The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-04-06
MASSACHUSETTS IN TIE NUsHERIEs.

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More OF the Peepsns.Tom's Ce.mittee-The
Boston Advortaser to Appear Before tine Lie.
gislative Commltsee.
From the Boston Advertiser, Aprns ST.
ture very diatory about their work They were ap
pontec il We understand rightly to clear up certain
State and the credit OF its legislators prima 6acie
case has been made out and until the charges nves
agated the State and the Legislators rest unisr xno
letter and receiving the answer promptly returned the
same day We srs not aware that the committee have
What the committee are 30 slow to do we have cur
selves undertakes for the double purpose Of ustying
ourselves and Of satsfyng the anxiety Of the public
with regard the facts The best might say the only
proper evidence with regard to the proceedings Of the
gentlemen at Roxbury, 10 obviously to be obtaiusd
from the inmates Of the house which they visited. The
evidence of these ladies vastly pertinent than
that Of ths vsters, who interested parties, and
ooght not in strotnsss to be allowed to testify, even
their testimony was less dsmnng against themselves
than were their admissions In the debate In the Legsa
ture and In the columns OF the organ Of the dominant
Of inquiry really wished to know what happened, it
would seem that they should this have sought to
ascertain from the ladies at Roxbury.
This which the committee havs not at to do,
have done although We do not possess the privilege OF
the plenary authority ito send Tor persons and papers
which the committee enjoy We have taken the aims
to ascertain directly from these ladies' whose tssto
ny be regardeo conclusive the facts OF the case
ana are able to stats on their authority that with the
exception Of few unimportant details, (Which shall
proceed to MENTION the whole Of statement Of So
turday was precisely correct
We stated that part OF the house escaped the vigil
LIANT search of the visitors Werepeat that this state
ment is correct. Notwithstanding what the Bee
the subject, the cellar visited II is true that the
profersd lantern was decned-but OF the gentle
men probably thinking the offer was q prstext
to gain time) pushed boldly down dark and
might give occasion for one Of Mayor smiths
able verdics. We ought to say that there single
clothes press in the house which net opened by the
tia nka.i md rfar nt
happen to have the key at hand vt the moment When
the party about her reached r. in their She
this time suppose convinced OF the folly expecting
to find dden enormises IN the cossts) said that It
would be unnecessary Several of the party neverhe
less ratified the door with amusing increduiity We
glaG to be able to solve their doubts and
their fears. We inform them and the public that
that clothes press has since opened in the presence
of Protestant gentleman from the city OF Boston, and
proved to contan nothing bat clean linen, neatly ar
ranged upon the shelves.
This statement win doubtless bring inexprsssible re-
lief to several gentlemen. There is sink the
part of the building ~here foul water is poured away
lid, is not unusual in houses where neatness and
cleanliness prevail several Of the visiters in their
march lifted up this lid, looking with suspicious eyes,
we suppose, to find some immured We must do
them the justice to say that they generally closed it
speedily.
witnesses unwilling to sustain statement not
because they at all essential but in order that
readers and the public may understand how close has
jected ano how conscientious and careful are the wit
pesses:--
Catholic sisters Of charity members Of the order Of Notr,
Dame The words sisters Of charity should have been
term 70 the sisters Of So,re Dame; -
omitted in describing the visit to the chapel The ysers
uncovered there and elsewhere in the presence OF tho
The article should have stated that the ladies dresses
banging the wardrobes WERE inspected and not tossed
The whom particular romarks addressed
remarks mentioned that not made and others
%h hy s s aadd n sn there
several tmes to the lady superior The scrs all wear
II this by the sisters superior
which handed and not rosary Suspended about her
neck"
This completes the catalogue of the points in which
article IA Is o! support We are quite willing 10 qua
lily statement by the concession of these points,
obviously i'm s,eria and state explicitly that
with this article Of saturday precise
y correct is distinctly testified by the ades Rox
bury whose stimony would be conclusive the strict
est court OF Justice and will less readily command
before the liberal tribunal of public opinion
II it were worth while to attempt to add anything 70 the
force OF this assertion, might seaport by ada
Wit sworn 70 before ius tice Of the peace.
Here then is the evidence pertinent and conclusive
easily obaioable which the COMMITTEES OF inquiry have
neglected.
which we have already made but we intimAted on
Tuesday, there ia feature IN the which we
omitted to describe and TO which we now ask the read
er's attention.
young LADY. whose parents, we believe, reside in the
Inland of Cuba but who is herself an American by
birth speaIieg English perfectly, lay in her bed i'll.
During the day the sister superior had been applying
teehes to his aDeyr, and the oisogreedhe operation
scarcely concluded ,chen III omnibuses drove up anil The
party aiyhted The dipe4t Of this masculine
band caused great terror in he schooyoom he children
literally screamed with fright The superior's first care
,cds 10 pocy them and cdtm their fears; and ne recol
lecing whd fleet this noise and the unexpected arrival
mast hare upon hsr young patient up stairs The superior
proceeded 10 her chamber and bid her not be rghtnd-
harmed her that she might b. disturbed, and Gicised her
to APPEAR 10 b. asleep.
On receiving tins party the paror below the sister
superior informed them that OF her pupils i'll,
lying abed in her chamber and requested them TO AXE
little noise possible in approaching that part of
the Louse We need tell readers gentlemen
Of ordinary refinement dignity weuld have behaved
such blu siness TO tell what these vsiters
did On reaching the chamber where the girl lay, the
superior stated the fact Did the sgen.lsmen" shrink
actually entered the room and at all events several
preached within twelve inches OF the bedside. The
chamber is scarcely larger than closet the bedstead
Is small iron structure and Ii placed close 70 the door,
80 that the nqusitors, without actually crossing the
threhold, cou carry their presence into its privacy
What were the feelings OF that weak and suffering
girl these rude hung her, shall not at.
tempt to describe. They were not content with the
heads peerpg into the room BY another door, which was
open, at the loot Of the bed To obtain THU these
two gentlemen" must have leaned over another bed
which stands across the open doorway in adjoining
room We trust their curiosity gratifed.
There is no doubt whatever OF the facts about this
matter. We heard them first indirectly, from one OF
the supernumer vsiters. We have since made in
qury, and have unq and direct evidence.
Further than this have the young lacy herself
girl of twelve or thirteen years Of age.
She has nov happily recovered her health and her
spirits and have heard from her lips, the simple
story OF her trial Nobody could look in the frank open
face of that young girl tmd and blushing but with
entire self possesson she answered the questions put
her, and doubt word Of the storyand he must bs
tors have the opoy in Massachusetts, not to purn
with indignation to think that such things only
told, bur have actually happened. For ourselves, we
confess that half abashed Of the task had
dertaken-hyondum jubere do,orem--when we
found ourselves only hearing the brief tale OF what those
men did.
recital without shudder recollectng that the legaa-
ture possesses precisely much and precisely itte
power to authorize such invasion Of her daughter
sick chamber in any house in the 5tatey Bat we are
ashamed to place the disgrace Of the affair to the
count Of want Of authority. Where the courtesy,
where was the decency, where was the humanity OF
these suppose the illness Of the girl had been