Corydon Press, and Anti-Masonic Democrat, Volume 2, Number 12, Corydon, Harrison County, 17 November 1830 — Page 3

qs if be was dead, should have supposed Mr.Carnp to be a bright Mason if I bad seen him in a lodge. Crdsi Examined. Was initiated the 27th day ofDecGaibcr, 1739, elected lecturer master, lGth June, 1802. went to Albany to learn the lectures

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;iigu rnesi.g conwnuou io iciiuwtiup wim me lorlge till 1825, Ames was the tiret lecture master fa the United State, met with them till 1315, in 1815 fotfnd religion, and waa then determined to withdraw from the lodge, thought it no place for a professor of religion, was a member of a Masonic ttoty sixteen years, on first entering the lodge, look an oatii, had no charge in explanation of the Mtk. The next degree to the Fellow Croff, was the Master Macon, (ho substance Of the obligation ttas .thVflrjktfBna'cUUd by Y7alUce, considered the obligation to be soleon, before ( took the other de(jre9 hnevrthoy had no power fcharch and state, it ws by degrees I found the obligations were not bmding, Mr. Armstrong writings among others corded to convince do, recollect the first-obliga-tfon beca&sp aoro immediately' before my eyes, Iheard tbe oath repeatedby Mr. Camp, knew it to bf correct, oever heard of giving the candidate a bible, kne t nothing about the Trading Depree,' never saw a person made a Royal Arch Mason, have heard things iu lodges immoral, charges generally- moral. The court then adjourned until the 3rd instant, at 7 o'clock, A. M. August 3rd, suit called, parties present. Etbridge Potter, sworn on the part of the defendant. Says he was in yesterday when Wallace testified, a great share of the time, was in when Mr. Potter testified, Se a Free Mason, has taken trrrW njfrazuy. in Gti ye. Branch Lodg,Urkimer County; heard Mr. Wallace and Potter's description of Masonry, at far as I have heard was trub Qjyl correct, was admitted into the lodge the came, as stated by Mr. Wallace, was taken to a room, stripped of all but my shirt, had a pair of old trowsers put on, one leg torn off or rolled up, one foot bare, had a slipper on the other, one arm and breast naked, was blindfolded, asked if I could see, could not see, put a slack twisted tow string around my neck, was led out of the room, directly stopped by a man who said, "who comes there" tny guid said, "a poor blind candidate who is desirous to receive light," or words to (hat effect, I felt something prick my breast, the man who stood at the door gave three knocks on the outside of tbe door, they were answered from the inside, earn person from the outsjde says who comes there, the one on the inside said a poor blind candidate, the door was then opened and I was admitted in, was then led round the room, tbe mme questions asked as previously, the same answers made at the door, was led on still further, aftar a while led to the master, tame questions asked and answered under the instruction of my guide, about this time 1 was ordered to kneel, had an oath administered, similar to the one repeated by Mr. A. Potter, had read" the obligations in the three first degrees in a book entitled Jach in and Boccz. nercr Strajroitted oatty to asaprv, 5C m Entered

Apprentice's initiated, the g$ps cd. given by the officers of the lodge, naa brduu light in the same manoer as stated by' Wallace, 1N ter which he was told that the three lesser lipht'

represented the sun moon and master, the Libia was open before him. Cross Examined has not met to work in a lodge since the layingof the foundation of the stone house in Sacket e Harbor, has sot in a lodge nt Sackct's Harbor; the ceremonies are the same in Litchfield, ns at Sackct's and at Brownville, the last time lsct in a lodge was at Brownville, 1024; there is a language by certain signs and words by which Masons communicate views, &c. I .was made a 31ason in 1815, in March or April, htjQ been in lodges the number of times stated promised to keep the tacrets of Masonry, and tha secrets of a Master Mason murder and treason only excepted! have net paid much attention to Masonry, never was a very bright Mason, had a charge given, warbound eft all times to answer summonses, the oath ncft'nof explained to me, do not rememberwhether oblicrnt'tim tvna nvnlninrl. WHS tn flMftfl hrothr Mnfl

ter Mason, there arc signs in order'to make myedf known to a brother Mason, no explanation of oathy nothing relative to charity except to Masons, to no one else; sport was o(n times made in the lodge . Angel Potter, calledVgain; Mr. Camp omittc the lectures, stated .that they might be uliti Bernard's and Morgan's works, at each per a leisure.1T . Huron. Wheat, swornon the part of the defendant. Says he has been a Free Maon, has takeu thirteen degrees, seven regular, and six honorary degrees, was initiated in July 17th, 1817, was drv vested of alT clothing in a room adjoining, had r. Htrong braided hemp cord put round his nockj-tjio

as described by.Mr. Potter, the obligation one partt the substance of tbe obligation of a Royal Arch Mason, is whenever you see a Companion Royal Arch Mason engaged in anjr difficulty to extricato him right or wrong; to keep his secrets, murder and treason not excepted ; has seen one or two candidates admitted besides the one at tbe time I wasy received the honorary degrees all in one evening, has been disgusted with Masonry since 1318. Cross Examined Is a renouncing Mason, signed a renunciation in October, 1820, in the master' degree the obligation is murder and treason ex Ctfpted and that at m own election; there is no explanation at the time of taking the obligation, the lecture is no pa it of the initiation was told at initiation that what had been conferred on me, was an honor to me, aad'that it had' been conferred upon nobles, kings, &c. no explanation of the obligation, had six honorary degrees conferred upon me in one night out of the lodge, knows of the degree of Heroine Jericho, it is said to be founded on "the history of the Ilcbrow spies, in the second' chapter of Joshua. .'. F. fVallace called again. The degree of Heroine of Jericho was given, by giving a history f the same, &o. signs were given with a red cloth, or scarlet thread, it is founded on the ?ccond chapter of qshiW; respecting Ralmb the Ehrlci.