MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND EMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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[Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.] 
NEBRASKA. 
How ott along the pleasant vale 
That skirts thy turbid river, 
Have I with Indian followed trail 
And bore for him the quiver. 
Thy scenes are fresh to me, as when 
We roamed thy green savannas ; 
When every herb with flower did bend, 
And gentle gales did fan us. 
Tliy barren plains of burning sands 
Sejm dreary still as ever, 
Where tree, nor shrub, uor Ilowret stands 
To greet the gentle zephyr. 
Thy turbid Platte—along its beach. 
Pass sons of every nation ; 
And on its banks will ever bleach 
The hones of emigration. 
Thy red men driven by “ pale faced” wile 
Will from their homes dissever; 
Thy Council fires will blaze awhile, 
Then leave thy Bluffs forever 1 
The wicked hearts of Christian men 
Have labored hard to blast thee ; 
By wily schemes, and fiendish plans, 
To ruin thee, Nebraska! 
Springwater, N. Y., 1851. D. B. 
[Written for the Rural New-Yorker.J .side and fell with a piteous exclamation. A 
UNIVERSAL COMPLAINT. officer ordered him to be removed to the do< 
J ' _ 1 ' tor’s office, and instantly he was taken t’roi 
Who can pride himself in his health and the spot in the arms of his mates. We unde 
, . ‘ . -i a a ,,, (and the hurt, he received, although agomzin 
wea h, and vaunt that naught ails him: Arc „ , . .... . ’ , 
’ , , ... for the time, is not likely to be iatal. it was 
they free 1/6m every pain, whom doctors bills bare escape with iife . 
do not overwhelm, nor unpaid prescriptions After this serious accident, a long rope wa 
annoy? Though we scorn all nostrums and procured, and a noose made at one end. Th' 
ridicule the heroic deeds of the sons of YEscu- 
LAPi/fs, and though we regularly consume our 
meals with the greatest appetite, we are never¬ 
theless dragging along some complaint 01 
other. Yes, it is an undeniable fact that both 
rich and poor, great and small, are all burden¬ 
ed with some uneasiness. Though they are 
was laid on the ground, and the horse brough 
to step on it. The line was jerked, and th 
noose was fastened on the horse’s hind hoof.— 
The instant lie felt tlie trammel, he kicked, i 
possible, more violently than before, and then 
darted to and fro with a velocity that made i 
impossible for any one to hold the leg rope.— 
The man with the twitch, however, never let 
go his hold on the horse’s nose, and, after a 
not as yet candidates for the grave, still they terrible scene, that made the spectators fly to 
are not for that reason any healthier or hap- a distance for safety, the gallant soldier had 
the satisfaction to see the animal stand ex- 
And are we not able to guess what ails us, 
one and all? For what is there that can give 
health and strength to him who continually 
utters cries of woe and lamentation? What 
hausted by his exertions. He was brought 
back to the ship’s side once more, and the rope 
fastened to the hoof was brought between his 
fore legs over and around his neck, and secured. 
By this means the horse’s power to resist was 
NIGHT AND DARKNESS. 
will provide for all his wants? It is Content- ^eCtively diminished; the twitch was then ap- 
merit only. \\ ho can glory in its possession. The effect of this treatment was magical.— 
Go from the cradle to the grave, and you will Xhe horse did notstir while the sling was fixed 
rarely find that “continual feast”—contentment, and hooked to the tackle. The signal was 
mi -i _, . . /i- given; the soldiers retired; the laborers ran off 
The city coxcomb is the embodiment ol °... ’ . , . , ’ , 
J . with the yard; back he swung, and oscillated 
vanity, and he is amazingly vexed wnen lus once or twice, beating the air futilely; even 
“ honor,” forsooth, is not regarded, or when his that soon ceased, and in a sew seconds he was 
1 . , . W1LI1 LUC YttlUj UiWJIV 1IU HWUI1”, mm 
vanity, and he is amazingly vexed when his once or twice, beating the air futilely; even 
“ honor,” forsooth, is not regarded, or when his that soon ceased, and in a sew seconds he was 
“ consumptive ” puree will not allow him to deposited in the hold, where he was with some 
play a more magnificent fop than he really is difficulty taken charge of by the dragoons be- 
„ J , • F f low. The scene was extremely exciting, and 
Sav that the coxcomb is free from all com- , , , . 
/ at one moment even alarming; but trie bravery 
Tiirrk is many a period in man's careen, play a more magnificent fop than ho really is c,,a.|e o, too ~ 
when niglit and darkness seem to close around Say that the coxcomb is free from all com- ,. t o n e moment even' alarming; but" tiio bravery 
him like a pall, and shut out from his vision plaint, and you utter a paradox that will never and determination of the hussars made them 
almost the star of hope. Almost, not entirely; become orthodox. superior to even the most fiery of the quadru- 
for utter and irretrievable despair puts an end Then there is a representative of a very nu- puds they had that day to deal with. Such 
, ,, „ • * i , .. +r . i,.v, men will be thunderbolts in the hottest brunt 
to all exertion, and results usually in natural or merous tribe, who at every accession to his q{ . —letter Gazette 
suicidal death. Such despair, such an utter stomach or pocket, is stung by a murmuring ^ _ 
blotting out of hope, falls only to the lot of the conscience which puts him a little “out of wmnirTfltf HT.MUmT 
guilty wretch, against whom the door of mercy tune” He fears that his aims and motives, or ulCj " ’ 11 * U iU J1L ‘ u * 
has been shut, in consequence of heinous crimes that his tricks and falsehoods will one day We learn that the workmen engaged in the 
committed either against community or against come to broad day-light, ’i’liis man is surely erection of this noble structure, commenced 
himself* the murderer, the blasphemer, the afflicted with a contagious disorder, and what laying the first course of stone of the season, 
m »> guilt, of confirmed intemperance, or of can be worse? the u ““ ual i “* menc J' <* 
kindred crimes. The habitual drunkard, m the Then there are some who are pained to learn er The height 0 [ the colunm is at present 
last stages of that terrible disease known by that no praise has been awarded to their mis- aboU [ one hundred and fifty-two feet. Owing 
the name of Delirium Tremens, is the best illus- ierable verses, which, after a long scribbling, to the smallness of the force employed—there 
tration of the horrors of a guilty conscience they may have sent for some country paper’s being but thirty men, including masons and 
tormentin'*' the wretch before his time; and “ poet’s corner.” Then there is that passionate stone-cutters—and the want ot funds, the work 
tonneimng me wreicn oeiore ms uuic, uuu f „ , -..f » does not progress so rapidly as it ought. Last 
such an example is the most potent lecture desire of “ being up to the fash on ol upper yeur ^nty-bix it was added to the 
upon .the evils of intemperance ever yet uttered tendom, which makes ner so sickly, when she height of the monument, and this year there 
by mail. finds that his purse will not “split” with gold, will be added probably not more than thirty 
* But a virtuous and upright person need But why enumerate all the sickly, fidgety, or thirty-five feet. At such a rate, ten years 
never despair, however cheerless the prospect sniveling, unhappy tribes of the human race? j^jeast will be required to complete its erec- 
inay b< before him. When difficulties press k\eiy vheic Vales ot miseiy abound. ^ (,u The height of the obelisk, when finished, will 
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. 
We learn that the workmen engaged in the 
substantial character, being fifteen feet in 
thickness at t he base, and gradually decreasing 
to a thickness of four feet at the summit. At 
the present elevation, th" thickness of the wall 
is about twelve feet three inches. 
The monument will be lighted by gas from 
upon it some patriotic device. 
The number of stones contributed by the 
. . .1^™ iwn,; 
.the la women r*iD.nnriTnni nw nun RV thickness at the base, and gradually decreasing 
escape 1 ami thte difficulty, vanishingfa perspec L;UMi»fl.AllUi\ Ur LAlALui. to a thickness of four feet at the summit. At 
* rive oeliind him as he proceedsTimmiy «.s» f TflE embarkation"^ horses was not ac- ° f lh * WaU 
I ,0i:rs : below , tlie L ,°"T;u ea r g UOt CVeU 11 com P lisUed w . ith0 , ut tbe occurrenc ® °, r " The monument will be lighted by gas from 
cloud cuing scenes, in which were evinced the strength . attached to the winding iron staircase 
The difficulties which every man must en- and terror ot the horses, and the address and th £ t wiU ^ ccn(] to the top . i t is not) as vet, 
counter in the career of life, is aptly illustrated resolution ot the hussars, v. 10, v, len 01 ch {j UOWn wba t w iH be the crowning piece, but it 
Z pverv dav experience of the traveler in ;a ? M1 and a f m “ ll f r atten, P ts to t f te , u will probably be a huge mass of gfass, bearing 
by the every-day experience ol cue 8 i in g Up0 n their steeds, seemed never to doubt * • J n-itrimi?* HpvIpp 
a railroad car, through a mountainous country 0 [ succes s, and ultimately triumphed overall, ^phe numbed of stones contributed by the 
lie looks out of the car window, and observes Some were blinded by a.kerchieflied over their 8t;ltes> ^iations, &c„ up to the 
in the blue distance iui apparently inaccessible eyes, others were quieter y uih won s, ui 1 - presen j time, is about one hundred and ninety, 
mountain barrier stretching across his path, ers 6y caresses, e\en kisses, oik m t 11 s way 0 f wb ich there are seventy in the obelisk.— 
T I whi 7 he fierv steed plunks in its seduced to bat a of These are arranged in a conspicuous and sys- 
t winch the fiery stee l p n - es n * horses were mtrac able by such gentle means, tematic manner, and will he visible to the 4- 
mad career. A vague feeling of awe and fear and a fore loot held m the hands of a hussar, itQ wh U3 he ascends the staircase, can ex¬ 
conics over the spirit of the observer, which is or the twitch, a pole w ith a loop of leather ai amine theni at his leisure . All of the States, 
only half allayed by the confidence he feels in the end, fastened >y twisting 1 on t ie uppei wg be [j evej [ iave now contributed blocks. 
the ability of tbe engineer to keep the power- jjPJJ ££ "STZ pI " '„Tm etineMow ‘^5^ 
ful motor m perfect obedience to his will, desperate encounters happened. We.saw a |. icks ^ 0 vc,\he latter having attached to them 
Nearer and nearer the tram approaches the mare raise her tore feet over the shoulders of a beUg ^ hich serve as s i gnal 8 to apprise the en- 
barrier, and the interest and anxiety increase hussar who was holding a halter at her mouth, • eer ()f the safe arrival from terra firma of 
to li-i.ni the solution of the mystery. No el«k Ldf injured Anoth.-r »omo importont body essontinl to the progress 
is obnorvod to the npoerU; lrot^r while attending the last horse that was % '“'Lance of the facility with which 
at best it seems inevitable tka the mo\ ng embarked, was bit m the arm by the animal different artlcle8 are hoisted, we would meu- 
muss must be dashed against the rocks, the as he was being taken into the air, and nar- lion that the Massachusetts block, weighing 
engine makes a graceful sweep across the line rowly escaped making an iu\ oluntaiy ascent. [our tons, was lifted to a height of one hundred 
of vision, and, curving around the base of the I he worst struggle, howeier, remains o 10 and f 0Ul . f eet swun g round, and setin its place 
incumbent cliff- Hides off thro uffh a narrow !° d ', !t ^ ^ lth a powerful horse: we heard in Hve minutes from the time it left the ground, 
incumbent carts, glides on utruugn uuuriow j t belonged to the sergeant-major. Ills temper _ G ,r + 
gorge, which, in its narrowness and the height be j n g known, the hussars, and riggers who as- J [ _ • ( i < t _•_ 
of the enclosing walls, seems open only up- sisted them, stood warily by as the sling was . T1 . 
, . . », . , x v i i i ii o^iiort TBi-oo m- fnm- ivprp nt liin hpftd A corresfondbnt of an Eastern paper, says 
wards to a strip of bright blue sky. Gradually bung m “^ ; that the village of Niagara Falls, where he 
ful motor in perfect obedience to his will, desperate eucouhters happened. We saw a 
Nearer and nearer the train approaches the mare raise her fore feet over the shoulders of a 
barrier, and the interest and anxiety increase hussar who was holding a halter at her mouth, 
to learn the solution of the mystery. No check and knock him to the eartlv under her. He 
, . . i , fortunately was not much injured. Another 
is observed m the speed ot the train, and when w jjj e attending t hc last horse that was 
the lateral barriers recede, until the gateway 
smoothing the forehead, blinding his eyes, and 
holding him firmly by the halter; but the in-1 
that the village of Niagara Falls, where he 
stopped, is just becoming a manufacturing 
expands into a beautiful open country, with its gtant j® fclt tbe slblg beneat h him, he spurned P lace - Heretofore it has been given over to a 
had an hour before crossed the traveler’s path, brought a third time under the yard of the j' ew months since clung lor hours, and as there 
And such is life. Resistance must be over- ship, but when there one of his fore legs was happened to be another log in the same range, 
come obstacles surmounted or turned aside doubled up and fastened by a rope. This op- he thought he ought to have an extra mne- 
comc obstacles surmounted or t e eration J not tame him, but lie pawed in the pence for that Mammon is a popular deity, 
and barriers removed; but stout hcaits and ^ wi(h the ]qct which was f reej (..leaving a way and his congregation, we imagine, must be dis- 
the morning, after the sun has run his course 
half way up toward mid heaven. 
ceremony forms a most striking contrast with 
the event it professes to commemorate. The 
Pope, instead of making his appearance like 
our Savior, meek and lowly, mounted in the 
.o ... /. re re re.,-,... m °st humble manner, is borne in state on the! 
NEAR THE BANKS OF THAT LONE RIVER. shoulders of twelve men, with a canopy cover- 
- ing him; is flanked by Swiss guards, and pr 
by oeo rob p. M ourns. ceded and followed by along train of Cardin* 1 
Nbar the banks of that lone river, and other dignitaries, whose robes, like that 
Where the water-miles grow the p ontiff himseU; glitt e r with gold and p 
Breathed the fairest flower that ever . T1 ° ° r 
Bioowied and faded years ago. cions stones. J^ven the palms which are bo, 
How we met and !oved and parted, the P^cession, have undergone a IT 
None on earth can ever know— morphosis. They are no longer simple bra 
Nor how pure ami gentle-hearted eg 0 f trees, but are fanciful fabrications, fl 
Beamed the mourned one years ago. , . . „ , , , - 
kind ol straw like tnat ol which palm-leaf 
Like the stream with lilies laden, _ 
—.......... , „ ’ are made. 
Will life 8 tuture current flow, 
Till in heaven i meet the maiden On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of 
Fondly cherished years ago. week, at four o’clock in the afternoon, sen 
Hearts that love like mine forget not ; called the Penebris, are held in the Sisj 
They're the same in weal or woe ; Chapel It is at the dose of these e:<er 
And the star of memory set not 1 
In the grave Of years ago. that the famous Misereres are sung: 
-- name is given to them because the psalm 
CfnkiUu is chanted at this time, (the 50th,) begit 
VLl riibi - (VV-tlUllUL V/jJIcOllUiOy Latin, with the word miserere. The psalm, 
TO COUSIN KATEY. repeated every day, but the music is varied, 
- being by a different composer on each occa- ) 
Communicated thro’ Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. s j on . The notes are exceedingly sweet and ) f 
SEVENTH plaintive, and the eliect is heightened by the \ / 
Roue, April 18th, 1854. obscurity which reigns throughout the Chapel > i\ 
Dear Cousin Katf.y :—We are in Rome, during their execution. ( |< 
the “seven-hilled,” the “eternal city,” which On Thursday, about noon, the Pope washes ? j) 
so long held the reins of universal empire, and lhe feet ol thirteen persons selected to repre- ^ It 
which still proudly claims to be the capital sent the apostles, and afterwards serves them at j, 
of the Christian world, ily last letter was tahje. In these ceremonies the same contrast .?!> 
dated at Brussels. From there we hastened j 3 be observed between the original event \ / 
o<ir journey here, that we might be in time to an( ^ ^' ue commemorative rite, as on Palm Sun- ? A 
witness the imposing ceremonies of “Holy ■Hay- The* apron which is tied on the Pope to ; 
^AVeek.” I must reserve an account of the ^present the towel with which our Savior < ) 
objects of interest we saw upon our route, girded himself, is trimmed with the most costly ) ( 
particularly of the glorious scenery of the hice, and the basin in which the feet are washed y f 
Rhine, until another tiWpafpresentl can is ot ' sil ver gilt The table glitters with gold j j 
talk of nothing but Rome, this city of ruins an( i s Hver, and each dish which the pontiff ; c 
and of palaces, which has impressed me more serves, is presented to him by a kneeling at- C 
than anything I have yet seen. What surpri- tendant. The stay of “His Holiness” at the ) J 
ses me most is the extent and abundance of table waa short—after supplying his guests with S ( 
the ancient monuments. My idea of Rome soup, wine, fish, and then with wine again, he ( j) 
before coming here, was that it contained gave his blessing and retired. At his depar- ; a 
ruins, and gigantic ones too, but that these ^ ure a restraint seemed to b.e removed, and the \ 7 
were comparatively rare objects, which must apostles continued their meal with excellent ) \ 
be sought for to be found. On the contrary, I appetites, lwo roguish looking boys, who W 
find I can hardly take a step in the city or its s ^ 00( ^ among the attendants at one end of the ) > 
environs without encountering some relic of table, exchanged glances and smiles, apparently ) ;( 
Rome’s former grandeur, so colossal in its pro- raucb amused at the evident relish with which ( ) 
portions as entirely to dwarf the modern con- tbe various dishes were despatched. When ) n 
structions by which it is surrounded. Some- tbe apostles had satisfied their hunger, an at- \ 
times it is almost impossible to ascertain what tendant stationed himsell behind each ot them ) 
was the original destination of these edifices. Wi *h an immense covered basket, large enough { 
The guide-books give a host of conflicting to hold nearly hall a bushel. 1 o these persons 
opinions, and the indolent Italians who people the dishes, with which the table was still loaded 
these famous localities, are content to pasture were handed, and their contents transferred 
their flocks and cultivate their vines on tbe 1!J t° the aforesaid baskets; sweet-meats, fruits 
very soil which the Cajsars once trod, without aud vegetables being mingled in one indiscrirm- 
giving a thought to the glory and greatness aa t e mass - ^ ben everything had been swept i 
which environed their ancestors, — perhaps clean, and not till then, the apostles took their ) j 
without even knowing they have ever existed, departure, each being accompanied or pre- ( j] 
Next to the ruins in interest, are the speci¬ 
mens of ancient sculpture, which are collected 
here in such rich profusion. The famous 
group of Laocoon, the Apollo di Belvidere, 
the dying Gladiator, — each is a study in 
itself. The anguish aud terror so vividly de¬ 
picted in the Laocoon, the breathing life and 
re the s c ' ceded b ’ s basket of provisions, 
are collected Easter Sunda y> which closes Holy Week, is 
The famous ^ be » rand festival of rejoicing, designed to 
li Belvidere commemorate the resurrection of our Lord. 
, . . ’ The Pope himself celebrates high mass on this 
a study m , .57^^ ' , . ° . 
. ., day in ot. L eters, assisted by an imposing: cor- 
o vividly de- J ° 
tf i tege of Cardinals and other dignitaries in 
ling life and ° * , . 
_i. (. church and state. At the close of this cere- 
power of the Apollo, and the mingling of " UU1 ^ U “ 11U 
sufforins and of fortitude in the attitude and mon y the imm0 " se ‘5™* of P 60 !- 16 with 
countenance of the Gladiator, impress the be¬ 
holder more deeply than words can describe. 
In modern sculpture, nothing can surpass some 
of the works of Canova. His Angel of Death, 
in the tomb of Clement 13th, at St Peter’s, 
is a personification of all that is lovely in form 
which the church is filled, pass put into the 
large square in front of the building; all the 
military in the city are drawn up there in bril¬ 
liant array, and the sovereign pontiff) who 
makes his appearance in a balcony directly 
over the principal entrance to St Peters, be- 
and feature, while lhe lions which repose at the st0w3 his »» «« gathered multi¬ 
base of the monument, are equally perfect in tude ' A1 ‘ the be,ls m „ the c,t ? then P** 1 out 
their kind. More than all this, Rome is the t0 S° ther ’ the , ca ““ < > n f rom the castl,i of St 
city which Michael Akqelo and Raphael Angelo thunder forth then responsive congrat- 
u ii- u i •.( ,i • #. i , . , ulations, the troops march off to the strains of 
embellished with their finest works. At every , . , „ • 
... .. ... “ martial music, and all is gayety and reioicing 
step we meet with some of the sublime con- . r. , 6 " 
.. ^ .In the evening St. Peters is illuminated, and so 
ceptions ot the tormer, whose towering genius . , ... 
, . . ... • , . remains far into the night, its massive form 
sought expression m painting, in sculpture, ° 
and in architecture, or with some more unpre¬ 
defined in lines of flame upon the dusky azure 
, ,. . , . .. , , of the sky. We were not sorry to have an 
tending work ot art, whose spiritual grace and * . * 
beauty are due to the pencil of the latter. 
opportunity of seeing this marvel of the world 
under a new aspect, and of imprinting its fiery 
has not faltered under formidable difficulties, tbe instrument seeraeu io aouoiy imunuie me / V f ^ f 
... . . , , , . .. animal; lie stood upon his hind legs, plunged eldest sou one halt ot ms norses, to nis seeonu 
will coincide with tbe above, and bear witness forwar( j j or kicked and reared alternately, son one-third of his horses, to his third son oue- 
to its truth. throwing from him all but the three men who ninth of his horses—the testator had seventeen 
1 ' ♦ ’ * ' ' held the two ends of the halter and the twitch, horses. The executor did not know what to 
hiK Morning bu.N.— Very tew persons, par- ,, is f rautic nio ti 0 ns compelled those who do, as seventeen will neither divide by two, by 
ticularly in cities, are at all acquainted practi- |, e ] ( ] tbe j ia ]tor to let it go, but the third sol- three, nor by nine. A Dervish came up on 
cally with the glories of the morning sun.— dier stuck to his twitch with a tenacity which horseback, and the executor consulted him.— 
The poet poetizes about it—the prose writer was the surprise and admiration of all who be- The Dervish said, “Take my horse and mid 
-»*"T•*** <•'“teiuyt aW’SXZ 
ty—the musician plays tivies at a midnight and ^h e horse at length stood still, trembling, j son one-half, 9; to the second son one-third, <6; 
serenade, under a lady’s window, comparing her mU8 tered probably by the torture of the twitch, j to the third son one-ninth, 2; total 17. The 
eyes to stars, and her countenance to the rising He was led back to the centre of the sawdust, Dervish then said, “ \ ou don’t want my horse 
sun; and she flutters a white handkerchief out and for a moment or two seemed to submit to now; L will take him back again.” 
of the casement as a token of acknowledge the desired operation; but asoneof the rigges - • 
, ? was passing behind lnm with the breech cord, Mistrust the man who finds everything 
mm.f All llin ohnvn lin thCnwol rpa in • <3 .. . . . . , . 
.. , , , , 1 • ucuiuu unu mtu iuh wim, LULA limn « uu vitwivuiuj; 
ment AU ot the a >o\c, go | msehes in [ be terrified animal once more Hung out his j good, the man who finds everything evil, and 
hoofs, aud in doing so kicked the rigger in the still more, the man who is indifferent to every- 
abdomen. The poor fellow staggered on one thing.— Lavaler. 
Private palaces and villas abound, whose 0U tIine on our memories in ineffaceable char- 
magnificent hails and saloons, filled with paiut- actors. A week’s study is necessary to com¬ 
ings and statuary, are opened to the public prebend this building alone. Its accurate 
with the most princely generosity. Just fancy proportions so. deceive the eye, that the mind 
rr . *; , , : refuses to receive the impression of its vastness, 
me, Katey, roaming hour aftei hour through and p. j s on iy a f[ er repeated visits, after wand- 
tliose splendid apartments, where the windows, ering for hours through its immense naves, and 
the doors, and often the walls themselves, are gazing on its magnificent dome from every 
hung with the most costly tapestries, and, when possible point ol view, that one sees this giant 
weary, sinking upon a gilded couch, covered, edifice in its true light. 
• r ’ 8 } . ° ic- On Monday evening there was a brilliant 
perhaps, with glittering embroidery, and fixing display of fireworks, and with this the exhibi- 
niy eyes on some fine old painting, very con- tions of Holy Week were brought to a close 
veniently hung just opposite. Do you fear I Exhibitions, I say, aud no other word, to my 
shall lose my relish for simple pleasures and mmd > expresses the idea so correctly. Lvery- 
... . ... ,. •, „ , thing in the services except the mere outward 
republican mat,lotions, omul oil this pomp and form ” dazedly removed, as far as pos- 
splendor ? Not at all, dear Katey 1 I would s ;hie, from the comprehension of the multitude, 
exchange the proudest palace in Rome for a The prayers, psalms, the extracts from the 
quiet cottage home in “my own, my native Bible, everything, in fact, is read or sung in. 
land.” Italy is a delightful country to visit, Lutin; and I saw but a cry few, even among 
, , . ;. , r i the devout Catholics, who made the least at 
but the last in which I should wish to live.- tempt tQ follow the different parts of the, ser- 
I'he Pope’s tiara itself would not tempt me. vice. Such, dear Katey, are the religious 
This reminds me of the ceremonies of “ Holy privileges which the subject** of the Tope, who 
Week,” of which you doubtless wish to hear claims to be Christ’s vicar, enjoy. I could not 
something. The* performances begin upon X^^S^oSSie MeS 
Paim Sunday, with a service intended to n p- s ^jp^ gave as the last and most convincing 
resent Christ’s entry into Jerusalem, just before 0 f ail, “And the poor have the gospel preach 
his .crucifixion. Unfortunately, however, the 1 ed unto them.” Minnie. 
