New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-28

for an Italian table, with plain food, and were
waited upon by the same persons who had washed
them.
whatever may be said of the particular merit or
good taste of this performance, no one who has
once vtneesed it can doubt its reality. In com
parison with il, the Pope's washing and kissing Of
the thirteen polished feet Of the thirteen beggsrs in
St. Peters is The merest farce. Yet the Pope does
his part well, and washes the foot offered to him
with as much care as though it needed it, and af-
terward waits upon the thirteen at table IN the
kindest possible manner. 1t Is in this ceremony
that the Holy Father appears to show his real char,
acter. which think is that Of q very knd-hearted
man. He took the shes as they were handed TO
him by his officials, and walking along, placed them
in the hand of each man az the table in turn, and
alterward poured them out wine IN go0d-natured,
familiar WAY giving TO each kind word, and smi-
ing good bumoTedly upon all When he is in his chair
of state, riding upon the shoulders OF twelve men,
he is out Of his place. as every man must be who IL
Get up 10 receive the alteration of the multitude;
but when he is in some measure allowed TO walk
among men in familiar manner, he appears to be
q ycIy kind-hearted, benevolent old gentleman.
Tho poor man seems dreadfllly bored by the te-
diOus ceremonies to which he is compelled to SUBJ
nit, by the fittings up and sittings down, by the
adjusting Of his various caps, by the spreading out
and the gathering together of his robes, in which
some one Of his Cardinals assists him every few
minutes; and when he gets fairly down on his knees
before the shrine of St Peters, saying his prayers,
it is evidently great relief to him; his hand feels
beneath the pOntiica robes for the inevitable snuff
box his head is bent low down, and he partakes Of
the delicious powder with visible satisfaction.
When he rises he appears refrigerated by bis de-
yOtional exercises and blesses the kneelng crowds
with as full and commanding a gesture as IN the
first procession OF the morning.
Beside the ceremonies at Sc. Peters, there are
various excrciles ut all the churches, appropriate
10 the season; and preaching is not by any means
omitted. Yesterday went to the Church OF the
Jesuits to hear the 'Sabat Mater, but the preach
ing interested me more than the music. The au-
dience was immense, and purely Italian in its char
acter; they had the dark compilations and full lus-
tIous eyes, which one nowhere sees in such perfec-
ton as here in Rome.
They were seated upon small wicker chairs, and
filed up the whole nave OF The church. This was
the material to be- interested, and felt, as the
eye wandered over this great crowd and noted their
emotional pature, how easy it would be TO enlist
their sympathies.
The preacher was middle-aged Jesuit, with
dark robe, and cOwl tbrowa back, 80 as to reveal
his whole chronological development, and allow
every one TO make careful estimate of his quality
and strength.
He, too was emotional with certain determine
ton of expression which denoted something like
firm basis Of character. His surroundings were
beautiful marbles immense frescOes in the dome
over head, representing heaven, with the Almighty,
in the form Of gray haired man, seated upon
throne, and receiving the alteration of saints and
angels. Over the nave, Christ was Pronounclng
Judgment upon the wicked, who were falling before
bis waving hand, into the BettOmless Pit. Over the
altar at bis side and in front OF the multitude,
life-sized figure of Christ was hanging from the
Gloss, and Mary weeping at his feet.
TWAS but few moments after he commenced
before the preacher had worked himself into per-
feet Juror of excitement, poOtng TO the cross and
appealing to the audience in the most frantic mas
ner. -Four times while we were there he fell upon
his knees and exhorted the crowd, who always
bnelt with him, but were not otherwise particularly
moved, until he was exhausted. Then the music
slowly rolled out from above, giving hun time to rest
and take breath. l came away before he had fin
ished.
Of course there ia nothing doing Of political i'm
portance in Rome during this week. Some are too
busy laying in stock of good deeds and prayers for
another years sins to give attention to any thing else.
-Four thousand Of the garrison of Peruga have ar
lived during the week, but for what object I can
only surmise, and how their places have been sup.
Piled in that city am unable TO say.
case similar TO that of the young boy Mortara
has recently come TO lis h 1t appears that wealthy
OF TerracDa OF it's neighbOrhOod upon his death
left his property to his son, sckly boy of III years
of age, with provision that if the child died before
he came of age the inheritance should be given TO
the Municipai Government. The property was 30
large that the authorities planned suspected
OF planning the death of the child. To escape this
danger the mother removed to Rome, thinking very
naturally that here u der the very eye of tue Holy
Father, the widow and the tatherless might meet
with that protection which was denied them in their
native city. But here new DANCER awaited her.
In this case the boy was to be got rid OF as surely
as in the other but in manner very reputable and
less vulgar and shocking than by the use Of the KIN 70
or poison. The Church, with an experience of sew
era centuries, can bring appliances for accomplish
ing It's ends Of more elegant order than any Italian
city can be expected to produce imprOmptu. Ii the
boy could be made member OF any one of these
orders of men who have so fully renowned the
world in giving away all their money and devOting
their lives to the chanting of masses and paIading
in professions be would be as good as dead so far as
the property was concerned, and another member
would be added to one of these worry Fraterntics
This would be much better than putting him to
death outright and BESIDES could be done with such
perfect ease 1t was only necessary to brbe the
boys tutor to entice him from the house and from
the arms of his mother, under the pretense OF taking
walk, and enter him, with all the necessary form
atty ofsigaDg papers and taking the OATH to which
the simple minded boy could be forced or induced
by threats or promises, into the Order of the esats
and all the accumulated wealth of the boys ances-
tors would belong to them.
This they accordingly did, and the boy was taken
out to walk by bis treacherous tutor, and by some
means or other not known to the unintiated, made
young Jesuit. The mother was of course frantic |
Of the prolonged absence of her child and after by
search of two days, she had learned bis where |
abous she made the mostearnest application for:his
release and promised that she would permit priest
to be his private instructor (Which she had before
reussd) If her boy could be perlnitted Ia 90 home