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Tidings From The Craft In The United States.
TIDINGS FROM THE CRAFT IN THE UNITED STATES ,
Prepared for the i ^ eemaso ^ Kentucky . ] . . - Louisville Kentucky , August 25 , 1858 . We have but little this calorific weather to interest the Craft . Bro . E . R . Ives , of Alligator , Florida , dias recently collected some valuable facts relative to the early establishment of Freemasonry in San Augustine , Florida , which he will communicate to the Masonic public soon . The death of Wilkihs JannehiU , author , editor , and Past Grand Master , at Nashville , Tennessee June 2 nd , 1858 , has called forth a fitting his surviving comrades in that state . He was noted for ah amiable and childlike spirit and great devotion to Masonic matters ; and his circle of admirers was very large . Another of our Masonic veterans , more eminent ,
however , for his lahours in the church than the Lodge , the Rev . Benj . T . Crouch , o f Saltillo , Kentucky , died recently while on his knees in prayer A glorious Bethel to depart from , was it not ? The Masonic fraternity gave his funeral rites marked honours , ro
Dr . Mackey ' s work on Royal Arch Masonry is published . * It will , of course , pass under your critical eye ; all that 1 need say is , that it appears to me to leave nothing wanting in chagitral Masonry . The elegant style of its presentation is a merit we bookmen cordially appreciate . For this it is indebted to the practical skill of E . W . Bro . Macoy , the publisher , whose other publications , u The Book of the Lodge ; " "The Pocket Manual ;" u Master Workman ; " and that chef-d ' oeuvre of periodicals , u The Masonic Quarterly , " speak his praises in tones equally exalted .
The Signet and Journal , discontinued since last December , will be resumed in October next . It will be published at Atlanta , Georgia , by Bro . C . R . Hanleiter . The Masonic Hall at Mobile , Albany , was destroyed by fire July 25 th ; fully insured . The fraternity at Cincinnati , Ohio , laid the foundation stone of an edifice , July , 1858 , which promises to be the most costly and elegant building , of a purely Masonic character , on this continent . The
commencement of a new periodical at Rusk , Texas , under the title of 7 . he Texas Freemason , claims a notice . It is in newspaper form , monthly , very handsomely printed ; and so far as the three numbers already issued authorize an opinion , will prove a Avorthy defender of the ancient system . The resignation of the venerable and devoted Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin , Bro . William R . Smith , was accomplished through the following letter , which is in part historical : —
" M . W . Grand Master , Wardens , and Brethren , —In tendering to the Grand Lodge , whose servant and fellow-labourer I have been for many years , my desire to be excused from further duty as Grand Secretary , I am fain to express a portion of the affection which has animated our connection , and whose outgoings have been my richest reward . It is well for all zealous and loving Craftsmen to believe , that the wages of Freemasonry are ample and rich , and will infallibly ensue to
* " The Book of the Chapter , or Monitorial Instructions in the Degrees of Mark , Past and Most Excellent Masters , and the Holy Royal Arch . " By Albert G . Mackey , M . D ., Grand High Priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of South Carolina ; author of a " Lexicon of Freemasonry , " and < e Principles of Masonic Law " & c .
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Tidings From The Craft In The United States.
TIDINGS FROM THE CRAFT IN THE UNITED STATES ,
Prepared for the i ^ eemaso ^ Kentucky . ] . . - Louisville Kentucky , August 25 , 1858 . We have but little this calorific weather to interest the Craft . Bro . E . R . Ives , of Alligator , Florida , dias recently collected some valuable facts relative to the early establishment of Freemasonry in San Augustine , Florida , which he will communicate to the Masonic public soon . The death of Wilkihs JannehiU , author , editor , and Past Grand Master , at Nashville , Tennessee June 2 nd , 1858 , has called forth a fitting his surviving comrades in that state . He was noted for ah amiable and childlike spirit and great devotion to Masonic matters ; and his circle of admirers was very large . Another of our Masonic veterans , more eminent ,
however , for his lahours in the church than the Lodge , the Rev . Benj . T . Crouch , o f Saltillo , Kentucky , died recently while on his knees in prayer A glorious Bethel to depart from , was it not ? The Masonic fraternity gave his funeral rites marked honours , ro
Dr . Mackey ' s work on Royal Arch Masonry is published . * It will , of course , pass under your critical eye ; all that 1 need say is , that it appears to me to leave nothing wanting in chagitral Masonry . The elegant style of its presentation is a merit we bookmen cordially appreciate . For this it is indebted to the practical skill of E . W . Bro . Macoy , the publisher , whose other publications , u The Book of the Lodge ; " "The Pocket Manual ;" u Master Workman ; " and that chef-d ' oeuvre of periodicals , u The Masonic Quarterly , " speak his praises in tones equally exalted .
The Signet and Journal , discontinued since last December , will be resumed in October next . It will be published at Atlanta , Georgia , by Bro . C . R . Hanleiter . The Masonic Hall at Mobile , Albany , was destroyed by fire July 25 th ; fully insured . The fraternity at Cincinnati , Ohio , laid the foundation stone of an edifice , July , 1858 , which promises to be the most costly and elegant building , of a purely Masonic character , on this continent . The
commencement of a new periodical at Rusk , Texas , under the title of 7 . he Texas Freemason , claims a notice . It is in newspaper form , monthly , very handsomely printed ; and so far as the three numbers already issued authorize an opinion , will prove a Avorthy defender of the ancient system . The resignation of the venerable and devoted Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin , Bro . William R . Smith , was accomplished through the following letter , which is in part historical : —
" M . W . Grand Master , Wardens , and Brethren , —In tendering to the Grand Lodge , whose servant and fellow-labourer I have been for many years , my desire to be excused from further duty as Grand Secretary , I am fain to express a portion of the affection which has animated our connection , and whose outgoings have been my richest reward . It is well for all zealous and loving Craftsmen to believe , that the wages of Freemasonry are ample and rich , and will infallibly ensue to
* " The Book of the Chapter , or Monitorial Instructions in the Degrees of Mark , Past and Most Excellent Masters , and the Holy Royal Arch . " By Albert G . Mackey , M . D ., Grand High Priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of South Carolina ; author of a " Lexicon of Freemasonry , " and < e Principles of Masonic Law " & c .