The Litchfield County post., 1828-04-17

 son in this country so deluded and wicked as t0 commit so great crime. He however had changed his opinion, and now believed that Morgan had been murdered, and mur- dered by free masons, and could he believe that all masOns could act under similar desu- siOns, he would not only abolish all extra ju- dicial paths, as proposed by bill brought tn on this subject, but he would abolish all free masonry, by making it penal to attend lodge. This was not an ordinary case of murder. It was perpetrated by members of a numerous fraternity, and it is said and be- lIe'ed that many nlasons were engaged in the transaction, and that several in different counties combined and acted together in bringing about the destruction of the individ- ual. If men under mistaken sense of duty had committed the crime ,others under simi lar delusion might be guilty of like offences. A high degree of excited feelings existed on this subject in the western part of this state he therefore thought that public officer should be sent to make the necessary inquiries on the spot. to elicit all the evidence that can be obtained, ,and to bring the offenders to pub- llc punishment. The commission of the CrIme was entirely without excuse or palliatiOn.- There were no, principles in free masonry which required man to act contrary to the dictates of morality or religion, and to run counter to the principles of good order.
 The question was taken on striking out the frs section, and lost; only seven rising in fla vor oft.
 MT. Williams. after adverting to the forms which the bill proposed to confer on this spe- cial attorney general, observed that he was not prepared to give the bill his ssent; he wished time to examine it, and, with that view, moved that the committee rise and re- port, which motion prevailed ayes 49, noes 91. The house then adjourned.
 ANTI-MAsoN1C EXCITEMENT.
 From tue N. Y. Commercial Aduertiser, pa-
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 The Morgan excitement continues at the West, with undiminishng force and widening sway.--Another large anti masonic conven- ton has been held, composed of highly re- spected delegates from many counties. Gen. Wadsworth presided as chairman, and vari- ous strong propositions were made against the order, and a memorial transmitted to the Legislature. From the indications, it would seem that this unhappy question is likely to he blended still more intimately with our state and national politics and it is not dis guised at Albany, that the late message of the acting Governor, and the proposed ap pointment of special Attorney General to investigate the sad affair, is political move ment. Gen. Jackson being mason, and MT. Adams not being mason. it was feared at Albany that these facts would have some in- fuence in the west at the approaching cleo tion. Hence the necessity of some imposing step at the Capital. Hence asO.the attempts of the combination presses and letter writers, to create an impression that Mir. Adams was initiated into the supposed mysteries of the order, in his younger days. Even in one of the morning papers of this city to-day, Washington etter-writer attempts to create such an impression and the Editor in note, states unqualifedly, that MT. Adams is ma- son, and that Mag. Russell, of Boston, states that he has sat in a lodge with him. Now in our humble opinion. Mr. Adams is no better nor no worse, for not being mason. There is no doubt that there are very good and ve- ry bad men in that order, as well as in all o. ther societies. But at the same time, if par tizans are seizing upon such subjects for cleo tiOneering purposes, it is right and proper that the truth should be told. and fraud and -false- hood exposed. With this view, therefore, we are enabled to state positively, and we pledge ourselves for the accuracy of the as- sertion that MT. Adams $ not, and never sUas freenason. And the report tsot he formeriy joined the traturnity, bat discontinued the eon- nerion, IS UNFOUNDED.
 SINGULAR RIOT.
 There was riot at Greenwich, N. Y. on Wednesday, the 26th inst. occasiOned by the stiffness of an old woman. It appears that ..an who was Catholic, ha, ing died of an anomalous complaint, his physician asked permission which was freely granted) to ex- anime the body, in order to discover the cause which had led to his decease. During this examination. the old woman industriously circulated report. which many ignorant people gave ear to, that there was cOnspir- acy amongst the Protestants against the Ca thOlics, and according to their usual custom, some of the former were cutting up and man. giing their deceased acquaintance. A num- Der of persons were by these means soon collected around the house, and by their yi- oient language and increase of numbers. they