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ILTBelow we give the answers of . Gon. rETSR •
- B. PORTER: and the non. Judge ROCIMEITER, to an
enquiry from a nutitber of the members ofthe Hof.
fah" Lodge, as to the propriety,;end expediency of
giving up tho,Cha i rter of their Lodge. .Goo.
ter was'a member of Mr. Adams' cabinet. Judge
-- IroTdrel r was formerly a resident of Hagerstown,
Md. and now sesidee in Buffalo and is ono of the
Judges, of that district. We ask for their an.
; ewers an attentive peruial.
- : &Ault Ilocx, Supt. igth, 1331 7
. . Gentlemen.-1 have received your letter
• of the 10th inst., addressed to Judge Ito
..„phester:and myself, reiluesting our opinions .
e.s to the expediendrOf adopting a proposition
which it seems is now.a subject - of discussion
among the members of your Lodge fur sur
rendering its Charter. .• , ~ :.. . •
. I have not had the pleasure of seeing
Judge Itochettbm'sbaet the receipt of your
letter, but .understand that he is shortly qk
pected home. For myself, however, I have
no-hesitation in saying, in the present exci
ted state of the public mind, I should deem
it to be an act, not of, magnanimity merely,
but of .patriotic duty to'the cause of public
peace and tranquility, to give up your Char- .
ter at onee,aforever. ~
11
• ' The : press." solte,of my health does not
'permit me to ,go at large into an examina
tion of the principles and practices of Free
• ;Masonry; but I will cheerfully submit to
you, a brief account of my 'Own Masonic,
lmowledge and experience, as furnishing
the motive to the adviie I have just given.
- Ijoined- the Masonic Fraternity in early
life, by, t!ecorning, a member of the Ontario
Ltidge at Canandaigua, which at that titre
was the only Lodge in the State, west of
the Cayuga Luke. By the partiality of my
brethren,' was soon advanced to the office of
Maker, the duties of which I discharged for
several years. The only professed object
And-principles of the Institution, as then ex
plitined Mutt understood, .were-Ist, the dis
pensation of charity to worthy but Wolin
nlte members and their families, and inure
: especially to such as were strangers; 2d, a
prompt and cheerful observance ot;•and-obe
dieneo to the laws of the land; 3:1, a rigid
practice of all the moral,virtues, and 4th, a
tillifiirtn dethonstration of ropeCt for religion'
'-tindit,prtifeSiors--without, however, requi r- 1
ing a dielaratiOn in favor of any particular
creed.`": Simple, however, and even merito
rious as wore the objects of the Institution,
yet, for the purpose no doubt of giving an
air of importance and mystery to its proceed
ings, they
,were surrounded by a profession
of Useless pagentry and show; and veiled in
. impenetrable secrecy, by the administration'
'Of high Sounding and terrific oaths, denolinc
ing by extravagant penalties, the violations
ofthe'secrets of the Society.
' I was induced to continue a 'member of
the Lodge for several years, not only be
e vise I saw nothing in its principles or prac
tices (unless the obligation to secrecy may
be considered as such) that was injurious
to the interests of society; but because it at:
forded one of the very few Means we then
enjoyed of social intercourse; as it brought
'together, ohce a month, many of our prin..
clpalinitabitantsf—scattered over an-eya of
sight or ten millions of acres.
It is, however, now more than twenty
yeafe since I have been a member, or (with
a single exception) within the walls of any
Lodge. I withdrew from the SoCiety be
cause I believed that all its' useful functions,
if not entirely superceded, were nt least
much more efficiently performed, by other
an mere recent Institutions, having the
same objects .in view; 'and because the un
meaning pomp anifiaraTe
- operations_ are carried on, were uncong enial
:.:-with my_ taste. _ never .a.dvaneed_bond
*WO - third degree of 51 - asoarandi - carrtru.
ly say, that during the time 1' was a mem
ber, I never saw the influence of the Society
exerted in the advancement ofany political ,
measure. For myself, 1 never inquired, sel
dom knew, and still less cared, whether a
candidate for any civil office, was a Mason
o r
not: and •such believe has been the
general sentiments of other Masons. I have.
never known Masons, as such, to be en-
gaged in any unworthy, much less criminal
project, until the ail:lir of ilor,,,,aan. At the
time of his abduction I was absent from the
State, and on my return, it was wholly im
possible, among the various and contradic
tory mime" and conjectures that were afloat
to form any satisfactory opinion in respect
to „the particulars of theinaction. For
\ ti
more than two. years afterl
he' event took
place, although satisfied that Morgan had
been forcibly and illegally seized an& bro't
to this frqntier, my prevailing 'opinion was
'that hewas alive, and either lay concealed
iu some part of Canada, or had been sent
to sea. But it -has since been abundantly
proved, that he was deliberately and foully
mindered, and that' too by Masons; and
whatlendere the transaction still more .a:
Ittrtning as ragard
. the future credit and
usefulness of. the lustitutiou—murdered by
.MasotelactuaNy ..beligviug that khey were
discharging a duty imposed on thine .by
Meiotic obligations 1
if then, there are to be found amono."
the
s Members of any of our •Lodges--and tout
there are, the latuentahle ease to which I '
, have alluded toOclearlY proves, any so weak
or s° infatu4ted - as to believe that their ma=
round require or authorize them
'to aonitliit &els of swill atrocity, in tlisregard
of their civil. dutie.t.and, in violation of the
express_courituld of '1..; od,„ surely. it' i is the
jiatrefevery Ledge to surrender it ' that
'..ier,;4untithtis - prevent the recurrence of simi-,
tilt, .Sailotitnitiot. : It would, moreover,: be
bott*litift propitiating f.o - ftitt ivoulided feel
' ' jugs' 4 Cure—goad tlietts are doubtleseinlny;
atedi.agl
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1461% Orplaias.-4,6v.usimpzumuccaNr--atiaTorm-
re4l) - belicNe that
authorizes Crime
.-
am, N'ety respectfully, your obedient
servant,
PETER 13. PORTER.
To Messrs. Potter, Follet, Camp, Townsend and
Barker.
Tuesday, 131/i Sepr. IH3I .
Gentlemen.—Returning home to-day Gen.
Porter has submitted to me your letter of
the tenth inst. and his reply. I take ocea
aim' to say, that I fully concur in the advice
and opinion therein given by him. _ ,‘
My humble belief that freemasonry is at
this time quite useless,iwas fully expressed
in un address on behalf of the Monroe
Lodges some two yews ago. Subsequent
reflection has convinced me tit:lt the Insti
ttitioaneither can or ought to be manitained
any longer; because the possibility of its do
ing gooi,l is more than counterbalanced by the
evil tendencies to which, under the circum,
stances. of.the times, it is inevitably liable.
Very respectfully, yotir obedient servant,
W. Et. ,11.001 ESTER.
: • H. B. Potter, and others.
MR.' CLAY'S MASONRY.
Err no following letter from Mr. 01..11 . was
written in reply to an application, in writing, from
a Committee of Anti-Masons of Hanover, Indiana,
to know his sentiments on the subjecl, of Masonry:
ASULAN D, , Oct. iii, 1631.
G ENTLEMEN:— . I
hope von will excuse the
delay in acknowledghig the receipt of your
letter of the2d ult. which has arisen from an
absence from home and from various en
gagements: Waiving the considerations
that I have no knowledge of the existence
of an Anti-Masonic meeting in Hanover,
Indiana, other than that which is derived
o r n your letter, nor of your appointment ay
a Committee to correspond with me, other
than your statement, nor the satisfact ion ofa
personal acquairtance with you, I will pro
ceed at once to reply to your letter. Its pro
fessed object rs to ascertain my soatiments
on the subject of Masonry; and the reason
assigned by you for this enquiry is thus stated
by yourselves:—"As we are again shortly
to be culled upon to choose a man to preside
over the councils of our nation; as it will
then be our duty and privilege to raise our
humble but independent voice in favor of
him whom we deem most worthy of our suf
frar; and as you now And a candidate for
a high and important station, as your friends
and tallow citizens, we would solicit from
you a frank and candid statement of your
sentiments on this subject."
- I do not know a solitary provision in the
Constitution ofthe United States which con
veys the slightest authority to the General
Government to intefere, one way or the oth
er, with either Masonry or Anti-Masonry*.
If therefore a President of the United States
or any other functionary of that Government
were to employ his official power to sustain
or to abolish, or to advance the interests of
Masonry or Anti-Masonry, it would be an
act of usurpation or tyranny.
You_ have not called upon me for any opin
ion upon any great practical measure falling
within the. scope of Federal power; but pass
ing by every question of vital interest,within
the sphere of its operation, you demand my
sentiments upon a subject with which
huotbly_cone,eive it has nothing to de,.and,
'you place this demand on the ground of the
nifluence which my sentiments might exert
upon the exercise of an undoubted and im
portant privilege which you possess as citi
zens of the United States.
A compliance, on iny,part, with your de
mand, would amount to an implied admis
sion, that individual sentiments on the sub
ject of Masonry, firmed a proper considera;
tion in regulating the exercise of the elec
tive-frturenise-in—respeet---to-olfiees--4-4ha-
Federal Government. I can make no such
itilmission. J cannot beirevethat whether
-1,---arn-friendly_orlostilatallaisoury_ariiati , _
Masonry, is-at -all material int i formation
4 4 1 0
of any judgment, on the par ny fellow
citizens, concerning my fitness for any office
under the Government of the United States.
That elevated o'llikiv'to - which yeti allude,
should, in my opinion, be tilled by one Who
is capable ; unswayed by sectarian feelings
or passions, of administering its high duties
impartially itiivards the whole people of the
United States, however divided into religious
social; -benevolent or literary associations.
Entertaining these views,l have constant
ly refused to make myself a party to the un
happy contest raging, distant from me, in
other parts of the UniOn, between Masons
and Anti-Masons. Whilst these views. re
main uncorrected, I must adhere to that de s
termination.. If, ind4o, you gentlemen,
will point to the provision in the Federal
Constitution which can be legitiMately made
to operate upon. the subject iti_questien. I
would not hesitate promptly to comply wits
your request. In the meantime, in declin
ing it, I hope yon, will donsider me as got
wanting in proper respect to you or to those
whom you represent, but as acting from it
conviction of the impropriety of blending
an alien ingredient with a question, already
suilieiently Complex, and also from a'seiise
of personal independence. .
I am with great respect, your` obedient
,servant, - *HEN ill' CLAY.
Mes3r.r. J. A. Watson, Noble Butler, J. H.
l'honuton. • •
„Contmenting on the above, the T,sneaster Her.
qd hold the, following language, in which we
agree-="This letter full bears iis out in the asser
tion we have repeatedly made \ that Mr. Clay is an
ardent and devoted member of the order, and that,
his Masonic at i tachMettle ontweigh his sense o
the obligations he eives , io the ccmit;lunitY - •
. "Mr. Clay is Wilted byklia — e.olinnittse to Oa a
frank and candid statement of his views on M.
sottryp---as they consider a knowledge' of those
;.
views imports t is making a selection of their
&milldam for t o PresiAncy. N0 , `,.. does Mr.T.
itusweeth4 respecgut - requesi - of—hiti-fid
zena? Why IDI'"E know not," ;lays ho, "a solitaiy
provision in the Constitution of the Unitr.d States
which convoys thettlightest authority to the gene
rallgovernment to interfere, one way or other, ei
ther with Masonry or Anti-Musmiry."[!!!] Suck
is the tooe of his answer. And who, let us ask;
ever supposed • there was an express provision in
the U. S. Constitution, Authorizing the general
government to interfere with Masons ° or Anti:
Masons? Where was the necessity of. Mr. clay
answering a question never, put to him? Simply
to evade the point at issue, and reprove us severely
I its possible the Anti-Masonic party, in an indirect
manner. But let us take Mr. C. on his own ground:
Who has ever heard of a provision in the Con.
stitutiortbf the U. S. authorizing the General Gov
oniment to interfere in any way with Democracy
or Federalism? No one, and yot ventui o
to assert that M r. C. would not hesitate a moment
to avow himself a Federalist or Democrat, and I
give his reasons on the relative merits of the prin
ciples oftho two parties? No one—he would pro
claim them from the house-tops, sad be governed
if President, accordingly. It is only in this indi
rect manner that the President elm support or ad
vance any principle. But for a President to ad.
Vance thit,eause of Equal Rights, to Maintain the
"Sopremncy of the Laws," to withhold Mikes
from those disqualified by their attachment to a
Foreign Government, would in the estimation of
Mr. Clay, be an "act of usurpation and tyranny!"
Mr. Clay's affected ignorance of the political,cha
rector of Masonry, is not the least disingenious
feature in his communication. fFrAfter having
exerted himself to establish a 3.. - ATIONAI.7
LODGE,JI to control t4ae operations of Gore, n
ment, he has become conscience stricken, and pre
tends that Masbnry has nothing to do with politics!
lie wraps himself up in the mantle of Masonic
secrecy and dignity, and boldly denies the right
of the people to know his sentiments on an Insti
tution which has trampled on the Laws and usur
ped the Government—which has performed act
after act of "usurpation and tyranny," and of
which he is known to be a member.- lie presents
hisuself as a 'Candidate for the first office in the
Country, and when asked to declare whether or
not lie considered himselfthe subject of a Govern.
went alien to that of the Union, he boldly says in"
effect, that I conceive to be none of your business!
The effints of a portion atilt, people to reesta
blish the "supremacy of the laws," ho deplores as
an "unhappy contest," hoping no doubt that its
progress will he retarded and the ancient frater
nity reinstated in their former power. And for
his part, he hesitates not to say, in effect, that he
will continue as heretofore within the pale of the
Lodge.
We are glad that the Letter of Mr. Clay has
made its appearance. It shows his Masonic at
tachments at once, and Jackson Ininselt is not,we
believe, a more bigoted and devoted advocate of
the Institution.
i'arions Platters.
Productions of corn and potatoes raised
on the farm of Robert Pollock, in Erie coun
ty, Pennsylvania, the present fall, to wit:-
410 bushels of ears of corn from two acres
of ground; and 600 bushels of potatoes on
the same f irin, on two acres ofground-400
bushels of which were dug by two men in
five hours. They are eertilied from men of
undoubted veracity.
Consumption of Fuel in New
During the last year the consumption of
Wood was 205,019 loads of oak, 40,244 of
hickory and 52,283 of pine, making a total
of 279,606 loads, at an aggregate cost of
$493,083 86. Add to this 26,605 A tons of
anthracite coal, 11,873 chuldrons Virginia,
tuid 12,593 of charcoal, at a cost of $321,-
642 34 0 and the athount is increased to
• $814,7213 20. The quantity of Laverpotit
and some other kinds of 'coal consumed we
I4have-41ot the moans-of knowing.-----aut---41-wel
include the whole, with the cost of caiting
&c. the expense of fuel for the city of Newt.
Y.--
orktannot be less than_a_milhou_of dollars
per _annum. - • - - ."44,""
A young man named. Roby has been in
dicted before the - Supreme Court, Boston,
for the - murder of his betrothed last Spring
in Belknap street: According to a Boston
paper, it is a modern aiKtir of Othello and
Desdeinuna, but far less deliberate than the
Moor's—the paroxysin ufjealuusy being as
sudden as it was violent.
An Inheritance.—The Paris Constitution
nel of the sth of October contains a letter
addres.4ed to tiro Editor by Mr. George
Sullivan, of Boston, which stales that in the
year 1821, a Frenchman, Louis Milleret
by name, arrived there and was' introduced
to .Medsia.' George and William Sullivan,
WWI) Cheverus, then Catholic Bishop
at Boston. That Milleret placed in their
hands some papers establishingliti right to
a certain inheritance, from which they have
'already received Twelve Thousand Dollars,
atzd would be able to recover a luiTher sum
of like amount, were Milleret present, but
that they are ignorant ofhis•plaCe of abode.
Mr. S. has transmitted to the Editor of the
Constitutionnel, One Thousand Dollars, to
defray the expense of giving Mr, Milleret
notice of the above circuotstarice by adver
tisement, and paying his travelling expenses
to this country. , ,
SMALL PDX.--We deem it an act of
justice to our follow citizens,saye the Bahl
, more. Chronicle, to apprize them that there
are aeverdi cases of the &hall Pox,, in t
41 , 0
city ht pi•esent;, , we,:wouki alsoirug . t
14( 4e
to them the propriety — of taking st kto
1 . - .of thelbu n d m , L :r-nr--___ - . -t; '._ '' - -
.
as have not already ha the Poelc,
.
medi4ttily viLeetuated.:
Bnowir-Coai Winsitnic.--The 0%0E3 of
the. friends 6f temperance appear to bo met
ut eveity progrutlivo stop with slaVtittik"er.
. ,
.tiTrts at couaTeractiair, flieir. benevolent in-'
tuitions; scarcely one source 6f iniquity is
exposed and its practice abandoned, before
another rises, Phenix like, from its ashes,
,
and perpetuates and strengthens the evil
which ha4reviously been abandoned. The
distillation of Cider Brandy haS been a cry
ing evil in this. region, but the scarcity of
apples and the force of public ofiinion, has
reduced the quantity made, and the amount
drank until, apparently,. the worst and most
brutalizing species of-intemperance has sub
sided. But a new source ofobtainino• stimu
lating liquid has just been found out, through
the inventive genius of some queer yankee,
and the land will vet be Hooded with Brown
Corn Seed Whiskey,.. the seed of Broom
Corn This year yields abundantly, and it _is
used as a substitute for Oats for horses, and
also for manufacturing Whiskciii we are
told it can be had in abundance for thirty
Celits per bushel, the very best, and that One
bushel of seed yields ten quarts of pure
Whiskey! The distillation has already be
gan, and the cultivation of Broom Corn may
yet prove a curse to the soil and a ruinous
scourge to those who raise it. --Northampton
&wirier.
A SCREAMER!—ItaIian papers state
that an organised being has been round in
Airier' which seems to form a link in the
chain between the animal and vegetable
kingdoms. This singular ,being has the
firm of a spotted serpent. It creeps along
the ground and in lieu of an head, it has a
flower forined like a small bell which con
tains a slimy liquid. Flies and other in
sects attracted by the sweet taste of this li
quid, enter the flower and are retained there
by its glutinous, nature., The flower then
closes and remains cloSed until the prison
ers are crushed and transformed into chyle.
The indigestible parts, such as the head
and the wings are rejected by two inferior
openings with spiral windings. The skin
or this serpent-plant resembles leaves, the
flesh is white and tender. The inhabitants
of the country eat it and,cplisider it a great
delicacy !—N. 3'. Enquirer.
" A Lucky Hod Carrier.—Nblack fellow
arrayed in tatters, and those tatters liberal
ly sprinkled with mortar, the symbol of his
presented the ticket combination
numbers 43 49 56 which came up a prize
of $20,000 in the New York Lottery, which
drew on Wednesday last, at the counter of
Mr. Robert T. Bicknell, Lottery and Ex
change Broker, in Chesnut street, yesterday
morning, and immediately received for - the
same the due amount in cash. We under
stand the lucky ticket was obtained of Mr.
Francis, immediately in the rear of the
Arcade. The lucky holder appeared per.
fectly satisfied with his bargain, but evinced
less excitement on the occasion than might
have been expected.--Philad. inquirer.
OZ r- Cltriff: .INr) rrs coNsnorsrvens.—A
young man attempted to commit suicide by
cutting his throat with a pea-knife, at Mr.
Pritner's hotel, in Cherry street above
on Thursday morning last. The
circumstances of the case, as far as we
could learn them, were these. The young
man, named C eorge W. Brannan,, had _been
'entrusted with - a sum of money, Nthicli he
was to carry to Worcester from a neigh
boring town in . Massachusetts. Instead of
discharging the trust, he absconded and
came south. He arrived in this city on
Wednesday evening; early on Thursday
morning he Went down to the Wart to take
passage for Baltimore: the steamboat had
left a few minutes' before his arrival. On
returning, he met, in Second street, the
gentleman whom lie had defrauded of the
j money, with a sheriff, who had aecompan
ied him from MassaChusetts.Theywent
with him to the hotel in Cherry street and
"the miserable young man promised to re
store the montw to its owner; thr which
purpose they •both-- went into the-chamber
where the servtierliad conveyed - the trunk,
which Brannan unlocked, and seizing a pen
knife, cut his throat. The gentleman threw
his arms around him to prevent further
mischief, and called for help. The young
man was conveyed to the Hospital, where,
it is believed, he may recover—and that is
the. result of his crmc—perliaps, his first
crime.—U. S. Gazette.
Frnrn Itogi9ter
OLD TIMES.—When George Wash
ington, the (littler of his country, was in
stalled President of the United States in
1759, he was clothed in American cloth.
When John Hancock and Samuel Adams,
the "rebels"eireluded from the royal mercy
and grace, were installed' governor and
lieut. governor of Massachusetts, at the
cradle of the revolution, in 1789, they were
both .dressed in homespun.* - W . hen James
Madison, the tether of the constitution,
took his oath of office as President of the
United States, in 1809, he was also clothed
in the products of American labor. And it
was just / about this.time that John Randolph
discarded the use of homemade goods, be
cause it VMS thought ,"patriotic" to prefer
thorn.
The last named, it is stated, attended to
wake his late speech to his "dear ponstioe
ents„7 iti British. built coach, drawn . I by
rour horseo. " •
buttons on the coat of John ilaucock
wsremof silver, ami 'of American manufacture=
the. device., a shepherd sharing his sheep—the
motto "yuu gain more by otlr /ices than - by our
death;." .
n acct en - 0 a pec tar ressing
character occurred at Woulliwell's
wthibiting the fair on %Vett!u ay
morning.. A. man who wait etriployed in
cleaiting thexago „itt which the lion Wal
lace,Was.conflood, "imprudently patting him
on the seyei al time., Whit:Witte Atli,
I mai appeared to take in g i de' part, at — id - in
I return licked the hand that carressed
I At .length the lion• suddenly caught the
man's arm in hieteeth, and in his attempt
ing to tkitlidraw . it, the flesh and muscles
Were dreadfully lacerated; and ere he could
I extricate it the animal actually bit offend
swallowed the unfortunate keepers hand!
He was immediately takerr to the infirmary,
wheie it was found necessary Co amputate
his arm, which was skilfully. performed-by
Mr. Darnel,. and it The many life
will be saved.—Buffalo Journal.
Chimnioron Fire.—The prefect ofpoliee
of Paris has directed that a quantity of flour
of sulphur should be continually kept at the
watch house of the-liremeu in that metro
polis, and at the places of residence of the
Police °dices.. Flour of Sulphur, as has
been demonstrated ih theory and aseXperi
ence has sliewn, will effectually put out a
lire in the chimney% It is only neceAsary
to burn a small quantity Ort, the hearth of
the tire place, the chimney of which is on
lire. The sulphur combining with the oxi
gen of the air, fills the chimney with, sq.
phonic acid gas, which stops almost, itmoo
diately the combustion of carbon, the basis
of soot s . At the fi rst view it appears strange
that by. increasing one lire, another is ex
tinguished, but the means alluded to are as
powerful as simple. It is almost superflu
ous to observe that flour of sulphur can on
ly be successfully used to put out a fire in a
chimney and that in case of other fires, it
would not only be useless but dangerous.
Robbery and Elopement.—A woman na
med Ilor, was brought up, charged with
robbing her husband of SIM It was sta
ted, that when apprehended, she was pre
paring to run away with a man named
Jones. The amiable wile was held to bail,
and the husband commenced a civil action
fl)r damages against the paramour.--Neva
York G: ;cite.
Female Heroism.--In the late attack up
on Wilnn, tOurteen female warriors distin
guished themselves in the Polish ranks.--
sne of them was unfortunate enough to , re
ceive three wounds from a spear; in the
midst of a hearty commiseration Which
her sullbrings - excited amongst her compan
ions in arms,. she exlinmed, "These wounds
do not painine. How happy 'should I die,
did I but know that Warta. is our own!"---
The next moment she. was a lifeless corpse.
ANTI-MASONRY IN VIRGINIA.
The Editor or the Richmond Whig has
declared his intention to open his columns,
to a certain extent, to the controversy with
freemasonry. - We are glad to see this.—
Although he has, hitherto, felt pro
foundest indifference" to the whole subject,
yet, we predict that ho will not long con
tinue in such a neutral state; that his heart
will warm, by pretty rapid &greats, in rela
tion to the controversy; that his principles
and feelings will, at no very remote period,
constrain him to quit eves the position of
Prussian inactivity, which he has now as
sumed, and urge him to a positive and earn
est. support of Anti-masonry.
WO - sny this on the presumption that he
will persevere in his present determination.
If he shall do an; if he shall examine i -for
hiinself, while he furnishes his readers with/
the opportunity to examine, this subject ; in
its great and wide bearings, facts, which,
notwithstanding they have been long per
lectly ascertained and published, he is yet
ignorant of, will come before his eyes, and
give direction to his thoughts,and mix with
his 'sentiments, and stir the best impluses of
his sour, which will show him that Annuls
sonry involves his, and every man's most
rssential - eivil - rightsr, the redriovereWf
of the laws, and the equal, impartial, un
corrupt administration _offall our :govern
ments, local and- generate---A:l7-lirhig;--
EXECUTION.—Pursuant to sentence,
Dibdilllt was hung at Matto, N. Y. on
the 21st ult. for the murder of his _wife.,
lie exhibited gfeat contrition, and ascribed
the uncom Mon lit of passion in which the act.
was cOminitted to an intemperate course of
litb. lle denied any previous malice, up
to the moment when the final blow was riv
en with a hammer, which he held in Ids
hand for another purpose: but he admitted
that he did mean that blow should be mortal,
in consequence of WordS of strong Provo.
cation used by his wife, which he declined
mentioning. He stated that remorse- in
stantaneously followed the commission of
the act. On the trial, he pleaded guilty;
and devoted - his time during his itnprison-_
ment to preparations for futurity. It is sta
ted that 8000 spectators surrounded .the
gallows—that seats and stands-were let,
and. boothes erected for the sale of ardent
spirits—and that much inebriety and con
fusion prevailed in consequence. The pro
priety of frivate executions has another ii
lustratren in this shameful exhibation. •
Cotton Crop§ in the United States.-- . The•
growth of Cotton, a staple altogether of
the outbern'etates, And of which lie'it saicL
en pLiBsant,' the culture ! is. protected by a
duty on foreign cations of a cents per lb.,
has boon so rat idly. progressive. fin some
,yearsiptist, as almost to exceed belief.. When '
Mr: - Jay made his .treaty - with England in:.
1794, cotton was: 'not even mentioned is it
as an-article of American production. In
the course of thirty years that is in 1824,
the growth ~of cotton was five' hiindred 'and
xty thousand-bat a 1_
iray in — rbps - presene year -
the crop is 1,038 1 ,847 hales!—worth, at an
iiverage of 300 lbs. to the bale, and eight
cents pdr lb *panty:flee illipnsof dollars._
Of thitrqbantity the port of,New Orleatis a.
4one exported: four • hundrld'arui twerity•six
thousand , four s hundred and.eighty.gio hang
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