The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-11
TIE SERPENT OF SAP iEMzA.
The Roman Univsrsity-A House Divided AgainA
Itself The Fallible and Iniallible Pro essors-
Riotous Proceedings in the Streets-Tho
New French Ambassadors Acts Crih-
cised-A Review Of Citizen Soldiers.
ROME, May %, 1871

ROME, May o. 1871.
The University difficulty here has reached The pre-
else tangent which must result either In submission
or schsm on the part of those professors who
signed the late address of congratulation to DIR.
Doilnger. The counter address protest against
the Dollinger heresy has been signed by twenty
professors belonging TO the Roman University, some
OF whom are eccesiastcs but who take their sala-
res from the Italian government and depend upon
the State. The Pope having simply declared that
the professors VINO signed the address are hence
forth outside the pale OF the Church, and such
are TO be avoided by Casholic students throws
exploding bomb OF disruption in tue sapenza
halls.
THE ROMAN UNIVERSITY
is now divided into two distinct camps each headed
by u body OF professors of the most Numerically
opposed opinions ana doctrines. Whether this scls-
sure would have taken place without the exciting
cause OF the D0llinger address Is point which
admits OF discussion. but undenlable that the
seeds of disagreement and disunion cannot but de-
vel0p themselves later wherever their
germs exist, as must be the case In university In
which the professors chairs are occupied lndts-
criminately by the friends and partsans or the pre-
sent and past regime 1t was. perhaps an error on
the part Of the Italian government not to have rem
dered oath or tidel'y obligatory the University
professors as well as other State employees; for, OF
course, those who are hostile To the new OF
events can never be expected to instll into their
pupils the liberal and patriotic sentiments IN ac-
cordancc with so great Il political change. But
FALLIBLE AND INFALLiBLE PROFESSORS
are about equal In numbers the University. the
case IS different with the students, OF whom the
great majority are "fallioes." The ''lnialliDlcs"
were made the objects oil q hostile demonstration
yesterday morning, being Kissed and hooted out Of
the library ana iecturing halls by their noierant
companions who drove them out OF the University
premises altogether and threatened them with sum-
mary chastsement if they ever ventured to return.
Such proceedings, although easily to be conceived
among hot-headed youths, ought not to be tolerated,
as they must result in blame being thrown upon the
aggressors; for although spiritual provocatioa may
have been given In the first instance, temporal
taliations inadmisslbie
THE ExcEssEs OF A FEW BLAcKGUARD5
occasionally bring oboquy upon entire poltical
party This was the case on Sunday evening" near
tho C0nsoaZlone church. a school OF orphan CHI.
dren. dressed III ecclesiastical garb with three
cornered hats, was passing. when four five
accompanied them. A French priest VINO wit
messed these insults rushed on the offenders with
his clenched fists and gave one OF them bloody
A battle royal ensued, In which the Orphans
tutor was stabbed In the shoulder. The rioters
were arrested
The Osserratore Romano narrates the following
Hns rG Sns as s
nest in the walls Of the Roman University. where.
ssaaSSr dsp0s now makes gsa ana a
" new coors .. These words are not aiege
s we si Es s@ e asj true uhsss
long snake was seen 10 glide along the external
walls OF the University opposite the Carpegna palace,
and hide itself among the building timber Collected
there. This morning crowd OF people were gazing
at the entire skin OF which the serpent vested hul
sell last night returning again TO hiding place.
IL fact that even real SerDcut4
should dwell In the heart or our city, as II u was .
there are other serpents also in the unlversny-thc
professors who sympathize with Dollingcr doubt
ess-ont me VISION u tns serpeh. VIII oe capiiai
serpent aud Satan are synonymous anu such a lnys-
FERROUS Invasion Of the sapu,xa WIN serve 70
brighten back into the ranks of nialliDes any nest-
tanng Catholic student, trembling ON the Drink OF
TIE NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR
ut the Holy See Is exciting hopes at tue Vatican and
creating discomfort ut the Quirnal. The Count
act OF courtesy-vH. visit 10 the royal princes IN
the latter palace-ls considered 10 be u denonstra-
tn. the formal visit OF his Excellency To Count
Cuvaett, ex-senator or Rome TO thank him for tho
visiting cards with the Popes portrait photographed
on backs, left ut the Embassy to the number OF
nearly 1000, by the Papallno mobility. gentry I'D
clergy. is another act which has greatly oneuied Cie
liberals. french Intervention Is the golden dream
OF the priests and the bugoear OF the Italian govern
os the Out Count darc ls9'' recall MersI5
because, being accredited to the Pope,
lie mas not PAID aNv homage 10 tue lTlHtc Va
mont, the same abstenslon mas been hitherto OH.
served by the other foreign representatives the
Holy see, with the exception ol tue late Prussian
Minister. Count d'Arnin and the BRITISH olici0u5
charge d'AIalres. Mr.. II. Clarke Jervose.
REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.
Yesterday q review OF the National Guard took
place in the Farnesna meadows Tor the presentation
the force or their new Commandcr-n-Uh.ei, Gene-
raj Lipari, VINO was formally Initiated IN his COM
mand by Prince Pallavlcino Sludlcu or Rome. The
ciuZen soldiers were IN admirable ienuc. and the
manHuvres OF tile TOUR legions were much praised
by the officers or the regular army present. Tio
Prince OF Piedmont was on the parade ground In
PLAN clothes attended by his aide-ie.catup Count
Giaunotti and the Pope himself Witnessed i part,
not the whole, OF the review; FOR rs the hrs cgion
deued on the Piazza oil sau Petro u window
OF the Vatican Palace opened aad tile Pope
looked out aione the preates VI ms suite remaining
IN the nall penind him. Ills Holiness mad, anpa-
rently, Just returned ION MS walk N the garden;
for he was dressed in white ana wore his red hat.
Many OF the officers and soldiers OF the Legion recog
niZed the Ponlf: and wnIie the senior colonel,
Siguor Tittonl. was lOoNiDg around AT MS Holiness,
which Will be chronicied by the collectors Ci ancc-
dotcs connected Win Pho Nonos mysterious glft OF
the 'evll cye.o
THE Distributors or PROTESTANT BIBLES
are making round IN the towns ana Villages OF tn5
environs Of Rome; but there is 50 B3uca Ignorance
exceptional acquisition among their inhabitants
That not much change IN their gelisioas ophiohsb
to be unprecedented from tniS dissemination ~ TIC
Doiati editions, especially as the MONKS anu pllcass
invariably up all the copies they con lN hahus
on directly the Dlole socieiyis agents nave taken
their departure.
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