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Cain dee, TAYLOE. 1 R ESPECTFULLY informa the & inhabitants lives and the , adjoining comities that he has taken the house formerly occupied by J. A. proves, Esq. ns n Law Office, op posite the Court house, where he in tends carrying on the Tailoring Business, in all its various branches. The subscriber from bis expe -i- nee in the business flatters him es.f that lie will he able to give sa ti-'action, and will warrant ail work ( >lie |,y him to be equal to that done in Augusta or clsewher*. —Particu- lar attention paid to cutting. Washington, Feb. 18, 1831. 35-3 t. Spring Goods. ’Fhe Subscribers are now receiving jheir supply of SPRING dry goods. C CONSISTING of a large and j J general assortment, which they | Offer at low prices. JOHN EDGAR, &. Cos. 1 fia. Feb. 24, 1631. 36-Gl. i Athens Factory. THE subscriber having been ap pointed an Agent to the above Factory, respectfully informs the public that a constant supply of spun cotton yarns manufactured at the same, will be kept for sale at bis store in Washington, at the Factory prices; which it is believed will be | sufficiently low to justify the planter j in purchasing his supply of either, or J boi h the articles, rather than attempt to m'.i re them at home. JOSEPH VV. ROBINSON. February 22d, 1831. 3,G—tf. r ~^WANTEi). AN apprentice to the Tinner’s Business. A lad from 14 to lf> years of age would bo preferred, j The strictest attention will be paid j to liis morals, and every exertion used to excite him to industry. Ap ply to WILLIAM VERONE. Washington, Feb. 18, 1831. 35—4 t Notice. TIIE Subscriber being author ised by the legatees to settle the business of Thomas J. Pope, late of Wilkes county deceased; persons having demands against him, will present them legally authenticated, and those indebted will please make immediate payment to the subscriber. Stephen A. Johnson. February 18, 1831. 35 asiattfte and other clanks NEATLY PRINTED, AndJorsaleat this Office. WASHINGTON, (GA.) SATURDAY. MARCH 5, 1831. .. ffOTICH. PERSONS indebted to the es tate of William Hudson, dec’d. late of Elbert county, are requested jto make immediate payment; and •all those having demands against | said estate, are required to present j litem properly authenticated within ; the time preset ibed by law, or this ‘ notice will be plead iu bar against their recovery. DAVID HUDSON, adm'r. February 17th, 1831. 36—6 t. ” CIRCULAR. ~~ Office ok American and Foreign Agency for Claims, m Wall-st. 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As the only sure ground of goodness, it will be j our constant aim to excite in tiie bosom of youth ! a feeling ot reverence and love towards their i .Maker; and as connected and ir.v parable there- ’ from, of love towards their parent % and all man- | kind. i in dndftovoaring to dcvclope the inteU?ctukl fa- i cullies of youth, it will be our great Nfijoct to j make our renders thinkers, by picsentinp (tieui with matters likely to produce rt flection; \iih j • out which, reading is yields, and knmvlel';v'2u , ! tlu* mind what undigested food is to the body . } To amuse the fancy of our rre-lers, our pages ‘ i will present a constant succession of Original j I Tales, sometimes serious, at others humorous, hut | !in all cases conveying some useful lesson. Our j I’oetical Articles will be numerous, and such, we { Hatter ourselves, as may tend so form in the minds of onr readers, a proper taste and correct > judgment in literature as well as morals. Having said thus much of what wt intend to do. ! we beg leave to refer our readers to what we have 1 done, ih the contents of the present number. j Terms of Publication.—To ( iiy Subscribers, • in handsome covers, and delivered, by a carrier, j the Mentor wilt be supplied at tiie very low price of One Dollar and Twenty -five Cents, per annum, ro he paid in advance. To Country Subscribers, without covers, af One Dollar per annum. I The exceeding low price at which (he Mentor j is offered to the public, renders it imperative thftt i all subscriptions be paid in advance. ) Persons procuring Five Subscribers, and for ! yard nig their Money, shall receive a sixth Copy It is requested that all Communications he posi t paid; and addressed to S. W ild, Editor and i’ro printer of the New York Mentor, New York. December loth} 183(\ AMEXfZCAN Stenographic Academy BY M. T. C. (iOVl.b. I’IHX. ADELPHI A. Tmnma. 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Those who wish for a more full explanation, or to see a specimen of the page, type, foe. to be used, may no doubt % gratified by calling on Postmasters, who have been generally supplied with an Introduction io the system above referred io; and also with u great variety of testaniviiials from those who have learned the art The issuing of numbers will commence early in July, from and after w hich, each new applicant will be supplied, at the time of subscribing, with a perfect set from the beginning. ID"’ The publisher of any Newspaper or public Journal, who will give this Prospectus a conspi cuous insertion, and forward copy of thc.papei containing it, shall recoil a regular series of the contemplated lectures v. nil >ut other charge. ***Subscriptiuns lo ilie above will be received by the Editor oftiio NEvirs. GUAM) MASOMC CEREMOMES and Visit lo the Tomb of IVashinpJon. The corner stone ol the Associate M fhodist . was laid in Alexandria, by the M. VV. j tran(Qinster, assisted by the Grand Lodge of the 1 District of Columbia, on the 291 hof March. The j Grand Lodege convened at eleven o’clock, in the room of Washington Lodge No. 22, (of which , Gen. W ashington was the Founder and Master.) ; j JOHN N. MOULDER, M. VV. G. ft], presitling, i who anuouncefcy the Brethren assembled, the j Older in which the procession would move under j Ihe diiection of the Grand Marshal, Brother Jk ; rEMtah Elkins, and his assistants, Brothers, M. :M. Cole, C. Prysk. K. G. Lanphieu,J. Dim af, j U. P. Levy, and J. K. Dayton. The procession having arrived at the site se- I Iccted lor the building, and silence proclaimed by ! the Grand Marshal, the Rev. Mr. Steele address ; cd the Throne of Grace i: an appropriate and im | pressive prayer-—after which solemn music bv the , Band. | lhe Grand Master then rose and delivered the • following brief remarks. I Brethren :We have been permitted io assem ’ ket*e in the character of Mason* to lay the Ctruer Stone of a Building—a building which is \ destined lor the worship of that Divine Being, . whom wc revere. Although this Edifice may be , composed of lire most durable materials and form ;°d ky ‘cunning workmen,” it must decay. Our Institution teaches ns how to lay that “ corner done,” which will prove a permanent and inde- Dutiable foundation, upon which we may with ; n .ty erect ti moral temple, just and beautiful in ; all its proportions—a .• mple against which noth i *ng ultimately will prevail—a temple which will : from the ruins of creation, and will.be dc j voted to the sot vice of the Awhile, t of the Uni i verse. Brelhreri, let it* be careful lint we bold up r our profession, and that we operate occord- ; ng to the fixed rules of the Craft; if no do, Hcav ■ cd ‘.vi!l smile upon ur and our Institution, The Foundation Stone was then laid, and the •Hand Master observed, “I pronounce this Foun ; dation Stone of the Astiociaieri i f iU icli I to Di* KT /Xinnut, true and ’rusty.” ivbi.de By ii,e Band. ihe DJue, with the following inscription, fend | | articles, wore fhCt* d< posited in the Slone: ‘-This house, erected for the worship of Almighty j By the associated Methodist Church of Aleutn- j j Lev. v\ (Kiiftn C. Poole, Minister in charge. | Ibis Corner Stone was laid bv the Giaiid Loflge ol the Distrif t ol Columbia, March 29th, A. I). 1830, And of the sdfh year of American Imirpendence. JohuN. Aijulder, Esq. Most Worshipful Grand Master.-” 1 Holy Bible 2 fly nui Book of jthe A. M. C. 3 Mutual Lijfhcs 4 Copy Declaraiicn of Independence, V. S. 5 Copy Alexandria Giir.ctte fi Eagle 60 cent piiu-.c, U. S. coin 7 bo L"> do do S Du lb do do ’ 9 Do 5 do <!„ ! 1° Do l do do 11 Do 12 do do I A memcjiiO oi the times, bcraicfricaliv getjn * i glass. The Stone wns then pl.ac-d in its bed, and the ! | ( ornucopiu, and (he vessels coulaialng the VV i.u* ! i and Dil, were delivered to the Grand .Master, bv I j whom I licit contents were poured upon the Sto.u*, I saying: •‘Aiay the all bounteous Author of alii j good.btcßs the Inhabitants of this ‘own with the { j necessaries, Comforts, nnd ciivemencic* of life i j auu grant to us nil in needed Supply, the Cos/ of! ! nouriohincnt, ttie Mine of re fresh men t. and the } ! () d >*f i-rv.” The Grand Honors of Masonry i j then given,. and the Grand Master said- j i “We have now laid this Foundation Stone: A lav j ihe Grand Architect of the Universe, of Jfis kind { [ providence, ♦ .iablc the Leiigiuin Society t. ca. i v j 041 ,u,<! D‘M*h the work; protect the workmen n- i ; ,n V: hi con.fiction. May j ; he fiord to if, and (o this town in general ids guardianship and protection, and may he kc, p it j I ho -’* decay, and ruin, untiil time ihaf b ( ’ no more. * j ThcN.-barkatmn at Mm.n V.as shfl<i.T ----i ;y umli>r .lie direction of ;>lr. fiavtu-i. whosK experience rendered the land Imgo! tho nnltitude at once safe, commodious j and expeditions. At the completion of the debar jkati m, the ladies proceeded to the Tomb, and I were admitted within the pales. The hospital • proprietor of the estate, .lans .A. Washington, Esq. accompanied by liosuaonWashington,Esq] met the company at the beach, and were intro duced to the Grand Officers, and took a station assigned them in the procession, which was then fmmed in regular order citizens not attached to the Fraternity, forming in tiie rear, conductin'- ihetiiseives nith great propriety, and submitting implicitly to the government ami direction ol lhe tilt- Marsha); appointed to conduct the procession. In this order they proceeded to the Tomb, accom panied by solemn music front the Band. Haring passed round and encircled the Tout!). tiSt proc.-s ----ston halted, with the Grand I, edge fronting the door ol the twilit. After a short, impassive, and truly appropriate prayer from Grand Clmptniu, Brotlter WALr.Acr. a dirge was performed by the datui, tiie masonic emblems vvan-p stationed in their proper positions, and Grand Master Mom.. DEB ascended the Tomb, and delivered the fol lowing address : My Brethcm: We are assembled around the Tomb ol that illustrious personage whom it is our duty as j\lflsoits and as Batriots to honor ; one who, while living, and in the zeuith of his glory, mingled with the Fra ternity, uud lent his influence to sup port our ancient institution; one a -1 gainst whom no person can be found who is hold enough to brave the opi nion of our nation so far as even to lisp a word is detraction. We need no testimony in favor of the excel lence of masonry. but. if we did, we should go no further than this spot; here we would stand, and, whilst we pointed to the place where the re mains of Wasainoto.n are deposit ed, wc would say, in answer to ail that calumny could invent: He who reposes beneath that sod, was once tiie brother and associate of masons. Urol her S. H. Jenks, of Boston, Massachusetts, having been selected as Special Grand Orator for tho oc- casion, then pronounced the follow ing ADDRESS: Tircthc.rn anti Friends : Tho re flection that wc ate assembled around the tpiiß or Washington, might, of itself, serve every purpose of eu logy to which human speech is capa ble ofbeing applied. In silent ven eration, as pilgrims brought hither by the lbtir w ihtls of lleavon, might wc how our bead , and cast upon the holy spot our simple token of per petual rememberance—the spring oj i Cassia. But the occasion is fraught with peculiar interest—and in at-j tempting to comply with tiie flatter iug- injunction which has as- igned to life the duly of addressing you, it were useless and disingenuous to af fect indifference to the extraor dinary emotions, naturally inspired by tiiis undeserved commission. An entire age has elapsed since within this unostentatious sepulchre were depositedthe mortal remains of Him, whose fame adorns the brightest page of history, as the Father ofthis Republic, the foremost in her de fence, the first iti her councils, the dearest in the affections of a brave and enlightened people. To us, in the character we now beer, is his memory doubly endeared; anti tliC| heartfelt tribute which we oifiw-•** Bfierea sluing ,n Hie iulncss of otir filial reverence aud pious ardour, will ‘cave its impressions upon our souls to tlie latest moments of conscious existence. How vain are the efforts of lang uage—how inadequate the concep tions of intellect, mighty aud vast as are their several resources, in at tempts to embrace a theme so sub limely melanclioi,, so awfully grand, as that which is here suggested! When we look upon this unassuming mound, lying in rural meekness up on the verge of the murmuring Poto mac—sheltered only by the cluster ing fqilagg of the forest, waving in mournful majesty beneath the ivroud i blue arch of Heaven—and realise I iliut within the daik confines of this! narrow house, repose the relict of one in whom were blended nil quali ties that unite in the constitution of human greatness, we may well bend in humiliation at the thought of our frailty; and mingle our griefs, and send fourth our signs : for lo ! here, i HF.itR, we witness the termination o man’s career on earth ; the sad con summation of his pioudcst exer tions, the final disposition, so far as ihe view is permitte m this state of being, of all the gr tideur and itie glory of his nature ! Yet the very grou and upon which we stand may be de> oniin.ited holy, ft is the consecrated resting place of W ASHINGTON. Illustrious immort al name! His epitaph is unwritten —words connot comprehend it. His monument towers beyond the con fines of matter and of t me—erected in the bosoms of enia liipated coun trymen, it must abide with them, and with their descendants, for ever im perishable. This sid has oft been pressed by his footsteps—here he was wont to linger iu tlie enjoyment of that quietude and security which he had dearly purchased for h\s fa vored country, and neie he loved to cherish those noble and philanthro pic principles, which, as hisbretheru and followers, it should ever he our boast to profess, aat our study to cultivate, ’ine scenery arouKohm • was once familiar to iiis eye—from tins peaceful retreat, after the toils of a life spent in the cause of virtue and liberty, he could look with fond serenity upon the laud which he con tributed so effectually to rescue from a foreign thraldom, calmly contem plating the happy results of his lab ors, as the sinking Sun throws its yellow and golden smile upon the subsiding storm! Masonry was instituted for noble and wise purposes: it was to expand our benevolence to the limits of soci ety ; to open, enlighten and purify the heart of man ; to ameliorate the condition of mortality here,, and to prepare it for an entrance hereafter .into the ‘‘Celestial Lodge above, where the supreme Architect of the Universe besides.” If the sublime and immutable principles of our Or der were not deeply founded in truth aud to virtue, how i$ it that the l aq [New Series—No. tYi nerofFrertnasonrv is ‘ Tread'hrorirli every In ml, and among every peo ple? Though it has been dashed beneath the feet of fanatical tyrants j in Europe, and lias sustained the ad jurntio'is of the American demago gue, its ignorant and insidious assail ants will yet quail before tbc set ptio of omnipotent truth. It is tin- pro vince of ignorance to revile w hat it cannot understand, and of malice and intrigue to assail what it may not control. But if aught woref wanting to elevate ihe institution h | hove the reach of cavil or suspicion, j we may proudly enumerate among its distinguished votaries, the names of Washington, Franklin, War ren, Clinton, a fayette, mid Jackson. Superfluous indeed would it he to enlarge Upon the of those sages and pabidfl virtues nml valor are *s’ ‘•villi civilization, and tlicS become the propel : y ol ‘jlß| \cs, my hrotiiern—ii is v. able elation of soul, that weiXH to those Venerated names ;fs inent on the Catalogue ol our effickmb patrons—the chief jewels among the ornaments of out craft. And While our records thus exhibit an associa tion of the renowned and benevolent |of otir race, why need we wan an emotion lieyong that of pity or contempt, the miserable crusades and paltry persecutions recently agi tated, avowedly for the destruction of our order ; anti too obviously de signed for the political aggrandize ment of a few restless men, whose only hope of becoming conspicuous, or even notorious, in society, lies iti the desperate chance of rising for tuitously among the lighter atoms, which may lie hurled upward by somtf senseles whirlwind of faction. This, however, is no fit place so? the unrest mined indulgence of in dignant animadversion- We advert to the lamentable topic rather “in sorrow than in anger.” The occa | sion inspires sentiments more refill !ed and exalted. It admonishes us ’ to renew our pledges of fraternal fi delity; to Strengthen our mutual vows of devotion to the beneficient: objects of our institution—and to for tify our resolution in emulating tho examples we have been taught to revere that when we, like tliosO virtues we would commemorate, shall descend to the srrnVe, and bo laid upon a level with the slumbering tnyraids of past existences,- resign ing sur stations on earth to new ini tiates in the Lodge of life, our mcn.oj rics may be as affectionately hallow ed, and our last hopes as deserved!/ honored. Compared with a well founded anticipation that ot r own course may command from succeed ing generations, such feelings tonv age, and such ennobling sympathies as those now struggling within itSj nil the alluring visions of wraith— all the gorgeous aspirations’ of ambi tion, are as “nothing, und less than nothing, and vanity!” Nor is it expedient, in thecompasV of those brief and hastity prepat ed remarks, to expatiate on the moral utility offreemasonry, as exemplified in the life of him who now sleeps within the sanctuary. Though year Sf have flswn, and the “torms of thir ty winters have passed over his hnV ly bad; the hand of oblivion h- <-• t yet trimineu a single line of his histo ry. All, all, is treshly remembered. of a bereaved nation long snme embalmed his fame J and ths voices of eloquent orators,-tti ty of other days, liave spoken big worth, in words of lasting power. Wherefore, at this remote period, to buzzard an elaborate panegyric* accounting tiie ; erfections of our de parted brother, might almost he deemed an act o sacriligeous mock ery. Why then it may be inquired, should we come with funeral pag eantry, to iiivnd. the recessesolthis retirement—wh exp o e tho cold ashes ever of ti e illu t ions dead— when the spirit that on a animated his form, i=* air ady di used among millions of free., en ; ad still sur vives, to warm, aud g adden, andj invigorate the h.e-biood of millions But u'■ ap; j||| _ ■ 11 u'l-.i th laud, recently , • j
