The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-31
THE POPEs HEALTH.

CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS OF HIS coNDTrIoN-A
TEMPORARY CESSATION OF THE cRIsIs-rHE
NEW cARDMALs-rIo Nosos DAYS EVIDENTLY
NUMDERED-wHo SHALL SUCCEED HIM?
RoxE, Dec. Is 1871
Very contradictory reports concerning the health
OF His Holiness the Pope have kept the telegraph
constantly in motion between Rome and the other
Italian States But the perplexity caused by oppo-
site views has been nothing compared TO tho agita
ton athe foot ofthe Antonine column and round the
fountains Of tho aequd pergns Swarming crowds
and swayng lines follow In dense masses by moonlight
under the towering buildings which grid the Piazza,
or people suddenly rush forth epilepcaly inquring,
gestculatng, shaking dsts, then subsice again into
low grumoie, while ragged newsboys cry out tho
names OF hall dozen orgsns, all OF which equally.
dscordant The journal which sells most At present.
though It prows about stealthily, is La Lupa (she
wolil II is satrical paper and minds not whom Il
dcvoura Then come the Capitate and the Popoo Ro
chance a. all, bat yet keeps up shrili the
kiosks.
THE PoPRs CONDITION
Not one OF these papers tells the truth about
Pho Mono Party feeling and financial speculation al
ways will either reduce proportions Or magnify them.
The TACT is that the Pope's lie hanging by thread
that hc Is very aged man. also obstinate, and when
suffering from rheumatism, loses temper If contra
dicteda thing he is very sorry for aIterward, but
slill no has not been deferred from his fancy The
Carcassonns pilgrims who came from France last
month proved rather too much for him. He was all
ing when he consented 10 give them audience, and
no did SO because, considering. as he SAID tho revoiu
yvia sens. Of his PASTORAL aoS W
them The effort 70 appear strong and 10 sxhort
brought on prosration. then fever or Il might rather
have been fever rst aud proSratlon aiterward; but
thcre several physcians their reports on shis
head disagree. Be IL rs II may, the last appearance
public Vi the rope was Tor the Carcassonne pilgrimage.
THE CRISIS TEMPORARILY ovxR.
The crisis has momontariiy subsidized, and HIS Holi.
has peremptory asked 10 DO carried about again
nevertheless, that the eye which has remained dim
eau ever brighten as y dd BEFORE or that the stlcss
hanging arm can again rise and be stretched forth
with us former visor; that the hanging unicrp
resume It's usual CHEEKY smile. There undeniabc
symptoms OF The light wearing fast out, even OF the
MUD being absent at times, but this state may pro-
longed, aud tho hereditary elasticity OF disposition SO
burning. only the sky must remain blue the atmos-
phere nld and dry, and no III rumors got mingled
Ssna rhe p are rem gar
afraid Of the exertion Pho Mono Is determined TO Try
by fits and starts
He has gwen out his intention 10 create two new
cardinals on The 2Sih inst One 10 the present arch
VINO, though preale oiQcLated for the first time al
mass last week. Tho ceremony Is TO be performed
under the special presidency Of His Holiness. and,
medical Advisers, Clercas declare unanimously that
tho Pope will here taxo = new lease Of
HE. When tho latter asked why, His
Holiness being better. the physicians stan should
have been considerably increased they reply with
comforting smile the Pope's Is unlike that
Of Other people, tho more doctors be has me better
he Is, Tor that he Ii very stout and who some nmbly
dress hs wound others only wanted assistants
to support hts increasing strength. What these
optmists call health strength, vigor, &C., may be
heavy corpulence and that Kind OF bulk which nears
powcrlessness. Should their system be admitted,
Ii why the eighty beet eating looking
fellows who lounge about BY turns in tho Vatican,
d. essed up In Jack OF Diamonds attire, should
be made OF now, and at length
show that young sturdy muscle can serve good turn.
Meanwhile the rcpc's pigeons, that he liked TO feed
with his hands, strut about In hts private garden
and huddle together ON the edge OF his iavore ioun
tam, exactly n they lovingly watched by .
kIndhearted old pontH His birthday Is approaching
and hopes to gather his monthly IN that part
OF his walk not covered with orange trees =
Meanwhile good, bad and Indifferent opuscules are
published gu his probable successor.he successor,
says u conventional form Ut speech, TO 81 Peters
char, but sitting down will not be his chief Junction.
and Tue pol.icatstatc Of Rome Ia such that ho may
not even bo able Htand IL.