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PIUS IX.
An Interview witli the
Holy Father.
liMii.irks of ills Holiness to a I
Herald Correspondent.
A VATICAN AUDIENCE SCENE, j
Appearance of the Venerable Head of
the Catholic Church. j
THE RAVAGES OF TIME, j
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Warm Expressions of Admiration tor the
New American Cardinal.
? ;
"Your Archbishop is a Wor
thy and Uoble Man."
ALWAYS PLEASED TO MEET AMERICANS.
The Departed. G-lories of Easter in
the Eternal City.
Poetical Pictures of Rome by j
Victor Scheffel.
THE GARDENS OF THE VATICAN.
.
i
A Pitiful Threat to Cut Off the j
"Water Supply.
A COJiYKBSATION WITH CARDINAL ANTONELLI
What the Papal Minister of State Thinks
of the Future of the Catholic
Church in America.
m INTEREST LN OUR CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION.
Hons, Harch 31, 1875.
Eome lias become a sad disappointment for
Eastrr pilgrims. Tho good people have pro
longed their Btav in Rome until after Holy
Week, expecting to see something of the
ancient Easter ceremonies to reward them for
the penance the pious of them undergo. But
Pop# Piua IX. still withdraws his presence
from the great public, and only celebrates
mass now and then in the Sistine chapel and
gives his customary audiences. The proces
sions to St. Peter's, the consecration of the
palms by the Pope, ore of the past, and Easter
Sunday passes over us like any commonplace
Sabbath. The many beautiful ceremonies
that usually fell on this day, the bearing of
His Holiness on his throne into St. Peter's, be
fore him borne tho two fang of ostrich feathers,
on his head the triple crown, symbolical of
the temporal and the spiritual dominion and
the unity of the two, are seen no more.
Neither the bells of St. Peter nor the
artillery of St Angelo raise their
chorus at the final celebration of
the resurrection. Victor Emmanuel now
runs the "girandola" or fireworks which
formerly took place from the Castle of St.
Angelo and later from Monte Pincio. The
Pontifical blessing of the crowd from the bal
cony of St Peter's is withheld, and will be,
of ocurse, so long as Roma is occupied by the
Italian government, or until a reconciliation
ia brought about with the new election.
THI IX)ST rOETUT OF EJSTEIL
Borne has lo6t all its Easter poetry to the
visitor. It is now a place simply for religious
penance, not of rejoicing and exultation.
The pictures of Botne by Victor Sebeffel are
no longer applicable, though pleasant and in
teresting to read. True, he describes the
Borne of some ages past; but his descriptions
held good till the present decade, when the
temporal domiulon was takon away from the
head of the Church. Now old Father Tiber
has no causa for excitcment about the vast
neas of the crowds hurrying over the bridge of
8t Angelo: ?
rbrougn tbe narrovr streets a human
nroug in festal garb ana spirit,
Hastened to t&e Vatican;
On St. Angelo mere scaroo was
Room to pas*, and eloowmg un cane
Dane Signort ia raeir spaQnn
Mantles, ant! perrnque and rapier,
Witu the dark Franciscan pater*
Came the brown-gar u?d capacities-?then
nomas Purgaers?uer* and there a
sunuurnt nerdnaaa irora tm neienbuting
Drear Campa#aa, and no reit an
Abuqat pr:<ie in an bis tatters;
and uiH.a/ toes% stepping UgHtljr,
came toe dart-etea Ksman num?m
lietyly rei.ed, put *tu; the jr?me conid
Hot conceal their Dei? glancing?
On. what ar? cue giowine <*unneams
J?'eu when oaugru tiy cQuqiuk a?a3tsr
in tue burning compared irith
1i??sa Or if at eresot daughters f
Poor seat&ed heart, on sroo my ueauagi
Ouyiy on toe cre*s* there flatter'd
0-' at. Hadrian's totna tbe standards
?ita I'^pai yeo'* insignia?
Mure aud t&e iwo i?tg crust
3n St. Peter's square toe loattuies
?prsn? anj foamed in raiuoow coiors,
Bi> lass lug o'er t;o urauue Usuoj.
xxviruaA uctanxcii.
Ii;o throng that gathered in St Peter's on
Easter Sunday morning was small, and com
poeadchiefly of unJovcut tonriata and Eng.
lish clergymen, who said that evon the beanti
tal singing of tha papal "KapeU^" waa
Hcpcittlitt." tb>w Ihfly attUdr M0Uml
these tight-throated gentry of the Gospel, im
bibing very gradually tho charms that finally
hold tbcrn bound ! And the new Cardinal
hopes to got them all over the fence eventu
ally, and to all appi ar. acts ho will get many.
Scbefl'el describes an Mister procession of the
past with pleasant strobes. The fcr.o German
l idy pilgrims ot iiin "I5uc?ler" have come to
the church and outer d
Great >t. Peter's holy i rennets,
Anil, nstoai i.cO, i/.mi upon the
Griiudeur ol t ? wontin us chnrcn, w lie re
Mortal? look sacii puny cr-atoroa.
In tlit* ccuiral iiis.e tho statue
Of Sc. Peter stood, anil many
Pilgrims ki-aei the loot, udormg.
Music swept throughout tue aisles, and
Tliroutrli toe side >l?or that ilotu lead oue
From tu^ Papu! palace came the
Holy Father, holding solemn
Entry into the Cathedral.
Stalwart schweizer halberdiers,
Aiarchinir, headed the procession,
Aud then followed the renowned
Singers of the Papal chapel.
Pautiug 'ueuth ilieir heavy burdens
Came toe choir buys, bearing with them
Ponderous folio books of music.
Followed violet Monsignortl
Then the al>bo:s au'l the prelates,
And tho canon of St. Peter's,
Pautiug wttto his weig&t ol body.
Tottering on his stall' taen came the
General of tno Capucines?a
Burden of lull ninet. years did /
Rest upon his aged shoulders,
Though he sti:i bore maiiy a youthful.
Daring plan beneath lus skuli-eap.
Willi Fraud-can paters from the
Convent Ara Civil came the
Prior irom Palaz/uola?
Looking down on take Aloana,
'Mid the siiauy woods that clothe the
Hid s of Monte Cavo, stands the
Pleasant convent where me heart may
Dream unharmed its playful lancies.
As tu thought he lollowed with the
ltich procession, and who knows why
E'en his murmers did not sound like
Prayers?out more as ll ho mutter'd:?
Fare theo well, Palazzuoia.
Followed, then, the tram elected?
Caidmais In purple raiment;
Then a train of cavaliers: witb
UU'.taria- swords, they marched in rank and
File. These were tue Guard of Nobles.
And 'he Po?- Himself approachod.
Seated ou the tin -tie In state the
Servants, eight, did bear him onward.
O'er bis bead the pages neld the
Brilliant :aa o: peacock's feathers.
Snow-white was nis linen J ice dies* ;
And lie raise ! his hand 10 bless the
people, who beut low oeiore him.
And St. P-tcr's dBher's ring blazed
Brightly in the slowing sunshine.
Soon the long procession baited
At the altar, aud the Pontiff
Held high mass and soleniu o'er the
Grave or the Apostia Peter.
Sweetly then the chant resounded,
Aud the aged princess-abbess
Prayed lu pious, calm devotion.
Cut lair v.argaretna raised her
Byes?she thought the music sounded
Like angelic strains?she wishe i to
Turn her gaze and thoughts, too,Heavenward;
But her eye was first attracted
To the singers' tope; she trembled,
For ainid the singers stood a
Stately mao with hair 01 blond, though
Still hall lud by marble ptilais.
And again sne glancld toward him,
Looked no more theu toward tho PonttS,
Nor the red-robed caraina.s, uor
At the nine-aa d-elgh!y lamps that
Hang above St. Peter'a tomo.
"Dreams long gone, why now return yet
Dreatrs Jong g : r, why do ye greet me
Here in these most sacred precinota f"
Then tue singers in procession
FJl'il by where the two were seated.
"Lord be gracious 1 Ileitis. Oh,
1 know wed the scar upon his
Brow. It la my long lose Werner I**
Margaretha's eyes gfaw misty?
Hear:, wny neatest titon so wildlyf*
And her limbs gave vray beneata her?
Fainting sank the lair young maidea
On tue cold hard floor of maroie.
THE BWI3S OCABD OP POETBT.
Bat stay. I did not intend to give you a
iove story?only a few poetical descriptions of
St Pater's, which I believowxll be new to you,
and lovo stories, even from Rome, uro not I
commenced tnia letter with the intention of
giving yoa some account of my aadience with
the Pope and my reception by Cardinal Anto
nelli, bat Victor Scliefful has led me astray.
I will, nevertheless, not re*1st the temptation
of giving you tho poet'a description of the
Swim Guard, who givo yoa greeting as you
enter the palace >?f the Popes: ?
In tbe Vatican's broad hallway,
'Neatu tbe ralguty colonnade*, the
Ha.berdier.-i or Sivtsslaod pactid.
tlotdm* guard. as ?t>s t tisir dutv;
And tfeeir bosvy steps reaouaded
F?r away op to tbe palace.
To tbe grsy-aaired corporal spake a
Yout.-.iu; ".aoceicaecbt." and lamented:
"Fins we are, US true, we Scbweliera,
Aud no otbor soldier marines
rsrouarb tbe street* or Rome so proudly,
Clad la handsome ct ? i cuirasses
Ana in garb of btsckred-yailow.
Many a fiery fiance is sent as
Snyly irom tie palace windairs:
But tbe bearc e'er tontily yearnetb
Homeward, uoineward. to tbe mouotaiaa,
To :tie Aip horn's gratis calling.
Gladly l wou;d ail reiinqulsii?
Trinkgold, pay. tbe silver scudi,
E'ou tbe liolv Patlier'4 messing.
K'ea tbe wine u: uma o
T?a: so sweetiy pearls and sparkles.
Cow.d 1 see euce mi>r? M ant Paste.
See tbe iock? and avalabcbes;
Aud as burner cb?s* ibe cbamois
O'er us blab abd dangerous pathways,
Ur could waudcr in tue moonlignt,
O'er tbe iragr-nt Alpine meadows.
To tbe A m-buf* piea*snt greeting,
To the Tennin, t > to pretty
Appeal" i ? ?contguadas,.
Aaa uieujocsln, load e taking
To tbs rmna ??fan or moroiar.
Ob. St. Peter's, ail thy gi ries
And lay .ru,i o.4 saoraa music,
1 should soon lorsst t 1 c.u.d
Hear the sbrili aaJ oilo<r piping
Of oar Alpiai marmot,
BU11 we may donbt very muoh whether tho
Swixa Guard 1iav*> ?> deep tlilsfieiiog of Htim
iah as the poet describee. Tbe Roman
mai lens bavs wonderful black glowing eyas,
that would win the heart* of ersn colder moo
than these same honest guardians of the Va ti
can. I wish Victor Sohcffel had given us as
we'd a poetical description of the Koble
Guards, one o! whom will be with you batore
this letter reaohc-i its damnation, instead of
which X have ouly an amusii.g story from the
Vatican.
corir* KAitarosca:. ran hop.lt: ocabd,
who is no-.r on his way to Now York, ac?
oompanying ilsjr Ronoettl with Cardinal
MeOioskey'i Itfrtiia, ie a young man not yet
thirty, but with an unconquerable tendenoy
to obesity. Soma wicked monsignore in
] the Vatican, with a gift for making carica
1 tores, has represented the ship r>n which
th-) Ablegate and tho Noble Guard arc making
th-: journey, us in a sinking condition. Count
Mareto.sehi has thrown himself overboard in
his dt-spair, but the watt rs ret'uso to swnll iw
him; they hi ?.r up bis body trittmphant'y,
knowing the precious message he beard
| from Rome. And Mgr. Iluueetti, boaring
j aloft th?: berretta, has found safety in sitting
j astride the body of his floating companion in I
j the ocean. This is a private caricature, and
( only circulate* in the Vatican in a single
j copy, which quite accidentally fell iumy way.
I trust, however, no such misfortune as that
depicted will befall the worthy Count and
I Monsignore. The former is a most agreeable
gentleman, and will win esteem and hearts,
being, I believe, still unmarried and not
under any vows of celibacy.
AN ATJDISNCB AT THE V All CAS?HIS HOLINESS
GRANTS THE PIUVILEGE OP AN ZNTXllVOTW TO A
; HEKALD CORRESPONDENT?HIS LOVE AitD AD- j
UHiXTION FOB CARDINAL ITCLOSEXi;?CON
! VHH3ATI0N WITH CARDINAL ANTONKLLU?THE
OA&DKKS OF THE VATICAN.
Rome, April 1, 1875.
It is not such an easy thing nowadays to
| procure an audience at the Vatican. His
Holiness the Pope suffers considerably; he is
l not at all strong, and the rectors of the various
1 colleges and other persons who have the per
mission to procura audiences now present
only a very limited number of persons. And
I this is well: those that really bava an earnest
desire for an audience are not refused, while
those who wish to go simply to gratiiv
curiosity are, for the most part, excluded.
Nevertheless, day after day the long audience
room is crowded with people of all tongues,
and among them are usually a good
number of English and a few Amori- j
cans. Some very wicked people assert (
I that some of our worthy countrymen have not
i conducted themselves with the necessary
! amount of grace; have indeed committed
great breaches of etiquette; have refused to
bend the knee when His Holiness deigned to
address them and to give them his benedic
i tion, and have, thereby, caused no little dis
comfort and mortification to the persons who
| presented them. But I am assured this is not
so, and am told that very frequently persons
of another nationality are mistaken for Ameri
cans, upon whom all the unpleasantness has
to rest. The Pope likes to see Americans, no
matter of what ?aithb and I think there are
few of us who go to see him who are not will
ing, even if wo are not his spiritual subjects,
to submit to the etiquette prescribed by the
rules of the Papal Court
A-TPLTTSCf FOB AtJDIEifCEfl.
There aro few Catholio Amoncana visiting
Borne who omit to make the pilgrimage to the
j Vatican. As a rule they apply to Dr. Ghatard,
? the rector of the American College, who,
although his timj is, as we may well suppose,
pretty well occupied with the duties connected
with the institution over which he has charge,
is always ready to assist those who apply to
him. I owe him a thousand thanks. On all
occasions he has kindly imparted to me his
time and his knowledge, as he does to so many.
Through him I was granted, on Wednesday
lost, a aemi-private audience with tho Hoi?
Father, to which I have the intention to
devote this letter. My wish in applying tor
an audience was not lor the sake of pro
curing what is generally styled an interview,
but to thank His Holiness in porson
for the favor shown to the rTgntxr. a few
weeks ago in furnishing you with an advanco
copy of his Allocution containing the nomina
tion of the new cardinals. Not only did His
Holiness show on that occasion a peculiar
m*rk of his appreciation of America, but a
deep interest in the workings of a great
I American journal. It was the first tavor of
, the bort ever granted by His Holiness to any
I journal not strictly religious, though, to tell
tho truth, a halo of pious glory has gathered
| about the Herald,' its proprietor and its repre
sentatives ever since theN difficulty you had
with Prince Bismarck in Berlin, about which ,
nearly every eociesiaatio to whom I spoke had
heard.
Tax At;dun ex.
The general audiences at the Vatican are of
various clatses?public, semi-public or semi
private and private. The foraier are given in
one of the loug loggit, the second in the hall
; of the Arozzi, immediately adjoining the
Throne Boom. Tho lattor is His Holiness' pri
vate studio. The great publio collects in the
loggia, while the members of nobility, dis
tinguished persons and clericals, assemble in
the room next to tha Hall of the Throne. To
the latter group tho Holy Father gives a pro
portionately larger share of his time. He stops
, to talk familiarly with the persons presented
and listen patiently to all that is said to
him. Thon ho pauses slowly, followed, by
cb>mboxlalue and cardinal* end Noble
; Guards, on through various rooms to the
long audience room, where he usually d . livers
a brief address. It was my fortune to have
a placo among the more favored individuals
assembled in the half adjoining the Hall of
the Tbrone, among members of the Italian
aristocracy, in plain dress suit*, and a few
young brother* of the Order of St. Cummillus
of Lellis. A slight commotion in the Thrcne
Room announced that Sis Holiness had left
hie private aimrtnont. First ..fipsared two of
the Noble Guard in undress uniform, then 1
monsignoii and cardinals, and in their mi:1st
the Holy Father, nil forming a group of hnr
mcninus colors?robes of red and dark
purj le and black, and in tho midst the
white robe of tho hes-.d of the (-atholie
Church. Th-t j)' :? ? ?? nearest the Popo
wt-r ? Cardinal* P;i*riy.i nn-1 M ri while
Mgrs. i'acca and Cavaletli came in advance,
the *uruie.r to tec ive the penuriisus in ruadi
uens to announce tho luinos of the knoeltrs
to llit> Holiness.
1113 HOLINESS THE POPE.
Holding in his right hand and resting
heavily upon a handsome walking stick, tho
Pope approachod the group of earnest young
priests who had consecrated themselves to the
work ol mercy of attending the sick iu the
hospitals. The Holy Father's features
brightened as he received their customary
salutation. Ho spoke a few words to
each and then placed his hand
upon the head of each in his kind, fatherly
manner, evincing in a striking manner the
paternal feeling he entertains toward all
who consecrate themselves to works of
charity and human wellare. I had time to
observe the Holy Father's features aud gen
eral appearance beforb ho approached me. I
noticed that he walked heavily, shuihingly,
as old men do who have passed
threescore years and ten ; and,
though I could see traces of the early
nobility of carriage and happy, bright
dignity ol leature, yet the form before me was
no longer that of a few years ago. Tho firm
contour of face has been lost; the features
seem to hang heavily down, and the old,
bright, penetrating eye is dimmed and
weakened. There is no concealing the
ravages that old age and troublo and J
conflicts and disease have wrought upon this
once noble figure. I would indeed gladly be
lieve that His Holiness has yet ten years of |
life and usefulness before him, that he may
yet live to see the final victory of the Catholic j
Church over her enemies; but I cannot Pope
Pius IX. is but a wreck of his former sell",
i
but a magnificent wreck nevertheless. I
would be uujust to myself were I to describe
him not according to the impression left upon
me in my brief interview. Some day, and in
all probability not long hence, Popo Pius IX.
will take to his bed never more to rise from it
again. But God grant that day may be still
far away.
WORDS OP THE rONTTTF.
His Holiness approached the prolate by my
aide, who introduced me, and who, after the
usudl ceremonies, had the kindness to inform
the Holy Father of my name and my duties
in Home.
The Pc^tfff gave me hia right hand, which
I saluted, as la etiquette. My companion
then recalled to the memory of His Holiness
the fact of his having sent to the Hexuxd hia j
Allocation on the evening before the delivery
in the Consistory.
"Yes," said His Holiness," I was pleased to
know, by the desire shown to have it, that so
great an intereat existed in your country
about it."
The Holy Father wished that the great
journal would make it known how rejoicod
he was to hear of the pleasure that
had been given to so many Americans
in the creation of the new Cardinal.
He said that he had already received
thanks from many prominent American Cath
olics in Borne, and the many messages of this
nature wore very gratifying to him, especially
now, amid the troubles and persecution of
the Church in Europe.
"But," said the Holy Father, '?why are you,
too, not in New York in order to describe the
festivities that are about to take place there?"
I ventured to eay that there were a score of
more capable persons than myself there who
would do that; besides, my presence ?u
needed in Borne, which had still great interest
for the peoplo of America.
His Holiness paused a moment, and then
spoke of the Ablegate and the Noble Guard
I j
who had been despAtobsd with the official no
tification and the btrrtSia to America.
"How many days," he said, "does it take
I for them to cross the ocean ? I shall be glad
I to hear when they have arrived solely at their
destination."
I replied, "From ten to fourteen days, Holy
Father, depending on the state of the wind:;."
"Ah, fourteen days I" Then, as if hii mind
had wandered for a moment across to New
York, he said:?"I told one of your oountry
men, a few days ago, that
TOUB ABCBKftHOF IS A VOHIK AMD WOJTHT
lUR.
He hoi the dignity of a prince and makes
a great impression upon everybody when he j
cornea her?. This you may tell your p?Of.l>,
and let them know that our thoughts are
often with them.*'
1'lttE BKNEDXOTXOS AXD ADDBBSS.
With theee words His Holiness gave me bis
hand for tin customary salute, and then ha
patted to the group of Italian nobles kneeling
besiii) me, eaeh of whom had some alight
faror or other to aek, Mich as the blessing oi
mementoes and relies. After eaoh person had
been addressed His Holiness gava the cus
tomary benediction, and we rose from our
knees to fnilow the gr^up of cardinals and
montijjnori and His H.?linssi through the
antersoms to ths loutf iogyia, when ?rme
two hundred person-* #sts awaiting tbe gen
era! audieuc: 1 need not give you an; long
aeoounl a: those audiences, linos thof hiva
been so frequently described in tho Hebaxd
and in the religion journal; of the United
States. Tho Holy Father, still wearing a red
cloak over bis white garb, passed tbrouj u tho
entrance to the !o<;j' ?. The peopl fell upon
th'-'ir knoos a>; the Pontiff appro:a-li d,
only id tor iie ha 1 pa.- 1 thr- -'hi!
auiieuce occupied perhaps tiito .? or twen y
minutes, when one of the ott iul "it>< gr:>..-i
rc-movod tlxcf red cloak, and the v n .1 ? man
stood in tha midst of tho room dad m the
long, graciial, snow-whiie v >tinenl. 'l::on
tho entire autlionec knelt, and tho Holy
Father addressed thom in
EAUN EST, EI.OQCEMT LANG0AO*.
Pope Pius IX. is a go id orator, and lov i
to make those addre.;,.is to t!:o p >uplo who
como to pay him homage. Ho speaks in
French fluently, though his voice has lost
much of its ancient clearness. lie took tor
his text tho words of the Gospel referring to
the Saviour and the disciple; at Em
maus, and spoke about the necessity of
our having fortitude and asking assistance
of Almighty God in our need. It was a simple,
moral and instructive sermon which IIls
Holiness delivered to his hearers, without ;my
reference to politics or the present condition
of the Catholic Church in the various parts ol
Europe.
Tho address over, the benediction over, the
red mantle was replaced, and the audienco
was over. His Holiness then proceeded
further along one of the corridors for his
usual morning's walk, which in fine weather j
rurally ends in the Vatican.gardens.
THE POPE AND AJUET.ICA.
Tho Holy Father is said to refer very fre
quently to the United States, and to entertain
great hope for the future of the Catholic J
Church there. The Voce deila Verita recorded
not many days ago some account of the rela
tions that had existed between Pope Pius IX.
and the peoole of the United States. This is
what Mgr. Nardi, the writer of tho article re
ferred to, says: ?
On toe 29th ol November, 1S47, tho compatriot*
of W*? hington and of Franklin assembled in ptre
numbers m New York and subscribed their names
to an address of homauo aud adunraiion to tao
present iV>j>e, then hardly seated on tue tnioue of
St. Peter. And as M:s Holiness tcontinues tae
Voce delta Verita) cotuiue.iced tils relijnous career
lu America (of course Mjrr. Nardi mixes up soum
America ana the United states, like all his
countrymen), s6 ne has preserved In his heart a
special ailecuon ior that youug and noble cation.
Mgr. Nardi then gois on to no:s what
His Holiness has done lor tho American Col
lege in Borne. Ho established tho college in
the Via dell'Umilta, and presented it, with the
restored church, in order that theso young
American theologians should receive their
education. The present college was solemnly
inaugurated on the 7th of December, 1859?
the eve of the Immaculate Conception?
the patron of the Church of the United States.
A Latin inscription over the door of tho
college records the fact of the PonUJf's bent-li
cence. After devoting a passage to the South
American College Mgr. Nardi proceeds
to tell how His Holiness looked upon the
slaughter at the civil war.
On tho 18th of October, 18C2, he wroto an
affectionate letter to Archbishop Hughes, ask
ing him to employ all the means at his com
mand in order to bring about a reconciliation
ot too connicting sections.
"BZPBE8EXT ALSO 0 OCB SAME,''
be told, "to the people and to the chief of the
government the great advantages that would
rc-.nU from a sincero r.conciLiatiou. I trait
that t-.'-y will liaton to oar paternal admoni
tions, and listen to as the more willingly when
they understand that we are not moved by po
litical cr anj other temporal coneidt rations,
but that tho motivo of cur conduct ia only
fatherly charity, which- makes as desire that
they should return to peaco." On the 17th of
Nov. m3lr, 18f>3, two Commissioner^! were s?.-nt
by Jefferson Davi i to Ilomo, with the mission
of askin g for the intercession ot His lloliue-s.
Mgr. Nurdi says that nothing came out of tuis
mi...ion, because President Lincoln "did not
at the same tiino send tin ambassador to in
?oka bis mediation." And now tho honor
conferred upon Now York city in the creation
of the new Cardinal puts the crown upon the
favors which Pope Pins IX. has shown to
America.
"Perhaps Almighty God," concludes the
Mon^ignore, "is pr paring in the Catholio
Church of North Ameiica a large compensa
tion tor the griefs and the losses which it is
suffering in Europe aud in that unfortunate
America ot the South."
audience wren c in din at, uttoheux
The audencee over, I then ascended to the
next story above, intending to pay my r'specta
to His Eminence Cardinal AutoneJli, who had
expressed- his willi ngn.&s and pleasure to
receive a representative of tho Hebald,
though the times would prevent him dis
cussing any of the politico-religious quen
tions tbat are at present agitating the
entire civilized world. After waiting a few
moments in tae anteroom I wm ushered into
the Cardinal's presence. He roso from his
secretaire, and alter the usual gree inga mo
tioneil me to take a seal besuio hiiu on rhe
sofa. I hardly roco?nir^d llts Eminence.
Two years ago I saw him in the same room,
wheu ho appeared in the bost. of health, a.id
his ieatur- s had, m mm- as 1 remember, a
ploasaut, ruddy glow about them. 1 he two
years that have since than elapsed have
worked t sad, marked
CUAXOX ix km imuuxci.
no ia now apparently a gTsat snfforer from
rhoum.tlo affliotion, Hi* ones atrong ii-arne
ia bent, and bis features, pale and weary,
Mem to s.how a deerr? ot ?M?pl9ts phyaieal
exhaustion that almost ehirtled m \ i heard
afterwards that His Eminence is Buffering
from Bright'* <.i ?>.wo ot the kidneys, and that
he lives under the ?triotoKt and xoverekt rogi*
men. Yel he allowa himself no r?tt nn.l but
l.ttle recreation, but i? continually occup .-i
with tiia aSaira ot tbe Ohurdh, For weeks
t?!..-ther he never leav?a hid apartments, and
ttiBO when ho doe* it is only ;or
a abort walk in ti.? Vatican gia1
dens. Bofore 1S7H he pos>...-.sc-d a beaut ul
villa in ".he suburbs ot Rottw, where ct -ry
afternoon lie spsat some hours o . the flat roof
car.ng for flww?.4 aud ahtuis. and snJoytAff
the beautiful view and the hiMilth-givin^'
breezts. Kut the villa was appropriated by
ttaa government, and ho has sinco then kept
.in almost f rLsonlikc ktircment in the Vatican
Of ihi? two most prominent persons in tlia?
Vatic a, Hi.-i Holir." - th 1 '.>pe and Cardinal
Aiitonelb, li ? Jattvr ?? ? rcu uvea the mora
i maei:t Wl a id we-ry.
MY CONVERSATION T T? CAI:Dr>UL AXTONE1.L?
s cflnmied to It cs of purely general in?
i, .-p- 1 oi th'.s Philadelphia Exposi*
ti ? , <f which s nan pauiphleta bud been lor
\ ard I to him l'rom America. Jbi spoke of
tii ) inter' whiuh ha bad beard bad boea
can d .ii the Univd States liy the creation of
t(ii) now Cardinal, aud said be should taka
;.-;i > a! pl( sur.) m r ading tbo accounts ol the
i . it i, ? iit aud ceremonies that would be re
cords 1 in the New York journals. Ho rnada
some inquiries respecting the working ol th?
great American journals and more especially,
about the Hr.r.u.P. Ha recalled my lormerj
visit two years ago and, smibng, thought myj
presence in Roma was not the most auspicious
for he Vatican.
??You came last time," ho said, "'fearing that
you would have to record the death of His.
i llo'iue but lie live:-> still, in spito of youall."
I said that it was indeed, a great pleasure
for uio to visit Home, bat a still greater onff
to leave the city without having undergone
tbo labor and excitement that would be a cor
iv pendent's share in case of the death of Hi?
Holiness and tbo new election. 1 said that I
hoped to come to Koine on many more un?
fruitful missions of the same kind as the on*
of two years :.go.
"And when you come," ho said, "do not
forget the way to my apartments here."
TUB WATEtt StrPPLT.
Wishing to procure a ticket of admissioaj
for viewing tho Vatican gardens, which ha vac
been lor years closed to tho pubbc, the Car
dinal toid me a very interesting fact. Souks
weeks ago a communal councillor of Rome*
with an eye for filling up tho city treasury, i
had called the attention of the body to
which be belonged to the fact that
a vast quantity of water was being
supplied from the public aqneducis to that
Vatican, for which no revenue was re
ceived. An excited discussion took place*
and, strange to say, the majority
of tho speakers demanded that the Vatican
should be charged tor its water supply like
"any other institution." One went so far as
to demand that tbo water supply should ba
cut oil' in case* tho Vatican refused to pay.
A VET.Y CXGIU.CIOC3 THE3AT,
when we take into account the fact that tha
Vatican had not been asked to do so. Even
the most democratic paper of Rome, tha
CapikUe. could not conceal its disgust and
anger at this instance of narrow-mindedness
shown by the wise fathers of the Capitol, and,
after calling to mind the fact of the many
great benefits which had been at ona
time conferred upon Rome by the pontiiEi
while tney enjoyed their temporal sover
eignty, the aqueducts which they themselva*
liad repaired, the many pubbc fountains they
had crcated, the many works of art will*,
which iliey bad enriched the Eternal City,
asked if it were not an inuult to the people of
Rome and of Ituly to thus make demands fo*
a paltry tux on water supply on the Vaticaa
when so many other souroes of revenue wore
left uncultivated. It is very probable that th*
Vatican will, indeed, pay the tax whenever it
Is demanded, and in so doing will evince a tat
more elevated spirit than have the shopkeeping
city fathers in raising tbo question. Ltgaliy,.
of course, the city is entitled to oclleot the
tax; but I think there does not exist any
other communal body in tbs world wbiclt
would?living among the many and i>eauiifuV
works of art creatod by the Papacy?demean
itself to send in the tax gatherer to calleof
such miserable claims.
l'eau des abkillxs.
Cardinal Antonelii did act make any com?
merits on the conduct of the wise mon of
Capitoliaa Hill, but simply callad my attention
to the fact that in tbe courtyard of the Belve.
ilero portion of the Vatican there iv>ued forth
a spring of dulicious wafer called the "Kaa
dee Abeilles," a supply of which wu?
pumped to the uppermost story of the
palace and fnrnishud its inhabitants with
all the water for drinking purposes in pro
iu.se quantities "So," s.ud lie, "if, as :A
threatened, our water supply should be cut ofl
we .null noi be left to die of thirst." Wo
spoke or minor matters and, among otler
things, the iuct that Cardinal AlcCloskey wo*
preconizcd before an answer had been re*
ceived from the Archbi. hop saying that h?
accep!e<l the dignity. The answer came two
days after the preconization on the 17th of
March. The first notification was only de
spatched from Rome on the Mth of February,
and thus no time was allowed for tlia answeg
to return bf-foro the meeting of tbo Consi?>
tory. This is ail 1 remember.
Tbe Cardinal then kindly gave me tbe neo*
casary prnnesso to visit the Vatiitan |>aiw
dens, of which I made use the follow.ng
morning. Perhaps in some future letter i
may give some account of this lar^e and in
teresting garden, which may be called the
prison garden of the Pope. It in a place full
of lawus and fountains and leafy arelr.fi.ya?
and long shady .walks uuJor aged tree* and
amid relics of ancient sculpture. But of all
the objects to be seon in the garden the mael
interesting to me was the aviary, with thm
beautiful gnow white doves, which coo and:
m ike love to each other, and are great pet* of
the Holy Father.
Tint tat;cax oajidix from a po*ticaj. roar*
or tuew.
The visit and scene reminded me of Vioto?
Sobefidl's dt acription, which I tronaiaic:"?
Over Rome t is suo did rue wtia
Mock taan oidtnsr? t-pmo tor;
t'ovllimij tue 1 raraoiiMU*
Faun'd th? cypres* tress sea mrrtlss
In the Pai si Pn ?> ? garden,
And me flowers rais'd lastr ?nntmrnt
Heads agiiia in joroua (fuaranos.
F ua aias piay'u, tne birds wsrs staitagi
K'an t s P4i<? waits munis ?iaia?s
wesnrd .o tie *ita Use palatine;
And ;a? satyr wim tus flute did
liaise lit* ;o-it, as u be wt?bsa to
Danes siraa. tus giortou* garden,
*v?intngtr tru-n spsKo A.ouoi?
"yriend, moss riuei ars Hiog gone by, and
iiu n w..aiU*t um r .ise no* & se>iBdtu i'?
A mi Old Home, acmss the rlrer,
Bitissd ia tuppy, gvtmit Mjasoiae,
Hot! 10 tftO VrtllCAD KSllltlfif*.
ovr lbs sea ol uou?p?, oaurofte*
lu'i t:.i w .u.r wflBwtl/ aweliiug*
Proud.y tuse us yjir.ta , ut.<j
FurtRsr b?dx in? i opitotu >
luu roes up m moruing f'sibaisa,
Tiuisi lis as *pr??d an a lieu; it,