The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-02-06
ORNG STAR AID CATHOLIC MESSENGER SUNDAY FEBRUARY 1873


the weight OF bag of Aour.
II" said another, in An nndertone to one Of
his companions, 9m going away. l am q
go. These clowns, who now make so much
noise will prove themselves towards to-mor
row. have already perceived some among
the crowd who are taking note of those who
are present, and when all is over. they. will
| make up the account, and the guilty will pay
| the penalty"
HE who protects the bakers" cried q sono-
rous voice, which attracted the attention OF
RenEo, ais the superintendent of provisions. "
| "They are all roRues," said a neighbor
Eyes, but he is the Chief" replied the one
who bad first spoken.
| The superintendent of provisions, elected
every year by the governor from a list of SOW
en- mobiles formed from the council of ten, W ~
| the president of the court of provisions, which,
composed of twelve mobiles. had. with other
duties, that of experimenting the corn for the
! citiEens Persons in such q station wonld
| naturally, in times of starvation and igno-
rance, be considered as the authors of all the
evil
| "Chests!" exclaimed another; "can they do
worse They have had the audacity to say that
| the high chancellor is a childish old man, and
] they wish to take the government into their
own hands We ought to make greet coop.
aud put them In, TO feed upon dry peas and
cooklsweed, as they would fain have us do"
|. While listening to snoh observations as tn
above, Repzo continued to make his way
through the crowd; and at last arrived in front
of the bakery. On viewing it's dilapidated and
ruinous state, after the assault just sustained,
This cannot be a good Decd" thought he {;
''if they treat oil the bake houses in this man.
ner. where will they make bread 2"
From time to time some were seen issuing
from the house, loaded with pieces of chests
or tronghs, OF a bench, basket or some other
relic of the poor building, and crying MAX e
way, make way" passed through the crowd.
These were all carried in the same direction,
aud 1t appeared to place agreed upon. Rem
EOS curiosity being excited, he followed one
carried of ~ ord md
chips on his shouldeU, and found that he took
! the direction of the cathedral. On passing il,
the mountaineer could not avoid stopping .
moment to gaze with admiring eyes on the
magnificent structure He then quickened his
steps to rejoin him whom he had taken as Q
guide, and, keeping behind him, they drew
near the middle of the square. The crowd
was here more dense, but they opened way
for the carrier, and Rsnzo, skillfully introdu-
cling himself in the void left by him, arrived
with him in the very midst of the multitude.
which was bonfire, heap of embers, the re-
mains OF the tools mentioned above 4; surround
ing 1t was heard clapping of hands and
| stamping Of feet. the tumult of q thousand
cries of triumph and imprecation.
he of the boards threw them on the embers
and some with pieces of half-burnt shovel
stirred them until the flame ascended, upon
before. The flame sank again, and the com
Pany, for want of more combustibies, began to
be weary, when q report spread, that at the
Cord1sio "a square or cross-way not far from
| there) they were besieging bakery then was
heard on all sides, "Let us 20, let us 90 :" and
the crowd moved on. Renso was drawn
along with the current, but in the mean while
held counsel with himself, whether he had not
best withdraw from the fray and return to the
convent in search of Father Bonaventura but
curiosity again prevailed, and he Suffered him
self to be carried forward with the determi-
nation, however, of remainR a mere aneotator
of the scene.
The multitude passed through the short and
narrow street of Pescheria. and thence by the
crooked arch to the square d'Mercanti Here
there we're very few, who, in passing before
the niehe that divides towards the centre the
terrace of the edifce then called the College
OF Doctors, did not give u slight glance at the
great statne contained in it of Philip H., who
even from the marble imposed respect, and
who, with his arm extended, appeared to be
menacing the populace for their rebellion.
This niche II DOW empty, and from q Ringu-
lar circumstance About one hundred aud
sixty years after the ovents we are now rela-
ting the head of the statue was changed the
sceptre taken from it's hand, and n dagger sub.
stituted in its place, and beneath it was writ.
ten Marcus Brut"s. ThHs inserted it RENAME ed
perhaps couple OF years until one day. some
persons, who had no sympathies with Marcus
Brutus, but rather an aversion to him, threw a
rope around the statue, pulled il down, and,
reducing 1t to shapefess mass. dragged it,
with many insulting gestures, beyond the
walls of the city. VINO would have for.
told this TO Andrea Bifi when he sculpturrd
itf
From the square de- Mercanti, the clamo.
rous troop ut length arrived at the Cordusio.
Each one immediately looked towards the
shop; but, instead of the crowd of friends
which they expected to find engaged on it's
demolition, there were but u few, AT a distance
from the shop, which was shut, and defended
from the windows by armed people. They fell
BACK, aud there WAS mariner throug the
crowd of nnwillingpess To risk the hazard of
proceeding, when voice was heard to cry
alood, Near by is the house of the superin-
seudent of provision ; let us do Justice and
ptunder it, There WAS universal accepta u CO
OF the proposal, aud ITO the superi n tendeut's
to she superrDtendent's 7" vas the only souud
that could be heard. The crowd moved with
unanimous fury towards the street where
the house named in such au evil moment, was
situated.
CHATTER xI.
The unfortunate superintendent was ct this
moment painfully digestipg his miserable
dinner, whilst awaiting anxiously the termi-
nation of this hurricane he was, however,
lar from suspeoting that it's greatest fury was
TO be spent on htmseif. Some benevolent per-
sons hastened forward TO inform him of his
urgent peril. The servants, drawn to the
door by the uproar, beheld, in affriobt. the
Dense masa advancing. While they listened to