Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-06-30

VI AaiCStiic Odiieu upon ny
the ruling elders ofthe church, to with.
draw himself from the Lodge, Dr..
Dodson refused, upon the principle
that he would not the Soci.
ETY. until convinced of being in error.
In his defence he proposed the fol
lowing questions TO the church, reqnes
ting answers 10 each:
l. Is a moral good a spiritual evil?
9. Is masonry a sin?
5. If masonry is sin, wherein does
it consist?
a. May 1 not pursue what / please,
If it Is lawful, and an advantage TO me,
provided | do not sin?
5 When have neither done nor
intended harm, why should | be ex
Guided?
6. How can you judge OF that of
which you know %nolhingf
These questions were considered
as merely intended TO puzzle the
church, and the answering Of them
declined, with a confession that they
knew not whether there was much
good or harm in the institution. Mr.
ID. was then communicated without
further hearing,-Edyettsuale Sen.
at a late sitting Of the Police Court
Of Boston, a black boy named George
Dixon, j. vas brought up yesterday,
charged with stealing a bank bill of one
hund. ed dollars, from a brokers' draw
or in S~tete-street. Dixon and his father
was employed to clean the windows,
and, on Sc afcbing the lad, the bill was
found in the toe Of his shoe. He was
ordered to recognise In the sum Of three
hundred dollars to take his trial in July
at the Municipal Court.
At late Court of Sessions ia the CT
ty of New York, Philip Mead, who g.
indicted tor forging a lottery ticket, was
tried on Frida y,..and acquitted Ly order
of the Count, in consequence Of a flaw
in the indictment. Mead was held to
bail to appear at the next term, when a
new indictment will be framed.
Courtney Gridley, the dumb boy,
whose case was stated in this paper, a
short time since, was tried at the same
Court, On Tuesday, and found guilty.
Post Office .Bmnt.-On the 9Th
instant, between the hours of one and
three o'clock nthe morning, the ia.
vein of VIM. F. Wilkins, al CoIum
bia Court House, in Georgia, was
discovered TO be on fire, directly over
the Pos. Office, and such was the ra
| pidity ofits progress tina; the Post OF
flee, with all the letters documents.
&c. together with the tavern, dwell
! ing house. offices. and out houses,
amounting TO nine buildings, besides
large quantity of furnitue, were DIES,
troyed. Mr.. Wilkins is said 10 be
the principal sufferer-his loss is esti
mated at from six 20 seven thousand
dollars.
Alexandria, June 29.-The expe
| rimcnt Of getting good water here by
boring, in which such a great interest
is felt, and which we have before no
.iced IN detail, is still prosecuted by
Mr.. Disbrow, with every prospect
of success, having penetrated to the
extraordinary depth of23S feet, with
out meeting with any material acct
dent until yesterday, when his iron
rods, owing to their enormous weight,
separated at a distance Of 60 feet be.
low the surface; and, as this occur.
renee may be discouragipg to those
who are not aware Of it's frequency
in all cases ofthe kind, it will remove
every doubt in stating that Mr.. ID.
contrmplates having the remaining
rods up TO Herald.
Judge PETKEs.-On his entrance
into Philadelphia, General Lafayette
was accompanied in ithe barouche
by The venerable Judge Peters. The
dust was somewhat troublesome, and
from his advanced age, &c. the Gen
eraI felt some soliciiude lest his com.
panion should experience i%nconveni-
eDce from it. To which he replied:
General, You do not recOllect that !
am a JUDI e. DO not regard the dust,
/ am accustomed 10 it. The lawyers
throw dust in my eyes almost every
day, in the court house.
heland--Belfast papers to May
IS, are received at New-York. They
are filled with local politics. The wea-
ther was very favourable to the crops