The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-03-23
Tns Escape OF Miss sniier from the Convent
Of Nazareth.
rHE 0THER SIDE or rHE sToRy-LsTrER FROM THE
uoruau nuprp ION


NAzasrra, gsroh 10, 1857
friend has sent me tho Louisville Journal Of the l2h
Inst IN which " aYIisie h-Aftd, "kxpospon Of Ro
"a Catholic Perscoutos OF Prolss ant soaoar o. Eaxa
rs1h snAlI forbear making ary comment on the et
psrspe 70 have been writes py ntn Mary Miller Who,
q NE iesh Of February o'clock, 2. efi our 10.
suson and proceeded 70 Mount wsse,ns,an where :hs
hss since remascd. she states In this lcsr tnat the
rsasos Of her leaving The academy thai the sstsrs
spdssvord 10 force her 70 the practice Of the religious
observsnces OF the OAholo church, especially ooufcp
sos ssd hsps confined nor several daJs deprviss
her Aowsnce Of food because sne veud not 20 10
osusss.cn ms assertion utterly fsse Is Gao be ..
ntn Miller never tuovn TO ion TIE Catholic pupils
n any Of their especial devotional exercises AID d vol
kpsvn every In house tia, saor, ehsv By
vers or act vas made 70 aducs much les fsrcs, nsr
shsushs
Mr. VIM. ner, nsr half brother, sho said he feared re
would be unable 70 Keep her, 40 shs Vas OF an unruy
dsposson but he begged that Ne shead make tue Of
issiire 70 aasy and y her brother had assured u.s.
Of an unruiy disposuon We wrote requesting him TO
ZONE for nsr, or remove her rom Inc acsdemy; Ihs
were written him JET he neither wrote Tor came nor
dsd he aier her entrance, (-len he paa 10 tho Urea
sbsr towards the desfs,lar Of her expenses.
On the very day that Mas Miller left the inshtuti)a
when according 70 her statement .Ss "a, keps All d1
ladies' a. r tosate house and during the eve
niss recrcsuons she with them. sbe said, a. the
sood night am going 70 the innsmsry 70 ssy ~ night,
q NE sseY told 70 come that chs would give me
some medicine" They laughed 81 Ire idea OF her tssiue
medicine abe In perfect health In the walx 10
which referred Mes Miller remartef 70 person who
vas walking by her side, that her brother nd not
eone for her she would or The Individual thought
uoshirg OF this h the time, beng scoustomed 10 hear
N,ss Mlner use exaseerauous In speech.
MS well known 70 ell our put ls TIA, Mss Miller va.
so confined punished b. deprivsuous OF food, and
Cat no one ever concerned herr elf In any wsy about her
religious persuasion OF pracce We are convinced hat
Il present under who nave retarf Cd 70 oer
homes after seven years scourn with a. can boar an
ps stimony 70 she fact that neither persuaou
pvncpIes nor DO We presume thai the pubic in genera
viii 40 m the injustice 70 believe that Ne nave pursued
DO pursue urse % opposed 70 the dictates OF com
mon sense W II 40 religion; but deem dre 70 rusn
70 sse ths, the assertions resi- ecnG punishmens hsv
ing beer m,d or means employed, force Mss Muller 70
epbvacs practice the CsLot0 rton are entirely and
absolutely false We not disposed even 70 think ths
her adopting catholic do:nne or prso loss Would pc
might prove 70 herscf
IN short time snsr Miss MIllers departure she
missed and search made her, but ~snou' effect t
Cur oversesr finally overlook her the neri day. ~ ne
states between IL and ~ O'Clock bey md NJ washing
ton. he conducted Der 70 the tavern there On ns
return Immediately wrote . Letter 70 Or. Nat
nnsv reauerint him 70 so for her authorizing
him 70 hse Der TO BArtso~n aud thence send
hes 70 Nsshville on the usge He was kind
enough 10 START Immediately, and promised nts Nil
lev ina. he would himself sceompsny ner sue denred
town he on lesvirg her advised her 20 reflect on what
he hsd tsd 70 her and told her she 10 come
BSrdsovn whom the stsge passed tns bouse would
be open 70 her, and he would send ner sepsore tor
company her there himself
nv ories, In ssndrs tor By mean. n m "a
her rceher The school, but mercy 70 send her Ia ps
coming manner 70 The place ~hencs she cane Der