Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-08-10
KNOAVIlLE, TENN WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 10, 1881

"Down with priestsl" and many vile and
obscene words, 1t seems Incredible, and
! yet L am but reporting the simple truth
| There were enough men in the procession
to have massacred these iutisns, but the
| solemn charge they were guarding gave
them moral courage enough to resist
Furnishing the low offenders as they
during the whole course of the
procession. AT the railway station the
mob began pelting the carriages and torch
bearers with stones, and continued this ata
tack to the very piazza Of the church.
| What Il brutal riot it was | saw Mons
| signor Lamminiatelli's carriage come in on
| three wheels, it passed by ours; the mob
had pelted it with stones aud almost tors it
to pieces the Monsignor. and his compan-
ions bad to get out and wale 10 the church.
The ambassadors collected some OF the
stones with which theic carriage was
peted. When the car reanhed the church
door the mob plunged forward grand
scuffle between the rutfiaBs and torch
bearers followed, and TO few MINUTES Il
seemed rs if We should all be mur ie-2a Or
trampled to death by the startled hofses.
Then, and only then, tha prudent guards
blew three blasts Of trumpet, tas si9Ral
| tn n,tttsry msrched up and cleared Lbe
piazza. but continued their demonIsc cries
and hoots in the distance
L The coffin was rolled frem the Car up an
inclined plane INTO the church, here it
vas received by the three Cardinal execu-
tors Of Plus TX. and the Capucciui tath-
erE, then Is wss rolled acFo5s the church to
the subterranear and Immediately lowered
into the crypt The Cardinal Vicar MoaaC
la Falette gave the extreme absoluticn to
the corpse, and celebrated mass at the sub
terranean altar cf st. Lorenzo. The dis
graceful riot that occurred when the coffin
! resc bed the chuI cb door, the clearing of
the piazza. and the strict guard of police,
prevented me from entering the church
Immediately, but by dint of feminine per-
s'stence at last worked my way in, and
reached the Sublerranean Just after the
coffin was lowered. ] saw tie great stone
lifted aud placed over 1t, On table near
| by was the voglto, or act Of pro-
ceedings, receiving the last notes and
signatures. MASSES followed masses at
the tsrs in the choir at tn main altar, and
| in the crypt Of St Cyri la heard mass
at the main altar, and then left the church
Hal fpsst o'clock struck in the old church
tower as dove out of the piazza in broad
daylight. Squads cf soldiers and police
men stood about. The mob had disap-
peared like foul nightsbrds OF the approach
OF dawn. Since that memorable mig ht the
sole subject of talk in Rome has been the
disgusting SCIENCES that occurred The
journals are full of the affair, and although
bold front of defense is put on, it is plain
to be seen that all hands ara sbsmed and
mortified. The minister of the interior
was called upon for an explanation in the
Senate house on Thursday. Depretis tried
to exculpate himself and also sent lsme
explanatory card to the papers But
be cannot hold himself free of Gems
sure The reports of the prefect and
Questore show that he was fully informed,
and also III time, OF the perm ssion granted
for the torohlights. The permiss on for
the funeral he gave himself to the Cardinal
| executors when they asked it, II they
were unable to maintain the peace, he
should have refused to allow the funeral to
| take place It was crying shame that so
| poor Il guard was provided that q small
crowd of two or three hundred ruffians
! were allowed to chase a dead body
through the streets of Rome and pelt the
| escort, the ecclesiss,1cs and diplomatic
corps with stones. The Senator Marchese
! Al6eri said in the Senate on Thursday:
! My colleagues know the disgusting fac 8
that disturbed public order on Tuesday
night, and offended the most delicate and
sacred feelings OF large number
of honest citizens. Whatever may
be tie particulars, [ believe | ex~
press the sentiments of the Senate by de-
ploring that in the capital of Italy there
should have been distur bed d funeral trans-
port of q person who, not only for the high
position he occupied, but also for the su-
preme virtues with which he adorned bis
place. always possessed the respect and
veneration even of those persons Hho main
tanned contrary opinions to those views
which were incarnsted in the ilustrious
and venerable Pope Plus TX"
These words of Msrchese Alferi express
the feeling not only of the Senate of Italy
but of all ight, law-abiding persons ali
over the civilized world. There is no d.
msj joriay all unite in regret and shame fol
the disgusting acts of Tuesday night and q
contain nj for tho min istrv