Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-04-26
From the Baltimore Sun.

REPORT ON THE CASE OF THE CArHo-
Lie SCHOOL, VISITATION IN MAssAcHu-
sErTs.-The repor, Of the committee sp-
pointed to inquire into certain charges. made
by the Boston Daily Advertiser, Of impro-
PER con,luc. on the part Of the "Nunnery
Commi,,ee" Of the Massachusetts Legisls.
ture, was made to The Hsuse Of Representa-.
.ives Of tho, State on Tuesday last. The
report goes fully into the matter, and is
quite long document. From the Boston
papers we gather the following summary o.
its contents:
The report sffirms, first, the right Of all
persons to be secured in their houses. per.
lanns,@papa.s- S.a-f.A1.a- -.-.'
unlswful searches and seizures snd asserts
The ssnc,itv Of the househ"lI, the liberty Ia
worship God. and the liberty Of the press is
our highes, safeguards. Ths. newspapers
have a right To inquire into and sGveu up
on The proceedings Of public bodies is no.
denied. The history Of the origin Of the
"Nunnerv Commi.,ee" is sketehed spring.
ing from petitions sent into the House. end
an order .u'horiziog the commiI,ee to visit
and examine nunneries, &c, with certain
powers.
The Legislature believed tina, none of its
commi,tees would ssk for wha. was imprn.
per or unnecessary il did no, believe thai
The orde, su,ho'ized the desecrs,ion Of al
,ars or the vioIs,Ion Of the sanctity of fe-
male retirement, or a warrant 10 su,horiz-
the INVASION Of unoffending persons dwell
ings by calling forth slumbering power it,
this way !; "r TO authorize strangers to 60 10
and fro Of the expense Of the State.
The report censures the conduc. Of the
committee in thus visiting go secluded and
private on institution ss The Roxburv school.
and takes occasion to slate that in the Who'll,
course Of their inquiries they have failed
to see any reason why this school should
have been visited as it was. ], appeared
from evidence tina, The idlest curiosity alone
prompted most Of those who participated in
The excursion.
The report slludes with much severity
upon the conduct Of The commil,ee in VIC.
Is,ing law Of the State by the purchase o.
liquor at the Norfolk House, and sugges is
that their action as legislators enac'ing laws
on The suhjec. Of in'empersnce, and then i"
nearly the same breath deliberately viols..
ing them, is no, only "Sa,sn rebuking sin.
bu. all The lower regions joining in con-
demna,ion thereof"
There are according to the report, eigh'
fscls established Il. Tha, on The 26th oil
March the nunnery committee, with ten 81
twelve supernumersries visited the Catholic
School al Roxbury. 9. They spen. from
twenty to thirty minutes in examining The
school, three or four hours Q. the dinner a.
The Norfolk house, and drank ''smsl
quantity Of champagne" 3. The party
was no, denied admission TO the school
bu, The ladies "claim that they were admit.
ted for reasons that they supposed they
came armed with righ. and power to enter
a and S. That there is no evidence that any
one, save Mr.. Joseph Hiss, misbrhaved s'
the school. 6. That there was complaint
The, The chamber Of the sick girl was ap'
preached too closely. 2. Ths. the DAILY
.Adueriiser's article was based upon whs
was supposed 10 be . true Sc. Of facts; aud
8. Thsi according Ia The testimony Of The
inmates Of The Catholic School, no ".erro'
ives created" by the vlsilers.
The commi,.ee sugges, no action, and
having reported the resul, Of their inves'i'
CATION to The Legislature, they leave it "a
HE Two branches 10 decide whs, further &C.
eicn, if sny, is necessary.