Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1846-08-29
No 70


power from tho b stop 4 Corarapra ~ b,s
lordsbtp IT B1sla. They vetg som nadet tirs
81, when Tic venerable pros infibl aDHhtn..
ced The reading Of Tho palHI bull So Iarls ~
II related mFteIy 10 Tho ctafft8 apnlnri lbem
that they, the speUsea Of CIrisit ilad Tor int
ny years led a luxurious, diasipatod, and IN
godIy lre-they listened With contempt, ibpif
eyes speaking defiance 10 thB Intfudyfs. but
then fatne a scene -
"Erc the apostolic letter Was bhIt concluded,
ACCOMPLISHMENT and Indignation burst IN mhi.
tered thclamaifons If resentment ~ loud aa
10 render The soniH0ita voice If The ptBvinrIal
aloost inaudIbtcI and when hi at tBhgIh fhA.
ched That part which delivered them uHeapgi.
tionally Into the h~hF6luie power III The brmhnr
preachers, whose paftial yoke had been found
80 calling o the community fifty yeafs bea
fore. ragg and Am%aZemani, Uyerlssptnu at tha
boundaries pf prudence and ptoprirty sandgr4
cd every attempt TO con lude il itnpoaslble.
Wbilst the pripreasE who had slHtted tom
her throne ~ a parO1ysln Of fury, stood stiff
and erect from agoDi1pd emotion pufr some Of
The elder sietets IN lie nlidst Of tho commits.
s%totiefsi hntltHR ~ the brother prrarherh and
E%ehat0ts 81 Basic thtrAfs Of rourtnne e tbteUri,
the ihsifnmodtaltty Of The several counts, glH
barons, shd Knights Wih y hnsn ,iav fjst,asd
Kindred Of hcq1atnianre--u6w ]taDntihu their,
especially Tho D0minicanf, With divers insult
ing epithets and inainuationa very dernBatpyy
10 tha hondr NJ That reverend body, thpr d..
rGaribg that II, ss menHc cd, any attampf sl1pld
he ttiads 10 romove them from tho convent,
they would st FIRE 10 ii aFu their a4p Isieh
The juvenile and more active nuns, aided Nv
youthful limbs and ardent ppifits. tusbtd ftbtn
The tlaTIDF I'm ihr tsef tttyEux t.. - .a.
they quickly returned 10 the seem Of aetIe0.
armed with brushes, spils, tonrg. ebgppeys.
cjeaVeTF4~srcry domestic utrhzit. ih Erb.
whlcb presented itself 70 tbtit Hbsbftp p,cs
and eager hands. The provincial ~ A lssan
and his dlgnifod associates, who Ind ptobabiv
listened 10 The injurious RI ptoacbfH Of lie
p iotesa and llof companions with manly in.
d fsfence, anticipating perhaps Something Of
the sort, htin9ied wttbIfbe sIphs, lesrg and
swoofE said 20 be Usual nth tho fatr soy on
great occasions Of we Or wrong Or 4 rath,
were overwhelmed by this sudden and mot
energetic display u tepinIns ysl0r personal
safety absorbing Ill other combinations. with
one accord they hastily fctrealgA 10 tho door
made good, not without some difficulty, thgtr
way unFcatbod through tie narrow bossytgsg
and outer courts, III they reached he grand
portal, whence they boItod INTO Tho street,
leaving tho pspal buItbehind tbom. HI com
pany with tundfy broad bands, and deep plai,.
ed white frjIls, and r%uflos, Torn from their
necks an hands in he gGullle some destf.
tote If cl0ake, others donuded Of hats, ana all
IN a stato.of the most grisyouB alarm, shame,
and confusionn
Into Tho details which followed, and which
are richly worthy perusai, wa cannot enter,
We can bot glance ~ The pfany results Sol.
ritual, aided by secnlar, authority was loo
InnCh for the nuns; and with the exception Of
SONG haIf-dozsn Of tho moro advanced ia
years., they chose TO quit The convent and 70.
turn 10 The bosnfn Of their noble families, "a
thor than 10 submit to their hated visitors. 4
new community was brought to supply their
placed, and their ample possessions seemed
Ioht to tbon forever. But II was hot 40.
Wbateyor might have been thoir FAULT, they
had, at least been excellent custoingra 10 In.
ShopkeeperB of Ba0le his their eNcceesora
were not. Tho friafs we're pafsimopjeBs and
therefore unpopular; aud in n sbgrt time The
eKiIod condition Of the sisters attracted tile
The sympathy Of tho citizens. That tho sue.
cssaors IN question should fall to 10 literal.
need not 70 bg wondered at---for, in TRUTH they
had not the power. As Tho tile deeds OF ma.
ny manors-- probably most Of tbeu-bs bpeu
cunnlpRly abstrarted, and tbs tenants secret
~ encouraged to pay no rent, the reyenueg
wero ~fsarfnIIv diminished, This slFose Of
policy was followed by others equally able;
until tho pJble relatives Of Tho cxticd refuses
openly armed in their behalf and Base was
invested by fdfthidable armed bands. This
demonstration was ne fatal 10 the citizsBa,
whose Commerce It destroyed, AZ II wan favo-
rabIe 10 tho nuns, whose lerfo = and i]nlrigues
at length enlisted in their favor, tie mighty
Of The earth, wbelber ccclesiastic or secular.
The end may be easily foreaoeat IN 14g3.
they we're restored 10 their convent, allowed
70 choose their own advocates, and indcnni.
fed for their Losses.