Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-08-12

THE LEGISLATURE.
A dispatch 10 tie Opposition, on Monday
night. announced the election OF Tibbs, (Opp.)
70 the S5nafe from he Cha-taH0oga district by
i've votes. u was incorrect. John 4 Minis,
/ ESQ. Dem.) is elected by a m7iority Of
eighteen. We have Co. our table the names Of
| twelve Democratic Senator's elected. 20 adii-
ion % these, We have certainly elected the
I S-nator from Overton. ana the Senator from
Weakley say fourteen. which is a majority Of
three.
We have, since yesterday, heard from the
election 81 Baker, in Perry and Decatur. This
gives Us forty In the House certainly elected,
(counting Overton, Henry, Weakly and Har-
demaB as having elected Democrats with the
member from Scott, Morgan and Fentress 90
I bear from There ought 10 be no doubt Of the
election Of a Democrat in that district. But
as we have three candidates for the House in
the field against one Know-Nothing, we must
wait till we hear the news before claiming that
I member.
is Democratic by three majority, and the House
Democratic By i've, and possibly seven MAORI
III. This IS satisfactory
p. S-LArEA-The following dispatch,
from Knoxville, yesterday, pretty nearly set
ties the result
KNlxvILLE, August 4-Ne.herland's nett
I gain IN Eas- Tennessee is txenty-four lH.ndrcG
and six-y-seven, with Scott, Polk, Rhea, Biei-
see, and Marion 10 hear from. This is official.
We lose Bullen for the Senate, a Represen-
tative from Rosne, one from Claiborne, one
from Fcutress, Morgan, and scott, and gain
Kincain, iu Anderson and Campbell. We lose
an the Congressme1.
There is no other change in Ess. Tennessee
whatever.
The House, then, wll contain forty-one
Democrats TO thirty-four Opposition a Dem
oc-atie majority az seVen.-AcfhriIe Onion,
.4Hzusf 10.
THE PAPAL DOmINONs.
One Of the conditions OF The new concord be-
tween The Emperors Of Austria and Of France
is hat the temporal authority Of the Pope is
to be maintained. r is uot clear what reforms
they nav aot require of him, 10 the admins
traton 81 his States, o. what degree Of access
sion In temporal authority. be is to have by
being The head Of an Italian Confederation,
] but Il is obvious that a cardinal part Of their
policy is that the Pope shall continue to Be the
severe "a in fact OF an Italian state, as we'll
as the spiritual bead Of the Church. Cons'd-
cred in the Eeht Of the national law. as under
stood among the States Of Europe, the Pope is
as l~egitimately monarch Of his States as any
king or emperor. Il Is more than eleven hun
] dred wears since the foundation was laid Of the
title Of the popes, to their temporal posses
sions. Before Charlemsgue was, ard before
there was a German Empire, the King Of the
Eranks-Pepin the Lttle-NCn he provinces
and cities, which now compose, in part, the
rapal territory, Of RaFeuna. Forli. Fr0nsinone.
Krlletr, and Rieti. from the warlike Lombaris,
and bestowed them on the Holy See. Charlie
msgue, the grandson Of Pepin, enlarged this
domain, by he addition Of Spoleio and Peru
gia, lbe scene OF The late shocking excuses bv
The Swiss troops 90 the service Of the papacT.
BeneveniO was given 20 the Popeiom bv the
Empor r Henry III, .n 1888.
TIE territories on the Mediterranean side.
which corsitue what is called the Patrimonv
Of s. Peter, were given to the D0pedom IN The
12h century, BY The Margarine Matilda, Of
Tuscany. Tie city OF Rome, with the adioin-
lng territory was acquired by the gift Of the
Emperor Rod3iph, in 1913 Bologna, FerraTa
and other prov noes on the Adriatic side. were
obtained altengari; bit no part Of the Papsl
territory thus acquired was ever alienated. ex.
cept the city Of Avignon. and a par. Of Prov
ence, low in France, which The French took
in 1920, and kept. Tie Papal territory has
thus been TIE gradual growth, By gift and bv
{ purchase. OF more than a thousand wears. and
It's temporal tales are as good in national law
IS that Of any other government. They are
older, 10 fact, han those OF nest Of lhe empirea
Of Europe TO their principal possessions,
having existed before there was an empire Of
Germany, OF Of Austria, or a kingdom in Pus-
sfa or British title taanpfhinu IL Ea.ep.h. ~
han Il the island Of Great Britain. Whether
10 is wise, or happy, for the Papacv. or its
subjects, that this should be 50, or should be
continued 10 be So, is another question alto
gelher.
Tie temporal authority Of the Pope in these
States shared the fate, during The wars Of the
Frsn b reFQlalQn, OF other powers and States
which encountered Napoleon. After t7kinr
portions o. the domin.ons OF the Church 10
make fresh republics and then new kingdoms.
the whole was Incorporated into the Empire Of
France. ard the pope himself conducted 10
Pars. and established as French Pensionpr. al
Fonlainbleau. The battle # Waterloo. and
/ he treaties Of Vienna, re-established De Pore
dom in It's former temporal authority, as 1t aid
90 many other governments which Napoleon
had ovenhroWn.
The form Of government, as our readers
know. is an elective monarchy. The Pore Is
chosea By the college II cardinals. whose hum
Der l. fixed a. seventy. His powers are nearly
unlimited. and the entire administration Is &C.
clesiasticaL Every department Of government
Is under Tie direction OF a cardinal and The To-
cal government OF each Of the twenty-oue prov
noes or districts, (called marks, legations and
deiecations.) Is unde- the control OF a card-
nal ufrh the assistance Of a council named By
tie Pope. In some delegations the temporal
nobility are allowed political influence. but
their al horitr must enanste from the Pope.
Il Is not our purpose here, 10 receite the mani
t0Hn causes OF Eumuihlul WHICH make AIe lower
o5de-sof the Roman people-hat is, the orders
which are not privileged as clerical or noble
50 Disconnected with the Papal Government,
that a foreign army has been required FOR years,
10 prevent them from breaking Out into insur-
rsction-
With the history Of his Feiguins Pope, Plus
*, our readers are doubtless familiar. He
was born m 1792, at ~SiHigaglia, and when
elected Pope, IN 1886, wasJ seph Maria, Count
Nasal FeueI, Archbishop az Imola. He is
now seFeutv-eieht years Of ace, and has beel
Pope nirtse1 years. He commenced hisea-
rear BIZ inst I'd iLg various reforms and giving
couni6nance O. liberal prime pies But ne as
ssssinationof Count Rossi, the republican OUT
breakg under the Ftimulation Of Mazzini, and
revolution 8 Tired up iH,lS4s, drove him from bis
palace aud irom Rome, and the establishment
Of a Roman Republic threw hIm into he arms
q ihe reactionists. The French army bonn
barded Rome, destroyed The republic and car
ue4 ne Pope back in triumph IN 1850, since
winch be hss been protected BY Foreign arms,
ana constrained 70 20 along with the support
efs q the most absolute rule.
what be viii do and what he will be per-
miited 20 &c, a. President of an Italian Con
federation. are for the futurs to d~eveiope. He
is a thoroughly pure and conscientiouslv de-
Toaf mau, BIT BE- is not remarkable for decis-
lon OF Character or hiEa in.eilecinal canacitv.
aas extreme age VIII most probably make him
4 passive agent in .he hands Of steiner
nen.-N o. PinagHat.