Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-18

forces to mould, correct, or cnstigate. as
10 their dfvinely ly-inspired minds seemed
best.
have been present at many of these
missions, and have thrilled with horror at
the means which | have seen adopted to
sPtritnalize the multitude. Priests
throwing skeletons over the pulpit aud
rattling them against the wondwort, to
slow tue certainty Of death; holding light
ed torches under the wrist to illustrate
the nature of hell fire and the future fate
ot the sinner; lashing themselves with
iron cha ms, to urge the necessity oc pen-
"nce, while n thousand victims Of super
stitiou were on their knees scOurging
their hacks with whips brought to church
| by order; all this mOuutebauk perform
ance accompanied by shricking, yelling.
tninttng. and followed IN some cases bv
premature births aud uutimeiy Deaths
| this is merely n glimpse ut the spiritual
ItphHse of the home OF missionary lubors I:
but then there was Hpriynte, ut.oG-chureli
ilnyestigltiOu of families aud individuals.
until the mind and heart of the country
had been scrutinized mlcrUscopicMlly, ana
another report! was drawn up to he laid
before tue conference of missions in the
palace of his eninrnce the archb;slOp of
Naples. From NIL this spiritually dcgrad-
ing influence and political espionage the
country is now liberated, and constitution
al liberty will 'stund n fair chance. The
III gotten gains which I-hnve reported to
you above, you must remember, form but
small portion of the ecclesiastical funds
now appropriated by the government for
better redistribution; the whole SUN, l
am told, would go for to pay tue ma
tional debt. You will not be surprised.
therefore, to hear that Il portion of the
| clergy are boiling over with wrath. The
cardinal denOunCes the inquiaition into the
state of the mOnnsteriCs as indecent, mon.
strous, and know nOtwhnt else, and en-
courages resistance; and his eminunce
and tue government aren't duggers drawn.
lie has lntely requested CaYnliere Nigra 10
silence Padre Gtu eppe di Foria, an cmi-
nent preacher, request which was re-
fused, on the ground that the padre had
PERMISSION from tue superiors of his order
to preach. Indeed, the government has
established us principle that each prench-
CT shall be allowed perfect liberty of
speech. In the country, also, VIC have
heard some demonstrations on the part OF
the clergy against The present order OF
things. The fail of Gaeta, especially, gave
OCCASION to some. Thus the archbisiloDs
OF Trhni and Chicti did all they could 10
resist the general wish to have a Tc Deum
sung on the occasion, hut all in vain,
the people rose upon them and walk
ed them quietly out of their dioccscs.-
Tie bishop of Avelline sent "a message
from ~ distance, his place of retreat, to
/ his clergy, to forbill the Tc Deum, as the
'holy fathers orders were not TO acknowl-
edge any other sovereign than Francis
u. The vicar general lelcgraphed from
Anelllno for orders, and was directed to
have the Ambrosinn hym chanted. So the
civil power suubbed and supercctlel the
4btshoP, who ,is7one Of the most rCtrOgrldc
ecclesiustics in the country. A very large
portion OF the clergy, however, a re rcjoiced
1T tho altered state of things, for, in re5W,
! dITE"Es MS well ns i'll more worldly matters
be persuaded that the world is governed by
interest. Dcputations of Priests and
monks have waited on Mancini, counsellor
OF ecclesiastical affairs, to s.thankm him
Tor his great decree. A number of them
on Tuesday night went to the palace to ex.
press their gratitude to the Prince and
Chevalicre Nigra, and would have got up
demonstration in the city, but the svndic
by placard entreated that nothing of the
Kind should take place. As for the laity
generally, Ithinklthat they are rtjoiccdtat
neing relieved from an oppression which
enslaVed both mind and body;rand which
converted the imam of Cod into the spy.
tue policeman, the executiuner | shall
have some curious details to send you in a
lew uays, but let me now tell you that in
the ContihehtHl provinces of this country
alone there were from 800 to 900 mouns-
teries.