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from the Eafter&SMS of Maryland, fays he
was extremely' aftonifhcd at a glaring forgery
published lift Friday in the Independent Gazet
teer, laid to a letter from that-part of the
country. —He assures the public that in all his
&C; fjotiad • tfce people very federal, that he
adf^iaw,gentle ßien from other parts which he
was not in, who informed him the people in
general were well difppfed to The newCoiifli
tution. As to hihifelf, he must be fo.candid
as to acknowledge he met with three who wsre
against it, two of whom were drunken men,
and one of them had never redd it.—He thinks
the manufacturer of that letter was.very im
politic to date it from that place, the people
there being fully letffible that their prosperity
depends on the exportation of wheat and
flour, ahd that as long as there is neither go
vernment nor trade they must languid) under
the distresses from which they have so long
fuffered—How then must they biuth for us,
fhoijld that forgery ever reach the Eafteru
Shore 1
* AUG UST A, May 3.
The Indians have not done any depredation
time part, and we have it from au
thority that they have retired from our fron
tiers in every part of the State. Various con
jectures are attributed to this part of their
condnCt. . i
Last Thursday morning died, in the bloom
of life,~ after a very Ihort illnfcfs, Mrs. Mary
Simmons, wife of James M. Simmons, Esq.
Clerk of the Honorable the Gentral Affembiy.
The numbers in the different dates, accord
ing to the most accurate accounts which could
“be obtained by the lati .Federal Convention,
were as follow : ..
In New-Hamplhirej 102,000
In Massachusetts; 360,000
In Rhode-Ifland, 58,000
In Connecticut, 202,000
In New-York, 8,000
In New-JeTfey, 130,000
In Pennsylvania, 360,000
In Delaware, 37,006
In Maryland, (includingthree
* fifths of 80,000 negroes) 218,000
In Virginia, (including three
fifths of 280,000 negroes) 420,006
In North-Carolina, (including
three fifths of 60,000 negroes) 200,000
In South-Carolina, (including
three-fifths of 80,000 negrpes) 150,000
In Georgia, including three
fifths o3f 26,000 negroes) 90,000
I- c • <-* -
At a meeting of a Convention of the fevfcral
Lodges in the state of North-Carolina, held
at Tarborough, December 12, A. L. 5787,
for the purpose of electing a Grand Master
and other Grand Officers for the fame, the
W. M. Brother Mare was pleased to give
the following charge to the several officers
of the Grand Lodge, &c.
%ioft Worjhipful Samuel Johnson, Esq. Grand
Mafer y and Richard CaJ'ivtll, Esq . Deputy
'Grand Mafier of Majons in the fate of North -
Ca r olina :
AS you have the honor to be placed at the
fiead of us in the Masonic Zone, we flatter
ourselves that under your wisdom and patron
age, the Art Os Masonry will floiirifh amongst
us. Let me observe to you on this occasion;
that our ancient constitution is to be your
gtiide and support : being persuaded that ex
hortation to amore punctual difehatge ofyout
duties would appear at present unnecclfary,
Hill permit me?, without giving offence to any
one in this Urge and refpedable fneeting, to
make a few observations; perhaps they may
be of benefit to the newly admitted Brethren,
if any are present. " ...
Would every Brother confider the advan
tages he derives by being initiated in our
Body, be would surely confefs its glorious
precepts taught in all regular Lodges, are cal
culated in a particular manner to form their
minds in goodnefe; they ftrengly recommend
t us to cultivate odf feveftTduties to God, our
neighbours, ourselves, and charity to allthan-
Rind. The rules of this Fraternity have a
direCf tendency to promote moral and social
virtue; let us then be careful to juftify our
. selves in paying a punctual attention to the
rules of this grand Profeffion, and above all
let us conform ourselves to that great light
the law of God, that will teach us to be sub
missive to ,our superiors, to our equals cour
teous, and to our inferiors’ kind and conde
feending. *
Masonry is an offspring of Heaven* the
patt Onefs of the liberal arts and fciCnceS, which
polilh human nature,' and happy are they in
some degree that are converlant with her;
and we .find that many of her votaries are
rendered immortal by their works v
You will allow me to recommend to you
whenever any candidate a(ks admittance, that
there will always be made a ftriCf and impar
tial enquiry into their characters of whatever
rank or condition ; this neglect has brought
an abuse too cbmmon in most Lodges, and
this timely care will give a permanency to the
Craft, which will restore houdr and dignity
upon its members. t
Brother Officers now present, permit me
to addirefs uiyfelf to you; from the impor
tant places you now fill, I have the greatest
reason to expeft that you will not be. too much
elated with that honor, but losing fight of it,
will have only in view the fei vices your of
fices demand ; this conduct, while it endears
1* • , « r t-' O'.* * %
you to others, will not fail to raise your own
reputation.
I likewise trust that you will be more punc
tual to the regulations of this grand Society ;
such is its nature, that as some must rule and
teach, others must of cdtirfe learn and obeyl
Your being emerged in political honors,
will not make you forget in what line you
now stand ; I hope the engagements on your
initation, will appear too important to be
trifled jwjtjb ; stand Juan ugQji the foundation
on which you are placed, keep a flretched
out arm holding a plumb line in your hand,
an emblem of your rectitude, and you fliall
not be passed by.
Let these considerations, my worthy Bre
thren, animate us in thepurfuit of so noble a
science, that we may be qualified to fill in
turn the most diftinguilhed places, and at the
fame time let our actions convince the world
thdt truth; Brotherly lotte, and a de/ihe to af
foid relief to the distressed, are the grand
principles whereon we proceed, so that when
we have past this life in the dilcharge of our
duties, as men and Free Masons, we may ob
tain the reward*, which is admittance in those
happy regions where reigns fuence and peace
forevermore.
f. MARE, Prefidfent.
Brethren f this Hon . Convention ,,
As we have gone through the important
business for which we met together, allow me
in the glaldnefs of my hCart to exprfcfs the
gratitude I owe you, in having the honor to
fit in this exalted Chair; and as lam about
to. leave it; to exprefsthe happiness I feel at
this time in feeing the great work for which
we convened finiflied ; I hope the result of it
will give a liability to the Society, which will
refleri honor and dignity on the Craft.
We may flatter ourselves, as we have laid
a foundation and placed such exalted charac
ters at our head, that Free Masonry will flou
rirti throughout this state. I hope it will not
be taken amiss if I charge you on this occa
flbti, that you Will observe a strict attentibn to
the rules and constitution of Masonry in
your relpeftive Lodges, that will cemeiit us
all in one bond of brotherly love.
As I am now taking my leave of you, per
mit me to implore the world’s Great Archi
teft, who is our Supreme Graud Master, to
bless you with all those gifts of understanding,
and all those calm dispositions of heart, which
will make you omaiueuteto your friends and
f happy in yourselves.
J. MARE, Frcfidtne,
The Englijhman's COMPENSATION for thi
Loji of AMERICA— or AIR J 9r SOLIDS* ‘
A JEU D* ESPRIT.
NO more let EngTilhraen regret,
Iu truth they have no cause:
For when Great-Britain’s Sun was fetj
* Great George’s Star * arose.
MqiJ fortunate is he and wife, s
No forro\V need to know,
Who gains NEW regions in the fkies t
For OLD ones loft below.
* The GeorgiumSidus,a planet lately dis
covered by Mr. Herfchci—and thus named in
honor of the Englifti King.
t >y Avguftay May a, 1788. ,
>HE fubferiber will be absent for a few
months—he therefore requests those in-*
Rented to him to make speedy payment to Mr*
Thomas Jones,' at Mr. Toole’s Store, Augu
sta, with whom the Books arc left, and autho
rity to fettle and pals receipts for what fuma
he may receive,
WILLIAM REILY.
N OTIC E.
THE SUbfcribw will be
ready,-at his houff, to
receive the Tai Lifts of the in
habitants of Captain Pcarre’s di
ftridt of militia, from the 20th
to the 30th of the prefeiit month,
and not afterwards.
Robert Forfyth.
Augusta, May i, 1788.
IDO hereby give notice to the
inhabitants of Captain Pool’s
dillridt of miiitia, that 1 will at
tend at my own house, in Au
gusta, on every day in each
week, excepted) from
Monday, May the sth, to Mon
day. June 2d, for the purpole of
receiving a lift of their taxable
propei ty for the present year.
W. FREEMAN.
Augusta, April i, 178 3.
To be Sold,
That well known valuable Plantation, called
Greenwich,
Opposite Augusta, containing fix hundred and
forty acres of land, one hundred acres of
which are prime river loyv where a
ferry is eftabliihed. On thepremifes are two
ware*houfes for the infpettion of Tobacco
that will contain onethoufand hoglheads .wit
a framed dwelling house and store adjoining
to them ; and at a small distance, ou the high
land, is another framed dwelling house, on a
brick foundation, aod a flore completely
fhclved, with counters, &c. and a cellar un
der them that is perfectly dry, together with
every convenient out-building 1 the whole in
good repair, and built of the belt materials,
and if not fold by the firft of September next,
will be rented.
For particular* apply to General Andrew
Pickens, at Long Cane, Meflr*. Gervai* and
Owen, CJiaflefton, or on the premifea to
MELINES C. LEAVENWORTH*
April J St