, 1877-05-24
A CURIOUS STORY.

years, and bears ii. excellent character.
A CURIOUS STORY.
IIow tho rore Came 10 Appoint nm Amer
-. team cartstnn1.
prnts Xp5i SIX 'IssssG Eosspy s, ook has Jus.
appeared In ParEs, which, during the Pope's late
illnrss, has. afforded him much amusement, Ills
s ffsef esss 5sss II Gost. I a ss xft sut%ans
tainlne a! i L superficial. m Tic author says:
although rlous TX. may ~! l,9pe ., to .s see
contingency Of cot,clayc. Tho gravest events,
botll Ii, rclg gion ann politics, .lcacIngIy threaten
to show Themselves, This t,obk presents thu
men an'l things to which The Apostos See wi1l
"At tho present time the eacrcd College Of
Cardinals, iu possession Of the p!iri1e9t 10 elect
tile chief OF head 1f thu Catholic rc1gton,-thc
thsp paAt. Th!s Is o~nK to ito ca,iscs,Ioiie tl,o
cred College," -
"The ductrtte OF tho separation OF the relfg-
ious and civil power--a separation tliisicilt 70
realize nt1tt under which the oppression VI tho
religious power by the civil hflGs ittelf-l'as put
a. s i1 o.s IT, Tsse oy &C., lucy Ts9e .
to-day, neither III Eurnpc nor Atncr!ca, ono tioy
crnmei,t, except. Tho lsepubllc OF tho Equator,
which President Nfnrcno, Of illlistrous n'cnorY,
tlou, that makes avowed md effective profession
of Catholicism. Spain md Belgium tte1naclvct.
which arc still callol Catholc Spain aud Cathn-
lie Belgium, curry te,npcramclts md rcstric-
tions 50 as not to cotnc III er'iltact With te prl:
ciples o{ religious liberty upon which, society Of
tile present day seeks to tasc ITSELF"
TIE STATE Or sAcnap COLLEGE.
perhaps Inevitable, Is inferior In birth. III for
tune, IN science, a!,a T. genius to that wh'ch =
was under othcr tontEtl.atcs, sucla rs that NJ
innocent VIII, ctc.n Here thu writer gives
down to the present timex. saying cvcn that ut
Gregory, XVI, from 1881 to lSiC, was superior
to thu present College: Hc then procects to
eyo an ente5taInng description Of y se 2. duties I
tton, Its titles, ttsinottoes Tho gala robes Of tle
chosen, aud the ceremony Of installation, all of
which, interesting MS IT. is, We cannot give in
neneing ss'e 's win tle % Venerable popo hlsc, aivcs
q short aud graphic sketch OF each member nf
t!1u Sacred College. Each description yics with
tho other In sprlghtlness and p'1natcy. have
ciuscn specimen tlc shortest md onc Of tho
most interesting to us In the United States.
THE CARDINAL N'cLosEEY. ,
"John MeCloskcy, born in Brookiyn, IN TIC
uuited States Of North America, on tiic 3ot!. OF
lina BY ;ltue X, on tug 23tl, of atarc!'s lsiS,
bishop Of Now York, ~, v, x, n;
-" lie Is tue 1lT8E AtnHflEln A4F1l$LlAls
"Onc day-at the time Abraham. Lincoln vas
President-there arrived In 1sono nn EnToy Ex-
troardnary from tho White lIouse: :, '
"IIc took laere and aroye to the vattenn;
Bpulsc to him in tho only Language 1,e know
English, nl was very ilich nston!sllctl that the
Prime Minister Of tho Pope did not understand
him,
wln5 wonll almost rival with the famous Cur-
tIlsa Mai deceased in 1861. lie served Us ILL.,
terJrctcr.
sent by President Lincoln to salutc tho Pope,
mud to demand OF hia uolness to make some
American Cardinals.
|carlinai Antone1! yas upset. sqfh an an !1ea =;
-tiis man Is ,nai., Then 10 lis American:
~ but, mon SGT cardinal Antoneltl said mon
scr TO all the world excepting tho Pope, aLd
first ttme], that Is impossible; TINT will mover
"'Thero Is good reason for doing H. replied
''S S'i,"t' 'nSS'Ai America. America is too fa.,'
"tsYili your EmIneuce 20 thcrcp
IT 20 TO America. Mover, mon scr, never
"t4o go0ll atn A0W on my seventh trip to
a'sp @ NV s fa9 s t. 1Ss Seusapts sis s sad fGS @
days from Southampton tn Ronr. It - very
long; II can bs nude in MUCH s,orter time,
".All Tint Is you WIZ, Monsieur; but 1.l!' slo
|
1opo will not takc. Ills councillors fFnn. tho
ar,tlpodcs. Then therc aro cot.gtaycs. Must lie
/ wa!t fur tho American Gagdaalsa
:" The Cardinal, ,unncrycu. allowed Ills musk
| OF pnl,tencss to fill by uGgress. ::
Tho American clcncatsa lila lists
l know history. Formerly when your Cardinals
| wcru obliged to elect d popc II took several
weeks for then, 10 come from l.on1on md
Seville, and thoy ran great danger OF being
roobed or assassnate1 OH tho way to Italy; In
decd, even At tho Easea OF Home. say nothing
thors Is no such thing as distance. Aeknow(-
| edge that for reasons OF YOUR own, YOU rcpc1
tlIs application with which tho genius ot A,neri
ea llSettT l@s insp!tel rrcsiaent Lincoln !, ,o
thing took, tied mp his mask anl took It upon
hEnscIf to say, IN tho sweetest tonc, TINT tho
Court OF isoine woulu feel tsclf extremely Hat
would isot losu mon,ens III acluanting hia
Holiness with the agreeable ncws. liz roso to
go alll begged the American to accompany
ll!ln, atllsng: - AZ soon as come IN tue pres,
YOU will sec thlt Plus TX. willrccctvc yuu With
all the diatlnctIon that IL your due.'
ca1d'ta Ansonsl y ,,tiaat tf9lsmtting to
Plus TX. let h|tn talk, then said: 'Do you
kpow, Cardinal, think that President Laraln
has as tncli sense a. cxaltatton III lI!s br'i!ir
and that Ills envoy must bo q deserving u1,l
my life. am, among tho SUCCESSORS OF tho
Apostle, the oMlY 0tle, pcrlaps. who 1Ias trod
tiu soil oe that grand Aiueriya, md to u,o bc-
lungs tho honoF ct creating ,Anlcrl.an cardl;,
ralllcricst could not refrain frun adllns, as lle
loulied stcatttIy ut tho Cardinal3
"Fur mo would tlIat had in the aaesctl
Culicgc nlen from every raea aud FROM erery
language. a negro would luok 81 well under
| the puFplels
"the fruturcs IT tho Cardinal Antohelll are
very much like Congo nrgro.
+ "'Prestilt tu 11.a immediately, 1 pray you,
tic ambassador VI President llncnlll'
"DcrcItful md flexible, tic CAnnal wc,t to
the proud Yankee, and taxing hiul allcction-
atc1y by the hands, saidt
~ have arranged everything, Monsieur;
come, como; thu Pope wishes 10 see You I'm.
luc.ttately.'
"rhc Interpreter was there. titus IN. was
! charming. Tho envoy wrnt away delighted,
and rueeyets Ut Ills ilotel ta beautiful niosacs
| mud q rrilss Nf kIIlYltlQQl for hlHlaClf. WILL