The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-05-04

here ten OF fifteen hundred miles from civilization and yet
are IN me very midst not only of civilization bat OF the
perfect refinement
on the music returning from dinner The United States
officers resumed the dance hy watxng and dancing the
polka and seemed enjoy themselves while the spirit Of
order ana o. good feeling perfectly controlled all pres
emit
Mn. NAY AND SISTER, TINE sus--Mr. William b.
May u koxbny, Massachusetts, who accompanied the ia
nous nunnery committee their famous visit TO Roxbury,
stated on oath 70 tile investigating committee that be had
particular reason for wishing the inside Of
vent because ne had sister in convent in Emmits-
burg Maryland, whom he beteced be should not be al
lowed 70 see II he should attempt to- and whom be had
10 believe detained as a nun against her will
The Boston Daily Advertiser however makes the fol-
lowing statement, which puts very different face upon
the matter
"Wthin few days past however this gentleman has
visited Emmt'sbug where he found that he admitted
freely to the presence Of his sister and allowed nnesran
ed conversation with her She had wish TO leave the
establishment
We need scarcely inform readers that If the lady
did wish 70 leave the institution and had friends outside
who knew her wishes-as Mr. May protested the
casethere could be little difficulty and delay in efecting
her discharge writ of hateas corpus issued by Judge
Of the State would at prevail against any parties
claiming TO restrain her of her liberty against her will In
some Catholic cosnres the of nuns made irre-
vocable by the laws of the civil authorities but this of
course is not the in the United States Even If the
rules of converts here stringent is pretended
Pio'N0o
courts OF law.
Projection THIEVES nuRGLARs.We take the
following from late number of the Philadelphia Pennsy
yanan;
"A short time since the Episcopal church situate near
Bueton was entered burglaronsy during the night and
thing valuable which could be taken away By the
robbers carried off In addition to this the most
decent and offensive acts epetated while the thieves
in the sanctuary dedicated to the services Of the
Great Author We could readily believe, from what we
have Of the workings of knownothngism outside of
the lodges and from the sacregous and awful character
of the oahs administered that its members prepared
for any crime but had supposed that the signs Of
the order used security against arrest whenever
Of their number guilty of henous offence But
such appears be the After the robbery had been
committed at the church, and the know-nohng thieves
about to leave they pinned threecornered piece Of
white paper to the door, with Of their cabastc signs
used ia order written upon it. One of the signs
sembled scoop net with the handle attacheda very APP
propriae sign, they had scooped everything valuable
out Of the churcand the other like pot-hook with
the lower crook greatly enlarged and containing two
straight mark within the lower half-circle
ave have Ward Of these signs before and though never
explained to ~, think that have decphered their
meaning 1t is o. follows: THE net has treble meaning,
and is to notify know nothing police officers that the
thieves belong heir ORDER that they had gathered all
that to be L in the place robbed Of any value and
that they 1.-THE pocemen not to spread the net OF the
law for their detection. The handle of the net running
through to the upper part of the circle and thus dividing
it two parts to indicate that the thieves would
share with the policemen
"The second sign pot hook was to notify the officers
of their obligation the effect that all the members Of
the order hang together for individual safety
and the straight marks within the lower half circle in
dictate that two persons committed the act and now throw
themselves into the embrace body of the order for pro-
lection The Of the two marks being straight and
the half circle full to notify the policemen that the
thieves all straight in their principles and IN full
across the two straight lines which implied that the two
thieves had passed through all the degrees of the lodges
and were now members OF the grand council One OF The
straight marks quite heavy which denoted that one
of the thieves greater heavier in authority IN the
order than the other We observed an almost inn
perceptibe curvature in what have before called
slight mark drawn through the two straight ones This
indicated that the two know-nothng robbers had been
compelled to yield to circumstances, poverty in plum
derng the church."
ILLNESS OF SANTA ANSA.-A correspondent Of the New
Orleans Bee writing from the city Of Mexico, states that
Santa Anna seriously i'll that he not expected
to live His malady affection of the head and
throat causing a state of supor