Nashville Daily Patriot

Infamous Outrage By A Roman Catholic Priest.—We take the following from the York (Pa.) Republican, of Wednesday:

On Sunday last, the Priest officiating at St. Mary's Catholic Chapel, (German,) in the south ward, took occasion to kick a lady, the mother of grown up men, all of them members of his congregation. The sons, indignant at such conduct to their aged parent, called at his residence and resented the outrage. The sons appeared at their accustomed place at St. Mary's Chapel, in the pew they had paid for, at the afternoon service on Sunday last. No sooner had they made their appearance, however, than the Priest attempted to eject them from the sanctuary by violence, which was resisted by them, when a general melee and "free fight" ensued, in which the congregation joined, whilst battered heads and bloody noses resulted therefrom. The citizens in that section of the town were called to the spot by the tumult, and were shocked at such a disgraceful riot on the Sabbath day. Officer Waring and others had a busy time on Monday morning in arresting the participants (Priest and all) in this riot, and they are now all bound over to appear at the next term of our Court of Quarter Sessions.