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P © paint brushes, lamps, gold and silver leaf, ._ THE TELEGRAPH 1s PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORKINO, py E. P. PELLET & B, T. COOKE, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORG. Office, one door north of the Bank of Chenango. TERMS... To village subscribers, delivered at their houses, the Tzcroxari will be afforded for two porrars per annum. - Mail subscribers, Two por- Lans for the same term of time. | 'To those who call at the office for cheir papers, ONE DoLLAR and FIFTY cents will be charged. Payments, in all cases, to.be pun‘ctlmlly made, hall yearly; and no paper will be discontinued, unless at the option of the editors, untilall arrearages are paid Advertisements will be inserted at the usual rates. Legul notices as prescribed by the statute. A dis- count made to those who advertise by the year. All letters and communications addressed to th: editors, either intended for publication or prdering papers, must be rost ratp. © CARDS, HANDBILLS, BLANKS, AND EVERY VARIETY OFP $ob Printing, Executed in a superior style, and at short notice. NOTICE. LL those who are indebted to the subscriber, (who have not contracts to the contrary) are requested to settle and pay immediately. - As it is disagreea- ble to be obliged to resort to legal means, he hopes he shall be spared that necessi- ty; but debts of from one to five years' | standing ought to be settled.= _ 'T. S. FOR SALE. Paints of all kinds; Dye Stuffs, many articles of which are calculated for cloth- iers. - A general assortment of Medicines of the best quality for family uses. patent Thompson's celebrated eye-water, tinc- tum colchion, draf elder, rattle snake's oil, &c. Also, glass, earthen and stone ware, spirits of turpentine, copal varnish, &c. all very cheap for ready pay. *On hand, a quantity of Cider casks and CIDER VINEGAR, THOMAS STEERE. Norwich, April 8, 1829. 1if GUNSMITHING. IRAM RISLEY, grateful for, past, and solicitous to securea continua- |. tion of future favours, respectfully begs leave to inform his old customers and the public generally, that he continues to car- ry on the CGunsmitying Bustiitess, In all its various branches, at his old stand in the village of Norwich, four doors north of the store of T: Milnép and nearly oppo- site the Telegraph printing-office, where all orders in his line will be thankfully re- ceived and promptly executed. He in- tends to keep constantly on hand a gene: ral assortment of RIFLES which, for du- rability, cheapness and elegance of work- manship, he will warrant not to be sur- passed by any in the county; and which, when held upon a '* dead level,\ exactly in range with the object, and with a stea- dy nerve and a clear eye, he will also warrant to \shoot to kill ;\ equal, at least, to the famous Ridts of © Old Ken- tuck,\ in her best days. | Expert marks- men, therefore, and all who may wish to become so, as well as sharp shooters of every description, are invited to give him a call-in which event he has no doubt that, in lieu of \a flash in the pan,\ a \ bargain'' may be struck, alike satisfac- tory and advantageous both to the buyer and. the sclfer. Although H. R. deals in \ instruments of death,\ yet, as \ the staff of life\ is, to him, of some consequence, he will receive, in part payment for the former, corn, rye, wheat, &c. and will not, if strongly ur- ged, refuse the cash-inducements, he be- lieves, sufficiently strong to excite those who have a superabundance of the latter to make an exchange. Norwich, April 8, 1829. 1tf ~ Y order of John Noyes, esq. a judge of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Chenango, notice is here- by given to all the creditors of Lev: Pratt, of said county, an insolvent and imprisoned debtor, to shew cause if any they have before the said judge at his of- fice in Norwich, in said county, on the twenty-second day of May next, at ten p'clock in the forenoon, why an assign- ment of the said insolvent's estate should not be made for the benefit of all his cre- ditors, and his person be exempted from imprisonment, pursuant to the act entitled « an act to abolish imprisonment for debt in certain cases,\\ passed April 7, 1819.- Dated April 8th, 1829. 1w6 BY order of John Noyes, esq. a judge of the court of common pleas in and for the county of Chenango, notice is here- by given to all the creditors of Journ B. STy1ss, of Norwich, in said county, an insolvent shew cause if any they have before the said his of- fice in Norwich, in said county, on the second day of July next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, why an assignment of the said insolvent's estate should notbe made for the benefit of all his creditors, and his person be exempted from imprisonment, pursuant to the act enfitled \ an act to abolish imprisonment for debt in certain cames,\ passed April 7, 1919. Dated A- 'tonc, as this deponent thought, and she REPORT OF COMMITTEE, &c. ___ A narratives of the facts and circumstances relating to the kiduappipg and presumed murder of Win- Liam Moroa®: ind of the attempt to carry off David C. Miller, and to burn or destroy the print- ing-office of the latter, for the purpose of prevent- ing the printing and publishing of a book entitled « Illustrations of Masonry.\ Prepared under the direction of the several commit- tees appointed at the meetings of the citizens of the colinties of Genesee, Livingston, Monroe and Niagara, in the state of New-York: with an Ap- pendix, containing most of the depositions and . other documents to substantiate the stateients made, and disclosing many particulars ofthe trans- action not contained in the narrative. CONTIRCED, [No. 4.] Oxtarto county, ss. -Mar- tha - Davis, wife of Nathan Davis, of Canandaigua, in said county, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith-that she re- sides nearly opposite the jail in Canan- daigua ; that on the evening of the twelfth day of September, instant, she, this depo- nent, saw a ifumber of men walking, standing, and sitting in the street, and by the fence by the side of the street about and near the jail ; that this deponent could recognize but three of the men, to wit: Col. Edward Sawyer, Nicholas G. Chese- bro, and Chauncy Coc, all of Canandaigua aforesaid ; that at one time this deponent was out at the door, and spoke to said of whom was a little matter? to which the Shan,. whom this deponent understood and befieves to have © a rake PRESS I8 THE PALLADIUM OF OUR Lenin-ms.\ NORWICH, CHENANGO COUNTY, (K. Y.) WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1829. this deponent asked hiriivhat was. the been col. Sawyer of Canandaigua, afore- said answered, \ nothing, only a man has been let out of jail, and been taken on a warrant and is going to be tried, or to have his trial ;\ upon which this depo- nent went back into his house, and fur- ther saith not. SETH OSBORN. Subscribed and sworn to, this twenty-third day of September, 1826, before me JEFFREY CHIPMAN, J. P. [No. 7.] Gexngser CcoUNTY, §§.- Timothy - Fitch, of Batavia, in said county, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that on the 28d day of Sept. inst, he, deponent, was at Canandaigua, and saw Hiram Hubbard, and this deponent asked Hubbard if he knew any thing about Wm. Morgan being taken away from Canandaigua, and Hubbard said he did not, but on the evening that it was said Morgan was taken away, he, Hub- bard, was applied to to carry some men to Rochester, and he agreed to go with his carriage, as he did frequently, but he did not know who applied to him on this oc- casion ; that he expected they would get into his carriage at Mr: Kingsley's tav- ern in Canandaigua ; but in the evening Chesebro, but he made no answer, there were cight or ten men; that they seem- cd to be consulting together in an under expressed her fears to her husband that something was going on about the jail which was not right; that about nine 0'- clock in thgevening this deponent heard the fastening of the prison doors, as she frequently does «when the doors are opened ; that at. the same time this depo- nent discovered two men near the jail door, and also two men on the opposite side of the street from the jail, and but a little distance from the house of this de- ponent ; that immediately after this depo- nent heard a cry of murder near the jail door, and discovered men apparently in a seuflle ; that at the same time she heard a violent rap apparently upon the well curb near the jail door, and one of the men who were seated near the house of this deponent ran past the house of depo- nent, and in a direction from the place from which the ery of murder proceeded ; that.the ery of murder seemed to be sup- pressed as by a hand, or something simi- lar upon: the mouth, which appeared at tines W be partly removed by the strug gle, and then Uhi@ depuneont vould bear an inarticulate sound indicating great dis- tress ; that immediately after the rap up- on the well curb this deponent discovered a carriage which she supposed to be the carriage of Mr. Hubbard who keeps hor- xes and carriages to let, witht two grey horses coming dow n the street very rapid- ly, but could not discover any one in the carriage ; that the carriage passed the house of this deponent towards the place wher« this deponent had heard the last cries of distress as aforesaid ; that the carriage was gone a fow minutes, and passed back again by the house of this de- ponent with men in it; and further this dep nent saith not. MARTHA DAVIS. Subscribed and sworn to, this 23d day of Sept. 1826, before me. JEFFREY CHIPMARN, J. P. [No. 5.] Ox tanto covr®ty, ss. -La- sira L. Osborn, daughter of Seth Osborn, of Canandaigua, in said county, aged a- bout 24 years, being duly sworn, depo- seth and saith-that on the evening of the 12th of Sept., inst. about 9 o'clock in the evening she, this deponent, was in the chamber of her father's house, which is but a few feet from the jail in Canandai- gua-that this deponent heard some bustle about the house, apparently near the jail door-that this deponent then heard a cry of murder ! apparently about in front of her father's house, in the street, and but a few feet from the house-that the distinct ery of murder, which this: deponent first heard, was soon suppressed into an inar- ticulate sound of distress,and soon ceased -that just before tne unrc cree nt a- - nent beard the said cry of murder she heard some one whistle, and then, or soon after, a loud rap upon the well curb, as this deponent supposes, as it appeared to be at the well, a few rods from the jail door-that this deponent soon after came down from the chamber, and a carriage passed the other way, having two grey horses before the carriage-and further this deponent saith not. LASIRA L. OSBORN. Subscribed and sworn to, this twenty-thi -d day of September 1926, before me, JEFFREY CHIPMAN, J. P. [No. 6.) Oxrtar1e ss.- Seth Osburn, of Canandaigua in said county, being duly' sworn deposeth and saith, that on the evening of the twelfth day of September, instant, about nine o- clock, or between nine and ten o'clock, he, this depanent, went to the door of his house, which is near the jail of Canan- daigna-that he saw some men a few rods from his door-that one game men ap- peared to be 'down struggling, and making fig; poise of distress-that about nine o'clock, a man, whom he did not know, came to him, and said the par- ty had gone down the road towards Pal- myra, and wished him to comealong, and they would get into the carriage when he overtook them; that he, Hubbard, then drove doin the road as he was re- quested, passed the jail a few rods, until he saw some men in the road, who told him to stop, and five or six men got into the carriage, but he did not know one of them ; that they then 'told him to turn about and go to Rochester, which he did ; that he stopped twice on the road, and passed through Rochester about day-light, and continued on to Hauford's Landing, about three miles below Rochester, where the men said they wanted to take a ves- scl ; that he then left them, and returned home to Canandaigua ; that he did not know one of the men whom he carried, though he saw them on the road when they stopped, and also when they got out of the carriage at Hanford's Landing ; that he had never been paid any thing for going with said party, and did not know whom to look to for pay ; that one of the men said to him he would see him ano- ther day and pay him, but he did not know who it was. nor had he seen him since, or any one of the party ; that he, Hubbard, kept a livery stable, and hors s and carriages, and frequently carried peo- ple to different places. And this depo- nent further shith, that he asked Hubbard to make affidavit to what he had said, but Hubbard said he had rather not, and finally declined. - And this deponent fur- ther saith, that the place described by Hubbard where he took the party into his carriage, was but a few rods from the jail, and near the place where Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Osborn deposed they saw Morgan last on the evening he taken from the jail, and further saith not. TIMOTHY FITCH. Subscribed andsworn to this 29th da of Sept. 1826, before me, C. CARPENTER, J. P. [No. 8.] Oxrtar10 over aND TER- mix Er.-Nicholas G. Chesebro, Edward Sawyer, Loton Lawson, John Sheldon, ads. The People.-Nicholas G. Chesebro, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that since the finding of the indictment in the above cause, and in the course of last week, this deponent has been served with a capias ad issued out of the supreme court of the state of [New-York, at the suit of Wm. Morgan, for assault and battery, and false impri- sonment, to the damage of the said Wm. Morgan of ten thousand dollars, and this deponent has been held to bail in virtue of said writ, and an allowance of hail en- dorsed thereon for fifteen hundred dollars -that this deponent doth verily believe this deponent as the commencement of a suit by the said William Morgan against this deponent for his private damages sus- tained by reason of the facts disclosed in the indictment in the above entitled cause -and this deponent further saith, that he saw the said Wm. Morgan in the office of J. Chipman, esq. a justice of the peace in the village of Canandaigua, on the eve- ning of the 11th Sept. last, during his exa- mination before the said justice, and that he has not seen him since that time ; this deponent knew it was intended to release the said Morgan from jail, and was infor- ed, and verily believed, that the said Mor- gan had consented to go away ; and that the only object of this deponent in assist- ing to get the said Morgan out of jail, was to keep him from falling into the hands or under the influence of one Da- vid C. Miller, of Batavia; that he, this deponent, had been informed,. and be- Keved, that said Morgan was compiling a book on the subject of masonry, at the in- stigation, or with the concurrence of said Aflllst, who was to print the same with a wan innnad the rest, and | the said Mor crets, which he averred he had most so- lemnly engaged never to reveal; that deeming such publication calculated to degrade the institution of masonry, and to bring disgrace on the members thereof, this deponent was desirous to remove the said Morgan to some place beyond the pretended to disclose se- reach of the said Miller, where his friends and acquaintance might endeavour to con- vince him of the impropriety of his con- duct, and prevent the consequences before mentioned ; that this deponent was not concerned directly or indirectly, in using any force in removing the said Morgan from said jail, and that he has had no con- cern whatever in any transactions con- cerning said Morgan since that time ; that all he knows of said removal is, that he has been informed that the said Morgan was carried into the county of Monroe, and this deponent does not know where said Morgan now is; and this deponent further saith, that he is somewhat in debt, has but little property , a family to provide for, and feels in common with his fellow- citizens the pressure of the times ; and further saith not. N. G. CHESEBRO. Sworn this 5th day of Janna? 1827, before me. > RALPH LESTER, Clerk of Ontario County. [ No. 9. ] OxtarIo CcoUuNTY, §8.- Edward Sawyer, of Canandaigua, one of the adove named defendants, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that he never, to his knowledge, saw Willam Morgan, mentioned in the indictment in this cause, until the evening of the eleventh day of Sept. last, past, when he saw him at the office of Jeffrey Chipman, esq. in the vil- lage of Canandaigua, under examination on a complaint against him, as the depo- nent was informed, for larceny. _ And this deponent further saith, that he had no knowledge or intimation in any manner whatever, that any person or persons were to go for the said. Morgan, or that they had gone for the said Morgan, to bring him to Canandaigua, until he was informed that he was at the office of the said Chipman on the said examination : and this deponent further saith, that he took no part , either directly or indirectly, in the said examination, or in any subso- deponent further saith, that thik omission to interfere and assist M6? d gan, was the first and only act of his in which he is conscious of baving been guilty of any criminal or improper conduct or participa- tion in the matters contained in the in- dictment in this case ; and this deponent says, that he was taken wholly by sur- prise, and had no time for reflection : that he did not expect, and had no reason to expect, any such occurrence; and he did sincerely and deeply regret that he had been guilty of any such improper conduct as soon as he saw what had been done, and he still does with deep and unfeigned regret acknowledge and lament the part which he so took in said transaction.. And this deponent further says, that at the time aforesaid he understood and be- lieved that Morgan was voluntarily going away with Lawson to some place in this or the adjoining county, but to what place he did not know, for the purpose of being out of the reach and influence of David C. Miller, who, as this deponent was in- formed, was engaged with said Morgan in publishing a book which, as this depo- nent considered, would be calculated to bring the institution of masonry into dis- repute, by professing to reveal secrets which he was bound by solemn obligations not to disclose: and this deponent was desirous to prevent the publication of such book, provided Morgan could be persua- ded to keep out of the way of. said Mil- ter, and not to permit himself to be influ- enced by him or his friends ; and it was with this view, and no other, that this deponent was desirous to have Morgan depart with Lawson. - And,this deponent further says, that he has never seen Mor- gan since he got into the carriage as afore- said, nor does he know where he is at present, nor has he known any thing of him since the time he so got into the car- riage. And this deponent further says, that in going down the street, after Mor- gan and those with him had passed from the jail, he met a man, who was as he supposed, a Mr. Osborn, who asked this deponent what was the matter, to which this deponent replied, that a man had been released from gaol, and he believed they had another precept for him, or words to that effect ; and this deponent also picked quent proceedings, by which the said Morgan was committed, as this deponent has been informed, to the jail of Ontario county. - And this deponent further faith, that he had no knowledge or intimation of any design or intention to liberate or remove the said Morgan from the Said jail in any manner whatever, until the evening of the twelfth day of September last, when Loton Lawson told this depo- nent that Morgan had agreed to go away with him, and that he was about to be discharged from the jail, and would vol- untarily leave the place with the said Lawson ; and some time after that, in the course of the same evening, the said Law- son called on this deponent, and informed him that he had been to the jail, and that Mr. Hall, the jailer, was not at home, and that Mrs. Hall was not acquainted with him, Lawson, and was not willing to let Morgan go on his application ; that he had asked her if she would discharge him, provided this deponent would come to the jail and say it was proper ; and that she said on that condition she would let him go ; and the said Lawson requested | this deponent to go to the jail for that pur- pose ; and this deponent believing the statement of the said Lawson to be true, did accompany him to the jail for the pur- pose above expressed, and for no other; and at the jail stated to Mrs. Hall, that, in his opinion, there would be no harm in discharging Morgan, provided the debt for which he was committed, was paid. And this deponent further saith, that he verily believed that the said Morgan was voluntarily going away with Lawson; and this deponent had no knowledge or intimation of any design or intention on the part of any one to use any force or violence in carrying away Morgan, nor should this deponent have gone to the iail aforesaid, except on the solicitation augc‘we fhentiohed.\ . Ala unis ueponent further saith, that when Morgan came to the outer door of the jail, and had de- deponent, he, Morgan, as appeared by his exclamations, made resistance, and was taken down the street east of the jail, but what kind of resistance he made, or what force was used to compel him to go, this deponent does not know, for he was not near enough to Morgan at any time after he came out of jail to see or know what was done to him'; but this deponent free- ly and without reserve, acknowledges that he was near enough to hear the noise, and might have interfered to en- deavoar to prevent any abuse of Morgan; some rods behind Morgan; and-those with him, until the carriage came up, and Morgan, and those with him, got into the carriage ; and deporent then did, and now does believe, that Morgan got futo Cie carriage without any force whatever ; and he was at no time than within several rods of Morgan on thit evening pal 8, 1829, Iw10 this deponent went towards the men, one rigw to pecuniary profit; in which book before he got into the carriage. - And this scended the steps, to the great surprise of and that be did follow at a distance of} up a hat which he found in the street there. _ Aud this deponent further says, that the foregoing is a true and impartial account of all the participation of this de- ponent in the matters contained in the said indictment, and of the motives which in- fluenced him in the same, according to the best of nis knowledge and belief. And this deponent further says, that an action of assault and battery and false imprisonment has been commenced in the supreme court of the state of New-York, in the name of William Morgan, plaintiff, against this deponent, and this deponent has been arrested on a capias issued in the same, in which the damages are laid at $10,000, on which this deponent is held to bail in the sum of $1500, by order of judge Birdsall. And this deponent further says, that he has a family of four children, and is in moderate circumstances as to property, and the situation of his pecuniary affairs is such as to require his constant and un- remitted «attention to business to meet the engagements and | responsibilities | into which he has entered. And this deponent further says, that he never knew, nor has he any reason to believe, that the said John Sheldon, the above named defendant, had any part or concern whatever, either directly or indi- rectly, in any of the transactions above re- ferred to, and this deponent has been well acquainted with the said Jolin Sheldon for several years. - And further this depo- nent says not. EDW ARD SAW YER. Sworn and subscribed, this sixth day of January, A. D. 1827, before me, RALPH LESTER, Clerk of Ontario county. [No. '10.] Oxtanio §5.-- Loton Lawson being duly sworn, says that he has no knowledge of any agency -- particinatinn by John Sheldon, in the matter of acts charged in the foregoing in- dictment; that he never had any conver- sation with him in relation thereto, be- fore said Sheldon was arrested on said charge ; that he does not know, or be- lieve, or suspect that said John Sheldon was at Batavia in the month of Septem- ber last. LOTON LAWSON. Sworn this 6th day of Jan: , 1827, before me. JEFFREY CHIPMAN, issioner, &c. TO BE CONTINUED. . Movn rtamms.-Capt. Partridge has com- municated the heights of numerous hills and mountains in differint parts of the United States and Canada, ascertained by himself :-Mount Royal, neat Montreal, he sets down at 676 feetabove the level of the St. Lawrence; the Menginent on the Highlands in Maine; 2002 feet high Mount Washington, N. Hampéhire 6231 crow's nest in the Highlands, 1418; Cats~ kill Mountain House 92143 Mount Afitch~ ell, Neversink, #B; Thom Staten IEsfnd, 307; Hempstead Hi Long Islnd, 319; and Weekawr Caf. $75 feet. . U P &
