The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-05-31
TER.NS-IN ADVANCE.
Secrets lIurarthrd III Paris.

not Discovered - Prortsions az Il
.AJunduncs Tie Mans B,gJ;"y "
from The Shupiny Puris Poor. "
= The reigning Scandal of the day =,
is the affair of the Convent Of Picpus
SO highly reused has public indigna
ton been by the supposed discovery ,
of atrocities committed within those /
Jealous walls that the people have
bccu pcrcmtorialy excluded until the
Investigations OF justice shall be com
pletc. managed, however, to pcnc-
trato within the precincts by attach
ing myself to the cortegc of an Eng
lish friend, who was journey i"g thith-
cr under special orders, TO investigate
the case of an English Sister named
Garrct In the Rue de PicPns,
near Mazas Prison, stand two large
buildings, each surrounded by high
walls, above which may be seen green
trees ut intervals. The one Is an
establishment of the Jcsuits : the
other he convent of the White Nuns.
The Jesuit Brothers escaped at the
first sign Of approaching danger, but
tto Sisters held their own until forced
into cabs and conveyed to tho cells OF
st. loz.rc, thoro to await the results
of IL judicial inquiry into certain mat
tcrs that are deemed suspicious. Al.
rived Mt the cato Of the convent, we
were obliged to force our way
through crowd of angry people who
demanded instant permission to enter,
and who were as pcrsistcntIy swept
back by group Of National Gnards-
we, however, being admitted inside
tho door under cover of tho official
pass and signatures. In the court
yard. under the shade of sonc line
tees few guards were
PLAYING BOWLS IN THE JEsulrs' AL
ana making up to one of them whose
cap displayed .okcns Of authority, we
mentioned our business, and begged
permission TO see what was 10 be seen.
Our FREUD WAS very civil, accepted
a cigar, aud marched us OF to 90 the
rounds. lie poiuted out to US the
fact, of which there certainly could
exist no kind OF doubt, that tho two
buildings communicated one Will
the other by means Of an old dooi
which still exists at the back of {
stable, as we'll us by other apcrturc
in the garden wall, which shows
sigus Of having been recently closet
up. The Jcsui;s' garden is Il mos
beautiful one. occupyinga space 0
some twelve acres, laid out with care
aud furnished with fruit tree of eyer.
description, pruncd nd.traihcI 'tu
tue latest horticultural designs. Thor
are.
woNDEnoUsLY INGENIOUS rLANS,
too, for irrigating tho beds !; forcing
pits and hot-houscs, and long alley
with vines trained over then
Through the old door above mention
cd we passed into tho Sisters gararl
equally largo and beautiful
though not kept with tho sam
onrc. In the centre stands II gym
nasium, | suppose for tho use of Chi
dren brought up under tho Sisters
care, and further on their ccmetcr.
u lovely spot, whore, under the hcav
ehade of ancient expresses lie bearer
Of sumo of the most aucient names
France --"p,iucc Of Salm kyrbour
immolatcd under the Terror. aye
40; !: "Rochyfoucauld," "DcNoaill'
"Motsomcry," "tho great Lafayette,
tho whole family Of tho Tallcyran'
P.rigods, and lnnions of princes nh
prinoc>ses. Somo of the vaults hay
been opened, and mnny lead coffin
half covered with
RoTTING VELVET AND GOLD LACE,
lie exposed to tho light Of day, awai
ing au examination at the bands
the Minister OF Justice. At tho 9
trcmc end of the garden, however, a
tho three little conich huts, side
side, lc>crhliug white ants mes
which have been the cause OF 50 mu
cxctemcnt aud Judicial inquir
When the convent was occupied
tho Natiou4l Guards these lit,lc hu
wcro tcnantcd each by an old womo
enclosed III wooden cage, like chic
els pen, tho three buildings bel
similar in size and and construclir
six feet square by seven IN hcigl
with slate rno', through which da
light was visible, while tho three Q
women were.
ALL HOPELESS IDIOTS.
'Fho lady Superior has kept h
lips resolutely closed up to the pr
cnt time, bit admitted, when Il
questioned, that tho three suffer
had lived in their hidcous prison
line ycnrs, in an atmosphere Of S
fling heat throughout the Summer, d
half-frozsn with cold throughout
Winter; "but," she added, ST
we're idiots when they came" I
conductor of tho inquiry replied tn
ifsuch were the case, it was illegal
have admitted thom to the conv'