New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-24

NJ. de- GOyOn pIted the man, went eCfalRDt"dy W
Cardinal AntOneh, and after some resistance, OBJ
tanned the promise of a sworn guard Only Tune must
be taken to choose the right man. Meanwhile the
crusade against the wheat aud Indian corn went on
as vigorously as ever; the Israelite hesitating to
impOrtune the General again, the General sleeping
in the pleased consciousness OF having done goOd
work One fine morning tmld voice awakened
him t. assure him that nothing at all had been done
THE French blood was up: Another VISIT 10 me
Cardinal IN The course Of which the order Tor the
sworn guard filed in with ms name, was signed,
and handed TO tbe General, who took il back to his
rrotep6 The jew blessed the General, ana re-
fired vipug away his tears of gratitude the better
Ia read the name of the guard, who could not be
found after most careful search, which resulted IN
proof that he had disappeared from Rome SIX years
before. and never been heard of since.
In the now ex-Papal town of Ancona the Papal
delegate in 1857 revived an old law that forbade
Christians and Jews to converse together IN public
NJ About thinks the story OF Slgnor PadoVa IS
worth repeating hyour readers agree win nun
let them read:
IN. Padovs, an Israelte merchant at Cento, in the
province OF Ferara, had wife and two children anu
a Catholic clerk who sednced Madame Padoya. Inc
clerk was driven from the house, and fled TO Bologna
lAnother OF the ex-patenay governed Papal towns,
where in the course of seven years the Austr1ahs
fuliladod $50 Of bis Holinesss children Al Aneona
the same amiale gu riians of order, religion ana All
GOOD things only had 90 persons shot in the same
uegi0dl. The woman took her CHILDREN ana followed
Lim tlither The husband went TO Bologna, and de-
nandcd that at least his children should be gwen BACK
to Lin. Authority answered that children ana
mother were baptized and that abyss hencetorth
existed between bis family and him. His night now,
ever to pay an allowance for the support OF all
ofthem The womans lover included, was fully re-
cognized few months later his legitimate wife was
married TO his clerk, who had seduced her, by his
eninenee Cardinal Oppizoni Archbishop OF Bologna
The .Jews are more kindly treated al Rome than
in the other towns of the Papal States II is not
necessary TO recall the story of the little Mortara-
constantly coming out in unlucky numbers for
the Temporal Power.
The Roman Government really Is very paternai'
unless maternal be the filter epithet although the
chief of il being sworn 20 cebacy, one might, at
first blush think that fatherhness should not be
speciaty among his virtues. Consequently, like al
maternal State Governments, II Is lementably bad,
| as family government would be II conducted ny
rules of State policy. II Is worse than the others,
because, beside being paternal, It IS pTlestly AS
three millions of people are not begotten Of enid
| less old man. so the State they compose IS OF TINS
| world. which the holy priest has renouuced. IL
would be difficult 10 place governor and governed at
further remove from each other. The mild personal
feeling of the father the Christian charity and spec
ulative dogmas of the priest affect criminal JUS
1 tice in Rome. as 10 make it, administration the
most criminal and least just possible.
I'm a village of the enylrOns, two peasants forgot
| " themselves one day; one blasphemed the holy
Virgin. the other poisoned his mother; they were
both sent TO the galeys the parricide has served
out his time; the blasphemer has several years yet
TO serve" The galeys properly called, as every
| one knows no longer exst-the phrase only re-
mains Condemnation 10 The galeys slgnlhes con-
| dempafion TO hard labor Only at Rome the labor
il not hard and the condemnation is not disgrace
NJ About fell into agreeable conversation one day IN
the country with cheerful old peasant who had spent
several years in the gaeys for assassnatOns ana 50
forth. and spoke of them regretfuly as the pleas
ant old times" AssassinatOns are very frequent az
| the present day in Rome, more frequent even than
in New York but very rarely, indeed, having money
! for their motive The motive is offended PRIDE or
vanity. which are wonderfully susceptible IN Roman
| natures COMBINATIONS on trial are different 1t
ia not honorable to testify against an assassin, not Tor
| the nearest relative of the Observation-Disclosures SAFE
neither If / have killed your brother because ne
| triumphed over me In an irritating way AT cards,
vour business is 10 stlettO me- not testify in Court
against me- In the last case it becomes the duty OF
! my brother father, son 70 stllettO you. Then
churches hospitals, converts, the French Academy,
| and the Foreign Embassies cities OF refuge Tor
The criminal whose flight from the police is favored
by the sympathiZIng pOpuace. The llDer Is another
sanctuary. If man pursued threatens 10 thro"
| himselfinto IT, the police il bound 10 let him go
rather than let him perish body and soul an uncOn-
| fessed suicide H. again. he catch by the robe
one of the thousand monks swarmlng IN the street,
he is safe as if he clung 10 the horns OF the altar.
The gendarmes follow the monk, exclalmlng IN tones
Of eptreaty: Good little brother LtrdttceUO J let
| " him loose heis assassln" - cannot, says the
| monk, 4" he won't gO;" and 80 our man OF the knife
reaches the convent II he lie Ill in the hospital OF
the Saint Esprit, he'll in a house of refuge He does
not make haste 10 get well. Hence some of the in-
valids conceived that they could rob and kill with
| lmpunty within It's inyiOlabe precincts. But the
| Poutifcal authority considering that abuses must
| NOT be- abused has decided that crimes committed
| in the hospital have no claim to IMMUNITY, and has
had the decision engraved IN full letters on marble
plate in sight of all the patients-nlne-enths OF
| whom cannot read. From 1886 Ia 1852, there were
24s assassinations in Rome. The motive OF two OF
them was robbery In 1853 the tribunals of the Ro-
man States punished 600 crimes against property,
| aud / 344 crimes against persons. And It IS the
| crimes against persons for which conviction Is most
| difficult
A great many Of the demonstrations grow out OF
ouarrels over cards The doubtful promises Of
chance have Il great charm for the Romans. They
| have passion for gaming, and with this, MS with
all their passions, and the quieter How OF their
! everyday life, religion is strangely mingled.
Our author was sitting one evening IN an eating
house in the Transterere his chapter on the IranS-
| terere the ROmanist quarter OF Rome, as one may
| saw is better written even than the Ghetto.
| About visited il, saw it, "puctlced' II, as the
French say. What other traveller or shrewd OBJ
server has, For the main of it, emlnen'ly pictu-
rescue and dramatic and, what is more important,
largely and valuaby instructive and suggestive, |
must refer you to the book lin an eatng-houSe IN
| the Transtevere, as ] was writing, looking aside
with has widr-awake eye, at table where an Old
| man was PLAYING. The cards were 0Dstlnatey I'M
favorable Ia the old player, who finally staked MS
silver watch TO lose all or recover everything Be-