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reckless assertions . It has the impudence to quote si second hand extract from Mr . Heckethorn ' s book on Secret Societies , and as the passage in question has already figure ; in the Saturday Beview , as well as in the paper from which it has been " lifted " by our critic , we are fully assurer

that he has not even seen the outside of the work upon which he comments . Such tactics as these may be regarded a . * legitimate by an Ultramontane , but we are certain that no journalist of reputation would condescend to imitate them . Mr . Heckethorn ' s book , for aught the Freeman ' s Journal can

tell , may be a mere tissue of misstatements , but since it is hostile to Masonry , our contemporary has seized upon it , or , rather , so much of it as conld be obtained in a poor paragraph from the Pall Mall Budget , and has flnng his miserable squib into our camp . We assure the

Freeman ' s Journal that the puny missile will not explode . Masons care little for the charges which may be trumped up against the Order by hostile prints . They are quite certain that Masons , as such , can never conspire against the government of any country . The moment a brother forgets or

ignores his Civil allegiance he ceases to be a Mason . With respect to Mr . Heckethorn ' s assertion that the members of the Order are devoted to the pleasures of the table , we treat the assertion with the contempt it deserves . The

Freeman s Journal evidently appears to think that a man who has dined well is likely to conspire against the State . Such an idea could only emanate from an ecclesiastic , and perhaps , after all , we shall not be far wrong in assuming " that our critic wears the tonsure , and lives on pulse and water .

One often has to listen to shallow people who , with a great assumption of superior knowledge and wisdom , discourse confidently about the difference between the action of Freemasonry on the Continent , which has so often bronght the society under tho ban of the Holy See , and its operations in these kingdoms were , wo arc assured , it is

" jnst for good fellowship , pleasant company , giving a fellow a lift , " and no more . The deceitful naturo of this view may be gathered from a summary which appears in the Pall Mall Budget of tho matter relating to this body collected in a recently published work on secret societies of all ages and countries .

After going through the secret societies of the Roman Empire and Middle Ages , tho most important , perhaps , of which were tho Assassins of Persia , the Holy Vehm , and tho Rosicrucians , tho eighth book of tho work is full of tho Freemasons , and occupies one-third of tho first volume , the writing of which has clearly been a labouv

of love . Hero tho curious may eat of the forbidden tree of knowledge . The number of rites and the number of degrees iu eachthe York rite , tho French rite , the Ancient and Accepted Scotch rite , tho rites of Memphis and Mizaini , and twelve other rites , are all dangled before the eyes of tho aspirant to aprons and jewellery .

Their history , too , is searched out . Tho Freemasons have coquetted with politicians , and vice versa ; they schemed for the Pretender and for and against Napoleon I . and Napoleon III ., and these schemed against them . At the instigation of the First Napoleon , Cambaceres was made Grand Muster Adjunct , and accumulated more Masonic

titles than any other person ever possessed . Napoleon III . appointed one of his own Marshals—Magnan—as Grand Master , by a decree in 18 G 2 . But , after probing the mystery and the history of Masonry , the author ( Mr . Heckethorn ) comes to the melancholy conclnsion

that it is utterly futile . " Selfishness , an eye to business , vanity , frivolity , gluttony , and a love of lnystery-mongering , concealed under the specious pretence of brotherly love aud a longing for instruction —these aro tho motives that lead men into the Lodge . " This conclusion mav be commended to the serious consideration of

those who have a tawdry taste for gew-gaws and a flunkey appetite for the fraternal companionship ( at a distance ) of royal and ducal " Grand Masters . " It was significant that , with tho solemn views of religious duty which the Marquis of Eipon formed , ho came out at once from the " vanity , frivolity , gluttony , and mystery-mongering " in which he had previously taken part .

Grand Chapter Of Pennsylvania.

GRAND CHAPTER OF PENNSYLVANIA .

WE have received the Abstract of the Proceedings of this Grand Chapter for the year 1874 , and though but little that was eventful appears to have occurred during that period , there is evidence of health and prosperity throughout its entire jurisdiction . At the Quarterly

Communication , held at Philadel phia , 5 th Nov . 1874 , were present Comp . AndrewRobenojun . M . E . Grand Hi gh Priest , Comp . Robert H . PattisonM . E . Grand King , Comp . George E . Wagner M . E . Grand Scribe , Comp . Thorn R . PattonM . E .

Grand Treasurer , Comp . John Thompson M . E . Grand Secretary , aud several other Companions , Past G . H . Priests , & c , and representatives of twenty-six Chapters . The

Committee on Finance reported that the receipts for the year ended 31 st October 1874 ( including balance in hand on November 1873 of 160 dola . 19 cents . ) , amounted to a frac-

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tion over 7 , 750 dollars , while tho expenditure somewhat xceeded 7 , 148 dollars , leaving a balance in hand of over 301 dollars , to which a further sum was tobe added of 11 dols . SO cents , being the difference between what yetremained due to G . Chapter by subordinate Chapters , and what by

subordinate Chapters to G . Chapter , making in all over 618 dollars . But appropriations already made for expenses to 27 th December , showed a total of 912 £ dollars , leaving a deficiency of nearly 300 dollars to be made good , in order to clear all indebtedness to the last-mentioned date . The

investments of Grand Chapter amounting to 17 , 000 dollars , are all in New Masonic Temple Loan , 7-fV interest . The estimate of receipts for the year 1875 reached a sum of over 7 , 142 dollars , the expenses being reckoned at 6 , 862 and-a-half . The Committee close their report by

recommending tho appropriation of certain sums towards the expenditure of the ensuing year , and that M . E . Grand High Priest be authorised to draw on the M . E . Grand Treasurer for all such authorised sums . The election of

officers then took place , the result of the ballot being that the same Companions were re-elected M . E . Grand High Priest , Grand King , Grand Scribe , Grand Treasurer , and Grand Secretary .

At the Annual Grand Communication , held 28 th December , Comp . Andrew Robeno jun . M . E . Grand High Priest , who presided , delivered an appropriate address . From this it appeared there were in the jurisdiction of this Grand Chapter ninety-seven Chapters and three Mark

Lodges , with a membership of ten thousand . Seven applications for new Chapters had been received , and to each a warrant had been granted . The M . E . G . High Priest then

described the visitations he had made throughout his province , and expressed himself highly pleased both with what he had seen , and with the cordiality with which he and the other Grand Officers had been received . He then read an

interesting letter from Comp . W . J . Hughan , Grand Representative of this Grand Chapter in England , in which the writer touches upon the recognition of the Mark Grand Lodge of England by the Craft Grand Lodge , and also as to the state of tho Royal Arch Degree . The address

closed with a few further remarks , and then , all but Past High Priests having retired , P . G . High Priest C . E . Meyer installed Comp . A . Robeno as M . E . G . High Priest for the ensuing year . The latter installed sundry of the G . officers , and afterwards announced the following appointments :

Comps . David B . Taylor , No . 183 , G . Captain of the Host , John J . Heisler , No . 91 , G . P . S ., William H . Bnrkhardt , No . 52 , GR . A . Captain , Edward Mathews , No . 91 , G . M . of 3 rd Vail , W . W . Allen , No . 248 , G . M . of 2 nd Vail , Hibbert P . John , No . 169 , G . M . of 1 st Vail , Edward Masson ,

No . 232 , G . Marshal , William T . Reynolds , No . 183 , S . G . M . of C , Robert H . Vaughn , No . 232 , J . G . M . of C , William C . Hamilton , No . 52 , G . Pursuivant , and Harrison G . Clark , No . 91 , G . Tyler , with others too numerous to quote . A memorial notice of the latcP . G . H . P . Comp . John C . Smith ,

who died in October of last year , was then read , giving a full account of the Masonic career of the deceased Companion . From this it appears that Comp . J . Conrad Smith was initiated 10 th June 1825 , crafted 8 th July , and raised 13 th August . It was not till the beginning of the year

1846 that he advanced to tho Royal Arch Degree , being exalted in the Jerusalem Chapter , No . 3 , at an adjourned meeting held 21 st February . After passing through various grades he was elected M . E . G . H . P . in 1856 . A resolution , expressing the sympathies of Grand Chapter

with the widow of their deceased Companion , and their respect for the memory of her deceased husband , was submitted for consideration , and the Grand Chapter then closed in peace . In an Appendix to this abstract is a report of the Committee on correspondence , which gives a

summary of the proceedings of various Grand Chapters , some for 1873 , some for 1874 , and in the case of the Grand Mark Lodge of England for the years 1872 , 1873 , 1874 . For the particulars of these proceedings , and the comments of the Committee on every point which seemed to require comment , we beg to refer them to the Appendix itself .

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