, 1859-07-21
Oh HICAGO.
CATHOLICISM 1T ITS OLD TctfKs.


-<~ JAos 'Ei1t uEH luE pAt u QUE
of those cascs Of sudden disappearance, anxious
ana iong-na11ed search, and tlnal recovery,
winch now ma then come to the light from tue
ma'aty secret histnrr oF Roman Catholic c..i-
rents. The story is in every respect strictly
ane, hut ior reasons OF rTopfic*v, rs the fHnlily
will not oovet ncswspaper publicity-we sup
press aif names.
An Eng1isl, gentleman Of Nca1th and tastr,
who uas recently been honored uitl. seat in
one Of the Quccn's q Provincial Cabinets, haz been
&or some years l'ast residing iu Montreal. r..;.r
to this period he Tired in England. IL lad au
only daughter, Il yotsng Indy I'll uncommon
beauty and rcmaskab'c Intelligence. Upon hcF
mind and person. cvt*;; thing That parental lore
could d'ctnte and -:ca!th procure vas iayishet.
She was sent to .he best schools ut Paris, where
for sereral years sle was engaged in pursuinr
her stnd'es under the bcst Instructors uud
where she auained astonishing proficiency be.
coming thorough classical scaoiur aud 4 mos:
perfect hnguist-
But in the prosecution Of her studies, sIc
rery naturally fell ua3er the influence Ut Aomuu
Catholics. who ccnru.e the lar;.e MINORITY Of
those engnEcd in teaching, MS well NJ the othcr
professions ID l'arix. Tic doctrines of *'.hc
Ehurrh were sedu3ousty jnrulcutcd. and shr
sr.s nrVe3 to separate herself from the world
and I'in the siatcrlcod Of a convent. All this
was Kept from her parents, who knew nothing
SaEe the rapid progress WHICH u.cif beloved
child TRs making Ia her studies, and noscd will,
admiration herdevelopn,cnt into da.sning, beau
tiful wau1anllaod.
At length her education was completed and
her rarents.-who hn!s. resided in Paris during
1er stay there, 10 witch orer licr,-rrturned 10
England. Sbbrtly aiier they removed to Mon
teea!. Ehsy had noticed that their daughter was
particularly conscientious in all her religions dl-
ties ,and werc pleased, rather thnn otherwise, to
knpw that to the charms ofa cultivated mind
tae:s 'do!'zed child should ndd the grnces Of
renewed ard Christian heart The wealth If
affection bestowed upon her by 1lcr pnrruts s7as
RETURNED in aii its bounty Of blessing by their
aa' ct'onatc daughter aud the cup OF happiness
WAS fall.
Seseu weeks ago thcy arosc one morning to
= 5teFr1alc revelation-t0 sorrow, utmost despair.
THOR daughter waa not I" he found in her rnoni.
Lat upon tfsc table was hrief note Informing
them that she dccned it her duty TO renonuce
the world and become n nun, and tEaat she hoped
thcy wonld be reconcilrd to her renuncation
and not attempt to follow or d;scoycr her, as 1t
would be useless This was in her own hand
writing, SO there could lie doubt Of the truth
OF the announcement. It was evident tha1 the
influences which hid bcen set ut work upon her
susceptible mind IN faris, had followed her, and
that ly tue wonderful secret police system If
s.c R0mish Church she had bccn traced from
place to place, and the ecclesiastical officials
Informed Of her history, position, aud tendc,-
cies.
The blow c.n,e to the fau,;ls like thunder
clap. 1t was the lust thing they would harc ex-
pee ted-thHt the child upon ~he.n they hal
freely !av'shea everything, nnd who iad 50 dn~
EIfu!lr returned all their affection should ieavc
them suddenly, without an hour ! warning, and
90, they knew not whittier. Tie mother be-
cauae vel! nigh distracted. The father satisfied
ttInt she lad beeu wrought on by aunltsn iuau-
cnees and urged TO the point Of con,puisIou 10
take step Of tue Consequences Of wlIsch she
could ittfIN rpxNjrnf1 n rHrh her If
bic: N au excited condition, bordering almost
uron frcuxy lle set tn work.
Application was first made 10 tie highest &C.
clcsiahtical fnc,ionary at Monsrcal-ord bishop.
we believe il thu title. 1n that city is convent
Of g7av nuns. The fathcr suspected his tlaugh-
cial, announced his loss and the object uf Iii
v.sit, implorcd bis assistance, and offered any
thing which he might scc fit to ask, even il il
took his cntlre eatAtc. The ecclestastic cx-
Pressed great sympathy will tic fatler, d.
ciarcd that the content Was oprts to l4is inspcc-
tion from top TO bottom, an't assured lin Tint
II he knew wttcrc his daughter was Ac wou!1
gladly RESTORE llcr to The arms If her sorrnwin;.
parents. but 10 daughter was tuuud in the cUn-
vent. Subsequent eventS, however, rcrcoIeti
the fact that she was hidden at sIis very time in
the convent. and tlat the rrcIutc knew it.
Every ars1uc Of information was sought md
used. The father soon learned thai; tic 1auyh-
ter had been sent away fsr.n Mpntrval. To
Kingston, Bytown and Turouio, l,n Succeksively
pursued her, searching cvcry convent. but fail
ing in al his endcavoTs. 1t TORONTO, however,
he gained sonc new And important Information
hy means which only parental lovc, uit!cd with
fnoncy, could devise, lc ascrr,asnrd for n ccF-
tainiy 1hat his danghtcr iad bern sent to lie.
troit or Toledo, tisAE shc was sick and wasting
away. mud desired to return to her parents. hr-
ing HEARTILY tired of convent htc, but that size
was kept in durcs>-
lie lustcued To l'ctroit. arriving here wce';
ago last Sabhath morning. lie rrcolltctcl tbat
gentleman whom he Ind mel in England years
hclorc resided l1csc, aud tn assul tle applied tor
aid. Ills naunrr was strausc aud he was cvi-
<tcns'y distressed and unxious. i kind ofser oi
assihtaucc in nny secret difficulty opened his
hearf, and the story WIS soon toll. lie urse.!
basic. as hc was fearful TINT Lis daughter S
keepers might discover how close be was uputl
her track, aud she might again be removed be.
agency that had tins far succrcdel in GLIDING
the keen sight ii fathers lore. II wus asccr.
tained that day that Catholic lady Of consider
ablc position in ono Of tho sistcrhoods Of the
Church in this city, WAS aaou: 10 leasc for tue
East on the mor7uw, and il WAS resolved to watch
her. At the katlc time. tue tali,rr Was sent OF,
to Toledo with letters "f Introduction u promi-
ucnt aud cttlcicit gentlemen there.
The cars were watched by the officers, da-
Euerreo,ype in hand, tue following moi ming as
they left Tor the East. The lady whose expect.
ei journey had excited the suspicion and the
ecrutny went on, but she was without a COM
pauion. disappointment waited upon the anx.
lons father here, hut only 10 swesten his Joy and
surprise as Tolcdu. III accortlancn with sist
t,tan liked upon in this city, the tather waited
s,pou the Superior Of II convent Of gray nuns a
Toledo, niuf7nrd her in ees:lnt French 1l,at b.
was foreign tourist taking the statistics Of til.
couvents in this country, aud would like to as
I'm 1n1n <1f n,
It's Superior, the number Of its inmates and
other facts If interest, mud would desire fur
theF. personally to inspect its departments.
Disarmcd Of nil suspicion, t5e lady It'd hin
through the convent aud gave him the dcslrci
information. But xn,ullg all tile sisterhoud III
could lind nowhere l's aaushtcr, and Lca,ts'ck
weary aud dihp'Et."d, lie Fas about 10 learc
when the Superior asked II le would like to ~
their school of orrl,aus Certainfy-and int
1l4c rom. he wrs Es!Ierrd. in passing u sid
door wuich which was partly opcu. his qnic
glance discovered his lous s~sought daughte
stretched upon sick bcd!
In 4 moment Ac sprung to her side and clasI
I'd her in his arms, SAr was 50 wasted. say
lis letter to his friend in tllis city which Is braor
IFS, sllat ht could scarcely Recognize Ills bsaut
I'LL chiId Of SIX weeks trlorc- She in ller tur
WIS osctj joyed to sec him. Tic iulnlcdiatel
turned upon tue superior, who stood transiixc
with astonishnent, and rented upon her ii
rage, while he caused her TO tfntnble with fea
as lie poured forth torrent Of dcnupciato
arou her hcad- She stanit1,rred out Nh cxcu,
u tie eject that she WIS only obering II
orders Of her superior ut Montreal, o. wl,is
convent this was branch. and that 81
had no discretion in the matter. But II
father WAS 10 full Of joy to IVES
time IN chickering's there, with lis 81,
cl,iid in his arms, mud 10, receiving
portion Of her cloth,nE. hastily ga,hercd vi, I
the affughtcd Enns, hr lett the coureat vii
the prizc whtcl. he had been seeking day Mt
,lgtt for s,x neeks, with al agopy ii unxic
.nst ouly pnrentai ,ove CAP experience. i Gu
rixgc was in waiting with friends to whom !
had been introduced, and to WHOSE residcn
tic pa11r repaired. i ,elte ran, v " djspalch
10 tic heart-brokcn mother nj Montreal. ri
was worn down with sickness and sustcnyc-
This occurred one week ago Yesterday.
t..y s.arcs the invalid daagutcr WIS coavey
10 Saratoga, where letter, just received,
nounces 4 hall for restoration and health, vi,
III. oserjoyed saother ws4 hourly expected
crowp uheir Lappiness and make it once hi
cv,apleie. The narrative, which Is etric
true. will take its orn comment w'it1 it,
Tho Ptfladc1phta Car Questtou---A
rest Of tho pftrera.
The Philadelphia L<.l5er Ut Monday says
The question whether the cars shall run Or
on Sunday in this city, rs well as out of it,
been brought 10 speedy issue BY the desermi
ton Of the Mayor IL stop them. Early in the
large numbers Of pcrsons assembled to t&le
Orren and Coates street cars. 1!ut Two {
only had star1ed out, whea tic drivers were
rested for = breach Of the tcace. This. acl
excited tie indignation uf the crowd, and u
breach Of the peace would have occurred
for the prudence and forbaaiance Of the C.
psay. The people assembled told ono Of