Republican Advocate Batavia, Genesee County, New York State January 5-1827 At a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Ulysses, in the county of Tompkins, convened at the School House in Jacksonville, on Saturday the 30th day of December, 1826. Elijah ATWATER, Esq. was called to the Chair, and Benjamin HOPKINS, appointed Secretary. After the meeting was properly organized, certain papers were introduced and read, which appeared to be the proceedings of a certain meeting held at Batavia, on the 25th of September 1826, relative to the carrying away, murdering, concealing, or transporting out of the United States, a man by the name of William MORGAN, a reputed freemason, who, it appears, is charged by the freemasons for publishing, or attempting to publish, a certain book, said to contain the essential secrets of the freemasons--at which meeting a committee of five was appointed to draft resolutions, and reported the following which were unanimously adopted. Resolved, That we consider the late extraordinary and unparalleled outrages at Batavia, on the persons of Capt. MORGAN and Col. MILLER, to be of an alarming nature; and as calling loudly upon the citizens of this state, for an expression of disapprobation against such bold and daring transgressions of the laws. Resolved, That the silence of most of our public journals, with respect to MORGAN's case, furnishes just grounds of suspicion of the dangerous tendency of secret societies, inasmuch as it induces Editors of Newspapers who are members of such societies, to decline noticing transactions, however flagacious in their character, if the perpetrators happen to belong to the fraternity. Resolved, That we consider all secret institutions worthless and mischievous, as they confessedly add nothing to dignity, morality, virtue or happiness of man; and as they furnish the unprincipled and designing an opportunity of plotting their dark deeds of mischief, unseen by any but the eye of Heaven, until they burst upon the heads of the unsuspecting victim. Resolved, That we will withdraw our patronage from any Newspaper, the conductor of which neglects or refuses to give publicity in his columns to the outrages on Capt. MORGAN, or to the passing events which may occur in the course of the investigation of the case. Resolved, That we will withhold our support from any member of the masonic fraternity, for any office of State, County, or Town, who has, or shall in any form or shape, directly or indirectly, countenance or approbate the Batavia outrages. Elijah ATWATER, Ch'n. Benjamin HOPKINS, Sec'y. ** List of Letters Remaining in the Post-office at Batavia, Jan. 1, 1827. Ebenezer ARMSTRONG John or Ebenezer ARMSTRONG Andrew ARMSTRONG William ARMSTRONG Samuel D. ANTHONY William H. ABEL David ANDERSON Rev. John ADAMS Charles BESWICK Isaac L. BOOTHE John BARNARD Lorenzo BROWN James BROWN Frederick BALCH James B. BARBEE John BRUMLEY Jr. John BROWN ALEXANDER Joseph BRADLEY Levi BRISTOL Nancy BINGHAM Sarah BARKER Joseph BAKER Timothy BACKUS Nathaniel BAYN Daniel CARLISBE Nathan COBB James COCHRAN Gordon CASWELL John CARPENTER Philander COSSET Samuel CHURCH Jonathan CHAMBERLAIN Electa COTTAR Saphronia CHADWICK Sydney CRANDAL Mary Ann COWLES Mr. MARTIN Darius CONE Beach DeFOREST Griswold DRIGGS John DELAND John G. DORMAN Leander DAVIS Luther DARROW William T. DAVENPORT Ephraim and Samuel ELDRIGE Amanda EWINS E. EGGLESTON Seymour ENSIGN William FULLER Calvin FINNEL Joseph FURSMAN Josephn FO_SHA Charles GILKEY John GOSS - 2 Stephen GORHAM Stephen GIBSON Jr. Minrad GRINER Marietta GARDNER David GARTER Hiram GODFREY Ruth HAYSE Jaems HERRINGTON Fanny HURLBURT Robert HUGGINS Sam'l. HARRIS Simeon HOSMER R.A. HICKOX William HOLMES Rev. Jonathan H_STIS James HAMIILTON Olive HARPER Sally HARPER David Hyde Bethany Simon HYDE Ezekiel HACKLEY - 2 I.B. JONES Sally JEWEL Samuel R. KENNEDY -2 Luke B. KEITH Isaac B. KIMBALL R.&S. KEELER Timothy KNAPP Mr. Luke _ James LAWRENCE Mrs. Richard LARD Samuel LAKE Henry LATHROP Reuben LORD Orra MENTAGUE James Mc.DAVIDS Wheeler MILLER Selah MILLS Urania MILLS Peter MAINS James C. MAINS Wesley MA_STON Giles MAUDLERVILLE Ichabod MANCHESTER Samuel MOFFATT Ira NEEDHAM Mary OSBORN Joseph OLDS Eliphalet PECK Alexander John B. PIKE Samuel PUTMAN John POST Jr. Joshua PARISH Josiah PATTERSON Elias PRATT Miss Margaret F. PALMER Malina PARDEE - 2 Enoch RITTER Calvin RICH Roderick RANNY - 3 Peter ROBINSON David RILEY Daniel M. REPSHIRE Charles RUSSELL Peter SPRINGER Alfred F. STREETER J.B. SKINNER Gideon SMITH Israel SMITH Polly SHOWERMAN Sally SIKES Sylvanus SILSBURY Elisha SATTERLEE Philo STOCKINGS Mary SILL Hiram SICKLES - 2 Joseph TOWRUS Lucina TRUMBULL Ann THOMAS Hiram TINNEY John UNDERHILL Peter Van ALSTINE William Van TANSSEL Gerret Van SICKLE David C. VAUGHAN Oswell WILLIAMS Samuel WILLETT Jacob WILLIAMS Mary WILLIAMS Samuel WHITE Josiah W. WILLIS Clement __ Nathan WALDO Oliver WAKEMAN Harriet E. WIGHTMAN Robert WATSON Trumball CARY,. P.M. ** submitted by Linda C. Schmidt *********************************************