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work will be an 8 vo . of about 800 pages . Clinton Lodge , No . 3 , at Abbeville ^ C . H . North Carolina has given its own history to ^ ^ world in a pamphlet of eight pages . Orleans Royal Arch Chapter , No . 1 , at New Orleans , Lousiana , through a most intelligent Companion , John Q ,. A . Fellows , has done the same in a pamphlet of twenty-three pages .
The spirit of secession among the constituents of the national governing bodies , to which I alluded in my communicatioh under date October 28 , 1857 , has met with at least a temporary check in Ohio , The Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of the United States , who resides at Columbus , Ohio , announced his intention to issue dispensations for the establishment of new bodies of Knights Templar in that state , in case the Grand Commandery of Ohio did not recede fromMts position of independence . Whereupon the (^ andComm called a special
session , December 9 , 1857 y at Columbus , at which the former resolutions were rescinded , and the Grand Commandery returned to its allegiance . A committee was th & n appointed to wait upon the Grand Mas and invite his presence . During his visithe delivered an address upon t ^ history of tlie Order , and displayed the relationship of all Knights Templar to a general head in terms forcible and conclusive . A copy of this effort has been forwarded to you , * and it is hoped it will find a place in ^ y ^ columns , being a resumZ of the American views upon a theme of great Masonic interest .
The death of Bro . Anson Jones , a distinguished statesman of Texas , and first Grand Master of that jurisdiction , is announced . It occurred January , 1858 . The inauguration of Crawford ' s equestrian statue in bronze of George Washington , at Richmond , Virginia , occurred February 22 , 1858 , and was the occasion of a Masonic reunion of no ordinary interest . Your correspondent was present as the representative of his own Grand Lodge . Among the distinguished visitors , Freemasons , maybe named Hon . B . B .
French , of Washington , Director of Ceremonies , whose investigations into the Masonic history of George Washington' have been of much value ; T . Y , Henry , Grand Master , of " Florida , himself a grandson of the eloquent Patrick Henry , of revolutionary fame ; and others . In the procession appeared Fredericksburgh Lodge , No . 4 ( the Lodge in which George Washington was made ) , its Chaplain bearing the Bible on which he was covenanted , its Secretary bearing the original Record-book in which his name was first recorded . The address of dedication was delivered by Robert G . Scott ,
Past Grand * Master , whose hands nine years since laid the corner stone ot this monument , and whose hands the Lord had decreed should thus put up the copestone . It was an effort worthy the occasion . The procession was escorted by a band of 120 Knights Templar in full array , with sword , spear , pennon , and other paraphernalia of the Order ; these were followed by a large number of the same class of Masons on foot , and these by the
other Orders . General Scott , Lieutenant-General of the United States , conducted the military divisions of the pageant , which were very fulland dignitaries of every service were abundantly displayed . The whole scene was a noble denial of the oft-quoted charge that " republics are ungrateful . "
Your correspondent has prudently refrained from saying much in relation to the unfortunate state of things in the Masonic world of Canada —not but that his mind is made up upon the subject . A visit to that country in May last , for the purpose of investigating the merits of the question , was decisive that the Grand Lodge of Canada ( of which W . M \ * The Address will be published in a future number , — Ed . F . M *
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Tidings From The Craft In The United Sta...
work will be an 8 vo . of about 800 pages . Clinton Lodge , No . 3 , at Abbeville ^ C . H . North Carolina has given its own history to ^ ^ world in a pamphlet of eight pages . Orleans Royal Arch Chapter , No . 1 , at New Orleans , Lousiana , through a most intelligent Companion , John Q ,. A . Fellows , has done the same in a pamphlet of twenty-three pages .
The spirit of secession among the constituents of the national governing bodies , to which I alluded in my communicatioh under date October 28 , 1857 , has met with at least a temporary check in Ohio , The Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of the United States , who resides at Columbus , Ohio , announced his intention to issue dispensations for the establishment of new bodies of Knights Templar in that state , in case the Grand Commandery of Ohio did not recede fromMts position of independence . Whereupon the (^ andComm called a special
session , December 9 , 1857 y at Columbus , at which the former resolutions were rescinded , and the Grand Commandery returned to its allegiance . A committee was th & n appointed to wait upon the Grand Mas and invite his presence . During his visithe delivered an address upon t ^ history of tlie Order , and displayed the relationship of all Knights Templar to a general head in terms forcible and conclusive . A copy of this effort has been forwarded to you , * and it is hoped it will find a place in ^ y ^ columns , being a resumZ of the American views upon a theme of great Masonic interest .
The death of Bro . Anson Jones , a distinguished statesman of Texas , and first Grand Master of that jurisdiction , is announced . It occurred January , 1858 . The inauguration of Crawford ' s equestrian statue in bronze of George Washington , at Richmond , Virginia , occurred February 22 , 1858 , and was the occasion of a Masonic reunion of no ordinary interest . Your correspondent was present as the representative of his own Grand Lodge . Among the distinguished visitors , Freemasons , maybe named Hon . B . B .
French , of Washington , Director of Ceremonies , whose investigations into the Masonic history of George Washington' have been of much value ; T . Y , Henry , Grand Master , of " Florida , himself a grandson of the eloquent Patrick Henry , of revolutionary fame ; and others . In the procession appeared Fredericksburgh Lodge , No . 4 ( the Lodge in which George Washington was made ) , its Chaplain bearing the Bible on which he was covenanted , its Secretary bearing the original Record-book in which his name was first recorded . The address of dedication was delivered by Robert G . Scott ,
Past Grand * Master , whose hands nine years since laid the corner stone ot this monument , and whose hands the Lord had decreed should thus put up the copestone . It was an effort worthy the occasion . The procession was escorted by a band of 120 Knights Templar in full array , with sword , spear , pennon , and other paraphernalia of the Order ; these were followed by a large number of the same class of Masons on foot , and these by the
other Orders . General Scott , Lieutenant-General of the United States , conducted the military divisions of the pageant , which were very fulland dignitaries of every service were abundantly displayed . The whole scene was a noble denial of the oft-quoted charge that " republics are ungrateful . "
Your correspondent has prudently refrained from saying much in relation to the unfortunate state of things in the Masonic world of Canada —not but that his mind is made up upon the subject . A visit to that country in May last , for the purpose of investigating the merits of the question , was decisive that the Grand Lodge of Canada ( of which W . M \ * The Address will be published in a future number , — Ed . F . M *