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Chapter of South Carolina , held in Charleston , on the 16 th of February , the following Companions were elected and installed for the ensuing year , viz .: —Mosfc Excellent Companion A . C . Afackey , M . D . , of Charleston , Grand High Priest ; B . Excellent Companion R . E . AVylie , M . D ., of Lancaster , Deputy Grand High Priest ; R . Excellent Companion J . J . Bradham , of Barn well , Grand King ; li . Excellent Companion AV . T . McKewn , of Orangeburg , Grand Scribe ; Rev . Companion B . Johnson , of AbbevilleGrand ChaplainExcellent Companion CFJacksonof

, ; . . , Charleston , Grand Treasurer ; Excellent Companion Ebenczer Thayer , of Charleston , Grand Secretary ; Excellent Companion S . If . Langston , of Anderson , Grand Captain of tho Host ; Excellent Companion E . J . AVacldill , of Chcraw , Grand Royal Arch Captain ; Companion AV . B . Thomas , of Charleston , Grand Sentinel .

AMERICAN ITEMS . From Bro . ROB . AIORRIS ' Voice of Masonry . Soma CAROLINA . — At Beimettsville the brethren have recently finished ancl dedicated a fine new hall . There was a large attendance of the fraternity on the occasion , and many outsiders and ladies , who evinced much interest in the ceremonies . After fche dedication a very able and instructive address was clelii-erecl by Dr . Mackey .

MASSACHUSETTS . —The brethren at Milford are alive in the good cause-Having recently finished a fine new hall , they on Tuesday , January tho 10 th , dedicated it with the usual ceremonies . Many of the Grand officers of the State , including Grand Alaster Lewis , were present . MISSISSIPPI . — -The pretty village of Clinton on the Southern E . R ., ton miles from Jackson , presented a scene of much interest on the 20 th of December last . The occasion was the laying of the corner stone of the Central Female Institute . AV . P . Mellen , G . AI ., delivered a beautiful and appropriate address , ancl the usual ceremonies were had .

INDIANA . —Clark Lodge , No . 40 , located at Jeffersonville , hold a social festival in Pratt ' s Hall , on the evening of the 27 th of December last . Bro . Heaton writes us as follows : — " The company consisted of the members of the Lodge , their ivives , daughters , widows of deceased Masons aucl sojourning brethren . Through the active agency of a competent committee , assisted by some of the ladies , a splendid supper was served up at eight o ' clock , P . M ., of which the company partook , to the satisfaction of all present . After this , regular and volunteer toasts were drunk ( in cold water ) , and happily responded to in apposite speeches by the brethren , "

NEW JERSEY . —The brethren at Newark hai'e lately dedicated their splendid now hall . It has been fitted up at an expense of about $ 2 , 000 , and is in many respects a model hall . The anterooms arc twelve by fifteen feet each , situated in the front of the building . The Avindows aro of stained glass , richly painted ivith emblems of tho Order . The ivood ivork in the rooms is grained . The principal room is entered by circular head doors , and is thirty by forty-eight feet , and fifteen feet high . The interior is painted in encaustic colours , to represent a temple , in the Roman Ionic style , with a colonnade of insulated columns and pilasters behind , supporting the cornice and ceiling .

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BUENOS AYRES . BUENOS A vims . —Excelsior Lodge ( No . 900 ) . —A meeting of emergency of the above Lodge was convened by the Worshipful Alaster on the 23 rd of February , to communicate to the brethren the intelli gence received by last mail from England ofthe death of its first AVorshipful Alaster , Bro . Samuel Hesse , which melancholy event took place at Lii'erpool on the llth of December . The AV . AI ., Bro . Frederick Hughes , presided , and in addressing tho brethren upon the circumstance that had brought

them together , remarked : — " AVe are living now , time is still in our hands , but who knows for IIOAV long ? Not many days have passed since one AA'as taken unexpectedly from among us ( Bro . Alphonso S . Rivolta ) , ancl those of you who met around his grave to drop there the sympathetic tear , must have felt the words uttered by the minister of religion thrill within you with peculiar efficacy when he declared thafc 'in the midst of life AVO are hi death . ' Death is a solemn moment , my brethren , and ier would it be for

happ us , perhaps , if ive often dwelt upon its realities , to prepare for our final summons so as to meet it in the hope of a glorious immortality ; to regard it as the darkened waters leading only to the realms of endless light , is a Mason ' s peculiar duty ; ancl the last words of our departed Bro . Hesse , in this place , point out to us that to a Mason the chain of lovo , woven with his brethren hero on earth is only complete when coextensive ivith an endless life of bliss in the world to come . Our departed Bro . Hesse , iny brethren , though dead yet beheld him enshrouded ivith

speaketh . As a Mason , you over every moral aud social virtue . Of his charity and benevolence to individual ' s and institutions , IIOAV many witnesses coulcl bo found in this city to attest to its readiness , its extent , and its unosteiitation . Of his value as a friend and as a brother wo need not go beyond the boundaries of these Avails to hear ancl learn how willingly , yet faithfully , ho offered fco « ach the kind word of admonition ancl advice , never shrinking from tho just demands of truth , nor yet flinching' from its responsibilities when necessit y required them to be incurred , ever speaking out both as a man and as a Mason , To those ivho kneiv him , the actions of his private and

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public life bore ivituess to the principles which , ruled liim ; for there no inconsistencies assailed you to weaken bis influences or detract from , or lower your estimate of , his moral worth . Finally , my brethren , he forcibly illustrated one of the leading and primary characteristics of a good Mason in his regular attendance at the Lodge . Ho was not of those who say— ' I go ; ancl went not . ' He had attained to the highest and mosfc honourable seat among his brethren which a just and reasonable ambition could desireyet this did not iveaken or decrease his

, attendance to his obligations nor his interest in Masonry . Alike in tho chair aud out of the chair , his place AA'as ahvays filled ivhen duly summoned to appear ; not even his infirmities or decaying health did he allow to plead with him as an excuse for absenting himself from the Loclge ; and now that time with him has ceased , ancl eternity begun , no doubt this will prove a satisfaction since even here he will not be found false to his brethren or his Gocl . Think not , my brethren , that hi thus

speaking of our departed brother I ivish to eulogize dust ancl ashes beyond their just bounds . In the eyes of a lieartsearching God ive shall all , even the best of us , be found wanting ; perfection on earth has never been attained ; the ivisest as Avell as the best of us have erred ; ancl as Masons , we are taught , with regard to our departed brethren , to ' let charity incline us to throw a veil over their foibles , whatever they may have been , ancl not to withold from them that praise ivhich their virtues may have claimed ; ' to 'suffer the apologies of human nature to plead iu their behalf . ' ' Their meritorious actions , ' we are told , it is our duty

to imitate , and from their weaknesses we ought to derive instruction . '' Prayer haviug been offered , Bro . F . H . Dorr , seconded by Bro . AV . C . Thompson , moved the following series of resolutions , ivhich were unanimously carried : —Resolved , That we have received ivith regret and sorrow the sad tidings which have just been related . That in the decease of our worthy and well beloved brother we have lost a most faithful , prompt , and efficient workman , and a true and constant friend . That he was so endeared to us by his generous and unselfish disposition , affable and

brotherly deportment , and by zeal in promoting our prosperity and happiness , wo feel that the void caused by his death caiuiofc easily bo filled . That ive most sincerely sympathize and condole with tho family ancl relations of our departed brother , and assure them that we will ever cherish his many virtues and hold them in our constant remembrance . Thafc a copy of these resolutions be furnished for publication iu tho Freemasons' Magazine of London , aud a fair copy presented to tho familof our deceased brother . " Bro . ThompsonP . AI . seconded by

y , , Bro . L . B . AVilckc , AV . AI . of No . 1092 , moved "That as a testimony of respect to the memory of Bro . Samuel Hesse , first AVorshipful Master of the Excelsior Lodge , No . 900 , aucl of the esteem with which he ivas regarded by the brethren , members thereof : be it resolved— ' That tho Loclge room be hung with mourning , and tho brethren requested to attend , habited with the same , until the 2-lth June next ;'" which was carried unanimously . No other business coming before the Lodge , it was accordingly closed iu due form .

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GERiAfANT , ESSEN . —BM . Ranch promises to supply tlie JBauMille with a succession of articles on Freemasonry , the programme of ivhich appears in that publication . The introduction states as follows ;—The aspiration of Masonry is after general unity , as this is the will of the Grand Alaster . The bond of Freemasonry is tho union of all mankind in one family , the bond of bonds , which must render the principle of love tho more convincingltrueand consequentltend to remove all ill-will and

y , y disputes , with ; i view to perfect one organic aucl spiritual principle for the guidance of mankind . The programme next states that the Masonry of Germany is no organic whole , but a mere conglomerate of nine different species , totally opposed to the design of Freemasonry , rendering German Masonry imperfect , and militating against its best endeavours . The necessity of unity has long been felt , and that opinion is now general , has been espoused by the MauhiUte , aucl is looked for by its readers ,

who constantly advocate a unity of principles , as the precursor of a unity of action . The division has the folloiving queries : 1 . AVhat are the names ofthe . nine German Grand Lodges?—2 . AVhat ritual has each of them ?—3 . AVhat design has each of them in view ?—In what are those nine Lodges distinct from each other?—5 . In what are they uniform ?—6 " . In what manner can they amalgamate in one Gorman Grand Lodge ? The conclusion has the following words : — " German Freemasonry must undergo a reorganizationso as to become one

, organic ivhole—one ritual and one Book of Fundamental Laws for all Germany . " HAMBURGH . —The Grand Lodge of Hamburgh has granted a patent of affiliation to the German colony of ' . Donna Franzisca , in the Brazils , where a Lodge called "German Friendship" has been established . Ifc consists of , besides honorary members , forty-four brethren and three serving Masonsivho are mostlfrom Hamburgh . The Alaster is Bro .

, y Roiss , accepted by the Loclge Pilgrim , of Berlin . MULHAUSEN . —On the lSth of February , the jubilee of the Lodgo Temple of Friendship , in Heiligenstadt , took place , to celebrate the fiftieth year of its existence . Alany congratulations ivere sent in from the Lodges of Miindeii , Mulhausea , & c ., and the evening ivas passed with much gratification .