The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1826-11-07


ken in a most tumultuous and unlawful man.
ner 70 lie Roy, and after considerable rough
usage was permitted 10 return to his house,
which he found had been set on Gre during
his absence. The cause of this outrage an.
pears to have been, that Capt. Morgan, who
was once Royal Arch Mason, but afterwards
a seceder, had been for some time engaged in
compiling work on Masonry, giving an ac-
count of the secrets and mysteries of the craft,
and that Mr.. Miller, in the pursuit Of his busi-
ness as a printer, was engaged in publishing
the book. 1t is averred that this infamous
transaction is wholly attributable to the insti-
CATION of the masonic fraternity in that vicin-
ity; and in shape ofproOf that such is the fact,
it is stated that Capt. Morgan's wife was told
that if she would give up the objectionable pa.
pers left by her husband, she should be per-
mitted to see him--that she did give them up,
was taken to Canandaigua, and after consid-
cradle insult and abuse, returned to Batavia
without seeing or hearing from her husband.
These papers have since been laid before the
grand lodge Of New York; and a committee
was appointed to examine them, and report
their character. They were ordered to be re-
turned again to the owner, as unworthy of no
tlce. Governor Clinton, the highest Masonic
Officer in the United States has issued proc
y
offenders, who appear to be known, and we
sincerely hope they will speedily suffer exem-
plary punishment.
We observe in the Hartford papers an ad-
vertisement offering one dollar per bssshey for
Barley, until the 18th inst. Barley, like hops,
is an article subject to great fluctuations in
price; but we believe it is seldom as low,
proportionably, as other kinds of grain, and
from the constantly increasing demand for
beer in this country, it will always bear high
price in market. The land in this county is
peculiarly suited to the raising of Barley, and
we would propose to our farmers whether it
would not be well to devote some Of their land
annually to this kind of grain, and also
whether their business would not thrive bet
terif the healthybeverage made from it should
be generally substituted for spirits, or even CT
der, in warm weather. We would not init
mate that the farmers in this county indulge
to excess in the use of spirits. We believe
there is no section of our country where the
inhabitants are more temperate than in Litch-
field County,-but would not the cultivation
of barley, and the use Of beer to the general
exclusion of ardent spirits, have double eff
fect-that of giving health and strength, and
the creating OF a good market for part Of
their crops!
A writer in the Philadelphia Democratic
Press recommends to agriculturalists the cul-
tivation of the white italian Mulberry tree,
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round gardens and pleasure grounds. In three
or four years their labour will be rewarded by
the sale of silk cacoons. The tree will -four
ish in light sandy soil as we'll as in that which
Is more rich and alluyial.
A short time since several Of the opposition
presses waxed quite warm in noticing the "dc-
clinature" of the Hon. Francis Baileys from
standing as a candidate Mt the next Congress
sional election in Massachusetts. Mr.. Baileys
was the only member of the Massachusetts
delegation who voted for Gen. jackson, and
in his recent address to his constituents he at
tacks the administration with the greatest We
hemence and rancour-accuses the president
of corruption, imbecility, and of gaining his
honours by treachery to the people; and Jack
son is lauded as being the very pink of per-
lection, not only in politics, but in morals, and
all those other qualities which should adorn
chief magistrate of the Union. So fulsome
was the praise he bestowed upon the modest
general, that certain writer, in commenting
upon it, says, if the general is elected, and
does not give Mr. Baileys foreign mission,
or seat in his cabinet, he ought to be drag
ged through purgatory and beat with SCOT
bag. We mention this circumstance simply
to make the enquiry whether there are two
members to Congress from Massachusetts by
the name of Baileys? Such must be the fact
if the opposition prints wish to maintain even
the semblance of truth. Every election which
takes place in the country proves the growing
strength of the administration, and the conf
dence the people feel in its measures; but the
more this light burst upon the opposition, the
louder is their cry that the people are cheat
cd out Of their rights, and that the admins
tration by intrigue, bribery, and corruption
have caused men to be elected that the people
do not delight to honour. Such especially ia
| the charge now in relation to the recent cleo