The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-18
ROME.
The Pope Again In camp-Travel by Rail
and Difficult ROad-ReceptiOn of the Holy
Fnther-DiDing ut sMess''-NnpOleOn's Di-
pi0mucy-POlitics AMI Finance.

and n Difficult Road-Reception Of the Holy
Fnther-Dining mt sMess''-Nnp0ieOn's Di-
piOmucy-POlitics AMI Finance.
ROME, August 80, 1885,
The Pope made his secod visit the other day to the
camp at Rocco di Papa bit this time to the Zouaves
The day being very fine aid not too warm, deter
mined also to CO. but on horseback, from Rome, for
oil these Roman railroads.&c. not tempt one to use
them unless from pure necessity. 1t would really
that this is what theydesire judging from what
the company does The fist class carriages are very
dirty and to pay ones ticet there are all sorts Of
difficuties If you innOcelty give bill Of five lire
(by the by the small bills hive not been suppressed,
as l was told they were to beg you don't get your
whole change back again to go and return from
Frascat costs somewhat uider five lire, and If you
incautiously give gold piice you must take your
change In copper.
The 10th was the day o. San Lorenzo (St Law
rence)-"Sdn Lorenzo 0,rn caldera, ma che POGO
dura." lSt. Lawrence, sreat heat, but which lasts
little However, as SAID the heat was not tremen-
dous. thirtyone degrees catigrade started ut four
five minutes before the arrival Of the Pope The
crowds were immense, but generally OF the lower
Belgian minister and some Spanish attaches. / am
told Count Sartiges would not come for fear Of some
legitimate demonstration, declaring that he had
nothing to do with 1t this time, as 1t was "une ee
de JIntUe.O
Plus the Ninth seems in fplendid health and looks
wonderfully young and fresh, for remember he is in
his seventy seventh year. The enthusiasm of the
Zouaves was tremendous. After the mass, which
ms Holiness SAID ID an elegant tent arranged as
saw the King Of Naples and his brother Count Bari
among the number.
went to dine at the Greek Abbey OF San Basio, at
Grotta Terreta. There resides for the summer
the HcaT IL Who Will the
vired by his Holiness to dinner. was also very hun
cry and would have taken breakfast In one Of the
little imprOmptu cafes, Of which there were several
In the camp but for some friendly zouaves who took
me with them to their mess room, where they gave
me an excellent dinner. These gentlemen, being
almost all arstocrats-I speak now OF the officers,
but 1t Is the case also In many instances among the
sodiers-haye arstocraic tastes fine linen liveried
Is very tastefu-all made OF foliage.
l win not detan you longer at Rocca di Papa, but
pass to tell you what the cable telegraph will give
you warning OF to-day pr0bably-that Sartges is at
last named Senator OF France, and that Bonneville
is named here. This IL the way Napoleon disposes
OF his diplomats when he wants their places; not
bad way, they get thirty thousand francs year.
But one Of the French Embassy, with whom am
very intimate, assures me that his now exchief re-
grets this forced retirement. Diplomats, like hunt
ers, from habit, can last be useful and enjoy run
ming very long time. hear that Castro the Spa
nish Ambassador, has given his demisson; but this
astonishes no one. In Rome we are accustomed
to new Spanish Ambassador every year.
Everything continues quiet here. 1t is too hot in
Rome and everywhere else in Italy to conspre,
the shade. En- reralche-we have storms OF another
Kind ali over italy The French mails were detained
four days the railroad over Mont Cents having been
broken up in two places. This was the case also
with other Northern Italian railroads. We have had
frequent and violent storms OF wind and rain at
Rome and indeed all over Italy. These storms have
olly moderated the intense heat for a few hours.
However they must have beneficial effect on the
health OF the country, Us we have no cholera and but
few fevers.
Nesuvius, too, friend just from Naples tells me,
has become menacing. For some days past there
have been loud detOnations, with volumes OF smoke
and luminous jets formed OF burning stones thrown
high from the crater. The lava I'm tho
harmlessly inclined, stopping high up the mountain,
near the crater.
see that the Correspondence Ndlienne publishes
the final protocol for the division OF the inscriptions
OF the public Pontidcal debt, according to the con-
vocation OF December Z, 1866, signed Cambray Digny
and Mataret. The Roman journals silent on the
subject II would seem to them, II they mentioned
1t, like sanctiOning des rats dccoHlDiis.