Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-01-06
From the Albany Register, Dan. q.
The Albany AImshousc Affair.

We noticed on Monday, the fact that, on Satur-
day last, the lady Of Mayor pmmclee visited the
almshouse, and distributed among the young and
the tld Of that Institution large number OF cakee
and books as New Years presents. The books
were mainly given out to the children- little poo
plcv from three TO ten years OF Age--and many
hearts were thus made glad. N sR~
On each Sunday morning, Rev. Mr. Dyer, and
Mt, Calder, city missonsrics, hold divine services
at the almshousc, at which all the inmates, who
choose TO do 80 attend. In the afternoon Of that
day, priests and teachers Of the Roman Catholic
church attend and dispense TO those who hold 20
the filth Of that denomination instruction and coun-
sci peculiar TO Catholicism. ff
On Sunday last, four OF these Teachers sssciif.
bled the children In the school-room, and finding
them possessed of the little gift-books distributed
among them by Mrs Parmelec, affected 10 find IN
some of them what they called "heresy,n "pois-
ON &c SO they took Their, sII AWAY from the
children, threw some Of them into tlic Gre, and
pocketed the rest 81 itse -tstshfS eaJ $50
The fact was communicated to the superintend-
ent, Mr.. Horst, and he promptly addressed a note
70 the sgp~cssors stating that he would be plessed
10 sec tbem at bis office At the close Of their
ministrations, they called ON tue superintendent
and that gentleman, not knowing that they had de-
stroyed any or the books, informed them that he
understood they bad taken possession Of fsnumber
Of them, and directed them 10 give them up a.
once They deported themselves arrogantly until
they were informed by Mr. Hurst that they must
live up 70 the rules ofte institution they would
not be suffered to visit Il at ALL. gis1ss ~1
On delivering up the books, they had the AFRO
CANT assurance to be very impudcnt TO the super
ntendent; and were quite abusive--givng him 70
understand that II thereafter they should find any
books or documents which they as Romanists
regarded as Objectionable, they should take them
away Mr.. Hurst again informed them that they
must abide strictly by the rules and regulations OF
the Institution, and that they must not in any man
ner interfere with them He informed them also,
chat II they had not given up the books they had
taken 80 unwarrsntahly, he would have had them
arrested at once. On leaving, one Of them re-
q,essed that nothing should be said aboutthe mat
ter until Father Wadhams had been consslted
Mr.. Hurst promptly informed the proper Autho-
rites and the result was an investigation, held Al
the City Hall yesterday morning. The upshot o.
the matter was, that the approximations was Il
suffer these teacherstc continue their mnistrsxion,
AZ the slns-housc, only upon cond1tion that the.
violated NO rule or regulation whatever hereafter
The books and pictured cards distributed wer,
shout 200 IN number. They contained nethin,
Whatever Of sectsri~nof Objectionable character
They were ctlctlsted V snsusc and instruct thos'
who received them nothing more They coult
do no possible harm, even n the Htue cfestur~'