The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-07-26
THE UNION.
From the Charleston Mercury.
Letter from Rome.

Letter from Rome.
We are indebted to the kindness Of friend for the'
use of the following highly interesting letter from
youth ON visit to Rome his relatives in this city,
ROME, January o. 1S47
The death of the late Pope, the election OF his success
sor and the wonders done by the new administration
the usual topics OF conversation here Rome %, o.
Al is a century in advance OF Rome OF 46; and this
through Plus TX His first act was TO berate all who
were imprisoned merely for political offences, restoring
them not only to their families, but also to the capably
of holding any Office in his dominons strict inquiry
into abuses, and the formation OF populations IN all the
cities of the Papal States have already made him the
terror not of his subjects, but OF his corrupt subaltens
and the despotic powers by whom he is surrounded
Every thought occupied IN studying the welfare OF ms
subjects Rigorous economy, and every encouragement
to commerce. seem to be the moving springs of the new
government OF the first, the Pope, gives the example IN
his own palace and the PERMISSION to build Ue railroads
his States with the opening OF Porto dAuzo are pref
y strong indications OF the latter unpoehcal as the laea
may seem, the OF few years one may conem
plate the ruins of the Coliseum, and at the same time
have his ears greeted by the Kissing engine OF steam
car One will run from Rome to Clvlta Vecchia: an
other from Rome to Ancona; from Rome to Albano
the fourth from Ancona to Bologna; and the NTH IRON
Rome to Porta dAuzo, with branch from that port to
the confines of the kingdom of Naples The most DIM
cult will be from Rome to Ancona as IT has to pass the
Apprentices; and although the whole affair is managed
by private association, the Pope has offered reward
OF some thousand dollars for the best project OF cutting
through the range Many restrictions have also been
removed from the press and the consequence has been
the publication of about thirty new journals the Prnc
Expostor and II Secoo Illustrate. Some of our venera
BILE wseacres have prophesed the end OF the world to be
at hand and whenever obliged to enter INTO Versaon
about the present changes, most scientifically shake tel
heads and every argument you bring IN the de
fence with" Well, well We'll see where things VIII
end" Others went far as to tell the Pope that II ne
continued in this way, the people coMd soon demand
constitution, and were perfectly Mortified when he an
swered: "If a constitution be for the good Of my SUD
jects qcty Should deny III" - !,
/ Though not Pdptst, think you will now readily ana
heartily Join me in crying, Itra Pio Mono. we are
lust recovering from nundaton OF the lber IN some
parts the city was ten feet under water, but collections
are already under way to assist the poorer classes IL
the good old heather times were not passed, our ears
would be assailed with, ''Father Theirs awaking 10
avenge the innovations of Plus TX :; but at present we
only hear some whispers of the just judgment OF heaven
We also had (mirab,ie dcttD Dec 17th considerable
| fall of snow.
A peculiarly which strikes the foreigner, Is their me-
thod of computing time; instead OF calculating rom hu
"a o'clock This method, though has good many ad,
vantages is decidedly incommoiious to strangers ana
lgood watches Some months ago an Engllshman hred
carriage to take him to the Opera, and on the drivers
asking at what hour he should return, hearing that II
was then 24t o'clock he told him to come back at hall
past thirty On the 1st instant Plus IN ordered all me
public officers to adopt the astronomical time me same
has been done by of the colleges here ours, how
ever, still sticks out for the old custom ,
The wonder working Plus TX is still moving on the
goahead principle, and if God spares his HE Tor lew
wears he will cause the government OF the Paal States
10 become one of the first in Europe hope yet to see
Italy regenerated and that the start should come from
lie and yet the greatest opposition our good Pope has
had in his reforms, has arisen from the Cathoc powers
OF Europe This however, could be borne with, If ltays
own sons would be faithful TO her.