The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-06-24

!, JUNE 2
An Interview with Plus TX Ap-I
I, peaar'ance Of the Holy Father H.
teresting Details. .3 d .s5...olf
a correspondent of the Evenement IT,
lustre, who was admitted some days since
to an audience of the Pope, gives in. a let
ter from Rome to that journal some inter
esting details about the Holy Father. He
says: y satisSlilia 81 .la .ss ~ ssI{ s
a.sThe Pope pretty tall and stout, With
out being obese. The furniture of his pfi-
vate room is Q square table. with two chairs
and m armchair for himself The room is
very small, with u low, ceiling, no curtains,
and the walls covered with paper Of the
cheapest sort. Those Of The grand official
saloons are coveredwith silks His bed
room, has, yellow curtains, no carpet, and
a brick floor, with a little bedstead Of iron
without curtains. He is very neat IN his
persot, his hands, which eihalf covered
with whita lmittens, are particularly attend
ed to. He rises at 6 o'clock, sha9es him
sell, and says his mass ina little private
chapel and then hears another. AT 8
o'clock he takes small cup Of chocolate,
and at $50 he receives bis ministers. Car
dinat IAntonelh comes every Idayj to, the
Vatican, and when prevented from doing
so the under $. cretary Of state, Monsignor
MaImi, takes his place. The other days
of the week the, other fusctionaries 10 their
turn transact business with him. At 1890
the ministers withdraw. The audiences
then begin. and are not till. At.2 O'Clock
the Pope dimes in his private apartment.
His. repast is Of the most modest, kind.
and il, always ends with sweetmeat. OF
which all Italians are fond. From 2:3O to
3he takes his siesta, ut 8 he reads his
Breyiary, andlat $3.50 goes out,for drive
in a, carriage with four horses. accompani,
ed only by two, young priests. If tho
weather permits he alights and walks in
the most retired parts Of Che city; never
theless, he is followed by upwards oftwo
thousand persons, who walk after. him in
silence. When it rains his holiness pro-
ceeds to the galleries Of tie Vatican when
the visitors have retired. He is a great
lover of antiques, as proved by the re-
searches and reservations he is continually
making. On his return home, at 6 o'clock.
the audiences recommence and last till 10
at night, when heretires to sup, He goes
to bed at II, and the next day goes through
the same routine. Though advanced in
years, he sings very vol, and what is quite
unknown even to many Romans, plays
well on the yioloncsllc. WheuI was re-
ceived with my companion, the chamberlain
plucked me by the sleeve to make me kneel.
The Pope, parceiving the movement, SPAR
ed us the gennAexioD, and made US ap-
proach the table at which he was sitting.
So. then,' holiness said, you are two
journalists. friends, going together to Ma
plesp He spoke about Naples, and ask
ed us how we liked Rome. adding that peo-
found themselves very free during their
stay. He then took two Photographic
iikenesses Of himself, one for each Of US,
and, with sly smile, said, I am going to
write something for the journalists, and, in
q firm hand, traced these words: 55d fi7F; Fl
-siif Diligite oeritatem, 5liam Dei;' e
a'ter which be held out his hand to us.
HI 8 affability is extreme. He speaks
French with as much accent as Rossini,
and the impression he produced on me was
that Of a pleasant and tranquil old man,
who appears to be but little occupied with
external matters. 'a af
MARYLAsD.-It will crafty oil true
Southern men and women to learn that the
graves Of Confederate soldiers in London
Park Cemetery, Baltimore, we're appro-
pliately remembered and decorated. The
Gazette says Ii i,slsa 81 q i
Though few Of them were personally
known to US, these soldiers did not die as
strangers in astrange land, for our people
gave to them the sincerest admiration and
sympathy in their lives, and will keep their
graves and memories green. The loved
ones who are morning for them in the
South may feel assured that their ashes
will repose as peacefully in Maryland as in
Virginia, and that We and those who may
come after us will tread reyerently around
these graves. i.. Fff SIS
"Be IT so!though Right Trampled be coun-
81 led for Wrong, tf5as
| And that pass fortnight which IS Evil
.3ia Victorious; sg9
Here, where Virtue is feeble and Villainy
81 istrongJ aliab ID
IT'S Cause, not the fate OIL Cause that
is glorioua.' sfI ).
| LET Us HAVE REAgE. Il Whenlthe Russ
slams exterminate one. half Of Poland and
brutality trample upon those surviving, even
to .he, extent Of abolishing their language
| and blotting their country from the map
Russians proclaim that "Order reigns in
Warsaw" and the Gar, like Gen. Grant,
caws out "Let us have peace
It's Tacitus. We believe. who described
the ancient method Of pacifcation. now 50