The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-10-18
THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS.

About thirty beds were occupied indiscrim-
inately by the wounded men OF the Papal aud
national armies. The Holy Father approach
ed the first bed after entering the ward, and
laying his hand on the forehead of the invalid
said: FiytiO eome ou?" with feeble effort to
reassume his usual composure. He passed
slowly along the files OF beds, occasionally
stopping to enquire after the condition OH those
seeming more badly wounded than the rest OF
their companions. Many Of the patients ap-
peared much pleased at the visit of His Holt
ness, while Others regarded 1t with an indiff.
erence which l know not whether to attribute
to the ennui aud pain Of the sick beu or their
persistent dsaiectiOn toward the sellreputed
Ruler OF Rome.
Alter leaving the Santo Spirito Hospital,
the Pope and his attendants drove toward the
Vatican.
The officials of the Rota, the Cardinals
holding political offices, AID all the members
of the Papal Government still retain their
dignity, and the Pope still proclaims himself
the tempora. ruler of Rome. The many po-
lilical transactions of Importance which have
occurred wi hin the interim since my last let
ter, you will have heard of by dispatch, but
the general tone of the Roman people, their
true tendencies and their present reeiings have
not been fully detailed, In the Leonine city
and through Trastevere and the suburban
towns Pope Plus is more popular than any OF
the national leaders, and those who inhabit
the n, il not demoralzed by the formidable
advance OF the national armies, and the TAX
ing OF Rome would almost unanimously as
sert their allegiance to the old regime. In This
quarter-that is, Rome proper, which COM
prises the classical famous ''seven hllls'-the
citizens are avowedly favorable to the absolute
separation of the Church and State. In the
Club dl Parma, on the Corso, the more staid
proceedings of that well-known cosmopoltap
| lendeZvous-where the foreign literati of the
city make display of their tact in defending
the tenets Of modern infidelity and shiea d.
ly dis ,ussng the current topics ot the world
have been changed ino a long continued bol-
day since the flag Of United Italy waved over
the Municipal Department.. Dinners are
nightly given here to ravolite officers of the
national army, and the flags of America,
England, Cuba and the French Republic
stream from the verandahs of the Club House,
and the portraits of the famous revolut'onlsts
OF the age are wreathed with flowers and rio-
bons OF national hue.
ECCLESIASTICAL ROME.
Ecclesiastical Rome is, figuratisely speaking
| in ruins. 1t is as unfrequent an occurrence
| 10 meet q tiiar or secular priest 10 Gay IN
| Rome as it is to distinguish one OF your
| American clergymen amid the crowds OF
Broadway. The peasants arIlVluS lrOln lDe
ont towns win their effects to sell at the
markets appear as it some peculiar sensation
were derived from the fact of Victor Emanu-
els troops occupying Rome, and cape as amaz-
ngly around them as if some extraordinary
sights were to be seen everywhere. Cardinal
Mattel lies dangerously i'll and is not expected
TO live many days. He mas been one OF the
rost powerful defendants of the Papacv in
its darkest days, from 1880 to the present
time. 1t was he who boldly faced in Traste-
we're, in AS, the mob who carried the Host
through the street, singing indecent songs,
and led by the lazzaron of Rome. Vesting
himself as priest, he followed the mob. He
besOu.ht them to deliver to him the ciborium,