The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-19

tions from the sistcrhoOd One of the nuns
VINO has been repeatedly superior of the con-
vent let out that Barbara Ubryk was not taken
to the lunatic asylum because the General of
the Order in Rome forbade it, and because she
herself thought that, after passing her fiftieth
year. Barbara would become calm and more
composed
'The Austrian Minister of Public Worship. ad
interim, has sent a despatch to the Governor of
Lemberg on the subject, in which he says-'The
revolving facts which have occurred, and the lc-
gitimate indignation aroused against the nuns by
the discovery, impose on the imperial govern
mcnt the duty of most seriously considering
whnt measures ought to be taken. First of all
arises the question whether that community can
continue to receive the annual subvention of one
thousand eight hundred tlorins which has
hithcfto been paid to il in virtue OF an imperial
decision Of the 9Th of June, 1861 and which Is
principally taken from the of the State.
But The Government cannot cOnfinc itself to that
p"ini, In consequence of the natural excitement
everywhere produced by this affair of the Carmel
iics the Cabinet h compelled to consider whether
The continuation of the existence of this convent
from which, under the most favorable hypothe-
sis. no HoDd work can be expected for many
years 10 tcconcilablc with the public interest.
Dn THIS subject ! request you to place yourself
w immediate communication with the diocesan
Bishop bnlccld, in order that he may give his
opinion nH TO whether the maintenance of the
bntincilr nnnncry Is desirable even on behalf
~ The Church Itself. You will he pleased to
inform me ~ soon possible of the prelatc's
reply, hs well as your own views. But first of
all desire to know at once if, in your iudg-
nchti any reasons can be urged against the inn
mediate withdrawal of the allowance. In case
none such exist, the Imperial Government
believes Itself bound to stop the payment forth
with"
The London Daily Telegraph says
The famous Cracow convent seems to have
possessed more elaborate appliances for torture
than dark cell. The commission which has
been appointed to examine the house is said to
have iound whole collection of such instru-
ments OF torture rs tyranny wisldedin medieval
times. Two crosses, each weighing eighty
pounds, and intended to be worn on the backs OF
the nuns, as punishment two heavy blocks of
marble, which the penitents placed on their
chests; crowns of thorns, with long iron spikes,
which they wore on their heads; and grdles with
nails pointing inwards, which they wore next
their skin, were among the weapons found
in the spiritual armory of the religious
house. we are not informed whether
they have been recently used for
the purpose of waging war against the world,
the flesh, and the devil Indeed, they recall
the worst spirit of medieval barbarity, rather
than the humane spirit of our own time. 1t
is true that people shut out from the world like
the nuns of Cracow cannot feel the humaniZnT
influence of this age keenly as the secular
and the profane: and hence they must be guided
by less cnlightned cOnsciences. After the horr-
BILE revelation of the manner in which they
have treated one of their sisters, it is also pos
sible to believe the Cracow nuns guilty of any
thing. Nevertheless. it is uncomfortable to re-
fleet that in the nineteenth century u convent
should systematically use instruments of tor
ture which would have found fit place only in
those religious houses which centuries ago were
dens of depravity."