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Rp. ii ©4 FREE PRESA IG THE PALLADIUM OF OUR _ [Froth the Anti-Mazonic (Pa.) flex-and.) FREEMASONRY IN 1787. The following interesting article is co- ied from \ The American Advertiser,\ wf April 13, 1738. It is worthy an: attentive perasal as it undoubtedly exhi- bits freemasonry as it was then. The reader will observe that some of the cere- onies are-still adhered -to, while-others are materially altered or entirely changed by the craft. At that time, it appears the. square and compass were not associa- ted with the bible during the administra- tion of the oath. 'Their consciences could not brook the profane and ridiculous association. The union of these three is quite a modern improvement in this scheme of infidelity. The two grips at- tached to the words Jachin anl Boaz it geems-were the only grips they had, and 'we may fairly conclude that this was a fair exposition of the whole of tucmason— ty 92 years ago. Refreshment was then used as well as now, as every body had his bottle,\ on- iy the liquor was masonically \ gunpow- ) der;\ a name much more appropriate than refreshment, being descriptive of its qualities. Thus when they had occasion to resort to the glass the master said, \ lay your hands upon your firelocks !\' The perusal is not only amusing but it furnishes strong evidence that there was at that time only one degree, and that the three 'ancient' degrees have been manu- factured since out of this ( gunpowder' and ' firelock' degree. It is copied \ ver- batim et literatita.\ THE CRAFTSMAN. © London, Jan. 21, 1737. The whimsical society of freemasons, having been often the subject of discourse in England, and of late in Holland, France and other states, where they have been discouraged by the civil magistrate, we shall transcribe the following letter from Paris, which pretends, and that we are assured, tpon no slight grounds, not only to give theirsecrets, but the ceremo- nibs observed at the reception of mem- bers into it. First of all, (says the letter writer,) the person must be proposed in one of the lodges by a brother of the society, as a good subject, and when the latter obtained request, the Recipiendary is conducted by the proposer, who becomes his god-father, into one of the chambers of the lodge where there is no light, and they ask him, whether he has a calling to be received 1 He answers ' yes'-after which they ask him his name, sirname, and quality ; take from him all metals or jewels which he may have about him, as buckles, buttons, rings, boxes, &c. his right knee is unco- vered, he wears his left shoe as a slipper, then they blind-fold him, and keep him n that condition about an hour, delivered up to his reflection. After this, the god- father goes and knocks three times at the door of the reception room, in which the vencrable grand master of the (lodge is who answers by three distinct knocks from within, and orders the door to be opened. Then the god-father says, that \* a gentleman by name presents himself in order to be received.\ (Note that both on the outside and within this chamber, several persons are stationed, with drawn swords, in order to keep off profane peop'e.) The grand master, who bas about his neck a blue ribbon cut in a triangle, says, \ ask him whether he ha» the calling.\ The god-father puts him the question, and the Recipiendary hav- ing answered in the affirmative, the crand master orders him to be brought in ; then they introduce him, and make hlm take three turps in the room, round a sort of writing on the floor, in which they draw with a pencil upon two columns, a sort of representation of the ruins of Solo- mon's temple; on each side of that space they also make with pencil a great I and a great B, which they dont explain un- til after the reception. In the middle there are three lighted wax candles laid in a triangle, upon which they throw gun- powder and rosin at the novice's arrival ic order to frighten him by the effect of those matters. The three turns being made, the Recipiendary is brought into the middle of the writing above mention- ed in three pauses, over against the grand master who is at the upper end behinl an arm chair, on which is the book of St. John's Gospel, and asks him, \ do you feel the calling 1\ * yes,\ the grand master says, \ show him the light, he has long enough been de- prived of it.\ - In that instant they take off the cloth from before his eyes, and all the brothers standing in the circle draw their swords; they cause the Recipien- dary to advance three up to a stool which is at the foot of the arm chair, the brother orator addresses him in the terms, \ you dre going fo embrace a respectable order, which is nore setions than you im- agine ; themsnotbmgmxtaéamsi the bw,agamst wig-ma, agamsi the. state, , Bot against manners.- 6 vent master will tel! y the rest. At the matmefieymafiis Lim kneet on the «fool with tos vight Upon his answering. knee, which is bare, and hold the left foo in the air; then the grand master says tc him, you promise never to trace, write 0: reveal the secrets of free masons or free- masonry, but to a brother of the lodge, and in the grand master's presence. Then they uncover his breast to see if he is not a woman, and put a pair of compasses on his left pap, which he holds himself; he -puts- hm~nght-hand on the gospel and . pronounces his oath in these terms --I consent that my tongue may be pulled out, my heart torn to pieces, my body burnt, and my ashes scattered, that there may be no more mention made of me. amongst mankind, if, &c. after which he kisses the book. Then the grand mas- ter makes him stand by him; they give him 'the freemason's apron, which is a white skin, and a pair of men's gloves for himself, and a pair of woman's for the person of that sex for whom he has the most esteem. They also explam to him the I and the B traced on the floor, which are the type of the sign by which the bro- thers know one another. In the signs which the freemasons make among one another, they represent those two words by putting the right hand to the left side of the chin, from whence they draw it back upon the same line to the right side; then they strike the skirt of their coat on the right side also, stretch out their hands to each other, laying the right thumb upon the great joint of his comrade's first finger, which is accompanied with the word Jachin ; they strike their breasts with the right hand, and take each other by the hand again, by reciprocaily touch- ing with the right thumb the first and | great joint of the middlé finger, which is accompanied with the word, Boaz. This ceremony being performed and explain- ed, the Recipiendary is called brother; after which they sit down, and, with the! grand master's leave, drink the new bro- | ther's health : every body has his bottle., When they have a mind to drink they say © give some powder,\ viz. © fill the glass.\ The grand master says, \ lay your hands to the firelocks ;\ then they drink the brother's health, and the glass is carried in three different motions to t/bcj mouth ; before t} sit it down on the table they lay it to' their left pap, then to the right, and then forwards, and in three other pauses they lay the glass per- pendicular upon the table, clap their hands three times, and cry three times vivat.- They observe to have three wax candles put in triangle on the table. If they per- ceive, or suspect that?some suspicious person has introduced himself amongst them, they declare it, by saying, \ it rains,\ which signifies that they must say nothing, as some people might have discovered the signs which denotes the terms Jakhin and Boaz; a freemason may be known 'by taking him by the haud as above mentioned, and pronoun: cing I, to which the other answers A ; the first says K, the second replies H; the first ends with I, and the other with N, which make Jakhin. It is the same in regard to Boaz. These two words al- lude to the brazen pillars which Solomon placed on each side of the porch of the temple, one of which was called Jaknin. the other Boaz, according to I. Kings, chap. vii. ver. 21. ELDER PEASE'S RENUNCIATION. The following letter from elder David Pease, late pastor of the Baptist Church in this village, has been handed us, at the request of the writer, for publication. It will be read by his numerous friends in this region, with deep interest. We wel- come it to our columns, as another proof of the correctness of our course in iela tion to masonry-another sure presage of the triumph of liberty-another \ nail in the coffin\ of the most corrupt and seflish combination that the world ever saw.- [ Cazenovia Monitor. Conway, (Ms.) April 29, 1829. Dear and respected Sir, I have had the pleasure of receiving a letter from your son since his return to Cazenovia, in which he expressed a wish that I would write to you with respect to my renouncing masonry. I should have answered the request before, had I been at home when the letter arrived. been absent for three weeks, supplying a neighbouring church, where the Lord, I trust, has begun a gracious work of the swrit. I have been upon active service day and night for a number of weeks, un- til I am almost exhausted. I arrived at hone late last night, and this morning im- mediately engage in making this commu- nication, which you will be at liberty to make as public as you think proper-the more public the better. I was made a mason nearly twenty years since, anil have received the several de- grees, from whatis called an entered ap- prentice, to a knight templar. 1 have frequently met with lodges and chapters, and once in an encainpment. I have re- ceived many tokens of respect and acts of kindness from masons; and notwith- stapding Lam now fully convinced of the 1 evil of the festitufron, lmbfi en‘berfznf fan vegard Reh ard chintan brew, tho I bave\ NORWICH, CHENANGO COUNTY, (N. ¥.) WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1829, orry to say, feel justified in contmumg n 'that blood stained association. But lear sir, I feel that it becomes me to take in humble place even that of a penitent wefore God and the world in this matter. Though many things have been offered as an excuse by renouncing masons, and I might offer some things as an extenua- tion for my conduct, yet the plain truth is, that from the first time I suffered my- self to be hoodwinked, through every step up to the horrible bitter cup, I felt a xuilty conscience, and often groaned un- ler the barbarous and profane oaths im- posed Doubtless you ask-\ How could you advance with these feelings 1\-Ah! In- Aeed how could I1 Lord, have mercy up- on me and blot out my transgression, for it was great! But sir, in this I had lost sight of my master, who is the bright and morning ster ; and you must know that I was in pursuit of light-light which I ne- ver found. But to whom did I look for masonry his study for more than seven : years past, all of which time he was in «* search of light,\ which neither he nor any of the craft have ever found. The whole mysteries of the order are a hoax, by which many of the most respectable men in the country have been duped, and are afterwards ashamed to acknowledge the imposition. It is to guard others against the snare by which the undersign- ed have been caught, that they propose to exhibit the practices of the order in their true colours-it is to protect the youth \of | the country from the corrupting.effects of this smatmmeiyfihah they will lay bare to the public eye its ceremonies, its signs, its grips, its words and its lectures-and hope to receive that support and protec- tion from a free people, which the danger of the task and its utility deserve. JOHN DAVIEZ, W. M. JOHN HUSTON, S. W. FRED'K. SHULL, J. W. GEO. ALBERT,S: D. direction ? Notgurely to God, but to those who had gone before me. Had I seen no christian brother before me, no christian minister, I should never have taken a leap in the dark. And here again I see cause to humble myself exceeding- ly before God and my brethren, that my example should have influenced others to follow in the same current. 1 have also reason to be ashamed and repent before God and my brethren, that I have tried to defend a system about which I had so ma- ny conscientious scruples. It is known to you that some of the ministering breth- ren in your vicinity were some years since tried with me and others upon this subject, and acted doubtless as they should with respect to us; but I did not receive their faithfulness as I should, with christian meekness. Should this come before the world, lef it be considered as my retraction to them. Let it be re- meimbered that I then felt myself holden by my masonic obligations. But as L now consider them void, I feel myself at liberty to speak the truth. I thank God that the whole is now opened to the world ; that now all may read, consider, and determine the merits and demerits of the system for themselves. If there be any light in it, it is now made manifest, and 1 believe an enlight- ened community will pass a just sentence upon the institution. I am fully convinced that masonry is a system of falsehood and deception. «No man can be a hearty defender of it with- out using deception. His very silence goes to deceive. I have seen so much of this, especially since the late excitement, that if there was nothing worse, this, in my judgement, would be enough to stamp it with just abhorrance. Thus you have, in short, my views.- I have announced the same, in substance from the desk, but have never published my renunciation. I have been urged to do it, by anti-masons, and also not to do it. Those who are no friends to masonry dread the excitement the agitation of the subject is likely to make. But for my- self, I am willing to have the world know my opinion. It would, I think, be most proper that I should publish it in your re- gion, for I suppose Iam held as a mem- ber of a chapter aud a lodge in Cazeno- via village, though the above has been my feelings on the subject for better than a year. I believe Ihave never met with the masons but once since the abduction and probable murder of Wim. Morgan, and then by a summons, it being a meet- ing for choosing officers. I was then elected to the first office in the chapter, but declined. 1 have taken sufficient time I think seriously and prayerfully ex- amined this subject, and have come to the conclusion, that freemasonry is a de- GEO. WOLF, J. D. WILLIAM CARSON, S. WILLIAM FISHER,T. Paintville, May 16, 1929. Sir Warner Scout's Doc, camP.- I am indebted to Sir Walter Scott for the following anecdote : © The' wisest dog I ever had, was what is called the bull-dog terrier. I taught him to understand a great many words, insomuch that I am pusitive that the communication betwixt the canine species and ourselves might be greatly enlarged. Camp once bit the ba- ker, who was bringing bread to the fami- ly. 1 beat him and explained the enor- mity of his offenée, after which, to the last moment of his life, ho never heard the least allusion to the story, in whate- ver voice or tone it was mentioned, with- out getting up and retiring into the dark- est corner of the room, with great appear- ance of distress. Then if you said, \ the baker was well paid,\ or \ the baker was not hurt after all,\ Camp came forth from his hiding place, capered, and barked and rejoiced. When he was unable, towards the end of his life, to attend me when on horseback, he used to watch for my re- turn, and the servant used to tell him, his master was coming down the hill, or through the moor,\ and although he did not use any gesture to explain his mean- ing, Camp was never known to mistake him, but either went out at the front to go up the hill, or at the back to get down to the moore-side.-[ Znecdote of Dogs. Love ano suvisipe-A French pa- per contains an outrageously romantic story of two lovers, whose passions for each other was so ungovernable, that they resolved on a common suicide, that they might be united in death, though circumstances forbade their union in life. The young gentleman was 22, and the mistress of his heart but 18. It happen- ed unfortunately that the former was married before he came within the attrac- tions of the latter. They were both of respectable connections. They left Paris 28th April for the forest Montmoreney, to take their last farewell of cach other in its picturesque retreats. After having wandered in the wood for the day, they took a simple and frugal repast at the re- storateur's of the village ; and while the house resounded with the music of a wedding which was celobrating below, they each perpetrated self murder, by fir- ing pistols at their hearts. the merry making prevented the report of the pistols from being heard, and their fate was not known till next morning, when they were both found steeped in blood. The balis had unfortunately en- tered below the heart in both, so that in the agonies of death. The young man lusive and wicked institution, and ought to be denounced and renounced as such. And now my dearsir, I have the un- speakable satisfaction of signing myself your friend and unworthy christian broth- er. DAVID PEASE. Rev. Joseph Coley, Cazenovia, N. Y. MASONRY IN OHIO. We are happy to see by the followir g, that a lodge is working in Ohio. The people there want light, and now they can get it without traveling east. -{ Boston Free Press. [From the Tuscarawas (Ohio) Chronicle.] MASONIC EXHIBITION. We, the undersigned, being convinced that many people labour under a great wilstake as to the practices and ceremonies of masonry, have come to the determina- tion to exhibit the mysteries of the first three degrees fairly and openly to the pub- lic. The number of genttemen, who have volunteered their services, are Client to farm a loidge. By the instruction of the Master, who has been regularly entered, past, and raised within the body of a ' post and lawfully constituted lodge,\ of master masonsat Ebentzer lodge, No. $3, in the town of Wooster, they will be enabled to go through the degrees of en- eEI‘feBaZL m6 and masher\ tereéappr & mistress, and had dragged himself along the floor to lay hold of her hand in dying. They were buried without any funeral service, and in an unconsecrated ground. Supoes pratH.-Miss Mary Ann Waters, daughter of John Waters, of Martinsburg, aged 21, was killed by the fall of a tree during the gale on Saturday last. a school in the southeast part of the town, and was returning to her father's, as usual at the close of the week ; when she was passing a few scattered trees, just below ithe paper mill, the wind prostrated one of them a little forward of her; the fall frightened the horse on which she was riding, so that it ran back and came di- rectly in the way of a second tree that fell immediately afterthe first. The horse was killed instantly ; the tree also, it is supposed, struck Miss Waters, arid broke some of the bones upon her side. She was taken up senseless and carried into a house and died in two or three hours.- The shock was almost overwhelming to herpareénts and X'ZIRtmns ; and the sensa- tion produced onf was great.-{ Lowville Gazette. ' -At Ixrpontast Egon 601.3313“. -We Isaro from the. gerk. who arrived finsxfidmmgm te «chert 1B a very Hort Frewf Porto Cabetl. lo, that a short time before their depart- ure, a proclamatlon was received from ~ Bogota, and read in the streets of Porto Cabello, stating that war had heen again declared by Columbia against Peru. A frigate and two sloops of war lying at Porto Cabello, and another frigate was expected daily. The whole would be : put into service as soon as provisions should be received from the United States, which had been ordered some time previous. © The gentleman heard 'the proclamation read, yet we cannot but hope there is some mistake about the mat- ter.-[ N. _Y. Four. of Com. ___. __ .. The name of the Queen of Spain was Maria Josefa Amella. She was the daughter of the em} of Saxony, and was about 23 years ge at the time of her reported death. She was married to Fer- dinand at the age of fifteen. Sinavrar racr.-A correspondent informs us, that there recently lived at The noise of they must have struggled for some time bad fallen at a little distance from his She was employed as a teacher of Westown, in this county, in one house, three mothers, two grandmothers, one great grandmother, three daughters, two grand daughters, one great grand daugh- ter, three children, and three mothers- the whole family consisting of four fe- maleg only, all grown persons.-{[Znde- pendent Republican. Map pogs.-Five persons, and proba- bly a great number of cattle, have been bitten by dogs, supposed to be mad, in the town of Owasco. On Saturday last a calf belonging to Mr. Asa Munger, of this village, died, with all the symptoms of hydrophobia.-[ Cayuga Patriot. A duel was fought at Pensacola, on the 27th ult. between col. Walton and doctor M'Mahon. Both parties. were wounded at the second fire. A statement of the affair, signed by four persons, conclu:les as follows :-{ Zibany Argus. It is scarcely necessary to add that the conduct of the parties was highly credible to them ; and that the allair was conducted in strict conformity with the rules common in such cases.\ ! !! The dead body of a man was found on Monday morning, on the dock, by Allen's wharf, Salem, Mass. His face was very much bruised, probably by his fall from the wharf, and by his side lay a bottle of rum or some other inebriating liquor. It was ascertained that the unfortunate crea- ture was an inmate of the work-house, by the name of Samuel Smith, and that he probably came to his end last Saturday night. The N. Y. Evening Post says-\ We learn by a letter from Lexington, that the trial of young Wickliffe for the murder of Mr. Benning, late editor of the Ken- tucky Gazette, is to take place on the 30th of this month, (June) - Henry Clay, John J. Crittenden, and R. H. Chinn ap- pear in his defence. ScarnpIng.-A most attrocious act was committed on Friday, the 19th ult in Pike st. N. Y., by a woman named Smith. It appears that a neighbour's child named Patterson, aged about eight years, had given offence by running on Smith's stoop, who, in a fit of anger, threw a quantity of hot 'water on the little creature, which did so much injury that life is despaired of. A warrant was issued for the appre- hension of the woman, but she was not to be found.[ Rochester Advertiser. Smocking are informed that a log house, in the east part of the town of Manchester, was consu- med by fire on the evening of the 3d ult. and two children, one of eight and one of ten years of age, were consumed in it.- The houses was occupied by two men by the name of Keith, who were found or the arrival of the neighbours, under the fence, in a state of beastly intoxication. [ Ontario Repository. Firr.-About 12 o'clock last night, smoke was discovered issuing from the lower part of the four story store, No. 132, Water, corner of Pine st. and before the engines arrived the whole interior was enveloped in flames, which were not sub- dued until the whole combustible part of the building was consumed, with nearly all the contents. Only a few goods, which were in the cellar, were saved.- The lower story was occupied by Mesars. Morrison and Hopkins, auctioneers and commission merchants, and the upper sto- ries by Messrs. Adee and Timpson, as & dry goods ware house, and contained g00ds to the amount of from 40,000 to $50,000, which were insured in the Globe, How- ard, and other offices, in this city. The whole amount of property destroyed, must have been near 560000 and near- ly or quite all insured. It is not known how the fire originated. -[N. F. Sneri- can. 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