and
for he
direction of the deservedly velgbrated Society of i
0
ether it should be};
on inanding such resource
whose names we have not
oft
ents and | Procoeds instea of ten. lishments which are-under the immediate patronage
and the facilities wien
offers to the aspirant in ihe attainment of an
ticular branch of knowledge, -to which the vat :
bent of his genius or future prospects in fife mo may le
bim, are surpassed by none. Surely a
es, and wi
some of our, best and most distinguished Statesinen,
and mest intelligent and useful members of society,
o have some tui taken of it in the table
ofthe Amotiess
je next Catholic College which we looked for
in ve in this Reposi tory of Useful Knowledge, is St.
| Joseph’s.College, in Bardstown, Kentue cky. ‘This
cage was also incdrporated by an Act of the Le-
ature of .Kentucky, in the year a8, by which
fe Faculty are authorized to confer ‘Academical
De egrees. The buildings are clegent. and sulliciént-
y spacious for the accommo of. undred
boarders. ihe cPulosophiea! Apparatustr the per-
|formance-of exper n Chemistry, Electricity,
&c. is one af the best ond: most completein the wes-
tern country. "The Professors uf the-Collegé are all
eminently dualificd to teach jhe respective branches
which they profe: and harm reign
throughout this well con ducted Institution, and t
community enjoys a at all times, almost utiinterrupted
dh - One hundred and fifty Students are at
this pease time progressing in "hein collegiate
ouute, in the same institution. Surely this also de-
se e some notice taken of it in the table
can Alm
next ‘Catholie, “College which we looked for
2 vain, is that of St. Louis. in the State of Missouri,
‘whieh was founded about ten years ago, by the first
Bish hop of that Diocess, the Right Rev: Wm. Du-
mB and which is, in like manner,’ provided with
rofessors, and at the present day, is in the
fal tie of successful operation with a library. con-
sisting. of the choicest collection of books, and every
thing which is calculated to attract.scholars, to me~
rit respect and insure durability. Should not such
an Institution likewise deserve a place in the table.
of he American Alm
for Religious is Betablisl bments—to enumer-
at tholie © Theological Seminaries
itted in his table, page
tive merits ofeach. We shall, therefore, advert to
the. principal énes only, and shall begin with men-
tioning St. Mary’ 8 Seminary, Baltim
This institution is the oldest Catholic Establish-
in tlie United States. of A:
i nd
t Rev. Dr. nee the first Arebbishop of
Baltimore, Sinc , it has sent
forth and continues stil to mend forth anawally, into
the vineyard of the Lord, anumber of active, learn-
ed and cealous labourers, ‘who scatter themselves i ins
every direction througe extensive. country,
cause the their voice to be heard even a-
mont the s savage children of the forest, and at Jast
compel th em stubborn necks to
the inild.yoke of the ‘Gospel. “t nie ys an exten-
e library, and all the advantages of a healthy cli-
inate. It is at present under t the. direction & the
v. Dr. Deluo'! able
-| professors to assist him in-the discharge Srhist im-
portant trust. Surely such an institution might
je have rbected to be placed in the table of the
n Al
=
The niexy in course is the Seminary of Mount St, :
‘Mary, near Emmitsburg, Frederick County, Mary?
‘and. This establis shment t was founded in the year
1809, and was at first intended only ag an ecclesias-
virtue the youth, destined to become one
terns of it, and Apostles of religion.
and pleasing ‘situation of the place, i
atound as far as the eye can
sts . This beautiful establishment was, Oy ‘an Act
of. Cobgress, May 1815; raised to.the rank .of an
University | -and, if an, ‘climate may de'f formed of its
n
in the various departme
of the languages whieh » xtre taugl
sient as modern, and the solidity ofits: general course
of instruction, we feel no hesitation in-saying, that
it holds a high and distinguished-place among the
learned institutions of this country. Its library is ex-
]
behold 3 an excellent
of
spring of purest water
which issues out of the
the
rock,. and supplies all the
duced
sides training op many '¢
ence, ‘it affo a useful eaplaoment to
clesiastics, who, ‘whilst t they ivere pursuing Bigher
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