Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-08-17
SISTER MARY srASISLAu


A dispatch from New York gives some
particulars In regard to the case Of Rose Me-
Cabe, which has been Ia the courts for sew
eral days past
That deep and widespread public interest
Ia felt in the case Of Rose McCabU, or Sister
Mary StanlslAns as she was called In eliglOn,
Ia proved BY the fact that the Chambers OF
the Supreme Court where the case was TO be
tried was crowded long before the arrival Of
the hour for commencing the inquiry intu
her mental condition. The tales Uf wild
Imagination as To the facility and frequency
with which sane people are kidnapped aud
locked up In lunatlc asylums where they are
subjected To barbaric cruelIies were remlnis-
cences Of childhood lately revived by the
stories published of the Institution at Bloom
ngdale. II WAS told on oath that n respect
able banker Of this city, with hundreds Of
thousands Of dollars ut his command, was
ruthlessly dragged from his luxurious home
In the heart OF the city aud lacked up a. q
lunatic and treated rs such for sixteen weary
months. To this were added tales OF other
victims Of jealousy, hate or revenge, who
were thrust In the gIOOmiest dungeons Of this
dark abode, and left there without hope or
help 10 pine away and die.
The case OF poor Sister Mary Il peculiar
one. As already published, che Is one that
sought retirement from the pomp and yanl-
ties Of this world 10 the quiet clnisters Of q
convent. There she remains IN peace aud
happiness until within n year. Then, IA the
story gOes. she was approached by the priest,
who was the spiritual director Ol the con-
vent who sought to make her the medium
for the qualification Of his vile passions. She
adds that she went to another COufessOr and
related the sad facts 10 him, and that suhse-
quentlv she mentioned them To another. For
this offence she says she was cntrapped Into
faTFaIn AnIn ma RsaNF nj NUn
subsequently transported to u similar lnstilu.
ton ~ Blackwells island, where she re-
manned until brought into court this morn
Ing. II Is right to mention that her sister II
was who conveyed her tn BlOOmiugdale aud
had her shut up there. This sister declares
that she IL incurably insane, being continually
labOrlng under the Authorization that the
priest assaulted her virtue In violation Of the
solemn vows OF both. Every one cOuuected
with the convent, and all the friends Of the
relAtOT are of the same OplulOn. Indeed, as
she sat In her Sisters habit, tightly TANNED
between the courtroom door aud the wall,
she looked so nervous, unquiet and eNcltable,
and made so many strange contOrtlOns, that
every one who knew of the charge against
her agreed that she was Of nnsound mind.
There was q wild, hungry, yearning look
In her eyes, which Is supposed IN he chRrac-
terisllc OF lunacy, but which might also have
been produced by the terror inspired by the
conduct of her tAther-cOnfsssOT, surprising
her story 10 be true. or by her subsequent
confinement aud treatment In the lunatlc
asylum, as we'll as by the fact that all her
friends and relatives, who, To her diseased
mind, supposlng 1t IN be even partially so,
appear To be In league with her prosecutors.
How To DESTROY MOsQUIToEs.-A cor
respondent OF the Scientific American fur.
nishes the following receipt for destroying
these pests: THE strongest crystalllzed car
bOllc acid should be placed In bottle, and
covered with the same quantity Of strong red
codllyer oil shake the bottle thoroughly un-
I'll . whltlsl-colored foam appears; II such
foam does not arise, however, u small guam
uty OF powdered lime should be added, with
little water. Pour the mixture Into dish
or other convenient article, aud place d.
recuy under the open window, as II Is from
that quarter the mosquito enters. In my
humble opinion tue effect should be explained
In this manner; The moment the mosquito en-
ters II loses the scent of blood; for, "a the
combined OdOT Of the oil aud acid IA much
more powerful than that of blood II follows
~ q consequence that the mosquito becomes
suddenly peTpeXed. The consequence Is
that after scrambllng and diminishing about
In the dark the mosquito Ia led u Ii were
lnstlnctlyely into the mixture, where II Is
either drowned In the oil or burned To death
by the acid. Formerly / was accustomed 10
smear my face, arms and breast with the
strong oil alone, but frequently arose In the
morning smelling so terribly that, though Ii
protected me from mosquito bite, | was
happy to lay II aside. have slaugh tered
more mosquitoes with the article explained
above than ever could have done with my
lists or any other dangerous weapons"
THE New Bedford Mercury says that nine
days before Banks came out for Greeley no