Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-09-04
Miraculous Apparitlon In Limerick.

Miraculous ApparitlOn In Limerick.
The Munster News gives the following ao-
count Of tho miraculous apparition said to have
been witnessed recently at tho Mount St. Viu-
cent Orphanage:
| ut will be remembered that on Sunday, the
feast of Our Blessed Lady, though the weather
10 this locality was msgni6centy 6ne. yet tho
| thunder pealed With crashing sound, and tho
| lightning flashed With startling viVi6ness. Oa
| the evening OF that day the orphans lsit tho
| convent to play in The grounds 10 font of the
new buildings. aGd they we're told not to be
| alarmed by tho thunter but 10 pray to Our
Lady of Succ1r should they be so frightened.
With the whole faith of Our Ladys protection
with which the little oues, like their elders, arc
possessed, they passed into the grounds and
proceeded to their Innocent amusemcnts 10 tho
usual manner. Soon after the thunder rolled
along tho sky, and the children at oncc piously
offered up the prayers for safety to the Blessed
Virgin. Then they raised their voices and sang
the ouchiBg hymn, "L,ok down. o Mother
Mary" and while the beautiful muse cf their
young fresh voices was asc .nding, one of the
children suddenly called out, "Ob, look there |"
and Instantly the eyes Of TWO hundted others.
her companions. wcre turnCA toward the belt Of
Dir above them tho figure of the Blessed Virgin
was behc!d by all, auired 10 white robe. with
\ blue sish around her waist. Tho Iufaut
Saviour was borne ia her right arm, and
rosary dcpcudcd from her left. Soc .emad
to rest % white cljud upheld by Two aupGs,
who carried ia their diseogsged hands branches
of somo description, covered with foliage.
The children were spell bouId, and in.
voluntarily offered prayers to tho Blessed
Virgin. After they had gsz.d 90 the
vision for about ten minutes some of thcm ran
to the convent to acquaint the buus, but before
the coed ladies had arrived st The spot the
Divine sppari,on had gone. tie Virgin dis
appearing 10 tho heavens. Tho children were
fourd ln paic, terrified, trembling state, but
all tailed 10 their account OF what was seer,
cven to the description OF tho rosary, which
they stated was large and white, end the beads
of which we're far Gsuuder from each other.
Moro startling still was it to find that chidtcu.
distant from them ia another part of the prem.
lscs. had also s;en the vision. There was no
| waveriug and no contradiction amoog them.
Several weIe from thirteen to fourteen years Of
age, and it was impossible not to be convinced
of their truthlulness. So much for Sunday
evening; but ca Monday evening tho manifesto.
! lion was still more decisive. Whilo the children
| we're again ct play one of their num5er called
| out to look OF the blessed Virgin and irs artly
almost tainted. All eyes wera ditec:ed toward
the statue on the TOD Of the building, and above
| it in tho sir the children saw the Immaculate
! Mother vested altogether 10 white, her hands
raised as if in the attitude Of invoking blessing
or prayer, her eyes cast down aud silvory light
surrcu1diag the baaliE1 figure. Some Of the
| children again FASTENED to the convent to COM
muaicats what they saw, and ono of the nuns
who arrived Grst on The spot, beheld the Virgin
also. The children were unanimous iu their dc
tc,ipton of the strange apparitioD, and tho little
QUO who first saw the vision was absolutely rigid
! from the astonishment. Tho other members
I Of the holy community did not SEQ tho miraou-
ious spectacle, but they saw, ss tho sua set,
globes Of lieht-some white, some of beautiful
tzarc. more Of brilliant hucs aud other hues.
come h,atiog through tho air from the direc-
| tion OF the orb setting ia thc west, ever aud
around tho convent, and 10 some cisae, appa-
ronty passing through tho windows. Las! bight
tho vision OF cur Blessed Lady was not seen.
bu. tho events at the convent wero sufficiently
wonderful to justify further record. Wc have
already stated that the reports throughout the
city es 10 heavenly visions lcG to great excita
ment, aud last evening" numbcss OF meu acd
others clambered ou the walls fscins the now
buildings, while hundreds made their way io.o
tho field By the same routo and lay auxlousiy
| watching in the direction OF the statue. The
form of the Blessed Virgiu was not bched, but
porter 10 the institution while passing 10 front
of tho new building saw a food Of light rise
FROM The direction of the entrance under the
oritory, sud ascending, envelope tho statue 10
brilliant radauos. He ran toward the mon ly
ing 10 tho field to ask them if they had seen II,
when be found them gszlog toward the build
ing, having ESQ witnessed the ASCENT OF the
Hight. Impressed ourselves by the reports
brought to US, we have gathered the foregoing
from vsrious SOURCES, Including several OF Tho
eye Witnesses. and We feel convinced oi the
t.uthfuluess IF those to whom wo have spoken. y
D1AMosD RoBBERIEs.-The robbery of Lord
} Eldon of Slc0000 worth OF plato and jawslry
calls attention to the fact that not al ofthe clever
burglars have emigrsted to this country. 1t is
estimated that fifty thefts Of this sort have been
accomplished in England withia tho past ton
yesrf, the aggregate CT piuuder exceeding
s.. .5COC00. The most conspicuous robberies be-
sides this late one were those of Lsdy Ellesmore
and Lady Dudley. The usual plan is for the
burglsrp while the family ia 1T dinner, 10 get
into q lsdy's room by ladder.
| The diamonds are taken out OF their settings,
which are st once melted, and then the lewe's
can readily be sold to the trade a Well kno VII
! London frm is esd to have emerged from oo'
; scurity within twelve months sfter Lsoy Elles'
r more's $3.50 eco worth of diamonds were taken.
and It ia coniec.ured that many OF those stolen
Jewels are now worn by fashionable ladies .;
: : Newport and Saratoga. Lord Eldon could well
Q stand the loss. He has just built church est.
i ing $500 OG0 and is the heir to the Two iargesl
n fortunes ever made by lawyers in England, those
q Of lord Chancellor Eldon and Lord Stowell
the great Admiralty judge during the war:
. against Napoleon.
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