Corydon Press, and Anti-Masonic Democrat, Volume 2, Number 11, Corydon, Harrison County, 10 November 1830 — Page 3

iugltl to be suffered Iquietly to cnjny tlie npiyobition ofilie wise nnU good, and of his own con.ficionce for hii able vindication of liimscll and the Professor, without being disturbed by thoc who profe attachment to government and moials. One further remark appears necessity to pre"cnt misconception dr misrepresentation. Though I cannot without further information, respect Masonry, yet ! highly respect many who have been initialed, and who are among my mot valued friend But it is a f;ct, unions all my experience deceived me, that the Masons who are the most resectable ai men, are the least attached to Mapunry. Such "men 'daily take occasion to excuge themselves from bearing any part of 'he apparent frivolity of the Institution, and speak of it in the same terms as Ilobison. On the contrary,, those uh are very busy about Masonry, ar e generally men of light and frivolous minds, dazzled by tiusel; and, having no substantial ground for public rpect, wish, by unfounded pretences to impose on the ignorant, and excite the wondering stare of stupidity. s - Darin? Outrage Vie learn from Hartford, C. that on Monday, the 27th ultimo, the Rev. George Witherell, Pastor of the Baptist Church in that town, having some business to transact with Air. &imuel Haile of the same towo, left home for that purpose in the afternoon, with the iutention of returning to bis family by bed time; but on account of the'rain which commenced and continued till late in the evening, he was induced to tarry at Mr. Hailed all night. Mrs. Witherell, finding that her husband did not return, and judging that he was detained by the rain, and that he would pro bably stay away from home all night, suggested to her son, a young man about seventeen," the propriety of his taking a bed in a room adjoining, or ner to the ?ro in which she slept. At the dead hour of the night after they had been asleep, Mrs Witherell and her son were awoke by the sound of footsteps in the kitchen, which at first they supposed were those of a husband and a father; but they soon found their mistakes. Two ruffians immediately entered the room where Mrs W. was in bed, one of whom exclaimed as he entered "now you d d perjured rascal, we will inflict on you the penalty of your violated obligations.'V (Elder W. is a seceding mason.) At this moment young Witherell sprung from his bed, and run towards the scene, exclaiming in loud and quivering accents, "father, have you got home? father, are you there, &c." One of the ruffians seized Mrs. W. by the throat, and made a pass at her head with "his fist, or with a weapon, which, however, barely grazed her head, and 6truck the headboard with considerable force. It is presumed from what followed, that the -cries of the young man induced them to examine to see whether their intended victim was at home, for one of them drew from under his coal a dark lantern, which he opened and examined the bed. Finding the object of search was absent, they immediately decamped. The light which shone from iho hntcrn, enabled young Withercjl to discern

tharohVf'fuiw hand that one f tficm was in grey clothes; that they were both wtiu .. having black silk handkerchiefs on their h- .

down over, and veiled their faces. An alarm waO immediately sounded, and some of the neighbors came in; but as yet we have not heard that any discoveries have been made of the villains. Wo .are apprised that a legal investigation is shortly to take place, till which time, we forbear to comment, POSTSCRIPT. f Hartford Outrage, Just as our paper was going to press, we received the affidavit of tour persons, in relation to the attempt to take the Ide of Elder Witherell. The affidavits substantially support our statement of 'he case, arid render, if possible, the fafcts still more glaring A shade f awful mystery hahgsoverthisdarkaffair. Ourfricmte at the north are all awake. We have also received the proceedings of a meeting on the sobject m Hartford of another in Fort Ann. The Hartford meeting appointed a County Committee of In vestigation of 29 passed some spirited resolutions. The Fort Ann meeting appointed a Committee of 10 voted to publish the affidavits, and have of. fered a reward of 250 for the detection of the offenders. Let fact speak a word Elder -With, crell is a seceding Knight Templar The joud-, est denunciations have been heaped upon him persecution the most bitter has been dealt out. For the last four weeks the Lodge in Hartford has held extra meetings once a week late and unusual caucusing has been noticed. Let another fact speak.

As soon as this anair was uuvu, fafand near laughed it down sent out their runner to cry it up a hoax said it was hystericspretended to ditbeUAvethe whole. At every tep alreadj? they have blocked up inquiry, and sent out all manner of report?. Messrs. Slade D. Brown and S. S. Cowan, Eqrs. Justices, were in Hartfora Village when the meeting was held. A Committee waited on them to request they would take and subscribe the affidavits. They refused "Would not athninister extra-judicial oaths IP No one who was present at the relation of the facts by the witnesses, doubts as to their correctness. 'Ti time community were on the move, whec the intruding assassin, with the weapons of death in his hand, walks abroad unpunished. W e have not forgotten the lesson of '26. If Free Masonry is not guilty, let her come forth and aid in bringing out this dark affair. If we mistake not, someill fatallv repeat the

blow of 1826, and publish a second conspiracy m no enviable light. We will lay it fully before the public next week.. Anti-Masonic Champion. Masonry in Ohio. A late number of the Ohio Star contains the renunciation? of Twenty 1 wo Masonsofhigh respectability; among them a worthy Minister of the Gospel, the Itevd. Lvtiicr IJuMniHcr. Eighteen of them reside m Porta?Cocaty,two fcMcdka saa two ;n Geauga.