New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-24
ABOUTS NEW LOOK ON ROME.

servntions. noted on the spot, during his SIX
months residence in the Papal States some two
or three years ago. That, however, was not the
first time that he saw Rome. He has faculty
for seeing. Not that he has seen everything, nor
all sides. nor always to The bottom OF things
The book has faults and defects; It is only
critics and readers of books who have not. II
il very entertaining, almost as much so as his
Question Rornaine, of which it Is a pendant bat
not continuation As he says in his preface
ct j. neither pamphlet nor even political book:
Tie reader VIII be disappointed if be seek IN 1t genera
considerations the Government OF The Pope w Iai
10 be said for and against the temporal power mas
teen said and the auhOrhas not authority nor Oerty
enough TO az the arguments. be has played too
otiye part bOh a. plaintiff and defendant, not to be
uspected OF iupaTtiay Ii If tor the Presiding hASls-
tate lNapoleon 10 speak be keers silence FOR the
est, If the reader is curious to know the auinor
pinlOp Of the POnt6cal Government, he hAs only 10
axe little journey 70 Switzerland or Belgium, and
Of the first bookseller there volume entitled
q Question Romano, where he will find his entire
pinion presented in the cassic costume OF Truth.
What be printed IN April 1859 WAS true and SAL Is
rue He does not retrac word Of II, repeat II.
Cause whyl II he indulged himself in giving sec
end edition Of pamphlet condemned aud damned,
the magistrates Of our beloved country would seize
Rome cOptftq yOrQtne TO read n at their leisure. Per-
hars, even, they would send him 70 prison while se-
ceItng the views Of things, wherefore he initiates the
wise prudence Of scalded cats who are shy even OF
cold water
With all his prudence. it ia hardly doubtful
whether the advocates of the temporal Papal power
viii ike n. Abouts travellers observations better
than his political polcmcs. His facts are as bad rs
bis opuions which he might say was ROme's fault,
moi has.
He lodged al Rome in the Academy of France,
on whose walls David and Pradier Delaroche,
hgres Vernet and other illustrious masters Of the
French school inscribed their names IN their stu
dent days. Gong out for a walk one sunday mora
ing be meets a mendicaut friar at the portal, who
politely salutes and offers his snufi-box. Thank
you kindly but don't snuff " It's pity" said
themonk smiling-"and why Why, if you had
accepted pinch, you would have given trife for
the Convent" That shall not stand IN the way;
viii give YOU what YOU Ike, on condition that you
Guide. me 10 the Place Farnese and answer my ques-
tiops on the way" with pleasure; | have moth
ing 10 do till breakfast. have just brought here
nv last salad" " A salad ?" "The one that
the Director of the Academy viii eat at his dinner
to-day" "What YOU sell salads" ono, | give
them To the benefactors of our order The Aoad-
env. ike almost all Of the great houses, gives us an
aims every month and in return for such kindness
we bring them q salad every Sunday" 1hls men
dicant il no der he pulls teeth poses for the head
and beard 10 the painters follows funerals taper in
hand: if il be the funeral OF a great parsonage, be
gets five sous and wax taper; for the pulling OF
tooth generous folks give him ten sous If an artist
sdmirps his fine rosary Of lockwood beads, he re-
turns 10 the Convent with as much rs a crown. He
il hand and glove with the people, the most
humble servant of the guard. He breaches to the
former in tha coliseum in the squares IN the streets
not with much polish Of style or elOquence OF ges-
ture but IN q way TO be understood If bis phrases
tell on his audience he cares little Tor their want Ol
classical authority; be thinks of words as Napoleon
did Of men, that the question is not where they came
from but where they are going. And he closes ms
account of moneys he gets for different services
thus: Finally, when put my poor services at
the disposition of piOus and charitable foreigner
Il am almost sure that he viii put twenty sous In
this mOney-boX here.
By this time our traveller has reached the Place
Farnese. which is filed on Sunday morning with
peasants come IN 10 seek work and 20 do their mar
keting of purchase aud sale, and % have a good
ime. Ii offers curious scene, ragged, parti-
colored, picturesque, dramatic, and full OF
humOrs.'
Along the wall five or six straw-botiomed chairs
serve III 30 many barber-shops. To fell beard u a
veek's growth costs a sou. The patient, well hath
red resgnedly looks toward heaven the barber puts
i'm by the nose pits fingers in his mouth, stops TO
hgrreu his razor on sOp fastened 10 the back OF the
hair OF TO take bite from black cake that hangson
he wall TIE operation, however, If soon over the
haved man rises and another takes ms place. lie
might 20 wash his face in the fountain but he hnds u
inuler TO wine II with the back Of his sleeve. Pubic
writers alternate with the BARRIERS. Letters are brought
| 10 them 10 he read ar well For reading letter and
furrshngan answer, they charge three sous AZ soon
as peasant approaches Of their tables 70 dictate
something FIVE or Fix neutrality-suspicious. bodies gather
| around bin TO hear the letter. Each one good
| naturedy suggests word or oilers advice; lon
ought 10 say this No, you had better say that.
Let him speak cries third, he knows better tiH
| you what he wants written.
The chapter on the Ghetto or Jews Quarter, is
one of the most curious in the book. do not -
gret that il is 80 long, but sorry that your col
unns are not long enough to admit the whole oil lt.
| The condition of the Jews at Rome Is very mlser-
able. and yet most of the abomnable laws against
| their rights have been abolished; Plus ~ and the
! revolution Of 1915 did away with many OF them.
| The Jews of Rome are no longer shut up III thelr
houses at night they may reside in any part OF the
city. they are not obliged to pay ransom at Carni-
| val nor 10 BE- catschised once year. lhey ENJOY
some quite important privileges not shared by the
Catholics. especially IN the matter OF house rents
| and taxes In old times when Pope Paul ~ CON
| fined Them to the Ghetto, the propretors 0i the
houses there, being earnest Christians or rthgiou'
communities, made pleasure 0i their duty ana
(rced the ulucky tenants 10 pay ex0rbtant rents.
| The abuse became 20 crying as % excite the COM
rassion of Urban ' ILL., who fixed the rents at Il
moderate price, but on perpetual transrnlssiole
leases and furthermore provided that for an equally
fixed ard Interchangeable sum paid by the tenants the
propretOrs must keep the houses IN repair. The
| ingenious aud ioresishted Urban VII left his
! house of clay more than two centuries ago leaving
| his bull behind him whose permanent action on
Christian values in the Ghetto Is that OF all
street bear There alone of all this worlds house
built SPACES have remit not risen in centuries and
rssrcs actually live at the expense Of the owners.
| There is house, Tor example, that belongs 70
Convent of Ursulines for their affection. They r.
cey- thirty yearly crowns for it they did IN Ur-