, 1861-09-09

His Treatment Of CRVoUI.& COnfessor
-Intereat:Dg Gons1p ABOUT Plo Mono.

THE POFE-
BIS Treatment Of CRVoUIs& COnfessor /
~1naereat:pg GosslP about Plo Mono. !
Under the title Of tsThc Pope and the F1;ar," |
the Italian correspondent Of the London |
Times writes some very Interesting sosEip con |
cerEing tie Pope, Ills agreeable little ways, |
had IN P1raicuEr his treatment Of Father Gia-
cGMo, Cayout'E cGnteascr. We have heEeso- /
fure given the main facts this case, but the |
account Ct the correspondent is so full md /
well drawn that We cannot resist the tempta.
tion Of Lifting hin tell lis oWn story:
THE FIRST INTERVIEW.
The Pope, am told, received the friar with |
an EXPRESSION Of playful, ought to 4ay iaunt-
ing, Haunting dtkdaio, with his head thrown
l2ckst ards, his yol1ninous chest and s'corpo-
Ea1ionn pudtd forward, and with sneer,
lip. swell, Brother Gizcomo," he began,
when I'll the preliminary ceremonies Of An
interview Of that naturt had been performed,
well, We expect to hear something out CT the
common way from you; have you yonr de-
cla1at'oni i'll wIitirg?. Declaration p qucth
to dec:are:" 's5urely,H the Pontitf insisted,
s'you know what you were summoned here
fc1--what took place between you and your
iiluotfiGus pelltent" ~ hone your
Holiness viii show Indulgence to poor
monk,'' 1etorted the trlar, but who could
expect anything should transpire as to what
or: That is a secret for God alone to search
into" "CertainlY, certainly, Brother Giaco-
no." the PUpe FASTENED to say "SiD -"
The monk needed not the interruption. "Au
I cau freely say, and am happy to say, without
breach OF duty, is that Count Cavour died IS 8
can assure your Holiness only wish all my
parishioners could die as holy and peaceful i
death ss Count Cayour died"
The sliurered foot of the Pope had been
slightly stamping the ground with impatience
ill the time the tnar spoke; he cut him short
at the end with bitter sarcastic tone. "Real-
II, Flate Giacomo, if it be 50, can only con-
gra:ulate you On the very exemplary flock you
have got down there at Turin. A nice set OF
Pensioners q nice get i"
The i1iar cast down his eyes; the head Of the
Church SO playfully skeptic about the omnip
cience Of grace and mercy, so plainly incredn-
lcus as to Il timely revulsion Of feeling, the
eontfition, repentance, and happy release Of
even the most hardened sinner, aud SO ready
to grew from his oWn little faith arguments
against the religious disposition off whole
congregation Of Christians, sorely discom-
posed, puzzled and pe1pl:xed the simple fsiar.
and the Pope proceeded, after pause,
1cld9 oi his waite roba-" And the sacrament
tho a;attco, which yeu administered to the
diving n,irister? WEy, what an egregious
iarce Ce1e graziosa eon,nedia' were ths pTecl=e
Woids) What an cgreEious Play was tnat!''
Tie monk Wss stag5ered. "fhe saera-
71cscLea Of the Counts brother, the Marquis
Gustayo, his daughter and son-lElaW, Count
aE2 Countess Alaeri, and other persons whose
seep Catholic feelings no man eEet doubted.
Toey can bear witness -."
Etough said; enough said, interrupted
&o4A 7,fao
the declaration in wiring that We demand Of
you. You understand and you will not fail
TO present yourself befo1e the General Of your
orce1 without delay"
TEE TEKRoRs OF THE HOLY OFFICE.
With this the Interview, which took far
nore time thaa hsre required to describe It,
te1minattd. At the General of the Franciscan
Orde1's nd ct the Holy Office sceaea Of the
sare nature took placs. It was p1aln that The
Court of Aome hoped, either W the awe in
splrea by TIC per6ol Of the Port;tf, or By the
terrorf Of the monastic or iEi ais1toria1 disci.
pine, to bring tie poor monk to reveal a.
much Of Count CaVour's confession IS could
! construed into no matter Sow pal. ghost o
! recanta:!on, On the Counts part, of his pc
! Itical e1rcrs. Nor would this have implied {
/ breach Of the inyiolable seal Of confession. fo
! retractiou, In order to be eficaeIous and tt
have sny merit IN the eyes Of God, must be q
I
/ the scandal arose, and the recanting penlten
1nue: allow, and, Indeed, instruct his spiritua
director to repair 81 openly as possible tn
evil OF which he Acknowledges himself th
anthor. But the real fact is that Cayour ha
nothing to retract-lad not only no inclina
tion, hut 10 leisure, and, above all things, n
ee1f consciousness to make any retra4tio
whatever. In spite Of all the idle talk that wen
about the newspapers, the Court OF RON
must have known as well as We did here, tha
! Father Giacomo had nothing to reveal; an
the summons of the poor ftisr to Rome eoul
wish to see whether intimidation and mora
torture could Htench from the monk aamit
sions which could haze no solid ground
WHAT KIND OF MAN Il FATHER GACoAo
Father Giacomo is no man Of genius, and
20 hero. He Il an honest monk, fond of GOO
l. living, glad to be at peace with TIE Ttol
FWorid and with himself. But, however great
tlustered aud disconnected in his inward sos
Che used to cling to both arms Of Piedmon
eee friend Of NINE then In Rome, and "hope
he would rot fozrake him, y however eften
prey to serious qualms and aghast at the ug
} sc1ape he had unWittingly got into, he rallle
| whenever tie hour Of trial came round, 81
I | always showed his enemies as free and eas
and secure, though humble and respectful
The monks Of his order In Rome, who h!
. been pIejudiced against him, took pride IN
i dignihed behavior, and treated him with gre
regard and defer ence, looking upon him as
brave fellow credit to the cloth.
- He had parting interview with the Pop
!: in which the latter behaved with less bars
nees, though with even greater srperciliou
> nees. and affected to treat the monk and Il
errard upon which he had been called as
) low his notice. He still harped about the Q
subject ct a declaration" a word now a1mt
entirely void Of meaning, nd st length sig
Il fed his good pleasure to allow Giacomo
: deCart in peace.
- Nothing can equal the joy Ct the good fr
. il seeing himself ont cf the clutches OF t
Roman Court, and breathing again as he So,
tsthe free air Of his OWL country" He j!
native of Poirino, a small town On the &c
between Turin and Asti I do not hear II
: any measures have been taken as Jet conce
s ing his parish
g. PIUs DOES NOT MELLOW WITH AGE.
Adversely evidently works no good upon
mitd of the once benevolent Pio Mono.
r has been goaded by the taunts Of the pre-
lp which charged him with incap pacity, or, st 1es
II il do!epce, Il the exercise Of his sovereign
t:es to take great deA OF the matters 5nn
ted with the temporal government upon hi
~ self. He sets a. chief Of his oWn police; S
sL spies and other worthless every morning, 9
"a "a etufts himself with q great deal Of Idle,
q Il wholesome and periloas political gossip.
to ce!fghts in sudden coa:ps d. fat, and 1t VIA