The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-05-09

nal has to answer for, he is not probably so black
as NJ. About paints him:
Cardinal Antonelli was born in a den of thieves
called SOnnino, the only access to which
| through mountains. Businesses swarming with ban
| ditti. In his childhood he was an eyewitness of
the atrocities perpetrated during the reaction which
| followed the return of Plus the Seventh. Under
Leo MI. the scanOld (caveletto) and the whipping
post permanently established in the village
square. ST. Peters Gate, which is close to the Casa
| Antonelli, decorated with collection of gorv
| heads. Such sights are worth than any
| teaching to train the youthful mind The youthful
| Giacomo thus enabled to mediate upon the
peTils of bandtt life before having tasted any of
its sweets. His father, prudent man. never exposed
his precious existence by frequentng the highways
He tended cattle, then rose to be farm bailiT and
consequently municipal receiver, and thus made
more money without mourning so much danger as
in the more popular profession.
Young Antonelli reflected long time as to the
profession he should embrace. His inclination was
that of all the natives of Sonnino without exception
to live in abundance, to deny themselves no
| pleasure, to make themselves at home everywhere
| to be able to domineer other people, and
brighten them occasionally, and, above all, to have
the facility of violating the laws with perfect i'm
punity. To attain so lofty an object without ex-
posing his life, for which he has ever manifested
the greatest regard, was problem of difficult solu-
ton; he solved it, however, to his satisfaction by
entering the Grand Seminary. But the youthful
Antonelli had wish to take orders he aspired to
the dignities of the church solely for the power
they confer, and he knew that at Rome it is the
! Grand Semi
nary into village priests. Antonelli exerted him
self so successfully that he escaped the dreadful fate
of being compelled to take orders He has there
fore never celebrated mass, and hevcr heard pen
itent at coniessien nay, am far from that he
has ever confessed himself. lie succeeded in oh
tanning the friendship of Gregory XVI, more use
full assuredly than would have been the possession
otevery Christian virtue. He successfully rose to
fill the highest functions; and became Project Min
| lister of Finance, and lastly Prime Minister He
had taken the right path. Minister of Finance,
IT he knows his business, can put aside more money
in six months than all the bandits in Sonnino can
make in 40 years.
| Carefully watching the course of events the car
| dnal has been Liberal and Reactionist exactly at
| the proper time. He took possession of the new
Pope l'io Nono) just he had taken possession of
his predecessor, and showed that there were more
ways of making people captves than stopping them
on the high roads with blunderbusses and other
clumsy machinery. The murder of Ross frirbten-
ed him. People born at SOnnino are not usually the
victims of assassination, rather the contrary He
followed the Pope to Gaeta, in order to obtain COM
plete mastery over him; he wishes to restore the
absolute power OF the Popes to use it at his own
discretion. He increases his fortune every day. ac-
cording to the mode in vogue at Sonnno."
And so on. The word "Sonnino' occurs at eve
ry page. NJ. About evidently wishes the reader
not to lose sight of the cardinals origin and thus
continues for whole chapter to hint pretty broad
y that the predatorial habits of that delightfully."-
picturesque locality stick to its natives even when
transplanted to the halls of the Vatican On his
own showing, however, to rise from such a more
than humble origin to the position, such as that
achieved by the cardinal, requires infinitely moro
pluck and talent than is sufficient for mara Ero
DiavOlo. The sketch then continues:
"Ihe cardinal is SO years of age but he has pre-
served the appearance and some of the raalitins of
youth. His body is wiry and robust, his health is
that of a mountaneer. The breadth of his fore
head, the lustre of his eye, his aquiine nose, and
the whole of the upper portion OF his face inspire
certain degree of astnnishmeut There is a clean
of intelligence in that swarthv Moorish face PINT
the heavy, massive undertake.. the lone sham
teeth, the thick lips denote the coarsest annetites
Beneath the surface of the minister Won .an easily
detect the nature of the savage"
To the end NJ. About continues in an equally COM
pmentarv strain:
tb pono rFho P,, az tl'e a!lGah over those or
; w W. ne it1nahs MAKE Joke OF 1t, and in
WIN TrLo, $40 = nSnes': Ile oPe or the eardlnal:
fro,, 10 ,,,.,,o; 't. ."E ne mas uescehued
io'l n''e lno""'"n i'St"eSses hI S0hnno! DO you
br.t Is ~ DIS Il" 'he nope OF becoming the
49, 60 -, vi n the n'lti"n OF ule saviour OF the Pa
nnt Oncb GnI IT, ~ a. -, ''e .hurGh! ne was
NV % a ,'"'' ~" inc nfst pace, he ielt the
'e"s' iiIIe'GSt III himSe ana next In his family.
| IA r ri oIotntrS are counts now.
HT d "u "'e"oS al 7ohhiho d" not think their lot
" i 'rn o"e'
80 nlucli ior the man. as Tor the Secretary of
i;c c1 ~ anu women VINO know him In private
~. ot'e MAJ ne the Genllest creature alive. 1t
~ "s ~. ''ie p"le VI having 10 give audiences
v: .tni"''S,s every morning heWould be the hap
pleHt :" tile chi'uien o! the mountain. His tastes
St,''Gt SIN r"oe' unlimited power
r'oIio"S wealth.; european reputation, and all the
pitsSuieS "hlch oei"n@ TO man. these trifes
SunclehI 'or his happiheSs-he wants nothing more.
r rcd vi ueatn passionate love OF money, wish for
lainnS @grahul"ement, contempt for mankind, and
io"S o'ncr trats Oh accidental resemblance, have
IL" I" ~, ailSohs octWeen Antonelll and MaZa-
! rlhe' lhey were born In the same mountains, or
,EIE heaiIy. che captVated the heart of woman;
.ie "tIef Tue nihd OF an ola man. Both governed
~ t,le 'ie uiscIupuiouSneSS, ana talked equally
6no, az .h i Soins X noraht OF any or the
.rI | '"nS "aSe' I,ut the seinsh Maza-
80 II "e '""N c".1 VI h'mSei also look care OF the
Anlonel'i mas MADE ms fortune to the cost
VI nv NJ: H''!on ~ me ne 1Pe ana the chnrch.
= t: - 10 "'' 'e -'o'" gives Oh TINS Dltter person
|,
| PLOT AGAINST THE FREycH Eupppop A par;,
| letter, saws: 10
In spite of the oirantic efforts made Inv ,oIioo
| to maintain the strictest secrecy mon the subject
! the Emperor has got abroad and once more served
! to spread CONSERVATION among us On the very
morning before the representation of Meyerbeer's
new opera, an anonymous letter was received by
| the Project of Police purporting to come from a
person in high office, but whose allegiance to the
Marianne enabled him to be certain that an attempt
was about to be made to assassinate the Emperor
on the occasion of bis visit to the Opera Comoue-
The letter described the personal appearance of the
individual who had drawn the lot which designated
: HIM as the instrument of the vengeance of the
Marianne, gave his name at full length, told that
he came from Lille, where had been held the meet
ing wherein had been debated the subject of his ex
| eCution and furthermore went on to say that the
personal character of the assassin being weak and
he being subject likewise to religious eyaltation il
would be easy task to work upon these religious
! scruples, and the most important revelations be
! thereby obtained. The writer was of opinion that
! the assassin would be found in the nearest church
! during the greater portion of the dav and so il
| proved sure enough. Upon the description furn-
ished by the anonymous correspondent the indiyid.
ual was arrested in the church of the Petits Peras
at about O'Clock on the day in question and car.
| RED oil to the Prefecture where he was submitted
| to an nteriogatory which lasted over three hours
and from which, as had been antcipated the mo st
terrible revelations were eXtorted which are said
to have filled the witnesses present with the great
! est amaZement, not only at the audacous nersevnr
of the Marianne but at the utter Ignorance in
which the police, in spite of its vigilance and mn
merous spies, must ever remain CONCERNING the
Vaccinations of this dreaded association
! Church RIors IN OrERrC-Tha Oreboo ,,o,o,,
give lengthy accounts of disturbances ar tL iaotn,
of delegates to represent the congregaton Of tbn
! d;sorlo, i nIorasod - ~ tlI 'o I"hfeneu. Tue
| body orcan1ad for ttbn ruu, LAY essociatioh'
views of tbe Risbon and clp :; y, oPpasihs the
measure Of church ooyernnantt =" s "a. % D sohc
| Churcb after tbe ro11;o hd iI 81. eier
time man nao do' S nau proceeueu ior snort
voter when bn rnuod ,hn was 9pletteu 10 as
his last dron of hIood NJ "I p y9te or "Shed
was nsulted and tbe meatinn ad; W, -; toh
SION the church Marty sncnrino tbe hnoL "a
St Matthews Chanel the nah y.aS ouii IN
-slng shot, steel knuckles, &C., beinG secretIv i'm