The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-18
THE- DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH-PHHADELPHIA T

/ loFgia with me, and not far from us is the
General Of the Jesuts. who attracts muSn III ~
lion. Cardinal PentinDi, unable rom ~ aShi
and seats himself soon after o'clock eome
minor Orders began to enter huu ~. .sne', a, Ioo
the bishops, two and two, etnOu1 no thn Srnor,srS
thew n5esented q grand spectacle. ManV OF
them wore a violet-colored berretta on the mead
instead OF black one. Each carrle4 ah nus m,tre @
Varieiiee as in the dIese. Some had mitres
resemblnR imperial crowEs, studded with
precious stones, while some wore over the cope
= dress resenbling hussar's Jacket with up
right collars rigid with gold. OF European
bishops France has the greatest show, Austria
perhaps the smallest being represented only
by the Primate of Hungary, who is followed by
four servants in hUssar uniforms. England
sends more than half her bishops; ireland, con-
trary to the information | received and comnu-
nicated, has fourteen. Scotland, too. is not
behind. There are bishops also from Canada
and the United States, four from India and
China, besides many other arrivals. As to the
chinese BISHOP, learn on better authority that
ne Is trenchman. Each bore lighted taper,
and as soon as they were seated and the arch
bishops, among whom l recognized DR.. Man.
nlng, had arranged themselves on either side of
the throne, the silver trumpets In the cloister
announced the approach Of The Pontiff. They
always perform the same music, but sweeter
notes u Is impossible to conceive. In advance
were the Cardinals, DR.. Cullen among them, and
AntOnelli, looking, as he has done tor twenty
years, calm and imperturbable. These took
their seats on the lower side of the Presbytery,
l3 Ia number and in the centre OF 623 Princes
ana dignitaries OF the Church, Plus TX was
borne in on his chair. So large number has
never, l believe, been assembled together, at
least in modern times. In 1862 there we're not
more than 259 bishops. Altogether the Church
possesses between eight and nine hundred, and
ilty'hree or itty-four cardinals; so that more
than one half OF her staff. so TO speak, met on
this occasion. Call 1t vanity or what you like,
Plus TX must have been more less than human
had he not felt deeply moved and gratided at
the homage which he received.
ROME, June 3O.-Two hundred years have
passed away since the tete of the Centenary of
st. Peter was celebrated. In that interval,
thrones and dominions, principalities and
powers, have been swept into oblivion, while
the Church of Rome exists, and, externally,
never presented grander phase than it did yes
terday. do not urge it as an argument in its
favor; state simple fact, and hard one 1t Is
for those who think 10 upset in an hour an
institution founded in the traditions of anti
quity, and in the faith and affections of many
millions of human beings. What Plus TX felt
and thought as he was born into the centre of
this gorgeous scene, it would be impossible to
conceive. Leaving his chair and ascending his
throne, he stood tor several minutes as If trans
fxed cardinals and bishops, with their lighted
tapers, surrounding him, and a sea OF heads
surging and stretching away to the extreme
distance. l thought he looked pale, and no
wonder if he did; for If hereto trembled with
emotion, what must have been the sensations of
enc who regarded himself as the representative
OF the Great Apostle whose centenary they were
celebrating, the very ceRtre aud depository of
truth! Yet there were no indications of weak
ness in his voice, which was rs 6rm and clear
u
as ever heard IT, The cardinals having paid
their homage by kissing the hand and some
OF the bishops by kissing the knee OF his
Holiness, the great function of the day, the
CanonEation OF the martyrs, began. l abstain
from all criticism, and merely report what
saw and heard, describing great general effects.
To Roman Cathohcs the ceremony which added
so many advocates to those already before the
Throne OF Grace was most interesting, and every
thing that art could supply was borrowed to
make it more effective. When all was really the
cardinal charged to conduct the canoniLa-
ton advanced to the throne, accompanied by
master OF ceremonies and an advocate OF the
Conslstory, Who in the name OF the CARDINAL
| begged instanter that his Holiness would per-
| NIT the names of the twenty-five Beati to be en-
| rolled in the catalogue of saints. The Prelate
| Secretary of the Briefs dd Prlnctpes replied in
| Latin that the Holy Father was we'll acquainted
with their virtues, but before deciding on SO I'm
portant an affair exoIted that intercessIon
| should be made to the Apostles and all the Court
| OF Heaven for light to guide him. The Pope and
| all the mlCreQ most Jnen knelt, Wnlle Two SING
| ing chaplains intoned the Litany OF the saints,
the ecClesiastics joining and the vast multitude
In the church responding as with the voice of
| many waters. There Is = plaintive monotonY in
| the notes which Is very touching, and, familiar
| as they are to the members OF the Roman
| Catholic Church, not voice was SILENT and
| body of sound rose and sWelled through the
vast ediRce that made ones nerves thrill with
| emotion.
The same forms being observed as in the first
! instance, a second time the cardinal advanced,
and the request was made I1stGTlteT ct lastdnttus
that the Beati should be canonlzed, when, in
answer. prayers to the Holy Spirit the souIce
OF light and holiness, were implored. Again
the Pope aud his prelates knelt and prayed,
and, rising, his Holiness intoned the Veni CreG-
tor SDiYitVs with voice so clear and loud, and
with a precision so remarkable, that people
looked upon ono another With astonishment.
A third tine the postulants advanced, and en-
treated tRst0ater, tflstdntitts. ct tastGatiSsiRe
that the canonZation should take place, and an
answer was returned that the Holy Father, con-
Vinced that the act was approved by God, would
now pronounce his definite decision, which he
accordingly did, seated in his char of state,
with his mitre on his head. Alter some other
forms the OOnftctenluS, or Dece1ptnlus was re-
peated, the silver trumpets sounded, the cannon
roared from st. Angelo, and all the bells IN the
city were rung Tor Joy at the consummatlon OF
the hores of the Church,
The Pope now intoned the 4e Deun1, that fine
old Ambrosian hymn. Oh, how grandly II rose
! and died away, as it was sung By the choir, and
was then taken up bv 40 600 voices, pealng iortn
with a power which lifted one above the world,
and then dylng away, as if the effort was too
great for the human soul to sustain! DO not
! call this rant or oVer-eXcted enthusiasm. You
| should have heard and seen properly to have
felt. / confess that even now choke with emo