or which they intended to
vote. Another characterized the Liberals as "a set of devils."
Archdeacon Denison, an octogenarian ecclesiastic, informed his audience
at a public meeting that they "might as well cheer for the devil as for
Mr. Gladstone."

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Mgr. Seghers, who, imbued with apostolic zeal and self-sacrifice,
resigned the archdiocese of Oregon, to dedicate himself to the
conversion of the Indians, has arrived at Vancouver Island, and has
already begun his holy work assisted by a party of devoted Belgian
missionaries.

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The decree for the introduction of the cause for the beatification and
canonization of Joan of Arc has been signed at last. The late Mgr.
Dupanloup labored hard in this affair, and doubtless the progress made
is partly owing to his unwearied efforts.

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A Scotch Colony is about being planted in Florida. A man named Tait is
the organizer of the projected settlement, and is expected to bring
fifty families with him from Glasgow. These are only the pioneers, and
it is expected that in two years one thousand families from Scotland
will be located in Florida. We welcome every industrious emigrant who
comes here to better his fortune, and hope the projected colony will be
a success. But we also hope they will be more patriotic than were the
Scotch in 1775, who raised the English flag at the Cross Roads in North
Carolina, and fought against American Independence.

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THE LATE VICTOR HUGO.--Very noble, and certainly very true, was the
appeal which Victor Hugo made for religious instruction in 1850: "God
will be found at the end of all. Let us not forget Him, and let us teach
Him to all. There would otherwise be no dignity in living, and it would
be better to die entirely. What soothes suffering, what sanctifies
labor, what makes man good, strong, wise, patient, benevolent, just, at
the same time humble and great, worthy of liberty, is to have before him
the perpetual vision of a better world, throwing its rays through the
darkness of this life. As regards myself, I believe profoundly in this
better world; and I declare it in this place to be a supreme certainty
of my soul. I wish, then, sincerely, or, to speak strongly, I wish
ardently for religious instruction."

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It is thought that the Parliame