The Hillsborough recorder., 1856-02-20
NuNNEREEs IL MARYLAND.

NUNNERIES ~ MARYLAND.
A petition now in circulation among tht
citizcns of Maryland. advances some strong
arguments in favor OF the suppression of til,
Nrnheriss which at present exist in thar State
They are termed "priYate PRISONS int
which girls and women are decoyed under
various pretexts, and there confined without
any protection from thelaws under their pre-.
sent system. The petition says that when
once confined they are made 10 undergo la.
bor of the severest kind, aad very often ex.
posnre Of such nature as induce consnmp
tion aud other fatal diseases. Not one 81
them dare think of, or hope for liberty. An
intima,ion Of desire for liberty is attended
with punishment. When any individual is
suspected Of desire to escape, not only more
yigilant spies and watchers are placed IN
charge, but arrangements are made inr Il re-
motal ~ some other convent, of which the
prisoner is ignorant. To accomplish this
most readily, a constant communication il
kept up with other converts in the United
States aud Canada. &c.
The petition further sets forth, that when a
young woman has escaped. every calunny
that interested priests can devise, Is publish
ed against her, with declaration OF unWil-
lingness on the part Of tue superior and
priests to retain any against their will But
il the individual escaping falls among the
Papi.!s, no matter what be the unwillingness
TO return, the law of the church requires com
pusory force to be used aud In Papal coun-
tries requires the magistrate 10 force her
hack, where she is punished as a criminal Tor
having desire to enjoy the liberty which
God gave her, aud for which her iOreiathers
il this country she'd their blood.
These nunneries are always under the
charge Of foreign priests. and "a the midst Of
arepublican government are thus allowed 10
administer law of their own, over Which the
law Of tie State has NO control.
In this eogntry criminal can be imprison-
ed but BY the law, and he Is ,Aenceforih un.
der the protection Of the law; but 10 these
nunneries the Law Of the land-ogr law-can
in no wise be exercised IN regard to the vic.
tim who may fall into is clutches. Even the
sl.vesof this country have greater rights than
those who are confined in these priestly ia.
stiiatioRs.
These prisons were unknown among oar
fathers. II tltis country, they are growth
OF modern times. Had such ! thing been
attempted in the DAYS nf our re- ,elgimnary
fathers, we would have fcand cueraftrd 10 all
D1r constitutions, the absolute prohibition OF a
convent. In every place where they have
been butt. Dotwiths landing all their ingrnu-
it's, aud tie walls, bolts. bars and watchers
that have confined her victims, one and
another has escaped at different times and
places. Tie testimony Gf al concur in es-
iablishing the fact If the Imprisonment, aud
craelty anil oppression.
We are glad Is fiin that ii Marylard, in
particular, tie attention u tie people j. being
aroused ID the suppression q this growing
evil. such Institutions are nnrcpubl.csn AMI
curse, IN every sense ol tie ward. q Tree
and independent coantry. Gu. Taats.
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THr KisG az SwEDeS.-Ostar !, King u
Sweden aud NORWAY, barn July 4. 1899, i
tie only issue uf lbe marriage ul Marshal
Bernadaite viii Desiree Clary, daughter VI
merchant af Maf.e.ilps. whose elder sister
married Joseph Blaaparie. Oscar B,rHad0tie
was placed, at the 81 Z! nine years. II ,he
Imperial Lycenn, where lis name maS vet
be seen on the wall. u The various glmTtifrs
IL that establishment. Marshal BelnadDtie
vas elected Cfasn Prince Of Sweden, aecep-
tel ihs retersion q he crown, and burrOw
Ing 1000. 900 francs, tiat lie might npt ap.
per 10 Stac ckhUlm Hiih only liis sword, pro.
eeeded at once u tbat capital Miih is son
after both had abjgtnel Catholicism % lie
road, AMI embraced l.s;heransm. the dom.
uaat religion Of Sweden. BerBalotis lad
shortly tie satisfaction 0f seeing bis snn
forget lis French III tie course ul a year, and
acquire under tie teaching uf tie pet At.
terborn, perfect mastery over Tie Swedish
language. III 1918. when. after illc rata u
Lonis XVIII, lierGadDitc assembled The Ironp.
Ne Transmitted 10 Oscar tbg title uf Cbaurei.
lOr of the University II Up.al. pi which next
year he became b siuient lis military ins
siruetion Kept pace Will his literary insifuc
ton, aud ia 1878 Ne bftame Colonel q to-
Guards. lie bad scarcely Quilted ilie Sae
d.sh suh during hs ipign. Once, however,
nnisr pretrnte 81 going t. visit Tie banks oi
ii iic abine. he pushed as lar as Eicbstadi,
ii iIayara. the residence IL Eugene Beau
hafnai., Dake u LeBehtenbetg. whose eldest
daughter Josephine he married, jolly i9 81
thar scar. This marriage Was much talked
of IL Europe. a. seeming t. prove that Tie
piebeian origin ol The new Swedish dynasty
lad not been forgotten BY the courts ~ the
continent. III 1894 he vas named yieeroy Sf
Norway; and ID 1858. ID consequence Of tie
continued illness of bis father. Rrgeat u tie
Kingdom. Ii I5iI he assembled tie thfonr,
anl became heir 20 pafsunal fortune u 81.
OO0. 900 francs, saved by Tie late kiag irDn
q civil list Of but 5000, 600 francs per 20
ss~. yip gessrpncn, hss bsrs ns,ssd b,