Litchfield enquirer., 1873-12-04
scanda.ous scene at Rome.

-lno Roman correspondent OI the IMan- chester (England) Examiner, gives the following account of the proceedings in the Eternal City consequent on the as- sembling on the square of the Capitol of 10000 children, the boys and girls taught in the city public schools. l-'i' ,. i'4. +,
 The immense majority of these child ren never received any schooling what ever, either religious or secular, before the occupation of Rome by the Italians.
 Those who did receive an education in the ''Scuole. Pie'' and in9the city work house school, bore small proportion to the poor children who were left without any training. What the training was in the workheuse! school the events of the last week hayeb shown When the mu- nicipal authorities intimated to the monks and nuns who had the charge of the work house children that they must bring them to the square of the Capitol. there to re- . ceiye the prizes with the other children,
 the monks and nuns fatly refused. The municipal assessor specially charged with the education department went to the city workhouse, and, accompanied by some of the. first ladies in Rome, conducted the boys and girls to the Capitol square. But when the children returned to the work. house with their medals, with the figure of Victor Emanuel on the same, the monks and nuns tore the medals of, trod on them, spat on them, and then gave to the children other medals bearing the fig ure of the Pope. lssssy '.e. a.!5 f5 .-,T
 On these facts being reported to the Municipal Council at it's Monday even ing's sitting, the Council unanimously re- solved that all the monks and nuns em- ployed as teachers in the workhouse schools should be paid whatever amount of salary was due, and then immediately removed, and their bplaces given to lay schoolmasters and mistresses. The order was, carried out next day. Count Gar pagna, with a staff of lay teachers, re- paired to the schools. o3 :" 'ao -zjb No opposition was offered by the monks, and no disturbance was made by the boys, but the nuns and the workhouse girls appeared utterly ungovernable. The nuns heaped every species of abuse on Count Carpagna and the new teachers, and the workhouse girls exhibited such a proficiency in slang that Count Carpagna asked the head schoolmistress where her pupils had learned a style of language not much in accordance with moral and religious training. But the worst was yet to come. :. When the elder workhouse girls had fully realized the appalling fact that they were to be separated from their father confessor, their fury knew no bounds, They dashed at Count Carpag- na with the rage of wild cats, raising at the same time frantic shrieks of !" Leave us our confessofs! " "We will not be separated B from our confessors !3b "We cannot live without our confessors " There was, however, no help for it; all the monks and nuns; excepting one nun. who was in bad health, and could not be moved, were put into So many omnibuses and cabs and conveyed to the destination which they had themselves selected. From the first inquiries made by the new masters, but still more by the new mis- tresses, the change, did not take place a day too soon. The state of filth-one can call it by noother name both physical and moral, of the workhouse girls was be- yond description.I ae7aa- g5as.yss