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which the prop* ity i- siliule.— Votive of these sn!i s must be
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if olive 1 ! the sale, of personal properly mu it be given in like man
nor, I OUT V days previous to the day of sale.
’ici; i,j •, deotoi’s and creditors of an estate must be puhlishe I
or ■’•) I V V !a
From the. Fayetteville Sentinel.
PEitSECU HON.
Tit? Rev, Elijah Dabson, pastor of a bap
tist Church at Lamnt, Illinois, has been ex
clude.! from the fellowship of that church,
a-isoci atiug himself with the Masonic 1
fraternity of Palestine Lodge.—Called up
on by the ruling elders of that clrurch, to
withdraw himself from the Lodge ; Mr.
Dobson refused, upon the principle that lie
found no impropriety in Masnnrv, and that
he would no' renounce the Society until
convincml of being in error, in his def-nee
he proposed (he full nving questions to die
church, requesting ansv, ers to each :
1, Is a moral good a spiritual evil ?
2. Is Masonry a sin ?
S. If Masonry is a sin, wherein does it
consist.
4. May I not pursue what course 1
please, if it, lawful and an advantage to me,'
provided 1 do not sin ?
5. W lien I hive, neither done nor intend
ed harm, why should 1 he excluded P
6. il >w canyon judge ol that of which
you know nothing P
These questions were considered as mere
ly intended to pit/./Jc the church, and (he
answering of them declined, with a confes
sion that they knew not whether there was
much good or harm in the institution. Mr.
1), was then excommunicated without furth
er hearing.
M isoarv, that sublime and distinguished
science, whose institutions, alive and vigor
ous have existed almost from the very birth
of Time, will exist until l ime shall be no
more. Its benignant inlluemc pervades (lie
remotest p arts o! creation No rude assaults
can stop its march —no vulgar prejudices re
tard its progress. W ithin the bosom ot its
Lodge, no party, spirit rages—no undermin
ing plots ngai >st the peace and safety of the
citizaM —no treasonable a
gainst tin* go\eminent —no clashing j irs of
Irelled discontent, and raneourous enmity
.cii i - pt-act: , all IS liiirnlony , all IS
brotherly aftec'iou.— II mud together by fra
ternal tic* • —possessing the talisman which
unlocks tlie masteries of (he science, they
cherish ami ex *tvisu a kindred love toward
each other. Dies a brother languish and
pine under the evils that I rat I mortality is
heir to —where d u.-s he lly (or sue, our? I'o
whom will he apply for relief? I’o him
• \v (1030 bounty givvs unknown, ami v,,r iis unseen.*'
And when were the calls of humanity un
heeded P— Ihe pulse ol a Mason must have
ceased to vibrate, and his heart he as cold as
the ‘ clod of the valley,' when it answers not
to the voice of supplication ami distress.
The Jhme of Charity, when so peculiarly
chiiructeriz.es, and dwells within his bosom
is never re luced to a spark. Ii animates, il
warms, it burns unceasingly, and is only ex
tinguished with the lamp of life.— Masonic
institutions, founded upon the “ Rock of
Ages,” borrow much of their strength from
Religion, and a sanction from divine revela
tions. Religion and M isniry are closely
connected, fin* mere minutely their mvs
teiies are ex imim.nl, the moie elearlv their
excellencies appear. They come purified
from the lire.
( Inimis, daughter oi /.eoui dns Ring of
Lacedemon, and wile «l (,/c mt'i ■ ihcs, also
king 1 L itmlciiian , luund tierself in a nice
and milieu t juncture, from which she freed
hersell, not like an able woman, but like the
heroine ol a romance. So firmidnble a (ac
tion rose in Lacedemon against Leonidas, in
favour of Cleonihrotue, that the former was
obliged to retire to a place of refuge, and
the latter was placed on the throne. Che
lonis was so lar trom sharing in her hus
band's fortune, 'hat she retired into the
same temple, where her father was, and
where she appeared, like him, under the
sad and melancholy figure of those, who lied
to .hose places of refuge. They cannot he
better compared than To penitents, cloa'hed
in sackcloth, and covered with ashes.—
Some time alter, Leonidas was permitted
to retire to Tegea, C/idonis went with him,
as the inseparable companion of his misfor
tunes. Cteombrotus stood in need of a pri
vileged place, in his turn; for Leonidas
was recalled and set on Ins throne again.—
Then Chclonis left her father and went to
her h I'band. It was a spectacle, very vvor
thy of admiration, to see her intercede with
her lather for her husband, bring fully re-j
solved to share in his disgrace, thomdi she
h. not been partaker ol ins good fortune,|
a.>d not to partake of her father’s pros-'
p . u, though she had shared his misfor-l
lu e. Leonidas came with armed men
to toe place ot reltige, where his son-in|
la.v was, and very severely upbraided:
him wua the injuries he hud received'
J from him, with the loss of the throne,
with his exile, and (he consequences ot
it. Cteombrotus had nothing to answer.
—ll is wife spoke for him, and did it with
so much force, and so pathetically, even
protecting that she would die before her
.r husband, if her tears and prayers could not
prevail, that she saved his life, and obtain
ed for him the liberty to retire where lie
I leased. Among other things, she repre
sented to her fattier, that he made his son
j jin-law’s apology, and that by her conduct
i she had made a manifestly against her hus
band. If my husband, said she, had any
. specious reasons to take your crown from
J you, I refuted them ; I was a witness a
' gainst him, by leaving him to follow you ;
i but, if you put him to death, will you not
show, that he was excusable, and make
1 the world believe, that a kingdom is a thing
i so great, and so worthy of our desires, that
lone ought to spill the blood of a son-in-law,
band not value the life ozone’s own chil
jdreu, in order secure it to one’s self? After
: Leonidas had granted her Cleombrulus's
life and liberty, he earnestly desired her
to live with him Leonidas ; but she excused
- herself from it; and, giving her husband one
of ber children to hold, while she held the
1 other, she wont to say her piayers near the
alter; alter which, she sat out with her bus
baud lor the place of their exile. The pas
sage in which Montague praises her, [Es
says, Book iii. chap. 13. J deserves to be
consulted.
THE THREE i'll AYERS.
On Friday the sentence of the law will
be executed on three brothers by the name!
of Thayer, convicted at Buffalo for the nim -
bler ot a man by die name of Love. It ap
pears that this Love was a trailer in the
j neighbourhood and was in the habit of buy-j
■jing and selling any tiling, loaning money on
: bond and mortg.goaml getting every person!
’ in debt, to him—possessing Inmselfof farms,l
Itarming utensils and was a driving and ra
-1 thcr a Hard character as a creditor. He
got t ese Thayers in his power, and being
’ivery ignorant, as well as wickedly inclined,
they thought that the only way to get out
of his power was to kill him, and accordiug
s ly the middle brother invited him to spend
• a night at his house, and the younger brother
" shot hi hi, and the eldei assisted to despatch
and bury him; they then sold his horse, be
jg.to to collect his debts, and occasioned a
suspicion, which led to discovery and to 1
1 conviction.
’ Die youngest brother, scarcely 20, and
the eldest are quite indifferent as to their
’ approaching late, and admit the justice of
their sentence, but they both plead earnest
’ ly, unit Reuben, the middle brother, may be
spared, and his sentence commuted to im
prisonment for life. They admit they clc
. serve to be punished for their crime and are
I willing to be hanged, but the think that
1 the death ol two bru>ticr» is a sufficient expi
' uiott; besides they argue that Reuben bad
no hand in killing Love—he reluctantly con
sented to invite hint to his house, knowing
that the other two had resolved to murder
him; and we understand, that a recom
mendation has been sent to the Governor to
' commute the punishment of the middle bro
-1 liter, who is overwhelmed with grief and
alarm and m ist unwilling to die, while the
other two are quite tranquil and resigned.—
We know not whether the Governor has
r spited Reuben, but il lie has not, it is now
'i too lute, the execution is on Friday. We
1 cannot, however, conceive, that, under these
; circumstances of the ease, the middle bro
ther is a just object of mercy, he did not
1 murder Love, but he did worse, he invited
him to his house to be murdered, he aided
ut bury him and concealed the fact. He in
vited -i man under ins roof, who was, as his
guest, doubly entitled to protection, and he
1 should “ against the murderer have shut
" the door. - ’ And yet such is the deplorable
ignorance of these unfortunate men that
they cannot he convinced that Reuben is
1 guilty and consider the extent of the crime
only in the concealment of the fact. The
lather is also confined with them, accused,
|. though without proof, of being an accessary;
he « tll probably be discharged.
Here is a sight sufficient to appal the stou-
I lest heart, a father and three sons accused
ol murder and chained together in the same
dungeon—in a few hours the three sons are
to be taken trom the lather and to suffer an
ig* ominious death, in presence of thousands
Jof spectators. V. whole family cut off by j
the decrees ol justice, and this is the fruits
of ignorance, of e j/7y neglect, of dissolute
habits, ut indifference and disregard to mo-
I ml and religious instruction.
[yV tw I'ork \alionul Advocate.
1
■> I*. un “ niUtoire «U*s uhinm Celebres.”
1 7 'he Lace Merchant's Dog.
Who would imagine that a dog had been .
1 made serviceable as a clerk, ami had thus
, made for Itis master a hundred thousand
crowns ? And yet an incident like this hap- i
. petted upwards of thirty years since. One .
. ol these industrious beings, who know how i
. to make a chaldron of coals out of a billet of i
, wood, determined in extreme poverty to en-j
gage in trade, lie preferred that species of
y itierchandi/.e which occupied the least space t
ami was calculated to yield the greatest |
. iirolit. He borrowed a small sum of mones I
Mi mu alt tend, and repahing to Flanders ; e
jhe there bought pieces of lace, which with «
out any danger he smuggled into France in t
j the fol lowing manner : , j
j He trained an active Spaniel to his pur- (
| po.-m He caused him to be shaved, and <
procured for him the skin of another dog of a
, the same hair and the same shape. He the
t rolled his lace round the body of his do;;
. and put over it the garment of the strange
i so adroitly, that it was impossible to dis
i cover the trick. Ihe lace being thus ar
r ranged in this pedestrian band-box, h
t would say to his docile messenger, “ for
wuni, my friend,” At those words the do;
; would start, and pass boldly through tin
■ gates of Malmes or Valenciennes, in tin
lace of the vigilant officers placed there ti
; prevent smuggling. Having thus passer
the, bounds, he would await his master at i
little distance in the open country. Then
they mutually caressed and feasted, and tin
merchant placed his rich packages in a pluci
1 of security, renewing his occupation as oc
casion required. Such was the success o
■ this smuggler, that in less than five or si)
; years he amassed a handsome fortune am
kept his coach. Envy pursues the prosper
ous ; a mischievous neighbour at length be
trayed the lace merchant, notwithstanding
all his efforts to disguise the dog, he was
suspected, watched, and discovered.
-' i'
[[Most of our readers will recollect the New
York jeu d'esprit, in which Philadel
phia was pretty sharply dealt with. II
the following were in verse, instead ol
prose, we should supposes it to have been
meant asa retort on that sportive effusion.
It is pretty tart, and has just enough truth
in it to be provoking.]
If the possession of every thing that is
grand, and magnificent, and splendid, can
afford happiness the New Yorkers, accor
ding to their own report, are the most envia
ble people on the face of the earth. They
have the greatest cau#fjtthe wisest Governor,
(when they happen to be in a good humor
jwilh him,) the broadest street, and the rich
jest banks, besides Mr. M , Scudder’s
Museum, and the three thousand new hous
jes per anum ! It is true, one of tlieir socie
i ties sometimes comes under the hammer—
aiida prodigious academy disappears like
an arrow in the wind. Hut such things ne
ver disturb the serenity of the Gothamites.
II they are bankrupt one day as historians,
the same men may be found on the follow
ing, under a new title, in ‘ (he full tide of
successful experiment,’ with all the para
phernalia of presidents and vice presidents-
It bas been said, that an assemblage of
about five ami-twenty savans in New York
will comprehend quorums of a dozen litera,
rv, philosophical, scientific, and medical so
cieties, and that eaclt of these institutions
has held a meeting and adjourned m the
course ol a single evening. This shows en
ergy and promptness ; but the honor of the
invention belongs to the nursery, where the
childicn play ladies and gentlemen, and each
one, in turn, personates mine host.”
Port Folio,
A Translation of Ridge’s Talk to General
Jackson, when they met at the General’s
Quarters, on the 1 Oth January, 18-25.
My heart is glad when I look upon you.
Gur heads have become white. They are
blossomed with age. It is the course of na
ture. We ought to thank the Great Spirit
who has taken care of our lives. When first
we met we were wilking in the red path.
We waded in blood until the murderers ol
our women and children have ceased. In
the land of our enemies we kindled our war
i fires. We sat by them until morning,
j when battle came with the yell of our ene
mies. We met them; they either fled or
fell.
War is no more heard in our land. The
mountains speak peace. Joy is in our val
leys. The warrior is careless and smokes
the pipe ol peace. His arms lay idle ; he
points to them, and speaks to his children
of his valiant deeds his glory will not de
part with him, but remain with his sons.
We have met near the house of our
Great Father, the President. Friendship
formed in danger will not be forgotten, nor
will the hungry man forget him who feci
him. Tlte meeting id’ friends gladdens the
heart. Our countenances are bright as we
look on each other. We rejoice that our
Father has been kind to us. The men of
his house are friendly. Our hearts have
been with you always, and wc are happy
again to take tho Great Chief by the iiand.
Conooud, N. 11. May 30.
Rapid reading and articulation. —On
I Sabbath day, May 15. 1825, Miss Polly
Edgerly, of Gilmantown, daughter of David
Edgerly, Esq. read vocally and distinctly,
i between seven o’clock in the morning and
five minutes before nine in the evening, the
whole of the New Testament from begin
ning to end. [Patriot.
j Simple I, iff. Preserver.— Take 800
[new wine bottle corks, which are to be put
jon a string, and which, when so done, is to
jbe. sewed up in a strong hut light canvass,
(and to be made up in circles round the bo
dy,) and when so lone is to be well painted,
so as to be water proof. It may have shoul
der straps or buckles, or it may be fastened
on a canvass jacket for convenience.
A singular sport took place lately at Ho
boken, in consequence of a challenge from
five New Jersey sportsmen to an equal num
ber of New-Yorkers, to shout at five birds!
each from a trap, the rule being that no bird'
should count which did not fall within eigh-j
tv yards. The result was in favor of the:
New-Yorkers by one, there being on their)
part, sixteen killed, and nine missed; and
on the part of the Jerseymen fifteen killed, 1
and ten missed.
;n THE CREEK INDIANS.
o’ We have copied into our paper to day the
ei - official correspondence on the late Creek
Murders, between the authorities of Georgia
r " and the Executive f the United States. I(
le will be read with interest by all who take
f- any concern in the disputes of our frontier
tg Indians. In a former number, having spoken
te freely on the subject of this unfortunate dis
te turbance, it is unnecessary to retouch the ar
(° gument again to-day. For a slight indis
<l cretion, committed at the close of a late mes
a sage to the Georgia legislature, during a
’e moment of temporary excitement, Gov.
ie Troup makes satisfactory atonement, in the
:e documents before us, by declaring “1 would
> offer up my life, with pleasure, to sustain this
Union for a single day.” We trust this
x declaration may satisfy the scruples of those
d who attribute opposite sentiments to the
r " patriotic and energetic citizen who presides
; over the councils of Georgia. We think the
gl National Executive has done no more than
is its duty in directing Gen. Gaines to enter the
Indian ground t sustain the friendly Creeks
against the Little Prince, and his warriors.
w Any measure s ort of extending our shield
•- ol protection to the friends of the Treaty,
1 would not have comported with that good
*l;faith, which has uniformly characterised us
■'[towards the allies of the whites. Under
*• present circumstances, it has become neces
k sary to suspend the functions of the present
agent to the Creek nation. His official con
s duct has long and loudly been complained
n of, as Gov. Troup states, and who seems, by
- some means, to have contrived to keep up a
- misunderstanding on Indian affairs between
y Georgia and the General Government. If
-, he has violated Itis instructions in fomenting
r disturbances between Mclntosh and the
- Little Prince, which we infer from the
s Georgia documents, thereby frustrating the
- due execution of the treaty, there will be an
- end to his agency. It is certainly a very
- singular state of things, if it be true, that the
e agent has brought about all this mischief as j
-a partizan of Gov. Clark, to prevent the
. cession ol any Indian lands during Governor
i, Troup’s tour. And yet, this fact is solemnly
- staled in the official papers We have refer
f ‘■nee. to. Comment on this conduct issuper
- fluotis, which none but the most weak or
- wicked could stoop to.
f [Washington Gazelle.
, Extract of n letter from a traveller, to the
editors of the New- Voile Statesman,
s dated
e Niagara Falls, May 26th, 1825. '
“ Several rods in advance of the Anicri
; cun line, was pointed out to us a solitary
3 grave, forming a little cavity in the green
i sod, and without a stone, in which reposes
the gallant Captain Hull, who was killed in
the action, ami as a mark ol distinction fur
his signal bravery, was buried upon the very
I spot where he fell. He was the son of Gene
s 'ill Hull, and is said to have felt most keen
ly the censure attached to the surrender of
. Detroit. In the battle of Lundy’s Lane, he
; apparently courted danger and death, as a
. proof that the blood of a coward did not run
, in his veins, and that his heart way devoted
I to his country. He sought an occasion to be
foremost in the conflict, and to rush upon
I the thickest of the toe, leading on his men to
, the charge, and placing himself in a position
~ where it was morally impossible for him to!
_ escape death. He was universally respected !
[ and beloved by the army.
r “ Gur guide conducted us to the highest
part of the little eminence, and, with his
. coach whip for a sword, remarshalled the con
! tending hosts, At one point the American
5 line was formed ; at another Townson’s
, artillery blazed ; here Miller led on to the!
, charge ; and there General Riall was taken.)
. It is evident at the first glance, that the)
British had decidedly the advantage of the'
. Americans in position, having possession of
, the hill, which commanded the whole field'
,in every direction. Nothing but the most!
i undaunted courage, or apparently despera-i
. tion, would have ventured upon the bold ex-j
, fieri men t of storming the enemy’s battery,)
.under such circun stances; and a man of'
f less modesty of General Miller, would have'
, hazarded much in giving a stronger assur- 1
, ance to the commander in chief than this
proverbial answer—“ I can try, sir.” This
was the turning point in the battle, and is
one of the most daring, as well as the most
| bloody, achievements recorded in history.”
Earthquake, —On-the 6th instant, about
half past IU o’clock at night, two distinct
1 shocks of an earthquake, following each
other in quick succession, were felt in the
town of Augusta, Maine. They were ac
companied with considerable noise, and
awakened many persons from their sleep. I
( At half past 12 there was another shock
more severe than the first ; and many were
i the third time awakened by a shock a little
' before daylight.—Buildings were sensibly
jarred, and glasses jingled where they stood
in contact. ’Three shocks were felt in Hal
lowed and in Waterville, where the noise
accompanying them is represented to have
been like that of numerous carriages driven
over a rough road.
N. V. E. Post, June 15,
-<3OO
- Ware, upon whom sentence of
death had been pronounced at a former ses
,'sion of the circuit court in Alexandria, for
j burglary,' and who was to have been executed
on Friday last, received a full parti on for
(the offence, on Wednesday, from Mr. Adams,
[being the fust unpleasant case of this char
acter upon which he has had to act since his
election to the presidency.
e CONSTITUTIONALIST.
k -
a AUGUSTA-.
t .. -7=
e FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1825.
r • ■
ii The manner in which some of the citi
’ zens of Georgia and South-Carolina were
gulled at the late sales of public lands at
. Tallaiiasse, has already been placed before
a the public ; but expecting that the Treasu
• ry Department would afford some explana
‘j tion, we have waited patiently, with the
‘ ihopc of publishing the extraordinary order
s and the Treasury account of the matter to
e gether, when the public might, from a view
e of both sides of the question, form the bet
• ter opinion. The Washington papers are
rJ however silent upon the subject, and it is
e presumed that nothing will be said, until
s,the Department is forced to speak in reply
• to a resolution of the House of Represen
tatives or Senate, calling for information.
IjThis course will no doubt be adopted in
j;proper season—but in the interim we shall
rjplace before our readers, the advertisement
' of the Receiver of public Monies, and add
ja few remarks founded upon unquestiona
ble
r THE ADVERTISEMENT.
ij“ Lx tract of a letter from the Treasury De
i| partment to the Receiver of Public Mo
s! nies at Tallaiiasse.
r Sir
; | hi payment for public lands, you are
; authorised to receive in addition to specie
.land bills of the bank of the United States
i and its branches the notes of the incorpo
• rated banks in the Cities of Boston, New
:j York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Rich
i | monel, and of the specie paying banks in
i the Slates of Louisiana and Alabama.
1 he notes of any bank however, are only to
be received so long as such Bank dischar
ges its notes in specie on demand.
R. K. CALL h. p. m.
■ Tallaiiasse 16th May 1825”
In consequence of this notice, the Bills
of Georgia and South- Carolina, were not re
ceived in the purchase of lands, and the
holders of these Bills were suddenly made
subject to the greatest inconvenience. Wo
say suddenly, because this “ Kxtract of a
i letter,” to which there is no dale, was not
published until the morning of the sales, up
to which time, the persons who bad provid
ed themselves with the Bills of specie pay
ing Banks of Georgia and South Carolina,
believed that their funds would be perfect
ly available., It is not difficult to conceive
their mortification when this order or no
tice was promulgated. Ihese proscribed
Rills had formerly been received at the
sales of public lands ; nay, sometimes pre
ferred if we are correctly informed to the
Alabama Bills. There was no public con
demnation of them—there was no reason
for such a condemnation—there was everv
ground for belief that they would be rea
dily accepted—and yet at the moment of
lifting the hammer and commencing the
sales, the anxious possessors of this spe
cies of money are told, that it is not of the
I right kind—it cannot be received—and they
| must return whence they came, without
[striking a bargain and making the best of
their disappointment. Now, was it not
capricious, to sweep aside all the Bills
jot these Banks, when they are for the
most part as good as those ot the other
Southern Banks—to say nothing of the
Northern Banks—which were received ?
Mas it proper or just, by a long and pro
found silence upon this subject, to foster
the belief that these Bills would be receiv
ed, and then by an advertisement put up in
writing at the moment of sale to reject them ?
Was it not grievous and unfeeling, thus
to destroy the reasonable hopes and expecta
tions of a number of men who had toiled
much to procure their funds— travelled far to
make their purchases—and in a word, done i
every thing which human foresight could
do upon such an occasion ? Was it not vexa
tious by this order, and without a pre
vious notice to seal the pocket books and
tie the purse strings of citizens well provi
ded with the means of paying for what they
should buy? And it is perfectly true that
no holder of Georgia or South-Carolina mo
ney would have purchased a foot of land,
but for the timely arrival of a broker who,
supposing that his funds might be wanting
— (how he got the, information ot entertain
ed this belief is yet to be learned ) —came to
dispose of them in exchange, at a prem
ium of from ten to fifteen per cent! ! Surely,
there is something wrong in this business,
and the Government should look into it and
see at whose door the fault lies. We are
informed that several Alabama gentlemen
before the sale, furnished themselves with
Georgia and South-Carolina Bills, giving