, 1877-06-24
TIE pAPAL JUBILEE.
THE rIsriKT11 ANNIVERSARY or TnH BpIsCo
FATE or plO MONO.


rATR or RIO MONO.
Correspondence At ne knndon Timer.
No1B May A--Afthougtl the pilgrims have
been coming and going daily by hundreds ainco
tho Goth OF April. when those from Savoy ar.
rive.i, the special ceremonies In honor OF tho
pops's Episcopal Jubilee ouly commenced OH
Sunday, tho eve, aud OIL yesterday, tho Anni-
vcraary Of tho daJ when tho priest. John Mas
ta!, afterwards 10 bccotno Pope Plus TX, WAS
"prcron!zcd Bishop. They arc 10 terminate
on the ID Of June with the anniversary OF tflnt
day when he was consecratcd In tho church
bearing the title soma. look upon as
prophetic Of Ills assumed condltion-st.
Peter In Chains. For tho greater deco
rum OF that Bastsica a splendid Confession "
fu front of tho high altar, like that constructed
Afatia MagGiorc, was commenced about a year
ago, that, at the altar within It, the celebrated
chains with which Il Is sal! st. Peter was bound
ehs 1s The reltss e. the AIes
sion vol tho great nastllca Oh The Vatican,
adorned with over-lurn'ng lamps, fca With oil
from the Mount Of Olives. Az the same ttnc,
tseit UPON "nobier pian," and IL Wilt these @
wntks were In progress, the relics Of the " Seven
Alaccabccs," known to have Dcon deposited lg
tho churrh. wcrc discovered and verified. md
for them third nltnr became necessary.
It was with tue conservation OF licso thrco
a1tars on Sunday morning that tho religious
celebrations connected With Plus TX. Is Ep!seopal
jubilee commenced, and to Il oil tho pilgrims
WAS decorated with that uncaualcd skill tho
ecclesiastical upholstcrcrs in Rome alone pos
tcss. and TINT to dcgrec: which almost raises
the arrangement OF church llauEtnRa to the dig
nifty of a line art. Down tie Outings of tic
Cor!ntlian columns which divide the aIsles from
The nave were hung broad ribRnls Ut cloth of
gold. Tile same material was employed upon
the bases, and upon tho features Of tho
dared " use without knowing how, to
balance its effect By tho color Of ths haugings
between tic columns, ard Tho velvet and elk
.,os.oa.ilito and other marbles. Perhaps The e.
fcrt would have been gau1y will, tho full ginro
Of day upon It, but 1T up with the sott light OF
hunurcds 0l wax candles ln chandeliers fcst0oned
suppose 70 have belonged to. tie Golden House
whose ruins Ito close beneath. The ceremony
slmconi, assistel by The Canons and Regulars
OF tho chains Is conildel; mad .whilo this waa
Roing forward at tho high altar and those
beneath, masses were being celebrated at all
tho others, excepting ono where the crowd waH
ing. On going closer 1 saw that 10 .hc inside IT
q handsome eaaket lined with crimgon velvet,
was attnched one end Of M Iron chain OF fat.
link, each about two Inches In lcngtlI, and alto
tVtuEf kHV 1nIuu bUAEf "AAH tIt WkNCl
cnd was held by priest, who kept rapidly
pressing tue last link to the lips ind forGIicals
Of tlo people as they canc up, knelt dawn, and
Cnyo way TO others IN continued slcccaRfon. As
stood watching th!s. thu cartlsnal, attended by
all tho clergy, ca,ne H. procession dDwll the 1,avu
and thruugh tlccrowd to the altar tho right of
tho door. and returned with four mcn bcnring OIL
their ehoulders velvet stAnl on rhlcl, was u
large uEr-ltko vase, nnl great wax torches bfnz-
Ing around 4. It contained, was told, tho
rcllcH of tho Maccabces, and they were being
conveyed to their rcattEg-ptacc tn the new altar
Wh!S h1a been prepared foF ts., thyH: Tie
1aier seryico In the atcruoon.
GrAutl as tho ceremony wast md splend.d1y "a
tlo Basillea va decorated, tl,eEu va! nothing
a1K os5 s!tar TIT,
The living Pope or tho pilgrims who hare como
to visit lin; but outside TITO church the
seems had Its special characteristics, dtf.
It'll il Roms '7 wth'n In tho O. me,aory snsa D Il
man. Those who have been here will relncm-
Der that iu front Of the Church Of 1T. pictro in
Viaruils tlicrc Is kind Of open ycstlbulc. an
atsclcnt atriu1n-closed III With Iron ratlines.
llnasIno tbls yest!buie a.ld tho extctlaiys plat
forsn before It well alIcd with people, and
turned Into fancy falr for tho sals ot Objects
iii a column. Each opeuiug Igtwec,, thu piers
WAS separate stall mil upon the ralllngs tho
articles wer uns ana st f"rth 1S; Slysn
tS 0"y assa4e " wero at' o.c1 S ea!s nprovt,sa %
upon the stose bench extending along tho
facade wall Of tho church. and at Tho end
u lnrse table devoted exclusively to the snle Of
II. silver. ai'l III si1yergilt hcapeI up In piles
!'pon i, and q very busy trade tho .!aan WIN
kep, Il seemed to drive, but tho sellers were
not rultent to sit by thcr warcs aud scrye such
sl,tant busy nnIonc tho cfowtl. Certainly they
wrre not falr Inles, perhaps VI high degree, Is
at fashionable bazaar, but they performed or
ZANE s,ytSc y1a wsre ot sskga ID
lucky.bags. 1Ic!s was a young nrchin with baro
feet aud i pa!r OF laughing b'aek oyes like lla-
n;,und.' ;'.n ho,a!ng n'G!n up psforo you slstie M
ssss taSns @os, Sa Of ":s ss P''s1 There a1 ras s
another with miniature busts Ut ths Pope three
or four Inches III height, crying vi 'sante l'ads
s :gs amss III s .Ss, Rs' ;osessa sg9 ss S
together, nil tho pr.ncipsl b iil4ngs Of ltou,c,
fur twenty sous, and number Of other things,
Tcndcd their why !ll All! out among tho crowd,
.nau had packet Of pl'otoefaphs for which he
ono stle was tho pontiGcat throne Falsed high
upon q light u steps, above i tho dome.
as ss4 esS. .ie .e sso xo sss isiisii tss
tho Gruund at the foot OF tho steps knrrls the
topu on cushion looking up to St.. Peter, who.
from hcaScn extends the kcys to him: 1ehtnd
st. Peter asu uuu1ber of saints, and 10 points
aIoft with his laIt hand to tiRuro OF the 1la-
marulatu Conception. l3y tho stdo vt thu Popo
stands boy angel witt. liis ,nitrs md sroz!cr,
| aud before him a!r grouped tAEee others, one
with thu tiara aud triple cross, another With the
chaltce ena waters upon 1t. and 4 third pplnting
| to tablet bSarlug thu word 'sYIlabus," and III
tho background Ia st. PETERS, with TIC words
"Vativan EcumenIral Council" plaecl ruin
bow fashion around tho dome.
Yesterday morning at bt. Petcr'a Cardinal
| Borzon,eo "poatlhcated" 10 place Of h!s Iloli-
nrss, celebrating at the high altss, which Is ex-
eluslyeiy reserved to tho Pope, OF one who by
spcelal Bull a. Ia this instance, directly rupre-
stuts him. so.ne expected that everything
would DO prepared and arranged a. at those
great Funuions oi tho past-that the Pontttical
throne would b. pincetl lii tho aerustoMc! spot,
but would ba tenanlcss4 They were, however.
dIsappotntcl. no special arrangements wcrs
.made, tho Papal choir did not sinR, nor at tho
Elevation veru the alIvcr tsumpets sounded In
tho Dune. Tho music, nevertheless, Was very
tne; It was gIyea by double choir, ACCOM-
panied BY the two great movable organs. onu
| placed on each side Of the tribune, with sup