The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-08
and cannot conceal q degree OF apprehension
which they did not entertain at the first"
And than tho foIIowinu.-

daily becomnp wonse He cannot now rise from
his bed unaided. but requires the aid OF persons
who lift him in their arms and place him in the
easy chair In which he is gently wheeled into his
private library adjoining his bedroom; but he APP
pears no longer In the salon where his courters
remain, as Cardinals Antonelli and Patrizi do not
wish His Holiness to be seen In his present feeble
condition except by his most intimate friends.
The deputation Of French legitimists he received
last week brought about an attack OF weakness
which obliged him Immediately to go to bed with
remarkable aggravation of his sunerlngs. He is not
only troubled by the humors In his swollen legs,
but his digestive organs are giving way;
and 1t IS with the utmost difficulty he can retain
frequent vomiting has alarmed the doctors, who
fear that the humors have already affected the
vital organs Of his constitution. The invalid has
turned excessively pale and thin in the upper part
OF his body while the lower part Is much swollen.
This is probably caused by the absence OF nourish-
ment, and when the seat OF an illness centres in
the stomach the consequence is that onlnfa MEM
Ora idn0uent. The symptoms we have described
became worse on Sunday and a slight asthma has
affected the respiration, which increases the afc-
tion and by order or the doctors His Highness has
been advised to remain in bed"
~ THE POPE's GOOD HUM0R.
!. The Cardinal said it was unfortunate that the
which there was not the slightest reliance to be
placed, since its editors seemed to take pleasure
only in misreprcsentng facts and abusing the per-
son OF the Holy Father. From another source
learned during the course Of the day that such re-
ports, far from annoying the Pope, were source Of
no little amusement to him, and that on the very
evening before, the eve OF his eightysccond birth
day, while seated in his easy chair propped up by
pillows, he had begged one OF his attendant clergy
to read him the Capstale for his own amusement.
Should an artist wish for subject OF u painting
what capital one he would have In this little
incidental small apartment OF the Vatican,
the Holy Father seated in high arm chair, his
head propped up by pillow, his limbs encased in
a robe and resting footstocl, while his features
are lighted up with an expression OF arch-comic
seated at the opposite side OF the table, reading
aloud the exaggerated accounts of his own illness
The title could be, chow Pope Plus TX. Celebrated
the Eve of His Eighty-second Birthday"
The Holy Father has, had learned from my con-
versation with other members of the Vatican
household. q dccp.rooted contempt or disregard
for all doctors and indictments. He loves to play
well in their presence, and trusts far more to the
his three physicians. Very frequently he refuses
to take their pOtions, and, as soon as they have
left his side discards their prescriptions in favor
OF those made up by the doctor monk OF the
which Is very characteristic OF the Roman Church
or. perhaps, more properly speaking, OF the vati-
can. lie trusts more to the efficacy OF prayer and
the ruling of Providence than to the skill power
of single men, and cnter,ans the belief that God
takes good care OF his own servants and people
and will in due time restore them, IL he wishes, to
health and to power
THE RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS BILL.
In the course or a long conversation with Cardi-
nal Antonelli the subject OF the Religious Corpo
rations bill, now under discussion in the Italian
Chamber of Deputies, was frequently touched upon.
THIS bin, which affects the city and province OF
Rome, will, when passed, suppress the religious
orders OF the Church; that is, will deprive them
of their existence as legal bodies, permitting
them hcucelorth to live together simply
private persons. Their property, moreover,
will be appropriated by the government, the pro-
ceeds invested in stocks and the interest paid to
them annually, or the State will put aside an an
nua subsidy Tor them. The attempt is being made
by Nj. LAMA to save the generals of the various
them their houses but there is great opposition to
this saving clause among the radicals, and also
among a large class of the people. I embody in
the following the substance OF Cardinal Antoneli's
as the official views of the Vatican
The law is declared to be most unjust one, and
one most hurtlul to the interests OF the Church.
because it takes away from the Pope one OF his
throughout the world.
True. the members OF the orders are not ban
ished from Rome, rs were the Jesuits IN Germany,
but the law aims at the root ofthc existence OF the
orders.
Their legal existence as a corporate body is an
nued. Their property is appropriated by the gov
eminent, and at a ruinous loss to the orders them
selves.
The Hooding OF the market with such property
prevents the orders from securing just valuation.
Besides this people in Italythe faithful Italians
will not purchase such appropriated church prop
erty, believing, as they taught, that no blessing
can attend such purchase
Gas individuals then, their existence Is not
threatened ~
mo- as bodies yes, since they become de.
pendent as 1t were on the charity OF the govern