The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-17


fhs Adrisvs. Ga<isalA hinss sssspsd - vsaps AA.s
were kf,sd, bat f.y 80 sss>ursA 'Aae.s The nun
Uso Bsssi was d.esssl, vAsa taken, IN uifMry unit
for and declared hmsef 70 be onosr IN 0erbaidps
corps. A sueh he treated. honsgnor Bsdin Vas,
at ths time. Papal ssonsr at Begua but his N.
Ausncs bad been 90 often ised In favor Of msguidsd
men, who had made Themselves liable 30 pusisnmsns.
that the Austrian Gsnsra, Count Gortssowski feared
that his ntererenoe might also the life OF his pr
onsr He therefore called Mos Ssnor Beini and kspt
him engaged in conversation during q brief respite
fact in kse ping the PrelAs ignorant Of what going
on until the execution bad taken place
me- tn@Sirr r ths bursrn9 ~
bis owl statement He relates that the skin taken
off from head and nds OF Bass, ct the time Of his
cesracsop Now. the meres tyro In the rites OF the
Roman Church is that only these parts of the body
rcrspsd Of the skian in the ceremony of degrads.
ton which had rscsiv eAstoal uncton and that
bishops ere the only funcreoariss annsnt
ed on the head rAded priests have the kin scraped
on the thumb ard fore6rser but from the head
the only Preats who had power order the
mony would have been the Archbishop Of Bologna Card
nal Oppiropi not Monsignor Bedioi
1t be suboined that the account given OF Bssss
death representing him dying enemy of the Catho
lie Church, ia wholly false His last words were not
Christ ard Italy" He used the short time granted
him before his execution 10 receive the assistance Of
priest ard the consultations Of religion He three times
confesf ed his sins ecclesasc Who attended him
in his last hours rstAsd his expressed his dsep
and humble for the scandals he had given and
the crimes he had committed and his last words wsre
according 10 the Rvouzope Romspan appeal 10 tAs
Virgin Nary for her intsressaions In behalf Of his poor
soul
With regard to Bolcgna the following passage from
revsv in the Lor don Quarterly of January 1857 Of Fa
Iinis History Of tie Roman Sta les will show the state
Of the city when Mo nsignor Bedin went there =
The in the hands CT the populaae; arbitrary
imp Mt the viii of the dem robbery
rife the highways judges policemen and turnks
butchered in cold blood all that obnoxious
the dominant psrtythst all the ministers and agents OF
justce-were exposed TO horrible persecution sick
stabbed in their beds in the presence their wives
Children and their left buried In the streets The
brirsn each selected victim down and
signs Of life remained the coey his
sket and despstehed BIN in sgh Of the pie and Of
~ soldiers They hunted men do like Wild beasts
tered their houses and dragged them forth TO
saw IT, saw death dealt about and the abomnabs chase
Long before Rome subdued the of the placs
was that it the very Hrst city send
treaties to the Pope that he would leave Gaes and trust
himself 10 tia devotion Of the inhabitants of that lexa
ton. Ths Wise and prudent administration OF Arch
bishop Bedini by whom their fAsh and loyalty raj
lied Is enbereA with gratitude q. the present day,
and every Italian traveller knows that the friendly
ton Of his name ilumines at the present hour with
lie Of pleasure the countenance Of each citizen Of b.
lgpa.