Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1838-10-18
Correspondence ofthe COMMERCIAL a1uertiser,

correspondence offhe Commercial advertiser.
MONTREAL, Sept 25, 1888.
~ spe mt an hour at the convent OF the
Hotel Dieu to day. The only persons who
have had full permission TO pass through it,
since my visit last year, were Hon. Mr.
f"rsythe, the American Secretary Of State,
and his party accompanied 10y General Clith.
crow. The ladies of the convent, our good
friend the lady superior, Miss Beck with,
and others, were delighted with the party
and believe ever attention was paid 10 Them.
They examined every apartment and every
corner, aud have no doubt left the in stitu-
ton fully satisfied that the old bugbear sto-
rIes which We had from certain quarter
some two years ago, were an entire fabrica
tion.'
The preceding note, frsm our valuable
travelling correspondent, affords us a timely
opportunity TO do an act OF Justice TO our
selves as we'll as 10 the Christian public, a
large portion of which in the country, we
have reason to believe, are yet the dupes OF
the shameful impostures Of Maria Monk
we have direct and positive information
that story is in circulation in the central, or
rather western, part OF this State, that We
have been prosecuted for Iibslling Maria
Monk and her friends, and been compelled
topay heavy damages. The story, too, hss
found believers In justice, there fore, 10
ourselves, we must give it full, explicit
and snequivoCal contradiction in every shane
and FORM
But while our Eand is in, we sbali no,
stop here. Those who have paid attention
to the controversy respecting this bold and
wicked imposure, will recollec, that from
The first We maintained that, notwiths,snd
ing their seeming confidence in the tales OF
The pretended nun. neither the priest, nor
inc private secretary, nor any Of the clan
concerned IN the imposture, would test the ;r
ia'ih by an examination. So long a. the
doors were closed upon them, they got along
with their dupes pretty well. Ne then IN
locked the doors and rendered then, the kevs.
The result was as we had foreseep. The
committee, after months of pYocrastinstion
refused TO make the examination, and the
most respectable gentleman upon that com.
mIltee, and 10 the outset the most sctise.
informed US himself, that he had positive ev :
ldence that Maria was playing the hsrlot in
'his CITY, ana oil course that he had given Der
up.
But this 10 not all. We stated more than
year ago, that we had been requested Ia
prepare her manuscripts Tor the press, ex-
posing her own impos:ure and the conduct
oil her Clique in this city. Subsequently
and since we have made any publication up.
on the subject, Maria Monk Sas voluntarily
made full confession, to q Protestant cler.
gymar, friend Of ouTs, under circumsisnccs
OF manifest sincerity, of the whole imposiure
and all The particulars, before the inception
Of the plot, during it's progress, and 10 the
end. The details Of the story, she says.
were chiefly arranged from The leading char
acIer of the questions put 10 her by the pro
cious concern who had her in keeping in this
city. Those questions, endless in number.
and Of every form and character, constituted
the web upon which, from time 10 time, she
wove her tissue OF lies
But evan ibis is not all; Since Maria
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