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casions by Bro . Bob . Morris . These incidents are gi ven to show that the American Craft are not unmindful of their dead or negligent of their living . The completion of the series of Masonic literature several years in course of publication , styled " The Universal Masonic Library , " has led to a movement on
the part of the Graud Lodge of Alabama , unprecedented perhaps in the history of Masonry . That illustrious body , at its December session , 1857 ,, ordered at its own expense , a set of this Library to be forwarded to each Lodge ^ upon its register ( 227 ) , an act which involves the outlay of 9 , 000 dols . and upwards , and leads at once to the distribution of nearly 7 , 000 octavo volumes of the works of our best writers ! Surely the Masons of America are beginning well .
Your distinguished writer and antiquary , Dr . George Oliver has been remembered among us , by appropriating his name to a Lodge . Oliver Lodge is at Alexandria , a neat little town in the state of Louisiana . I visited that place a year since , and should judge that our veteran Brother will not be discredited in this use of his name . It was the purchase of a copy of his 'fiisipricai / Iiandi 4 ark ' s , "
by a Brother of that place , which suggested to them this nomenclature . ( By the way , T promise you an article some day on the nomenclature of American Lodges . ) The friendly truce existing at this time between freemasonry and the Church may be seen in the recent presentation of an elegant pulpit Bible to one of the prominent churches in Montgomery , state of Alabama , by -Andrew Jackson , Lodge No . 173 , of which one of our best Masons , E . M . Hastings , Esq ^ , is Master .
In January last the Masonic Hall at Tuskegee , State of Alabama , with all the records , jewels , and regalia of the Craft , was destroyed by fire , involving a loss of 3 , 500 dols . In December last , the Masonic Fraternity in New York assisted at the civic
and military testimonial in honour of General Worth . His remains , in an elegant coffin , marked with Masonic symbols , were removed from . Greenwood Cemetery , where they had reposed for several years , to a monument erecting to him [ in one of the public squares of New York . The scene was one of striking interest in every point of view , and the Masonic portion of it not the least in importance .
REGISTER OF MASONIC BODIES . South Carolina Grand Lodge . Elected Dec . 1857 . Henry Buist , G . M . Benj . Johnson , G . Chaplain B . Bush Campbell , D . G . M . John H . Honour , G . Treas . A . Eamsay , S . G . W . A . G . Mackey , G . Sec . H . W . Schroder , J . G . W .
Alabama Grand Lodge . Elected Dec . 1857 . J . M . McCaleb Wiley , G . M . James A . Whittaker , J . G . W R . II . Ervin , D . G . M . Thomas Welsh , G . Treas . S . V . Hale , S . G . W . Daniel Sayre , G . Sec .
Alabama Grand Royal Arch Chapter . Elected Dec . 1857 . David Clapton , G . H . P . R . D . Huckahee , G . S . S . A . M . Wood , D . G . H . P . E . M . Hastings , G . Treas H . P . Watson , G . K . Daniel Sayre , G . Sec .
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Tidings Prom The Ceaft In The Tjnited St...
casions by Bro . Bob . Morris . These incidents are gi ven to show that the American Craft are not unmindful of their dead or negligent of their living . The completion of the series of Masonic literature several years in course of publication , styled " The Universal Masonic Library , " has led to a movement on
the part of the Graud Lodge of Alabama , unprecedented perhaps in the history of Masonry . That illustrious body , at its December session , 1857 ,, ordered at its own expense , a set of this Library to be forwarded to each Lodge ^ upon its register ( 227 ) , an act which involves the outlay of 9 , 000 dols . and upwards , and leads at once to the distribution of nearly 7 , 000 octavo volumes of the works of our best writers ! Surely the Masons of America are beginning well .
Your distinguished writer and antiquary , Dr . George Oliver has been remembered among us , by appropriating his name to a Lodge . Oliver Lodge is at Alexandria , a neat little town in the state of Louisiana . I visited that place a year since , and should judge that our veteran Brother will not be discredited in this use of his name . It was the purchase of a copy of his 'fiisipricai / Iiandi 4 ark ' s , "
by a Brother of that place , which suggested to them this nomenclature . ( By the way , T promise you an article some day on the nomenclature of American Lodges . ) The friendly truce existing at this time between freemasonry and the Church may be seen in the recent presentation of an elegant pulpit Bible to one of the prominent churches in Montgomery , state of Alabama , by -Andrew Jackson , Lodge No . 173 , of which one of our best Masons , E . M . Hastings , Esq ^ , is Master .
In January last the Masonic Hall at Tuskegee , State of Alabama , with all the records , jewels , and regalia of the Craft , was destroyed by fire , involving a loss of 3 , 500 dols . In December last , the Masonic Fraternity in New York assisted at the civic
and military testimonial in honour of General Worth . His remains , in an elegant coffin , marked with Masonic symbols , were removed from . Greenwood Cemetery , where they had reposed for several years , to a monument erecting to him [ in one of the public squares of New York . The scene was one of striking interest in every point of view , and the Masonic portion of it not the least in importance .
REGISTER OF MASONIC BODIES . South Carolina Grand Lodge . Elected Dec . 1857 . Henry Buist , G . M . Benj . Johnson , G . Chaplain B . Bush Campbell , D . G . M . John H . Honour , G . Treas . A . Eamsay , S . G . W . A . G . Mackey , G . Sec . H . W . Schroder , J . G . W .
Alabama Grand Lodge . Elected Dec . 1857 . J . M . McCaleb Wiley , G . M . James A . Whittaker , J . G . W R . II . Ervin , D . G . M . Thomas Welsh , G . Treas . S . V . Hale , S . G . W . Daniel Sayre , G . Sec .
Alabama Grand Royal Arch Chapter . Elected Dec . 1857 . David Clapton , G . H . P . R . D . Huckahee , G . S . S . A . M . Wood , D . G . H . P . E . M . Hastings , G . Treas H . P . Watson , G . K . Daniel Sayre , G . Sec .