The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-04

Another r,ovo which should animate this time is
@ Of wishing by our UNITE ana to give
stions on the occasion Of his approaching anniversary the
hope and Iray VIII he WIN celebrate completion OF Tie
twenttth Year OF his ponsilcae Already has that
The term grIt OF his predecessors days OF
and tender Providence precos to the Church
@ e nv 20 r sna ,s eO o. or cay when
when he heart Of the ongsaTerns ponts shall be con
soei ana his o7ng children throughout the world shall be
Lrt.s. M IL 1911.
The continuous ine of Ponti,s who since the
days OF St Peter have filed the Holy see witnesses
one curious fact on which popular comment, with
Its ready tongue, has hung proverb This is to the
effect that no Pope shall sit upon the rapal chair
as long as the Apostle Peter According 10 the best
modern calculations the time o. Peters religious
rule IN Rome WAS
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND SEVEN
DAYS.
The popular mind has fixed this period at twenty.
hvc Years and as no Pope up TO the present has
reigned that length The proverb became changed
into SORT OF prophetic dictum From this arose
another error--namely, that the Inauguration OF
a new Pope the Cardinal Deacon OF Office warns
hm:-"1auos Pstri nor gid, 0as''-"Thou shalt not
see the years OF tetern No such expression IS used
In the ritual oi coronation. The musty old proverb
now seems In q fair way TO be demolished and
much excitement Is visible among those who, on
every singh. OCCASION in li.e take events little out
OF the usual course miraculous interpretations OF
Providence. IL all arises from hale Old with
cheerful heart and bright soul, VINO persists In
living. although almost prisoner In his own house,
Ond surrounded by
DIFFICULTIES AND ENEMIES on EVERY SIDE.
This Old man In his eightleth year is Giovanni
Maria Masai FcrrettL Pontifex Maximus, Plus TX,
born OF a noble Italian family at Siniyagia. near
Antona 18th May, 1902, when the first Trench Eevc.
luton was secthins towards the instruction OF
June. Truly troUblous period for the Young
Pope Of the future TO open hts ewes IN the world.
BE has had cause TO mark the footsteps OF the same
spccrc rch0c ever SINCE. lie grew up devout child
Of the Church and in 1910 he Is found Oh his way to
Rome, about to JON the body guard OF Pore Plus
VII. II designed for the Church militant it Is evil
dent that he was not TO light with musket in his
hands, Tor Attack ofepiepsy Frustrated him on the
road. lie now entered religious seminary ana
gave gage OF his future in the exercise of gentle
ness, devotion and sclf-denial In time he attained
the priesthood and was sent to the Hospita
Tata Giovanni, where the orphans OF the poor-the
little ones whom His Master loved-cla.med all the
PioUs PHILANTHROPY OF HIS HEART.
But he was not destined TO remain there and was
sent TO South America as auditor TO Ionsignor Luigi
Vicar apostolic OF Chile. On his return 10 Rome Leo
XII. attached the Young padre to his household and
made HIN President OF the hospital OF st. Michael
Again he turned to the instruction OF the little ones
OF Rome and preached "retrea,s'' to their parents
The Archbishoprc OF Spoeto became vacant in 1929
and TO this Masai Ferrettl was nominated. In 1882
he was transferred TO the see OF fmola
and, after having served God and the Church as
Apostolic Nunco at Naples he was created Cardinal
by Pope Gregory XVI. In 1910 under the title of st.
Peter and ST. Marcelarius Gregory was growing
Old, and Ia 1916 died, on the LIST OF June, In his
eighty-nrst year, after reigning fifteen years. On the
14h the conolave OF cardinals assembled TO elect q
new ''vicar OF Christ on Earth" On the 10th the
choice was made. The two youngest Cardinals were
chosen to count the votes;
ONE OF THESE WAS MAsTAI FERRETTr.
1t was the lifst ballot ana perfect silence pre-
vailed IN the large council chamber A lusn OF color
was seen mounting to the cheeks OF Ferretu rs he
counted The votes. The other .steller'' announced
first all Tor Fcrrets Ferretts baofs and his con-
fusion told nearly the same tale There was pause
when the clear. musical voice OF the Pope elect was
heard 10 utter, uemblingy, "Ecce serreS tuus, Do.
mine. hdt natsi secu',dooa re7tuorn ,uuD'-(Behod
Thy servant, Lord; be 1t done unto me according
10 Thy word.l The brick wall In the great window
Of the Quirinal was thrown down and the new Pope
proclaimed, the cannon from the Castle OF San An.
geio doomed across the TIber and reverberated
among the seven nils Of Rome and the name OF Plo
Mono was received by the populacc with JOS. the
prisons where political offenders ianguished were
thrown open,
COMPLETE AMNESTY DECLARED.
reforms In the administration carried out,
peaceful poniicate osni Bnt me i red ghost
that burned lis boodsnot eyes above his cradle
irreconciaDle hate OF him and HIS lei hun rest In
Eeoruary, lAs, IT hunted LOUIS Philippe from
Rome by the throat. Bloodsned followed and the
Pope was
PRISONER IN ITS HANDS.
he escaped In disguise ana found himself refugee
nj Gaeia, In Naples. IA lS4e Oudirot made his way
TO Rome, captured 1t. ana surrounded by French
10 Rome on the lltn OF APRIL 1880 and amid spolla
ton and the wreck OF the rapal temporal power
frHE BED SPECTRE IL A RED SHIRT
n 1860. ana the King or Piedmont, Sardinia, Italy
at the beck 81 The Red spectre In ls7o he has
SINCE RENAMED. Hence the force 70 the Catno!ic
mind OF the quotation at the mead OF this article
Outside these Things his pontincate will be memo
rape By w events: FIRST, the Council winch assem-
Died IN Rome IN December, 1854 TO define the dogma
OF the immaculate Conception; aud. second, the
Ecnmencal Council OF last year. declaring the infai
nbiity OF the Pope an article OF faith.
ning 10 tne proverb above alluded to- it is
curious thai out OF 26s popes since ST. Peter so rev
should have even nearly reached tne coveted
TWENTY-FIVE years On a close examination OF the
pontLncates .0ere appear not more than har score
In lrst second, third ana fourth centuries there
were forty bishops OF Rome, and, ucsides ST. Peter,
only
sat in the chair over twenty years In his day took
place the first great earthly triumph of the Church,
when Constantine the Great was baptized by him,
and the cross-crow ned banner-the famous Lnba.
rum-was reared beside the eagles Of Rome-thosc
eagles lhut 50 often under the Emperor's predeces
eors--Nero Uomitlan, Irajan, Aurelius. scverus
haximian. Decius, waterman Aureiian and Dioclc
fian--had dipped their beaEs into the hearts o the
Cnristians. UnGer sylvester Also was assembled
the rrst Genera Council OF Nice, nom whose canoni.
cal deliberations the wei known Niccne creed was
formulated. In the MIN century
leo THE GREAT
was Pope for twenty-one wears. II VIII be remem-
bered uI aim that when The Huns, under Atlla, tile
ecourqe OF God and terror OF mankind,u followed in
The devastating steps or Alaric KING OF the Goths,
aud ravaged Italy as wolf would worry iaInO,
and when the lerce. wild Tarars sciit tnri OF ter.
ryr 10 the sloglesf heart in Rome the wnite-hared
nrc.ate set out alone aud with the cross accom-.
blamed VIVA; the sword had failed 20. Attila con-
septed u peace and withdrew 10 hungary. wnere,
two years afterwards, he died. Ia the sixth ana
seventh centuries out OF tarty-thice Ropes not one
reached tweniy years Ia fcters CHAIR. In the
eighth