Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-20

.,,4, ,tvsnpeds1Bimself by procuring an IN
dic,ment agains, the editor OF me Ie"l"e' ~"
,h. trial the editor substantia'ec all, ano PEI
hans more than he had asserted. y1'
v;r,uallv found Richardson guilty OF the ena1s-
40 hv aeoui,tine the editor who preferred mem
S;nre then. the editor ofthe Rochester hepuo'
i;can. in commenting on tho eharacters o, ,ne
rol;,ical an,imssonic leaders, aliodeo.o n'o"-
srdson's degrading associations' Ss"a o',sS
e, Of decorum which all white men shoo'c
probate." This is the head ana !ro"t " W.
offence! The justification is iurnisnea ~ '"s
proceedings OF the court 10 which k'cna'u'T r.
unsuccessfully appealed in his own county -.
legal proceedings and decisions are no' w ~
relied on as authority, we should iiK' ~ N.Y."
what ;s, Mr.. Robert S Rose. the other taoo
s,.c.sstuD a,,imasonic candidate Tor congress
| in the On ario district, took more summary
mode Of Obtaining redress for what ne co"sia-
1 cred libel On his character. HI, Rose enter
I'd III. Office of the Genavs Palladium, and LOOK
club law of The editor; for which outrage ne
has recently been convicted. &c.
I! The prosecution against Francis Green, OF
Mendon. de, clipped some particulars cur'ous'y
illustrative Of the "excitemen'' In inns re g'on'
a PRESBYTERIAN church was built IN Menaon In
1905. The Rev. George g. Sill, whose e4er-
lions contributed much to the erection, in'e
rested himself in having the corner s'o"e 'a'u
with ceremonies, not uncnmmo' on sue" oeua
sions The people in the vicinity grneral'y
with a LARGE number OF sabbath scholars. &c
attended III. religious exercises on the occasion"
and body of +, e. ma sons joined the procession
TO Law he corner stone, in pursuance oil d" !"
yits,ion sen, to them by the minister. IS nsu
al. several papers were enclosed IN TIN DoA
and fitted in mort,ce iu the s'onr. mrs.
papers contained the names oil I've ON. ers
The national and state goverrm'n MS, ana SOM
par ,ieulars re- pecling the county and town OF"
Gers, SC. The Sc were all read aloud as were
in fact, all the papers inciosed, except the us
, of sabbath scholar, SC. The whole were tue
,ubliely deposiled in the stone, aud The cavii!
herme,icaIly sealed. So far-all well. Ale
> he abduction of Morgan, and the commence
men, Of the Masonic discussions inc one as
serted the probability that he secrets 81 nidsoT!
> were deposited among The papers thus inc!o'
ed. The minister was falsely represented &c
he mason, aud il was surmised that he aided
n secre,ing some masonic papers III the stone
without the Wedge OF ire "unitia'ed. -
: I, was asserted, that the pap"rs which were no
publi,l, read (such as the lis, OF sahba'h scho
lars. Sc.) were neither more nor less than M
identical scores IF masonry, about which IN
worlG was so Iore in search According 10 tn
testimony, this Francis Green, and some othe
an'i-masons, determining TO satisfy their Gu
riosity, formed plot, and p' oceeeed, at nigh
' % NV GU, The corner stone Of the building, AM
p carry off us contents. They hid the slon
some dis ance from The church, where it lay 10
J. several months urpoticed and meantime tn
j. pftetrators Of the disgraceful act remaine
). unknown The evidence was so conclusive
" tha, ihe jury returned verdict against IN
accused.
aSSs,sraal ashsr gases growing out OF the MOI