Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-19
Private Lifs u the Pope-AsssorIey a. q
Pomp Of the Papan Once,

Private Lifs of tho Pope-Austorify a,
l.f PomP of the PaPal once.
Some Of our readers may like TO know 9
little about the interior of a PapaI palace.
Those who have derived the idea of Il from
the luxurious reign Of Leo x, may learn how
gtaid, demure, and methodica' amodern Pope
Is expected TO be. His Court, though ex-
teTnally splendid, Is austerely regulated, aud
his privy purse is estimated at not more than
4260 Roman dollars per annum, though
offerings from the faithful in various coun-
tries have Especially inthe case ofhis present
Holiness) brought occasional augmentation
to these narrow means.
Among the thousand chambers of the Va
tican, few, and those not the largest, are re-
served for his residence. In the OuirinaI
Palace he has more magnificent suite; but
his villa on the Lake Albano. and that lately
purchased at Porto d Anzio, are surpassed in
scale and grandeuT by many country seats
Of gentlemen and noblemen of England.
Though always appearing abroad with a
cortege Of ehariots and mounted guards, in
private his habits are simple, bis dress en-
tirely white, with q gold embroidered cross
on the slippeE which is kissed In the act of
that homage be usually dispenses with from
non. Catholics 1t the presentation, and of
which he himself sets the example, so far as
Christian humility is implied, by kissing the
feet of the priests Cwho are generally Door
Thursday.
He holds no levees, but access to him is
easy, through proper officials, for persons of
almost every rank, with no other require
ments as to etiquette of c0stume than black
evening dress, without gloves, and the vail for
females. AS to the privste life Of Plus TX,
he daily celebrates Mass in his private chapel,
and attends another Mass snid by a chaplain;
dedicates the entire morning, till an early
dinner, to his duties; then drives out aud
(when beyond the city walls) usually walks;
returns again to occupy his hours, till a
rather late supper in that routine of endless
and ever. prescribed engagements that rem
der the life of Pope little else than mag
nifcent slavery.
Among these engagements, audiences, Off
cial and private, are not the least prominent
or wearisome, and it is said his present Hoii-
ness has literally spent the day till seven p.
NJ, in one series of receptions. Most of the
eccesiastics enrolled in the Papal Court rank
as prelates; and this household is at present
composed of the Cardinal, the Secretary of
State Prefect of the Apostolic Palaces) a
mgjor-domo, maestro di camera, an auditor,
the maestro of the Sacred Palaces (whO is
alwaysa Dominican and head of the censor
ship over the pressl ten private chamber
lains, l02 private supernumerary chamber
lains, all, like the former, of prelatieal rank.
LfAlG-AFreGt
of n Female Gamester.
A dashing woman, of considerable no.
toriety in Paris, under the name of Madame
de Marsay, was recently tried by the tri-
bunal of Correctional Police, on the charge
of keeping a clandestine gaming-house at l8
Rue Laftte. The case excited some interest.
Your real name is Edmee Raullot" said
the President "and your age is twenty-six2"
The accused answered in the affirmative.
'YOu occupy an apartment in the Rue La
ftte-what is the rent2" at is 4,5OO francs"
"What resources have your" II have an
income of 4, 900 francs, allowed me by a gem
tleman with whom l lived" ''How can you
pay 800 francs rent out of an income of
1000 francsP" ''In addition to that have
1000 francs a month from another gentle
man" Your resources ore not clearly es-
tablished, and yet you must live in a style
which must cost large sum; you keep a
carriage, you have servants, you give grand
suppers and parties. Are not these enter
tainments got up for the sake of play, and is
it not from that source that you derive your
income"
"People only play occasionally at my
house" "They do SO constantly2r Seer
tainly not. | give balls and musical parties,
and invite persons to take tea; sometimes
they play, but only occasionally" Large
sums have been played for in your housea"
Never more than seven or eight louis at q
ttIDO DOHuc p6TSOuS ueCldr6 IndJ JneY
have seen !, ,20oE, l,50of., and 2,OO0f. lost in
the course Of an evening at your parties?'
81 know nothing of it, "a merchant is
stated to have lost an enormous sunni" ''The
person referred to won more than he lost"
You levied sum on each gamer" "Never"
"You played on parele2' Sometimes"
"And when you lost, you did not pay2"
NO. sir, always paid, when lost, the day
after" Strangers were taken to your
house, and you gave them suppersep "There
is nothing unusual in ones friends intro
ducing strangers, and did not care about
the expense of modest supper"
"At what time did your parties termi-
nate?" Generally at-2 or 3 o'clock in the
morning" A commissary of police stated
that, having heard that the woman kept a
clandestine gaming-house, he had made
descent into the place, and had found five
women and three men playing at baccarat,
with sum of 404f on the table, which, with
the furniture, he had seized. He added that
the men were smoking, clear indication of
the sort of place the house was. Some per-
sons, male or female, the latter describing
themselves as rentierres, then deposed that
Madame de Marsay had allowed play almost
every night in her house, and for large sums
too. The tribunal condemned the accused
to three months imprisonment and 200f
fine; it also ordered the furniture and the
money which were seized to be confiscated."