*t - 0* ..-. .:,• : .40'.•'.._ . .. -- '44,40 . 40 , 1400 . :::715'444 - te ROBERT WHITE Lt:InDLETOII.] ADVERTISEMENTS. Delegate Election THE Democratic Anti. Masonic Republi cans of Adams (;aunty, aro requested to meet in their respective Townships, at their usual places of holding Township Elec tions, on Saturday the 27th of August inst. to Elect TWO DELEGATES in each township to represent them in Anti-Mason ic County Convention, to meet, on the Mon day following, at the Court House m the Borough of Gettysburgh, fur the purpose of nominating a COUNTY TICKET to be supported by the party at the ensuing Gen eral Election, appointing Congressional Conferees, and transacting such other busi ness as the good of the cause and the usages _ of the party may require and sanction. DANIEL M. SMYSER, ROBERT SMITH, WM. McCLEAN, J. D. PAXTON, ALLEN ROBINETTE, • R. McTLHENNY, J. L. NEELY, • G. L. FAUSS, M. D. G. PFEIFFER, llnti-Masonic County Comwtttee. August 1,1838. td-18 Seasoned Lumber. 600 9 000 Feet of PINE BOARDS and. PLANK, 50,000' Feet of first quality POPLAR PLANK, 25,000 Feet of POPLAR SCANTLING 5,000 do. do Inch BOARDS, 30,000 do. do. CHERRY. 300,000 SHINGLES—(equaI to any ever -offered in this marker)— Just added to our Stock of SEASONED LUMBER, and for Sale by DANIEL P. WEISER & CO. On North George Sheet, near the Stone Bridge, York, Pu. May 9,1838. Take illrotice Creditors THAT the undoisigneti, Assignee of JOUN MYERS, Esq. of Reading township, Adams county, has appointed to meet said Myers's Creditors on Wednes day the 31st day of August inst. between the hours of 10 and 3 o'clock, at the house of Solomon Alberts, in the Town of Hemp for the purpose of distributing the mo ney remaining in his hands of said Myers' ::-.Estate ' among his creditors in proportion to '• their demands—All persons having claims against said Myers and have not yet present ed them to the subscriber, must do so on or before the above stated time, or otherwise be debared thereafter from any part of said Estate. . JOHN BROUGH, Assignee. August 1, 1 1 ; 1 30. .13t41'-18 Notice is hereby Given, TO all Legatees and others concerned that the Administration Accounts of the deceased persons herein mentioned,will be presented to the Orphans' Court for con firmation and allowance, on Wednesday the 24th day of August next— The Account of Philip Myers, Adminis trator of the Estate of John Gettys, dec'd. Tito Account of Robert Smith and James A. Thompson, Administrators of Afoses Jenkins, deceased. JAS. A. THOMPSON, ` egi at cr. Register's Office,Gettys• burg, July 25, 1836. BEWARE OF IMPOSITION AFTER the Original and Genuine Corn• pound Chlorine Tooth Wash had received the recommendation of some of the most respectable physicians and chemists in the U. States, AFTER it had acquired "a high celebrity in our principal cities, the name was purloined to deceive the Public and as• sist the sale of spurious mixtures resembling the genuine in name only. There are also many preparations which partially assume the name of the genuine, such as Chlorine Dentifrice, Chlorine Tooth Paste, Florentine Tooth Wash, Orris Tooth Wash, Imperial Compound Chlorine Tooth Wash, &c. none of which have any connek ion with the genuine article. COMPOUND CEILORINE TOOTH 811. IrrORMINAL AND GENVINE.-CO For Cleaning - and Preserving the net?' and Gum and Cleansing the Mouth. T HE COMPOUND CHLORINE TOOTH WASH effectually cleanses the Teeth, and will answer the purposes of the best dentifrice. It contains no acid or any in. gredient which can in any case be injurious. It will also be found to keep the brush itself free from all impurities. The Compound Chlorine Tooth Wash has the further advantage of cleansing the mouth also; and of removing whatever is of fensive in the breath. It hardens the gums and is a valuable remedy for the canker or soreness of the mouth. It may alto be used with the greatest advantage as a gar gle for sore throat. In fine it preserves the teeth and mouth in all respects in a clean and healthy condition. It is agreeable to the taste. Gentlemen who are in the hab it of using tobacco, will find that the tooth wash will speedily remove all the effects of it from the mouth. For sale at the Drug Store of Dr. J. GILBERT, Gettysburg. July 18, 1836. tf-16 BLANK DEEDS For Sale at the Office of the Star 4- Banner B.L46IIXLC MVO UE Art. T/:;,S For Sale at this Office. VWEA Cia{32l6XMClo -"With sweetest flowers enriek'd, From various gardens cull'd with care." LINES Written on the passage of Pinckney's Resolutions in the House of Representatives, and Calhoun's "Bill of .dbotanations" in the Senate of the U. States. nv 1. O. WHITTIER. I Now, by our fathers' ashes! where's the spirit Of the true-hearted and the unshackled gone? Sons of old freemen, do we out inherit Their names alone? I s the old pilgrim spirit quenched within us? Stoops the proud manhood of our souls so low, That mammon's lure or party's wile can win us To silence now? No—when our land to ruin's brink is verging, In God's name, let us speak while there is time; Now, when the padlocks for our lips are forging, SILENCE 13 CRIBIE! 'At' shall we henceforth humbly ask as favors Rights all our own? in madness shall we barter For treacherous peace, thefreVs Nature gave us God and on nicer? Here shall the statesman seec cie to fetter? Here Lynch law light its res on high? And in the church, their pro "killed abettor, Make trot a lie? Torture the pages of the hallowed Bible To sanction crime and robbery and blood, And in Oppression's hateful service, libel Both God and man? Shall our New England bland erect no longer, But stoop in chains upon her downward way, Thicker to gather on her limbs and stronger Day after day? O no; methinks from all her wild ercen mountains— From rallies where her slumbering fathers lie— From her blue rivers and her welling fountains, And clear, cold sky: From her rough coast, and ishes, which hungry ocean Gnaws with his surges—from the fisher's skiff, With white sail swaying to the billows' motion Round rock and cliff: From the free fire-side of her unbought farmer— From her free laborer at his loom and wheel— From the brown smith shop,whcre beneath the ham mer Rings the red steel: From each and all, If God bath not forsaken Our land, and left us to an evil choice, Loud as the summer thunder-bolt shall waken A PEOPLE'S voice! Startling and stern! the northern winds shall bear it Over Potomac's to St. Mary's wave; And buried Freedom shall awake to hear it Within her grave. O let that voice go forth;—the boadmen sighing fly Santee's wave—in cane, Shall feel the hope, within his bosom dying, Revive again. Let it zo forth!—The millions who are gazing Sadly upon us, from afar, shall smile, And, unto God devout thanks7,ivinz raising, Bless us the white. 0, for your ancient freedom put- and holy, For the deliverance of a ~ro_nimte.. th, For the witured capt ive,b Iced , og,cru..hed,and lowly Lt.t it -o forth! Sons of the hest of Ethers! w:11 ye falter With all they left ye periled end at stake? Ho! once again on Freedom's Iml; alt..r The fi. e ;wake! Prayer stren:lthennd ror the trial, come fogether, Put od the hal ecsa icr the moe.:l And, with the bleb_ o. yodr he-redly Father, JP 4 C.:TA T r ViitM fe fa.:;!!.. - i 0 .11-;-2:. MEDITATIONS ON CIIRISTIALNITY. LANDER. The Christian should have perfect confi dence in God's protection, and should culli vate habitual submission to His will cyLn during the severest trials. lest, like ancient Job, he may be tempted "to curse God and die." He ought rather to adopt Job's after language, when religion had obtained the mastery over his enraged feelings: "Behold I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth." This great virtue we learn entirely from revelation.— The heathen, and especially the stoicks, taught an apathy or obstinate submission to the evils they could not avoid,ima,gining that all things were brought about by irresistible fate; but they never aimed at filial submis sion as to a God of love. They submitted to necessity, but it was not the willing obe dience which ehristianity teaches. "Not my will, but thine be done." This submis sion to God's will or humility has always been esteemed a rare virtue, and they who have attained it have been regarded with especial veneration. "The Judicious Hook er" was as much esteemed for his extraor dinary humility as for his learning. Izaak Walton thus describes him: "In his parson age of Borne, Mr. Hooker had not been twelve months, but his books, and the inno cency and sanctity of his life, became so remarkable, that many turned out of the road, and others (scholars especially) went purposely to see the man, whose life and learning were so much admired; and, alas, as our Saviour said of St. John the Baptist, what went they out to see? a man clothed in purple and fine linnen? No, indeed; but an obscure, harmless man; a man in poor clothes, his !oins usually girt in a coarse gown, or canonical coat; of a mean stature, and stooping, and yet more lowly in the thoughts of his soul; his body worn out; not with age,but study and holy modifications." An Arab has as firm a confidence in the truth of his religion as the Christian; bat the Arab's creed is prejudice, and is not found ed on an enlightened understanding as lathe Christian's faith. Prejudice, as it is yielded to without conviction, so it is retained with out reason,or even in opposition,to it. When Major. Denham proved, before an African skeikh, that the world was not a plane; and, by exhibiting other results ofmodern learn ing, showed the superiority of his know! edge, the skeikh was amazed , and exclaim ed, "How wonderful are the English; they know everthing; they are favoured of God; strange . that they are not Mussulmen!" The possibility of his own delusion never occur red to him. In this life, Chtistians must not only ex pert to do God's will, but also to gaffer it; and the latter is often more difficult than "I WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR FROM CORRUPTION."-SHAK3 (I,2&&irs32:l(gtZli(CKEte Uktlo 9 al7/03PIDaCt/re Qatipawa. a4l aoa(2Q the former. Vincitur qui patitur. To be spoken of wrongfully, and not retaliate, to endure much affliction "in mind, body and estate," and still to preserve our integrity is what very few attain. But it Es by affliction very often that Christians are tried and rifled, as gold in the furnace, and thereby prepared for heaven, where, in the language of the prophet, "all tears are wiped away from all eyes." God's most common way 'of blessing his saints is by keeping a continual care of them; giving them that "peace of mind which passeth all understanding," not often sending great worldly prosperity and sudden riches. For the gentle distilling of the dew on the tender grass more promotes tts growth than the sweeping deluge which washes away its roots and destroys it. Christians are too apt to think that God's assistance isonly needed in adversity,where as prosperity presents, perhaps, even more temptations to sin by forgetting God; and, therefore,so much more need of his restrain ing grace. We ought to pray in the lan guage of our Litany, "in all time of our prosperity, good Lord, deliver us." Professors of false religions nre common ly bold to avow their opinions and practices, but false professors of the true religion nre ashamed of theirs. The heathen or Mo hammedan, at the hour of prayer, would not hesitate to perform his devotions in the face of the whole world,but in this Christian country many esteem it decent to avoid even the weekly service of the temple. FROM THE NEW YORK HERALD THE HISSERS. A NEW SECT IN RELIGION. All made of passion, all made of wishes, All adorasion, duty and observance— All humbleness, all patience and impatience, All purity, all trial,and good kissiag!—(Shakspear e. I went to Church last Sunday—not the richly cushioned Trinity—not the gorgeous Duane—not the neat St. Thomas—nor the fasi:diaus Grace—not the incense burning of St. Patrick's. 1 went to a private family church, which assembles in a private house ht No. —, Sullivan street, on the same in dependent principle cm which Mr. La tout ette has created his cc ef,cregation in the Bowery. At half past ten I entered a gateway; mount ed a stair; opened a door, and found myself in a small neat rectangular room, divided into two pJris, with about a dozen of !adios neatly dressed, siting around a large table with green cloth at the upper end of the room. I always consider tossed in civiliz-d society when 1 find myself in the presence of colored bonnets, with feathers on one side or a moss rose on the othe?. Around the tables were rrram•ed about a dozen bibles and hymn books. At the upper end stood a silver cup with two handles; ..7:nd a slice; of common bread on a salver; a small box with an np,.rt ure. Outside the enclosure a number of pews were erected, each having also a bible and hymn book; beyond this, was a 6tove to keep the apart ment warm. The heathen,the unconverted and the pretty young girls, from two to ten years of age,sat outside. I sat among the latter cherubs—as eager, as curious, as, simple as the children themselves. At the proper hour, the Chief of the con- I gregation entered—a tall, good looking per sonage. He turned to the left, and after bestowing a kiss on one of the pettiest girls pres-nt, (piety hits always a natural attrac tion to pretty faces,) took his seat at the upper end of the table. Ho immediately stood up—read a chapter in the New Tes tament,and afterwards,said "Men and breth • rim let us pray." A wily good prayer was the consequence. After this was closed, he began a sermon,which was short and sweet. This done he read a passage from the New Testament, authorizing the breaking of bread; then taking up the slice of bread from before him, he broke Ala small piece, put it into his mouth, and handed the re mainder to his lett hand neighbor. The slice then went round the table in this way, each breaking off a small bit, as if It had been wedding cake, till it reached , the ad ministrator at the head oftho table. Another prayer and another hymn. The Chief then took the cup which was filled with wine—repeated a text of scripture —put the cup to his lips--tasted it,and then handed it to the right hand man who did the same, going round the table precisely as the bread—the bread and wine, it will be observed goes against the sun. Another prayer—another hymn—ano l i i - ther small discourse—and then came the crowning glory of the whole ceremonies— "the Kiss of Charity." The leader got up and said, "brethren and sisters, let us, ac cording to the Lord's appointment, greet each other with the holy 'kiss of charity."'' This said, every person, male and female, arranged around the table,ki4ed each other right and left, men and women, women and men. It was not neither a mere dry buss of the cheek, but a regular steam power smack, that struck home to the ear most charmingly—a real smack of the lip to lip. I almost said involuntary—"egad, I wish I were a communicant for one day by particu lar desire; I should take my stand right between two pretty girls in white feathers and braided hair;" but being only a heathen, I sat and mourned among the children, be. yond the outer railing, as the ancestors of Moj. Noah did by the rivers of Babylon. After the kissing operation was closed, the whole church went to work and sung a pretty psalm of praise for the mercy vouch safed in that delightful ceremony. I know not the name of this new sect; but they profess to reject all Catholic, all Protestant doctrines and practices, with equal pertinacity. They avow themselves to be actuated as the early Christians wore before christianity became associated with politics, statesmen, emperors, kings or worldly atnbition. They deny authority from Heaven to build churches, or expend ing money in endowincr clergymen, &c: &c. FE.IIALE INFLUENCE.—Like the olive tree, said to fertilize the surrounding soil, there are some few ministering angels in fe male guise among us all and about our paths, who sweetly serve to cheer and adorn life. Our amusements are insipid unless they con tribute to them; our efforts of noblest ambi tion feeble, unless they applaud--its rewards valueless, unless they share them! There are, too,some rude spirits in the world,whose bolder nature female influence admirably serves to refine and temper; and, perhaps, it is not an extreme eulogium of the poet, that without that influence many a man had been "a bruin indeed." The concurrence of both sexes is as necessary to the perfection of our being, as to the existence of it:---Man may make a fine melody, but woman is also required to make up harmony!" VARIETY. STYLE.-It is a good omen in the corimo sitions of youth, to find them exceedingly fanciful and diffuse; but it is the worst pos. 46)10 fault in a mature writer. TIrE DIFFERENCE.—When Lord Chan. cellor Bacon was on the bench, a criminal by the name of flog, craved hie lordship's mercy; as being nearly related. "You are mistaken," replied the chancellor, a Hog is not Bacon till hung up,which operation will soon be'performed. "Courtship is a fine bowling green turf, all galloping round and sweet hearting, a sun-shine holiday insummer time: but when once through matrimony's turnpike, the weather becomes wintry, and some hus bands aro seized with a cold, aguish fit, to which the faculty give the name of indiffer ence." AN EcoNolasT.--"Do you pretend to insinuate that I►s a liar?" "Not at all, my dear sir, I'll not go so far as to say that; but I'm free to admit that I think the gen tleman is a great econon►iat of truth." Family iduence,like water, is very plea sant to sail upon in fair weather; but a wise man will never think of building upon so unstable an element. Our fathers courted our mothers in the lilten4ig The 50T111 courted the daughters in the parlour. They listened to the music of the spinning wheel and loom; we to the piano 'forte. They wisely selected wives whose sterling worth consisted in working with their own hands. The sons foolishly seek those who have fortunes,and hire "help," being too delicate to do aught themselves. MonAt COSMETICS.—The (Wowing list of materials for a moral cosmetic is offered to our readers, which, in the very few in stances in which it has had a fair trial, ren ders lovely the plainest set of features, and confers on beauty the charm of a celestial intelligence. For calm dignity, bland openness, 'l'ruth. tender softness, Benevolence. purity of complexion, Temperance. bloom, and agile grace, Excercise. the fire of animation. Intelligence VERY Goon.—A correspondent, speak ing of the present fashion of monstrous bon nets, suggests that it was first adopted by an ugly old lady, who wished to hide her face, and that the fashion was caught at by all the old and ugly, and thus brought into vogue—the pretty lasses falling into the snare, without dreaming of the trick. This is no doubt the honest truth of the matter, and reminds us of the fable of the fox that lost his tail in a trap. The fable will be remembered.—Phi/. Her. Correspondence of the Baltimore Saturday Visitor. MADISONVILLE MAD. CO. MISS. June 14, 1836. The town of Madiaonville, in Madison County Mississippi may be ranked among the first of the inland towns of this rich and fertile state. Its situation is the most desir able on account of its contiguity to naviga. tion, and in point of health, is not surpassed by any town or village in the state; as a place of business it is decidely most advan tageous, surrounded as it is by laid of un. doubted,unsurpassable wealth; it. has improv ed more rapidly than any village, town or state in our Union. One year ago the travel ler in passing through had but the choice of two stores and one tavern, no school house bell tolled fore the collection ofscholars, and no young ladies passed through the streets to the female Academy—now the signs of ten firms are conspicious upon their respec tive houses and the morter and pestel glitter over the Drug store—the Coffee houses and the Taverns are thronged, and business in a hurried din rolls on through the town. The Carpenters are building more stores and merchants are storing goods, awaiting the completing of their store houses—The auctioneer's hammer falls momentarilvias a Town lot is cold for 51200 and $1506 and business prospers. This town was incorporated by the Legis lature lest spring and the Election of town officers was held early in May; the Mayor holds his weekly courts aided by the select man and police officers—it is situated about 70 miles from Vicksbury N. E. and from. Jackson the seat of government 18 miles...-. is within three miles of the navigable waters of Pearl River and fourteen from Big Black; its population is near four hundred the greater part of which are men of wealth and high standing. The Female Academy flourishes and the male seminary is an object of great attraction; the Race fields offers recreation to the town—but no Billiard 'Fables, or Hou. ses of gambling seduce the young to their haunts. Dissipation is rare, being confined solely to the lower classes; there will be established in a tew weeks a weekly paper —the meeting house is nearly finished. A Jail there is no need for. The streets are cleared and level, and as the town is situated upon a eminence the rain never lays upon the streets, the water from three springs within the corporation is as good as the Bal. tiinore City Spring water, and supplies the neighborhood. I could say more, and will shortly,resting assured that it will be, in the course of a few years, the attraction ofthe south. I forget to mention that there were hero Tailors; Shoe makers, Blacksmiths Bricklayers and ma kers, and Silversmiths—with Lawyers, Doc tors and Clergy teen, all of whom reside in or around town. In a few more days we expect to find other and greater improve. ments, and I think this will be my only dwelling place for years to come. SIIIIPLIIS RRVENVE.--The Governor of Tennessee has issued his proclamation, con- vening the Legislature of that State, on the first Monday in October next. The object in view in thus anticipating the staled period for the assembling of the Legislature, is to enable that body to take the requisite steps for receiving, under the late Distribution and Deposite Bill of Congress,the quota to which Tennessee may be entitled. We observe in several of the Pennsylvania papers a suggestion in favor of anotber extra session in that State, for the same' Turpose. Certoinly,if the regular period for the meet ing of the. Pennsylvania Legislature would be too lute to admit of proper action on this subject in time for the stated period of die tribution' of the surplus among the several States, it would be well to call an extra ses• sion. The share of Pennsylvania, will amount to about two millions of dollars--a sum too large to be "trifled with," or to risk the loss of, by default of timely legislation. The same thing' may be said indeed, of the portion which will be allotted to each State; and every State in the Union ought therefore to take order, in duo season, for putting her self in a position to comply with the provi sions of the Deposite Law, against the day of distribution.—Ball. Pal. The' Masonic Testimony. Testimony taken by the Com tiiittee aivointed by the Arouse of - - Representatives to investigate the Evils of Free-Jltasonry. MR. STEVENS CHAIRMAN. [rj r "CONTINURD FROM OUR LAST.] INTERROGATORIES. At a preparatory meeting, the following standing Interrogatories were adopted by the Committee: First Interrogatory—Aro you, or have you been Free-Mason• how many degrees have you taken,and by what Lodge or Chapter wore you admitted? Second Interrogatory—Before or at the time of , your taking each of those degrees, was an oath or obliga tion administered to you? Third Interrogatory—Can you repeat the several oaths or obligations administered to you or any of them? If so, repeat the several oaths,beginning with the Entered Apprentice's, and repeat them,literally, if possible; if not, substantially. Listen to the oaths and obligations and penalties as read from this book, (Allyu's Ritual,)and point out any variation you shall find in them from the oaths you took. Is there a tra ding degree? Fourth interrogatory—Did you over know the af firmation administered in the Lodge or Charter? Fifth interrogatory 7 Are (hero any other oaths or obligations in Illasonryllian those contained iu Al lyn's Ritual and Bernard's Light on Masonry? Sixth Interrogatory—ls Masonry essentially the same everywhere? Seventh Interrogatory—State the ceremony of ini tiation in the Royal Arch degree, ; and particularly whether any Allusion is made to the Scripture scene of the Burning Bush. State fully how that scene is enacted in the Lodge or Chapter. Eighth Interrogatory—Are you a Knight Templar? If so, state fully the obligation and - ordinances of that degree, • In that degree, is wine administered to the candidate out of a human scull? State fully the whole scene. Listen to the account of it as read from this Wok, (Allyn's Ritual,) and point out wherein it va ries from the genuine oath or ceremony. Testimony of Mr. John Stem. MARCH 8, 1836, 7 o'clock, P. M. Mr. JOHN STEM affirmed. Question by the chairman. Are you a mason, and if so, how many degrees have you taken? Answer. lam a'mason of four degrees. Question by the same. In what state were you made a mason? Ans. In the state of Pennsylvania. Question by the same. Have you read Barnard's Light on Masonry, or Allyn's Ritual? Am. I have read both. Question by the same. State whether, as far as you have gone, they are substantially a correct revelation of masonry? Ans. They are substantially and almost literally. I could never perceive any differ once;' particularly in substance. Question by the same. Were you ever an oflicer of a lodge? . Ans. Yes sir. Question by the same. What office did you hold? Ans. The office of Senior Warden. Question by the same. Were you ever secretary of a lodge? Ans. I was. ,Question by the same. State whether in a lodge you ever heard the subject of politics mentioned, and any injunction for masons to vote for each other? Ans. I remember a letter handed to the master, directed to "Lawrence Lodge, num ber 171," in Chester county, and the master opened it in the presence . of the open.lodge, and read the contents, which requested the influence of the members of the lodge, or possibly the votes of the members, (I cannot recollect positively which,) in favour of a brother mason who was up for office. The [VOL. 7--NO. 20. ' master of the lodge said, in substance; that we were bound as brother masons, or that it was our duty to support him. . I doubted whether I was bound to support him, and another member of the lodge., wbo was high in masonry, spoke to me on the subject.. Democracy and federalism. were at that time arrayed against each other,tuld I told him if the applicant was regularly nominated by the democratic-party,. that' only I would feel myself boutid to vole for him. He said he did not know how I would get out of it, as it was my duty, to vete for a brother mason, when requested.'_ Question by the same. Did you ever knoW masonry influence, or attempt to influence,, judicial proceedings? Ans. I have been called on by .a brother mason, as a referee,to favour him account dins - being a mason. He was plaintifria a case. He said, if he could get two who were masons, out of the three referecia, he would gain his action, or that-he would be safe. -I was appointed on the case after•' wards. Question by Mr. Spackman. Have you.. ever known the masonic obligations consid-, ered by masons superior to their civil obli gations? Ans. Yes. I have known men who con• sidored the masonic obligations superior to all others. I have heard them say so at !oust. Question by the same: Are you an ad. hering mason. - Ans. I am not. Question by the same. Are you what is called-a renouncing mason? Ans. I am. Question by the same. When you took the different obligations of masonry, were you told before you took them,that they were nottoaffe y cty o o u u r God? rduty to the laws, your country, or Am. I was. Question by the same. Was this declara tion made to you before you took each, _of the oaths? - Ant. This declaration 'was -made - to me in the preparation room, before I took the first degree, but not after. Question by the same. At what time was this letter to which you refer, received at the lodge? Am. 1 think as near as I can recollect, it was between 1821 and 1824,but I cannot state positively. Question by the same. Was itin the or dinary course of things for the lodge to re ceive such letters? Am. I never know but the one. . . Question Question by the same. Was any formal action taken on the letter by the lodge? Am. Not to my knowledge. • Question by the same. Was there any resolution offered respecting it, or was it re ferred to any committee? • Ans. Not to my knowledge. Question by the same. Did the Masons attending the lodge generally, state to you that they intended to comply with' the re quest, and were bound so to do? Ans. As far as there was any thing said on the subject, it was in favour of support. ing him. Question by the same. Did the masons generally, state to ypu,that it was your duty to comply with the request contained ip the letter? Am. As far as there was anything said on the subject, (whether there was one,two, three or four spoke to me on the Subjec,) I cannot say they did. Question by the same. Was that a large lodge? • Ans. I think there was possibly twenty five or thirty members. Question by the same. flow many were present at this meeting? Ans. There might have been ton or a *dozen, or there - might have been fifteen or twenty. I cannot say positively. Question by the same. Do you recollect how many Masons spoke to you that evening on the subject? Am. I cannot say. Question by the same. Was the number more than two, that spoke to you? Ans. I do not know. Question by the same. Was there more than three? Am. I cannot tell. Question by the same. Was there more than four? Ans. ! cannot tell. Question by the same. Was there more than five? Am. I cannot tell. Question by the same. Was there less than twelve? Am. There was less than twelve. Question by the same. is your recollec ion positive, or imperfect? Aria. It is perfect, as to the letter being read by the Master. That is, as far as my recollection serves me, to give a definite answer upon. Question by the same. You did not charge your memory with it at the time? Anti. As far as I have stated, my tne,trio ry is perfect, but no further. Question by the same. Of what party was the applicant? Am. I cannot say. ' Question by 'the same. Of what party was the high t plason who first spoke to you? Am. I do not know his politics. Question by the same. Have you often acted as a referee? . Ans. Not often. Several times. , Question by the same. - Were you over attempted to bo influenced as a referee more than once? Am: I was not. Question by the sanie. -Have you bean! many masons say they considered the sonic obhgationa superior to the civil? . Am. Whenever that questionwar Weil tod—whenever the thing was spoken of tbi >! ; ~,~r {;~, MMEI
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