The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-22

the beautiful view and the health-givina
breezes. But the villa was appropriated by
the government, ana lie has since then kept
an almost prisonlile retirement in the Vatican
Of ha two most prominent persons in thS
ylGcln, His Holiness TIL Pope and Cardinal
Antoreh, tho latter seems even the mora
emaciatel ana weary.
1rY CONVERSATION wru CARDINAL ASroSEL1r
w.s confined d topics 81 purely general m
ter5s. IIe spoke q ,ha Philadelphia EXPOSE.
tioa, of which some pamphlets had been for
waYdad "a him from America. IL spoke Of
tus interest which he Ind heard had been
caused III the United States BY the creation Of
the new Cardinal and said he should take,
great pleasure i'll reading tho accounts Of the
excitement and ceremonies that would be re-
corded il the New York journals He made,
some inquiries respecting the working OF the
great American journals and more especially
about the HERALD. Lie recalled my former
visit two years ago and smiling, thought my
presence III Rome was not the most auspiciouss
Tor he Vatican.
You came last time he said, fearing that
you would have TO record the death Of His
Holiness; but he lives still, IN spite Of you all.'
said that ii was, indeed, great pleasure
Tor NE to visit Rome, but still greater onG
10 leave the city without having undergone
the labor and excitement that would be a COR
respondents share IN case of the death Of His
Holiness and the new election. | said that L
hoped to come To Rome on many more I'M
fruitful missions Of the same kind as the one
OF two years ago.
''And when you come" he said, do not
forget the way to my apartments here"
THE WATER SUPPLY.
Wishing TO procure a ticket Of admissions
for viewing tho Vatican gardens, which havsi
been Tor years closed to the public. the Car
dinal told me very interesting fact Sons
weeks ago a communal councillor Of Romeys
with IN eye for filing up The city treasury,
had called the attention OF the body to.
which ne belonged to the fact that
vast quantity Of water was being
supplied from the public aqueducIs to tha
Vatican, for which no revenue was re-
ceived. An excited discussion took place.
and, strange to say, the majority
Of the speakers demanded that the Vatican
should be charged for It's water supply like
'.any other institution" One went 50 far as
to demand that the water supply should be
cut of in case the Vatican refused to pay.
VERY UNGRAcIoUs THREAT,
when we take into account the fact that the
Vatican had not been asked to do So. Even
the most democratic paper Of Rome, the
Cqpitale, could not conceal its disgust and
anger at this instance OF -mindedness
shown by the wise fathers Of the Capitol, and,
after calling TO mind the fact OF the many
great benefits which had been at one
time conferred upon Rome by the pontiaa
while they enjoyed their temporal soyer-
eighty, the aqueducts which they themselyeI
had repaired, the many public fountains they
had created, tho many works Of art with
which they had enriched the Eternal City,
asked If it were not an insult to the people Of
Rome and Of Italy to thus make demands fox
0 paltry tax on water supply on the Vatican
when 50 many other sources Of revenue were
left uncultivated. II is very probable that tha
Vatican will indeed, pay the tax whenever Il
Is demanded, and in so doing will evince faf
more elevated spirit than have the shopkeeping
city fathers il raising the question. Legally.
Of course, the city is entitled to collect ths
tax; but / think there does not exist any
other communal body in the world which,
would-hying among the many and beautiful
works Of art created by the Papacy--demeen
itself to send in the tax gatherer 70 collect
such miserable claims.
L'EAU DIES ABEnLrs.
Cardinal AntonelL did not make any COM
ments on the conduct Of the wise men Of the
Capitolian Hill, but simply called my attention
to the fact that in tie courtyard Of the Belve-
dere portion Of the Vatican there issued forth
. spring OF delicious water called the Eau
des Abellles,' a supply Of which WIS
pumped to the uppermost story Of the
palace and furnished its inhabitants with
all the water for drinking purposes in pro-
fuse quantities. $50, said lie, If, as il
threatened, our water supply should be cut %
We shall MOI be left to die Of thicst." We
spoke Of minor matters aud among other
things, the TACT that Cardinal McCloskey was
preconized before an answer had been re-
ceived from the Archbishop saying that he
accepted The dignity. TIE answer came two
DAYS after the preconiza.ion on the 18th OF
March. The first notification was only do
spatched from Rome on the oath Of February
and thus no time was allowed for the answer
to return before tho meeting Of tho Consis<
tory. This is all remember.
The Cardinal then kindly gave me the neo-
ossary psrnesso to visit the Vatican gar
dens. OF which / made use the following
morning. Perhaps in some future letter
may give some account Of this large aud in
teresting garden, which may be called tho
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