The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1863-04-28
THE POPE AT HOME.

resident at Rome furnishes the following
information relative to the domestic habits of the
Pope:
His Holiness rises about G. At he says mass
in a room adoining his bedroom. Almost all the
cardinals and the Roman Bishops follow the same
custom. When prelate at Rome hires furnished
apartment he brings with him portable altar, and
says mass at home; and it does not unfrequently
happen that foreigner who hires an apartment
which has been previously occupied by prelate
finds some of the remnants Of those affairs The
Pope Is served by canoriere, and BY preate,
priest, or deacon There at the Vatican ten
secret camorieri, or less, closely attached to
the Fope, according to their age. AT the head of
them arc Mgrs Stella, De Merode, Talbot, and
Rice, who arc always near his Holiness They
keep hlm company, amuse him, and make him
laugh, which is not very difficult for in private
life Plus TX is smiling and happy. At eight
o'clock his Holiness takes his coffee and some
trlfing retreshment Mgr. Stella alone is present
at that meal, as he opens the letters which have
arrived and reads them to the Pope At nine,
when the repast is and the letters read,
Cardinal Antonelli makes his appearance from the
floor above. He is always gentle and mild--"Holv
Father" here; Happy Father" there; he praises
the genius OF the Pope, his knowledge of affairs,
&c. This is the way in which the Cardinal always
addresses Plus TX. Cardinal Antonel insults
him on everything and is his most humble servant.
The political conversation and business of the
Sovereign Pontif with the Minister lasts for an
hour or two. About half past ten or eleven the
audiences commence. The Pope dressed in white,
is seated In large arm chair, with table before
him. lie says two or three words to all the persons
who arc presented to him, in the language which
they speak-French, Italian, or Spanish: but if
English or German be spoken, an Interpreter
becomes necessary. Sometimes during the audi
ences he signs applications for indugences which
have been made to him in writing The Pope
willingly signs those applications, writing at the
bottom of thea "Fiut Pho Nono.' At two O'Clock
the Pontifcal dinner takes place. From three to
four the Pope takes his siesta, as every one does
at Rome. IT you call at the house of Cardinal
at that hour, the answer invariably is, "His
eminence is reposiug" The Pope does neither
more nor less than others. At five his Holiness
takes drive in carriage, escorted by guards,
eamoreri and monsignori. At seven the Pope
, sups, aud afterwards plays game at billiards At
ten all the lights at the Vatican are extnsuished
! THE BUTLER OvATIoN.-It is point of his
tory, remarks the Macon Telegraph, viii ch no
public journal should omit, that New York city
has just given the grandest possible ovation to
( Bntler-in her grandest hall-crowded with six
thousand men and women composing the elite of
2 population-and that this foul -mouthed scoundrel
7 -burdened with the pilage of defcnceless peo-
I pie-wlth all the crimes that disyraced fell
4 on-with the execra;iens of every press and pub
I nc man in Europe, and proved to be thief and
4 seoundrel BY portion of the press of New York
z eltV-that this vulgar and bloated impersonation
[ of human depravity and crime has been accorded
fete such as given to Kossuth, the Japanese,
! and the Prince of Wales Be it remembered &c.
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