Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-04-10
MORE OF TIE KNOW-NOTUlNG OUTRAGE
II MaSStGIiI'SrT'rS

II M&SiAClitS tSi:TFS.
The Boston Advertiser, Il highly respectable jour
Enl Of t;Ic WebstcrWhg school, rcitcri.:r- and vrri
ics liz article which we published in Fridays Ei-
Ture' III regard t" the ouiragcs prHc;icc.l by :hc Ia.
TuHit"riai visit "i akaow Nuihin- Committee oi the
massachusetts, Legislature. 10 n Catholic School at
H"1buy. In Subsequent a..:c,c il describes new
feature i'll The scene, which shows that Know Nuthin-
practices should be Denounced ;nr their nl,ory Lv
every honest man in the land The dtona detail.
nre rs follows
In n small chamber in the house, one of the board
crs, young lady whose parents we lelicyc reside
~ tiie I'.hid 0l Cu6a hut who is herself Amtr.
ran by bIi'h speaking English perioc;ly.!ay in her
hrd IL. Daring tho day the sister supc.or ha! hcra
applying lccchcS to this sufferer and The dsacca-
b!c operation was scarcely concluded when lie omn-
ISscS drove up and the Numerous party aG Ghtcd-
The advent III this masculine band caused great
tcrrOr:n lcSchoolrnnm The screamed
with irI5ht. he super"rs frs; was 10 paciiy
| them aad calm their fears and next rccOilectins
what elect tins nosc and the unexpected arrival
lnnst lave nlvn her young patient up stairs t!!c
crlur proceeded 10 her cumber and lid her not b.
tneiicncd warned her that she hi -h bG disturbed,
| and advised her - appear Ia be uslrrr.
On receiving the lury i'll the rarlcv bcloY. the sis
tcrsuc'I"r Informed them that one of her pupils was
i'll, lying abed in her chamber and requested them to
MAKE ;t' iiltlr nose hs possible III approaching; il
part ot the house We need not tell our readers h0w
gentlemen Oi ordinary refinement and dignity would
have behaved in such our business is 10 tell
| what these visitors did. On reaching The chamber
where the girl lay, the superior stated the fact. Did
:ha 'Scniienen shriHk bacA! NJ, they pressed for
ward One il is believed, actually entered tlc room,
and at all events several approached within twelve
inches OF the bcdsiac The chn'abcr Is sCarcc!y lar
ger than closet the bcdStrad l. small iron struc
'ure hnd Is placed close to the door; that III" inGu
stofs without actually crossing the Threshold could
| n
the feelings of that wcR!. aud suffering girl th"sc
rtr!c men hung over her, shal! not attempt +" le
scribe. They were moi content with the view Obtain
cd by the ordinary door. She saw two nous heads
pccring into :,c room by another d"r, which wa;
open, at the foot of tie bed. To obtain this yicw
these tw" SO emllrncn" mu,I hay" leaned
other bed which siauh4 across the open doorway in
M adjoining room. We trust their curiosity was
yrat!iiel.
There is 40 doubt whatever of the fact, about this
matter. We hrIr! tcIn first. indirectly, from oi
tn" supcrnunrraTy visitors. We have since nude IN
Iuiry, and we lave unGucstlUmaD!r anl direct cv.-
denr". Further than this, We have The Young
lady herself girl uf twelve ur thirteen years oi agr.
She has nov happily recovered Her health anI her
spirits and we have heard from hrr own ip., the sim
pie story of her trial. Nobody could look in the
| frank open lace Of that young @lri, "a iiml nud
bshg, but with entire ctp"sscss!oi, ds ia" answer
cd :lIc questions put her, and doubt word oi the
stoTy-and hc Giu-t be pni"cs-rd -! m cr"nt"ry nl
which trust the inuui5l.Or- have the "uupulv III
| Massachusetts, ru, 10 burn with Indignation To l..
TINT such things not only told but have actually
| happened. For "ursclvrs confess ihnt were
hnt abashc at the task We had undertaken -uliJ.-
! dHln JGic"c rsaDydYr do'DJ'awhCM wc found 0u..
selves only heay,ng the blc: tale Of what those
did.
j. there mother in Massachusetts Who rani
this recital without shrGrr. rcc"'2ctu- that Ia"
lgi-ntur" possesses precisely II. mach land precisely
a- li,i!e) power authorize such invasion ot her
daus shtar's sick chamber in ray h0r.c i'll The Stat"
But we ashamed Ia place ia" digrac" oi ;l.a nj
| fair tp the account Of 'vau; Of authority. Where
waslhe Cour!csy where wa. tie d"c'"gF, where "s-
the humanity al these men SnpE.,-r the Illness a.!
the girl had been more critical han il wasSupp".r
the Superior had nnt been able 10 her OF th- a?
pruac ri the lanl oi inluisiiors will answer
for the result ord defend the proceeding Truly, now
az least, and in Massachusetts,. The age OF chIvalry
| il gone" 4 ino:rrn Burke might even utter Gnnrc
bitter lament. Chivniry ila Gone. and deccmcy, and
humanity.