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West Indies.
some time after , the festivities of the evening were finally closed iu the same harmony and good fellowship in which they commenced . DEMARARA . — " Humble as is my station , and short as has been my pilgrimage in Masonry , I am happy in having been , under the aid of Providence , instrumental in resuscitating an old Lodge here— ' The Mount Olive '—which hacl been dormant in Demarara for nearly sixteen years . I was introduced to an aged Brother who had been its Tlerancl
y , preserved the warrant , furniture ancl regalia , with the hope that some day the Lodge woulcl he revived . I have not time to detail the measures that were gradually adopted , suffice it , that now the Lodge is in good work , and supported by many zealous Brethren . "—From a Correspondent . If we mistake not , this very Lodge made an excellent return to the Secretariat about the time stated , but receiving no acknowledgment of
money or certificate , it disbanded ; but we congratulate our gallant Brother on its return to effective duty . —En . P . Q . R . BARBADOS . —A new Lodge , or rather an old Lodge , the " Scotia , " No . 206 , in the city of Bridgetown , has been revived by a charter of constitution from the M . AV . Grancl Lodge of Scotland . And not long ago , the " Scotia " Lodge , No . 206 , presented Bro . the PI on . Aniliam Stephenson , Prov . Grantl Master , with a very handsome and valuable
Silver Trowel , bearing the following suitable inscription : — " Presented b y the members of the ' Scotia' Lodge , No . 206 , to the Honourable AVilliam Stephenson , Right AVorshipful Provincial Grand master of Scottish Masonry in the West Inches , as a token of their regard ancl esteem . " The Trowel is tastefull y ornamented with the Scottisli Thistle , and affords a flattering mark of the high respect in which the Provincial Grand Master is held by his Brethren of the '' Scotia " Lodge .
America, (United States).
AMERICA , ( UNITED STATES ) .
The Masonic season has closed some time ; it has been an eminently successful one in all the branches of the Order . Some thousands have been initiated , and the Chapters and Encampments have had their share of work . The Order was never , since its first establishment in this new world , in so healthy and prosperous a condition ; no , not even in the palmy days of AA'ashington , Jefferson , Franklin , De Witt Clinton , and the worthies of olden time .
THE LATE GENERAL JACKSON , EX-PRESIDENT . —This distinguished American patriot , soldier , and Mason , is no more ; he died at his residence , the Hermitage , near New York , where his ashes now repose , on the Sth of June last ; he retained his senses to the last . He died with the utmost calmness . The public had been led to expect this sad event for many weeks . The venerable patriot himself , in the last letter lie ever wrote , said , " I am dying daily . I feel that I can no longer be of service to my country , to my friends , or myself ; and I am ready ancl willing to appear in the presence of my Maker . "
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West Indies.
some time after , the festivities of the evening were finally closed iu the same harmony and good fellowship in which they commenced . DEMARARA . — " Humble as is my station , and short as has been my pilgrimage in Masonry , I am happy in having been , under the aid of Providence , instrumental in resuscitating an old Lodge here— ' The Mount Olive '—which hacl been dormant in Demarara for nearly sixteen years . I was introduced to an aged Brother who had been its Tlerancl
y , preserved the warrant , furniture ancl regalia , with the hope that some day the Lodge woulcl he revived . I have not time to detail the measures that were gradually adopted , suffice it , that now the Lodge is in good work , and supported by many zealous Brethren . "—From a Correspondent . If we mistake not , this very Lodge made an excellent return to the Secretariat about the time stated , but receiving no acknowledgment of
money or certificate , it disbanded ; but we congratulate our gallant Brother on its return to effective duty . —En . P . Q . R . BARBADOS . —A new Lodge , or rather an old Lodge , the " Scotia , " No . 206 , in the city of Bridgetown , has been revived by a charter of constitution from the M . AV . Grancl Lodge of Scotland . And not long ago , the " Scotia " Lodge , No . 206 , presented Bro . the PI on . Aniliam Stephenson , Prov . Grantl Master , with a very handsome and valuable
Silver Trowel , bearing the following suitable inscription : — " Presented b y the members of the ' Scotia' Lodge , No . 206 , to the Honourable AVilliam Stephenson , Right AVorshipful Provincial Grand master of Scottish Masonry in the West Inches , as a token of their regard ancl esteem . " The Trowel is tastefull y ornamented with the Scottisli Thistle , and affords a flattering mark of the high respect in which the Provincial Grand Master is held by his Brethren of the '' Scotia " Lodge .
America, (United States).
AMERICA , ( UNITED STATES ) .
The Masonic season has closed some time ; it has been an eminently successful one in all the branches of the Order . Some thousands have been initiated , and the Chapters and Encampments have had their share of work . The Order was never , since its first establishment in this new world , in so healthy and prosperous a condition ; no , not even in the palmy days of AA'ashington , Jefferson , Franklin , De Witt Clinton , and the worthies of olden time .
THE LATE GENERAL JACKSON , EX-PRESIDENT . —This distinguished American patriot , soldier , and Mason , is no more ; he died at his residence , the Hermitage , near New York , where his ashes now repose , on the Sth of June last ; he retained his senses to the last . He died with the utmost calmness . The public had been led to expect this sad event for many weeks . The venerable patriot himself , in the last letter lie ever wrote , said , " I am dying daily . I feel that I can no longer be of service to my country , to my friends , or myself ; and I am ready ancl willing to appear in the presence of my Maker . "