Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-09-12
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From the ssyFashingt ton . Mon.
Another Know n othing Outrage.
T6e assocfties coninit tsd by the Know
Nothinss OF louisville have fecently been
fee,ly initate d by the Know Moths s. Of
Sidney, Ohio. Tine following letter APP
pears in the Ohio Statesman of the ED
instant
SIDNEY, Shelby county, Ohio,
August 10, 1855.
DEAR StR Last night about ~ o.
clock. the Catholics frame church Of this s
MACE was made pile of ruins. Askegs
Of powder was put under the building
with a train scattered along the street.
which was fred with; burning shaYings s.
There is no doubt that the incendiary
deed wasycommitteds by q set of Know,
Nothing rowdies, such as have just
wrought devastation in Louisville.
trust. for the welfare of the country,
that the bettergclRss of the American Pees
pie will soon arouse to 9 proper sense off,
what this awful spirit, of blind pers eculion
for opiuions's sake isfast,lead lng 70. The
better class of Knows N othings here APP
pear to look with disgust upon these ter
rible proceedings but who can tell whe-
lher they are sincere. The real friends
of religious liberty in our community
charge, without reservation, that the de.
struction of the Catholic Church here is z
one of the fruits of the Know Nothing
crusade.
The blowing of Catholic Church
will do fora commencement. The slec<
ton in Ohiotakes place on the 9thsof ocs
tober, which will afford the KnowSNot
ings of Sidney an opportunity OF exhibi-
ting their proficiency in such light crimes
as murder and arson, by way OF enforcing
their, favorite doctrine, that t"none but
americans shall rule America.
While Know othings are blowing up
Catholic churches. shooting and burning
Catholic men, women aud children, It
would be as well'to pause a moment for
The purpose of ascertRining whether any
retallatory steps have been taken by those
who profess that faith which is now the
special object of the murderous pr6scripa
ton OF Know Nothipgism.
The Norfolk correspondent of the Ball
timore American { KnowSN Nothing in its
prooivities, } writes as follows
The praise of Mr.. ,0aKeefe, the Ca
tholic pastor of ST. Patrick's church, is
on the lips Of every ono. Protestants as
we'll as Catholics join together in paying
deserved tribute to his untiring exertions
In nursing and attending TO the wants of
the sick and dying of every class and per-
suason."
Another correspondent of the Same pa
per writes as follows
There are five Sisters OF Charity
nursing at theshospital and from what
you know of these self-sacri6cihg
and truly pious women you can readily
imagine that the sick lax no comfort that
interchangeable and iudicious attendance can
administer. Indeed, by the establish.
ment of that hospital, aud the attendants
there of the Sisters, not only an immense
amount OF suffering has been spared the
poverty stricken creatures who have been
taken there, but manya life has been sa-
we'd for which there would have been no
hope otherwise"
The New York Express, leading organ
of the know>NOthings, bears the follow
ing testimony
All honor to the noble>hearted wo.
men who stand by the bedside of the sick
and dying in the feVet.stricken CITIES
OF Norfolk and Portsmouth All honor
to Miss Andrews, and the Sisters of Gin.
rity, who have left, or are leaving, a
wholesome atmosphere. TO brave the
storm of death there for the sake Of do.
ing good but shamc-sseternal shame
upon those false Christian professors
whose craven hearts have urged them to
seek safety in flight!"
We will not designate the class OF "faiso
Christians" just Obnoxious to The censure
OF the Express, but we willfndulge afaint
hhopsethat the .piety, zeal, and sslf-sacri-
ioing spirit ofaCatbolic cIefgymen and
sisters Of Charity, SO Beautifully and no.
bly, displayed throughout the whole OF
the prevailing epidemic in Norfolk and
Portsmouth, may be the means OF secu.
ring in at least two cities of the Union
the safety of the persons, dwellings, and
churches of Catholic citizens.
AFFAIRS N Kansas. We learn from
Kansas that Chief Justice Lecomple gave
| dinner on the Qd IN thu roaaakos, ~