The New York herald., 1870-05-07

than huge crowd gathered around him Tue mill
tary escort endeavOred keep space around the
Holy Father open, hut yhe crowd rushed up on the
Old man, who bengnantly showed bach the officers,
and thus allowed the people ana the little ones 70
come mt him, chatting with some and bestowing
prOaasely the spost0lcal bened.chon. After mo.
ment he made break with his robes In hand ana
ran some distance away, Notwithstanding his seven
ty-eight years, but the crowd followed In hs wake
and at last the 0eadares were put into reaulstion
TO give the Old gentleman full swing around the err
Gle Of the walk. II was . curious sight TO see the
faithful thus gathered around the Vicar OF Christ for
he Is not over popular here, being credited with the
gift OF the evil eye, or tettctud, TO such an extent
that the Romans Try TO AVOID coming upon him when
he goes In the streets lt " considered by them
piece OF III luck to meet him suddenly He has lately
been making several little edying speeches at pri.
va,e audiences accorded at the Vatican palace and
there 10 not sovereign In Europe who
writes 80 many briefs, letters and notes a.
Plus In He scatters shem broadcast, like
seed that win produce good nuit being
sown, for the most part, on good soil, thar is,
among the faithful. He recently wrote strong let
ter to the author OF work In favor OF infalibllity
published In France, condemnng, OF course. mo-
dern heresies and all those who are im-
Vatican Councn. He terms the work an
able one aud as "a prooi OF the good 1t has
benedict0n.' In reading it, after such pointed
language and the words ''proof,n we almost look for
STSsS OF %saal Of sSSd Sea sum OF money
sovereigns; but Plus TX. does nothing as other
soveregns, and Invariably pays in papcr-blessngs.
BY the way the Treasury officials are lust now re-
deeming some Of the paper OF the "IianE OF Ronen
with the unaerwelght silver coin sent back on them
from France. The Pope visited to day the Empo-
rinm near the marble works on the Tiper, the ital
IAN Marmorata,' where the excavations are golog
fll iag III ~ lnnEs nf ann
marble Recently magnificent column OF yellow
marble was found there, ana IL now being dug out.
IL ~ u splendid ectmen, ana IL destined ~ be
placed on the monument now building to c0mmemo-
rate this Ecuinenlcal Council. The Pope visit was
especially TO see IT, report of the Paris Committee
gett ng up Peters pence contributions for the Pom
tlhcial army mas Just been here 1t seems rue
commits turned in, for the year 1869, net amount
OF 209s ,3639O fran s. and, although it regards the
scope OF the contributions as competed the inaf-
ciaI situation OF the Holy see Is sucn that t will
unue WI renewed energy to make the usual cOeC-
| tions on ST. Pc RS account
| Every, cO'agregaztone 9e,serdie AZ the council
han is"opened with solemn mass. Our American
preates are called upon frequently 10 onciate AZ
mass pon lhcaiors, 10 use the style Of our two pre-
cous little gazettcs but they are called upon
afterwards Tor their views VI AFFAIRS and only
three OF tnem nave lifted up their voice since the
assembly was opened. have heai, 1t even doubted
| that they represent y nation stump-speaKingy in.
cned. On Monday last Archbishop McCioskey, OF
the metropolis, celebrated mass al the opening. The
| time draws near when the voting on the different
schema is to take place. The most nlrcae fOrali-
ties have been drawn up Tor the process OF voaton,
as II these forInaites and precautions should De
taken by the Outside world as substitute for free
debate previous to the votes being taken. have
the formulas bcoe me- but n Is useless to recapitl-
late them; guess such would be looked upon as
rather too dry reading. IL is now given out that
| u schema or two II to be voted on In solemn
session after Faster; but whether the leadei y
Intend TO make their decrees public before the wind
ing mp of the Council, we know not. ! would almost
say, In regard to some things hereabOuts that we
are plunged into an Egyptian darkness II Roman
darkness were not equally appropriate word, and
even more so, If may be allowed the expression.
| We have 1t also stated by some of the Q1td nuncs
that fhts session Will soon be ended, and that the
Council Will be prOrOgued until October next On the
other hand there are those who claim that the Pope
IL In hurry for inibility and will have the wli ole
business transacted by the 29th OF June lSt Peters
Day.
Tue Jesus, as II caring the power Of the press to
reckless extent have just caused his Holiness to fall
foul of the newspapers once more in few lines pub
lisied In the official organ, the GiOrndie dt Roma.
that she Ii plucky to the last True, ir il very easy
10 be plcky when God is on our side, and
Plus TX. says that the "IIoly Ghost is
stopping with us in the Vatican.n | translate
oppose the press dissemination OI knowledge and
facts, even as the Old opposed the Atlantic
| with her rag-'Since the Ecumenlca Council was
opened several uramontane Journals pretepdrnl
| 70 be friendly and devoted to the we Iare o
| the Church, have only sought by their correspon
dences ana articles TO invalidate the authority o
this holy assembly. 1t was hoped that time wOul,
! have brought them to be more just In their Judg
ments but since they persist In disfiguring lis de
eratOns, In attacking the rules by which it IS guided
IN falsying the reports of it's sttings and continue
In the evident intention OF casting outrage upon tn,
| majority OF the bishops, we are constrained {,
severely blame these cOrrespOndences as being exag
gerasd false and bearing injury 10 the honor OF the
council, To The dignity aud liberty OF the Church,
also to the rights OF the Holy See. The faithfu
Catholics should keep themselves on their guard
against these journals"