Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-04-19
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retary Of the Sovereign Pontiff az Va
eta, has addressed, in the name Of his
holiness. a note to all the foreign.pow-
eis. This note, dated February 18th,
relates the history of all the events
which have taken place in the Roman
States from the advent Of Plus TX. TO,
tech Pontifate down TO ehe present
time, invokes in favor of the Holy See
the moral intervention Of four Catholic
powers, Spain. France, Austria and
the two Sicilies. He protests, lin the
face of all the sovereigns and nations,
and of oil the Catholics upon the earth"
against the act depriving him of his
temporal sovereignty, as IAN excess OF
irreIigion, violent attempt which des-
polls him Of bis most sacred and impre-
scriptible rights, The following pas
sage contains his appeal for aid:
The Holy Father having exhausted oil
the means within his power. once more
turns towards The foreign powers, and espe>
cialy toward the Catholic powers, who with
so much generosity OF soul, and in man
f ner so marked. have manifested their firn'
resolution 10 defend his cause. He feels
convinced that they will be anxious 10 CO.
operate by their moral intervention IN re es
isblishng him,in his See, in the capital Of
. those domnions which have been plously
constituted to maintain Ills full Liberty and
3 Independence and which have been guafsn'
lied by treaties forming the basis Of the pub
lie rights OF Europe. And since Austria.
, France. Spain and the Kingdom oil the Two
Siciles, are by their geographical position
in q situation 10 efficiently CO operate by
arms in re establishing in The DOMAIN oil the
, Holy See the order which has been destroy.
ed by horde OF sectarans. the Holy Father,
, confding in the religious interest OF these
powers, demands with full confidence their
I armed Intervention 10 deliver principally the
states OF The Holy See from that faction Of
wrelches, who, by all sorts OF crimes, exer
cises there the most arocious despotism."
/, The Positiuo of Rome states that the
, prisons of the Holy Office have been
visited by the authorities, and the pris.
) oners set at liberty. Among them were
Bishop of Egypt, condemned under
Leo XII, whose legs were nearly par
alyzed from the length of his confine-
ment, and Two nuns, who have been
placed in convent. ....
The Paris papers Of the evening of
the 9th say, that slight skirmish (prob'
ably q mere border colision,) had ta-
ken place on the frontier of Naples. be-
tween the advanced posts Of the Nea'
polilan and Toman troops.
The Minister Of The interior of Rome
/ had addressed a circular to the. Presi.
t dents of provinces warning them that
4 invasion is threatened, with the consent
e of the Pope, and warns them to keep
+ the National Guard in readiness 10 be
t mobilised al moments notice.
THE WHEAT CRoP.-All the advi.
ces from the East show that the pros.
n poets of the wheat crop in the middle
Z Atlantic States are highly encouraging
. The following paragraph from the
f Frederick [Md) Examiner, is of ten
D or similar TO that of other reports:
b. "The efforts Of the fly seem TO have been
l. overcome by healthy, uxurant growth,
+. and good rich green color. Fields that 10
$ all apprehensions last fall were totally des-
e troyed, now give promise Of good crop"
a IMPROVEMENT IN APPLICATION OF
| STEAM--The subloined description is
: given of an important improvement
adopted in a steam engine recently put
r up in Touring mill al Boston, The
f force Of the steam upon The piston is
h. increased, while it is diminished upon
=. the boilers, a desideralum which has
9 been saught after:
at is not often that anything really nsw
!, is TO be met with in the construction OF this
? species Of machinery, but we are assured by
5 men convsrsanl with The subject that hi.
. engine combines a complete nea0 system,
which extends no! merely TO the forn oI the
working parts hut also 10 important princi
pies. The most important feature IN The al.
rsngemenI is the peculiar mode OF working
' the valves, BY which he effective force Of the
steam is brought to bear directly upon The
piston, thereby effectiog a great saving Of
fuel, An indicator applied TO the cylinder
= few days since, showed 38 pounds pressure
upon the piston TO the square inch, when the
d pressure upon the boilers was only forty
y pounds. And this pressure was kept uniform
e until The requisite amount OF steam had pass