Correspondence.

Of course no attention Avas paid to these things by sensible people , except that some called on us to knoAV what it meant , as they thought their correspondents were trying to come a sort of a Mexican puzzle over them . NOAV this is all wrong—it is in direct

violation of the first principles of Masonry , viz : —that no man can become a Mason Avho is known to use or want to use it for mercenary , or business purpose . " [ This is a caution Avhich would Avell apply to some of our English brethren . ]

A Spumous BODY OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED RITE IN ENGLAND . — " Pomeroy ' s Democrat " says " It would really appear to us that the 'Freemason ' ( London ) is going fast on the downward track , and becoming more and more the organ of everything base and spurious under the guises of so-called

Masonry in England . Its number of February 25 th is especially noticeable for it articles on Adrogynous Masonry ( bodies to be composed of females ) , & c „ & c ., while in every respect more attention seems to he paid to that which , however illegitimate , will bring grist to the mill of its publisher , as a Masonic

costumer and vendor of jeAvels and gew-gaws for a race of English Cagliostros now springing up . The fol-1 owing , purporting to be the proceedings of a body , calling itself a Chapter of Rose Croix , at Rochdale , caps the climax ; for Ave have the most positive

information from England , that the said body is entirely illegitimate , and not recognized by the Supreme Council 33 ° , for England and "Wales . We give it this publicity so that all bodies and brethren of the Ancient Accepted Rite in the United States will

make a note thereof , and govern themselves accordingly , for to hold communication with any member of said body would he to associate with a clandestine Mason . " " Rochdale Chapter . —Theannual convocation of this chapter was held in the Masonic Rooms , Rochdale ,

on Saturday last , the 18 th inst ., Bro . William Roberts , P . M . W . Sov ., in the chair , in the unavoidably absence of the Most Wise Sov . Bro . John Barker . 1 he chapter was opened at 3 . 30 . in the presence of illustrious and distinguished princes of the order , who honoured the chapter by accepting an invitation

to he present . The minutes of the previous meeting been read and confirmed , the muster-roll called , having and other business transacted by Bro . John Eothergill , Red Cross Knight of Babylon and Knight of the East and West , was received , regularly exalted , and admitted a member of the Order according to ancient

rites and ceremonies . After the ceremony , which was very efficiently performed by the respective officers , Bro . Prince , 1 st Gen ., was installed M . W . S . of the chapter for the ensuing twelve months , and

appointed as his officers the following .: —Bros . R . Hankison , H . P . ; James Holroyd , 1 st Gen ., ; W . Ashworth , 2 nd Gen . ; Robert Butterworth , Grand Marshal ; John Eothergill , Raphael ; Robert Whitworth , Chancellor ; William Roberts / P . M . W . S .,

Herald ; William Briggs , Organist ; and Benjamin Toulson , Captain of Guard . The ceremony being ended , the convocation Avas closed , after having disposed of several matters which had been brought before the members , when several members formed themselves into a convocation of the Holy Order of K . H ., & c . "

The "Keystone" says that Mary Commandery , No . 38 , Philadelphia , have appointed a committee to make preparations for a pilgrimage to San Francisco ,. Cal ., in 1 S 72 . A largely attended meeting of the Masonic

fraternity was held at Cleveland , Ohio , on February 14 < th , to consider the project of building a Masonic Temple in that city . The result was the taking of preliminary steps to form the " Masonic Temple Association of Cleveland , " with two hundred and fifty thousand

dollars capital , in shares of fifty dollars each . Books of subscription were opened , and a considerable amount of stock was taken .

The following resolution stands upon the records of the M . W . Grand Lodge of Colorado : — Resolved , —That no Lodge in this jurisdiction shall knowingly hereafter recognise as a Mason any citizen of Colorado who shall hereafter be made a Mason outside of the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge during his citizenship , unless by permission of the lodge in . whose jurisdiction he resided .

The " Keystone " suggests that Masonic journals should set apart a portion of their space for a permanent record of the fraternal dead , so that the humblest brother should not pass away without the fact being noted , and the brethren being thus reminded of their own approaching fate .

The Grand Lodge of Mississippi provides , m its new regulations , that subordinate lodges must not confer any of the degrees under a less sum than ten dollars each for Entered Apprentice and Fellow Craft , and twenty dollars for that of Master Mason .

The Masons of Portland , Oregon , will commence next spring , the building of a temple on the site of the building on which the first lodge was opened inthat city .