Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-06-16
INTERESTING FRoM ROME.

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The Ncw-York Express has the fol-
lowing letter from Rome, dated on the
7th of May, which gives an interesting de-
tail of the position of affairs in the Holy
City:
We have had rather an exciting week,
which has nearly ended by Gen. Garibol-
di having given the Neapolitans hard
fight, this morning about seven miles from
Rome on the road to Albano. and the re-
port, while / am writing, is, that they
are flying in every direction.
1t may not be uninteresting to you to
know little of the politics of Rome.
When the Pope fled, the moderate party,
with Mamiana at its head, lost it's inhu-
ence. The present Chamber is compos-
cd of violent republicans, with the most
determined hatred to the Pope. Mazzini,
one Of the Triumvirate, has been in Rome
about two months, Goriboldi about six
months in the State. He has a body of
men-about fifteen hundred in number
who are in appearance brgands. He
has them perfectly under his control, and
all those who have encountered them call
>iicln euNe IHyelRO.
Gen. Avezzana has been here between
two and three weeks. He has lived ma
ny years in New York, where first knew
him. Mozzini, Gariboldi and Avezzana
are now the rulers of Rome. France.
Naples and Austria have invaded the
State we had the r"ws of the French in
vasion one day, and the French the next
day sent up some three thousand men
who were met at the walls and repulsed.
There is no knowing why the whole army
did not come into action, or why they
now remain inactive between here and Ci-
vita Vecchia. The Neapolitan army is
now at Albano and the Austrian in the
Legations. That Rome can hold out
against them all is not to be expected.
They have come 70 restore the Pope
The terms proposed are not made known
to the people. 1t is not thought that the
armies will enter the city, unless the city
submits, and no one hazards thought,
that we shall be bombarded, for the Pope
would not like to hear of bombs in st.
Peters, and to ruin the city of Rome would
be to ruin the Roman Churches.
The Romans feel flushed with their vic
tory over the French, but they are in
debtcd to the strangers who have man
aged matters for them. There are now
here, Lombards, Sardinians, Genoese,
and, in fact, all the exiles of Italy are cen
tered in Rome. While am writing re-
port says Gariboldi has taken 900 pris-
oners, the avant guard of the Neapolitans,
with eight cannons. These men are per-
fcctly desperate, i. e. those under Carl
boldi, and Gen. Avazzana told me YES
terday he was now embarked in the cause,
and it was possible he might lay his bones
Oh the field of battle. -
The priests are all hidden, there is not
one to be seen. The Princes are away,
and what the future fate of Rome is to
be, we know not. AT present, we do not
GO consider there is any personal danger.
The Civic Guard preserve the best of or
der, and the streets are quiet. The gates
are baricaded, and there is no offence Of
tered to strangers. have been around
the city, with some New-Y York friends,
sight seeing, the past week. shall not
leave before July. | do not know where
| shall spend July and August. write
this with all kinds Of Interruptions, but
hope it will be in time for the steamer.
Its said General Oudinot has
protested against their taking hostilities
against Rome, and we think to-day an
amlcable arrangement of affairs will take
place, The city is perfectly quiet, though
1t has very warlike aspect, many of the
streets being barricaded.