Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-09-22
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through great gilded bars, while We pass
in among Austrian soldiers. Franciscans
in their brown robes, aud goodis vari-
ETY. of other holy orders ri
While waiting the entrance of His Holi-
ness, the mind can fnd delight in exam
lining the !" Last Judgment" of Angelo,
frescoed upon the wall of the Chapel :.
Every variety of Hope, Doubt, Despair
and Beatitude beam upon us from the
figures upon the wall, Within sacred
enclosure, where tip-toed curiosity canbart-
ly peep, is green-carpeted floor aud tapes
try hangings, with an altar ard throne.
Seats are arranged for the Cardinals, who
soon i'egin to pour in, dressed in great
red gowns and skull caps, attended by
servants in purple. After bows and cross.
es, the servants proceeded to unroll the
trains and seat the Cardinals. And very
hearty array of old Romans they seem,
with tncir arms under cover, their gray
hairs sitleingss.their lofty brows and intel
igent faces bespeaking good living as we'll
as study and reflection. Most of them
kept up an inaudible prayer. One fine,
| old, tremhingly fat gentleman seemed to
be beyond the age of piety, but his habit
ual prayfaIness still played upon his lips.
He refunded me of Chaucers monk, who
repeated al his terms, rfisE
/ 'sThat he had learned out of SOME secree,g
| No wonder was, he heard it all the day
Directly buff soldiers, with gilt helmets
and drawn swords rush in to gnard the
door. thought, at first, that there was a
sudden nsurrection, knowing that in mat
ters of power, as poor Plus had learned,
7 s'athete is but one step from the Capitol to
the Tarpeian Rock" But no-the choir
strike the high notes the doors beyond
opeu, and" VOLTA :" the Vicegerent' of
God appears in his tiara and cloth of 20 d !
Around him swarm ministers Of every de-
gree and shade Of color. He kneels the
rustic of red Cardinals shivers in the hal
lowed air, and all kneel Then he aseends
to the throne-a fne-lookipg, full-faced
man, graceful and diguifed in his bear
ing. Power he seems to wear as famil-
lar garment. How graciously he extends
his hand to the Cardinals, who severaaly
leave their Seats attended by their atten-
Il aanrs m ges.9lE. sssrT5 iuz. essssira--
They, bowiug, kiss the hand, or, as L was
Informed, the diamond brilliant upon the
Pope's ring, az token of reverence. An
inferior order prostrate. themselves, and
tip their labia at the shoe OF His HoIIi-
ness, upon which is cross Of silver. In
the mean time, seraphic music.from the
Pope's select choir ravishes the ear, while
the insense titlates the nose. Soon there
arises in this chamber of theatrical glitter,
plain uuquestioned African, and he4u.-
ters the sermon in facile Eatinity, with
graceful manner. His dark hands gestured
+ harmoniously with the rotuud periods, and
I his swart yisage beamed with % high order
ofiuseligence. He was an Abyssian. "a
had seen the successor of a Hide
/ brand and the tenth Leo had seen the
head of that anti Christ which Luther
fought, with so much rancor and heroism.
| had seen the visible i'm personal power,
which in former times had made Henry
the w. stand for days bare-headed under
the blasts of an Apennine winter, praying
admission to humble himself; which in the
person of Alexander H., whose tomb We
saw, placed its foot on the neck of the
naughty Frederick, with the expression
Super aspidem ct buSiliscu,n apsJa libis. /"
What reflections ensue upon leaving
these vestibules of Power and Splendor
Do they humiliate the poor and hlmble
wanderer from the distant shores of the
Western world Thank God, No! Under
our own free sky, we have a temple Of wor
ship, whose pillars stand upon no slavish
foundation, aud whsse dome was reared by
, no traffic in sin. Jewels we have, sowr
: every dawn upon the fertile earth, vel
: worth whole satrapies of power; tap
!, estry dyed IN sunsets. of gorgeous glo-
: ry land forms of freernen-@ lords o
the lion heart and eagle eye''--every on,
. PoPE,-moving in individual independ-
nce-accountable to God alone A6d a
we takes a last leok at the gorgeous inte-
rior of st. Peters Basilica-of the yass "a
q brio, with its vistas and ai,les opening or
{ every side--as high thoughts lift the sou
upward to its fosnt, as the rich light streami
:, in, through and upon din religious form.
u -as we feel the blest eff lence from Coo, =
u half lost ID the contamination of Ipan-a
: the idea of Eternity grows upon the sou
: with the eye moving. upward and upward
e within the swelling dome; still-stll
Z the home of the loved and the free land o
e our birth is ever the prayer and the burder
,, Of the full heart
.s ass IT, --.~--' ------.ts .rs9 rtss
Lincoln has authorized " Governor" Stan
dly to order an election for Representative
- to Congress in the 10th and I'd districts G
"a North Carolina,
g. The sra aff of General Ioxsancr.nz ,,,.a,ssont