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OVVX6 L'ITUTIOXAIAfc l\ PIIINTKD \ND I’UJII.ISHEI) BY WILLIAM J. BUNGE. Conditions, \r. For th« CITY IMI’KR, twic« a wc**.k, Five Dollars per turnon, payable in advance. i TrlV PA I’Kit, once h wook, Three Dollars per annum, in advance. {£'»“ Vo paper discontinued till directions to that effect are. given and al I arrearage PAID. TKfI.MS. . . . Five Dollars per annum payable in advance. yr A0 V K RTISK M F MT* ... . Will be inserted at tfm rale of ■Tuiy-lwo and • half vents, per square, lor the fir-.’ insertion iinl F .rty-lbree, and i•piurlereenls, for each continuance jy f COM VI I ,V 1 U ATIO.VS by M ill, niaslbe Post-punt. 'j’jT *• Tao! la oil and negroes, by Administrators, Fxecutora or (.eardians,.- i ■ •pnred,v, lavv, to be, held on the first Tue ■■ *y in Die in >oi m ■-■•tw •••M the bonra of ten in llie forenoon and lh ii lliealL .M . ».i, at the Court -1 loose of the county in which the prop* ity i- siliule.— Votive of these sn!i s must be given in a pooii.; g;./i)lle SIX. 1 V dav s previous to the day ol sale. 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