The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-12-11

THE PoPE-RoME.-The accounts from
Rome represent the state of affairs in that
city as extremely bad and disgraceful.
General La Marmora has perforce entered
and occupied the palace of the Quirinai:
Tue most fragrant offences against social
decency are committed in the open day by
the soldiers and officers of the Italian army
of occupation, and by the bands of assas-
sins and bandits who have followed in its
wake. The citizens of Rome do notappear
to like the rule of General La Marmora, for
they have been offering serious opposition
to the carrying out of some OF his financial
plans. Among the many addresses OF con-
dolence which the Pope has received during
the last fortnight, there is one signed by
about four or five thousand Romans Nj.
Theirs has, it appears, written to the Pope,
saying that he pleaded his cause at the diff
ferent Courts which he visited during his
recent diplomatic tour, and advising him
not to enter into any compromise with the
Italian Government, as he (M. Thiers) was
convinced that the Roman Question would
be soon discussed at European Con-
gress, and that his Holiness would then be
placed in position becoming the VlceSer-
emit of Christ.
The heat in Rome is increasing. The
disbanding of the entire Papal army has
| naturally thrown many families, who had
| nothing but the pay, into actual poverty !;
| then the dismissal or curtalled incomes
of the employees, affects many more, while
| the entire cessation of all kinds of employ
ment touches the laboring population.
There is really nothing doing. The shop
keepers, who are far outsold by the itine-
rent vendor, who obstruct all the thOrOug-
fares of the city, are vainly expecting the
golden advent promised them. Perhaps
| the saddest phase in all is the number of
teachers who, for want of pupils, are re-
duced to actual starvation. The Society of
St. Vincent de Paul, having lost, with the
| departure of the Zouaves, many of its best
patrons, can do little to relieve this misery,
and the means of the Holy Father are now
too slender to permit of his giving as large
ly as he would to his suffering subjects.
And yet the deputation, carrying the pie
biscite to Florence, actually left 5000 francs
| for the poor Of city that spent 10000
francs on entertaining them.
To-day a large demonstration was made
by the tradesmen and laborers who met or
the Piazza del Popolo, and marched in d
long procession, preceded by the inevitable
banner under which the license seems per-
| mitted to the capital under the pretence OF
declaring to the junto their determination
not to work, unless the hourso of labor were
lessened, their wages augmented, and Other
can be easily surmised. To the long list O.
the ladies of the Roman nobility l sent yot
lately there have been fifty more names
added and published at their own request
stating their loyalty to the Pope. Amont
them that of the Princess Borghese, and
am pleased to say that the richest people
here, who are the wives of the Morcanti d
Campagna, have declared their intention o
!, not purchasing from those shopkeepers wh'
open on Sundays. The Pope is contiden
, in the justice of his cause, and the Pied
montese authorities here have published
notice that if any simultaneous de
, monstratons take place, the troops are a
once to put them down, and, if necessary
, by firing on the people.-Cor. Freeman
Journal.