Western Sun, Volume 2, Number 32, Vincennes, Knox County, 15 July 1809 — Page 2

tive genm, and God-like perfections are unparrallelled in the annals of Mafonry ? Where now is the experienced and valicni general, the Turn Uateiman, the fteady pa triot, and the guardian angel ar.d faviour ot bis country, who was the great pillar oi Mafonry in the U. States? Where now are all the other worthies who have preceded us, and graced our order ? The fame ot their feveral aclions is better known than their perfons, and their virtues alone excite the humble tribute which is heie offered to thole for whom delighted nature, in the language of the immortal bard Might stand up, And say to all the world, this is Jjn." But who pofle fling the qualities of mortality incident to our fpecies, are now de pofited in facred vaults, without a fculptured ftone to mark the fpot ; but as the whole earth is the fepulchre of iliuftrious men, their wifdom, virtue and piety are engraven on the tablet of univerfal remembrance, & as they have heretofore, will Hill continue to furvive marble monuments, or local infcriptions their lives form an epoch in the hiftory of Mafonry, and whofe exiftance is well confidered as one of the munificent gifts of nature: Further Succefs in any purfuit will ufually be in proportion to the incentives to exertion; hence an unisrr of talents, animated by rivallhip, and combined with the knowledge and experience of many, is more likely to giv birth to great; defigns, and to the means of exertion, than the more obtufe labours of folitary individ mis ; 8c hence alfo, the prevalence of morality and religion, the exercife of charity and benevolence, are tfientially promoted by the precepts and examples of men who acl from a fer.fe of duty (lengthened by the obligations of their union : And The human mind refembles the conftrudlion of a Lodge, or the compift ofja well regulated flate, in which there are various powers, fame calculated to govern, and others to be fubordinate ; among Mafonsthis theory is not doubted, Sc they reduce it to practice ; yet the principles we profefs, are of little ufe unlefs we fquare our conduct by them ; we are bound by fomething more than ufual ties, to fupport the government under which we live to protect and cherifli virtue, and deftroyeven the appearance of vice ---to cultivate the ufeful arts and fciences, and to pay a fuitable homage to the maker and prtfrrver of m:n we are pi'ticularly enjoined to feed the hungry, to clothe the inked, anH to comfort the fons and daughters of ifRicYion : this world is not carpeted with j vs, nor is it filled with the milk of hiimtn kindnefs our hopes are as tranfient as the Sun beams, and our profpetts as evaofirnt as the ftudows of the evening ; if apprent fuccefs be the refult of our eX; ertions, Hill it m iy be only momentary, it may have no permanent duration ; aid in a moment not expected, perhaps ourbrighteft profp-cls are dOied with furrows; if thefe cannot be expunged from the catalogu of human evils, they may at lead be divided, and in proportion to the extent r.f this divifion, will be the abatement of their painful afprity : to diffufe as much happinefs is poflible, St to 'often the evils of our condition, are dictated by the Grand Mafter of the Univetfe ; and we, my Mafonic bre thren, are under double obligations to regulate our lives by the precepts of his will, Sc to practice the moral virtues ; we ought never to interrupt the barmy of the Lodge by any politic! difculTions, nor as Mafons, are w permitted to coutrit with each other the disputed points in theology ; the great volum' of nature, open toall men and nations, nunifefts the exiflence of a Deity, hi p-rfeclions and attributes ; and the Irifuns it iuculcatrt, makes a iimilar imprelTion on the heart of every man ; yet as men and as rhrillian?, we ought to ftu-V the lectures of iufpired pen-men, not to. enable us to fujpnrt .1 litigious argumentation, but to gain a fublimrr knowledge of the works oi creation, Sc d' ihr duty we owe to ounflvcs, to our neighbor and to our God : Are wr entered apprentices: let us not difpile the mrni.il r fliers in the temple of concord ; but e:nl-4vor to illtiilrat in our conduct the crdi A vir;u s, Temperance, Fortitude, I'miir!- an.j Jultur Faith in the merits ot 'he irtltu'imi, aii.l an obfervance of its di(ta'r-, v,t!l -n:4-lr Vj to more elevated de-r-rrc i i i th- n,vilic moon. Are we Frl-

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us to pnfs over the waters of Ilnfe without

)bltruction. Have we been railed to the lignity of Matters ? Let us maintain tongues of good icport, prcferve the ancient land marks of the order and be iuilrunicnts of ditTuiive charity; Let us walk as becometh the children of light ; guide and inItruft the labourers in the Maionic vineyard ; with a Heady purpofe and in wifdom aim at the ftrength and beauty of our fpirutal temple ; and while we puifue our work let us not heed the murmurs cf the refractory and difcontentcd, nor be intimidated by the menaces'of oppofuton ; fuffcr no one to extort what we are bound to with-hold, and if ocCafion offer, let us follow the example of the mailer builder of old, and fall by the hands of brutal ruthans, rather than ffain the inftitution by a degraded facrafice of duty. We pretend not that Mafons have invariably obeyed the. dictates of their iniVitution ; as well might v?e allcdge that profeffed chriflians never violated the precepts of their religion ; but the truth and importance of ihefe lyltems derive not any difcrefiiit from the occalional dereliction of their profeffors ; thole however, who violate the facred trufls with fuch lights before them, always receive the punifhmcnt ot confeious guilt, and often excite the vifible refentment of our eeleftial mailer ; the very firft Lodge on earth contained a detellable fratricide ! a brother's blood fmoaked from the ground, and one of the mailers in the Maionic lfrael, fell a martyr to his faith I the murderer was expelled the Lodge, yet he was fuffered to live a vagabond on the earth, and again to tempt the juflice of the great matter of the univerfe, for by him acid his guilty progeny, the world became disfigured by the prevalence of moral evil excited in the land of ftrangets ; the Heavens grew black with rage ! pale fierce meteors announced the period of retribution ud thunders burft their fires I frightful tempefts howled, difcharged their contents, and buried the world in a flood of waters-! . Yet Noah was found true and faithful to his profeilional engagements ; fecure in his Lodge, he ws not intimidated 'at the terrible concuffion of elements ; from the higheff fummit of Armenia, on the fufpenfion of the waters, he difcovered no objects of ancient friendfhip, no favourite fields and groves, no veftiges of cities and temples, no trait of human ingenuity, except the pillar of Enoch, in the land of Siiiad, on which were engraven the myfteries of our craft, and from which the fraternity, fubftquent to the deluge, derived much knowledge of their profeflion : this pillar, as though it defied the rage of tempefls, and the ravages of time, was viewed as a miracle long after the extinction of light on mount Moriaty ; Thrfe untoward events convinced the true and fiithful that fome among men were unworthy, and therefore they feperated them felvcs from the workers of iniquity ; from that period to the prcfent, they have been denominated thechofen few, while the benefits of the inftitution are, in a degree, ex. tended to all ; if we deny a general participation of our fecrets, it is the more fully to extend their iVtlutary effects, yet good men and true, are always bidden welcome, for if they afk they (hall receive, if they feck they (hull find, and if they knock the door of Mafonry I h a! I be opened for their reception ; If we wholly exclude the female world from our fraternity, it is for the fame reafon that they are not permitted to command in armies, and to prefide in the councils of nations; our inftitution, to render it ufeful, requires much labor, k gseat mental exertion, and while we arecaiefu1 not to impofc this drudgery on our female fiiends, we at the fame time enable them to enjoy the benefits of it ; the weight of their fentiments, at.d the power of their charms, would obftruct the progrefs of Mafonry ; for who cn attend to abflrct difquifi'.ion, or perform his accuftomed labor, it his eyes be dazzled with beauty, a:,d his heart (ufre-ptible of tender impr ilion ? Similar inftitutions, with the fame appropriate rite, and ceremonies, exid amon all nations, and are urrivrd from the Ciine original ; Mf i;;s e?.( hange foiia! iofercourlr in a language p-cu!i r t, themf?lves, m uiifrft th- various d;rees of tlieir rrdcr, ar.d rxprrts thrir wnts by apprpri-ite fi.rne, not heeded n u uiulrrftood by the world t 1 irK'e ; th.-y -11 practice c h i, i:y, and unite in r! t 1 1 ; ) t u ) ' it e.uoraticn In the plori us Arrhit.-it fifth- i::iverf- Hence, a M,l'o fj id 4 irirnJ in evrrv tirothrr, wr;d a K-,:nr in rverv cruntr ()' M ifonry, tt on f'fird tt ot divine oiigm ! Hy thy tuimitLlc uucf pis, '.vc arc enabled to hear the

bur fling thunders, vlerr the deftrucYive bolt with ferene &fpect, and ftind erect amidft the fearful uiajefty of the dreaming clouds ! Jirethren, as to the contempt in which we are holden by fome, I fliall barely obferve, that there are perfons, w hom it is an honor to difpleafc ; it happens to us as the Sun, weak eyed people, thofe of depraved hearts, and the birds of night cannot fupport its luftre. Finally, Brethren we have on the externals, theeniigns of Mafonry let us prove ourfelves Mafons in heart and in conduct, which will endear us to every good man in fociety ; practice the fecial affections ; prove that the grand pillars of our temple, are Faith, Hope and Charity. Let us now invoke the Grand Mailer of all Mafons, to prefide over our councils ; give is a cor rect view of his will, and of human life ; and conduct us to the temple of virtue and happinefs eternal ; that we my gain admittance into the sanctum sanctorum above when life fhall be no more ; for, all powerful God ! Thou art the greateft and the laft hope of man ! 1 Peace and good will towards all men, be with us all, now and forever-moreAmcn - so mote it be GENl. W. JOHNSTON.

June 24th, A. L. 5809.

The Pacific after a remarkable ihcrtpaffage has returned from Great Britain The information brought by her is of confiderable importance ; the following relates particularly to America ; he arrived at NewYork the 9th iuft. previous to which great preparations were made for celebrating the tentbybut in confequence of the news that follows, the preparations were countermanded ; BRITISH ORDERS IN COUNCIL 1 ! London, April 28, Yefterdy at one o'clock, in confluence" of a notification fent on Wednefday evening by earl Barthurft, prefident of the board of trade, to mr. Sanfom, chairman of the American committee, the latter accompanied by Baring, Jacobs, M'Kenzie, Glennie, Mullet, and feveral otrjer refpectable merchants, deeply interefted in the commerce of the United States, waited on the lords of trade at the treafury. At this conferrence it was announced, that the orders in council would be refunded, as far as they relate to the American republic, and that this arrangement ftiould take date from the preceding drft 25th April. It was at the fame timedecidrd that the ports of France, Holland, Italy Sc their dependencies, ftiould be put into the mod rigorous blockade. Under the laft diftinction are to be included in Spain, the city of Barcelona, and the bay of Rufs in the Mediterranean, and the coaft of the bay Bifcay from Sanunder to Fonterabia. Licences will be granted to all ports north of the Wefer and fouth of the Eyder ; but w e u 1 1 derftand they are tobe withheld with refpect to the reft of the continent, excepting the havens of the Baltic. The new orders in couueif we have in our poffeffion, but as we have not room for it this week, we give the contents, as follows : 4 His Britannic majefty revokes his orders in council oi the 1 I th and 25th November, and 1 8th December, 1807, and 3d of March, 1S0C. His majefty is pleafed to order that all the ports in Holland, France and the Northern prs of I:Jy. and their dependent i"S, and potT-ffions re fpectively, fhall he fu!jrct to the frne reftrictions as if the fame was under ftridl hlorkadc by hi maj:ftys force ; and rverv vrfiVI trading from or to thofe jilacrs, fhall Tvith their cargo, he deemed lrgal prize to the captors. kT!ns order is to have effret from the date thereof, April 2.5th ; the fame time being given to VftlVI to obtain noticr, a was alhiwrd in the former orderi, unlrfs difcovered that thev were notified previoullv Ly a Biitilh cruizer, From Hklf's Gazette. LATEST FROM HOLLAND. Our N-'' York correspondent ui.uer dte of W'rdi.clu y at i'oon, iiifurins o of the f;H'vi; arrivals -t tf -it port : hr.ip Virginia, Cro: kt, An-.ftrrdani, C iliy :, in i';d!aft. S-i'.ed M y 5, u i'T priv with the Htntwh. Ftr.nir., for N. Vo'k Left fh'p Sally, Fiolt, fjr 3ii:i:nor"; rca :y

the other vefTel., under fric-ire, remiined as before reported. No charge had tiiken place in either France or Hollmd, with refnrci to American comnierce or pronertv.--The Mentor had arrived in France. tirrc weeks previous to the failing of the. Virinr, f.y 18th April ; but nothing jel.it ivf to the nature of her difpatches, or the profpect of her return had tranfpired we luv received a Du'ch pper of May 2, whi' K contains a French account of a great battle between the ?rchduke Charles ?j)d Bona

parte we have only time previous to the ilofing of the mail to give the following. . Yen fhdl however receive complete dctaili by our evenings conveyance Ludkasbukg, April 23 We this moment received the following BULLKT1N : The French emperor hns beaten the Auftrians. There are more than twenty generals loft in the action one archduke kill ed, and two wounded there are more than thirty thoufaud prifoncrs, together, with a great nnmber of the magazines, cannon,' Sec. &c. Ecc. A letter from Sr. Bartholomews, June 3J, fys : 44 We have moft Iredful accounts of an infurrection of the blacks at Jamaica, two thirds of which iftand are Vul to be in their poiTeilion. The troops aro going down from Martinique to aiTift in fupprcfiing the infurgents. Thil Gcz.

NOTICE, ONE of us will fet ou for Philadr-J. phia, the 1ft of Auguft-next- and wifh our friends- tljat are in arrears with us to be punctual in difcharging their balances before that clay. Cbas. Smith, & Co. July 12th, 1809. 30 3t

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juipj aqj jo XJ3A0331 31H JJ UUTEe p33U3UIUJ03 Sltnj ZW( o; dxa Xtiu ajuou sup 03 puam oj Svi uuuiXed sjjHui 03 pjptibji ojb "T" T sjjqu3jqnj sqi oj pqapui ajoqi f George Bowman, WILL take notice that 1 fliall attend at the Clerk's office of Kno county, on Saturday the 29th inftant, to pay into the hands of the Clerk, agreeably to a hw.of the Territory, the tax ?nd 'intereft on twenty acres of hnd fold for territorial taxes, for the year 180r, in the name of Thomas Barton, and bought byou ori the iixteenthday of February, 1808, laft' pa(L Thomas I. IF it hers, Aihguec of Thos. Bartonl" Jtrly Uth, 1809. ' 323t 11 o k s Ji s: Brought in by the ll'eas Indians, end deli' xercd to the Governor, One bright rhefiuit forrrl mare, ?.hont two years old Lft luring, about fourteen hands high, r.o brand or mark perceiv;o!e, fhe is not broke." One bi ight 1'orrel hnr fe, about fourteen hands and e half high, no brand perceivable, a ft.ir and fnip, fuppof d to be nine years old, a number of Udulc nmks on hii backhand his the phiilh:w. Al'o on- forrrl hot fr, fifteen hand hi"h, brai.ci'd on the oft fhoul'Jer W, a (Vr 'ami

j fnip, his hack much nursed Viitii the i,id-

cle. about i.ir.e vear5 o! i. '1 lie owner-: nre deiired to come forward proVe property pay clures and take t!ie:u away. n

July 5th, 1809

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