Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-02-26
$tountott Spectator.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1873.
Papal Succession.

Papal Succession. S
OF THE NEW POPE. CAkDl,
NAL PECCI BECOMES POPE LEO XIII.
On Monday of last week, the Conclave
of Cardinals met in the Vatican at Rome .
to elect successor to Pope Plus TX. On
Wednesday the election resulted IN
making Cardinal Gioyacchini Peccl
pronounced Petchee) Pope OF Rome
who chose the title Leo XIII.
At a quarter after l o'clock, T. M,
Cardinal Caterini appeared in the grand
gallery of the Vatican Basilica and an
nounced, in the customary formula, Car
dinal Pecci's succession to the papacy.
The few bystanders cheered most en-
Enthusiastically, and large crowd soon
assembled, densely thronged the open
space before the Vatican and the ap-
breaches thereto. At 4:30 the newly
elected Pope, surrounded by all the car
dinals, appeared in the inner gallery OF
the Basiliea. The crowd vociferously |
shouted, "Long live the Pope"
The holy father at length made sig |
nal for silence, then intoned the bene-
dicite and pronounced benediet1on.-
After this the cheering was renewed,
and continued until the Pope withdrew.
1.-THE circumstances of the election are as
as follows: At Tuesday evenings ballot
Cardinal Pecci received IS votes, which
was short of the requisite two.thirds
majority. When the voting was finish
ed and the papers were burned Cardinal
Franchi and those holding the same
views with him advanced and knelt be-
fore Cardinal Pecci. This example be-
ing followed by others, Cardinal Peccis
election was accomplished by the method
known as "by alteration"
Count Segur Immediately informed
the Pope that he purposed to present
him with one million francs as the first
donation of Peters pence from the
French episcopate.
AS soon as the result of the election
became known the bells of all the
churches in Rome were rung, and the
diplomats went to the Vatican to con-
graduate the new Pope.
1t may be remarked, says the Baltl-
more Sun, that the Sacred College con-
sists of seventy members, six cardinal
bishops, fifty cardinal priests, and four
teen cardinal deacons. For cardinal,
as such, there is no specific ordination.
1t is possible for layman to be cardi-
nal, and it is said that the late Cardinal
Antonelli was not in clerical ORDERS
For the most part, however, they are
clergymen of the ecclesiastical ranks
mentioned above. Most of them are men
advanced in life, ranging from fourscore
to fifty-two. Cardinal Pecci, who has
been elected Pope, was born at Anagni,
March 2, 1910, and is 6S years of age
He was created cardinal on December
10, 1858. He was previously to his cleo
ton Archbishop of Perugia, and cham
berlain of the Pope. He is designated a
moderate" and was to have been Great
ed a cardinal at the request of Protes'
tant, King Leopold I, of Belgium, to
whom he had been sent as nuncio by
Gregory XVI, but seven years elapsed
before he was given the hat. He is said
to have made not only an excellent
bishop, but has realized the type of per-
feet cardinal, and is represented as d man
of high intellect and of a welI-tried and
energetic nature. In his personal APP
pearance he issdescribed as tall and thin,
with features Of an aristocratic stamp,
characterized by great firmness. Al
though simple in manners, he is said to
be of all the cardinals the one who car
ries himself with most pontifical msjes'
ty, resembling in this Plus TX, who in
his early days passed for Incompatible.
While he seems at one time not to have
been in much favor at Rome, owing to
the antagonism of Cardinal Antonelli,
he also appears to have risen by the force
of his own merits to the respect and
confidence OF all. From all the anteced-
ents of the newly-elected Pope it may
safely be said that a better selection as
to piety and capacity could not have
been made, nor one which would be
more acceptable, not only to his own
communion, but to the various govern.
ments and nations outsideshis church,
nor to those who wish that all exaggera-
ton should be avoided, and that the
Church, while mott sacrificing yany es-
sential principle, should be in accordance
with the general current of ideas.
P. SIT is stated on good authority
that Pope Leo XIII was not chosen by
alteration, butiby.the requisite majority
of votes of the conclave; that Cardinal
Bilio having declinedlto be a candidate
his partisans, numbering nine cardinals,
gave their votes to Cardinal Pecci that
when the votes were counted all the
cardinals. knelt at the feet of the Pope,
and that this act has been misconstrued
as an election by alteration.
In the first ballot, on the morning OF
the 10Th, few cardinals voted for Pecci.
At the evening ballot his votes sudden
ly increased to 35. On the following
morning he finally obtained Al votes.
CRAZY DoINGs AT CoLLEGE-A
PRINCETON SOPHOMORE SHoT.-A spe-
cial from Princeton, n. j, says a serious
ARRAY occurred Monday night between
two sophomores and eight freshmen, in
which one of the sophomores was dan
gerously shot. The sophomores' room
was entered by freshmen, who bound
the sophomores to chairs, shaved their
heads and left them tied. Other sopho-
mores followed Ithe Freshmen. Shots
were exchanged, and Mr.. Atterbury, of
the sophomore class, was wounded in
the thigh. Great excitement prevails.
The COUPON CASE.-The Virginia
Court of Appeals did not decide the MayO