FM _ :-.._ .. imiator STA.R. BAurontitinll lll l l T, P.M. POOR' NQ*TU or Tax Poirr Ornal Grzerrtnitmo, PA. , , ADVERTISEMENTS Conspicuously inserted FOUR times for ONE DOLLAR pet square—over four times, viviastr-sivz cxini par square will be charged. Printed and Published, at Girrikeauan, Pa:, BY ROBERT W. lIIEDWATON. POETRY. • sweetest flowers enrich- 1 d From various gardens culi'd soda ears." - • For the Gettysburg. Star. - - TTIE ICII/I7NMARD9S SOLILOQUY. 'Tis midnight! and the stars are 'shining In yon blue concave! All is silent! Not - a-breeze-is- heard or felt! My taper dimly burns. And Whilst here I sit and think of home, The ploasures of my "by-gono days" Do all spring up most Vividly, before my - troubled And dejected soul! . • 0!I am sick! My Soul is Sunk.ip doep despondency ! Ali! here I sit in misery And pain, and have no friend To calm' my flavered brow! What shall I do?—To whom for Consolation shall I look? . Friends I have none—though Once I had a loving wife, And a mother dear—and children • Which did climb 'upon' my Knees, and kiss their worthless Father! 0, memory ! wert thee Erased from off my mind,. How happy might I be! Could I but go ~to Lethe, ~ H ow would I there immerses Myself, until no more Were left of "other days!" 'Yes, I would there dip myself Into ths-dead'ning stream, Until no vestige of my former • Bliss would haunt my mind! I a DRUNKARD! yes, a SOS! A tender-hearted mother once I had She loved me with a Love, which only MOTUERS feel! 0!, then , how cheerfully did all My boyish days "move on," Like a.well built bark upon The bosom of a mirror'd • O!'sweet, 0! blissful hours ! When'first my own ELIZA . I did see, and love! • But, ah! the cursed draught Which first With caution I did Drink ! But now I hang Upon the bottle like a smiling Infant at its mother's breast ! When I returned to my Own . fire-side, my loving Wife did no more hail With smiles of love, her wretched Husband, But the "big round Ttara" rolled down her faint Blue •cheeki And every sigh she heaved Was Atli of sorrow, And pioried my inmost soul! , I still did love her—but, Alas! thq welling bowl much mons ' Thus; dill bring her to au Early and untimely tomb! 0 ! who shall now console me 1 - None—there is but this my Sparkling bowl : Come, then, Axullatine_quaff: My time . Is short, and soon my troubles On earth will all be o'er ! Or:mamma, FEB. 23,1831. THE REPOSI OILY. From the New. York 'Constellation.. THE SILVER SIDE-SADDLE.. - There are many stories current among the Southerners concerning the Yankees, which to the latter are not a little annoying, on account of the gross ignorance betrayed by them. You will find, forexample, in the Southern States, every riian—not to . men, tion women and children — seriously believe that among. the Yankees one of the , most favorite-diehes is pork and molasses. • __.-_.A Mend .oloors, from-jthe:Baystaterwas . . some years sinco.travelling in a stage coach Virginia - . Among the rest- of his-com= pantons-i-winr-a-brare--oflstutlen . ferson College, who without muspecting our fritilitl of I,i •Origiti - r • - : making sport of his countrymen. A varie ty ofludicrous stories were related of their manners and customs—the Yankee's privi lege ofguessing, was commented upon—his custom of whittling, and sitting in a chair upon two legs of the same—his barbarous pronunciation of the King's Engliih; and last not least, his strong native properisity to • make money, were each and all illustrated 5 by some anecdote Which bad been picked up in the coteries.er-the plantations. ,Our friend kept himself snugly ensconced in a corner of the coach, till at length the Invention of his companions beginning to flag he was himself appealed to, to corro borate their accounts of the Yankees. "0 yes, gentlemen," said he, "I have no doubt of the correctness of your stories; they are all true, true as the gospel; but if you will allow me, I will relate a little affaiuthat happened in your own , state, and beatiynur Yankee stories all -hollow!" "Do se—do so"--exclaimed each of the collegians, chuckling with the prospect ofa fresh joke at the expense of the•Yankeen. "Well, gentlemen, said our friend., , i a ti Yankee peillar--who you know is a great fool, and a rogue inio the bargain, happened to bectra business expedition in the interior of your state m witen he arrived at a plenty= ` lion owned-by one of your distinguished southern ladies. The pedlar tried very .hard to sell her a lot ofthe %kith which hi)klitile red wagon. was glistening all over, but in vain—the lady was furnished with every article he offered for'salef and bOideit , isfte somewhat fearrtd.of being im reed *hien. _ • • - 4 J deltet wonder-1 don ' t wdnder l, —egad , ens erg, stadentat -the-v*lo4 pedlars haireit yedioa - mkrayttiche upon iAti etre* ? , . • . . WM Ini Pit ILOtd A.TREF, ME . ' . . •.- • . . J ' . . ... . , • . . . , .... , . ~ • , . . ...: .... ... - : . ......._ _.• , a . , , . .., . I .- 0 , . • ' . •• - . , .. . • . • ir . 's. . .. -.. . - e . . -...-. . r . r .. . , • . .... • . • . . bUCIT AMOR ' , ATRIA pRoDESSE orrlints--TIIE LOVE OF MY COUNTRY WWI ME yolos OF. AYWANTAGE TO MY ,FELLOW-CITIZICNS." " t ere wag no tine ere—every thing was fair and above board, and the la dy had lipr eyes .wide open.' But let me go on -with my story—when the pedlar found he was not likely to dispose of any of his - tin-ware,—which he-had brought all the way from Connecticut, he was on. the point of starting, but. first observed. to the lady, that he had au article in his waggon she had not- et seen, anti which he thought would suit her fancy." "What is it?" inquired the lady eagerly, "a new novel—a NeW-York . dress—or a Pa rig' hat ?" , "Oh no Ma'am . that's out of my way en tirely, a silver side-saddle and if you'd like to look at it, I'll bring it9ut in a twink ling." . • "A silver sjde-saddle!" excraiW the la dy, " that's a new article indeed, I should like it of all things, just to ride upon with my pony." . The lady's eyes •glistened like the tin ware on the Yankee's waggon; when he produced the Article. It took her fancy amazingly, and a bargain . was soon struck for it, at "the tarnation cheap price" as the pedlar called it, of fifty dollars. "And now gentlemen," said our friend to hie companions, "what think you this same article,was, which the varlet of a pedlar thus Irralmed off on the lady for a silver side-sad dle 7" One guessed . one thing and the other an other: Oa -a leather side-saddle washed over with silver---and . the other the same article covered with paper. - But every at tempt to make out its character having fail ed, the Virginians at length gaveit gentlemen," said our friend, "since you have so ill-luck at guessing, 1 wilLtoll you the mystery—the silver side saddle was a tin-kitchen, an article we Yen-, keel use for roasting,, and your couritor women° for riding.", 0: - The two Virginians saw through the joke, but having committed themselves once, they prudently refrained thQre...st of the jou from any more Yankee stories. • D. Sporting.—An old Man, who was never accused of being a wizard, Went out with his gun one day 44 ____ r , by hisson— Before they approached the ground where they expected to find the game, die gun was charged witlia severe load ; and when at last the -old gentleman discovered one of the animals, he took a rest and blazed away, expecting to see him fall, of course., But not so did it happen; for the gun recoiled with so much force as to kick him over. The old man got up, and while rubbing the sparks out- of-his eyes, in quired of his son, "Alpha, did I point the right end of the gun at the squirrel?" March of intelleet.-=-At a lokinillf a LadieS Reading. Society, not fifty miles from Boston, Catharine I. and Catharine if. was read - thus :-. 7 -Catharine one eye arid Catha rine two eyes!. A forgetful Minister.—The Rev. Mr. Parker, of Princeton, had been for years in the habit of praying for the British Gov ernment; but ht the period of the eventfill Revolution, he, together with ,most other . tim •• • • , ; .: 1 • • •SS eIIIMITt9I, I I . • • • , by a strange absence of mind, he on Sab bath, long after Ameritartad - been declared dependent, continued ills usual prayer ""We beseech-thee -to bless-the King and u-nily----the • pausing, with evident embarrassment and vexation, he added--" Pshaw, pshaw,t it was the Continental Congress I meant." Religion.—Man, in whatever state he may be considered, as well as in every pe riod and vicissitude of life, experiences in religion an efircacious antidote' against the ills which oppress him, a shield that blunts the darts of his willies, and en asylum into which they never enter. In every event of • tune it nicite.s-in_ his soul,a sublimity_of ideas, by pointing out to him the just judge, who, as an attentive spectator of his con flicts, is about to reward him with his ines timable approbation. Religion also, in her darkest tempest, appetite to man as the iris of peace, dissipating the dark and angry storm, .restores the wished for calm, and bringillim to the - port of safety. EXCELLENT RULES. Never to ridicule sacred things, or'what others may esteem such, however absurd they may ap- pear to me. • /Never to !hew levity when the people are pro fessedly engaged in worship. Never to resent a supposed ' injury till I know the views and•motives of (ho author of . Never to judge a person's character by exter nal. appearance.* .Niver to think the worse of another ovrOceeunt .of his differing from me in political or religious opinions. ° Not to obtrude my advice unasked: . • , Never to coitrt the favor of the rich by flatter. 'tag either their vanity or their PoLntritzsik---There• le no policy likerpoliteneu io good mammy IN Or, boot • (bing- In the 'weit-i(i'ititliet to get e to supply th wait 0' a' • - WILIMINZIAto 111111133M,LIET 2161 I==ll ANTI-MAWOPtIC. U. S. ANTI-NA,SONIC CONVENTION. Mr. Whitil,esey from the Committee next herein mentioned, made the following Re port on the abduction and murder of IVILLIAIIit MORGAN, and on the conduct and measures of the Masonic Fraternity to pmeent convictions,' itc. REPORT. (CONTEVUEDO The stage which had left Rochester early the same morning, arrived at Murdoch's ta vern before the carriage containing Morgan passed. A gentleman of high standing, of Rochester, was one of the passengers in the stage ; when the stage arrived at Murdoch's tavern, this gentleman called the man aside who then had charge of the tavern, and ask ed him if ho was a royal arch mason: being answered in the -negative, he asked for wri ting materials, with which lie wrote a note and despatched a boy with it to Jeremiah Brownfrasiding in that vicinity. - Jeremiah Brown came to the tavern soon after, and held a conversation with him. .When the stage went on, Brawn Isatlihe, gentleman went on, in it.. Soon after,. Brown return ed to the tavern with two horses, riding one and leading the other. When the carriage containing Morgan came along, which was soon after ; Eliliu Mather, who Was then driving it, beckoned to Brown atter the car riage had passed the house a short distance, and Brown 'went up to him, and-appeared to . hold some conversation with him. The carriage drove on. Brown took his horses 'and follo.ved on after it; but it would seem that he left his horses, and got on to the car riagellimself,, . Burrage Smith had follow ed the Morgan carriage in a sulkey, but he had not overtaken it when the carriage'ar rived at Mrritech's. . The carriage stopped at evening, at the tavern of, Solomon C. Wright, in New. Fade, Niagara , county, -where-the-reSd - taritreff - to Lockport, and a beiiftliree miles dist t therefrom. It was, E here .d riven into the n and the doors clear, ed,imd the party rema e d at this place some time, to procure refresliments,hnd to make travelled in thivearri agq i.--niternents for retie)* those who had , with Morgan all day, and the whole st ... - 04 . previous night, and who must necessariiky have Deets 'grew*, ly fatigued. • • Burrage Smith went to Lockport in his sulkey, and together with Jared Darrow called upon Eli 13ruee, the sheriffof Niagara county, and , infOrmett him' that Morgan was in their pbaseasion, and was going to Canada; and requested Bruce's assistance in getting him , along: Bruce and some others went to Wright's, where several persons were as sembled... Bruce and David Hague got into the carriage with Morgan; Elihti Mather drove, and Jeremiah Brown was on the box with hini, and they left Wright's about ten o'clock in the evening. _The persons who came there with Morgan, probably, most of them went to - Lockport that night, and went into Lewiston the next day in a stage coach. At Molyneux's tavern, six miles distant,,they stopped; and Bruce procured . Molyneux's horses,in eichartge for Math . - er's. An individual accompanied the car. —...en_horse-haele-- Brown then __drove, ci-theyrettched—Lewistorirfourteen. • - distant from Molyneux's, somewhat after midnight.-The-carriage-w+• to a back street, and unharnessed. .. Samuel Burton, one of the proprietors of the stage iqxo-foe-ag sistance. He called up Coiyojcii 'Fox, one of his drivers, and _directed him to harness a carriage.. He did - so, and drove up to the. tavern. Bruce got upon the box with him, and by his direction, Fox drove around to the back .street, where the . other carriage was unharnessed, when Morgan was taken out of the one carriage, and put into the car riage which Fox drove. Bruce and Hague got in with him, and Fox, by Bruce's direc tion, drove to Youngstown. They called at the house of Colonel William Kin , at. Youngstown, arid stopped. Bruce alighted and called up King,whe came out with Bruce and both got into the carriage. 'fox drove on towards the fort, by Bruce's direction, and when arrived at the burying ground near the fort, he was told to stop. He did so, when the persons having Morgan in charge, got out, together with Morgan, and all four walked off arm in arm, towards the fort, and Pox was told he ,might return. • Morgan was hoodwinked and bound at this time. It ap. pears that arrangements had been previous• made, for the reception of Morgan upon the Canada side of the river, with persons residing uporit that side. After the pa • the carnage, they went to the ferry house, and Colonel King called up Edward .Giddins, whetheakeptihe ferry. All of them crossed the river, together with Gid. du:island landed nearly opposite to the fort, at some distance from any dwelling. Mr. Giddies and David Hague 'remained at the boat-with Morgan, Colonel sting and •Sheriffßruce went , into the village of lqia gam,;to We the MUMS With ithelP it *1 beerrarratiged to rweivo 'their victim: They were absent about two hixtrstypid s teturned - With two' other naeo, one of wKoin *as Ed. yard/Mcßride, thence, berg of Ore par. lament of Vppor PiW*o • 4. for eonte - contbrence, itwasdetorrmh dto bring Nor- - gan back again, inasmuch as the arrange ments for his reception in Canada were not yet complete. This . event had, probably been anticipated, as both Giddins and the keeper of the fort had been requested, two or three days previous, to prepare the ma,g .azine for the reception of , Morgan, which they laid accordingly done, by removing the principal part of the'public property from it. After the refusal of the Canada masons to receive Morgan, the mine persons who had taken him across the river, re-crossed with him, and placed him in the magazine, which had been so prepared for his reception and locked him in. This was some time be-. fore day dawn, on the morning - of the 14th of September, 1926. Morgan was left in charge of Edward Giddins. The fort was unoccupied by troops, aii'd indeed was entire ly deserted, except by Giddins and the keep. er; and their respective families. On the 14th day of September, 1826, a royal arch chapter was installed at Lewis ton; which event called together a very con siderable assemblage of masons, of that de gree, from Rochester, Buffalo, Lockport and other places in that vicinity. It wetild alr pear from the testimony ofone or twomitnes. sea, and the statements ofothers, that scarce an individual mason, attending that installa tion, coulfl have been ignorant of the fact, that Morgan was at that time confined in the magazine of fort Niagara. It appears to have been a subject of conver*tion a mong them, and several were then informed that such was the tam:. On the day of the installatiop, Giddins remained at the fort, to see that all was kept safe. He, together with John Jackson, went to .the magazine, for the purpose of carrying Morgan food. Morgan refused to admit them, and'said he would starve rather than fall into their hands; and he made so great an outcry as to ren der it necessary to dispatch Jackson to Lew iston, teprocure the assistance of some one . _ to silence. him. David Hague canie clown in haste, a distance of seven miles, but did not succeed in quieting Morgan. Two oth er persons were then sent down from Lew iston, and one. of them, (Loton Lawson) of whoin Morgan seemed to have a great dread went into the magazine, and succeeded in• stilling him. In the evening, twenty or thirty persons, besides those beltmging to itsu IP ,I4ny its ton, and were at the tort. About midnight; tretft persona, all royal , arch masons, held s consultation on the plain near the grave yard, some rods ' distant from the fort, as to the manner in which Morgan should be disposed of. There seemed to be but one opinion among them all : that Morgan had forfeited his life, for a breach of his masonic obligations ; ; ,and that it was their duty as masons, to see that the penalty was executed. They came to a de termination to proceed in a body and seize Morgan, and perform their own duty, by casting him into the river. After they had started to carry this determination into ef fect, one of the company discovered a reluc tance to go such lengths, which encouraged others to remonstraterand-the• ." . abandoned for•that time. Ott - Vie night of the 15th, a similar consultation was held be tween font persions, as to the disposition of Morgan, but nothing was decided upon. At this consultation, Colonel King became . •ddinsi-for - expressing a desire that Morgan shouldbe released; and t • .mrsurrendered -to him-the key of-the magazine, which was afterwards entrusted . to the care of Elisha Adams. It is known that _Morput-rtmiltirteil eoiifieed 19th of September. As to , the disposition of Morgan, idler the evening of thel 4th' of September, nothing has yet been made known judicially, but cir cumstances are strong, to induce the belief, that he was put to death on the night of the 19th of September, 1826, by being cast into the depths of Niagara' river. Several per sons have been informed, by those who were understood : to be'cognizant of the guilty se cret, that such Was the fact, and Hiram . B. Hopkins; has testified, that ho as a mason, was informed in JaiiiitiffPithat Morgan was murdered. William Pd Daniels who was called as a witness, at the late trials at Lockport, termed to-answer a question, on the ground• that he might criminate himself as an accessary to the crimevf murder, al though he was told expresslybrikaujudge that he must„ have better evidence, that a murder had been commitied, Alien. the pub lic possessed, before he could decline answer ing on such graund. • It will strike any one, on hearing a reci tal of the faetitconneeted with the abduction of William Morgan,. that the combination to effect that Measure, must have been very extensive, embracing a farge number of in,l dividuate. The judicial examinations of the subject have brought out very many names as connected in a nearer or more remote do gree, with the transaction at some 'stage of itapregress. The bare seizure and trans- portatton of* man from such a distance,.l rendered the employment of Many agents, a matter, of absolute necessity, and it is now well kdowit flint many knew of it, who took 'no aotito 'pave in the infraction of - the leivas probabfi• known to numbers df.4ie ledge-going . 'masons;in eyelid of the nes tqrn counties of Xew York, that some Irma ortxr Ware contemplated to bo taken fur the .TERMS OF THlCtliFklb-w-' per annum-tmableintlfrailtist liteaneo,- -Pha . subscriptions tali%) far less than sht Malt - none discontinued unfit all arrentairts tte unless el the option of the Editor.mand a fkllinsi to notify a discontinuance will So otliiii4l4.l*l s i now engagement, and the papei girwasaii - rit• cordingly. , TERMS-42 PER XNNUM. VOL. 10,NO. 46. suppression of Morgan's intendid pablica= tion ; and it has been judicially proven, that measures, which contemplated the use of violence, to effect° thiii object, were matter • 'of discussion among Masons in the lade room. , It would be naturally supposed, that a cortspintcy, so wide spread, the eteentiett and knOWledge of which was confided tem many individuals, would not oppose finmida- - hie difficulties to a complete exposure byju dicial investigation. In the history Of - ahoy those which employ pie most accomplices, are usually the easiest of detection, particu: la rly ifthe agency of some partake but slight. ly of guilt. But such was tot' the cote in the investigation of this violation of the htwe, and dm/difficulties which were encountered. will bo hereafter noticed. In January, 1827 1 the trial of . Nicholas G. Chesebro, Edward Sawyer, Loton Laws % son and John Sheldon, for their agency in the conspiracy, was brought on before Judge Throop, at Canandaigua; the three first, under the advice of counsel, pleaded guilty, and the only question, a s to ' the list to be tried, was the identity of lie man.- This course excluded the testimony in relation to the conspiracy, which was anxiously looked for by the public. Lawson was sew, ) to two years imprisonment in OM jail of Ontario county, Chesebre to one yatrit, and Sawyer, to one month. - Sheldon lOW found guilty and sentenced .to three months imprisonment. In April, 1827, Jesse French; Junes - Hurlburt, Roswell Wilcox, and James Gan son, were tried at Batavia, in Genesee* county, for the forcible arrest of David C..._ Miller. They were all found guilty, but Ganson: French was sentenced to - an im prisonment of ono year, Willcox for six months, and Hurlburt for three months. In February, 1827, several of the permit who went in the carriage from Canandaigua to Batavia, and arrested Morgan, end brqught him to Canandaiitta, were tried al . the general session in Ontario, for forcibly, ' seizing, and falsely imprisoning William Morgan, and they were acquitted, os the ground that they were protected by the SW rant for his arrest. In Augnst,lB27,HU• Tie Seymour, Henry Howard, Halloiray Hayward, Moses Itoberta, James Gagnon, Chauneey.ll. Coe, Hiram Hubbard, and_ limes Lakey Were tried at Camindaiipte, for a conspirady to kidnap and carry away William Afcirgan, and were , all acquitted... Application had'been made to De Witt Clkt. ton then governor of thestateifNerrinik, for the removal of Eli Bruce, sheriffofNii. gam county, for his participation in the lib. ductien of Morgan. The sheriffs in the . : state'of Now York are elected by the pc*. ' -ple, but the constitution proiiderfbr their ' removal by the executive, for good,eause shown, on charges prefer red, after giving the officer time for his defence. This Sp. plicatiOn was pending before the governor„ for a long time, but on the 20th ay of Sep tember, 1827, he issued hi mein:million removing Eli Bruce from oce ofsheriff. Eli Bruce, 0 a Turner,, and Jared Darrow, *ere tried at Canandaigua, in Au.. gust, 1828, for their agency in the conspi racy; Eli Bruce was found guilty, the two. lust were acquitted.. A . question of law, a risitfig out of the, indictment, was earridd up -- to the supreme court, decided agamst the defendant -,•and ho was sentenced tolin im -prisonment- of two yearsaaatt fuer rnon Canamlaigua jail. hr Itlay 1820, John Whitney and James _ ills vrere - Whitney was convicted and.sentenced 1117 risonmen ---ammsm months. The - Jury could net agree in th. case of Gillis. In November, 1829,...E1ik] -Mather *lll tried at Albion, in Orleans county, and and. a trial which consumed nearly two weeks, he was acquitted by the verdict of thejrny. A motion for a new trial' wtseltiltlfe • by the special attorney, bot_the auprenwaoatale.- nied it. _ . • - In June, 1830, Ezekiel Jewet,*and Jere miah Brown, were tried at Lox po , Niagara county, and were severally aqua. tad. In addition to these trials; there are indictments now pending and undetminined, against eighteen persons, some of 'which will.probably not be furtherprosecuted. ' David Hague William King, and Bur rage Smith are cleadi William King. died suddenly, the morning , after he received in. formation of the testimony of Eli Bruce ets the trial ofJohn Whitney. Having thus given a brief history . of the theof Williain Mimi% and *Wend . the trials growing out or - that traussztiokie now becemesthe du ty _ of yourcorantittee, to` furnish-altateamifor the conduct toe. awoke numbers of the masonic fraterntly,, to preveut the Conviction of those impacated . in these gross violations of th e laws of the land. Appalling as is the minviction.which is pressed upon us by the history of that al)ductioa, that hundreds ofrelpectabki men p inihe western comities of the atide ofrilew York, could.hafound, who wonld.be *0% 4 ; to violatelhe laws of the state ` indthe oroditesis of pridate property, personatiliNirm,., y; and butnan life, to prevent the - 1 0 . 44 1 , tion of the secrets of free nuMoury, yak U. would be infinitely more sianniag p ,,,iir shourd be found, that great numbers of she , • , 9 sm