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at Strasbourg . " Now , while I admit that Strasbourg might be the head-quarters of a Masonic district , it was not the head-quarters of the French or English Masons . And as to modern Freemasonry being an "" imitation" of the old Operative Masonic Society , it is only so to a certain extent . Many terms are

eorjmon to both , but the things signified by those teims are different iu each . As a whole , the old Operative system , and the new Speculative system , are quite distinct and different . Again , seeing the Preemasonry which the Abbe speaks of in 1778 was an importation into Germany

, from abroad , it helps to show that it was not exactly a development of his wonderful Strasbourg fraternity ; for , bad it been so ; we would have expected to hear of Strasbourg exporting it , not importing it . All this therefore goes to support the 1717 theory . —TV . P . BTJCHAN .

MIDDLE AGES , APPRENTICE , FELLOW-CRAFT , MASTER , Page 228 . The classfiication—not " degrees " —of Apprentice , Fellow Craft , and Master , existed among the Operafcive Masons centuries ago . As it appears to me it is very probable that said classification instead of originating among the Masonswas simply copied b

, y them from some of the other crafts . Such a threefold division comes naturally to all trades , e . g ., there is the apprentice AA'IIO comes to learn the trade ; the journeyman who has served hts apprenticeship , and who has learned it ; and the Master who employs men to work for himOur " degrees " of EA

. .., P . O ., and M . M ., were not ™ instituted until about A . P > . 1717 , at least , no reliable evidence of their prior existence has ever as yet been produced . —TV . P . BTJCHAN .

GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCHES . The "Pall Mall Gazette" says the Germans are pursuing their archaeological researches Avith a restlessness and energy which reminds one much of the late campaign . Asia Minor seems chiefly at this moment to engage their attention . The excavators

alread y busy there are about to be joined by Professor Cartius , unquestionably one of the most competentliving investigators on that ground . This expedition ¦ will start shortl y ; and as they do not like to do things by halves in Berlin , some superior Engineer officers , with a gunboat , are told off for that purpose .

It is said that the plan of Troy is to be the " first object of examination . Professor Alder will watch over the architectural interests of the expedition , and he is further commissioned to proceed while in those parts as far as Jerusalem , where he is to sketch on the spot a design for the restoration of the Church

of St . John , presented by the Sultan to the Prussian Government on the occasion of the CroAvn Prince ' s visit two years ago . BRANDT , THE INDIAN CHIEF , A FREEMASON . In a foot-note to page 237 of " A Narrative of the Anti-Masonic Excitementin tho "Western Part of

, the State of New York , during the years 1826 , ' 7 , ' 8 , and a part of 1829 , by HeDry Browne , Esq ., Counsellor at Law ; Batavia , N . T ., Printed by Adams & Cleary 1829 , " it is stated : — "At the battle of the Cedars , about thirty miles from Montreal , on the St .

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Lawrence , Capt . M'Hinstry , of Col . Patterson ' s regiment of Continental troops , was twice wounded , aud taken prisoner by the Indians . His intrepidity as a partisan officer had excited the fears and unforgiving resentment of the savages , who determined to put him to death . Already had the victim been

bound to a tree , and surrounded by the faggots intended for his immolation . Hope had . fled , and in the agony and despair he uttered the last mystic appeal of a Mason , when , as if Heaven had interposed for his preservation , the warrior Brandt , understood and saved him . Brandt had been educated in Europe ,

aud was there made a Mason . Capt . M'Kinley died in June , 1 S 22 . " In the above extract , which I have copied literally , as I find it given by Councellor Brown , it will be noticed that the name of the captive captain is variously given as M'Kinstnj and M'Kinleijwhich is

, the correct ? As it is evidently a Scottish name , I guess the latter . Can any of the readers of the " Freemason ' s Magazine" give any further information of Bro . M'Kinley or M'Kinstry ?—GEOR & EMARKHAJ £ TWEDDELL .

Summary Of Masonic Law.

SUMMARY OF MASONIC LAW .

The folloAving decisions b y the Grand . Masters of the various Grand Lodges in the United States will point out to the Masonic student many interesting differences in the Masonic Law of the tAvo countries : —¦

( Continued from page 236 ) . The Worshipful Master of a Loda ; e is amenable only to the Grand Lodge or the Grand Master for his Masonic conduct , and no appeal lies to the Lodge from his decision . —Ohio . Neither the Worshipful Master nor Wardens of a Lodge can resign during their term of office ; nor can a brother elected to an office in a Lodge decline to be installed , unless he has served in the same station the year preceding . —lb .

Q . Gun an officer in a chartered Lodge hold office in a Lodge TJ . D . ? A . He may until the charter is issued . —North Carolina . The Master has a supervisory control over the Secretary , and it is his duty to correct errors in the record , and see that nothing improper is committed to Avriting , although the Lodge has passed upon it . —Alabama .

The Master of a Lodge has a right to refuse to entertain a petition , but the application cau be renewed at anyregular communication . —Delaware . A Master elect cannot be lawfully installed until he is invested with tho secrets of the chair . —Illinois . No brother can bo laAvfully elected and installed Worshipful Master Avithout previous service as Master or

Warden , except by dispensation . —Ib . It Avould not be proper for the Master of a Lodge to sign a petition for a dispensation for a new Lodge .- — Maine . It is the right and duty of the Worshipful Master of the Lodge Avithiu whose jurisdiction they reside , to require all persons claiming to be Masons , Avhether they visit the Lodge or not , to prove to be what they profess n '