New-York tribune., 1871-03-29

"some forebodings, without indeed knowing
"why, that he was not in very cheerful
mood, commenced and carried on the con-
"versaton in French, instead OF English or
German, expecting thereby to facilitate mat
"ters. IL may have had the opposite effect.
"[Yes. indeed poor man j The Emperors
.'featnres remained rather rigid, and i could
"perceiye no change as | made my obeisance
"and retired.r And so this momcntous meet
ing terminated but later in the day there was
n little supplementary incident which deserves
to be recorded. Napoleon came to tho hotei
to take leave of the Princess of Moskowa, who
was going to Geneva; he probably saw br'
Jenkins peeIing at him from behind the tap
room door for he went away "looking very
"much agitated." Thus the curtain falls upon
n scene of misery and deepest gloom, and
cowed and quiyering despot retreatng dls-
mayed from the presence of free American
citizen.
On the very same day the very same jenkins
was at Rome, interviewing Cardinal Antonelh
II is n curious factor rather 1t IL not at ali
curious, but, on the contrary. perfectly natu-
ral-that the Cardinal, like the Emperor also
"exhibited less equanimity" than he Dad
shown under former visitation of jenkins,
the fate of this estimable gentleman being to
make n perpetual round of visits and get n
colder and colder welcome every time he calls.
HIS Eminence "did not RISE" says jenkins,
"with the elastic courtesy displayed when
" saw him lastn Neither was his conversation
cspecialiy cordial. His tone was different
"he was neither pGtroni:iRg nor inquisit're,
"only appearing Indifferent" He "put on
"smle for the OCCASION" He had ga quiet,
"passivc attitude of contraction, as if he were
"waiting for something" Dear Sir, he was
waiting for you to 60
Mr.. Jenkins was pleased to observe That
Notwithstanding the attacks of the penny
"press," tho Cardinal continued to show " the
"marks of intelcct;' but there was change
in his physical appearance. Not year mas
elapsed yet he offers much moro of reduc-
:" ton or contraction, so to speak, IN personal
appearance, than that period Of age should
naturally have produced in him." a car
dinal, indeed, whose frame begins to contract
at the early age of one year, when he ought
to be getting his growth, must be melan-
choly spectacle Possibly on account of this
morbid physical condition, his Eminence did
not say dlly liiIlS, 81 w hslhc bCth "piN
to discover, during the entire interview. The
brightest salles, the tenderest expressions
of sympathy, aud the most solemn utterances
of philosophy from the genial and accom-
plished Jenkins failed to rouse the infant min
lister, until our rash cOuntryman touched upon
the question of the Guarantees. This remark
must have been inspired by the same exquisite
tact which led Jenkins on a previous cele-
bratcd occasion to ask Mrs. LawlOr what she
thought of MOntaland. If we may be par
doned the expression, jenkins got Antoneli
on the raw. 1.-The sore point Of his Eminence
"bcing hit upon, the one which most affects
chin in his present debilitated and dilapi-
"dated condition. he at once assumed 4 keen,
"bitter tone OF voice, and with "a mocling look
"said:
What lie said we shall not repeat. Some
thing happened just about that time TT.
jenkins came away in damaged and obfus-
Gated condition. The subsequent proceedings
interested him no more, and he is unable to
give any intelligent account of them. We be-
lieye lie was kicked out. 81 retired from the
interview" he says, "with the impression
Z" that l had received copy of the second
edition of the work known under the title
"of Non Possumus, by his Holiness Pope
Plus IX. ~ But if he got it, who gave it to
him, and what he did with it, and what WAS
in it, he knows 10 more than we do.
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