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America, (United States).
AMERICA , ( UNITED STATES ) .
The fraternity , and especially that of England , is cautioned against an impostor who has various aliases : —in Boston he is William Bird —in New York , Roseberry—in Paris , Rosenberg * He is about 55 years of age , by birth a Prussian . Beware of him . f _ We trust our highly esteemed contemporary , the Editor of the Freemasons' Monthly Magazine , published at Boston , U . S ., will pardon our referring to the article " ForeiMatters" at 232 vol . iii .
gn , p . , , where he observes , in relation to our remarks on " Secrecy , " by Thomas , and on an Address by Bro . Dean , that an American writer rarely elicits a compliment irom any oi the foreign periodicals . AVe can only state , on our own part , that whenever American publications reach us , we consider it to be a bounden duty to examine them with great care , and to notify to our readers the general tenor and character of each work . That our opportunities of doing this are but fewis not our fault . There
, are American agents ( booksellers ) in London , through whom books for review might be transmitted in general parcels . ] Our correspondence from our trans-Atlantic friends is generally of a very pleasing nature . A spirit of emulation in the several Grand Lodges is maturing , and the effects of the " convention" are developing themselves . The question of uniting all the State Grand Lodges under one
governing body is not finally decided , opinion on the subject being divided ; the greatest objection lies in the great distance of the city of AVashington from the other States ; and where else could such a Grand Lodge be held than in the capital ? Some entertain a wish that a septennial Grand Lodge should be held at AVashiugton , to confirm as edicts the proceedings of all the State Grand Lodges . The hope of a delegation to the Grancl Lodges of Europe remains
still a question more of promise than expectation . A Masonic free school has been established at Natchez , in which forty scholars have been admitted . It is well observed by the Editor of the Freemasons' Monthly Magazine ( Boston , U . S . ) , " Exhaust the treasury of the Lodge , ancl it matters not ; there is a treasury which is always free—the benevolent Masonic heart—its discounts are certain , if the drafts be accepted . "
The exclusion of the Jews from the Prussian Lodges has created a great sensation among the Brethren of the United States , who justly view such unmasonic conduct as a violation of our precepts , and a desecration of our Order .
Condensed Extracts from the Freemasons Monthly Magazine for June , July , and August . The report by the Grand Master of Boston is without a parallel . IOWA . —A new Grancl Lodge has been organized in this territory ; tbe Constitution and By-laws are admirable ; among them , ancl particularly so , are the power ofthe Grancl Lodge to constitute new Lodges , to ensure uniformity in work , and a power of visitation to lecture and
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America, (United States).
AMERICA , ( UNITED STATES ) .
The fraternity , and especially that of England , is cautioned against an impostor who has various aliases : —in Boston he is William Bird —in New York , Roseberry—in Paris , Rosenberg * He is about 55 years of age , by birth a Prussian . Beware of him . f _ We trust our highly esteemed contemporary , the Editor of the Freemasons' Monthly Magazine , published at Boston , U . S ., will pardon our referring to the article " ForeiMatters" at 232 vol . iii .
gn , p . , , where he observes , in relation to our remarks on " Secrecy , " by Thomas , and on an Address by Bro . Dean , that an American writer rarely elicits a compliment irom any oi the foreign periodicals . AVe can only state , on our own part , that whenever American publications reach us , we consider it to be a bounden duty to examine them with great care , and to notify to our readers the general tenor and character of each work . That our opportunities of doing this are but fewis not our fault . There
, are American agents ( booksellers ) in London , through whom books for review might be transmitted in general parcels . ] Our correspondence from our trans-Atlantic friends is generally of a very pleasing nature . A spirit of emulation in the several Grand Lodges is maturing , and the effects of the " convention" are developing themselves . The question of uniting all the State Grand Lodges under one
governing body is not finally decided , opinion on the subject being divided ; the greatest objection lies in the great distance of the city of AVashington from the other States ; and where else could such a Grand Lodge be held than in the capital ? Some entertain a wish that a septennial Grand Lodge should be held at AVashiugton , to confirm as edicts the proceedings of all the State Grand Lodges . The hope of a delegation to the Grancl Lodges of Europe remains
still a question more of promise than expectation . A Masonic free school has been established at Natchez , in which forty scholars have been admitted . It is well observed by the Editor of the Freemasons' Monthly Magazine ( Boston , U . S . ) , " Exhaust the treasury of the Lodge , ancl it matters not ; there is a treasury which is always free—the benevolent Masonic heart—its discounts are certain , if the drafts be accepted . "
The exclusion of the Jews from the Prussian Lodges has created a great sensation among the Brethren of the United States , who justly view such unmasonic conduct as a violation of our precepts , and a desecration of our Order .
Condensed Extracts from the Freemasons Monthly Magazine for June , July , and August . The report by the Grand Master of Boston is without a parallel . IOWA . —A new Grancl Lodge has been organized in this territory ; tbe Constitution and By-laws are admirable ; among them , ancl particularly so , are the power ofthe Grancl Lodge to constitute new Lodges , to ensure uniformity in work , and a power of visitation to lecture and