Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-02-16
REV. DR.. KINGS VISIT TO THE PORE.

REV. DIX. hlNGS VISIT TO THE POPE. |
Rev. DR.. King has recently written the fol
towing letter TO The American Board at Bos.
ton.
J have just been presented 10 the much eel
eoraIed Plus IN, who is a very d~iguifcd and
interesting man: | neither Kissed his tie nor
his hand. nor d. he ks mine. but he blwed
to iae very politely. and | to him. Several
nho were presented al the same time with
me-, being Roman Catholics. knelt down very
devoItly aud kissed the cross on his foot. He
has much benignity marked in his counte
nance, aud ! should judge lrum his apearance,
that he has a good d-gFee OF decision and
trnness. lie was brrn the 18Th OF MAY,
1872, anl Is, OF COURSE, about Two months
older than myself.
lie is certainty a very remarkable man: but
| think that we must naita little longer, be-
tore giving a decided opinion with regard to
his Objects IN certain measures he Is ADOPT
ins.
Three days since, tthe 18th of October, J he
gave to the people a kind of constitution, or
rather what may be called the germ OF a con-
sttution, which was received with great re-
IjoicIng. In the evening q procession was
formed at the Piazzo del Popola from which
an immense multitude OF people marched up
tiN . W NC NlliiitIdl tdiitf. WITH ltgltt-
ed torches and banners waving. instrumental
music, and singing, and reiterated shouts OF
" Viva Pic Mono, answered fro n the win
dows and doors and balconies, by hats aud
handkerchieis waving, and shouts OF enthusi-
4sin not TO be mistaken. Before the palace
were assembled perhaps fifty or sixty thousand
persons ai various descriptions. who clapped
their hands, sung AMI shouted, "llpd Pho
NO1t0,"-bnng live Plus Ninth. 1t was in
deeda brilliant and exciting scene. Alter a
few minutes the Pope appeared ia the balcony
OF tie palace, with lighted candles, aud gave
his benediction TO tue multitude. who i'm
med,ately exinguished their torches aud re-
tired TO thslr homes in The most ORDERLY man
nef.
/ have also had all interview twice to-day
with a~prest, VINO is an inmate friend OF the
Pope, goes baud in hlnd with him in his plans
of reform, and is one OF the most influential
men in Rome. His name is Ventura. ! had
d letter OF Introduction To him. through some
uf my Paris friends. This morning had a
long conversation with hun. on various sub.
lects which interest the heart of every Chris,
tan, aud among Others that OF religious tol-
Grafton. lie SAID 10 me. what / Afterwards
told him WAS worthy TO be writers ia lett r,
of gold, that The only evangelical means Of
propagting Christianity is The preaching, or
TIE word, OF the gospel, (L'unieo mezzo cvan-
ge.ico &c propagate IL Chfislidnsno { la pre-
dicazione q Ia pirola del Nangolo,) that j.. as
| understood him, the gospel either preached
or read.
He also gave me a copy of what is called
/" The Neio Arms Of ROme," which | hove not
yet examined. but which take TO be a de-
scrIption or treatise Oh the New Arms of
Rome, which is a device Of his own, across
in the midst OF a shield, supported BY the fig
ure OF liberty on the one hand aud religion on
the other, and Joining hands before il in friend
ship. Both are seated on the TER, que us
globe, from which a cross rises between hem,
Under the feet OF religion is the Plntheot, as
the greatest monument OF paganism, which
religion has changed into a Christian Church.
Liberty has on. foot upon a chain, and under
meath Is the Colosseum, where sla YES were
imtnolated-a bloody monument OF ancient
servitude. Liberty is crowned with olive
and from the head of religion proceed rays o
light. In The middle of the cross are ia,
o! the KEYS OF the triple crown. To show. that
By means Of the sovereign Pontilf, true relig
ion and true liberty are, or are to be, es,ab
iished in the old world, Underneath The
shield is written,
LA Nuova Anna di ROM,
la Reiiglone c la Liberia"
/ duit 'tiltuid SdNS tlt rope is not atralu, II
decided. aud will 90 on with what he has be
gun. Padre Ventura is also of The same ae,
with myself. tie appears 10 be a very pow
eriul speaker.
When ! left him he embraced me in tn,
most iieadIy aud ailec,ionate manner. TIL,
second lime | called, he gave me some yer,
beautiful medals, one OF which had The ligurt
OF 81. Peter on the one side, and OF 81. Paul
on the other, Virgin Mary, &C., all OF which
had been formally blessed by the Pope.
Another very interesting parsonage | have
seen to-day, is the Cardinal Mezzolanti. who
speaks fifty different languages. | was intro.
duced TO him by PADRE Ventura. and conyers.
ed with him iii five or six different languages,
but principally in Arabic, which he spsaks
very llnentiy. On my expressing a desire to
have his autograph, he retired and wrote the
following lines in English:
Great many tongues resound aslang mankind.
Their MANNER overwhelIns the power of mind:
Here under English lines write Gy name,
lhket thai noble language dear to fame.
Rome, Oct. Is, lSj7. Nrzzor.yr,