Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-08-23

ment published by us last fall, was cor
rect, as far as she knew anything about it.
She has more than once declared, that all
the knowled ge she possessed of the Hotel
Deu, she obtained from the Rev. George
Bourne and his wife, (who, it must be
borne in mind, once lived in Montreal -
She has said that she was five years en-
gagged iu concocting the stories in her head
but that more has been written down
for her than she said-which. by the way.
we do not believe She says she thinks
DR.. Brownlee honestly believes her sto-
ries, and she thinks the gentleman who
wrote them may also believe them. But
she names others of the precious concern,
who, she says, know better
Now read, on the other hand, from tle
American Protestant Vindicator.
AN OM1NoUs ToKEN.-When Maria
Monks books of lawful Disclosu res';'
were about to BE- published, succession
of attempts were hotl Y made to silence
her, or carry her off. On one occasion
the Montreal priests, and their co-adjutors
here, by means of her uncle J. Monk, en-
ployed for the occasion, had very nearly
succeeded. They had 50 far wrought on
her too con6ding mind, as to induce her
to express her consent to go to her umele's.
1t was prevented by singular and unex-
pected providence, well known to all her
friends. Now again that the Committee
are about soon to visit Montreal, with her,
an attempt has been made in the most
rec kleSs manner, to bride her by hlgh Off
ers, and moe her by every possible means,
to come out and confess her whole affair
to be an 1MPosTURE! Hen Temporal! Ehew
moreS!
And, 10! unwittingly, COL Stone "lets
the cat out Of the bag" He tells us un-
der date of Aug. l, that he has, for s'r
toeshs, been Privy to this tampering with
the ex-nun. Nay, he has been so far be-
trayed by the conspirators, as to confess
that for siz 1ceeks he has known that she
has confessed herself to be an impostor!!
The truth, so far as we can collect it,
seems to be this: The ex-nun had, in mere
sarcasm, or diversion said to her brother
James, who like the COL, has already
done favors to Roman priests, and who
has been very intimate with the Colonel
for several weeks, something like the fol-
lowing 40 yes, be sure am an ina
poster! be sure you are right! and Col,
Stone is a saint for truth-telling! But
you cannot prove me an iInpostor till you
find j: out"
And the issue of the mischievous Jest
has been this:-Col. Stone and his fell
low conspirators profess that they believe
this sarcasm to be sober assertion! And
Col. Stone, in his excessive zeal to con-
vict this "terrible witness" against the
den of the Hotel Dieu, has also published
it as the testimony of veracious witness,
in large capitals! 1t is quite plain that
the last sentence in Miss Monks jest was
either not repeated to Mr. Stone, by his
con6dant, or he has suppressed it! Yer
lily, this is the age of insuherable hum
bugs! And as our profound Montreal
critic, in the N. H. Spectator says
"When the natural history of Gullibility
shall be written, the inpos,ure" of the
Colonel, and his friend the doctor. and the
New-Haven writer, from Montreal, must
hold very prominent place in its highly
edifying pages" Here is witness, an
ex-nun, against whom not blot is proved,
but what she herself has confessed she aoas
compelled to do, in nunnery: here this
witness comes out, and in the very city of
Montreal, with her two hired lawyers,
holds up publicly, her charges against the
priests: here, not priest or bishop comes
out to deny her solemn and awful charges:
they are struck dumb: but, here comes
out few Protestants in Montreal, W no,
| but for their deadly hatred against VIM.
X. Hoyte, merer aoould haze come out
against Maria Monk here, comes out
COL Stone and his clique, and do VIVA,
the conscience-stricken priest had not
dared to do, on his own behalf. Here is
specimen of 6 Gullibility'' unparalleled
that is, provided these men do really be-
lieve, in sober earnestness, what they pub
lish They are-we say it before the
Christian communicable most inexcus-
able of all "gulls,' caught in the priests
gull traps Or, as the onl y supPoseabIe
alternative, they are bribed by Canadian
gold and paid for every line they write
against this "terrible and uncontraolcteo
witness !!''
We do not include the Editors and con-
ductors of the New-Haven Christian
Spectator. We have more respect for
them. We know the gentleman of Mon
treal, who wrote this Review Of Maria
Monk, by the aid of two persons in our
city And that Montreal gentleman, and
Colonel Stone and the Doctor, are as alb
solutely incapable of writing with impair
TALLY on the subject, as criminal is in
capable of cody and impatially review
ing the Judges sentence booming him to
the pilloryl Read, study, and inwardIy
digest this, gentle reader, until you hear
from US again.