-
Articles/Ads
Article COEEESPONBEiOE. ← Page 2 of 5 →
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Coeeesponbeioe.
regalia man . Bro . John W . Simmons , an able writer , has , I believe , the editorial management of it . It is only 2 s . a year , and is more than a quid pro quo for the money ; . ' ;; ¦ ¦ North Carolina . —There are about 160 Lodges under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge , and about 4 , 500 Masons . B . W . Bro . Wm . T . Bain , of Baleigh , is the Grand Secretary .
Ohio . — Bro . John I ) . Caldwell , of Cincinnati , is Grand Secretary . There are about 300 Lodg-es , and 10 , 000 Masons in this state , all in a nourishing condition . One of tbe best Masonic magazines in the country is published here ( Cincinnati ) , by that sterling , well-tried , true , and trusty Brother , Cornelius Moore . I believe Bro . Moore ' s JfemewJcms the largest circulation of all the Masonic magazines in the country . Indeed , it is my opinion that it circulates nearly as many as all the other monthlies put together : and well does it merit the support it receives .
Oregon . —L \ ke Minnesota , this country is yet but a " terri ' tory ^ 'Via . ridv' like every thing else , Masonry is young there . B . W . Benjamin Stark , of Portland , is the Grand Secretary , and few of the older states can boast of a more efficient and intelligent officer than Bro . Stark . There are about twelve Lodges , and 250 Masons in the territory . Pennsylvania . —Benjamin Franklin , the philosopher , was at one time Grand Master of this Grand Lodge . He published , as early as 1734 , a reprint of Dr . Anderson ' s Book of the Constitutions , " for the use of the Brethren of
Pennsylvania . " This fact is not generally known , but I have seen a copy of the work myself : it was purchased in Gowan ' s second-hand book-shop , in Fulton-street , New York , by a gentleman not a Mason , who valued it on account of Pranklin ' s imprint . He paid two guineas for it . The Grand Lodge of this state does not publish its proceedings , so it is very difficult for outside barbarians" to know anything of the Craft here . The Grand Lodge meets in Philadelphia , and may
be justly entitled the Grand Lodge of the City of Philadelphia , for very little is either known of it , or clone in it by the country Lodges in the state . There is a weekly Masonic newspaper published here , entitled the Mirror and Keystone . It is well conducted by Brother Leon Hyneman , of Philadelphia , and able correspondents . Its price is 8 s . id . a year . It has a circulation of about 6 , 000 or 7 , 000 .
Rhode Island . —B . W . W . C . Baker , of Providence , Grand Secretary . The Grand Lodge meets in Providence in September . South Carolina . —B . W . Bro . Albert G . Mackey , M . D ., of Charleston , is the Grand Secretary of this Grand Lodge , and M . W . Alfred Price , Grand Master . As Egypt was the cradle of the sciences and learning of tbe ancients , so has South Carolina been the cradle of Masonic learning in this country from the days
of Dalcho to Mackey . Dr . Mackey is regarded in this country as the most learned and soundest writer that has ever written on Freemasonry . His Lexicon of Freemasonry'is an Encyclopaedia in itself ; and his Principles of Masonic Law is found in the library of every Mason in the country . It is regarded as the standard of Masonic law and usage throughout the Union , and well does it merit that position . His Ohiman llezon is the text-book of South Carolina ; while ,
as Dr . Oliver says , his Mystic Tie " should be in the hands of every Mason , But his facile princeps was his Miscellany , and its discontinuance for want of support was a sad blow to Freemasonry in this country . There are 100 Lodges , and about 5 , 000 Masons , in this state . Tennessee . — M . W . Bro . Charles A . Puller , of Nashville , is the Grand Secretary of this Grand Lodge . There are 200 Lodges , and about 8 , 000 Masons , under its jurisdiction . In 1824 , Bro . Wilkins Tannihill , a Grand
Master of this Grand Lodge , published a Masonic Manual , or Freemasonry Illustrated . It was . a large 8 vo . of 400 pages . Dr . Oliver quotes it in some of his works . A . second edition of it was issued by the sanction and recommendation of this Grand Lodge in 1840 . In 1848 , Bro . Tannihill commenced the publication of a monthly magazine , a demy quarto , and continued it for three years ; when his valedictory appeared in these words : — " With mucb regret I announce to the readers and subscribers of the Portfolio , that my sight has become so much impaired by the disease called Amaurosis , that I am compelled to discontinue its
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Coeeesponbeioe.
regalia man . Bro . John W . Simmons , an able writer , has , I believe , the editorial management of it . It is only 2 s . a year , and is more than a quid pro quo for the money ; . ' ;; ¦ ¦ North Carolina . —There are about 160 Lodges under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge , and about 4 , 500 Masons . B . W . Bro . Wm . T . Bain , of Baleigh , is the Grand Secretary .
Ohio . — Bro . John I ) . Caldwell , of Cincinnati , is Grand Secretary . There are about 300 Lodg-es , and 10 , 000 Masons in this state , all in a nourishing condition . One of tbe best Masonic magazines in the country is published here ( Cincinnati ) , by that sterling , well-tried , true , and trusty Brother , Cornelius Moore . I believe Bro . Moore ' s JfemewJcms the largest circulation of all the Masonic magazines in the country . Indeed , it is my opinion that it circulates nearly as many as all the other monthlies put together : and well does it merit the support it receives .
Oregon . —L \ ke Minnesota , this country is yet but a " terri ' tory ^ 'Via . ridv' like every thing else , Masonry is young there . B . W . Benjamin Stark , of Portland , is the Grand Secretary , and few of the older states can boast of a more efficient and intelligent officer than Bro . Stark . There are about twelve Lodges , and 250 Masons in the territory . Pennsylvania . —Benjamin Franklin , the philosopher , was at one time Grand Master of this Grand Lodge . He published , as early as 1734 , a reprint of Dr . Anderson ' s Book of the Constitutions , " for the use of the Brethren of
Pennsylvania . " This fact is not generally known , but I have seen a copy of the work myself : it was purchased in Gowan ' s second-hand book-shop , in Fulton-street , New York , by a gentleman not a Mason , who valued it on account of Pranklin ' s imprint . He paid two guineas for it . The Grand Lodge of this state does not publish its proceedings , so it is very difficult for outside barbarians" to know anything of the Craft here . The Grand Lodge meets in Philadelphia , and may
be justly entitled the Grand Lodge of the City of Philadelphia , for very little is either known of it , or clone in it by the country Lodges in the state . There is a weekly Masonic newspaper published here , entitled the Mirror and Keystone . It is well conducted by Brother Leon Hyneman , of Philadelphia , and able correspondents . Its price is 8 s . id . a year . It has a circulation of about 6 , 000 or 7 , 000 .
Rhode Island . —B . W . W . C . Baker , of Providence , Grand Secretary . The Grand Lodge meets in Providence in September . South Carolina . —B . W . Bro . Albert G . Mackey , M . D ., of Charleston , is the Grand Secretary of this Grand Lodge , and M . W . Alfred Price , Grand Master . As Egypt was the cradle of the sciences and learning of tbe ancients , so has South Carolina been the cradle of Masonic learning in this country from the days
of Dalcho to Mackey . Dr . Mackey is regarded in this country as the most learned and soundest writer that has ever written on Freemasonry . His Lexicon of Freemasonry'is an Encyclopaedia in itself ; and his Principles of Masonic Law is found in the library of every Mason in the country . It is regarded as the standard of Masonic law and usage throughout the Union , and well does it merit that position . His Ohiman llezon is the text-book of South Carolina ; while ,
as Dr . Oliver says , his Mystic Tie " should be in the hands of every Mason , But his facile princeps was his Miscellany , and its discontinuance for want of support was a sad blow to Freemasonry in this country . There are 100 Lodges , and about 5 , 000 Masons , in this state . Tennessee . — M . W . Bro . Charles A . Puller , of Nashville , is the Grand Secretary of this Grand Lodge . There are 200 Lodges , and about 8 , 000 Masons , under its jurisdiction . In 1824 , Bro . Wilkins Tannihill , a Grand
Master of this Grand Lodge , published a Masonic Manual , or Freemasonry Illustrated . It was . a large 8 vo . of 400 pages . Dr . Oliver quotes it in some of his works . A . second edition of it was issued by the sanction and recommendation of this Grand Lodge in 1840 . In 1848 , Bro . Tannihill commenced the publication of a monthly magazine , a demy quarto , and continued it for three years ; when his valedictory appeared in these words : — " With mucb regret I announce to the readers and subscribers of the Portfolio , that my sight has become so much impaired by the disease called Amaurosis , that I am compelled to discontinue its