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TJSRftS. ToTfiBag*J8ubsefilMfers*who have the paper left fct

tne-ir. houses,^ m advance. To those who. cpll at the'JBook^tore, $2 00 in ad>

y a w * or #2 50 if no* paid within the first three

To "iebrapamea of .not less than «*,' ^ l 3 0 m. ad-\ance, or 98 00 .foot -paid withm the first three months. ~ j - *'

To matlj3ubscripe*sj$&.0a in advance, or §2 50if no! paid withlfi the first «wee months* and §3 00 if delayed six -months.

$&$x<im these *tetma there will be 90 abatement S^AnvsaTfefike^Ts. inserted at the usual rates.

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tol-sjtrcct, in Conandaiguaraita»ted 100-^od* from the business part of the

fyiVf^gf'-' Who lot f* 18 rods In front and 22 rods deep, containing.2 3.4.acresof choice land-m a high state Q£ cultivatioDf There is „on the lot» neat\pnd convenient JLJL-& story house,, with 2 rooms an front, * dining-room, bed room, hall*t and pantry to- thpcenter, with a. large and conjr niQd|<«i«5itebett rmdbutteify in- the p n and a well*38 feet deep, with nover less thanX^ feet of w*ter,pf the first! gaahtj.in the «evetestJdreughts, XherlTiTC, also, biLthr lot S born ,36 feet by 2d f e i ^ u d aatablfrUhedsr&^. &c The; garden is l!rgeTAtid in higjit condition, havjng 6 large aa. par«g«« bed«, J^eWins- annuaQy;,§>30 Worth'of proda«|ff

fbelfdsrf •applyirror the family; also a fruiWEf of the bhdjteest apples, pears, peaches, pluin»v jipncofcl, ^oo'iehernes, taspberrSifs, straw, berries, dtflrjrant &,c. The culinary ptfift of the garden us wit incommoded by trees.

The wholelot'ii offered, or two.thirds ofit, an* elttdttigtha buildings, as may suit the pyrphaieri

?*»r teTmr^)|(lyjo H. Bt Gibsony at the Onta* tio $attkt or ta?£bs subecrtben. on the pjrcq?i*e»k

J$3fa^*\Wtol*V86* ' 5Stf FJ i lT4SiS VJLLA&E 1,01*F0& SABE

« ^ * Sajej the HOUSE,* and T consisting of nearly o

,acres ofLand, situatetl in the cen­tre ofcthe YHligej-ptt the east side Of Main street^directtjfo^osUe the Female Semi-nary„'*-~ *"[ .T* - - _ ,

A? as i to for antelegant residence it is sur­passed! hy none f!i Hie village.

Jt^riUbesoIdasrawbole or in two por­tions as the purchaser may desire. , _,

\ JP*or particulars enquire o f Walter Hub-fcell, Esqt or of the subscriber On the pfern-' , - » 1 -SAXES B . D D N G A N .

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those who neglect to pay atten-« egfll may expect after that date

t ' H. & R. CHAP1N. aigpar Dec. 13, 1836. 39tf

Xck Insurance Compajvy, S C A E M O E D , «o^*NSlC'MCtra,.

IHOQRFOR[ATED for the purpose of Insu-jnijice against, LOSS or usj&mt by "!FllU2

^/th a Capital of J O O , 0 0 0 D O I ^ I i A B S , '

•eciwei and vefetediC,ibft-waRtpossible manner,—' oSer^jiWi£e*i58lta on iermsas favorable as1 othar

--OScee. Tfie baslncjs of the Company is principally

confined to nsfes m the eountry, and therelore so detached that its capital is not exposed to grca lasses by sweeping fires-

ThefDi4cctors of the Cototpciny, are Thxmas K. Brkice, Henr& L. Ells joortlt Tham&s Bd(lciK Scmmtel Tudcn, Henry Kdhaurnt Grtjfai, Stftlmqnj Joseph Marga Elista Dodd,

Jaaeph Piatt, Geoige lieach^ Sleeken Spencer, Daiael Burgess, James Thomas1 •SSlieka Peak, Vfartl Wwdbndge, JjoMph CtLurih,

Jesse Savage. THOMAS K. BRACE, President.

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J« i l3 * fifc»wiN."Seoretary. •» persons wishsng to uibure, can apply to JAMES It. J^IMIS, ojf Canatidaigua, who is appointed ag&nt Xor tb^ county of Ontario and vicinity, with full powers to receive proposal* and issue Pojicies without the delay attendant on applica-tion to the office. I t f

-Man 18»7.£ * •

T H ^ H A R ^ F O R D F1KE INSURANCE CO>IPA|Y, OF HARTFORD, CONN,

OFFBR t« insure every description of propi erlyj against loss or'damage by Fira on the

moBt .reasonable terras.—This*Company have been doing busyness for more fhan. twenty years, and dorinrg that period have settled-aH their losses \ without coropcilhng the insured, in any instance, to report to any court ot jubtice. t

5Q|MS. Directors gf the Company 'are, EUplialet Terry,S. H. Iluntmgton, Albert Day, II Hunt iagjb»* Jrt, Sajrtuel WiPiams, F. J. Huntington, ElkhaoCoIt, %13. Ware, Edwin 1>. Morgan^

* f c - f e ^ ®LtP$ALV£ TERRY, President. ^ " mitt Cf. BoitEs, Secretary.

•^w term* apph/ to tb4 JfubVtfrriber, who is au-tiho3fj[sed toiiwtle Foheies.

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li^aper than eyerJI! ' IHE subscribers, thankful !for pistfayore,

„pkft*to inform their fnen4»*bd the public it ihey^trdetereiiued to" sell their itock *of l01)S -at. prices much lower ihun tXrrhtpro. ^^tany£*t*ttit*i$tni in ths milage or court.

feat part of ibeitoxst .formerly owped bv| E-rr,-Mtorirjg been bought at a veryte?*

jbfcUne^SWiij|b«fth1purjBliai(. mi paekjtge for ^snl .tiMry ar«

(Jl goods at prices, wbie&«mn<»t fad sf ^sample of tho name, they *rill

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Jf thou hast enisbed a floM.«r, n

The ropt msy not be bhghted.3 If thoq hsst quenched a lamp,

6hce'niore it may be lighted; But on thy harp or on iby latr,

4 The string which thou hast broken

t Shall never m swoet sound again Give to thy touch a token.

II thou hast lost a bird," Whose voice of song would cheer thee,

Sail, still he may be won From the skies to warble near thee,

But if upon the troubled sea Thou'st thrown a gem unheeded,

Hope not that wind or wave shall bring The treasure back when ne«d«d*

I r * If thou hast bruised a vine,

The summer's breathi* healing, And ills cluster yetmay glow-

Through the loaves their bloom revealing, Bat if thou hM* acup1 o'orthrown

With a bright draughffilled—oh! never 11 earth give back the; lavished w#ahnv

"To cool thy parched hp'n fever.' »

The heart is like that cup, , 1 If thou waste the love it bore'thoe, And like that jewel gone",

Which the desp will not restore thee; And like that string of harp or lute

Whence the sweet sound is scattered, 1 GouOvj oh! geutly touch the chords

So soon for ever shattered.

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T H E r o r C E O P T H E S E E I N G . -tf There's a voiqe on the river,

A voice m the vole, I Jfx the leaflets that quiver,—

In the rush of the galc —-* In forests, on mountains—. „ * Its milBic is heard, .

* , »"' And silvery fountains * Awake at its ward, '

"And fes'-hery singers are out on the wing; For Nature"? rcvi\ea at the voico of tho Spring.

; u Awaken, aw&kou! ys> Leaf, river and tree;, ^ Xour chains I havo shaken, Again ye are free; * Soon founts shall be gushing

* With musical jlroorris, And flowers be blushing. With the bright hues of dreams;

And jewels of beauty on earth I will tiivg, For Nature shall bloom at the cominjjttf Spring.

There's life in the waters, •There's light m the skies, ^pnng's flower-crownjd daughtors In beauty arise; l

O'er eartn they are flinging * Their spells of delight;,

I And rose's are springing From die tears of the night; [thing,

jTLterets a cbartu ttitd jegtory «3J «a«|»I#-tBe«hesrt(-«9i~ 'For Nature blooma bright at tbe voice of the Spt|ing.

A RAINY DISTRICT.—--The following lines describe the constant ruin on Part-moor in England:

"The West wind always brings wet weather* The East wind wet and cold together, The South wind surely brings us ram, The North wind blows it back! agaui,

It the s'un-in red should set,1 >

Thevnext day surely will be wetj If the sun should set in gray, The next will be a ramy day,"

Thuseve iy wind brings present rauij and every sky portends future.

> M R S , I I E M A N S . — A monument to per­

petuate the memory of this gifted lady, has been executed.in England—^and "til soon be conveyed*tpT?uhIin,lma placed over the

remains of the poetess. I t lis a small Gre­cian monumental" tablet in statuaryvon 'a black ground—and is inscribed:

FELICIA IIEMANS. Dted May 16, 1836, aged 41.

To which are added the following lines from her own Solemn effusion known, as the*4 Dirge.7*

"Calm*on the bosom of the God Fair spirit I rest thee now;!

E'en v/hile with us thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy browi **

Dust to its narrow house beneath' Soul to its place on high I

They that have seen thy look in death, No more may fear to die."

THEODORE HOOK, being in company Where he had

said something humorous in rhyme of every person present, Mr. Winter, the late solicitor of taxe*, being announced, he made tho following impromptu.

" Here cornea Mr, Winter, collector of, taxes lover iio»a I* advise you to give hinvwhatever hoiexes;

I advise you to do it without -any filummeiy, For the' hie name's Wmter^his actions are

summary." * *'

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ST.^ITCHXEL'SBAY,—tT^is ^aintjls in our almanacs at?d in* the .calendar of the Church of England. The day (Sept. 29) is a great festival in the Romish Church tJur forefathers" were told by the predeces­sors of Alhan ffutter, that Michael bore the baunw |bf the celestial host| chased the angel Lucifer, and I»» followers fromJrleav-en, awl aencloie^ th<ira in d?rfr «ir until the dayofjudgment3 not in the upper region, becwifcf theW ft it* clear and deli^htfalj nor ftpirt tire ewty because <uer<> they shpuldnot torraeotpji^iod^ hwt between foal*** and^»rUr, that wk«p frmy fcofc u

they msy M » the joy,which tfey k««* and when tlteylook down, may «M> ttpwvt to Heaven from wbonc* th«y .th« r e l a t e «ys«ieyflyabotu HI Htmi they « t i us tormmenbh, m*i Gm+ey fill the air without nmvhet ; phj^ph^n ttd doctor* mM «f>.i

* GOVERNOR RITNER'S BETTER To" q fStltct Committee of the jtfehnsyivania

Home of Represcnlativtt, rtlatwe^ to Washington's Freemasonry.

This dioeurncnl was' called forth in the following' manner. In his annual message,

of Dec, G, 1836, at the opening of tho late session of the Legislature, Gov. Ritner* described! as the «' chief evil" of the times, " that spirit of lawless combination, un­known to our open and/ree institutions, op -posed to the genius of ropubli.canism.against whjch.the Father of his Country sent forth his last and most solemn warning." In say­ing this itho Governor referred distinctly to the masonic institution as being among the

[corabinattions against which the§ warnings of Washington were directed.

On th« 20th of January lasfa memorial was laid before) the HOUIB of Representa­tives, signed by three citizetarof Union co.'/ Penn., viz : C. 3VL Strauh, John Snyder, ahd H. C. Eyer, complaining of the lan­guage pf the rriessage and praying for the appointment of a committee «* to*"watt on the Governor and solicit the jjouriie of ih' formation from'which he derivedhfs author­ity" for his application of th© monitory lan­guage* of the PareweU Address, and " re­port tho sanjJ, vrilh references", to that Address and o her writings of Walhingtonr

A SelectOoipraHtee of tWfiouse wa«*c-cordioglly appointed, consisting of Messrs:.

Geot Ford, j r i Wm. English, Wav Gat-* retson, HentylStark, and 0 . S. Dimmick", and having communicated to tho Governor

to object of their appoifltpent, ho lent em/an soon as the other duties of his of­

fice would permit, the letter referred to. It fills 20 pages of the pamphlet in 'Which it i s published with the proceedings whieh l e i to it,an<! whicjishow that it was called forth. uy the friendsiof tho mas onio ora*er>" The wtole of it isifiir too long for our Iimits.but we preient sof much of it as embraces the maionic ctcdvi to Washington, and theteift-montf rela^lgj to that claim, and 1o hit opici* ton of fireemanonry^ • - « •

Aften some prefatory matter the GOTer-nor proceeds' as follows.

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Each votary of the order, when pressed hy the weight ott reason m easily brought to bear against him by the weakest advo­cate of democratic equality, answers ev­ery objection by repeating the name of " GRAND MASTER WASHINGTON."

* - » -,# » Not only dd masons thus in general terms,

[claim tho authority of his name, but they even designate with particularity^ the ma­sonic offices he held—the lodges over which he presided, and tho continuance and de-

\ greo or his devotion to the order; nay,some of Jlhenij'cven go so far as to show tfio very attuo which he often wore as/a mason, and the mallet which he used as a Master. - The Hon.* Timothy Btgelow, of Massa­chusetts, in an oration delivered at the funer­al obseitjuies solemnized Id, Eonor of Gene-

j iral Wsiehtngton'* memory, by the Giund Lodge of that State, on the 11th of Febru­ary, 1800 made use of the following lan­guage —-"He(Washington) cultivated our art with sedulous attention^ and never lost an opportunity of advancing the interests

{or promoting tho honor of the craft,"— —"Tl'te inlormation received from our brethren who had tho happiness of being members of the lodge over toMclehe presided

mdny yeartt and of which he died themvster, furnishes abundant proof of his-per seeering zeal for the prosperity of the institution. Constant and punctual in his attendance, scrupulous in his observance of the; regula­tions olf the lodge,and solicitous at all times to communicate light and instruction/ he discharged the duties of the chair with un­common dignity in all the mysteries of our art. We see before us the very attire which h* often toort at a mason." -

The American edition ofPrestdttM Ma-rfqnry,. asserts that the "society of Freema­sons, in America, continued, to flourish'un­der the auspices of General Washington, who continued his patronage to the lodges Unlit hi* Hath" ' /

Masonry has published a letter from him to King David's Lodge of Newport, Rliode Island, without date, but which it said to* have been Written in August* i7{fe,iu Whi4hr

he is made to sa/,' " I shallalwayihe h»p> pyjo advance the interests of the ipciet^ and to he considered by them*sa deserving brother.** Four other lettert pUrportfni; to4

be fVom him, haVs alio been pubUihsd by Masotts,tll without dates ;'on«to the Gran* Lodgsf or €h»rkstown, to twotlw Grand Lodjfe of MMSichuietli, »Dd one to th»

rand Lodge of PennsyTvittr*r*« ^ » d i ^ " 'pjtiUUuni. * .•'^v-' ',;>/ ..•••<ir.-;.

drewJickfoti, l»t« friiiditit.tff^* dfiuees, when invlttdin Marth,i«0,

M y olf masons, to isjn 1st* ti«PBi»l« toth.Wmfeof th.Fath#r«fki*

replied: " T h e sn««»*y •( hkCIBkMi^sW Ormd jr#siir |Wi# l s%-

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G«h,er*tl tallmadge, of Hew Vork, ai sersteot i'ria tetter phbfishedin the! Winter off 1831—'32* "that Washington had oftea presided in ' Poughkeepiie Lodgt".* "

Having thus stated both l|te general and particular claims of masonry ufioi} the name an< fame of,Washington, I shall proceed tp diiprovo ibm. .t '

AstoWashingtop'g early masonry^ the following incident will be. sufficie;nt.. ,. '

In 1880r the Rev. Ezra Styles Ely, D. f >/ editor of a religious) newspaper/lcalled^tl e Philadelphian, was charged in sO,me of trie printf of the day, with being a njia.son. 1 n an editorial article on the subject^ contained in the number of that paper, dated Jul&S J,. 1830, he relates the following important at 1-ccdote t . *

M In reply- to all this, I would a ssert, th ttj I never was a mason, and neveif expect •& be. Hithertol have neither advjocatedn »r opposed, masofcry, Bnjfesi. j t HM«f^fpl l~ tjon; of sjfconvoraation which "passed bs? tweeaGeh. Washington and Govl, Jonatht n Trurobulll the second, which the ktter pxo re th^n. once repeatted to myfatherj' The Is ti­ter, whet aid-d.O'PapaP'to the, former, askid him * if lie would udvise him'to become a masons Cr«n. W*shlngtott repped, - ' th at •masonry - »as a b,eneyplent;instituwon,whi jh might bo employed for the hit, tfr worst, of purposes^ cut that*for the most part it was merely ckitd's plait, and he could not giw Mm:onijxAvic*onib$-*ub/jictJ!'* .-

•'.. On the question of hb/having been t ie M asteV 0 r Grand Master'pf a loc ge, thef >.l-3owing j roofs will notfae dispited. T i e firstdbcun^tot i san extractfrOm therecOids pf K i n ^ i P d ' s Lodge; in Newport,' Rhode

Island, thputhentidty of whtelj hfi besn thusestabii^icd; * v %

' A n acnori of trover'was bror ght b j 3 ^ e pnlc^rl o^St. John'* Lodge, thJ tyfaikv* of King David's Lodge, to rec&ver thtsp records from D r . Benjamin Case, wboclai 0-ed to b% Master of the Lodge, • in the pi 0-gress of Which-they were provtd to be ttie original records, a'nd^Dr. Case yraS ordeMfd to restoi^ them to Sfllrohn's Ledge, or pay 5300 damages, The^noney was paid, an*d tho records retained for tho <j;ood Of Iho country» This is the extract: [

*' Regular Lodge nfght, held at tbe hot ise of Mr. Jamet tow,.. Wed|esday evenitg, the 7th February, 1^81-5781. "-

*« JL motion was made, that as our wort by brother, Hit ExceHency,Gener^l Wa|sh ii g-ton, was daily expected amongst! us, a

iaommittee-should.bo.appcinted to prep tie an addreas^.cn behaI£-»£-tha-Lo^g0> *° Pce" sent to him. Voted - that the, Riga! W 5r-•hipful Master, together with|bjrothtr Se x-ap, Peleg Clark; John Handy,arid Robsrt Elliott, be a committee for thit' purpose, and that they present tho »sune to ~t tais

I; Lodge, at their next meeting, for their np-p'robation." * i

f»At a Lodge, held by rer|uest of he Right Worshipful Mastejr, Fobruary Wth, 1781—51*31. . "The committee appbintedi to draftjan

address to our worthy Bi other, His Excel lency, General Washlngl on, re!port, that on inquiry they find General tVashxnglonnot to

v Oh the 17th,ofadtober,jnth^wweyt»r, Mr. Snyder wrote a second letter to Wafisli* ington, and- *ecetved a rJepIyt dated Oet» 24th, pretty much ip the same-terms.

The authenticity Of tho correspondenco is thus proved; *' » •», . . --.

. " Bos^QKv Nov, 22, 1S32.

# I Hereby certify, that I Iia**- compared a letter from the R e v . G, W . Snyder to General Washington/ dtttjeC, Ati^us* 22d, 'J1798, and two letters from General Wash­ington to.Mr.Snyder,datedfept,25tb, and Oct; 24th, of the same yeajc,, as printed in the '»ProceedingfW the third Ahtimasonic State Convention," with the recorded cop

ie* ih General Waihijfgtop*s Letter Books, obtained % me at'Mourit. Ve%i}pn, and I "find them printed .exactly asthero record:

ei, except Mrk Snyder's |ett<fr> i n which the word 4 'secret" is^mttted In ono place, and the words " o n this terrene spot" in an­other. General Washington's hitters to Mr.

^Snyderay^jexactly printedthftiughout. . . . , : y A R E D S R A R K S . "

-With/respect to the, letter, said to have been written"by hhrttoKing'Dayid*s Lodge in 1738, and to the four others, the Grand Lodges of Chariesfown, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, and .which are relied on to establish his devotion, to ^nasonry Ull his death,-it may be remarked;

1st. That three of th*em>. v i z : that of King. D a v i d s Lodge, and the t w o to the. Grand Lodte of Jflassachusetss,<ar« with­out date, a circumstance Wholly unprece­dented in the.'"whole correspondence of the writer, who above all other men was noted fot attention to method and form in his Writings. .

2d. That though -General Washington caused to be carefully copied in books kept for that purpose, all his letters on every sub­ject, no.trace whatever of any of the five letters under .consideration, nor any letters toany pihier X*odge or Masfhie body what-e ver^are to be foundiimong the ret ords of his correspondence,

, 3d. Thajt the. originals of none of them have been seen out of the Lodge" in open day, though the officers of at least the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts have been publicly called » n t o produce and submit them to the. examination of Jared Sparks, Esq., who,, from his connexion with the Washington? correspondence, is supposed to be best qualified to ascertain their authen­ticity,-

The following letter from Mr. Spaiks to tbe chairman of the committee of citizens

•of MAStachuSsejttfi^whq had called on the Grand Lodge to submit the letters to his inspection*, is decisive on tho two last of these points, i

B O S T O X , Feb. 18,1833. *« fir,—1 received this morning your let­

ter of tho 15th instant, in which you in­quire : , " Whether J have-yet seen or had in mypos-

seetion'.any original letter or letters, in {he hand writing of General Washington, ad­dressed to any body of men denominating themselves Freemasons.

dt In reply I can only state that I havo ««e» no letters from General Wa shington of the kind described in yours, nor repeived any

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he Grand Master of North America, as ioaa I c o i n n m n l c a U o n o n the"subject, either .verbal supposed, nor even 3faster of any particilar ' Lodge. They are therefi ire of Opinion, 1 bat this Lodge would not chc bse td, addressJiim as a private brollier/andll at ty$amt tine, thfokit would not be agreeable io our worthy brother, to be addressed as

" Voted that'tho roportj of ilb|e comrai|tee be received, and that the ly laid aside for the present

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a reply by Wssh-recei ired from, tho |rj Frtdericktovn, ko be upprehen led

Tho other document is ington, to a letter ho had Rev. G. W, Spyder, < Maryland, on the danger from tbe spread of IllumiWsin <knd Jacol[in ism in this country. The; letter, in wl: id was the following passage, "upon serious reflection, I was led to think mat itmi^ht beVwithin your power to prevent that 1| fid plan, from corrupting the brethren of English Lodges ocwto/nlcA you preside," Was accompanied with awpy'of "Roliin-son'a proofs of a Conspiracy^," jfor the G eral's use.

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u Moon * VJBRKOK, jSjept] Tho Rex. Mr. Snyder,

SIR—Many, apologies ajrej dtie. to youj my noA acknowledging the ret *sipt of y Obliging favor of the 22d t It. and for! thanking you at an earlier peripd» for! book ycju. bad the goodnei|sito1 end me. j

«'I have heard much of the pefariousLnd, dangerous plan ar d doctrine^ of the 1 Ilu-j mini^ti, but n«|vernnw the bo^k' uhlHTQuj' were plessed to«end it tome. .!£&*.',«iWCf causes which prevented rny atjjenowledj ;in the receipt of youif letter, have pr#v:eitte ttiy reading the *dok hitherto \- nan^et^ (|h multiplicity of matters whtchlpTeised 0 pbi me before, and tbe dsbililsted state in w! lie!

| t Wft'l--k'4-;'att<Mf * <*<« » f#f*r'hatf"Wet *%• tottyed,* and which aJb^i d « ioaddltth snore how than thanks for your kiod Wti lies indiavoitibif iittliuiinti. #x^ |p t# cot ieek

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thatftoneof th.Lo4gealiith *itriMBdMi«l with the pr totUs^^loft^Hlusai

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or written. * " I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedi­

ent servant, JAtRErD S P A R K S . "

. If corroboration wore required, it is furn­ished by the following letter from Chief Jus tice Marshall, in reply to ope from citizens of Massachusetts, inquiring of him, wheth­er as biographer of Washington, he knew of the existence of any authentic originals or copies of letters addressed by Washing­ton to Masonic bodies. The same persons also inquired whether the Chief Justice had declared the institution of masonry to be " a jewel bf the utmost value," he. &c.

RICHMOND, October J8,1S33. Sir,—Your letter ot the 11 tb, transmit­

ting a resolution of the Antimasonic Con­vention of the State 0/ Massachusetts, pas-sod the 13th of last September, has just reached nape. The flattering terms in which that resolution is expressed, claim and re­ceive my grateful acknowledgments,

"The circumstances represented as at­tending the case of Morgan were heard with universal detestation/ but, they pro­duced rio other excitement in this part of i.the IJnited States,thaa is created by crimes of .uncommon atrocity. Their operation oja majsonry, whate/er it might be,i wa» si­lent, rather a^stirjg-iitili progifss and di* rectingattention/roWtlM^aocietyithan indu­cing any. open direct attack upon it. The agitations Which convuls,edttiejnprth,did dot pass the Potomac. Consequently* an indi­vidual so much withdrawn, from the world as myself* entering w llttlein.to the tparty conflicts of the day, could feoi no motive* certainly. I felt no inclinaition, to voluntter on a distant conflict, in wIMrth» wounds that migltt be received^ould not be sooth­ed by the copaolinjc f|e|b>|;jt|0ftJ that he suf-£6ir«rl Juou tj«j» ^j?jf$^itl9^^ of * necetury

duty* >i>mm didtiil^^iwdi «aerih«4 to,ijftt»wori|^iltbff' w|»W| fWportmf the MOtiment :the|r *oT»y*y» :V i*ever «ay

rfcaf ftisiiirs ielurt 'swd 'm\L-ism sstlM ee-

it Lk.mi M 4 watt *« aMsisinsrsMsl mrttrltf " Thk 'i^trnMittdhM^A i i Ih i HsjaVelion that I

destroying afterfrjardef t|ie^ver^eiijpHne»%

w1iiehhavoli(t«^fj^wt<>|*t itdo|»»ion^* It Will bep«fc€ivJedihat%ya«h^g40Btthere

makes n? exptcss^tsedhos of JPreeMseoii— -^ ry 'If weuldhav* beenii»dig«jfied in Irttw to haveatlu^eur hy name to 3tr> p«rtfiec0a» > sooidf. * ** tu thaf eddreti M$1&- -ject- was to deal v) th general And iitfniala.-hle (rutlw, *nd "the Jundam0nta^^|ft1#Tee of Jou»*governpie*fc/ H» Tel»ark$ o»"tfc^ subject of comhinattonf and as«ocift%^t, ^ are therefore appli »ble to ^ver/descBptiott ^ of them, past, jpreie^fcanUla^jae, wlteth^. et they be" nWorV or unsworn, foreign er; domestic, secret or open, ' • * . * - - ^ "

Upon & deitbetaieconstdcratioiiL of attthe dais and chcumstanees whidrha»e h#en. detailed a^dJreferWto, jT/beheve tiiat no -impartial and unprejudiced Imind will doi|ht? hut that j ? M E d « o K i t ^ wttlt ^ l o t h ^ i com,h!natioji» calculated to -* control, coiHr-teractor*wo, the regular de^bevaliottif cf the constituted aulho/itte*/ w * t ^ 0 J ^ e d , aiijd was jitt^mledio b^denou»e»d,hy WasJfc-

} ington mhjsJFarWelijAddress to Jhie peo­ple of the1 United State*. - "l-> -

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tie in the Eaat ladief.don-, Ige* With a, bladder f»f

Scotch snuffs Toej Doctor crossing 4he «v«r Ganges with Us buarterly allowance (sev­en pounds,) of straff observed * li^er at, some mBfance, Reing^w>tluJUt^guns,^eor- }

dered his men to'use theirJbars ^sjseapons j of defence. They t formeddh>to *r*s\op& col­umn, With.their backs to windward^ whilst the Docforemptiedthecententsxjfthe%Tad- ' dei into a piece of canvass, and danced up­on it till ,it became as^fins^uiMast. The tr- — ger continued Winding, *ndf ocpasionaliy oiPUvhed. When°he 'approached within twenty yards of the party, the Doctor/dt*- charged about half a. pound^of the amixiu- "* nitton, part of which was carrjed J y the strong wind directly in the" face jof me- Jti-ger. T h e tiger crowled, shook hi** bead, „ and retreated tp afew minuteft,^e return -ed to the charge^ approaching^the party"?1

cautiously, and*Ioccasionaliy-rubbii|g fm eyes with bis forelegs. When withfh about " fifteen yard* of the pai-^r,fie again €roUch6d, and as he was "preparing to make the mm* derou's spting, the JDoctOrand hir paity%et fly at hun aboutjtwo pounds-ofanufJ*,W^nch -r told well, for the royal ti |er ^eommericed roar/ng, and eprittging into th^Ganges^fled j

to the opposite Whore. For«thia -atfhijev*- * ment the Doctor received twof hundred* TU» pees, a stiver snuffbox, aHd^the triie o f Tiger from a native prince. ~~* T?- •* ' ." '

TJHCE RicurssT H A S oj» J3&2FE&:,—The Pans "torrespondent-of the Albany Dai ly „ Advertiser sayg-j-*' LouIsHPhjlf ppe 18 w i t h - ' ^>ut exception tfie richest man m the wJorFd." He jreceivefc ^anpually, in rpady rhoney, a junj, of twelve millions of francs. Hade- , rtves a revenue of peihaps ivvenfy mdhbnt nTore from the lands, forests/and "other property Jof Ihex tow«. Ho^irfn the e^joy^ ment of the privatefbriutte of the Orleans family, Which should .have heen untted tj» ^ the national domain, as was the custom with former tnonarchs/on their accession i o t h e throne, but whhh he was allowedJto retain? * by an acl couseoited to by Lifayatte, s L a -fitte,and the victorious iusurrectiomsfs,who little knew Avhat they wereabputj o» t h e eve of hisi tak ing the oath to obser,v* the "

t chartera^J^^hfJh^French. THe amg«^{ ^ J of hh priTate* forgone- "paWsi-he Karibai* " ten millions of ir,«K# x>BTalai*«a»% He'pos- senses, beside*, an immense sani inlready % money, estimated by some tob% be|w-ec^-one hundred and fifty and tw ohuadeed ^sifl-f ions of franc*. |_He pocketed ilie nadUort granted the Duke of Orleans aa^resueip- v

tive heit to the jthrone, agdttioprivate-ibt-

tizan which this language would «idici*te. Jr> factlhave aoughj; t»abstain from itjs-Although I attach no iaiportance/to th* [ opinloual may enfertaio jre»pee3tmg.«MM n fy> yett ought not to* refui«,pn applkatibh, to disavow any expressions which' may Ifie ascribed to m ^ that I never used. \ 'have said that I always understood the oath* Its-' ken by a mason, at being suhordinatevfrlri* obligations as a citizen to the law*, huH have never affirmed that there was any postttyo good or evil in th* institution jit-self. k , , +

" The resolution also-inquires,''* Wheth­er as ttie friend and biographer of Wash­ington,*! have in my possession or recollec­tion any knowledge of any act*of General Washington, or any documents written hy him to masonie bodtesjapproving of mason­ry.' ' ,

"Tfae-papcre/of General' 'Washington were returned many year* paat to my la­mented friend his nephew, end ere how, I believe, in the possession of Mr, Sparks., / do not recollect ever to have heard him utter « syllable on the subject. Such a document, however, not being of a cbaracterta make any impression at the time, may have pas­sed from my memory.

With great re»pect, I am, sir, ' '* Your ob't servant, *

" J / MARSHALL." To JOIDBT BAiusr, Esq. "*

These are theproofai of Washington's views in relation to masonry, which can he judicially established, if the House of Rep-j resentativb, raise a committee "authorized and disposed to make the investigation ; if the committee' be vested' with power to send for persons and papers, and if Ihey^be sus­tained by the House in the exorcise of tho legitimate authorities requisite to a legisla­tive investigation. The conclusions to whiph these proofs lead aref:— , 1. That in 1768, General Washinglen had ceased regular attendance at the Lodge. This is proved by his letter toMr, Snyder.

2. That«o far back as about the yeai 1780 he had become convinced of the inu­tility of Freemasonry,andcaUedit" sbild'sl play." This, established by his reply to

Governor Trumbull. * 3. That on tho 25th of September.1798,

( o n e 1 y e a r a l l d four months before his^death) his opinions on the subject of TTreemasonry remained unchanged from what they were when he was only thirty*srx years old.—J This is established hy hisletfertolMr. Sny­der. '

4..That up tpJFebruary^l781^es appears by the records of King David'a Lodge, and up to the 25th September 1758, as appears by his letter to Mr. Snyder,he has not been '^ Grand Master of North America, nor even Master of any particular .Lodge*"

5. That in 1781, as appears by the jaroe record of King David'* Lodge, it -was not agreeable to htm to be addressed eyen as a private mason.

6. That all tbe letters said to be written by Washington to Lodges, ate spurious. This is rendered partly certain ;—F%rstt by the non-production of the originals j—Sec-ojtcf, by tho absence of copies among the records of his letleis ,— Third, by their want of dates y—Fourth, by ^he fact that his Ultimate fueud and < biographer, Chief Justice Marshall, (bimsolf a mason in his youth,) s a j s m tho^ IjeUeiju^t given, that he never he-aiu^VaThingtonuttcr^aiaSriT on the subjttt,—2i matter nearly impossible if Washington had for years been engaged in writing laudatory letters to the Grand

Lodges of South Carolina, Pennsvlnnm, and Massachusetts.

* * # * « Having thus shown"-from Masonic rec-*

oids-fromlmownwritings-fromtherec | t u f l e u u ^ d ixj l i a v < ^ m H f o ollecttons of h « contemporanes-from the , Q^en o f ^i^^ a a d K e ^ s ntme^{

knowledge of his biographers-and from i } b J ms]^tlli ^ ^ t h e^iifet^

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I Chailes X. was burdened. Tna kifer paid nearly so. xnillioni. m pensions, AviucBJLeius

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the e\ He-who never shrunk from, danger when its encountei could serve his fellow-cozens, took the most effectual means, and embraced the most solemn occasion, to place his tes­timony against them on lasting record. In his, Farewell Address of September/1796, we And these warnings, which catfnot be mistaken.

his whole Ufa ant! character, the natute of his feelings towards Free Masonry, * * the question may fairly he asked „—Did he

take no meant to guaid his country from] l^ter; f»bid'teitMti a W ^ f t u ? 'ils pf such combinations? He d i d . \ l m n „ h n M , ^ J n r f h n n t i n ^ ^ u M M n ^ househoUVa chapel, httjfiting,es,tah|yig|«UeBfet, -

&c», whiekxovijhrm at:l<sErst as^itfeh ^>ore, none of whichJhavo been reiaitjed hy the-^^

I present k ing^hose ^verrues are totally disencumbered, and consequently fully *d*-equate to the -aiaintemnt-e of hi&fetwly, without any pt^vision fitim theJitale*1'

S3*««-. .0.... - •» , or rt.43«^r.^rSSf*i: transUtor W&*w*i whi$h

laws, all combinations and associations, im dor whatever plausiblo character, with tUo real„design to direct, control, counteract, or awe, the regular deliberations and actioba of the constituted authorities, are destruc­tive of this fundamental principle, and ot

j fatal tendency, They serve to oiganize faction; to give it an artificial and extraor­dinary fore?; to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the Tirtlliof the patty, often a smalf bd^ artful %nd enter-prising minority of the cOflimunity; ami, according to»the altereate triumphs of dif­ferent parties to make the public edteiuis-tration tht mirrorof ill'Oono>rtte andio. oongmoue projects »f £««tiost rather *hjj&< the orgae of «oip«f«t«Bt *»d JwJb s>Mi«Ms». plena, digested by aomsaoe eettfitii*. sad modified by Jttutual bUetests,

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