Indiana American, Volume 14, Number 48, Brookville, Franklin County, 27 November 1846 — Page 1

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Our Country Our Country's Interestsand our Country's Friends F. CLAUKSOX. BIIOOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNT!', INDIANA, FRIDAY, NOVE3IBEK 27, 184G. VOLlXIV. NOi 48 C.

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For the Indiana American. of Brookv ille

BY !UITCHELL TAl'U Fair flow'r of being ! ihe true and good The chaste in symmetry and mind jusi blooming into womanhood The fairest of all human kind, t'nto thy pra'se I tnne my lyre, nd bathe it in pure Friendship's fire! 'Tis not thy form alone I praise Thy fairy step that I admire Tis not the smile that sweetly plays Upon thy brow in fond desire, That moves my trembling hand along, To tell thy worth in simple song ! "Tis not the beauty of thy cheeks 'Tis not the music of thy voice, Which softly to the spirit speaks And bids the woundel soul rejoice, Thai cause these gushings or my heart From Honor's fountain thus to start! ;Tis not the lustre of thine eye -The fairy lightness of thy tread, That wakes the Poet's minstrelsy As 'twere, from the forgotten dead, To laud the virtues that entwine Around that sunny soul of thine ! 'Tis not thy pearly teeth of white Thy moulded form of beauty rare, Tis not thy smile of rosy The flowing ringlets of thy hair, That I ids the Poet's muse arise On Fancy's wing into the skies ! 'Tis none of these that claim my lay For, like the dewy morning flow'r That buds, and blooms, and fades away

Within the passing of an hour

So Time will o'er these beauties cast A veil that covers all the past ! But 'tis the beauties of thy mind That move the Poet's soul along, Anl cause his spirit, unconfin'd, To wander through the world of song And glide all o'er the glassy sea Of blissful immortality !

God bless thee, lady '. may each day

Of all thy life be calm and even ; May thy pure spirit ever play Upon the bright harpstrings of Heaven ; And when thy life shall have an end

May thou in Glory find a FriendI

ADDRESS,

Delivered at Xew Trenton, Franklin Co., Indiana, on the 9lh of Sept. 1846, on the occasion of the Installation of the rfricers of Xew Trenton Lodge, Xo. 27: BX BHO. F. CRCMBAUGH, M. D. More than two thousand years have elapsed, with all their strange vicissitudes, since Israel's wisest king dedicated to the Most High God a magnificent Temple, which rose pre-eminent above the stately

fanes of heathen worship by which it was so numerously surrounded. So far, indeed, did it excel, in grandeur and magnificence, all other temples and architectural monuments erected by the hand of man, that it seemed alone to have been produced by the fiat of the Supreme Architect of the Universe.

At the building of this vast and mighty fabric, which occupied more than seven years from its commencement until its final completion, we are told in the Scriptures that there were 153,300 men employed as bearers of burdens, hewers in the mountains, and overseers of the work. For example in the 1st Book of Kings we read, verse 15th : ''And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers i the mountains; 16th: Besides the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work three thousand and three hundred

ithe spirit of Christian prophecy, "not one

stone temained upon another." All this occurred within forty years after the reputed lime of Christ's ascension from the earth. Again, under the Emperor Adrian, was the city rebuilt, and the Jews subsequently attempted to rebuild their holy temple; but it is a matter of theological history that a terrible earthquake prevented the fulfiln.entof their cherished design. In the lapse of years the fierce Saracen came, under the influence of the religion of Mohammed, and raised the terrible war cry of li The Koran or the Sword!" and up to the present lime, the Turkish standard of the crescent glitters over its battlements, and the blood-red flag of the Mussulman Prophet waves high above its walls ! So that, where once rose, in all its

magnificence and splendor, the gorgeous! Temple of the Eastern Monarch, the traveler to the Holy Land is pointed to the Mosque of Umar; and instead of the domes, and spires, and minarets of other Turkish cities, the eye is greeted with the misera

ble habitations of an idle and ignorant peo

ple.

But some of you, perhaps, are ready to

enquire, hat of all this? What has (At;

to do with the occasion upon which we are now convened? I answer, only this. At

the building of king Solomon's Temple

there were concentrated the most celebra

ted artizans that the world could then produce. These artizans were so classed to

gether, that they took their stalious according to their degree of merit in the skillful

knowledge of Masonry or Architedture.

Hence, they were divided off into Entered Apprentices, Fellow Craft, and Master

workmen. But previous to their disper

sion from the temple, and before its. cem-

pleuon, they determined upon the organization of an Institution which should embody all the principles of that knowledge for which they were so justly celebrated. They aUo introduced into their organization, terms and regulations by which the indigent members of the fraternity, their widows and orphans should be provided for. Rites and ceremonies, and pass-words,

and signs and tokens, were furthermore,

also, introduced byjwhichlhe future members of the Ui der could distinguish each

other in any part of the earth ; and hence it was, from hating teen originally entire

ly operatic in us character, so soon as it

decame organized into an Institution em

bodying the principles of Brotherly Love,

Belief, and Truth, it gradually, in the pro

cess of time, became an institution of

speculative masonry, such as it is known and recognized to be in the present day. Consequenily.my friends and fellow-citi-izens, you have this day, the privilege of beholding around yon, and before ) ou, and in your very midst, a band of brothers "true and trusty," who are the members of a fraternity w hose early history is so beau tifully associated with the building of the Temple of the son of David. Aye ! with that same city of Jerusalem which is so

surround d by mournful memories not

only to the Jewish, but to all ihe Christian

world ! What a theme, then, mv brethren

and fellow-citizens, for contemplation does such a meeting as the present one afford! Here, where but a few years since a dreary wilderness spread out its ample growth a den

for heitM of prvT,

causes which conduced to the recent temporary downfall or Masonry, I may be excused for enumerating that of intemperance. And, although the institution itself inculcates a strict observance of the four cardinal virtues of Temperance, Fortitude, Prudence, and Justice; yet, notwithstanding this, the hours which were set apart for innocent refreshment, were, in former limes, frequently converted into seasons of intemperance and excess. These seasens of refreshment fere deemed highly necessary from the fact that many of the brethren composing a Lodge resided at

a distance ; and hence, in their attendance upon the stated meetings, it was deemed essentially necessary that an interval for refreshment should be set apart, so that

the brethren could partake of such viands as might be provided for the occasion. These seasons, which in the first place, were only intended for necessary refreshment, gradually became converted into meetings of conviviality and mirth; and oftentimes intemperance prevailed. For a long lime I was skeptical upon this subject, when I hesrd the charges reiterated

against the institution of Masonry, by those who were its avowed enemies, and

who sought every opportunity to bring it into disrepute. Recently, however, in a

re-perusal of the poems of one of the most gifted of Scotia's bards, I met with the following stanza, which was appended

in a Masonic Lodge, to one of his convivi

al songs: "Then fill up a bumper ami make it o'erflow, And honors nia&onie prepare ye lo throw : May ev'rv true brother of the enmnas and square

Have a big-belly'd bottle vhen harras'd with care.'

That it was customary in those days,

and perhaps, until a very recent date, to

indulge, in our Lodge rooms, in the jovialities of bacchanalian mirth, I will not pre

tend to say. In another of Burn's songs

which was addressed as a farewell poem to

ihe ''Brethren of St. James's Lodge," and

which is replete with beauty, you will perceive the following closing stanza: "And yon farewell ! whose merit claim,

Justly, that brightest badge to wear ! Heav'n bless your honor'd, noble nam?, To Masonry and Scotia dear ! A last request, permit me here, When yearly ye assemble a' One round, I ask it with a tear, To him, the bard that's far awa'.'! Cut however much such a practice may have prevailed in past times, I have the

proud satisfaction of proclaiming it to day

that no sucn custom is tolerated new. Peace and harmony, and a dignified attention to all the legitimate business of the

craft, are now the characteristics of an as

sembled Lodge. No hours of useless time

are sel apait for unnecessary lefreshment. No indecent mil th no festive revellings break in upon the quiet and decorum of our masonie sanluaries ; nor is the foul stain of intemperance allowed to mar our fair escutcheon. Bye-Laws are enacted, prohibiting, in the strongest terms, the intemperate use of intoxicating drinks ; and should any member so demean himself as to be pointed at by the finger of reproach

ful observation, he subjects himself, not only to the painful penally of reproof, but if persisted in, the degrading punishment of expulsion from all the privileges of the Order.

or the emoluments of property by attaching himself to our Institution, he will most assuredly be disappoioied. Our aims and objects are of a higher order, and our

principles of a far more ennobling char-1 the duty of masonry to perform, but our

acler than to minister to the selfishness of

fort ihe unhappy "to sympathise with Clouds and darkness alternately bedim the their misfortunes to compassionate their physical world; and sorrows and misformiseries, and to restore peace lo their tunes bow down the buoyant heart of

troubled minds.'' All this, it is nol only

any money-changing serf in any moneyloving ige. Hence, if all your dreams are

of the tinkling dollar, and you are incapa

ble of a more lofty and elevated feeling than that which actuated the greedy and malicious lago with his constant exhortation to Roderigo

put monev in thy purse,"

then, my friends, let me beseech you to

siana aiooj Approacn not, with your

desecrating foot, the portals of the Mason

ic Temple !

That benefits do accrue to the members ,ts

of our fraternity, not only in a charitable

point of view when charity is required,

but in the inculcation of a sound and

wholesome system of morality, I have only

to refer you to her constant teachings.

proud and haughty man. Yet it is for us, brethren, to carry peace and comfort into

constant aim and object to accomplish. trie babitations of sorrow ana repining In the giviug of alms, however, e are misery. For Us it remains to still the orcareful to follow the scriptural injunction: phan's cry, and dry the widow's tear. "Let not your left hand know w hat your ( On w devolves the high and holy daty right hand doelh." Such, then, in the t of ministering to the ills of the sick and briefest possible terms, are the duties of afflicted of relieving the necessitous masons and Ihe benefits of masonry. and of imparting joy to the poor, disconWere it regarded as an argument in fa- solate sons of men. for all this you will vor of our Institution. I might here enu- j not only meet with the rewards of gratemerate an almost endless list of the heroes . ful hearts, and the thrice-blessed tributes and sages and philosophers in all time of overflowing thankfulness upon earth; past who have attached themselve lo our, but when the trials of life are over when order, and ler.t their aid in furtherance of all ils chequered scenes are effaced and

prosperity. Kings and conquerors j you are assembled around the everlastin g

have thrown asidelheir Irano'ines of now- 'throne of theSusreme Inleilizence. vou

er, and knelt around the masonic shrine, j will be blessed with a far more enduring

in conmon with the poor son of toil and 'recompense than earthly poweis can e'er

the humble artizin. But there is one bestow

name that is not only dear lo every mason,

There's not a jewel that we wear there's! bul that als) funJIy cherished by every

not an emblem that you behold upon our our aprons, our carpets and nur I antiers.

but that teaches some simple and sublime

The Richmond Tragedy Again. We find in the Richmond Southern Standard the following letter front Mrs.

lesson of morality. Look into our published Monitors, which it the privilege of every one to examine, and you will there perceive the w orking tools of an Entered

Apprentice Mason lo consist of a 24 inchjevery heart.

American citizen, which I cannot forbear

to mention. He it was of whom it has

been eloquently saiJ, he was ''fust in war,

first in peace. anJ first in the hearts of his Myer,publi6bed in vindication of her concountrymen." I allude to the illutrous ductj and explaining the character .f her

i asningion, ine very mention ui mists . . , . , ... .' . ,. J . . i connection with Hoyt, accompained with name exerts a ta isminic nfluence over i 3 v

Concerninz this great man.!8 request to the papers winch published

guage and common gavel. These in com-1 recently cut from a newspaper the ful- the account of the trial to insert tins letter

mon with all our implements, are delmea- lowing paragraph w hich is highly interest- also. It is a curioiu commentary upon Plated upon our aprons and masonic carpets, jinS to eery masonic brother: t()t)ic a(rec,ion anj female purity, and are thus beautifully moralised : '-The "The 4Gth Regiment, stationed at Li . . , . p ; , treaty four inch guage is an instrument Prairie, near Montreal, and which render- j Lette r''n -V- to F"end made use of by operative masons lo mea-ed s"ch effectual service in the recent fire ; AltaVista. surf nrA lav mil tliuip trnrL Knl ttA at that place, have some reminiscences. My dear Friend 1 ask your sympathy,

Tree and accepted masons, are tauht lo 'connected with ihem, of special imprest ; your condolence in my cruhma affliction, make use of it for the more noble and glo-lo eery American. The Montreal Cour-! my fiery trial. I cannot depict to you ihe rious purpose of dividing our time. It be- 'er, in speaking of the removal of this teg-' anguish I endure at being thus arraigned in, divided into t pnt v-fonr nari. i. P.n. imciil to Montreal says: for a crime the very thought of which

blematical of the twenty-four hours of the There hs been for upwarJs of a centu- crimsons my cheek with mdignatiou; nor day which we are taught to divide into 'ry, a Freemason's Lidec in the IGih; in C8n le?ey the slightest .idea of the torthree parts ; whereby are found a portion'lhis Lodge George Washington was made' '" wh'fh.! nnd myself so much the

for the service of God, and a distressed mason, dining the lime the Regiment 1""" i""'J- a ... w.....u

worthy brother ; a portion Tor our usual was stationed in the Colonies before the m '- nvnrniinn., and annrli,... f,r rPfrl,m.,i ln,,lhrL- nf roV.il..ti..narV a, Tl. haPPv Circumstances impel m forward,

i . - J I register of this lodge contains Balling-j

And men more wild and nerve than tin y' Here, where once the Indian wigwam stood, and the deathful war-song of the savage kept awful unison with the howling blast here, I say, we now behold the teeming evidences of civilization, of science, and of art! In company with these, we find Ihe Institution of Masonry, as everywhere we find it running parallel w ith man's improvement. But turn your

eyes to the once favored, but now fallen

Jerusalem. There, where Masonry once

flourished where science was concentrated, and where the wisest man of all the earth is said to have ruled, w hat do we now behold f Man in a state of ignorance and degradation and the whole country an almost cheerless and uncultivated was'e Bui the heart sickens at ihe picture, and as we turn away from its contemplation,

we cannot but mournfully exclaim;' Sic

transit gloria mundi!"

But higher scenes than this present

themselves lo the eye, and cheer the heart of the devoted mason. The march of our

beloved Order is on ward, and onward, and like the eagle's flight, 'tis upward too !

Plufnix-like, she has risen from her ashes,

The common gavel is an instrument ton's signature in his own hand-writing,

made use of by operative masons to lake; and still poseses the Bible on which the

offthe comers of rough stones, the bet- great man took the oath of initiation.

ter to fit them for the builder's use; but we, i The chest containing the hooks ami re 1 as fiee nnd accepted masons, are taught to ' galia of the Lodge was captured by the mak"? use of it for the more noble and glo-' Anieiicans, during the war, and taken to rious purpose of divesting our hearts and 1 Washington, but when it was di.-covered consciencesof all the vices and superflu-' what it contained, it was immediately itis of life; thereby ruling our minds as sent back. It underwent a similar fate living stones for that spiritual building.' some years after, being taken by the that house nol made with hands, eternal French at St. Lucia, It was then carried lo in the heavens." j Paris, and its contents bring examined, Look again into the degree of Fellow : wa- immediately returned to the regiment

Craft and you will there also discourse a ,be 1 ' em h authorities. W e believe a most sublime and expressive interprets- de,al1 ,,f lhese "" the dales and full lion of the moral teachings of ihe plumb, particulars, is lo be found in the Freemasquare, and level For example: ' 'The so"'s MaS"me of fcvv yMIS back."

plumb is an instrument made use of by op-l This little paragraph which is so full of

erative masons, to raise perpendiculars; interest to all the masonic bro'.herhood, it

the7are, to square, the work; and the seems to me as almost in itsell, a sufficient level to lay horizontalsjbut w e, as free and j argument for the establishment of Porta-

sccepted masons,are taught to rcake use of hie or Army ivUges. AnJ tins leaJs me

them for more noble and glorious purpo- j to the momentary consideration of the fact

ses: The plumb admonishes us to walU up- that a number of the officers of the Indi

right in our several stations bpf.ire God ana Volunteers, prior to their departure

and man, squaring our actions by the . from Camp Whitcomh. at New A!b iny, for square of virtue, and remcmberinj thai 'he seat of war, petitioned our woilhy

we are travelling upon the ere of time, Grand Master, who is now before you. for

I r I'lhnllinmcrntiorail r-iin t at r.nn-t a fl I 1 a X ! 1 1 t f an A w t-vi v? T .i.t.ViJk

out.., w.en, are u.e rt-K...d..u... vj ..nu bourne no (raveller feUrn0 for manv good aj substantial reasons, he

And thus, from the verv foundations f deemed it impolitic to grant; and I do nol

our masonic edifice, rnnnin? nn in rn.wP. ; f,,r a moment, call in qu.-sti.m the wisdum

of his course. Vet, who known bul lhat

vuii-v "iuvi i" iiiii.iiiiiij- 01 iib icirum- i ted "cap-stone," might I continue t0 enu-, UP" l,,e cis,anl bl,1,ks (,f ihe itio Grande, morale the moral leachi.12 of all hiero-',or beneath ihe sultry skies of Mexico

ulvnh lethal vou hrl.nld i.nnn our rlivprsi. some r'"re Washington may have boen

Red regalia. But the few examples w hich !iiiatr.d mlo nil the mysteries of masonic I have already adduced will suffice upon lore? I'?'hp, however, all tha ev.ls to the present occasion. ( fraternity may have far over-balciued all

iiisguou resuus. istit nere sus my wimwij

I brother with whom the power dwells to

for I have been so overwhelmed by the

appearance of my letters in the public prints, an accumulation of mortification added to other causes of agony, which 1 did nol anticipate, that I have thought it but justice to myself 10 give you, my friend,

a statement of my acquaintance with the

individual so unfortunately associated w ith me, in order lhat it may furnish some palliation of my indiscretion. The commence

ment of my acquaintance with Mr. Hoyt,

was under lha fiillnwiiio circumstance: A

letter was addressed to me under anj

envelope to Mr- Hoyt, and the letter waa -M-dl; without

tmnslated to me by him. Up to this ! nn wrecking

hich ruled over ihe people that wrought j anU her che anJ beautiful standard of

m the work

Many of these vorkmen were banded together, not merely by the social bonds of associated employment but stronger and more enduring tics than these cemented them, as artificers, together: They were in the possession of secret arts especially in relation to Architecture. The most eminent citizens of the city of Tyre had been summoned ta the erection of this magnificent temple to the God of Israel, which, when completed, was dedicated lo the "glory of the vhole earth." Like all the labors of man, however,

this stately edifice was doomed to mingle

Pace and Charily now floats m every breeze. In a I your cities and towns, and in every village you may find a masonic altar. Nay ! the fair oblation stops not there. In almost every home-stead, and around almost every fire-side, a secret altar sends u, ils grateful incense to the peaceful skies. Your fathers, your brothers, or your sons, bow down to the genius of Masonry, and in the silent sanctuaries of the heart, pour out iheir sweet and holy

otlenngs to the spun of universil benevo-j lence. Masonry, however, has had its days of "storm and darkness" ils hours of sorrow and tribulation. Like the captive Jews of

we are governed in regard to the licen

tious and debasing habit of intemperance; and for the truth of my assertion, I confidently appeal to my breilw en of the "mystic tie," who wear ils badges, or avow ils doctrines. Notw ilhstanding all this, however, there are those in every community who look upon our w ide-spread fraternity in a malicious and fault-finding spirit; and because we are not entirely free from imperfections, they are ever readv lo de

nounce us in consequence of the moral delinquencies of many of our masonic brethren. To all such narrow-minded and

uncharitable creatures, were I to consult

the impulses of 111 y ow n heart, I should merely reply by commanding them to pluck the beam Jrom their otcn eyes, and their distorted vision would no longer betray them into mischievous and unjust reflections against our fond and cherished Institution. Bu?, under the dictates of leason, I am induced to a more rational reply. Were such objection allowed to be a valid one, I should require no better argument to overthrow all the Institutions of morality that ever originated in the minds or hearts of men, or lhat have been claimed by divine inspiration itself. Nay, the dearly cherished divinity of Christ himself, might be successfully impugned in a parity of reason based upon a similar foundation. Where, let me ask, is the Christisn church lhat boasts an exemption from base and wicked, or hypocritical members? Or who amongst you would dare lo hold Christianity responsible for the vile hypocrisy anJ fanaticism, and

blood-thirsty bigotty which has so ofien

mocked the meek and lowly teligion of

the celebrated Messiah of the christian

world? As well might you arraign ihe

ghost of Confucius for the errors of the Chinese or the departed spirits of Plato and Socrates because all who listened to

Nor is this all of the teachings of masonry. Besides ihe inculcation of the most sublime moral precepts, ever since her first organization she has most sedulously recommended the study of the liberal arts and sciences. Up, at least until the

period of the eighth century, the w hole cir-,

craut such dispensation, and if 1 hate at

all called in question the prudence or pol

cy of his course, he is abundantly tble to

answer for himself

But I now turn to an interesting class of

off

cleof sciences was made un of whatw erp l"e community w no re entirely cut

thendenominatedthe seven liberal Arts:' (m all participation in themjsteries of rm 1 1 . 1 . : t

namel v--Gjammar.Rhetoric, Logic, At ilh- our "er. "e ruies ana regumo-.n. u. metie," Geometry, Music and Astronomy . masonry debar the ladies from any psrThese particularly are included in the 1'",'pa"" in our labors, mid in a know teachings of speculative masonry. Since 1,?dae of our Institution; but notwiihstandihat neriod. however, a vast number of '"S this, we look to the interests of woman.

other sciences have sprung into existence enrcly is !.he eirl around with a wall of

of no less importance to the welfare f aeiencc 01 wmcn sue nine creams. 111c mankind than those already enumerated;'rl,de arm jf hcr would be destinyer is and in ihis particular it musl be admitted l,el(J back b' ,,,e 8,lenl 'i'-",'"' masonthat masonry m a Utile behind the age; so rv; and under ils protecting rrgis she sfe-r-.Hon.i .. ii rol .to. i,iihrnrUii,i. Iv reposes her virtue, her reputation, and

tune I had never exchanged a woid

with Mr. Hoyt in my life. The con

tents or this letter rendered it necessary that I should seek a few words of cxplama-

mation with him. I was reluctant to make

this the subject of a letter to him,aud theie-

fore I addressed him a note, requesting lo

see him at my own house cencerning this

matter. In my first interview with Mr.

Hoyt, he requested my permision lo visit

me again. 1 0 this I rca lily ronsrn'.ed, aim as he suggested the propriety of our being

formally introduced in society, in order

lhat our recognition might be public, 1 acceeded to his proposal of meeting him at

Mr. Moran's rooms, (where he told me he was silting for his minature,) in company with Miss A. C, from whom, he said, he would solicit an introduction to me. From

this time his visits lo me were very frequent. In an interview in the early stage

of our acquaintance, I palliated some ex

pression, inadvertently used in one of my first notes to him, in w Inch I had alluded to a feeling of desolation. To ihis he replied, that "my unhappiness was Ihe iheme of public discussion, and was not a truth he had guessed from my note, bul one he had learned fiom his observaation of my countenance, before he had formed my acquaintance." Encouiaged by my casual allusion to this subject.inadvertently made on my part, as I am ready lo confess,) in .1 r

our association logetner, ne wouio ue

quenlly advert to my situation as one of

exqnisite misery, picturing to me my husband's indifference, repeating unkind and

cruel words, which he said my husband

had used of me in the most public places, and assuring me that his alienation and

coldness to me his wife, were the subject

of remark in society. This nitu rally in-

pollniion of crime.was secret in its nature.

hy, then, should one Mho has acted

thoughtlessly, but virtuously, be branded with odium and circumstances be torlued

and garbled to fasten the foul sin upon me7

mere is other testimony w hich has utterly shocked and amazed me, lhat I am a loss" for words to refute it. If 1 could snal'cfi asniibeam fiom heaveri, that would be scarcely burning and bright enough to register my innocence of such foul.loattisomV accusations. My God! my God! wilt thou" suffer the wretch to live who could oro-

nounce such words such base, daik, de

signing lies They are blatk enough to' have emanated from the bottomless pit

wicked enough to have issued from hell Itself. I wonder the tongue that pronounce' them was not palsied, scorched, scathed by the instant lightning of God's wrath! lit

all my indiscretions in the most glaring' of my errors -I hate always remembered

I was a ladu; my virtue has not been

wrecked, nor have I forgotten, for one in

stant, that delicacy which rs innate within the heart of woman. So monstrous a tale

is too shocking, too a dhoirent, for humanf belief. My abscence from Richmond during May and June, 1810, when I was in the city of New York, and ihe fact of Mr. Hoyt being, an entire stranger to me in the summer of 1815, (as ourjacquainlance only commenced in the winter of that year,) at once puts the seal of falsehood, gross falsehood, upon the adhorrent testimony to which f just alluded. Is it not strange that wh'nr my letters refer to every interview I ever had with him, there should be no allusion, not even the most remote, to the meetings' which are so vilely attributed lo rael' I , use strong and emphatic terms, but I feel

indignation, uncontrollable, lhat such femt aspersions should be thrown iovnJeserved upon me. As my personal interviews with Mr. Hoyt were suspended after the anonymous communication to my husband, our correspondence then eommenc--e'. Afterward., and at his suggestion, we were in the habit of meeting at the Exchange, mostly in the public parlor, but two or three limes in No. 18, (a public sitting room.) and once at Mr. Hoy t's request, in 41, (a private parlor.) he saying we should not there be so liable lo remark as

in the common drawing-room of the hotel. I met him afterwards in the same room, myself suggesting ii. I was in e sib f lured from the path of rectitude by seductive vows of eternal devotion, and hardening to such protest at ":os, a responsive feeding awoke in my own bosom. I felt a

faith, a trust in him, too firm to be shakau,

pausing to reflect, 1 rushed, and running my happiness

of a system originally intendeJ to embrace the entire circle of the sciences. To two 01 the moft important sciences which have been adiled to the list, I can-

her all!

Yet whyhotild lovely woman have any desire lo enter into the recesses of our ' Masonic Temple? Is il necessary that she

not refrain from biiefly adverting. I allude , should be presented in a w hite lamb skin to Chvmistry and Geolocv the former of apron to teach her to be purr? D es she

by my own act. His manner and worda always wrought on me the desired, effect ofmire trustful confidence ; and protestations and evidence such as thesej hurried mc along with fatal prpeiruHinrK A nature like my owu, capahle-ef thedeepest feeling, and trembling lest such feeling be unappreciated by ihe object onwhich it has been lavished, is open exhib

ited in my correspondence with him. Every doubt, every fear, was answered by assurances of undying devotit n and unswerving faith. Such vows fed tmd nourished my fatal attachment, until I bfcaniereckless of public censure, and prepared to encounter it for his sake. After the interception of my letters by Col. Myers, I considered my association with Mr. Hoyt forever ended. I was closely watched,, and had no means of communication with him. A day or two after this event, Mr. Hoyt sent me a package by his servant, with a message to the effect lhat he woulA

hav written to me, but knowing my situation, he feared an interception of his note.

He besought me to write to him by the-

messenger, un Monday 1 receivea a tet

ter from him. saying he had been under my window f r two nihw hoping to see ine. He enclosed me a card, and wro

mn he would be at Dr. 's, (where f was staying.) at a paiticular hour that night, when I musl have a letter in readiness for hi.n, which was to be attached U the cord and lowered from the window, and he, in like manner, would irarsin.rt me a communication froru himsHI. Finding that he had mistaken the situation f my room, I, in accordance to his snygsted plan appointed him a window in front, w here I could receive the proffered communication, and return to him the pack-

censed me against my husband, and made . ge Bl0ii!d prepare for him. In one of

ine r.'gard him unkindly. From me sym- j tiiese letters he promised lo continue 11

paihy he expressed for me, entering into correspondence with me, after my depar

Illy sunimo 1111 itic utuiusiuipui vi .fi ling, our confidence became very trustful,

and we convened together with great un

reserve. Such intercourse continued Tor some time, and thus was I unconsciously and imperceptili'y prepared to lend my ear to an avowalof attachment, from which

which has the infinite universe for her. require the constant use of a. run to knock I would nave revoueu nau 11 necu prut cc-

Shortly subsequent to this

laboratory, and is continually producing in oft" ihe roush comers of hei heart, or to di

her silent and mysterious operations the , vert her mind of the vires and stipeiflui most wonderful revolutions in the maferi(i(ties of life? (Hi no! we tike il all for grant of the countless spheres that revolve ed th.t she is u!w-y- go:d enough, and al

in endless space; whilst Geology, with her i ways pure enough without the ail of any

with its native dust. But it neiished not

by the slow ravages of the hand of lime, old, who hung iheir harps upon the wil-

ine desolating spirit or the conqueror j lows, and mourned over ihe desolation of, their sublime lessons of wisdom did not overshadowed the land of Judea, and Je.tZion, as they sat down by the rivers of profit by them, as to think of arraigning

rusalem was no more ! It is a matter of . Babylon and wept we, too, have had to ' masonry, because its moral teachings do

mourn and weep over desolated shrines not possess the omnipotent power of pla-

, and broken altars. Nevertheless, in the cin her disciples upon an immuiaole basis

tlie most merciful generals of ancient, same spirit ol constancy and devotion of virtue an t morality ! Or, as well might

itome, ine city of Jerusalem, during the i which animated the captive childreu of you arraign ihe Christian religion for all f iiiArflr w.- . . . . t1 1... . H . I . . t . I . i . , t r r r .1. ' . I : . -. . i .

r-u.i, t3 suuuuuuru i'j imu'i's, .ma ; . iiuiiti, wiifii inev sang ii i lofpfi iiivt, tut uirt t nor ui 1 1 1 e pracuseu uuuer

ana entrenchments, so that none michl ' O Jerusalem

. j ....... uu..,. ...v ....... ... . ''"Oia.i, , and under the Invasion of Titus, one of.

its

searching hand brings up to man's sston

ished gnze vast mutations which have oc curred since

rth'B rtitimtatioii tirtl were la'ul!'

of the moralizing implements of inonry

I to teach her either rectitude of life or i propriety of behavior 1 Brethren of Xew Trenton Lodge! The

which has asseiT.bleJ us to-day, i

4 r.,1 t .-. .ttnnio itl .anAi-il pmrv OAll. OCCaslOll

. ,"' . '. . :,,., is one of in hi b.mifnl and perulnr inte iiiiia m.fn rannnl mil li.nk Willi PiTlilllillls '

'"'"V"" , " ,." , '., n flplll lest to the fraternity al lar-e. ForlLenrst of the most thrilling interest. Bul rarlh-j - er.npon ihi, interesting subject, my time ,'mce r,he Alm.hiy G -d o he

Will not allow me luuntii.

crisis, my

husband received an anouymous note, which he promptly showed me. This circumstances precluded Mr. Hoyt's visits to my own house, notw ithslnnding the testimony to the contrary: for after this he never crossed the threshold of my door. And here I cannot forbear touching upon one part of Ihe testimony whirh affirms thai I

' was "locked up" in a certain parlor for a

number of hours. It is tiue I had several interviews with Mr. Hoyt in Nj. 1 the room referred to; but those who are familhr with the location of ihe rooms at the

There are, however, other benefits of a L' oiU of ' (h j f( the j Etehange Hotel, will rea l.ly recognize substantial character to be derive from ! ,nic br(l,; ,,, , . 1np j this apartment a, one of the most public... masonry, beside the inculcation of muals I , .... .... ,, . the establishment. It is well known, also,

and the teaching science. It is also an j fifl 3ve fiver; a.e,1(,ed I "Mn tot PT',rcZ in "

Institution of chan'y and benevolence; and , .... ... ... . ,,, ,lfl , He a place,

.1. f .1 .... I 1. .1 .ri.fc-fn an I I V i aiiitdt inlrildlil I

i t.; ..r ...... i r i 19 me Borrowun, hj uuwcu nPA-.1I1,rt alr h. r.M.i.i.vi F ir ii.

iiiiiiiii. a in tiiiL'ii. lues it, mr m ui-ua ir . . ... .. .......... ..

i neiri-siricnen wiaow. nri inw ue.u

III! . .

presence ol ins created people: l-.ir

eu ,- i ,, , . u.. a ....I

1. Irt mi- rialil ti.niit fiirnet tier Kiioiv-w bite rt:imi0rnr tritli ilm nmj nni

"scape. In vain did Titus beseech them j cunning ' so, loo, with the followers of pi iely hold i7 responsible for all the horrid t surrender, notwithstanding the fact that: Masonry, il has been a cherished scnti-1 toilurcs of Ihe Inquisition, or the solemn

internal factions, warlare, and blood shed,' ment of their hearts, ' If I do nol remem-

rrevailed in the citv. After a siece of i i her lhpi. lei mv loncue clenve In tlm muf Almitiin linnorrr llnl n..tnili nl.iir

month .ili iii- - t.Lon itiinhihioni.Lr r...,tK i' i? ..ia.ni. or. i i..., i,'.: K.r'...-.i i ... orphan, il halh ''healing in us winjs. j ,.iir th nia mi,l

, . w . . j .. u t..j is.vr...,i. ..w........vu litis siiu llillll vtll uc uigcu ""lull uui IU3UIUW.MI, , liu'-ll! " ' " - ...v.. "ere murdered, and the entire city, with been, and hrrt standing out as an ever-j the vicsiion is often aked by those who! nenefdy "! l.e"e,,',Hte , ' jutes which are peculiar to our or, the exception of three towers and part of , laetins monument on Ihe shores of time are not iniiiated into on r mvsieries : What ,n l,-eir habitations of sorrow and dis ;jke a bli!ij!iril huttfrdy hv y

,,- ... . .-. . r. . . . ------- j . r:i.,. a , mini an ah li ( rer '

, .w.a.ij vj .... , ....v., ... . v.. ,11 -ni.iu lilt , iicrnug tMiiuivLi tlic lilt; Ut'lr'HX ttl UC Uvllltrtl I'T Oil ,"!IU Iwsnton spirit of triumph, the foundations ( of lhat remembrance and of her pcrpatu- ation with the Order of Masonry? To 'f the temple of Solomon were ploughed , ity. ; snrh an interrogatory I hvve to respond, '1rer, $o that, In the language claimed by Among some of the most prouiinent that if any one expect pecuniary benefit

tress. Like a s

passelh hy the sick and the afflicted. It is her d i'y -nvy. it is is her lui test pie to relieve the distress J to sooth and com-

perflll -

ler; nnd

fly hv V'Xi j'it

emerseJ from yourchry-alis lo move wnh -tieiilhene l win-j nmi I the nn lit scenes which spreal their ch ituw tWorf vou But ill! of earth is far f.o.n bein injht.

always secure Diem selves

In accordance with ihis

practice, the do.r was fastened, as I knew

mv association with Mr.M Vl ws Iiahlo to

remark, and I was not desirous of my in

terviews with him becoming the subject of puhlic reprehension. I was there merely for private conversation, an t thf cuitenn

of th 'is! unfortunate letters will

testify

turefrom Richmond, provided it could be

airanged with safety, saying rl wnwd be his only solace in my absence. II ihei

requested me most importunately to des

troy every line he hai ever written me, knowing lhat I had numberless letters of

his in my possession. This I promised unhesiatingly, and performed win hunt one

distrustful thought and thus I robbeC

myself of evidence which migltf bavepalli.ited my error; since my own letters,

sacred as I deemed ihem.have been cum-

milled to the pres for the gaze and laii.it JiC nf the unfeeling multitude. Dues it bar-

monize with justice, thus to d-hvei up to Ihe public yrint one portion of a correspondence.while the other part, which induced it, is shrouded forever from piUU:ity? To my judgment 'tis an art of injustice, from which, I should inaine, every humane heart would revolt with ab'iorreace. Hav. ing, unfortunately deprived myself of every line which prompted such passionaie expressions of affection, I an unmlde o contrast w'tih mine, those profession of equal warmth and eq ial fervor, which I , was accustomed to receive, and which inijht have excused the lone of my replie?rr, T ie letter in.ercepied.und most fortune , I V preserved lv mv father, is lb.- Rls. one from Mr. II oyt which appeart rav . . . -u r-.Mii -

p-irison wiin my own inouiii ; ,He Ornish

can easily gather I was not the . a

in this correspondence, no source from which emulate;

Hi

medical

examine nnd

I " ....... - ii is iwin V

j.,f ilevoii.Mi and epithets ol. ...

th it such couver.4ai.J i, without ta, I j in the very visit" the jrot-ip.ij) visit, as sen inns of the l?e exempt.