The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-22


they Learned from Father Hyacinthc
His Personal Appcnrance-yyhatt the
Catholic Clergy Say about IIin-IIis
Future Movements, SC. q.
The sensation of the hour, in New York, is
tho<arrival Of tho French preacher-monk, Pcre
Hyaclnthe, and all the New York papers of
Tuesday are filed with such details of his
movements, feelings and Intentions as the
reporters were able TO CLEAN on the previous
day. s-
PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF TUE MONK.
The New York Sun says:
Tho distinguished father's costume Is that OF q
clvilianIblack hat, coat and pantaloons; and In.
variably in his hand he carries missal. Tie hope
S Of seeing him IN he Long habit Of
was disappointed Father Hyacinthe was found
20 be u short, thick man, OF flye feet 1--WE, with
aSd 'Hfsp Hsp FACE Was 0d s ues Of RI sea
and his teeth brilliantly white. His nose was
fully rounded vsage, and his eye wore the intro
spective aspect frequent among those who have
ST sTngs liz Rs S na sR s
crown had grown again. He had been occupied
edges, which lay on the marble tablo before
him Evidently the voyage had nteTeT-
was the chief cause afyhs desired secl1sIon. lie
AND SPOKE ony IN French The U
GERS spared the monk the, ransacking OF his lug
gage. Many French priests came by the Pcrelrc
who all behaved with marked respect to the dis
tInguIshcd man. But during tho voyage lie was
reserved and almost taciturn. Father Hyacinthe
mate friend, the poet Longfellow. He brings let
ters OF Introduction to General Dix, Henry Ward
main In perfect and to Study 70 this
country, whose institutions he processes to ad-
mlre.
THE OBJECT OF HIS vIsIT-THE ONSLAUGHT OF
THE KNIGHTS OF THE QUILL.
The pere came to this country, so he in
formed reporter, to obtain "freedom from
the everlasting turmoil and cavil OF dogmatIcal
strife and public notoriety." From the consc-
quences of the latter the reverend father has
not escaped by his visit to the. United States;
on the contrary his change of locality was sim
ply, to use o vulgarlsm, dumping from the
fryfng-pan into the fire.n Scarce had he set
foot In New York before scores of Bohemians
were besecching him in execrablc French for
an Interview. Nay, even before he landed he
was encountered by q small army OF the
knights Of the quill, who boarded the vessel In
quarantine and interrupted the reverend
father at the very time he WINS devoutly en-
gage in reading nam his brevIary the ''ofiicc"
set apart for tho day, We can gather from the
following an idea OF his s.freedom from public
notorcty" after hs had reached his room in
the hotel:
Despite peremptory Order to this erect, large
bodies Of the nomadic literati were gathered In
around the clerks deal, using up hundreds or
t Is sRs In for an In
Inv fha
down stairs the Whole eDa ana late Into Into
oH eTeang The S. ths
hs 70 sSSr sy You'd nos
leave, and, in fact, appeared determined, at one
period Of the evening, to proceed en- n,asse to
fortunately, the bylaws Of the hotel forbade any
such summary manner Of visiting a guest there
commenced the moment Father Hyacinthe put
his foot upon American soil, which he had sought
Ss rfsi aaa m fS al
Even at O'Clock In the evening, while passing
tinued. .tff, tli'3;ti y ~ ~ 49,.
FATHER HYAclNTHE's VIEWS.
The Tribune correspondent succeeded in
gaining protracted interview with the distin-
guished stranger, and gives the substance Of
what he learned as follows:
The conversation was partly Of q private and
personal character, and not suited for publica
frank about his Intentions and his present sitna.
tion. He desires It TO be understood thnt he
still is Roman Catholic. He has never been, lie
says, an ultramontane; is not now and never viii
be. But lie denies that there Is any reason for
Identifying uitramontanism with the Catholic
Church. lie INDUCES the firm hope that the
Council Will not, as Is commonly anticipated, con-
solldatc the ultramontnne theories and consti
the contrary, IL Will leave the door wide open for
those who, Ike himself, lnve been throughout
life the "a deyeted ted champions Of more liberal con
particular have defended the entire harmony
between the Christian religion and the great
teenth century: Father Hyacinthe expressly
declares his full concurrence In the sentiments
Wods snS 10 ns o
Count Montalembert, who recently from his sick
bed (which he expects to be soon his dying bed,)
laymen OF Germany,' exhorting them to have
courage. as without the courageous profession Of
lost In the senseess triumph OF ianaticai bigot.
ism.n Father iiyacnthe expresses his admlra
ton OF the Wise and moderate words OF the
German bishops lately assembled at Fulda, which
he thinks cannot fail to exert most salutary In.
fuence. To the question what course or action lie
majority bishops IN Ro%e nDM
( should expressly sanctlon the ultra-Papal theo-
fiss & Or the Roman e see, and leave no room In
Theories the @ father @ replied that his aSeston
VIII not come up for consideration until tho
resolutions OF the Council shaib be known. he
In tho United States. He has Come over to sec
30 lopgah ardent admircr. In his addresses, nc
fss often, In mastery traced tho great
neAsl Of this country to Its open Bible and its
popular and free religion end he wants to,lsee
withihls own eyes Whether the actual picture cor
responds with his Idea. After O few weeks or
months he expects to return to France; he may
'or nhy not go TO- the Ecgrnepical Conncfl; be-
yond that, mo- programme has been laid out for
the future. But the strong basis of his religious
belief opsthioh he dWellB with particular empfia;
sis, ts the belief In the divinity OF Christ In the
Shristsn 81 sne sKseniS
TceLtury. sfe.s
9. .Ra}Aer Hyacinthe Is nowf In tho prime of his
studied at Pap where his father was rector Of the
ssaag saSaedgemy! ny Having at the ses OF eighteen en-.