Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-19

Lady Superior of the Boston Nunnery, which
was so recently desecrated by band of Know
Nothing members of the Massachusetts, Leg
islature. 1t indelibly stamps the brand of
infamy upon the foreheads of the rufainly
gang from whose vile surveillance not even
the sick chamber of Catholic lady is except
ed. How long will the American people toll
crate such vandalism on the part of Know
Nothingism ? Will not the sober, thinking
portion of our citizens condemn the party
which spares neither sex or condition in its
work of prescription and persecution?
THE NUNNERY COMMITTEE.
BOsToN, Tuesday, April 10, 1855.
The Legislative Special Committee, appoin-
ted to investigate the charges against the
Nunnery Committee, held an adjourned meet
ing at the State House this morning. At the
opening of the meeting, the chairman, Mr..
CARPENTER of the Senate, stated that he was
absent from the Senate Board at the time of
his appointment on the committee, and as he
was a party directly interested in the investi-
CATION, he deemed it his duty to decline serv-
ING. which he should do on the opening of
the Senate. He therefore called on Mr.. Grif-
fin. of Charlestown, of the House, to take the
chair The committee had summoned the
ladies connected with the school at Roxburv,
one of whom, the Lady Superior Mary Alloy
STA, was present at the opening of the meet
ing.
The Lady Superior was accompanied by
Samuel MAY, Esq, who stated that she had
with her a statement of the transaction, signed
bv five ladies who preside over the school
The Sergeant alarms then administered
an oath to the Lady Superior, after which the
statement was read by the chairman of the
comN1ttee.
The statement is mainly the same as that
published in The advertiser. The committee
then proceeded TO an examination of the La
DIV Superior, who testified as follows:
{" should Judge that the Committee num-
bered about twenty individuals l attended
them in then examination of the house one
of the Committee, who gave his name as Mr..
Evans, tarried after the others had left and
told me he was once Catholic in St Mary's
Church, Baltimore, and that he desired to re-
turn to the Church he asked me if would
give him permission to visit me, saying he
would like to have some pleasant converse
ton with me declined giving him permits
sion he asked if the Bishop would object
to his visiting me / told him he would not
though we received but few visitors he shook
hands with me twice, and appeared very ia
miliar / was much offended at his conduct
then, and feel more indignant every time
think Of it told the Committee when they
l. &1,o4a LII. l.
the members Of the Committee entered hel
chamber was present they bent SO closely
to her that she has since stated she felt then
breath | had previously desired the patient
to remain quiet, as if asleep, if the Commit
tee entered while Twas conducting part o.
the Committee, other members of it were go
ing about the house by themselves, examin.
ing the closets, sinks, &c; was not present
when one of the gentlemen took hold of the
rosary"
Upon being asked if she could describe the
gentleman who desired an interview with
her, the witness replied that she could no
well describe him, but that she could recog.
nize him if she saw him. l
Mr.. Evans, of the Senate, was then intro
duced; whereupon, the witness said that he
was not the gentleman who requested the in
terview, and who gave his name. Subse
quently, Mr. Hiss, of Boston, was introduced
when the witness said that was the gentleman
who gave his name as Evans. @
The Lady Superior was then further ques
toned by Mr.. Charles Hall, Jr, of the AdUer
riser, and whether she had read the article:
in the Advertiser, and whether she regarded
the statements therein as correct The wit
ness answered in the affirmative to these ques
tons.
Mr.. Dawley, of the Senate Committee, theI
questioned the witness more particularly a
to the conduct of the Committee on visiting
the chapel She stated the members of tn,
Committee, to the number of ten, had opened
the door before she arrived. She had intend
ell to have opened the door, and admit tn,
Committee, but the door was opened befor,
she had time to dose, and there were SO many
gentlemen about the door that she.could no
enter herself. While in the chapel, the gen
tlemen were engaged in loud conversation
which she considered very improper Th'
lady at her devotions in the chapel was star
tied when the gentlemen entered, and at
tempted to leave by door which she founC
locked. One of the gentlemen asked he
several questions which she declined to an
swer in the chapel. The gentleman follow
ed her without the chapel when the CONVEX
sation was resumed.
Samuel May, Esq, then Intercepted tn,
witness as to the scene in the chapel. but he
answers did not vary materially from her pre-
vious testimony.
Several other gentlemen then put question
to the witness, when the meeting was adj
journed to meet tomorrow morning at 81.
O'Clock, to hear the testimony from the othe
ladies of the institution