Huntingdon Gazette

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The following extraordinary narrative is ctipiedlVoni the Charleston Times. Having no knowledge of the parties we are unable to say whether ihesc 'marvelous statements are the result of delirium operating upon creduiilv "or whvther ihey are " the words -of \ruth and soherness."
From the C'lutrleston Times of the f 7th ultimo. HORUID DISCOVERY.
tOMMUMCATli'-J bV   UR    FlTZGEll A.r.1).
The labours of the ''Invitsible Spy," are anticipated-^the infernal machina- tion« of the" association," are detected. liv unc of thV).«;e wonderful occurrences, iiy >\hich Providence hetrays great crimes, antl fhigitious Conspiracies, am I ctuibled to displiiy i<-/ the astonish¬ ed vic>v ofthe coiniiiuiiiiy, the unlieaid 'v)f ctitnes antl tjariiig jjinjccts of thi.s Umd ofparacides. Tlie midnight hour h.is already sounded, and though liui- gj.id and fi.tlgued, from the pressure of )nofessit>nal labours, I cannot lav mv iie.id upon my pillow, ^yitl50Ut sound¬ ing the tQ;:sin of alarm to tny I'ellow ci- iixens, av.d rousing tlicm iioiii apathy to a seu.se of tiieir tlangtr. Couhi the Iniud OI ni:iu liave conceived it possible, th-.it the daliincd jtojects which have been nurtured and luaturetl through j»g.-.s t)f viilainy .nnd vice, i'.i the old W'iiri<l, shtiuld so soon have invaded thf;sK shoies, dedicated to losalty, sim¬ plicity and virfuf:
might make me a very   particular  inul
toiilKlcntuil conimiiiii,i,tioi-. i^c dien
inhumed mc, that for al^tuit 20 years r-ast, there had esiitcd in this  city,  an
.— • oui'g man, you are now arrived a nioiuciii  whi;h   must  finally   decide whcdir-r yon be'*uiue a nieiiiber of this respei table inst''Uitit;ii, or a tenant of the
 ,  ^.,   ......>*.,     silent grave.    The object of our in.ui-
hiitl soared aht^ve vulgar prejudices,  &     tuiion is, to foster the   perfeciibiliiy  of throwing t;fr the shiickies and restraints    tiur nature—freed from ihcxse  sh.ickl hich    ¦ 	
iiosotiatitin of gentlemen, whtise   minds     sih
ctl to request ine to join tluir socielv, and to be peimiufd lo propose me as a number. Tiuany unsuspicious tif ihe princi|)Irb aiul oiijccis A the asscjciiuion I conseiiit d, -anti at the liioe nj-.^uiiitcd fbr my introchictum lailei,d..d my sup- ptisfd frientl, late at nigiit, a.id pioceetj-
ijal to the place of metting.    Li	
¦Att), I was uthertd into a gjite on the north side, which apparently t)pencti in¬ to a stuaii house, which 1 perceived, af¬ ter entering it, was only, a screen from suspicion—a icw paces wiihin th'- yard
dependent of civil laws and popular opi nions, we acknuwlcdge no guvenuiu ni but our wills, and no priiiciple.s but those which our own systems inculcate. Oiir sevei itv de;?ends upon onr courage antl the kf'cness of our wea|)Ons ; anil we di.sdain tven to impose upon our associates, tlie obiig-uion td" an oath. Oaths hrtVi.- iiK-ir sanction in a sysu-ni of opinions, whi;h we wholly reject, init iear is uni'. cr.s;;! and uiiiibrni iu iis in¬ fluence upon  iiuni.in   ;i.ii.)ns. The
rules to which you   must acknouKdge
I was conducted to what apjjeared to lit; ¦ submission, are iiut fen', aiid   the  banc- aWill with a   pniiip in   it,  and every i titm simple, ancl equaiiy  i'UcliigiSle to thing atljuiited apiiarendy for the   pur- I all men—wbodisobeys musldit. Under pose of dniM ing watei-, hut to mv   sur-     this penally therefore, we call uponyuu prixe, Ujion   my  coin;iiii;ifin's  striking    lo sub'icri'it; t<) iht- lollowino; rules : a particular spuf, a u^p ch.or flew ojien, and I perceived iiy nlcaii^>of a dim lig'nt wiihin thai the siljiposed pump was the support ofa   flight   of   steps   wivitlin;;- rou'u! ;i, by whi; h Tve descended s.onvj feel below the surface oiihe eartli ;    k
Tl-iat thtibe pruj'^cts should not only | the dom- i:[oa>.A >.i[iun u.^—we then turn bnvt be;ii adbptjll and- pumitd, bat ! cd inio tin anhetl passage, which passed liiursui^d aud adcpt'^d by ineo v.ho had ; un;!.-.T'ihe niLy ami i-.on'.lucted iir. u> a insini!U,lf;tl tlitoistrtvcs in'to the conli- j \nndinfi fuf-bt of sieiis onthe'H.iitr sitle dcticeoflht; jieople ; who had grown j ofit, by .which ^U'; ascended lo the up- JvVev ili iht: service ofthe public, aud ctiu • per sltiry ofahiuh   hous'.—Iiciv, in  a
on onr ],res;iini!; our feet on die la-;;step, j vil or reliyit.us, up'.-ii I'l"- '.\ hole   e.irih ;
an.l nuke iho proiuoiion of the views of tlihs in.slitntiur., ..ml the propagation of its lL-ntl.s, the .sjle entl   and uijrct   td
kind oi aM;J-charnbt*r, i was
welcomed
by another acqiiahna.icc, ap[jiirently with the uipat cordi.al v.'.irnuh, whiist niv conductor cnijred to lui'iounce my attend.ir.'.e. In a few minutis he re¬ turned, and   I  was   i'.iU',.'duc>'d   within
¦«luf:tt:d llienisehe,s with such pioiound hypocrisy, as to liavc driven tiiallce to hiadhess, and matic envy gnaw her hn- gers indeipair ! ,But the tubject would 'icquirc die pen ofa !vai cuil or a Hoberi- s6n, to do it j notice.
Vehter<*ny al ;15 minutes after 3 o'¬ clock P. ?»L (1 am lluis p,.mci.;iar bt- tause Iniean to make tiath lo. ali ^iiat I ' lt;l;!j>
vhail-rtdute) 1 wa.s called on to vutend a ! my nitenuants locked die door und se- ^atieiit iiuacked with fever.' I hasten- • cun d ih- key—fhink of the horrors (d to the place to which £ was directetl, i iii.it i iAt, when each drew a stilletto and in a house tif a very genteel appcai-- I liom his iwsoin, r,ei'^ed me by the arms ance, was shovi/n into a c.harHber where I pn scnied iheii weapons to n.y licail Cs. Liy a young man of a very interesting informed me, in the nu.'t solenui inan- «ount'niuui'.:c- ; his ffever wus high, and 1 nn, that ! must now become one of ifi3tauily discovered every sympio'.n of their nunilier, or lu-.vtr jiass that door a- itsbeingfhticnd'.Mnial, Or ) c'lhuv  fever. ' live! 1      K^:si>t.ince   was   vain;   they
at j the Society, over  tvciy  individual of
* its members."    \Vidi all the  nonch d-
nncc   iinaginalile, In- then stictrhed out
lhe point of his bahre, anil lej.iaced i ;e
curtain.
Kelt; my patii-nt pan i d .• jind by J this tiiiit, I\Ir. Kdiitir, i bigau lo cou- jcclnre that he wus hm's- il in a di liri- uin, lint upon appr'iachiiij^ his, bcti inul (btling his puUe, I ftHini! tii.n disbuidt n ing his mind had restored him to a tonsiflcrable share of tianqniiiiy ; ami the exiition of sjiea'dng had piothiced a disaphoresis ili.it autjuied wn abate- tnent of fever. I thercloie vcnliired to intttring.ne hi.-n In iin. r, u.itl shall give rhe subst.mcc t)i his coniiiraniealiunb in the form of a dialogue :—
Doctor .Sir, ytni astonish tne be¬ yond ineasun ! How was it possible for such a so..iety to have remained wo long undetected? the veiy workmen who construcud the buiitling is to be sup- posctl, would long since have beiiayed their .uysterious place (ti nu cling.
P.M iKN r.—Oh no, Sir;   iheie was
early provision madt i.g liiidt that   thin-
j't-r.     iJirmaih llie hiund.ition of ihcir
'ouilding is a profound t'lmlt, capaciouH,
d   iiflplicit  tjiicdicnce     and of iiTipenttral'lii aiieiigih ; tin iiieil)
icrv  ni indate  of this    In rs iinnisc thenisi l\cs  v, nh   calling it
or ' the Cavrof  I'hahnis.     litre the work-
! nien were ail, (t;:iki[)i orn.) itninured 5x
pt rUh.cd misctaijlt  ; i,vre alio  are  de-
P'ibiKd llu itmaiii-.i of those on  whom,
in the cam td the   Society  tliry iiiipo-'.e
siltU'e.    Tiie woiknntn   who  cRCapeit,
wasnotinlhe   city,   when  the  oihtrs.
Were under tlu nrrU ncc of an ii-ivitation
to a civick f..a>t, h.icd to thcii'citsti ue-
lion.
Dot: I on.—And ir. that man .';till in exi^.a r,(e t
Pa iiK.NT.—IVo ; he returned  lately
1st.  Hiind   and shall be |.Mid tu ev Sjciciy, -Ahalevcr   he    the    th'.ngtr 6nppo:-,i-d riiniii'vtUy attfr;,d;ii'.r it.
2d.  I su'ciiinix  renounce nil iiub>iiis- sinn or oludieiic.e lo any in:,tluilit:n, ci-
niy existence.
.3 1. The most scrupulous silfnce .shall be otwerved as lo every thing rclaiing to iliis ia^titniiun ; exccjav/hc-n licence shail be given by lii.- venerable*.
tjbligcd tosiihscrilie my name antl the .Venerable then iitorceded :—•' That you may know the full extenl ofthe ob-
the- lUtor whiclifn.st prcsenud   itseli", C>c | ligations which you have assumed, antl 1 which .1 now IfiUid opened into a smidl    the (l:ingi:r of tlisiohedience  be  pleased liunicdi.itclv   as we   entered,    to tlravv back that curtain."
"• I coniplicfl with the promptitude which every circumstance was calculat¬ ed to excite ; but who shall tlescribe thi horrid oljrcl vhich presented itself lo my view, and from which I recoiled { wiih a velocity ihit hatl nearly over¬ turned a half do/en of the surrounilinp.
Wtre slout aihloiick ni.n, and I wasun- '; armed, stupifled with .surprise, and ut- t'-t'.,- anahle tti express, ilie indignation which I hit at being thus entrapped; ; 1 v.a-i led ou an unresisting vicdm to i this iMoIoch .sacrifices. One of mv I f.0 dnctors tnr'ii gave three stamps with [ his fret, aud the second door instantly I flving optn, t xhibited to  my  vie\>,   a
¦>!y e« j-.diij-s biitraycd to  n'<y   pati'-nt,
lhe tnu Ve ol his complaint anJinstani-
ly excited iu hlnl -a strong and very evi
eltiu al.itrn.     lie trroaneti'tnost piteous-
Iv.^ Luid to hiy endeavors ;') ctir.sol; and
<!U4-.t hii'ri, replied in -A most  iiiij::esi>ive
ina-ner, .;' l/h., Sif, i could beafdi-eaiie
i»i!d J thijfk  clj-aih,   but  g'jilt—gnii',—
i.'ho vau'*.i.jt.U4i   the   weight of iti'-—^ , .   .
lieing com meed by his extrtme ayitu- J bigit that I can scarcelv, even no » diat
titin, that thefe was litlie tti be done for ' ? I*.!ve becomi.- ahnost familiarized in it,
the body,'while tlu: nii'.id laboured   un- { ihnik of without iremhiing.    Arranged
der so itiiich ili.stress, I endeavoured to j f>n each side of a long tabic,   sat  riliout
iiisinuaie niy self   iuto   his  confidence ' 50 men ; before them lay daggers, toma-
atitftcitfndy to prevail on him to dismiss j hawks and   pistols, nr.d  behind   them
hw  apprehetisitms,   or   disburtlen his    hung cail)ines, crossed upt>n the   wall.;
tdind by conmuuiicating to me the cause     whilst against it leaned pikes, inarL' af-
cf his uhf^sintss.    It was with diltical- j ler the fadiion of those used hy liie U-
ty .^¦hki: I ,at leiig-h succeeded—he   fre- j nited Irishmen.     In the back grountl of
qtVehtly tlVchirA-dit wasimptissnile ; tha:    this b.mdiui scene, on a   seat  tdevatetl
tiis liie wjfAild.certainly be llie forfeit of
k, shoultfit eVcr be kifow^ii, or evensus- j
I ectetl, tsh'at h* h;id cHvulged the secret
Po these- alioniinaole Rules, I was  I tothe city, and b)' order of lhe Suciet),'
I killed hiNi.
'I'here was a cntil indifference, a carelessness in the air ar.d manniu r of my paiicnt, as he iittticd tliese last wortls, which al.nnn;d me niueh. It wasevivieiit ih.it us his h ver cooled, his >j alarm subsided, und so diu his contri¬ tion.
1 now h' ganlo sce my danger ; the possession oi in':^ i^ccret mighl prove fa¬ tal to inystIf,.should m\ paiitni lecovcr; I wastvidcuily in his ptnver. Uut it fi was constdingtf) le'ljit, that under ex jsting ciicumstantt s, lie was very much
and as I jireceiveil, smiling spectators .'"
—[We here stop die press, in order to j in mine, and his own   grand   principle,
send tiff the nuinuscri|.>t to a magistrate, } of the greatest good, not less than a sta-
that the leaders  of this  mighty   band \ tuti.ry provision, might ext iie  a  hope 1
may be secured ; and we earnestly Ing that the public vvill suspend their rage, and not auticipate the march of ju-tice,j
hall way almost to the arched ceiling f;at dieir chief; on his head a husjf? co¬ nical cap, covered with   bear   skin ; a
"At lengih, after lhe   Hiost' solemn   a^- | hn ge bnlfaloe kkin. cloak   fof domestic surance, that his name should nevt:r  be | mamdai:ture)ihrown over his shoultlersj ri vealecivI prevailed ouhim to comply, »nd he pro'Oecdr-d neatly sis follows : " Il i's novv atioiit tvvtlve months sinct?
I liecame acquainted with -,   ,
• , —'—, —i-     JVe think proper to
0>rit these names,nntii Ihe cifljuits shall ie within Ihe fangs ofju.siice.'] Their fii.miiers appean <»' to ine lo be open, «:mple, aild iindi signing ; and I was fl.ilteicd with dir pat ticular attention which they paid me. Little thought 1, tilien, whrt -.i vi!>er slept beiiealh die roics. Dining the last winter, in one c»f those st)i,t.d liffUr-s when the mind is incparcd to ncqui-see in anv thing to ijHaiify a fVieiul—'—>' requested me to v.fiie \\ ilh him fo; a iiV.niK-ftC,   tlwu h»
iwt) inustachifjes verv naturally painted on his lips, antl curling round to his ears —and a Uitjustrous sabre, said to have heen presented to him by marshal Ber¬ nadotte, formed the tout ememble ofthis terrilile personas^e.
'I'lie most solemn silence was prc- servetl, hs I was ctnulucted into the pre¬ sence of the venerable ofthis lodge ; Sc his falchion flashetl across my eyes, as he waved it witha signal tliat brought fifty naked tl aggers near niy pfrsoii.—• Surrtiunded bv a triple tow of men, who appeared reatly for my deitruction, the venerable rose, aud collecting in his
Continuul'unf/om the same p.iper cfthe 19th. AGHAST! at the a vful bight that [ piesentrti itself I liirntd an    t n(|uiiing eje to lhe- Superior, vvho, with a  sinile on his lips, which seemed  to   lepvoach me with my   girlish   cjualnis  thus  ad¬ dressed  me :—"¦ Ytiu   there    behold, yt-ung man, the unha|py victim  of  his ovvn tcnurity ; he was long a incniljtr of our body—shared in our confidence, and enjoy td with us that flow  cf soul which is ftlt only when the mind is left to lis native expansivencss       Unt  un- fortnnately he was lately  attacked  by tlisease and in a  paroxysm   of   fever, during a state of delirium  revealed  to his mother the existence and views  of our institution.    True nevertheless, to
that this should jirfive his la.st .siekncs.s. \      'lhe opportunity was not to be   Itjst,
and I proceeded : j      Doctor.—XV'hrn Sir, could this so- ; tiety have  been   instituted,   and who'
i wc-ie Its patrons or promottis .'
PATif.Nr.—You, no dciiibt, sir, re-! collect the time v\luu the rage of civism : possessetl lhe minds of ih.ec louiths of the iiihaljit'ants of this city, I wa& but; ytjung,but I remember well that Uou- telle, the pirate v*as admilitd intogoodi company, and the walls dtditatt^d to the f Mobi High, resounded with the cele-' j braud hjninof the MarseilloLs. Pro- Sessions of Frenchmen crowded our| Kiret Is, and iht; bcnnet rcugi>. wa.s ad>^ miittd to grace the bmws of those wl h.'d been crowned witli revolulionar laurels. About this lime, yon may rr-i collect, a st)ciety was loimrd, fVor which emanated a varit tj- of patrioii< spetchcs ai'd vihleh"atlt niptr d boldly t<^, ¦sentiment.      i{
his fidelity, he  availed himself of the ; give the u re to pul.lic
fust strength whith his returning health \ >ou will iuquiic, vou vvill fiiul, that sei
..cc 1  .1 i,:.v,   .-^ ..it^nM thf meetinir.  &c I veral of those   v\hose   name.s    1    hav4
afforded lum, lo attend the meeting appiize us ofour danger. The only means of security that we resorted to were insiandy resolved on, and upon die casting of lots, which is our usual method upt.n suth occurrences, it fell to him to assasiuate his mother. It was in vain that he urged all ihe many argu¬ ments to which puling boys are apt to resort on such ticcasitais ; the promo¬ tion of the greatest gootl is the greatest is the great basis tif our system, and   it
J ,    was ncces.saty to obey.    He had the ic-
air and manner, all the  tligniiy   of his    me,ity at length to refuse and fifty dag- aug.isi&-^alion^addre.<*bcdmcas follows:    ger.s al ouce vindicaud the   rigliW   ol
mentioned lo yon were-members ofthaf society, and moie than one of llu ni, believe, had the honor of o<ciipvmg tl presidential chair, and adminisieriii I the fraternal kiss occasionally toils mot. ley members. In this institution, si^ originated this society ; and the fratct nizmg letters of Marat, Robespierre David and other Gallick VNorihies, el« ganily framed and siisjiendetl on thei walls, prove their Prench c onnexioni All the world wtintlered at lloiitelle* insolvency ; but he was the nursing iVi ther (ia the lanjuage   of  a celebrate