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the Grand officers of the Supreme Council and Grand Lodge in Scotland and Ireland , was but a repetition of the courtesies extended to me elsewhere , anel their earnest desire to continue the cultivation of fraternal relations with this Supreme Council I endeavoured to duly reciprocate . Hoping that this hastily prepared and concise report of my Masonic mission will meet your approval , and trusting that my

humble efforts in tbe endeavour to place tho Ancient and Accepted Rite of this jurisdiction in harmonious relation with the various Grand Bodies in South America , may be an incentive to induce others to follow and fully consummate that desired bond of fraternal union , that will cement the brotherhood of tho whole world in one indissoluble bond of united brothers , to perpetuate our mystic art , is the sincere wish of , Fraternally yours , ALBEET G . GOODALL , Dep . Gr . In . Gen . 33 .

Poetry.

Poetry .

THE MASON'S WIFE . She extendoth her hands to the poor , The needy sire strives to relieve—The fallen she seeks to restore , And soothe the afflicted that grieve . She strengthens tho penitent mind , So ready to yield to despair ;

Every burden she seeks to unbind , Relieving from sorrow and care-By her bounty the naked are clad , The hungry are furnished with food—The sick at her presence are glad , She visits the widow's abode . Tbe virtuous exult in her smile

, The ignorant learn to be wise—Her reproofs are like excellent oil , Which bid holy perfume arise . Her worth , as the Wise Man declares , Will far above rubies be told ; Her counsels , her deeds , and her prayers Are better than silver or gold .

If such be the spirit of those Who are Iab ' ring the lost to reclaim , Ah , who can their mission oppose , Or fail to speak well of their name ?

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AriEB the defeat at Culloden ( 1745 ) , Moir of Stonywood , at the imminent hazard of apprehension , resolved , bejfore leaving Scotland , on paying a farewell visit to his wife , under cloud of night . His children ' s nurse was not to be trusted . In tho manner , however , described in tho ballad , they had an Interview . Moir escaped . His wife joined him in France . They lived happily together ; after a lengthened period were

permitted to return to Scotland , where Mrs . Moir—described as a perfect specimen of a good old Scotch lady—staunch iu her opinions as she was true to her husband , lived to a green old age . STONYAVOOD'S VISIT . A JACOBITE LEGEND . The sun has gone clown on CnHoden's wild moor

, The slain have been left in their last deep repose , The wounded can cheer for Prince Charlie no more , The Stuart ' s last strength has been broke by his foes , The clans have been scatter ' ei- all hope has gone hence , The white rose no more shall bloom in thesun ; Tbe pibroch may wail through the darkness so dense , The struggle , erst heartily waged , is now done .

It is night—through the wilds of Braemar Moir has fled—A wanderer , listening in fear to each sound ; To his forfeited home he must turn ere he ' s sped From the grasp of pursuers to far foreign ground .

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'Tis night , and ho lurks by his own castle wall ; 'Tis silence—he clears tho copestone at a bound , The strangest of ways for a husband fco call ! But tho troops of Hanover are posted around . " Safe and sound—Oh , thank Heaven !—Great God ! he is here ! My own anel my dearest , I know 'twas thy knock ; Come rest thee , for eve the gvey dawn can appear ,

Thou must be far hence , and my strength like a rock ! " In closest of chambers he hides through the day , In sordid disguise that needs must be worn , Ere his foot touch the soil of a land far away , And safe from tho hunt of thc foemen he's borne . Of her , tho true wife , who thus shielded her dear , Of his , the fond heart , which her faith made thus long : Though the story be old , it has power yet to cheer , Anel to tell us how love can be fervent anel strong . A . E . B .

Spring And Autumn.

SPRING AND AUTUMN .

As some fair ilon- 'r in early bloom Our admiration shares , So Spring—succeeding AAlnter ' s gloom—A beauteous aspect wears .

Spring seems of joys at hand to tell , Each fresh and radiant morn , Like Hope—which weaves her fairy spell Around us in life ' s morn . But Autumn clays—tho' fair the scene—Some sadness ever bring ; We miss the fresh anel budding green ,

The cheerful look of Spring : The dry leaves rustle 'neath our tread , The beauteous blossoms die , Thtf leafless boughs above our head Remind us Winter ' s nigh . 0 ! does not Autumn well pourtray Our own declining years

, And seem an emblem of the way AA ' e quit this vale of tears . We feel the pleasures mem ' ry gives , We ponder o ' er the past , And perhaps some germ of Hope still lives Within us till the last .

But still the joys that . render bright Life ' s hours when near their close , Resemble Autumn suinbeam ' s light , As day sinks to repose . We know we ne ' er can feel again As once wo felt in youth . Too many tedious hours of pain Convince us of that truth .

Then grant us grace , 0 ! God of love , To guide our erring hearts , And so to fix our hope .-- - above , That as our youth departs , The ev ' ning of our life may seem Like some fair Autumn day , Till peacefully—as in a dream—Our spirits pass away .

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BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . — " Births , Marriages , and Deaths , " is a common enough heading in all newspapers ; surely it should be Marriages , Births , and Deaths , for man is born to die—that is a natural consequence ; and people are married that others should be born : therefore , as marriage , in the true relation of chinas , should always precede birth—being , it is saielmade in heaven—so love should ever precede marriage

, . And thus we shortly reason out the second line of Emerson's quatrain from " Casella , " " Test of the poet is knowledge of love , For Lros is older than Saturn or Jove . " —The Proadwag , I \ e . 2 " .