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Connecticut . —At the last communication of this G . L . ( its sixty-fifth ) , David Clark , the M . W . G . M . announced that Bro . H . Deming was appointed to prepare a Masonic history of that State . He congratulated the Brethren on the perfect harmony existing among them , as the committee of grievances had , during the past year , no business brought before them . The Subordinate Lodges are forbidden to confer any of the degrees on more than one candidate at the same time .
Illinois . —The only matter of general interest in the G . L . of this Province , the M . W . Bro . Aines , G . M ., was this resolution : That Freemasonry is a platform on which the Hebrew and Christian , and all who believe and put their trust in Almighty God , the Creator and Supreme "Ruler of Heaven and Earth , can and should meet in warm-hearted and undisturbed fellowship : therefore it is further resolved , that nothing shall be introduced in any ceremony or ritual of the Order which shall in anywise conflict with the broad , beautiful , and universal equality of this basis . " -
Louisiana . —The G . L . of Louisiana concluded its labours on Monday , the 19 th , after a session of eight days . The session was an interesting , harmonious , and useful one . The reports of the G . M . and Sec , and the returns from the Subordinate Lodges , show the Craft in Louisiana to be in a mb ^^ rosperous ^ cohdition . Among the visitors at the G . Communication , were the G . M . of Mississippi , and Bro . Albert Pike , the distinguished Chairmau of the Committee of Foreign Correspondence of Arkansas . Hereafter Arkansas and Louisiana are to berepre sented near the G . L . of each other , by a commissioned representative .
Mississippi . —In a report to this Grand Lodge , by Bro . W . P . Mellen , G . Sec , we are gratified to find " that each year , successively , shows with an increased knowledge there is a better appreciation of the principles and merits of Freemasonry ; the statesman , the philosopher , and the divine , join hands in our Lodges . " It is recommended that a twelve months' residence should be required before initiation , excepting distinguished gentlemen of known character .
Turkey.
TURKEY .
Although Freemasonry has , for more than thirty years , been generally supposed to exist among the Mahommedans , and traces of it were found in Turkey by the Russian officers after the campaign of 1829 , yet they were too slight to prove the fact ; and it is only within the last few years that it was satisfactorily demonstrated by a German Freemason chancing to pass through Belgrade , where he discovered a Masonic Lodge , to which he was invited , and where he received a hospitable reception . It appears now to be proved , beyond all doubt , that the Turkish Brothers who exercise their Masonic duties , under the name of Dervishes ,
are , to all intents and purposes , the same as our own order of Freemasons , with but very little difference in their customs and ceremonies , and of making use of exactly the same signs , words , and grips to recognise each other . The Turkish Freemasons appear to be in a more elevated state of civilization than is usual amongst the Orientals generally ; their views of religion are far higher than those imposed by Islamism ; they reject polygamy , contenting themselves with one single wife , and at the Masonic banquets the women appear unveiled—a striking proof of the mutual confidence the Masonic Brethren repose in each other . The
Belgrade Lodge , called Alikotsch , is composed of about seventy members . The Master of the Lodge , whose name is Djani Ismael Zsholak Mohammed Saede , is , at the same time , Grand Master of all the Lodges in European Turkey , and is directly connected with all those of the whole Ottoman Empire , Arabia , and Persia , in which latter the Freemasons amount to more than 50 , 000 members . In Constantinople there are no less than nine Lodges , the most numerous and important of which is that called Sirkedshi Teckar . The Turkish Freemasons wear , as a symbol of the brotherhood , besides a small brown shawl embroidered with
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Connecticut . —At the last communication of this G . L . ( its sixty-fifth ) , David Clark , the M . W . G . M . announced that Bro . H . Deming was appointed to prepare a Masonic history of that State . He congratulated the Brethren on the perfect harmony existing among them , as the committee of grievances had , during the past year , no business brought before them . The Subordinate Lodges are forbidden to confer any of the degrees on more than one candidate at the same time .
Illinois . —The only matter of general interest in the G . L . of this Province , the M . W . Bro . Aines , G . M ., was this resolution : That Freemasonry is a platform on which the Hebrew and Christian , and all who believe and put their trust in Almighty God , the Creator and Supreme "Ruler of Heaven and Earth , can and should meet in warm-hearted and undisturbed fellowship : therefore it is further resolved , that nothing shall be introduced in any ceremony or ritual of the Order which shall in anywise conflict with the broad , beautiful , and universal equality of this basis . " -
Louisiana . —The G . L . of Louisiana concluded its labours on Monday , the 19 th , after a session of eight days . The session was an interesting , harmonious , and useful one . The reports of the G . M . and Sec , and the returns from the Subordinate Lodges , show the Craft in Louisiana to be in a mb ^^ rosperous ^ cohdition . Among the visitors at the G . Communication , were the G . M . of Mississippi , and Bro . Albert Pike , the distinguished Chairmau of the Committee of Foreign Correspondence of Arkansas . Hereafter Arkansas and Louisiana are to berepre sented near the G . L . of each other , by a commissioned representative .
Mississippi . —In a report to this Grand Lodge , by Bro . W . P . Mellen , G . Sec , we are gratified to find " that each year , successively , shows with an increased knowledge there is a better appreciation of the principles and merits of Freemasonry ; the statesman , the philosopher , and the divine , join hands in our Lodges . " It is recommended that a twelve months' residence should be required before initiation , excepting distinguished gentlemen of known character .
Turkey.
TURKEY .
Although Freemasonry has , for more than thirty years , been generally supposed to exist among the Mahommedans , and traces of it were found in Turkey by the Russian officers after the campaign of 1829 , yet they were too slight to prove the fact ; and it is only within the last few years that it was satisfactorily demonstrated by a German Freemason chancing to pass through Belgrade , where he discovered a Masonic Lodge , to which he was invited , and where he received a hospitable reception . It appears now to be proved , beyond all doubt , that the Turkish Brothers who exercise their Masonic duties , under the name of Dervishes ,
are , to all intents and purposes , the same as our own order of Freemasons , with but very little difference in their customs and ceremonies , and of making use of exactly the same signs , words , and grips to recognise each other . The Turkish Freemasons appear to be in a more elevated state of civilization than is usual amongst the Orientals generally ; their views of religion are far higher than those imposed by Islamism ; they reject polygamy , contenting themselves with one single wife , and at the Masonic banquets the women appear unveiled—a striking proof of the mutual confidence the Masonic Brethren repose in each other . The
Belgrade Lodge , called Alikotsch , is composed of about seventy members . The Master of the Lodge , whose name is Djani Ismael Zsholak Mohammed Saede , is , at the same time , Grand Master of all the Lodges in European Turkey , and is directly connected with all those of the whole Ottoman Empire , Arabia , and Persia , in which latter the Freemasons amount to more than 50 , 000 members . In Constantinople there are no less than nine Lodges , the most numerous and important of which is that called Sirkedshi Teckar . The Turkish Freemasons wear , as a symbol of the brotherhood , besides a small brown shawl embroidered with