, 1874-02-22
WASHINGTON.
The Cloister and The Capital...Eehees from
the Roman ConYent at
Georgetown.
The Case of Bertha Gero}t---LimoeIan,
the Assassin-Ahbe.
Exciting Tale Of CIcrica! Bandit---Rcm.
infscences Of Bishop Carroll.

Exciting Tale Of Il Ucrica! Bandit---RcEl
iuiscences of Bishop Carroll.
From Our 0son Correspondent
WAsu1NG1os, Feb 18, 1874.
Bertha Ge=olt daughter Of the late Prussinr
Minister to the United Statcs), Who entoreG
the
MONASTERY or TIE yIs1T4T1oS,
in the District Of Columbia about three yeart
ago, took tho final yows On Saturday, Feb. 7,
1874, and will hereafter be seen no more IN The
midst OF that unconscious history performing
within her daily hearing. The same day nun
died within tho conycnt-walls WHO bad been i'm
INJURED there twenty-five years, and belonged in
the past to respectable official family, still nu-
merous in Washington. Persons at distance
mag be atruck with the dramatic situation Of q
monastery under the dome OF the American Cap
ital, iu all respects Is secluded and rigorous as
those of ul.za-monarchical nges ana fully as ex-
citing in its legends Of human sozrow, devotion,
and despair. Many nun can look from its
windows over the city, like Hildeguude from the
convent in the island OF the Rhino to the castle
on the bank, wheTe her forer-Kniglt watched for
her until he heard her funeraI-heil. In political
society ut a Capital where, to the fervot OF nat
ural affection, couftship often adds a
high social aspiration, there are spt to be more
de6paiEing couples thaa in quiet places where
young people meet, consider each other, indulge
the pleasures Ct hope, and suddenly turn about
and marry in different directions. All the lays
and tales Of unhappy loves in the age OF legend
clustered about persons connected with the
Court, the Army, or the Church; and one dis
inclined to put credence in such stories might
hare more faith it he lived between the Conveut
OF the Visitation Sid the Rails OF Congress.
Many years ago, one
SISTER GERTRUDE,
or Misc Ann G. Wight, beautiful girl of an
old MARYLAND family, was sent to this Convent
echool while her family we're visiting Europe;
mud, when they returned, she was pledged to the
Church. There she showed such zeal that she
was talked Of for Lady Superior; but, for some
cause neyor known, she covered herself with
Monks cloak one night, and escaped into the
city, refueiog all applications to return, and she
again became brilliant woman OF society. not
without influence in official things. and demon
strntsd her clcverness by going to the City Of
Mexico in pursuit Of q legacy left her by
schoolmate, the daughter OF the Emperor
Iturbide, and recovering it. Miss Wight
4e1 u0111eo, auu, AttAe NAi4s F1lo1 70 Ine
Mason, United States Senator.
THE HEROINE or TIE CONVENT.
Miss Bertha Ge1olt WAS OF q Catholic family,
Altnonen aeI 1aIner represented frotestant
hlnsaom. s1e was ;, OF ?3 a refined nature, much
s"eetness ana senaloults. and propably tclt Tor
hel father, who WIS growing old, was quite poor,
auo+ M ~ too hosement OF Conht blsmafck against
the Gatnohc ChuIch, STOOD IN danger OF losing
ms Lesatlon' aoout enat ttfne' there hFed with
baron ne1olts as Attache' young man belong,
an6 10 one u the noolest and Oldest Protestant
honssa 81 bfnnoenonrg,-peopie as proud OF
sneH 1ehgloos CONSISTENCY az oi tnelf rank he
ere" enatho1ea VI our Ailss defolt, ana tno a.
lance "onid nave been proper and acceptable in
eFerF way bnt Tor The matter OF reAgion. The
Attache mothes, IN finse1n, repelled the ldea
ot the tathohc connection; while the eccieslas-
tics IN Amerlca. eeelng an apparent opportunity
TO 40 eone T1oselstlzlng a5ounu the RUSSIAN
Court. operated upon MISS Gerolt.s mind Alter
tne feng1ous Issue vas Kept up, ano the ques- |
non o. cna1fea hao 10 % settled In advance, un-
Til the young mans patience was worn
our, eno % pfoko tie engagement The !
Charcn, when mad oecn successful IN the mat
ter Has OF course, emitted 70 the bride; and, |
ADOLF tals lime, some conuoveray arose between
our aove1nmeht and the state authorities at
bei9n' ehlch enaeo IN the recall OF the old
adhc.e with enthusiasm to the cause Of the Fed
era Goseinment during the dark days OF the
hsse!ion: .,
=, Eertha teroit has disappeared, as did before
hel, ana within the sano walls, = daughter OF
tue Empero1 ltufplde and daughter OF Gen.
ecott. 4 iew "oeks ago. the daushter Of Ad-
N mltai sands took Tue "atte vel III thls convent;
her father Is nst1ve OF Maryland, and Superin-
tendcnt Of tue naval Observatory
THE MYSTERY OF cRSPTs.
me Monastery OF tno Visitation is the Oldest
"a me oMte1 ota.es. ana Is the parent OF about |
one dozen other Converts Of tho same order
one IN =; =: keokak, 1oTa. It was founded in 1916
q tno second hrchhlshop OF the Church, Leon-
1ed ssn1c, On tne SEC OF consent-school estab-
4snea tNents-1our years previously y some
. : zrSncn nuns OF l. anolher order. Its h1st Dl-
[eesol, "no 40" iles buried N tue conTent-vault,
y vas one OF the three consp'ratois who set OF an
11ssna. ~ maeho 70 0lo" Up Napoleon bonaparte
~ ane 5eaT 4ovl. 1n1 story OF shis
~ w 10 1o1no u tne ntsL volume OF
=. n.sis nist9!y M oi Tue eonsn!hte, as wen az
II. N any ase o. Napoleon. a paragraph on the
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,'s I, oAa s.oey @ @mspeaaeut sonet1ues gamer 1AeF
'~4 e"oo 'oe'sne1 onuo. o.i ~ "iuoo"'
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,raai. - a., 70 $500 ~ aol tno oat
- ~ y ;ho Gi1ae aau sne ergeton
rha rasr that coliorae 20 noTn 49, Nv - -.
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nantes hr nr;asta NJ !.o,,1d nat ~ .n'
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