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granted to hold the following Lodges : —Malta Lodge , Saratoga , Co . Saratoga ; Bethlehem Lodge , Bethlehem , Co . Albany ; and Albion Lodgo , City of New York . Three other petitions for Warrants were referred to the Grand Officers . Afc a Grand Lodgo of Emergency , on 27 th April , some very irregular proceedings in Union Lodge , Albany , respecting the election of officers the December previous , were

reported to G . L . by the aggrieved brethren who had been elected and installed officers of the Lodge on tho 20 fch December , tho said election being declared void at a meeting held the 26 th of tho month , and a new choice of officers made . Thereupon Grand Lodgo unanimously ruled that the election of the 20 th December previous was constitutional and regular , while that of the 2 Gbh was illegal ,

nnconstitutional , and void . Accordingly , the officers regularly elected and installed should resume the execution of their duties . This is the last minute of any importance , the last record in this Part VI ., under date 30 th May 1804 , relating to Grand Stewards Lodge , and minuting thafc as " no brethren attended excepting the Deputy Grand Master

and Grand Treasurer , " who did not by themselves constitute a quorum , " no business was transacted . " However , the W . M . of St . Andrews Lodgo attended before the above brethren had departed , and paid over to the G . Treasurer dues to the amount of twenty-one dollars . Hero endefch the sixth portion of this strange , eventful history ,

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NOTES OF AMERICAN TRAVEL .

DR . A . M . Robertson , of St . John ' s 3 bis , lately delivered a lecture to his Lodgo , detailing some of the incidents ho encountered , and describing the scenes ho visited during a tour through the greater part of the United States . He has published those Notes , and they prove that with keen observation he combines a ready pen . The delivery of such lectures in a Lodge prove the

advance thafc the Craft is making , as it is much better for the brethren , after the regular work is over , to listen to discourses that tend to enlarge the mind and improve tho understanding , rather than to devote them—as our adversaries sometimes accuse us of doing—to the pleasures of the bottle , or " tho singing of trashy

songs . " Not that such things often occur , but the outside world think they do , and the publication of a few descriptive passages from Dr . Robertson ' s pages , as delivered by him , may help to disabuse tho mind of those who take up current Masonic literature for the purpose of trying to find fault with our ceremonies , while we are at labour , or our mode of passing the time when at refreshment .

THE MAMMOUTH CAVE , KENTUCKY . After describing tho nine miles ride , over a route which h ^ says is only by courtesy called a road , ho arrives at tho Cavo , and the guide lights tho lamp , which tho strong current of air mako it difficult to carry . " The atmosphere insido is wonderfully pure and

invigorating , so as to do away with tho lingering effects of the rocky ride . Several years ago tho value of the place , as a residence for consumptives , was tested , but tho want of natural light proved fatal , and the experiment has never been repeated . Tho main cavo extends for six miles , being in some parts . 100 feet high and 300 wide ;

one of the avenues leading from it is called tho Rotunda , it has had its vicissitudes . The ground here is saturated with nitro . Many yeare ago a saltpetre manufactorywas established here , of which tho ruins still strew the floor . Here , too , fifteen years ago , cottages wore built for consumptive patients , and they still remain uninjured , either

by the lapse of time or tho ravages of decay . A little further on , a smaller hall was pointed out as tho Methodist Church ; devotional services were really carried on for some time ; the pulpit was a ledge of rock 25 feet high , and tho logs for seating the congregation still retain their old positions . The roof and walls are

varied ; in some places as flat and level as art could mako them , in others beautifully vaulted and arched ; some aro pure white in colour , and others perfectly black ; iu some cases black and white appear side by side , forming fancied resemblances to beasts , birds and men ;

but the most beautiful effects are produced by the exuding from tho roof , of liquid , impregnated with various salts and lime . Theso form crystals , sometimes as corrugated pillars , rocks and alabaster flowers , and are termed stalactites , sometimes they rise from tho floor and proceed upwards , these are termed stalagmites . "

" Tho Star Chamber has a ceiling composed of black gypsum , studded with innumerable white spots . Tho guido takes away all the lamps , and , descending behiad a rock , leaves all in absolute darkness . Ho then , from his concealed position , throws the light on the vaulted roof . For a moment every one imagines that ho is gazing

up into the heavens , and that he sees innumerable stars shining on him through tho darkness . Tho guide then passes something over tho lamp , and a heavy cloud is seen slowly crossing the sky , thus completing tho illusion , and making one imagine that a storm is

approaching . He then proceeds further away , through a subterranean passage , to a lower cavern . In a minuto he reappears , a groat distance off , and slowly approaches , raising the light as lie advances , and the visitor stands watching tho dawn of a now day , and tho rising of tho sun . "

"Proctor ' s Arcade , named in honour of tho proprietor , is tho most magnificent natural tunnel in tho world . It is 100 foot wide , 45 feet high , and nearly a milo in length ; the ceiling ia perfectly smooth , the walls aro vertical , and present the appearance of having been chiselled out of tho solid rock . AVhen lighted up with a

Bengal light , ifc is magnificent boyoud description . At Wright ' s Rotunda , another light shows forth that chamber in all its grand proportions . It has a ceiling of 400 feet span , without a single pillar to support it ; from this point seven avenues branch off . Wo must nofc follow the doctor through , all tho iutricacics of this

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stupendous piece of Nature's handiwork , but must content ourselves with quoting two more short passages : — " No place , no castle , ancient or modern , can rival in beauty or in grandeur these halls and corridors of the Mammoth . Thoro is a never ending variety ; on ono side wo havo lofty domes , on the other bottomless pits . Now wc come upon tho murmuring brooks and

leaping cascades , and to ' roaring rivers . ' Tho most magnificent domo is 250 feet , and is viewed from a terrace 40 feet from its base , at tho loft of it are five large Corinthian columns , cut out of tho solid rock . Tho awful sublimity of tho scene when strongly illuminated , exceeds any thing ever pictured by a mind frenzied by opium or hasheesh . Many o [ tho chambers havo stories attached to thorn , ono has oven

a romance : —Iu Gothic Chapel thoro was once married a young lady . She had a true lover , but inexorable parents , who bound her by a solemn oath never to marry him , on tho faco of the earth . Tho young lady fulfilled tho letter of her vow , for she descended into tho earth , —and here , in Gothic chapel , married tho man of her choice . No description—even tho most detailed and minnfco—can impart ;

the feeblest conception of tho immensity , tho grandeur , tho awful sublimity that is rovealed at every step . Ono hundred and fifty avenues havo been explored , estimated to extend to above 100 miles . Yet wo aro told there are hundreds of other avenuos that have never been entered . The shortest route that visitors aro taken , occupies five hours in travelling—tho longer one twelve hours . Tho impression produced on the mind by such a marvellous work of Nature ' s

roaring will' never be effaced while life lasts . One comes away with a more humiliating feeling of his own feebleness and sraallness , and with a more profound sense of tho wondrous nature of the power by which he is surrounded . But another feeling mingles with this , and takes from it its sting : 'Man is not the servant but the inter , preter of nature , ' and is raised by virtue of his worth and intellect above the blind forces that work around him . "

Segontium Lodge, No. 600, Carnarvon.

SEGONTIUM LODGE , No . 600 , CARNARVON .

Much interest was excited on Thursday , 14 th inst ., by tho attend * ance of tho Freemasons in full costume afc the funoral of the late Bro . Thomas Williams , foreman in tho shop of Mr . Lewis LewiSj draper , Bridge . street , Carnarvon . He diod suddenly , after a very brief illness , and being highly esteemed by the brethren of tho Segontium Lodge , in which ho was a junior Officer , a large number

of tho fraternity assembled to pay him tho last mark of respect in their power . The Lodgo having been duly opened in the Castle , the brethren marched two-and-two to Bridge-street , tho van being led by two officers with drawn swords , whilo tho roar was brought up by four Past Masters bearing the Holy Bible on a cushion , with tho WM in close attendance behind . In this order thoy headed the long

procession through tho town to tho cemetery at Llaullyfni , whero tho W . M ., standing at the head of tho grave as chief mourner , was pormitted , by the kind courtesy of tho authorities , to rocito tho special Masonic office customarily used at tho interment ; of a deceased brother . Tho ceremony being concluded , tho brethren returned in tho samo order , when tho Lodgo was closed in duo form .

NOTHING TO DRINK . —It may be said of many persons that it is almost literally tho case thoy have nothing to drink , or nothing thafc thoy can drink with a regard to either their constitutions , safety , tastes or pockets . Certain persons havo their choice of beverages limited by order ; this person dare nofc drink beer ; thafc cannot take sherry or port ; another touches claret or hock , champagne or

Moselle at a perilous risk to health ; cider or perry must be eschewed by many , aud water in several localities is strictly tabooed ; but thoro are many people who may havo all theso beverages , and a thousand others into the bargain , if only thoy can afford to buy thoni —and so on ad infinitum . Wo have said enough to show that , at all events , afc tho dinner tabic this cry of "Nothing to drink" is by no

means uncommon , and experience teaches us that tho classes uttering it with most reason are persons with delicate constitutions . It is , however , a remarkable fact thafc , ever since tho existence of " Mcrrie England , " we havo had , growing in luxuriant abundance at ; our very feet , what , if carefully selected and judiciously and properly used ( instead of being misused , as is generally tho case ) , would be a remedy for this state of things . In the midlands , —

" Whon tho breath of English moadows Is fragrant on tho breeze , " there abounds an almost , inexhaustible supply of cowslips , and from those , it is now an established fact , can bo produced a light , delicate , wholesome and slightly sparkling wine , especially adapted and highly recommended for tho above-mentioned classes . Particnlarly

in Leicestershire do cowslips abound and attain tho necessary degreo of perfection for tho production of wino , aud wo aro glad to boar testimony to tho fact thafc Messrs . Mott and Co ., of Leicester , after much study aud sciontific application , aro enabled to offer to the public , at tho moderate price of IGa a dozen , wino which far exceeds , iu excellence and medicinal properties , tho cowslip wino generally made .

IIOT . LOW . VS ' S Pir . LS . —It is indisputable that the dark and dreary days of winter depress tho mind and disorder tlio body , tlio most certain incentives oE sickness , which will as-ail tiin . se who disre . cnrd , at such times , tha nll-prodominative necessity of purifying , lcmhling and strengthening tho various organs of tho bodv , whose functions are deranged . Hollowav ' s remedies

present tho-most safe and effectual means of attaining these ends . They cleanse the blood from nny taint , the body from every noxious matter , and exort such r --fneral good effect on the system , that indigestion , biliousness , head-ache , h nuess of sight , loss of appetite , debility and nervousness disappear under the influences . These pills may be relied upou by both sexea , under all climates aud mcuuist . auc . es .,