The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-07-13
CARDINAL D'ANDREA.

articles entitled Ten Years In rome, Jne
author of which professed to be the secretary
of the late Cardinal d'Andrea, and his effu-
sions excited particular attention. from the
fact that they were ostensibly revelations of
the interior workings of the Roman ecclesi-
astical machine. The Catholic World for
July contains an article, said to be from the
pen of prominent Catholic clergyman of New
York, which contradicts all the main facts
of the paper in the December number of the
Gdlaay, which gave an account of the last
illness and death of Cardinal d'Andrea, and
plainly limited that he was foully dealt with
by Cardinal Antonelli and other ultramon-
tame leaders, on account of his liberal princi-
pies. AS we quoted largely from the original
article, we give a portion of the reply in
order that our readers may hear both sides of
the story. Having, to his own satisfaction at
least, discovered the identity of the author of
the papers in the GALAXY, and shown that no
such person was ever secretary to Cardinal
d'Andrea, or was known in Rome, the writer
in the Catholic World goes through his va
rious points in detail and gives a different
version. The following account of the why
and wherefore of the Cardinals departure
from Rome and the manner of his death are
sufficient to show the manner in which the
GaZdgy article is dealt With
Cardinal d'Andrea did once leave Rome
for Naples without the regular permis-
sion which was required for one in his posi-
ton. 1--WE will speak further on of the mo-
tives and circumstances of that departure.
Here we will only state the fact that he left
Rome on the 10th of June, 1864. The writer
of this article was in Rome at the time, and,
for peculiar reasons, no such tragedy as that
remembered and the sensation it created
could have escaped his knowledge. We may
add that in Rome such parties are given in
winter and never in summer The strangers
who visit Rome in winter, and leave after
Easter, are in June in Switzerland or some
other cool place. AS for the elite of Roman
society, they are ''out of town"
But let us leave facts aside, and enter on
that dreamlaIfd, the incidents of which are
80 firmly fixed on the memory of our secre-
tary. Hear him.
''The cardinal retired early, and, it being
moonlight and very fine, resolved to send
back the carriage and walk home. He
walked in company with his secretary, SER
want, as usual, attending at little distance.
He had passed into the Corso, when man
suddenly started out of the small and dark
Via Fontanella di Borghese. 1t
was q celebrated politician, who dared not
have open intercourse with any one for fear
of compromising them, and he conveyed the
unwelcome intelligence that the cardinals
life was in imminent danger.
Every moment was of Importance.
A plan was speedily devised. The
Honorable Mr.. K was leaving
at Q o'clock in his private carriage
for Civita Vecchia, to catch the French
steamer touching at Civita Vecchia at half
past IL next day, on her way to Naples. The
secretary disguised himself and stealthily
fyhf IN nj VII at wit
ishman bearing an American title, aud
briefly 'ttold his errand" 'sThe generous
Englishman proposed that the cardinal
should accompany him disguised as friend
whose name appeared in his passport The
friend, on being consulted, agreed, and the
tain street with the cardinal, where the car
riage was to take him up. *** His enlinence
put on the beard and moustache our English
friend had given us, and, with the aid of a
large Inverness cape and white wide-awake,
was splendidly disguised. 1t wanted two
hours and half of the time. The Cardinal
never lost his presence of mind, but was
gloomy and foreboding At last we called
the valet, devoted to his master, and in
formed him of the plan. He was to pretend
illness on the part of the Cardinal. He
listened carefully to his instructions, and
exclaimed, 'Eminence, your shoes and stock
ingsl' We looked down and saw that the
patent-leather low, clerical shoes with
gold buckles and the red silk stockings were
very obvious betrayals of the rank of the
disguised. No lay shoes and stockings were
at hand, until the valet bethought him of his
own. Hastily effecting the change, the car
dinal passed out of the place alone, not suf-
fering any one to accompany him." Whereby,
we presume, he ran some risk of laundering
as to the appointment, and moreover forced
the Jealous secretary to break his promise of
being ''ready at a certain street with the car
dinal, where the carriage was to take him
up" ''Ihe whole of the next day passed
heavily, but no inquiries were made for his
eminence. AS his valet only waited on him, the
other domestics easily believed that he was
indisposed. Two days after the secretary
hastily scanned the GiOrRaEe di Roma, where
he saw the departure of Mr.. K an
nounced, and that of his friend. The valet,
poor fellow, though somewhat obese and
awkward, executed an eccentric pas seul in
token of his satisfaction at the news and then
broke out into fervent Ace Maria for his
masters safety. Four days elapsed, and a
summons came to attend the consistory. Then
il was announced that the cardinal had left
for Naples"
Now, we confess to having enjoyed this
passage of our ''secretarys" reminiseence
more than any other We think it his best
effort. Still, it lacks some touches. He
should not have omitted the matter of the
exchange of the cardinals knee-breeches for
the valets pantaloons. For obviously, if the
cardinal put on the lay shoes and stockings
of the valet, and retained his own knee
breeches, space at least of ten inches on
each leg would necessarily have been left
bare and uncovered. Such an arrange
ment, however conducive to coolness,
WOuld have haan a very remarkable faatnre