The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-10

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The following is y true account, by a
devoted eye witness, Of the last perform
,sc. of the annual miracle ut Naples.
n,token from Naples correspondent
4 the English Roman Catholic news
na,.r, Alter giving an account OF his
nnirr 10 the Cathedral, and his introduce
,foD,o one Of the Cauons, the correspond
mt avs
AVON cannot imagine the cries and the
,lmo,, sbrieks and screams OF the people
,b,t we're going on all this time. And
,6so The priest held il up and cried out
y lgrO'I'It is hard-there was such Il
,,yoI San Gennaro, NostrO protettOre,
na.,ro pa,lronc! fate Ci il miracole, and
%.y began to weep and wall on all sides
n the true NeapoIitan style.
m, for five, ten, fifteen minutes there
,,.rot the slightest sign Of any liquefac-
lion taking place. | had the greatest
"S,.ible opportunities OF examining tho
f.lianary, for the Canon held it just be-
S,p my ewes several times for some sec.
cnj., while another priest held lighted
uper behind the glass to allow me TO sec
nlainly the bottles inside. The reliqu-
Ty j, an old.tashioned silver one Of an
oy,l share, surmounted by silver cross
,b5ut four or five inches long, by which
ihe priest holds,it. Thick glass is let into
the sides, so that YOU see the interior
Mainly when held up to the light; and to
show You more clearly the bottles inside,
4 pries, holds Il small lighted taper be.
lind, by aid oil which you see two small
"ampull,c." or cruels, the larger one con-
tanning about an ounce and a half Of
some obscure concealed substance Of
brownish tint, not unlike to that Of
cIotted blood when it has been exposed
loug time to the air. It's quite hard, for
The priest revcrses the reliquary, and not
the slightest motion is visible in the dark
matter which fills about two.thirds OF the
ysl. The glass Of this bottle is curious,
aotlike the ordinary glass, but with that
PECULIAR tint and roughness ofunpuri6ed
sus, resembling the bottles you see in
Ihs Roman museums, which have been
,ken from the tombI Of the martyrs in
Ne Ca,acombs.' The other and smaller
pbial, not unlike a small smelling.bottle,
Contains mere stain Of blood and some
little pieces OF black sticking to the sides,
vhish have never been known to liquefy;
,h,,e are supposed to be little pieces Of
.p,nge or earth, soaked with blood, stick
ID, to the sides Of the glass. Both bottles
,p}xlred to be Theoretically sealed. An.
o.Sw little thing that caught my atten-
lion wa that resting on the outside OF
a,h bottle was that peculiar fine, thin
IsG which collects on objects even closed
!Hrl,es, showing they must have been
!tit undisturbed for very long time.
These phials appeared also TO be resting
% what appeared to me to be some wad.
l,ng dusty and discolored, and between
lslop Of the reliquary inside and the
E5ials there was another smaller piece
ddark wool or wadding. The reliquary
iall Il Sollcred up on all sides, and you
must break il 10 openit.
Tventy minutes had passed away, and
%, the sign Of any movement had APP.
n,,el, There was the dark brown sub.
Slpce filling I'M two-thirds OF the vial,
krniBv Straight line across it, still i'm.
movable The rroans. The cries and the
p.n Of tho peoSle were louder, and even
ibe most Indifferent of those around
,tutI 10 he moved The priest laid the
nIi0uary down on the altar aud began
llold tbs Anostles' Creed, and then an
iSyocation tn ST. Januarius: and after
that braves begging That God would al.
Low the miracle Tor Ills greater honor
,Lrlory and for the pood Of His people.
Il. t6en once again took II in his hand
nod showed Il 10 me kpeeling on the
.ep,, but il was same as nj first-not the
slightest change having taken place,
"IIe had taken il Mi round. had shown
It to the many kneelinp there, and had
then lifted il IN Tor The people outside
to see, when he once more lowered Il and
put ii before Inv eyes. was not certain,
but it seemed to iue that AZ lie held the
reliquary upside down the straight line
which was formed across the bottle was
Oteaking on ono side, and that the sub.
stance commenced to move slowly. am
ute my excited face and the palencss /
tit coming over ME must have shown
the Canon what had happened, for he