Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-12-01
BAYARD TAYLOR IN ROME.
F,Us IXth--HIs SUCCESSOR APPOINTED.
"A DISCOVERY.


letter thence to the Tribune. Con
corning the Pope Mr.. Taylor says
Plus TX, bids fair to outlive many
more reports of approaching death.
Although in his 77th year, he is still
robust, and goes through his Easter
performances with little appearance of
fatigue. His large, fresh, amiable
face is almost unwrinkled his voice is
still powerful, and his muscles so
elastic that he mounts the manifold
staircases of the Vatican on foot,
rather than be carried about on his
portable throne. But in the belief of
the people, his singular semi Opaque
blue eyes have a power of harm which
increases with his years Babies are
kept out of the way when he passes
through the streets OF Rome, and the
most of those upon whom his glance
happens to fail make horns with their
fingers held behind their backs, to
ward off TIE evil influence.
Plus TX. is now in the twenty-third
year of his fontificate, and there is Il
good prospect that he may rule for a
quarter of century, as no Pope has
ever done before him. The people
contemplate this possibility with a de
gree of superstitious interest which
surprised me- 1t is well understood
in Rome, however, that no inter
regnum will be allowed to follow his
death. An intelligent Roman noble
man said to me we are now living
under double rule that of Plus TX.
and that of his successor, who is al
ready secretly chosen s"
~'Wno is the latter q / asked.
= can only tell YOU" he replied,
that it is not Antonelli. +"
[ had personal evidence of the fact
chat the system OF brigandage, which
makes nh Southern Italy 50 insecure,
has It's headquarters in Rome. My
residence for two months was under
that of the major-domo of the ex-king
of Naples, and not a day passed but a
goodly number of priests and bandits
sometimes seperate, sometimes in
eompany-came to my door by mis-
fake I scarcely ever went out with
ont finding some of them mounting or
descending the stair case the average
number could not have been less than
SO per day. When I asked the serv-
wants, on first taking possession of my
quarters. "Who are the wild looking
men who come here, asking for the
Duke ?" the answer was, "They are
the br;igands of King Francesca" and
L ha@ ample opportunities afterward of
satisfying myself that it was true
How those who were entered were cap
tured near the Neapolitan frontier
came to be wearing silver medals of
Plus TX. is a circumstance which I will
not attempt to explain. Much is done,
however, in the name of the amiable
old Pontiff of which he is ignorant
Railways have abolished passports
throughout the rest OF Europe
ssussia-and Rome has so far yielded
chat q single wise is all that is required.
This is the only stamp my passort re-
ceixea an eighteen months, though my
iourneyings touched Hamburg and Ma
pies, the Pyrenees and the Danube. !
The only annoyance of which l heard
travellers complain was that their
letters were sometimes withheld at the
post-ofiice, unless they paid double or
triple postage. The Protestant chapels
are outside the walls, but had the
pleasure of hearing Dr. Bellows preach
in a private residence in the heart of
the city. The artists in Rome are gen
erally satisfied with things rs they are
they are allowed the utmost freedom,
The Government interfering with them
FAR less than with its own people.
A very interesting discovery was
made last winter on the bank of the
Tiber, near Monte Testaccio. It is the
old landing place for the marbles
brought from Sicily, Africa and Greece
to be used in building the temples and
g,alaces of Rome. The old quay, with
its inclined planes. and rings for de-
taching vessels, has been uncovered,
aad upon it lay blocks of precious
marble, of the value of more than $780,
900, 1T was said-but was unable to
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