Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-11-04

South Carolina, thus describes the Occupation
and habits of the present Pope:
HIS ordinary hour of rising il about O'Clock
in the morning, at all seasons OF the year. lie
devotes 10 private religious exercises, such as
PRAYER, meditation. the ce!ebratonot the Mass.
and spiritual reading, nearly three hours. AT
7 O'Clock. he commences his audience OF the
Secretary of States, aud other Offices employed
in the temporal governments OF his states. 10
this laborious equation several hours are daily
consumed. He takes no breakfast; but coca.
sionslly cup Of coffee-of which beverage ne
is extremely foud-is brought to him as refresh
ment
When thi. duty is discharged, by giving de-
sisions and direc tons, either some of his own
subjects are received upon business. or foreign
ers are presen.ed-and thus some time Is 0cGu.
pied. His holiness has no fixed time for din
ner, which is his only meal; but when the press
of business subsidies, he takes alone an exceed.
insly ain and moderate reflection. The esti
mate of expenses for this dinner, including
wines, fruit, sc. would be too high at i've dol
lars the week. After a short rest, and some.
time devoted to prayer, the holy father walks Tor
an hour or two in the gardens; on which Occa.
sions some Of the principal foreigners OF dis
,nctiou, who have been previously presented,
are upon special leave permitted to introduce
bin to the ladies Of their family. AZ about .
o'clock in the afternoon, he proceeds to his caol'
net to receive the projects or secretaries OF the
several congregations for ecclesiastical affairs,
foreign prelates, and others with whom he has
business relating to the church. He is general
~ occupied with then TIL after o'clock; not
unfreauenty till 9. His evening devotions must
then be attended to, previously to his retiring
for the eight. ~
The above order is indeed often interfered
with, b, the necessity OF bis presiding at congre.
cations oil cardinals and prelates upon special
and important extraordinary cases OF ecclesiasti-
cal business, as also Of his presiding at conslsto-
ries, where the whole body OF cardinals assem-.
bles to deliberate on some ~eighty affair, re'at'
ing TO the government of his States, sometimes to
the general concerns of the Church: he is more.
over required ON solemn occasions to attend at
the grand ceremonies of the church on the prin-
cipaI festivals; and sometimes, too, though sell
dom indeed. does he break from his laborous
ron tine, 10 order to ride or walk few miles In
TO the country, TO inhale more pure air and to
unbend mind drawn to its utmost pitch, by
such close application to the most importantcon-
Gems Of millions for this world, and OF myrads
for the next This is, indeed, but slight ndul-
sence for one who 10 his sxtyninth year is press.
ed upon 50 heavily by the concerns OF time and
the concerns Of eternity! Occasionally, when
the weather will not permit his excursion or his
walk in the garden, the father Of the faithful might
be found viewing, IN his moments OF relaxation,
those glorious productions of nature and artwith
which the magnificent galleries Of the Vatican are
filled No one surely would reProach him for
such occupation Of moment thus given to- re-
store the elasticity of his mind; unless, perhaps,
we might be able to resuscitate the man who was
scar dalized at discovering st. John, the Evan
gelist, occupied with hawk. as the companion
aud object Of his mental relaxation.
Trial Of John Davis, for the murder Of Capt.
TTshew, on the high seas u. s. Circuit Court
before Judge Belts The prisoner vas brought
in---his general appearance 10 good, and he seem
ed perfectly calm aud self possessed.
The leading facts Of the case, as gathered from
the testimony before the Court, are substantially
as follows: In the month of March, 1882, the
American sloop Ajax, sailed from Mobile.
bound to Brassos de ST. Jago, ADD thence back
again to the former port. At the time Of taking
her final departure, there were on bostd John
Tishew, Captain; Stratfotd, Mate; four seamen
and one passenger. Previous to standing out
for sea, and whilst the vessel lay in about six
miles Of the light in Mobile Bay, Davis made q
proposition to seaman, named Levi Shepherd,
who had out lately shipped for the cruise, to join
him in pundsrIug the sloop Of a quantity of mo.
new. with which she was to be freishted on her
homewarJ VOYAGE. This proposal was made be-
tween the hours Of ten and eleven at night. ana
was ostenslbly acquesced IN by Shepherd; but
his fears for the result, or for his own personal
safety, became alarmed, and he therefore. about
an hour subsequent to the conversation, commit
ted himself to the boat. and left the "Ajax. ia
king With him the seventeen dollars, which had
two days before been paid over to him in "ad-
vance," and shrewdy providing for his solitary
voyage, by appropriating to himself two hams
which lay in the torecastle. He arrived safe on
shore, reported to the owners. and after cruiZiog
abont in several directions, was deposited safely
under the care Of the Marshal Of New York, for !
the purpose Ut establishing this link in the chain
Of the testimony Tor the prosecution. |
The following ~ss the principal idence:
MIR. Parker, being recalled, gave mis- addition. |
al testimony as follows: f" When I saw the pri. |
soner in Bellevue. he made a voluntary comics. |