The New York herald., 1850-05-22

one of her chicks, which dog was holdinu in his
mou,h % the princess Immediately snaches the little
chick from the dog; when voice is heard saw.
ing: .give him back his little chick if you de-
prive him Of his meal, he will be a bad watch !,
No, , cried the princess, shall never give il
chick was the soul of Anne de Gonzague, princess
palatine that the hen was the church that the
dog was the devil; and Anne de Gonzague, who.
had refused TO give back 10 the dog the little chick
was the grace ebfoace :! Bear in mind that th,
beautiful and magnificent piece of oratory the equal
of which exists in no known language, was de-
livered by the snPebe aigte de Dlearr, before the
greatest men OF the greatest court of the creates;
kingdom of the greatest king, Tin spite of his d,a-
gonnades, or missions boff6ss in his provinces
South,) that were are or ever shall be-and adj
miIed, aPftaud,e, and reyerently believed by nuns
| merts ab6esses, high and low, clergey and all.
1t is absurd rous dfaisc, TO believe only that
which you see, hear, touch smell or taste. Do YOU
deny that there was ancently city called Babylon,
| and king over it, Nebuchadnezzer by name? Or
that Charles the Ninth, after the 6poaraata5tes
massaoes of St Bartholomew, (for which 1e
Deun taudamus was sung at Rome, the cannon of
Saint Angelo was fired, and painting on canvass
ordered, representing the heretics cut TO pieces
which is still standing in the library Of the Vati-
can,) was, day by day, and night by night, inces
sanity troubled with the bloody sight of his hum
drcd thousand victims l-thit mother Angelica,
Abbess Of Portrayal, long after her DEATH did come
and take her old seat in the church of that nason
having her ciosir in her right hand, in order 10
converse with sister Dorothee l-that there is an
old oydonnance de part ic rot, commanding the de-
parted spirit of the diacre Paris quietly hereafter to
| remain al rest, and perform miracles no more e
| and the wonderful cures (at the request of n
reritG6le Catholic priest well paid for the same,)
| made by te Prince de Hohenioe on diseased
persons, whom he sees, or saw, (for forget if he
| be dead or not,) whose tongues he examines, and
whose pulses he feels, with his spirit appearing in
an instant cheret des maiodes, though in body he
| Ohe prince,) be five or six hundred miles distant
or ricer9sa, &c qu est "a meme chose And, in fine,
that on the summit of the Cordelieres, at this very
| moment, there are living volcanoes necessarily
vomiting through their ever open mouths, and
spreading over the neighboring valleys, (accompa-
! MED with clouds OF DUST and streams of mud and
water) fishes of the identical class which the dar-
kies Of 81. Domingo harpoon on the shores of the
sea of the defmct Caribees !-I trust you do not
| And for what reason do you doubt the Rochester
knockings They are true, sir, most true sir most
| undoubtedly true, sir and, en- ferminent, | shall
most respectfully propose committee, (which
| you might appoint TO be sent to Rome, for the pur
pose of obtaining gallon or two Of the holy water
| lately manufactured by his Holiness. and for re-
9uesting that the said Holiness will please recite a
few masses, in order to appease the names of the
scripon be opened at your office to defray expenses
| of said committee, pay for the eau bente, and the
said masses for the dead, with the extra dona els
Seqnine, dona eis senPifcmam in place Of the
mis1oe nobis, dona no6is 5acem of the usual RI
| tual. reverend gentleman of your church, with
whom endeavor TO be Inscribed sairnm factuns
| amongst you, assures me of the infalliby of this
means
Apropos.-I forgot, in speaking of the opinions
and belief of the heather, to say that, granting
those sentiments might have been the supersttions
of the populace, the tances of the poets, or the
Jcur desJrif of journalists, desire TO quote some
respectable authority, before saying, fnis coroaat
opus, and jai Phomenr d6fre, &C. &c. must there
fere, mention at least whom you will not dare
TO except againstbe great apologist of the Chns-
| tians, the learned lawyer Of Rome, Pliny the
| younger.
Listen, ! pray you, to, 1.-THE following :-"That
which might make me believe" says he, "thas.
| there are real ghosts, is circumstance which /
was told happened TO Curtus Rufus At the time -
| adds the philosopher, she was without name
| fortune; he had followed into Africa him to whom
the government of the same had been allotted. AT
the decline OF the day, as he was walking under
Portico, woman of stature and beauty more than
human, appears before him. He is struck with
fear. am Africa said she; Il come TO announce
TO thee that which shall happen unto thee: thou
shalt 60 TO Rome; thou shalt fill the highest off
ces, and thou 81 alt return afterwards TO govern.
| this province, where thou shalt de- Everything
happened as she predicted. Ii is even said that,
on his landing at Carthage, and leaving the ship.
The same parsonage re-aPpeared to him, and greet
| Again, (smilarly as at Rochester) "there was
| at Athens very large and comfortable house. but
stunned and deserted In the deep silence Of the
| night, noise would be heard as Of iron STRIKING
against iron and en- closer attention, of chains, al
hIst distant, but gradually drawing nearer: then
| ghost would be seen, having the form of an old
man; very thin and detected, with long beard and
brstling hair, and chains TO his feet and hands,
which he shook horribly. Hence friahtful and'
wakeful were the nights to all those who inhabited
| that house. Pliny goes on to add: ''Athenodo-
rus, the philosopher, comes to Athens; the rent OF
the said house being for the aforesaid reason very
| low, he hires IL. But, soon as the night came
| on, whilst he was reading and writing at the table
| in his chamber, and a Profound silence reieneoi
| over all within and without. suddenly he hears the
sound OF iron striking against ron-as Of chains
| clankng together: the noise increases: il draws
nearer u Is IN the room itself Athenodorus looks
he perceives the ghost as had been pourtrayed to
nm u was standing, and with one finger making
| repeated signs 10 him TO rise and follow He gets.
up; he takes his light, and accompanies the ghost
winch slowly precedes him, as il overwhelmed
with the weight Of his chains. At length, having
arrived at the yard or garden Of the house, il sud-
denly disappears, leaving the philosopher alone,
| who gathers leaves and herbs and places them on,
the spot where the ghost was last seen, that h,
might be able TO recognise il again by day On the
morrow, he hastens TO the magistrates, and beps
II Is cg spOc IN es1h % 70 be examined
from which time had devoured the flesh. encircIed
with chains. After being carefully gathered. they
were publicly buried; and from the time that last
duty was rendered TO the dead the living ceased 10
be troubled with his presence"
The above, ,Pliny gives only the faith Of others:
but the next case he vouchcs for on his own, as il
actually occurred in his house and family-"I
have" says he, ga freed man, named Marcus. who
Is not without instruction. As he Law in bed with
his younger brother, he thought he saw some one
seated s;,n on ms couch, who approached his head
with scissors, and even cut off his hair from the
top. We saw him with his head shaved. and his
hair was found spread about him on the bed'i
Phny so profoundly believes in that mysteriou.
and ghosty barber TO his domestics (for he also
shaved others Of his household) that he feels per.
iecty secure against the cruelty Of Domitian. We.
in New York. shave those condemned TO the ral-
lows-they, at that time, you know, used to leave
them unshavcd; and therefore he adds. that be
accepted Il as sign from heaven that, as his do
mestics had been shaved, he should be sparrd by
the tyrant La o0nclusion est digns dc rerovr.s,
u, 4 ne hoiy wafer, The holy water The masses.
the masses' The committee, the committee, my
dear SIR; and accept the humble and profound re-
spects Of one OF the Hrold's constant readers
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