New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-02-07
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I yeii....festivities. -..Politica Agits-
.NobieL--.Mar -..Guie-
eioli.... Parma.--.Address to the new
sovereign..-.The SewYork Meeting for
Italy. Address to the Pope, &C. &C.
RoxE Dec. 30, 1871.
could not, in my asst, content myself with prals
ng the gloriou. weather. | wrote in the last day
Of it. Sipae we have had fortnight Of rain falling
ince:.anty, and whole days and nights in torrents
such as are peculiar to the cearing.up' shower
IL our country.
Under these circumstances, have found my
lodging in the Corso not only has its dark side, but
/, all dark and that one in the Piazza d Spagne
would have been better for me in this respect that
on those days the only when wish TO stay at
home and write and study. / should have had the
light Now, if consulted the good of my eyes !
I should have the lamp lit when 6rst rise in the
morning
Every sweet must have its sour" and the ex-
change from the brilliance Of the Italian heaven
to weeks and months Of rain and such black cloud,
! 10 unspesksbly detecting. For myself, at the end
of this fortnight without exercise or light, and IN
such a damp atmosphere lind myself without
strength without appetite almost without spirits
The life Of the German scholar who studies fifteen
hours out of the twentyfour or that OF the Spiel
berg prisoner who could live through ten, fifteen,
twenty years Of dark prison with only half an
hours exercise in the day, is 70 me mystery
How can the brain the nerves ever support =
We are made 10 keep in motion, TO drink the air
and light TO me these alone make life supportabe
the physical state is so difficult and full Of pains at
any rate.
am sorry for those who have arrived just at this
time hoping to enjoy the Christmas festivities
Everything was spoiled by the weather. went
at half past ten to San Luigi Francese, church
adorned with some of Domenichno's finest frescoes
on the life and death of St Cecilia.
This name leads me TO a little DEPRESSION. In
letter to Mr. Phillips the dear friend of revered
DR.. Claiming asked him if he remembered what
recumbent statue il was of which DIR. Charming
was wont to speak as of sight that impressed
him more than anything else in Rome. He said
indeed bis mood, and the unexpectedness in seeing
this gentle, sanity figure lying there as if Death
had Just struck her down, had 10 doubt much in
huence upon him, but still he believed the work
had peculiar holiness in it's expression. reoog
nized at once the theme Of his description the
name he himself had forgotten) as l entered the
other evening the lonely Church of 81. Cecilia in
Trastevere As in his case. it was twilight one
or two nuns were at their devotions, and there lay
the figure in its graveclothes with air gentle
80 holy ss If she had only ceased to pray as the
hand Of the murderer struck her down. Her gen
tie limbs seemed instinct still with soft sweet life
the expression was not of the heroine, the martyr
30 much of the tender angelic woman. could
well understand the deep impression made upon
his mind The expression of the frescoes OF Do
menichino is not inharmonious with the suggestions
of this statue
Finding the mass was not to begin for some time
set out for the Quirinal TO see the Pope return
from that noble church Santa Maria Msggiore,
where he oficiated this night. reached the mount
just as he was returning; a few torches cleaned
before his door, perhaps hundred people were
gathered together round the fountain; last year an
immense multitude waited for him there to express
their affection in one grand good night; the change
was occasoned partly by the weather, partly by
other causes of which shall speak by and by
Just as heyreturned, the moon looked paely out
from amid the wet clouds and shone upon the
fountain and the noble figures above it, and the
long white cloaks Of the Guardia Mobile who fol-
lowed his carriage on horseback darker objects
light of the torches, much blown by the wind. l
then returned to San Luigi the effect of the night
service there was very fine those details which
often have such glazing, mean look by day are
los, sight of in the night and the unity of impress
son from the service much more undisturbed. The
music, too descriptive Of that era which promised
peace on cart good will to men, was very sweet
and the past0rals particularly soo;hed the heart
amid the crowd and pompous ceremonial Buthere,
too the sour had its sweet in the vulgar vanity OF
the leader OF the orchestra, too common to such,
wD, not content with marking the time Tor the mu'
sicians, made his stick heard in the remotest nook
OF the church. so that what would have been sweet
music and flowed in upon the soul was vugsrzed
to make you remember the performers and their
machines.
On Monday the leaders Of the Guardia Civica
paid their respects to the Pope who, in receiving
them, expressed his constantly. increasing salts
faction 10 having given this institution to his peo
pie. The same evening there was procession
with torches TO the Quirnal to pay the homage
Que 70 the day, Feast Of st. John and name-day
Of the Pope Gi0rdnni Maria Mastai bat all the
way the rain continually threatened to extinguish
the torches, and the Pope could give but basty
saiu'e under an umbrella, when the heavens were
AGAIN opened, and such a cataract OF water de.
'cenoed as drove both man and beast to seek the
nearest shelter
On SUNDAY went to see nun take the veil.
one ~"s person Of high family princess gave
her away and the Cardinal Ferre,i Secretary of
state oihciated hwu much less effective GER
emony than l expected from the descriptions of
travellers and romance writers. There wss no mo.
ment OF throwing on the black veil, no peal of ma.
sic, nor salute of cannon. The nun. an slsssn,lv
dressed woman OF five or six and twenty. pretty
enough bat whose quite worldly air gave the ;de.
that it was one Of those arrangements made bs.
cause no suitable establishment could otherwise n.
given her, came forward, kDelt and prayed her
eonfessor In that strained. unnatural whine. too
common among preachers Of all churches and all
countries praised himself for having induced her