The Louisville gazette. (Louisville, Ga.) 1799-1800, February 26, 1799, Image 1
VoL. I.J T u E s D A Y, February 26, 1799. [No. 6.
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"~LOUISVI LLE : —Publifhed every 1 uelday, by AMBROSE DAY, at three dollars per ann. payable half yearly in advance.
Addrrfs from the Mafons of Ver
mont, to the Prefident , and his
an far.
To the Prefident ofthe United Stales •
Sir,
\ fundamental principle a
jnons mafons, in their private
aflemblics, is, not to introduce
politics, left, from a dilTerence
of fentiment, the harmony of
the lodge might be didurbed.
But a maxim of equal impor
tance is constantly inculcated
by the brethern of the craft—
to be willing and obedient fub
je6fs to the government under
which they live.
Imprelfed with thefe fenti
mems, at a time when jcalouly
is induflrioufly propagated a
gainll our fraternity, the mem
bers of the grand lodge of Ver
mont, alfcmbled in ample form,
compofed of its officers, and a
reprefentation from thirteen !e
-cular lodges, under its juri[dic
tion, with that promptitude
which becomes true Ameiican
citizens, beg leave to exprefs to
you their mod entire and une
quivocal approbation of your
! official condu£t, hnce called to
: fill the ch.nr of date,
t . ,
We rejoice, that, although
; your fimation has been delicate,
and your public conduct
; viewed with the jaundiced
I eye of diftrud and envy, yet
: that your vvifdom, firmne (s and
dec}lion ; have ftrengthened the
; affeftion of your friends, and
defeated the {editions machina
j tions of your enemies.
It is unneceflary, and may
even be deemed unbecoming
. men poilefting univerlal philan-
I trophy, to enter into a detail of
I the unjuft aggredions of a fo
il rei P nation, upon our country
I uniformly difpofed to peace,
" km ever alive to unprovoked in*
■ juries.
I i Permit ns, fir, fo fay—that we
■ glory in our country —that we |
B 01v i n being Americans—that
r|S We an inviolable attachment
"1 l^la t country which gave us
I a we feel an attach-
I I inent to our condituted autho
■ ri Ues— an( j Specially, that we 1
v I ' e an atta chment, an inviolable
I attachment, to our chief magif-
not the tongue of
Jndci fay that mafons arc ca
e of faftion f although feme !
Ijarrnng u s> as in ail focities, may
IB 1 lclr birthright for a rnefs of
■postage, or betray their countiyj
K' ,r f altr y P yet, be allured,!
jB ir * tiiat as a body, we are de- i
to fupport our coun
| „ S lts * We are determin-1
K \ ) 1 4 PP° rt our government ;
■n 1 1 determined, upon a
lu!iM.L COav ! aion of the!
‘ jl 0i natives which have j
THE LOUISVILLE GAZETTE.
invariably diftated its adminif
tration, to lifque our all in its
fuppoit and defence. Can we
fay more ?
Give us leave, dr, to clofe this
fhort addrefs with the warmed
adurances of our perfonal ref
pe£l : and to join in one gene
ral fupplication to the great ar
chiteff, the grand mafler above
—to give you wifdom to dired
—drength to endure—and vir
tue to fupport you, in the va
rious dignified fpheres of life,
through which, b)A your coun
try, you maj be called to move ;
and, at lad intioduce you to that
temple above, a houfe not made
with hands, eternal in the hea
vens.
City ofVtrgtnnes Oct. 23.
A. D. 17^8.
Signed on behalf, and at the
requell of the officers and bie
thern ofthe grand lodge.
John Chip mart , grand miller.
Sam. Hitchcock , I>. grand rnader
Stephen Jacob, G. S. warden,
William Cooley, G. }. warden.
Rojwell Hopkins , G. fecretary.
ANSWER.
X° the members of the grand lodge
SO c>
0) free mafons in Vermont , af]am
bit d in ample form, compofed of
its officers , and a reprefentation
from thirteen fecular lodges.
Gentlemen,
1 thank you for this obliging
adirefs, which has been tranf
mitted to me as you dedred, by
his excellency the governor of
the date of Vermont. I have
ever edeemed the focicties of
free mafons in this country, not
only as innocent, but ufcful.
The principle, not to intio
duce politics in your private al
femblies, and the other principle
to be willing fubjefts to the go
vernment, would, if obfervtd,
preferve fuch focieties from fuf
picion. But it Teems to be
I agreed, that the fociety of ma
fons have difeovered a fciencc
of government, or an art of ru
ling fociety, peculiar to them
felvcs, and unknown to all the
other legislators and philofophers
of the world—l mean not only
the (kill to know each other by
marks or Signs, that no other
per lons can divine; but the won
derful power of enabling and
' compelling all men, and 1 (up
pole all women, at all hours, to
keep a fccret. If this arc ran be
! applied, to fit afide the ordina
| ry maxims of the fociety, and
'introduce politics and dilobedi
; encc to government, and dill
| keep the ferret, it mud be ob
| vious, that fuch Icience and Inch
focieties may be perverted to all
1 the ill purpofes which have been
j fufpeflcd. The characters which
compofe the lodges, in America,
are fuch as forbid every appre
henfion fiom them, and they
will bed know whether any dan
gers are poflible in other coun
tries, as well as this.
The approbation you fo ob
ligingly exprefs of my official
conduct, fince called to the chair
of date, and your opinion, that
it has ftrengthened the affection
of my fiicnds> are highly edeem
ed.
I fay cordially with you, let
not the tongue of Hander fay,;
that mafons in America arc ca
pable of faction, I am very
confident it cannot be faid by
any one with truth of the ma
fons of Vermont. You have faid
enough, and the charaflcridics
of candour, which accompany
your words, leave no room to
doubt of your Sincerity, that
you will lifque all, in lupport
of your government. And in
thefe oious and virtuous refolu
tions, may the <.rchite6f eternal
and almighty have you always
in his holy keeping.
JOHN ADAMS,
Philadelphia , Nov. 30,
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 20.
Gun-Powder, We are forry to
obferve by iffie late arrivals from
England, that the now more
than ever necedary artide, gun
powder, has rifen to an unprece
dented height, and that the prin
ciple ingredient, laltpetic, ad
vanced in the fame proportion,
! cent per cent, in a very fhort
' (pace of time. We think that
the officers appointed to pro
vide thefe eflential articles for
. the United States, cannot be too
aftive in fccuring a neccflary
quantity ; as the prefent prices
, in England forbid us to hope
for any lupplies from that quar
ter —as the following cxtradl of
a letter by the packer, dated 3d
o<sl. will fhew—viz. “ Gun
: powder 200 to 310 s. perewt,
, and in canifters i? 1 . ; faltpctre
in the fame proportion—both
articles fcarce—no faltpetre ar
lived in the IaII fhios from In
dia.”
Miraculous efcope from Jhipwreck .
The brig Sophia, capt. [ohn
• (lon, of Altona, bound to Phi
l ladelphia, foundered at Tea on
• the 14th of September, crew
1 and pallengers confided of 20
: men, 16 of whom were drowned
immediately; the other 4 by
I Swimming, recovered the {hip’s
■ boat, in which they were 8 days
I; at the mercy of the Tea, when
I by providential aid they made
; St. Ives, on the coafl of Corn
wall, and by the humanity of
the inhabitants were recovered
from their fatigue and exhaud
ed date, having had nothing in
the boat but one fowl, which
they eat raw, and a few bif
cuits.
from Cornwall they travelled
to Liverpool, and embarked on
board the fhip Alliance, capt.
Jewett, bound to New-York,
and arrived here on Wednesday
evening. The 4 peifons form
raculoufly faved were capt. Ti
mothy Dorgan, of New-York,
Mathew Van Geflen, his ap
prentice, who were palleng rs in
;the Sophia; and two DaniHi
Teamen.
Mr. Brown,
The following is an extraft of
a letter fiom a corrcfpondent at
Knoxville, in the date of Tcn
ncllee, to his friend in this city,
dated the 15th December lad.
“ Zachanah Cox is now a
prifoner at Nafhvillc, (Rate of
fcnnellce) he having efcaped
from Natchez, and the governor
of the territory hearing of his
intentions of returning to this
country, fent forward lieut.
Smith, who arrived here time
enough to give his information
of his cfcapc ; and Cox was
loon afterwards appichcndcd.
This may be confidercd as an
end to this troublcfome man’
career ; and the deftru6fion c
the views ofthe party who Tup
ported him in this Rate. Th
late treaty of Tellico, and ex
linftion of Cox’s plans, will
place the favourite ebjeft of
many people in this country,
an Indian war, at a very great
didance, and edablifh a fiicnd
fhip between the United States
and the Cheiokees upon a firm
bafis.
“ At a late election for a fe
nator, from this date, in the
United States government, col.
Cock was eleded by a large
majority ; in oppolition to all
the exertions of the Blount par
tyP
•TO BE SOLD,
OnTUESDAY, the sth March,
At lh; M u let Houfe, in LouiiViile ,
A TRACT of LAND, on the LouiiXille
f\ Koad, arijoinipg laud* of Jufcvh
Ghars and Archibald Liitl-, contninirg
i(y'j Acres. Six months c-c 'it v. iil be
given, on givLg apwoved ffnuity.
Archibald Woods.
Tehrua'y
DANIELM'DOWELL,
Boot and Shoe Maker,
Hns REMOVhD irom Broad-urcct, to
CKKEN STRKEV, where all wo k in
Ins line, will be e*tcuicJ with nc^incls
and rli( a ch.
yanuary 22.
WANTED TO HIRE,
Bt the Week or Blonth,
AHF.GRO WENCH, who can Cook,
Wa(h and Iron; for fuch a «>nc,
'?«iierous W -gcj will be £iv«n. Erquir*
al this (Jliicc. January