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

The sensation of the hour, in New York, is
the arrival of the French preacher-monk, Pere
Hyacinthe. and all the New York papers of
Tuesday are filed with such details Of his
movements, feelings and intentions Us the
reporters were able to CLEAN on the previous
day.
PERSONAL, APPEARANCE OF THE MONK.
The New York Sun says:
The distinguished fathers costume is that OF a
ciyiIan-black hat, coat and pantaloons; and in
yariably in his hand he carries missal me nope
of many of seeing him In the long serge naOlt Oh
Carmelite monk with naked feet shod WIN sanuals,
was disappointed. Father Hyaclnthe was lound
TO be short thick man, OF five feet five, with
short crisp black hair, retreating from ms lore
head His face was 1orid with the hues OF health,
and his teeth brilliantly wnlte. his nose was his
aquilne, but rather small in proportion 10 ms
fully rounded visage, and his eye wore tne lntro-
spective aspect frequent among tnose WHO nave
experienced strong STRINGS OF the spirit his age
appeared to be forty He was in citizens dress,a
completely In black. The hair upon his tonsured
crown had grown again. He had been occupied
in reading small Duoay Bible with req
edges, which lay on the marble taoS nelSse tsrSer
ed with his self-allotted tasks in that
respect and the necessity OF recovering lost ti1le
was the chief cause OF his desired secuslom me
and spoke only in French. The customh0use ON
GERS spared the monk the ransacking OF MS lug
gage. Many French priests came Dy tne pereire'
who all behaved with marked respect to the dis
tfnpuished man. But during the voyage ne was
reserved and almost taciturn.. Father Hyacintne
will soon have the pleasure OF meeting ms lnti-
mate friend, the poet Longfellow. DE brings let,
ters OF introduction to General Dix, Henry ward
Beecher and Father Hecker. He desires 10 re-
main in perfect retirement, anu 10 STUDY TINS
country, whose institutions ne processes 10 ad-
mire.
THE OBJECT OF HIS vIsTT-THE ONSLAUGHT OF
THE KNIGHTS OF THE QUILL.
The pere came to this country, so he In
formed a reporter, to obtain freedom from
the everlasting turmoil and cavil Of dogmaticai
strife and public notoriety." From the conse-
ouences 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 vulgarism, jumping from the
iryng-pan into the fire." Scarce had he set
foot in New York before scores of Bohemians
were 'beseeching him in execrable French for
an interview. Nay, even before he landed he
was encountered by a small army OF the
knights of the quill, who boarded the vessel In
quarantine and interrupted the reverend
father at the very time he was devoutly en-
gage. (. in reading from his breviary the office
set apart for the day. Wecan gather from the
following an idea of his freedom from public
notorietyn after he had reached his room in
the hotel:
Despite peremptory order to this enect, large
bodies of the nomadic llterati were gathered IN
knots in the large hallway OF the hotei anu
around the clerks desk, using up hundreds OF
the address Slips in scribbng requests lor an IN
Nt,, bal nnh
would send up to the fathers room by the por-
tiers, dozen of whom were kept going up and
down stairs the whole afternoon and late into
the evening. The rrevocable decision OF the un
fortunate object of so much attention not TO
grant an interview TO any one, did not seem 10
efrect his wouldbe visitors. They would not
leave, and, in fact appeared determined at one
his room, and interview him willy-nilly. But
fortunately, the bylaws OF the hotel lorpade any
such summary manner OF visiting guest tnere-
in This continual harass and solicitous torture
commenced the moment Father Hyacinthe put
his foot upon American soil, which he had sought
for blissfu rest and retirement from an pu1hc
notice, and, pursuing him TO MS hotel, lnVaueu
the quiet sanctity OF his private chamber.
Esen at O'Clock In the evening, while passing
by the hotel we learned that the siege still con-
tinued.
FATHER HYAcISTHE'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 private and
personal character, and not suited for puDllca-
tion. Father Hyacinthe is, however, entirely
frank about his intentions anu ms preseni silu NJ
still is Roman Catholic. He has never Deen, ne
SAYS, an ultramontane; is not now ana never VIII
be. But lie denies that there Is any reason Tor
identifying utramontansm with the Catholic
In
Council will not, as Is commonly anticipated, COLI
solidate the ultramontane theories and constl-
tute them the creed OF the church; Dut thaI, on
the contrary it will leave the door wide open lor
| those who, like himself, have been tnrougnout
| life the devoted champions Of a more liberal con-
structiOn Of the Catholic doctrines, anu VINO IN
particular have defended the entire harmony
| between the Christian religion and the great
achievements Of the civilization OF tne nlne-
teenth century. Father Hyacinthe expressly
declares his full concurrence Ill the sentiments
OF Father LaCordaire, who died, according TO his
own words, ian impenitent LIBERAL ana OF
Count Montalembert, who recently from his SICK
bed (which he expects to be soon his dying Ded,l
sent stirring letter to the Liberal priests anu
courage as without the courageous profession OF
the liberal Catholics, the "church would soon Oe:
lost In the senseless triumph Of fanatical bigot
ismn Father Hyacinthe expresses his admira-
| tion of the wise and moderate words Of the
| German bishops lately assembled at Fulda, which
he thinks cannot fail to exert most salutary IN
nuence. 10 the question WHul Couree vi dClioh He
| would pursue II, as the common anticipation now
is the majority OF the bishops assembled In Rome
| should expressly sanction the ultra-Papal theo-
ries OF the Roman See, aud leave no room IN
| the church for any who utterly repudiate those
theories, the father replied that this question
will not come up for consideration until the
| resolutions of the Council shall be known. He
| has no fixed programme yet as to his movements
| in the United States. He has come over TO see
| and to study the country of which he has been
| so long an ardent admirer. In his addresses, he
has often in mastery eloquence, traced the great
ness Of this country TO its open Bible and us
| popular and free religion, and he wants TO see
| with his own eyes whether the actual picture cor
responds with his idea. After few weeks or
| months he expects to return to France; ne may
| or may not go to the Ecumenical Council; be-
| yond that, no programme has been laid out Tor
| the future But the strong basis OF his religious
| belief on which he dwells with particular empha-
sis is the belief In the divinity OF Christ IN the
inspiration OF the Scriptures, and the excellence
| OF the Christian civilization OF the nineteenth
| century.
| Father Hyacnthe is now in the prime OF his
| manhood. He was born in 1927, at Orleans,
studied at Pau, where his father was rector OF the
| academy. Having, at the age OF eighteen, en-
tered the Seminary of Saint Sulpice, he was, after
four wears Of theological studies, ordained priest,
and soon after called as Professor OF Philosophy,
| to the Seminary Of Avgnon. Later he became
Professor of Theology at Nantes After that he
| was for several years connected with the Parish
| of Saint Sulpice in Paris. Feeling vocation TO
| the monastic life he spent two years III
| the novitiate of the Carmelite Convent OF
| LYONS, then Joined that order, and at once pro-
duced a sensation by his brilliant sermons. III he