The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-11-28

has recourse to argument Of this kind predicate the
decline Of British ascendency He foresees the day when
TO traverse on board steamer the guli Of Persia,
WIN reach the Oriental cape passing through Paris, Con-
fortnight transported 70 the other hemisphere
without having hardly left the main and And the publ
os adds This will be the death Of England" In another
pace he, without pronunciation, says s Before the
las year OF this century will have elapsed the ruler OF
the oceans will have descended to the level of Holland"
In word, according to this writer, is Russia
which destiny TO push every where in order TO
maze her great upon the ruins Of British power.
suggested by the observation Of great contemnorsrv
events We are in position, If VIC chose, 70 cite many
others presenting not less important conclusions Is to
be wondered at IL in the midst Of the extraordinary
changes OF all kind which going under eyes,
The human mind grows uneasy and tries to lift the veil Of
Put the future is mpenetrabe aud may battle previ.
s'ons apparently the best founded Therefore diplomacy
which not permitted 10 indulge in phantasc spccua
tons will wisely limit its action to the practical solution
OF those difficulties which claim its immediate attention.
All the rest belongs to Providence, which. according to
laws that human perspcacity is unable TO appor
tons to every nation the degree Of its prosperity and the
duration Of is power a. present perhaps more than at
Man proposes aud God disposes"
The Mortnra Baptism Case.
The Gas.ea del PoSlo publishes private letter giving
the journey of young Mortara Tom Bologna
TO Rome, from which it appears that his conversion TO
Christianity not by any means so far advanced as was
pretended some time ago by utTamOntane paper. IL
is stated that the poor child did nothing but cry all the
way and call for his father and mother The sergeant
under whose charge no having endcavored 10 force
cnapiet into his hands With little at the end, the
boy did all he could TO reject crying that he wanted the
OF God. by other Jewish children.
The father in Of the visits which he allowed TO
pay his son, told him OF the hopes nc had that the Pope
would reen and restore the boy to his parents at which
the boy expressed the greatest JOY and said he would
sleep in the carriage all the The letter concludes
with account OF the journey Of the father and mother
to ROME, of the ndignites they exposed to in
deayofng to obtain audiences and OF the calamnes which
bad been stndousy spread the popuace regarding
them viz that was their intention to go and murder
thor own child la consequence of which their very lives
were in danger in passing through the streets Of Aatr
whittier the boy had been conveyed,
The t,ioudlc Ctdcio di Roma, obscure corner of
its third page contains few lines Of reply the subject
OF the young Mortara, which has during the last monh
occupied the attention Of the whole press of ope We
expected to have found details supported by docu
ments tending To justify the acts OF the Court OF Rome
but there is nothing Of the Kind The article is textualy
The Paris Uairsrs Of the oath OF October publishes
long and serious article by T. Guerangcr in which, on tho
occasion Of fact which has caused much noise tho
part of the rrelgous press he shows that natursm has
taken possession Of the majority OF minds lie shows that
ayreat number OF Christians having lost the true spirit Of
the Church TO which they belong show themselves
the contrary precocuped not with the sovereign DONNA
ton Of Christ all who have been made members by
the baptism OF regeneration, but with the auhorits OF the
natural family, his children; not with the rights of tho
Crch but with the pagan preipdces of modern society,"
ideas OF personal liberty which appear to them con
quest for the preservation Of which they ought sacr
ce everything They do not consent 20 the truth OF
The faith and OF Christian practice, except through the
medium OF those prejudices of naturaism.
From the Sc. Petersburg Gazette (Russa) Oct II
For centuries efforts 70 improve men and things have
been made and yet now in the heart Of Europe Rome
family r!ghtsthe rights OF father and mother, which
form the stone of the social edce not only
not protected but tampled under foot and dis
cussons regulations and customs which permit young
Mortara 10 be carried oil from the paterna home
duscd in Extraordinary TO relate this act finds defend
ers and follows the course al an ordinary process AS
10, ourselves cannot defend this immoral act. II i
such reproach 10 the society in the midst OF which il is
accomplished that We do not hesitate To- brand il as i
merits.