The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-11

QUEBEC, Canada, June 8, 1853.
G. F. SsCCM Ds CAsAu-
DRAR FRMND:-
l only write few particulars of tho shocking case
which happened the day before yesterday you will per-
eeve 1t amply described in the pers send you
win begin by saying that the appearance Of the assa
ants most despicable for they dirty torn and
in in their shirt sleeves the better to show their origin
It their aim alive in order to murder
without the church. but not having succeeded they
attempted to kill within the church. Mary were led
to believe it, when they had by eated blows feled
Pao to tho ground for believing him to be ur they said
to another 'his is the very man" Anottr scheme
Of theirs to blow out the lights by turning e gas
keys, for by SO doing, from their coscerted par ~
would have moro easily succeeded in getting poase
Of me, seiziDg at the same time, every one pre- !,
mostly ladies' and chill lren But pror-,
and God dispcses. 1t not possible to NJ
the gas key, easily capture Havrs ="
myself of my first assailant by throwing him t.
pulpit, took off my cloak and brandishing the G
which had served me orator, defended my poy
trua Italian crusader. think that many OF tss
gang will remember for time this passage Of tas
Italian missionary's lecture. Having pulpit about
twelve feet wide with the stairs exposed facing the
church, and compelled to defend it against more than
sixty savages, rather difficult task. An artillery
sergeant-who now enjoys the sympathy Of all parties
to the great shame Of the policemen who standing
by idle spectators leaped from these stairs and
ceeded in defending with my citadel After the first
attack, PAo who at the church door, enabled
to reach the stairs; and having snatched stick from
OF the assailants hands, used it in every direction
and enabled to retain the liberty Of our plat
form for more than twenty Ave minutes.
But again q gang of the outward a.salsnts to the
number of more thsn hundred, rushed into the
hi-:
Of the police the stairs and parapet assaulted with
renewed violence. The artillery sergeant feeling his
equilibrium fall clung to Paol, who, amid the great
tbroDg Of asssants could longer manuvre his stick
while two of the favsges had seized Pao to over
throw him from the stairs: he cried out to me, " Ca
vazz help me-" abandoned the front of the pulpit
and with desperate blow of the bench which held
hands, fell upon the head of OF the ty0 asasns
which caused him to bound fesm the stairs l was
turning to the front whls other wing
gained the ground had abandoned save my friend
lifted me from my feet aud precipitaed me headloog
out of the pulpit, from height Of than fifteen
feet.
This to have been the hour my death and could
have BEEN The falling with such violence might have
fufced to crush skull bu. God there protect
his poor but confident fell on lloor of ene
mics heads and shoulders and it afterwards said
that Of iron disposition weighed also iron it
self; bu. sustained wound from my fall The crowd
then dispering, / found myself stretched out the
ground, with legion of savsges overoyed at
being able to slay me. l then received o kick on my
chin, which has produced slight wound, and coutu
the jaw tie great vd prevented the Of
sticks they epdeavored supply with their feet
ceiyed that nothing but gigantic effort could me,
and employ ed 1t accordingly in spite Of them
and by bloss opened passage to the stat which
leads TO the sube1rnneous place where the Sunday
schools aud having me stairs over
them the last who from his size inpsded my pas
sage as = were aud threatened me with his
rolled the stairs and jumping him reached the
entry of the Sunday school.
Fortunately the school dark having examined the
became its str
the left Iath among nnumers BILE quantity Of benches
while The ssvages who were s'ill pursuing me, were
then heard the cry of Psol, God help me- which led
TO believe that he assaulted and beaten again by
the Being left half dead he would
killed by the people bad not an unore cen hand conveyed
b,m 10 the subterrat school, where he found him
self, as it were. miracuiousy saved from q certain
death After five six minutes of fatal suspen O.
one Of tbe police The lights again lit, but
this did not the assants from breaking all tho
windows OF the school, by throwing large etones,
Of which hit Pae on the breast while Dr..
Douglas examini,g his wounds. But fortunately
the military arrived and the assassns dispersed
PaoI WIS the frst 10 be led home / followed him
in COACH with the Mayor OF the city and all the street
wa protected o. oy stsong patrols On :, examining our
eight wounds from sticks of which inches long,
yss found to have wound on my head from stone,
sud another on the occiput from the blow Of club.
they however, gave me no pao, as cortrived to let
them bleed as much possible. However, have suffered
no hing snd am as well nov as on my setting out from
New Yo,k
But tbe sensation experienced from this brutal assault
results contrary to what The assaants had expect
ed. There is no Catholic Canadian hut what does not
osapprove Of this outrage Il Is To be observed that the
assault bad been organized; consequently premsdted
murder. The most aggyavstrg circumstances of
having attacked church in which and children
assembled and to which the had hAstened
armed But who then, could have conceived, organised
and led so infamous a scheme +?
Sunday, please Ged. will ga her together at
Italian service in New York and shall feel overjoyed in
seeing brethren after having escaped the death
OF my stsaSsins.
Meanwhile remember to them all and believe me to
be your very adectiouate friend
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