The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-03-26
.. IRON Roaxs

d
"A ter shameless indecency It could not be
n matched fnlany reveis Of Pagan times. ds .
The pf@ected mask which was to rep.
r resent thefesprn, all In rags, dirty, aud de-
I feated, Of the Crusaders, mentioned in
my last, tvas not permittedby the CUES
! tore /; but there were nuns In their reli-
4 gious gajb leaning ON priests, and followed
BY persqs bearing their carpet.bags, look
ing for kone place to 60 to- These were
meant = represent the monks and INNS
disl0dgn from their converts. A living
personl Vas borne, as II dead, ON the shout
ders Offour persons, followed by singers,
as putting into defision the respectable
funer&s we were accustomed to see in Ca
tholi( aome.
TN moccoletM was not as good as last
| yeaHas far as the houses and balconies
wed concerned, but in the cars it was very
erAburned Bengal lights of variouscolors,
wish, illuminating the different palaces
all groups on the balconies and in the
stret, had an excellent effect. There were
lsls not only at all the theatres, but in the
knses newly established by Government
hre, At prices varying from one sou to five
Zig on Ash Wednesday morning, as was
always the previous custom. The Princess
4 dargaret and her husband, after leaving
i he Corso, adjourned to a picnic given In
villa at the POrta Pia, where she remained
dancing until half-pasto one in the morning,
thus testifying her respect for religious OBJ
servances. 1 did not hear if this pious
young lady thought it necessary to hear
Mass and take the ashes as usual ON the
first day of Lent. Her dancing at all at
the POrta Pia was of o piece with her de-
meanor on the Corso, where I saw her with
my own eyes amusing herself with horde
of camagliG no respectable woman would
notice-aEd this at a time when her sister
n-law was thought to be lying at the point
OF death, and the gravest fears were enter
tanned for her cousin and brother in law
the King of Spain. There are here some
carriages and bands of brawlers going
ed inscription on their hats that they were
paid by the Municipio. Some had five
francs, some more. Many a true word is
spoken In Jest, and we reioiced the NUM- |
cipio had paid anything.
The inmates of twenty monasteries and
converts have received notice to quit at
once. When the spoilers went to the mon
astery of the Twelve Apostles, they were
fretted to find they could not
touch it, clause from the giver, Prince
Colonna, obliging it to be restored to his |
heirs in case the monks should ever be dis |
turbed therefrom. Pity this long-headed |
piece of prudent foresight has not been
and is not moro generally initiated.
Pho Mono holds in his hands, if not al
ready transmitted through their represeu-
,atives here for prese ntation to the Courts
If Europe, document against the usurpa-
ion Of Rome signed by 60, 600 of its citi-
zens, among whom there is neither a minor
a female, nor priest. This is his plebis-
cite !; all the names and addresses are given
IN full
The increase in crime consequent upon
The excuses and free distribution of money
Turing the Carnival has been sensibiy noti-
led by the Liberal papers. ldo-not repro
a. II
rebled, and which made many parts of the
;orso, especially under where the Prince
md Princess of Piedmont were stationed,
,e named as 'il nido del ladri, the nest
If thieves nor the subsequent fights, often
ending in the stabbing of the rioters, etc.
Several dead bodies were found one in
he Ghetto with the stomach ripped open
vas identified, strange to say, by a man he
lad robbed the previous day, and had
doubtless fallen in fight with his comrades
'ver the division of the spoils. A man
'aked il wine-shop another for some
money due to him, and in return received
irst offensive words, and then the stab of q
Knife, from which he died. Another died
d the hospital from wounds received. An
)ther dead body covered with wounds was
ound near Porto Cavaleggerri, and fully
iozen are still in hospitals suffering from
Wounds of knives or revolvers of whose
tate great fears are entertained.
The Tribune is now bringing out a dis
gushing biography of his Eminepce Cardi-
lal Antcnelli, full Of lies, and with no i'm
sediment from the Questore, etc. So much
or guarantees respecting the POpe's Minis
ers!
To prove that what have stated is not
here is what Roman cores
,endent of the ItaliG Nuopa, o journal ini-
nical to the Temporal Power, writes on
he 2lst ult, ere yet the Carnival had ter.
minated: "The crimes which have been
committed during these days of Carnival
are appalling, and make one despair of hu-
nanity and liberty. At no period were so
many crimes committed, nor at any time
nave we had police SO incompetent, who
snow about as much of Rome as i do of
he native place of Signor Berti. The
guards of public security are by no means
respected. The Royal carbineers are 80
ew you could count them on your fingers
u in the matter of preventive police it was
ieemed "A ecessary to continue the old meth
I'd and not concede SO m uch liberty all at
,nce, it was imperative that he who was at
The head of the police should have known
N tn a 1,u1f <1,o CO. l., |