The herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1835-1837, 1836-01-20

our outside will be found chapter from recent book
published by Howe & Bates, Chatham street. entitled
the Awful Disclosures Of the Black Nunnery of Mon
treal, by Maria Monk" We learn that Miss Monk
was the daughter of distinguished gentleman at Mon.
trea She escaped recently from that city and came
here in company with clerical gentleman and q
hypocriie, who has 6lched several thousand dollars
from the public by misrepresentation She is engaged
to be married TO this gentleman, and has already pro
daced fine boy in advance of the map The pro.
ceeds of the book will no doubt
"--Fumish forth the marriage tshe.p
Another edition Of the story from different quar-
ter was about to be published-bu the present has got
the start Of it entirely.
On this subject the Sun Of Monday stated that acer.
tain Protestant Cergymen" had abducted Maria Monk
the nun, and carried her to New Jersey, for the pur-
pose Of securing 10 themselves The possession of her
manuscript aud lis profits"
We are authorised from the highest authority in thi.
city TO pronounce the statement of the Sun wilful and
atrocious caumny II is not true that any Protestant
Ministers have abducted Maria Monk-it is not true
that they have done for the purpose of securing her
nanuscrpt-it is that they have any desire 10
get Its profits. These wholesale and gratuitous
caumnes uttered BY the In6del Sun, for the same pur-
Doctor
Sleigh IL is to bring Disgrace and contempt on reli.
gion.
Oaevery occasion this disciple of Fanny Wright at
tempts to give secret stab to the Christian system
through falsehood and caumny-eher on Protestant or
Catholic. With the most fagitious hypocrisy in the
world the Sun also endeavors to disgrace the Catholic
system by fastening upon the atrocities of fanatics fit
tor the darkest age. We know that the attempts to
fasten upon modern Cathoicity the systems of dark
age, are discountenanced and despised by the nteli-
gent and highly educated Irish clergy of this city,
The atrocities of the nunneries ia Canada spring from
the system Of government which the Vatican has en-
deavored to establish in this free land. is entirely OF
French and Haliaa origin. In this city, Bishop Du-
bois mere creature in the hands of the Roman Pom
lifts has been doing and is doing all he can to keep the
Catholic Church in the United States under the iron
tyranny Of Rome and all her worst systems and dogmas
On the contrary the Irish Clergy here and several Of
the Irish Boards Of Trustees the Catholic Churches.
have been aiming for years establish the independence
Of their Church against the power Of Rome-to assert
its entire separation from that sink Of corrupton-and
to restore Catholicity to that purity Of character ud
rational form with which shone forth in the world be-
fore was blended with politics. BY Constantine the Ro
man Emperor.
The shocking attempts however, Of the Sun to bring
forward these matters, for the purpose of involving
ia disgrace and contempt the whole Christian system,
be il Catholic or Protestant When BENJAMIN II. Day
was editor of the Free Enquirer and succeeded Fanny
Wright, he pursued the course-not so much like
a fagitious hypocie he is now-but equally for the
destruction of all religion and all morality.
MODERN IsqUIsIrIoS. An antimasonic Committee
has established an Inquisiton at Hanisburgh Pennsyl
vania, headed by one Thaddeus Stevens They have
issued attachments and subpenas to persons through
out the state-haye brought them up and called upon
them to testify against masonry. Ex-Governor Wolf
refused to attend; which, Stevens cooked his hat
clustered, and sent Sergeant at-Ams to bring him
up. Hehas not yet es6edhe says il is a n Illegal
The Ex-Governor is stiff honest Dutchman, and will
probably stand to the last. Any man may lead n
horse to the water but hundred cannot make him
drink.
This imPudent movement is probably the last kick
'i that ridiculous imposture- antimasonry-n Penn
'yivania. IL Thurlcw Weed of Albany, one of lis
athers IS not punished in this world let him prepare
or the next Salpetre won't save him.
The FIRE KING.-Another "eminent Chemist
Frenchman too called upon yesterday and assured
rs that the French diplomas exhibited to us by Docr
x. Chabert, all manufact ured in this country.-
he also stated that Chabert could scarcely write his
'wn name-and promised furnish US with the London
Ind Paris "Laacets" which contain full account of
Chabert's proceedings in these capitols.
We want nothing but the truth, and being now in a