The star. (Gettysburg, Pa.) 1831-1831, March 30, 1831, Image 2
=M==Uni Mil =I Eli _Ajtti-MASONIC STA,W AND ItEXUBLICA.N BANNER. WEDNESDA . V, MARCH 30, 1831. From the Baltimore Patriot of Saturday last ILILTiMORE 'MARKET4 FLOUR.-?he aggregate recmpts of the present seek exceed by a -few hundred barrels those of flit last, and the inspection of this week is conse quently the largest which has ever been made in this cite: weekly receipts continue very abundant, and, within a small fraction, are. _equal to those of the last. Since our last weekly Evart prices have receded, owing to the continued causes of very full supplies, the absence of advice from Europe, the inactivity of the neighboring markets, and the comparrltively limited purchases in consequence of the high freights to England.— On Monday last parcels were sold from store at SG 43. per brl. On Tuesday, several parcelS were sad at 6 37 ; 1. On NVednesday and Thursday from 2400 to 3000 brls. re re sold at 625. To-day a sale of 100 brbf. - was made at 6 311, arid another of 350 has. at 6 2 . 54 The market is somewhat unsettled today, anrifilientee more firmness than forlome days past. Softie of the- larger holders decline operations today at 6 25, and 6 31i, and clornand 6 37/. The wagon price opened on Monday at 6 37i, but on the evening of that day, and the whole of Tuesday, it stood at G 25. From Wednesday until to-day inclusive, the wagon. rate has ranged from - 6 to 6 12k—most of the receipts appear taken at the-latter; rate. WITEAT ome parcels of Day wheat have .been brought to market during the week, but the _quality has generally been ordinary. ,Oa Monday --w-lot-of-prime rod-was-sold- at $l. 34 per bushel. Since then the sales hare ranged .from 1 . 30 for good parcels,"down to 85 cents per bushel for very . inferior, The flatness of theiTolit market, noticed above, hits had - a correeponding - effect on that for wheat. On Mondiy a lot of white (Bay) was sold at 1 34, and on Tuesday a lot at 1.30. During Monday and Tuesday, 1 35 was paid at the City Mills for red wagon wheat; but on Wednesday and Thursday the price declined to 130 per bush. A parcel of primp rod Susquelmnna was sold on Sat urday last at 1 40 per bushel; on Tuesday apareel was sold at 137;'0n Thursday twopartels o f primo red :were sold at 1 35; and, today a. lot of 1200 bushels white was sold at 1 38 per. bushel. CORN.—Tbsro has been .a good demand this week,, and parcels are readily taken at 64 to 65 cts. for , white, and 65 - to 66' eta. for yelloi. RYE.—We quote the .rangeof the market, Bay and Susquehanna, at 60.t0 65 eta. A Ibt of 300 bushel wagon Rye has been sold at 02 cents. OATS.—Parcels aro held at 37 CU. \ CLOVER SEED.—The wagon price ranges to-day from .4 to 450 per bushel. 'FLAX SEED.—Wagon price SII2A to 1.20. PLASTER..-84 25 per ton, 'WHISKEY.—Iri Howard street- the wagon price ofbrls. is 27 dr. per gallon, exclusive oftho barrel REMOV AL. (*—The office of the- "STAR" will be re moved, next week, to.the new building in Chambershre Street, a few doors west o Mr. FORRY'S Hotel. Ilany-houest mon still doubt tho truth of the disclosures Of Seceding Masons relative to the • oaths and ceremonies orfhe Or - drir7Setne ertliem have not the opportunity, and otherwthe industry, to examine the proof which sustains those disclo sures. They cannot believe that men of respec tability, such as they know belong to Lodges,can be guilty of the follY; the tibsurdity and the wick. edness, wbielewould seem to attach to all who as sume those , blasphemous obligations. And this unbelief is.strengfbened by the sneering evasions orate Masons, and the bold denials of servile and unprincipled demagogues, who do riot belong to the Fraternity. We do not wonder at such in credulity. For 'nothing short of positive know ledge, or direct unimpeached testimony, could have induced uwto believe that such an abomin able and demoralizing institution. was fostered and cherished by moral men. For ourself, we need no proof. We regret to say; we have . had ex perimental knowledge of it. Direct and circumetantal evidence his boon bid before the.public, abundantly sufficient to sat isfy every candid man, who has the means and drill take the trouble to examine it. Witnesses - of' 'animpliji6pod chiracter; have testified to it in judi era? preCeedings. Sterling, patriots, and., worthy ten, by hundreds and by thousands, have certi- fled it to the public Under their signs manuel. Do - Vont and pious Divines, who have boon ensnared by the Soceress, and drunk of her cup, have re. p , ...nted, in sackcloth and ash* and have felt them ) kelves constrained to their voices against the v ils and verify the truth of ilim — ntAhfcloeures.--- After such a: mass of proof, we consicler it but liitlo b.ottor than reckless presuinption, and a shameless disregard of truth for any mason to deny t o.correctnessofthose retelations.,. We' do not, hatany denials-proceed from that quarter.— reaped/able wo know they cannot. esmapect that, that part of the Work is, general- I_ Ir._ • to4heir, magnaminous allies and &serous ~- 1 124fraMinie-artteltitertrulyi tckgafurtherin Sup , ----so.of the institution titan e Fraternity thor . Iktiegiablothat this agi Diu uestion should -11ter,pakavistb V ry boon olonikr: 7- TII.:ANTIFIVIASONIC STAR AND REPITIOACW:triNgThi ed, let it be known—thaf Anittna . serial , . nial be execrated. If nothing but _truth big bee • disclosed, let it also be: known—that Freemason ry, hereafter, may find',no -- znisgaided ad4ocates or apologists among - honest men. The truth aity of the "Disclosures," ought to be demonstrat ed and placed on record in every County in the Union. In order to attain this desirable end, we are authorised to make the following propositions: • . 1:0 - We will procure to be deposited in the Bank of Gettysburg, or in the hands of any respectable person, any sum ofmoney,from one dollar, to five Itundrddollarg o which we will wager with . any Freemason, or any advocate of that Institution, who - choose to - accept our challenge, ('THAT THE DISCLOSURES OF THE OATHS SAID -TO-BE-TA-K - E - N - BY - FR - E - E - M - Af3ONS; AS EN TOME PUI3LIC*BY CAPT. IN - M..1110R, G.A..L.N, AND CONTAINED IN HIS PRINTED BOOK, ARE IN.. EVERY SUBSTANTIAL PARTICULAR, CORRECT AN I) TRUE. And we will enter an amicable action in the Court'of Common Pleas of Mains county, and try the question as other suits aro triad, and be conclud ed by the verdict and judg Ment.zo • Wo do not make this proposition for the sake of gain, but solely to obtain' an opportunity to ascer tain a fact of great public importance. Our op ponent may select the sun' which.he will stake on the issue. If his object is, like- ours, to elicit TRUTH, then the smaller the amount - risked_ the otter. But jibe would punish us for our te merity, and thinks Ma course safe, we will freely allow him the largest sum Mentioned, if he come off triumphant. But as we 'are determined to pocket none of the money ourself, we will bind ourself, if successful, to deposit the money, thus gained,in the county treasury, to ho applied to the education of the poor. This investigation, in the manner proposed, is ono which the law sanctions. We do not mako this offer for political effect, but with a sincere de sire that it may ho accepted. And we challenge the Lodge, individually. and collectively,—we in vite any honest' doubters of the uninitiated, to come forward, join issue, and try the merits of th e "Disclosures," before an impartial jury. We shall repeat this offer for isWoral fit be not accepted, we shall . then take other moans to bring the merits of roemasonry, and the truth of the "Oaths," to it judicial test. The Beast must and shall be dragged from her don. Truth is a Jewel unp_ossessed ky "X." In all discuisions, whether political or not, men should be governed by TRUTH. And we hold this fact 'to be self-evident, that, when a- man uses wil ful exaggerations end misrepresentations, in or der to bias puhirc. opinion as to the acts of those appointed by the people (o superintend the af fairs of the twenty, he is destitute . of every spark ofthat honor or honestr which should characterize every true-republican: Pn all difference rfopi nion, truth and honest intentions should be over hold in view—and should over be shown in all public expositions of the acts of our political op. pononts. But,thoso great essentials have been entirelylost sight of by a "mystic orde" that:in fests this borough, over•ready to da all who may honestly differ from them in politi 1 opinions— a "horde" that would 'stop at no ling, however low and mean, to further their a itious longings. .A horde, too, stealing that magic watch word— Democrocy--to deceive the unsuspecting com munity,by persuading it that their opinions aresll founded upon true Republican principles, and all that differ from them, aro working the destruc tion of the "Democratic party!" In order to show to what length this unprinci pled factiOn will go, wo have only to call the atten. of the public to the unmanly exaggerations of the writer in last week's Compiler—(a paper, by the by, as destitute of honor or honesty as its corres. pendonts)—upon the subject of the "Poor House Accounts." The writer of the article very in. gerdously disposes of the Treasurer. Ho is con. fident "political Antimasonry" gave him nothing -more thari his lawful right—but thinks the "spoil" was equally divided between the Steward and Phy_sician! Kind &MI! lle ip trult, much cencern. 'od for "political Antimasonry,".=beoausero sup. pose, it is out of the reach Of atililtSoni-C-Demo cracy. That the expenditures for 1830 aro more than those for 1829, is well known—because it was necessary. But that any of the officers' salaries aro higher in 1830 than in 1629, is abso lutolyfalse. In carrying out the amount of the officers' salaries, the word "Clerk" was • omitted although his salary was include - c.f. To-the amount affixed for the Steward; Treasurer and Physician is $341,75. The/ items.ivhich should compose this amount-axii--sl7Std, for Irivs.quartors, gl G 8,7 5 7- Treasurer forips' quart‘rs, s2l—Clerk, s2s— sl24—Deducting from the Physician's salary, $l2 (which sum was allowed him by the Directors for hilr attendance in obstetric cases) re duces his aalari , :for 4830 to $ll2, which is $2O less than what wasUllowed him in 1829. Taking these facts into consideration, which can be fully demonstrated by referring to the Clerk's books; we think.every honest, well disposed.'man will blush at the base assertions ofthe petty demagogue who put thorn forththrough &at modest, coru p. nient vehicle, lyelept the Republican Coinpilor. MORGAN'S MURDERERS. . It will be seen (says the Lanpaster ExaMiner, on concluding the report of the trial of Elisha Adams,)'that the perseverance of antimasons has at length traced this tragedy cloary to the end of the fourth act; and panibly, as `Rhin der wilt out," they may be able to lift the curtain once more, and yet.traco it to the close of the fifth—The le gal evidence adduced, (corroborated* by Owed misaions of adhering mations, tivho aro now'suffer ing-punishmeaLfor their compliance with the ob-- ligationsof unlawful oaths,) places it boyoucldo9bt . that a muaraw was perpetrated ay odAsoNs, in con formity. teitg masonic duty. , This fact, it is scarce ly possible for the moste,redulons to l isbalieVe. , -The 'plot was -hafe,Acd-ip-thit-'loffies; it was cons, munieatedtothasons,faranit near; ikwas sanqiari. ea and approved by them; and it was . .eiTeuted by ",honorable and respectable" men, Totnipus masons possessing the con 'do . co awl dacoratod with the honors °Pie Craft; mid the WhOle irooetiding Was based - nn the prineipiiiieflhe order, and deemed' justifiable - and iitcsalliery infliction of the penalty incurred by an unfaithful brother, for the violation of his masonic oathik 'A freeman was depriited of life and liberty, by the decree of a self-Constituted association which arrogates to itself the attribute io sovereignty, in - the infliction of capital punish. meat on its unfaithfurinembers. The transaction iii all its particularh and circumstances, is as etas t ling as it is horrible. A secret, organized, and ir responsible power exists in our. land claiming and exercising the right of disposition of the life of a citizen according to its own bloody code, and in _violation of the laws , of the land. It DECREES A etitnEti, - and its influence is so great and exten- PiVO that-ithaffles ditection and-defies justim—for years in succession it contrives to prevent an elu cidation of the crime, and screens the guilty perpe trators from deserved punishment. It prevails on even higliminded men to justify the deed, onto laugh at, it, to deny it, to prevaricate, to perjure themselves, to stifle inquiry, to mislead pursuit, to•villify those engaged in developing the mystery and to laud to the skies an Institution which is stained with human Wood, and which has not cast out from its communion the convicts who aro now in stne degree, eztiititing in pcmitentlaries, the guilt Wherein they became involved by'their ma sonic obedience. Let those who are indeed freemen, who; owo no allegiance but to God and their country, ivTio aro not restrained by unlawful oaths from per. fbraiing their public duties with a good conscience, and who aro not compelled by secret ties to stand aloof when the dearest rights of man are outrag ed, reflect on the events in the masonic history of the last four years, and be convinced that our boasted civil institutions have been rendered near ly powerless, by tho masonic conspiracy to cap. turo and murder a freeman and to sustain the perpetrators of that atrocious crime. If our laws may at this early day be thus outraged, and the exertions of retributive justice defied and defeated ' by a secret combination, what kind of influence may we suppose that freemasonry would exert on the country and the government, in after years if the actors in this daring outrage jhould escape conviction and punishment? - Circumstances strongly point at Col. William King, (now• deceased,) as 'no of the select few en gaged in the consummation of the murder. It was to him that Adams delivered the key of the magazine; it was he who requested, Adams to bring the boat to the wharf at midnight; it was in his behalf that masonic power exerted itself so singularly after he fled to the western wilds; and it was ke who died so suddenly andlusferiously,_ ! earl 'after ho had returned to N rk' and surren. Bored himself. The following a davit, sworn to 1 by ono whose character as a priv tc citizen, and as a minister of the gospel, the V rmont Repub lican says "is entirely above repr eh," will show that masons at a distvice-were, as ch, apprized of what was doing in New Yeyk with reference to Morgan; that gyranarder was announced in mate the Lodge, and that - Col. KING was then and there sonata me of the perpetrators of the crime. We copy the affidavit ' from the Middle. bury (Vt.) Republican of the 16th instant, which has just and opportuaoly reached us. AFFIDAVIT. PEILLT Hdtt., of Berkshire, in the County of Franklin, and state of Vermont, of lawfnl ago, do testify and say, that in the month of August 1826, I was present at a Communication of Missisqui Lodge in Enosburg. After the usual ceremonies of opening &c., were gone through with, a distin. guished member of the Lodge arose and observed that he had some business to lay before the Lodge, saying that he had received , infot-mation front a member of the fraternity aka% west who was master of a lodge in that cou`ntry,. that a man by . the name of Win. Morgan was aboutto publish the secrets of Freemasonry, and soliciting advice with ,regard to the measures to be pursued towards him. tie then said he had received two letters on the subject, the last of which he had• read and which ho had received since writing an answer to the first, in which he advised thorn to use no violent measures, but to let the man alone. The Loage was not called to act on the subject, but wore cautioned to look out for deceivers. Subsequently the author of the letters above mentionodsemoyed into this state . and was thOTO after subprened to attend as a witness in thiCali: ffuefietrtitils - thenpttsditsgatthu - weet: -- AReriris return, during an intermission at. a communica tion of said Lodge, in presence of the membersof Said lodge,-he was enquired of by a member with regard to the abduction - of Morgan. He said MORGAN WAS KILLED t aDd t h at COL. WIN. KING AND TWO °rims, whose names I'do not recollect, the one a Col. and the other a Judge (I thiIIk)IEXE CITTED PENALTY OF MS OBLIGATION, or, words to that effect. The reply was, that it must have been an honorable business, as honorable men wore en gaged in it. "Truly," stittrho, "the most hon. orabl.e men lee have in that country!" 'And he fur ther" observed that he did not know but the whole business would yet come to light as-there was one who was called upon as evidence who it was foar ed, would-disclose the whole truth ;that the Sheriff said he did lie should never get hom'e alive! On hearing thee remarks, I - loft the room in sur prise. . n'Tr PERLY HALL., Sworn to before me this 3d day of March, A. D. 1831. ' . ELIAS Bhacocx, Jr;. J. P. Mr. Enrroa,—When uniting witil.tinifraterni. ty . .l. did not expect to .be called upon to Support iniquity or secret murder ; I wish therefore the above to be made public. ,' PSALT HALL. THE PENNSYLVANIA INTEUIGENCER. Evoryday forces upon us moilly the con viction, that the Penney/pania latency eneer is a Masonic paper in disguise. It lets slip no oppor tunity of furthering tha views of the Gran Mas. ter of Kentucky. It notices with great com placency, the meeting of the friends of Henry Clay at Pottsgrore, and - .Philadelphin, It , calls those meetingsan "organization dfthe Republican party ! " The,lntelligeneer doerknow that those meotinger are'att-strre.y, of the rival fo es o tho Lodge ; that they ark as .much dosi ed to ove throw Anti magamry,as are the cauc ofthe hire lingliordes of the Grand Master of Telmeasoe. , The "Intelligericor" ought to" know, that Me- , 'publican Antimasonry .c . tut• enter inb:•• ne nom promisa can hold no:terms . ofpolitical,amity With any one wlnimears the crown or roitreqfthe.prou4 !lariat., We do not premium' to control course, or indicate (ho Mends, ,:whieh the Intelfigancer shall sustain. 'Util we hare a right to objaCt to •L - • his 'pleating onzfitir.7 '-ellublifertieZzumre to leed his motly forees 160 the charge. ''tet:: 'him cense atonce, and proclaiin hiS adhesion to Clay and opposition to Antimasoory. His insidious course did'outcause more injury at the last election than we should have sustained from a dozen styli a{wl versariei openly and boldly avowed: The Editor, we respect; he possesses talents of po Ordinary kind. In future, we hope to meet him as an avow ed and honorable: political enemy ;or find him honestly combating in our - ranks ♦ without one atom of the leaven of doubt, of fear, or of Clay ism in his compositions. REPUBLICAN ANTIMASONS On the 30th of next month you are called upon o meet at your respective places of liolsling eke- tions for the purpose ofselicting delegates to meet in a County Convention in this borough, en Mon day the 2d of May to choose Represcintatives to the State Convention which is to be held in Harris burg the 25th of May next. As you aro well a ware oftho importance of attending, we think it unnecessary to say any think mere than merely to wish you to impress it upon yOurrminds. Our enemies are on the alert—they are using all that human ingenuity can invent to take some 'snailsli for the avowed object of defeating iri. - The Lodge ie now tottering—she hears (Willa downfall of her sisters in almost every direction—The dying knell of Masonry is borne on every breeze—And While the-friends of Equality aro struggling with the toast in other Slates, shail Pennsyl;ania—Re publicaii Pennsylvania, be in the back rround7 No! She .will arise and gird on her armor, and in . the majesty of her strength, she win - "lay the . proud usurper* low!" She will say in a voico,9f thunder that she wants no Kings;Prineem, or Wm. , shipfuls to steer her proud helm. JUDGE M'LEAN.--When Judgo IMPLE,AN felt the General Post 01lice, it yielded a surplus re. venue of $200,000! W. T. Barry has • been Post Master General but "two little years," and there is a deficiency ofsBo,ooo in that departnient ! !!- 1.17 - That's all, Most Worshipful !! THE MAR KET.—Wo have been requested to state that Wednesday, the 13th of April next, is the day agreed upon by' tho Town Council, when the Ordinance shall take effect, which regulates the market of thishoreugh. We are much pleas ed at this—because wo conifider a good market, when well attended, as one of the most desirable things wanted to this borough.. And whoa once established, we are confident that all will find and feel the benefits of a regular Market. D'As some inisundorstanding appears to be ex isting among a part of community relative to that part of the Ordinance which ohibits purchasing largequantitios of Butter,Egg . &c. it is proper to state that only Hucksters, wh buy to sell again, are prohibited—and that those wishing market ing for private or individual use, are atliberty to purchase as much as they please. THE PRESIDENCY & VICE PRESIDENCY. The Portland (Me.) Argus has 'the following remark upon a suggestion in the Charleston (S. C.) Courier, in favor of Judge M'LEAN for the Vice Presidoney. "We have no doubt that not only in the South, is in every section of the country there is a strong party that would be grati. fled to see Mr. M'LEAN placed not only in the second, but in the FIRST office in the country, We say a strong party, by which we do not mean an organised - party, but a large tortion of the best minds in the cowl-- try.- They would be gratified, because they believe him to be governed less by intrigue and More by integrity than most of the pol iticians who are in the field at the present day." KNOTTIER Sin:.—At thelluchanan meet ing, held in this city on Wednesday last, Brother Wolf's name was not brought for ward. tie is not even mentioned in the pro ceedings. Wolf is looked upon here, by tho knowing ones, as a "lead dog:" He stands no chance oire-election, and we are rejoic ed that he is to be the candidate of the craft, JOSEP H — RITN ER, - the candid ofthe - s - PeOple:: - -- Anti inasona - nre as saw tr. elect the- Governor in 1882, as any thing in the•womh of time is to transpire.- With u nion, activity and zeal, the triumph of Anti masonry, at that election, is beyond the pos sibility of doubt.—A. M. Herald. , CLERK OF THE SENATE, A committee was appointed to examine the accounts of this officer, and has reported a deficit 0fV.088.. This has been , saddled upon the estate of the late clerk, Mr, De Pin. We only Wish that Mr. --- De Pui were in the land of the living that his testimony upon this tubject might be had. John M'Cord, Esq. editor of the "Statesman," deserves the gratitude of the people for exposing this waste Of,their money. We should like to riljt k w ho .the ingenious Clerk was, who mad this account balance, although $20138 wer m issing !+- [ above is extracted - frog! the York ,Itepu lican. We . wonder how it happened that our worthy colleague has overlooked the fact that masonry works "wonders?" Is not this their bonstl Will they say that their institution, as PETER' SINGLE &PI is a "sheer trick," a belie imposture; . a rhodo montoding braggadocio of a thing, sounding like a drum,and as Empty? No, no, they are "Wonder workers," and this billapced occount is done by "Wundertverkm,e?'] Philadelgua Sun. 'Thefollowing is takeuriom the Warren ton, (Fauquier Co. Va.) Giratte: "CutEr JurricE.—We ,are concemecrto bear a report that the venerable Chief Jus tice of the United States' Court, has notifi ed the President, that es- soon as he rite 'through the' business of the present term of the Supreme Court, he will from his inert:as ing indisposition, ton or his resignation of ah office t h at he Iles fil d with so'much bona . .. efit to ins country-and - trodit- - ti - trhntilffer more than thirty - years. - WiT should be pleased to have an opportunity to correct this report, but we fear it is too true."- [We pray'lleaven to avert from the coun try so great a calamity as this• paragraph prenounces.,• Considering where it makes its appearance, in a neighborhood where Judge MAnsitAri. has many and very near connections, it has a fearful air of truth a bout. it.)—Nat. • GRAND MISTERS, TAIE HEED! The. warning annunciation, that "they who live by the sword shall perish by the sword," was never more prophetic than in the instance efPresident GnetTow—G-tter rero being defeated as a competitor forlhe Presidency of Mexico, by Perfrazza, who received the great majority of votes, under took, and succeeded, to overrule the election by forge of arms, and by means of the sol diery was proclaimed Prestdent-iwtheplade of iiedralta. In his turn he has been over thrown by another soldier, Bustamente; but hoping still to recover hiS power, he again had recourse to arms, was _beaten, taken prisoner, tried in a,distant province by a court martial, condemned; and immediately executed. We have no teat's for him.— "The poisoned chalice" has returned- to his own lips; but tits hapless country subject to such Violet - tees, and usurpationS, may welt claim our sympathy. It is stated in the Official Regisof - Mexico, under date of ,ad February,l4lllt a pension of 4)3000 . has been granted to the wife aid daughter o f Guerrero. Where life, however, is held go cheap, mid revolu 7 hong in government are so frequent, the worth of such a grant may be well question ed.—N. Y. American. Commodore Lewis Warrington has bum appointed to the command of the Navy-Yard, and StatiOn at Philadelphia, in the place Of CoMmedore Bainbridge. It was rumoured some time back, that Com. B. had - returned a letter which the 4th Auditor had address ed to him, with the remark that he 1161 d his commission from the President of tho United States, and therefore did not feel himself bound to obey any order emanating from a subordinate auger or the Treasury. - Can .it be, that the veracious and grateful 4th Auditor has - had any hand in this busi ness, and that it is a punishment for Corri B's. audacity •in contemning the orders of the-Seeretary-of-thelgay-y-clefe.cio. [Georgetown, D. C. Gas. On Sunday morning, the 17th ult. a stran ger travelling on - foot, was drowned in at tempting to cross the East Conocochegue, near the bridge, on the turnpike leading . from Castle to Mercersburg, in Franklin' county, Pennsylvania. He was evidently in a state of derangement, as beriussigned to several persons at the tavern nearthe bridge, as a reason for not crossing over the bridge, that the devil was standing en it! His bo dy was soon recovered by those who wit nessed the catastrophe. From a letter found about him,, it would appear, that his name was Wm. M'llwain, and that he had a wife. and family in Virginia—but in what part of the state we have not been able to learn. At the town meeting held in Plymouth, Chenango county, N. Y. on the Ist instaat, Mr. Jabez Hancock, an inhabitant of that place; was killed instantly in consequence of being tripped up in &crowd so as to dis locate his neck.' He was 4.4 years of age. 7.,ex,,EsviT.T.F.,. O. March 12. We had an opportunity of observing the strong feeling existing_in this community* against the i mprisonmenfof females for debt. Two females ofgood charp.cter„'as we learn, were committed, on Wedne4ay last to the jail of this county; one, for : a debt of one ollarand tWenty - tents; - and - theotherfora --- debrof -- thre - e - dollars - und - seventrcents , - - Theie case was made known; and ma short time the sum necessary to release them was snbscribed by our citizens, which will no doubt gratify the humanc , gentlemap of Dresden, who had them imprisoned, The whole system of imprisonment for debt abhoirent to the feelings of the community —a barbarous relique,, inherited from the depotisms of the dark ages, and altogether unfitted to our country. The feeling•against it amounts, to indignation, when this petty tyranny is exercised upon a female-who may happen to owe a dollar or two to some over bearing skinflint.-4lcssenger. • From tho Onondaga Republican. Freemasonry alWays the same.—On the 28th day of April, 1830, the Grand King of j,e Grand Royal Arch Chapter the ate of New-York (Worshipful Benjamin Enos) cofxlescended to swear on the Holy Bible in a Court Of Justice in Pompey, to tell the truth, the'whole truth, and nothing but the truth, relative to a controversy be tween twecitizens of the United States..On being asked by the Court a question., whiCh, in the opinion of His 314,45 Ty, if he answer ed, would impair the allegiance duo the gov ernment of Freereasenry, he, refused to an swer. His MAJESTY was thenanformed by the Rumble Republican 'Justice, that he was amenable, to our laws, andinustanswier: His Majesty, surveying himself in all the pride cif regalreplies, "No Court can im pose upon m an matt to make me violate any prev iouspromise or obligation. There.? fiiro t will answerno more questions." . The 'humble Republican megistrate having noth. int ta back him !nit, the government of the United. States, t4ii forced to yield to this rtlighty Potentate, TO GRAND - Xmo or Tun Gnazvp it or 4. At)icu .01*rrim Stw.Youet. / - At" 2•1!