Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-10-19
ITALIAN ROME.
HE P0Pe's Present Occupation
King Williams Reply to His Call
for Aid.
Correspondence Of the London News.

King Williams Reply to His Cal
for Aid
| Correspondence Of the London News.
FLORENCE, Sept. 28.-The Pope smuse,
himself by watching, himself unseen,
through little window of st. Peters in
the Vatican, the Italian soldiers who visit
the Great Temple with much devotion,
and, passing before the statue of st. Pc
ter, bow and kiss its toe and make the
| sign of the cross. On the evening of the
26th he said to Cardinal Patrizi, 'Does
your Eminence know that these Italian
soldiers seem much better Christians than
those who were in my service a week
agoi Good fellows! Good fellowsl!"
A few days since two Italian officers. of
artillery entered the Vatican to visit the
museum, and on entering assembled by
mistake the grand staircase to the
right instead of the one in front.
The gendarmes and halberdiers
made way for them with every
sign Of respect. In the same respectful
manner they were saluted by prelates and
abbes. Passing from hall to hall, they
arrived at q spot where were dignitaries
of the highest rank, cardinals, bishops,
ETC., in great numbers, one of whom asked
what they desired 'STo visit the nu-
scum, answered the officers. ''You have
mistaken your way" said Cardinal Pacca;
''these are the apartments of his Holiness,
and this is his ante-chamber." Plus TX,
at the unexpected clank of sabres, putting
his head at the crack of the door, saw the
officers bowling themselves out backward
with all manner of reverence before the
clerical dignitaries. Upon being told the
cause of their appearance, he exclaimed,
opening the door, ''Fine fellows ! brave
youthsI" Plus TX, who was himself an
officer of hussars in his youth, is decided
ly pleased by the Italian soldiers. These
are trifies which l tell you, but they may
have more influence than any one imag-
ines upon the n1Odus ViVendi.
Scarcely had the Pope received notice
of the Italian expedition against Rome
when he asked aid from the King of
Prussia, who answered him under date of
Sept. s, as follows: .s
HEADQUARTERS OF THE GERMAN ARxIEs,
NEAR RHEIMS, Sept. 8, 1870.-Most Holy
Father; Monsignor the Bishop of Pader-
born has presented to me the letter in
which your Holiness informs me that you
have reason to believe his Majesty the
King of Italy may perhaps send an army
into the Pontlfcal States, and into Rome
itself. l.- .r-
Your Holiness requests me to hinder
the King of Italy in the execution of
the project, and asks also for an armed
Intervention of my troops IN case your
Holiness should have need of pro-
lection. I regret that the policy
always adopted by myself and my Gov
eminent prevents me absolutely from
Intervention in any such question.
sm, beside, on the best terms with my
brother, the King of Italy, and could
not imperIl the relations which exist be-
tween Germany and Italy for political
interest which does not in any way, as
your Holiness seems to think, touch upon
the interests of Prussia have, no
doubt, beside, hat his Majesty, the King
of Italy and his Government, If they
should be forced to enter the States of
your holiness IN order to avert the ex-
cesses of the revolutionary party in
Europe, would give your Holiness every
guarantee which can assure the free exer-
else of that spiritual authority which
your Holiness ought to exert in the in
terest of the Church of which you are the
acknowledged head With the most
earnest desire that peace and order may
be shortly re-established in all parts of
Europe, I beg your Holiness to believe
me your sincere friend, WILLIAM.
An agricultural fair poet thus draws
the line between the hog and the China
man: III L. - . -.