Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1849-08-25
Affairs i'm Italy.

From Rome there is no intelligence of
special interest. The Pope seems dissat-
shed with the state of affairs there, and
has thus far refused to go to Rome under
French protection. Gen. Oudinot has sent
to him the keys of one of the gates, which
he acknowledged in a letter congratulating
him ON his victory "over the enemies of all
human society,"" The Pope has also is
sued the following address to his subjects:
Plus TX, to beloved suiects-God has
raised his arm, and hath commanded the
tempestuous ocean of anarchy and lmplety
to stop. lie hath guided the Catholic ar
mics to support the rights of humanity,
which had been trampled upon-of faith,
which had been atlacked-and OF the Holy
See and of our Sovereignty. o Eternal
Glory, which even in the midst of Thy
wrath does not forget Thy mercy Be-
loved subjects, if, amidst the whirlwind of
these horrible events, our heart has been
satisfied with bitterness, on rejecting upon
so many evils which the church, religion,
and you have suffered, it has lost none of
that affection with which it his ever loved
YOU, and loves you still. We hasten by
our vows the day which will lead us again
among you; and when the day shall have
come, we shall return with the fervent de-
sire Of bearing consolation unto you, and
with the determination TO devote all our en-
ergy to your real adv antage, by applying
difficult remedies TO great evils, and conso-
ling those excellent subjects who, while
they await Institutions in accordance with
their wants, wish, as we also wish, to see
The freedom and independence of the Pom
nflcal Sovereign SO necessary to the tran
guilty of the Catholic world guaranteed
Meanwhile, in order TO reorganlze public
affairs, we shall shortly name commits
sion, which invested with full powers and
seconded by a ministry, will direct the
Government Of the State. We implore 10.
day, with increased ierVor, the blessing of
the Lord. (which we have ever implored.
even at distance from you) we implore
hat it may be abundantly shed upon you.
1t is a great consolation for our soul to hope
that all those who have made themselves
unfit to gather its fruits by their errors,
may render themselves worthy of it by
sincere and constant return to righteous
Less. "PIUS IX."
Given at Gfla. July IT,"
The Courier des Hips states that the
Pope viii enter Rome in the beginning of
August, and that Fran e, Austria, Spain
and Naples would send detachments to
be present at that solemnity.
The COncordia, of the 9th uIt., publish
es proclamation, addressed by Mazzinl
10 The Romans, recommending them to en-
cure with constancy and frmness the ca
.@'"Ity OF foreign intervention which af-
Nc's them al present, and not to give way
=, encouragement. He calls upon the
municipalities TO repeat with firmness that
1sey adhere voluntarily TO the republican
"'iR and 10 the abolition of the temporal
r'"ef Of The Pope, and lllat they consider
very Government illegal which has not
''Dn ,S' freely approved by the people. He
,. l'ei the cry be constantly heard, Down
"" 'he Government of Priests Free sut-
9lses Tor ever All those who have sworn
" E'aAee to lhe Republic should digest