Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-02-15

ule0, on lne 1st OF June, loAO, Cardinal
Masisi.Ferreli was Immediately desig.
mated by representative men of the
moderate national party, as the most
suitable successor. On June 10Th, while
the Austrian Cardinal known " be
unfavUrAble to his nomination, were
sill on their way TO attend the Con-
clave In Rome, he was elected Pope.
One Of the first acts OF Plus TX. was
10 consult with Count Rossi on the re.
forms most likely TO reconcile the pa.
pal sovereignty with the aiRs of Ilal-
ian patriotism. The Zeal with which
His Holiness entered upon a cOurse OF
reforms, the avowcd object OF which
was to realiza by successive steps The
iiiobertian ideal Of a'confcdrralcd la.
ly, aroused universal Gnthusia-m
The popularity OF Tie Pope did not
begin TO d, crease, Al least in foreign
counrics, until 1850 hsd aim vi ex.
pirea. Ia D'GtHber If that year,
New York vord him m address o.
grateful sympin} ara encouragement.
But at the v,r' outset Plus TX. had
honestly dCcl rcd TINT he could yied
no part Of h!s pi"rogaliye as temporal
sovereign If il would trammel his in-
dependent action OF governing the
Church. Austrian Intrigue, aud The
cxcesses, In word aud in deed, of the
Republican party, after the French
revolution of /, bruary, 1913, and final.
ly the assassination of Rossi, on No.
vember l5lb, 1913. together with the
fact that on The II, xt day the pOpulacp,
tho Civic Guard, the Genadarmeric,
troops tf the line, and the Roman Lr.
gion, besieged the q ,irinsl aud forced
The Pope, whose Secretary, Monsig.
more Palma, was shot down BY his side,
10 accept radical ministry, at length
led Plus TX. 10 escape from imprison-
ment in his own palace, and, disguised
as simple priest, 10 seek refuge al
Gieta. Here he was received with
great honor, and declaration Of attach
mcnt and sympathy poured IN upon
hin from oil parts Olthe world
lie Immediately Issued prOlcsr
against the acts OF the Revolutionary
Government, and in February. 1919, be
called upon the Catholic powers, par
licuIsrly France, Spain, Austria aud
Naples, Tor armed assistance. Rome
capilulied to the French iorCts on Ju-
ly Isl, 1919
The Pope re.enlered Rome on April
l2,h, 1850. Although he claimed a
partial amH".'y, his progressive ten.
dencies hoC naturally enough, been
checked, aLu he reactiOnary policy of
the late Cardinal AntUurlIi, his Secre-
lary for Foreign Affairs, b came dom.
inant in his councils.
On September 24h, 1850, Plus TX,
by a letter apostolic, restored the Cath.
olic hierarchy in England, making, In
4ccordance with the reservation OF the
Catholic emancipation bill, no SEQ at
any city where there was u shop Of
the Established Chruch.
In 1854, he invited the bishops from
all parts Of Chrislendom to meet at
Rome, and, with their consent, he form
ally defined The doc'llne OF The In
Conception to be a d0g ma Of
the Catholic faith, The ceremony took
place at ST. Peters, December 8 b,
1854, Other important acts Of his
pontilcale have been the conclusion OF
concOrdats with Soain, 1851; Baden,
1854, and Aust g. 1855; all OF which
have since becn evoked or annullcd
the fOundaii,g at Rome Of Engh.h
aud American colleges Tor theological
siudents; a bull of TX communication,
March 26th, 1860, aud published with
the usual iorma!ities Oh March ooh,
against all persons concerned d In the IN.
vasion and di.membrrmenl OF his do.
minions; bis reform Of The great rclig-
ious bodies, begun by the Cncyclicl
letter Of June II, 1877 and since con.
summaled, 80 Is 10 make The period Of
probation more prOiraCed, and 10 Iai.c
the standard OF di-ciplinc and intel.
lectual training; Tie publication, De-
Gcmber 8, 1864, Oi the cncyclical
QUdRid CuTa, and the accompanying
OF catalogue OF propositions
condemned by him nj different liu,s;
The celebration, in lSG9-70 Of thu first
session Ut the Council OF he VirlCan,
which ended with dccrrcing and pro.
mulgaiiug the dogma oi P0pDidcal L..
Hllibility tie creation in lhU United
Safes OF u vast Catholic hierarchy,
crowned in March, Is s, by eevuing
10 the ctrdiuaAlc Archbishop Me.
Cb.kcy, o. New YORK; the cHnllic,
with TIE Ru.,ian Government, altcf
1863. IN defense Of lhr Polish Caho.
lies and tic rci nc'sWOi,h took place
withiu ihu q rmgn EN- ir' arl ne L
pub jc o. Swi z'IIanh 0t'.r'." C.'nrit
at II, Vtirnn; aud, Ia 1911 'h' r"-t.r.
r'i"u Il Litr,IrLy 80 srl' 4 Il, "i h
lhe lil Accord Of lh- Elsi,u G,y, ru.
m'ui.
Pin. tx, has conferred tie honor ol
rrnru'EI'iOn upon more p rsuns rhsn
any uuo OF his prcdeccs, lie con.
p.cDcd The iwun'l hflh year ol hi- pom.
Gca'c in June, 1871, end by reigniny
longer than any prtdoc's Or, he ha,
tie traditional word:
Non videbtS amos PGhi--utei at his
coronation.
TmE KIEs OF EAeLys-Messrs. Levi
Evans and Charles BUrCh, OF Dodge
county, Ga, killed, on the 18Th inst, iu
Turnpike swamp, an eagle whose
pin,sa YnaaauroA nina R,nI frorn Tin tn