The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-03-17

procession described O curve. auu went |
forward to tho Chapel Of the Choir. Above |
the chanting of stucents and the sooolng |
of many in the proc sssioD, the noise OF PICK
and hammer, preparing the sepulchre 10.
the dead Pope, -ose strong and loud, sna
was deeply impressive. Having reached
the Chapel of the Choir the bier was
place d in the centre, and WAS surrounded
by the clergy aud the Noble Guard. The
cantors continued their sad and long
drawn notes of sorrow and nope IN tne
Lord. 1t was now the antiphon In Far
ddisum that broke upon the car, anon the
Psalm Sicut eerrus ad tontes aquarium. Mgr.
Folicaldi recited the long prayers Prescrlo
ed by the Ritual, and incensed and asperg-
ed with holy water the coffin of cypress,
the fret of those in which the body of Pins
TX. was placed. This was the last mo,
ment that the dear features of the beloved
Pontiff would be seen by those who eur.
rounded the bier. Every eye was hxed
upon him, and many went forward again
| to kiss the feet of him whom they loved
Majordomo of his Holiness, slowly ap-
preached. and, with hand trembling
from the emotion he felt, placed white
silk veil over the lace of the dead Plus y.
Mgr. Pho Martinucci, Prefect of Pontlticai
Ceremonies, covered the body of the POPE
with large veil of crimson silk.
Now is the moment in which Plus TX.
will be placed in the coffin. The Chap
lains of st. Peters and the Noble Guard
| raise the body of the Pontiff from the bier
! on which it lay, and place it gently in the
cypress coffin prepared for it. This coffin,
which had been previously placed In the
| leaden coffin, is lined with crimson velvet.
When the body was composed there with
| ali due reverence, Mgr. Ricci, the Major
domo, assieted By Mgr. Gataidi, MASTER. of
Ceremonies, placed three purses OF rich
velvet containing ae many medals of gold,
nd
years of the reign of Plus TX. According
to some accourts, there are thirty-t two
medals in each purse, according to others
| but thirty one, as the thirty second year OF
the Pontficate was not concluded. Ihe
coffins were then closed, the lid of the
inner one being fastened down by screws,
| that of the outer one by solder. when
| the latter was closed, on the silk violet band
attached to it were placed the seals, OF
| which two were those of the Camerlengo,
and the other those of the Archpriese OF
the Basilica and of the Vatican Chapter.
Besides the medals, case containing the
eulogium of the late Pontif written in
Latin on parchment was placed in the first
coffin. While those acts were being
accomplished, the Notary of the Chapter OF
st. Peters read in a loud voice the rela-
| ton of what was occurring. On the leaden
coffin ls represented Cross, and under the
arms oftbe late Pope-which arms are sur
mounted by q tiara, but without the keys,
| AZ these sy mbols OF power belong only to
the living-the following epjtaph is in
scribed .
CoRPVs
PH.Ix.P.M.
| vIxrT. AN LxxXv NJ. VIII d . XVI.
| ECCLKS WINTER PRAEFvIT.
AN. XXI. NJ VII d. XIII.
oBIIT DIE VII FEBR.
| AN MDCCCLxxvIH.
Beneath this inscription skull, resting
upon ss-bones, is carved.
| Thu third cOffip of ch6snQt. awaits It's
burden. When the leaden coffin contain
ling that which enclosed the body of the
Pontitf is placed in that of chesnut, it ls
transported by means of palleys and ropes
above a door to tie left of the Chapel OF
the Choir, where tho dead Pontff is laid
; till the death OF his successor, after which
the body is removed to it's permanent rest
ipg place. When the body of Pius the
Ninth was placed i'll this sepnlchre tho
ygcrk ner began Immediately to build it up
again. Mean while the captors continued
thoir solenID chaut. Now it vas Ghe Psalm
PcNedtCtaS 17ONTtHHS fCHS fSTUct, ard tt.ru
: the verso IVumiHGre has qUi in tenebriS ct an
eRbru mortiS Sedent, al drigemdos peaeS
nOstroG in ri0m pdcis, The stroke OF nam
rnar and trowel contir ned uader the direc-
t,on of the architect VesEignani. The last
requiem was suug, and at a quarter to nine
the people sadly withdrew from the Basl
lica.
On the following morning (lnursuay) j.
above the door near to the Chapel of the
Choir, and directly opposite the moument
&, of Innocent VIII, were the signs of new
painting in imitation of maj BILE on the wall
and on the unshapely sarcophagus that il
I placed there, surmounted by a cushion
i. bearing tiara. Here, also, III the place oi
f inscription, were painted the following
b simple words Plus TX, P. NJ.
THE WILL OF Plus THE NINTH.
I At l o'clock on the afternoon of Friday
! the Most Eminent and Rev. Camerlengt
. summoned around him the relations of thu
n fate Pontiff, Plus TX, and proceeded tt
4 read his testamentary dispositions. They
we're written on some papers by his OWL
> hand during the year 1875, and were bounc
:. up with silk ribbon. Supreme reasons
h delicacy, says the official and well-informe'
n Osseruatore Romano, as may be easily
y , comprehended, do not permit us to speaI
:, e of tho way in which Plus TX has disposed
r of bis modest private fortune. To treat