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

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offered by the Italian Government, aud IL
any building in Rome came under that de-
| nomination it was certainly the palace
where the Conclave has been held atom
time immemorial. The Hevoluticnary
Government, however, has Thought ut to
long list of spoliatiOn and sacriiege, and
the order having arrived FROM Florence,
cOucbed in very paremptOry terms, Tor the
Immediate occupation Of tho Quirinal, on
the 9th of November, Gen. Lamarmora had
| no alternative save to execute 1t. His Ex-
| cellency addressed q letter to Cardinal
Antonelli, demanding tho keys, which was
| not answered, and the Viceroy then pro-
| ceeded to the palace with the Questor
| Berti, the Advocate Emanuelli, Stgnor de
Angels, representative of the Gtunta, and
| the architect De Sanctis, two nOtariea and
two blacksmiths. Having certiie0With
! all fOrmalities that the POpe's dOOr1wero
locked and sealed, the respectable Com-i
pany proceeded to break open the locks,
and as the Bersaglieri entered ut the breach
of POrta Pia, 80 the Viceroyal "cracksmen"
entered the summer palace of the POpes,
and declared it annexed in the name Of
Victor Emmanuel. The "gang" are still
occupied in taking the inventory of the
Holy Fathers furniture, all of which is of
an ecclesiastical character, and bears am
pie testimony to the purpose to which the
palace is dedicated.
fresh cause for anxiety for the Holy Fa-
TIERS personal safety. The few guards
| who remain at the Vatican will infallibly
be disarmed and dismissed ere long, and
the Tribune Capitale, and other Journals Of
| the Sect, are daily bounding on the mob to
attack the Pontihcal gendarmes and Swiss,
aud collision is inevitable, although the
latter remain strictly confined to the i'm
terror service of the palace. The day,
however, is fast approaching when 1t will
| be attacked, and the guard will OF course
do their duty and defend the Pope, and
what the issue will be is in the hands Of
God. 1t is, however, becoming more and
| more probable that the Pope will be obliged
| to leave Rome in the interest not only Of
his own safety, but in that of the inde-
pendence of the Church. The Jesuits live
from day to day in expectation OF being
| expelled, and it is certain that they will be
| in a very few weeks, if not sooner. De-
monstrations take place daily to obtain
| their banishment, and one of so formidable
a nature, being composed of Republicans
Wednesday night, that the artillery was
| placed ON Monte Citorio and the Quirinal
ready to act. The garrison has been re-
duced to 10000 men, and would have been
| reduced to q much lower ebb but for the
fears of the Italian Government itself, who
found that in abandoning the Vatican to
the violence of the mob, it was sharpening
an edged tool which would cut dOIble The
| remainder of the troops will therefore re-
main till the Kings arrival, as it is essen
| tial to maintain the appearance of tran
guilty till then. The miserable man has
been persuaded to take the dreaded step,
aud will be here on the Both of November.
Whether the Pope will remain in presence
of the certain outrages and agitation which
will attend the royal visit is very uncer-
tain, but even the party most favorable to
temporizing is now foAnd to confess that it
would have been useless, and that the wis.,
dom of the Pope's conduct in refusing all
concession, or recognition is patent.
Distress IN Rome.-Long as have known
and lived in Rome never remember any
thing like the distress in every form that
exists. The cessation of labor, the dis
charge of servants consequent on the alb
sence of foreign visitors, the suspension of
all industry dependent on then presence,
the return of thousands of gendarmes and
soldiers from the prisons Of Upper Italy,
and who are literally starving, having re-
fused persistently to accept service under
Victor Emmanuel, have combined to oc-
casion the most fearful misery. The con-
scriptiOn, too, has carried of from their
wives and families numbers of wellcon-
Quoted and respectable men of the working
classes, who had fed from the Marches and
legations and taken refuge in Rome. Their
children arc consequently left destitute,
and are an addition to the aggregate Of
misery. The Converts, too, are unable to
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midday to all who asked it, and salt, meat,
and the necessaries of life are rising in
price, while the amount of labor is dimin-
lshing. The robberies are of course doub-
led in number, and not night passes with
out some citizen being waylaid and pill
Jagged by some band of half star we'd artisans,
or by the " dangerous classes which the
Revolution has brought in its train.
Press Freedom.-The ImparSiate has been
confiscated three times this week, the last
time for having reproduced an article from
the Sotusione, which being a very infiuen-
tial and able Republican organ, had not
been prosecuted, while the Catholic journal
has been made the scapegoat for having
merely extracted it. The Unita C0ttolic0
has also been prevented entering Rome for
two days.
The Corps Diplomatique.-Thep press has
begun to extend it's insults to the represen-
| tatives of foreign powers, and to cry for
| the expulsion of those accredited to the
Pope. The courageous attitude of NM.
Duchatel and Pyke de Petteghem, the
ENJOYS of Holland and Belgium, the kind
| ness aud devotion to the wounded mani
tested by MN. Deshorlies and Hennessey,
of the French Embassy, the marked cold
| ness of M. Won Arnim to the Revolution,
and, worse than all, the order communi-
Gated by most of the European cabinets to
their representatives here to abstain from
any act recognizing the Kings presence in
Rome has been gall and vinegar to the Sect.
The Roman Lddies.-The Princess Orsihi
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