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T H E LYONS COUNTRYMAN, kVD XNTt-MASONIC r e c o r d e r Is published every Tuesday rooming, io Lyons, Wayne Co. N. Y. B y J- A. H a d l e y . CotulUititS '—To village subscribers, $2,50 ,«r annum. To thoso who call ol the oflico for heir papers, and to mail subscribers, $2,00 per nnttm* payablo ln advanco. To companion of tiirteen or more, who call at tho offico, $1,50, if iftid iik Adr^fttijemonts inserted al $1,00 a square tbo* first threo wooks, and 2a cent* for oacli ibsoquont insertion A libera] discount made those who advertise by tho year. No paper or advertnoinont discontinued un- il all arrearages aro paid, unless at tho dis retioo of tlie Editor. •>* L o ite rs an d C om m u n ications, a d u rc sso d to Editor, m u st b o postpaid. AGENTS. t*>rc« N. Williams, Palmyra, Wayne Co Maccdon, tson, kbraham Spoar, and Yirt.P. Ricl»ardspp* 'ohn Stoln, ?d, P. loraee Morley, .rael Springor, ^ •srul McDowell,. __,w vassoll Palmor, )av»d Gatos, »etor Valentino, ■oo. B. Brinkorhoff, liram Smith, ames L. BrinkorliofT, oseph A. Olmsted, 'omum Hadley V Babcock, Ksq. filled Brown, »aac Monitor, ,aban Hoskins, Esq. anica A Badcau, A. Morso, i N T I - M A S Q l p J O O K S , P A M P H L p D g f i f e c - .•Jnvtwnah, »• W ” :: Witfcott, „ Marengo, ,, UodCrcok, „ Butler, n Alra, Monroo C o r Ponn Yso, Y a te* Co RUihville? • »>., W «terlooi'8«neca. 8(Kj»K>oH,C»yu** . , QrecnvilW«,Cirees^oo*; . A. HAJWifcTof- t J i feri I the office o(Vthe iCoon- | trjm\ti;:Eyqijs?tl»*fol- 1 lowing ^AntiJM ifOnir i FREE-M ASONRY ?— Its Pfiteiiilohii'expo- ?»crt ii)X a tiM * » x lnc‘> 'of its it»n(lirA*“l'10,,i V— < 4 wilh a re'rWj;of3-o.'vn« SpccUlitl'^FnSsjnia- ■lry j iti liability to pTc*flrt ■revealed religion, iiisco?er.4'1le '*V^*P'lr'' Tit.docirines, and in the^|^(«jiwK * of Its I b l c i m i n iW e r o m teid.jMjrtaJilblicd ■nxtractaffrom the Abbe BSW«al?»nd Pro- ^arV o W M Kl «ndTii»ih»KM«4t»]®d 1\ \ s io tarf lea^lo ibc I|luniln«t^rBj,.'*'Ma3lcr ■ison/vVv? ■LLUSTnrATIO NS'OF^M ABON R Y. lone of lhe fr«ternii/,.wktit»aa,45*oteil SO Tr* to the snbj.ct, (Wm. Mo«i*«t.) U REV fiLA T IO N >vO F ’ ? R E E - H A - pNRY. o» published ,tn‘ltie world by a Attention of scc«Hfig inmons, held at Lc my, Qenesee cnunty, N V on tl»e«*ur%«d Si of July, m ill ; cont'iiiiiug » tin e nn<l Bnnirie direlopeinrni uf ihe mode of ini* Ition, and also of tiie several lectures of k following degrees, to uu ; in tile Chap- I , Mark Mailer, Past Master, Most ExccI Vt Master, nntl Royal AH*. In tlie En- Inipinenl, Kni^i i of thr* RpiI O ros\ Kniftlit Jpmplers, Knifth* of the*Chrisiian M.irk, id Guards of the Conclave, and Knights ol Tp Holy Sopulclire. In 'lie Ancient Coiin- li'f the T rinity, dewm'inaii'd ihe Holy and ■ rico Illustrious Ortlrr nf the Cro«s, the JMrious, Mom Illustnoiis, and thrice lllii* pin dpgrrcs. A NARRATIVE nf the fanls and cir- li'tanccs iW .tln' tcjihn kidnapping .md punted iimrilpr of Morgan , jn'l in ' attempt to carry nff'WBjd Miller, |to burn ar^jjBltny iJitprJ^ag-oTicc of (alter, foijihi'purpose lin g and flublishing uT'a /lfcj)^ entitled Juunuiiin.i ot^M«»orfr)r”'»B ^ p 4 r e d un- |llie direction of iMtfkliRmimittPcs ap- ltcd at tlie meetings of the citizens of pountirs uf Qcnesro, jLivings,uii, Onia- [ MSnroe, and Niagara, in the atatr ol v-York : with an appemliv, -containing |t of tlie depositlasis and other documents Instantiate the statements made, and dis- fn g many pa*i^|ars of the irausuciion, ■ in the NarrativfT, IN ADDRESS; ileli/^ed «t Lyons, Itember 11 th,' 1 828 ,*tafcbmmemoi a i ion lia outrages cominiited ou that day, and, uently, on William Morgan, and olher Bans, by freemasons; exhibiting the Kerous principles and criminal conduct ie'fraternity ; and romainme an oxposi- ■of the true principles uf #iili-iiiusonry— Wyron Holley. ORA T ION, delivered, by appoint I , oil the 4th uf July. 1820. in presence ^convention of Seceding Freo-^lason., i vast concourM of tlieir fellow*ritizens, ■ Presbyteiian'Cliurch in I>*\Rny.Gon- feo.N. Y __ lly Solonnin S-nitliwick. i INQUIRY into tlio nsture nn>l ten- j of Speculative. Free-Maionry ; s»iih Ippendix: to »kW> 1» added Plain K,*a Dialogue, a^^tho Author’s Rea* By John O. Sloarps. E P L Y ofthe Onne»5* Consociation, Letter of tlio Rev Joseph Etm/rson. Itlnrsfleld, Conn. addressed to them •ubjeci of their lesnlution relative to lie Ministers, and Masonic candidates Ministry. i C E E D l N G S of a convention or «•, from the different counties in the rj(«*»Yu«k, Held In Albany Febiua- and «fit, 18«. f 'I-MASONI(J ALM ANACS, for fBjr Edward Giddins. II, Jan. 10. 1 880. n i o s r E C T i / s o f T I I E J O U R N A L O F L \ W , Conauctai (nj an Assocuttion o f Members of thc Bar—Philadelphia T HE JOURNAL O F LAW , nddrMsme jin c l f t o i h e P e o p l e o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , U i l l b e p r i n c i p a l l y d e v o t e d m llie e x p o s i t i o n , t n p o p u l a r l a n p u i g o , o f ( h e p h i l o s o p h y , h i s t o r y , a n d a c t u a l s t a t e o f l a w a n d g o v e r n m e n t in rfif l e r e n i . ^ o t i u t n c s — o f o u r o w n c o n s t i t u t i o n * , s t a t e n n d n n t i o n a l - ~ l a w % c i v i l a n d c n m i n o / — j u d i c i a r y s y s t e m s a n d m o d e s o f p r o c e d u r e — t o g e t h e r u i l h p a r t i c u l a r e s s a y s o n ih o s o b r a n c h e s o f t h o l a w , j k n o w l e d g e o f w h i c h m a y b e m o s t p r a c t i c n l ly u s e f u l m m e n e n g a g e d i n a c t i v e p u / s u i t s a s . f o r i n s t a n c e , t h o l a w o f c o r p o r a t i o n s , p a t e u t s , i n s u r a n c e , b i l l s o f e x c h a n g e , a n d c o m m e r c i a l a n d o t h e r c o n t r a c t s , m a i l t h e i r v.i r i c t i e s , r e a l e s t a t e , w i i h t h e m o d e s o f coo- v e y m g it i n s o l v e n c y , w i l l s , d e s c e n t s , i n t e s i a . c y , &lc, in c . fee* R e p o r t s o f i n t e i o s i i n g d e c i d e d c a s e * , b i o g r a p h i e s o f e m i n e n t l a w y e r s a n d o t h e r s , m e d i c a l j u r i s p r u d e n c e , s k e t c h e s o f * h e l e g a l , l i t e r a r y a n d b e n e v o l e n t i n s t i t u t i o n s o f vnri< o u s c o u n t r i e s , a n e c d o t e s , a n d t h e v a i i o n * t o p ic s o f g e n e r a l l i t e r a t u r e w i l l b o c o n s i d e r e d w i t h i n t h e s c o p e o f i h i s j o u r n a l . Ils aim will be to afford initruction with, out tcdiouinesa, and amusement without fnvolity The Journal o f Law will appear in num> bers of 10 pages each, octav*>, on the sccond and funrth W e d n e s d a y s of every month, at the Office of thi Journal o f Health , ion Chcsnul street, Philadelphia. Pricc, £1 DO per annum, payable in advance J DOBSON. *0gent fo r the Proprietor Postage ihe same as on Newspapers in general. Subscriptions rcectvcd at this Offico. _______ l| D i| fF Q R SA L E , t :(A; SMALL, farm, situated n- l^botft it mila from tlio village of pX*Pafrfynii on which U - b good Ltf .hottie, and other b u ildings ; to- Lwitbli good bearing o rchari1 with (lilt trnea. Tito terms o f salo will [a'easy. For further particulars, i o f lh e subscriber, nt Palm v ra. C SO U T H W IC K . rn March 9, 1830. liYOXS COUWTttYMAM, A N D A N T I - M 1 S O M C R E C O R D E R . VOL,. I . LY O N S , T U E S D A Y , D E C E M B E R 1 4 , 1830. NO. 4 8 . 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T HC subscribers having connected their business, now offer for rfnle, at J W Ooodrich’s old si«ind, nnd at the Whilf Store at the foot o f the lock, on thc south sido of tho Cannl, the following ar- tides, via. Hyson, Young Hyson, ? ,r r . „ Hyson Skin,& Tonkay ^ ' K^.-'rZAi\\1 ? m o l a s s e s , Box and Kog Rnsitu ; Santa (*urn*nts, Ci»«vcs, Nutmegs, &c Brandy, Rum, Ilolbmd, ,md Kyo Gm , C)>crjy and Cor/ii.ils ; C h n m p u ipn, I'o r t, Mndcira, & M.ilnya ^ * '* 1 Irish Whiskey ; Tobacco and Cigars o f different kinds , Shad, Mackficl, and (Jod Kish ; Smoked Salmon and H e rring; Pork and Flour ; Sperm Candles ; Soap & Candles, by the pound & b o x ; Nuts o f different kinds ; Indigo, iMadder, Log Wood, Red Wood, Allum, C o p p e ras &c. g l a s s - w a r e a n d c r o c k e r y t together with a sm^li aR^«>rim>'ui uf D r y G o o d s H a h d - W a r e The abovo articles nro offered .it a.s j low prlccs as thoy can bo purchased at a- ny othor establishment west of Albany H .& G . wdl carry on tho Baking Business, and will bo luippy to supply tho inhabitants o f L yons, ns well as B ohis , at nil times, and on short notico, with Crackers, Bread, and Cakes, as low ns can bo bought in tho state. They hnve fitted up on O Y S T E R R O O M , at thoir store at tho foot nf tho lock where thoy will keep on hand Keg and Shell Oysters, Clams, & c. ia thnir proper seasons, o f tho first qitilitv. H E W L E T As GOODRICH. Lyons, Sept. 27, 1830. 6m37 A N T I - M A S O N I C . ’ OPINIONS OF G R E A T MEN. * “ Bovvnro nf Secret Associations .\—George Washington ** 1 am dociilodly opposod to all Sccrut lies whatovcr ’—John Ifanoock. *4 7*hat Masonry ik »nmoiuno» applied fo acquuilirtn of Political Power, cannot be dispu ted \ —Pt Wat Chnttm. ** I hnve louff entoriained my present opinion, ihnt a man wishing to u^oh^tv all evil, xliould not be o Frec-Mason * —CadtcatLuUr D. CoUlen. t h e j o u r n a l o p h e a l t h , A popular Periodical , conducted by an Association o f Physicians. 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Air, food, exercise, Ihe reciprocal operation of mind and body, climate and lo* cMiii^s, clothing and the physical education of rhiJd>en, are topics o f permanent and per vading interest, with the discussion and e. lucidotlon of winch the pages of this work wilt bit mainly filled. Tho J o u r n a l o r U c a l t i i will nppcar in numbers of 1G pages each, octavo, on every month* .Price per annum, $\ 2 5 ,in advance. Subscription* and communications paid.) will he rereived by Judah Dohson , Agftnt, No. 108, Chesnut-street, Philadel phia Subscriptions rrcnivnrt at this office. NEW -ENGLAND FA R M ER , AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL, D BVOTKD to Agriculture. Gardening, aud Rural Economy Published week ly m ihe citv of Boston—edited by Thomat G. Fesscndni 7Vm#.—Three Dollars per annum, from which a discount of 00 cents i» made to those who pay in advanco. Snh«rriptmn< received at this office. T H E ANTI-MASONIC REVIEW , AND MONTHLY M A G A ZINE . A WORK witlMhn abovp title, is pub lished in monthly numbers, io the ci ty o f New-York, hv Henry Dana Ward* A. M*— 'Ptrms. 'Two Doflnra pfer anndru^ in advanco ; Two Dollars and Fifty Cents after six months. Commission Business, 0 THE CITY OF 5EW-YOE*. T HE ftabscriben continue to reei>i »6 and make advance* on PRODUCE consigned to them for i s l e ; and for tbo accommodation o f consignees, liberal ad vances will be mmdo by M. G e o . N. WiLi/- tAH 9 i on all Produce loft at his Store- House in Palmvka. * _ MORGAN & W IN S L O W , 83 Dey (near West) S t . Ne&Yorh, Refer to W in. S. D a Zenfe, £*}. Geneva.' ' “ Foil. 6 ,1830. . ’ 5tf S E V E R A N C E ’S JYcic English Reader. J U 9 T received, and for salo ui the of fico of tho Countryman, “ Tho A- morican M anuel, or Now English Reader; consisting of oxercises in Reading and Speaking, both in Proso and Pootiy ; se lected from tho best Writers—to whjch are added, a Succinct History of the Col onics. from tlio discovery of North Amer ica to tho closo of tho Wnr of tho Revo lution; tho Declaration of Iodopondonco> ond tho Constitution of tho United Statos. For tho uso of Schools; By Moses Sev- cranco.” R E € O M MEN DA TIONS. Fiom among tho manv favorable noti ces of this work weseloct the following: From tho Hon. R. II. Walworth, Chan cellor o f tho Stato of New-York. Dear Sir— I havo receivod by the hood o f Mr. Armstrong, your “ New En glish Roadcr,” and have oxamiood it as far as tho duties o f my office would afford roc leisure : I bavo no doubt U will be found a vory valuable addition to our common School-Books. I am, with rgspcct, yours, &c« R . H . W A L W O R T H . Mr. Moses S s v b rancb. From the Hon. Charles Stebbins, late Prosidcnt of the Senate, and now Bank Commissioner on tho purl of tho stato. Dear Sir —I Ijavo oxamiped your New English Reader with somo altontion, and think it d^cidodly preferable as *a* School Book to the one now in uso. Tho selections havo beon mado with udgment, and aro rendered moro interes ting by having been made in many in** stances from our bost American authors. If the work meets with ihe putronago it merits, 1 think you will bo amply re warded for its compilation. Yours, &c. CHARLES STEBBINS. To M oses S everance , Esq. School Teachers and others will bo supplied with this valuable school book oq the most reasonable terms. Lyons, Aug. 11, 18S0. 31 NOTICE. T H E notes and accounts of Stephen Al. Palmer are left with the subscri ber for collection. A lt porton interested, are requested to attend to this notice and save coat. W M . VOORHIF.S. Lyons, Feb. 1,1830 3l£ > T O R E N T , mm. A S o u s e and l o t in th.. e t tUe village.— Enquireof the sKbimber. « W il. VOORHIES. LyonfrFeb. 1, X8S0. ________ i>if- J o b P r i i i t i n - , Y \ ^ kinds, done on short notice, \ J and in « neat roannef*, at th* offico of the ’Countryman, b y / A . HADLEY. Lyons, J a n . 2 6 ,1830. strengthened Mrs. Withereil,s ia «very important point Upwards of three days had now beon consumed in t is pwteadedly legal inves tigation, and the great object aimed at* tMmi*ly, the destroying of tuose witness es tnd their adliUvits, had not yet b*gtl(i to be accomplished. So far from that, Prom tho W.inhington Co. A. 51 Champion. THE HARTFORD AFFAIR—AO MN. Since the publication of the affidavits, and the |'rorrrdm g s of thc meetings held >>n this subject, wc li.ivc maintained n dett r m inej silence on il, patiently aw iit- ig the developeinents of this mysterious vrm Wo have carefully w.itchcd ovo- r \ feature of the transaction, and every mnvrnto'it nf friend und enemy Lone r bOcure and dol-iy, would cr*asc to be it virtue. W e thi*r»l'»re call the attention o f iin rnhcht* ni-d, but highly insulted community, to .i candid review <.f tins m atter, wlid»* vve probe this core of cor rnpiion l*> the very centre, and expose another <»f the parturient throes of i d y ing Institution, T h a t sinister motives, ■in'I political designs, should not he* im pute.l us, we h<«ve chosen to w m till th< ardor of tlio recent political struggh; e* p.ist, and the fervor a little suhsi>l*’d, be f<>rn we should broach the suLjim iipm Wo are now dealing in facts, on) defy contradiction No f.ilsohood too glaring, no calumny too malicious, no slander has been too vile to be put ut circulation, t stifle inquiry, to misguide* public opinion, to vdtfy the cause o f a n tt-m n o n ry, and v h t t i s s l d l worse, to blast forpvi*r the standing aud character of an innocent man, and sink his family m<o dis^Mc*1 T is now time community should look a this transaction in ns proper light Tin timo, ibe iminnor, nnd the circumstances of the co.i m'ssion of this outi-ip'', th* public have already been m ide arquainte*) with, by the iffidavjis some time *inr> puhlisiied S iflire it to siv m relation to those aflVj.tvlts, th*y st.md hitherto uu contradicted in any mdteriul point, by anv testimony whatever In them the fui« aro correctly set forth ; and w e r e p e tt that notwithstanding thc five <\n\* o f pre ttn d a lly legal investigation of tfn« m »ti» • for the puipose of killing those aff)lnvn< they stand unrefuied and uu>Mntradiriod <^f lhat Court of exam ination, the m>«iiv* in vinvv, am1 the m anner il was got. op wo have something to say. When those affidavits were taken, u was al a public meeting. Every om who was disposed attended. AUoy ma- sons were present, and asked any qucs lions they pleased. Tho uffidavns wore subscribed in Fort Ann, before A T Bush, on thc ground that Slade I) Brown nnd S. S. Cowan, Esqs. before whom nf terwards a proteodod investigation was had, ultorly rofused to take and subscribe them. Tho meeting at Hartford vnto(i t* publish their pm c e ^ ings, and the nfi^. davits when subscribed, and gave ducc- tions to thoir sccrotary to that cffeci. T h e Fort Ann meeting also voted that the affidavits should b 6 published, logeth er wilh tho offer o f a reward, of whatev. or should bo subscribed. Tbo affidavits wero accordingly forwordod for publica tion, and thc secretary of tho meeting called Wm. A. Moore, of Fort Ann, for the subscription paper containing U»e ro ward ; but ho refused to givo it up, al though tho meeting had expressly voted its publication. That /eward has never yet been published. When is was found that those affidavits would be made pub' lie, an effort was forthwith made to crush iheir influenco. A proposition was made for a pretendodly legal investigation of tbe matter. A committeo of five confer red togother, to deviso means to get up court o f examination. But a difficulty at once presented itsolf: becauao to insti luto a court of examination, a complaint x’enfied by oath, against some person sus pected, must be entered before a Justice. And the question was askod by tlio com- mitteo, can any of us entor a cotnplaim underoath ogainst a man, when there is no person under Heaven whom wo sus pect in tbe least ? T h e y all answered in the negative. What next tbon ? In this {lilemma they consulted Mr. Brown, the Justico. He told them, that if one man cr*uld swear he believed an outrage had been committed, that then some 9ther persod could swear that some other per son had suspicion oC some tthtr person being guilty o f the outrage ; .and thus that thirdether p e r io^ ^ a r r e s ted . Another , knoW who ion suspected tho ground that the peopTe might empln w. IWI ir , r.iunsi-1, who w o u l j quash the eo m p laitit',|le com m ission o f tho oTtrn^e ami with.lrnw tho provocation, an I llm»! |i5h...l to th e ratufaction o f pvn r v candid rl.feat tlio w h » l« d c s ipn . T h o Jn s t i r P 5 , pnctHtor( and ,|,b fin t a f f i l a v i t a m o re and >.>me o f thn o .m m ittce could not llMn COI1firm(.d. W h at ne«l to do, » l s thppTore agree in rrlatm n t0 the n m p li.y- ,n„ „ c r o f s ..licitud«. T . i leavn ii w h e r e ment ofcn iin s o l, a n .l the com m itiee dis- it ,|i0 n w a s , w .ulil bft f;,r »o r < e th a n ev- solvp/i In Jrnnp o f tin' ru n w l'.tio n a a- vr T |1(. fr o * , , , „ f cam(T)[lnjt v w o u ld bove nlltided to, it w a s directly statpd, that 7 „ , too h e ..vily on that m idnight trans- the nl)JPCt o f the w m h e d for investi^.ition, actio o . ^.s h last r«sort, i l i e r o f . r o , th e y was tr.break down the w itnew s, nnd kill determiner! to ruin the c luracter, and im- : tho mfliionce Of those offi l.,»iti. Eith.-r pea^i. tlip M i n i ,nv of ElJor W ithprell’a from the belief, tlm t should Benj. H v d e jf.m ily. -Xnd noir we stop h e re fof a Mb* $ bo complained of, tho complaint might [ment. while we iinim-idvert upon thgC prove too well founded, or that fieo-ma- duct ofsunie concerned in^lhat\firVtended sonry might some w^iy he implicated, he]investigation with ntertted severity : they i plot of complaining of, and arresting deserve iho lash publicly inflicted upon Hyde, was abandoned. But tho design them. T h e y have outraged com m o n de* w.is not thus to be defeated A n o ther ceucy. W hrtt! impeach the testim o n y plan wns adopted, M which nono hut und destroy the reputati*»n of th%f ftintly, raftsmen’, must be let into. John Hii- and f i r what ? Good heavons • f o r ^ h a t ? h bcrt, i.f Fort A n n , a m ister mason, W as it because ihey feared tbo testimony wont before Shttin D Brown and mnde would convict Afonzo Hvde o f t h e of- oath, that ho br*linvo<| an outrage had been fence ? Surely not : for not one particle minm tied at fcj.ler WiiherMl’s house. ,of tho testimony had touched th e case o f Fins w.is one p.jrt of the complaint, but Alonzo H y d e, or thrown one suspicion o* uot enough to issno a warrant against any vor him ; and little did ho care for the ov- particular person upoo. rl’o make out iJcnce oi Court. W here then fhe neces* the rest, Alanson A llen{a royal arch m a-'sity o f destroying that farailv ? Ii «on of H.irtfor l, sw o re tli.it “ he was in- narhm g else than an appreheasion that formed tint it w:is rumored, or suspected, community w«tu|d belipye tl>e testim o n y r»r reported ” that Alonzo Hvdo (a son of those witnesses, and fas'en the <*diurn if Benj Hvde) was ono of the persons of that transaction upon the truly guilty. in,‘lic»tied in the outrage. Lpon this Accordingly, masonic witnesses, not a most siucu'nr, sjd tr r d and patched up few, wore introduced to swear d own the '’om.il.iint, Sl.i le O Bron n issued a war- reputation of Mrs. Witherell and h « r son. rant 'ig^mst voim g H>de for assault and Commoiiity was ransirked to obtain in* (i ittery, h ho liail been pre\i ius!y consult-1st um ents to accom dish their design ; \il 'in the subject, and the poor allege /[and so nearly did f«ey succeed, as almost criminal w.is apprehended This same to prove that F.lder W nherolPs wife was \hnson Allen, the ci>mplamant, has said once biiton by a mad lamb, used to have from first to list, to all far and near, that the hysterics sometimes, and oncebut’n^d h\ did not believe anv outrage had been up a batch of bread, and therefore was ommitted, th it it u*.is all ;» hoax. Yet not to bo believed under oath ; and that strange to tell, hy a little help from John s-mie said the boy was not a boy o f truth lldlehert, he sw o ro to enough to appro- and veracity, and on ih«se powerfal re- hend sin innocent jack on whom no sus* butm ents, the Court very gravely summed not o restcl. T h o Court wns fm.illv or- up ' ’ie case, and concluded that no out- •lanneif T h e J istices were Slade D. r ige (md been committed. Brmvnimd S S. Cowan, roval arch ma- W e stop here foe a moment to com* suns. The coinplam int, Mien, lhe con- ment T h e fraternitv hnve far and near *i»l»le, John N o r to n , and both of the endeavored tt» paltn off ihis outrage upon ronnsel, were rov^l arch masons. One 1 the anti-mas *ns, yet in another mnmeot, f the counsel w i i s appointed on the pros- they deny tbe whole, and contend th «t no eruiion, nnd the other for the po »r pris ‘o.itrage has been committed. H undreds mer, so that the Mt^ffshould be cornplete-jnf far fetched, irrelevant questions ware ly «n masonic hands. Tho next step ta- crow led upon the witnesses; a redoubled query w a s ^ w j * f c i f > & would coBMat to awxha j if i and arreiui#f--r‘ 8 . sS?<,C«wan, who was aftcrwards Mi&.er the'Court of Examina tion, went i d 'consolted Benj. Hyde, a * Voyal arch mason, J * know i f be would consent to b« th i' criminal in the case. Hyde .c.nwnted. A difficulty then afose with the.caaimittee as to tho employment o f icoontel. Tha prisoner, they said, v^oujd Have a right to canoscl ol c.urse'; some of'tba committee iberefore propo*. cd'that Ui.re'sttould be counsel employ ed tn behalf o f the P eople. But Slade 1). Bfowo, tho'Juitico, objected to this, on ken wns to s e c u r e -the w i t n e s s e s . Pro* r**s« win issued f o r th e m , and t h e y w e r e hpeigfit into C o u r t S t r i n g * as it m a y eff irt ai every step to m ike th**m It wh it every anti-mason had said, w ,t they had heard nun in Fort Ann, i 14 ppeir, and unprecedented as it is m the K ingsbury, and H irtfird, s»\ T »e nniaU of jiiri««pr».|nncc, iho prisoner re- ( xUir t saut thry most d»i so, »« *0 thr. w ■ii.tiiiod in Court but u littlo nm^*, beforejlight on the s u h p c t; hut the mo<n'»nt an he was away about his business, was ont (inquiry a bom the expression ot •« x»*eu- •»f town, was also nboui weighing his ting ihe penalties of *n obligation,” Wis hogs, and getting in hit crops, paying lit- m ade, and masons called on t» testify tie or no regard tn the trial; while on that m iment tbe gntes were shut lown the other hand, the witnesses were kept an I m q oiry stopped. Afier sufficient under the most i igul custody <>f the con- off *rt had been mado to break down the stable, m separate apartments, not p**r- witnesses, tho cause finally rlosod, and mittcd fo .speak with each other f o r a H>clo again permitted to go about hts loug'h of lime. w o rk, from which, in the five days, he Mrs W itherell was first sworn- She had beon detained two or three hours, a wenl through w ith a plain, simple s t a l e s consultation was held to know w h a t thoald ment of facts, substantially as sot forth be d o n e with tho proceedings. Ic was fi. in her affidavit. She had never befoie nally determined to fix them for t h t pres*, been in a c o u rt o f justice. She under „and forward them so late that the anti- went a most scrutinizing cross exam ine-. masons should not have an o p p o rtunity to tioo, both from the Court and opposite rebut t h e n before election. A n d iccord- 4 1 counsel, for th e soace of some 4 or 5 |ingly, S lade D. B rowk , t^e Justice, and •* hours ; yet u n fortunately for some of hor supervisor of tho town of H irtfoH . pre.--» examiners, not o u e solitary material point p*ced an elaborate and ruangled report of could be elicited to discredit her affi lavit. jthe trial, nnd it w is published in th* S .n- Sho requosted perm ission, after her l^ng |dy Hill Heralil just On th« eye «»f ehc- oxaminaiion, to home a fow minutes, ition. In that report, truth is outraged, iu no one was left with her small childron^nd decency set at defiance. Alisropro- during the d a y . This was inhumanly jsentations the moat glaring, and falsa- denied her H e r youngest child had .hoods the most palpable, are s^t forth, como almost lo iho tavern whoro she was, W itnesses aro there made to say-directly ^the reverse of what .they sw o re. Did time permit, we analyse thia re port, but ns it is, we leave it for the su pervisor and the ‘citjssns o f Hanford to settlo at tbeir nest towo m eeting. They h-tvo showo their detestation o f tfiirfarce, by snapping the political cable tow at tho recent election This is but a mere ontHoe o f somo o f the doings relative to this affair. Eldar Witherell swore on that trial directly that he had no knowledge o f the persons con cerned in that outrage. H is wife andsoa swear to the same. Aod yet, candid re*, der, look for oae moment at tho manner in which this injured man and his iauitly, aud this outrage have been treated by the masons. W h at! in tlie absence o f the raan,ts,his houso to be entered, hts wife jseized by the throat, tbe masked ruffians crying in the street, and she persisted in gying, and went out into the road. The Court ordered iho constable to do his du ty; he followed hor, laid violent hands upon, ond threatened to biad and carry her back. She Anally consented to re turn to tho Court for further cxamina* tion ; and all for what ? Why, forsooth, to got something to iovulidato ber affida vit, nnd givo thc 41 prisoner” timo to weigh his hogs. Her husband was not allowed to seo her, or hear hor testimo ny During alt her examination, not tt question was askod about Alonzo Hyde, the prisoner, hjsnafno was not mention ed. All the effort seemed to be, to break down and d estroy thc wituess’ testimony Elder W itherell next underwent a long nod close examination. His testimony went far to corroborate that o f his wife. _ ^ __________ __ Ho acknowledged ho appeared with re* j wiih the weapons of death by ber bed luctance before that Court, on the ground ;side, threatening t}ie execution o f viol*. that ho thought it illegal, aod a mere jted penalties, and simply becaaso tho man farce, to destroy tho reputation of bim- and his alarmed family'tnake known the self aod family, rather than to convict the outrago in the neighborhood, and si mphr prisoner. J publish tho facts, withd^t charging it npuo Mr. Smith and Mrs. Chase wero next any man or set o f men, what ts th e re^ sworn, and substantiated every fact sot snlt ? W h y, p lu n p a dagger at his rep. Otatinn - aan»»r tlnwn kit . _ _ out in their affidavits. Eldor W itherell’* son, who was arrest ed on the Sabbath at Fert Ann, and taken by two constables lo Hartford, and kept in thoir custody, was next examined. This examination, the molt minute, tbe molt crossing, and rigid o fsll, lasted about Mreh Uoura,) when l . tian3 behold'! net- ther U # threats, ndrthe frowns, tho de- vkrt’ aor the ineenrilty'of masonic digni ty and effected sagacity, coold draw forth a single material Contradiction from the boy. H is testimony corroborated and utation ; swear down his fam ily; put speed to every foul report ;.^lqt thatoaguo o f slander bo unchaiaed; proclaim it up. on the house-top, that ke has committed the outrago himself; that it is an e l e c tioneering device; a political hoax. T h is was the simultaneous expression of masonic veneeance; and m<*sengers charged with tho venom o f slander, out stripped tho wings of tho wind, <o niako tbe first impression upon the public mind. T e n miles in one direction, and a stout report would meet you, that “ Elder
