The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-22

AnOy00r Attempt 10 hIunaP hm AxA1A OAAA
Suspected OF PrOtestantism.
[Fron the Boston Traveller, Dec 20
Yesterday forenoon the house Of Richard Huntington,
No 10 second street, Chelsea in the absence Of Mr. A.
visited by two Irh women with the avowed purpose
OF getting Possesson, dead or alive OF the person OF
Irish s :, Who wa t,av living sa rS sg rs
authority for taking the girl away they said but one
sister and the othsr cousin of the girl and they
RIGS what they intended to do with her ony
was to place her under Catholic influence. They
the. told tia. the girl wa. At liberty TO 60 with thsn
trary TO her will The girl declined going with her rsla
toni whsreupon Of them sprang apos her and sex
floor, endss1orss to get her out Of the house Yrs B.
inersred to the girl and to her little child
which wa. i. the GIRLS arms Upon this the inia,atsd
leaving upon her neck and throat the marks Of their
ssu She succeeded at length In breaking away from
whereupon the women abandoned their assault and Hsd
from the house. prossng to thoss Who were eoiag to
Mrs. Huntingtons reissue that there was no rouhls-ao
cause for alarm Nevertheless Al okcer was obtained
and Of the parties arrested and bound for
trial. the other had not bsen found ct last accsunt
The eIplanaton Of this aggravated assault is ~ ws un
derstand t. simply this:-Soms six months since yousg
Irish girl orphan between thirteen and fourteen years
DID, went to Mr. Huntngtcns domestic She appeared
unusually intelligent fos in her situation could read
and write and seemed desreus Of In proving herself Shs
soon displayed indifference towards the Romish
the bible She neglected to attend the Catholic church.
and declined though repeatedly urged and almost drag
ged to the priests house. to 60 to confession and final
1y, about month since, attended, ct her DESIRE
the wor,hip Of the Protestant Episcopal Church Her
grandmother 1t came out, was once Protestant but
had been drawn away from her faith BY her connection
with the Romanists and this child had for time
been showing decided tendency towards the original
faith Of her ancestor To prevent this threatened aban
Comment Of Roman Catholicism, her elder sister and
cousin her only near relatives in thi: vicinity had made
various Efforts Their particular aim seemed to be- to
get the girl 70 the priests house and urgent had
been their persuasioss that once ct the Of
Mrs. Huntington, she induced to 20 with them and
actually got a. far the priests door then broke
away, and fed hsme declaring that she could not
scientously and honestly mako confession to priest,
and parake OF the communion after the Catholic form
The next movement towards the great end have
related above. ended in violent aad dangerous
saul the effects Of which both the girl and Ms Hunt
ing ton are likely to feel for some time.
We derive the above statements from Mr. Huntington
himse and presume them to be entirely correct. Mr.
that he had attempted to proselyte
the child prejudice her against the religion Of her
PARENTS aid had knowledge Of her Protestant ten
denotes until sorns time after she entered his family
though seems they Of earlier date. The matter
Is to Undergo legal invsstgatsn and with the magis
trate may safely leave the question whether there
liberty Of conscience In this country not whether
such personal violence be offered with impuni,y
even towards poor orphan Irish girl.