Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-10-10
The Seat Of War.

There is a fearful old story, which most Of
our readers have already read and shuddcrcd
over, Of a prisoner who Tell into the power OF
an enemy and was thrust into dungeon
lighted with seven windows He counted
them on the first day of his incarceration,
and when the following morning he saw but
six, naturally thought that in the excitement
otthe day before he had made mistake
BE was, however, somewhat startled, after
another night had passed TO observe that not
only was another window missing, but that
his dungeon was sensibly smaller. Soon
there were but three windows, then but two,
then but one; still the cell grew more and
more contracted, until at last light and space
had both gone and the unlucky wretch was
crushed to death.
The present "Roman Government" as il is
so carefully termed in the recent circular Of
Sardinia, appears TO be very much in the
condition ofthis unfortunate prisoner. First
Bologna was closed TO il, then Ferrara, then
Rimini Now, we hear that Pesaro and
Perugia have departed, and thus the light of
the Papacy is becoming gradually eTtinguish-
ed. Everything seems to threaten q COM
plete annihilation of the prisoner, Plus TX,
as a temporal monarch,
How many windows are yet left in the
Papal dungeon2 How many cities yet own
the Papal sway2 They are indeed few and
unimportant. At the latest dates Ancona is
under bombardment, and we may expect by
the next arrival to hear Of its surrender
Built on a crescent-shaped bay, tits sheltered
from the winds of the Adriatic by a sharp
rocky ridge, and further protected by mole
built centuries ago by the Emperor Adrian.
The "City of Magnificent Portals" it fully
deserves the title from the Tichly-carved en-
frances 10 churches and other buildings
which may be found in almost every street,
and which have suffered more or less from
the perils of war.
Ancona is accustomed to bombardment-
It was bombarded by the French in 1899, the
most vivid account of which may be found in
the "Corinne" of Madame de Stael. Il has
also suffered similarly on other occasions, and
its rows of houses, rising amphitheatrically
on the slope of crescent-shaped hills, seem
adapted expressly for bombarding purposes,
and offer unusual facilities for shells and
bombs to work dire execution. ...
There are now remaining TO the Papal
government only few windows-mere loop
holes, in point Of fact Viterbo still remains
faithful. 1t is an inland place, of little i'm
portance except as post for the diligence
Spoleto and Fermo yet own the Papal rule,
but reduced indeed, must be the government
which has to point to them as its chief pro-
vincial cities. Rome and Civita Vecchia are
the only two places of real Importance which
remain to the Pope.
Our readers may not generally understand
the method by which the windows are made
to close and the prison walls to contract
Two Sandman armies are invading the Pa
pal dominions. Cialdini left the emancipa-
ted legations of the Romagna entered the
province of Urbino, lin which were born Ra-
fael, Bramants and Rossini) and followed the
Adriatic ceast through the large towns of
Fano and Pesaro to Ancona. At the same
time General FGnti marched from Tuscany,
following the course of the classic Tiber
through the province of Umbria to Perugia,
where he captured LamOriciere's garrison,
including the same General Schmidt who was
rewarded by the Pope for his brutalities in
that city year ago. Proceeding southwardly
the towns of Foligns and Orvieto welcomed
him within their walls Yiterbo is but few
miles from 0rvieto, and there is no doubt but
that Fanti has marched on there. Thus Rome
is approached by Cialdini and Fanti on the
north and Garibaldi on the south, and they
have perhaps ere this met as friends and de-
liverers in the Eternal City.-N. 7. Post