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Printed and PubHahne); at Grrricsaito, PA,
BY ROBERT WiMIDDLETON.
POE
"With swrc&.
From various gord-
For the Get4burg Star.
Mn. EDITOR--The following lines wore occasioned
lAy reading an article In the last "STAR," bend•
'O 4 THINK OF YOUR COUNTRY'S GLO.
RY, 4 ' written by the "young lady who super
intends the Female Department in the "Grsius
OF UNIVERSAL. EbIANCIPATION."
IMPROMPTU.
I,An4! dot thou fool what thou host sung
So sweetly on thy doleful lyre
About the bleeding race of.
0, ye§, thou surely dost—for pity's_self•
Alrms coUld prompt them thus.to sing:
THINK OV OUR COUNTRY'S GI.ORY!”—
And 6 who, that has a heart riot made
Of adamantine hardness, can refuse to
"Think ()four Country's Glory," and •
Contrast it with the wretched state. of
o Ham's dejected_and forlorn children?
SLATT,RY! thou art indeed a gory
Stain upon our "Country's Glory!"
0, my country! how is thy "Spangled
Banner" dimm'd with Afric's bleeding tears!
And shall that "Spangled Banner," which
So proudly t 199 over land and-sea,
Be dimmedmuch longer by the tears
Of those poor wretches of the "Golden Strand"
Whom" SLAVERY hair doom'd to misery (5. we?
Oh, no! for soon the Oppressor's heart,
His stony heart, will learn to feel.
For who can long resist, when tenderness
So eloquently pleads for suffering •
And oppreqsed humanity!
Oh, ye fair daughters of Columbia!
Weep—weep for our "CouNray's Gi.onv!"
YOUR tears, at length, MAY wipe the stain
From off our country's escutcheon. . •
GETTYSBURG, Alitten 9, 1831.
THERE'S MUSIC IN A MOTHER'S VOICE
• Thereto music in a mother's voice,
More sweet than breezes sighing;
• There's kindness in a. mother's glance,
Too pure for over_ dying.
There's love within a mother's breast,
So'deep, 'tis still diet-flowing,
And carp for those , she calls her own.
Tliat',# over, ever growing.
There's anguish in a mother's (oar,
When farewell fondly taking
That so the heart of pity moves,
It scarcely keeps from breaking.
And when n mother kneels to Heaven,
And for her child is praying,
0, who shall<half the fervour toll
That burns in all she's saying!
A mother! how her tender arts
Can soothe the breast of sadness,
And - through the gloom oflifo once more
Bid shine the sun of gladness.
A mother ! when, like evening's.star,
Her course bath ceased before us,
From brighter worlds regards us still,
And watches fondly o'er us.
MISCE
From the Now York'Constellation of Feb.l9
GRAND SOLAR EXHIBITION.
f c On Saturday last, was repeated, for the ,
c-!y time in twenty-five years, the greet
t: . ;,'4).5e.-of the Sun._ •!Chad been-advertised
'and puffed in all the newspapers for weeks
before hand, and all imaginable pains taken
to draw, in theatrical phrase, 8 full house.
Nor was this puffing in advance without
effect, for every body turned out-to - see the
eclipse. Parlors, kitchens, and cellars were
leserted, to get a footing in the attic or-on
die roofs of houses. Cupolas and balconies
r aze in good demand. The suTish6iie
4,.,ght, and the swarms of bipeds, creeping
out from their lodgings, reminded one of
those lesser insects," which having lain tor
pid through the winter, begin to stretch_
their legs, brush up their wings, and issue
-- forth to - enjoy the - sunshine of thefirst
day in Spring.
,( "Smoked glass and dark green spectacles
were in great demand. Bits of broken
window were sought for with . much avidity,
spectacle venders disposed of their co
..ced „stock to good advantage. Servants
had grown uncommonly careless just before
e eclipse; • and as . we are credibly inform-
Tfl, more windows were broken in the week
li:ling-Saturday last, than for twelve months
pre. Lamp-smoke, which is usually ,
honsidered a nuisance, was, eagerly sought
. ); .pnd Betty anaSainbe, in trimming th,eir
left the wicks sticking up at-least an
Thus preparations wore duly made
witnessing the grand spectacle.
,Cine man, we are told, repaired early in
morning to the Battery, to - wait-the ap
ps of the eclilise, imagining that it was
to c,mie by water, and that with the help of
n spy glass he might see it making its way
through The Narrows long bofore the time
nppninted for its arrival in tho city.
Another thought it was the good horse,
Eclipse, which beat Prince Henry in the fa
. mous •raeo for twenty - thousand dollars.— ,
Another averred 'that it was not the same;
but a deseofidanca nation smart three year
'old colt, ofleho-same name as his renowned
rncestor. While n. third declared it was
aither ane nor, Vother, but an enormous
Sun.-dog, as , big as till out cjoors, carrying a
way. thr FOOT' in his mouth. - -
r justice to theelod_peopleof this
*IY I. we 'ire hpung to say4hele were rare
fhlatiCes of roiScondep)*n in regard to the
finhare orthe and-most persons had
.
very tolerable • idea that. was something
11riting o i the stirs, the mooni or the presets;
tha- 7 r it - Would be most . 4iterestingly dirk;
•-
• : 0 - • " . ,
EMI
were enrich'd
'd with cam"
.ANEOIUS.
M==fi
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DUCIT AMOR P ATRIA? PRODESST OIV/BUS----:TsiFTLOvr. o kw COgxrnpTEADS mi. TA ft
Punctual to the minute the show began ;
so that there was ao impatient shuffling of
feet, no clatteting of umbrellas - and canes,
and no indignant cat-calls, in consequence
of being obliged to wait for the performance
to begin. So tar the spectators were well
_pleased. But there was much disappoint
ment and' dissatisfaction- expressed in the
course
,ef the exhibition—and all owing to
the injudicious puffs which had previously
appeared in the papers, whereby' the minds
or the people were wrought up to such a
height of expectation as could not-easily be
satisfied. SUch i, the injurious effect of
raising a very hig,h - opinion of any perform
ande beforehand; it often ends in disappoint
ment, and the blame is laid, not where it
ought to be—on the shoulders of the puffers
—but on
.the performance itself.
Many people had calqated on total dark
ness, and were preparedto light their lamps
and candles at midday. In fact_ some had...
on idea that they should have to use their
carving knives,- not in slicing roast beef, but
in cutting through the darkness, which it
was supposed, like that of Egypt, ironld he
tangible; and those who usually din at .ne
o'clock, were. for adjourning:their dinner 7 11
two. Those who had fowls fi)rdinnerlver
apprehensive they m o ight get upon their
drumsticks and go to roost; or, when the
eclipSe - should begin to pass off, might stretch
up their necks and crow, under the mista
ken notion that morning 'was beginning to
dawn.
But none of all these wonders..camo to
pass. Candle] were altogether unnecessa
ry; and the fowls on the table lay perfectly
quiet and still in their own gravy. In a
word, the people were for the most part sore
ly disappointed.
"Why, la!" said Mrs. Griddle, in a tone
of dissatisfaction, "it dont kiver the face of
the sun at all. It looks for all. the world
like a little buckwheat cake tucked upon
the edge . of a large dinint , plate. Faugh!
nonsense! who would think of making such
a mighty.flustration about Mehra little good.
for-nothing fiddling eclipse? Here my din-
ner's a sppiling, while I've been watching
this nasty thing; and declare I would'nt
give a boiled ingyun for twenty sich. La!
that any body should be sich fools as to make
sich a fuss about Rich a mere trifle !"
"Upon my soul!" exclaimed a dandy, as
he lowered his smoked quizzing glass and
yawned from whisker' to whiskr=-"Upon
my soul, Tor d 1 think it's a bite—a prodi
gious take , in. What say you, Tom?'
"I think," says Tom, 'it's a mighty
"At any rate," said a calculating mer
chant, "we ought to have our money back.
, However, as it can't be helped, I suppose
we must set it down to the account ofprofit
and loss."
.
"It is evidently a failure," said a dramatic
critic. _,--- .. .
.
"Sacre liitu!" exclttimedV:yeuch' an;
with a violent shrug , "it be un grand ame
ni t
to impose on-de peuples in.dis ma r.?'
"Mein - eiott - t" - said - a Dtrtdnaif, - "iSlt da
all? Vy, it ish no more as vim leetle Dutch
cheese gust slipped On de ethltof vun big
shining pewter platter!
"By the living holty!" said an indignant
Jerseyman, who had brought his wife and
seven children to the city to see the eclipse,
"by the living hoky ! this is too bad, to
.come_all_th_emay to_New York to see the
ec,lipse, and be ramfoozled after this sort."
-- TrWe might its well have staid to home
for the matter of that," said his wife; "I've
see'd many an eclipse of the moon, in our
own village, Worth two - of this." •
"Where's-the stars daddy?"-said a little
boy,.who-had be4n.gazing till he was pur
blind, "where's \Venus, and Juppiter, and
Satan, and the rest on 'em."
"They're out of sight, you blockhead,"
returned the father peevishly---1 1 ‘como let's
go home."
•
"A fig for the eclipse!" said an apple-wo
man, "1 seep the great Lelephant of Siam,
andiatis i is no more to,her than a goesebery
is to a
"Whew!" whistled a-Scoth grocer, "this
is nae sic an eclipse as they hao in Scotland,
, where the sun does nae show his wee face
for aughteon hour's thegither."
"No, by St. Patrick," said a Hibernian,
"nor such as, they have in swate Ireland
neyther. There, many is the time, I've
seen an eclipse when the Sun never showed
his face again, at all at all."
"Hit's just like one hoC,,your Yankee he
clipses," said a
.Cockney with a -contemp
tuous air, "hand. haltogether hinferior to the
Hinglish. There's never hany thingworth.
seeing hin Hamerica."
- "lt's no more to the eclipse oflBo6,"said
a tinpedlar t "than a patty-pan is to a.. tin
kitchen."
"It's a fool to Jefferson's great cheese,"
said a Berkshire - dairyman.
"Ay t or a Connecticut pumpkin pie," said
a farmer . from the land of steady habits.
"For mypart, I don't see any profit in it,"
said a 'Wall-street broker.
P "Let's go to'dinner, and put offtliaTurther
cousolemtion s of the eclipse to another oppor.
tuuity," said an Alderman. ~.
IT'an't wdrth looking at, after n 1 1: this,
mighty fu q„" exclaithed twenty voices at
once, initte.of.sexatitAt...:÷c.-
"Lgt us adjourn sin
.a ,
"0 yni.l o.yirr.l 4 . terc ' d a ,crier. the
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168==
Wrmzmmiamairif Eimou ;Dan&
6. Serve God; attend his worship; and
endeavor to set an example of piety, chari
ty, and sobriety to all ai• 14,„•,;K0u.
IT I
• .7. Love your count '; regpckt your ru
lers; treat with kindness your fellow-appren
tices; let your great aim be'..thefulness to
mankind.
8. (let all you can
,bi .
_honest industry ;
speriffnot extra vagiliknd provide lar c
ly its old age. •
ll' In a word, think 'much; act rcum
spectly, and live usefully. ,
A lady going to a neighbour's house one
morning, ran to the cradle `temsee the fine
boy as soon as she came in: unfortunately
the cat had take%up the baby's place, and
before she couhlvveherselftime to.see her
mistake, she exelaimed,with dp-lifted bands
and eyes, Oh, what'll sweet child; the very
picture of its father !
An important house in this city had or
lilt
casion' to advertise for e a quantity of
BrO , s
-Hoppers, such ' used in coffee
Mills. But instead of Hoppers, the
newspaper read Granhopp 5,.. In a short
time the merchant's counting room iiiiii
thronged yvith:enqpirets respecting th;e new
article of merchandize.
-- "Good - morniu01 - r;Invoide; how do you
sell grasshoppers ?" said a fat merchant.—
"What arc they worth a hogshead ?"
The importer was astonished, but before
he had time to reply, in came a druggist,
who being bent on' speculation, determined
to purchase a whole lot, provided he could
get.thern low. Taking the importer aside
forfear of being overheard by the merchant
- he - asked - him -- how he sold grasshoppers; if
they-were prime quality; and whether they
were to be used in medicine. The importer
'was about opening his mouth to reply in an
angry manner to what he began to suspect
was conspiracy to torment him when a doe.
tor entered, smelling at his cane and looking
wondrous wise. •
"MrAnvoice," said he, "ahem! will you
he good enough to show me a specimen of
your grasshoppers ?"
"Grasshoppers! grasshoppers!" exclaim.
ed the i mporter,. as he had a chance to speak .
—"what gentlemen do you mean by grass.
hOppers?'
"Mean!" said thp merchant: "why, I per
ceive you have advertised the article for sale.
"Certainly," said the druggist, "and wbcn
a. man advertises an article, it is - - - -natural for
,him to expect inquiries relating to the price
and quality of the thing."
"Nothing in the world more natural,"
said the doctor. "As for myself, I have at
present a number of casesnn hand in which
I thought the article might he serviceable—
but' since you are so---ahem! so uncivil—
why I must Ingik out plsewhere, arid my pa
,
"You and yourpatienec be hanged!" inter
rupted the imi)orter;. "mine is fairly worn
out, and if you don't explain yourselves, gen
tlemen, I'll lay this poker over your heads."
To save thejr heads, the advertisement
was now reffirrod to, when the importer
found out tbe - cause of his vexations by read
ing the followine'"Just landed and for sale
by Invoice Az Co. ten hogsheads prime
grasshoppersr . . .
CURTAILING. WIII§KIitS.
VC Hobbs ono daY"moi-a friend who was re
markable for his huge fiery whiskers, apo rtion o
.which . -had'. just been taken ofF. "Well,
.Tom;
saideot the whiskers, "dont rdii see a cluing,. in
ply looks?" "No I dont," Paid Tom, ';whore's the
change?" 'tlyhy,.dont yotessP," said 'his friend,
I°4 hitt_tfiraen"CUß -TA iuticct . nly whiskers'?" "Well
didn't notice it," said Tom, "I always thought
you , bad not's hair enough abotit yow yii4kers,7
court through his nose, "all manner of per
sons that• have been made fools of, go about
their business.•"
This striking hint had a surprising, effect,
amt n three 'minutes scarculy ;L lamphlac
fare was to be seen in sight of the sun, who,
to do him justice, went on•his w# perfectly
regardless of all the ill-natured Observations
which had been made at his ekpense,hv the
dwellers on this nether sphere.
•0 0 6
ADVICE fro APPRENTICES.
1. HaVing selected your profession ; resolve
not to abandon, it ; but by a life of industry
and enterprin
: to adorn it. You will be.
much more likely to succeed in business
you have long studied,thanin thatot'w•hich
you know but little.
2. Select the best company in your pow ;
er to obtain ; and let your conversation be
op those things 'you
will
learn. Fre
quent conversation will elicit much informa
tion. .
a., Obtain a friend to select far you the
best books on morality, religion and the lib
eral arts, and particularly those which treat
on your own profession. It is not th%read
ing Of many books that makes a man wise,
hut the reading of only those which can
impart wisdom. •
4. Thoroughly understand what you read;
take notes of all that is worth rimembering,
and frequently review what you have writ
ten.
5. Select for your model the purost and
greatest characters; and always endeavor to
imitate their 11111108,
,and to emulate their
greatness. •
MI
MISTAKE OF THE PRESS:
ADANTAGF. TO MT FELLOW-CITIZENF."
ANTI-MASONIC.
U. S. ANTI-MASONIC CONVENTION.
Arr. Minks' ey pole the Committee next
herein mentioned, made thefollowing Re
port on the abduction and murder of
Wizi.iAn Mont:AN, and on-the condnct
and mtamires of the 31 - 4 sonic Prater-nit!,
to prevent convictions, 4.e.
fUoilUnned from week befLre last:l .
In addition to the difficulties thrown in
the way of investigation, by the silence of
the public pre - s - :'s; thus coerced, the public
mind was distracted anti Misled . - by false
statements, in relation to the re-appearance
Of Morgan, published .in prints under mason
ic control; so"much- SI), that public belief
upon this subject was for a long tme unset
tled, and the efforts of the investigation par- ,
alyzed.. There can be little doubt but that
the authors of such statements contempla- i
ted such reeults, and hoped, if possible, by
these Means to avert punishment from the
platy, or to excite doubts es to the guilt of
the ngeMs in the abductßai.- , It should not
be forgotten either, that Corydon Fdx,who '
was heedlessly selected-to drive the carriage
from Lewiston to ,fort Niagara, not being
'at the time a Mason, was, a few days after,
admitted to a membership in the fraternity,
without fee or reward, in hope, doubtless,
that hiS mnsonie obligations, thus thurst up
on him, would effectually seal his lips, as to ,
the transactions which he witnessed, on that.;
eventful night.
At the time of Morgans. abduction, the
sheriffii of the different counties of the State
of New York had the sole power of select
ing, end summoning the grand juries for the
several courts within their respective coun
ties ; and such selections were made a short
time previmis to the. session of each court.
At the same period, also, (he sheriffs of the
respective counties of Erie, Niagara, Gen
essee, Orleans, Livingston, Monroe, and On
tario, which were the theatre
....„ 0 eof the outrage,
were all maims, and it is believed, that all
of them were of the degree of royal arch. '
A grand jury, which met in Genessee
county after the abduction, was convened in
February, 1827 ; 'Elector Samuel S. Butler,
Of Strafihrd, in that county, was. toppointed
foreman. He was to knight temprar, and a
large portion of the jury were masons. He
gaid - te-one of the' jutytnen, also a knight
templar, "a majority of the jurors are ma
sons: we have gouthe stuff in our own hands
and our friends must-not be indicted."
_ . 'Thelfrst - grand jury which waS summon
ed in Niagara county, (of which Eli Bruce
was sherift) after inquiries began to be made
in relation to the outrage, met in January,
1827. Sixteen‘masons were summoned on
that grand jury, and several who were friend.
ly to the institution. No examination was,
however, made before that grand jury, as,
the witnesses had been supcenred to attend
at that time in Canandaigua _upon _the_ trial
of Chesebro and others. At the court of
Oyer and .Terminer, held in Niagara coun
ry, in April, 1827, the - sheriff again sum
moned the grand jurors.. T ere were twen
ty-one members present, th . teen of them
were freemasons, and six frie yto them.
Paul Haws, whO hue since been found to be
an important witness, and Norman "Shop
herd_since„indieted for_thallelorgan_conspir-
Rey, were two of these Attend jurors: _At
the May sessions, a majority&mesims were
summoned on the jury, and at the Septem 7
lber sessions, about half of the jurors were
freemasons, but there were a number who
were warmly- in favour of the instiltition.
Eli Bruce, however, was indicted at Canan-.
daigua, a short 'time before the September
sessions.
Complaint was made against Eli Bruce,
Sheriff of the county, before the April grand
jury, for being concerned in the abduction
of Morgan. The foreman, a freemason, ex
amined the witnesses. In the course of the
examination, one of the other jurors ventur
ed to ask a l 'witness some questions. The
foreman called ttrirpror aside and privately
solicited him, thereafter, 'to refrain . from
asking questions. Some. of the jerors -had
been furnished with questions in writing, to
put to particular witnesses, with a view of
eliciting the:t ruth. It was known that such
papers were in the room, and the jury voted,
by a large majority, that no use- should be
made &then). , One juror insisted, howevel:
on-making use 'of them. -One witness
ted_ that he knew nothing which would go
to convict any person Upon: being called ,
upon to state 'what he did know, ho asked
to be excused, because he was poor, and his
testimony might pri:Are Alia ruin. A large.
majority orate jury voted to eXcuse him from
answering. One of the jurors pertmaCious
ly insisted upon the witness' answer, and af
ter a king debate; finally obtained his answer.
line witness, notwithstanding all tlfe, cun
ning in keeping the , questions, did tostiCY to
Bruce's acknowledgment of ,his agency in
carrying Morgan to Niagara. Several wit
nesses were' afierwards called to impeach
thiitestirtiony of,this witness, mid one or two
• id answer that he was not tobe believed on
his oath.- One
-witness testified, that he had
been informed by a 'respeetahle. individual,
in . Cannaa, in whom - tin). itness had full
confidence, that. :illivin . 'd
beert„cartied,
to fort Niagara ; thencete t 0 CantKinkhorl-,
it
TERM OF awisTaiorza:—. bourns,
per annum—payable half:yearly in 'whin*l,l4,
subscriptions taken for .less than six menthe, isad
none discontinued until all arrearages are paid,
unless at the option of the Editor--and a fedlnrw
to notify a discontinuance will be cllasidered a
nets engagement, and the paper forwarded ac
cordingly.
TERMS-42 I'ER ANNUM.
S
VOL. L"NO. 48.
I and was from tlicticoretumed to the fort a
: gain—that Morgan had been put to death,
and that his body was in the bottom of Nia
gain river, and might be fOund, ifsearched
for immedrately, and: thathe, (the inform
j ant,) eouldiell the place '
where it could be
!Tomh The witness stated that he received
I this information from a mason, who enjoin--
ed the witness to keep his name a secret,as if
known, his life would be the forfeit.. One
juror insisted that the witness' should name
the person who 'gave him this information,
but be'refused, arid nearly, if not (Mtn all
the.other jurors present, sustained the wit
floss in his refusal, and he was allowed to
retire without answering the question.—
While this jury was in session, the foreman
took Eli Bruce privately into aside room,
and was there with him some time. This
grand jury, so far from finding any - indiat•
ment against Eli Bruce, or any other per
son, drew up a presentment to the court, that
they' had discovered nothing which would
authorise them to find'a bill against any per
son, and also framed and,sent a memorial
to the governor; in which they stated that
there was not a shadow or, testimony impli
eating Eli Bruce, as guilty of, or-accessary
to the abduction of Morgan, with the excep
tion of one witness, who was so contradict
ed, and whose—general reputation wail so
bad, that they did not place any reliance up-
on it.
It is very certain that a series ofeuestlobs,-;
to be propounded to the witnesses hid bete:,
so-framed, that the witnesses could answao
without eliciting any d'aegerous information.
This must have been the ;ease, or xtegper
-1 jury must-have. heen.repeittodly cotilinit 4
on the investigation " bete - T em. All
important witnesses to trice the whole
duction from Rochester to fort Niagati,were
examined before this grand jury; the same
witnesses, upon, whose testimony, bills have
been found in other cases, and convietionit '
had. Thirteen of the witnesses examined
before pis grand jury, have been since in
dicted, not one of whom protected himself -
on' the examination, - on the ground that he '
should criminate himself.' Tinto of 'them
David Hague, Orasmus , Turner, and Jaxed
• Darrow, have since been shown Ityo# tor
timony of Eli Bruce, himielf, to hit -
criminal agency in the abduction.
Giddins, •in his published , ":::,tatenterk" ef
Facts," says, he
,was subpeetited before this ..
irtmjury,.which much alatmed those who
were-impiicated. One of them informal .
Giddins that he would go and see the fore
man, and state to, him Giddins'sitnationithat
he might know how to question him, so that
his answers might not injure others. -• He
subsequently informed Giddins that he had
told the foreman what Giddins knew of the.
affair, and that the foreman wouldput no
question but what Giddins could safely an.
Wen
," Hiram B. Hopkins, a royal arch mason
a deputy under Bruce, and personally know
_irig to the abduction of-.lllerganet-the-time,--
says, in a published letter, dated, February ',
28, 1830.--"A:fter the aLluctienOir..Capt,- -
'Mery ri,,l used frequently to ask 'the ~ ,- • ,
how they expected to escape pu . Ilk .
for that outrage, adding that ir , -.;';,L. ! „
the perpetrators of the - deed w. i ll.' ''.' • :
suffer the reward due to their*Eiimes.' 'They
have told me time and again, that they would
-never be brought .-- to -- punishment-,--because-----
all were-masons-with-whom-they had to deal.
and particularly the sheriffs of those counties
.in which the offence was committed, were
all masonS, who had the selecting 'of the
grand, juries : that no grand jurY _wouldhe___.
sunimoned without being two thirds masons. .
And when the time arrived for summoning
the grand jury for this county, (Niagara,) I
had my orderi, not to summon, ivy but such '
as were particularly friendly to the mason
ic institution. Says Bruce, we must have..
at least two thirds of them masons, and the
others friendly to the order. , Here have all
masons they will suspect us. The jury was
accordingly summoned. • The subjeci of the
abductiiiirwas-brought before them. ° Tho
district attorney was aro al arch mason
who knew- all about the organ affair, in
my opinion, and-the fo a f the jury was
t i hko
one of the warmest zealots of the order in
the- county, If 1
.inistako not, more than
two thirds of the jury were masons.. The
district'attorney- and foreman, so framed the --
questions propounded to the witnesses, that
after thus exa m ining them, they dreg , up
,an instrument signed-- by all the jury, the•
substance of which was; that they had pp,.
reason to believe that Morgan had ever pea
sed through this county. -- .
When the inhabitdhts of Monroe county
first held their meeting, teake inioconsid- •
oration the outrages, and dpist3, , ans for
their investigation =
he de( in timer,
f
placed so much confidence in the . p iggisions
of willingness, niade,by members *Me fen
tern4y, to aid in the .investigatiOn of these
Ciatmges, that they appointed :four or five
masons upon the, committee of inventigiticin...
This committee, after their appointment,
held their meetings, and ceinnieneedupon ..,,
their imiairiei, and at the same time enter.. ,
ed into anbonorary obligation with each oth•
er,' not to,. disclose any inforrn s ation Whiek
..
night be obtiined by the committee, only
so fai as Wee necessary toproeirtheite;.
rest of offenders _that mig} 4nrce*_ 'red.
The members of the coMmittki Who we!. : 1
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