The Annual Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kansas AF&AM - 1860 to 1864

THE ANNUAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE OF

GRAND LODGE KANSAS

ANCIENT FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS

A.D.1860 - 1864

A.L. 5860 - 5864

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PROCEEDINGS OP THB

JVC..W.'. GRAND LODGB

OF A.F. &A.M., OFKANSAS.

The fifth annual communication ofthe M.-.W.-. Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free andAccepted Masons, ofthe Territory of Kansas, was held inthe City of Atchison, commencing Tuesday, the 16th day of October, A. D.1860,A. L. 5860, at 9 o'clock, A. M. Officers present as follows:

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•.W.'.RICHARD B.EEES

R.'.W.'.G. H.FAIRCHILD

E.'.W.-.J. W. SMITH

E.'.W.'. JACOB SAQUI

E.- W." CHRISTIAN BECK

E.' W.' G "W HoGEBOOM

AV.' O W MCALLISTER

W." J S BEDFIELD

W.'. OLIVER TRUE

W.'. N.ANSPACKER

Grand Master.

Deputy Grand Master.

Senior Grand Warden, pro tern.

Junior Grand Warden, pro tern.

Grand Treasurer

Grand Secretary, pro tern.

Senior Grand Deacon, pro tern.

Junior Grand Deacon, pro tern.

Grand Lecturer.

Grand Tyler.

AS Past Masters: Bros G A EDDY and D VANDERSLIOE

The M.-.W.-. Grand Lodge of Kansas was opened in ample form, with prayer by the Eev.and B.-.W.-. Bro. OLIVER TRUE.

The M.-.W.-. Grand Master appointed Bros. W.W. COCHRANE, J W H WATSON an d P E BROOKS, a Committee on Credentials.

The Grand Lodge wasthen called from labor to refreshment, until 11 o'clock A Ji., to allow the coinmittee time to make their i-eport

ELEVE N O'CLOCK A M

Th e M.-.W.-. Gran d Lodg e wa s calle d fro m refreshmen t t o labor Present , th e officers a s above

R.-.W.-. Bro . C MuNDEE, Gran d Secretary , bein g unavoidabl y absen t fro m thi s Gran d Lodge , an d E.-.W.-. Bro . E . T. CARR , Junio r Gran d Warden , bein g presen t wit h th e book s an d paper s of th e Gran d Lodge , wa s requeste d b y th e Gran d Maste r t o ac t a s Gran d Secretary , pr o tem. , Bro SAQU I retainin g th e chai r of th e Junio r Gran d Warden

Th e Committe e o n Credential s submitte d th e followin g repor t :

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas :

Th e undersigned, Committee on Credentials, beg leave to report th e following list of member s present, and entitled to seats in this Grand Lodge, as representatives of subordinate lodges: Smithton Lodge, No. 1

L PRITCHARD, W M

T J VANDEESLICE, S W

J. W. HUDGENS, J. W.

Leavenworth Lodge, No.S L ECHELBERRY, W M. , and proxy for S W and J W

Wyandotte Lodge, No.S J W H WATSON, W M

O. H . VANFOSSEN, J. W.

Kickapoo Lodge, No. 4 J- BRANSCOMBE, proxy

Washington Tjodge, No. 5 J SAQUI, W M

Lawrence Lodge, No. 6

Bourbon Lodge, No. 8

W D DEERING , J W

P. R. BROOKS, proxy for W. M.

O W MCALLISTER, S W. , and prox y for J. W .

J. S. KEDPIELD, W . M .

King Solomon Lodge, No. 10 G W HOGEBOOM, W M. , an d proxy for S W and J W

Lecompton Lodge, No. 13 J M PELOT, W M. , and proxy for S W

Oshaloosa Lodge, No. U N CHAPMAN, J W

Lafayette Lodge, No. 16 W MARLOTT, W M

N A ADAMS, S W

A GRIFFIN , J W

Grasshopper Falls Lodge, No. SL.'E. D. HILLYER, W . M .

Paris Lodge, No. S2

J A MANN , J W

A. HAIRGROVE, proxy. St. John's Lodge, No. S6 W W COCHRANE, W M

S B DAVIS , S W

\V P LAZILEEE, J W

They also find represented th e following lodges U D., viz:

Eldora Lodge, U. D:

Pacific Lodge, U. D

M. E. HUDSON, S. W .

J A PHILLIPS, W M

Aubry Lodge, U.D

Arcana Lodge, U. D

Auburn Lodge, U. D

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GABBARD,

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A E FOREMAX, W M

JOHN E MOOKE, proxy Mound City Lodge, U. D 0.DEWEY, W. M. Fraternally submitted, W W COCHRANE, J. W.H. WATSON, P. R. BROOKS. Committee.

On motion, the report of the committee as submitted, was accepted.

The M.-. "VV.-.Grand Master then declared a constitutional number present for thetransaction of business.

On motion, the reading of the minutes of the last annual communication was dispensed with—they being printed and in thehands of the brethren:

The M.-.W.-. Grand Master then announced the following regular committees

On Foreign Correspondence. Bros CARR, PELOT and D VAffDEESLicE

On Lodges U. D.— Bros FAIECHILD, PRITCHARD and WATSON

On Ways and Means.^-BTOH. SAQUI, BROOKS and HOGEBOOM.

On Accounts. Bros CARR, T J VANDBRSLICE and REDFIBLD

On Charity. Bros MCALLISTER, EDDY and COCHRANE

On Grievances. Bros CARR, CHAPMAN and HILLYER

On Education. Bros CAMPBELL, SMITH and PELOT

On Unfinished Business. Bros. GREENE, HAIRGKOVE and HUDGENS. On Applications. Bros DEERING, W H CHAPMAN and DAVIS

The M.-. W.-. Grand Master then delivered the following, his annual

ADDRESS:

BRETHREN:—The Fifth Annual Communication since we launched our bark upon theseaofemulation hasfound us again assembled to comingle ourthoughts andcounsels, andsend forth greetings tothe great and universal brotherhood. Though young in years,we arenot without a history, and memory clings alternately with pain and pleasure to the past Thepleasing retrospect offriendly intercourse brings often with it the sorrowful intelligence of the death of those we have loved in other days, the blight of some fond hope, some cherished prospect blasted by misfortune There comes to us the sad realty of fearful dearth and want—perhaps, though, notso haggard as alarmists may proclaim— demands ourkind attention, andmayyetlook with earnest face tous forhelp intime ofneed ; beye then ready forthecrisis when it comes.

We have stood the silent sentinels upon the watch tower for full three thousand years. Since SOLOMON dispensed hiscounsels to the

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Craft, and through the strange mutations and changing revolutions of thie world, amid all the convulsions and upheavings around us,awise Creator has preserved this Order from decay, a living monument of GOD'S peculiar favor

Shall we invite continued blessings from JEHOVAH by keeping pure our inner temple, or recklessly invoke His frowns by vile association ? Be firm in virtue's cause, let none pass through the outer door but such as bear the closest test of square and compass Be not mere drones upon the body politic, but lend a helping hand in doing good Amid the struggles and commotions of the day in which we live, our mission is a holy one; with brotherly love we should cement the hearts of masons, and give relief to suffering humanity. Controlled by truth, that cardinal virtue, guided by faith, and cheered by hope, we yet may realize that love divine which calms the storm of liuman passion, and alleviates the woes so incident to life. Remember one great duty which devolves upon us, to cultivate the youth, develop all his mental faculties, guard well all his moral government, and fit him for the future spheres of life, that when we shall have to pass away, our much-loved Order may be filled by those who may do honor to the Craft

At this Communication I anticipate from the Committee on Education a report that will give some definite and practical plan on which a system may be built that shall result in ultimate success The jjroject of custodians of the work has sofar failed— there has yet been no consummation of a plan for general instruction on work and lectures, except what may have been effected by the Grand Lecturer, who, I presume, is now prepared to give us light upon the subject — hailing, as we do, from various jurisdictions— there is a conflict and want of harmony which needs to be corrected, and 1 especially call the attention of the Grand Lodge to the subject.

No additional volumes of the "Masonic Library" have been received, and though we.have paid, as appears by the report of the Grand Secretary, heretofore more than the subscription price for the thirty volurnes all complete, we have but nine, and these are not consecutive as the'nucleus of qur future library. I liave been pleased to see that my allusions to masonic publications have found sympathj' in some parts of the country, and 1 have some hopes that at last, for want of patronage, if not from legislation, this character of periodicals will be contracted. Since our last Communication 1have been shown a publication, the editor of which has evidently forgotten that he ever stood before the solemn altar, or else he has some curious views of those sacred vows which bind us as a band of brothers I ask, in deep concern, if in the progress of this reckless tendency to exposition, we may not fear that our impressive ritual will soon be founct in every village newspaper, and be the subject of the maudlin gossip around the bar of every country tavern ?

On the subject of non-affiliation and the laws of ostracism, I have said all heretofore that I propose to say The strictures from various sections of the country have not effected any change of sentiment, but as I have been charged with undue assumption on this subject, I hope no member here will think that I desire any action but what their own best judgment may dictate, and I pledge you all that, regardless of my private views on thisor any other subject, I most willingly abide by your decision.

I am pained to learn that my worthy brother, the Grand Secretary of Missouri, has misconstrued the feeling in which a little pleasantry has been indulged in heretofore I have known the brother so long and intimately, and regard him as a high-toned gentleman, deeply imbued with the spirit of masonry, and I assure him that in certain allusions in my address of 1858, I had no intention of classing him with Bacchana-

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lian crowds,for I know him tobea man ofundoubted sobriety and moral walk. Nor did I in that or any subsequent address, intend to detract from hisjustly acquired high standing; norcan mywords bear any such construction With this assurance I feel most confident that the brother will do me the justice to withdraw the harsh remark in his last report, that my statements are "destitute of truth."

I shall not dispute that my worthy brother, and that "oldand influential member of the Grand Lodge " of Missouri, who was so anxious to become a public informer as to urgently request that he should be put upon the stand as a witness, has succeeded in convicting me of being an "uncompromising opponent" of thelaws which punished men for poverty —a charge to which I would have plead guilty upon the first arraignment; but the testimony of even this "old and influential" witness has not yet proved that I "advised resistance to the laws," though I have often said, and say so now,that I deem these laws which ostracise the non-affiliated mason, to be unconstitutional and void

In regard toa world's convention, I have only here toadd,that notwithstanding all the witticisms that have been expended, I still look forward to the day, though probably too late for me to mingle there, when this vast family, in all its branches, shall meet and in reunion regardless of their different dialects, rekindle kindly feelings

Some effective plan should be adopted to secure a general fund for charitable purposes.. Probably no portion of the world is more subjected to its calls than Kansas The thousands of adventurers who have sought the western El Dorado with the bright, alluring hope of gathering riches in an hour, return upon us destitute and hungry, with a long and costly journey still before them, ere they reach their homes Some portion of the jurisdiction may not feel so sensibly this constant draw, but on the eastern border there are calls that would exhaust a well-filled treasury I do not mean that every applicant of this sort should be recipients of our charity, for in the city where I live, a number of approaches have been made by men who had the forms of masonry men who were hale and hearty—who had the full ability to work, too lazy to apply their powers, but not too proud to beg, perhaps too honest for another remedy for man's necessities, but too inert for worthy members of this brotherhood For instance, one broad-shouldered, ruddy-faced and double-fisted gentleman appealed for help, who claimed to be a civil engineer, and out of funds. He had no onedependent upon him; he wastold that laboring hands could getadollar per day, and he vanished in one grand disgust. Another pale-faced, sicklylooking man, pronounced himself a mason, and implored relief. He detailed a woe-begone condition, and was furnished by a brother with two dollars and a half, and an order onthe charity fund for something more. He sought the kind committeeman, who,'in commiseration, went to seek the needful help, but on returning found his worthy brother investing what he had in brandy smashes,andso"tight" he did not know which end was uppermost.

But there are those who are deserving, and for whose supply provision should be made, and I hope that the appropriate committee will consider fully the importance of this subject

It would have been a source of gratification if the Committee on Grievances could have had no business before them, but I am sorry to say that some voluminous documents are to go before that body for investigation Their own sense of justice will tell them to weigh well the evidence, and calmly consider thequestions submitted.

The system of representatives near sister Grand Lodges having been adopted in this jurisdiction, I proceeded soon after the close of the last

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Annual Communication, to appoint such representatives, so far as I had the requisite information to act on, and I would here furnish a list of the appointments made, but from the fact that the memorandum was accidentally lost, and it is impossible to remember the names. In many cases grateful acknowledgments were received, and in others the commissions were returned respectfully, informing me that their Grand Lodges had not recognized the system.

I am sorry to inform the Grand Lodge, that in an unfortunate conflagration in the city of Leavenworth, during the past year,in which the Grand Secretary's office was involved, nearly all the copies of the printed Proceedings of the last Grand Annual Communication were destroyed —a few copies only remaining in the hands of the officers.

I have,since the last Annual Communication, granted dispensations for the organization of six new lodges.

Denver Lodge, at Denver City, in the gold region.

Mound City Lodge, at Mound City.

Aubry Lodge, at Aubry

Auburn Lodge, at Auburn

Paola Lodge, at Paola

Golden City Lodge, at Golden City

The brethren at Denver have returned to me their dispensation, as that lodge and Auraria were situated so near together, that it was deemed the interests of the fraternity were fully supplied by the older lodge; the other dispensations will be laid before your proper committee for action

Since our last Communication, I have received a number of letters from various parts of the Jurisdiction in reference to various subjects connected with the work, jurisprudence and policy, many of which it has been impossible for me to answer at the time on account of the pressure of my private business. And in this connection permit me to suggest that as the correspondence of the Grand Master is likely to become onerous, that a resolution be adopted authorizing him to appoint a private Secretary, with power to draw on the Grand Treasurer for postage expenses. Numbers of letters have been received by me during the sessions of our courts, at a time when I was pressed with business, which ought to have been answered immediately, but being unable to do so at the time, they passed from my mind until it was too late to respond to the inquiries made I take this occasion to assure the correspondents that their not receiving responses,was from circumstances which I could not control, and not from any wanton inattention to their interests.

1 find in many instances that lodges have varied from the strictness of the regulations, but I have adopted as a universal rule that where they have sought to act within the spirit of the law to find no fault, but tell them to go and sin no more,deemingit far better and more productive of harmony to look over the lesser innovations than to stickle upon points of nice construction. A stickler upon legal points could have had confusion worse confounded, and a dozen lodges by the ears and broken up since our organization. I have, therefore, sought to palliate the errors, and, so far as in me lay, to quiet dissensions; and, while the rumblings of discontent are sometimes manifest, I feel conscious that we have as universal harmony as any other Jurisdiction.

Permit me again to caution you to beware of the unworthy applicant for admission. The safest pill that ever wasprescribed toprevent disease in masonry is the black ball. Administer it freely, and if necessary give cathartics till you purge the Order of excrescences.

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I have submitted all that hasoccurred to me of importance for your action. I have several times asked to he released from the responsible duties of Grand Master, which request in your liindness y^u have hitherto refused. I shall therefore say no more upon that subject.

Sincecoming here I have learned of thedeath of Bro M E, WALKER, P.'. G.'. J.'.W.'. of this Grand Lodge. Let this evidence of mortality be a warning to us all. One by one our older members are passing to the land of shadows, and we soon must follow them to that sleep which knows no waking.

As wehave assembled here upon the level, let us conduct allour councils by the plumb, and when we depart for our several homes, let it be upon the square; and may the spirit of harmony prevail in allour deliberations, and the final result be peace and prosperity anda home for us allin the realms of bliss. Amen.

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On motion of Bro EDDY, the address of Grand Master was referred to a special committee for a proper apportionment of its various subjects Bros EDDY , D VANDERSLICE and COCHRANE were appointed such committee.

E.-.W.-. Deputy Grand Master, Bro. GEORGE H . FAIRCHILD, tlien submitted the following, his annual report:

To the M.'.W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

I have only to report, as my official acts for the past year, the granting of a new dispensation to a number of brethren at Hiawatha, Brown county, to form a newlodge, to be known as Hiawatha Lodge; anda renewal of the dispensation of Arcana Lodge, at Doniphan, Doniphan county The officers of this lodge failed to return its dispensation to the Grand Lodge at its last Communication, owing to causes that were unavoidable I consequently deemed it just andright to continue the same to our present session Fraternally submitted,

G H FAIRCHILD, D:. 6:. M:. Grand Lodgeof

Kansas.

Bro. B. T. GARR, for tho Committee on Foreign Correspondence, submitted their annual report, which was received and ordered to be printed with the Proceedings

Bro. PELOT, in behalf of Bro. J. W. VSMITH, made a proposition to the Grand Lodge to become the owners or assignees of a valuable and newly invented "patent right easy chair," the profits arising therefrom, if any,to be set apart for educational purposes. On motion the subject was referred to the Committee on Education.

The Grand Lodge was then called from labor to refreshment until two o'clock this P.jr.

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AFTERNOON SESSION.

Two O'CLOCK P. M.

The M.-.W.-. Grand Lodge was called from refreshment to labor. Officers in their several stations.

The Committee on Credentials ref)ort as follows :

To the M:. W.'. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

The undersigned Committee on Credentials,beg leave to submit the following additional report:

They find Olathe Lodge, No 19,represented by Bro J P CAMPBELL, W.' M.'., and Bro L S CORNWALL, proxy for S.'.W.'

Neosho Lodge, No 27, represented by Bro A F AVILKINSON, proxy for W.'.M.'., and Bro J A STEWART, proxy for S.'.W.'

Fraternally submitted,

. W. W. COCHRANE, J. W. H. WATSON, P. R. BROOKS, Commiltee.

On motion the report was received, and the brothers admitted to seats in this Grand Lodge.

The Committee-on Chartered Lodges submit the following report, which was received and adopted:

'To the M:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your Committee on Chartered Lodges beg leave to submit the following report, that they have examined the returns of Smithton Lodge, No. 1; Leavenworth Lodge, No. 2; Wyandotte Lodge, No. 3; Kickapoo Lodge, No. 4; Washington Lodge, No. 5; Lawrence Lodge, No. 6; Bourbon Lodge, No. 8; Shawnee Lodge, No. 9; King Solomon Lodge, No. 10; Lecompton Lodge, No. 13; Oskaloosa Lodge, No. 14; Lafayette Lodge, No. 16; Olathe Lodge, No. 19; Grasshopper Falls Lodge, No.21; Paris Lodge, No. 22; Neosho Lodge, No. 27, and find them correct, except that Shawnee Lodge, No. 9, returns but one-half the requisite amount of dues. That we find Elk Creek Lodge reported in the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge of last year as No.20,still under a dispensation. •

The returns, otherwise, are found to be correct

That they have received no returns from Union Lodge, No 7; Ottumwa Lodge, No 11; Emporia Lodge, No 12; Tecumseh Lodge, No 15; Topeka Lodge, No 17; Stanton Lodge, No 18; Palmyra Lodge, No 23; Osage Valley Lodge, No 24, and High Prairie Lodge, No 25 Accompanying the returns of Shawnee Lodge, No 9, is a communication from Brother I N ROBERTS, stating that they have not been able to do much this season from absence.of members, and that they have been unable to forward their Grand Lodge dues, but intend to do so if possible, and anxiously request the sympathy of this Grand Lodge

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Oskaloosa Lodge, No 14,petitions this Grand Lodge, through this committee, for a new charter, under.the same name and number as their present one, which has been nearly destroyed by mice. Your committee would recommend that their request be granted.

Your committee would further recommend that this Grand Lodge, through the Grand Secretary, furnish to each lodge under this jurisdiction aprinted blank form, upon which to make their returns, after the form in the Proceedings of 1859 of this Grand Lodge. Respectfully and fraternally submitted,

G. W. HOGEBOOM, D. VANDERSLICE, Committee.

Bro. J. M. PELOT offered the following, which was adopted;

Resolved, That this Grand Lodge adopt 'the recommendation made by the Committee on Foreign Correspondence in regard to the Grand Lodge of Hamburg, as expressed in their notice of the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of New York

The Committee on Lodges U. D. made the following rejiort:

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodgeof Kansas:

The Committee on Lodges U D beg leave to report that they have examined the Proceedings of the following Lodges U D., and find them correct, and would recommend that charters begranted them as follows:

Elk Creek Lodge, at Elk Creek, to be No 20

Eldora Lodge, at Eldora, to be No.28.

Pacific Lodge, atHumboldt, to be No. 29.

Aubry Lodge, at Aubry, to be No.30.

Arcana Lodge, at Doniphan, to be No..31.

Auburn Lodge, at Auburn, to be No.32.

Mound City Lodge, at Mound City, to be No 33

Golden City Lodge, Golden City, to be No 34, when said lodges return to the Grand Secretary their dispensations

Several of the above named lodges have made no abstract returns, owing to the fact (as their Representatives claim) that they have not received from the Grand Secretary the form required for such return.? nor even a copy of the Grand Lodge Constitution and By-Laws Your committee would therefore recommend the omissions be excused, and the Grand Secretary requested to notify said lodges to forthwith report to him in accordance with the requirements of this Grand Lodge, made and provided for yearly abstract returns.

Most of the above named lodges have also failed to make a copy of their proceedings, to be filed with the Grand Secretary. Your committee would therefore recommend that such lodges as have not furnished such copies, be requested to do so forthwith.

Respectfully and fraternally submitted,

G H FAIRCHILD, J W H WATSON, LABAN PRICHARD, Coinmiltee.

Proceedings

The report of the committee was adopted, and charters, as recommended, granted

Bro PELOT then offered the following resolution, which was adopted:

Besolved, That theRepresentatives of those lodges towhich charters have been granted, be admitted to seats andparticipate in the business of this Grand Lodge.

Bro. HoGEBOOM offered the following resolution :

Resolved, That this Grand Lodge gointo the election of officers for the ensuing year, at 10o'clock A M., to-morrow

On motion of Bro. HOGEBOOM, Bro. E. T. CAER was excused from serving as chairman of the Committee on Grievances, and Bro. J. P. CAMPBELL appointed to suj)ply his place.

The Grand Lodge was then called from labor to refreshment, until 7 o'clock this evening

EVENINa SESSION.

VSEVEN O'CLOCK P M

The M.-.W.-. Grand Lodge was called from refreshment to labor. The Grand Officers and members present as before, as also several brethren as visitors.

Bro. CORNWALL offered the following resolution, which was adopted:

Resolved, That aspecial committee of three be appointed to digest a plan for obtaining a uniformity of work, and to report at the evening session, to-morrow

L S CORNWALL, D VANDERSLICB and G H FAIRCHIL D were appointed such committee.

There being no further business before the Grand Lodge, Bro. TRUE, Grand Lecturer, was requested to exemplify his manner of work, but in consequence of ill health was excused, and, by request, the M.-.W.-. Grand Master proceeded to exemplify the work iu the three degrees

The special committee to whom was referred the address of the Grand Master, submitted the following report, which was received and adopted: •

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To the M:.W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your committee to whom was referred the address of the M/.W.". Grand Master, for apportionment, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration, and would recommend the following references:

That portion relative to system of education, to the Committee on Education

That portion relative to masonic publications, to Committee on Condition of Masonry.

That portion relative to non-affiliation and ostracism, to Committee on Condition of Masonry

That portion relative tosystem of charity, to Committee on Charity. That portion relative to grievances, to Committee on Grievances.

That portion relative to dispensations, toCommittee on Lodges U D

That portion relative to private secretary for Grand Master, to Committee on Applications.

Fraternally submitted,

GEORGE A. EDDY, W. W. COCHRANE, T. J. VANDERSLICE, Committee.

Bro CARR offered the following resolution: Resolved, That a special committee be appointed to prepare a payroll for the Representatives to this Grand Lodge.

Which resolution was adopted, and Bros. SAQUI, PRICHARD and E.EDPIELD were appointed such committee.

There appearing no further business, the Grand Lodge was called from labor to refreshment, until 9 o'clock A M., to-morrow.

MORNING SESSION.

WEDNESDAY, Oct IVfch, 9 O'CLOCK A M

The M.-.W.-. Grand Lodge was called from refreshment to labor Present:

M.-.W.-.RICHARD R. REES

R.'. W.'.GEO. H. FAIRCMILD

Grand Master.

Deputy Grand Master.

R.'. W.'.J. W.SMITH Grand Senior Warden, pro tern. R.' W.'.,TACOB SAQUI Grand Junior Warden,pro tern.

R.'.W.'.E T CARR .Grand Secretary,pro tern.

R.' VV.' CHRISTIAN BECK

W.'. O. W.MCALLISTER

W.". J. H.REDPIELD

W.".OLIVER TRUE

W.\ J. P. CAMPBELL

W.'.N. ANSPACKER

Grand Treasurer

Grand Senior Deacon,pro tern.

Grand Junior Deacon,pro tern.

Grand Lecturer.

Grand Orator.

Grand Tyler, protem. and delegates as yesterday

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' Bro. PELOT offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That therepresentatives of those lodges to whom charters have been granted, shall be entitled to mileage and per diem the same as those from other chartered lodges

Which resolution after considerable discussion was laid on the table, the hour having arrived for the election of officers

The M.-.W.-.Grand Lodge then proceeded to the election of Grand Officers for the ensuing year, and thefollowing were the officers elected

M.-.W.- GEO H FAIRCIIILD Atchison Grand Master

R.' W.-.J S RBDFIELD Fori Scolt Deputy Grand Master

R.- W.- A GRIFFIN Manhattan Grand Senior Warden

R.'. W.-.J. W. 13.WATSON Wyandotte Grand Junior Warden.

R.-. W.".CHRISTIAN BECK Leavenworth Grand Treasurer.

R.-. W.-.OHAS. MUNDEE Leavenworth Grand Secretary.

The Grand Lodge then called from labor to refreshment until 2 o'clock this P. M.

AFTERNOON SESSION.

Tw o O'CLOCK P M

M.-.W.- Grand Lodge was called from refreshment to labor Present, the Grand Officers and members as before.

On motion the Grand Officers elect were duly installed by Past Grand Master E E EEES After which theM.-.W.- Grand Master appointed the following officers, whowere also installed, viz:

W.-.Rev ISAAC T COLLINS Grand Chaplain

W.-.Rev. F.M.WILLIAMS Grand Chaplain.

W.'.Rev. D.CLARKSON Grand Chaplain.

W.- P R BROOKS Grand Senior Deacon

W.-.G W HoGEBOOM Grand Junior Deacon

W.- N CHAPMAN Grand Steward

W.' J N PHILLIPS Grand Steward

W.' JNO P CAMPBELL Grand Orator

W.-.S GBEEN Grand Sword Bearer

AV.-. JNO. T.PRICE Grand Marshal.

W.-. JOSEPH CRACKLIN Grand Tyler.

W.-.E. T. CARK Grand Lecturer.

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The Committee on Greivances submit the following rej)oi-t:

To the M.'.W.\ Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your Committee on Grievances, to whom was referred the cases of Wyandotte Lodge, No. 3, vs. Bro. J. E. BENNETT; and Wyandotte Lodge, No. 3, vs. Brf). JOHN H. MILLER; also, a communication from Auraria Lodge,U.D.,would mostrespectfully reportthat they have examined the same, and beg leave to submit the following:

In the case of Wyandotte Lodge, No. 3, vs. Bro. J. E. BENNETT, it appears from the papers before your committee, which are very voluminous,that Bro. BENNETT preferred a number of charges against Bro. A. C. DAVIS, and that Bro DAVIS was regularly tried by Wyandotte Lodge, and almost unanimously acquitted of the charges; whereupon Wyandotte Lodge, as a lodge, preferred charges against Bro. BENNETT. The first is, that Bro BENNETT had challenged Bro DAVIS to deadly combat; second, that for bringing charges against Bro DAVIS, which, by the almost unanimous vote of the lodge, were declared unfounded; and that Bro. DAVIS complains that said charges were brought in a spirit of persecution. It does not appear from the proceedings of the lodge, or otherwise, that any action was had as to the first specification against Bro BENNETT Upon the second he was tried by the lodge,and by vote of the lodge the case resulted in a reprimand.

The general ground of error assigned, is, that from the decision of the Worshipful Master in permitting the evidence in the case of Bro. BENNETT vs. Bro. DAVIS to be read in the case of Wyandotte Lodge vs. Bro. BENNETT. They were excepted to by Bro. BENNETT on the ground that the evidence was not regularly taken. To which the lodge in its answer asserts that the evidence was legally taken, and was admitted as evidence in the case of BENNETT VS. DAVIS, without any objection on the part of Bro BENNETT

From the petition in error, and the answer of the lodge to the same, it would be difficult for your committee to come to any definite conclusions; but your committee find on file the evidence sought to be excluded in the trial of Wyandotte Lodge vs. Bro BENNETT, and come to the conclusion that the same was regularly taken, and was proper to be introduced in this trial

There are several other causes of error assigned by Bro BENNETT, which your committee do not consider good points of error, and, taking the whole case into consideration, we would recommend that the action of Wyandotte Lodge, No. 3, be sustained.

In the case of AVyandotte Lodge, No. 3, vs. JOHN H. MILLER, your committee beg leave to report that they have had the same under careful consideration, and would recommend that the action of Wyandotte Lodge be sustained

A communication was received from Auraria Lodge, U D., stating that THOMAS H CLEMO, a member of Lawrence Lodge, No 6, was expelled for petit larceny, by a unanimous vote of the lodge.

Your committee would recommend that theaction ofAuraria Lodge, U. D., besustained, and also recommend the adoption of the following resolution:

Resolved, That thesubordinate lodgeshave jurisdiction over all offenses committed within their jurisdiction, whether by affiliated or nonaffiliated masons

All of which is respectfully andfraternally submitted, J

P CAMPBELL, E D HILLYEB, NELSON CHAPMAN, Committee.

Which report wasreceived and the recommendations and resolution adopted

Bro. CARR, from the Committee on Accounts, made the following report, which was received and adopted:

To the M.\W.\ Grand Lodgeof Kansas:

Your Committee onAccounts beg leave toreport that they haA'e examined thebooks and accounts of theGrand Treasurer, andalso of the

The following istheaccount submitted bythe Grand Treasurer, and exhibits thestate ofthe finances ofthis Grand Lodge: CHHISTIAN BECK, Orand Treasurer, In account with the GEAKD LODGE OF KANSAS.

Oct. 20,1859.—To balance onhand

16, I860.—To

DISBUBSE.MEXTS

Oct 20.—By Grand Tyler's receipt for 1859 $ 400 Oct 20.—Bv Grand Secretarv's receipt for 1859

00 1860 " " • • , Jan. 7. Paid hill for printing Charter 36 25

Apr. 5. Paid bill forprinting Proceedings 164 00

Oct. 16. By Grand Secretary's receipt for 1860

00 Paid hill forStationery, Postage, etc 23 25

50 Leaving balance in my hands ."....

00 Fraternally submitted, CHRLSTIAN BECK, Grand Treasurer.

W e also report the account of th e Grand Secretary, which is a statemen t of the amount of funds that have passed through his hands during the past year, and is as follows:

CHARLES MUNDEE, Orand Secretary,

In account with the GRAN D LODGE OF KANSAS

Smithton Lodge, No 1, Dues

Leavenworth Lodge, No. 2, Dues

Wyandotte Lodge, No 3, Dues

Kickapoo Lodge, No. 4, Dues

• Washington Lodge, No. 5, Dues

Lawrence Lodge, No. 6, Dues ,

Union Lodge, No. 7, Dues

Bourbon Lodge, No 8, Dues

Bourbon Lodge, No. 8, Dues for 1858

Kin g Solomon Lodge, No 10, Dues

Lecompton Lodge, No 13, Dues

Oskaloosa Lodge, No 14, Dues

Tecumseh Lodge, No. 15, Dues

Topeka Lodge, No 17, Charter

Stanton Lodge, No 18, Charter

Olathe Lodge, No 19, Charter

Grasshopper Falls Lodge, No. 21, Charter

00 Paris Lodge, No 22, Charter

Palmyra Lodge, No 23, Charter

Osage Valley Lodge, No. 24, Charter

High Prairie Lodge, No. 25, Charter

St. John' s Lodge, No. 26, Charter

Neosho Lodge, No. 27, Charter

Aubry Lodge, XT. D., Dispensation

Eldora Lodge, U . D., Dispensation

Aubur n Lodge, XT. D., Dispensation

Paola Lodge, U. D., Dispensation

Denver Lodge, U D., Dispensation

Mound City Lodge, U D., Dispensation

00

00

00

00

Total received an d paid to Grand Treasurer $ 446 00

Fraternally submitted,

CHARLE S MUNDEE , Grand Secretary.

All of which is sustained by th e proper vouchers.

Fraternally submitted, E. T. CARE, T. J . VANDERSLICE , Committee.

The special committee appointed to prepare a jiay roll, submitted the following, -which was received and adopted:

To the M:. W.\ Grand Lodge of Kansas: •

AVe,your Committee on Pa3' Roll, beg leave to submit the following report: That we have had the same under consideration, and find tlie following Representatives entitled to the amount as follows:

W Hogeboom J. M. Pelot

Chapman W Marlott J. P. Campbell E. D. Hillyer

*Theamount of duespaid tothis GrandLodge

All of which isfraternally submitted, J SAQUI, L PRICHARD, J S REDFIELD, Committee.

The following resolution was offered and adopted:

Resolved, That in consequence of the charter not being issued to Elk Creek Lodge, No 20,as reported by the Committee on Lodges IT D., at the last Communication of this Grand Lodge,that instead of twenty dollars they pay but ten dollars, the amount then required

The Committee on Chartered Lodges submit the following additional report:

To the M:.W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your Committee on Chartered Lodges beg leave to submit the following addition to their report:

Since submitting the former report, we have received the returns from Topeka Lodge, No. 17,in which they give the number but no list of members; otherwise the returns are correct. Their Grand Lodge dues we find to be thirty-five dollars, of which they have sent up but sixteen; and in a communication state that their Delegate will not call for his per diem and traveling fee, which would amount to twelve dol-

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lars, making in all twenty-eight, and leaving a balance due this Grand Lodge of seven dollars, for which they request the forbearance of this Grand Lodge until its next Annual Communication. Your committee would recommend that they be credited with twenty-eight dollars, and that their further request be granted

Respectfully and fraternally submitted,

G W HOGEBOOM, D. VANDERSLIGE, CommiUee.

On motion the report was received and the recommendation adopted

• The Committee on Credentials report Topeka Lodge, No. 17, represented by Bro. JOHN FLETCHER, proxy, which was received and Bro FLETCHER admitted to a seat in this Grand Lodge

The special committee appointed to submit a plan for securing a uniformity of work, report as follows:

To the M:. W.'. Grand Lodge of Kansas :

Your Committee on the Uniformity of the Work of Lodges, beg leave fraternally to report: That they have had the matter under consideration, but from the limited time allowed, have been unable to digest and mature as perfect a system as we desire. We present, however, for consideration of the Grand Lodge, the following:

First.—That there be added to the duties of the Grand Master the following;

To divide the Territory into as many masonic districts as in his judgment the wants of the Craft require, and appoint in each district so formed a District Deputy Grand Master, whose duties shall be regulated by law.

Second.—That the Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Grand Lecturer, and such other brethren as may be selected by the Grand Master, shall at least once in each year, open a Lodge of Instruction, in which the work, as adopted by the Grand Lodge, shall be imparted to the several District Deputy Grand Masters, the Masters of lodges, and such other brethren as may be admitted.

Also, we recommend that an article be added to our By-Laws in relation to the duties of the District Deputy Grand Masters as follows:

The District Deputy Grand Masters shall visit the several lodges in their respective districts, once at least in every year and inspect their By-Laws, records,and mode of work They shall give the necessary instruction in work and business,and exercise over the lodges under their charge, a general superintendence.

Respectfully and fraternallv submitted, L. S. CORNWALL, D. VANDERSLIGE, G. H. FAIRCHILD, Committee.

On motion, the report was received, and the several recommendations adopted.

The following resolutions were severally offered and adopted:

B y Bro. D. VANDERSLICE :

Resolved, That the thanks of the Grand Lodge of Kansas is cordially tendered to Past Grand Master RICHARD R REES, for the able and efficient manner in which he has presided over its deliberations from its first organization to the present time; and trust that the G A 0 T U may prolong his useful life, and that we may enjoy his counsel for many years.

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Kansas is hereby authorized to appoint an Assistant Grand Secretary, whose duties shall be to aid the Grand Secretary in the discharge of his duties, and in his absence to act as Grand Secretary. And in the absence of the Grand Secretary, for the time being, the Grand Master may make such appointment, protempore.

B y Bro CARR :

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be authorized to procure a new seal for the use of this Grand Lodge—using the design of the seal now used.

B y Bro HOGEBOOM :

Resolved, That the first order of business for this evening's session be to locate the Grand Lodge for the next year, or for a furtfier time

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to notify such lodges as have not sent in their returns or paid their dues to this Grand Lodge, to forward the same to him within three months.

Bro D VANDERSLICE offered the following, which, after considerable discussion, was laid upon the table until the next Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge:

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to collect the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge of Kansas, from the first organization of the same up to the year ending with the present session, and to have — copies printed, bound and distributed among its members.

By Bro G. W HOGEBOOM, which was adopted:

Resolved, That the resolution on page fourteen of the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge, for the year 1859, raising the Grand Lodge dues, from fifty cents to one dollar, and establishing a system of mileage and per diem, be and are hereby repealed, and that the Grand Lodge dues be fifty cents, as before

The Committee on Grievances report as follows:

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas : Your Committee on Grievances, to whom was referred the papers of Eldora Lodge, in the case of R J JACKSON, beg leave respectfully to report:

That they find them not in proper form to come before this Grand Lodge, and they, therefore, recommend that the Grand Secretary be instructed to return the papers, and request them to send up charges and specifications in the case

Fraternally submitted,

J. P. CAMPBELL, Chairman

Committee.

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On motion, the following resolutions were adopted:

Resolved, That, at therequest of the members of Eldora Lodge, the name of H G MOORE be inserted in their charter as Master, instead of R. J. JACKSON, whowas appointed in the dispensation, it appearing that he hasremoved from the Territory.

Resolved, That, as some of the lodges to whom charters have been granted, have, through a misunderstanding, sent up but ten dollars instead of twenty, the required fee,that thecharter be issued, and that they be instructed to forward theremaining ten to the Grand Secretary within three months.

Resolved, That the dispensation of Paola Lodge be continued until the next Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge.

There appearing no further business, the Grand Lodge was called from labor to refreshment until seven o'clock this evening

EVENINa SESSION.

SEVE N O'CLOCK P M

The M.-.W.- Grand Lodge was called from refreshment to labor. The oflScers and members in their several stations.

The M.-.W.- Grand Master announced the appointment of the following committees for the ensuing year, to-wit:

On Foreign Correspondence. Bros. MUNDBB, CARR and RKES.

On Chartered Lodges. Bros. CRUST, PRICHAKD and BROOKS.

On Lodges U. D. Bros. SAQUI, CORNWALL aiid HILLYER.

On Ways and Means. Bros CAMPBELL, EDDY and N CHAPMAN

On Accounts. Bros CARR, COCHRANE and GREENE

On Charity. Bros HOGEBOOM, RBDPIELD and DAVIS On Grievances. Bros WATSON, T J VANDERSLICE and BROOKS On Condition of Masonry. Bros PBLOT, CORNWALL and SAQUI On Education. Bros D VANDERSLICE, CRUST and CAMPBELL

On Unfinished Business. Bros GABBARD, HUDSON and WILKINSON

On Applications. Bros GRIFFIN, FOREMAN and PHILLIPS

Bro. D.VANDERSLICE submitted the following preamble and resolution as a tribute of respect to the memory of our late brother and Past Senior Grand Warden, MATTHEW R.WALKER :

WHEREAS, It has pleased the G. A. O. T. U. to call our brother, MATTHEW R WALKER, late Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of KansSs, from among us,and from his labors on earth to that rest and refreshment prepared for those who have finished their work in their allotted time; and.

WHEREAS, We deem it proper at this time to express our regret at the death of ourbrother, werecord the following:

Resolved, That the Grand Lodge ofKansas deeply deplore the death of our brother, MATTHEW R WALKER, and that one page of the records and printed Proceedings of this Grand Lodge be dedicated tohis memory

Which were received andconcurred in

On motion ofBi-o. EDDY, the special business ofthe evening was taken up; in relation to which Bi'o. CORNWALL oflFered the following resohition, which was received and adopted:

Resolved, That we now proceed by ballot to permanently locate this Grand Lodge.

The Grrand Lodge then proceeded to ballot, which resulted in itspermanent location at Topeka.

On motio n of Bro PELOT , it was —

Resolved, That the location ofthisGrand Lodge shall not be changed except by a two-thirds vote

Bro EDD.Y offered the following resolution, which was received and ado^Jted:

Resolved, That hereafter delegates from lodges under dispensation, be auLuULed toseals in this Graud Lodge, but shall notbe entitled to participate in its work orbusiness until they have been consecrated and their officers installed.

The Committee on Education report as follows, which was received and concurred in :

To the M:.W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your Committee on.Education, to whom was referred the propositions of R.".W.'. Bro.'JOHN W. SMITH, ask leave to report, that inview of reasons notnecessary to state tothis Grand Lodge, Bro SMITH desires to withdraw his proposition, and we recommend that he be allowed to do so.

Fraternally submitted, J. M.PELOT, J P CAMPBELL, Committee.

The Committee on Lodges U. D.,submit the following rejjort, which was received and adopted:

To the ^f.^.W.^. Grand Lodge of Kanjsas:

Your Committee on Lodges U D., beg leave to submit the following additional report:

Since making our former report, the proceedings, By-Laws and dispensation of Hiawatha Lodge, have been submitted to u^with the request that their dispensation be continued until the next Annual Communication ofthis Grand Lodge.

Your committee have examined their papers and find them correct, and recommend that their request be granted.

Lodge of Kansas.

Your committee also recommend that those Lodges U. D., which have not sent their returns to this Grand Lodge, be continued until the next Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge. Fraternally submitted,

L. PRICHARD, J. W. H. WATSON, Committee.

On motion, it was— Resolved, That fifty dollars be appropriated from the funds of this Grand Lodge, in favor of Brother OLIVER TRUE, late Grand Lecturer of this Grand Lodge.

On motion of Bro E, E, EEES , it was — Resolved, That the M.'.W.' Grand Master have authority to appoint a private secretary, with power to draw on the Grand Treasurer for postage expenses

On motion, it was— Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Lodge be tendered to St. John's Lodge, No 26,for the use of their hall during this Communication ; and also to Washington Lodge, No. 5, for kindly offering us the free use of theirs.

On motion, it was— Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to have three hundred copies of the Proceedings of the present session printed and distributed as per resolution of last year

There being no further business before it, the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge was closed in ample form.

ATTEST:

E. T. CARR, Orand Secretary, pro tern.

GEO H FAIRCHILD,

Orand Master.

DISTRICTS AND DISTRICT DEPUT Y GRAN D MASTERS

Th e following are th e Districts an d District Deputy Grand Masters as arranged b y th e M.'. W; . Grand Master,in compliance with th e report and resolution on page 17, referring to a uniformity of work:

Tha t portion of Kansas lying nort h of th e Kansas river to be th e Norther n District, of which G. AV. HOGEBOOM, of Leavenworth City, is appointed District Deputy Grand Master

Tha t portion of Kansas lying south of th e Kansas river, to be th e Southern District, of which L. S. CORXWALI,, of Olathe, is appointed Dis• trict Deputy Grand Master

MEMBER S OF TH E GRAN D LODG E O F KANSA S FO R

TH E YEA R 1859

M.'.AV.'.GEO . H . FAIRCHILD

Gran d Master.

R.'. W.". J. S. REDPIELD Deputy Grand Master.

R.\ V^:. A GRIFFIN Grand Senior AVarden

R.-.AV.-.J AV H AVatson Grand Junio r AVarden

R." AV.' CHRISTIAN BECK Gran d Treasurer

R.'.AV.' CHARLES MCNDEE .Grand Secretary

R.-.W.-.E. T. CARR Ass't Grand Secretary.

R.-. AV.-.E. T. CARE.. Grand Lecturer.

AV.'.Rev. ISAAC T . COLLINS Grand Chaplain.

AV.'.Rev. F . M.WILLIAM S Grand Chaplain, W.'.Rev. D. OLABKSON Grand Chaplain.

AV.'.P R BROOKS Grand Senior Deacon

AV.'.G AV HOGEBOOM Grand Junio r Deacon

AV.' N CHAPMAN Grand Steward

AV.'. J . N . PHILLIPS Grand Steward.

AV.'. JNO . P . CAMPBELL Grand Orator.

AV.'.S. GREEN Grand Sword Bearer.

AV.-. JNO . T . PRICE Grand Marshal.

AV.' JOSEP H CRACKLIN Gran d Tyler

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SUSPENSIONS

LEAVENWORTH LODGE, NO 2 — E M Kennedy , Joh n Couyers, J H Day, J H McBride, S "Williams, Jno J Simmons, S B Vansycle, H P Johnson , H M Moore, G W MoLane, J F Warden A Titlow

WYANDOTTE LODGE, NO . 3. — Joh n H . Millar.

WASHINGTO N LODGE, NO . 5. — >T. L. Davis.

LAWRENCE LODGE, NO. 6. — Joh n A. Bailey, Ingle Barker, Jas. S. Cowan, Henr y Campbell, A. G. Gabbart, Jame s Garvin, William Hare, G P Lowry, Wm Mowhinney, A J McClouth

LECOMPTON LODGE, No 13 — 0 F Cornman , W P Caldwell

ST. JOHN'S LODGE, NO. 26. — F . A. Hunt , J . Mclntyre, A. C. Harrison.

EXPELLED

LAWRENCE LODGE , No 6 — T H Clemo

HIG H PRAIRI E LODGE, No 25 — F B Cogswell

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Admission.

Initiation. Pa-sing. Raising.

Dimission.

Suspension.

Expulsion.

Death.

No. of Members last year.

Number of Admissions.

Number of Initintions.

Number of Passings.

Number of Raisings.

Number of Bimissions.

Number of Suspensions.

Number of Expulsions.

Nufh ber of Deaths.

Number of Rejections.

Total Number of Members.

Grand Lod e Dues.

Uied at Wyandotte, October 14tb,

A. D. I860, A. L. 5S60

REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE,

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

I n presenting our Report on Correspondence, our onlj' apology is tha t from the short space of time allowed us, we have been unable to give the Proceedings before us as full and careful a review as we would like, or as their merits demand W e have received from the Grand Secretary, the printed Proceedings of tlie following Grand Lodges, to-wit:

ARKANSAS 1858

CALIFORNIA 1860

CANADA 1858

CONNECTICUT 1859

DELAWARE 1859

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1859

FLORIDA .1860

GEORGIA 1859

INDIANA 1860

IOWA 1860

KENTUCKY 1859

LOUISIANA 1860

MAIN E 1860

MARYLAND 1859

MASSACHUSETTS 1859

MICHIGAN 1860

MINNESOTA 1859

MISSISSIPPI 1859

NE W JERSEY 1859

NE W JERSEY 1860

NE W YOR K 1860

NORT H CAROLINA 1859

OREGON 1859

PENNSYLVANIA 1859

RHOD E ISLAND 1859

RHOD E ISLAND 1860

SOUTH CAROLINA 1859

TENNESSEE 1858

TEXAS 1860

VERMONT 1860

VIRGINI A 1860

WASHINGTON TERRITORY 1859

WISCONSIN 1860

Arranging them alphabetically, we commence with th e Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of ARKANSA S —1858

Of this Grand Lodge we have th e Proceedings of A. D. 1858. Th e M.'.W.-. Grand Master, L. E. BARBER, delivered an excellent address. Ha s granted thirteen dispensations to form new lodges, urges to their favorable consideration th e subject of education, and hopes he ma y be relieved from th e cares and responsibilities of an office, bu t the Grand Lodge, entertaining a high appreciation of his abilities, were not willing the n to dispense vs'ith his valuable services, as h e was reelected Bro GEORGE A GALLAGHER presents the Report on Correspondence, in which he notices the Proceedings of twenty-eight Grand Lodges. Of Kansas he says: " W^e welcome her among the galaxy of masonic Grand Lodges."

T D MERRICK, reelected R.'.W.'.Grand Secretary

CALIFORNIA—1860

The Eleventh annual communication of theGrand Lodge of California, was commenced inthecity of Sacramento, May 8,A D 1860,M.'

W.* N.GREENE CURTIS,Grand Master,and R.'.W.* ALEXANDER G ABELL, Grand Secretary

The Grand Master opens his address with some very lofty strains of eloquence, and so well-timed, too, especially when he can so easily lethimself down, tocongratulate theCraft "upon the general peace, harmony and prosperity of our beloved Order throughout the world."

Dispensations were granted for the establishment of eight new lodges. The Grand Lodge does notsee fit tofavor the organization of " The North American Masonic Congress."

From the following report, from the Committee on Finance, weinfer that the Grand Lodgeof California isin avery prosperous condition, financially, especially if the salary and other expenses connected with the Grand Secretary's office bean indication:

To the M:.W:. Grand Lodge of California:

Your committee respectfully suggest the following appropriations for the ensuing year In fixing upon the several sums below set forth, they have carefully considered the duties re*^uired to 1?*^ ^^erformed i^^ t.h'^o*^ i^o whom nninrip*; nrp Ttnid nnd have endeavored to present a correct estimate of the other probably necessary expenditures for the ensuing year Besides the usual appropriation of two thousand dollars for the masonic hall fund, they recommend:

Which report was received and concurred in

Now we know the Bro Grand Secretary tobea most able and efficient officer, and are glad tosee that his qualifications are so justlyappreciated, but one ideasuggests itself to uswhile looking over this report, and itis, that while the brother isreceiving his twenty-four hundred a year, would it not, in his prosperity, be well to keep an "eye charitable " on the Grand Treasurer, whose salary amounts to the very pitiful sum of one hundred a year That, of course, is none of our business,but the contrail isso great that itis hard topass it; and although the brother may be amply remunerated in other ways, yet for California it looks decidedly cheap.

Bro ABELL, in his usual easy style, presents the report on Foreign Correspondence, in which he reviews the Proceedings of thirty-one Grand Lodges. No mention is made ofthis Grand Lodge.

N GREENE CURTIS, reelected M.'.W.' Grand Master

ALEX G ABELL, reelected R.'.W.'.Grand Secretary

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CANADA—1858

• We have the Proceedings of the Fourth annual communication of this Grand Lodge, held at Kingston, July 13, A. D. 1858, M.-.W.'. Wm. M WILSON, Grand Master, and E..W.' Tiios B HARRIS, Grand Secretary. The Proceedings are very interesting, and contain much important matter which we would like to transcribe,but time will not permit. We are happy to find that the Graft are enjoying general harmony throughout the jurisdiction.

The Grand Master and Grand Secretary were both reelected.

CONNECTICUT—1859.

We have before us the Proceedings of the annual communication of this Grand Lodge in Hartford, May 11,A. L. 5869, M.'.W.'. GEO. F.DASKAM, Grand Master, presiding The address of the Grand Master is brief, and refers to matters of local interest.

This Grand Lodge, in relation to the formation of a General Grand Lodge, declares it inexpedient to take further action on the subject, but resolved in favor of the propositions of the Universal Masonic Congress, provided the next meeting of said Congress be held in the city of New York.

• The Report on Foreign Correspondence is by the Grand Secretary, Bro E G STORER It embraces one hundred pages of closely printed matter. In referring to this Jurisdiction, he remarks:

We are happy to perceive that the principles of our Order, which are, iirst " pure, then peaceable," are perceptibly gaining ground in this beautiful Territory

In quoting from Grand Master REES' address, in regard to nonaffiliated masons, where he advocates the right of every mason to withdraw from his affiliation with his lodge whenever he may please, he says:

If this be so, and the lodge has not the same right to withdraw from a brother, leaving him " alone in his glory," then we are not all equal.

On this point we agree with Bro. STORES; but in his notice of this committee, we are really at a loss how to reply. We dislike flattery, and the brother's remarks in our imagination so nearly disclose the old familiar, " I can beat you," that we are disposed to pass them by for the present.

Since writing the above, we have received the Proceedings of this Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, at its annual communication, held May 9, A. D. 1859.

Grand Master BLACKMAN, in his address, gives a detailed account of his stewardship, in which he reports having granted seven dispensations to open new lodges. Much business seems to have been transacted during the session. As a Grand Lodge, they still decline to participate in the formation of the "North American Masonic Congress."

Bro. B. G. STOBER submits his usually interesting Report on Correspondence, in which this Grand Lodge receives a favorable notice.

HOWARD B. ENSIGN, New Haven, M.-.W.'. Grand Master.

E. G. STORER, New Haven, reelected R.'.W.'. Grand Secretary.

Proceedings of the DELAWAR E —1859

Annua l communication' held at Wilmington, Jun e 7, A D 1859, M.-.W.- JOH N R MCFEE , Gran d Master, an d R.-.W.- WM S HAYES, Grand Secretary Twelve lodges were represented Th e Grand Master tenders his most sincere acknowledgments for th e unexpected honor of being mad e Grand Master; mourn s th e loss of two Past Grand officers, Bro ALEXANDER PORTER, an d Past Gran d Secretary, Bro DANIEI, R WOLPB

H e discusses one subject whic h to us is really original I t seems tha t Delaware Lodge of I 0 F., had, through private subscription, bought a Bible for th e use of their lodge, an d asked th e Master and brethre n of Washington Lodge, No 1, A F & A M., t o present th e Bible to them , and tha t Washington Lodge, No 1, ha d by vote agreed to do so They the n ask th e Grand Master's permission, which he very properly refuses to grant, an d gives his reasons i n a very common sense manne r for so doing H e considers th e act itself highly meritorious, bu t " most assuredly unmasonic, for th e reason tha t it conflicts with th e general scope an d purposes of masonry. " Tha t it is no t th e performance of a masonic work or th e execution of a masonic duty, bu t is a direct departur e from th e established usages an d settled policy of th e masonic r>_.5 —

Th e Committee on Correspondence presents a very short report They seem to possess very little of th e spirit to overcome, or of th e ambition to obtain the rewar d in store for hi m tha t overcometh; for the y looked at th e reports of th e Grand Secretaries of other States, and in awe of th e immens e volumes, it would not be so bold to assert tha t an y one or all of th e committee ha d accomplished th e herculean an d useless task of reading them

Th e Grand Master an d Grand Secretary were both reelected

DISTRIC T O F COLUMBIA—1859 .

W e hav e th e Proceedings of th e M.'.W.'. Grand Lodge for th e masonic year, ending December 27, A D 1859

Th e Proceedings of th e different communications are mostly confined to local subjects

A committee of Masters, to whom was referred th e subject in relation to suspension for non-paymen t of dues, made a report, from which we take th e following:

First. That suspension, in masonic parlance, is from all the privileges of masonry, and cannot be otherwise construed without a change in the established usages of the fraternity, and in no ease should this punishment be inflicted for non-payment of dues

Second. That sentence of" exclusion " may be pronounced against a brother for non-payment of dues under the operation of the by-laws of a lodge, upon a report of the facts by the Secretary and a vote of the lodge.

r/iirrt.—That this punishment shall exclude the brother from visiting his lodge, and shall prevent his receiving a diploma or a dlmit; and during his exclusion his name shall be dropped from the roll of members

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R.'.W/. G. A. ScHWARZMAN, from th e Committee on Correspondence, presents a very able report, embracing th e Proceedings of thirty-five Grand Lodges. No mention is made of Kansas.

G. C. WHITING, reelected M.'.W.-. Grand Master.

G. A. ScHWARZM.vN, reelected R.'.W.".Grand Secretary.

FLORIDA—1860 .

The Gran d Lodge convened at Tallahassee, Monday, Januar y 9, A D 1860, M.-.W.- THOMAS HAYWARD, Grand Master, an d R.-.W.-.JOH N B

TAYLOR, Grand Secretary Th e Grand Master, in hi s address, seems rather disposed to censure th e members for neglect of duty H e says:

I hope, at this communication, you will commence a t once to review the past and profit by experience, and deliberately and carefully proceed to the discharge of your duties, so as not to ha%'e the charge of carelessness or neglect to be attributed to you in the future

He notices in an appropriate manne r th e death of Past Grand Master JESSE COE There is also embodied in th e Proceedings a beautiful eulogy on th e death of Past Grand Master ROBERT. BUTLEE, by R. K . CALL

The business of th e Grand Lodge seems to be generally confined to matters of local interest.

D C DAWKINS, M.-.W.- Grand Master

JOH N B TAYLOR, reelected R.'.W.-.Grand Secretary'

GEORGIA—1859

This Gran d Lodge held its annual communication i n th e city of Macon, commencing October 26, A D 1859, M.-.W.- WILLIAM S ROCKWELL, Gran d Master, presiding, and R.-.W.-.SIME I ROSE, Gran d Secretary The Grand Master, in his address, thu s alludes to th e general harmon y throughou t th e Order

I am gratified to announce the continued prosperity of the Order within our own limits ; an d so far as appears from the Proceedings of the Grand Lodges of the Union, unbrolcen harmony now reigns among them all The various schisms an d dissensions once painfully disturbing the peaceful current of masonic events, are now composed and set at rest; no longer the vivid topics of earnest and exciting debate; their huge and darkening forms, as they loom up among the recollections of the past, warn us emphatically how easy it is for even brothers to disagree, and what fatal results can flow from an obscure and trivial source Let us remember and rely upon the doctrine which Israel's royal psalmist teaches: " Abundant is theirs who delight in the law of JEHOVAH ; they shall never be made to stumble."

Six dispensations were granted to open ne w lodges Most of th e address is devoted to answering th e question, "WHA T IS A GRAN D LODGE? " a question which seems to have been asked b y th e Committee on Correspondence of Florida, and we should infer more for th e purpose of provoking a discussion tha n for any real information

Reports were received from several R.-.AV.' Deputy Grand Masters all of which indicate masonry to be in a healthy condition throughou t th e jurisdiction

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The Keport on Correspondence, by Bro. DICKSOX H . AVALKEU, briefly reviews the Proceedings of most of the Grand Lodges, Kansas among the number

The Grand Master and Grand Secretary were both reelected

INDIANA—1800.

The annual communication of this Grand Lodge was held at Indianapolis, commencing May28, A D I860, M.'.W.' AI,E.\-.\.\'DKU G.DOWNEY, Grand Master, andE.' W.' FKAXCIS Ki.vci, Gfrand Secretary

The Grand Master, in his address, notices in an able and appropriate manner the death of Bro. AUEI. C. PEPPEU.

Has granted thirteen dispensations to form new lodges' Seems not inclined to favor theorganization of the"Masonic Congress;" cautions the brethren against anything like "trifling, captious, or sinister andunworthy motives in the u.seof the ballot," and without occupying more of their time, expresses confidence in the belief that tliey will actand consider for the benefit of the Order.

The Report on Correspondence is by Bro. JOHX B. FH.WEI., and reviews by "copious extracts," the Proceedings of thirty-seven Grand Lodges. In his notice of this Grand Lodge, he is unusually brief (probably thinks enough hasalready been said of Kansas); pretends to quote from the address of theGrand Master, but notwithstanding his brevity in doing so,he fails topreserve the phraseology, and closeswith acliange of orthography in the names of the Grand Master andGrand Secretary. We thank the brother for thesuggestioii, but hope he will excuse us if we persevere in the"old wa}-"for a wliile, at least until weshall have given it consideration

We noticed in our last report that tins Grand Lodge had taken strong grounds on the subject of temperance—a subject which we urgently recommend tothe favorable consideration of all The present returns foot up twohundred and thirty-two suspensions, and twentyexpulsions ; and knowing man's weakness, as well as the edicts of this Grand Lodge, wewould most naturally infer that that fell destroyer " Indiana whisky," must have been making sad havoc among theCraft in that jurisdiction.

The Grand Master and Grand Secretary were both reelected

IOWA-1860

This Grand Lodge commenced its annual communication at Burlington, June 5, A.D. 1860, M..W.-.J. R. HARTSOCK, Grand Master, and R.'.W.".THEODORE S. PAKVIN, Grand Secretary. Eighty lodges were represented at the opening, and one hundred and thirteen during thesession. Whole number of registered lodges, one hundred and forty-si.x. The Grand Master, in his address, speaks in aglowing manner of freemasonry, and says:

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It is not a science only — it is more It is a truth deeper than all science Ingermed within its very heart lies the secret of perfect harmonious being It is the human side of religion ; the humanity of divinity; the glorification of the finite. We may not plainly see it ; few, indeed have discovered its place of concealment; few are aware that it has an existence; but it lies buried deep in the rubbish of our material ideas, to be found only when we remove the ruins, descend below the vain creations of our pride and folly, an d explore the very foundations of the ruined but once glorious temple of huma n nature

Fourteen dispensations were granted during th e year to open ne w lodges

He has appointed "distinguished brethren " to represent the Gran d Lodge of Iowa near th e respective Grand Lodges of twenty-one States

In regard to th e " National Masonic Congress," it is —

Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Iowa declines to enter into the articles of association of said body

Th e Repor t on Correspondence, by Bro. C. STEWART ELLS, reviews the Proceedings of thirty-four Grand Lodges, Kansas with th e number . TuoM.vs H BEXTOX, Council Bluffs, M.-.AV.- Grand Master TiiEOTJoRE .S P.Mivrx, Iowa Cit}', R.'.W.'.Grand Secretary

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Grand annual communication held in the city of Louisville, on Monday, th e 17th day of October, A D 1859 M.' W.' Roii MOKRIS, Grand Master, gives a detailed account of his.stewardship for th e year H e says:

I have had many requests made me for dispensations to confer degrees within a less period than one month. * * * The present condition of masonry rather demands that the time of trial should be extended, rather than shortened

Ill speaking of th e "Histor y of Freemasonry in Kentucky," he says:

I would respectfully recommend that the Grand Lodge furnish to each Grand Lodge in the world three copies of the history, and to each lodge in Kentucky as the Grand Lodge deems best.

Of th e lecture s h e says :

In view of the numerous discrepancies.existing in the State, and considering that none of the rituals invented during the last twenty years can have the least claim to our respect, I recommend that the Grand Lodge, by solemn vote, disapprove of the numerous increa.sing innovations introduced by incautious brethren into the work, and that you approbate and recommend a speedy return to the pure, genuine, ancient and consistent work an d lectures of THO.MAS SMITH WEBB, as taught in the school of instruction during the past year. i

According to th e report of the Grand Treasurer, th e total resources of the Grand Lodge are $27,642.89

The KeiJort on Foreign Correspondence is b y K.". W.". Bro. .1. M. S. McCoRCKLE. Tt is a valuable document, and we regret tliat we cannot give it that careful review to which its merits entitle it

HAKVEV T WILSOX, Sherburne , M.' VV.'.Grand Master .Toirx M 8 McCoRCKi.K, Greenburg, reelected K.'.W.' Grand Secretary.

Proceedings of the LOUISIANA—18(>0.

The Forty-eighth annual communication of this Grand I^odgewas commenced in the city of NewOrleans, February 13,A. D. 1860, M.-. W.'.SA.\ruEi^ M.TODD, Grand Master, presiding. Forty-eight chartered lodges were represented from a registry*of 160.

The Grand Master delivered a very interesting address, mostly tievoted to local matters.

In regard to clandestine lodges, I tran.scribe thefollowing, believing it to be a subject which more or less affects other jurisdictions. He says:

The number of clandestine lodges in this city appears to have increased since our last assembly, judging from their advertisements. The instigators of these illegal and self-constituted associations have grown bolder in their movements, and have attempled to extend their organization into the rural districts of our State, without, however, having attained more than a slight foothold During the past year I have received several communications from persons who have been deceived into joining ope or another of these pretented masonic lodges.

He refers to the self-styled "Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General 33°Ancient and Accepted Scotch Rite of Freemasonry, Valley of New Orleans, State of Louisiana," which, so far as we .canlearn, is not recognized by inasous in any part of theglobe.

He speaks of the "American Masonic Home" as a project which should receive the approval andactive cooperation of theCraft throughout the Union

A condensed but very ably written Report on Foreign Correspondence is presented by Bro. J. Q.A.FELLOWS.

J. Q. A. FELLOWS, M.-.W.-. Grand Master. SA.MUEL G.RISK, reelected R.'.W.". Grand Secretary.

MAINE —1860.

The annual communication of the M.".W.\ Grand Lodge of theState of Maine was held at Portland, Tuesday, May1,1860.

INl.'.VV.'.Grand Master CHASE, in hisaddress, says: "At no period is the history of freemasonry in this State have weoccupied so high a position. Ourcouncils are characterized by the bond of unity and the ties of brotiierly love." He, in a very appropriate manner, refers tothe death of Past Grand Master ROBERT P DHNLAP; also, R.'.W.' Brother CYRUS CUMMINGS,late Grand Chaplain Herecommends tothe favorable consideration of the Grand Lodge thesubject of theAmerican Masonic Home; reports having granted seven dispensations for newlodges,and urges the importance of writing a history of freemasonry in that jurisdiction

The Committee on Correspondence presents a very interesting report, reviewing theProceedings of thirty-two Grand Lodges In speaking of this Grand Lodge, they remark that M.'.W.'.R R REES wasreelected and that he"appointed nine Grand Chaplains." Now, indeed

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this may seem a useless show, and cause the E/.W.- committee some manifestations of wonder We presume that if the committee have believed buta small portion of what has been said of "Bleeding Kansas and Border Euffians," that in the work of reformation from that barbarous to a civilized community, the services of " nine Grand Chaplains " would be inadequate to the task.

In relation to the difficulties existing between the Grand Lodge of Maine and the Grand Lodge of England, the principles involved being so well understood, and the base so well settled by the different masonic bodies, we refrain from comment.

JosiAH H. DRUMMOND, M.'.W.'. Grand Master.

IiiA BERRY, reelected E.'.W.'. Grand Secretary.

MAEYLAND —1859.

We have before us the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge at its annual communication, held at Baltimore, November 21, A D 1859 And also the Proceedings of the semi-annual communication, held May 14, 1860. At the annual communication "The M.-.W.'. Grand Master, Bro. CHAKLES GOODWIN, took the chair and opened the Grand Lodge In ample form, (with prayer by the Grand Chaplain)," after which the Grand Master read a very business-like address, and retires with the full satisfaction of having faithfully discharged the duties of the office in strict accordance with the obligations of his installation

Their Grand Charity Fund now amounts to thirty thousand dollars, and the Grand Lodge seems to be somewhat exercised in mind as to how it shall best be disposed of. A resolution was adopted appropriating "the interest of fifteen thousand dollars of it, annually, to the relief of destitute Master Masons, their widows and orphans," and also that "the interest of the remaining portion of the Grand Charity Fund, the annual contributions to said fund, and any unexpended funds in the hands of the Committee on Charity, at the end of the fiscal year, be added to the principal of the Grand Charity Fund."

The Eeport on Correspondence is from the pen of our distinguished and highly esteemed brother, the Eev. J. N. MCJILTON, D.D. It is an excellent and well written review of the Proceedings of fourteen Grand Lodges, and covers two hundred and fifty-six pages of closely printed matter From the length of the brother's report, we infer that he, at least, is no drone in the great hive, and that if he has not " sufficient time," he has the very happy faculty of making an excellent report without it. We would like to quote largely from his remarks, but our limited time will not permit us to do as we would.

At the semi-annual communication, at Baltimore, May 14,1860,Bro ANTHONY KIMMEL, M.'.W.- Grand Master, took the chair and opened the Grand Lodge in ample form, after prayer by the Grand Chaplain, assisted by the Grand Officers and members, who occupied their respective "chairs."

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The Grand Master, in his address, entertains the hope that the Ijrethren generally in that jurisdiction are in search of increasing light. He discourages tlie too hasty admission of applicants into freemasonry, and remarks that in his opinion "non-affiliation prevails just in proportion to the facility with which the applicants find an entrance into our sanctuary," an opinion in which we heartily concur.

Only twenty-three lodges seem to be represented, from a registry of one hundred and nine.

We thinli the Grand Treasurer offers some very sensible suggestions on the subject of retrenchment, especially in the item of printing. AVe all need light, and like to see every reasonable advantage given that all may acquire it,but wethink that "each member under the jurisdiction " would be as well served if one copy only was furnished to each lodije under the jurisdiction, and that copy preserved to be read in open lodge whenever occasion might require We presume the Brother Grand Secretary, although he appears to receive about fifteen hundred a year for printing Proceedings of the Crrand Lodge, would be among the'first to advocate a system of retrenchment. The suggestions were referred to the Committee on Accounts, to report at the next communication.

^yiO. i>iC.^iT/TONpresents auOtuei" i^epOit on v./urreapoiiuence, covering three hundred and fourteen pages, and reviewing the Proceedings of sixteen Grand Lodges This time Kansas is among the number

In the brother's remarks on Kansas, informalities seem the tirstto attract his attention. He remarks that the Grand Lodge of Kansas was convened in regular communication, whether annual or not he is not informed; that all the Grand Officers were absent except the Grand Master and Secretary, and that "the Grand Lodge was opened in ample form by the Grand Master, Bro RICHARD E KEES, we suppose with prayer by the Grand Chaplain, jiro tern." etc., etc For tlie brother's information, we will here remark that the Grand Lodge of Kansas has but one communication in each year. If he prefers that we use the term " annual," we will not object. As for any dereliction of duty on the part of the Grand Officers, we have no excuse to oft'er, but hope they will do better in the future; and with nine Grand Chaplains, we think we may at least entertain a hope of having one present at our next communication. But the brother soon passes over these, and proceeds to give a very impartial review of the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge He regards the style of Brother REES as determined, and thinks it may be regarded by some reviewers as dictatorial, and thereby provoke opposition; but for his own part, he is pleased with the positive manner in which he (Bro REES ) proclaims his sentiments and the zeal he exhibits in the cause of masonry His notice of the address delivered by Bro.PELOT is rather severe, but we do not question the brother's right, or attempt to defend the address; but on the contrary, we are inclined to endorse the "criticisms" of Bro. MCJILTO.V. And now Bro. M.\c, in regard to the "gentle criticism." We had not tlie slightest idea

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of being offended. Probably if we had been better acquainted we should not have regarded the remarks in the light we did. We must acknowledge, however, that there seemed to us to be a little irony in the background, and even had it been the case, we should not have allowed ourselves to have, in any manner, become, as you term it, " a little fretted."

The report was hastily written, and probably some things were said in a blundering or careless manner which need to be explained; and, in justice to Bro. MUNDEE, we must acknowledge ourself the author of all, and take the bitter with the sweet. Whatever remarks we did make were made in good feeling, and if we were so dull of comprehension as not to know when to give credit for a compliment, we hope the brother will at once consider it our misfortune, and waive the necessity of an explanation.

ANTHONY KIMMEL, .M.-.W.".Grand Master.

.JOSEPH ROBINSON, reelected R.'.W.". Grand Secretary.

MASSACHUSETTS —1859.

We have received the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge for the year ending December 27, A. D. 1859,this being its one hundred and twentyseventh anniversary. M.'.W.'. JOHN T.HEARD, who for the last three years has so ably presided over this Body, closed his official labors with this communication

WiNSLOWLEWIS was elected M.'.W.'. Grand Master,and OIIAKLES W. MOOKE was reelected R.'.W.'. Grand Secretary.

Bro. LEWIS, in his opening address,gives his views on many important subjects, which we would like to transcribe in full if we had the time

In speaking of an organization styled "North American Masonic Congress," he says:

It is endeavored hy this body to organize a representation from the Grand Lodge.s of the Union, somewhat similar to that from Grand Chapters and Encampments; that it should hold triennial meetings, discuss masonic laws, principles and actions, etc., but that their determinations shall have mandatory or obligatory power, save that which may be effected by force of public opinion, based on the prestige of this organized representation from all Grand Lodges

Whether or not such a power may not be exertd f, coming from a combination, so as to give its actions the dignity almost of a law, is a subject for your grave consideration

He speaks doubtingly of the project of the "American Masonic Home," and well, we think, he might

In speaking of the reports of Committees on Correspondence, he says:

Except through such a medium as these committees, how can the brethren of this jurisdiction known of what is transpiring elsewhere? How can they be enlightened on the masonic jurisprudence of the several States, and on their views on questions which relate to this important subject'? Might it not be well for us to present annually a resume from the aunals of freemasonry everywhere'! \t least would it not be a topic worthy of your consideration ?

From the reports of the several District Deputy Grand Masters, we infer that throughout the State.masonry is progressing in its true spirit One hundred chartered lodges were represented, also ten under dispensation. Membership, 6,741.

MICHIGA N —1860.

Annual communication held at Detroit, January 11, A. D. I860, A. L. 5680, M.-.W.-.J. ADAMS ALLEN, Grand Master, and R.-.W.-.JAMES FENTON, Grand Secretary. The Grand Master, in his address, gives a very encouraging account of the Craft in that jurisdiction: He says:

So far as I have been able to ascertain, the accessions to the Order have in the vast majority of cases, been of the very best material which our .State could afford.

He reports having granted seven dispensations to form new lodges, and has rendered fifty-nine decisions on masonic law We should infer from the nature of many of the questions referred for decision, that the Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand Lodge must be very imperfect, or that the lodges have not the opportunity of studying them as they should. Of side degrees, he considers that whatever the denomination may be, whether effable or ineffable, they are no part of masonry, and thinks " it is a pertinent question whether the Blue Lodge ought ^^^ +rt «^;:r.r^^»4- ;vr, ^..« „ «„, ! .,4.i^^„t Jz—1.,;..., „ii Ai 1.: 11 _ 1 Ai^U \jyj lUtlOOCAU lljO oUplCliicH^^ , £1.11U LXLLCll^ UlOUlillii l al l LUCOC UlltttJIitJ U and useless innovations." He considers " frequent changes of Masters undesirable," a sentiment in which we most heartily concur. An intelligent and experienced Master in our opinion, should be retained as long as his services can be secured; but as Bro. ALLEN remarks:

A single reelection is about all our democratic tastes are willing to tolerate which infallibly sets aside the Master just at the period when if he has been faithful to the trust reposed in him, his ability really begins to be developed to the full advantage of the lodge.

In regard to the "American Masonic Home," he is, in his "own mind, doubtful of the feasibility of the scheme," but recommends it to the consideration of the Grand Lodge, from the fact of its being a " rneritorious object," conceived by " excellent brothers." As to the " North American Masonic Congress," he^ evinces decided opposition. We quote the following without comment:

We may sum up the whole matter in a single proposition, or rather the subject reduces itself,to a single dilemma, viz;

To be efBcient, the North American Congress must have power. If power be vested in it, it will speedily become dangerous If it claims to act as masonic power, it is an Innovation If it is content with lesser prerogatives, it is an incumbrance

He closes with some very appropriate remarks upon the grand objects of freemasonry, during which he remarks that "it is a genial, social, companionable, fraternal thing, this system of masonry, and if hearts do not throb with warmer emotions at the very approach of a brother of the mystic tie, they are no true masonic hearts, but icy impostures."

The Report on Correspondence, by the Grand Secretary, reviews the Proceedings of thirty-seven Grand Lodges, Kansas among the number.

WM. L . GKEENLY, Adrian, M.-.W.-. Grand Master.

JAMES FEXTON, Detroit, reelected R.-.W.-. Grand Secretary.

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MINNESOT A —1859

From this Grand Lodge we have the Proceedings of th e Eighth annual communication, commencing October 25, A. D. 1859, M.'.W.".A. T. 0. PiEESON, Grand Master, and R.'.W.'.GEO . W . PKESCOTT, Grand Secretary

The Grand Master, in his address, reports having granted three dispensations for new lodges, and also that under a resolution authorizing th e appointment of representatives near the other Grand Lodges, he has appointed several distinguished brethre n of other jurisdictions to represent th e Grand Lodge of Minnesota near their respective Grand Lodges. I n all, twenty representatives were appointed. H e discusses at some length th e subject of th e " North American Masonic Congress," pointing out the benefits which he think s would naturally flow from such an organization; and, finally, waxing war m on the subject, he asks:

Are we to rest content in this age of progress, with the meagre developments of masonry within our individual lodges? Be satisfied with the work, as it is technically called? Our only aim to he able to confer a degree with eclaf^. To exclude the admiration of the lookers-on with our gesticulations, enunciations, command of language, or fitness for the stage ? And our only aim to find some new word, phrase, or sentence, instead of the good old language our fathers used ? If this is all of masonry, then cease publishing the Proceedings of Grand Lodges, stop the issue of masonic publications, and let there be darkness rather than light; but masonry has a history extending away back in the annals of the past, a subject worthy of the most profound historian —

A jurisprudence that men of the highest attainments have been engaged in elucidating; is the subject exhausted?

A liferaUtre — poetry and prose — worthy of the pen of the most polished writer :

A science that has commanded, and will continue to invite, the admiration of the scientific of all ages;

A symbolism extending back through the countless ages, that well may require the investigation of the most erudite scholar;

A philosophy that challenges comparison;

A religion where all creeds, sects and shades of opinion can meet on an equality with perfect harmony; the antiquarian, too, has a field for research, to which no human institution offers a parallel Is not the subject sufficient to challenge the admiration of man, and to enlist the best eiTorts of the brightest minds in the fraternity ? To concentrate their minds, secure their cooperation in laboring in the.field, is one of the great objects to be gained in the formation of the North American Congress

Bro PiKRSON has been very energetic in th e work of getting up th e plans of this masonic congress, probably as much so as any other distinguished brother, and personally knowin g him to be th e type of ambition, we hope, although personally we cannot endorse the project, that his highest expectations may be fully realized, and tha t his labors will not go unrewarded '

On th e subject of non-affiliated masons, we copy th e following, without comment :

Resolved, That no resident non-aftiliated mason shall be allowed to visit any subordinate lodge in this jurisdiction after he shall have resided in said jurisdiction six months

Proceedings of the

Th e Repor t on Correspondence is by Bro G W PRESCOTT It occupies about sixty pages, and reviews, in his usually independent style, the Proceedings of twenty-six Grand Lodges The following is the style of his remarks in noticing this Grrand Lodge H e says:

The subject of non-artiliation is examined at length, and the Grand Master steps boldly forth "opposed to most of the Grand Lodges of America" in advocating the rights of those stingy drones, who don't belong anywhere, and won't do anything but prey He knocks down the whole modern system of" ostracising the non-afiiliated," as he terms it, by " asking these advocates of ostracism," " when affiliation first began V Where were lodges in the days of KKIIOBOA.M?" We acknowledge ourselves " floored,'' and ask that the question be referred to that"' Grand Magnificent Camp-meeting" to be held at York, England, ten years from the 24th of June next

For tlie present we propose to let the brother have it his own way, being personally inclined to discountenance non-affiliation. As for any other remarks, we will not entertain any "har d feelings" towards the brother ; he is independent, and we like him for it, and like to see him "le t himself out."

Th e Grand Master and Grand Secretary were both reelected

MISSISSIPP I —1859

Th e Forty-first Grand Annual Communication of th e Grand Lodge of Mississippi was held at Jackson on th e 17tli day of January , A. D. 1859, A L 5859

M.'.W.'. WILLIAM COTHRAN, Grand Master, presented an excellent address. H e eulogizes in a very appropriate and eloquent manne r those of tha t Grand Lodge who within a year have been called to tha t bourne from whence n o traveler returns H e alludes to Past Grand Master W R CANNON, Senior Grand AVarden W R LAKEY, and Past Grand Master JOHN A QUITMAN The business of the Grand Lodge was entirely of a local nature

AViLLiAM P MELLEN, Natchez, M.'.W.' Grand Master R W T DANIEL, Jackson, reelected R.'.W." Grand Secretary

NE W JERSE Y —1859-60

W e have before us th e Proceedings of this Grand Lodge for the year A. D. 1859, and also for 1860. Their Seventy-second annual communication was held at Trenton, commencing Januar y 12, 1859, M.'.W.-. JOSEPH TRIMBLE, Grand Master, presiding. From his address we learn tha t masonry is prospering in tha t jurisdiction M.'.W.' JOSEPH TRIMBLE was reelected Grand Master, and R.' W.' JOSEPH HOUGH, Grand Secretary

At their annual comuiunication, lield at Trenton, .lanuary 18, A. D. 1860. The Grand Ma.ster.says : It is with great satisfaction I report to you that masonry is making a steady, and mostly a healthy progress, througout the State: and that the Order is increasing, not only in numbers, but in the masonic value of the difl'erent lodges, and the members composing them

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H e reports having granted one disi)ensation for a new lodge. H e calls the attention of the Grand Lodge to the proceedings of two lodges in regard to the election of their officers:

" la both cases the Master elect was taken from the floor and had never served in the capacity of Warden in any lodge

This action h e considers irregular, and declares the election of tlio.se olHcers void, and continued the lodges under the care of their previous Masters until th e matter could be i^resented to the Grand Lodge for its decision. W e admit that tlie proceedings of these lodges were irregular and wrong, and being so, in what manner is th e decision of th e Grand Lodge to mak e it regular or right?

The Eeport on Correspondence is by the Grand Secretary, and is a very carefully written document of fifty pages, reviewing th e Proceedings of thirty-six Grand Lodges

LsAAC VA N WAeoxEit, M.'.W.' Grand Master

.TosKi'Ji H , HouGU, reelected E.'.W.'. Grand Secretary.

NE W YOU K —1860

Th e annua l communication of this Grand Lodge commenced .Tune 5, A D 1860 Fou r hundre d and ten lodges were represented Grand Master LEWIS, in his usually excellent address, gives a very interesting account of the prosperity of th e Craft in that jurisdiction.

Th e Keport on Correspondence is by E.'.W.'. ELLIOOTT EVANS, and is a review of th e Proceedings of thirty-nine Grand Lodges. Kansas is included in th e number . W e regret tha t th e difficulties arising from th e irregular action of the Grand Lodge of Hamburg, i n granting charters to two Germa n lodges i n the city of New York, have not yet been amicably settled We also regret to observe i n the same reports, a disposition o n the part of the Grand Lodge of Hamburg , to recognize, and attempt to induce the Grand Lodges of Europe to recognize the, as they term it, " colored lodges in America."

These irregularities have provoked considerable discussion between th e two Grand Lodges Much is very ably said on both sides in defending their positions, but so far as we have become acquainted with th e facts, our sympathies are with th e Grand Lodge of New York, and we would recommen d tha t this Grand Lodge abstain from all intercourse with th e Gran d Lodge of Hamburg, or any persons hailing from under, or recognizing its jurisdiction, until all present difficulties, affecting in any manne r th e Grand Lodges of America, shall have been healed.

W e acknowledge th e receipt of th e Proceedings of 1859, bu t ou r notice of the m was accidentally omitted in printing our last Proceedings

JOH N W SIMONS, M.'.AV.' Gran d

Master

JAMES M AUSTIN, reelected E.'.W.' Grand Secretary

Proceedings of the

JvOET H CAROLIN A —1859 .

This Grand Lodge convened at Kaleigh, December 5,1859 M.' W.' AbKKED MARTIN, Grand Master, and R.' W." W T B.MX, Grand Secretary. Eighty-nine lodges were represented.

Tlie Grand Master submits a very sensibly-written address, prefacing it with some beautiful remarks on th e history of masonry That " college" seems still to engross the attention of the Craft in that jurisdiction, and we infer tha t the project is becoming more of a burden than was anticipated, and tha t the Grand Lodge, or tlie Craft in that jurisdiction would b e glad to ri d themselves of th e responsibility. Otherwise, why conjure the m " by all the principles of honor and the incentives to duty," to themselves a s masons, " and to th e Order in Nortli Carolina, never to abandon the enterprise."

Six dispensations were granted to form new" lodges. H e discusses at considerable lengtli tlie subject of the "American Masonic Congress," or as h e terms it, a "Sui^reme Grand Lodge," an d surely if the brother held the casting vote, ( Congress or no Congress) it would be a long time before our " eminen t brothers " would see their favorite project in operation

juiio -i-tcpvjio \jii. vyv.>Licopuinaciicc in uy j-»iu X vv J? AA.>i:N».T, aiiu embraces a very able review of the Proceedings of twenty-tliree Grand Lodges No mention is made of this Grand Lodge

LEWI S S WILLIAMS , M.-.W.- Grand Master

AV.M. T. BAI.\ , reelected R.'. W.'.Grand Secretary.

OREGON—1859

Th e M.'.W.'. Grand Lodge of Oregon, convened in annual communication a t Eugen e City, Jun e 13, A D 1859, R.'.W.' AMORY HOLBKOOK, Deputy Grand Master, i^residing, and R.'.W.' \V S CALDWELL, Acting Grand Secretary.

R.'.W.". Bro. HoLiuiooK, presents a very interesting address. H e favors th e Moun t Vernon project, and is in favor of a permanent location of th e Grand Lodge, tha t they may secure a full and regular attendance, and especially give to th e archives a "local habitation."

I n closing his remarks, h e says:

Permit me, therefore, in concluding these hastily prepared suggestions, to express my congratulations at our present meeting; though not so full as we could desire, yet under the circumstances, enough of us are here " to thank God and take courage." It is our annual love-feast which we keep—a most fitting occasion to think of, and to seek for the means of keeping alive and exalting our beloved Institution—and if we rise from it, Avith hearts larger, beating fuller, with feelings purer and warmer for our brotherhood, we shall have kept it wisely and well

The Report on Correspondence, by Bro. HOLHKOOK, reviews in a very impartial manne r the Proceedings of twenty-six Grand Lodges. I n their notice of Kansas, th e committee quote in full th e remarks of Grand Master REE S on the subject of non-affiliated masons,and remark :

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This sounds very plausible, so far as application of the generally received rule, to any extreme case, is concerned, though we greatly doubt whether any false pride on the part of an indignant brother, or any undue sternness of discipline by a lodge, has ever, or will, while masonry endures, deprive a worthy sharer in our mutuarwoes, or bearer of our mutual burdens, of even the slightest attention while living, or care for his remains, when ma n goethto his long home and his dust is returned to the earth as it was

AVe also quote th e following tribute to th e memory of Bro THOMAS L BRKXT :

We deeplyregret to observe the announcement, by the Grand Master,of the death of a member of the Grand Lodge, Bro THOS L BRENT, of the U S Army; we remember him with warm affection, as a brother beloved among us in the earlier days of masonry in Oregon; he was made a mason in Williamette Lodge, No 2, and in his life and conduct ever walked worthily of the high vocation to which he was called His memory is enshrined in our hearts, and our sincere sympathy is with those whom his death has heavily bereaved

AJIOH V HOLISROOK:, M.'.AV.' Gran d Masjter

TITOS MOFAODE X PATTOX , B.".W.' Gran d Secretarj'

PENNSYLVANI A —1859

AVe have a n abstract of th e Proceedings of this Grand Lodge for 1859. Th e proceedings seem generall}' to be confined to matters of local interest—mostl}' financial Their Annual Grand Communication was held December 27, A D 1859, M.-.W.- HEXRY M PHILLIPS, Grand Master, presiding Warrants were granted for eight new lodges AVhole number of lodges, one hundre d an d sixty-eight Th e Board of Almoners of the Grand Lodge Charity Fund , has paid out for charitable purposes during th e year, $1,475, an d from th e annual report of th e Stewards of the "Stephe n Girard Charity Fund, " we find that they have "grante d relief to seventy-seven ' poor an d respectable brethren ' to the amoun t of |],980."

HEXR Y M PHILLIPS , M.'.AV.' Gran d Master

AVM H ADAMS, E.' AV.' Grand Secretary

RHOD E ISLAN D —1859-60

AVe have th e Proceedings of this Grand Lodge at its several communications held during th e year ending Jun e 24, A. D. 1859. M.'.AV.'.

JAMES HUTCHISON, Gran d Master, and R.'.AV.' AV:M C B.^EKER, Gran d Secretary

The Grand Master, in his address, congratulates th e brethren on th e prosperity which has attended th e Order during th e year in that jurisdiction H e says: " With an unhapp y exception, so far as I can learn, the utmost harmony prevails throughout the jurisdiction." Fro m th e report of a special committee, we infer that " unhappy exception " alluded to, must have been from a probable misconstruction of th e ancient regulation, to-wit: " No mason can be a Warden until h e has passed th e part of a Fellow Craft, nor a Master until h e has acted as a Warden."

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Tli e repor t says :

This is sound doctrine, but like many other doctrines equally sound, it is now-adays diiferently understood, some contending that a mason must have served as a Warden before he can be elected Master of a lodge, while others take the view which this Grand Lodge has always held and acted upon, namely : That the candidate must be a Fellow Craft before he can be entitled to the degree of Master, must " act " (no t serve) as Warden before he can be permitted to see the beauties of that sublime degree

Now tills may be "soun d doctrine," bu t between this and th e above c:ominittee, th e subject is certainly " difi'erently understood," and we consider tlie subject too generally well understood to require special legislation ; bu t if legislation be had or "views " adopted, let it be in such a manne r that all may understand. Eithe r ].iermit subordinate lodges to elect who they please for tlieir Master, or otherwise make it imperative that a brother mus t have been "regularly " elected, and have served his full term before h e can be eligible to th e office. Whatever be th e law, let us abide by it, an d no t seek to evade it unde r th e plea of an emergency, or having a .special dispensation

Th e Kepor t on Correspondence is by Bro TIIO.MAS A DOVI.E I t notices th e Proceedings of this Gran d Lodge for 18.57, and also for 1858. Annexe d to th e report are several resolutions; one congratulating the Grand Lodge of Canada on th e settlement of their difficulties, and the formation of an independent Grand Lodge; another recognizing the Grand Lodge of Nebraska

.FEKVIS J S.MiTH, M.-.W.- Grand Master

W.^r C BARKEK, reelected R.;.W." Grand Secretary

W e have also before us tlie Proceedings of this Grand Lodge for the year ending Jun e 25, A. D. 1860. Th e Gran d Master in his address thus alludes to those of that Grand Lodge who have been called to tliat bourne from whence n o traveler returns :

Permit me, brethren, to say in the language of an eminent mason: " While we are exchanging kind and endearing salutations one with another, for this our annual reunion, as a blessing that we have lived again to enjoy, and while our hearts are filled with gratitude to that Divine.Power in whom we live and move and have our being, the outpourings of the heart are arrested by the consciousness that we are not all here ! Two familiar forms that have often 'greeted us with smiles, are absent We shall see their faces in time no more! Their honored seats are vacant! They will no more occupy them ! Brothers MOSES RICHARDSON and Wji C BARKER are no more Thus have two of our long-tried and approved Grand Officers '•:' =^ * fallen at the post of duty, and been entombed by the hands of their brethren

Bro. DoYLK presents another Report on Corre.spondence; evidently our Proceedings had no t been received.

In speaking of the lodges unde r his own jurisdiction, Bro DOVI.E remarks : " There are no dues or taxes of any kind The member attends the lodge or not, a t his pleasure H e is left to his own will, he was not compelled to receive th e degrees — so also h e is no t compelled to attend another meeting if he does no t choose," and if, perchance, he should stay away until all had forgotten him, still h e is entitled to all th e benefits, and remains a memorial of tlie past, " not burdened by dues or compelled

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to attend a lodge against his will in order to secure a masonic burial or charity for his widow an d orphans." jSfow, we do not ask a brother to attend a lodge against his will; an d as to dues, they maj' b e dispensed ' with in Rhode Island, bu t in this western country, we think it would b e extremely difficult to "ru n th e Institution " .successfully on th e same amount of capital tha t may b e required in Ehode Island; indeed, we think a mason who could live so muc h a drone as th e brother seems ready to admit h e might, should not, in an y manner, receive pay.

AVii>ijAM GRAY , M.'.W.'.Gran d Master. THOS A DOYLE, K.'.W..Gran d Secretary

SOUT H CAROLIN A —1859

Annual communication held November 15, A. D. 1859. Grand Master BuiST, in his address, reports having granted ten dispensations to form new lodges Among th e numbe r is one in th e Island of Cuba H e calls attention to th e necessity of a proper history of freemasonry in tha t State, and urges th e necessity of taking measures to secxire a uniformity of work throughout th e jurisdiction H e says:

Let us patiently, at this session at least, apply ourselves to the task of enlightening each other as to the authoritative, defensible work, and delay an adjournment until we are satisfied that we can hereafter not be subjected to the odium of encouraging in our Institution a system of ritualism which at different points is gravely dissimilar. H e recommends to their favorable consideration the sfibject of " Th e American Ma.sonic Home. "

The Report on Correspondence is by that distinguished masonic writer, Bro ALBERT G MACKEY Ther e is much in his report of general interest to th e Craft, which we would like to transcribe, bu t will only quote th e following in relation to admitting candidates :

The first great qualification of a candidate is that his admission into the lodge shall not" spoil its harmony or hinder its freedom." To this qualification all others must succumb; and, therefore, no matter how good, or how wise, or how influential a candidate may be if any one of the -members feels that his acceptance would be the means of destroying that harmony and peace which should ever exist in a lodge of masons, it is the duty of such member, by the exercise of the black ball, to prevent that admission, and to preserve the peace and harmony of the brethren

M.'.W.'. HKNKY BUIST, Gran d Master, an d R.'. W.'. ALBERT G . MACKEY, Grand Secretary, were both reelected. Bro. MACKEY was also elected Historian, to prepare a history of freemasonry i n th e State, an d present it at the next annua l communication of th e Grand Lodge.

TENNESSE E —1858 .

The Forty-seventh annua l communication was held in th e city of Nashville, on th e first Monday of October, A D 1858, M.'.W.' JOH N FKIZZELL, Grand Master, presiding

I n commencing his address, th e Grand Master says:

I am gratified at being able to announce that continued prosperity has attended our beloved Institution during the past year, and that a degree of harmony exists, so far as I am advised, not surpassed in the former history of the fraternity in this jurisdiction

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He urges the proposed plan for the organization of the "North American Masonic Congress," and calls attention to the great necessity ' existing for the preparation of a reliable history of the fraternity in Tennessee, and closes with some very appropriate remarks on the principles of freemasonr)'.

On National Masonic Congress, we find the following:

Resolved, Thatit isinexpedientto urgethe subjectatthistime,and thatits further consideration bepostponed

On motion it was—

.Resolved, That hereafter no charter shallbegranted toany lodge, unlessit shall haveworkedat least twelve months under dispensation.

Now, we would have no objection to a lodge working under dispensation one year, or even five, if it was necessary, but we consider that when their work shall be such asis approved by the overseer, then they are entitled to their reward, whether the time be six, twelve or twentyfour months, or at the first communication of the Grand Lodge.

The Grand Lodge adopts the Representative system, and authorizes the Grand Master to appoint Representatives near such other Grand Lodges as may adopt the system

TVi^ Ortrpnilt.foo rtri '"^orres^ondencs throu'^h thsir chairman Ero. CHARLES A FULLEK, present their annual report It is a careful review of the Proceedings of thirty-six Grand Lodges. A very favorable notice is made of this Grand Lodge

JOHN FRIZZELL, reelected M.'.W.". Grand Master. CHARLES A. FULLER, reelected R.'.W.".Grand Secretary.

TEXAS —1860.

This Grand Lodge commenced its Twenty-fourth annual communication at LaGrange, June 11, A D 1860, A L 5860, M.-.W.' JAMES F TAYLOR, Grand Master, and R.'.W.- A S RDTHVEN, Grand Secretary

The Grand Master, in his address, reports having granted eleven dispensations to form new lodges. He favors the "American Masonic Home," and refers the subject to the favorable consideration of the Grand Lodge. The address represents the Craft as being generally in a " healthy and prosperous condition." They oppose the formation of a masonic congress.

The Report on Correspondence is from the pen of Bro.A. NEILL, and is a very interesting review of the Proceedings of thirty-two Grand Lodges. The brother expresses his opinions freely and candidly, and with an evident desire to be heard. A very flattering notice is made of this Grand Jjodge —perhaps more so than we deserve, and certainly, so far as concerns the committee, we are at a loss how to account for the brother's opinion of us. One thing is certain, we try to be good natured and to be a good mason. In the former we may succeed, but in the latter we have our fears. If we have, in all our notices of other Grand Lodges

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and their comments, so far subdued our passions as to seem good natured, it is merely because we are young, and consider " discretion th e better part of valor."

The installation ceremony is accompanied by a very beautiful and appropriate address of Bro. J. D. MCADOO.

JOHN B MCMAHON, Lockport, M/.W." Grand Master ANDREW NEILL, Sequin, reelected R.'.W.'.Grand Secretary

VERMONT—1860

The M.'.W.'. Grand Lodge of Vermont, convened at Masonic Hall, in Burlington, Januar y 11, 1860 M.'.W.' PHILI P C THCKER, Grand Master, delivers a somewhat lengthy address, giving an elaborate account of his stewardship for the past year Some exceptions having been taken to that portion of his address of last year, relating to the lectures, h e extends his remarkso n th e same subject this year, and handles his " critic " " without mittens." We are with you Brother TUCKER liCt us stand by our old philosophy and symbolism, and let all new masonry and newfangled masonic notions die where they commence.

The Report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence is by Bro. LUCIUS C . BUTLER. H e reviews th e Proceedings of thirty-seven Grand Lodges, Kansas included. Of M.'.W.'. Bro. REES' remarks on non-affiliation, he says:

What think you our M.'.E.'. King SOLOMON would have done had he have found one in every ten of the 80,000 worlimen on the temple idling away his time, refusing to bear his burden, to spread the cement, or to assist in that noble and glorious work of building the temple, whilst they claimed to share in all the honors of the work and to join in that great procession which should bring forth the capstone with joy and rejoicing? Would our first Grand Master have tolerated such drones? Or was it a law then enacted, a custom then established, that the workmen might leave the hod at the foot of the ladder, the stone half raised to its place, the temple half finished, to enjoy their oHum cum dignitate, till their companions had raised the last stone, and they then receive the full wages of the faithful fellowcraft ?

I n regard to a "National Masonic Congress," as proposed at th e Chicago Convention, we observe th e following:

Resolved, That we are opposed to any national organization or confederation of Grand Lodges, advisory or otherwise, regarding such an organization as unequal in its operations, and in the opinion of your committee, injurious to masonry

PHILI P C TUCKER, Vergennes, reelected M.'.W.' Grand Master

JOHN B HOLLENBECK, Burlington, reelected R.' W.' Grand Secretary.

VIRGINI A —1860 .

First from the Old Dominion are th e Proceedings of an occasional Grand Lodge, convened by the order of the Grand Master, at th e request of the faculty of William and Mary College, for the purpose of plac-. ing " th e cap stone " on their newly erected edifice There seems to have been a special set of officers created for th e occasion We recognize our R.-.W.' Bro JOHN DOVE, but he is acting Grand Master Th e pro-

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ceedings certainly seem somewhat "mixed," if not irregular. Several very eloquent speeches were made, and the fraternity attended a "sumptuous banquet," and seem to have had a "joyous time."

At the Grand Annual Communication, held at Richmond, December 12, A.D.1860,we find M.-.W.'.POWHATTAN B.STARKE, Grand Master, presiding, and R.'.W.. JOHN DOVE, Grand Secretary, with ninety lodges represented. The Grand Master delivered a very brief address; has granted dispensations for the opening of seven newlodges.

The Committee on Correspondence presents a very brief report, which was"received and adopted, after amendment." The committee refer totheir consideration of the proceedings ofaconvention of masons held at Chicago ; but it is Resolved, That theGrand Lodgedonotconcurwith thecommittee onsomuchof their reportas refers toaMasonic Congress

JOHN ROBIN MCDANIEL,M.'.W.'. Grand Master. JOHN DOVE, reelected R.'.W.'. Grand Secretary.

WASHINGTON TERRITORY—1859

The First annual communication of this young sister Grand Lodge, was held iu Llie ciiy of Olympia, September 5,A.D. 1859,M.'.W.'. T.F. MCELROY, Grand Master, and R.'.W.'. T. M. REED, Grand Secretary. The Grand Master, in a very brief and business-like manner, gives an account of his official acts during the year Three dispensations for new lodges were granted during the year, making seven lodges inthe Territory

The Report on Correspondence, by the Grand Secretary, Bro. T. M. REED, is an ably prepared review of the Proceedings of eight Grand Lodges. The brother prefaces his report with several excuses, and evidently feels some embarrassment at the idea of thus assuming so grave a responsibility; but wethink the brother need have no fears Heevidently possesses the ability to "get up" a report which shall compare favorably with those from older Grand Lodges

JAMES BILES, M.'.W.'. Grand Master. T. M.REED, reelected R.'.W.'. Grand Secretary.

WISCONSIN —1860.

Annual communication washeld at Milwaukee, June 12,A.D.1860. M.'.W.'. LUTHER M. TRACY, Grand Master, in his address, notices in a very appropriate manner the death of their R.'.W.'. Grand Secretary, Bro. JOHN WARREN HUNT. Ten dispensations were granted for the formation of newlodges. He earnestly recommends the reprinting ofthe Proceedings of the Grand Lodge, and exhorts the brethren to be con. stantly on their guard, that "all whoseek admission should be scanned with an eagle eye," and that "theprice of oursuccess is eternal vigilance."

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The Committee onCorrespondence acknowledge thereceipt of the Proceedings of twenty-four Grand Lodges, Kansas included.

GABRIEL BOUCK, M.'.AV/. Grand Master.

JAMBS B . KELLOGG, K.".\V.\ Grand Secretary.

With theProceedings of this Grand Lodge, weclose ourReport on Foreign Correspondence, hoping that in the future theduties may be performed by those who arebetter qualified to make it in interest what its importance demands.

Fraternally submitted,

E T CARR, For the Committee.

PROCEEDINGS OP THE M^.W-QRAND LODQE

OF A F &A M., OF KANSAS

The Fifth Annual Comniiinication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Kansas, was convened inthe City of Topeka, Tuesday, the 15th day of October, A D 1861, A L 5861, at ten o'clock A M

The G-rand Officers not being in attendance, M.- W.-.EICHARD E EEES, Past Grand Master, was called to the chair M..W.. EiCHARD E. KEES -....as Grand Master.

R.'.W.'. C. K. HoLLiDAY as Grand Senior Warden. E.' W.' M S ADAMS as Grand Junior Warden

E..AV..E T OAEK Assistant Grand Sec'yAV.'.PAUL E.BHOOKS Grand Senior Deacon.

W.' O D WILCOX as Grand Junior Deacon

W.-.F. L. CRANE as Grand Tyler.

The M.-. W.-. G-rand Lodge was opened in due form in the third degree of masonrj^

The M.-.W.- Grand Master appointed Bros SAQUI, COHEN and STEES, a Committee on Credentials, after which the Grand Lodge was called from labor to refreshment until eleven o'clock, to allow the committee time toprej)are their report.

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The M.-.W.-. Grand Lodge was called fi-om refreshment to labor. Present—officers asabove.

The Committee onCredentials presented the following report :

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To the M.'.W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

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The undersigned, Committee on Credentials, beg leave to report, that they find th e following members present, and entitled to seats in this Grand Lodge, as ReiJresentatives of subordinate lodges:

Leavenworth Lodge, No. S L

Kickapoo Lodge, No. 4

ECHEI.BBBRY, W M. , and proxy for S W an d J W

RICHARD R RBES, proxy Washington Lodge, No. 5 JACOB SAQUI, W M

O. D. WILCOX, J. W., and proxy for S. W. Lawrence Lodge, No. 6 0 . W . MCALLISTER, W . M. , and proxy for J W

Shawnee Lodge, No. 9

ISAAC N ROBERTS, proxy King Solomon Lodge, No. 10 M, S. ADAMS, W . M . S ATWOOD, prox y for S W

A COHEN, prox y for J W

Lecompton Lodge, No. IS A MCKINNEY , proxy for S W

SHADRAGK GREENE , prox y for W M

Oskaloosa Lodge, No. 14 N CHAPMAN, proxy for W M

Topeha Lodge, No. 17.:

C K HOLLIDAY, W M

CHAS KING,S W

ED P KELLAM , J W

High Prairie Lodge, Nn.S,5..,,.,,,,'L_ ECUELEERRY, proxy

Aubry Lodge, No. 30 0 . W. MCALLISTER, proxy. Auburn Lodge, No. 32

REUBEN STEES, W M

W F JOHNSTON, J W

An d as Pas t Masters, Bros JOEL HUNTOON an d JAMES F HOLLIDAY Fraternally submitted, J SAQUI, A. COHEK, R STEES, Committee.

On motion, the rejDort of th e committee, as submitted, wa s accepted

A quoru m of lodges being present , th e M.-.AV.-. Gran d Master declared th e Gran d Lodg e of Kansa s open for the transaction of business

On motion, th e readin g of th e minute s of th e last Annua l Communicatio n was dispensed with, th e same bein g printe d and in th e hand s of the brethren .

Th e Gran d Secretary presente d th e following communication from th e M.-.W.-. Grand Master.

Brethren of the Grand Lodge: Circumstances beyond m y control make it impossible for m e to be present with you, at our next Annua l Communication, as I start east in a few hours, upon business that cannot possibly be postponed, and which will necessarily keep m e absent until after your se.ssion. I have only time to report my official action for th e past year

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In Jsovember last, I divided th e State into two masonic districts, making th e Kansas river th e dividing line, and appointed Bro G, W HoGEBooM, D.'.D;. Grand Master for the northern district, and Bro. L.S . CORNWALL, D.". D/ . Grand Master for the southern district — bu t owing to th e fact that I have been so much engaged in th e discharge of th e duties of th e positions of trust tha t I hold at home, and th e time I hav e felt called upon to lend for the defence of our country, I have been unable to further carry ou t th e spirit of th e letter of th e recommendations, adopted by th e last Grand Lodge, in reference to securing a uniformity of work. Fo r this omission of duty, should the Grand Lodge deem tha t the interests of th e fraternity have suffered thereby, I must ask your indulgence

I have, since th e last Annual Communication, granted dispensations for th e formation of two new lodges, one to brethren in Nevada City, Colorado Territory, to b e called Nevada Lodge, one to brethren in Indianola, Kansas, to be called Indianola Lodge Also, upon proper representation made to me, I continued Auraria Lodge, U. D., at Denver City, until this session

It is with much pride an d gratitude that I acknowledge to have received i n March last, ( when ou r State was suffering so muc h from th e effects of th e last year's drouth ) on e hundred dollars from Master's Lodge, No. .5, Albany, N. Y. This sum isal l I received from such a source, and it has been given in small sums to such poor and destitute persons, as, I believe, th e lodge donating i t intended it should reach

Trusting your communication will prove a harmonious one, your councils wise, and that you may all enjoy th e feast of experiencing " Ho w good it is for brethren to dwell together in unity," in this hou r of peril to our country,

I am fraternally yours, GEO H FAIECHILD , Grand Master.

O n motio n of Bro C K HOLLIDAY , i t was —

Resolved, That th e address of th e Grand Master, as read, b e referred to a select committee for an apportionment of its subjects

Bros HOLLIDAY , MCALLISTE R an d SAQU I wer e appointe d suc h committee .

Th e M.-.VV.- Gran d Maste r the n announce d th e appointmen t of th e followin g regula r committees :

On Chartered Lodges. Bros BROOKS, MCKINNE Y an d GREENE

On Lodges U. D. Bros. SAQUI, ADAMS and STEES.

On Grievances. Bros STEES, MCALLISTER an d MCKINNEY

On Condition of Masonry. Bros. SAQUI, MCALLISTER an d ADAMS.

On Education. Bros HOLLIDAY, ATWOOD and ECHELBERRY

On Charity. Bros. COHEN, ROBERTS an d JOHNSON.

On Ways and Means. Bros. ROBERTS, FERGUSON an d ECHELBERRY.

On Applications. — Bros ECHELBERRY, KELLASI an d MCALLISTER

On Accounts. Bros CARR, GREEN E an d CHAI>.MAN

On Unfinished Business. - Bros. KELLAM, CHAP.MAN an d GREENE.

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The Grand Secretary then submitted his report:

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodgeof Kansas:

As the Grand Secretary, I would respectfully report that, agreeable to the instructions ofthe Grand Lodge, at its last session,! notifled such lodges as had not sent in their returns or paid their Grand Lodge dues, to forward the same to the Grand Secretary within three months From some of the lodges notifled! have received the returns, with an apology for the non-payment of their dues, which universally is,that the drouth of last year has so impoverished the people that they are destitute of the means to pay with; but they are willing to pay at the earliest opportunity, and crave the indulgence of the Grand Lodge. From others ! have received no reply.

!n obedience to the instructions of the Grand Lodge,I caused three hundred copies of the Proceedings of the last Annual Communication to be printed, and have forwarded two copies to each of the Grand Lodges in correspondence with this Grand Lodge The required number have also been forwarded to the officers and members of this Grand Lodge, and to the subordinate lodges. A few copies yet remain on hand for future distribution.

Also,m obedience to your instructioiio, ! caused five huiidied blauk returns to be printed, and have forwarded copies to each of the subordinate lodges under this jurisdiction, as required, for the present year

During the year, in addition tothe regular Proceedings of the Grand Lodges, we have received Parts IV. and V. of the "liecords of Freemasonry in the State of Connecticut," a copy of the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Indiana from 1819 to 1845; also,of Florida, from 1830 to 1859, and of New Hampshire, from 1789 to 1841

Besides these many documents of a masonic nature have been received at the Grand Secretary's office during the year. Such of these as require action I will, in due time, submit to your consideration

The financial transactions of the Grand Secretary's office will be embraced in an account current, and in due time presented tothe Grand Lodge

Hespectfnllv submitted, CHAS.

MUNDEE,

By E. T. CARE, Grand Secretary. Assistant Secretary.

On motion the report was received, and that poi-tion referring to lodges referred to the Committee on Chartered Lodges.

Bro. E. T. CAER, for the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, presented their annual report, whicli was received and ordered to be printed with the Proceedings.

Communications referring to the present deplorable state of our country were received from the M.-.W.- Grand Lodges of

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Tennessee, Pennsylvania and ISTebraska, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, for special report.

On motion it was—

Resolved, That the time for the election of officers of this Grand Lodge for the ensuing year, be setforseven o'clock this evening

The Grand Lodge then called from labor to refreshment until three o'clock P. M.

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The Gra,nd Lodge was called from refreshment to labor by order of the Grand Master. Offlcei'S in their several station.?.

The Comniittee on Credentials report as follows:

To the M:. W.'.Grand Lodgeof Kansas:

The undersigned Committee on Credentials, beg leave to submit tlie following additional report: That they find AVyandotte Lodge, ISfo I!, represented bj' Bro P S FUKGESOX Fraternally submitted,

J. SAQUI, A COHEN, R. STEES, Commillee.

A communication was received notifying this Grand Lodge " that JAMES W . CARROLL is traveling under the protection of masonry, as hailing from DeKalb Lodge, ISTo.144, A.F. &A.M., at DeKalb, DeKalb county, Illinois. Said CARROLL was expelled a long time ago from all the rights and benefits of masonry for gross nnraa.sonic conduct. He is about five feet eight inches high, sharp features, black hair andwhiskers, about thirtj' years of age and a carpenter hj trade."

For the benefit of the lodges, the communication was ordered to be noted on the minutes

The following communication was received from the Worshipful Master of St.John's Lodge, No.26,which, on motion of Bro. M. S. ADAMS, was referred to the Committee on Chartered Lodges:

ATCIIISOX, KANSAS, Oct 14, 1861

To the Most Worshipful Master,Officers and Membersof the Grand Lodge of Kansas:

BROTHEKS:—At a regular communication of St Jolm's Lodge,No 26, held on the evening of the 10thinst., the members voted to surrender tlieir charter to your honorable body. Dtiring the]3ast twelve months,

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St John' s Lodge, like Mr MICA WISER, ha s been "laboring under a pressure of pecuniary liabilities;" and in addition to this, the number of members small at first—has been growing "beautifully less," iu consequence of removals,suspensions, withdrawals, etc., until we have scarcely ii corjjoral's guard left, or a sufficient numbe r who actually attend to fill the offices

As will b e seen b y our annual return, sent herewith, we have made bu t one mason during th e year H e is a minister, and consequently a "dea d head," which w e desire you to take as evidence tliat we,though poor in purse, are masonically liberal While we, as a lodge, are closing a short and unsuccessful career, w e are l"iai:)py to know that VVashington Ijodge (which we have attempted to rival only in masonic virtues) has, like A.MiO.v's rod, brought forth buds, bloomed, blossomed and yielded almonds. Sh e has proffered us, tlirough tfie very brother who guards lier eastern portal.?, th e hospitalities of lier roof, and expressed her readiness to act the part of th e Good Samaritan in dressing our bruises and wounds.

We yield to no lodge in devotion to th e principles of freemasonry Our communications have been characterized by mutual good uiiderstauding an d fraternal affection. W e surrender our charter with'many regrets, an d sincerely hope that ou r failure to sustain St John's T^odge will work n o detriment to th e cause of masonry in Kansas A few of us have assumed the liabilities of th e lodge, to the satisfaction of her creditors, after turning over to the m such furniture of the room as we were authorized to dispose of. I hold, subject to your order, the balance of the prOi-'eity, uOi'ii^istiLig of a letter " (j-" ui i-iuigiiiru:eiiL ^jruporiioiis, the l)Ook of records, the book of constitutions, gavels, jewels of an economical manufacture, and a numbe r of emblenis of jnirity and virtue.

-Most of us are young in masonry, ami are anxious to sit at the feet of some GA.MAI.IEI. and learn more of tlie law an d the ijrophets. We are thankful for the favors already dispensed to us by your honorable body, but like poor OIJIVER TWIST, we hold ou t our ladles an d humbly ask for more.

The following member s of St John' s I.>odge, No 26, have paid all their indebtedness to th e same, and are Master Masons in good standing I n their behalf I respectfully petition th e Grand Lodge of Kansas to grant them dimits, viz :

Brother s GEORGE H FAIRCHILD , W W COCHRANE, SAMUEL B DAVIS, W P LARZALERB, DCDLEY MCVAY , E B GRIMES, E K BLAIR, WILLIA M O. GOULD, THO.MAS MURPHY , F . BYLLSBY, PETE R T . ABBLL, N . E . NICKBRSON an d HENR Y L DAVIS

The following name d brothers are in arrears for dues, bu t are ou t of the State They ar e masons in good standing, and I would respectfully ask tha t provisions b e mad e for their obtaining dimits whenever the y ma y liquidate thei r indebtedness to this lodge, viz: Bros G O CHASE , E A ARNOLD, H R WEIGHTMA N an d JOH N HULBERT Also, G. M. TRACY, suspended for non-paymen t of dues.

I send you our charter, return s and Grand Lodge dues by th e hand of Bro J SAQUI, of Washington Lodge, No 5 Fraternally, etc.,

SAMUE L B DAVIS

W:. M:. St. John's Lodge, No. S6.

Th e Committe e o n Lodge s U D made-th e followin g report :

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Th e Committee o n Lodges Unde r Dispensation beg leave to report tha t they have examined th e proceedings an d returns of the following

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lodges under dispensation and find them substantially correct, and respectfully recommend that charters be granted them as follows:

To Hiawatha Lodge, at Hiawatha, Brown county, to be No.35, when said lodge return their dispensation to the Grand Secretary, it not appearing to have been sent up with their returns, By-Laws, etc

Also, to Nevada Lodge, at Nevada City, Colorado Territory, to be No 36

Paola Lodge, under dispensation, sends up their returns, etc., but ask to be continued under dispensation until the next Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge, which request your committee recommend be granted

Your committee would further rei^ort that no returns have been received from Auraria Lodge U. D.,at Denver City,but thej' have reason to believe that they have been'forwarded to tlie Grand Secretary and have been delayed, as was the case at the last Annual Communication

Your committee, having confidence in the skill and ability of their brothers of Auraria Lodge, would therefore recommend that a charter be granted to Auraria Lodge as No. 37, on the receipt by the Grand Secretarj' of their dispensation, returns, Bj'-Laws, etc., he finding them correct

Fraternally submitted, J SAQUI, K. STKES, M. S. ADAMS, Committee.

On motion of Bro. MCALLISTER, the report was received and the recommendation adopted

Bro. HoLLiDAY, from the Committee on the Communication of the Grand Master, presented the following report:

To the M.'. W:. Orand Lodge of Kansas:

Your committee to whom was referred the communication of M.'. W.'. Grand Master F.AIECHILD, beg leave to submit the following report: That so much as relates to Lodges U. D., be referred to the Committee on Lodges U. D.

As Bro FAIRCHILD has made no official return with respect to the fees due the Grand Lodge by the dispensations granted, they therefore recommend that this subject be referred to the Committee on Accounts, for their investigation

Respectfully and fraternally submitted, C. K. HOLLIDAY, O. W. McALLISTEK, JACOB SAQUI, Committee.

On motion of Bro. M. S. ADAMS, the report was received and adopted.

The following j)etltlon was received from Lecompton Lodge,

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'Eo. 13 , which , after considerabl e discussion , wa s referre d t o th e Committe e o n Charity :

LECOMI'TOX, October 12, 1861.

To the if.'. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

This petition most respectfully represents that, whereas certain brethren of Lecorapton Lodge, No."l3, having removed from th e State have failed t o pay their dues, an d also owing to th e hard times th e past and present yea r certain other brethre n have been unable to meet their obligations to this lodge, without detriment to themselves an d families, now, therefore, in view of th e above, and in accordance with a resolution of this lodge, passed a t a stated meeting held October 5, A. L. 5861, this conmiittee would most respectfully petition that th e dues from this lodge to th e Grand Lodge for th e members, amounting to $5.00, b e remitted.

All of which is fraternally submitted, A. McKINNEY , W A NORTON, CommiUee.

Th e followin g accoun t o f th e financ e of th e Gran d Lodg e for th e yea r endin g wit h th e commencemen t of thi s session , wa s receive d an d referre d t o th e Committe e o n Accounts : CHAKL}?? MTTNDF.R Grand, Searet/try.

In account with the GKAND LODGE OF KANSAS

Smithton Lodge, No 1, Dues

Leavenworth Lodge, No 2, Dues ,

Wyandott e Lodge, No . 3, Dues

Kickapoo Lodge, No. 4, Dues

Washingto n Lodge, No 5, Dues

Lawrence Lodge, No 6, Dues

Bourbon Lodge, No 8, Dues

King Solomon Lodge, No. 10, Dues

Lecompton Lodge, No . 13, Dues

Oskaloosa Lodge, No 14, Dues

Lafavette Lodge, No 16, Dues

Topeka Lodge, No. 17, Dues

Olathe Lodge, No. 19, Dues

Grasshopper Falls Lodge, No 21, Dues

Paris Lodge, No 22, Dues

High Prairie Lodge, No 25, Dues

St. John' s Lodge, No. 26, Dues

Neosho Lodge, No. 27, Dues

Hiawath a Lodge, U D., for Dispensation

Elk Greek Lodge, No. 20, for Charter

Eldora Lodge, No 28, for Charter.. :

Pacific Lodge, No 29, for Charter

Aiibry Lodge, No 30, for Charter

Arcana Lodge, No 31, for Charter

Aubur n Lodge, No. 32, for Charter......

Mound City Lodge, No 33, for Charter

Total received an d paid to Grand Treaurer $718 00

Respectfullv and fraternally submitted, CHARLE S MUNDEE , By E . T . OARR, Grand Secretary. Assistant, Acting.

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CHRISTIAN BECK, Grand Treasurer,

In account with the GKAXD LODGE OF KANSAS.

Oct 16, 1861.—To Balance onhand ,...$ 290 00 Amount Received from Grand Secretary at last Communication 718 00

Total $1,008 00

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DISBURSEMENTS

Oct 16. Bv Mileage andPer Diem toGrand Representatives, "asx-)erreport $ 242 80

Oct 25. Paid Bro True, including Express Charges onsame 50 25 Dec 13. Printing Proceedings last Session 130 00 1861.

July 29. Paid Grand Secretary's Receipt for 1861 150 00

Sept. 16.—Paid J. Dodsworth for500Blank Eeturns . 14 50 Oct 15. Grand Secretary's bill for Stationery, etc 13 70

Total : $ 601 25

Leaving Balance in myhands S "106 75 Fraternallj' submitted,

CHRISTIAN BECK, Grand Treasurer.

M.- W.-.Bro E R. BEES, presented his credentials and was received and accredited as the Eepresentative of the M.-.W.Grand Lodge of Illinois, near theGrand Lodge of Kansas Bro EEES, on being received, addressed the Grand Lodge as follows:

Most Worshipful Grand Master:

I come before youtheaccredited Eepresentative ofthe Grand Lodge of Illinois The fraternity ofthegreat Prairie State send, through me, their greetings to thebrotherhood of Kansas, andaskthat this fraternal intermingling ofthought may continue,and that the bonds that unite us together may become stronger with each revolving year

Though the body which I represent onthis floor has grown through a long series of years to thestatus ofmanhood, yet she cannot pretend to rival theswift and healthy progress of this, heryounger sister It is with mea source of pleasing gratification, that I have been selected as the bearer of kindly greeting, from one of the greatest of the States of this political confederacy, to you, whose homes are just emerging from the wilderness, and the places of whose firesides have been so recently the haunts of thesavage; andit isa peculiar pleasure, asI cast my mind back through thefewpast years and contemplate thewondrous growth of this Grand Bodj' from the period when two individual brothers besides myself, oneof whom has gone tohis final resting place met upon the door-steps of an unfinished building in thecity of Leavenworth,and laid thecorner-stone ofthis Grand Body now giving laws to more than thirty chartered lodges, some ofthem within the distant confines ofthe western mountains. You, inj' brothers, have grown up asmasons amid

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the conflicts of party strife and animosity, yet the clangor of arms has been with you but the tocsin, that sounded u]30n the hills of your newborn State to call together a band of brothers bearing the olive branch of peace. But the dark cloud of war has lowered not only over Kansas the startling roll of the alarm drum, and the shrill blast of the bugle calls to arms the stalwart sons of our country, from Maine to Florida. Our common country heaves like the mighty ocean tossed by the fearful tornado. Friends are severed, the ties of kindred rent asunder, liatred burns in the bosoms of those that were wont to embrace each other in true affection

" Alas, how slight a cause may move Dissensious between hearts that love — Hearts that the world in vain have tried, And sorrow but more closely tied; That stood the storm when waves were rough, ^ Yex in a sunny hour fell off ^ Like ships that have gone down at sea When heaven was all tranquility."

But 'tis not ours to censure or applaud; this we leave to tlie forum, tlie hustings, ensanguined field Ours is the resting place of the wearied soldier, the seafarer and the husbandman We ask not his nativity, nor do we care to know his bias It is enough that he subscribes to the fundamental faith of masonry How e'er the fate of revolutions turn we are aumonisueu tiiat Our v.'i'uer Knows no oourn_iS,Oi xvingCioms, i-'tatGo or Empires— from the ice clad regions of the Northern Seas, through all the varied climes of earth to the Antarctic Ocean, we are,brothers, inseparable, through all tlie changing scenes of time our greetings are sincere, and we will fondly hope that this system of intercommunication shall continue to dispense its social blessings, while time-worn masonry shall live.

To which R.-.W.-. Bro. JACOB SAQUI, in behalf of the M.-.W.-. G-rand Lodge of Kansas, replied:

Right Worshipful Representative from the M:.W:. Grand Lodge of Illinoia:

The Grand Lodge of Kansas receives the greeting which you bear, with unalloyed pleasure, and earnestly hopes that time and its changes will only strengthen the bonds of fraternity by which the two organi- . zations are united.

It is with peculiar satisfaction that we receive, as the bearer of the good wishes and fraternal courtesies of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, a brother to whom this Grand Lodge owes so much, and to whom masonry in Kansas is so deeply indebted The Grand Lodge of Illinois has rendered her greeting (ever welcome) doubly acceptable by the choice of her Representative

It is a pleasing consideration, that in times like the present, when political and even social ties are shattered, our brotherhood can meet around the peaceful altars, sacred to the rites of masonry, in confidence and tranquility. And may we not cherish the hope that the influence of this affectionate and fraternal spirit will yet pervade the entire bounds of our beloved country. Express to the masonic organization

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which you represent, the fraternal acknowledgments of the Grand Lodge of Kansas, andher sincere wishes for the welfare and prosperity of masonry under the Grand Lodge of Illinois

I n th e absence of E.- W.-.Bro CHARLES MUNDEE, Bro E T CARE presented his credentials as Eepresentative of the M.-.W.Grand Lodges of Minnesota, Vermont and Connecticut, near the Grand Lodge of Kansas, which were received by the adoption of the following preamble and resolutions, offered by Bro. C. K. HOLLIDAT :

WHEREAS, the M.'.W." Grand Lodges of Illinois, Minnesota, Vermont and Connecticut have appointed Bepresentatives near the Grand Lodge of Kansas, to-wit: M.'.W.'.P.'.G.'.M.'. RICHARD R. REES, representing the Grand Lodge of Illinois, andR.' W.' CHARLES MUNDEE, representing the Grand Lodges of Minnesota, Vermont and Connecticut; therefore

Resolved, That thethanks of the M.'.W.'.Grand Lodge of Kansas be and arehereby tendered to theseveral Grand Lodges above named, for these tokens ofbrotherly love and esteem, exhibited towardsthe masonic fraternity in this State.

Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Kansas hereby return their fraternal greeting to the Grand Lodges of the aforesaid States, and to the brethren under their jurisdiction, andassure them that the mj^sterious arts of our beloved Craft are cherished with that peculiar feeling that "Brethren oftheMystic Tie," canonly know and appreciate.

Bro. M. S. ADAMS offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That theGrand Secretary beinstructed to collect the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kansas, from the organization of the same, including thepresent session, andhave copies printed and distributed, asfollows: Onecopy to each member of the Grand Lodge, and three copies to each subordinate lodge under thejurisdiction of this Grand Lodge.

On motion the blank was filled with five hundred, and the resolution to reprint five hundred copies of the Proceedings adopted.

Bro M HARTMAN presented an appeal from the decision of Lawrence Lodge, Jio. 6, in the case of HARTMAN VS. KENNEDY, which, on motion, was referred to the Committee on Grievances

Bro. SAQUI offered the following resolution, which, after some discussion, was adopted:

Resolved, That hereafter, the Grand Secretary be instructed to receive no money except specie forGrand Lodge dues,and that he be instructed to charge back to thelodges anydiscount that may arise from uncurrent funds received at this Communication.

Bro. EoHELBERRY offered the following resolution, which was adopted:

Resolved, That as High Prairie Lodge, No.25, has been unable to send up all her dues, that the time of payment for the balance be extended three months.

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By Bro. MCALLASTER, which was adopted:

Resolved, Tliat Aubry Lodge, No 30,be allowed vmtil the next Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge to pay her present dues

The Committee on Poreign Correspondence, to whom was referred the communications from Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Nebraska, relating to the unfortunate condition of our country, submit the following report;

To the M.'.W-'• Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your Committee on Foreign Correspondence, to whom was referred •communications from the M.'.W.-.Grand Lodge of Tennessee, Pennsylvania and Nebraska, on the subject of the unfortunate condition of our common country most respectfully report, that while we most sensibly deplore the loss of peace and happiness, which has so long blessed our land and resulted in a prosperity unknown to any nation hitherto, and offer up to the Great Architect Our most earnest and devoted prayers for a peaceful solution of the fearful contest which threatens to wreck the Government we have been taught to honor and revere, yet ours is a brotherhood which stands upon the great conservative platform which eschews all interference in the exciting conflicts that disturb the world we are brothers in the peaceful walks of life as well as on the ensanguined battle-field —it is ours to mollify the asperities of war, and in a quiet, unobtrusive way, to bear the olive branch before the world, but not to mingle in the strifes of men "We,therefore, feel constrained to say to all our brotherhood, offer up your prayers to the Most High for the return of peace, and keep the escutcheons of our Order free froni the contaminations of the demoralizing concomitants of this fearful strife; we, therefore, refrain from recommending any action of this Grand Lodge on the subject.

All of which is respectfully submitted, E T CABR R R BEES, C K HOLLIDAY, Committee.'

The Committee on G-rievances submitted the following re port:

To the M;. W:. Grand Lodgeof Kansas:

The undersigned Committee on Grievances, to whom was referred the appeal from the decision of Lawrence Lodge, No. 6, in the case of HARTMAN VS. KENNEDY, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration, and would respectfully recommend that the case be referred back to Lawrence Lodge for a rehearing.

Fraternally submitted, R. STEES,' O W McALLASTEE, A; McKINNEY, .,-..'. Committee,

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On motion, the report was received and the recommendation granted.

The Grand Lodge then called from labor to refreshment, until seven o'clock this evening.

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The ]\I.-.W.- G-rand Lodge called from refreshment to labor Officers in their several stations

The Committee on Credentials submit the following additional report:

To the M:. W.\ Grand Lodge of Kansas:

The Committee on Credentials respectfully report, that in addition to their former reports, they find Grasshopper Falls Lodge, No 21, represented by Bro J F BLISS Respectfully submitted, J SAQUI, A. COHEN, E. STEES, Committee.

On motion, the report wasreceived and Bro BLISS admitted to a seat in the Grand Lodge.

The election of Grand Officers being the first order of business for this evening, the Grand Lodge proceeded to the election, which resulted in the choice of the following named brothers as Grand Officers for the ensuing masonic year:

M.".W.' JACOB SAQUI Atchison Grand Master

K.'.W.'.O K HoLLiDAY Topeka, Deputy Grand Master

B.' W.' M S ADAMS Leavenworth Grand Senior Warden

R.'. W.'. W. F.JOHNSON Auburn Grand Junior Warden.

R.".W.'.CHRISTIAN BECK Leavenworth '. Grand Treasurer.

R.".W.'.E. T.CAKR Leavenworth Grand Secretary.

Bro EcHELBEKRY offered the following resolution, as being in accordance with the adoption of a report of a committee to whom was referred the "Proceedings of a masonic convention at Chicago," on page —, of the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge for1859:

Unsolved, That wenowproceed tothe election of oneor more delegates to the masonic convention tobe held in Memphis, Tennessee, in September, 1862

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After considerable discussion,the resolution waslost,and the recommendation of the committee in their report of 1859,not sustained.

On motion, Past Grand Master EEES proceeded to install Bro JACOB SAQUI as M.-.W.- Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kansas, for the ensuing year, after which the other Grand Officers elect were duly installed in their several stations, by M.-. W.-. Grand Master SAQUI.

There appearing no further business for the evening, the Grand Lodge was called from labor to refreshment, until nine o'clock A. M. to-morrow.

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WEDNESDAY , NINE O'CLOCK A M

The M.-.W.- Grand Lodge of Kansas called from refreshment to labor Present:

M.-.W.- J SAQUI Grand Master

E.- W.-.C.K HoLLiDAY Deputy Grand Master

R.-.W.'.M.S ADAMS Grand Senior Warden

R.-.W.-.W F JOHNSON Grand Junior War.den

R.-.W.-.E T GARR , Grand Secretary

W.-.PAUL B.BBOOK.S Grand Senior Deacon.

W.-.O.D.WILCOX Grand Junior Deacon,

W.-.F. L.CRANE Grand Tyl9r.

Representatives and members as yesterday.

The minutes of yesterday were read and approved

The Grand Master then announced the following as the appointed officers for the ensuing year, viz:

W.-.G. W.HoGEBOOM,of Leavenworth Grand Lecturer.

W.- Rev J.T HoLLiDAY Grand Ghaplain

W.- Rev F BYLLSBY Grand Chaplain

W.' Rev ISAAC T.COLLINS Grand Chaplain

W.* R R EEES Grand Orator

W.- J F BLISS Grand Senior Deacon

W.-.N CHAPMAN '. Grand Junior Deacon

W.-.J. N.PHILLIPS Grand Steward.

W.-.JoHN BBLZ Grand Steward.

W.'.S. GREENE Grand Sword Bearer.

W.'. JNO. A.CHASE Grand Marshal.

W.-.F.L.CRANE Grand Tyler.

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Th e oflScers s o appointe d wer e the n dul y installed .

Th e M.-.W.-. Gran d Maste r the n announce d th e appointmen t of th e followin g standin g committees :

On Foreign Correspondence.—Bros. CAKR, EEE S an d ADAMS

On Chartered Lodges.—Bros. ROBERTS, MCKINNE Y and GREENE

On Lodges U. D.—Bros. EoHELBEERy, MCALLASTER and KBLLAM.

On Ways and Means.—Bros. CAMPBELL, EDD Y an d HILLYER.

On Accounts.—Bros. CARR, COHEN an d ECHELBERRY

' On Charily.—Bros. JOHNSON, EEDFIEL D an d T J VANDERSLICE

On Grievances.— Bros WATSON, D VANDERSLICE an d BROOKS

On .Condition of Masonry.—Bros. CORNWALL, BEDFIBLD, MCALLASTER

On Education.—Bros. ATWOOD, HOGEBOOM an d ROBERTS

On Applications.—Bros. D VANDERSLICE, KELLAM an d CHAPMAN

On Unfinished JSitsiness.—Bros WILKINSON, STEES and COHEN

Th e Committe e o n Chartere d Lodge s submi t th e followin g report :

To the 3L'.W.'. Grand Lodge.of Kansas:

Your Committee on Chartered Lodges, respectfully beg leave to report, that they have examined the returns of Leavenworth Lodge, No. 2; Wyandotte Lodge, No. 3 ; Kickapoo Lodge, No. 4; Washington Lodge, No 5 ; Lawrence Lodge, No 6; Shawnee Lodge, No 9; King Solomon Lodge, No 10; Emporia Lodge, No 12; Lecompton Lodge, No 13; Oskaloosa Lodge, No 14; Topeka Lodge, No 17; St John's Lodge, No 26; Aubur n Lodge, No 32; Mound City Lodge, No 33; and find them correct

W e have also examined the returns of Grasshopper Falls Lodge, No. 21, and Eldora Lodge, No. 28, and find the m correct, bu t informal.

The returns of High Prairie Lodge, No 25, we find incorrect in several particulars, and recommend that the papers be returned to the lodge for correction.

Your committee would further report tha t they have received n o returns from Smithton Lodge, No. 1; Union Lodge, No. 7; Bourbon Lodge, No.8; Ottum\vaLodge,No.ll; Tecumseh Lodge,No. 15; Lafayette Lodge, .No.16; StantonLodge,.No.]8; 01atheLodge,No.l9 ; Paris Lodge, No 22; Palmyra Lodge, No 23; Osage Valley Lodge, No 24; Neosho Lodge, No 27; Pacific Lodge, No.'29; Aubr y Lodge, No 30; Arcania Lodge, No.31 ; Golden City Lodge, No 34

And they recommend tha t th e Grand Secretary be instructed to notify all delinquent lodges, to forward their returns and Grand Lodge dues to him at the earliest possible opportunity

Your committee would further call th e attention of the Grand Lodge to the fact that Shawnee Lodge, No. 9, at Big Springs, returns bu t four members, and we are iuformed that these four are desirous to continue as a lodge W e prefer to make no suggestions in the matter, but refer the case for vour consideration •

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In regard- to the By-Laws of Lecompton Lodge, No. 13,we see nothing in them conflicting with the By-Laws or Regulations of this Grand Lodge, or with the General Regulations of masonry, and we, therefore, recommend that thej' be approved by this Grand Lodge

All of which is fraternally submitted,

PAUL K. BROOKS, A McKINNEY, S. GREEKE, Committee.

On motion, the report was received, and the recommenda'tions adopted.

Bro EcHELBERRY offered the following resolutions, which were adopted:

Besolved, That ascircumstances have rendered it necessary that Bro MuNDEEshould decline reelection at this Communication, we tender him our thanks for the interest he has ever manifested for our welfare, both in the discharge of his duties as Grand Secretary, and in liis many benevolent acts toward us as a Grand Lodge..

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to purchase from and desk, purchased by him and appropriated to the use of this Grand Lodge

Bro COHEN, from the Committee on Charity, submitted the following report:

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

The Committee on Charity, to whom was referred the petition of Lecompton Lodge, No 13,in relation to a remission of Grand Lodge dues from said lodge, beg leave to recommend that said lodge be allowed until the iie.Kt Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge, to paj' the remainder of their,present Grand Lodge dues.

Fraternally submitted, ' A COHEN, ISAAC N. ROBERTS, WM. F. JOHNSTON, , Committee.

On motion, the report was received,- and the recommendation granted.

Bro. M. S. ADAMS offered the following resolutions, which, after considerable discussion, were laid oyer until the next Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge

Resolved, That after a favorable ballot is had on the application of a candidate for the mysteries of masonry,no further balloting shall be required; and a brother being initiated must be passed and raised when duly qualified in the preceding degrees, unless charges of unmasonic conduct are preferred against him, or otherwise sufficient reasons for his non-advancement be presented and approved by the lodge.

Grand Lodge of Kansas. 217

Resolved, That candidates for the Fellow Craft, or Master's Degree shall be examined in open lodge in the preceding degrees, and the vote of the examination being deemed satisfactory, shall be by show of hands, and a majority .vote shall govern

Resolved, That any rule or resolution which has, heretofore, been adopted by this Grand Lodge, in conflict with these resolutions, be and the same are hereby rescinded.

Bro. ISAAC N . UOBERTS, having reference to Shawnee Lodge, No 9, offered the following resolution, which, after some discussion, was referred to the Committee on Chartered Lodges to report at the next Annual Communication.

Resolvfd, That where the members of a lodge in good standing and who have paid their Grand Lodge dues, but have been by dimissions or other casualties reduced to a number less than seven, such reduction shall not necessarily cause a forfeiture of their charter.

The Committee on Chartered Lodges, to whom was referred the communication from St John's Lodge, No 26, submit the following report:

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodgeof Kansas:

Your Committee on Chartered Lodges, to whom was referred the communication of St. John's Lodge, No. 26, relating to a surrender of their charter, beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration, and would recommend that the petition of the members of said lodge,as expressed in the communication to the Grand Lodge by the Master of that lodge, be granted

On motion, the report was received and adopted

The Committee on Accounts submitted the following report which was received and adopted;

To the M:.W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your Committee on Accounts, to whom was referred the accounts current of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer, respectfully report, that they have examined the accounts referred, together with the vouchers, etc., and find them correct, and recommend that the same be approved.

Fraternally submitted,

E.

T. CARR, S GREENE, N. CHAPMAN, Committee.

Bro L BcHELBERRY, offered the following resolution ; Resolved, That the resolution passed at the last Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge, which reads: " Resolved, That the location of this Grand Lodge shall not he changed except by a two-thirds vote," be, and the same is hereby rescinded.

• After considerable discussion on the question, Bro E E EEES called for a vote by lodges, which resulted in the adoption of the resolution

Proceedings of the

Bro S GREENE offered the following resolution :

Resolved, That no subordinate lodge, under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge, shall grant a dimit to any of its members, except for the purpose of becoming members of some other lodge.

Asthe resolution embraced the subject of affiliated and non^ affiliated masons, it elicited some very earnest discussion by numerous iinembers of the Grand Lodge.

On motion of Bro REES, the vote was taken by lodges, and the resolution declared lost

The Grand Lodge then called from labor to refreshment, until two o'clock this afternoon

AFTEBNOON SESSION.

Tw o O'CLOCK P M ii r xiio jjj-.-. vv.-.u-iaiia jjouge cjiiieu irom reiresnmem; xo laoor. Present—the officers and members as before

The returns of Indianola Lodge, U D.,having been received, were, on motion, referred to a select committee

Bros. REES , BOHELBEERY an d CHAPMAN, were appointed such committee.

A communication was received from a number of brethren at Council Grove, asking for a dispensation to open a lodge at that place, which, on motion, was referred to the same committee

The Committee on Accounts rej)ort as follows:

To the M:.W.'. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your Committee on Accounts, to whom wasreferred that portion of the Past Grand Master's communication, relating to the dispensations of Nevada and Indianola Lodges, beg leave to report, that they have been unable to investigate the subject, and respectfully ask for further time.

On motion, the committee was allowed until the next Annual Communication to submit their rejDort

Bro L BcHELBBBRY offered the following resolution, which was adopted:

Resolved, That WILLARD O. HUBBELL beappointed Junior Wardenof Paola Lodge, U D.,to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of Bro J HARVEY HOOKER from the State.

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The special committee, to whom was referred the papers of Indianola Lodge, submit the following report:

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your committee, to whom was referred the papers of Indianola Lodge, U. D., and the petition from brethren at Council Grove, respectfully report that in the case of Indianola Lodge, they have not sent up a proper exemplification of their work; and in view of the short time that has elapsed since their dispensation was granted, your committee recommend that they be continued under dispensation until the next Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge.

As regards the petition of certain brethren at Council Grove, asking for a dispensation to open a lodge at that place, your committee would report that the petition is without the endorsement of the required recommendation; and we therefore recommend that the Grand Master or Deputy Grand Master grant the dispensation asked, when said petition shall be presented with the required certificate of recommendation from Emporia Lodge, No. 12,of this jurisdiction, it being the lodge nearest the locality of the proposed lodge.

Fraternally submitted,

R. K. EEES, N CHAPMAN, L. ECHELBERKY, Committee.

On motion, the report was received, and the recommendations granted

The following resolutions were severally offered and adopted:

B y Bro. CARR :

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to have two hundred copies of the Proceedings of the present Communication printed in the usual manner, for distribution among the different Grand Lodges in correspondence with this Grand Lodge.

By Bro. EEES :

Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Lodge be tendered to Topeka Lodge, No. 17,for the use of the hall, which they have so kindly tendered; and also, to our brethren of Topeka, for their kindness and hospitality during the session of the Grand Lodge.

B y Bro CAR R :

Resolved, That the Grand Tyler be allowed four dollars for his services as Grand Tyler during the present session of this Grand Lodge.

B y Bro ECHELBERRY :

Resolved, That the Grand Secretarj' be instructed tocorrespond with all delinquent lodges in this jurisdiction, in regard to their indebtedness to this Grand Lodge,and as all such delinquencies are detrimental alike to the interests of the Grand Lodge and to the subordinate lodges themselves, request them to make a satisfactory adjustment of all arrearages at the earliest possible opportunity

220 Proceedings of the

The returns and Grand Lodge dues from Lafayette Lodge, No. 16, were received, but too late to go before the committee. There appearing no irregularities, they were received as correct.

There appearing no further business before it, the M.-.W.Grand Lodge of Kansas was closed in ample form, after prayer bj' the Grand Chaplain.

JACOB SAQUI, ATTEST: Grand Master.

Grand Secretary.

RETURNS OF SUBORDINATE LODGES,

OCTOBER i, -1861.

SMITHTOI ^ LODGE , JSTo. 1, IOW A POINT *

Kegular communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month

OFFICERS .

LABAN PRICHARD

THOS J VANDEESLICE

WILLIA M WOR D

Worshipful Master

Senior Warden

Junio r Warden E. A. PouLET Treasurer.

JOH N F SPARKS

Secretary

Memhen.—John W . Smith, P.-. D.-.G.-.M.-.; ID. Vanderslice, P.-.G.-. J.'. W.-.; R.M Williams, P.-.M.-.; E H Rinehart, J J Vanderslice, G R.E Wilson, Harvey W Forman, P G Clayton, Leo N Tiberghien, Sabert Sollars, James Millers, Jacob Treble, E.V . B. Eodgers, J . Dutton, Francis M.Morris, Joel Rvan, George Jessie, A M Downing, Joh n W Burchfleld, Hardi n Critchfield, G W Dowell, D W Fhnn , Joh n Punshon , J T Elder, Charles Blakely, Miles Cowan, S. F . Nesbit, W . H . Forbes, M. C. Willis, C M Harris, Loyd Ashby, Nelson Casteel, A R Frogg, M D Brown, J . W . Moodie, William Dunn, Richard Morris, C. IJ. Powers, Elijah Collins

Admitted,! ; Initiated, 2 ; Passed, 2 ; Raised, 3 ; Dimitted, 6; Rejected, 1 Numbe r of members, 46

LEAYENWOET H LODGE , No 2, LEAVENWORTH

Regular communications first an d third Saturdays in each month

OFFICERS . L EoHELBEBEY Worshipful Master

JOH N F RICHARDS Senior Warden

ALEXANDER GARDEN Junio r Warden

J B DAVIS Treasurer

FRE D SWOYER Secretary H W HALLER Senior Deacon

JOHN W PREST Junio r Deacon N DANIELS : Tyler

Members. —Richard R Rees, P.' G.'.M.-.; Charles Mundee, G.'.S.-.; B Beck,P.-.G.-.T.-.; E . T. Carr,P.-.G.-.J.\W.-.; C. Beck, G.'.T.-.; Auley McAuley, Samuel Phillips, Lafayette Mills, Joh n J Bentz, B L Burris, Alexander Payne, S D Woods, Armaii Warner, Charles Byer, Joh n A Halderman, Augustus Gates, J . C. Grund, Amos Graff, Fran k Palmer, William Fritzlin, A Hogan, J M Orr, A W Putnam , W B Smith, Geo Gosling, Joh n Hoiis.sieux, Julius Mitchell, W. A. Middleton, R.J . Brown,

Proceedings of the

Simon Kohn , Z Carpenter, J M Fladd, P G Lowe, B D Wells, Fred Lasher, J . W. Williams, A. 0 . Bangs, George Ohrisman, Joh n A. Neace, Joh n Dodsworth, G.T A Nixon,L T Doolittle, Joh n Myers, T J Campbell, Bernard Flesher, N . McCracken, Joh n McGoe, H . G. Weibling, Juliu s Haug , Jacob A Thomas, William Beeler, K Joseph, L T C Owens, William B Hutchison

Entered Apprentices.—William Chambers, D Flynn

Admitted, 5; Initiated, 6; Passed, 4 ; Raised, 4 ; Dimitted, 12; Suspended, 8;'Expelled, 1 ; Rejected, 4 Numbe r of members, 64

WYAKDOTTE LODGE, 'Bo. 3, WYANDOTTE.

Regular communications first and third Fridays in each month

OFFICERS

P S FuRGESON , Worshipful Master W y ROBERTS Senior Warden

J.H . HARRI S Junio r Warden.

D.4NIEL KiLLEN Treasurer.

T. T. ABR.\MS Secretary. A C DAVIS .Senior Deacon 'v^r!.\liLEg xl VAN AOCJSE N wciAiiui XJK:a\:,\jii. H.CLA Y LONG Tyler

Members.—Vf. L.McMath, P.-.G.- S.-.AV.-.; Silas Armstrong, J B Bennett, Jame s D Chestnut, H H Craig, J G Fisk, E P Hehertson, J P Long, V. Lane, Matttiew Mudeater, Fran k L. McHenry, Abraham Mayer, Charles Morash, W P Overton, W S Peck, P S Post, W Taylor, N A Kirk, William Walker, Josiah Walker, J . W. H.Watson , J . B. Welborne, N McAlpine, L H Wood, L M Cox, R G Demming, D C Clement

Admitted, 4; Initiated, 8; Passed, 7; Raised, 7 ; Dimitted, 2 ; Suspended, 5 ; Expelled, 1 ; Died, 1; Rejected, 11 Numbe r of members, 36

KICKAPO O LODGE , ISTo 4 , KICKAPOO

Regular communications Saturday on or before th e full moon.

OFFICERS

J J DECKLEMAN Worshipful Master

E A McCuLLY Senior Warden

CHARLES F . LAIBLIN Junio r Warden .

J. H . COOK Treasurer.

J R JONES Secretarv FRITZ MAGERS Senior Deacon

C. DoGAN Junio r Deacon.

JOH N BRANSCOMB Tyler

Members.—J. W Freeland, P.-.M.-.; S Bowman, H B C Harris, F M Williams, William Braham, William Hobbs , David D Dodge

Fellow Crafts. Sebastian Lauber, Louis L Hernden

Admitted, 1; Initiated, 1 ; Passed, 2 ; Dimitted, 2 ; Suspended, 2 Numbe r of members, 15

Grand Lodge of Kansas. 223

WASHINGT0:N ' LODGE , NO. 5, ATCHISON.

Regular communications first and third Saturdays in each month. •

OFFICERS

JACOB SAQUI

Worshipful Master

JOHN A CHASE Senior Warden 0 . D. WILCOX Junio r Warden.

WILLIA M JACKSON Secretary.

JOHN BEL/, Senior Deacon ^ ISAAC S HASCALI Junio r Deacon.-

Memhers.— L. C. Challiss, P . P . Wilcox, A. G. Otis, E . C, Mason, P . Bovle, Philip Leak, Jacob Leu, G W Glick, C 0 Hiter, Robert Forbriger, Charles C King, George T Challiss, 0 C Horn, D D Hendricks, J. T. Ball, S. T. Walters, :N. Anspacker, J . J. Halligan, David M. Bevins, Philo W Hull, Manuel Frank, Leon Frank, J J Patterson, Robert White, Thomas Englisli, Levastian Williss, Joseph Trimmer, Samuel Newlin, D. Bucknum, J . E . Kellev, F . A. Root, AV. J . Manou, Joh n P . Thompson, G E Hang, T H Meinhardt, J H Miller

Entered Apprentices. G. W . Stabler, William Noel, W . AV. Nellis.

Admitted, 8; Initiated, 8; Passed, 5 ; Raised, 6; Dimitted, 9 ; Suspended, 10; Died.l ; Rejected, 5 Total numbe r of members, 42

LAWEENC E LODGE , No -6, LAWRENCE

Regular communication first Thursday in the month

OFFICERS

O. W . MCAUJASTEK ; Worshipful Master. GEOKGE W . DEITZLEB Senior Warden. T. J . STEENBURG Junior Warden.

JAME S C HORTON Treasurer PAU L R BROOKS Secretary

Members. Lyman Allen, C. W . Babcock, Ir a Brown, W . D. Blackford, Oliver Barber, R F Barber, Henr y Campbell, Joseph Cracklin, W H Duncan, C S Duncan, David Prague, Rev O Re3'nolds, C B Stevens, G. A. Smith, Fred Shoemaker, Walter Willis, Z. Squires, R. L. Frazer, Charles Fish, Rev T J Terrill, Perry Fuller, J B Fleischman, Theodore French, J F Griswold, Columbus Hornsby, Maurice Hartman , J . D. Herrington, Benjamin Johnson, Ir a Quimby, Charles Robinson, Frank Sinemores, Anson Storm, B W Woodward, E W Woods, R W Sparr, J W Jenkins, W H R Lykins, E D Ladd, T S Lounds, R W Ludington, Lewis Lawson, A.. J. McClouth, D. H . Montague, H . L. Moon, Michael Oswald, S B Prentiss, William Randolf, Thomas J Simmons, Joh n Swanston, R N Sherwood, W T Williamson, William Yates

Entered Apprentices. G W Collamore, E A Smith

FeUow Craft.—8. O. Thatcher.

Admitted, 3 ; Initiated, 4 ; Passed, 3 ; Raised, 5 ; Dimitted 3 ; Rejected, 2 Numbe r of members, 57

Proceedings of the

UJSnON LODG^B, No 7, JUNCTION CITY.*

Regular communications first and third Saturday's of each month

OFFICERS

.Toiix T. PRICE '. Worshipful Master. P Z.TAYLOK Senior Warden

Micit.vEi, MCCA.VN Junio r AVarden

ROBERT ANDERSON Treasurer .TosEi'ii D PATTERSON Secretary

Members. James P Downer, Benjamin M Plarris, R.C.Whitney , TJ B Perrv, Divinia Fenovv, J W Keys, .Jonathan Westover, C F Clark, A. D. Reed, C. M. Barclay, N . S. Ransohoff, D . A. Butterfleld, O. E. Bates, Jame s Mansfield, J M Blowero, Alfred Clough, J M Myers, Henr y Mitcliell, F . F. Marvin, George Montague, Henr y Ganz, James H . Brown

Entered Apprentice. G F Gordon

Admitted 1; Initiated, 8 ; Passed, 7; Raised, 7 ; Diraitted, 4 ; Rejected,! . Numbe r of members, 27.

SI-IAWKRE LODGE,

. .

JAMES L AVIGIIT.MAX

So.

OFFICERS .

9, BI G SPRINGS

Worshipful Master, W.M. R. FROST.'...;. Senior Warden.

AMOS HICK S Junio r Warden . Treasurer.

ISAAC JSI ROBERTS

Secretary

Dimitted, 5 ; Suispended, 2 ; Expelled, 8; Rejected, 1. Number of members, 4

KING!- SOLOMON LODGE, No 10, LEAVENWORTH

Regular conimunications first an d third Fridays of each month

OFFICERS

M S ADAM.S Worshipful Master AV. 0 . SEMAXS Senior Warden. JAMES MCCAIION Junio r AVarden A COHEN....;... Treasurer

JOH N CONOVER ^ Secretary E CoATES Senior Deacon, M WEIGHT.MAN Junior Deacon

Members.^-G. W Hogeboom, P.-.M.-.; Georo;e A Eddy, P.'.M.-.; AV. P Gambell, William Gordon, Philip Rothschild, AVilliam Rosenfeld, J Carr Johnson , James M Bodine, L L Todd, Levi Houston, Daniel R

Anthony , George W Nelles, William H Watson,.H; D Smith, Wood S Paynter, Harve y C. Allen, Joh n W. Tatham, Louis. Setzler, Joh n B. Lamber, Charles Blazer, Samuel Laighton, Isaac N Bonsall, Joseph A Bullen, Richard J . Selwav, Byron Farnsworth, J . Westenberger, Samuel F . Atwood, Hug h D McCarty, George H Weaver, J R Whitehead, S H Anderson, A.' P Russell, Benjamin Nute, jr., J R Duncan, William Schley, Ed . H . Marsh, J . H . Kiskadden, Charles T. Stettauer, J. L.

Grand Lodge of Kansas. 225

Waver, Thomas C. Stevens, H . Markson, Henr y Still, Joseph J. Skinner, E F Havens, J L Bean, C L Gorton, M H Insley, Robert J Brown, Samuel Rothschild, H B Haas, William J Chandler, H W Gough, Alexander Gregg.

Entered Apprentice.—William Phillips.

Admitted, 6; Initiated, 5 ; Passed, 6; Raised, 6; Dimitted, 1; Died, '1 ; Rejected, 6. Number of members, 60.

EMPOEIA LODGE, No. 12, EMPORIA.

E. P. BANCROFT

OFFICERS

Worshipful Master. C V EsKRiDGE

Senior Warden

H . W . FicK Junio r Warden. A IsBBLL Treasurer

D A PAYNTBR

Secretary

Members. L. D. Bailey, C. F. Maurer, T. E. Hicks, James H . Phenis, William McWhorter, Jacob Cairy, H H Gray, N W Douglass, Ed Borton, J. C. Lamdin, C. H. Crook, Jame s Means, E. P. Headley, S. G. Brown, F Schmidling, P B Plumb

Admitted, 1 Number of members, 21

LECOMPTOJ f LODGE , JSTO 13 , LECOMPTON

Regular communications, th e Saturday on or before th e full moon an d two weeks thereafter

OFFICERS .

JAMES G . BAILEY

Worshipful Master.

Senior Warden. F F BRUNER Junio r Warden

WM MORROW

A McKiNNEY

D C WBSTERVBLT

Treasurer

Secretary

Senior Deacon

JOH N A DAVIS Junio r Deacon

DAVI D L MARTI N Tyler

Members. Geo.C. Vanzandt,?.-. M.'.; Shadrack Greene, R. H . Patty, E. L. Fant , Thomas J. Watson, W. t . Ellis, Wm . M. Douglass, William Weer, P.- M.-.; Ed W AVynkoop, Wm A Norton, Wm H Christian, M. S. Winter, L. McArthur, Lyman Evans, Elisha Diefendorf, George W Gray, Albert Walter, L Rosenbrook, Joh n C Bailey

Dimitted, 5 ; Rejected,!. Numbe r of members, 27.

OSKALOOSA LODGE, No. .14, OSKALOOSA.

Regular communications second an d fourth Saturdays in each month.

OFFICERS

NELSON CHAPMAN

E. J. BARNES

Worshipful Master

Junio r Warden.

WM . C . BARNES Senior Warden.

G B CARSON

P E HAVENS

Treasurer

Secretary

Proceedings of the

Members. - Henry Owens, J. B. Hollingsworth, Franklin Finch, Jos. Downing, J S Shoemaker, Thoma s Wallisce, Humphre y O Finch, William Owens, J Gill Spivey, W N Allen, J N Hull, S B Staggs, Isaac Newhouse, M. L. Breitenstein, VVaveham Gibbs, (Hon . Mem.); Joseph Fitzsimons, Joh n C Burnett, N B Hopewell, Joh n F Hinton, Isaac V Fairholm, Thomas H Noble: Admitted, 4 ; Dimitted, ii; Expelled,! . Numbe r of members, 26.

LAFAYETTE LODGE, JSTO. 16, MANHATTAN.

OFFICERS

A.. GRIFFI N Worshipful Master.

S G HoYT Senior Warden

F COLE Junior Warden

H . EELL S Treasurer.

N A ADAMS Secretary

N D HoRTON Senior Deacon

G W WiSNBB Junior Deacon

S LONG Tyler i/„™);™j, Air ;jn;.iQf+^ P.-.M.'. • E. M. squires C. F. De Yivaldi Scott Newell, J Taylor, J AV Pipher, J D Adams, J.T Goodenoush

Admitted,! ; Initiated,3 ; Passed, 2 ; Raised, 2 ; Dimitted, 3; Suspended 10 Number of members, 16

TOPBK A LOD&B , No . 17 , TOPEKA .

OFFICERS

C K HoLLiDAY AVorshipful Master

Oil AS KIN G

Senior Warden

Er> P KELLAM Junior Warden

C. C. KELLAM Treasurer. GEO W ANDERSON Secretary

Members. Joel Huntoon , 'P.-.M.-.; Rev Jas T Halliday, P.' M.-.; J C Gordon, F R Foster, S T Walkly, F L Crane, M M Moore, W W . Ross, E. G. Ross, Frederick Ortman, Joh n W. Farnsworth, Enoch Chase, Jacob Saiford, Henr y Roberti, Thomas G Thornton, Jame s A Kidney, JohnS.Brauner,G.G Gage, Joh n Eichan, Jacob Smith,Thomas Gardner, Jame s Fletcher, Loring Farnsworth, Rev. C. M. Callaway, M. K Smith, Jos A Brown, George H Kellam, Joh n Jackson, J R GrifBn, Rev Ir a Blackford, Ephria m Blake, Rev Joh n Jackson, C C Whitney, Charles Schmidt, R. H . Atwell, Len . W . Horn, A. H . Ca.se, S. R. Remington

Fellow Craft. Hiram Shields

Admitted, 3 ; Initiated, 8; Passed, 9; Raised, 9; Suspended, 4 ; Rejected, 2. Numbe r of members, 44.

Grand Lodge of Kansas. 227

ELK CEEEK LODGE, No. 20, CIRCLEVILLE*

OFFICERS .

N C BoYDSTOx Worshipful Master

S W McCoMAS Senior Warden

JAMES HORN Junio r Warden

EPHRIA M MOORE Treasurer

WM MCCAKT Secretary

J C LELARD Senior Deacon

JOH N CAMPBELI> Junio r Deacon

GEORGE CLINE Tyler

Members. Joh n Woodburn, James Terman, J B Symson, H Stanley, AV H Chapman, George Williams, E A Squire, J B Parrot, W Willock, George Smith, L. D. Woolman, Joseph King, Johii Cristy, A. Boyles, R C Calahan, R M Chin, Benjamin Boydstou, I J Gross

Admitted, 4 ; Initiated, 2 ; Passed, 2 ; Raised,! ; Rejected,! Number of members, 26

GEASSHOPPE E FALL S LODGE , IS^o. 21 , GRASSHOPPE R FALLS .

Regular communications second an d fourth Fridays in each month.

OFFICERS

E D Hir.LYER

Worshipful Master

R. A. HAYE S Senior Warden. J A MANN .Junior Warden

J R Cox Treasurer, pro tern.

J F BLISS

Secretary, pro tern.

Members. S. A. Smith, Asel W . Spaulding, S. S. Cooper, W. C. Butts, M Vandenburgh, G S Hillver, William Grigsbv, George H Cain, Lewis Stafford, J C Todd, E G P'ierce, G W Pence," Joh n Ratz, T A Blake, Joh n Ernst, Henr y Ramsower.

Admitted, 2 ; Initiated, ! ; Passed, 2 ; Raised, 1; Dimitted, 2; Died, ! Number of members, 21

PAEIS LODGE, No 22, PARIS.*

OFFICERS .

AVii L HEXDEHSON Worshipful Master

ZADDOCK LEWIS Senior Warden Junio r Warden

HiRAJi A. DEFKIESE Treasurer.

Jos. H . BARLOW Secretary.

PLEASANT CHITWOOD Senior Deacon

JEREMIA H FARIS Junio r Deacon Tyler

Members. Thomas Preston, Joseph Smith, Henr y M. Dobyns, J . W . Stewart, Mark Robinson, Byron P . Ayers, Asa Hairgrove, Henr y Devilliers, Zachariah Fleming, Joh n T Alexander, Christopher H Stillwell, Samuel Guynn , George W . Moore, N. M. Hawk, Lyma n N. Ayres, Wm . M. Canan, Henrj ' Blackburn, Joseph Hunecut, T. H . Graham, Jame s Parent

Initiated, 5 ; Passed, 3 ; Raised, 2 ; Dimitted, 5 ; Died, ! ; Rejected, 3 Number of members, 26.

Proceedings

HIG H PEAIEIE LODGE, ^o. 25, HIGH PRAIRIE

Regular communications first and third Saturdays in each month

A. D. McCuxE

HENR Y DOXAHOE

OFFICERS

Worshipful Master.

Senior Warden .1 C GIST Junio r Warden H B KELLEk Treaisurer JA Y TUTTLE Secretary.

Members — B M Crust, P.' M.'.; S R Trower, J H Cassiday, B G Frazier, W . L . Spaulding, J . W . Davidson, W . Campbell, William V. French, William G Chambers, AVilliam Thompson, Ben McOrary, B Williams, Thoma s Trower, E S Sebree, S P McCrary, Wm Prather, S S. Nichols, Milton Sloan, Thomas Starns, Joh n McLean, J . A. Cassidy, Wm Kyle, D J Keller, George Graham

Fellow Craft. Jame s Caffery

Entered Apprentices.—William Harris, Joh n Baten.

Admitted, 4 ; Initiated, 4 ; Passed, 3 ; Raised, 2 ; Dimitted, 4. Number of members, 29

ST JOHN'S LODGE, No 26, ATCHISON

OFFICERS

SAMUEL B DAVIS

Worshipful Master

WM . W . COCHRANE Senior Warden.

WM . P . LARZELERE •. Junio r Warden .

DUDLE Y MOVA Y Treasurer

HENR Y L DAVIS Secretarj'

THOMAS MURPH Y Senior Deacon

JOH N N . HOLBEET Junio r Deacon. Tyler

J/em6ers. —Geo. H . Fairchild, M.-.W.-.G.'. M.-.; Wm . 0 . Gould, Ed . K Blair, E B Grimes, G O Chase, P T Abell, H E Nickerman, E A Arnold, H R Weightman, F Byllsby

Admitted, 1 ; Initiated, 1; Passed, 1 ; Raised, 1; Dimitted, 1 ; Suspended, 1. Numbe r of members, 16.

NEOSHO LODGE, No. 27, L E EOY.*

OFFICERS .

ALEX . STEWART

Worshipful Master. LUTHE R A BARNARD Senior Warden

THOMAS CRABTREE Junio r Warden P H SMITH Treasurer

WILTO N H JENKIN S Secretary

Jlfm6firs.—Richard Burr, W W Brazel, T D Carney, G A Cutler J S Davis, M E Grinds, J C.Howell,Charles A Howard, W A Jenkens, William Morrow, H . H . Opdvke, Enoch Reeves, J . Rowe, J . R. F . Shull, J B Scott, A Venard; L Vittitoe, A F Wilkinson

Admitted, 3 ; Initiated, 2 ; Pa.ssed, 3 ; Raised, 4 ; Dimitted, 3 ; Suspended, 2 ; Died, 1 Numbe r of members, 23

Grand Lodge of Kansas. 22 9

ELDOR A IJOBGE , NO 28 , MAPLETON

Regular communications AVednesday on or preceding the full moon and two weeks thereafter.

OFFICERS

M. E . HUDSON

Worshipful Master.

T B McKiNSTHY Senior Warden

RAFFERTY Junio r Warden

N C ROBINSON Treasurer

M O ELLIS Secretary

J H HoFPNAGLB Senior Deacon

C. M. STONE Junio r Deacon.

F. D. MYEIC K Tyler.

Memhen.—A. G West, James Hall, H Britton, J H Vansickle, Edward Gray, H . G. Moore, J . H . Moore, Edwin Forbes, Lester Ray, A. P . Clark, D B Murrow, S 0 Himoe, A Wilson, W B Jackson, M D Tenny

Entered Apprentice.—Robert Robinson.

Admitted, 2 ; Initiated, 9 ; Passed, 10; Raised, 10; Dimitted, 1. Number of members, 23

AEOAN A LODGE , No 31 , DONIPHAN. *

A. R. FoEMAN

OFFICERS

Worshipful Master.

GEORGE REKS Senior Warden .

J. T. FoRMAN Junio r Warden.

A. BRENNER Treasurer.

CHAS J DKURY Secretary

Members.—B. S Whorton, G M Walter, J Howard, E A Spencer, R. Mealer, L. A. Hoffman, D. A. Murdock, E. H. Williams, D. W. Morse, G A Benjamin, J A Vanarsdale, D Frank, R H Henford, J L Tracy, J R Willis, W J Orem, G H Marcher, J S Kline, R A Bowlwer, J L Scott, J . M. Thompson, A. Harris, C. Kench, D. Lee, E . M. Lee, H . W . Hanson, J M Lee, William Privitt, S D Benight

Initiated, 1; Passed, 3 ; Raised, 4 ; Dimitted, 2; Suspended, 1; Died, 1; Rejected, 3 Numbe r of members, 34

AUBUEN LODGE, No. 32, AUBURN.

OFFICERS

REUBEN STBES Worshipful Master

WM . F . JOHNSTON Senior Warden.

GEO. S. HOLT Junio r Warden . HARRISON SHUMVVAY Secretary

Members. J W Brown, H L Shumway, 0 H Drinkwater, George H Balton, Eli Snyder, O C Moore, J E Moore, —Lord, William H Delong, Jeremiah Sabin, N . P . Case, L. H. Swan, R. H. Baird, M. L. Hyde , A H Hale, Thomas Denman, Elliot Carrigan, J L Huggins, William A Engle, Jame s Hammon , Wm H Overstreet, — Hubbell

Entered Apprentice.—L. T. Cook.

Initiated, 25; Passed, 24; Raised, 24; Dimitted, 4 ; Died, 1 Number of members, 26.J

Proceedings ol the

MOUND CITY LODGE, ISTo. 33, MOUND CITY. OFFICERS.

0 S WHEATON AVorshipfnl Master

T. F.WILSON Senior Warden.

J. H. FEGO Junior Warden.

W.C.LE E Treasurer.

J. S. ATKINSON Secretary.

J P WHEELER Senior IJeacon

M M BONE Junior Deacon

0. P. WATSON Tyler.

Memhera.—O. Dewy, J. W. Babb, J. M. Iliff, J. C. Holmes, J. T. Snoddy, L J Cummings, H A Smith, A H Baird, J L Scott

Entered Apprentice. M. B.Lyon.

Admitted, 3; Initiated, 6; Passed, 5; Raised, 5; Dimitted, 3;Rejected, 2 Number of members,17

HIAWATHA LODGE, ~So. 35, HIAM-ATHA OFFICERS.

W. B.BARNETTi: 'Worshi'''f'j! Master.

J. G.KELSY ; Senior Warden. JAMES ROUND Junior Warden

W.W.GUTHRI E Secretarj'

Members. S. \V. Wade, H. R. Button, Isaac B. Hoover, Joseph Vaughn, B. Watkins, J. C. Scott, W: G. Sargent, J. T. Babbit, H. C. Gregg, Gregory Armaan.

Entered Apprentice. Ira J. Laoock.

Admitted, 3; Initiated, 2; Passed,!; Raised, 1. Number of members,14

NEVADA LODGE, No 36, NEVADA CtTY, 0 T OFFICERS

ANDREW MASON Worshipful Master

J H MORTON Senior Warden

L W CHASE .Junior Warden

J. M. VANDEVER Treasurer.

A. L. MILLER Secretary.

W. L. SAWTELL Senior Deacon.

W.T. PATTEN Junior Deacon.

Members.—J. B Brunell, A J VanDever, C S Abbott, E W Henderson, J L Prichard, D L Fairchild, J W Baneles, J W Ritliff, Edwin Sheldon, David Hummer, Chase Withrow, J C Russell, Robert Russell

Fellow Crafts.—J. W.Bradley, Thomas Newlan, Preston Anderson. Entered Apprentices.—William McFeetens, Preston Scott, B. W. Ensen, George Brock, William L.Ireland, J. Haines, M. Svmonds, L. Weild.

Initiated, 20; Passed, 12; Raised, 9; Rejected, 4. Number of members, 20.

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AUEAEIA LODGE, TJ D., DENVER CITY OFFICERS.

*

RICHARD SOPRIS

acting AVorshipful Master. CHARLES H BLAK E Senior Warden JOHN H GERRISH Junio r Warden

Members. F. Z. Soloman, Joh n M. Clark, A. Sagendorf, George L. Moody, William M Slaughter, Joh n C Spencer, William N Byers, J J Saville, 0 L Bartlett, 0 E Cook, J E Lamber, Joh n Hughes, George H. Bryant, George W. Putnam , Matthew Teed, E. W. Cobb, George W. Kasber, A F Cutler, E S Wilhite, A H Barker, Joseph Ehle, G W Clayton, Gus Newman , Edward E Ropes, Henr y Allen, J D Ramage, A. Jacobs, A. Buddee, J. C. Guy, Daniel McCleary, A. N. J. Crook, F . Maserve, J J Price, Z Stone, A W Dodge

Entered Apprentices. William Dunn, E. AV. Kingsberry, A. Hannuer, W. H . Garvin, Charles Porter, E. B. Sutherland, Joh n A. Sours.

Admitted, 9 ; Initiated,? ; Passed, 3 ; Raised, 3; Dimitted, 1; Rejected, 4 Numbe r of members , 57

PAOLA LODGE, U D., PAOLA

OFFICERS

W. R. WAGSTAFF

Worshipful Master. E. W. ROBINSON..... Senior Warden . WILLAR D O . HUBBELL Junio r Warden .

Mtmhers.— 'Q. F Simpson, W J McCowan, Thomas Akers, George Dale, Thomas Tatham , Cyrus Shaw, E. B. Duncan, George Wise, George W Swain, Goodwin Taylor, William Monday, Andrew Smith Fellovj Crafts.—Thomas J Hedges, George Town

Entered Apprentices. N R Wakefield, M M Peugh, George C Hayden.

Initiated, 9; Passed, 7; Raised, C; Dimitted, 2; Rejected, 2 Number of members, 15

liSTDIAiSrOLA LODGE, U. D., INDIANOLA.

L H OGEE

OFFICERS

Worshipful Master

GEORGE L YOUNG Senior Warden E D Ross Junio r W^arden

Members. C. W. Higginbotham, J. E. Clardy, M. Banhian, D. R. Darlin, W W Alley, A C Beckwith Entered Apprentice. — H . C. Puckbets.

N. B. The returns marked thus ••' have heen received since the meeting of the Grand Lodge.

Since the meeting of the Grand Lodge, we have received, through Aurarla Lodge, information of the formation of a Grand Lodge for Colorado Territory This would embrace in its jurisdiction Golden City, Nevada and Aurarla Lodges.—GR SECRETARY

MEMBER S OF TH E GRAND LODG E O F KANSAS FO R TH E

YEA

R 1861

M R. R.' .w .w. .w. w R.- W W w. w. w. w w w. w. w. w. w. w.

.J SAQUI Grand Master

.0 K HoLLiDAY Deputy Grand Master

.M S ADAMS Grand Senior Warden

W F -JOHNSON „ Grand Junio r Warden

.E.T . CARR Grand Secretary.

.G. W . HoGEBOOM Grand Lecturer.

. Rev. J . T. HoLLiDAY ;.Grand Chaplain.

.Rev F.BYLLSBY Grand Chaplain

.Rev ISAAC T COLLINS Gran d Chaplain

R R REES Grand Orator

..T F BLISS Grand Senior Deacon

N CHAPMAN Grand Junio r Deacon

.J . N. PHILLIPS Grand Steward.

.JOH N BELZ Grand Steward

.S GREENE Grand Sword Bearer

JNO A CHASE Grand Marshal

F L CRANE Gran d Tyler

No. of Lodge. Admitted. Initiated. Fussed. liaised. Dimitted. Suspended. Expelled. Died. rejected.. Present No. of Members. Gr. Lodge Dues.

DIMITTED .

SMITHTON LODGE, NO. 1.—J. W . Hudgens , Richard Leach, 0 . O. Agee, A. M Walker , C C Jasper

LEAVENWORTH LODGE, NO 2. H Griffin, J C Spencer, Wm Hetherington, .John B Wells, Jame s A Dawson, A J Snider, C F Clark, J M Alexander, G W Graham , Fre d Schmidt, Jame s Quinlan, 0 B Taylor

WYANDOTTE LODGE, No 3.—Thomas J Barker, D Dofflemyer

KicKAPoo LODGE, NO 4.—J H Fork , J G Williams

WASHINGTON LODGE, NO 5.—Thomas Potut, N C Eoswell, Thos A Rehea, J. T.Hereford, L. Boyle, Isaac F . Collins, W.T.Woods , W D Leering , Charles T Goodman

LAWRENCE LODGE, No 6. M S Beach, Ingle Barker, G T Rhodes

UNIO N LODGE, No. 7.—AVilliam Cuddy , F . N . Blake, Elmer Otis, L. J.

SHAWNEE LODGE, NO 9. J T Longworth, William F Frost, M S Banafleld, H 0 Reeves, William Kirby

KIN G SOLOMON LODGE, No 10. Bernar d Arnold

LECOMPTON LODGE, No 13. Charles W Otey, J M Pelot, Joh n F Hinton, J E Haddix, S W Driggs

, OsKALOOSA LODGE, NO 14. J S Mount, M S Crawford

LAFAYETTE LODGE, NO . 16.—William Russell, Joh n Flagg, J. D. Patterson. GRASSHOPPER FALLS LODGE, NO . 21.—Andrew AVelch, Joh n Marsh.

PARIS LODGE, NO . 22. Joh n J . Touch, Austin Faris, Henr y Sevier, Richar d Lambeth, Lundru m Tatam

HIG H PRAIRI E LODGE, NO 25. J Long, — Serey, T G Hurbert , M B Sweet.

ST JOHN' S LODGE, NO 26.—William M Butler

ARCANA LODGE, No 31.—O Brown, G W Prichard

AUBURN LODGE, NO 32.—Andrew Layman , Shepar d Clark, D F Easton, D. B. Emmert .

MOUND CIT Y LODGE, No 33.—J W Moffatt, AV C Freeman , W E Graves

PAOLA LODGE, U . D.--J . Harve y Hooker , M. A. Parr. .

AURARI A LODGE, TJ D.—Willia m M McConnell

Grand Lodge of Kansas.

SUSPENDED .

LEAVENWORTH LODGE, NO 2. Fo r non-paymen t of dues. G AV McLane, Thomas Russell, Thomas Letchworth, Scott J Anthony, J A Thompson, Charles Kingsbury, J T Campbell, J M Reed

WYANDOTTE LODGE, NO 3. Henr y Borngard, L C Mathews, E T Vedder, Russell Garrett, Joel Garrett.

KiCKAPOO LODGE, No. 4. C. H . Grover, J . F. Peoples.

WASHINGTON LODGE, NO 5.—W C McVay, Thomas A Rhea, D Lochnane, William Miller, W A Cochran, Joh n McClure, Henr y Henson, Thomas Valliant, W B Kipp, H M Hughes

SHAWNEE LODGE, NO 9.—A A Miller, W C Jones

LAFAYETTE LODGE, NO . 16. C. W. Beebee, W . Wells, H . Whitsides , J. H Young, J Lawrence, J W C Pierce, J W Robinson, E P Dyer, W C Dyer, C E Clark;

ToPEKA LODGE, No. 17.—Asaph Allen, S. G. Jones, Walter Atley, J . Fi n Hill

ST JOHN'S LODGE, No 26.—G W Tracy

ARCANA LODGE, NO 31. J B Haseley

Secretaries are requested to distinguish between members suspended for non-payment of dues, an d those suspended for other causes. GRAND SECRETARY

EXPELLED

LEAVENWORTH LODGE, NO 2. Ed Bryan

WYANDOTTE LODGE, NO 3. J H Miller

OsKALOOSA LODGE, NO 14. E D Jones

Grasshopper Falls, No. SI, T. F. JOLLY

Paris, No. WILSON BETTS

Arcana, No. SI, J. W SHEPHKRIJ

Auburn., No. SH, DANIEL SAYRES

LIST O F GRAN D LODGE S I N CORRESPONDENC E WIT H TH E

GRAND LODG E O F KANSAS.

Alabam a DANIEL SAYRE Montgomery

Arkansas T D MERRICK Little Rock

California ALEXANDER G ABELL San Francisco

Connecticut E. G. STORBR New Haven.

Delaware

WILLIA M S HAY S Wilmington

District of Columbia G A SOIIWARZMAN Washington City

Florid a JOH N B TAYLOR Tallahassee

Georgia SIMRI ROSE ; Macon

Iowa T S PARVIN .'Iowa City

Illinois H G REYNOLDS Springfleld

Indian a FRANCIS KIN G Indianapolis

Kentuck y J M S MCCORKLE Greensburg

Louisiana

SAMUEL G RIS K New Orleans

Maine IRA BERRY Portland.

Marylan d JOSEPH ROBINSON Baltimore.

Massachusetts CHARLES W . MOORE Boston.

Michigan JAMES FENTON Detroit

Minnesota GEORGE W . PRESCOTT Saint Paul.

Mississippi R W T DANIELS Jackson

Missouri A O'SULLIVAN Springfield

Nebraska R W FURNAS Brownsville

New Hampshir e HORACE CHASE Hopkinton

New Jerse y JOSEPH H HOUG H Trenton

New Yor k JAMBS M AUSTIN ; New York

North Carolina

WILLIAM T BAI N Raleigh

Ohio JOH N D CALDWELL Cincinnati

Oregon W . S. CALDWELL ....: Hillsboro.

Pennsylvani a WILLIA M H . ADAMS Philadelphia.

Rhod e Island

South Carolina

THOMAS A. DOYLB Providence.

ALBERT G . MACKBY Charleston.

Tennessee CHARLES A FULLER Nashville

Texas A S RUTHVBN Galveston

Vermon t JOH N B HOLLENBECK Burlington

Virgini a JOHN DOVE Richmond

Washington Territory T. M. REE D Olympia.

Wisconsin JAMES B . KELLOGG Milwaukee.

Canada

THOMAS B . HARRI S Hamilton.

REPORT ON .CORRESPONDENCE,

To the M.'.W:. Orand Lodge of Kansas:

The duties of preparing a Report on Foreign Correspondence having again been assigned to us, we submit the following as th e result of our labors:

W e hav e received th e printed Proceedings of th e following Grand Lodges, viz:

ALABAMA 1860

ARKANSAS ; 1860

CALIFORNIA 1861

CONNECTICUT 1861

DELAWARE 1860

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1860

ILLINOIS 1860

INDIANA 1861

KENTUCKY :

MAIN E 1861

MARYLAND 1861

MASSACHUSETTS 1861

MICHIGAN 1861

MINNESOTA I860

MISSISSIPPI 1861 MISSOURI 1861 NEBRASKA 1860-61

NE W HAMPSHIR E 1860

NE W JERSEY 1861 NE W YORK 1861

NORT H CAROLINA 1860

PENNSYLVANIA 1860

RHOD E ISLAND 1&61

TENNESSEE 1860

VERMONT 1861

VIRGINI A 1860

WASHINGTO N TE R 1860

WISCONSIN ......1861

W e regret tha t we have not been able to receive th e Proceedings of all th e Grand Lodges in correspondence with this Grand Lodge

ALABAM A —1860 .

Thic M.'.AV.* Griind Lod'^8 held it? ForMe^h nnriTial p.nTnTnnnio.a.tiou at Montgomery, commencing December 30, A. L. 5860.

The address of th e Grand Master, M.'.W.' RICHARD H ERVIN, is brief, an d devoted to th e affairs of th e Craft i n tha t jurisdiction H e announces th e death of S. D. MOORER, Grand Junio r Warden, an d JAMES A. WHITAKER, Past Grand Junio r Warden, of th e Grand Lodge of Alabama, an d pays an excellent tribute to their memory. Fourteen dispensations were granted during th e year for th e organization of ne w lodges.

A large amoun t of business was transacted during the session. Among other things, we notice th e Grand Secretary, in his labors, was not forgotten, as it was ordered tha t h e be paid th e sum of eight hundred dollars for his services during th e year

Proceedings of the

The Report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence is from the pen of Bro L B THORNTON, and is a well written review of the Proceedings of twenty-nine Grand Lodges, in which our own Grand liOdge receives a very courteous notice

STEPHEN F . HALE, Eutaw, M.'.W.". Grand Master.

DANIEL SAYRE, Montgomery, reelected R.'.W." Grand Secretary

ARKANSA S —1860

From this M.'.W.-. Grand Lodge we liave the Proceedings of the annual communication held at Little Rock, Novembers, A. L. 5860, M.". W.-. E. H. ENGLISH, Grand Master, and R.'.W.-. T. D. MERRICK, Grand Secreta.-y.

The Grand Master, in his address, reports having granted thirteen dispensations for new lodges, making a total of one hundred and sixty-two working lodges in the State, having increased from thirty-five since 1849. He has rendered thirty-two decisions on masonic law, names the students that have been selected from each of the five districts to receive a free education at St. John's college, and calls on the "sons of masons who are unable to pay for tuition to come and be educated without money and without price." He says: "We want to educate you, so that you may go out and diffuse the blessing generally, by teaching neighboring schools and academies."

Bro ALBERT PIKE presented his credentials as Representative of the Grand Lodge of Kansas. We give his address in full:

Most Worshipful Grand Master:

I have the honor to present these credentials, by which it has pleased the Grand Master of masons of the Territory of Kansas, to appoint me the Representative of the Grand Lodge of Kansas near the Grand Lodge of Arkansas

In doing so, I may, perhaps, not without warrant, tender to this Host Worshipful Body, in behalf of that which so commissions me, its fraternal regards and the right hand of frank and cordial fellowship, and convey its greeting of masonic good will and its kind wishes I am authorized to assure the masons of Arkansas of the earnest desire for an interchange with them of good offices and charitable opinions on the part of their brethren in that young Territory, which only yesterday—except where the red Indian occupied it — was a desert.

In all the relations of life it is pleasant and profitable to cherish and cultivate the amenities and courtesies of social intercourse. Even the forms of courtesy are not only graceful and becoming, but possess a great positive value, since they naturally persuade to, if they do not flow from, forbearance, charity and toleration The peaceful relations of great empires have not unfrequen'tly been jeopardized by a disregard of • these forms and outward show of courtesy; and it is not wise for masonic bodies to neglect the means of intercha'nging congratulations and condolence, of comparing opinions and softening down asperities, which a system of correspondence and more intimate alliance ofTers

The attempt, in which this Grand Lodge concurred, to establish a National Grand Body for Symbolic Masonry, has not succeeded. We may not hope for such a masonic congress of Grand Lodges, in which the representatives of all these bodies, assembling at stated seasons, as the Hebrews anciently went up to the holy city of Salem to worship, could consult together for common welfare, discard prejudices and prepossessions, and coming to know each other better, learn to respect and love each other more.

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It is because that hope has failed, that I the more gladly offer you the fraternal greeting t)f the Grand Lodge of Kansas, and shall, with the greater pleasure, transmit to her your greeting and good wishes in return, in the hope that the system of representation may be extended until every Grand Lodge in the United States shall have its representative near every other Grand Lodge, thus making the great electric circuit of sympathy complete, so that the same noble and generous emotions may, as it were, instantaneously thrill and animate, and the same genial influences of masonry warm and expand the hearts of all the brotherhood everywhere in the Kepublic; for our Grand Lodges are like a line of battle-ships, drawn up in line against the evils and errors that afflict and degrade humanity: and if there be no Admiral whose signals all must obey, so much the more urgent need is there of a system of signals by which all may act in concert against the enemy hitherto invincible

I am glad to present these credentials now, Most Wor&hipfui Grand Master, when clouds and shadows form ominously over the Republic and darken even the peaceful calms of masonry with doubts and dismay These greetings that I convey to you are proof that the strong ties of masonic obligations, masonic affections and masonic brotherhood, are not yet, like so many others, snapped asunder, but that they still endure and there is yet peace, and calm, and harmony around our holy altars, though the elements without are gloomily ominous of disaster and the atmosphere is oppressive as when an earthquake is near at hand I am sure that all these brethren will unite with me in che earnest, anxious wish, that some power may say to the tumultuous waves," Peace! be still!"—that the bonds of friendship and good neighborhood may be re-knit and strengthened, and anger and recrimination cease, and that all the great moral and social influences of masonry may be exerted, honestly and unceasingly, for the restoration of harmony, the maintenance of peace, and the performance of duty And may it not be the evil fortune of any of us, Most Worshipful Grand Master, to live to see the dark and fearful day when our great chain of brotherhood shall be broken and shivered into fragments, never again to be united

To which the Most Worshipful Grand Master responded:

Eminent Sir and Brother:

I am very sure that I shall express the cordial sentiment of every member of this Grand Lodge, in saying that it is with much pleasure that we recognize and receive you as the accredited representative of our young sister, the M.-.W.- Grand Lodge of Kansas, and through you tender to her a sincere reciprocity of the fraternal feelings expressed by you, on her behalf, for us.

We have hailed, with much interest, the establishment of the M.- W,* Grand Lodge of Kansas; and though it was born amidst civil commotion, and the political heavens were black and tempestuous over Its birth-place, yet it made its appearance as calmly and peacefully as the warm, bright sun that gently lifts the angry clouds and smiles upon the troubled elements below, when the storm has spent its fury and is passing away

^Ve shall be most happy to interchange masonic courtesies with our young sister, and shall rejoice to witness her growth and prosperity

We most heartily concur in the statement that, while the political relations existing between the States are unfortunately being weakened, and the calmest and wisest patriots are looking with fearful forebodings to the result of the impending crisis, the fraternal relations existing between the members of the masonic family should be strengthened and preserved, so that CHARITY and HUMANITY may ameliorate the untold evils that will inevitably follow, should Goo, in His providence, permit the Union of the States to be severed!

And more, sir, we tender you a cordial greeting as the representative of our young sister

The occasion elicited some very elegant remarks from Bro J T WHEAT, Grand Chaplain, which we would transcribe but for our limited time.

Proceedings of the

The report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence notices the Proceedings of twenty-four Grand Lodges. Nonotice is mad'bof this Grand Lodge.

The Grand Lodge requires all non-affiliated masons to pay two dollars a year as Grand Lodge dues, to be used in support of St. John's College

Grand Master and Grand Secretary were both reelected.

CALIFORNIA —1861.

The M.'.AV.-.Grand Lodge of California commenced its Twelfth annual communication at Sacramento, May 14, A L 5861, M." W.' N

GREENE CURTIS, presiding

Ninety-four lodges were represented from a registry of one hundred and forty-two Seven dispensations for opening new lodges were granted during the year

M.". W.".Bro. CURTIS, in his address, remarks as follows:

Freemasonry is not peculiarly adapted to any particular clime or country, but under every sky, an d in every land, its pillars of strength are planted and its benign influences are known From the rising to the setting sun, in every part of the habitable globe the mystic rights are used for high and noble purposes The ages of traditionary are as dear in memory to our brethren elsewhere as to us, and their bonds of union are as strong as ours. The wide world is a brotherhood, and all are brethren who have entered the portals of our temple As such, we acknowledge and appreciate them, and consequently, the prejudices of nationality are unknown among us Nations may be excited to animosity, and wars may be waged: armies may meet in deadly conflict, the fields be drenched in blood, still, enemies in war, and through all the political convulsions to which nations may be heirs, masons are friends and brothers. We deprecate the evils or necessities so widely different from our mission, we deplore the wreck of State and waste of life, bu t whatever whirlwind may sweep acrosfe the nations, or battle-storm may desolate the provinces or dominions of the earth, the evils they bring and the hatreds they engender are powerless to turn the heart of brother against brother.

While we know no distinctions in the brotherhood throughput the world, our country—native or adopted — is nearer to our hearts than other lands. We love the memories which cluster around our history We feel pride in the achievements of our fathers and the glory of the republic they established — a republic under whose protection our beloved Order has grown and strengthened until, from ocean to ocean our temples dot the land and our Craft, in numbers and power for good, is equal to every purpose of its origin and test of its usefulness. In our marts of trade- and along our mighty rivers, in our green and fertile valleys, on the dreary plains, in the wilderness and on the mountain sides, wherever the wandering footsteps of a brother lead him, he finds a brother's voice to greet him, and a brother's grasp to assure him of a warm and hearty welcome

Under such circumstances, how sad and gloomy the reflection that, in a portion of our beloved fatherland, warriors are on the tented field and bayonets are bristling — that the citizens of our common country are arrayed against each other, awaiting the deadly shock of arms Let us invoke Almighty GOD to speedily end the unnatural conflict, and spare the effusion of huma n blood May the good angel which has so long hovered over the destinies of our country so temper the hearts of the rulers and the people, that civil war may be averted, that strife may cease, that peace, harmony and good fellowship may bespeedily restored, and that each and all may again enjoy in quietude, those blessings of civil and religious liberty bequeathed to us by our fathers

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A very beautiful address was delivered before th e Gran d Lodge by Bro. ADDISON C . NILES, Gran d Orator.

Th e Repor t on Correspondence is by Bro JAMES LAWRENCE ENGLISH

JAMES LAWRENCE ENGLISH, M.-.W.- Gran d Master

ALEXANDER G ABELL, reelectd R.'.W." Grand Secretary

CANADA—1861 .

Since writing our report we have received th e Proceedings of this Grand Lodge for 1801, bu t not in time for this report

T DOUGLAS HAKKINGTOX, Quebec, M.' W.' Grand Master

THOMAS B HARRIS , Hamilton , K.' W.' Grand Secretary

CONN^ECTICU T —1861

The M.'. W.'. Grand Lodge of th e State of Connecticut convened in annual communication in th e city of Hartford, May 8, A D 1861, A L 5861, M.-.W.- HOWARD B ENSIGN, Grand Master, and E.' W.' E G STOKER, Gran d Secretary.

Bro ENSIGN, in his address, thu s briefly alludes to th e unhapp y state of our country:

The year which has passed since our last communication, has been marked by many important events in the political arena; disorganization, rebellion and war have had fell sway over the world at large Our own once peaceful, harmonious, happy, beloved country is now, and has been, passing through scenes, which I trust, will soon end, and we again be the same happy people. Still our Order is flourishing, our lodges continue to enjoy their quiet meetings, strife enters not our guarded portals, politics and political diflerences are unknown among us

Warm as our discussions may be at times In the arena of ambition, the walls within which our mysteries are solemnized hear not the most distant echo of the turmoil without our ears are only greeted by fraternal salutations, our eyes see nothing but friendly faces around our altars, our masonic assemblies are ever characterized by the brotherly love an d affection that binds the hearts of every true mason to his brother Thus, brethren, let us continue forever, an d unite in rendering praise to Him whom we all acknowledge as our Supreme Grand Master

The address is quite length}', and gives, i n a business-like manner, an account of his official acts during th e year.

Bro STORES, in bio Ke.poi L on Fureigu Correspondence, notices ttie Proceedings of thirty-one Grand Lodges, our own among th e number

The Gran d Master and Grand Secretary were both reelected.

DELAWARE—I860

This Gran d Lodge held its Fifty-fourth annual communication at Wilmington, Jun e 27, A L 5860, M.-.W.' JOH N R MCFBE , Gran d Master, and R.'.W.- WM S HAYES , Grand Secretary

The Gran d Master presents a very lengthy and ably written address, giving a detailed account of his stewardship for th e year. H e decides tha t a lodge is no t bound to entertain a charge, preferred b y a nonaffiliated mason against an affiliated mason, and holds tha t a non-affiliated

Proceedings of the

mason, havin g voluntarily and wilfully throw n off th e attachments of masonry, ha s forfeited his claims to lodge privileges, and quotes largely in support of th e argument His views so nearly coincide with ours, tha t we will no t attempt to argue th e question

Bro JOH N A NICHOLSON was received an d acknowledged as the representative of th e Grand Lodge of Kansas, near th e Grand Lodge, of Delaware.

Th e Grand Lodge proceeded to th e election of its officers and after proceeding as far as th e Grand Treasurer, the y discovered they were without a quorum , and were obliged to close without installing the new officers Th e Grand Master an d Grand Secretary ha d both peremptorily declined a reelection, bu t this appears like compelling them to serve

DISTRIC T O F COLUMBIA—1860 .

Fro m this jurisdiction we have a report of th e Proceedings from Februar y 11th to December 27th, A L 5860 On th e 22d, this Grand Lodge took par t i n the procession an d dedication of Bro CLARK MILLS' Equestrian Statue of WASHINGTON Th e ceremonies are described at length in th e Proceedings

Th e Gran d Master presented to Bro JAMES BUCHANAN, President of th e Unite d States, the gavel used by WASHINGTON, as President of the United States, an d as Grand Master of masons, pro tempore, in laying th e corner-stone of th e Capitol of th e Nation, on th e 18th day of September, 1793, with th e request tha t he, his brother an d successor, should likewise employ it in the crowning act of dedicating his statue Brother BUCHANAN'S reply on receiving the gavel we give in full:

FELLOW CITIZENS: —I accept this auspicious omen now presented to us in this calm sunset, almost without a cloud. The early part of the day was boisterous. Many accidents also occurred to delay the progress and the completion of these ceremonies, but these unfortunate occurrences have terminated as, I tbanli: GOD, has always been the case iu the history of our country. If storms and tempests beset us in the morning, the end of the day is still clear, bright and animating Such, I trust, will ever be the issue of the gloom and darkness that for a season appear to envelop us. [ Applause.]

The honorable and important duty has been assigned to me of dedicating this statue of WASHINGTON, which is a noble production of native American genius This welcome and grateful task I now proceed to perform Standing here, on this beautiful and commanding position, surrounded by the Senators and Representatives of all the States of the Confederacy, and by a vast assemblage of our fellow citizens, civil and military, in full view of the noble Potomac, which WASHINGTON loved so well, and of the shores of the ancient Commonwealth which gave him birth I now solemnly dedicate this statue to the Immortal memory of the Father of his Country [Applause.]

I perform this act of pious devotion, not in the name of the people of.the North, of the South, the East or the West — not in the name of those who dwell on the waters of the Atlantic, or of the far Pacific, but in the name of the whole American people, united, one and indivisible, now and forever [ Applause.] May the GOD of our fathers preserve the Constitution and the Union for ages yet to come. May they stand like the everlasting hills, against which the tempest from every quarter of the heavens shall beat in vain In a word, may they endure as long as the name of WASHINGTON shall be honored and cherished among the children of men. [ Renewed and prolonged ap-

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plause.] May Washington City, which he founded, continue throughout many generations to be the seat of government of a great, powerful, prosperous and united Confederacy Should it ever become a ruin by a dissolution of the Union, it will not, like the ruins of Balbic and Palmyra, be merely a monument of the vanity of human greatness, but it will teach the lesson to all the dwellers upon earth, that our grand political experiment has failed, and that man is incapable of self-government May such a direful disaster to the human race be averted, and in the language of SOLOMON, at the dedication of the Jewish Temple, " May the Lord our GOD be with us as he was with our fathers Let Him not leave us or forsake us." [Applause.] May this be the prayer of all present, and may each one return to his home in heart more ardently* patriotic and more determined to do his whole duty to GOD and his country, than when we assembled here to-day

Semi-annual communication held May 1, A D I860, A L 5860, M.'.W.' Bro GEO C WHITING , Grand Master, presiding, and B.'.W.' G A SciiWAEziiANN, Grand Secretary

In relation to non-affiliated masons, it was —

Resolved, As the sense of this Grand Lodge, that every mason ought to be au active member of some lodge ; but that as a mason is as free to go as he is to come, the discharge of that duty must be left, like many others of necessity are, to the conscience of each individual member of the fraternity.

Annual communication held November 6, A D 1860 The Gran d Master's address is short, but appeals to masons and th e peaceful influence of masonry in these perilous times

The articles of agreement, for th e establishment of a North American Congress, were not ratified

GEOBGE C . WHITING , reelected M.'.AV.'. Grand Master.

G A SciiwARZMANN, reelected B.'.W.- Grand Secretary

ILLINOI S —1860

This Grand Lodge convened at the city of Springfield, October 2, A L 5860

Grand Master BUCK, in his address, reports having granted twentyseven dispensations to open new lodges — of which he says:

Last year, with an increase of twenty-six new lodges, I thought then, and do still that we were growing too fast This year the increase is twenty-seven I have endeavored, in all cases, to insist upon a strict compliance with the Inw in wrnntinj; <J1.?J'°--"" tions I hope that my fears may not be realized, but that they may all become bright and shining lights in our midst But 1 fear, in.some instances, over weening anxiety to become Masters, prompts some brethren to organize new lodges.

H e remarks:

Temperance is one of the cardinal virtues of our Order But I regret to say, that I have occasionally seen intemperance in many of its hideous forms among the Craft. An intemperate man cannot be a gentleman It is an impossibility Do you look for virtue, morality and brotherly love, to emanate from one of those sinks of society a whisky shop? No person does As well might we expect to gather figs' from thistles, and when one of our number becomes afflicted with this species of insanity, reform him if possible. And after you have exhausted all efforts for his reformation, and he cannot be saved, your duty is then plain before you — he must be cut off for we are responsible to the community for the acts of our members They, as a matter of course, are looking at this class of members and are holding up such as the making of our Institution

Proceedings of the

Th e following resolution was offered, and lies over for one year: ijcsoiued, That Section 82, of the By-Laws of this Grand Lodge be amended by adding thereto the words: "And the work known as the WEEB-PKESTON work, promulgated by Bros SAMUEL WII,SON and PHILIP C TUCKEK, of Vermont, and Bro ROBERT MORRIS, of Kentucky, is hereby recognized as the original and only work of this jurisdiction, and this Grand Lodge hereby atiirros it in every particular, as binding upon its subordinate lodges.

Th e Report on Foreign Corre.sijondence is b y the Grand Secretary, .and briefly reviews tlie Proceedings of thirty-one Grand Lodges — ours among the number

IKA A W BUCK, reelected M.-.W.'.Grand Master

HAIOIOX G . KEY.XOLDS, reelected R.'.W.". Grand Secretary.

INDIAN A —1861 .

Th e Most Worshipful Gran d Lodge, held its annual communication in th e city of Indianapolis, commencing o n th e 27th day of iVlay, A. L. 5861, M.'.W.-. ALEXANDER C . DOWNEY, Grand Master, presiding, and E.'. W.'. FRANCIS KING , Grand Secretary. Th e Gran d Master, in his address, dwells at considerable length upon th e presen t perilous condition of our county. H e thinks, tha t —

As provision is made in the organic law of the nation for its own amendment, why not resort to that remedy ? If it requires amendment to adapt it to the present position and wants of the country, why not amend if? If it has fallen into misrepresentation, why not correct it in a peaceful way? Why do our brethren in the South take up arms against us, as their enemies, before they have "asked us or given us an opportunity, in a constitutional way, to reason with them, and assure them of our disposition to do them no wrong?

H e think s these troubles are th e result of misrepresentation an d misunderstanding H e remark s th e good feeling existing between th e people on th e borders of the free and slave States, and think s that could the y b e arbiters between th e contending parties, they would satisfactorily adjust every cause of difference i n twenty-four hours' time Seven dispensations were granted durin g th e year, for th e opening of new lodges Dispensations were also granted to open military lodges in the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Twelfth Indian a regiments.

Bro T R AUSTIN, from th e Committee on Foreign Correspondence, presented a well-written report, in whic h this Gran d Lodge receives a fraternal notice

Dr THOMAS R AUSTIN, M.'.W.' Gran d Master FRANCIS KING , reelected R.'.W.' Gran d Secretary

KENTUCKY .

Fro m this M.'.W.' Grand Lodge we have received no Proceedings since 1859, bu t we have the report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence for 1860 Th e report is from th e pen of Bro J M S MCCORKLE, chairman of th e committee I t is a n excellent and very interesting document , and review.? at considerable length th e Proceedings of the various Grrand Lodges in correspondence with th e Grand Lodge of Kentucky

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Since writing the above, we have received tlie report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence for 1861. The report is in Brother McCORKLE'S usually interesting style, and contains many things we would like to transcribe to our report had we the time

The committee acknowledge the receipt of the Proceedings of the Girand Lodge of Kansas for 1860.

MAINE —1 SGI

The annual communication of this M.'.W.".Grand Lodge was held at the masonic hall in the city of Portland, commencing May 7, A. L. 5801 Grand Master DKUJIMOND presents a very able and interesting address. He regards the frequent change of officers in a subordinate lodge as an evil,and remarks: "I scarcely know of a position in which experience is so necessary for liimself and useful to otliers as in the Master of a lodge." And his remarks on tlie election of officers, I fear, would apply as well to other jurisdictions as to that of the State of Maine. He says:

I tear, too, the practice of electioneering for office has crept into some of our lodges No masonic position should eyer be sought for; and if conferred unsought, it should be declined only for the most pressing reasons I trust if the brethren discoyer that any person is endeavoring to work himself into any position, they will so effectually put the mark of their disapprobation upon him that the attempt will never be repeated We have all declared that we solicited the privileges of masonry for no mercenary motives, but from a desire of knowledge and a sincere wish to be serviceable to our fellow creatures. Let this ever be remembered, and let us ever be animated by the desire of reflecting credit upon the position we are called upon to occupy, rather than of gaining credit because we occupythat position

In relation to the controversy so long existing between the Grand Lodge of Maine and the United Grand Lodge of England, about wliich .so much has been so ably said, we find tiie following remedy, proijosed by the Committee on Foreign Correspondence:

Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Maine learns with sincere regret that the Grand Lodge of England have sanctioned the positions assumed by the Eight Honorable the Earl of Zetland, regarding those positions as unsnstained by any legitimate masonic authority, at variance with the established usages on this continent, and fraught with intolerable mischief if carried out by subordinate lodges near the boundaries of states and nations.

Resolved, That the Grand Master be authorized, by the Grand Lodge of Maine, to issue his edict declaring all masons, hereafter made in violation of the principles we have laid down, and without the consent of authority in this jurisdiction, as irregular, and forbidding all our lodges to receive or recognize them as masons

Resolved. That the Grand Master, in thus issuing his edict, shall sigiiify the readiness of this Grand Lodge to give consent and recommendation to suitable persons in this jurisdiction to unite in lodges upon our borders in other jurisdictions, whenever the consent shall be reciprocal, and the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge shall be respected in accordance with the proposition of the Universal Masonic Congress.

The report on Foreign Correspondence is an excellent one, and reviews the Proceedings of thirty-three Grand Lodges, Kansas among the number

JosiAii H DRUMMOXD, reelected M.'.W.".Grand Master

IRA BERRY, reelected R.'.W.'.Grand Secretary.

MAKYL AND—1860-61.

JTrom this Grrand Lodge wehave theProceedings oftwo seuii-aniiual communications Onein November, I860, and one in May,1861

Grand Master KIMMEL, in his annual address in November, announces that thetidings andreportswhich have reached him from every portion of theState, assure him of the gratifying success of our Order. He remarks: "Our subordinate lodges appear tobeactively and energetically engaged in their labor, and with azealousdetermination topreserve thelandmarks intheir true light and integrity."

A committee ]3reviously appointed on the representative system, submitted a report and resolutions favoring the sj'stem, which were adopted.

R.".AV.'.JouN S.BKRHY was elected Grand Master, butGrand Master KurjiEL decided that hewas constitutionally ineligible, liebeing at the time theMaster of Adherence Lodge, No. 88,and the Constitution of the Grand Lodge declares "that no brother can be installed as a Grand Officer, andat the same time hold the office of Master orAVarden of a subordinate lodge."

At thesemi-annual conimunication in May, Bro BEUKV having succeeded in being installed, presided as Grand Master In liis address to the Grand Lodge, hespeaks in pleasing terms of themission of freemasonry Heremarks tliat everywhere, sofar asheisinformed, throughout the jurisdiction, there arecon.stant efforts, which are'beginning to be successful, toward union, unity and uniformity

Bro Mc.Iu.TOX, for the Committee on Correspondence, presents his usually interesting and lengthy report, occupying inall, 287 pages.

As nomention ismade of theGrand Lodge of Kansas, weinfer that our Proceedings for1860were notreceived

In conclusion, the brother remarks that this is probably thelast Eeport on Foreign Correspondence that may be prepared byhim "Cireumstances beyond his control have intervened, which prevents his further service in this department of our masonic intercourse It is not without regret thathe parts from the brethren throughout allthe jurisdictions ofour country, with whom hehas been so many years in correspondence."

We regret to part with the brother whose reports have always been sowell stocked with useful masonic information. Although the brother has attimes seemed rather inclined to indulge in his pleasantries, at our expense, still we entertain for him none butthe kindest regards.

JOHN S BEHRY, M.-.W.' Grand Master JOSEPH ROBINSON, Baltimore, K.'.W.". Grand Secretary.

MASSACHUSETTS —1860

From this jurisdiction we liave the Journal of Proceedings for the year ending December 27,1860 Very little business seems to have been transacted at the different communications, owing probably to the fact that, from the long exjjerience of this Grand Lodge, masonic principles and rulings have become so well understood that there is little need of legislation

At the stated communication, December 27th, Bro.WINSLOW LEWIS, M.' W." Grand jNIaster,gives an account of his stewardship for the year Five dis]3ensations were granted for the formation of new lodges When speaking of the reception of candidates, he says:

Let ine urge upon you to make the standard of admission so high that the composition of your lodges be such as to reflect honor on the Institution Without particularizing those qualities evidently indispensable for admission, as a useful life, an unwavering truth,a n unblemished reputation, I beg of you, for your peace, to regard the deposition of the applicant See to it that it is courteous, amiable, free from acrimony and causticity, temperate in discussions, cautious in the imputations of wrong intentions, in short, that it depart not by word or deed from the sphere of the gentleman and the brother

M.' AV.' AViLi.iAJt D Cooi.EDGE, the new Grand Master, delivered a very interesting address, a portion of which we transcribe:

Brethren, I congratulate you upon the favorable condition and the pleasing circumstances under which we now enter another year of masonic duty The statements made by the retiring Grand Master show a degree of numerical prosperity never before equalled It shows a degree of interest in the public mind never before so .strongly evinced Brethren, let me say to you briefly, it carries with it an admonition to be watchful at every portal You can have your choice, and none but the best from the community should be permitted to enter, and it is our fault if any others do Therefore let me enjoin it upon you, brethren, to strive rather to improve than increase It is not in numbers, but in sterling worth, in warm and sympathizing hearts and willing hands that our strength and prosperity consists

Go on brothers, in the cultivation of every noble and manly quality

Let the pure principles of our Order rule and regulate your lives; let justice, temperance, mercy, truth and charity, be the prevailing sentiments of your hearts, and let those hearts be warm and kindled so that

" Friend, parent, neighbor, first it will embrace —

Your country next, and next all human race.

Wide and more wide, the o'erflowiug of the mind,Take every creature in of every kind

Earth smiles around, with every'bounty blest, Aiiu Heaven ueijoius its image in our Dreast."

While the spirit of estrangement and alienation is all around us, let us draw more closely than ever the bonds of fraternal union, and learn more deeply than ever " How good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity," and may " Peace be within thy walls, and plenteousness within thy palaces." For my brethren and companion's sake, I will say," Peace be within thee."

This jurisdiction is divided into twelve masonic districts, and from the reports of tlie several District Deputy Grand Masters, we infer that masonry is, in reality, in a prosperous condition throughout the jurisdiction

There are, as yet, no Reports on Foreign Correspondence from this Grand Lodge.

AVii.LiAM D. GooLEDGE,ISfewtonviUe, M..W.'. Grand Master.

CiiAS W MooEE, Boston, reelected E.' W.' Grand Secretary

MICHIGAN —1861

The Grand Lodge of Michigan held its annual communication at Detroit, January 9, A. D. 1861, Hon. W.L.GREENLY, M.-.W.-. Grand Master, and JAMBS FKNTON, R.'.W.' Grand Secretary

The Grand Master, in hisaddress, cautions the brethren to be careful, and to ascertain if they are nowwithin the limits of the ancient landmarks; thinks the experience of the past year has satisfied him that masonry is governed too much, and urges the Craft to adhere to the ancient regulations, and notbe governed so much bythe opinions of our modern "masonic jurists."

He suggests, asan important and effectual means of advancing the cause, that great care should betaken toguard theentrance of strangers; that they should not beadmitted iexcept upon themost satisfactory evidence that they possess all the moral requisites of good men, without which they cannot be good masons. He refers cheerfully to the condition of masonry in that jurisdiction, but remarks sadly that a dark cloud has arisen and nowlowers over our beloved Union, but hopes that, "When all efforts at conciliation shall have failed, our beloved Order, powerful alone for good, may, by a united effort throughout the length and breadth of ourland, bring about that harmony which alone can save our common country."

We notice that an appeal for assistance was presented to the Grand Lodge, from Palmyra Lodge, No. 23,of this jurisdiction. The appeal seems to have been presented by Lapeer Lodge, No. 54,and asks the advice of the Grand Lodge. The subject is referred to a committee, who report "that this Grand Lodge advise said Lapeer Lodge, and also all other subordinate lodges within this jurisdiction, toreceive all such appeals with caution aswell as liberality; and in all cases, when they shall be convinced of the worthiness of the appeals, to contribute as liberally as their circumstances will permit; and that said appeal be referred back to said Lapeer Lodge." Wearenot disposed to question the right of Palmyra Lodge to askfor assistance, but are of the opinion that it would have been highly proper for them first to have made their appeal to this Grand Lodge Asthe operations of Palmyra Lodge seem to have been somewhat extensive, we hope the Grand Lodge will not pass it by without notice

The report of theCommittee on Foreign Correspondence was presented by the Grand Secretary. He reviews the Proceedings of thirtythree Grand Lodges, among which notice is made of this Grand Lodge for 1859,andalso for1860.

HORACE S.ROBERTS, Detroit, M.'.W.-. Girand Master. JAMES FENTON, reelected R.'.W.- Grand Secretary

MINNESOT A —1860 .

The Nint h annua l communication of this M.'.W.-. Gran d Lodge was held at St. Paul, commencing October 23, A. D. 1860, A. L. 5860, M.-.W.-. A T C PiERSON presiding, and R.'.W.' GEOKGE W PKESCOTT, Gran d Secretary

Th e Grand Master, at th e commencement of his address, says : I have, again and again, congratulated the Grand Lodge, at the commencement of its sessions, that all who participated in its formation were still alive, and I have the privilege of again at this, the ninth session, to make the same announcement.

f^peaking of th e death of Bro. DAVID OAKES, he says: Minnesota, although one of the youngest Grand Lodges in the Union,had within her jurisdiction, a few days since, probably the oldest mason living —Bro DAVID OAKES, a, Mark Master and an honorary member of St Paul's Lodge, No 3; made a mason in Chester, Vermont, in 1795; died on the 13th inst., aged ninety-four years.

During th e year three new lodges were organized unde r dispensation Wit h bu t two exceptions, Bro PIERSON has visited every lodge in the jurisdiction, traveling over 1200 miles, and occupying near, thre e months' time H e announces that he has succeeded in getting a general uniformity in th e work throughout the jurisdiction As to th e ritual, he believes it to be competent for any Grand Lodge to suit themselves " By rituals," h e says, " I desire to be understood as alluding to th e lectures in th e various degrees. These, I believe, it is competent for any Grand Lodge to adopt, revise, or eschew, at pleasure; " in support of which he gives a history of the mode of work in this country, which we would give in full had we the time ,

The " editors of, or writers for, some of the pseudo masonic publications of the day are most seriously, but we are inclined to thin k justly dealt with, for th e very generous manner in whicli they bestow their profound renderings of sundry " questions of masonic law." H e is an earnest advocate of all means of masonic instruction, and thinks a well conducted journal, devoted to masonry, is an advantage to the Craft, " bu t when grown insolent by patronage, the editors interfere in the purely local affairs of a Grand Lodge and assume to declare their consstitutions

writer, it is time that all lovers of masonry should avoid them. " H e closes his address with some |)eautiful remarks on the objects of freemasonry

A copy of the "Bisho p Bible " was presented to the Grand Lodge by K.'.W.' JOHN PENMAN, imprinted at London in 1600

The report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence is as usual an interesting document, reviewing tlie Proceedings of twenty-five Grand Lodges A very courteous notice is made of this Grand Lodge

The Grand Master and Grand Secretary were both reelected

Proceedings of the MISSISSIPPI—1861

This M.'.W.-. Grand Lodge aissenibled at the city of Vicksburg, January 21, A L .5861 The Grand Oifficers not being in attendance, M.'.W.' Past Grand jNlaster TAPPAN was called to the chair as Grand Ma.ster. With the exception of some of the principal offices, there seems to have been a very general attendance In the absence of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, the report was dispensed with.

We notice tlie following report from the Committee on Grand Lodge Representation: /

To the M:.W'. Grand Master, Officers and Members of the Grand Lodge of the Stale of Mississippi :

The undersigned committee, to whom was referred the communication of Bro P.* G.' M.' GILES J[ HILLYEK, with the commissions to him from the Grand Lodges of Iowa and Illinois, as Representative of said Grand Lodges, beg leave to report that in our opinion the true principles of masonry, and the " unity, integrity, honor and utility of the Order," will be promoted by the appointment and reception of Kepresentativesof Grand Lodges to each other. Therefore we acceptwith pleasure the expression of fraternal regard from Grand Lodges, and are gratified to receive that expression through our worthy Brother HiLLYER; and we assure them of our most cordial and sincere-wishes for the union, prosperity and perpetuation of our ancient and honorable Order

liiCHABD COOPER, Brandon, M.'.W.'. Grand Master. R. W. T. DANIEL, Jackson, reelected R.'.W.'. Grand Secretary.

MISSOURI—1861.

The Forty-first animal communication of this Grand Lodge was held in the city of St. Louis, commencing Maj' 27th, A. L. .5861. M.'.W.'. Grand Master MCFARLAND delivered a very able address, in the closing remarks of which we notice the following: Brothers, my feelings lead me to make an appeal to the fraternity in relation to the present condition of our country Our fraternity embraces the whole in bonds of charity As masons we know no North; no SouthI no East, no West; yet we know our country and brotherhood everywhere. Peace and harmony are the missions of our Order Whatever individuals may feel to be their duty as citizens, let us not iorget our brotherhood! Let no bitter personal animosities spring u p among us! Let us remember the fraternal chord and its duties

We can do much to assuage the bitterness of the present time,by trying, "as much as lieth in us, to live peaceably with all men," and especially with our own household! May the good GOD keep you all in harmony and brotherly love

R.' W." Bro A O'SuLLXVANpresentshis usually interesting Report on Foreign Correspondence, in which this Grand Lodge receives a favorable notice He regrets that in his strictures on a portion of an address of Past Grand Master REUS, he should have said anything to give our M.'.W.'.Brother pain He tenders an ajjology for what he may have heretofore written, "and trusts that the kind feelings which have existed towards each other will not be weakened." In behalf of our M.'.W.' Bro REES, we accept the apology, and assure Bro O'SULLIVA.V that we entertain towards him none but the kindest regards R W PEXICK, St Joseph, M.'.W.' Grand Master

A. O'SoLLiVAN, reelected R.'.W.'.Grand Secretary.

jSrEBRA.S K A —1860-61

The Third annual communication of this Grand Lodge was held at Brownsville, .Tune 5, A. D. 5860, Bro. L. B. KIXSEY , presiding as M.-.W.-. Grand Master, and R.'.W.- ROBERT W FURNAS, Grand Secretary

The Grand Master's address is confined to local subjects H e speaks of financial difficulties existing throughout th e juri.sdiction, in view of which he recommends that changes be made in th e Constitution and ByLaws of th e Grand Lodge. One of which is to reduce th e price of a warrant or dispensation for lodges one-half I t was —

Efisoived, That the Committee OQ Foreign Correspondence be instructed to collect and have published in the Proceedings, the names of all expelled an d suspended masons of other jurisdictions.

An excellent address was delivered by Rev Bro B R BAXTKH, of Oregon, Misfsouri

A very short Report on Correspondence, notices th e Proceedings of thirty-three Grand Lodges — Kansas among the number GEORGE AR.AISTROXG, M.'.W." Grand Master

ROBERT AV. FURNAS, reelected R.'.W.'. Grand Secretary.

Since writing th e above, we have received th e Proceedings of this Grand Lodge for 1861.

Three dispensations were granted during tlie year to open new lodges in Colorado Territory, two of which, " Summit Lodge," an d " Rocky Mountain Lodge," received charters at th e last session

The Committee on Foreign Correspondence acknowledge the receipt of the printed Proceedings of thirty Grand Lodges, bu t dispense with an extended report thereon, until such time as their financial affairs are in a more prosperous condition

The Grand Orator, Bro .1 F KI.V.VEY, delivered a very intere.sting address, which is published with th e Proceedings

The Grand Master and Grand Secretary were both reelected

NE W LIAMPSHIR E —1860 .

From til is Grand Lodge we have tlie Proceedings of th e annual comiiiuiiiuaUuii hel d ni ConcorUj Jun e i-3, A L 5S60, R.' A'v A.AKO.N i;' HUGHES, Deput y Gran d Master, presiding, and R.' W.' LTORACE CHASE , Grand Secretary

The Grand Master, from sickness and infirmity, was not able to attend th e annual communication, bu t his zeal for the Order would no t allow him to remain silent. H e sends to th e Grand Lodge a written report of his official acts during th e year, and from this an d th e reports of the District Deputy Grand Masters, we infer that masonry is in a healthy and prosperous condition throughout that jurisdiction I n addition to the regular Proceedings, we have received a copy of th e re-publLshed Proceedings of this Grand Lodge

AARON P HUGHES , M.-.AV..Gran d Ma.ster

HORACE CHASE, reelected R.'.W.'.Gran d Secretary.

Proceedings of the

NE W JERSEY—1861

This Most Worshipful Grand Lodge me t in annua l communication in th e city of Trenton, Januar y 16, A. L. 5861, A. D . 1861, Most Worshipful ISAAC VA X WAGONER, Gran d Master, an d R.' AV.' JOSEP H H HOUGH , Grand Secretary

The Gran d Master in his annual address, announces tha t masonry has flourished during th e year in tliat jurisdiction, bu t h e fears that in some instances there ha s been a desire to show a large increase in th e return s to th e Grand Lodge. During tlie year three dispensations were granted for th e organization of new lodges.

Th e practice of electioneering for masonic oflice, is severely, and we mus t say justly dealt with, in tlie brother' s closing remarks. H e says: I believe it to be entirely unmasonie for any brother to seek and electioneer for offlce, either in Grand or subordinate lodges I speak thus freely for the reason that I have never sought or worked for any office. From information I have received, it appears that combinations have been formed, brethren approached, and the appliances usual in political contests have been used. To me, such a course of action seems to be unworthy of any one claiming to be a mason Dissimulation, deceit, false charges, and I may add, falsehood, must by practiced and used whenever such practices are allowed

H e trusts tliis mere mention of th e matter will b e sufficient to call the attention of the brethren to th e importance of the subject, and cause the m to discountenance every effbrt to bias' the m i n tlie discharge of one of th e most important duties devolving ujioti them .

The Report on Foreign Correspondence was presented by Bro HOUGU, and notices th e Proceedings of most of tlie Grand Lodges

Th e Gran d Master and Grand Secretary were both reelected

NEAV YOR K —1861

Fro m this M.'. W.'. Grand Lodge w e have tlie Proceedings of th e annual communication, commencing Jun e 4, A. D. 1861, A. L. 5861, M.'.AV.'. JOH N W SIMONS, Grand Master, an d R.'.W.' JAMES M AUSTIN, Grand Secretary.

The Gran d Master, in a detailed account of his stewardship, reports having rendered twenty-eight decisions on masonic law I n addition to these, h e says, " I have been .asked orally, and in writing, innumerable questions in regard to th e physical qualifications of applicants; and cases hav e been-submitted for m y inspection, from tha t of a gentleman who ha d lost a portion of one of his fingers b y th e accidental discharge of a pistol, on throug h a regular chromatic scale of blemishes, accidents, and imperfections." As there is no discretion in th e Grand Master, he could only reiterate th e advice, tha t in case of doubt it is "better to refuse such applicants, and cast th e responsibility on th e Grand Lodge." While h e is not disposed to consider legs and arms of no importance to masons, he ventures the opinion that it is a question tha t may very safely b e entrusted to th e Grand Master.

H e is pleased to announce, tha t th e liberal eflbrts of th e Grand

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Lodge, and the arduous labors of R/.AV;. Bro.DREW, in the endeavor to establish auniform system of work and lectures,haveatlastbeen crowned with success.

He thinks their relations with the Grand Lodge of Virginia are definitely closed,as the conditions required by the Grand Lodge in relation to the adjustment of the differences iieretofore existing in the Grand Lodge of Ivew York, cannot well be complied with.

Seventeen dispensations, for the formation of new lodges, were granted during thq year.

R.'.W.'. Bro. ELICOTT EVAXS, ijresented the Rejiort on Foreign Correspondence, in which he very ably reviews the Proceedings of nearly all the Grand Lodges extant, our own Grand Lodge receiving a very courteous notice

A large amount of business was transacted during the session, and indeed too mucli for us to properly review in the short time we have to make our report—however, we are not fault-finding, but only hope that hereafter, should this pleasant task be allotted us, wewill liave more time.

FiNLEY M KING, Syracuse, M.' W.' Grand Master

JAMES M AUSTIN, reelected R." W.' Grand Secretarv

NORTH CAROLINA —1860.

The Grand Lodge of North Carolina held its annual communication at Raleigh, December 3, A. L. 5860, M.'.W.'. LEWIS L.WILLIAMS, Grand Master, presiding; R.'.W.'. W. T. BAIN, Grand Secretary.

The Grand Master thus commences his opening address:

The fact of assembling around our sacred altar again, reminds us that another year in the cycle of time has passed away Well may we pause here, and from humble hearts express that deep sense of gratitude due from a creature to his Creator, and implore Him for a continuance of that kind, protecting providence which has been the support and strength of our beloved Institution, and which has knit our hearts together in bonds of brotherly love, and has cemented and united together, in unity and identity of purpose, our lodges throughout this great and prosperous country. While we would implore Him to stay the hand of wild fanaticistn and sectional strife which threatens disaster and destruction to our country, we would return our heartfelt thanks that no sectional divisions have been permitted to enter our sacred portals. Let us, then, invoke the Genius of Masonry to endue us with that spirit of brotherly love which will lead us to a discharge of those high duties entrusted to our care, with that noble emulation of who can best work and agree Having left our homes, families and business, is an encouraging evidence of the zeal with which we are willing to do the Master's work, and of the interest we have and feel in the welfare of our Order Let our labors, therefore, not be moved by strife or dissension, but may the remembrance that we have met upon the Level, temper our speech so that we may kindly and fraternally part upon the Square Dispensations were granted for the opening of seven new lodges. This Grand Lodge seems to be like some others — poor financially, and they have yet about seven thousand dollars to pay on St John's College.

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The Report on Foreign Correspondence is by the Grand Secretary, Bro. BAIN, and reviews the Proceedings of thirty-two Grand Lodges. As no notice is given of this Grand Lodge, we infer that our Proceedings were not received.

The Grand Master and Grand Secretary were both reelected.

OHIO

We have received no Proceedings from this Grand Lodge since our last report. We have, however, received a copy of the "Masonic Constitutions, the Charges of a Freemason, etc.," as published by the authority of the Grand Lodge. The book contains inuch of general interest to the Craft at large, as well as being ijarticularly useful to the Craft in Ohio.

PENNSYLVANIA —3 860.

Wehave received.an abstract of the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge at its quarterly and adjourned coininunications, during the year A D I860, A.L.5860. ••Vta quarterly'communication, held December 17, I860, a very interesting Report on Foreign Correspondence was presented by Bro EiciiAun VAUX, chairman of the committee, in which most of the important transactions of the various Grand Lodges are very ably discussed. BrO.A'"AUX'S arguments are clear and dignified, and many things are said wdiich we would like to transcribe, but will only give his closing remarks After having noticed all the essential subjects suggested by the examination of other reports, he says:

We cannot close this report, without a renewed expression of the masonic fellowship and true fraternal affiliation we feel and entertain for all the brethren of these Grand Lodges, wherever situated. We extend to each of their Committees of Correspondence, the salutation of fraternal peace and masonic good-will Surely, your GOD is our GOD ; your faith our faith ; your landmarks our landmarks ; your joy our joy; your prosperity our satisfaction Then let us unitedly work together for the preservation and perpetuity of a common inheritance It may be, thereby we will aid in maintaining unity, peace and concord among the brethren and citizens of united sovereign States in our glorious union If all the bonds shall be broken, all ties rent asunder— if discord, dissension and disruption, shall mark the decline and fall of the most wise and wonderful of the governments of mankind, let the masonic temple, in all states, kingdoms, lauds, people or confederacies, be the common refuge of an indestructible masonic confraternity

.Tojrx THO.MAS, M.' W." Grand Ma.ster AVii,UA>r.H. ADAMS, reelected R.". W.-. Grand Secretary.

RHODE ISLAND—1861.

We have the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge, for the year ending June 24, A. L. 58C1. From the reports of the various communications, we infer that the brethren in this jurisdiction still maintain their accustomed zeal in the cause of masonry

A resolution was passed, authorizing the Grand Treasurer to hire, or the use of the Grand Lodge, such sums of money from time to time ;

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as may beneeded fortheexpenses of the Grand Lodge — from which it seems they are like some others of us,occasionally alittle short— financially — and we presume it was in view of this, that a resolution was passed, appointing a committee toreport a plan fortheproper management ofthefunds ofthe Grand Lodge

At theannual communication, on the24th of June, A L 5861, the Grand Secretary submits aReport onForeign Correspondence, in which notice is made ofthe Proceedings ofthis Grand Lodge fortheyear A. D. 1859 and 1860.

AKIEL BALLOU, M.'.W.' Grand Master

THOS. A.BOYLE, reelected R.\W.-. Grand Secretary.

TENNESSEE —1860

Forty-eighth annual communication held in the city of Nashville, commencing October 1, A. D.1860, A. L. 5860, M.-.W.-.JOHN FKIZZELL, Grand Master, andR.'.W.'. CHARLES A FULLER, Grand Secretary. The address oftheGrand Master is short, and devoted mainly to the business affairs oftheGrand Lodge.

In closing his remarks, he says:

And now, in vacating the office which I have held for th e past two years, it is my duty, as well as my greatest pleasure, to express my sincere gratitude for your flattering partiality, your gentle forbearance, your words of encouragement, and your smiles of approval, which have been as bright lights in the path which otherwise would have been uninviting For much as I love the art, and delightful as the study of her mysteries has ever been, my heart would have long since frightened at the innumerable difficulties which so frequently occur, and ceased to aspire to any elevation in the Order, had not you, as one great band of brothers, steadied my tottering steps, and held me up when I otherwise would have tremblingly fallen Few —nor do I say it in any spirit of egotism —have attained the elevation upon which I stand, at so early an age: and none, I am sure, could feel prouder of the position than myself No position in the political, or even intellectual world, would be considered by me equal to the worthily wearing the honors which you have conferred on me. And when Time shall have left his foot-prints on my brow, and Fame and Fortune have cast all their honors at my feet, which they may see fit to bestow, I shall cherish this era in my history as the greenest spot in memory's waste.

The Report onForeign Correspondence isalengthy and an exceedingly well written document, and in Bro. FULLER'S usually elaborate style— reviews the Proceedings of thirty-five Grand Lodges, our own Grand Lodge receiving a.very fraternal notice.

JAMES MCCULLAM, Pulaski, M.'.W.' Grand Master CHARLES A. FULLER, Nashville, reelected R.'.W.'. Grand Secretary.

VERMONT

—1861.

Annual communication held at Burlington, commencing January 9, A D 1861,A L 5861,M.'.W.' PHILIP C TUCKER, Grand Master,and R.'.W.' JOHN B HOLLENBECK, Grand Secretary

Bro. TUCKER presented hisusually elegant address. Hereports masonry generally tobein a prosperous condition throughout the State. He says:

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From almost every part of the State, I am advised of a strong and increasing interest in the subject The best men are seelting our association, and even the most cautious are beginning to think—if we may judge from their enquiries—that an institution which, but a few years since, passed through the fire and the flame of a most severe and relentless persecution, until it was solemnly believed that its utter extinction in the Green Mountain State, was an accomplished and, settled fact, already fixed as historical — must possess within itself, ritual energies, incomprehensible to them, to have had the power of rising proudly from the ruins of its prostrate temples, and in the.short space of fifteen years, restoriiig them to their former strength and splendor. And it is not surprising that a contrast so strong should arrest the attention of intelligent and reflecting men In the year 1831, masonry here might have been well represented by the mouldering obelisk, the prostrate column, the fallen temple of such magnificence, overgrown with thorus,and over which flew the" twilight loving bat" and crept the spotted adder And thus it lay, till sixteen annual suns had shone upon it At the expiration of this cycle of years, those ruins began to show symptoms of reviving energies ; the moss fell from the obelisk; the prostrate pillar stood erect; stone by stone of the fallen temple was gradually restored to its former place ; and now, at the close of another cycle of h\it fifteen years, pillar, pilaster, architrave, stand proudly in their prestine beauty; the-c'ap-stone is finished and placed in the last arch ; and the whole building renewedly dedicated to Him who has thus blessed our efforts, and to whose holy name we all must humbly bow

H e urges th e propriety of the Grand Lodge procuring the portraits of its Gran d Masters and other of its Grand Officers who have b y their long and devoted services done hono r to th e cause of masonry. Fro m th e commencement of this Grand Lodge, a period of sixty-six years, ther e have been but nine Grand Masters, and Bro TUCKER was then th e only survivor. He recommends, amon g other things, tha t only one ballot shall be taken for the thre e degrees, and that shall be taken in th e Master's degree

The lecture subject still claims his attention H e thinks Grand Master PIEKSON'S suggestions, of a broken link in the chain of the descent of th e WEBB-PHESTON lectures, from " GLEASOX, through FOWLE and B.AKNEY, to "WILSON," is wholly imaginary H e is pleased to be able to say "for th e benefit of Bro. PTERSOX and th e Craft in general, tha t th e original manuscript mad e by Bro. A¥IESOX, under Bro. BARXEY'S supervision in 1818 — and whicli contains some of the handwriting of Bro BARNEY himself—has got hom e again."

Those who talk of " Parrot Masonry," the " progressive spirit of the age," etc., receive no favor from him H e says:

Talk of this progressive age as much as you will, speculative masonry has nothing to do with it. It is an old Institution, founded upon o(d history, oid customs, o!d usages and "ancient landmarks," which admit of no change in either a "progressive or an unprogressive age."

And this same preaching against all the landmarks, and ritual and lectures of craft masonry, under the guise of an asserted knowledge, never made known at all tends to the same prostration. Beware of it. my brethren! what hidden intention lies under it, I know not, but I do know that if it gains foothold, it does so at the expense of the existence of craft masonry Adhere to the teachings of the fathers of masonry Never desert your ancient landmarks, your well-established lectures, and your long acknowledged ritual With them you are safe — without them you are upon a shoreless ocean, the helpless victims of the winds and waves of discord.

His closing remarks refer in a very affecting manner to the cloud of gloom whic h now hangs over our beloved country. With this address

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closes the brother's masonic career Since th e above was spoken, he has passed within the vale; he has gone to appear before our Grand Master above, whose summons we must all obey. We have received no official notice,of his death, yet tlie mournful intelligence comes too well authenticated to afford a shadow of doubt We deeply sympatliize witli our brethren of Vermont in their sad bereavement, for indeed one of the strong pillars of our Institution has fallen.

The Eeport on Foreign Correspondence is by Bro GEORGE H BIOEhow, and is a A'ery thorough review of the Proceedings of thirty Grand Lodges, for 1859. I n noticing our report, the committee say:

The report of our own committee for 1859, though complimented as an " able production," is not relished for its " cutting remarks " in relation to' some of the Kansas Proceedings.

In this we think the brother is laboring under a false impression; we certainly have no distaste for these little pleasantries and criticisms, and might indulge in the m more ourselves, bu t do not regard them as the proper subject for these reports At that time we were young, at least in masonry, and being constitutionally somewhat bashful, in the presence of strangers, we may have, in our embarrassment, said some things which we would not, had we been better acquainted with the various committees

The Grand Master and Grand Secretary were both reelected

VIKGINI A —1860

This M.'.W.'. Grand Lodge convened in annual communication in the city of Richmond, December 10, A D 1860, A L 5860

M.'.W.'. Jou x KoBix MCDAN'IEL in his address says:

While strife and discord rage without our beloved Institution, all within is calm and peaceful, and regularly and steadily adding to its members and increasing in usefulness — diffusing its benefits and blessings as the great regulator of the pa.ssions and propensities of the human heart, when applied in accordance with the principles laid down in that '' great light," which is the rule and guide of a mason's faith and practice.

H e has granted dispensations for the opening of seven new lodges, and rejected an application to raise a brother who, since receiving the second degree, has had the misfortune to lose tns left han d by tiie bursting of a gun

A committee appointed upon the address of the Grand Master, in referring to the case, report that in their opinion a dispensation should have been granted. Th e Grand Lodge seenus to be of the same opinion, as the report of the committee was adopted

In relation to the final adjustment of the difficulties heretofore existing in the Grand Lodge of New York, this Grand Lodge finds muc h to condemn, and expresses its disapproval by the adoption of the following:

Resolved, That the lodges of masons under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, are hereby forbidden and prohibited from holding converse on the subject of freemasonry, with any person holding from the State of New York, or in any manner extending masonic intercourse and recognition towards them ; and this Grand Lodge

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feels it to be its imperative duty to discontinue all masonic intercourse with the Grand Lodge of New York, until such time as the difBculties now existing in New York shall be adjusted in accordance with strict masonic law and usage, as laid down by M.- W.JOHN W. SIMONS, the present Grand Master, while acting as Deputy Grand Master.

Resolved, That this regulation shall have full force and elTect from its adoption, and continue in-operation until the Grand Lodge of New York shall revise the union of 1858, witli the Phillip's Grand Lodge, and adjust a settlement on the principles and conditions set forth, when the matter of the St John's Grand Lodge was finally disposed of in June, 18G0.

A short report from th e Committee on Foreign Correspondence is mad e by th e Grand Secretary, Bro JOHN DOVE H e acknowledges th e receipt of th e Proceedings of thirty-eight Grand Lodges, among whic h is th e Grand Lodge of Kansas Th e report is mostly devoted to defending the Gran d Lodge against some portion of Bro. MCJILTON'S report, as Committee on Foreign Correspondence for the Grand Lodge of Maryland.

JOH N EOBIN MCDANIEL, reelected M.'.W.'. Grand Master.

JOH N DOVE, reelected R.'.W.'. Gran d Secretary.

TEKRITOK Y O F WASHINGTON'— 1 860

The Thir d annual communication of this Grand Lodge was held in Olympia, commencing September 3d, A D 1860, A L 5860, M.-.W.JAMES BILES, Grand Master, and R.'.W.' THOMAS M REED, Grand Secretary.

The Gran d Master, in his address, announces tha t masonry is in a prosperous condition in th e Territory Notices, in a very appropriate manner, th e death of their Grand Chaplain, Bro J W GOODELL ; has visited nearly all the lodges in th e Territory, and calls th e attention of th e Grand Lodge to th e evils of intemperance — " the corner stone of every vice."

Among other resolutions, we notice the following:

Resolved, That the Grand Master elect, in announcing his appointees, be requested to appoint a Grand Bible Bearer

Now, thi s may be nothin g new, bu t it appears to us very much as though there was one more who mus t have a position.

Bro. GARPIELDE, Past Grand Orator and Grand Master elect, delivered a very interesting oration, on th e rise and progress of our Order.

The following was adopted, thoug h not without some discussion: Resolved, That any mason, discovered in a state of intoxication, shall be reprimanded for the first offense; for the second, shall be suspended; and for the third offense, may be expelled And it shall be the duty of the Worshipful Masters of subordinate lodges to take cognizance of all such cases of iutoxication, and present the same for action to their respective lodges.

The Repor t on Foreign Correspondence is a very well written document . Th e committee acknowledge th e receipt of the Proceedings of thirty Grand Lodges, bu t only thirteen are noticed in th e report — our own being amon g the favored

SELUCIUS GARFIELDE, Olympia, M.'.W.' Grand Master THOMAS M . REEU, reelected R.'.W.'. Grand Secretary.

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WISCONSIN —1861

This M.'.W.'. Grand Lodge convened inthe city ofMilwaukee, June 11, A. D. 1861, A. L. 5861, E.-.W.'. LYMAN M . STRONG, D.-. G.". M.-., presiding as Grand Master, and E.'.W." JAMES B KELLOGG, Grand Secretary

The transactions of the session were purely of a local nature The subject of reprinting the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge was postponed until the next annual communication

The Committee on Foreign Correspondence submit areport embracing areview of the Proceedings of twenty-six Grand Lodges. Among others, the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kansas, were not received

The Grand Lecturer, in his report, gives a very favorable account of the condition of the lodges throughout the State.

ALVIN B ALDEN, Portage City, M.'.W.' Grand Master W T PALMER, Milwaukee, R.-.W." Grand Secretary

All ofwhich isfraternally submitted, E T CAEE, For the Committee.

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The Seventh Annual Communication of the.3Iost Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Kansas, convened in the City of Topeka, Tuesday, October 21, A. D. 1862,A. L. 5862, at ten o'clock A. M. Present:

M;.W/. JACOB SAQUI.... Grand Master. R.'.AV.'.C. K. HoLLiDAY Deputy Grand Master.

R.'.W.'. JAMES MCCAIION Grand Senior Warden, pro tern. R.'.W.". WM. F. .JOHNSTON Grand Junior Warden. R.'.W.'.E T CARR Grand Secretar)'

W.'.J. F. Buss Grand Senior Deacon.

AV.'. N. GHAI'-MAN Grand Junior Deacon.

W.'. JOHN A. CHASK Grand Mar.sha].

W.'.GEO. M. KELLA-M Grand Tyler,pro tern.

Also, M.' W.'.RICHAKD R KEES, Past Grand Master,and Representative of the M.'.W.-. Grand Lodge of Illinois.

The M.- W.- Grand Lodge of Kansas was opened in ample form, with prayer byM.-W.-. EXCHARD E. EEES.

On motion, the M.-.W.-. Grand Master appointed a Committee on Credentials, who, after due examination, submit the following report:

To the M.'.W.'. Grand Lodgeof Kansas:

The undersigned. Committee onCredentials, beg leave tosubmit the following report: That wefind the following members present, and entitled to seats in this Grand Lodge, as Representatives of subordinate lodges:

Leavenworth Lodge, No. Z E.T.CAKR, proxy.

Washington Lodge, No. 5 JOHN A.CHASE, W.M. and proxy.

Shawnee Lodge, No. 9 W.R. FKOST, S. W.and proxy forW. M.

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King Solomon Lodge, No. 10 JAS. MCOAHOX, W. M. and proxy forS.W. Oskaloosa Lodge,No. H N.CHAPMAN, W. M. T(ypeka Lodge,No. 17

ED. P.KELLAM, S. W.

LoRiNG FARNSWORTH, proxy for W M

S. R. RKMINGTON, proxy for J. W. Grasshopper Falls Lodge, No. S1...J. F BLISS, proxy forW M

S A SMITH, proxy for S W and J W

High Prairie Lodge, No. So S S JficnoLS, proxy forW M andS W J TuTTLB,proxy for J AV

Arcana Lodg>', No. SI

JOHN A CHASE, proxy Auburn Lodge,No. SS R STEES, W M

ELLIOTT CARRIGER, J W

Hiawatha Lodge, No.SS B.AVATKIXS, proxy forW.M and S W

All of which isrespectfully submitted

R. R. REES, W R FROST, ED. P. KFXLAM, Committee.

On motion of Bro. E. STEES, the report was adopted, and the brothers named admitted to seats in the Grand Lodge

There being a quorum present, the M.-.AV.- Grand Master declared the Grand Lodge ready for the transaction of business.

On motion of Bro. B. T. CAER, all Master Masons in good standing were permitted to be present during the session of the Grand Lodge.

The reading of the minutes of the last Communication, was dispensed with, they being printed and in the hands of the brethren.

M.-. W.-. JACOB SAQUI, Grand Master, then read the following, his

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Brothers of the Grand Lodge of Kansas :

We have once more assembled in Annual Communication around the sacred altar of masonry, and never, in theexperience of this Grand •Lodge, orperhaps ofanyother, has there been a time when the peculiar virtues of our Order were more imperatively needed to hallow and guide theconduct ofevery mason, than the present

We are surrounded bycircumstances which arehkely to,and which I fear do, engender asperity and create feelings injurious to our timehonored Institution, because calculated to interrupt that harmony and fraternity which form a distinguishing feature of ourbeneficent Order.

Our common country is fearfully agitated, and throbs and labors in the throes of a terrible struggle. Ourcherished rights and liberties are menaced,and even ournational existence isinperil Those institutions bequeathed toAmerican citizens by thepatriot fathers ofthe Revolution, and which wefondly hoped would be perpetuated, arethreatened with destruction ,

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The public mind is greatly excited —the members of our Order not less than their fellow citizens— and in the tumult and storm of aroused passions,I fear for the safety of our living temple The duty of masons in the unfortunate struggle which is upon us, is not doubtful Obedience to the government is, and ever has been, the duty of masons; and it should beour pleasure,as it undoubtedly isour interest,tocomply with the injunctions of this cardinal principle of our Order

"A mason is a peaceful subject of the civil power, and is never tobe concerned in plots or conspiracies against the peace and welfare of the nation; " and it is a signal proof of the eternal appositeness of masonic principles, that, under the stern'despotism of Russia, as under our own free institutions, this obedience to civil power is alike obligatory

"In the State you are to be quiet and peaceful; true to your government and just to your country. You are not to countenance disloyalt}' or rebellion, but patiently submit to legal authority, and conform with cheerfulness to the government of the country in which you live; " and this duty is immutable. But while we owe fealty and obedience to the civil government, our obligations toour Order must not be forgotten. To"render unto C.^SAR thethings which are CESAR'S, and unto GOD the things that are GOD'S," was masonic practice before the injunction formed a precept of the inspired volume

Happily, the duties which we owe to our Order and those due to our country, can never conflict. Our duty to masonry is as plain and palpable as our duty to obey and sustain the government of our country; and it is because I fear that, in the excitement of our efforts for the preservation of our blood-bought liberties,we may lose sight of that charitable spirit which, as freemasons, should ever inspire and guide our conversation and conduct, that I a.sk, as I now do, your earnest attention to the subject. That no merely political conduct can or does affect the standing of a mason, or' alter our relations of fraternity and brotherhood towards him, no intelligent craftsman will deny

Has, then, the uncharitable and malignant inspiration of political antagonism never desecrated the portals of our lodges? Has it never prompted, in the lodge or out of the lodge, the conduct of brothers towards each other? Has no trifling difference of political opinion made brothers speak of and act towards each other as masons ought never to do? The fraternity in Kansas, numbering, asit does, men from every State of our once happy and prosperous Union in its fraternal embrace,(and who inevitably differ in opinion upon matters of national and State policy ), ought, more than any other masonic jurisdiction, to cultivate and practice the forbearance and charity which should ever distinguish the conduct of masons. Wherever the baleful shadow of political rancor casts its blighting umbrage upon the altar of masonry, there the masonic virtues cannot dwell.

I thus speak my opinions, and what I consider true masonic principles upon the subject, explicitly, because I fear that the malign influence which I deprecate, has already affected the harmony of some of the lodges of this jurisdiction; and in other masonic jurisdictions there are those who occupy an honored place in the Order — those who ought to be beacon-lights on the horizon of masonry—^^who use their high position to set metes and bounds to and circumscribe and limit within narrow political circles the universal charity of masonry.

In striking contrast with such illiberal doctrine is the noble language of the M.'.AV.' Grand Master of Pennsylvania, who says: "In war as in peace, the masonic duty and the masonic privilege are alike binding and reciprocal."

Those to whom such doctrine is unpalatable claim that it is sus-

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tained by only "some old musty charges raked up from the cobwebs of antiquity." So is masonry the immutable child of antiquity, as beautifully expressed by M.'.W.'. Bro. TOOKER, of Vermont, as "An old Institution founded upon old history, old customs, old usages and ancient landmarks, which admit of no change in either a progressive or an unprogressive age."

Brothers, can you doubt that when the soothing stream of Time shall have flowed for twenty-five or thirty years over the graves of our present troubles and excitements, the heresies of those who would shape masonry to suit popular feeling, will be universally condemned? Masonry is not an evanescent society,organized for temporary purposes. It has survived revolutions—outlived Empires, and emerged unscathed from the shock of contending nations, and so long as virtue shall be revered, and Faith, Hope and Charity shall inspire and purify the conduct of mankind, masonry will flourish and prosper.

The history of the past is the apostle of the present, and it teaches us a suggestive lesson — that masonry never yet descended from her high position to participate in the struggles of policy or of warfare that the error was not fatal to her prosperitj' and usefulness, and not unfrequentl}' to her local existence. Let us be warned by the past.

While a large number of our brethren from this jurisdiction have gone into the army, the accession of new members has been such as to keep the lodges in a condition to meet and work; still the conseqence is, that many of our lodges have been unable to pay their dues to this Grand Ijodge; and I would recommend in this matter that the Grand Lodge extend as mucli indulgence to the subordinate lodges as its own financial condition will justify

There has been no application during the past j'ear for dispensations to form new lodges, nor indeed, under the circumstances, could we expect any

I have been in several instances requested to grant a dispensation to receive a petition from a candidate, and confer degrees upon him at one and the same meeting, which applications I invariably refused to grant, because I believed, and I still believe, that liberty to disregard any masonic law, or to neglect the performance of any masonic duty, should be very rarely accorded, and such in reality is a dispensation. If masonic work boasts of perfection it is when all the tests have been applied.

In August last, the hall, furniture, books and charter of Paris Lodge, No. 22, were destroyed by fire, and upon their application I granted a dispensation, empowering them to meet and work until the present session of the Grand Lodge. I would respectfully suggest that a new charter be granted to them

Since our last Communication, I appointed and commissioned E.' AV.'. Bro.. A. O'SuLLiVAN as Representative from this Grand Lodge near the Grand Lodge of Missouri; but he informedme that a resolution of that Grand Lodge forbids any of its members to represent any sister Grand Lodge,and that consequently he was compelled to decline the appointment I regret very much that the duties which Bro O'SULLIVAN owesto his own Grand Lodge, forbid his acting asthe Representative of he Grand Lodge of Kansas.

In the subordinate lodges under this jurisdiction there seems to be a difference of opinion and of action concerning "dimitting"—some lodges requiring the applicant for a dimit, to explain to the lodge why he makes the application While I hold it tobe the duty of every mason to be affiliated, I emphatically disapprove of anything tending to make membership compulsory. The candidate enters the MASONICTEMPLE vol-

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'untarily, and the brothers ought not to be compelled ^to continue membership by any other restraint than his own"free will andaccord." I hope the Grand Lodge by resolution or otherwise, will express its opinion on the subject, so that at least wemayhave uniformity of action in the matter.

A number of questions upon masonic lawand usage, have been addressed to me for decision during the year, those most likely to beof interest tothe craft, I report:

First. The first ballot determines the opinion of thelodge upon the candidate's general worthiness to be admitted into the temple of masonry. Theballots before the F. 0. and M.M.degrees, respectively are upon proficiency, andthat proficiency is best demonstrated by an examination before the lodge.

Second.—A second ballot may be ordered by the Worshipful Master if he isof the opinion that the black ball orballs were voted by mistake Whenever the will of the lodge concerning the candidate, however, is unmistakably expressed, no earthly power has a right to gainsay or thwart it The dicia of the ballot is sacred

Third.—A second ballot canbe ordered only on the same evening when the first wastaken, and even then allwho were present atthe first ballot must be present at the second ballot also.

Fourth.—A lodge cannot "expunge" anyportion of its minutes It may alter or amend to agree with the facts, but cannot "expunge" any part of thecorrect record

Fifth.—A Master elect, must be installed before he can assume the duties of his office. Until he isinstalled his predecessor continues to officiate

Thus, brethren, I have rendered to you an account of my stewardship If my ability to promote the best interests of masonry, and keep our ancient and honored Institution unsullied, amidst the passion and discord of the world, was equal to my desire to do so,I would stand before you conscious of having faithfully discharged thehigh trusts ofthe responsible position in which j'ouplaced me. Asit is,the earnest will must atone for the imperfect performance.

That theprotecting care of Heaven may watch over andinsure the safety and welfare of our beloved Order, is my earnest prayer.

JACOB SAQUI, Orand Master.

On motion of Bro. B.EES, a special committee of three was appointed to distribute the subject matxer of tlie M.-.W,-. Grand Master's address.

Bro. EEES , HOLLIDAY and FROST were appointed such committee

The following rejjort of the E.-.W.-. Deputy G-rand Master was received and refei-red to the same committee:

ToPEKA, KANSAS, October 21, 1862. To the if.'.W.'. Grand Master, Officers and Members of the Orand Lodge of Kansas:

The undersigned, Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kansas, respectfully submits the following report:

On December 6th,I granted a dispensation for the organization of a

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lodge of A.F.&A.M. at Council Grove, the application for the same being duly signed andrecommended by Emporia Lodge, TSo. 12

At different dates, unnecessary tobe recapitulated in this report, I granted permission toLawrence andAuburn Lodgesto receive the application, andadmit candidates at other than theregular communications.

It was the intention of the Deputy Grand Master to have visited most of thelodges south of the river during the past masonic year, but continued ill-health in the early part of theyear, and absence from the State thelatter part, prevented him from so doing Sofar as his information extends, however, he is happy to report theOrder in a flourishing condition throughout the southern counties, especially when viewed in relation to thedistracted state of the country

Hoping the ensuing masonic year may be productive of much peace and prosperity toourbeloved Order,

I remain fraternally, etc., C K HOLLIDAY, Deputy Grand Master, Orand Lodge of Kansas.

The M.- W.- Grand Master then appointed the following-, standing committees, viz:

On Chartered Lodges.—Bros. MCAI,LASTER, BLISS,and JOHNSTON

On Lodges U. D.— Bros. STEES, DAVIS and SMITH.

On Grievance. Bros. ED. P. KBLLAJI, STEES and CHAPJIAN.

On Condition of Masonry. Bros. MCCAHON, HOLLIDAY and FEOST.

On Charity. Bros SMITH, WATKINS and CHASE

On Education. Bros REES, MGALLASTER and COHEN

On Ways and Means. Bros. FARNSWORTH, CARRIGER and FROST.

On Accounts. Bros GARR, MCCAHON and NICHOLS

On Unfinished Business. Bros. CHASE, EEMINGTON and EEDFIELD.

An appeal in the case of Leavenworth Lodge, 'No. 2, against ALEXANDER P MAISON, was presented to the Grand Lodge, and referred to the Committee on Grievance.

The Grand Lodge then called from labor to refreshment imtiltwo o'clock this P. M.

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The Gri-and Lodge called from refreshment to labor Officers and Eej)reseotatives present as before

The Grand Secretary presented the following, his annual report, which, on motion, was received and adopted :

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

In obedience to the requirements of the Grand Lodge, I herewith submit my annual report:

Agreeable to the instructions of the Grand Lodge, I commenced immediately after the close of the last Communication, to negotiate for reprinting the .Proceedings of this (iirand Lodge. I received proposals from the offices of the Times and Conservative, at Leavenworth, and from the Stale Journal, at Lawrence The bid of the Times being the lowest, I gave them the job at $350.00, for 500 copies of the full Proceedings and 2U0 copies of the Proceedings of 1861. I could get an extra hundred copies of the full Proceedings for $20.00 more,and considering 500 rather a small number to reprint, I took the responsibility of procuring the extra hundred, making it 600 copies of the full Proceedings, and making the bill 1370.00,and I trust the Grand Lodge will justify the act. 1 regret that the job isnot such as I would like,or such as I had reason to expect

Shortly after the close of the last Communication, I received the dispensation, together with returns, By-Laws and annual dues of Auraria Lodge, TJ. D. This lodge, by resolution, decided to return its dispensation to this Grand Lodge, and apply to the Grand Lodge of Colorado for a new dispensation This was the only information we had received of the formation of a Grand Lodge for Colorado, and previous to this we had forwarded a charter to Nevada Lodge in that jurisdiction. As this Grand Lodge only collects dues from its chartered lodges, I returned to ALiiaiiii Luuge the tiLLiULiiit uf uuttt lurwHided to nit;

We notice in the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Colorado that this lodge has since received a charter from that Grand Lodge, and that Golden City and Nevada Lodges have also received charters from the same source.

At the Communication in 1860, the Grand Secretary was instructed to procure a new seal for the use of this Grand Lodge, but from various causes it was not done last year; during the present year the press of the old seal has become broken, and as it cannot well be repaired, I ordered a new seal according to the instructions of the Grand Lodge. This seal has just come to hand, and I drew on the Grand Treasurer for the amount of the bill

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Agreeable to your instructions, I forwarded to all delinquent lodges the substance of your resolution regarding them, an d some have responded witli their dues, others have sent in their returns with th e remar k that tlie dues would be forthcoming, and I trust tha t many of th e lodges now in arrears w'ill make a satisfactory adjustment of their dues at the present session

W e regret that, owing to th e unhapp y condition of our country, we have no t received th e usual amoun t of Proceedings of other Grand Lodges, ou r brethren in th e Southern States being almost entirely cut off by th e suspension of th e mail facilities within tha t portion of th e country. W e also regret that we have no t been favored with th e Proceedings of some of th e Grand Lodges in th e Northern States Fro m Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa, Wiscon.sin an d Minnesota, we have received n o Proceedings since our last report

W e have forwarded two copies of th e Proceedings of th e last Communication t o each of th e Grand Lodges in correspondence wit h this Grand Lodge, so far as th e facilities would permit, an d I would liere recommend tha t three copies b e sent instead of two, the third to b e sent to th e Chairman of th e Committee o n Foreign Correspondence. This is th e practice of many of th e Grand Lodges.

At th e last Communication th e Grand Secretary was instructed to purchase from Past Gran d Secretarj', Bro MUNDEE, the desk and bookcase appropriated by hi m to th e use of this Grand Lodge

On examination, I did no t consider th e desk appropriate, and disposed of it, for Bro. MUNDEE, to other parties. The book-case was suitable and I took i t at thirty dollars, and drew on th e Grand Treasurer for the amount.

I also submit herewith a statement of tlie funds received by m e and turne d over to th e Grand Treasurer during the year, viz:

FINANCIA L REPORT.

E. T. CARR, Grand Secretary,

In account with the GRAX D LODGE OF KANSAS RECEIPTS

Suiithton Lodge, No 1, Dues

Leavenworth Lodge, No 2, Dues

Wyandotte Lodge, No. 3, Dues

Kickapoo Lodge, No. 4, Dues

Washington Lodge, No. 5, Dues

Lawrence Lodge, No 6, Dues

Shawnee Lodge, No 9, Dues, 1860

Shawnee Lodge, No. 9, Dues, 1801

Kin g Solomon Lodge, No. 10, Dues

Lecompton Lodge, No. 13, Dues

Oskaloosa Lodge, No 14, Dues

Lafavette Lodge, No 10, Dues

Topeka Lodge, No. 17, Dues, 1860

Topeka Lodge, No. 17, Dues, 1801

Paris Lodge, No. 22, Dues

50

.50

.50

50

00

00

00

50

00

50

00

00

00

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Palmyra Lodge, No 23,Dues, 1860 $ 1400

Palmyra Lodge, No. 2.3, Dues, 1861 700

High Prairie Lodge, No. 2-5, Dues 1450

St. John's Lodge, No. 26, Dues 750

Neosho Lodge, No 27,Dues 1250

Auburn Lodge, No. 32, Dues 16 .50

Mound City Lodge, No 33, Dues 1350

Hiawatha Lodge, No. 35,for Charter 2000

Nevada Lodge, No .36,for Charter 2000

Indianola Lodge, U D., Dispensation 2000

Council Grove Lodge, TJ. D., Dispen-sation 2000

Total S 403 10

DISBURSEMENTS

Paid to Grand Tyler, at last Communication, per order of the Grand Lodge S 4 00

Turned over to Grand Treasurer 378 10

Total $ 38210

Remaining in my hands $ 21 00

All of which isrespectfully submitted, E T CARE, Orand Secretary.

The Grand Secretary presented the following report of the Grand Treasurer, which, on motion, was received and referred to the Committee on Accounts;

CHRISTIAN BECK, Grand Treasurer, In Account with the GRAND LODGE OP KANSAS.

To Balance on hand asperlast report S 40676

Received from Grand Secretary since thelast report 378 10 Total $ 784 85

DISBURSEMENTS

Paid .1. K. Bartlett, bill of printing Grand Lodge Proceedings... 370 00

Paid Past Grand Secretary for desk 3000

Paid bill for Grand Lodge seal 2105

Paid Grand Secretary's salary 150 00

Paid Grand Secretary's bill for postage, etc., aspervouchers 1950

Total $ 590 55

Balance on hand 194 30

All of which isfraternally submitted, CHRISTIAN BECK, Grand Treasurer.

Bro. K. T. CARE, for the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, presented their report, which, on motion of Bro EEES, was received and ordered to be printed with the Proceedings

Bro EEES offered the following resolution, which was adopted :

Eesolved, That we recognizethe Grand Lodge of Colorado,and extend to her the fraternal regards of this Grand Lodge

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The Committee on Credentials submit the following additional rejiort;

To the M:.W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

You r Committee on Credentials beg leave to submit th e following report: That, in addition to their former report, they find th e following Representatives present:

Kickapoo Lodge, No. 4 JOHN BBANSCOJIB, proxy for officers

Lawrence Lodge, No. 6 0 AV MCALLASTER, proxy for officers

Tecumseh Lodge, No. 16 A G LEWIS, S AV

And-we find that Bro. A. D. REA D bears th e certificate of th e Bro. S.'.AV.'. tha t h e is proxj' for th e J.'.W.-. of that lodge, an d we recommend thath e be received as such proxy. Bro. LEWIS CLOOSTON bears th e certificate of Bro. LEWisasproxyfor theW.'.M.' . of said lodge,but we find th e W.'.M.'. is dead, an d we therefore thin k h e cannot be represented in this Gran d Lodge.

Elk Cretk Lodge, No. SO N BOYDSTOX, W M

We very respectfully offer th e following resolution: Resolved, That the Worshipful Master, Senior an d Junio r Wardens, are only representatives in Grand Lodge, an d that they only are entitled to appoint proxies.

Respectfully submitted,

R. R. REES , Chairman.

On motion the report and the resolution were received and adopted, and the brothers named admitted to seats in tlie G-rand Lodge as representatives.

The following edict of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Canada was received and ordered to be recorded in the permanent records of the Grand Lodge:

To all our Right Worshipful, Worshipful and Loving Brethren of the Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons around the Globe, to whom these presents may come.

AVe, THOMAS DQDGLAS HAEIXGTOS, Esquire, &C.,&C.,&C. Most Worshiijful Grand Master of Masons, in Canada, SEND GREETING :

AVHEREAS, A t the Fifth Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Canada, held at th e City of Ottawa, in July , A. L . 5860, it was, after a very careful consideration, declared an d recorded:

Tha t th e St George's Lodge, No 643, th e St Lawrence Lodge, No 923, English Register, at th e City of Montreal, an d the St. John' s Lodge, No 209, Iris h Register, at th e City of London, which ha d become extinct unde r their original warrants, were working in an irregular and unconstitutional manner ; an d

AA''HEREAS, The Grand Lodge of Canada, by its action at the Sixth Annual Communication, held at th e City of London, after a full reinvestigation of th e whole matter at issue, reaffirmed its former decision

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Now KNOW YE,That we do hereby require all masons under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Canada, not to give countenance to, or receive into lodges, any person hailing from either of the beforenamed lodges.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, we have caused these presents to be issued,and the Sealof the Grand Lodgetobe hereunto affixed [ SEAL ] at the Citv of Hamilton, in the Province of Canada, this 16th day of Jaiiuary, A. L. 5862, A. D.1862.

T. DOUGLAS HARINGTON, 0:.M:.

By Command, THOS B HARRIS, G:.Sec.

Bro CARE offered the following resolution : Resolved, That as there are many points in the Constitution and ByLaws of this Grand Lodge, which are not sufficiently explicit, a committee of one be appointed to prepare a revision of the same and submit it for the action of the Grand Lodge at its next Annual Communication.

On motion of Bro MCALLASTER the resolution was adopted, and M.-.W.- Bro E E EEES, appointed such committee

E.-.W.-. Bro. C. K. HoLLiDAY in the East, M.-.W.-. Bro. JACOB

SAQUI presented his credentials and was received and accredited as the Eepresentative of the M.-.W.- Grand Lodge of Missouri near the Grand Lodge of Kansas On being received, Bro SAQUI addressed the Grand Lodge as follows:

Most Worshipful Grand Master:

I appear before you as the Representative of the M.'.W.-. Grand Lodge of Missouri, and in her name tender to the Grand Lodge of Kansas fraternal greetings. The Grand Lodge of Missouri looks with fraternal interest upon the success and prosperity ofthe Craft in this jurisdiction She is bound to the fraternity in Kansas by no ordinary ties and rejoices in their welfare with no ordinary satisfaction

Many of those who now throng the temples of masonry in this State once knelt around the masonic altars in Missouri,and the Grand Lodge which I represent cannot fail to remember with satisfaction that to one of her masonic children the fraternity in Kansas repeatedly, for successive years committed the supreme superintendence of the fraternity in the State

In these troublous times, when the usual attachments which bind men together are riven, when demoniac hate usurps in men's hearts the place where sacred love and kindness once sat enthroned, it becomes us, as masons, whose guardian angel is celestial charity, to be doubly careful that our fraternal relations continue unchanged

Hoping, Most Worshipful Grand Master, that the brotherly affection which now exists and which has ever existed between the Grand Lodge which I represent and the fraternity in Kansas will continue to increase with each succeeding year, I have the honor to present, as I now do, my credentials as the Representative of the Grand Lodge of Missouri near the Grand Lodge of Kansas.

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To which R-.W.-. Deputy Grand Master, Bro. O.K. HOLLIDAY, replied as follows :

It is with sincere pleasure and good will, that I receive and greet you, my brother, as the Eight Worshipful Representative of the Grand Lodge of Missouri near the Grand Lodge of Kansas.

This friendly recognition on the part of the Grand Lodge of Missouri the parent of Kansas masonry —could not, under any circumstances, but awaken emotions of a most grateful character But now, when our sister State is being most terribly convulsed by the hand of war, and all her great commercial, agricultural and manufacturing interests are so greatly impaired by the civil dissensions existing in her midst, to have the evidence, as we have to-day,that our ancient and time honored fraternity in that State, rises above baleful effects of civil discord; and that our brethren there are so alive to the cherished and beloved principles of our Order as to extend the hand of fellowship to the brotherhood in other States, renders the duty of receiving you particularly welcome and agreeable.

We accept the assurance of the masonic good will and fellowship of our sister State, with the most profound consideration and. respect; and I can assure you that we reciprocate to the fullest extent, the generous feeling and sentiments which you have been pleased to convey to us— "with what measure ye mete, we measure to you again."

Permit me here to say that the Grand Lodge of Missouri has been most happy in its selection of the medium through whom it will hold representative intercourse with this Grand Lodge, and I am confident I but express the voice of this entire assemblage, as well as the membership of this masonic jurisdiction, when I say that your selection as the Representative to this Grand Lodge meets with our unanimous approval.

Say then, my brother! say to the masonic fraternity you represent, that we praj' —oh! how earnestly we pray—that the bright-winged Angel of Peace, may soon —very soon —again smile benignly upon your State and people; that the many—very many—hearts and homes now rendered weary and sad and desolate, by the terrible casualties of this fratricidal war may be consoled and healed by the spirit of love and mercy, ever issuing from the Great Head of our Order; that the time may again soon return for us as it has so abundantly been in the past— when again the " sword shall be beaten into the plow-share, the spear into the pruning hook," and when, as a people of one nation and one tongue, and especially as members of a common brotherhood, we "shall learn war no more;" that instead of contending for the achievements of victories over each other, asbrethren, upon the ensanguined battle field, we will contend, rather, forthe'achievement of those higher victories to be found alone in the "paths of peace," for "Peacehath hervictoriesnolessrenowned than war."

Assuring you then, my brother, that the Grand Lodge of Kansas will unite with the Grand Lodge of Missouri, in the constant practice

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and development of the pure and hallowed principles of our Order, and thus strive, more and more, to bless and benefit mankind, I again greet you as the Representative of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, near the Grand Lodge of Kansas, and I accordingly direct the Grand Secretary to enroll j'Ou assuch Representative in the permanent Proceedings of this Body.

The occasion elicited the following excellent remarks from Past Grand Master E. R. EEES, which on motion, were requested for publication:

Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brethren, and you the Representative of the Grand Lodgeof Missouri :

I should feel that I was recreant to my duty to the land of my nativity, should I remain silent while our masonic parent sends to her ofTspring these kindly greetings. The first impressions of childhood were received in that once fair, now desolate State My earliest and happiest associations were cherished, and memory still clings with fondness to the play-grounds of my boyhood There were formed, and severed, my dearest and most sacred ties. Beneath her soil lies buried my father and my mother, a wife and cherished babe, and other friends and relatives dear to me in earlier daj's. Around Missouri's altars I first commingled with this favored brotherhood; there I pledged my first masonic vows; there first I heard the fervent orisons ascend to Him who rules the lodge on high; and can I now in this,her hour of trouble, turn from her with cold forgetfulness, while "Theredcloudofwaro'er tempestisscouting?" While the fearful storm is raging o'er her once fair fields and happy homes? while desolation reigns throughout her borders? while mothers, wives, daughters and sisters are weeping as they gaze by the light of the crackling flames which consume their habitations, upon the pale and ghastly corpse of some dear one who has fallen a victim to the ravages of stern, relentless war? What, then, is our fraternal duty amid the perils of this fearful hour ? Is it to condeinn and curse all those beyond an ideal line of separation? Our Order holds no claim upon the faith of her wide-spread brotherhood. As men who entertain diversity of sentiments, like other men, we recognize no faith distinctive but that which trusts in GOD We know no politics, and GOD forbid that we should ever learn to ask a brother to whom he owes allegiance—on what ensanguined field he has exposed himself to danger Whether as a refugee he leaves some foreign land, where revolutions have upheaved society, or comes from where the war cry and the clangor of contending armies has never yet disturbed the dalliance of the lover, or the slumbers of the smiling babe. As individuals, we go to the field of carnage and mingle in the deadly fray As men, we may assume the glittering insignia, and in patriotic zeal may rally round a country'sflag,and meet its foes with all the vengeance of determination which seeks for victory or death. We feel that duty calls us there, and that we are right, but

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can wesaythat he who meets us there amid the shouts of battle,and the dying groans of comrades is not honest in his own convictions? Must wefraternally denounce him and expel him from ourOrderbecause he is our country's foe? Insurgents maybebrave, they may be honest in their zeal, they may be criminal, they may be mistaken. Governments may properly consign them to a traitor's doom; but masonry is notthe forum to arraign them in, nor can wesaythat tbey are not ourbrothers because they are arrayed against us. May the GOD of ABRAHAM, the Gou of ISAAC, and the GOD of JACOB save us; save us from the ruin and the wreck to which our Order was subjected in a neighboring Republic The masonry of Mexico attempted once to rule the factions of that ever boiling cauldron She fell a victim to her indiscretion, and died amid contending factions; and yet1grieve to learn that there are those whowould array us asan Order, on this side oron that of this most fearful conflict, which shakes ourcountry to its very center, and entangle us in broils and hot contentions from which no power on earth could extricate us.

AVhen you, Most Worsliipful, shall leave the Oriental chair and quit this hall, sacred alone to masonry, enter theforum andassume the ermine of the bench, you may pronounce death sentence on your brother; andwhen it shall become your duty, j'ouwill nothesitate to do so; but while the judge maythus act sternly in the discharge of duty, the mason, through the ermine, speaks in gentle tones, and says, it maybe,to hiswayward brother, I pity you; and while as judge he doomed him to the halter, as a mason he will take him by the hand and mingle tears with hisin heartfelt sorrow While, then, as men we mingle in life's varied conflicts, as masons we have a mission higher, holier still; it is to raise the fallen, be he friend or foe, and cheer him with a brother's kindly voice; it.is to sympathize with woe, and mingle tears with sorrow wherever wailing grief is found; it is to soften down asperities and strip the gory battle of its terror as far as in us lies. Then, let us speak in soothing tone to the disconsolate, and pray that peace mayonce again unite us in thebonds of social love; andthat the pending struggle, fearful as it is,maynot disturb fraternal unity, that beautiful distinctive mark of our fraternity And to you Right Worshipful, the Representative of our cherished mother, permit menow to say, that, in behalf of this Grand Lodge, wewelcome youwith warm embrace. This greeting comes propitiously in this the hour of peril; and 'tisa proud reflection, that while the jarrings of the outer w"orld have severed kindred and associate ties, ther& still, is one fraternity where brotherly afiection hassurvived the wreck of nations, thefallof crumbling kingdoms, and the revolutions, wars and bitter conflicts that in years past convulsed society, and that this proud brotherhood will yet stand firm and faithful to itslong proclaimed professions

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The Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation submit the following report:

To the M:. W.\ Grand Lodgeof Kansas:

We, the undersigned. Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation, beg leave to submit the following; That we have examined the minutes and returns of Council Grove Lodge, U D., and find them correct and in form We are assured the lodge is in good hands and prospering, and we recommend that a charter be granted We would also recommend that the name of B.B. LOCKWOOD be inserted as Junior Warden in place of J. B. HHBBELL, he having removed from the State.

We have examined the B5'-Laws, minutes and returns of Paola Lodge, U. D., and find them correct, and recommend that a charter be granted them

We have also examined the minutes, returns, etc., of Indianola Lodge, U. D., and find them correct, except a slight informality in the returns, the result, probably, of a misunderstanding, and we would recommend that a charter be granted them

All of which is respectfully submitted, R STEES, S. A. SMITH, A. G. LEWIS.

On motion of Bro. MOALLASTER the report was received and adopted.

As Golden City Lodge, JSTo. 34, and Ifevada Lodge, No. 36, have, by the oi'ganization of the Grand Lodge of Colorado, been dropped from the roll of this Grand Lodge, it was, on motion of Bro CARR ,

Resolved, That two of the lodges just chartered receive the respective numbers of the two lodges thus dropped from our roll of lodges.

The Committee on Unfinished Business submit the following report:

'Jo the M:. W:. Grand Master, Wardensand Brethren of the Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your Committee on Unfinished Business beg leave to report the following:

We recommend the passage of the resolutions ofi'ered by Bro M S. ADAMS at our last Communication (found on page 19 of the last Proceedings), with this amendment in the second resolution: Strike out the word "majority," and insert the word "unanimous."

All of which is respectfully submitted, JOHN A CHASE, SAM'L R. REMINGTON.

The report was received and the amendment adopted

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Pending tlie question to adopt the resolutions us amended

Bro. MCALLASTER offered the following as a substitute:

Resolved, That a ballot be taken for eacli degree,and that candidates for the degrees of Fellow Craft and Master Mason shall be examined in open lodge on the preceding degree, previous to the ballot being taken.

Bro. MCCAHO.N offered the following as an amendment to the substitute, it being the first of the series of original resolutions:

Resolved, That after a favorable ballot is had on the application of a candidate for the mysteries of masonry, no further balloting shall be required; and a brother being initiated, must be passed and raised when duly qualified in the preceding degrees, unless charges of unmasonic conduct are preferred against him or otherwise sufficient rea.sons for his non-advancement be presented and approved by the lodge.

After considerable discussion the amendment was adopted.

The Committee on Grievances submitted the following report :

To the M:.\V:. Grand Lodgeof Kansas:

The undersigned, Committee on Grievances, to whom was referred the appeal from the action of Leavenworth Lodge, iSTo. 2, in the case of said lodge vs. ALEX. F.MAISON, beg leave to report, that they have had the same under consideration, and would respectfully recommend the adoption of the following:

WHEREAS, We, your committee, are informed that the said ALEXANDER F MAISON now stands indicted before the Criminal Court of Ijeavenworth county, for the offense charged against him in the Proceedings from Leavenworth Lodge, and as he has not been tried by the said Criminal Court, and as it appears from the transcript that all the evidence adduced is not before your committee, therefore,

Resolved, That the case be continued until the next .\nnual Communication of this Grand Lodge.

All of which is fraternally submitted, ED P KELLAM, N. CHAPMAN, R. STEES, Committee.

On motion, the report and resolution were adopted.

A communication was received from Arcana Lodge offering an apology for the non-payment of aportion of their Grand Lodge dues, and asking the indulgence of the Grand Lodge until the next Annual Communication; which, on motion, was granted.

The special committee, to whom was referred the address of the Grand Master,submit the following report, which, on motion, w-as received and the recommendations adopted:

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To the M:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

The committee appointed to distribute the subject matter of the M.'.W.'. Grand Master's address, respectfully report that they have examined the same, and recommend that so much of the address as alludes to the present condition of the country be referred to the Committee on the Condition of Masonry; so much as relates to the pecuniary condition of lodges, to the Committee on Ways and Means; so much as refers to the right of dimission, to the Committee on the Condition of Masonry. Also that the five several opinions enunciated by the M.'.W.'. Grand Master be referred to the same committee.

Fraternally submitted,

K R EEES, Chairman of Committee.

Bro. CAER, for the Committee on Accounts, offered the following report:

To the M.'.W.'. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

As chairman of the Committee on Accounts, to whom at the last Communication of the Grand Lclge, was referred the settlement with Past Grand Master FAIRCIIILD, and Past Grand Secretary, Bro. MUNDEE, in relation to dispensation and charter fees of certain lodges, I would • respectfully report that soon after the last Communication, I received froQi M.'.W.". Bro. FAIKCHILD twenty dollars, the amount of fees for dispensation to Indianpla Lodge. This was all the M.'.W.'. Brother had received From various causes I am unable to make a satisfactory report in relation to the other lodges, and would respectfully ask until the next Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge to complete my report

All of which is respectfully submitted,

E T CARR, Chairman of Committee.

On motion of Bro BEES the Grand Lodge proceeded, to the election of Grand Officers for the ensuing masonic year

After proceeding as far as the election of Deputy Grand iMaster, ttie Grand Lodge was called from labor to refreshment until seven o'clock this evening

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EVEN IN a SESSION.

TUESDAY, SEVEN O'CLOCK P M

The M.-.AV.-. Grand Lodge was called from refreshment to labor—the officers in their several stations

The GJ-rand Lodge then proceeded with the election of Grand Officers, and the following brothers were declared duly elected Grand Officers for the ensuing masonic year, and were subsequently installed in their several stations, viz:

M.'.W.'. JACOB SAQUI Atchimn Grand Master.

R.'. W.\ C.K. HoLUDAY Topeka Deputy Grand Master.

R.'.W.'. J. F. BMSS GrasshopperFalls....GiSLnd Senior AVarden.

R.".W.". W.F.JOHNSTON Auburn Grand Junior Warden.

R.\ W.' CHRISTIAN BECK Leavenworth Grand Treasurer

R.' W.' E T CARK Fort Leavenworth Grand Secretary

The M.-.W.;. Grand Master then appointed the following officers, who were also subsequently installed as such, viz:

W.". GEO. W.PIOGEBOOM Leavenworth Grand Lecturer.

W.". Rev. J. T. HoLLiDAY Grand Chaplain.

W.'. Rev. F. BYLLESBY Grand Chaplain.

W.\ Rev. CHAS. REYNOLDS Grand Chaplain.

W.-. Rev. T.J. FERKELL Grand Chaplain.

W.'. Rev. D.DICKEESON Grand Chaplain.

W.'. R. R. REES Leavenworth Grand Orator.

W.'. O.W.MCALLASTER Lawrence Grand Senior Deacon.

W.'. N.CHAPMAN Oskaloosa . Grand Junior Deacon.

W.'. JOHN A. CHASE Atchison Grand Marshal.

W.'. S. A.SMITH Grasshopper Grand Sword Bearer.

W.". A. G. LEWIS :..Grand Steward.

W." JOHN BRANSCOMB Grand Steward

W.- GEO M KELLAM Topeka Grand Tyler

Bro O W MCALLASTER offered the following preamble and resolutions, which, on notion of R.-.W.- C K HOLLIDAT, were received and adopted:

WHEREAS, Since our last Communication, our late R.'.W,-. Bro. CoLUJIBUSHORNSBY,PastGrand SeniorWarden ofthis Grand Lodge,has been called to that undiscovered country from whose bourne notraveler returns ; and

WHEREAS, It is right andproper that weshould atthis time bear testimony to the many virtues of our late brother as a man and mason; therefore

Resolved, That wedeeply deplore the decease of ourlate brother, as an irreparable loss to his family and many friends, to whom he was en-

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deared bj' the most sacred ties,and to our Order which has thereby been deprived of an ardent and zealous workman, who exemplified in his life and conduct the great principles and precepts of our Craft.

Resolved, That one page of the records and printed Proceedings of this Grand Lodge be dedicated to his memory.

A communication was received from Bro A G- LEWIS, Senior Warden and acting "Worshipful Master of Tecumseh Lodge, ISTo. 15, stating that, in consequence of many of their members being absent from the State, they were unable to pay their entire indebtedness to the Grand Lodge They can pay their present dues, and a portion of their dues in arrears; the remainder they hope to be able to pay in a short time.

On motion, the communication was received and the lodge allowed until the next Annual Communication to pay the remainder of their bacls dues.

The Committee on Unfinished Business submit the following additional report, which, on motion, was adopted:

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your Committee on Unfinished Business beg leave to report that the resolution offered by Bro. N. ROBERTS at the last Communication of this Grand Lodge, in reference to Shawnee Lodge, No 9, be continued in force until our next Annual Communication

A petition was received, signed by a majoi-ity of the members of Kickapoo Lodge, No 4, asking for permission to remove the location of their lodge from Kickajioo to Eound Prairie, and also to change the name from Kickapoo Lodge, Wo. 4, to Eound Prairie Lodge, JSTO 4

On motion of Bro. EEES, the request for permission to remove the location of the lodge was gi-anted, the lodge still to be known as Kickapoo Lodge, No 4

The Conamittee on Chartered Lodges submit the following report, which was received and adopted:

To the Mr. W.'. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your Committee on Chartered Lodges beg leaveto report that the}have examined the returns of Leavenworth Lodge, No 2; Kickapoo Lodge, No. 4; Washington Lodge, No.5; Lawrence Lodge, No.6; Union Lodge, No. 7; Shawnee Lodge, No. 9; King Solomon Lodge, No. 10; Oskaloosa Lodge, No.14; Tecumseh Lodge, No. 15; Topeka Lodge, No. 17; Palmyra Lodge, No. 23; High Prairie Lodge, No. 25; Neosho Lodge, No 27; Pacific Lodge, No 29; Arcana Lodge, No 31; Auburn Lodge, No 32; Hiawatha Lodge, No 35,and have found them correct

We find errors in the returns of Grasshopper Falls Lodge, No 21;

Proceedings of the

Eldora Lodge, No 28; Mound City Lodge, No 33,and recommend that the papers bereturned to their respective representatives for correction. Your committee would also report that they have received no returns from Smithton Lodge, No. 1; AVyandotte Lodge, No.3; Bourbon Lodge, No 8; Ottumwa Lodge, No 11; Emporia Lodge, No 12;Lecompton Lodge, No.!3; Lafayette Lodge, No. 16; Stanton Lodge, No. 18; Olathe Lodge, No. 19; Elk Creek Lodge, No.20; Paris Lodge, No.22; Osage Valley Lodge, No 24; Aubry Lodge, No 30

As some of those lodges have always been very punctual in forwarding their returns tothe Grand Lodge, your committee areof the opinion that they may have been somewhere delayed on the route, and will yet be forthcoming; but as others of them have failed to send in their returns, some of them for two and three years, your committee would recommend that some action be taken to ascertain their condition

All of which is fraternally submitted, O. W. McALLASTER, W F JOHNSTON, J. F. BLISS, .ComniUee.

Bro CARR, from the Committee on Accounts, submitted the following report, which, on motion, was received and adopted:

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your Committee on Accounts, to whom was referred the account current of the R.'.W.' Grand Treasurer, respectfully begleave to report that they have examined thesame,together with thevouchers, etc., pertaining thereto, and tind it correct; andthey therefore recommend that the Grand Treasurer's report be adopted

The Grand Lodge then called from labor to refreshment, until eight o'clock A . M. to-morrow.

MORNING Si:SSION.

WEDNESDAY , Oct. 22d, EIGHT O'CLOCK A. M.

The M.-.W.-. Grand Lodge of Kansas was called from refi-eshjnent to labor, officers and Representatives present as yesterday.

The M.-.W.-.Grand Master then announced the appointment of the following standing committees, viz:

On Foreign Correspondence. Bros. CARR, EEES and MCCAHON.

On Chartered Lodges. Bros. CHASE, T. WHITE and S. A. SMITH.

On Lodges U. i). — Bros. LORIN'G FARNSWORTH, ROBEKTS and E. D. HiLLYEK

On Charity. Bros. JOHNSTON, CHAP.MAN and REEO.

Grand Lodge of Kansas.

On Ways and Means. Bros BECK WITH, BLISS an d FROST On Accounts. Bros CAHR, MCALLASTER an d WATSON On Orievance. Bros MCALLASTER, KELLAM an d WHITE On Education. Bros ATWOOD, HOGKBOOM an d J W SMITH On Applications. Bros BOYDSTON, LEWIS and BLISS 0)1 Unfinished Business. Bros. KELLAM, FROST an d MCALLASTER.

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Th e Committe e o n Conditio n of Masonr y submi t th e followin g report , which , o n motion , wa s receive d an d adopte d :

To the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Wardens and Brethren of the Grand Lodge of Kansas:

The Committee on condition of masonrj', to whom was referred certain portions of th e annual address of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, respectfully report:

Tliat th e duties of masons, in the present condition of th e country, are so abl}' set forth in th e communication as, in the opinion of your committee, to require n o further comment or action

We re.spectfully recommend that a resolution be passed b y th e Grand I>odge, to th e effect that when an application for a dimit is made, th e applicant shall no t be required to state the purpose or object for which it is made or th e dimit desired.

AVe would further recommend that tins Grand Lodge concur in the five several opinions contained in the communication of the M.'.W.". Grand Master, with this exception that the word "must " b e stricken out of th e opinion numbere d three, in th e line next the last, and the word " should " inserted in its place.

The following resolution, as recommended above, is respectfully submitted for your consideration:

Resolved, Tha t an applicant for a dimit Shall not be required to state the purjiose or object for which the application is made or th e dimit desired

Respectfully submitted, .1 McCAHO]S^ Cliairman.

Bro . JoTTN A . CHAS E offered th e followin g resolutio n which , on motio n o f Bro . MCALLASTER , wa s adopte d :

Resolved, Tha t th e Grand Secretary be instructed to have three hundred copies of th e Proceedings of the present Communication printed i n the usual manner, for distribution among th e members of this Grand Lodge and also th e different sister Grand Lodge.s in correspondence with Grand Lodge

Resolved, Tha t as some of th e lodges under th e jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge have now failed for th e third time to send in their returns, that th e Grand Secretary be instructed to corre,spond with all delinquent lodges, and ascertain as far as possible their condition, and report a t tlie next Annual Communication of this Grand Lodire.

Bro. RICHARD E.EEES offered the following resolution, whicli was adopted:

Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Lodge are hereby tendered Topeka Lodge, No 17, for the use of their hall,sokindly tendered to this Grand Body

There appearing no further business before it, the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Kansas was closed in ample form.

JACOB SAQUI,

ATTEST : Grand Muster.

Grand Secretary.

STAIv^DIKG

EBSOLUTIONS

AND AMENDMENTS

STAXDIX6 KEGULATIONS,1858

Resolved, That no petition for th e degrees of masonry shall be received by any lodge under this jurisdiction, unless the petitioner shall have resided one year within the Territory of Kansas, and within th e jurisdiction of the lodge he petitions, at least six months

Resn/ved, That th e regular Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Kansas be held on the third Tuesday in October, annually

Resolved, That it is competent for a subordinate lodge to assess a tax against non-affiliated masons residing within their jurisdiction, and toenforce the payment thereof by exclusion or suspension; Provided, No mason shall be deemed non-affiliated who holds membership unde r th e jurisdiction of any other Grand Lodge; nor can the effects of any such exclusion or suspension extend beyond the life of any such mason so as to effect his right of masonic burial; nor shall anj ' mason over th e age of sixty years, or who shall be unable to pay, be subject to such tax

Resolved, That Section 2, of Article I, of the By-Laws of this Grand Lodge, be so amended as that a representation of one-half of the chartered lodges under this jurisdiction, instead of two-thirds shall constitute a quorum

ST.VXDIKG REOULATIOXS,1859

Resolved, Tha t the Grand Secretary shall be allowed th e sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per annu m for his services

Resolved, That the Grand Tyler shall be allowed the sum of two dollars per diem during each session of the Grand Lodge

Resolved, That the fee for a charter shall be twenty dollars, instead of ten dollars, as heretofore

Resolved, That Section 1, Article IV, of the By-Laws of this Grand Lodge, be so amended as to substitute "chartered " in the place of "regular," and insert after the word "lodge," " under this jurisdiction."

Resolved, That no lodge under this jurisdiction shall recommend th e granting of a dispensation, unless the dimits (or other good evidence of their having dimitted ) accompany the petition of the applicants for such recommendation; and not then, until tlie three principal officers of th e proposed new lodge have been examined by the lodge recommending them, of being competent to confer the three degrees of Ancient Craft masonry, and the recommending lodge shall affix to the petition a certificate to that effect

Resolved, That Section 2, Article I, of the By-Laws of this Grand Lodge be so amended as that a representation of ten chartered lodges under this jurisdiction, instead of one-half, as heretofore, shall constitute a quorum

STANDING REGUI.ATIOXS,1860

Resolved, That hereafter delegates from lodges under dispensation be admitted to seats in this Grand Lodge, but shall not be entitled to participate in its work or business until they have been consecrated an d their officers installed.

Resolved, That the M/.W."-.Grand Master have autliority to appoint a Private Secretary, with power to draw on the Grand Treasurer for postage expenses.

STAXniXG RHXIUI.ATIOXS,1862

Resolved, Tliat'after a favorable ballot is had on the application of a candidate for the mysteries of masonry, no further balloting shall be required ; and a brother being initiated, must be passed and raised when duly qualified in the preceding degrees unless charges of unniasonic conduct are preferred against him, or otherwise sufticient reasons for his non-advancement be presented and aj^proved by the lodge

Resolved, That an applicant for a dimit shall not be required to state tlie ])uri;)ose or object for which the application is made or the diniit required

OI'IXIONK OFTHKGliA.N'DJIA.STER ASOON'CUHRED IN BVTHE OKA.N'DLODGE

First. The first ballot determines the opinion of the lodge upon the candidate's general worthiness to be admitted into the temple of masonry. The ballots upon the Fellow Craft andMaster Mason degrees respectively are upon proficiency, and that proficiency is best determined I:)}' an examination before the lodge

Second. A second ballot may be ordered by the Worsliipful Master if he is of the opinion that the black ball or balls were voted by mistake. AVhenever the will of the lodge concerning the candidate, however, is unmistakably expressed, no earthly power has a right to gainsay or thwart it. The dicta of the ballot is sacred.

Third. A second ballot can be ordered only on the same evening when the first was taken,and even then, all who were present at the first Ijallot should be present at the second ballot also.

Fourth. A lodge cannot "exi^unge" any portion of its minutes; it may alter or amend to agree with the facts, but cannot "expunge" any part of the correct "record."

Fifth. A Master-elect must be installed before he can assume tlie duties of his office Until he is installed, his predecessor continues to ofiiciate

RETURNS OF SUBORDINATE LODGES,

OCTOBER 1, 1862.

LEAVENWORTH LODGE, ]S^o. 2, LEAVENWORTH.

Eegular communications first andthird Saturdays in each month.

OFFICERS

GEO. GOSLING Worshipful Master. 0. B.TAYLOR Senior Warden. W. B.HuTCHESON Junior Warden. J. B. DAVIS Treasurer. JOHN MCKEE Secretary

JULIUS HAUG Senior Deacon A. WAENER Junior Deacon. N DANIELS Tyler

Past Masters.^n. B Bees, P.-.G.-.M.-.; E T Carr, G.'.S.'.; Charles Mundee, P.- G.- S.'.; B Beck, P." G.- T.-.; L Echelberry

Master Masons.—Christian Beck, G.'.T.".; Alex. Payne, A. McAuley, John J.Bentz,Sam'l Phillips,B.L.Burris,John C.Grund,Augustus Gates, Charles Byer, S D Woods,LaFayette Mills, John A Halderman, Amos Graff, Frank Palmer, H. H. Haller, Jacob A.Thomas, R. Joseph, G. Haug, K.V.Flora, Geo. W. Palmer, A.Hogan, John Houssieux, W. B. Smith, Julius Mitchell, W A Middleton Robert J Brown, Simon Kohn, A. "W.Putnam, Z.Carpenter, J. M.Fladd, B.Fiesher, John F. Richards, A. D.Garden, John W.Prest, Wm. Beeler, J. M.Orr,T.A. Hurd, Louis Kittlaus, P G Lowe, R D Wells, Fred Lasher, V AV Williams, A O Bangs, George Chrisman, John Dodsworth, G.T. A. Nixon, L.T.Doolittle, John Myers, T.J.Campbell, N.McCracken, L.T.C.Owens, Fred. Swoyer, H G Weibling, D Flynn, John A Nece, Geo Dunnette EnteredApprentices. Samuel Pardee, L A Finke Admitted, 3; Initiated, 2; Passed, 3; Raised, 3; Dimitted, 1; Reinstated, 1; Died, 1; Rejected, 1. Number of members,69.

WYANDOTTE LODGE, No 3, WYANDOTTE

Regular communications first andthird Fridays.in each month. OFFICERS.

P. S. FERGURSON Worshipful Master. •C H VAN FossEN Senior Warden V.J. LANE Junior Warden. SILAS ARMSTRONG Treasurer

NICHOLAS MCALPINE Secretary

J. R.PARR Senior Deacon. J E BENNETT Junior Deacon R G DuNiNG Tyler

Proceedings of the

Past Masters.—W. L. McMath, J.W.H. Watson. Master Masons. H H Cregg, A C Davis, J G Fisk, J H Harris, Daniel Killen, N.A. Kirk, H. 0.Long, J.P.Long, M. Mudeater, W. M. McClure, A Mayers, Charles Moreash, S McAlpine, R S Nash, J R ' Parr, P. S.Post, Wm. Taylor, E. T.Vedder, W.Walker, J.B. Welborn, Hiram Wood, Isaiah Walker, W Y Roberts, Wm C McHeriry

Admitted, 2; Initiated,!; Passed,!; Raised, 3; Dimitted, 5;Rejected, 3. Number of members, 33.

KICKAPOO LODGE, No. 4, KIOKAPOO

Regular communications Saturdays on or before the full moon OFFICERS.

FRITZ MAGEES.., Worshipful Master. JOHN BRANSCOMB Senior Warden E. A.McCuLLOUGH ..Junior Warden. J H COOK ...Treasurer Secretary

Past Mastfr.—J. W Freeland

Master Masons.-J. R. Jones, C.F. Laiblin, F.M.Williams, S.Bowman, William Hobbs, David Dodge, C Logan, Wm Braham, F Hoburg Fellow Craft. Rudolph Jost

Initiated,!; Passed, 2; Raised, 2; Dimitted, !; Suspended,!. Number of members,15.

WASHING-TON LODGE, No 5, ATCHISON

Regular communications first and third Saturdays ineach month OFFICERS.

JOHN A. CHASE Worshipful Master. 0 D WILCOX Senior Warden

JOSEPH TRIMMER Junior Warden

THOMAS MUEPHY Treasurer

WILLIAM JACKSON. ; Secretary

Past Masters.~3a.coh Saqui, M.-.W.-. G.'.M.-.; L.C.Challiss.

Master Masons.—A. G.Otis, Phillip Link, John Belz, N. Anspacker, J J Halligan, Jacob Leu, G W Glick,Manuel Frank, Leon Frank, James J. Patterson, S.B.Davis, Rev. F.Byllsby, William M. Carter, WellsH. Bowen, E C Mason, Geo T Challiss, J T Ball, Samuel Newlin, F A Root, David M. Bivins, W.B.Kipp, J.H.Miller, T. H.Munchardt, W.P. Larzelere, E.B. Grimes, Albert H. Horton, V. W.Parker, Charles Drury, Peter Boyle, D Locknane, S T Walters, D Bucknam, W A Cochran, W. J. Marion, Philo W. Hall, Robert Forbriger, Wm. Hetherington, Dudley McVay, H E Nickerson, J J Ingalls, A D Shakespere, Caleb May

Entered Apprentice. John Miles

Admitted, 12; Initiated, 5; Passed, 4; Raised, 4; Dimitted, 3; Suspended, 5; Expelled, 1; Reinstated, 3; Died, 1;Rejected, 1 Number of members,49.

Grand Lodge of Kansas.

LAWEENC E LODGE , No 6, LAWRENCE

Regular communications first Thursday in each month

OFFICERS .

S. M. THORP

PAU L R BROOKS

DAVI D PRAGER

JAMES C HORTON

EDWI N W WOOD

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Worshipful Master.

Senior Warden

Junio r Warden

Treasurer

Secretary

Past Masters. Thomas S Lounds, 0 W McAUaster

Master Masons.—C. W Babcock, J Ir a Brown, W D Blackford Oliver Barber, R. F . Barber, M. Hartman , J . D. Herrington, Benjamin Johnson , Wm H R Lykins, R W Ludington, G A Smith, Anson Storm, Z Squires, R W Sparr, B W Woodward, Joseph Cracklin, W H . Duncan, G. AV. Deitzler, Charles Fish, R. L. Frazer, T: J. Sternberg, Rev T J Ferrell, J F Griswold, Lewis Lawson, D H Montague, H L Moore, S B Prentiss, Wm Randolph, Rev Chas Reynolds, Charles Robinson, 0 . B. Stevens, W . T. Williamson, Walter Willis, S. O. Thacher, Julius Neubauer, J Bernstein, Ed Stokes, H L Enos

Admitted, 1; Initiated, 2 ; Passed, 2 ; Raised, 3 ; Dimitted, 4 ; Suspended, 12; Expelled, 1 ; Died, 1 Numbe r of members, 46

TJIvnON LODGE, JS"O 7, JUNCTION CITY

Regular communications first and thir d Saturdays in each month.

OFFICERS .

JOH N T PBICE

Worshipful Master

P. Z. TAYLOR Senior Warden.

MICHAEL MCCANN Junio r Warden

ROBERT HENDERSON Treasurer

HENR Y GANZ Secretary.

Master Masons. Jame s P Downer, L B Perry, Henr y Mitchell, D Furrow, Jame s H . Brown, C. L. Caley, B. N. Harris, C. M. Barclay, F . F. Marvin, G. E. Beate, Jonatha n Westover, C. Francis Clarke, Ephraim Warner, R C Whitney, J M Myers, George Montague, James Mansfield, J. M. Blowers, Alfred Clongh.

Fellow Craft.—R. D. Mobley. Entered Apprentices. G F Gordon, Herma n Wetzler

Initiated, 2; Passed,! ; Died, 1 Numbe r of members, 24

BOUEBOlSr LODGE, No 8, FORT SCOTT.* •

OFFICERS

J S REDPIELD

Worshipful Master

C W BLAIR Senior Werden

S B GORDON Junior Warden

A. MCDONALD Treasurer.

C H DRAKE Secretary

*This lodge has done no work during the last year Time of meeting not given -GRAND SECRETARY

Proceedings of the

Master Masons. A R Allison, Thomas Casey, B L, Riggins, ]C J Boring, A. J. Carter, J . G. Harris. Win. Bridgeman, J. \V. Denton, A. O. Horton,H R Kel.so, Wm Koflman, Blake Little, 0 H Kelley, W J Linn, C O Judsoii, AVyley Patterson, J S.Miller, Wni Margraves, B P McDonald, E. A. Smith, Peter Teal, A, Thornhill, Joseph Ray, Wm . Vermillion, Geo A Reynolds

Fellow Crafts.—A. M Reding, W B Holt

Entered Apprentices. C. W. Goodlander, K. S. Philli|)S, L. Melinas. Nnniber. of members, HO.

SHA.A^ns^JiE LODGE, JSTO fl, BIG SPRI.NGS

OFFICERS .

.IAMES L WidiiTMA.v Worshipful Master

W.^r. R. FuosT Senior Warden. AMOS HICKS Junio r Warden Treasurer

Is.\.\o Is RoiiEirrs Secretary

IS; umber of members, 4. Time of meeting not given.

KmG - SCLOMOiS^ LODGE , IvTo 10 , LEAVENWOBTIT

Regular communications fir.st and tliird Fridays in each month

OFFICERS

JA-MES MCCAIION Worshijiful Master E. CoATEs Senior Warden. J M BoniNE Junior Warden

A COHEN Treasurer

H MAHKSO.N Secretary H . Ai.i,i;.v Senior Deacon. J J SKIX.VEH Junior Deacon Tyler

Past Masters. G W Hogeboom, Geo A Eddy, M S Adams

Master Masons.—W. P . Gambell, W. Gordon, Phillip Rothschild, L.L , Todd, J Carr Johnson, Wm Rosenfield, Levi Houston, Win H Watson Charles Blazer, D K Anthony, .lohn B Lamber, Isaac H Bonsall,G W Nelles,S. Laighton, Joseph A. Bullen,Byron Farnsworth, Joseph Westeuberger, R J Sehvay, S F Atwood, H D McCarty, J H Weaver, Jame s B. Whitehead, S. H. Anderson, Jame s H . Kiskadden, Charles S. .Stettauer, J . L. Wever,Thos. 0 . Stevens, Henry Still, E. F . Havens, J. L. Bean, C. L. Gorten, M H Inslev, R J Brown,Samuel Rothschild, H D Smith, A P Russell, H . B. Haas," W . S. Pavnter, B. Nute, jr., Wm. J. Chandler, J. R. Duncan, H W Goff, Wm Schlev, A Gregg, L Setzler, E H Marsh, H' CF Hackbusch, Josiah Kellogg,Ai\' W Childs, Geo Einstein, P Williams, D .W. Wilder, M. Wcightman.

Fellow Craft.—M. Shaw

Entered Apprentices.—C. H McLaughlin, J W Morris, L Yates, A C Swift, W Getyze, Wm Pliillips

Admitted,3; ]nitiated,.5; Passed,o;Raised,4; Dimitted,!; Rejected,2. Numbe r of members, 02

Grand Lodge of Kansas.

O.SKALOOS A LODGE , No . 14 , OSKALOOSA .

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Roguhircommunications second and fourth Saturda\'S in each month.

ISTELSO.N CiiAi'.M.AX

Jon x C BuKNUTT

OFFICERS

Worshipful Master

Senior Warden

JOHN N H.M;I, Junio r Warden G.B . CAK.SOX Trearersu. P. E. li.wEx.s Secretary.

Master Masons.—.]. B HoHingsworth, Joseph Downing, W Gibbs, (hon mem.), Thos H Soble, J S Shoemaker, Humphre y 0 Finch, N JB. Hopewell, C. A. Buck, Joseph Fitzsimons, Isaac Newhouse, Isaac V. Fairholm

Initiated, 1; Passed, 1; Raised, 1; Dimitted, 2; Suspended, 9 dumber of members, 16

TECUMSEH LODGE, Eo. 15, TECUMSEU

Regular communications Thursday on or before th e full moon, and two weeks thereafter

OFFICERS

A. G. LEWIS

J L DALMAN

Worshipful Master.

Senior Warden . Junior AVarden

Treasurer

R. HusEN Secretary.

J, M REE D

Senior Deacon

J J DREVER Junio r Deacon

WM M JoRDON Tyler

Master Masons.—A. M. Jordon, J. C. Morgan, J. B. Clogston, Lewis Clogston, Jame s Gordon, Joh n Kappell, J H Weaver, Joh n Gage, A D Reed, Jacob Merwine.

Fellow Crafts.—J. Rion, G. Tyler, P . S. Gaby. Entered Apprentices. J.N Pebly, J C Ridgeway, L G.Pennington

Admitted, 2; Initiated, 3 ; Passed, 3; Raised, 4 ; Dimitted, 2 ; Suspended, 6; Died, 1; Rejected, 2 Number of members, 16

TOPEKA LODGE, No. 17, TOPEKA OFFICERS

CHARLES KIN G

Worshipful Master

ED P KELLAM Senior Ward s F L CRANE Junio r Warden

C C KELLAM Treasurer A. W . CASE Secretary.

Past J/aster8.—Joel Huntoon, Rev JamesT Holliday, C K Holliday, D.-.G.-.M.-.

Master Masons. J . C. Gordon, H . M. Moore, W. W . Ross, Fredrick Ortman, Thos. G. Thornton, G. G. Gage, Thos. Gardner, Rev. C. M. Callaway, Rev. Ir a Blackford, Rev. Joh n Jackson, A. W. Case, Joseph A. Brown, Amos D.Craigue, Daniel H.Home , Silas I;. Hunter,F.R.Foster,E .

Proceedings of the

G.Ross,John Fletcher, Jas.A.Kidney,John Eicher, James Fletcher, Geo. M Kellam, Ephraim Baker, R W Atwell, Knock Chase, Hiram Shields, S. K. Remington, Moulton G. Farnham, Elisha G. Moon, Hiram W. Segraves, S. T. Walkley, John AV.Farnsworth, John S. Brauner, Jacob Smith, Loring Farnsworth, J R Griffin, G 0 Whiting, Charles Schmidt, M. K. Smith, Jacob Safford, Henry Robert!, David Easton, Hiram W. Farnsworth, Alonzo H. Hale.

Entered Apprentices.—Louis Jjaurent, John S Cook

Admitted, 2; Initiated, 9; Passed, 7; Raised, 7; Dimitted, 1; Died, 1; Rejected, 3 Number of members, 52

Time ofmeeting not given

OLATHB LODGE, JS^O 19, OLATUE OFFICERS.

J. P. CAMPBELL Worshipful Master. A. J. CLEMENS Senior Warden. r W CASE Junior Warden

J MiLLiKEN Treasurer

JOHN M GIFFIN Secretary, pro tem

Master Masons.—J. T Burriss, M J P Drake, J E Hayes,J W Parmetar, J. T.Barton, B. M. Jewett, William Roy, J. Henry Smith, S. D. McDowell, J. H. Blake, John Evans, David Duff, L. S. Cornwall, Irwing Janes, J A Seward, J M Hadley, J T Weaver, John Janes, Barnabas Evans, S. B. Myrick.

Fellow Crafts.—i. C Parrish, L F Crist

Entered Apprentices.—W. J Shearff, A E Beardsley, Stephen S Start Admitted,!; Pas.sed, 2; Raised, 2; Dimitted,!. Number of members, 25.

Time ofmeeting not given.

GBASSHOPPEE FALLS LODGE, No 21, GRASSHOPPER FALLS

Regular communications second and fourth Fridays ineach month OFFICERS.

E D Hir^LVER Worshipful Master

J A MANN Senior Warden

J R Cox - Junior Warden JOHN RATZ Treasurer. R. A. HAYES Secretary.

Master Masons. S. A. Smith, S. S. Cooper, William Grigsby, Lewis Stafford, John Marsh, J.C. Todd, Azel W. Bpaulding, W. C. Butts, J. F. Bliss, G.'.S.'.W.',; Henry Ramsower, T A Blake, H Graag, J E Shultz, G. S. Hillyer, Geo. H. Cain, E. G. Pierce, M. Vandenburgh.

Fellow Craft.—U.B. Crosby.

Entered Apprentices.—Joseph Shaw, John Beland. Initiated, 3; Passed,!; Raised, 1. Number ofmembers, 22.

Lodge of Kansas.

PAEIS LODGE, ISo. 22, PARIS.

J. H . BARLOW

OFFICERS

Worshipful Master. C M MCDANIEL Senior Warden

J T ALEXANDER Junio r Warden

JOH N HOO D

Treasurer

WM . M . C.\NAN Secretary.

T H GRAHA.M Senior Deacon

HENR Y BLACKBURN Junio r Deacon

JEREJIIA H FARLS T3-ler

Past Master.—W. L Henderson

Master Masons.—Asa Hairgrove, Is. M. Hawk, William Lewis, Herbert Robinson, H A Defriese, Thomas G Whiteside, Joh n M Haines, F M Sullivan, George W Moore, Pleasant Chitwood, Martin P McDaniel, Samuel Carmack, William Goss.

Admitted, 1; Initiated, 7; Passed, 8; Raised, 8; Suspended, 7 ; Expelled, 4; Died, 2; Rejected,!. Number of members, 22.

Time of meeting not given.

PALMYRA LODGE, No. 23, BALDWIN CITY.*

Regular communications, Friday on or before th e full moon

CLARKSON REYNOLDS

JOHN T . LYNCH

OFFICERS

Worshipful Master

Senior Warden.

LOUIS F GREEN Junio r AVarden

W D MARTIN

JOH N W VAUGH N

Treasurer

Secretary

Master Masons. M L Thompson, Barton Andrews, Jacob Branson, T J Cosabaum, Milton Reynolds, R P Duvall, Nathan Taylor, A D Graves, J . H . Dearing.

Numbe r of members, 14

HIGH PEAIEtB LODGE, No. 25, HIGH PRAIRIE.

Regular communications first and third Saturdays in each month

HENRY' DONAHOE

OFFICERS

Worshipful Master. JOHN C GIST Senior Warden

WM M THOMPSON Junio r Warden

HENRY' B KELLE R Treasurer

S. S. NICHOLS Secretary.

WM V FRENCH Senior Deacon

J TUTTLE Junio r Deacon '

THOMAS TROWER Tyler

Fast Master.—A. D. McCune.

*From the absence of most the members, this lodge has transacted no business for the last year. They, however, pav up their dues and wish to be continued. GRAND SECRETARY

Proceedings of the

Matter Mctsons.—S. R. Trower, J. H . Cassidy, W . L. Spaulding, Wm . G. Chambers, J W Davidson, William Prather, Benjamin McCrary, Boaz Wi]liam.s, E . S. Sebre, S. P . McCrary, Milton Sloan, William Kyle, D. J . Keller, Joh n McLean, Joh n A Cassidv, Jame s Cafferv, C C Redman, Thos. W . Ruble, AVm. Campbell.

JSntered Apprentices.—William Harris, Joh n W . Baten, W . S. Gable, B. B. Moore, J . Finley.

Initiated, 4 ; Passed, 2; RaLsed, 3 ; Dimitted,2 ; Rejected,!, dumber of members, 28

i^BOSHO LODGE, No. 27, LEEOY .

OFFICERS

JAMES A STEWART

Worshipful Master

A. F . WIl>Kl^•so^' Senior Warden . TiroMAS CKAHTKEE Junio r Warden

P II SMITH

J S DAVIS

Past Master—3. R F Shull

Treasurer

Secretary

Master Masons.—William Morrow, Milton A. Jenkins, Richard Burr, J B Scott, M E Grimes, A A'enard, W W Brazel, H H Opdyke, Lewis Vettetoe, George A. Cutler, J . L. Ward, Charles A. Howard, M. Row, S. J . Carter, Enoc h Reeves

Admitted, 2; Initiated, 7; Passed, 2 ; Raised,! ; Dimitted,4; Died,2; Rejected, 2 Number of members, 21

Time of meeting no t given

ELDORA LODGE, No. 28, MAPLETON.

OFFICERS

M E HuD-sox

Worshipful Master

T. B. McKixsTRY....; Senior Warden.

A P CLAKK Junio r Warden

WM BAKE R Treasurer

E H RoHERTsox Secretary

G. W . HATLER Senior Deacon.

F D.MYRIC K Junior Deacon

D. C. K.NOWLEs Tyler.

Past Master.—G. W Moore

Master Masons.—William Byrington, Mark Bowlwar, Hanson Brittan, M. 0 . Ellis, Joh n Faquaer, E . Forbes, J . F . Fuller, Edward Gray, J. M. Hoffnagle, Jame s Hall, S O Himoe, W N Jackson, J H Moore, D B Murrow, M.Osborne, A.C . Prim,Joh n Rafferty, C. M.Stone,M.D.Tenny , J H Vausickle, A G AVest, Stark Wilson

Admitted, 3 ; Initiated, 9; Passed, 8; Raised, 7; Dimitted, 3 ; Rejected, 2. Numbe r of members, 31.

Time of meeting not given

Grand Lodge of Kansas. 295

PACIFIC LODGE, No. 29, HUMBOLDT

ISAAC N PJIII.IJI'S

OFFICERS

Worshipful Master

ORLIN TJIUH.STOX Senior Warden

D H PAR-SOXS Junior Warden

Joi[N TRIIM' Treasurer.

J. L. FLETCHER

Secretary.

DAVID HUR T Senior Deacon

JOHN R FROST Junio r Deacon

S W.HADDAM ; Tyler

Masier Masons.—F. C. Phillips, H . H . Howard, J. T. Barker, Drury Tye, AVm Starbuck, J H Crampton, D M Stewart, D B Stewart, Joh n R Frost, J W Tibbetts, S E Marston, Charles Watson, Charles S Clark, Aaron Ca.se, A. W . J. Brown, J. F . Colborn, W. W. Robbins, F . Bradv, W . W Mills, D B Brown, William Avery, Sion Barker, S J Stewart, J H Signer, Ely Lawrence, \Vm R Randall, B Brewster, J B Lambkins

Fellow Craft.— C E Briggs

Admitted, 1; Initiated, 1; Passed, 5; Raised, 6; Rejected, 2 Number of members, 36

Time of meeting not given

ARCAN A LODGE , No . 31 , DONIPHAN . OFFICERS

ROBERT T NESBIT

JOHN T PHILBRICK

J N SMALLWOOD

ADAM BRENNER

A. R. FORMAN

Worshipful Master

Senior Warden

Junior Warden

Treasurer

Secretary.

Master Masons.—B. S Whorton, David Lee, L A Hoffman, J M Lee, G. A. Benjamin, G. M. Walter, Robert Mealer, George H . Marcher, R A Bowlwer, Joseph Howard, W J Orem, H M Hanson, William Privitt

Dimitted, 2; Suspended, 7; Expelled, 3 ; Rejected, 1. Numbe r of members, 18.

Time of meeting not given

AUBUEN LODGE, No 32, AUBURN OFFICERS

REUBEN STEES

Worshipful Master. JOHN E MOORE Senior Warden

ELLIOTT CARRIGER Junio r Warden

WM A DELONG Treasurer

WM F JOHNSTON Secretary

Master Masons.—J. W. Brown, Eli Snyder, N. P. Case, M. L. Hyde , O. C Moore, Thomas Denman, Jame s M Hammond, H L Shumway, William H Delong, L H Swan, George S Holt, J L Huggins, Paul Misho, William H . Combs, O. H . Drinkwater, George H . Battin, Cheremiah Sabine, William Lord, William A Engl, Jame s B Ingersoll, A J Loid

Proceedings of the

Entered Apprentkes. Joh n L Price, Joh n B Cook, Ed V. Thomas' L T Cook, George Ramsey

Initiated, 8; Passed, 5; Raised, 5 ; Dimitted, 4 ; Died, 2 Number of members , 26

Time of meeting no t given.

MOUIS^D CITY LODGE, ISTo. 33, MOUND CITY.

OFFICERS .

OSCAR DEWEY

JOH N P WHEELER

Worshipful Master

Senior Warden

MosES BoiRE ; Junio r Warden.

J H ANTHONY Treasurer

C S WHEATON Secretary

Mauler Masons.—James M IlifF, Joseph W Babb, Lewis J Cummings, Alex H Baird, Hiram Kelsey, J H Trego, Theodore F Wilson, L B Hiatt, Jame s Barrick, Joh n T. Snoddy, J. S. Atkinson, J. C. Holmes, 0 . P Watson, Jame s L Scott

Initiated, 4; Passed, 4 ; Raised, 4 ; Dimitted, 2 Number of members,' 19

Time of meeting no t given.

INDIASOLA LODGE, lio 34, INDIANOI,A

OFFICERS .

L H OGEE

Worshipful Master

G L YOUNG Senior Warden

E D ROSE Junio r Warden

Master Masons. William Ally, L. R. Darling, A. C. Beckwith, Joh n Fiero, J E Cardy, M B Beaubean, R S Gabby, B T Pa}'ne,C W Higginbotham, Henr y Puckett, Roswell Rose, Samuel Ashmore.

Admitted,! ; Initiated, 6; Pas.sed, 5 ; Raised, 5; Rejected,! Number of members, 15

Time of meeting no t given

HIAWATHA LODGE, No. 35, HIAWATHA.

OFFICERS

W B BARNETT

Worshipful Master

J G KELSEY Senior Warden

B WATKINS Junio r Warden

J. B. BABBETT Treasurer.

J. B. HoovEi! Secretary.

IKA J LACOCK Senior Deacon

JOSEPH VAUOIIAN Junio r Deacon

GREOOKY AMAAX Tyler

Master Mason.". Jame s Round, H R Dutton, H C Gragg, Stephen Hughes, H M Robinson, W W Guthrie, J C Scott, G J Englehart, S W Wade , L H Single

Grand Lodge of Kansas. 297

Fellow Crafts. E L Round, Joseph Samuel, R S Fairchild

Initiated, 6; Passed, 6; Raised, 4 Numbe r of members, 18

Time of meeting not given

COUlsrCIL GEOVB LODGE, No. 36, COUNCIL GROVE

OFFICERS .

TnoMAS WHIT E

Worshipful Master. JAMES CAREY Senior Warden Junio r Warden

G.M SYMCOGK Treasurer J B COLLINS Secretary

Master Masons. B. B. Lockwood, George Bylin, J. E. Bryan, J . L . French, James Phinney, Charles Columbia, E. Mo.sier, 0 . H . Strieby.

Initiated, 6; Passed, 6; Raised, 6; Dimitted, 1; Rejected, 3 Number of members., 12

Time of meeting not given.

PAOLA LODGE, ^o. 37, PAOLA

WiLiJAM R WAG.STAFF

OFFICERS .

Worshipful Master

E W RoBLNSOX Senior Warden

WILIJAKD O HUHBELL Junio r AVarden

Master Masom. Goodwin Tavlor, George W . Dale, Thomas Totten, William T Shively, W H Lebow, William Walters, J P Glasscock, A H Deane, W P Bowen, Erastus B Duncan, George W Swain, Thomas Akers, Cjnus Shaw, A. O. Farnham , Adam Camp, William Mondy, B. Snyder, Silas Greene, Benj F Simpson, Andrew Smith, Thomas J Hedger, George Town, J E Divilbiss, George W Miller, M 0 Teeple, R W Shipley, E. B. Jura .

Fellow Crafts.—^uranaX P Divelbiss, Joh n M Ellis

Admitted, 5 ; Initiated, 11 ; Passed, 13; Raised, 13; Dimitted, 3 ; Died, 1; Rejected, 4. Number of members, 49.

Time of meeting not given.

NOTE. Since the meeting of the Grand Lodge, I have received the returns of "Bourbon, Olathe, Paris and Mound City Lodges, and have found them correct.—GRAND SFXRETARY.

Proeeedinys of the

OFFICER S O F TH E M.-.W/ GRAN D LODG E O F KANSAS, FO R TH E YEA R COMMENCIN G OCTOBER, 1862.

M.'.W.' JACOB SAQUI, Atchison Grand Master

R.'.W.' C HoLLiDAY, Topeka Deputy Grand Master

R.-.W.- J F BLISS Grand Senior Warden

R.'. W. \ J. WM . F . JOHNSTON Grand Junio r Warden.

R.". W.'. CHEISTIAN BECK, Leavenworth Grand Treasurer.

R.'. W.-. E. T. CAER, Fort Leavenworth Grand Secretary.

W.'. GEORGE W . HOGEBOOM Grand Lecturer.

W.'.Rev . J . T. HoLLiDAY. Grand Chaplain.

W.'. Rev. F . BYLLSBY Grand Chaplain.

W.'.Rev CiiAS REYNOLDS Grand Chaplain

W.' Rev T J FERRELL Grand Chaplain

W.-.Rev D DICKENSON Grand Chaplain

W. \ RICHARD R REES.... Grand Orator

W.'. 0 . W . MCALLASTER Grand Senior Deacon.

W.'. NELSON CHAPMAN Grand Junior Deacon.

W. \ JOHN A. CHASE Grand Marshal.

W.'. S. A. SMITH Grand Sword Bearer.

W.-. A. G. LEWIS Grand Steward.

W.' JOHN BRANSCOMB Gran d Steward

AV.- GEO M KELLAM Grand Tyler

DISTRICT DEPUT Y GRAN D MASTERS

P. S. FERGUSON Wyandotte Northern District.

WM . L.HENDERSO N Paris Southern District.

SUSPENDED

KiCKAPOO LODGE, NO.4.—J. J. Deckelman.

WASHINGTON LODGE, NO 5.—For non-payment of dues: O C Horr, Robert White, Thomas English, Levastian WilHss, Charles C King

LAWRENCE LODGE, NO 6.—For non-payment of dues: Lyman Allen, Henry Campbell, Theodore French, J W Jenkins, E D Ladd,, Ira Quinby, Thomas J Simmonds, Frank Simmonds, W E Sherwood, William Yates, Perry Fuller; For unmasonic conduct: Thomas J Kennedy

OSKALOOSA LODGE, No.14. For non-payment of dues: Thomas Wallace, William Oweils, J. Gill Spivey, Walter N.Allen, Squire B. Stagg, John F. Hinton, E.J. Barnes, William 0. Barnes.

TECUMSEH LODGE, No. 15.—W. H. Weld, T. Walters, Joseph Anderson, C. R. Rice, Augustus Thorngee, A.J. Klemhaus. •

PARIS LODGE, No, 22. Thomas Preston, Henry M Dobyn, Mark Robertson, Henry DeVilliers, B P Ayers, Zachariah Fleming, Samuel Guynn

ARCANA LODGE, No. 31. E. H. Williams, D.W.Morse, J. F. Forman, R. H.Hereford, J. R. Willis, E. M. Lee, David L. Benight.

EXPELLED.

WASHINGTON LODGE, No. 5. Phillip P. Wilcox.

LAWRENCE LODGE, NO 6. John Swanston

PARIS LODGE, NO 22. J, W Stewart, C H Stillwell, Lyman N Ayers, Joseph Honeycut

ABCANA LODGE, No 31. John A Vanarsdale, James L.Tracy, Aaron Harris.

REINSTATED.

LEAVENWORTH LODGE, NO. 2. George W. McLane.

WASHINGTON LODGE,NO. 5. D. Lochnane, W. A.Cochrane, W. B. Kipp.

Date. 185 6 185 7 185 8 185 9 186 0 186 1 186 2 M:. W:. Grand Master. Richar d R . Rees.. . Richar d R . Rees.. . Richar d R . Rees.. . Richar d R . Rees.. . Geo . H . Fairchild . Jaco b Saqu i Jaco b Saqu i

o CO

Deputy Grand Master. J . W . Smit h Geo . II . Fairchild . J . S . Redfiel d O.K . Holliday. , C . K . Hollida y

PRESEN T TIME . . s o Q j

Grand Senior Warden. «Mat . R . Walker... . Wm . McMat h .. . A . Griffi n J . F . Blis s

Grand Junior Warden. D . Vanderslic e . Christia n Bec k J.W.Smit h E . T . Car r J.W . H.Watson.-. . Wm . F . Johnston. . Wm . F.Johnston. . Grand Treasurer. Isaa c N . Roberts.. . Christia n Bec k Christia n Bec k Christia n Bec k Christia n Bec k Christia n Bec k Grand Secretary. tChas . T . Harriso n Charle s Mundee . Charle s Mundee . Charle s Mundee . E . T . Carr . E . T . Carr . "Dead . t Expelled , an d sinc e kille d a t Spring-field , Mo .

ELECTIV E GRAN D OFFICER S O F TH E GRAN D LODG E O F KANSA S FRO M IT S ORGANIZATIO N T O TH E

REPRESENTATIVE S OF TH E GRAN D LODG E O F KANSAS

NEA R OTHE R GRAN D LODGES

Arkansas

Canada

Connecticut

R;.W.- ALBERT PIK E of Little Rock

R.".W.-. THOMAS B . HAKRIS of Hamilton.

R.'.W.'. E. G. STOKER of New Haven. iouisian a R.'.VV.' A G CARTER' of PortHudson :

Minnesota

New Jersey

R.' W.' GEORGE W PRESCOTT...of St Paul

M.'.W.' IJ>GHA.\[ CORYELL of Lambertville

Vermon t R.'.W.- JOHN B HOLLENBECK...of Burlington

REPRESENTATIVE S OF OTHE R GRAN D LODGES NEA R TH E

GRAN D LODGE O F KANSAS .

Illinois

M.'.W.' RICHARD R : REES of Leavenworth

Vermon t R.' W.' CHARLES MUNDEE of Leavenworth

Missouri ; M.'.W.• JACOB SAQUI of Atchison

Minnesota

Connecticut

R.'.W.' CHARLES MUXDEE of Leavenworth

R.'.W.' CHARLES MUXDEE. of Leavenworth

Grand Lodge of Kansas. 303

LIST OF GRAN D LODGES I N COEEESPONDENCE WIT H TH E GRAN D LODGE O F KANSAS ; ALSO TH E NAME S AN D ADDRESS O F TH E GRAN D SECEETAEIES

Alabama DANIEL SAYRE Montgomery.

Arkansas T D MERRICK Little Rock

California ALEX G ARELL San Francisco

Canada

THOMAS B HARRIS Hamilton

Connecticut Lucius E HUXT Hartford

Colorado O A WIIITTE.MORE Colorado City

Delaware

WIT.LIAJI S HAYE S Wilmington

District of Columbia W MORRIS S.MITII Washington

Florida Joiix B. TAYLOR Tallahassee.

Georgia SIMRI ROSE Macon.

Iowa T. S. PARVIX Iowa City.

Illinois H G REYNOLDS Springfield

Indiana

FRANCIS KIN O Indianapolis

Kentucky P . SWIGERT Frankfort.

Louisiana

S.VMUEL M TODD New Orleans

Maine IRA BERRY Portland

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

JOSEPH ROBINSON Baltimore

CHARLES W MOORE Boston

JAMES FENTON :.Detroit.

GEORGE W . PRESCOTT Saint Paul.

Mississippi Ro W T DANIEL Jackson

Missouri A. O'SULLIVAN Springfield.

Nebraska R. C. JORDAN Omaha.

New Hampshir e HORACE CHASE Hopkinton

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tenncsisee

Texas

JOSEPH H HOUGH Trenton

JAMES M . AUSTIN New York.

WILLIAM T BAIN Raleigh

JOHN D CALDWELL Cincinnati

WILLIAM S CALDWELL Hillsboro

WILLIAM H . ADAMS Philadelphia.

THOMAS A. DOYLE Providence.

ALBERT G MACKBY Charleston

CHARLES A. FULLER Nashville.

A. S. RUTHVEN Galveston.

Vermon t HENK Y CI-ARK Poultney

Virginia JOHN DOVE Richmond

Washington Territory

T. M. REE D Olympia.

Wisconsin W T PALMER Milwaukee

Leavenworth, No. S, WILLIAM FRITZLIN, Washington, No. 5,

D.D.HENDRICKS, KebniHry 16,18<>2 Lawrence, No. 6,

COLUMBUS HORNSBY, .laiiuao H, 1862 Union, No. 7,

A D REED, .nine, 1862

Tecumseh, No. IS,

K. HOOUI.AND, W M., March 2:5,1862 Topeka, No. 17, LEN W.HORN E, 1862 Paris, No.:

ZADDOCK LEWIS, July 3,1862

.lOSEPH S.VIITH, March .S, 1862

Neosho, No. 27, A. H. REVES, March 3,1862.

J. B. HOWELL, August 27,1862.

A vhurn, No. 32,

HARRISON SHUMWAY, August 27,1862

WM H OVERSTREET, January, 1862 Paola, No. 37,

WM T McCOWAN, December 2,1861

REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE,

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your Committee on Foreign Correspondence respectfully beg leave to submit th e following as their annual peport:

W e have received th e Proceedings of th e following Grand Lodges, viz:

CALIFORNIA 1862 CANADA 1862

COLORADO 1861

CONNECTICUT 1862

DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA 1861

INDIANA 1862

KENTUCKY 1861

LOUISIANA 1861-62

MAIN E 1862

MARYLAND 1862

MASSACHUSETTS 1861

MICHIGAN 1862 MISSOURI 1862

NEBRASKA 1862 NEW HAMPSHIRE 1860-61

NEW JERSEY 1862 NE W YORK 1862

OREGON 1861

RHODE ISLAND 1862

VERMONT 1862

WASHINGTON TERRITORY 1861

Arranging the m alphabetically, we have commenced our report with the M.-.W.-. Grand Lodge of

CALIFORNI A —1862

Th e Thirteent h annua l communication of this M/.W.' Grand Lodge was held in th e city of San Francisco, commencing May 13, A D 1862, R.'.W.'.WiLLiAM C BELCHER, Deputy Grand Master, presiding Bro BELCHER, in a brief address congratulates th e Grand Lodge on th e healthful an d prosperous condition of masonry in tha t jurisdiction, an d remarks tha t there never has been so full a representation of the lodges on th e first day of th e session.

During th e year five dispensations were granted for th e formation of new lodges, one of them at Carson City, Nevada Territory

There are one hundre d an d thirty-four lodges in " active existence " under th e jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge

Bro BELCHER, from th e Committee on Correspondence, presented a lengthy an d very ably written report, reviewing th e Proceedings of twenty-eight American Grand Lodges — some of the m for two years. The brothe r is no t at all backward i n expressing his opinions, and hi s arguments in their suppor t display th e ability to sustain them.

Proceedings of the

In noticing theProceedings of the GrandLodgeof Vermont, for 1861, he comments at considerable length upon Bro. BELCHER'S remarks in relation to the illegal election of Masters.

We quote a portion of his remarks:

The rule that " no brother can be a Master until he has served as Warden." seems to be well understood in Vermont; yet the Grand Master found six cases in that jurisdiction requiring his magisterial healing. "If the rule be, as he urges, an unchangeable landmark o! the Order, we are at a loss to understand how he, as Grand Master, could so disregard it as to allow these ineligible brethren to continue to perform, under his pro tern appointment, the very duties which they could not perform in virtue of an election straightway appointing them Masters by virtue of his " inherent authority." As we read the rule in the ancient charges, there are no exceptions, and we are not aware that it is anywhere written that even a Grand Master can make "innovations upon the body of masonry," or annul or over-rule any of its ancient "landmarks." The rule, as laid down and interpreted there, is not " that no brother can be elected Master until he has served as Warden ; " but " that no brother can be a Master until he has served as Warden." We very much doubt whether the words of the ancient charges mean what our MoU Worsliipful brother interprets them to mean, and we do not consider that charge a landmark at all Take the one clause quoted b5' itself, and it seems plainly enough to mean that, and nothing else; particularly if we substitute " served " for " acted," as is usually done. But the rule of construction and interpretation by their brethren Yet so h'e decided the matter — removing them from their ofHce by election, declaring it null and void — and as we have learned it, is not to select isolated sentences and clauses, bu t to so construe all the parts that they may agree together and constitute a perfect whole Now the fourth of the old charges commences —

" All preferment among masons is grounded upon real worth and personal merit only ; that so th e Lords may be well served, the brethren not put to shame, nor the Royal Craft despised Therefore no Master or Warden is chosen by seniority, but for his merit."

Another paragraph therein, often quoted as a landmark, reads ;

" No brother can be a Warden until he has passed the part of a Fellow Craft; nor a Master until he has acted as a Warden; nor a Grand Warden until he has been Master of a lodge; nor Grand Master, until he has been a Fellow Craft before his election, who is also to be nobly boru or a gentleman of the best fashion, or some eminent scholar, or some curious architect or other artist, descended of honest parents, and who is of singular great merit in the opinion of the lodges."

And, again, in the fifth charge it is written :

" The most expert of the Fellow Craftsmen shall be chosen or appointed Master'or Overseer of the Lord's work, who is to be called blaster by those that work under him."

If the one part of this is to bo taken by itself and made a landmark, the other must be also, acd it would be possible that our landmarks would conflict; .and if they should sometimes be found to conflict, who is to decide which has the greater authority?

The brother has no objections to the brethren in Vermont claiming the rule for the government of the Craft in their particular jurisdiction, but when they hold it up to all with a "Thus saith the Lord," he is disposed to enquire as to its authority. The Grand Lodge of California " permits its lodges to choose Masters and Wardens according to merit, without regard to seniority or rank," and to choose the most expert of the Craftsmen to be Overseer of the Lord's work, though he may never have served as Warden, believing that" worth and personal merit," combined with peculiar fitness for the duties of officer, are the best, if not the only proper grounds of preferment." Personally this has always been our views of the subject, but the Grand Lodge has ruled differently, and we are not disposed to raise the question while the ruling apparently works no inconvenience.

Grand Lodge of Kansas. 31 1

In th e brother's concluding remarks we notice tha t th e Proceedings of our own Grand Lodge were not received. W e cannot account for this except in the manne r Bro BELCHER describes, and in case " the great overland institution " should take upon itself the task of "mor e generally diffusing masonic light and knowledge," we would gladly furnish them with a few extra copies of our Proceedings. W e assure Bro. BELCHER tha t two copies of the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kansas were forwarded to Bro ABELL, and in order tha t one at least might reach hi m they were mailed at different times

The Grand Orator, Bro HUMPHREY GRIFFITH, delivered a very beautiful'and impressive address upon the " Mission of Masonry; " after which WILLIAM C BELCHER, of Marysville, was installed as M.'.W.'.Grand Master; ALEXANDER G . ABELL, of San Francisco, E.'.W.. Grand Secretary.

CANADA—1862

W e have the Proceedings of the Seventh annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Canada, held at St. Charles, Juh^ 9, 1862. One hundred and eight lodges represented Grand Master HARIXGTON in his address, alludes in a very feeling manner to the death of Prince ALBERT, and to th e Queen in her sad bereavement, and suggests that the Grand Lodge do honor to itself by offering a respectful message of condolence to th e sorrowing Queen.

The St George Lodge, Ko 643, St Lawrence Lodge, No 923, English Register, at Montreal, and St John' s Lodge, No 209, Irish Register, still work unde r their original warrants and acknowledge allegiance to their original heads. This has given rise to an extended correspondence between the Grand Lodge of Canada and the Grand Lodge of England. The Grand Lodges of England and Ireland still insist upon the good standing of tliese Lodges, and claim jurisdiction over them

The Grand Lodge of Canada declares them illegal and irregular, and requests the Grand Master to issue his edict, requiring all masons under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Canada, not to give countenance to, or to receive into their lodges any person hailing from either of the above named lodges A circular to this effect, under the seal of the Grand Lodge of Canada, has been received by the Grand Secretary, and we recommend that this Grand Lodge take action on this subject

The Grand Master's closing remarks alluding to the unhappy condition of our country, we copy entire:

And now my brethren, I would, in conclusion, bespeak your serious attention as loyal subjects and freemasons of no insignificant numbers, to the unhappy and unnatural war still devastating the neighboring country, and causing bloodshed, misery, and the cutting asunder of the very closest ties of consanguinity and friendship

You all must remember how nearly this country was recently involved in the convulsions, and who can foresee what is to happen! It is our duty as fellowmen, and our privilege as brethren, to pray and hope for peace, and a return to its normal condition of that powerful republic, between whom and us there is only an imaginary geographical line of separation. But whatever the womb of futurity may bring forth, (if peace,

Proceedings of the

so much the greater reason for gratitude to the G. A.O. T. U.,) remember, that the defense oj their insiUutions, their homes, and their altars, against foreign attacks, is a duty incumbent on the inhabitants oJ this Province.

I quote the language of the Representative of our Sovereign to the Parliament of this Province. Cast your eyes southward on Mexico — contemplate what is popularly termed the Old World, and think how small a spark would fire the combustibles there stored

Then, having the signs of the times before you, while earnestly desiring for the sake of suffering humanity, that the storm will be stilled by that Power, who can alone say with authority, " Peace ! Be Still! "— read, study the fourth chapter of Nehemiah in OUT first Great Light, and ponder at the same time as freemasons, on the symbolic significance of the " Sword and Trowel." While we look steadily and fearlessly in the face of probabilities and dangers, still happily at a distance, and which may not appear nearer, while we determiae to perform our duty if our country is menaced, let us never forget, brethren, that the tie of freemasonry — the mystic tic —has acted as a curb on huma n passions; has alleviated the miseries of warfare, and that, as well in turmoil as in tranquility, w e are all bound to acknowledge a brother's claim, no matter what his countr}^ when preferred in difiiculty, danger or distress.

From the reports of the various D.'.D.'.G.". M.'.'s we infer the officers of the Grand Lodge are zealous in the discharge of the duties incumbent on them.

T DOUGLAS HABINGTON, Quebec, reelected M.-.W." Grand Master THOMAS B HARRIS, Hamilton, reelected R.'.W.' Grand Secretary

COLORADO

—1861.

The First annual .communication of the M.'.W.'.Grand Lodge of Colorado, was held at Denver, December 10, A. D. 1861, M.-. W.'. J. M. CniviNGTON, Grand Master, and R.".W.- O A WiiiTTEitoRE, Grand Secretary.

The Grand Master and members of the Grand Lodge seem very much surprised that the Grand Lodge of Kansas should grant a charter to Kevada Lodge. We will state, in explanation that.Nevada Lodge, U. D., sent in their returns, etc.,'with the request that a charter.be granted them Not having the slightest intimation of there being aGrand Lodge in Colorado, this Grand Lodge could not do otherwise than grant this request, their work having been approved Sometime after the meeting of the Grand Lodge, we learned through the Secretary of Auraria Lodge that a Grand Lodge had been organized for Colorado This, and similar information through Nevada Lodge,is the only intimation we had of the Grand Lodge of Colorado, until a few days since we received a copy of its Proceedings as above, and even now, we are ignorant of the time of its organization There being three chartered lodges in the Territory, they had the right to organize; and knowing the ability of some of their members, we have reason to believe it was properly done. We would, therefore, suggest that thisGrand Lodge recognize the Grand Lodge of Colorado, and extend to her the usual courte.sies.

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CONNECTICUT—1862.

This M.'.W.'. Grand Lodge held its annual communication in the city of New Haven, commencing May 14, A. L. 5862, M.-.W.'.HOWARD B . ENSIGN, Grand Master, and R.'.W.'.E. G. STORER, Grand Secretary.

The Grand Master's address is a lengthy, and well written document, giving a very concise account of his official acts for the past year. In speaking of balloting for the degrees he is of the opinion that one clear ballot should entitle the candidate to the three degrees. "But," he remarks, "supposing the candidate, who has been admitted on a clear ballot to take the first degree is afterwards found.unworthy to go further, what then can be done with him, unless we have a chance to prevent his advancement by due recourse to the ballot-box? I answer: Prefer charges, and deal with him as you would if he had taken all the degrees; for an Entered Apprentice is truly a mason, and subject to masonic discipline ; if found unworthy he may be expelled, or his advancement put off until the lodge is satisfied that such a reformation has taken place as will entitle him to be reinstated, and to receive the remaining degrees."

He further thinks that if members of lodges would be more punctual in their attendance at lodge meetings, this necessity for preferring charges would be greatly reduced On this point, at least, we concur with him.

As a token of the high esteem in which Bro STORER is held, we notice the.following:

Mesolved, That the thanks of this Grand Lodge are eminently due, and hereby cordially tendered, to our venerable brother, R.'.W.'.ELIPIIALET G STORER, for the very able, faithful and satisfactory manner in which he has discharged the arduous duties of Grand Secretary of this Grand Body, for more than a quarter of a century ; and he is hereby assured of the fraternal sympathy and regard of the masonic brotherhood of this State, in his declining years

The Report on Foreign Correspondence is by Bro STORER, and reviews,, in his usually able way, the Proceedings of twenty-five Grand Lodges In noticing our own Grand Lodge, he speaks of that portion of the communication from the Grand Master which acknowledges the receipt of one hundred dollars from Master's Lodge, No. 5, at Albany, N. Y., as an "extraordinary paragraph," and explains it as follows:

It is not because it anuounces the fact that Master's Lodge, No 5, of Albany, relieved the necessities of their brethren in Kansas to the amount of a hundred dollars, for that lodge is proverbial for liberality to the destitute; but it is extraordinary that that sum was all that was received from such a source Where were all the splendidly endowed lodges in this broad land of wealth and plenty, who expend hundreds of dollars annually for "regalia," gewgaws and claptraps, that sufl'ering, starving," bleeding Kansas " was forgotten ? And where, we may ask, was Connecticut, whose Grand and subordinate lodges could send hundreds of dollars to a " rich city at the mouth of the Mississippi; " could vote a liberal donation to " Kentucky College," and could send a no insignificant sum for distribution among the "gold hunters " of California, that she could not respond to the " appeal from Kansas?" We sincerely hope that our brethren in Kansas will never again be compelled to raise the "sign of distress;" but if that should happen, we trust that the " attentive ear " of more than one lodge will be open to their cry.

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Brol STORER has our thanks for the interest manifested in our behalf, and should it ever be our misfortune to be obliged to appeal to the charity of our brethren in the east, we shall most respectfully suggest the brother as an "agent."

ALVAN P. HYDE, Tolland, M.-.W.-.Grand Master.

Lucius E. HUNT, Hartford, R.'.W.-.Grand Secretary.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA—1861.

We have the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge from May 7, A D 1861, to December 27, 1861 Resolutions were adopted expressing sympathy with Bro B B FRE.NCH in the sad bereavement he had sustained in the decease of his beloved wife, and in token of respect to Brother FRENCH and the memory of the deceased, the Grand Officers resolve to attend her funeral

At the annual communication in November Grand Master WHITING, from indisposition, is obliged to forego the pleasure of being present.The Grand Lodge passed a resolution, "that from and after this communication of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, it shall not be lawful for the lodges under its jurisdiction to hold communications on the Sabbath day for any purpose whatsoever, except to attend the funeral of a member thereof, or of a brother Master Mason.

Bro EzR.\ L STEPHENS presented the Report on Foreign Correspondence He reviews the Proceedings of fourteen Grand Lodges No mention is made of the Proceedings of our own Grand Lodge,from which we infer that they were not received The report is replete with many good things, and from it we are assured that Bro STEPHENS is a true patriot as well as a true mason

CHARLES F.STANSBURY, Washington, M.\W.'. Grand Master.

W. MORRIS SMITH, Washington, R.'.W.'. Grand Secretary.

INDIANA—1862

This Most Worshipful Grand Lodge met in annual communication in the city of Indianapolis on the 26th day of May, A. L. 5862, R.'.W.'. JOHN B. FRAVEL, Deputy Grand Master, presiding, and R.'.W.". FRANCIS KING, Grand Secretary.

Bro. FRAVETJ, in his address as Grand Master, is decidedly in favor of the " Webb-Preston work," and recommends to the Grand Lodge to confirm " by the strongest and most authoritative provisions, the action of the District Deputy Masters," who it seems have already adopted the work. Twenty-seven dispensations for new lodges were granted during the year, twenty of which were granted to different regiments of Indiana volunteers. Speaking of the returns of subordinate lodges, Bro. FRAVEL remarks:

Duty requires metostatetothe Grand Lodge that the R.'.W.' Graud Secretary hasbeenvery much troubled and embarrassed duringthe latterpartof thisyear,in consequenceof neglectorindiflerence manifested on thepart of lodgesiu sendingin

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the annual returns. This may have arisen from several causes ; but, in my judgment. In nine cases out of (en, it grows out of the want of a competent Secretary, Indeed, it is almost impossible, under the present system, to-get a qualified brother to take the office of Secretary in any lodge; and if he does, it is only for a short time, and then as a simple matter of accommodation to the lodge My observation and experience is that the health and prosperity of a lodge depends more upon the promptness and energy of an active and competent Secretary than anything else Four-fifths of the suspensions for non-payment of dues are caused by the neglect and incompetency of the Secretary And I would most earnestly request and urge the lodges in this Grand Jurisdiction to at once place themselves frorn under this sad embarrassment, by selecting the very best qualified brother among them as Secretary, and pay him a fair and reasonable compensation

This is the best and only remedy which presents itself to my mind

While we cannot fully concur with the brother in these remarks, we quote them, as they are quite applicable to our own subordinate lodges.

There is no report from the Committee on Foreign Correspondence.

JOHN 15. FRAVEL, Laporte, M.'.W.'. Grand Master. FRANCIS KING, Indianapolis, reelected R.'.W.'. Grand Secretary.

KENTUCKY—186 1 .

We have the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge for October, A. D. 1861. M.-.W.-.LEWIS LANDRUM, Grand Master; E.-.W.-.J. M. S. McCoKKLE, Grand Secretary. One hundred and nine chartered lodges were represented at the opening of the session, also five under dispensation.

The Grand Master with feelings of sadness alludes to the empty seats once filled by brethren from distant parts of the State, and while he mourns their absence, he trusts that amid all the vicissitudes of life they may ever prove faithful to the trusts confided to their care

We notice in a circular from the Grand Master, that two lodges departed from the teachings of masonry so far as to pass resolutions of a political character, and to publish the same in the public journals of the day. This he believes to be a manifest departure from the usage, as well as the policy of the Craft, and he most affectionately warns the lodges under that jurisdiction to desist from expressing opinions of a political character. .

He is under the painful necessity of announcing the death of Past Grand Master LEVI TYLER, and also HORACE B OLIVER, Grand Senior Deacon

The Report on Foreign Correspondence was noticed in our report of last year

HIRAM BASSETT, Maysville, M.'.W.' Grand Master J M S MCCORXLE, reelected R.\W/ Grand Secretary

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LOUISIANA

—1861-62.

The Forty-ninth annual communication of the M/.W.- the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, was held in the city of New Orleans, Monday, February 11,1861. M.-.W.-. J. Q. A. FELLOWS, Grand Master; B.-.W.'. SAMUEL G. RISK, Grand Secretary.

The address of the Grand Master is a lengthy and business-like document

Twenty-one Kepresentatives near other Grand Lodges were appointed during the year; twelve were received and accredited as the Kepresentatives of other Grand Lodges near the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, among which is the name of R.'.W.' A G CARTER, as the Representative of the Grand Lodge of Kansas Dispensations were granted during the year for the organization of five new lodges.

From a report of Louisiana Relief Lodge, the total receipts amount • to $3,876.46. The total disbursements for 1860 are 13,087.15, of which we notice $25 paid to applicants from this jurisdiction.

The Grand Lodge by a resolution declines taking any part in the proposed Masonic Congress

The Report on Foreign Correspondence is by Bro SAMUEL M.TODD He acknowledges the receipt of the Proceedings of our own Grand Lodge for the years 1859 and 1860

The Fiftieth annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana was held at New Orleans, February 10,1862.

Grand Master FELLOWS, in opening his address, remarks:

It is witli a feeling of sadness that I notice the absence of many a face which I have had the pleasure to greet here during the last ten years Many who have heretofore come u p to this annual assembly and assisted us with their counsels, have a t the call of their country, left friends and home to serve its behests on the tented field and in the deadly strife of battle. A mason's duty is to his country next after that to his GOD, and then to his neighbor before himself This is the order of a mason's duties, and the true mason knows how best to fulfill them. May we who remain behind remember them in our prayers; may their success be in proportion to the justness of their cause; and may they be permitted to return in GOD'S own good time, to rejoice with us in our country's deliverance, and to receive the welcome of their friends and brethren.

He notices the death of Grand Secretary, R.-.W.'. SAMUEL G. RISK. He departed this life at Memphis on the 24th of Decehiber last. He had gone to Memphis with the "delusive hope of regaining that health which he had lost in the service of his country."

He has "called upon each lodge to preserve a record of all who have gone to the war, and to state the fact in their return, as an interesting matter for future reference."

He says: "Let us meet like masons the greater calls upon us, and also remember, in this our time of peril, that the charity of freemasonry is universal, and is even to be extended, so far as safety will allow, to a fallen foe."

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He approves of the lodges remitting the dues of their members for the entire period which they may be engaged in tlie military service of the Confederacy. He is informed that the Grand Master of Virginia has granted a dispensation to brethren in the Fifth Louisiana Volunteers This he cannot approve, as he very justly claims it to be an invasion of his own jurisdiction.

The report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, by Bro. TODD,is short, reviewing the Proceedings of but ten Grand Lodges. In his review of the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Arkansas we notice the following as copied from the address of Grand Master ENGLISH. It was our intention to avoid as much as possible, any allusion to the present unhappy condition of the country, but we give this in connection with one or two others, to show the feeling of the Craft in different portions of the country. His remarks are as follows:

On looking over this hall, I behold not the familiar faces of many brethren who sat here twelve months ago, and who. for many years before, were accustomed to bring up work for inspection at the annual convocation of the Craft On hearing the roll of the workmen called, it appears that there are no voices to respond for a number of the subordinate lodges. Why are these brethren absent? Why are their lodges unrepresented? The answer is in every mouth, with all its thrilling, rhomentous associations " They have laid aside the gavel, the trowel and the plumb line, and taken up the sword ; and, this night their tents whiten many a plain, and their patriotic breasts help to form a living wall, to protect eleven States of a once glorious Union from the invasion and desolation of the armies of a man, if he may be called such, who now desecrates the seat once occupied by the good and great WASHINGTON."

By a resolution, a page is the Proceedings is devoted to the memory of our much esteemed Brother SA.MUEL G. EISK, and also one tothe memory of STEPHEN 0. MIOHELL, Pa.st Grand Treasurer.

J. Q. A. FELLOWS, New Orleans,reelected M.-.W.'. Grand Master. SA.MUEL M. TODD, New Orleans,R.'. W.'. Grand Secretary.

MAINE —1862

Annual communication lield at Portland on the first Tuesday of May, A D 1862 The Grand Master in his address,remarks that the question of the invasion of their jurisdiction byUnion Lodge,under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of England, is finally settled by the dissolution of Union Lodge, and he deems it consistent with the dignity of the Grand Lodge and tlie interests of masonry to repeal the prohibition, trusting that their New Brunswick brethren will appreciate their forbearance,and give them in future no just cause of complaint. In relation to our national troubles, he thinks our duties are plain, and that we must sustain the government as the very Ark of the Covenant, that we must do our duty, though brothers may be arrayed in arms against us,and that as suffering is increased, in the same ratio are a mason's duties to relieve and succor. He is happy to find some bright spots in the history of this contest, and refers with pleasure to the act of Bro. J. Q. A. FELLOWS in providing for the wants of some of our brothers from Maine who had the misfortune of being prisoners of war at New Orleans.

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The Committee on theGrand Master's Address donot deem it expedient, with theevidence now before them, torepeal the resolution heretofore passed in relation tothequestions atissuebetween theGrand Lodge of England andtheGrand Lodge of Maine "If thepeace, harmonyand prosperity of theCraft require it,"they recommend that theedict ofthe Grand Master "be somodified, in individual cases,which he maydetermine, aswill best subserve theprosperity of the Order."

A brief report from the Committee on Foreign Correspondence review.s theProceedings of twenty-two Grand Lodges.

Very satisfactory rejjorts aremade by allthe D.'.D.".Grand Masters, and the Craft throughout the jurisdiction seems tobe prospering, notwithstanding the present national troubles have taken from the lodges many of their best members.

JosiAH H. DKUMJIOKI), reelected M.'.W.".Grand Master.

IRA BEUKY, reelected R.'.AV.'. Grand Secretary.

MARYLAND —1862.

We have the Proceedings of theM.'.W.'. Grand Lodge at itssemiannual communication in May,1862.

Grand Master BEERY, in his address, regrets that he cannot congratulate the brethren upon the growth and prosperity of the Order in that jurisdiction, since their annual communication. He says: "Most of the lodges arepoorly attended,both bymembers and officers." Members have neglected to pay.their dues, and thelodge funds have become exhausted "The usually prompt response to ca.ses of charity which have heretofore characterized the lodges in this jurisdiction, have in a great measure failed." These evils he attributes to the effect of our civil troubles

In the excellent Report onForeign Correspondence weobserve the usually happy style of our worthy Bro MCJILTON, who, although nota member of the committee, consented to make the report The report reviews theProceedings of nine Grand Lodges,inwhich Kansas receives a passing notice.

Tlic following resolution was offered, and, on motion, laid on the table:

Jiesolvci, That,duestothe Grand Lodgecannotaccrueagainstalodgewhileunder dispensation,but arechargeableonly from thedateof itscharter.

The Grand Master, in some remarks afterward, rules that theresolution is just and proper Your committee coincide with him in his opinions.

MASSACHUSETTS —1861

We have received the printed Proceedings of this M.'.W..Grand Lodge from March 13thto December 27th, 1861, itbeing itsone hundred and twenty-eighth anniversary.

A committee towhom wasreferred thevaledictory address of M.'.W.' WiNSLOW LEWIS and the inaugural address of M.'.AV.'.WM D.COOLIDGE,

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among other things earnestly concur in the recommendation to give the influence of music to masonic meetings They also recommend the appointment, by the Grand Lodge, of a Committee on Foreign Correspondence. Notice is made of the death of Bro. EBENEZER MOWER, of Worcester, who died at the advanced age of one hundred years, and who was, for sixty-seven years,a true and zealousmember of our Order

At the stated communication December 27th, the Grand Master delivered a very interesting address,in the course of which he alludes most feelingl}' to the unhappy condition of the country. He recommended the establishment of lodges of instruction, and thinks that "Five or six contiguous lodges might, with great profit and pleasure, unite, and delegations of five or ten from each, would make a most happy reunion of brethren, meeting at each place once or thrice in a season, adding much to the pleasure of social intercourse, and bj' the employment of a lecturer' toa uniformity of work."

WILLIAM D. COOLTDGE, Newtonville, reelected M.'.W/. Grand Master. CiiAKLESAV. MOORE, Boston, reelected R.'.W.". Grand Secretary, this being his twenty-ninth election.

MICHIGAN —1862. '

This M.'.W.'.Grand Lodge'convened in annual communication at Detroit, January 8, A. L. 5862, K.'.W.'. FRANCIS DARROW, Deputy Grand Master,presiding, and K.'.W.-. JAMES FENTON,Grand Secretary. The address of the Deputy Grand,Master is short. He refuses to grant dispen-. sations to form military lodges, "for jurisdictional, constitutional and other reasons," in which refusal the Grand Lodge sustained him

The report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence is by the Grand Secretary, Bro JAMES FENTON The report is a careful review of the Proceedings of twenty-three Grand Lodges,our own for 1860, among the number.

A committee was appointed to wait on Bro.LEWIS CASS, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge, with the request that he furnish the Grand Lodge with his portrait Also, a committee was appointed to wait on our distinguished brother, and invite him to visit the Grand Lodge; but on account of ill health and the inclemency of the day, he was compelled to decline the invitation

FRANCIS DARROW, Pontiac, M.'.W.'. Grand Master.

JAMES FENTON, Detroit, reelected R.'.W.'. Grand Secretary.

MISSOURI —1862

The Forty-second annual communication of thisM.'.W.'.Grand Lodge was held in the city of St Louis, May 26, A D 1862, R.'.W.' GEORGE WHITCOMB, Senior Grand Warden, presiding as Grand Master. Fiftylive lodges were represented

A brief Report on Foreign Correspondence was presented by Bro O'SULLIVAN, noticing the Proceedings of fifteen Grand Lodges, our own among the number.

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During the session the address of the Grand Master, W R PENICK, was received and read by the Grand Secretary, Bro. PENICK being with his regiment in the army.

In accordance with a resolution of the last Grand Lodge he has appointed and commissioned representatives near twenty-four of the Grand Lodges of the United States Among the appointments is that - of our Grand Master, M.'.W.' JACOB SAQUI, as the Representative of the Grand Lodge of Missouri near the Grand Lodge of Kansas

He calls attention to the North American Masonic Congress He thinks this Body can be of no practical benefit to the Order, and recommends that they either take no action on the subject or decline sending representatives.

He advises that the Grand Lodge arrest the charters of all the lodges that have been delinquent for two years, and that all dues from lodges for the present year be remitted.

GEO. WHITCOSIB, Charleston, M.'.W.'. Grand Master. A O'SULIJIVAN, reelected R..W." Grand Secretary

NEBRASKA —1862.

We have the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge at its Fifth annual communication, held at Omaha, June 3, A. D. 1862.

The Grand Master congratulates the brethren on the harmonious and flourishing condition of the lodges in that young jurisdiction. In • noticing the different attempts that have been made to get up masonic conventions to take into consideration the deplorable state of the country, he says he can conceive of no line of policy, "which the masonic fraternity could advise that would be mutually acquiesced in by the belligerent parties," and in this he coincides in the views of the Grand Master of New York, "Tiiat the relations of masonry tothe civil government, both of the United States and the so-called Confederate States, are not such as to permit its interference with any line of policy either may see fit to adopt." He urges upon the brethren throughout the jurisdiction the necessity of a uniformity ofwork

The Grand Lodge adopted the "Webb Work," at its last communication In this he commends their wisdom

A resolution was passed recognizing the Grand Lodge of Colorado

There is no report from the Committee on Foreign Correspondence' but they acknowledge the receipt of the Proceedings of fourteen Grand Lodges— Kansas not among the number, although three copies were mailed to them separately and at different times.

GEORGE ARMSTRONG, Omaha, reelected M.'.W.' Grand Master R. C. JORDAN, Omaha, R.'.W.'.Grand Secretary.

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NEW HAMPSHIRE-1860-61

The semi-annual communication of this M/.W.' Grand Lodge was held at Concord, on the 27th day of December, A.L.5860. The annual communication washeld June 12, A.L.5861. Atthe semi-annual communication verj' little was done, except to exemplify the work as adopted by the Grand Lodge.

A committee appointed in .Tune, 1860,to take into consideration tlie work andlectures astaught by Bro. MOKHIS, of Kentucky, "and claimed lay him to be the original lecture.s as taught by THOMAS SJIITII WEBB, sixty years ago," report adversely to their adoption bythe Grand Lodge, as "on comparing thetwosystems, they find no material difference."

The Grand Master in his address alludes in a very feeling manner to ourNational troubles, andamong other things suggests the propriety of holding a National Convention of Masons at Washington sometime next winter Wedonotsee, however, that any action was taken onthe subject. He is very severe upon a class of menwhom he terms "paid masons," andspeaks of them asbeing "of all 'men ormasons,' the most despicable They always," he says, "have a new book, and assume to be in possession of something that is known to but few; —they will perform if you will pay. When you meet with such a fellow, keep aneye on your coat and hat."

From thereports of theseveral District Deputy Grand Masters, we infer the Grand Officers aregenerally endeavoring todotheir duty.

A.4_E0N P.HUGHES; Nashua, reelected M.'.W.'.Grand Master.

HORACE CHASE, Hopkinton, reelected E.'.AV.'.Grand Secretary.

NEW JERSEY —1862.

The Seventy-fifth annual communication of this Grand Lodge was held in Trenton, January 22 and 23, A. D. 1862, M.-.W.-. ISAAC VAN WAGONER, Grand Master; R.'.W.'. JOSEPH H.HOUGH, Grand Secretary.

The Grand Master remarks that oneyear since thecondition of the Craft in that jurisdiction wasvery encouraging, with the proviso, however, that there appeared to exist too much of a desire to rapidly increase in numbers. He informs'us that within the last year there has not been very great addition to their numbers, butgreater care has been exercised in the selection of candidates.

He has granted dispensations for the organization of two new lodges He hasrefused togrant a dispensation to certain brethren connected with the army, and refers the subject to the Grand Lodge for consideration

The Report on Foreign Correspondence was presented bythe Grand Secretary. The report is well written, and reviews the Proceedingsof twenty-seven Grand Lodges—Kansas being one.

A motion requesting the Grand Master to grant dispensations for army lodges, when applied for in proper form, was disagreed to, and we think very properly too.

Grand Master and Grand Secretary were both reelected.

Proceedings of the NEW YORK —1862.

From the"Empire State," wehave theProceedings oftheir " annual meeting," held inthe city of New York, commencing June 3,A. D.1862. M.' \V.- FINIJAV M KING, Grand Master; R.-.W.' JAMES M AUSTIN, Grand Secretary Four hundred and twenty-three lodges were represented

The address ofthe Grand Master is a lengthy andvery ably written document, andcontains niuch of general interest to the Craft.

He declined toattend thepro]30sed peace convention at Louisville, conceiving that it must necessarily be of a political character, and that as Grand Master of Masons in theState of New Y'ork, hehadno authority to represent the fraternity in, "or to mingle in the deliberationsof such abody." Hebelieves also, that in thepresent exasperated condition of thecontending ]3arties, nomeasures which they might adopt,or indicate would secure the ends aimed at,or meet the approval of the belligerents. This alone weconsider a sufficient reason for non-attendance ; and we presume "the Grand Masters of' all theStates' " generally were influenced Vjy tlie same reasoning, asweare notinformed that the convention ever met

M.-.AV.' Bro KING'S reply to the invitation to attend this proposed convention hasbeen received.

He regrets that the relations between that Grand Lodge and the Grand Lodge ofVirginia remain unchanged Herecommends that as the conditions required by theGrand Lodge of Virginia cannot be well complied with, that theGrand Lodge select some one to open a correspondence with theGrand Lodge ofVirginia, with aview to a satisfactory adjustment of the affair. Bj'resolution, M.'.W.'. JOSEPH I).EVANSwas selected assuch correspondent.

Twelve dispensations for theformation of newlodges were granted during the year, including three for the formation of military lodges. The brother discourses at considerable length upon the propriety of granting dispensations for the formation of these military lodges. His remarks areindeed beautiful, but they fail to convince usthat hisopinion iscorrect. Wewould regard an organization of themasons of a regiment, into a lodge forsocial or masonic improvement, as proper enough, this would beapleasing relief from thetiresome duties of camp life; buf we areopposed to granting them full powers to confer the degrees of masonr}'

Military lodges may have been very jjroper at thetime of theKevolution. But in our humble opinion masonry is toopopular now; too many are seeking and obtaining admission through unworthy motives. If permanent lodges, who have all the facilities for obtaining a correct knowledge of theapplicant, fail many times in their endeavors to select none but the really good andworthy, what could weexpect of a lodge in themidst of a community where each isa stranger tothe other, except for thefewweeks they mayhave been together asa regiment? We do

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not mean to infer that there are not plenty of persons in the various regiments now in the field who would make the very best of masons, but we cannot see the propriety of sending lodges to hunt them out.

The Grand Master reports that his opinion has been asked in over four hundred questions of masonic law, from which he submits eightyseven of the most important for the consideration of the Grand Lodge.

At their annual communication in 1861,a resolution was adopted, appointing a committee of three to report to the Grand Master within forty days, on the feasibility of a plan for reducing the representations of the Grand Lodge and thereby curtail the attendant expenses. This of course to be consistent with the constitution and landmarks of masonry The committee could suggest no plan that had not many real objections. The onlj' plan really suggested, was to divide the lodges by odd and even numbers, and allowing one-half of the lodges to be represented each year, alternating This plan, although submitted to the lodges, seems not to have met with much success.

The minority report on the same subject by R.'.W.' JAMES M AUSTIN, we regard as a genuine masonic report, and one that should be thoroughly understood by every member of the jurisdiction, before, taking any action which might in any manner disturb the prosperity and harmony which just now so generally prevails throughout that jurisdiction.

E.'.W.'. ELLICOTT EVANS, from the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, presented as usual, a very able report. It notices at considerable length the Proceedings of twenty-one American Grand Lodges, our own Grand Lodge being one of the number. Included in this report are also some verj' interesting remarks concerning several European Grand Lodges

We notice in the Proceedings some very beautiful remarks by M.". W.\ CHARLES A. FULLER, Past Grand Master, and present Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee; and also, by M.'.W.'. JOSIAH H. DRUMMOND, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Maine, who were present, and welcomed to a seat in their East

A large amount of business was transacted during the session. Among the numerous reports of committees we notice a form of installation ceremony for Grand Lodge Officers, also a report in favor of the Grand Lodge adopting such form of service for the burial of its dead, as it shall in its wisdom deem expedient

We notice several reports and resolutions on the subject of changing certain portions of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand Lodge These instruments we had considered so nearly perfect, that we had flattered ourselves that the Craft throughout the State might become posted before the most vital points were entirely obscured in a fog of amendments; and we fear that already our old friend and R.'.W.' Bro. C. F. PAIGE, is somewhat befogged, when he asks the meaning of the word majority, in a certain subdivision of the Constitution. Hail-

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ing as we do, from the " Empire State," we have always entertained a lively interest in the affairs of her Grand Lodge. We entertain the highest regard for her intelligence and wise legislation, but if we were to decide wherein lay her weakness, we should say, in too much legislation Our brethren in New York, we presume, however, will pursue their onward course, as they may think proper, and we are not to be understood as finding fault -

JOHN J. CRANE, M.D., New York, M.-.W.-. Grand Master.

JAMES M.AUSTIN, reelected E.".W.'. Grand Secretary.

. OREGON—1861.

We have the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge at its Eleventh annual communication, held in September, A. D.1861.

A communication was received from M.'.W.'. AMORY HOLBROOK, Grand Master, and ordered to be printed with the Proceedings, imperative duties requiring him to be absent from the communication

A most excellent Report on Foreign Correspondence was presented by Bro. THOMAS H.PEARNE, chairman of the committee. It reviews, at considerable length, the Proceedings of twenty-three Grand Lodges, our own among the number. There are many things in the report we would like to transcribe, but we forbear

JAMES R. BAILEY, Gorvallis, M.-.W.-.Grand Master.

WILLIAM S.CALDWELL, Hillsboro, R.'.W.'.Grand Secretary.

RPIODE ISLAND —1862.

We have received the Proceedings of this M.'.W.'.Grand Lodge for the year ending June 24, A. L. 5862.

At the quarterly communication in November, a Grand Lodge of instruction was established, whose duty it is to meet and exemplify the work and lectures at least four times in each year.

By an edict of the Grand Master, M.'.W.' ARIEL BALLOU, all masons and lodges of masons within that jurisdiction,"are hereby forbidden to appeal to the public or to individuals, not masons, either orally or through the public press or in any other manner, on any question or matter affecting the masonic character, standing, or good name of any brother or body of brethren, or the constitution and polity of the fraternity. "And we do hereby require and strictly enjoin each and every mason, or body of masons, within our jurisdiction, that they bring their grievances, if any they have, before the constituted masonic authority having power to hear and determine the same —patiently to await their action, and meekly abide the decision made."

The little controversy existing between St John's Lodge, Providence, and St. John's Lodge, Newport, asto seniority, seems to be settled in favor of St John's Lodge, No 1, at Newport

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At the communication in May the Grand Master delivered an excellent address, referriiig generally to the affairs of the jurisdiction In his closing remarks, speaking of the quiet and brotherly feeling which pervades the jurisdiction, he says:

Would that we could speak thus of our common country Alas! Its misfortunes are too great to be comprehended. And we only refer to them here lest our silence might be construed into indifference in relation to national sufferings too great to be fathomed by any mind which thus far has attempted to survey them Deeming the subject foreign to the purposes of our Institutiou, we dismiss it with the hope that when the sword is laid aside and peace shall return, masons will be true to their principles, and by the practice of charity and brotherly love, the animosities and hatreds engendered by this fratricidal war, will be smoothed and buried in oblivion too deep ever to be recalled

Bro. DOYLE presents an excellent Report on Foreign Correspondence, in which he reviews the Proceedings of twenty-four Grand Lodges, Kansas being one of the number.

ARIEL BALLOU, Woonsocket, reelected M.'.W.' Grand Master THOMAS A DOYLE, Providence, reelected R.'.W.'.Grand Secretary

VERMONT-1862 .

We have the Proceedings of this M.'.AV.' Grand Lodge for January, A D 1862, R.'.W.-.GAMALIEL AVASHBURN, Deputy Grand Master, presiding He thus alludes to the death of M.'.W.'.PHILLIP G TUCKER:

Within three months after the close of the Grand Lodge in January last, a deep gloom was spread over our masonic horizon, and the heart of every brother within the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge was filled with sorrow by the mournful intelligence of the decease of our Most Worshipful Grand Master, PHILLIP C TUCKER, who died in the city of Vergennes, on the 10th day of April last, in the sixty-second year of his age

With our deceased brother the'" silver cord is loosed, the golden bowl brolien, the pitcher broken at the fountain, the wheel broken at the cistern," his body consigned to the grave ; " and his spirit has returned unto GOD who gave it."

He has passed beyond the region of storm to that place where no storm will ever invade He has entered that spirit land where " all arc equal." His seat is to-day vacant for the first time at our annual commuuication since 1847; during which time he has presided as Grand Master of this Grand Lodge. By his death the fraternity have been deprived of a true-hearted mason, a confiding brother, a good adviser and an able teacher

The remains of our lamented Grand Master were interred with masonic honors, under the direction of the Grand Lodge, on Tuesday, April IC, 1801

Brethren, our great masonic head has been taken from us —his body lies mouldering in the grave, the acacia blooms over his silent dust Since he has gone, may we not forget the wise counsel he gave while he was yet with us —how ardently he labored to establish a uniformity of work, and to preserve unaltered the ancient lectures and landmarks of the Order, and extend to other jurisdictions the blessings we have so long enjoyed.

A committee appointed on the death of Bro. TUCKER report a series of resolutions expressive of the high esteem with which the brother was held by the members of the Grand Lodge, among which it is recommended that a fitting monument should be erected to his memory, for which they doubt not the entire brotherhood throughout the State would gladlj' contribute

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The very interesting Report on Foreign Correspondence was prepared by Bro GEO H BIGELOW It reviews at considerable length the Proceedings of the various Grand Lodges of the United States and also of Canada, among which is a notice of the Grand Lodge of Kansas for 1860. He regards the granting of dispensations for camp or regimental lodges as the most important subject that has come before the various Grand Lodges. As to giving these "camp lodges" power to make masons, he is of the opinion " that it is a measure of doubtful expediency and worthy of the gravest consideration."

Our old friend R.'.W.' JOHN B HOLLENBECK retiring from the office of Grand Secretary, and in relation to which we notice the adoption of the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of Vermont hereby extend to our worthy brother, JOHN B HOI.LENBECK, their hearty thanks, and also hereby present to him the sum of fifty dollars, as a slight testimonial of their high appreciation of his distinguished services during the last twenty-eight years, as Grand Secretary, and would tender to hi m their best wishes for his health and prosperity in his retirement

LEVERBTT B ENGLESBY-, Burlington, M.'.W.- Grand Master HENRY CLARK, Pouliney, R.'.W.' Grand Secretary

WASHINGTON TERRITORY—1861

The annual communication of this M.'.W.". Grand Lodge was held in Olympia, Monday, September 2, A. D.1861.

M.'.W.". Bro. GARFIELDE delivers an excellent address. He thinks increase in numbers is an end sought after by but few intelligent masons, and "as long as masonry, in theory and practice, takes hold of the sympathies of our race, challenges their respect and supplies a void in the existing social system, so long will countless thousands of votaries come flocking to its shrine, from whom may be selected the wisest, the purest and best of mankind."

He is strongly in favor of adopting the system of requiring but one ballot for the three degrees If there were but one ballot, he thinks hundreds of unworthy applicants, who find accessto the lodges through inattention and carelessness, would never witness tlie first glimmer of masonic light

On the unhappy condition of our country we give his closing remarks:

Permit me, in conclusion, to allude to the condition of our unhappy country While the cloud of misfortune hangs black and threatening over the land; while' States are discordant and hostile armies meet to spill fraternal blood, it is the high and holy mission of our fraternity to pour oil upon the troubled waters: to act as ministers of peace, mercy and conciliation, and at all times maintain our unity Masonry knows no North, no South, no East, no West, no nation, no race Its home is the world; its devotees, the worthy of all nations ; its faith centers In Deity, and its hope in immortality Let us act as masons, while we think and feel as citizens of the Republic So shall we always be found true to ourselves, true to our families, true to our country our race and our GOD.

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A resolution providing that one ballot shall entitle a candidate to the three degrees, except objections are filed by three Master Masons, or charges of unmasonic conduct preferred, was, after some discussion, laid on the table until the next annual communication.

There is no report from the Committee on Foreign Correspondence

DANIEL BAGLEY, Seattle, M.'.W.' Grand Master T M EEED, Olympia, reelected R.'.W." Grand Secretary

Fraternally submitted,

E. T. CARR, Chairman of Committee.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE

JVl/.W-ORAND LODQK

OF A.F. & A.M., OFKANSAS.

The Eighth Annual Communication of theMost Worshijjful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ofthe State of Kansas, was convened in the City ofTopeka; Tuesday, October 21, A.D. 1863, A.L. 5863, at ten o'clock A. M. Present:

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E.-.W

E.-.W

E.-.W

E.-.W

E.-.W, W W AV

M.-.W

E.-.W

JACOB SAQUI " Grand Master

.C. K. HoLLiDAY Deputy Grand Master.

.J. F.BLISS Grand Senior Warden. WM F JOHX.STON Grand Junior Warden

. HARVEY ALLEX Grand Treasurer, protern.

. E. T. CAEit Grand Secretary.

.O.W.MCALF;ASTER Grand Senior Deacon. .NELSOX CiiAi'JiAN Grand Junior Deacon.

GEOEGE M KELLAM

EicHAKD E EEES

ISAAC JS" EOBEETS

Grand IVler

Past Grand Master

Past Grand Treasurer

The M.-.W.- Grand Lodge of K-ansas was 023ened in ample form, with prayer bytheM.-.W.-. RICHARD E. REES.

The M.- W.- Grand Master then appointed Bros 0 W. McALLASTER, JOH N A CHASE an d OSCAR DEWE Y a Committee on Credentials, after which theGrand Lodge called from labor to refreshment until eleven o'clock

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ELEVE N O'CLOCK A. M.

Th e M.-.AV.-. Gran d Lodg e wa s calle d fro m refreshmen t t o labor . Officers in thei r station s a s before .

Th e Committe e o n Credential s submi t th e followin g report :

To the M:. W:. Orand Lodge of Kansas:

Th e under.signed Cointnittee on Credentials beg leave to report tha t we find representatives present from th e following lodges, viz:

Leavemvorth Lx)dge, No. 2 E T CAUR, W M

R. R. REES, proxy for S. W .

Kickapoo Lodge, No. 4 E T CAKH, proxy

Washinglon Lodge, No. 5 Joirx A CHASE, W M. , and proxy for S. W.andJ W

Lawrence I^^odge, No. 6" O W MCAI.I.A.STKK, W M

Union Lodge, No. 7

HE.NKY GANZ, proxy

King Solomon Lodge, No. 10 HAIIVEY AXLE.N',W M. , and proxy for S.W

Oskalooaa Lodge, No. 14 N CirAr.AiAX, P M and proxy

Tecumseh J^odge, No. 15

Topeha Lodge, No. 17

LEWIS CI.OG.STON, W.M

J A CHASE, prox y for S W R HusoN, J W

En P KEI.LAM, W M

S R REMINGTON, S.W

GEOKGEG G.\GE , J W

Grasshopper Falls Lodge, No. S1..J. F. Bi.i.ss,W M., and proxy for S W.an d J . W .

Paris Lodge, No.SS

OSCAU DEWEY, proxy

Arcana Lodge, No. SI JOHN A CHASE, proxy

Mound City Lodge, No. SS OSCAR DEWEY, W M

J P WHEEI.ER, prox y for S W

Indianola Lodge, No. S4 A. C. BECKWITH, proxy.

Council Grove Lodge, No. SG THOMAS WHITE , AV M. , an d proxy for S VV an d J W Fraternally submitted,

O AV McAL L ASTER, J. A. CHASE, OSCAR DEWEY , Committee.

O n motio n of Bro REES , th e repor t wa s adopted , an d th e brother s name d admitte d t o seat s i n th e Gran d Lodge

A quoru m bein g present , th e M.-.W.- Gran d Maste r declare d th e Gran d Lodge'o f Kansa s read y for th e transactio n of business

O n motion , th e readin g of th e minute s of th e las t Communicatio n wer e dispense d with , the y bein g printe d an d i n th e hand s o f th e brethren

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M.-.W.- JACOB SAQUI, Grand Master, then read the following, his

ANNUAL ADDRESS:

Brethren of the Grand Lodge of Kansas:

By the indulgent providence of the GREAT I AM, who orders all things wisely and well, we have been again permitted to assemble in Grand Annual Communication With cordial pleasure I see around me the''old familiar faces," and in their presence, I feel with more than usual force, the kindly and fraternal ties by which we are united.

We have met to counsel together for the welfare and prosperity of masonry in this Grand Lodge .Jurisdiction, and that our deliberations may be successful, it is necessary for us to lay aside every selfish suggestion and every ambitious aspiration; to sacrifice personal preferences, and even cherished opinions—to go into council pledged to prefer the prosperity of the Order to our "chief joy."

AVeare charged with the care and protection of the noblest organization that ever blessed humanity; an organization which has alleviated suffering, fostered and encouraged affection and good will among mankind, and aided with an unostentatious but powerful assistance, the progress of civilization in the nations of the earth. An organization which not unfrequently was the sole custodian of the sacred truths of science and philosophy, and which in the present day, ought to and does exercise an elevating and ennobling intluence upon society.

It is the purpose of masonry to make men wiser and better; to restrain the evil, and nurture and cultivate the good and fraternal feelings of humanity, and it is our duty to counsel, and act so that on this sacred mission her labors shall be unobstructed.

The Order offers to the wise,congenial companionship; to the good, the proper arena for^the exercise of all the virtues; and to genius, emploj'ment worthy the most exalted intellect.. The wise, the good and the gifted there find their proper sphere; and if masonry is not a light to the world, radiant with the brightness of all that is good, beautiful and great, it is because we are recreant to our higli trust, and faithless to our masonic obligations

If masons were inspired with the sacred spirit of the Institution, and exemplified in their conduct and conversation, the sublime principles of the Order, then indeed would all who can respect purity, revere charity and love wisdom, be found ministering before the masonic altar

But, alas, "we do those things which we ought not to have done, and leave undone those things which we ought to have performed." We often admit candidates, who while perhaps nothing can be said against their character, yet who have no positive worth, no emphatic good to recommend them for the high distinction which they seek,.and such men will never add to the dignity or reputation of the Order, or assist to place masonry in its rightful position, the vanguard of civilization

We are also deficient in that fraternal kindness and sympathy which a brother of the Order owes to every mason Our purse may be at his service, and our influence his to command; but are we ever ready to make common cause with a slandered or persecuted brother? to do which is no more than our masonic duty, though it may cost us both profit and popularity; nor do we keep our passions under proper control Indeed, neglect to do so is with many of us a besetting sin

When a brother, in a frenzy of passion, forgetful of the hallowed precepts of masonry, blasphemes the sacred name, he degrades his own

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manhood as well as his masonic character, and outrages the high inspirations of our beloved Order. Others of us, whose short-comings of this nature are not so aggravated, would still profit by self-examination. It is a very difficult thing to be angry and "sin not." The comparatively trifling "feeling of dissatisfaction which many exhibitwhen their friends have iSeen refused admission into the temple of masonry, often does much injury to particular lodges, and always impedes the progress of the Order

If we would see masonry grow and prosper we must ever keep our passions within due bounds. We should ever be readj' too, to make whatever sacrifices the good of the Order may require A mason in name merely, is no mason. We ought to be willing to giveto the fraternity at least as much time aswe give to amusement—as much money as we spend for pleasure, and as much thought and attention as we can spare from our ordinary avocations.

Let.each of us, brethren, when we separate, go hence with aresolved purpose that we will at all times, and in all places, under all circumstances, not only be faithful to masonry ourselves, but that we will by precept and example, labor torenew the flagging zeal of our less ardent brethren Leteach of us go hence a masonic missionary.

Brethren, I would call your attention to an attempt which is being made in neighboring Grand Lodge Jurisdictions, to introduce into the Order dangerous innovations, productive already, of much discord and bad feeling; and calculated in my opinion, if not discountenanced, to do irreparable injury to the fraternity I refer to the proceedings of the so-called "Conservators' Association." Our sister Grand Lodge of the State of Missouri has, in very emphatic language, expressed her condemnation of the " Conservators" and their acts; and 1 would recommend that this Grand Lodge —in whatever manner they may consider proper— record their unqualified disapproval of the "Conservators'" efforts to override the established'regulations of masonry, and impose new and heretofore unknovyn customs and standards of authority upon the fraternity It is our duty to "KEEP OUR ALTAKS AS OUR FATHERS BUILDED THE51."

In connection with this matter I would say that a short time ago I received a circular,.purporting to be written and signed by ROB MOKRTS, in defense of the "Conservators' Association," and condemnatory of the action of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, in relation thereto; and a more high handed and disrespectful attempt to create insubordination in the subordinate lodges of the State of Missouri, and incite disregard of Grand Lodge authority, an enemy of the fraternity only could essay If the spirit of the document is to betaken as a sample of "Conservatism,",, the less we have of it the better we will be as masons

Since our last Annual Communication I have granted five dispensations for new lodges, namely:.

To Bro. ORLANDO WALKLIKG, and the requisite number of brethren, to meet and open a lodge at Burlington

To Bro J F CoLBUKN, and the requisite number of brethren, to form and open a lodge at lola

To Bro A C DOWD, and the requisite number of brethren, to form and open a lodge at Blooming Grove.

To Bro BYRON SHERRY, and the requisite number of bret.liren, to form and open a new lodge at Seneca

To Bro NATHANIEL TALBERT and the requisite number of brethren, to form and open a lodge at Holton

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A. few weeks ago I received a communication from Past Master WAGSTAPP, of Paola Lodge, No.37, informing me that the lodge was without a Worshipful Master, Senior and Junior Wardens, and requesting me to fill those offices. I would have appointed a Past Master to attend Paola Lodge and preside at the meetings until the next regular election, but that the meeting of the Grand Lodge was at hand, and as the •case is one of not unfrequent occurrence, I would recommend that the Grand Lodge take some action in the premises, which will be a guide in future whenever a like condition of affairs may happen

I have had a number of applications from subordinate lodges for authority to elect a candidate and confer the degrees at the same meeting, and I have invariably refused to grant any dispensation for such a purpose, because I do not believe that the established usages of the fraternity ought to be set aside except on very particular occasions and I hold that a Grand Master is never justiQed in granting such a dispensation unless upon satisfactory proof that the Order will be benefited thereby, and not merely an applicant accommodated. The laws of masonry should be suspended,for the convenience of no human being There are lodges in every town and village of every State of the Union, and no man can say that he had not an opportunity to seek admission into the Order Whoever, then, neglected to avail himself of the privilege until he discovered that masonry would be useful, should not be guided to the sanctum sanctorum by a dispensation; besides, work performed in such a hurried manner as the application for a dispensation necessarily implies, is a discredit to the lodge and an injustice to the initiate.

r received a communication from Bro. MCJILTON, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Maryland, stating that, in his visit to the camps and hospitals, he had become convinced that a masonic Chaplain would be very acceptable to our brethren in those places, and asking if I could pledge the Grand Lodge of Kansas to contribute the sum of fifty dollars for that purpose I replied that for such a charitable undertaking I was confident the Grand Lodge would give whatever her pecuniary circumstances would permit; and that while I could not pledge this Grand Lodge for any specific sum I was certain that her charity would be limited only by li^r ability to contribute. I,at the same time, suggested that if an application would be made to the Grand Lodges of the several States, I thought they would, in addition to the amount necessary to secure the services of a masonic Chaplain, contribute according to their ability, to enable him to pour the "wine and oil" of temporal comforts into the wounds of many a wounded brother, at the same time that he pointed to the yearning spirit the way to Zion I request, for the application of M.-.AV.'.Bro. MCJILTO.X, your attentive consideration.

It now becomes my painful duty to bring to your notice one of those horrible occurrences at which the heart shudders, and which gives the lie to all the pretentious claimk of our boasted civilization. On the evening of the 20th of August last, the town of Lawrence, in this State, presented a picture of unusual beauty. The season was delightful, summer mellowing into autumn. The quiet but prosperous little town nestled upon the bank of the broad, calm river; and the citizens, in fancied security, rested from the toil of the day. The babe smiled upon its mother's bosom. The matron counselled with her husband of his plans and purposes, or cheered his weary spirit with sympathy and affection. The maiden, yielding to the dreaminess of the hour, wandered through the realms of imagination, or warbled, in the words of some old ballad, the inspirations of her own innocence The aged already slept, and in dreams were young again All were peaceful and happy But ere morning dawned, all was terror and desolation. The flames of the

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burning village, which shone fitfully upon the ghastly countenances of murdered citizens, also lighted the paths of terrifled women and children who, wild with alarm, sought a place of safety from the barbarous assassin. Aband of barbarous murderers had made the peaceful village a ruin, red with the blood of her unoffending citizens; and among the victims were a number of our brothers and fellows. In Lawrence Lodge there are vacant places and heavy hearts.

As soon aa I was convinced that the report of the Lawrence butchery was a terrible reality, and not one of the numerous sensation rumors which weary our credulity every day, I caused a communication to be addressed to each of the subordinate lodges in this.jurisdiction, requesting pecuniary contributions, according to their circumstances, for the relief of our brethren in Lawrence who had suffered loss of property, and to enable Lawrence Lodge to do whatever money could effect for the bereaved widows and orphans whom the awful calamity had placed under her protection. And nobly and generously the fraternity responded to my request It is true they did no more than their bounded duty, but the willingness and liberality with which they gave according to their ability is creditable to themselves and a practical assurance that "Charity endureth for ever."

Ini company with the E.'.W.'.Bro Grand Secretary (by whom I was ably assisted in this wliole matter,) I visited Lawrence and made such arrangements for the distribution of the money received as promised to be most useful. Kor a more detailed account of the receipts and disbursements, I refer to the special report of the Grand Secretary marked "A," which I caused to be laid before j'ou I would recommend that a page of the minutes be inscribed with the names of our brethren of Lawrence lodge No 6, who were killed at that place,and published with the Proceedings

Shortlyafter the last Communication of the Grand Lodge,I appointed Bro WJI L HENDERSON, District Deputy Grand Master of the "Southern District," and Bro. P. S. FEHGUSOS, District Deputy Grand Master of the "Northern District," and I have full and entire confidence that they have faithfully discharged the duties of their high trust I would, however, be glad to see each of the District Deputy Grand Masters make an annual report of his official acts, the condition of masenry in his district, together witli whatever suggestions his experience would recommend. Such a custom would induce thought and attention and necessitate observation on the part of tlie officer, while it would certainly'give this Grand Lodge a more intimate knowledge of the condition of the Craft.

I would request your 'attention to the necessity of some action by the Grand Lodge to secure uniformity of work in this jurisdiction While fidly sensible of the difficulties to be encountered in such an undertaking, I am confident tliat if the Grand Lodge will give the subject that thought and attention which its importance demands, they will be able to devise some means by which"t»;accomplish so desirable a purpose. Under any circumstances it is a mattef'-which cannot long be deferred, and the present is probably as favorable a time as anj^ that the future will bring us.

Everything considered, the fraternity in Kansas is in as prosperous a condition as could be reasonably expected. The increase Of member•ship is moderate, and it should never be forgotten by the subordinate lodges that a rapid increase of numbers is by no means an evidence of prosperity.

Brethren, I have thus given an account of my stewardship, and made such suggestions as I think necessary to the welfare and increased usefulness of our beloved Order. I have labored with whatever ability 1

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possess to cultivate and strengthen masonic intelligence, virtue and zeal in this Grand Lodge jurisdiction, and to keep the landmarks of the Order where our fathers traced them That my humble efforts, and those of each brother for the same high purpose may be crowned with success, and that the Great Master of the Universe may keep as safely "as if in the hollow of His hand," is my earnest praj'er So mote it be Amen JACOB SAQUI, Grand Master.

To the M:. W:. Grand Master of the Grand Lodgeof Kansas:

The undersigned respectfully submits the following report. The only official acts that he has performed during the past masonic year, and which may claim the attention of the Grand Lodge, are:

First. The granting of a dispensation to Jonx T TAYLOH, and a sufficient number of dul}'recommended Master Masons to organize a lodge at De Soto, Johnson countj^

Second. Soon after the massacre at Lawrence, I received information from the W.'.M.'. of Lawrence Lodge,No. C— Brother MCALLASTER — that their lodge room, with all its effects, including their charter had been destroj'ed, and asking for some evidence of authority to continue their organization until the session of this Grand Lodge. In response to this application, I granted Lawrence Lodge such a dispensation as I deemed requisite to meet the emergency, making no charge for the same I recommend that at this Communication the charter of Lawrence Lodge be renewed without any charge or expense for the same.

Fraternally submitted,

C K HOLLIDAY, Deputy

Grand Master Grand Lodge of Kansas.

REPORT "A."

To M:. W.\ JacobSagui, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Agreeable to your instructions, and in compliance with your circular of August 27th, I have the honor to report, that I have received from lodges in this jurisdiction for the relief of the distressed brothers, their widows and orphans at Lawrence, as follows":

Sniithton Lodge, No. 1 $ 40 00

Leavenworth Lodge, No. 2

00

Kickapoo Lodge, No 4 30 00

Washington Lodge, No 5

Union Lodge, No. 7 ,

50

00

Oskaloosa Lodge, No. 14 • 35 00

Paris Lodge, No. 22 ..-'fiC 75-00

Neosho Lodge, No. 27 .*. ; 25 00

Arcana Lodge, No. 31 20 00

Mound City Lodge, No. 33 20 00

Hiawatha Lodge, No 35 - : 37 00

Council Grove Lodge, No 36 15 00

Blooming Grove Lodge, U. D 21 00

Total $677 50

Of this amount I have paid over to the committee of Lawrence Lodge 559 50

Leaving balance in my hands of $118 00

I am informed that the brethren of High Prairie Lodge, as soon as they became aware of the extent of the calamity, raised sixty dollars, and were among the first to administer to the wants of our distressed brethren.

Bro REYNOLDS,W." M." of Palmyra Lodge,informs me that they had raised twenty-five dollars, and also a quantity of provisions, etc., which the lodge would see properly distributed • From Wyandotte Lodge,No 3, Bourbon Lodge', No 8,King Solomon Lodge, No. 10, Topeka Lodge, No. 17, and Auburn Lodge, No.32,1 have received the reply that previous to receiving your circular, the brethren had contributed most nobly to the general relief fund, and did not feel able to make a further contribution at present.

Many of the lodges and brethren .in the southern portion of the State, have suffered sp much by the depredations of the many guerrilla bands which infest that section of country, that they are to a considerable extent in need,of our charity; .still, however, they exhibit a good degree of fortitude in their adversity, and hope for a better time coming.

Fraternally submitted,

• \ • , ,. E. T. CARE,. • ' ' Grand Secretary.

.Eeport o.f the District Deputy trrand Master of the aSTorthern District: , . ; .. .

WYANDOTTE CITY, KAN., October 14, A.'D 1863

To Jacob Saqui, M.\ W.'. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kansas:

DEAR SIR AND BROTHER:—I have the honor herewith to report an account of my official acts during the past masonic year. My opportunities for visiting the different lodges in my district has been very limited, and I regret to have to state that my business engagements have been such that it has been iinpossible for me to perform all the duties which I well know are required of me, and which should have been performed I am therefore unable.to make a personal report to you of their condition, but at the same time, from conversations with various officers of the different lodges, have every reason to believe that the lodges in my district are in fine working.order, and an ornament to freemasonry. Considering the distracted state of our much loved country, whose calls upon her patriotic sons for aid in this the hour of trial, has caused so many of our best working members to forsake their families, bid a sad farewell to their homes and their all, and go 'forth attheir country's call, to do battle on the side of right and justice, and to preserve pure and untainted the ark of our freedom — many have fallen, and it is our most earnest wish and prayer, that they have found rest from toil, and will reap their reward for well doing here below "by becoming living stones in that spiritual building, that house not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens, where the Supreme Architect of the .tJniverse presides."

Wyandotte Lodge is in a more healthy and thriving condition at present than it has been for some years past, and it is with a spirit of

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gratification that I observe among the members of the lodge an increased earnestness for the inculcation of masonic knowledge, a closer observance of their duties as masons,and in tlie exercise of the brotherly love which so strongly pervades all the obligations of our Order. We were called upon to pay the last sad tribute of respect to Bro. STEPHEN M EMERSON, a dimitted member of our lodge, whodeceased on the llth day of August, A D 1863,and who,at his request, was buried with masonic honors •,,

I deeply regret that I have not been able to visit the various lodges in mydistrict during the past year, but my engagements were such that I could not possibly spare the time to do so. I am well aware that by the resolutions passed by the Grand Lodge,it is the duty of the D.\ D.'. G.'. M.'. to visit the different lodges in his district at least once a year, which I am aware should have been obeyed I am also aware that in every society, however constituted, some form of government is absolutely necessary to preserve a spirit of subordination and discipline among its members, to preserve it from degenerating into contempt and oblivion. In all these respects, and in many more, masonry supports its claim to the love, respect and veneration of mankind, and especially the brotherhood.

The present opportunity is doubtless the most fitting to express to you my obligations for the many favors shown me; the honor you have done me in my appointment to the office of D.' D.' G.' M." It is perhaps more than riglitfully falls to my share, feeling conscious as I do, that there are many here who would fulfill the duties of the station with more credit to themselves, and honor to our time-honored Institution than myself, audi assure you that I feel deeply grateful for this expression of your confidence and regard.

But before- I close, I hope- you will indulge me in a few remarks which the occasion seems to suggest The doors of our lodges should be strictly guarded, that no unworthy applicant may be permitted to enter. There is no harm; indeed, the vital interests of the Order imperiously require that rigid examination should be made in every case. Relax this duty and you open our arcana to impending dangers. It were better that fifty good men be rejected than one bad man be admitted.

A lodge cannot be called pro.sperous which is admitting indiscriminately, the evil and the just Its prosperity depends infinitely more upon the character rather than the numbers of its members

Let this be good, and the shafts of envy, malice, bigotry and superstition will fall harmless at your feet. Animated by such sentiments, we come together, divesting ourselves of all that tends to strife or discord, imbued with a mutual regard for each other, and a common love for our Institution and iningling on this consecrated spot become lost to ourselves as individuals, in recognizing the common bond that binds us together as a common brotherhood.

May we continue to grow in wLsdom, strength and beauty; and may our lodges ever maintain a higli reputation among the increasing listfi of

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masonry; mayour benevolent and salutary influence infuse joy and gladness into the community around; and mayour sacred retreats ever be the asylum of virtue,the sanctuary of pietj' andtheabode of love And may weall at last, bythe grip of our Supreme Grand Master be raised from the level of man,to an equality with angels inthetemple above,and there,like glitteringstars in heaven's firmament, serene insplendor, shine forever and forever.

P. S. FERGUSON, D:. D:. G:. M:. of theNorthern District of Kansas.

Bro. REES offered thefollowing resolution which was adopted:

Resolved, That the address of theGrand Master, and other reports, be referred toa special committee of three, todistribute thesubject matter to the appropriate committees.

Bros EEES, HOLLIDAY and WHITE were appointed such committee

The M.-. AY.-.Grand Master then announced the following as standing committees:

On Charlerrd Lodges.—Bros. CUASK, WJIITE and AI.I-EX

On Lodges U. D. Bros HOI.LIDAY, JOIIXSTOX and BLISS

On Charity. Bros JOHNSTON, CIIAI'MAN and DEWEY

On Accounts. Bros CAKK, MCA BLASTER and BLISS

On Grievance. Bros MCALLASTEH, ED P KELLAM and WHITE

On Condition of Masonry. Bros. REES, HOLLID.\Y and STEES.

On Ways and Means. Bros. BECKWITH, BLISS and CLOGSTON.

On Education. Bros. ALLEN, CHAPMAN and PARSONS.

On Applications.— Bros. BLISS, REMINGTON and BECKWITH.

On Unfinished Business. —Tiros. E. P. KELLAM, GANZ and MCALLASTEU.

The Grand Secretary then submitted the following, his annual report:

To the M.'.W.'. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

AS Grand Secretary,and in accordance with therequirements ofthe Grand Lodge, I herewith submit myannual report

Agreeable to your instructions, I procured three hundred copiesof the Proceedings of the last Annual Communication, printed at a cost of one hundred and fourteen dollars and eighty cents, which I considered reasonable when compared with the cost of work of thesame kind heretofore done for theGrand Lodge.

Immediately after theclose of thelast Communication, I forwarded the substance of your resolution pertaining todelinquent lodges,to such as theresolution affected. From many of them I received a reply with the returns anddues accompaying.

From two lodges I received a reply that they hadbeen reduced by members volunteering in the service of their country, until they hadnot a sufficient number left to dobusiness, but still wislied to retain their charters

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Since the last Communication, Elk Creek Lodge, No 20, and Aubry Lodge, No. 30, have surrendered their charters; bu t from what I can learn of Elk Creek Lodge, I think it was not th e intention of some of the members to do so, bu t to deposit it with the Grand Secretary until such time as the members ma y return and pursue their labors as a lodge I n relation to this lodge, I am informed they were without a suitable place of meeting, and that considerable discord and bad feeling exists among its members

The following are the lodges from which I have received no reply to the communications addressed to them : Ottumwa, No 11, Emporia, No 12, Lecompton, No. 13, Stanton, No. 18, and Osage Valley, No. 24; neither have I been able to learn anything definite of their condition. Smithtoii Lodge, No 1, made n o returns at the last Communication, neither have I been able to learn anything of their condition, other than a few days since I received from them forty dollars as a donation to our suffering brethren at Lawrence.

Th e usual correspondence connected with th e Grand Secretary's office, I have endeavored to perform to the best of m y ability. Such as would appear to claim the attention of the Grand Lodge, I have forwarded to the Grand Master

I also submit herewith, a statement of funds received by me, and turned over to the Grand Treasurer since m y last report, viz:

FINANCIA L REPORT.

E T CAKK, Grand Secretary,

In account with the GRAN D LODGB OF KANSAS.

Amoun t in m y hands as pe r last report

Leavenworth Lodge, No 2, Dues

Wyandotte Lodge, No 3, Dues

Kickapoo Lodge, No 4, Dues

"Washington Lodge, No. 5, Dues.

Lawrence Lodge, No 6, Dues

Union Lodge, No 7, Dues

Bourbon Lodge, No 8, Dues

Shawnee Lodge, No 9, Dues

King Solomon Lodge, No. 10, Dues

Oskaloosa Lodge, No 14, Dues '

Tecumseh Lodge, No 15, Dues

Topeka Lodge, No 17, Dues

Olathe Lodge, No 19, Dues

Elk Creek Lodge, No. 20, Dues

Grasshopper Falls Lodge, No. 21, Dues

Paris Lodge, No. 22, Dues

Palmyra Lodge, No 23,Dues....

Hig h Prairie Lodge, No. 25, Dues

Neosho Lodge, No 27, Dues

Pacific Lodge, No. 29, Dues

Arcana Lodge, No. 31, Dues

Arcana Lodge, No 31, Back Dues

Aubur n Lodge, No 32, Back Dues

Mound City Lodge, No 33, Back Dues

Hiawatha Lodge, No. 35, Back Dues

Indianola Lodge, No 34, Charter

50

00

00

00

50

00

00

00

00

00

Fraternall}' submitted, E. T. CARE, Grand Secretary.

On motion of Bro J P BLISS, the report was received and adopted. - • ,

The Grand Secretary then presented the following report of the Grand Treasurer, which on motion, was received and referred to the Committee on Accounts: To the M:.W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

I have thehonor herewith to present to youmyreport for the year ending October 20, A D 1863,as follows,: CHRISTIAN BECK, Grand Treasurer, In account with the GKAND LODGE OF KAXSAS.

The above amounts were paid upon the order of the Grand Secretary as authorized by the Grand Lodge Vouchers for the several amounts areherewith submitted

I regret that circumstances beyond mycontrol, will again prevent me from being present with youat the Annual Communication. Hoping the meeting maybea pleasant one, and conducive of much good to ourbeloved Order,

I remain fraternally, your obedient servant, CHRISTIAN BECK, Grand Treasurer.

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M.-.W.-. Bro. EEES, from the committee to whom was referred the address of the M.-.W.-. Grand Master, submitted the following report:

To theM:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas :

The committee to whom was referred the address of the M.-.AV.-. Grand Master for distribution of the subject matter to appropriate committees, respectfully recommend that so much of said address as refers to the so-called conservators, be referred to a special committee of three

So much as refers to dispensations granted for new lodges, to the Committee on Lodges U D

So much as refers to communication from Bro. WAGSTAFF, of Paola Lodge, to the Committee on Condition of Masonry.

So much as refers to communication from M.-.W.-. Bro. MCJILTON, to Committee on Charity.

So much as refers to D.'.D.-. Grand Master, and a uniformity of work,to the Committee on the Condition of Masonry And so much as refers to the fearful disaster at Lawrence, and to the death of brothers and of members of this Grand Lodge, to a special committee

All of which is respectfully submitted, , R R REES, Chairman of Committee.

On motion of Bro STEES, the report was received and adopted

The M.-.W.-. Grand Master then announced as the Committee on "Conservators' Association," Bros. EEES, MCALLASTER and ALLEN, and as the Committee on the Disaster at Lawrence, and the death of members of the Grand Lodge, Bros HoLLiDAY, WHIT E and BLISS

The Grand Lodge was then called from labor to refreshment until two o'clock P jr

AFTERNOON SESSION.

Two O'CLOCK P. M.

The M.-.W.- Grand Lodge of Kansas called from refreshment to labor. Officers and members i^resent as before; also several visiting brothers.

M.-.W.- Bro EEES offered the following resolution, which was adopted:

Resolved, That the Grand Lodge will proceed to the election oiE Grand Officers for the ensuing year, at seven o'clock this P. M.

Froceedinys of the

The Committee on Credentials submit the following additional report:

To the M:.W:. Grand. Lodge of Kansas:

Your Committee on Credentials beg leave to submit the following additional report:

Olathe Lodge, No.19

A.J. CLEMENS, W. M. AVM. ROV, J. W.

Auburn Lodge. No. SS REUBEN STEES, W . M.

Shawnee Lodge, No. 9

ISAAC N . ROBERTS, P. M. Fraternally submitted, 0. W. McALLASTER, . Chairman of Committee.

An appeal from the action of Kickapoo Lodge in case of Xickapoo Lodge against J. J. DECKELMAN was received, and on motion referred to the Committee on Grievance

The Committee on Charity submit the following report:

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

The Committee on Charity to whom wasreferred that portion ofthe Grand Master's address which discusses the propriety of employing a Chaplain by the several Masonic State Jurisdictions, and supporting the same by appropriations from the Grand Lodge funds; said Chaplain to devote hisservices in thearmies of the United States, and more especially for the care ofthe dead, and therelief of the wounded andsickmasonic brethren in said armies, have had the same under consideration, and beg leave to submit the following resolution and recommend its adoption

Resolved, That the Grand Master be andheishereby empowered and authorized to arrange with the Grand Ofiicers of other masonic jurisdictions for the appointment and support of a masonic Chaplain in the armies of the Dnitcd States, and that tlie sumof$50.00 is hereb}' appropriated as the quota duefrom the Grand LodgeofKansas forthe support of said Chaplain

All of which is fraternallv submitted, W. F. JOHNSTON, NELSON CHAPMAN, OSCAR DEWEY, Committee.

After some discussion the report was laid on the table until to-morrow morning.

The Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation submit the following report:

To the M.\ W:.Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your committee to whom wasreferred thesubject of Lodges Under Dispensation, begleave to submit thefollowing report: That they have examined to as full an extent aspossible the work and proceedings of thefollowing named lodges, nowworking unoler dis-

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pensation, find the same to be correct, and therefore recommend that charters be granted to lola Lodge, at lola; Seneca Lodge, at Seneca, and De Soto Lodge, at De Soto, in accordance with the rules and usages of the Grand Lodge.

In the case of De Soto Lodge, your committee are informed that the chairs of the Senior and Junior Wardens are both vacant, by the removal of the recent incumbents from the jurisdiction of said lodge Your committee,therefore, recommend the appointment of CiiAKLES H. STEATTON,as Senior Warden, and .TAJIKS B. ABBOTT, as Junior AVarden of said De Soto Lodge.

All of which is respectfully submitted, 0. K. HOLLIDAY, J.

F. BLISS, W F .JOHNSTON, Committee.

The Committee on Unfinished Business submit the following report, which, on motion, was adopted:

To the M.\ W.\ Orand Lodge of Kansas:

Your Committee on Unfinished Business would respectfully recommend that the resolution introduced by Bro.EOBEETS, of Shawnee Lodge, No. 9, (see page 212 of the printed Proceedings of 1861,) be taken up and disposed of at this session of the Grand Lodge

ED P KELLAM, Chairman Committee.

A communication from Lawrence Lodge, expressive, of their appreciation of the charities of their brethren, so timely bestowed, was received and referred to the Special Committee on the Disaster at Lawrence

Bro. J. ]?. BLISS offered the following, \vhich, on motion, was laid on the table until ten o'clock A. M. to-morrow:

WiiEBEAS, A uniformity of work throughout the State is very desirable, if not absolutely indispensable to harmony, which is the beauty of all societies; therefore

Keaolvfd, That.this Grand Lodge adopt the so-called "WEBB Lectures" as its future work, and will reqviire all subordinate lodges to use them as soon as practicable

Bro. J. A. CHASE offered the following resolution, which was adojited:

Resolved, That the resolution on page 206,of the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge for 1861, instructing the Grand Secretar}' to receive no money except specie for Grand Lodge dues, be and the same is hereby rescinded

Bro. C. K. IIoLLiDAY offered an amendment to the resolution on page 155 of the reprinted Proceedings of this Grand Lodge relating to delegates from Lodges U. D., as follows: Strike out all after the word "until" and insert in its place " the proceed-

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ings of said lodge have been approved and charters'have been voted to the sarao." When the resolution would read:

Resolved, That hereafter delegates from lodges under dispensation be admitted to seats in this Grand Lodge, but shall not be entitled to participate in its work or business until the proceedings of said lodge liave been approved and charters have been voted to the same.

Which, after some discussion; was laid on the table until half-past ten o'clock A M., to-morrow

The chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence presented their report, which was received and ordered to be printed with the Proceedings

The Committee on Chartered Lodges submit the following report:

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your Committee on Chartered Lodges beg leave to report that they have examined the returns of Leavenworth Lodge, No. 2; Kickapoo Lodge, No. 4; Washington Lodge, No. 5; Lawrence Lodge, No.6; Union Lodge, No. 7; Shawnee Lodge, No. 9; King Solomon Lodge, No. 10; Oskaloosa Lodge, No. 14; Tecumseh Lodge, No. 15; Topeka Lodge, No. 17; Grasshopper Falls Lodge, No. 21; Paris Lodge, No. 22; Palmyra Lodge, No. 23; Arcana Lodge, No. 31; Auburn Lodge, No. 32; Mound City Lodge, No 33; Indianpla Lodge, No 34; Council Grove Lodge, No 36, and find them correct

We have also examined the returns of Wyandotte Lodge, No 3, and find that the Secretary has omitted two names that were on the returns last j'ear, making an error of two in the total number of members. We recommend that the papers be returned to the lodge for correction

Your committee would alsoreport that they have received no returns from Smithton Lodge, No. 1; Bourbon Lodge, No. 8; Ottumwa Lodge, No. 11; Emporia Lodge, No. 12; Lecompton Lodge, No. 13; Lafayette Lodge, No. 16; Stanton Lodge, No. 18; Olathe Lodge, No. 19; Elk Creek Lodge, No. 20; Osage'Valley Lodge, No. 24; High Prairie Lodge, No.25; Neosho Lodge, No. 27;,Pacific Lodge, No. 29; Aubry Lodge, No. 30; Hiawatha Lodge, No 35; Paola Lodge, No 37

Your committee would also recommend that as some of these lodges have heretofore been prompt in sending in their returns, that the Grand Secretary correspond with and request them to.forward the returns at the earliest opportunity, and that such others as have made no reports to this Grand Lodge for three years, be required to make returns and pay arrearages inimediately or surrender their charter.' '

All of which is fraternally submitted,

JOHN A. CHASE. H ALLEN, THOMAS WHITE, Committee.

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Bro. MCALLASTER made application to borrow a portion of the Grand Lodge funds to enable him to repair the damages to his dwelling, it having been nearly destroyed by the recent raid on Lawi-ence, which application was referred to a special committee for investigation.

The Grand Lodge then called from labor to refreshment until seven o'clock p ji

EVENING

SESSION.

SEVE N O'CLOCK P M

The Grand Lodge was called from refreshment to labor Officers and members as before. Also several visiting brothers.

This being the time set for the election of Grand Officers, the M.-.W.- Grand Master appointed Bros ALLEN and CLEMENS to act as tellers, when the election was proceeded with, and the following named brothei's were declared duly elected Grand Officers for the ensuing masonic year, viz ;

M.'.W.' JACOB SAQUI Atchison

Grand Master

R.'.W.'.C K HoLLiDAY Topeka Deputy Grand Master

R.'.W.'.O. W. McAi^L.\STER...Lawrence

Grand Senior Warden.

R.'.W.' JOHN A CHASE Atchison Grand Junior Warden

E.'.W.' CHRISTIAN BECK Leavenworth

Grand Treasurer

R.' W.'.E T CARR Fort Leavenworth Grand Secretary

On motion of E.-.W.-.J F BLISS, P. G.-,M.- E R EEES proceeded to install the officers elect

After the installation, the M.-.W.-. Grand Master announced the appointment of the following officers, who were also subsequently installed, viz;

W.-.RICHARD R RBES Grand Orator

W.-.Rev. T. A. PARKER Grand Chaplain.

W.-.Rev D DICKINSON Grand Chaplain

W.-.ED P KELLAM Grand Marshal

W.'.OscAK DEWEY Grand Senior Deacon

W.'.THOMAS WHITE Grand Junior Deacon.

W.'.REUBEN STEES Grand Sword Bearer.

W.'.A. C.BECKWITH Grand Steward.

W.-.HENKY GANZ Grand Steward.

W.'.GEORGE M. KELLAM Grand Tyler.

The Grand Lodge was then called off until nine o'clock A. M. to-morrow.

. Proceedings of the MORNING SESSION.

WEDNESDAY, Oct 21,

NINE O'CLOCK, A M

The M.-.W.-. Grand Lodge of Kansas was called from refreshment to labor. Officers and members present, as yesterday. . The Committee on Chartered Lodges submit-the following additional report:

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas :

Your Committee on Chartered Lodges beg leave to report that in addition to their former report, they have received and examined the returns of Olathe Lodge, No. 19; High Prairie Lodge, No. 25; Pacific Lodge, No. 29; Hiawatha Lodge, No. 35; Paola Lodge, No. 37, and find them correct.

Your committee would here respectfully call the attention of the Grand Lodge to the fact, that one lodge, (Paris, No. 22,) as the dates in returns show, has conferred the three degrees on a candidate in three successive nights, which your committee deem an infringement upon the ancient usages and laws of masonry, especially as we are informed by the Grand Master that he has granted no dispensations to confer the degrees in less than the regular time. We hope the Grand Lodge will inquire into the matter, and at least prohibit a repetition.

On motion, the report was adopted and the Grand Secretary instructed to correspond with the officers of the lodge on the subject.

Bro J A CHASE offered the following which was adopted : WHEREAS, The charter of Lawrence Lodge, No. 6, was destroyed by fire on the twenty-first of August last; therefore Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to furnish said Lawrence Lodge, No 6, with a new charter

Bro CARE offered the following:

Resolved, That as Ottumwa Lodge, No. 11; Emporia Lodge, No. 12; Stanton. Lodge, No. 18, and Osage Valley Lodge, No. 24, never having made returns to this Grand Lodge, be required to surrender their charters. And that the Grand Master appoint some brother to proceed to said lodges and take charge of any property belonging to the same

A motion was carried to amend by inserting the name Elk Creek Lodge, JSTO. 20, and the resolution as amended, after some discussion, was adopted.

Bro BEES offered the following resolution which was adopted: Resolved, That all members in good standing of lodges whose charters have been surrendered or arrested at this Communication, shall be deemed dimitted and be entitled to all the benefits of dimitted masons; Provided, They produce satisfactory evidence of their good standing, when the Grand Secretary will issue a dimit to this effect

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The Committee on Grievance submit the following report, which was adopted :

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your Committee on Grievance, to whom was referred the case of Kickapoo Lodge, No. 4, against J. J. DECKELMAN, would beg leave to report that they have had the same under consideration and recommend that the case be referred back to the lodge and that the defendant be granted a new trial

In the case of Leavenworth Lodge, No. 2, against ALEXANDER F. MAISON, which case was brought up at the last Annual Communication, but bv order of the Grand Lodge laid over until this Communication, your committee would report that they have had the same under consideration and recommend that the action of Leavenworth Lodge be sustained Fraternally submitted,

0. W. McALLASTER, ED. P. KKLLAM, THOMAS WHITE, Committee.

The Committee on Finance submit the following report:

To the M.-.W.'. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your Committee on Finance, to whom was submitted the report of the Grand Treasurer, respectfully report that they have examined the same, together with the vouchers therewith submitted, and find the same correct, and recommend that the report be adopted.

The total amount of funds of the Grand Lodge at the commencement of this Communication, is as follows:

Amount in hands of Grand Treasurer $423 72 Balance in the hands of Grand Secretary 60 00 Total f483 72 Fraternally submitted,

E. T. CARR. O. W. McALLASTER, J. F. BLISS, Committee.

On motion of Bro. STEES, the report was adopted.

The Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation submit the following report, which was also adopted :

To the M:. W.\ Grand Lodge of Kansas:

The Committee on Lodges U D respectfully submit the following report: That they have examined the proceedings and work of Blooming Grove Lodge, working under dispensation, find the same to be correct, and therefore recommend that a charter be granted tosaid lodge, under the usual rules and regulations of this Grand Lodge. Fraternally submitted,

C. K. HOLLIDAY, WM. F. JOHNSTON, Committee.

The Committee on the Condition of Masonry submit the following report:

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

The Committee on the Condition of Masonry beg leave to report that they have had under consideration so much of the M.'.W.' Grand Master's address as alludes to a communication from Bro WAGSTAFK,of Paola Lodge, and report that in the absence of the Master, Senior and Junior Warden of a lodge, a Past Master of that lodge (precedence being always given to the oldest), succeeds to all the powers of the Master, whenever the lodge may be lawfully assembled. But to save any question as to the power to assemble the lodge, as in the case of Paola Lodge, No. 37, we respectfully offer resolutions Nos. 1and 2, hereto attached.

And as to so much of the M..W.-. Grand Master's address as alludes to the uniformity of work and lectures in this Jurisdiction, your committee, in view of the various unsuccessful means that have been tried to effect this object, and of the pecuniary inability of this Grand Lodge to procure a competent Lecturer, are unable now to suggest a plan by which this much desired object can be effected

In relation to the adoption of the Webb Work, your committee would gladly recommend the adoption of that work in this Jurisdiction if they were aware of how it could be obtained in its purity, but not being so informed, they refer the subject to the Grand Lodge without recommendation

In relation to tne subject of District Deputy Grand Masters, alluded to in the M.'.AV.- Grand Master's address, your committee find nothing requiring the action of the Grand Lodge, except allusion to the death of R.'.W." Bro WM L HENOERSON, District Deputy Grand Master of the Southern District, and in relation thereto, we respectfully recommend that a page of the Proceedings of this Communication be dedicated to the memory of our R.'.W.'. brother.

1. TJeso/wd.ThdtBro. WM.E.W..\GST.AFr,P.-.M.-.of PaolaLodgo,No. 37, be empowered to assemble said lodge at their hall, at such time as he may deem advisable, and that he have and possess all the powers, rights and privileges of AVorshiijful Master of said lodge,and tluit said lodge be authorized and empowered to elect Worshipful Master, Senior iind Junior Wardens for the unexpired term of the jjresent year.

2 Resolved, That hereafter, during vacancies,or in the absence,either tem]3orarily or permanently, of all tliree of the principal officers of a lodge, the oldest Past Master of such lodge present, shall succeed to all the rights, powers and privileges of Master during said absence or vacancy, and shall possess the same power as the Master to assemble the lodge on proper occasions, and to work and lecture thereon, as the Master himself could do.

Respectfully submitted,

R. R. REKS, Chairman Committee.

Which report and resolutions, after some discussion, were adopted.

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The Committee on Lodges U D submit the following report, which was adopted:

To the M:.W:. Grand Lodgeof Kansas:

The Committee on Lodges U. D. beg leave to submit the following additional report:

That they have examined the work and proceedings of Helton Lodge, U. D.,find them correct, and recommend that a charter be issued to said lodge under the usual rules and regulations of the Grand Lodge Fraternallv submitted,

C. K. HOLLIDAY, ,1. F. BLISS, WM F JOHNSTON, Committee.

The report and resolution submitted yesterday by the Committee on Charity, in relation to a masonic Chaplain was taken up, and after considerable discussion, Bro. EOY proposed the following as a substitute:

WHEREAS, The eastern States have taken steps, and have appointed a masonic Chaplain for the Army of the Potomac, and believing that the appointment of one for the army of the west would be beneficial to brother masons in the field, tlierefore be it

Jiesolved, That the Grand Master of this Grand Lodge, consult with the Grrand Masters of other Grand Lodges in the western States, with a view to the appointment of a masonic Chaplain for the armies of the west, and that this Grand Lodge contribute the sum of dollars for his support, which amount shall be subject to the order of the Grand Master

After some discussion the substitute was rejected. The question was then upon the adoption of the original report and resolution, which was also declared rejected. The brethren generally, conceding all honor to Bro MCJILTON in commencing the noble work, but, under the circumstances are forced to adhere to the old adage, "Charity begins at home."

Bro. ROY offered the following resolution, which was declared lost:

Resolved, That this Grand Lodge appropriate the sum of 150.00, to be placed at the disposal of the Grand Master, and by him given to some masonic Chaplain already in some Kansas regiment, or that may hereafter be appointed as such, to be b.y him expended for the benefit of our masonic brethren.

The resolution offered yestei-day by Bro BLISS, that this Grand Lodge adopt the so-called " Webb Lectures " as its future work, was taken up, and after some discussion, was declared rejected

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The amendment to thefollowing, as offered by R.-.W.- Bro HoLLiDAY yesterday, was taken up, andafter considerable discussion, was withdrawn:

Resolved, That hereafter, delegates from lodges under dispensation, be admitted to seats in this Grand J.odge,but shall notbe entitled to participate in its work or business until they have been consecrated,and their officers installed

Bro. B. T. CARR offered thefollowing resolution, which, on motion, was adoi^ted:

Resolved, That hereafter, all lodges under this jurisdiction be required to forward tothe Grand Secretary acertified list oftheir officers, as soon asthe same shall have been elected and installed.

The M.-.W.- Grand Master announced the appointment of the following standing committees, viz:

On Foreign Correspondence. Bros. E. T. CARR, R . K. EEES and OSCAR DEWEY

On Chartered Lodges. Bros. O. W. MCALLASTEK, HENRY GANZ and NELSON CHAPMAN

On Lodges Under Dispensation. Bros. H. ALLEN, ED.P.KELLAMand J A CHASE

On Accounts.—Bros. E T CARR, E STEES and WM F JOHNSTON

On Charily:—Bros. WM EOY, A J CLEMENS and S E REMINGTON

On Ways and ilfans.—Bros. A. C. BECKWITH, I. K. ROBERTS, and THOMAS WHITE

On Grievances.—Bros. OSCAR DEWEY, J F BLISS and GEORGE GOSLING

On Condition of Masonry. Bros. E. R. EEES, WILLIAM ROYandJ. F. BLISS

On Education.—Bros. C. K. HOLLIDAY, "WM. F . JOHNSTON and I. N. ROBERTS.

On Application.—^ros. ED . P. KELLAM, J. P. WHEELER and J. A. CHASE

On Unfinished Business. Bros CLOGSTON, E STEES and A COHEN

The committee to whom was referred somuch of the M."VV.- Grand Master's address as alludes to the "Conservators' Association," submit the following roj)ort, which was adopted:

To theM.\W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

The committee towhom was referred the subject of theso-called Conservators, and matters resulting therefrom, respectfully report:

That they have hadthesubject under consideration, and are not sufficiently advised in thepremises to approve or condemn. If the Conservators' organization be what weunderstand itsopposers tosay it is, anorganization tomonopolize all knowledge in masonry, and only to part itto such aswill pay the sum often dollars, we regard ittobe a rich speculation to the proprietors and fancy stocks tothe purchasers, somewhat like town shares in the early days of Kansas If it really claim the right torule Grand Lodges byits own self-constituted author-

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ity^-its impudence bespeaks its merit; but how far these representations of its operations and purposes may be based on reliable evidence, we are not sufficiently informed to find, a verdict, and therefore not inclined to pronounce judgment, but we recornmend that the fraternity in this jurisdiction have nothing to do with it, at least until we are more fully informed of itstrue character, for we desire,if we know ourselves, to touch not, taste not, handle not the unclean thing. If it be an embodyment of masonic knowledge, we do not approve of locking it up in the craniums of the favored few, for we all want light, and have paid the lodges in which we were initiated, passed and raised the contract price for its impartation, and if these lodges have failed to comply with their contracts, we shall hold them liable on their covenants But if masons will go seeking after new gods, and worshiping at shrines they know not of, and are anxious to pay ten dollars for the gratification of their curiosity, to them let the doctrine of " Caveat emplor" apply, and if in making the purchase, they discover that they are sold themselves, let the joke be enjoyed at their expense, not ours; they are probably not the first on whom the degree of the "Cedars of Lebanon " has been conferred.

How far our ^ster Grand Lodge of Missouri may have been justified in denouncing ROB MOKBIS & Co.for having waked up the spirit of old Father WEBB, who has so long slept in the grave that nothing is now remembered of him except his virtues; and coaxing the old man out of all the knowledge he possessed on earth, depends vn the evidence on which they acted; we have not the evidence before us If they had sufficient evidence on which to condemn all masons who had peeped behind the curtain which concealed the famous Whang-doodle of Hepsedam, with its raw head and bloody bones, they did right; but we do not propose to act too rashly in the premises.

We, however, conceive that our sister Grand Lodge of Illinois, however unfortunate they may have been in becoming involved with this unseemly MEDUSA, were forgetful of masonic propriety, when they permitted a local news scavenger or itinerant reporter, to enter their sanctum and itemize for a public newspaper the nominations of candidates for Grand Officers upon these issues,and report the majorities by which one party defeated the other, and the sayings and doings of the inner temple; and we hope, that on calm reflection, our worthy sister will, for the respect she has for the family, hereafter hold elections in private, and not tell the gaping world so much of the masonic budget.

AVe therefore, in view of all the difficulties around us, offer the following:

Resolved, That the fraternity of Kansas should stand aloof from the Conservators, and all other patent right systems of imparting knowledge, and thereby avoid the hidden rocks, shoals and quick sands, on which some of our neighbors are in danger of being wrecked

Respectfully submitted,

R, R, REES, Chairman Commiliee.

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On motion of Bro. CARR, it was—

Resolved, That in consideration of the misfortune lately befallen Lawrence Lodge, the Grand Secretary be instructed to refund to said lodge the amount of their dues for the last year

The special committee to whom was referred the subject of tlonations from the various lodges, for the benefit of our afflicted brothers,'their widows and orphans at Lawrence, also the application of Bro MCALI.ASTER, submit the following report;

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your Committee on the Application of Bro MCALLASTER and matters pertaining to the relief of brothers at Lawrence, beg leave to report that there has been paid over to the masonic committee at Lawrence, for the benefit of brothers, their widowsand orphans in distress, mainly ' through the exertions of Grand Master SAQUI, and Grand Secretary CARR, the sum of $648.50. There has been expended by Bro. MCALLASTER, chairman of the committee, the sum of $393.50,leaving in his hands for further use in that behalf, the sum of $255. They find still remaining in the hands of the Grand Secretary the sum ot $118, which has been contributed by the various lodges and members of this jurisdiction In consideration of the opinion of Bro MCALLASTKR, that the amount now in his hands will be sufficient for the relief of those for whom it was intended, for the present, at least, we would recommend that the amount $118,now in the hands of the Grand Secretary, be placed to the credit of the charity fund of this Grand Lodge.

In relation to the application of Bro. MCALLASTER, to borrow from the funds of this Grand Lodge, a sum of money sufficient to enable him to partially repair the losses he sustained in the diabolical raid of the outlaws upon his possessions and property, would recommend that this Grand Lodge loan to Bro MCALLASTER, for ten months, without interest, the sum of four hundred dollars, taking such security therefor, as shall be satisfactory to tho Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary Fraternally submitted,

J F BLISS, H ALLEN, ^ Committee.

On motion of Bro. STEES the report was adopted.

The special committee to whom, at the last Communication of this Grand Lodge, was referred the subject of a revision of the Constitution and By-Laws, submitthe following report, which on motion of Bro. BLISS, was adopted :

To the M:. IF.' Grand Lodge of Kansas ;

Theuudersigued,acommittee to whom was referred, at the hist Communication, the subjectof a revision of the Constitution and By-Lawsot

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this Grand Lodge, respectfulh' reports, that he has carefully examined the present Constitution and By-Laws,and hasdiscovered nothing which seems to require revision or amendment

All of which is respectfully submitted, RICHARD R. REES, Committee.

The committee on that portion of the M.-.W.-. Gi-aud Master's address which alludes to the disaster at Lawrence, submit the following report, which was also adopted :

Jo the M:.W:. Grand Lodgeof Kansas:

Your committee to whom was referred so much of the address of the M.'.W;. Grand Master as refers to the horrible sacking and burning of Lawrence,and the brutal murderof itsunoffending citizens,among whom were many of our brethren, would beg leave to submit the following report:

WHEREAS, The City of Lawrence,on the morning of the 21st of August last, in the chaste language of the M.'.W;. Grand Master's address, "rested, in fancied security, from the toils of the previous day," and when all nature was hushed in silence and repose, was suddenly, and without any previous notice,attacked by a murderous gangof outlaws,its fair residences and stately business houses laid in ashes,its citizens indiscriminately murdered, and their remains left weltering in their gore,or thrown into the flames of the burning buildings; and

WHEREAS, The untimely death of many of our brethren in that liorrible massacre,calls for a passing notice from this Grand Lodge; therefore.

Resolved, That in the death of such worthy brothers as TKORP, TRASK, GRISWOLD and others,who fell victims to that diabolical raid, this Grand Lodge is called to mourn, "but not as those without hope," and we would hereby tender to the friends and relatives of our deceased brothers, and especially to their widows and orphans, our sincere sympathies.

Resolved, That the jsrompt action of our Worthy Grand Master and Grand Secretary in the premises, merit our hearty approval and thanks.

Resolved, That in aecoi-dance with the recommendation of the Grand Master,this Grand Lotlge will set apart a space in its Proceedings, sacred to their memory

Respectfully and fraternally submitted, ,1. F. BLISS, THOS WHITE, Committee.

The following resolution was offered and adopted :

• Resolved, As the proceedings and returns of Burlington Lodge, U D have not y(^tcome to hand, that should the Grand Secretary receive the same on his return to Leavenworth, and find their work correct and in accordance with the regulations of the Grand Lodge, that a charter be granted them if required.

The following resolutions were severally offered and adopted: Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to procure three hundred copies of the Proceedings of the present Communication of this Grand Lodge,printed for the usual distribution.

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Proceedings of the

Resolved, That the Grand Tyler be paid thesum of ten dollars for services at this Communication.

Resolved, That the thanksof this Grand Lodge are due and are hereby cordially tendered toTopeka Lodge,No.17,for the useof their hall, kindly tendered fOr this Communication.

By Bro. EOY :

Resolved, That we tender to the officers of this Grand Lodge our sincere thanks forthe able and courteous manner inwhich they have conducted the buisiness of this Annual Communication.

There appearing no furthei* business before it,the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge ofKansas was closed in ample form, after prayer by theRev. Bro. T. A. PABKEE, Grand Chaplain.

JACOB SAQUI, ATTEST : Grand Master.

Grand Secretary.

STANDING EESOLUTIONS AND AMENDMENTS.

STANDING REGULATIONS, 1858

Resolved, That no petition for the degrees of masonry shall be received by any lodge under this jurisdiction, unless the petitioner shall have resided one year within the Territory of Kansas, and within the jurisdiction of the lodge he petitions, at least six months.

Resolved, That the regular Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Kansas be held on the third Tuesday in October, annually

Resolved, That it is competent for a subordinate lodge to assess a tax against non-affiliated masons residing within their jurisdiction, and to enforce the payment thereof by exclusion or suspension; Provided, No mason shall he deemed non-affiliated who holds membership under the jurisdiction of any other Grand Lodge; nor can the effects of any such exclusion or suspension extend beyond the life of any such mason so as to effect his right of masonic burial; nor shall anj' mason over the age of sixty years, or who shall be unable to pay, be subject to such tax.

Resolved, That Section 2,of Article I, of the By-Laws of this Grand Lodge, be so amended as that a representation of one-half of the chartered lodges under this jurisdiction, instead of two-thirds shall constitute a quorum.

STANDING REGULATIONS, 1859

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary shall be allowed the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum for his services.

Resolved, That the Grand Tyler shall be allowed the sum of two dollars per diem during each session of the Grand Lodge.

Resolved, That the fee for a charter shall be twenty dollars, instead of ten dollars, as heretofore

Resolved, That Section 1, Article IV, of the By-Laws of this Grand Lodge, be so amended as to substitute "chartered" in the place of "reg'ular," and insert after the word "lodge," "under this jurisdiction."

Resolved, That no lodge under this jurisdiction shall recommend the granting of a dispensation, unless the dimits (or other good evidence of their having dimitted) accompany the petition of the applicants for such recommendation; and not then, until the three principal officers of the proposed new lodge have been examined by the lodge recommending them, of being competent to confer the three degrees of Ancient Craft masonry, and the recommending lodge shall affix to the petition a certificate to that effect

Resolved, That Section 2, Article I, of the By-Laws of this Grand Lodge be so amended as that a representation of ten chartered lodges under this jurisdiction, instead of one-half,as heretofore, shall constitute a quorum

STANDING REGULATIONS, 1860

Resolved, That hereafter delegates from lodges under dispensation be admitted to seats in this Grand Lodge, but shall not be entitled to participate in its work or business until they have been consecrated and their officers installed.

Resolved, That the M..W.-.Grand Master have authority to appoint a Private Secretary, with power to draw on the Grand Treasurer for postage expenses.

STANDING REOUI.ATIONS,

1862

Resolved, That after a favorable ballot is had on the application of a candidate for the mysteries of masonry, no furtlier balloting shall be required ; and a brother being initiated, must be passed and raised when duly qualified in tlie preceding degrees unless charges of unmasonic conduct are iireferred against liim, or otherwise sufficient reasons for his non-advancement be presented and approved bj' the lodge.

Resolved, That an applicant for a dimit sliall not be required to state the purpose or object for whicli tlie application is made or the dimit re([uired.

STANDING REGULATIONS,

1863

Resolved, That hereafter, during a vacancy, or in the absence, either temporarily or permanently, of all three of the principal officers of a lodge, the oldest Past Master of such lodge present shall succeed to all the rights, powers and privileges of Master during such absence or vacancy, and shall have the same power as the Master to assemble the lodge on proper occasions, and to work or lecture thereon as the Master himself could do,

Resolved, That hereafter, all lodges under this jurisdiction, be required to forward to the Grand Secretary a certified listiof their officers, as soon as the same shall have been elected and installed.

RETURNS OF SUBORDINATE LODGES,

OCTOBER i, ^.863.

LEAYENWOETH LODGE, No. 2, LEAVENWORTH.

Kegular communications first an d third Mondays in each month . OFFICERS

E T CAER

Worshipful Master O B TAYLOK

JOHN A. HALDERMAN

Senior Warden

Junio r Warden. J. B. DAVIS Treasurer. B Fi,ESiiER Secretary

JULIUS HAUG

A. WARNER

Senior Deacon

Junior Deacon.

N.DANIEL S Tyler

Past Masters.-n. R. Eees, P.-. G.-. M.-.; Charles Mundee, P.-. G.-. S.'.; E. T. Carr, G.-. S.-.; B. Beck, P.-. G.-. T.'.; Geo. Gosling, L. Echelherry.

Master Masons.—A uly McCauly, La Fayette Mills, Joel Hyatt, N McCracken, P. G. Lowe, Amos Graff, Geo. Chrisman, Alex. D. Garden, R. Joseph, J M Orr, L T Doolittle, Fred Lasher, T J Campbell, L T C Owen, J M Fladd, Joh n C Grund, R J Brown, Joh n Houssieux, Chas Byer, J. A. Thomas, Simon Kohn, Z. Carpenter, Joh n A. Nece, Wm . P Carter, O C Beeler, Alexander Payne, Augustus Gates, B L Burris, Wm . B. Hutchison, F. Palmer, T. A. Hurd , Christian Beck, G.'. T.-.; Joh n Bentz, Andrew Hogan, J W Prest, S D Woods, Geo Dunnett, Joh n F Richards, Joh n McKee, Thoma s Plowman, W B Smith, R D Wells, G T. A. Nixon, Joh n Myers, jr., A.O . Bangs, V. W . Williams, H. G. Weibling, Isaac Hockaday, Louis Kittlaus, Joseph AVise, H T Clark, J C Lowrev, D Flynn, L M Speer, T Mefford, Henr y Harris, Wm Beeler, G. Haiig, L. A. Fincke, R. V. Flora, S. N. Kerr.

Fellow Craft. George E Buddington

Entered Apprentices.—AVm. Shepherd, C K Wittenberg, G.W Davis, M S Kopp, N Byer, H Fisher, J C Allen

Admitted, 3 ; Initiated, 15; Passed, 8; Raised, 8; Dimitted,4; Died, 3 Numbe r of members, 74

WYANDOTTE LOD&E, No 3, WYANDOTTE

Regular communications first an d thir d Fridays in each rrionth.

OFFICERS

P S FERGUSON

J. R. PARR

Worshipful Master

Senior Warden. V. J. LANE

Junior Warden. HIRA M WOO D

Treasurer

E T VEDDER , Secretary

ISAIAH WALKE R

W. C. MCHENKY

R G DUNNING

Senior Deacon

Junio r Deacon.

Tvler

Proceedings of the

Past Masterg.~\\'. L McMath, J W H Watson

Mailer MasoriK.—Silas Armstrong, J.E- Bennett, Daniel Killen, N. A. Kirk, A Meyer, Charles Morasch, H H Craig, A C Davis, J G Fisk, J. H. Harris, Jos. Grindul, H. C.Long, Irvin P. Long, M.Mudeater, W. M McClure, E T Hovey, R S Nash, P S Post, Wm Walker, W. Y. Roberts, Isaac B.Sharp.

Admitted, 1;Initiated, 3;Passed, 3;Raised, 3;Dimitted, 5; Rejected, 3. Number of members,31.

KICKAPO O LODGE , No 4, EOUND PRAIRIE

Regular communications Saturdays on or before thefull moon.

J. W.FKEELAND

OFFICERS

Worshipful Master.

FRITZ MAGERS Senior Warden.

J.R.JONES Junior AVarden

J BRANSCOMB Treasurer

F M WILLIAMS , Secretary

Master Masons.—H. B C Harris, S Bowman, E A McCullough, F Holberg, W.J. Bailev, J. H. Cook, C.F.Laiblin, 0.Logan, N.Zost, D. 0. O Howell, L T Herndon, D D Dodge, S Lober.G W Stephens, D H Sprong.

Fellow Craft. James McDaniel.

Entered Apprentices. G W Wright, James M Bailey, Parker Morris

Admitted, 2; Initiated, 5; Passed, 3; Raised, 4; Suspended, 1; Died, 2; Rejected,!. Number of members,20.

WASHISTG-TON LODGE, No. 5, ATCHISON.

Regular communications first and third Saturday in each month.

OFFICERS

JOHN A CHASE Worshipful Master

JOHN J. INGALLS Senior Waiden.

GEO W GLICK Junior Warden

JACOB LEU Treasurer W JACKSON Secretary

Past Masters.—J&coh Saqui, M.-.W.-.G.'.M.-., L.C.Challiss. Master Masons.—A G.Otis, O. D. Wilcox, D. Locknane, John Belz, J T Ball, Robert Forbriger, W Hetherington,W P Larzelere, Thomas Murphy, Wells H. Bowen,G. AV.Howe, L.Boyle, George McPherson, J. H Tolbot, J N Mayfield, N Anspacker, Thomas English, Joseph A Trimmer, Samuel Newlin, D. Bucknam, Leon Frank, J. J. Patterson, Dudley McVay, A.H. Horton, Charles J. Drury, J. B.Ross,Jacob Eiler, M R Benton,'j L Thompson, J J Hallegan, A A Root, W B Kipp, Manuel Frank, T. H.Meinhardt, E. B.Grimes, H.E.Nickerson, W. M. Carter, Caleb May, R A Barker, Amos Avery, X Klein, S Hesselberger, Louis Openheim.

FeUov) Craft.—B. H. McLure. Admitted, 7; Initiated, 8; Passed, 8; Raised, 8; Dimitted, 2; Suspended, 10; Died, 1; Rejected, 4 Number of members,60

Grand Lodge of Kansas.

LAWEBNC E LODGE , No C, LAWRENCE

Regular communications first and third Monday in each month.

OFFICERS .

O W MCALJ-ASTER

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Worshipful Master

P R BROOKS ;.Senior Warden

DAVID PRAGEU Junio r Warden. J . C. HoRTON •_• Treasurer. R W Si'ARR Secretary

E . W . WOOD Senior IJeacon. S O THACHER Junio r Deacon

J.I BROWN T>der

Past Masters.—T. S. Lounds, 0 , W . McAllaster.

Master Masons. C W Babcock, M Harttman , G.A.Smith , J D Herrington, Anson Storm, W. D. Blackford, Benjamin Johnson, Z. Squires, Oliver Barber, R. L. Frazer, H . L. Enos, W. L. G. Soule, C. C. Hutchinson, Jos Cracklin, W H Duncan, Geo W Deitzler, Charles Fish, R. F . Itarbcr, T. J. Sternbergh, Rev. T. J. Ferrill, Rev. C. Reynolds, W H R Lykins, R W Ludington, B W. Woodward, J Pleasants, E D Ladd, Lewis Lawson, D H Montague, H L Moore, S B Prentiss, VVilliam Randolf, Charles Robinson, C. B. Stevens, Walter Willis, Julius, Neubauer, Ed Stokes, T J Kennedy, J B liilliard, S S Hicks

Fellow Crafts.—R. L. Gilbert, W. M. Salsbury. Entered Apprentice. J Assmann

Initiated, 7; Passed, 8; Raised, G; Dimitted, 1; Reinstated, 3 ; Died, 4 ; Rejected, 1 Number of members, 48

UNION" LODGE, No. 7, JUNCTION CITY

Regular communications first and third Saturdays in each month

OFFICERS .

JOH N T . PRICE

Worshipful Master. P. Z. TAYLOR ^ Senior Warden. M MCCANN Junio r Warden G MONTAGUE Treasurer

HENR Y GANZ ^. Secretary.

Master Masons.—James C. Downer, R. C. Whitney, L. B. Perrv, C. L. Caley, J H Brown, A Clough, J R McClure, R S Miller, H \Vetzler, W. F . N . McAllister, 0 . M. Barclay, D. A. Butterfield, J. M. Myers, H . Mitchell, J Westover, R Henderson, A W Callen, G F Gordon, W S Blakelv, Bernhard Ganz, F F Marion, D Furrow, G E Bates, J Mansfield, J . M. Blowers, E. Warner, R. D. Mobley, D. W. Roberts, M. L. Decker, P Sullivan

Fellow Crafts. J E Stewart, Dr Heubshman, J E Walter

Entered Apprentices. T F Hersey, W H Mackev, W Becker, R Willis.

Initiated, 15; Passed, 14; Raised, 12; Dimitted, 1; Expelled, 2; Died, 1; Rejected, 7. Number of members, 35.

Proceedings of the

BOURBO N LODGE , No . 8, FOK T .SCOTT.

S B GoKDON

OFFICERS

Worshipful Master

A R AT.1;ISOX Senior Warden

•C 0 JuD.sox .Junior Warden

A McDoxALB :. Treasurer

C F DRAK E Secretary,

Past Master. J B Redfield

Master Masons. C. W . Blair, W. B. Bridgeman, E. J. Boring, J . G / Harris, E Va n Fossen, Geo A Reynolds, H C Bridgeman, H B Kelso, O H Kelley, Wm Kofifman, W J Linn, Pete r Teal, B A Smith, E J Brooks, J. S. Miller, Wm . Margrave, B. L. Riggins, Joseph Ray, H . S. Greeno, B P McDonald, S Silber

Fellow Crafts.—A. M Reading, O Diefenbaugh, S A Manlove, R W Hamer , J G Stewart, R D Clark, Hug h Kuykendall

Entered Apprentices. L Malines, C AV Goodlander, W H Morris, Joh n Chance, AVm Holt, Dyer Smith, J G Miller, J F White , R L Phillips, AV C AVeatherwax, J Rodgers, Chas Koffman, Joh n Laither

Admitted,5 ; Initiated, 16; Passed,?; Raised, 1; Suspended,8;Died,2 ; Rejected, 8. Numbe r of members, 27.

Time of meeting no t given.

SHAWNE E LODGE , No 9, BI G SPRINGS. *

OFFICERS

JAMES L AVIGHTMAN

Worshipful Master

ISAAC N ROBERTS Secretary

KIN G SOLOMO N LODGE , No 10 , LEAVENWORTH

Regular communications first an d thir d Fridays in each month

OFFICERS

HARVEY ALLEN

Worshipful Master.

M. AA'EIGIIT.MAM .....Senior Warden . JosiAH KELLOGG f^. Junio r AA'^arden A COHEN Treasurer

GEO. EIXSTEIN Secretary. J. R. DUNCAN Senior Deacon.

MATHE W SHAW Junio r Deacon.

Past Masters. G. W . Hogeboom, Geo. A. Eddy, M. S. Adams, Jame s McCann.

^raster Masons.—W. P. Gambell, AVm. Gordon, Ph . Rothschild, J. C. Johnson , AVm Rosenfelt, R J Selway, S F Atwood, G H AVeaver, Charles S. Stettauer, Thoma s C. Stephens, C. L. Gordon, M. H . Insley, Wm S Paynter , H AV Goff, Ed H Marsh, P Williams, J M Bodine, AV J Kermott , L L Todd, Levi Houston, D R Anthony, Charles Blaser,

'••'•NOTE.—Unfortunately this lodge has been reduced in numbers until there are but two left. Thev do uot consider themselves a lodge, but through courtesy, are allowed to retain their charter for the present.—GRAND SECRETARY.

Grand Lodge of Kansas. 361

Isaac H Bonsall, B Farnsworth, H D McCarty, James R Whitehead, J. L.Wever, Henry Still, R.J. Brown, H.D.Smith, Benj. Nute,jr., Wm. Schley, H. C.F.Hackbusch, D.W.Wilder, Jas. J.Skinner, F.T. Wilson, Geo W Nelles, Wm H Watson, John B Lamber, S Leighton, Jos A Bullen, Jos. Westenberger, S. H. Anderson, Jas. H. Kiskadden, E. F. Havens, J L Bean, S Rothschild, H B Haas, Wm J Chandler L Setzler, W.W.Childs, E. Ooates, H.Markson, O. H. Carpenter, C.N. James. Fellow Craft.—James Ivey.

Entered Apprentices. —A. C. Smith, L. Yates, J. W. Morris, Wm. Phillips, Wm. Getz, Wm.' G. Bradshaw.

Admitted, 2; Initiated, 4; Passed,3; Raised, 3; Dimitted, 2; Died, 1; Rejected, 3. Number of members,66.

OSKALOOSA LODGE, No 14, OSKALOOSA

Regular communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month. OFFICERS.

N CHAPMAN Worshipful Master P E HAVENS '. Senior Warden J. N.HALL Junior Warden. G. B. CAKSON Treasurer. J FiTSIMMONS

llaster Masons.—J. B. Hollingsworth, J. Downing, J. S. Shoemaker, Benj. Daniels, J. O.Reed, J. G.Henderson, J. Evans, H.0. Finch, N.B. Hopewell, C A Buck, Joel Cowan, H Crabbs, J N McFarland, T J Wallis, Isaac Newhouse, I. V.Fairholm, W.N.Allen, D.Newhouse, N. W Taylor, C B McLellan, H Owens, W Gibbs (hon mem ) Fellow Crafts.—1^. Wilhelm, W T Moorman

Entered A2')prentice. J.W.Roberts

Admitted, 5; Initiated, 8; Passed 7; Raised, 6; Dimitted, 1; Reinstated, 3; Died, 1; Rejected, 6. Number of members,27.

TECUMSEH LODGE, No 15, TECUMSEH

Regular communications Thursday on or before full moon, and two weeks thereafter. OFFICERS.

LEWIS CLOGSTON

Worshipful Master. A. G. LEWIS Senior Warden. R HusoN , Junior Warden

JOHN GAGE Treasurer

A. D. REED Secretary. J J DRIVER Senior Deacon J M REED l Junior Deacon Tyler.

Master Masons. John L.Dalman, Wm. Jordan, A.M. Jordan, J. 0. Morgan, W H Weld, J B Clogston, James Gordon, John Kappell, J H. Weaver, Francis Walker, Joseph A. Powell, Allen W. Haygood, Lewis Deering, J. S.Griffin, Oliver 0. Lewis.

Fellow Crafts.— G. Tyler, P.S. Gabey.

Entered Apprentices. J N Pebley, J 0 Ridgeway, Wm H Gage

Initiated, 4; Passed, 4; Raised, 5; Dimitted, 2; Reinstated, 3 Number of members,19.

Proceedings, of the

LAFAYETTE LODGE, No 16, MANHATTAN OFFICERS.

J M ALLEN Worshipful Master H EELKS Senior Warden • N. D.HoETON Junior Warden. J. W. PIPER . • Treasurer. Secretary.

Past Master. A Griffin

Master Masons. S G Hoyt, S Long, W Remert, J Taylor, Geo W Wisener, John Hagg, P Pratt, N A Adams, Squires, J D Adams

Admitted, ?>; Initiated, 3;Passed, 1; Raised, 1; Dimitted, 1; Died, 1; Rejected, 1. Number of members, 15.

Time of meeting not given.

TOPBKA LODG-E,

No.

17, TOPEKA OFFICERS

ED. P.KELLAM Worshipful Master; SAMUEL R. REMINGTON Senior Warden. GEORGE G GAGE Junior Warden: CHAS G WHITING '. Treasurer - M. G. FARNHAJI Secretary.

Past Masters. Joel Huntoon, Rev J.T Holliday, C K Hollidav,D.' G.-.M.-., Charles King.

Master Masons.—3. C Gordon, S T Walkley, F L Crane, Wm W Ross, Frederick Ortmann, John Fletcher, Joh'n W.Farnsworth, R. H. Atwell, A H Case, Henry Roberti, Daniel H Horn, Silas Hunter, Isaac Renfrew, Chas. A. Stringham, Thomas G. Thornton, John S. Branner, John Eicher, J Finn Hill, George W Anderson, Jacob Smith, James Fletcher, Enoch Chase, Hiram Shields, Amos D. Craigue, Elisha G. Moon, David W Seagraves, Stephen Jennings, Asa Hairgrove, Loring Farnsworth, Rev. C.M.Caloway, Geo.M. Kellam, J.R. Griffin, Ephriam Baker, Rev. John Jackson, M.King Smith, Jacob Safford, David Eaton, H W Farnsworth, Alonzo H Hale, J A Polley, Geo O Wilmarth, Jas. Cany French, H. H.Wilcox, Rev. T.A.Parker, Rev. Ira Blackford, David Hunter, J.S Stansfteld,F R.Foster,Ed.G.Ross, Joseph A.Brown

Fellow Cm//.—Charles H WyckoflF

Admitted, 5; Initiated, 5; Passed, 5; Raised, 5; Suspended, 3;Reinstated, 1; Died, 1. Number of members, 59. ,

Time of meeting not given.

OLATHB LODGE, No. 19, OLATHE

OFFICERS

A J CLEMMENS

Worshipful Master

J HENKY BLAKE Senior Warden WILLIAM ROY Junior Warden. F. W. CASE Treasurer. JOHN M GIPFPN ; Secretary

Past Masters.—3. P Campbell, L S Cornwell, M J P Drake

Grand Lodge of Kansas. 363

Master Masons. John T Burris,Jonathan Millikm, J E Hayes,J W Parmetar, John J.Evans, John Janes, Irving Janes, J.Milton Hadley, David DuflF, Wm. E. Martin, J.T.Weaver, Barnabas Evans, J.E. Clark, Harry McBride, S B Myrick

Fellow Crafts.—J. Nicholas Mocller, A.Waldschmidt, Isaac Parish, James Peak.

Ente^-ed Apprentices.—A.E.Beardslev, Augustus Thavis, L. F. Crist, W I Scharff, Stephen S Start

Admitted, 1; Initiated, 5; Passed, 5; Raised, 3; Dimitted, 1; Suspended, 5; Rejected, 3 Number ofmembers,23

Time of meeting not given

G-EASSHOPPEE PALLS LODGE, No. 21, SAUTRELLE.

Regular communications second andfourth Fridays ineach month.

MEMBERS.

J F BLISS

Worshipful Master

J.A.MANN Senior Warden

W.C.BUTTS Junior Warden

JOHN RATZ Treasurer

GEORGE S. HILLYER Secretary.

Past Master.—E. D Hillyer

Master iMasons. A W Spaulding, S S Cooper, E G Pierce, R H Crosby, M.Vandenburg, John Marsh, John Ernst, J. C.Todd, Joseph Beland, Joseph Miller.

Fellow Crafts.—1. 3. Anderson, W G Kuch

Entered Apprentices.—J. P Barns, Newel Colby Initiated, 5; Passed, 4; Raised, 3; Dimitted, 2; Died, 5 Number of members, J6

PAEIS LODGE, No 22, PARIS OFFICERS.

J. H. BARLOW

Worshipful Master. N. M.HAWK Senior Warden.

JEREMIAH FARRIS Junior Warden.

JOHN HOOD Treasurer

WM M CANAN Secretary

MasterMasons. George W.Moore, Pleasant Chitwood, H.A. Defrise, Henry Blackburn, Austin Faris, F H Graham, C M McDaniel, M P MoDaniel, W S Lewis, John M Haines, Samuel Carmack, Herbert Robinson, Joseph Potts. W.H. Weatherman, Henry Braze, Wm. S. McDowell, F M Sullivan, Joseph Ritter, James Young, Stephen Griffin, John B. Faris, James Robinson,Noah P.Hnbson,J. Minor Tubb, G. M. Moore, Wm. Swingby, D.C.Gibbs, Lewis Thomas, Jesse W.Lewis, John B. Hagerman, Samuel Brown, John Driscall, James C Stinson, John Berdue, A.P. Bland, James H. Kaston, George W.Fisher, John Defrise, John F.Clippard, John R. Langhead.

Fellow Crafts.—A. J.Dallv, Wm. B.Murray, John D.Carrall, Moses R. Voiles.

Proceedings of the

Entered Apprentices. David Libbet, D R Coleman, Thornton Bunch, Morris Howard

Admitted, 6 ; Initiated,24; Passed, 28 ; Raised, 24; Diraitted, 6 ; Died, 2 ; Rejected, 7; Reinstated, 1 Numbe r of members , 45

Time of meeting not given.

PALMYEA LODGE, No. 23, BALDWIN CITY.

Rsgular communications Fridays on or before th e full moon.

OFFICERS .

CLAHKSON REYNOLDS

JOH N W VAUGHN

Worshipful Master

Senior Warden

Louis F GREEN Junio r Warden

• WM . D . MAHTIN

Treasurer.BARTON ANDREWS Secretary

JOH N T LYNCH

Senior Deacon

NATHA N TAYI.OK Junio r Deacon

RICHAR D P DUVALL Tyler

Master Masons. Joh n H Derring, Milton Reynolds, M L Thompson, .Jacob Branson, A D Graves, T J Cossabaum

Fellow Crafts.—J. W Taylor, David B Swallow

Entered Apprentice.—Hugh G Cook

Initiated, 3 ; Passed, 2 Numbe r of members, 14

HIGH PEAIEIE LODGE, No. 25, HIGH PRAIEIE.

Regular communications first an d third Saturdays in each month.

OFFICERS .

A D McCuNE

Worshipful Master

THOMAS TROWER : Senior Warden .

HENR Y DONAIIOE Treasurer

WM M THOMPSON Secretary

DAVI D J KELLER.

Maj<ter Masons. Samuel R Trower,-.Tohn C Gist, Ja y Tuttle, .John W McLane, H . B. Keller, AVm. V. French, J . H . Cassady, Joh n A. Cassady, S S Nichols, Milton Sloan, Wallace Davidson, AVm G Chambers, E S Sebree, Wm . Kyle, James Caffery, C. C. Redman/Thoma s W . Ruble, Wm . F Gable, Crayton Carney, Joseph Howell, Zina Mason, Richard MuUins, Samuel D. Ewing, Wm . H ilix, Thomas Starns, D e Los N. Barnes, Anthony SVay, Wm Campbell, Boaz Williams

Fellow Craft. Hiram Way.

Entered Apprentice. — B D Moore, Newton L Mason, David Brown, Fran k Gable.

Admitted, 4; Initiated,10; Passed, 6; Raised, 5 ; Dimitted, 3 ; Died, 1 Numbe r of members, 34.

Grand Lodge of Kansas. 365

NEOSHO LODGE, No 27, L E EOY

OFFICERS .

S J CABTEK

Worshipful Master J A STEWART

THOMAS CBABTREE

Senior Warden

Junio r Warden

P. H . SMITH Treasurer.

A. VENAHD Secretary.

Past Masters. J, E . F . Shull, J . A. Stewart.

Master Masons.—A. F Wilkinson, M E Grimes, W W Brazel, J S Davis, S. E. Harrington, S. S. Prouty, Eichard Burr, Joh n Hamilton, A. L. Dresback, Jame s L Waid, L Veteto, Joh n E Eoe, W Morrow, Joh n A

Estep, John Bruchen, E. Eeves, E.Chase, W. W. Opdyke, Emery Chase, F Pearson

Entered Apprentices.—S. Howard, P P Steele, Oscar Coy

Admitted 1; Initiated,9; Passed,8; Eaised,9; Dimitted,2; Rejected,5 Numbe r of members, 27

Time of meeting not given

OFFICEES

M E HUDSON ......Worshipful Master G W HATLER ...Senior Warden

MARKBOWLWAR Junior Warden

WJI BAKER Treasurer

E. H . EoBBKTSpN........; Secretary.

Titos: B. McKiNSTRY Senior Deacon.

JOHN AMES Junio r Deacon.

JOH N STXRB ; Tyler

Past 3faster.—H. G.Moore.

Master Masons.—William Byrington, M 0 Ellis, Hanson Brittoh, A P. Clark, James Hall, David Murrow, F . D. Myrick, Casius Stone, Stark Willson, A J Wheeler, Joseph S Wilson, Joh n Eafferty, Ir a Benham, J P Chitwood, Joh n A Campbell, Cyrus W Campbell, Joh n Faquaer, M. Osborne, M. D. Tenny, A. L. Wilmot, Thomas Hamilton, Thomas M West, Ed Forbes, J F" Fulton, Edward Gray, James Hofi'nagle, S O Himoe, W K Jackson, A C Prime, A G West, H.B Cook, Eobert Osborne, Ephriam Kepley.

Fellow Crafts.—James Galey, T. K. White.

Entered Apprentice. Timothy Hackett

Admitted, 4 ; Initiated, 13 ; Passed, 12; Eaised, 11 ; Dimitted, 1; Died, 2 ; Eejected, 5 Numbe r of members, 42

Time of meeting not given

PACIFIC LODGE, No. 29, HUMBOLDT.

OFFICEES

ORLIN THURSTON ....Worshipful Master

JOH N HARRIS

JOH N TRIP P

JONAS L FLETCHER

Senior Warden

Junior Warden.

Treasurer

Secretary

Past Master. Isaac ?< Phillips

Master Masons. John R Frost, D M Stewart, J M Lainpkins, David Hurt, Charles Watson, S. J.Stewart, F. C.Phillips, Wm. Starbuek, H.H. Haywood, J T Baker, S H Crampton, S E Marston, J H Signor, W W. Robins,Isaac W.Tibbetts,S. W. Haddan,W.W. Mills,Franklin Brady, Sion Barbee, Wm E Randall, A L Dorenbergh, B F Walton, Isaac W Dow, W. Doudna, J.M. Moore, C. E. Briggs, D. B. Stewart.

Fellow Cro/<s.—William A Scott, J C Redfield

Entered Apprentices.—P. P. Phillips, F.C. Adams.

Admitted, 3; Initiated, 10;Passed,8; Raised, 8; Dimitted,12; Died, 1; Rejected, 2 Number ofmembers,32

Time ofmeeting not given.

AECAN A LODGE , No . 31 , DONIPHAN.

Regular communications Saturday on or before the full moon.

J L PniLBRiCK

OFFICERS.

Worshipful Master

J. F.WiGER Senior Warden.

A. R. FoHMAX Junior Warden.

A.BRONNER Treasurer

R T NESJUT Secretary

Past Masters.—A. B. Forman, R. T. Nesbit.

Master Masons.—B. S. Whorton, J. F. Forman, David Lee, David French, G H Marcher, H.W.Hanson, G M .Walter, E.A.Spencer, Isaac M.Lee,Josiah Howard,Rob't Mealer, R. A.Bowlware,Henry Boder, jr., I H Hastings, William M Ege, W R Power, W J Oram, Geo A Benjamin, Isaac N.Smallwood, J. Shugart.

Entered Apprentices. E. G. Crabb, E. Grable. Admitted, 2; Initiated, 6; Passed, 4; Raised, 5; Dimitted 1;Reinstated, 1 ; Died, 1; Rejected, 2. Number ofmembers,25.

AUBURN LODaE, No. 32, AOBURN . OFFICERS

REUBEN STEES

Worshipful Master

WM. H . DELONG Senior Warden. C O MooRE., Junior Warden

ELI SNYDER Treasurer

ELLIOT CARRIGER Secretary

MasterMasons.—Wm. F. Johnson, John W. Brown, H. L. Shumway, O H Drinkwater, John E Moore,John B Cook, Jeremiah Sabine, Martin L Hyde, Thomas Denman, James L Huggins, Wm A Engle, A J Loyd, James M Hammond, Wm H Coombs, John L Price,Geo S Holt, Wm Lord

Entered Apprentics.—Lindsey T. Cook. Initiated, 1; Passed, 2; Raised, 2; Dimitted, 1;Expelled, 1;Died,3 Number ofmembers,22

Time ofmeeting not given.

Grand Lodge of Kansas. 367

MOUI^D CITY LODGE, No. 33/MOUND CITY.

Regular communications first and third Fridays of each month

OFFICERS .

OSCAR DEWEY

Worshipful Master

J. P . WATSON Senior Warden.

J. L. SCOTT Junio r Warden.

J K ANTHONY •. Treasurer

ALEX H BAIRD Secretary

JAMES BARRICK Senior Deacon

J C HOLMES Junio r Deacon Tyler.

Master Masons.—li. B Hiatt, Moses Boire, Jame s P Wheeler, J W Babb, J. S. Atkinson, James Falkner, T. Elwood Smith, Hiram Kelsey, C. S. Wheaton.T . F. Wilson, J . M. Iliff, J . T. Snoddv, Amos Cummings, D. A. Crocker, J . H . Trego, Enoch Estep, A. J . Frank, Hiram Barrick, Jesse Brown, David Lindsey, James Tomilsbn.

Fellow Crafts.—W. B. Perry, J. H . Beldings, Alex. Seaman, Samuel Hamilton, Edwin Smith

Entered Apprentices. O D Botkin, Jesse Marshall, A W Rash, W B. Scott, Geo. B. Dennison, Alex. C. Bender.

Admitted, 1; Initiated, 20; Passed, 14; Raised, 14; Dimitted, 3 ; Rejected, 5. Number of members, 28.

mDIAJSrOL A LODGE , No . 34 , INDIANOLA .

OFFICERS

G L YOUNG

Worshipful Master

L H OGEE Senior Warden

A. 0 . BECKWITH Junio r Warden.

R S GABBY Treasurer

C. W . HIGGINBOTHAM Secretary.

M. B. BEAUBEAN Senior Deacon.

L. R. DARLING Junio r Deacon.

B T PAYN E

Master Masons. Wm Ally, J E Clardy, Samuel Ashmore, E, D, Rose, A Puckett, James Kuykendall, Joh n Piero, Roswell Rose FeUow Craft.—Z. D. Lasley. Entered Apprentice. Henr y Clade

Initiated, 1; Passed, 3 ; Raised, 2 Numbe r of members, 16 Time of meeting not given.

HIAWATHA LODGE, No. 35, HIAWATHA.

OFFICERS .

W . B. BARNETT

Worshipful Master.

J. G. KELSEY Senior Warden. B WATKINS Junio r Warden

J B HoovEB Treasurer

E L POUND Secretary

IRA J LACOCK Senior Deacon

H M ROBINSON Junio r Deacon

GREGORY AMAAN .-. Tyler

Proceedings of the

Master Masons.—James Round, W . W . Guthrie, Samuel W . Wade, L. H Slagle, W G Sargent, E N Morrill, D K Snively, Joseph Vaughan , J.C Scott, J F Babbit, R S Fairchild, R H Bollinger, Dennis Vanlieu, Stephen Hughes, H . C. Gragg, G. J. Englehart, J. Samuels, H . Sebum , A Sutherland

Admitted, 2; Initiated, 4 ; Passed, 6; Raised, 8; Dimitted, 1; Rejected, 2 Numbe r of members , 27

Time of meeting no t given.

COUlSrCI L GROV E LODGE , No 36 , COCINCIL GROVE

Regular communications Wednesdays on or next preceding th e full moon • '

THOMAS WHIT E '

OFFICERS

Worshipful Master

JAMES'GAEEY . ' .;..'. Senior Warden.

,B. B. LOCK WOOD Junior Warden . G M SiMcocK .........Treasurer J B CALLEN.. Secretary

Master ifrasons.^James- Phinney,- George Bylin, J . E . Bryan, C. H . Stricby,.Charles Columbia, W . D. Wheeler, E. Hosier, J. L. French. Initiated,! ; Passed,! ; Raised,! ; Rejected,!. Number of members, !3

PAOL A LODGE , No 37 , PAOLA

Regular communications Monday on or nex t preceding th e full moon, and tw o weeks thereafter

OFFICERS .

E. W . ROBINSON Worshipful Master. B.F.SIMPSO N ; Senior Warden

GEO. WTTJALE Junio r Warden . J P GLASSCOCK Treasurer

,E B.- JUR D .Secretary

M. O. TEEPL E Senior Deacon.

THOMAS AKERS Junio r Deacon. A SMITH Tyler

Past Master.—Vf. R. Wagstaflf.

Master Masons.—J. B. Hobson, M. F. AVilgus,- Joh n T. Townsend, Joh n M Ellis, Joh n A Hicks, S W Speas, I Oristy, William Moody, A H Dean, W P Bowen, Willard 0 Hubbell, Goodwin Tavlor, E B Duncan, G. W . Swain, Thomas Totten, C. Shaw, T. J. Hedges, G. W. Miller, Silas Green, Samuel Divelbiss, W T Shiveley, A C Farnham , George Town, W . H. Lebow, Ada m Camp, J. R. Divelbiss, William Walters, B. Snyder, R. W. Shipley.

Fellow Crafts.—James F Bell, Alonzo B Light, George H Hume Entered Ajiprentices.—AVilliam Thaspsen, Henr v J Waller, Thomas Ellis, Peter W Speas, D B Wilson, S S Thorp

Initiated, !4 ; Pas.sed, 8; Raised, 7; Rejected,!. Numbe r of members, 38

Grand Lodge of Kansas. . 369

lOLA LODGE, U D., IOLA

OFFICERS

J F CoLBURN

"Worshipful Master A. W . BROWN Senior Warden. H . D. PARSONS Junio r Warden . B. BREWSTER Secretary.

Master Masons.—Ele Lorance, D B Brown, Daniel Horville, Wm H Cochran, N Hankins , T J Alexander, William Avery, A W Thompson

Fellow Craft.—J. L. Arnold. Admitted,! ; Initiated,! ; Passed,! ; Rejected, 3. Numbe r of members, 11

ELOOMING GEOVE LODGE, U D., BLOOMING GROVE

OFFICERS

A O DoDD Worshipful Master N M HAWKS ;... Senior Warden WM GOSS .Junio r Warden

B. F . Goss Treasurer. SAMUEL BROWN Secretary

Master Masons.—Jackson Lane, W . W . Silsby, Timothy Searls, W . Farrig, Stephen Griffin.

Fellow Crafts.—D. C. Harrison, Wm . M- Reeves. Entered Apprentices.—O. C. Hadsall, Azariah Edmisson, Joh n S. Lane . Initiated,? ; Passed, 4; Raised, 2; Rejected, 2 Numbe r of members, 10 Time of meeting not given

NOTE.—The returns of Bourbon, Lafayette, Neosho, Eldora and Pacific lodges have been received since the meeting of the Grand Lodge, and found correct.—GRAND SEC'Y.

OFFICER S O F TH E M.-.W/. GRAN D LODG E O F KANSAS, FO R

TH E YEA R COMMENCING OCTOBER, 1863

M.'.W.'. JACOB SAQUI, Atchison Gran d Master.

R.- AV.' C K HoLLiDAY, Topeka.- Deputy Grand Master

R.\ W." O W MCALLASTBK Gran d Senior Warden

R.-.W.' JOH N A.CHASE.... ...Grand Junio r Warden

R.' W.' CHRISTIAN BECK, Leavenworth Grand Treasurer

R.' W." E T CARR, Fort Leavenworth Grand Secretary

W.' RICHARD R REE S .Gran d Orator

W.' L L ToDB .' Grand Lecturer

W.'. Rev. T. A. PARKER Grand Chaplain.

W.'. Rev. D.DICKINSO N Grand Chaplain.

W.-.ED . P . KELLAM Gran d Marshal.

W.". OSCAR DEWEY Grand Senior Deacon.

W.'. THOMAS WHIT E Gran d Junio r Deacon.

W.; REUBEN STEES Grand Sword Bearer

W.' A C BECKWITH Gran d Steward

, W.'. HENR Y GANZ Gran d Steward.

W.-. GEO . Mi KELLAM Grand Tyler.

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS

P. S. FERGUSON Wyandotte Northern District.

W . R. WAGSTAF P Paola Southern District.

Proceedings

SUSPENDED

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KiCKAPOO LODGE, No. 4. J . J . Deckelman.

WASHINGTON LODGE, NO 25. For non-paymen t of dues : George T Challiss, Peter Boyle, Philh p Link, E.G Mason, S.T.Walters, David M Bivins, S B Davis, F Byllsby, V W Parker, W J Marion

BouBBON LODGE, NO 8. A G Carter, J W Denton, D P Greenwood, A.H.Horton,Blak e Little, W.Patterson, A.Thornhill, William Vermillion

ToPEKA LODGE, NO . 17.—H. M. Moore, Tliomas Gardner, Jame s A. Kidney

OiiATHE LODGE, No 19. Joh n T Barston, B M Jewett, J.Henr y Smith, E. S. Wilkinson, Jerom e A. Seward.

EXPELLED .

UNION LODGE, No 7. J D Patterson, J W Keyes

AuBRY LODGE, NO . 32. Natha n P . Case.

REINSTATED .

WASHINGTON LODGE, NO . 5. Thomas English.

LAWRENCE LODGE, NO 6.—Thomas J Kennedy , E D Ladd

OsKALOOSA LODGE, NO 14. W N Allen, J T Wallace, H Owens

TOPEKA LODGE, No 17. J Fin n Hill

PARI S LODGE, NO . 22.—C . H . Stillwell.

ARCANA LODGE, NO 31. J F Forman

Grand Lodge of Kansas. 373

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REPRESENTATIVE S O F TH E GRAN D LODG E O F KANSAS

NEA R OTHE R GRAN D LODGES

Arkansas

Canada

Connecticut

R.'.W/ ALBERT PIK E of Little Rock

R;.W." THOMAS B HARRIS of Hamilton

R.'.W.'. E.G . STOREE of New Haven.

Louisiana R.'. W.'. A. G. CARTER of Port Hudson.

Minnesota...; R.'.W.'. GEORGE W . PRESCOTT...of St. Paul.

New Jersey

M.'.W.'. INGHAM CORYELL of Lambertville.

Vermon t R.'.W.'. JOHN B . HOLLENBECK...of Burlington.

REPRESENTATIVE S OF OTHE R GRAN D LODGES NEA R TH E

GRAND LODG E O F KANSAS

Illinois

M.'.W.'

Vermon t R.'.W.',

Missouri M.'.W.'

Minnesota

Connecticut

R.' W.'

R.'.W."

RICHARD R . REE S of Leavenworth .

CHARLES MUNDE E of Leavenworth .

JACOB SAQUI of Atchison

CHARLES MUNDE E of Leavenworth

CHARLES MUNDE E of Leavenworth .

Grand Lodge of Kansas. 375

LIST O F GRAN D LODGES I N CORRESPONDENCE WIT H TH E GRAN D LODGE OF KANSAS ; ALSO TH E NAMES AN D ADDRESS OF TH E GRAN D SECRETARIES

Alabama DANIEL SAYRE Montgomery.

Arkansas T. D. MERRICK Little Rock.

California

Canada

ALEX G ABELL San Francisco

THOMAS B HARRI S Hamilton

Connecticut Lucius E HUNT Hartford

Colorado 0 A WIIITTE>IORE Denver City

Delaware

WILLIAM S HAYE S Wilmington

District of Columbia W . MORRIS SMITH Washington.

Florida

JOHN B . TAYLOR Tallahassee.

Georgia SIMRI ROSE.... Macon

Iowa T S PARVIN Iowa City

Illinois H G REYNOLDS Springfield

Indian a FRANCIS KIN G Indianapolis

Kentucky P SWIGERT Frankfort

Louisiana

SAMUEL M . TODD ; New Orleans.

Maine IRA BERRY Portland.

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

FREDERICK WOODWORTH Baltimore

CHARLES W MOORE Boston

JAMES FENTON Detroit.

GEORGE W . PRESCOTT Saint Paul.

Mississippi Ro W T DANIEL Jackson

Missouri A O'SULLIVAN Saint Louis

Nebraska

STEPHEN D BANGS Bellevue

New Hampshir e HORACE CHASE Hopkinton

New Jersey

New Yor k

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

JOSEPH H HOUG H Trenton

JAMES M AU.STIN New York

WILLIAM T BAIN Raleigh

JOHN D . CALDWELL Cincinnati.

WILLIAM S CALDWELL Portland

WILLIAJI H ADAMS Philadelphia

THOMAS A. DOYLE Providence.

ALBERT G MACKEY Charleston

CH.\RLES A FULLER Nashville

Texas A S BUTHVEN Galveston

Vermon t HENR Y CLARK Poultney.

Virginia JOHN DOVE Richmond

Washington Territory T. F . MCELROY Olympia.

Wisconsin W T PALMER Milwaukee

Lawrence, No. 6",

S. M. TPIORP, August 21, 18(B. J F GRISVVOLD, August 21, 18(13

WM T WILLIAMSON, August 21, 18fi3 .lOSIAH C TRASK, August 21,18(13

Union, IVo. 7,

C. F. CLARK K, necember, 18(13.

Bourbon, No. S, THOM AS CASEY, June, 1863

A M H BILLS, August, 18G3

King Solomon, No. JO, A p RUSSELL, December, 1862

Oskaloosa, A'o. 14, .1 c: HUKNETT, .Mine 30, 18(13

REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE,

To the M:. W.\ Grand Lodge of Kansas :

Your Committee on Foreign Correspondence respectfully beg leave to submit th e following as their annual report:

We acknowledge th e receipt of th e printed Proceedings of th e following Grand Lodges, viz:

CALIFORNIA 1863

COLORADO 1862

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 1862

ILLINOIS 1862

INDIANA 1863

IOWA ' 1861-62

KENTUCKY : 1862

LOUISIANA 1863

MAIN E 1863

MARYLAND ...1862-63

MASSACHUSETTS 1862

MICHIGAN 1863

MISSOURI ....1868

NE W JERSEY 1863

NE W YORK 1863

OREGON 1862

VERMONT 1863

WASHINGTON TERRITORY 1862

WISCONSIN 1862

Man}' of these coming to han d quite recently, we have been obliged to review the m rathe r more hastily tha n we desired. W e submit th e following as the result of our labors: 1

CALIFORNIA—1863

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The Most Worshipful Gran d Lodge of th e State of California commenced its Fourteent h annual communication at th e Masonic Temple in th e city of San Francisco, Tuesday, May 12, A. D. 1863. M.\W.'. WILLIA M C BELCHER, Gran d Master ; R .W.'.ALEX G ABELL, Gran d Secretary

One hundre d an d fifteen chartered lodges were represented at th e opening

The Grand Master seems somewhat elated at their having a Gran d Lodge hall, and speaks of it as follows:

We are met for the first time in our own Grand Lodge hall — in the Masonic Tem• pie which our San Francisco brethren, three years ago, promised to build for our accommodation and their own convenience Then they showed us a picture of a magnificent structure, as perfect in simplicity and beauty of architecture an d in its adaptation to the uses for which it was designed, as cunning artists could make it — a beautiful picture The amendment to our Constitution, changing the place of meeting from Sacramento to this city, was then under consideration, and many thought an d said the picture wa.s all we would ever see of the Temple But the Grand Lodge, knowing the ability and determined perseveranee of those who had promised to build a home for us an d themselves, trusted to their good faith On th e twenty-fourth day of

Proceedings of the :

June, 1860, Grand Master CURTIS, assisted by the Grand Lodge, laid the corner stone, with imposing ceremonies, in presence of the largest assemblage of masons ever gathered together on this coast Then the Temple was to cost S 100,000 Already our brethren have expended upon it more than SloO.OOO, and it is not yet completed Even now they are proud of their work, and we, too, are proud of it It is the flnestaud most perfect building'on the Pacific coast, and when finished will be the most beautiful, if not the most expensive; Masonic Temple in America It is a noble monument of th e energy and liberality of our brethren of San Francisco; and we will not complain though, as in the case of that of old, seven full years should be occupied in its building

He cautions the brethren against the admission of unworthy men, and urges the importance of committees being extremely careful in their investigations, remarking that they too frequently neglect their duty "and present false reports to cover their neglect."

"Whenever such a committee reports favorably, no matter in what form of words their report may be couched, they say to the lodge: 'We have carefully investigated the character of that man, and we know him to be sober, industrious, a good citizen, a good man in all the relations of life— one whom we may safely receive into our society, and welcome as an equal and a brother — one who will do honor to us as a mason;' and when they report favorably or unfavorably, without due inquiry and reliable information, their report is false." We indorse the bother's remarks, and hope the brethren of our own jurisdiction will profit by the assertion /

Nine dispensations for the formation of new lodges were granted during the year, three of them in Nevada Territory Two applications were made for military lodges,which he refused to grant, for the reasons that the Constitution gave him no discretion, and that he considered them of doubtful utility.

He speaks in glowing termsof the noble act of Bro J Q A FELLOWS, of New Orleans, who, in spite of all opposition, fearlessly did his whole masonic duty towards those of our brethren who had the misfortune to be prisoners of war in that city /

An excellent Report on Foreign Correspondence was presented by our accomplished brother, GILBERT B CLAIBOENE, in which he reviews in a careful manner the Proceedings of twenty-three Grand Lodges, among which is a very courteous.notice of the Proceedings of Kansas, for 1861 and 1862 The brother refers, in rather a humorous manner, to a communication from Bro DAVIS, and rather infers that we are not as charitable, perhaps, as we should be toward our brethren in adversity; and in Bro. DAVIS' case he thinks we could not well do less than purchase the easy chair of RABELAIS and give the brother an honored seat in the Grand Lodge, "so jolly and cheery is he in adversity."

He referred to the report of our Committee on Chartered Lodges, in which they report the returns of certain lodges correct but informal, and asks how this could be. We answer, as information for the brother, that the returns referred to were not in accordance with the adopted form, hence the peculiar report.

Grand Lodge of Kansas. 387

As to our Grand Lodge instructing the Grand Secretary to receive no money but specie for Grand Lodge dues, we assure the worthy brother that as a Grand Lodge we were entirely.innocent of any prospective speculations in gold, only wishing to guard against the uncurrent funds with which our country was infested We have never refused "greenbacks."

A mourning page is dedicated to the memory of M.'.W.'. CHARLES GiLMAN, and also one to Bro. HUMPHREY GRIFFITH, late Grand Orator.

A resolution was adopted appropriating two hundred and fifty dollars for the purpose of procuring the portrait of Bro. OILMAN.

Grand Master and Grand Secretary both reelected.

COLORAD O —1S62

The Second annual communication of our young sister Grand Lodge was held in Central City, November 3, 1802, K.'.W.'. ANDREW MASON, Deputy Grand Master, presiding, and K.'.W.' 0 A AVHITTEMORE, Grand Secretary

There are six lodges in the jurisdiction, but only four were represented in the Grand Lodge From the returns of these foiir we observe a total of 154 members

The returns also show a good degree of prosperity in the lodges, at least so far as numbers indicate AVe observe Summit Lodge, No 2, reports 13 initiations and 3 rejections; Nevada Lodge, No 4, reports 23 initiations and 4 rejections; Denver Lodge, No 5, 18 initiations and 1 rejection, and Chivington Lodge, No. 6, 24 initiations and 14 rejections. With our experience of applicants for the degrees of masonry, in a new country, we are fearful the percentage of rejections is entirely too small. We must, however, let our brothers in Colorado be the judge, trusting they will avoid the dangers of a too rapid growth.

The amount of Grand Lodge dues from the four lodges referred to, is $535.50; the Grand Lodge dues being one dollar and fifty cents for each member of the lodge, and five dollars for each initiation

ALLYN WESTON, Central City, M.'.W.' Grand Master

O A WHITTEMORE, Colorado City, reelected R.".W.\ Grand Secretary

DISTRIC T O F COLUMBIA—1862 .

From this M.-.W.'. Grand Lodge we have the Proceedings for the year 1862. M.'.W.-.CHARLES F . STANSBURY, Grand Master, and R.-.W.-. JOSHUA T . TAYLOR, Grand Secretary. A special communication of the Grand Lodge was called February 12, 1862, for the purpose of considering the propriety of granting a dispensation to Bro. THEODORE G . PALMER and others, to open a lodge in the city of Alexandria, Va. Bro. PALMER'S reasons for asking for the dispensation were, that there were at the time no lodges working in that city That no charter could be found, and that everything appertaining to the lodges formerly existing

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there, had been removed, and the masons residing there, cutofT from all enjoyment of masonic privileges. And further, that the Grand Lodge of Virginia forbids those working under itsjurisdiction to recognize or hold masonic intercourse with masons whoadhere to their allegiance to the Union.

P.'. G.-.M.'.WHITING offered a resolution instructing the Grand Master to issue the required dispensation, when the petitioners should comply with the requirements of the Grand Lodge. Pending which, the Grand Lodge called off until the evening of the15th, when it again met, and after some discussion, the resolution was adopted. Atfirst we were disposed to question the right of the Grand Lodge to grant the dispensation, buttlie inore we examined the subject and the circumstances under whieli the applicants were placed, the more we areincHned tofavor theaction of the Grand Lodge.

The able arguments of M.'.W.-. Bros. STANSBURY, AVIHTNRY, FRENCU and others, convince us that in this act there wasno desire to encroach upon any other jurisdiction. On the contrary, "should these unhappy. National differences be composed, and Virginia assume her former place in this great and glorious Union, her Grand Lodge will be restored to lier autliority over alllodges within her geographical limits. The temporary warrant will be resigned to her,and her right of jurisdiction acknowledged by,thefraternity here and everywhere."

Semi-annual communication held May- 0th.

The Grand Ma,ster hasgranted a nuaiber of dispensations to confei' the degrees in less than the required time, but still he seems opposed to doing it.

l:le hasgranted a dispensation to certain brethren of the Fifty-ninth Regiment, NewYork Volunteers, empowering them to work asa camp lodge.

Annual communication held November 4,1862

An attempt was made to organize a special system of relief for sick and wounded masons, without distinction, who maj' be found in the hosl^itals ofthe city. Howwell they will succeed wehave yet to see. May 'success crown their efforts.

The Report on Foreign Correspondence is by Bro E L STEVENS It reviews the Proceedings of eighteen Grand Lodges, Kansas being one of the number The report is a good one, and we are confident the brother is a good patriot, and we admire him for it,but "in perilous times like thepresent," should wenotbe charitable aswell as patriotic

Y PEYTON PAGE, !Nt.-.W.- Grand Master

W. MORRIS SMITH, E.-.W.-. Grand Secretarv.

ILLINOIS —1862

Annual communication October 7, A D 1862 M.-.W.- F M BLAIR, Grand Master; E.'.W.' H G KEYXOLDS, Grand Secretary.'

The Grand Master states in his address that he has divided the State into seventeen lecturing districts and has appointed a Grand Lecturer for each; and for the State at large he has appointed Bro REYNOLDS, the Grand Secretary. But the Grand Lecturer at large having authority to convene lodges and enforce the adoption of his work, and to draw on the lodges for his expenses and compensation, seems to have worked some dissatisfaction. To heal this, the Grand Master called a convention of the Grand Lecturers and other eminent brethren of the State, when the work was carefully compared, and the difi'erences fully adjusted, after which he issued a circular, revoking to some extent the powers of the Grand Lecturer at large,since which time there has been very little complaint in regard to the work and lectures by the lodges

Grand Master BUCK, in 1861,issued a circular setting forth that in 1846 the Grand Lodge adopted the WebbAVork, and that since that time it had been repeatedly approved by the Grand Lodge as the only standard in the jurisdiction, but Bro BL.-MR, after making thorough examination, is fully convinced that the Grand Lodge of Illinois never, in her official capacity, adopted any particular system of work. He is of the opinion, however, that she did, on one or two occasions, approve the work as exemplified in the first and second degrees by Past Grand Master WALKER, and probably by Bro.BARNEY, and thinks a more pure, compact or elegant ritual cannot be found than that known as the Webb Work. He recommends that no legislation be had on the subject, but that it be left in the hands of the Grand Master.

Either an attempt to enforce the adoption of this work, or a difference of opinion in the manner of promulgating it,has led to serious apprehensions as to the lUture of niasonry in that jurisdiction. Wc arc not sufficiently well informed on the true cause which has led to these jarings, to enter into any discussion on the subject, and even if we were,we would decline so doing, trusting that there yet remains among our eminent brethren of Illinois,enough of the true principles of our Institution to influence more moderation in their discussions, and by a charitable forgiveness of each other's faults, yet restore peace and harmony in the jurisdiction; and place her in that noble position she has heretofore held as a Grand Lodge. And to this end we are happy to announce to this Grand Lodge that we have lately received a circular signed by most of the Present and Past Grand Officers of that jurisdiction, and also by several prominent brethren of other jurisdictions, atmouncing a happy adjustment of all past difficulties, and recommending the same to the favorable endorsement of all good masons

The report on Foreign Correspondence briefly notices the Proceedings of twenty-four Grand Lodges, Kansas being one of the number. An

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excellent oration was delivered by Bro. BROMWELL, Grand Orator, in which there is much of general interest to the Craft. A resolution was offered amending the By-Laws so as to require but one ballot for the three degrees, wHicli lies over one j-ear

The Grand Master and Grand Secretary were both reelected.

INDIAN A —1863V

Annual communication held in the city of Indianapolis, May 25, A. D. 1863, M.-.W.-. JOHN B. FBAVEL, presiding.

In his address the Grand Master alludes in a very feeling manner to our present national troubles, pays an afiectionate tribute of respect to the memory of those who have died in defense of their country; and admonishes the brethren to see to it that they do their whole duty; "for," he remarks, "we can be masons only when we a.re faithful to our GOD, true to our country, and fraternal to our fellow man."

He also pays a just tribute of respect to the memory of P.'.G.'.M.'. HENRY C. LAWRENCE, and G.".S..D.-.ROBERT M . GILKESON, who have died within the last masonic year.

During the year he has granted dispensations for the formation of sixteen new lodges, seven of them being military lodges

He decides that for disloyalty alone, a brother cannot be expelled, and founds his decision on the declarations set forth in the Second Chapter of the Ancient Charges The question proposed is as follows:

A brother in good standing in this lodge has gone south, joined the Confederate army, received a commission therein, and is now in arms against the Government of the United States Can the lodge expel him?

The Committee on Jurisprudence, to whom was referred that portion of the address, after various suppositions and far fetched constructions of the charge referred to, are of the opinion that the law has been misapplied, and answer the question propounded to the Grand Master thus.'

Ex/iel him, and expel him quickly; and should you over catch him engaged in his unholy purposes, treat him just as you would the assassin who, in the dead hour of night, would, with stealth, euter your hed-chamber, and there, while carrying out his purposes of robbery, plunge the dagger to the heart of the wife reposing on your bosom Your committee deny, in the most emphatic terms, that there is any law of masonry contravening or setting aside the first law of nalure — self-preservation.

Which report was very justly,'in our opinion, laid on the table, and we are glad to see that the Grand Lodge of Indiana is not disposed to misconstrue the Ancient Charges on this point. However much our erring brethren may be politically culpable, it is only politically that they are so; and however much as patriots we may detest their course, we should not, by extravagant pleading, or far fetched and unnatural construction, attempt to shove the old and sacred landmarks of the Order out of their natural position, in order to gratify our patriotic ardor. By such a course we injure the Order, open a gap for innovation, and

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gain no advantage either to our country or the Craft In making these remarlss, we do not mean to reflect upon any brother of the Grand Lodge of Indiana; but as similar questions may arise in our own jurisdiction, we make them that our brethren may be led to reflect, and consider well before acting; and in all their actions pertaining to the unhappy state of our country, have charity'iri'view.

We also notice in the address of the Grand Master, that he is quite severe on certain pretended masonic newspapers and periodicals, and earnestly advisesthe brethreii to give them no countenance or encouragement - • • •

We are not aware to what particular publications the Grand Master alludes, but. we notice .he was supported by the adoption of the following:. '

liesolve'f, That the strictures ot.the M.'.W.-. Grand Master made in his address, upon the said publications, meet with the unqualified'approbation of this Grand Lodge

A brief report from, the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, notices the receipt .of the Proceedings of twenty-two Grand Lodges, Kansas being one of the number. The report is principally devoted to the subject of a change in the duties of the committee.

The suggestions by Bro. HACKER are very good, and we admire his argument, but really, as a member of the cornmittee, we should have some hesitancy in advancing them. Being disposed to the best of our ability to do our whole duty, regardless of the "vast amount of unnecessary labor," or "the exigencies of the times."

The following are the suggestions of Bro HACKER, for the future government of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, and which we find in substance embodied in the amended edition of the By-Laws:

Firs!.—Hereafter the duties of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence will cease with the close of the communication of the Grand Lodge at which they may have been appointed, except for special reasons they shall be continued by order of the Grand Lodge

Second. It will hereafter be the duty of the Grand Secretary, upon the receipt at his ofHce of any matter relating to Foreign Correspondence, to forward the same to the II.'.W.'. Grand Master, who, upon examining the same, should he discover anything therein which in his judgment may require some action upon the part of the Grand Lodge, he will, in his annual address, call the attention of the Grand Lodge to the same

Tftirrf.—That part of the M.'.W.'. Grand Master's address, with the documents referred to, will then go the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, who, after examining the same, can report to the Grand Lodge what action, if any, will be necessary for the Grand Lodge to take in the premises.

An amended edition of the Constitution and By-Laws, also a digest of the decisions of the Grand Lodge are published with the Proceedings.

WILLIAM HACKEE, Shelbyville, M.'.W.- Grand Master

PKANCIS KING, Indianapolis, reelected K.'.W.". Grand Secretary.

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IOWA—1861-62

From this Grand Lodge we have the Proceedings for 1861and 1862

At the session in 1863, Grand Master BENTON delivered an excellent address,inwhicli he, as wellasnearly allother Grand Masters,urgesthenecessity of rigid scrutiny in the selection of candidates, remarking tliat as the moral power of the Institution istobemeasured bythequality, and not by the quantity of the work done,they should be extremely careful and select nonebut thosein whose zeal,energyand integrity we may implicitly confide. He favors the work as exemplified by Bros.Wii,sox and MORMS, of Kentucky, and in support of the work he quotes as evidence of its authenticity,whatlietermsthedyingtestimony of thevenerable Bro. TUCKEH of Vermont Aportion of Bro TUCKER'S remarks may be found in a previous report of your committee

Thebrother closeshisaddress with an appropriate tribute tothe memory of the fraternal dead.

The Rei^ort on Foreign Correspondence was prepared by Bro. E, A. Guii^BERT. It is an excellent paper, and one well calculated toengage the attention of the Craft generally. It embraces a summary of the most important transactions of thirty Grand Lodges

The brother remarks that in quite a number of Grand Lodge juris•dictions,the vexata guestio of work is being discussed with a greater or less degree of directness of purpose, and in some the true solution of,this important problem is being developed; and the idea of perfect uniformity is commended and sought after But in one of the j'oungest and smallest of the Grand Lodgeshe finds aGrand Master who, he thinks,in anything but a proper spirit, and seemingly "most ignorant of what he is most assured," "lays about him like a shoulder-hitter, and vigorously assaults one of themost useful, influential and industrious of the apostlesof the ancient work, and of uniformity," which he regards as very improper, especially for the occupant of so exalted a position asGrand Master. The brother, at the time, seemed personally hurt by the uncharitable spirit of this " cholericbrother; "but weseriously question whether,atthepresent time, he would be so ardent in the support of this "apostle of the ancient work." We advocate a uniformity of work, but would sooner advocate a lengthy convocation of that "Grand Camp Meeting," than take the chances of a harmonious issue, in the manner prescribed by this most industrious apostle. On the various subjects following, the brother seems well skilled and of generous spirit.

At the communication in June, 1862,the Grand Master remarks that the Order the past year, under the circumstances, had been more prosperous than he had reason to anticipate. He discourages granting dispensations to confer degrees out of time. Has granted four dispensations to form new lodges, one of them at Fort Eandall, Dakota Territory. In relation to the duties of masons in the present National struggle, he quotes from MACKEY that "JSTOcivil commotion can sever masonicties,or render nugatory masonic obligations." And adds:

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That while the revolt of certain States against the authority of the government, receives my unqualified disapprobation and condemnation, I know of no reason why it should interfere with masonic jurisdictions Masonry is a private Institution, established solely for social improvement, and the inculcation of the principles of benevolence, morality and virtue It is restricted by no metes and bounds of civil jurisdiction, and has no special identity with any particular government Its character is universal, and its objects everywhere, and for all time, the .same.

The Report on Foreign Correspondence was presented b}'Bro. H. S. .TKNXIXGS. It aclvnowledges the receipt of the Proceedings of eighteen Grand Lodges, Kansas receiving a very courteous notice,and Bro DAVIS a cordial invitation to call, should he ever come that way.

THOMAS H.BENTON, JR., Council Bluffs, M.'.W.".Grand Master.

T. S. PABVIN, Iowa City, R.'.W.'.Grand Secretary.

KEN TUCK Y—1862.

Grand Lodge held its annual communication in Louisville, commencing October 20, A D 18G2 M.-.W.- HIRAM BASSETT, Grand Master; JOHN M TODD, Assistant Grand Secretary

There not being a quorum present, the Grand Lodge adjourned until the next day; and still there were not a constitutional number of lodges represented; whereupon a committee was appointed to consult with the Grand Master in regard to what constituted a constitutional number of lodges The committee, after consultation, report that they find fifteen lodges have not been represented or paid dues for three years, and that one hundred and twenty-three have also failed to pay or be represented for two years, and also, that two have surrendered their charters, making in all, one hundred and forty lodges.

The Grand Master having constitutional authority, declared these lodges suspended for the time being Their whole number being three hundred and sixteen, this would leave them one hundred and seventysix active lodges A representation from one-third of the active lodges, constituting a quorum, and having eighty-four lodges represented, it was declared competent to proceed with the business of the Grand Lodge.

The Grand Master in his address, speaks quite understandingly upon the question of masonry and the civil government We have always entertained the same views on the subject, but fearing some of our lodges have looked at the question in a different light, we quote the brother's remarks as good authority upon the subject:

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While I observe with pleasure that most of the Grand Lodges, whose Proceedings it has been my privilege to examine, have wisely abstained from introducing any political legislation, I have been grieved to find that some of our brethren in this jurisdiction have conceived the idea that what they deem political offenses — crimes against the State or civil government — are also breaches of masonic obligations In order to preserve that harmony among the brethren, which is our strength and our support, it seems to me neither ill-timed nor out of place to notice briefly here, the relation which masonry, as an Institution, bears to the civil government

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The second general head of " The Charges of a Free Mason," treats " of the civil magistrate, supreme and subordinate," and is as follows:

"A mason is a peaceable subject to the civil powers, wherever he resides or works, and is never to be concerned in plots and conspiracies against the peace and welfare of the nation, nor to behave himself undntifuHy to inferior magistrates, for as ma>:onry has been always injnred by war,bloodshed and confusion,so ancipnt kings and princes have been much disposed-to encourage the craftsmen,'because of the peaceableness and loyalty, whereby they practically answered the cavils of thtir adversaries, and promoted the honor of the fraternity, who ever flourished in times of peace. So that if a brother should be a rebel against the State, he is not to be countenanced in bis rebellion, however he may be piiied as an unhappy man,-and if convicted of no other crime, though the loyal brotherhood must anci ought to disown his rebellion,and give no umbrage or ground of political jealousy to the government for the time being, they cannot expel hi m from the lodge, and his relation to it remains indefeasible." •

From this it will be seen that it is not the province of masonry to protect or punish her votaries who mayb e oiTenders against the State, but that she leaves them" where they belong —to the civil authorities

The former part of the charge is simply an exhortation'to the initiate to be a peaceable subject or citizen, and a warning that it is not to interfere to relieve a brother from punishment at the hands of the civil magistrate, as.the latter.part clearly shows Yet, notwithstanding this, and the voUintary promise masonry makes to every candidate for her.mysteries, that in assuming her covenants, he shall have free choice on all religious and political themes, some of our brethren seem to regard the first part of the charge as not only equivalent, but paramount to any obligation he may have entered into

Again, we are taught among the first lessons in masonry, that it unites upon the principle of brotherly love, men of every country, sect and opinion Shall we then, of the same country, perhaps of the same kin, allow our political opinions, however we may differ, to estrange, divide and disunite us? I trust not If we admit any other theory we destroy the universality of masonry, we sectionalize it, and it .becomes as chamelion-like in its hues.as the various shades that charact'erize the different nations, or political organizations of the earth

No, my brethren, masonry was formed on a broader principle than this, and our ancient brethren wisely determined, that no political or religious distinctions should ever limit its boundless charity' It is peculiar to no country, but common to all It recognizes no religion but that unfaltering trust in the.Omnipotent Being who created the world and all things therein — the Grand Architect of the Universe — by whose unerring square the blocks we offer must at last be tried, and who will reward us according to our merits

Let us, then, leave all these subjects where our forefathers placed them—"outside the mason's door." Let each one of us resolve that, though civil strife may sever all natural, social, political, and even religious ties, yet, so far as we can avert it, there is one tie it shall not break — the mystic tie. Yes, my brethren, let us resolve anew that there shall be at least one tribunal where the cries of suffering humanitj' shall not be disregarded — where the distressed of " every country, sect and opinion," may prefer their suits, and not appeal in vain -Then, even though it should be the fate of our noble Institution, as it seems,alas! likely to be that of all others of huma n origin, to perish amid civil strife and social convulsions, still, however much we may grieve over the ruins, we will have the proud consolation that we at least did not, with iconoclastic hand.inflict a single blow upon the sacred temple.

A resolution was adopted, requiring a committee to be appointed, to investigate the supposed order of Conservators.

We have no report from the Committee on Foreign Correspondence

JOHN B HUSTON, Winchester, M.'.W.* Grand Master P SwiGERT, Frankfort, reelected Il.*,W.\ Grand Secretary

LOUISIANA—1863 .

The Fifty-first annual communication of this M/.W. \ Grand Lodge, was held in th e city of New Orleans, Februar y 9, A. D. 1863, M.-.\V.-. J .

Q A FELLOWS, Gran d Master, and R.'.W/ SAMUEL M TODD, Gran d Secretary

Owing to the condition of the country at the time, bu t sixteen lodges were represented, which th e Grand Master announces is not a quoruna, as required to change the By-Laws or Regulations, or to elect officers, consequently very little business was done

We quote th e Gran d Master's closing remarks :

Brethren, I had hoped that I could at this session, have laid down the gavel, or rather that I could have surrendered it to some more capable brother, but as that is not to be, I shall not shrink from any responsibility attached to the position freely taken upon myself when I accepted the ollice, but shall hope, as you all must, that by the lapse of another year, the Grand Lodge will assemble in full quorum — that peace and harmony may prevail throughout the land, and that freemasonry may again flourish May our Grand Master above, grant this, our humble prayer.

Louisiana Relief Lodge, although its resources have been somewha t circumscribed, has still continued to dispense he r charities with a liberal hand

The Committee on Foreign Correspondence ask leave to defer thei r report until the nex t annual communication of the Grand Lodge, which was granted

A communication was read from a numbe r of persons, claiming to be masons, and members of a lodge called "Foye r Mazonnique, No 44," and holding unde r authority of a " Supreme Council of th e 33d Degree," asking to be admitted as a lodge of freemasons unde r the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana. But th e Grand Lodge very justly decided tha t if any of these gentlemen wished to join th e fraternity, the y would discover the course to be pursued b y a perusal of th e Constitution and By-Laws of th e Grand Lodge

MAIN E —1863 .

The annua l communication of this M.".W.' Grand Lodge was held in the city of Portland, May 5, A D 1863, M.-.W.' JOSIAH H DBUMMOND, Grand Master, and R.'.W.'.IR A BERRY, Grand Secretary

The address of th e Grand Master gives a lengthy and detailed account of his stewardship for the past year, in which we notice he has refused to grant dispensations for opening military lodges, and we think produces sufficient reasons for so doing

In closing his remarks the Grand Master cautions the Craft against unworthy admissions as follows:

Our Institution is now popular Candidates are rushing to our doors, and, instead of a«A:t7if7, are almostrfemaTJrfingadmission Here lies our greatest danger In the time of our prosperity, designing men may endeavor to use masonry to extend their business, or as a stepping stone to influence in the community Candidates influenced by such motives as these, would be cancers that would eat out our vitals Another class

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of candidates make negative masons They are to masonry,'what drones are to the hive They add nothing to our strength We need large hearted, disinterested, live men We should not hesitate to reject thosewhoare not worthy. Fix your standard high,and if the candidate does not come up to it, reject him And if a candidate", your friend, is rejected, do not breakup the harmony of your lodge by foolishly resenting it. It Is unpleasant to have one's friend rejected But we should consider, whether we will quietly submit, or prefer to endeavor to vindicate our friend at the expense of the harmony of the lodge The true mason cannot hesitate which course to take He will place the good of the Order above every other consideration He will apply to it the words of the Psalmist: "If I forget thee, 0 Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunnlrig." " If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem to mi/ chief joy.'''

The Report on Foreign Correspondence presented by Bro Cvmi PEAKL, chairman of committee, reviews at lengtli the Proceedings of twenty-one Grand Lodges, in which the brother quotes liberally from the Proceedings of our own Grand Lodge In referring to our Report on Correspondence, the brotlier remarks: "A well digested Report on Correspondence, reviewing the Proceedings of ten Grand Lodges, not including Maine, was presented by Bro E T CARR." !NOW, Bro PEARL, we are not selfish, but really we think we are entitled to all, and we would fraternally ask you to look again at our report of last year. We acknowledge that we did not give your Grand Lodge as full a notice as its merits demanded, yet we did not pass you by entirely unnoticed. No, you have occupied a position entirely too prominent for that.

AVe notice as usual, very interesting reports are presented by all the District Deputy Grand Masters, showing a continued state of prosperity throughout the jurisdiction.

AViLT.iAM P. PHEBLE, Portland,M.'.AV.. Grand Master.

CvRTi, PjAiu,, Portland,reelected R.'.W.'.Grand Secretary.

MARYLA?fD—1863 .

The M.'.W.'. Grand Lodge of Marjdand met in annual communication in the city of Baltimore, November ]7.,']863,M.'.W.'. .ToitN S. BERRY, Grand Master, presiding, and R.'.W.'. Jos. ROBINSON, Grand Secretary.

The short, but eloquent address of the Grand Master, refers principally to the duties of the brotherhood, in this, the hour of our country's affliction

The Report on Corresj^ondence by Bro MOJILTOX, is in his usual happy style, and contains a vast amount of valuable information

Bro McJiLTON was elected Grand Master, and R.'.W.' JOSEPU ROHIN.SOX reelected Grand Secretary.

The Grand Lodge met in .special communication, March 17, A. D. 1863.

The Grand Master stated that he had called the Grand Lodge together in order that suitable measures might be taken to pay such respect to the memory of the late R.'.W.'.Grand Secretary, Bro JOSEPH ROBINson,~ as his high standing and great personal worth entitled him to After the adoption of appropriate resolutions, and appointing the necessary committees, the Grand Lodge called off until the 19th, when it again

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convened, andcalled ofTuntil 9o'clock, March 20th; when itagain called on for the purpose of attending thefuneral of our late brother. After the usual ceremonies, the procession moved to Greenwood cemetery, where ourlate brother was interred with thehighest masonic honors, by the M.-.W.-. Grand Master, Bro.J. N. M.MCJILTON, D.D., assisted by the R.".W/. Bro. JAMES D.MGGABE, D.D., Grand Chaplain, the Rev. Bros LiBERTUs, VAN BOKKELIN and ROBERT PIGGOT, and the brethren

The Grand Lodge metin semi-annual communication, May11,1868. In addition to the death of the late Grand Secretary, the Grand Master in his address announces the death of Past Grand Secretary, R.-.W.\ Bro. RICHARD MCCUBBIN, whohad been a member of Concordia Lodge, No 13,tifty-two years He died atthe advanced ageof eighty-one years Bro McJiLTON hasspent considerable time invisiting thehospitals,and ministering to the wants of such as needed assistance; and,in these duties, he has conceived the idea of a masonic Chaplain to hospitals and camps, and has entered into correspondence upon the subject with the Grand Masters of the different jurisdictions, many of whom approve of the project, and promise him contributions to assist in carrying out this charitable mission. In view of which, he has appointed Rev.Bro. ROBERT PIGGOT, whohasfor several months been engaged in the good work Bro MCJILTON remarks:

He has ministered to the masonic brethren of the hospitals much to their gratification, and he has relieved the necessities of a number of them, assisting others in their correspondence, and in various ways. This has turned out to be a work of true masonic philanthropy, and promises a fair return for the trouble and expense occasioned by it

A brief Report on Correspondence is presented by Bro WM J WORTH The brother seems somewhat modest in thus coming for the first time before the masonic world ; butwe can seenogood reasonwhy he should hesitate, he evidently has theability, andwhen once the " ice is broke," wethink need stand in aweof none.

In hisnotice of theProceedings of ourownGrand Lodge, referring to the Grand Master's address, he says: "He stated that the Grand Lodge of Missouri did not allow anyof its members to represent any other Grand Lodge," and thinks it very unfair for any Grand Lodge to appoint Representatives, when they will not accord to others the same privilege We maybe mistaken, butwe think theGrand LodgeofINIissouri hasadopted therepresentative system, and only debar the officers, and not the members at large, from acting as Representatives of other Grand Lodges.

Among the proceedings, we find the following:

Resolved, That the Rev. Bro. ROBERT FIGGOT be, and he is hereby authorized to visit all the masonic wounded or sick brethren whom he may find among the hospitals or elsewhere, without regard to their nativity, and administer to their physical and spiritual wants as far as he can

JOHN N AVICJII.TON, M.'.W.' Grand Master

FRED. K. WOODWORTH, Baltimore, R.'.W.'. Grand Secretary.

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Since writing the above, we have received the proceedings of a special communication, held August 17th and 18th The communication was held in order that the Committee on Work and Lectures might have the same exemplified before the Grand Lodge for its adoption

The Grand Master delivered an address at the opening of the Grand Lodge, in which is much we would like to transcribe to our pages, had we time. He is very severe on a class of masons styling themselves "Conservators of Symbolic Masonry," of which our venerable Bro.ROB MORRIS, receives a rather severe handling.

Bro JACOB H MEDIARY, the Grand Lecturer, and one of the Committee on AVork and Lectures, exemplified the proposed work; it claiming to be the work adopted at the Baltimore convention, in 1843, and the work as exemplified, was adopted by the Grand Lodge

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—1862.

We have the Proceedings of this M..'.W.'.Grand Lodge for the year ending December 30,A. D. 1862. M.-.W.'. WILLIAM D.COOLIDGE, Grand Master; R.'. W.'.CHARLES W. MOORE, Grand Secretary.

The address of the Grand Master is well written, and prefaced with much useful advice to the Craft On the manner of conducting their labors, he remarks:

In your individual an d associated relations, may your acts ever conduce to the advancement of masonry as an Institution; and more especially to the advancement and dignity of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, and its subordinates. '•'• ''•• '•'• Principles are eternal —individuals are nothing Harmony, brotherly love, and all charitable and masonic graces, everything =•= ^ '•= If there is any one part of a building requiring the greatest care, it is the foundation. Whatever else we neglect, let this be secured

And immediately he remarks:

For this state of war, there is no precedent, nor is there precedent for such a sudden influx into the Institution from the array; of those, who, from the circumstances of the case, must be made at sight, the prerogative alone of the Grand Master — as I am taught by a strict examination of the ancient landmarks, and the best counsel of the wise and prudent, whom we all revere 'I have met this pressure readily and earnestly, for it has been made by those whose patriotic impulses have led them forth to battle for their country ; to stand, for you and me, and bare their breasts to the bullet aimed at the nation's heart, and I could not find it in my own, to refuse any aid, comfort or protection which I might be instrumental in throwing around them. ,'

And to this end he has simply dispensed " with all the requirements of the Constitution," received the application of one hundred and thirteen candidates, balloted for the same, and conferred the three degrees, "all within five consecutive hours!"

JSTOW, while we do not wish to withhold any comfort or protection that may reasonably be bestowed upon the noble defenders of our common country, still, we must conscientiously protest against this wholesale dealing in the mysteries of our cherished Institution; and to this end we quote the remarks of K.".W.'.Bro.O'SULLIVAX, of Missouri, in his report of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts:

And so without more ado, the Grand Master issues his dispensation,setting aside all the requirements of the Constitution of his Grand Lodge, which he covenanted to support, by which one hunrJred and thirteen men were prop'sefi, balloted for, initiated, passed andraised "all witfun Jive consecutive hours." We deny, utterly deny, the existence of any landmark authorizing this wholesale manufacture of masons It does not exist Not the most complaisant Grand Master England has produced, even when royalty was to be made, ever exercised such authority It has remained for the oldest Grand Lodge in America, occupying a front rank for her masonic talent and respectability, to set an example " hich others will not be slow to imitate ; setting aside the Constitution, requirements, usage—everything which appeared like a barrier is swept away.and the mandate goes forth that one hundred and thirteen men may be entered, passed and raised within five consecutive hours, in defiance of covenants, law, usage or common sense We imagine the Grand Master quoting the words of the great cardinal, "Th e pen is mightier than the sword." But we are told with the utmost complacency, that they were nearly all officers. We care not if they were all brigadiers It does not alter the case a whit

We will now allow one of the Grand Master's officers, Bro WILLIAM VV BAKER, D. \ D.'.G.'.M.., to speak, believing that he speaks from experience: "Th e present unhappy state of our country has somewhat interrupted the regular routine of work in the lodges, and the call for so many of our citizens, young and old, and their sudden departure for the seat of war, has opened a new business for the lodge, which, though as patriots we have submitted to with patience, yet as masons, we cannot but look on with alarm I allude to the subject of dispensing with those safeguards which the Constitution provides, and which have heretofore exercised such asalutary influence — and making masons and conferring the degrees out of time; hastily, and in many cases, as a natural consequence, carelessly and unimpressively This is as hurtful to the candidate as it is to the Institution '•• '•'• '•' Very many of those who have thus taken their degrees, are men of middle age, who have had ample time, in many years, to have availed themselves of the benefits of the Order; but they have deferred it, or gave it no thouglit, an d now take it up, it is to be feared, more with the expectation of being specially benefitted by it, than of yielding anything in return."

Th e Gran d Master-elect , o n takin g hi s seat , addresse d th e Gran d Lodg e ill a ver y appropriat e manner , a portio n of whic h w e copy :

Prom year to year, words of caution have been addressed to you from this place, and never, my brethren, were they more needed than now.

Applicants too easily find admission at our portals, merely on negative recommendations This ought not to be Every applicant should have a character unspotted; a clean reputaUou, a respectable position in society, and means to obtain a living If he has not these qualifications, you should not hesitate to reject him, for negative good men only swell numbers without increasing strength or usefulness

After passing appropriate resolutions upon th e death of Bros. OSGOOD and SKAVEV, th e Gran d Lodge closed in ample form; whe n th e subscribers to th e "annual feast," formed in procession an d repaired to the banqueting hall, where that festival w-as duly celebrated AViLLiAM PARKMAX, Bostou, M.'.AA^*. Grand Master.. CHARLES W JMOORE, Boston, R.'.W.* Grand Secretary ^

MICHIGA N —1863 • ,

Annual communication held in Detroit, January 14, A. D. 1863. M.'. W.* FRANCIS DARROW, Grand Master ; R.'.W. JAMES FENTON, Gran d Secretary,

In hi s address, th e Gran d Master notices th e death of Past Grand Master, HORACE S ROBERTS, and recommend s tha t a committee b e ap-

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pointed to prepare fitting resolutions, and offer their unaffected condolence to hisbereaved widow

He has granted dispensations for five new lodges, and has also granted several dispensations to confer the degrees upon individuals who had enlisted, and were about to leave for the seat of war. Nowthis may seem all right and proper to some, but we must confess we can't see the propriety under the circumstances, now, more than at anyprevious time. We are quite willing at all times to confer all possible favors upon those who are fighting our country's battles; but to hurriedly confer the degees of masonry upon a person, because he is about leaving for "the seat of war," »e consider an injury to the person as well as the Institution. Many of the persons too. receiving the degrees in this manner, arepersons whohave lived for years within the sound of the gavel, and have never once thought of joining a lodge, until suddenly, asthey are abouttoleave for the seat of war, they remember that they have long entertained a favorable opinion of the ancient and honorable Order, and almost demand an immediate admission. Ostensibly, they are actuated by a sincere desire to be serviceable to their fellow man, but we fear personal benefit is too often their real incentive to action; and fortunate will it be for us,if there arenotmany nowreceiving the degrees, whom weshall soon wish hadnot been admitted.

The greater part of the Grand Master's address, is taken up in discussing the lectures Of his arguments or work, we have nothing in particular to say He seems, like many others, to have caught the lecture mania, and seems to have discovered some vital points, differing materially from anything the Grand Lodge had heretofore known

The Grand Lodge could not see these beautiful points asdid the M.'.W.'- brother, and byresolution prohibit the Craft in the jurisdiction from encouraging, promoting or permitting thedelivery, orteachingany masonic work or lectures which have not been sanctioned bythe Grand Lodge. We observe that Bro. KOJST. MORRIS wasthere to exemplify his work, which wesuppose to be that advocated bj'Bro. DARROW. "

Bro. .IAMKS FENTON presents his usually interesting address on Foreign Correspondence, reviewing the Proceedings of twenty-one lodges.

J. EAST.MAN JOHNSON, Centerville, M.'.W.'. Grand Master.

JAMES FENTON, Detroit, reelected R.'.W.'. Grand Secretary.

MISSOURI—1863

The Forty-third annual communication of this M.'.W.'.Grand Lodge, was held in thecity of St. Louis, commencing May25, A.D.1863. M.'. W.'. GEORGE WHITCOMB, Grand Master; R.'.W.'. A. O'SULLIVAN, Grand Secretary.

With the exception of a fewremarks upon the history of the Order, and the rise and fall of nations,the address of the Grand Master is local in character Quite a number of lodges which had stopped work on ac-

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count of the troubles in the country, have asked permission to elect officers and resume labor. In all such cases he has granted permission, believing it to be for the best interest of the fraternity. He has granted no dispensations for new lodges during the year.

Bro. O'SuLLivAN presents his usually interesting Report on Foreign Correspondence, reviewing the Proceedings of twenty-one Grand Lodges From his remarks upon our own Grand Lodge, we quote the following:

We notice that Grand Master SAQUI presented his credentials as Representative of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, near the Grand Lodge of Kansas. His address upon the occasion, and that of the R.'.W.* Deputy Grand Master HOLLIDAY, breathe the true spirit of masonry But it was reserved for our worthy Bro Past Grand Master REES, to give utterance to language which falls upon our ear like music wafted over some quiet lake on a summer eve As the traveler, journeying over a sandy desert, faint and weary, descries afar off the palm trees, sure indication of shelter from the noon-day sun, and water to cool his fevered brow, so do we, amid the clash of steel, and the vehement denunciations of angry men, hear the words of peace, of good will, of kind regards, of sympathy with us in ourgreat trouble; and they seem to us like an arch of promise, which tells us, in words of burning eloquence, that though war's red lightning may flash athwart the horizon, though the thunders may roll through our verdant prairies and luxuriant valleys, and our field be bathed in ensanguined blood, yet masonry, type of peace, and love, and good will to man, speaking through the mouths of her cherished sons, bids us to be of good cheer ; that the mystic chain is still glowing with refulgent brightness; that the sacred links are as firm and enduring as the eternal hills; and that every throb of the masonic heart of Missouri is responded to from Kansas to Maine, and beyond the great mountains, down amid the pleasant places bordering on the Pacific; and that although now temporarily, separated by cruel war from some of her erring sisters, a time will come, and O GOD ! may it be shortly, when all will again be united, never, never more to be separted.

We thank the Grand Lodge of Kansas, its Grand Master, Deputy and brethren, and especially our R.'.W.*.Bro. REES, who, in this hour of our sorrow, has not forgotten his masonic birth-place Masons of Kansas, " May peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces?"

The Grand Lodge takes a very decided stand against the so-called " Conservators' Association." Wearenot disposed todiscuss the propriety of their action, or either the merits or demerits of the association, as we are somewhat in the dark as to its real,character; but vvhatever may bo its real objects, we are by observation, forced to the conclusion that if it is doing good, it is also doing much harm ; and if capable of doing harm, it should notbe tolerated The action of the Grand Lodgeon the subject will be brought before this Grand Lodge for their consideration.

An excellent and instructive address was delivered by Bro CHABLES C.WIIITTIJESEY, Grand Orator.

JOHN H.TUCKER, Glasgow, M.'.AV..Grand Master.

A O'SuLLivAN, St Louis,reelected E.".W.\ Grand Secretary

NEW JERSEY—1863.

This M.'.W.'. Grand Lodge held its Seventy-sixth annual communication atTrenton,commencingJanuary 21, A D 1863 M.' W." ISAAC VAN WAGONER, Grand Master; R..W.".JOSEPH H.HOUGHJ Grand Secretary.

The Grand Master states, that with the exception of some difference of opinion in regard to the work in certain localities,the usual good feel-

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ing prevails throughovit the jurisdiction. In this, he has taken prompt action, and believes the difficulty has been obviated. This difference of opinion seems to have been caused by the introduction by persons outsidethe juri.sdiction,of a certain kind ofwork not authorized bythe Grand Lodge; a matter which is just now, in a greater or le.s.s degree, agitating several other jurisdictions, and one whicli should be discountenanced by all good masons.

He states as "A matter gratifying, and one calculated to ensure the permanent success of the several lodges,is the fact of the reelection of so many of the Masters and of Past Masters, to fill the position of W.'.JM.'. in so man}' of the lodges."

Bro JOSEPH H Houciii, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, presents an excellent report, reviewing the Proceedings of twenty-three Grand I^odges,in which are noticed the Proceedings of this jurisdiction for 1861 and 1862

The subject of refunding to the subordinate lodges,allsurplus moneys of the Grand Lodge,wasduly discussed,when itwasdecidedthat theGrand Treasurer, with the advice and consent of the Grand Master and Grand Secretary, be directed to invest the same as they may deem advisable,and for the interest and welfare of tlie Grand Lodge. Grand Master and Grand Secretary both reelected.

NEW YOKK —1863

The annual communication of "The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masonsof the Stateof New York," was convened in the cityof New York, June 2, A.D.1863. M.-.AV..JOHN J.CKAXE, Grand Master; R.-.W.-. JAMES M AUSTIN,Grand Secretary Four hundred and thirty-eight lodges were represented at the opening. The Grand Master delivered an excellent address The following are his prefatory remarks:

It is meet and proper that we should, as a body, bow lowly before the Throne of the Supreme and benignant Ruler of all things, and return to Him our most fervent thanks for the blessingsof profound peace which our fraternity is now generally enjoying throughout the globe

Our gratitude should become the more fervid, in view of the political aspects of the various nations which are now suffering from the vicissitudes of war, and more especially so, when we consider our own national calamities

We are now in the midst of one of the most gigantic struggles known to the modern history of the world. Old associates in our national councils have become estranged; war has drawn geographical lines heretofore unknown in our history as a nation ; the social fabric of our country has been deeply affected in all of its parts; tics of blood, and all their sacred claims, have been forgotten, and merged in the fierce strife; parts of our once happy country have been given over to waste and desolation ; smouldering ruins mark the spots where once stood thousands of peaceful and happy dwellings; the stately edifices in which justice was once administered, have become arsenals, and the law of the sword the law of the land ; the fields which once rewarded the husbandman's toil,are now desolated by war, and rank weeds, made the more rank by rich blood shed upon the soil, have taken the pla-e of the waving, golden grain, which gladdened the eye

" When peace was tinkling on the Shepherd's bell And singing with the reapers! "

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Yet, amid these horrors, freemasonry has known, and now knows no diminution of her gentle sway, and her spotless banner still benignantly waves over all who have invoked its shelter and protection.

For this, my brethren, and in view of the startling contrasts which are here presented, is our gratitude due to the Great Being who holds in his hand the destinies of empires, but who yet notes the fall of a sparrow

Dispensations wereissued for several new lodges during the year, and three dispensations for military lodges renewed. He transcribes his decisions on sixteen of the many questions of masonic law which have been propounded to him during the year; and from the nature of these, and they areprobably the more important, we would infer, that there must be a lamentable ignoranceof the general regulations of masonry some where inthejurisdietion,elsethesequestionswould neverhavebeen propounded

He remarks: "A prolific source of discussion, engendering difference of opinion in the Craft, has been found in the attempted adoption of the work as promulgated under the sanction of the M.'. VV.'.GrandLodge."

In this it seems that the old masons, or "those of ten years standing," find it too difficult to unlearn that which they have learned; and many active and admired workmen have ceased to particiisate in the active labors of the lodge Not from any feelings of opposition, but from a desire not totransgress any Grand Lodge regulation. We trust, should there be further legislation,the Grand Lodge will consider their case. The Grand Master, amongother things, recommends an increase in the salary of the Grand Secretary,and upon this subject we notice the adoption of the following:

Resolved, That the salary of the K.".\V." Grand Secretary be fixed at the sum of $3,000 per annum, to include all expenses for assistants or clerk hire M.'.VV.".JOSEPH D. EVANS, from the committee to correspond with the Grand Lodge of A'^irginia, reports: That in consequence of the restrictions of the government, he has been unable to open the proposed correspondence, but has observed in a daily paper, that the Grand Lodge of Virginia had receded from the position she had taken, cutting off all communication with the masons of New York

The Report on Foreign Correspondence was presented by R.".W.\ ELIJCOTT EVANS, and embraces a review of the Proceedings of twentythree American, and fourteen foreign Grand Lodges. The report is an excellent one, and there are many things in it we would like to transcribe, but must decline for want of time Afraternal notice ismade of our own Grand Lodge for 1862.

C. E. PAIGE, Binghampton, M.'.W.-.Grand Master. J.«iES M. AUSTIN, New York, B.'.W.". Grand Secretary.

OREGON —1862

This M.\W." Grand Lodge held its Twelfth annual communication at Salem,September 15, A.D.1862. M.". W.'.J.UIESB. BAGLEY,Grand Master; B.'. \V.'. WM. S. CALDWELL, Grand Secretary. Twenty-six lodges represented.

The Grand Master in his address, congratulates the Craft upon the favorable condition of masonry within that jurisdiction His official acts

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for the past year, lie remarks, were quite limited, yet lie has granted dispensations to several lodges to confer degrees upon candidates without their waiting the time required by the By-Laws. In this he is heartily sorry, as he finds tliey were in most cases, those who had been initiated a longtime,and had not felt interest enough in masonry tolearn the work, and desire a dispensation to save time and trouble,or else tliose who had lived for a long timewithin the jurisdiction of a lodge,and cared nothing for masonry until they are either going to the mines or some other place, and think they might bebenefited by beingamason. The brother thinks it a bad practice to grant dispensations of the liind, luid would not do it again.

Bro TnOTrA.s 11 Pii.uiXK presents an al>lc;Report on Foreign Correspondence Unfortunately, however, he has received the Proceedings of but seven Grand Lodges Kansas among other jurisdictions, is not ineiitioned In this,if there is any apology due to our sister Grand Lodge, we most respectfully call iipon the "great over-land institution " to.make it, for we have the satisfaction of knowing that three copies of our Proceedings were regularly mailed to Bro CALDWKI.I,, and, thinking one at least might resell him, they were mailed at different times

We find the following, very charitable resolution adopted by a unanimous vote, and it needs no comments from us:

Jiesolvcd, That one thousand dollars, from the funds of the Grand Lodge, be appropriated for the relief of sick and wounded masons in the army, to be e.xpcnded under the direction of the U S Sanitary Commission

Printed with the Proceedings, is a very interesting address by Rev. T. H. PEARNE, Grand Orator.

W. W. FowLEH,Jacksonville, M.-.W.'. Grand Master. .\VM. S.CALDWELL, Portland, reelected R.'.W.'. Grand Secretary.

VERMONT—1863

We have the Proceedings of the M.'.W.-. Grand Lodge at its communication in Burlington, .Tanuary 14, 1863. M.'.W.'. LEVBRETT B. ENuLESBY,Grand Master; R.'.W.-. HENRY CLARK, Grand Secretary.

The Grand Master in his address, reports having refused to grant dispensations to confer degrees in less time than that required by the regulations In referring to the lodge work,he remarks: "The work of preparing and disseminating what is called the true work and lectures, seems t6 Have received a new impetus from some source, and, if I am correctly' informed, there has been a large increase of those books in cipher, which this Body has spoken so strongly against." And he earnestly and justly warns against a course which is so liable to produce trouble and discord, and trusts that no "secular lodge or member thereof, will forget that to the Grand Lodge of Vermont alone,does it or he owe masonic allegiance."

A quite lengthy but excellent Report on Foreign Correspondence was submitted by the Grand Secretary, Bro. HENRY CLARK, in which are copious extracts"from the Proceedings of twenty-three Grand Lodges,

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accompanied by able comments by thecommittee; among the others, Kansas receives a very courteous notice.

The report was referred to a special committee, who report that they have had the same under consideration —can seeno reason why the same should notbe approved, and recommend itsadoption, which was agreed to • ' ' ' ' • •

The M.'.W.-. Grand Master was instructed to'draw on the Grand Treasurer for the sumof one hundred dollars, and present thesame to the widow of thelate Grand Master, PHILLIP C.TUCKER. '.

The Grand Master and Grand Secretary were both reelected.

AVASHINGTON

—1862.

This M.'.W.'. Grand, Lodge convened in annual communication, December 1,A. D.1862, M.'.W.-. .TAMES BILES, Past Grand Master, presiding; R..W.". T.M.REED, Grand Secretary.

The Grand Secretary read a brief communication from the Grand Master, M.'.W.'. DANIEL BAGLEY, in which he renders a,naccount ofhis official acts during the year.

He informs the Grand Lodge that he has,during the year, visited all the lodges or some active brethren thereof, except one, and that while there has not been extensive prosperity, with few exceptions, peace and harmony prevail, and a spirit of masonic research and emulation isincreasing. He has made arrangements by which he expects to getthe Webb-Preston Work; calls theattention of the Grand Lodge to thesubject of more obedience to thespirit of masonry, especially onthe subject of temperance and profanity; andregrets that serious family afflictions, and urgent business, prevent his being present at the annual communication.

The excellent Report on Foreign • Correspondence by the Grand Secretary, Bro. T. M. REEU, reviews the Proceedings•of twenty-one Grand Lodges, ours for 1861, being one of the number.- Bro REED thinks we don't seem to understand whyit isthat their Grand Lodge should desire a "Grand Bible Bearer" among theappointees of Grand Officers; and while he can't give all the reasons, finds room to "suggest one of the more remote," and here,it is: "It is not every mason that carries a Bible in his pocket, hence, when we move in a body, in order to prevent a contingency of universal neglect of that Great Light inmasonry, wedesignate some venerable brother to ' tote' it along Nothing improper in that, is there?" Most certainly ndt,Bro REED; nor either new; but whynot doaswe have always done,concede thehonor to the most venerable brother; waive the necessity of special legislation, and not attempt to attach new honors to the humble position bygiving toit the outward importance of a high sounding name? '

There arenine lodges inthe jurisdiction, 272contributing members.

THO.MAS M REED, Olympia, M.'.W.' Grand Master

T. F. MCELROY, R.'.AV.'. Grand Secretary.

Proceedings of the WISCONSI N —1862

Annual communication convened in the city of Milwaukee, Jun e 10, A. D. 1862. M.-.W.-. ALVIN B . ALDEN, Grand Master; E.-.W:-. Wji.T. PALMER, Gran d Secretary.

Th e Gran d Master congratulates th e Craft upo n th e healthful growth and permanen t prosperity of the Order in tha t jurisdiction. Kefers in a very appropriate manne r to several members of th e Grand Lodge who hav e died within the last year, among them Past Grand Master HE.N'BY M BILLINGS H e has, very justly we think, refused all applications for dispensations, to receive petitions, and confer th e several degrees of masonry upon those of our patriotic citizens who had joined the army

H e remarks :

The fact that such applicants had neglected to make their application until they were about to be placed in positions of unusual danger, did not furnish conclusive evidence to my mind, that they were wholly uninfluenced by unworthy motives in offering themselves as candidates for masonry. The applicants having neglected to take the proper steps to become masons prior to their enlistment, are alone chargeable with such neglect, and have no right to complain because the necessary safe-guards which we have deemed proper to throw around our Institution, were not set aside for their benefit

H e think s there are isolated cases in which th e rigid rule migh t be relaxed, bu t "t o favor some and reject others, would be considered at least invidious."

In this connections h e also remarks, that' ' Whe n a person applies for admission into our Order, he does so with th e expectation of receiving all th e rights and benefits appertaining thereto ; and in case he is admitted, is justly entitled to the same."

But, unless h e becomes thoroughly conversant with th e lectures of th e several degrees, he would be unable to make himself know n as a mason, and consequently, would be deprived of those very benefits which he sought to secure

Th e lodge, in consenting to confer the degrees upon him, enters into an engagement to afford hi m this information, an d for so doing, receives the constitutional fee, and unless th e necessary instruction is imparted, th e lodge has failed to do its duty, and th e candidate is deprived of tha t to which he is justly entitled

Ther e is no Report on Foreign Correspondence.

Th e Gran d Master and Grand Secretary were both reelected

<7raternally submitted, E. T. CARE , Chairman of the Committee.

NOTE.—We have received the printed Proceedings of the Grand Lodges of Canada, Connecticut and Iowa, for 1S63, but too late for insertion in the foregoing report.— GKAND SECRETABY

PROCEEDINGS OP THE

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OF A.F.& A.M., OF KANSAS

The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Kansas was convened in Special Communication, in the City of Topeka, Tuesday, December 20, A D 1864, A. L. 5864, at ten o'clock A. M. Present: M R: R.

B.R •. W . W . W .AV . W

B.-.W AV AV AA''

R.-.AV.-

.JACOB SAQUI

.C K HoLLiDAY

Grand Ma.ster

Deputy Grand Master

J F BLISS Grand Senior AVarden, protern.

.JOHN A.CHASE

CHRISTIAN BECK

.E. T.CARR

. A.AVARNER

.J. L.PHILBRICK

•GEO. M. KELLAJI

.ISAAC N. ROBERTS

Grand Junior AVarden

Grand Treasurer

Grand Secretarj'.

Grand Senior Deacon,pro tern.

Grand Junior Deacon, protern.

Grand Tyler.

Past Grand Treasurer.

A quorum of lodges being represented, the M.-.W.- Grand Lodge ofKansas was opened in due form

The M.-.ArT.-. Grand Master then appointed Bro. B. PABNSAVORTH, of King Solomon Lodge, 3!^o. 10;Bro. >S. R. EEMINGTON, of Topeka Lodge, No. 17, and Bro H DONAHOE, of High Prairie Lodge, No 25, a Committee onCxedentials, after which the Grand Lodge was called from labor torefreshment until two o'clock p.M.

AFTEMNOON SESSION.

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Th e M.-.W.- Gran d Lodg e of Kansa s wa s calle d fro m refresh -

men t t o labor

Present :

M.-.W.' JACOB SAQUI

Grand Master

R.'.W.-.C. K. HoLLiDAY ; Deputy Grand Master.

R.-. W.-.O. W . MCALLASTER Grand Senior Warden.

R.'. W.-. JOH N A. CHASE

Grand Junio r Warden .

R.' W.' CHRISTIAN BECK Gran d Treasurer

R.- W.- E T CARR.; Grand Secretary

W.'.ED P KELLAM Gran d Marshal

W.' A WARNE R Gran d Senior Deacon, pro lem.

W.' J Jj PHILBRICK Grand Junio r Deacon, pro tern.

W. \ A C BECKWITH

Grand Steward

W.' GEORGE M KELLAM Gran d Tyler

R.'.W.' W R WAGSTAFF, District Deputy Gran d Master, District of Southern Kansas

PAST GRAN D OFFICERS

R.' W.' ISAAC N ROBERTS

R.\ W.- J r BLISS

R.' W.' WM F.JOHNSTON

Past Gran d Treasurer

Past Grand Senior AVarden

Past Grand Junio r Warden

Th e Committe e o n Credential s submitte d th e followin g report :

To the M.-.W.'. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Th e undersigned Committee on Credentials beg leave to report, tha t we find th e following name d lodges represented: Leavenworth Lodge, No. S A. WARNER, S . W . CHRISTIAN BECK, prox y for J, W Wyandotte Lodge, No. S N A KIRK , proxy Kickapoo Lodge, No. 4

Washington Lodge, No. 5

Lawrence Lodge, No. 6

E T CARR, prox y for S W

JOHN A. CHASE, W . M. , an d proxv for S. W. an d J. W .

P . R. BROOKS, W . M .

0 . W. MCALLASTER, prox y for J. W . Union Lodge, No. 7

King Solomon Lodge, No. 10

P . Z. TAYLOR, W . M .

B.FARNSWORTH,S.W., an d proxy forW.M 2'ecumseh Lodge, No. 15

Topeka Lodge, No. 17

Olathe Lodge, No. 19

LEWIS CLOGSTON, W M

S R REMINGTON, W M

C. C. KELLAM , S . W .

G G GAGE , J W

A. J. CLEMMENS, W . M. , an d proxv for S. W. and J. \V.

Grasshopper Falls Lodge, No. S1..J. F. BLISS, W . M. , an d proxy for J . W . R H CROSBY, prox y for S W

Grand Ziodge of Kansas.,

High Prairie Lodge, No. S5....- HENRY DONAHOB, W . M . W M THOMPSON, S W ' '

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Arcana Lodge, No. 31 ;...J. L. PHILBRICK, W . M. , an d proxy for ^ . S.W.an d J. W. .

Auburn Lodge, No. SZ W F JOHNSTON, proxy Indianola Lodge, No. 34 A C BECKWITH,'W M

Paola Lodge, No. 37 W R WAGSTAFF, W M. , Seneca Lodge, No. 39 BYRON SHERRY, W . M . De Soto Lodge, No. 40 J T TAYLOR, W M J. B. ABBOTT, S. W , Z NICHOLS, proxy for J W

Blooming Grove Lodge, No. 41 WM GOSS, S W. , an d proxy for W M Holton Lodge, No. 4^ J B HUBBELL, W M L. HASIM, proxy for J . W. Fraternally submitted,

B. EARNSWORTH , • S. R. REMINGTON , H..DONAHOE , Committee.

O n motion , th e repor t wa s adopted , an d th e representatives , as reported , admitte d t o seat s i n th e Gran d Lodge .

O n motio n of Bro J F BLISS , th e readin g of th e niinuteso f th e las t Communicatio n of th e Gran d Lodg e wa s dispense d with .

Th e M.-.W.- Gran d Maste r tlie n announce d the'followin g a s standin g committees :

On Chartered Lodges. 0 W MOALLASTER, J T TAYLOR and N A KIRK . •

On Lodges U. D.—ED P KELLAM, JOH N A CHASE an d W M THOMPSON • •

On Charity.—A. J CLEMMENS, S R REMINGTON.and J T TAYLOR

On Grievance. J F BLISS, LEWIS OLOGSTON an d ISAAC N ROBERTS

On Condition of Masonry. J . F . BLISS, LETVIS OLOGSTON an d B. FARNSWORTII.

Th e M.-.W.- Gran d Maste r the n rea d th e following , hi s

ANNUA L ADDRESS:

Brethren of the Grand Lodge of Kansas r •

W e meet unde r unusual circumstances A t th e time appointed for the Grand Annua l Communication of th e present year, ou r State was threatened with invasion, an d contending armies struggled on th e border of Kansas Ou r members were in th e field with th e State militia to repel th e advancing foe, an d it was altogether impossible, a t th e proper time, to meet and hold th e regular Grand Annual Communication I consulted with those of you whom I me t on th e march an d in the camp, in relation to th e best course of action under th e circumstances, and th e unanimou s opinion of those brethren with whom I consulted, was tha t a special meeting ought to b e held about th e present time, and in this opinion I concurred Shortly after I returned home , however, bu t no t before I ha d made arrangements for our present com-

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munication, I received a letter from the R.'.W.". Deputy Grand Master, informing me that he had, with other brethren, met at Topeka, at the proper time, and adjourned until the 15th of November. Thus my position was one of peculiar embarrassment. Whatever regularity the adjournment had, arose from its being the act of the brethren who were pre.sent, and if I interfered to change the time they had specified, it would take away from the proceedings all claim to be considered regular, as in respect to time The Communication would be no longer that which they intended, and had appointed, and if I consented to the time of adjournment, I wasconvinced that we would have a very small attendance, probably not a quorum. Therefore, upon a thoughtful consideration of the whole matter, I concluded to carry out the original intention and issued the call for a special Communication, under which we are now assembled.

What business may properly be transacted at the present Communication you, brethren, will determine, but as our proceedings now may, at some future time,be received asa precedent, I would earnestly recommend you to act cautiously, and confine your action at present strictly to what the necessities of the Craft require, and which cannot be deferred to our next Grand Annual Communication And, brethren, whatever we may undertake for the good of masonrj' here, or in our respective positions after we separate, let us do it earnestly and as a labor of love That our labors may be useful to the Craft, it isour solemn duty to work with zeal and intelligence. Each of us has an alloted task, and whoever neglects to perform his work, or does it in acareless and imperfect manner, stays the progress of masonry in this jurisdiction, and is unworthy to be a sentinel on the watch tower of the Order

The mysteries of masonry have been transmitted to us pure, untarnished and unchanged, through countless generations We receive them unaltered, and unalterable, through the mists of ages, and from a time of which history is silent They come up to us, as the first records of the human race were wafted to the ear of the historian—in the whispers of tradition. And when we contemplate the zeal and fidelity with which our ancestors in the Craft preserved uncorrupted, and transmitted undetiled, through so many ages the sublime mysteries which we now possess, it should stimulate us to increased zeal and renewed industry However unworthy we may be, still we are the successors of those ancient lights of the Order; the trust of which they were in their days the guardians is now committed to our hands, and that it may pass unsullied to our successors, carrying light to generations yet unborn, let us vow before the genius of masonry, that we will be faithful, and shrink from no duty

The work of masonry is the practice of virtue, perfect morality, unfettered by sectarian belief or religious opinions; except that universal faith in which all people can join, the faith in, and reverence for the Divine Architect of the Universe If, then, we would be worthy of the honorable name we bear, as members of the Institution, we must unselfishly devote all the faculties with which GOD has blessed us to the practice of those masonic virtues which will so incalculably increase our own happiness and make masonry what it was, and ever ought to be,— a light on the path of life to guide the steps of the weary and cheer his fainting spirit.

The besetting sin of the masons of the present day, is a want of a correct estimate of the value and worth of masonry That "No institution was ever raised on a better principle or more solid foundation," is not an idle vaunt, but a simple truth, which it is in our power, and unquestionably is our duty to exemplify and demonstrate; and, whether

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we do so or not,it will still remain a truth, and find advocates and apostles in each generation to come, as it has done heretofore.

Truth never dies, and sound principles are immortal; will we then forego our privilege to teach the one and practice the other for thesake of inglorious ease or selfish ambition? Are the great names of masonry, surrounded as they are by a sacred halo, bright with all the virtues which ennoble humanity, less worthy of emulation than those which the world delights to honor?

There is room within the pale of masonry for the exercise of the loftiest aspirations, the highest genius, and the most extensive and varied acquirements, as many of our brethren, even of the present day, abundantly prove AVeought, therefore, to understand and appreciate masonry as an Institution which has, during the long ages of the past, conferred incalculable benefits upon our race, and which, in our own day, has lost none of its usefulness and worth, except what our own want of zeal and neglect of duty have taken from it.

Brethren, in this jurisdiction at least, if we wJH we can make the masonic temple sacred as of old; keep the living fire on its altars as bright, and draw to its hallowed shrine the good, gifted and wise, who will, after our labors shall have been performed, occupy our places and continue the work of masonry. '

Years ago an incident occurred, trifling in itself, but the lessons of which 1have never forgotten During a tour through the north of Ireland I rested for a short time in a quiet little village; it was like more of the towns and villages in the "Old Country," a place of considerableantiquity its ivy covered church and thickly tenanted grave yard,— the latter studded with moss-grown monuments and dingy tomb stones were particularly interesting. As I wandered among the graves,— here finding a proud name and lofty title recorded, and there the unassuming epitaph of the lowly, one monument particularly arrested my attention. It was very simple; a plain pedestal or platform, with panels or slabs for an inscription, and surmounted by a broken column of white marble It marked the last resting place of a mason, and had been erected by his lodge to express their sorrow for his loss and to record his virtues The inscription told of his masonic labors in his own and other lands, and ended with the words—

"H E WAS A GOOD MAN AND A TRUE MASON."

I thought then, and I feel now, that I would rather leave behind me a character like that, than be all that the proudest of his titled companions in that quiet grave yard had been in their palmiest days. And since, if I ever became discouraged, and faltered in my masonic labor, those few words inscribed on the page of memory, would arise before my mental vision, inspiring renewed courage and increased energy.

I mention this incident to show that the true mason, however humble his position, in the faithful performance of his masonic duties, exercises an influence, and confers a benefit upon the Institution, and through it, upon the world, the extent and value of which no human mind can calculate

One cardinal purpose ought ever to inspire us as masons, superseding every petty feelingand individual preference —to aid and assist with all our power and influence the growth and prosperity of the Order. Our opinions, our passions and our prejudices, are like ourselves, things of a day, but the Institution of masonry will live,giving hope,inspiring faith, and bestowing charity while time shall last. Let us, then, devote all the noble and better powers of our being to spread the principles and increase the usefulness of our beneficent Order.

And here I would remark, that while we cannot exercise too much

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carefulness and'scrntiny in the admission of candidates, we should also never reject a really worthy man Masonry needs and invites such persons, and the brother or brothers who refuse admission to one worthy and well qualified, make a very unworthy use of their great masonic right, and forget that every ri^W possessed by the brotherhood, is limited and guided by a duty.

Yet is it not occasionally done? Does, not the rejection of a candidate sometimes arise,more from adesire to mortify and spite his masonic friends, than from any valid objection tothe.applicant? .Boes not theremembrance of some former rejection sometimes influence the ballot?

It iswith reluctance that I refer tothis matter,,and I ho]>e the craftsmen in this jurisdiction will never forget'that the rejection of a candidate for any other,than moral or physical objections, isawrong tothe Order, and unjust in a mason- ...,,

I have granted but two'dispensations for.new lodges during the past year One to .Bro PARISS PFOUTS,and the requisite number of brethren to form and open a new lodgeatA'irginia City,in Montana Territory. The other Bro.ROHBRT.KELSEV, and the .requisite number of brethren to fprui and open a new lodge,at Pii.ston. ^ ,.,

The Grand Lodge at its-lastAnnual Communication, ordered:that Emporia Lodge, No.12, never having made returns,be required to surrender its charter; but a few days-after,the close of our last Communication, a representative from Emporia Lodge arrived at Topeka with returns and ilues, which of course could not be received after the action of.the Grand, .Lodge in the premises -Plowever, to enable the bretliren at Emporia to enjoy the jjrivileges of masonry in the meantime,.upon the presentation by thein of a petition to that effect, I.issued a dispensation empowering them to meet and work until the present time. And, with satisfactory explanations on their part, I would recommend that the Grand Lodge restore their charter, upon such conditions as may be.just and reasonable Burlington Lodge,under dispensation, not-having made returns during the last Communication of the Grand Lodge; the K.'.W/.Bro. Grand Secretary,wasauthorized in the event of their returns beingfound at Leavenworth on his arrival,.and their work appearing correct, to issue a charter to the lodge But a communication received -from the Ijrethren at Burlington, shortly after myreturn home, advised me that they never had done any work under their dispensation. .They represented, that at the time of its receipt tliey had a lodge room consideratjly advanced towards completion, but, from the accidental burning of a saw mill,together with all their remaining material, they were unable.to finish the building, and no other suitable place being procurable, they could not safely as.s'einble and work as masons.- They.however, assured me, that they then had reasonable hopes of finisliing their biiilding sooii, and at their request, I continued their dispon.sation until the present Communication. ' ' '

1 think the small number of dispensations applied for during the past year, is rather a matter of satisfaction than otherwise It will enable the lodges already existing to strengthen and bec.ome permanent, a circumstance generally much more desirable than the establish'.meht'of new lodges, unless there is.more than the usual certainty of their'stability

Believing as I do, that the safeguards, which this Grand Lodge and the established usages of the Order, have wisely and .prudently, tlirbwn around themysteriesof masonry,should not be removed.for trivial causes, under the plea of emergency, awA fearful, from my own experience, that there exists a disposition to do so,I would suggest to the Grand Lodge if it would not be advisable to require a fee of twentj'-tive dollars for each dispensation granted, to confer the degrees in less than the usual time,or to do anVother act which theBy-Laws,Kules and Regulations of the Grand

Lodge, or th e established usages of th e fraternity forbid, unless through a dispensation ?

Brethren,you come immediately from amongth e craftsmen,you know their condition an d their wants, your experience in your own lodges will enable you to advise an d legislate wisely- here, and that the Supreme Master of All may direct and bless our deliberations and acts, is my humbl e bu t fervent praver

• JACOB SAQUl , Orand Master.

On motion of Bro CARR, the address of the Grand Master wa s referred to a special committee of three, for a distribution ofits various subjects.

Bros. EOLLIDAV.PHILBRIC K andWARNERwere appointed such committee

The Grand Secretary submitted the'following, his annual report:

To the M:. W:. Orand Lodge of Kansas :

• I n accordance with the requirements of th e (5rand Lodge, I have, th e honor herewith to submit m y annual report as Grand Secretary

Agreeable with your instructions, I procured, after some delay, th e printing of th e requisite numbe r of copies of th e Proceedings of ou r last Annual Communication, at a cost of one hundre d and .seventy-five dollars eighty-six cents

Soon after th e close of th e last session, I received the returns of Bourbon Lodge, No 8 ;Xafayette Lodge, No 16; Neosho Lodge, No 27; Eldora Lodge, No. 28, and li'acitic Lodge, No..29. • I have been unable to learn anything definite of Smithton Lodge, No. 1, or of Lecompton Lodge, No. 13, although I have mad e repeated efforts b y letter to do so.

Of the five lodges whose charters were revoked at the last session, ]ilk Creek Lodge had previously deposited its charter, records, etc., with th e Grand Secretary, and I have since received th e charter, records and ByLaws of Osage Valley Lodge, No. 24. No.intelligence has been received b y the Grand Secretary of th e disposition of th e effects of th e remaining three

In accordance with a resolution on page 50, of th e last Proceedings, several members of th e lodges that were discontinued have made application for diuiits, wliich were granted upon their producing satisfactory evidence of their good standing, an d paying th e amount of dues claimed by th e Grand Lodge for each member of a subordinate lodge annually. The names of these, an d th e amounts they severally paid, appear in tVie receipts of th e Grand Secretary for th e current year

The returns of th e subordinate lodges, so far as received, indicate tha t the past year has been th e most prosperous of any since th e formation of this Grand Lodge, especially, if th e amoun t of work done is an evidence of prosperity As th e returns received indicate a proportion of one rejection to two initiations, let us hope-the lodges have been cautious in th e

selection of their material,and that none but the very best have beenreceived.

From the date of my last report, to October 18th, the end of the current year, there was received by me, the sum of SC2o.50, the various items of which are herewith submitted, viz:

FINANCIAL EEPOET.

E T CARK Grand Secretary,

In account with the GUANO

Leavenworth Lodge, No 2, Dues

Lodge, No 3,

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Eemaining onhand asperlast report

Amount of relief funds transferred to Grand Lodge funds asper , resolution

Turned over to Grand Treasurer

Remaining in my hands $ 150

A few of theactive lodges are still indebted tothe Grand Lodge for back dues,but as theamounts are small, I trust they will be satisfactorily adjusted during thepresent session.

Respectfully submitted,

E T CARR, Grand Secretary.

On motion of Bro..BLiss,the report was received and adopted

The Grand Treasurer then submitted his annual report:

To the M.\W.\ Grand Lodge of Kamas:

I have thehonor herewith tojjresent to youmyreport forthe year ending October 18, 1864,as follows:

CHRISTIAN BECK, Grand Treasurer,

In Account with the GRAND LODGE OF KANSAS.

Balance on hand asperreport of October 20, 1863 $ 423 72 Received from Grand Secretary during theyear 803 00 Total tobeaccounted for

DISBURSEMENTS.

Paid Grand Secretary's bill for postage andstationery

Paid S Dodsworth forblank books

Total amountof Grand Lodge Funds S 84147

Of this amount there isloaned toBro O W McAllaster,by order of theGrand Lodge,and forwhich Ihold his note,the sumof -'^OO00 Cash onhand S 44147

Respectfully submitted,

CHRISTIAN BECK, Grand Treasurer.

On motion of Bro. J.A. CHASE, thereport of the Grand Treasurer was adopted.

A petition signed by the requisite number of masons, for a new lodge at Osawatomie to be called Osage Yalley Lodge, accompanied by the recommendation of Paola Lodge, 'So. 37, was

«Since the date of the foregoing report, the sum of fourhundred dollars, loaned to Bro. MCALLASTER by resolution of the Grand Lodge at its last Communication, has been paid to the Treasurer, and will be accounted for in the next annual report, it having been paid in after the close of the current year CHRISTIAN BECK, Grand Treasurer.

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presented tothe Grand Lodge, byBro. WAGSTAFFJD.-.D.-.G.-.M.-., and on motion,' referred to theCommittee on Lodges Under Dispensation.

The SjJecial Committee on the Grand Master's address submitted the following rej)ort:-

Tothe M:.W:.(rrand Lodge of Kansas:

Your committee, to whom was referred the annual address of the M.'.W.- Grand Master fordistribution, beg leave tosubmit the following report:

First. —All that portion of theaddress which, refers ingeneral terms, to the condition of our Order, shall be referred to the Committee on Condition of Masonry.

• Second.—That portion which refers to the admission and rejection of candidates, to theCommittee on Grievance.

Third.—That portion which refers to theorganization of newlodges under dispensation, to the Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation

Fourth.—That portion referring to the condition of Emporia Lodge, and the action of the Grand Master and Grand Secretary concerning the same, to the Committee on Chartered Lodges

Fifth.—That portion which refers to Burlington Lodge, U.D.,tothe Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation.

Sixth.-^Th&t the concluding portion of the Grand.Master's address, which speaks indetail of the evils growing outof the toofrequent practice of lodges in conferring the degrees without due consideration, and , the usual delays, bereferred to a special committee of three

All of which isrespectfully and fraternally submitted, C K..HOLLIDAY, ,T L PHILBRICK, A WARNER, Committee.

On motion, the report was adopted, and Brothers C. K. HoLLiDAY, J . F . BLISS and PAU L R . BROOKS, appointed as said special committee.

The chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence presented their report, which on motion, was received without reading, and ordered to be published with the Proceedings

The following edict.of the M.-.W.-. Grand Lodge of Canada, revoking so much of their edict of, .1862 as refers to the St. Qeorge Lodge, HSTp.,,643, was received and ordered to be recorded in the permanent records of this Grand Lodge:

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To all our Right Worshipful, Worshipful and Loving Brethren of theAncient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons around the Globe, towhom these presents may come.

"\Ve, WiLLiAjr BEXJAjriN SIMI-SON, Esquire, &c.,&c.,&c. Most Worshipful Grand Master of Masons, in Canada, SEND GKEETING:

WHEREAS, The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of Cana<la, at itsCommunication held in Ottawa, in 1860,did pronounce: "That certain brethren under the presumed authority of a charter granted by the United Grand Lodge of England, to the St George's Lodge, No 643,continued to work in an irregular manner."

AND WHEREAS, THOMAS DOUGLAS HARINGTON, then Grand Master of masons in Canada, did in consequence thereof issue his edict forbidding all intercourse with said lodge.

AND WHEREAS, The Representative oftheGrand Lodge of England, near the Grand Lodge of Canada, diddeclare in and to thesaid Grand Lodge of Canada, at itssession held in Hamilton, in July last, that the said Grand Lodge of England claims and acknowledges theSt George's Lodge, No. 440188 being a lodge regularly constituted and held under its warrant, and as having worked regularly and continually as such, from andafter theyear 1S5G,and consequently previous to thedate at which the Grand Lodge of Canada agreed to recognize such lodges as might still wish to retain their allegiance to the Grand Lodge of England

Therefore, TheGrand Lodge of Canada considering that the Grand Lodge of England must necessarily be the best judge of its own relations towards its subordinate lodges, notwithstanding the grounds which it hadpreviously understood asexisting against the recognition of said St George's Lodge, didat its said session, held in July last, pronounce and declare St.George's Lodge, No. ifi, of Montreal, to be entitled to full andfree recognition by the Grand Lodge of Canada, asa lodge holding a regular warrant from theGrand Lodge of England

Now, Know Ye, That we, WILLIAM BESJAJUN SIMPSON, Grand Master of masons in Canada,by thepower vested in us,and inaccordance with the resolution hereinbefore mentioned, do hereby revoke the beforementioned edict, prohibiting communication with said St George's Lodge, No. I^J, and wefurther declare allformer decisions of whatever kind, relating to this matter, to be null and void, and of no further effect, and wedoenjoin all lodges and brethren hailing under, and acknowledging allegiance to theGrand Lodge of Canada, to cultivateand exchange friendly intercourse with the said St.George's Lodge and its members IN TESTIJIO.W AVIIEREOP, we have caused these presents to be issued,and the Sealof the Grand Lodgetobe hereunto affixed [ SEAL.] atthe City of Hamilton, in the Province of Canada, this 20th day of September, A L 5864, A D 1864

W. B. SIMPSON, G.-.M.-. By Command, THOS B HARRIS, G.-.Sec.

E.-.W.-. WM. F. JOHNSTON, Past Grand Junior Warden, offered the following:

Resolved, That candidates forthedegrees have power, through their vouchers, to withdraw their petitions before a ballot is taken

After some discussion, E.-.W.- Bro HOLMDAY offered the following as an amendment: Strike out all after the -word

Proceedings of the "degrees," and insert "shall not have power to withdraw their petition except by unanimous consent of the members present," which amendment was carried, and the following resolution, as amended, unanimously adopted as a standing regulation of.the Grand Lodge:

Resolved, That candidates for the degrees shall not have power to withdraw their petitions except by the unanimous consent of the members present

E.-.W.- E T •CARE presented his credentials, and was received and accredited as the Eepresentative of the ]\I.-.W.G-rand Lodge of ISTew York, of New Jersey, and of the Grand Lodge of the Territory of Washington, near the M.-.VV.- Grand Lodge of Kansas

Bro. HoLLiDAY offered the following preamble and resolutions, which on motion of Bro. BLISS were unanimously adopted : WHEREAS, The Grand Lodge of Kansas hears, with profound regret, of the death of THOMAS WHITE, W.' Grand Junior Deacon of this Most Worshipful Grand Lodge; therefore.

Resolved, That in the death of Bro. WHITE the Grand Lodge has lost an efficient and worthy officer, the fraternity and the lodge of which he was a member, a tried and skillful craftsman, and society an upright and honorable citizen

Resolved, That wetender to the family and friends of the deceased our earnest sympathy in this afflicting visitation of the Great Grand Master. Resolved, That a page of the official Proceedings of this Grand Lodge be set apart to the memory of our deceased brother

In consequence of Blooming Grove Lodge having had their hall, furniture and charter destroyed by fire, it ^?as, on motion of Bro WAGSTAFF, ordered that a new charter be granted said lodge without additional charge

The financial condition of many of the lodges in the interior portion of the State having become so straightened by the drouths and other calamities of 1860-61, that some of them failed to pay their Grand Lodge dues, and a few being still in arrears, the question was brought before the Grand Lodge for their consideration In the case of Union Lodge, No 7, it was —

Resolvi-d, That considering the prompt manner in which Union Lodge has ever responded to the various calls of charity, and especially to that call made by the Grand Master last year, that the Grand Lodge dues from said lodge for the years 1860 and 18bl, be remitted

The M.-.W.- Grand Lodge was called from labor to refreshment until seven o'clock p. M.

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The Grand Lodge was called to labor Present, officers and members as before, also numerous visiting bretiiren.

The Committee on Lodges Under .Dispensation submitted the following report;

To the M.'.W:. Grand Lodgeof Kansas:

The Committee on Lodges Under Dispensation beg leave to report that they have examined the proceedings and returns of the following Lodges U.D.and find them correct, and respectfully recommend that charters be granted them, as follows:

To Virginia City Lodge,at Virginia City, Madison county, Territory of Montana, to be known asVirginia City Lodge, No 43

To Easton Lodge, at Easton, Leavenworth county, Kansas, to be known asEaston Lodge, No 44

To Franklin Lodge, at Ottawa, Franklin county, Kansas, to be known as Franklin Lodge, No. 18. This lodge b^ing in the vicinity of the late Stanton Lodge, No. 18,and occupying nearly the same jurisdiction, the members are desirous of assuming the number of the late Stanton Lodge, towhich your committee cansee no objection.

AVewould also recommend that a charter be granted to Emporia Lodge free of charge, and that said lodge be known asEmporia Lodge, No. 12.

In relation to the application for.a new lodge atOsawatomie we find that the application is in accordance with the requirements of the Grand Lodge, and we therefore recommend that a dispensation be granted them as Osage Valley Lodge.

All of which is respectfully submitted, ED. P. KELLAM, JOHN A. CHASE, WM M THOMPSON, Committee.

On motion of Bro. CARR, the report was i-eceived and the recommendations adopted.

The Committee on Grievance, to whom was referred a portion of the Grand Master's address, submitted the following report, which on motion, was adopted:

To the M:. W.\ Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your committee, to whom was referred so much of the M.-.W.'. Grand Master's address asalludes tothe admission'and rejection of candidates for the mysteries of masonry, would respectfully report, that we most cordially concur in theviews expressed bytheGrand Master upon

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the subject, and would hope that no brother under this jurisdiction, would reject an applicant for the mysteries of our venerable Order, for any other than valid masonic reasons

J F BLISS, LEWIS CLOGSTON, I. K. ROBERTS, Committee,

The Cominittco on Chavtored Lodges submitted the following report:

To the Most Wonldpful Grand Lodye of Kansas : Your Committee on Chartered Lodges beg leave to report that they have examined the returns of Leavenworth Lodge, No. 2; Wyandotte Lodge, No. 3; Kickapoo Lodge, No. 4; Washington Lodge, No.5; Lawrence Lodge, No 6; Union Lodge, No 7; King Solomon Lodge, No 10; Oskaloosa Lodge, No.14; Tecumseh Lodge, No. 15; Lafayette Lodge,No. 16; TopekaLodge,No 17;Olathe Lodge,No 19;Grasshopper Falls Lodge, No. 21; Paris Lodge, No. 22; High Prairie Lodge, No. 25; Eldora Lodge, No. 28; Arcana Lodge, No. 31; Auburn Lodge, No. 32; Mound City Lodge, No 33; Indianola Lodge, No 34; Hiawatha Lodge, No 35; Council Grove Lodge, No. 36; Paola Lodge, No. 37; lola Lodge, No. 38; De Soto Lodge, No. 40; Blooming Grove Lodge, No. 41; Holton Lodge, No 42

We And errors in the returns of Kickapoo Lodge, No 4; Union liOdge,No. 7; Paris Lodge,No.22; Indianola Lodge, No.34; Paola Lodge, No. 37,and Blooming Grove Lodge, No. 41. The errors occur generally in making up the recapitulation, many of the Secretaries of subordinate lodges not seeming to understand the correct manner of filling up the blank forms. As the form of the return is simple,it would seem that with a little attention by the Secretaries of lodges, these returns might be correctly made and thus save the Grand Secretary, the unpleasant duty of having to examine and correct so many of these returns

Lafayette Lodge, No. 16, at Manhattan reports that they only pay dues on resident members, and report five of their members in the army, and consequently send no dues for that number This being a privilege, which, if granted to one, would very naturally be claimed by all, we would recommend the subject to the consideration of the Grand Lodge. No reports have as yet been received from Smithton Lodge, No 1 ; Bourbon Lodge, No. 8; Lecompton Lodge, No. 13; Palmyra Lodge, No. 23; Neosho Lodge, No 27; Pacific Lodge, No 29, and Seneca Lodge, No. 39, the latter sending a transcript of its Proceedings instead of the returns. Smithton Lodge, No. 1, and Lecompton Lodge, No. 13, having made no returns for three years, we would call the attention of the Grand Lodge especially to the case of these two lodges. All of which is respectfully submitted, O W McALLASTEK, N A KIRK, JOHN T TAYLOR, Committee.

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On motion, the report was received and adopted, and in the case of Smithton and Lecompton Lodges, the following resolution was unanimously adopted :

Resolved, That-the Grand Master shall be and he is hereby authorized to visit Smithton Lodge, No. 1, and Lecompton Lodge, No. 13, in person or by Deputy, and take possession of the charter and other property of said lodges, unless satisfactory explanations are rendered to him for their non-intercourse with this Grand Lodge, and their continued failure to transmit their annual returns and dues.

A resolution to remit the dues of certain members of Lafayette Lodge, was decided in the negative. '

The Committee on Grand Master's address submitted the following report:

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your committee to whom was referred so much of the M.'.W.'. Grand Master's address as alludes in general terms to the condition of this Grand Lodge, under existing circumstances, would submit the following report:

The views, as set forth by the Grand Master, relative to the business tobe transacted at this session we cordially concur in,and would recommend their adoption In the opinion of your committee, we cannot be too careful in our action in this Special Communication, as we shall, as our M.'.AV.'. Grand Master truly says, be establishing a precedent for future observation; besides, our action will be curiously and carefully observed and criticised by other Grand Lodges. As we now possess a reputation, for a young Grand Lodge, second to no other in the Union, we should see to it that we retain it.

In the o]jinion of your committee, as this isa Special Communication the officers elected and installed at our Regular Communication of October, 186:-!,must necessarily hold over until our regular Communication in October, 1865

All of which is respectfully submitted, J F BLISS, W. R. WAGSTAFF, LEWIS CLOGSTON, Committee. •

The Committee on Grievance submitted the following report:

To the M:. W:. Grand Lodge of Kansas:

Your committee to whom was referred the complaint of Bro. J. J. DECKELMAN against Kickapoo Lodge, No 4, would respectfully report that they have no papers or proceedings of Kickapoo Lodge before them, and as it appears from the records of this Grand Lodge that the same case was referred back to Kickapoo Lodge at the last Communication and still renjains unadjusted, we would respectfully lay the subject before the Grand Lodge without recommendation. , • J F BLISS, LEWIS CLOGSTON, ISAAC N ROBERTS, CommiUee.

Proceedings of the

On motion of Bro. HOLLIDAY, the report-was received and the following resolution, upon the same subject, was, after some discussion, adopted:

Resolved, That the Grand Master, either in person orby deputy, be requested to visit Kickapoo Lodge, No.4,and ascertain thefacts with respect totheaction ofsaid lodge in thecase of Bro J J DECKEI.MAN, and report at the next Communication of the Grand Lodge liis action, or what action may benecessary.

The special committee to whom was referred that portion of the M.-.W.- Grand Master's address which alludes to the subject of cases of emergency and of conferring degi'ees outof time, offer the following as their report:

Resolved, That hereafter, in allcases ofemergency, isuhordinate lodges shall charge an additional fee of §20.00,over and above their ordinar}' fees foradmission into thelodges, andthat thesaid $20.00 shall he paid by said subordinate lodge to the Grand Lodge, and shall constitute a part of thecharity fund ofsaid Grand Lodge.

The question drew out some lively discussion, in the course of which Bro. WAGSTAPF offered, as an amendment, that the fee be $100.00.

Bro. CHASE, thinking the present system of granting dispensations was not lilsely to be abused "under the present administration, as but two had been granted.during thelast year, and they for onlj- a single degree, and as he wasopjjosed to increasing the Grrand Lodge funds at the expense of irregular work, moved to laythe question on thetable, which was carried.

Bro. J. L. PHILBRIOK offered a resolution "that a committee of three be apj)ointed to devise some means of obtaining a uniformity of work for the jurisdiction."

After some discussion, Bro BLISS offered the following as a sub.stitute, which was accepted by Bro. PHTLBRICK, and adopted by the Grand Lodge: •

AViiEREAS, A great disparity exists in thework of the subordinate lodges under thejurisdiction of this Grand Lodge; therefore Resolved, That acommittee, consisting of theM.'.W." Grand Master, and five brethren selected by him,be appointed toprepare awork which, when agreed upon by said committee, shall beexemplified by the Grand Master, or some brother whom he may designate, to the subordinate lodges, andshall bethework of this Grand Lodge until changed bycompetent authority.

The committee as appointed ai'e as follows: M.-.W.'- JACOB SAQTJI, chairman ; E.-.W.- C K HOLLIDAY , J L PHILBRICK, VV

E AVAGSTAFF, O W MCALLASTER , J P BLTSS and E E EEES

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After selecting the committee, the M.-.W.- Grand Master announced that the said committee should meet in the city of Topeka on the first Tuesday in Ajjril, A. D. 1865, and proceed to the adoption of a uniform system of work for the jurisdiction of Kansas. The committee to meet from day to day until their work is completed, according to the spirit of the resolution on the subject

On motion of Bro PAU L E BROOKS, it was —

Besohed, That the members of this committee receive §3.00 per day and traveling expenses while on duty as such committee.

On motion of Bro. CARE, it was—

Resolved, That the sum of S30.00 be voted to the Grand Master to reimburse him for postage expenses.

By Bro J F BLIS S —

Resolved, That the Grand Secretary be instructed to have 350 cojiies of the Proceedings of this Communication printed for the usual distribution.

By Bro PHILBRIO K —

Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Lodge are hereby cordially tendered to Topeka Lodge, No 17,for the free use of their hall during the se.ssion of the Grand Lodge.

By Bro. CARR —

Resolved, That the Grand Tyler receive the sum of $10.00 for his services during the present session of the Grand Lodge.

There being no further business, the M.-.W.- Grand Lodge of Kansas was closed in due form.

JACOB SAQUI, Grand Master.

Orand Secretary.

STANDING EESOLUTIONS AND AMENDMENTS.

STANDING EEGULAT10NS,.1858

Resolved, That no petition for the degrees of masonry shall be received bj'an y lodge under this jurisdiction, unless the petitioner shall have resided one year within the Territory of Kansas, and within th e jurisdiction of the lodge he petitions, at least six months.

Resolved, That th e regular Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Kansas be held on th e third Tuesday in October, annually

Resolved, That it is competent for a subordinate lodge to assess a tax against non-affiliated masons residing within their jurisdiction, and to enforce the paymen t thereof by exclusion or suspension; Provided, N o mason shall be deemed non-affiliated who holds membership under the jurisdiction of any other Grand Lodge; nor can the effects of any such exclusion or suspension extend bej-ond the life of any such mason so as to effect his right of masonic burial; nor shall any mason over the age of sixty years, or who shall be unable to pay, be subject to such tax

Resolved, That Section 2, of Article I, of th e By-Laws of this Grand Lodge, be so amended as that a representation of one-half of the chartered lodges under this jurisdiction, instead of two-thirds shall constitute a quorum

STANDING HEGULATIONS, 1859.

Resolved, That th e Grand Secretary shall be allowed the sum of one hundre d and fifty dollars per annu m for his services.

Resolved, That th e Grand Tyler shall be allowed the sum of two dollars per diem during each session of the Grand Lodge.

Resolved, That the fee for a charter shall be twenty dollars, instead of ten dollars, as heretofore.

Resolved, That Section 1, Article IV, of the By-Laws of this Grand Lodge, be so amended as to substitute "chartered " in the place of "regular," and insert after the word "lodge," "unde r this jurisdiction."

Resolved, That no lodge under this jurisdiction shall recommend the granting of a disjjensation, unless th e dimits (o r other good evidence of their having dimitted) accompany the i^etition of the applicants for such recommendation; and not then, until th e three principal officers of the proposed new lodge have been examined b}' the lodge recommending them, of being competent to confer the three degrees of Ancient Craft masonry, and the recommending lodge shall affix to the petition a certificate to that effect.

Resolved, That Section 2, Article I, of the By-Laws of this Grand Lodge be so amended as tha t a representation of ten chartered lodges under this jurisdiction, instead of one-half, as heretofore, shall constitute a quorum.

ST.\NDIN6 EEGULATIONS,

1860.

Resolved, That hereafter delegates from lodges under dispensation be admitted to seats in this Grand Lodge, bu t shall not be entitled to participate in its work or business until they have been consecrated and their officers installed

Resolved, That the M.'.W. Grand Master have authority to appoint a Private Secretary, with power to draw on the Grand Treasurer for postage expenses

STANDING REGULATIONS, 1862

Resolved, That after a favorable ballot is had on the application of a candidate for the mysteries of masonry, no further balloting shall be required ; and a brother being initiated, must be passed and raised when duly qualified in the preceding degrees unless charges of unmasonic conduct are isreferred against him, or otherwise sufficient reasons for his non-advancement be presented and approved by the lodge.

Resolved, That an applicant for a diiuit shall not be required to state the purpose or object for which the application is made or the dimit required

STANDING KEGULATIONS, 1863

Resolved, That hereafter, during a vacancy, or in the absence, either temporarily or permanently, of all three of the principal officers of a lodge, the oldest Pa.st Master of such lodge present shall succeed to all the rights, powers and privileges of Master during such absence or vacancy, and shall have the same power as the Master to assemble the lodge on proper occasions, and to work or lecture thereon as the Master himself could do.

Resolved, That hereafter, all lodges under this jurisdiction, be required to forward to the Grand Secretary a certified list of their officers, as soon as the same shall have been elected and installed

STANDING EEGULATIONS, 1864

Resolved, Thatcandidates for the degrees shall not have powerto withdraw their petitions except by the unanimous consent of the members present.

RETURNS OF SUBORDINITE LODGES,

OCTOBE R 1, 1864 .

SMITHTOls^

LODGE, No. 1, IOWA POINT.

Regular communications Thursday on or before the full moon

S F. NESBIT

OFFICERS

Worshipful Master H W FoRMAN Senior Warden C L POWERS Junio r Warden

T.L.MARTI N Treasurer

T. J. VANDERSLICE Secretary.

Past Masters.—John W. Smith, P.-.D.' G.- M.-.; D Vanderslice, P.G.- J.-.W.-.; R M Williams

Master Masons.—l>.W.¥Unn,'P. G. Clayton, H . Critchfield, Miles Cowan, Nelson Casteel E V B Rogers, L N Tiberghien, J J Vanderslice, D S Chapron, J Button , G W Dowell, J W Burchfield, Charles Blakely, Elijah Collins, T. T. Martin, Jacob Treble, Wm . Word, Henr y Hare, W H Forbes, A R Frogg, Jame s Miller, J W Moodie, Richard Morris, George Jessie, Sabert Sollers, Joel Ryan, E A Poulet

Ij^ntered Apprentice. Charles Fou.

Admitted, 1; Initiated, 2; Pas.sed, 1; Raised, 1; Dimitted,.!. Number of members, 35.

LEAVEI\TWOET H LODGE , 'So. 2, LEAVENWORTH .

Regular communications first an d thir d Mondays in each month

OFFICERS

Worshipful Master. A. WARIN'ER Senior Warden. JULIUS HAUG Junior Warden.

J. B. DAVIS Treasurer. 0 C BEELER Secretary

Past Masters.—n.R. Rees, P.-.G.'.M.'.; Charles Mundee, P.-. G.-. S.-.; E T Carr, Beverlin Beck, P.' G.-.T.-.; George Gosling, L Echelberry

Master Masons.—Alexander Payne, Lafayette Mills, Joel Hiatt, Joh n Bentz, Christian Beck, P G Lowe, B L Burris, Fran k Palmer, Thomas Plowman, S D Woods, Joh n Myers, jr., V W Williams, Alex D Garden, J. M. Orr, Wm . Beeler, George Dunnet, R. V. Flora, Joseph Wise, H T Clark, Isaac Hockiday, J C Allen, Ryland Jones, Joh n S Park, J F Miller, William B Abell, 0 B Taylor, Andrew Hogan, Joh n M Fladd, A. Gates, W. B. Hutchison, R. J. Brown, Joh n F . Richards, Joh n McKee, Joh n W Brest, R D Wells, G T A Nixon, A 0 Bangs, R

Proceedings of the

Joseph, H. G.WeibHng, Jacob A.Thomas, L.A.Finke, N. Daniels,Fred. Meffort, Henry Wittemburg, Wm F Guyer, John A Hills, B F Freeland, S C Thompson, T J Steignwald, D. N Barnes, John A Haiderman, B. Flesher, John Grund, Amos Graff, Z.Carpenter, John Houssieux, Charles Byer, W B Smith, George W L T Doolittle, Frederick Lasher, T. J. Campbell, L. T. C. Owens, George Haug, J.Kittlaus,D. Flynn, S. N. Kerr, L. M.Speer, Henry Harris, M.S. Kopf, Matthew Reick, W H Carson, Henry Franks, E.T.Jackson, Benj R Levy, Louis Michael.

Fellow Craft. George E. Buddington. Entered Apprentices. —A \V Byer, Gotlieb Geiger, Henry Lorenzen, George W.Davis, Joseph Daniels, Wm. Duncan, Wm. Shepperd, Chas. Kramer, C.F. Hunter.

Admitted,3; Initiated, 14;Passed, 11; Raised, 11; Dimitted,4; Died,3; Rejected, 13 Number ofmembers,87

WYAJS^DOTTE LODGE, No 3, WYANDOTTE

Regular communications first and third Fridays ineach month OFFICERS

P. S.FERGUSON

Worshipful Master. E. T.HovEY ; Senior Warden.

- V.J.LANE '. Junior Warden. HIRAM WOOD Treasurer. ISAAC B. SHAKP... Secretary. J. R.PARR Senior Deacon. H.'C LONG: Junior Deacon R. G DUNNING Tyler

Past Masters.—W. L McMath, J W H Watson MasterMasons. Silas Armstrong, J G Fisk, N A Kirk, A Mayer, William Walker, W Y Roberts, David Ryas, John Beaton, David Ketchum, W C Holmes, Henry L Burj;ard, D E James, J H Harris, J P Long, Charles Morea.sh, Isaiah Walker, Isaiah Lemons, M M Haun, Robt Halford, W P Winner, H T Harris, Edward Garret, E T Vedder, Joseph Grindle, David Killen, W. M. McClure, R.S.Nash, W. C. McHenry, George B.Wood, Jacob Friesel, William EUege, Thos. J.. Barker, W.P, Overton, D.V. Clement.

• Fellow Crafts.—A.H.Thomp.son, David Pearsons. Entered Apprentices. Melchor Hafner, F. W.Patterson, Charles G. Keeler, Peter Lugibihl, Jacob Ketchum, William Moore, James H Powelson, William Ramsay.

Admitted, 6; Initiated, 18; Passed, 10; Raised, 8; Dimitted, 3; Sus^ pended, 2; Expelled, 2; Reinstated, 5; Rejected, 6. Number of members,44.

WASHINGTON LODGE, No. 5, ATCHISON.

Regular communications first and third Saturdays ineach month. OFFICERS.

JOHN A. CHASE

Worshipful Master. O.D.WILCOX Senior Warden

G. W.GLICK.. Junior Warden. JACOB LEU Treasurer

W.JACKSON- Secretary

Past'Masters.—Jacob Saqui, M.-.W.-.G.'.M.-., L C Challiss

Grand Lodge of Kansas.

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Master Masons.—A. G. Otis, Phillip Link, J. T. Ball, Thos. English, D Bucknam, Robert Forbriger, Wm Hetherington, Dudley McVay, H E Nickerson, \V M Carter, Charles H Drury, E C Mason, Geo T Challiss, S T Walters, Joseph A Trimmer, W B Kipp , Leon Frank, J J; Patterson, S. B. Davis, Thos. Murphy, V. W. Parker, Caleb May, Peter Boyle, Joh n Belz, N Anspacher, Samuel Newlin, Manuel Frank, T H Meinhardt, W P Larzalere, A H Horton, W H Bowen, G W Howe, Geo. McPherson, R. A. Barker, M. R. Benton, H . H . McClure, Hosea Norris, J L Thompson, Thos G Hanes, Amos Avery, H Klien, S Hesselberger, Wm J Young, William Tavlor, Joh n Hertha , Joh n D Wilson, G. W. Thompson, ,L H . Talbot, J. N ! Mayfleld, J . B. RaflF, M. A. Christian, S W McCully, Jesse Brown, C G Means, Jame s F Butcher

Fellow Craft.-S. K McCrary

Entered Apprentices. - A. S. Barnes, Clark Pitman , Samuel C. King, T. H . Stringham, H . C. Purcell.

Admitted, 2 ; Initiated, 16; Passed, 12; Raised, 12; Dimitted, 2; Suspended, 3 ; Rejected, 5 Number of members, 62

TJAWEENC E LODGE , 1^0. 6, LAWRKNCE.

OFFICERS .

PAU L R. BROOKS

Worshipful Master. T. J. STERNBEHGIT Senior Warden . JOSEPH CRACKLI.V Junio r Warden J C HORTON Treasurer R W Si'ARR Secretary.

Past Masters.~T. S Lounds, 0 W McAllaster, S.-.G.-.W.-

Master Masons. C W Babcock, H L Enos, Maurice tiarttmann , E D. Ladd, W . Bandolf, G. W. Deitzler, Charles Fish, J. D. Harrington, W . H R Lykins, C B Stevens, W H Duncan, E L Frazer.Benj Johnson, S B Prentiss, Charles Robinson, T J Kennedy , Anson Storm, Oliver Barber, Rev. Charles Reynolds, Walter AVillis, E. W . Wood, Edwin Stokes, J B Billiard, Rev W M Salsbury, R Wyler, W H Fisher, J Bernstein, Rey T J Ferrill, W D Blackford, D H Montague, R F Barber, R. W. Ludington, S. 0 . Thacher, W . L. G. Soule, R. L. Gilbert, A. N. Paige, H J McFarland, G C Halbert, G A Smith, Lewis Lawson, H L Moore, S S Hicks, J Pleasants, Justice Assmann, W Evans, Rev R W Oliver, R. A. Rayes, E. B. Hayes, Joseph Tillmann, J. W . Davis.

Entered. Ajypventices. J E Kennedy, D P Dutton, Asa Dutton, R.S Johnson.

Admitted, 8; Initiated, 9; Passed, 5; Raised, 7; Dimitted, 6; Reinstated,! ; Died, 1; Rejected, 5. Number of members, 57.

UNION LODGE, No. 7, JUNCTION CrxY.

Regular communications first Saturday in each month.

OFFICERS

P. Z. TAYLOR Worshipful Master. A CLOUGH Senior Warden G. F . GORDON Junio r Warden . HENR Y GAN Z Treasurer A. W . CALiiEN Secretary.

Past Master. J. T. Price.

Proceedings of the

Master Masoiw.— \W. S Blakely, C M Barclay, T F Hersey, H Mitchell, J R McClure, R B Willis, J Westover, R D Mobley, G M Blowers, R. Henderson, M. McGann, F. F . Marvin, R. S. Miller, L. B. Perry, E Warner, R C Whitney , C L Galley, C Hiepsman, J M Mvers, J D Mansfield, W F M McAllister, P Sullivan

Fellow Craft.^J. E AValters

Entered Apprentices. — Wm . Becker, W. H. Maokey, L. Trowskoski, L. C Palmer

Initiated, 2 ; Raised, 2 ; Dimitted, 4 ; Suspended, 4 ; Died, 1; Rejected, 7. Numbe r of members , 28.

EOUEBON LODGE, JS^O. 8, FORT SCOTT.

OFFICERS .

A. R. ALLISON : ..Worshipful Master. G F DKAKE :..Senior Warden

JOH N VA N FOSSEX Junio r Warden

B P MCDONAL D Treasurer

S A MALON E Secretary

Past Masters.—3. S Redlield, P." D.' G.' M.-., S B Gordon

Master Masons. 0 W Blair, U B Bridgeman, H C Bridgeman, E J. Borin, Wm . Armstrong, F. M. Brickley, Dyer Smith, J . G. Stewart, Pete r Teel, C O Judson , Solomon Silber, E A Smith, A Thornhill, George A Crawford, Joh n Chance, O Diefenbach, D B Emmert , J G Harris, \V. H . Harris, W. Z. Strong, Charles Van Fossen, Jno . F . White, H S Greeno, R J Kelso, Wm Vermillion, R D Clark, Wm Kaufman, Charles Kaufman, W. I. Linn, J . S. Miller, Wm . Margrave, H . Pridey, Josep h AVray, A C Van Dyn , W C Weatherwax, A M McDonali , George A Reynolds, Cobb Brocaw, J G Miller, R W Hamer, J B Pond, C. M. Insley, Samuel Pardee, Ja y Thompson, B. Wildersin, R. M. Jacks, O H Kellej', Hug h Cuykendall, \V J Chance, 0 S Morse, Joh n H Sanderson, G G Thorp

Fellow Crafts.—A. M Reding, S C Palmer, Wm Holt, Wm Simpson, J F Gother, Wiley Britton

Entered Api'>rentices.—R. L Phillips, D S Audrick, C Goodlander, C F Schowarte, J Rodgers, Joh n Vermillion, D C Wood

Admitted, 2 ; Initiated, 21 ; Passed, 25; Raised, 29; Dimitted, 2 ; Died, 2 ; Rejected, 12 Numbe r of members, 59

KIISTG- SOLOMO N LODGE , ISo. 10 , LEAVENWORTH

Regular communications first and third Fridays in each month .

OFFICERS

L. L. TODD Worshipful Master. B. EARNSwoKTJi Senior Warden. M SHAW Junior Warden

A. Con EN Treasurer.

C. N. JAME S Secretary. H ALLEN Senior Deacon

H B HAAS Junio r Deacon

Past Masters. G W Hogeboom, George A Eddy, M S Adams, Jame s McGahon, Harve y Allen

Grand Lodge of Kansas. 431

Master Masom. W. P. Gambell, William Gordon, D. R.Anthony, George W Nelles, W H Watson, Phillip Rothschild, William Rosenfield, H Markson, J B Lamber, Charles Blasser, L Houston, S Leighton, J. H. Bousall, J. A. Bullen, R. J. Selwav, James M. Bodine, J. S. Skinner, S F Atwood, PI D McCarty, J L Wever, M H Insley, Benj Nute, jr., H W Gofi', E H Marsh W W Child, D W Wilder, T X Wilson, Joseph Cuenin, A. J. Ansell, F. H. Nash, W. O. Gould, J.Westenberger; S H Anderson, J H Kiskailden, Chas S Stettauer, T C Stevens, Samuel Rothschild, Wm Chandler, Wm Schley, H C F Hackbusch, George Einstein, E. Coats, M. Weightman, F. "C. Eames, Joseph Hockham, Amos Fenn, David Prager, M. F. Malone, G. H. Weaver, J.R. Whitehead, Henry Still, C S Gorton, R J Brown, H D Smith, J R Duncan, Louis Setzler, Josiah Kellogg, P.Williams, C. H. Carpenter, John Connover, George B. Thompson, Theo. Thompson, D. Byington, N Spatzier

Fellow Crafts. John Ivey, S. Seaman.

Entered Apprentices. Joseph jNIackle, J W Scott, John Hammill, J W Lovendye

Admitted, 8; Initiated, 12; Passed, 9; Raised, 8; Dimitted, 2; Died, 2; Rejected, 8. JTumber ofmembers, 76.

EMPORIA LODGE, No. 12, EMPORIA

OFFICERS

B J PuRCELL

Worshipful Master

C. V. EsKRiDGE Senior Warden.

H. W. FicK Junior Warden.

.T. MEANS

Treasurer.

E BoRTON Secretary

T E HICKS Senior Deacon

J. PiiEXis Junior Deacon.

E. P. HADI.EY Tyler.

S G BROWN Chaj^lain

Past Masters. L D Bailey, E P Bancroft

Master Masons. C F Maurer, J C Laradin, F Schnudling, G B Casper, John Hammond, K. M.Ruggles, F. G. Hunt, E. H. Sanford, Thomas Wright, John C. Wright, E. Goddard, D. A. Fainter, Robert Best, J A Carey, John Faucett, J F Newton, J Ellis, David Vanpundy, James Wright, G. H. Reese, V. R. Holmes, P. B. Plumb, S. E. G. Holt,E. G. Duke, H. V. Bundrem, E. R. Mardin, A. G. Proctor, S. F. Manter.

Entered Apprentices.—A.J Mitchell, L R Ludv, Isaac Wright, Allen White

Admitted, 3; Initiated, 17; Passed, IS; Raised, 20; Suspended, 3; Rejected, 5 Number ofmembers, 39

OSKALOOSA LODGE, ISo. 14, OSKALOOSA

Regular communications second and fourth Saturdays in each month

OFFICERS

G B CAHSON

..Worshipful Master

Senior Warden

HENK Y CUAUBS .Junior Warden

J. V . FAIKHOI.M Treasurer.

C. B. McIiEij.A.N .Secretary.

.J N HAI.I Senior Deacon

T H Kom>E .'..Junior Deacon

D NEWJIOU.SE Tyler

Past Masters.—Nelson Chapman, Paul E. Havens.

Master Masons.—W. N Allen, Joel Cowan, H 0 Finch, C A Buck, B. Daniels, Joseph Fitzsimmons, Joseph Downing, Joseph Evans, N . B. Hopewell, Joh n Henderson, J 0 Eeed, Levi Wilhelni, \V^ T Moorman, .1 S Shoemaker, Thomas J Wallace, Henr y Owens, N W Taylor

Fellow Crafts.—Ransom Smith, William Blevins, Robert Armstrong, N A Howard

Entered Apprentices.—J. W. Spurlock, AVilliam A. Coy, J. W. Roberts. . Admitted, 2; Initiated, 2; Passed, :^; Raised, 2 ; Dimitted, 4 ; Rejected, 5. Numbe r of members, 26.

TECUMSE H LODGE , No . 15 , TECUMSEII .

Regular comuiunications Tluirsdays on or before th e full moon, and two weeks thereafter

LEWI S CLOGSTOX

OFFICERS

Worshipful Master. Senior Warden R HusON Junio r Warden .JOHN REE D Treasurer J S GRIFFI N Secretary

Master Masons.—J. J . Driver, A. M. Jordan, Jame s Gordon, W . M. Jordan, J H Weaver, W H Gage, A G Miller, William Glasscock, Joh n L DoUmon, A G Lewis, Joh n Gage, J A Powell, A W Haygood, Jacob Rankin, Jacob Dawson, W. H . Morgan, J . C. Morgan, J. B. Glogston, Joh n Cappell, Lewis Deering, J C Ridgeway, J W Ridgeway, Jame s Towsson, D. L. Prigmore.

Fellow Crafts.—G. Tyler, P . S. Gabey. Entered Apprentices.—J. N . Pebley, J. M. Huber .

Admitted, 2; Initiated, 10; Passed, 11; Raised, M ; Dimitted, 4; Rejected, 1 Numbe r of members, 28

Cirand Lodge of Kansas. 433

LAFAYETTE LODGE, No.

16, MANHATTAN.

Regular communications Fridays on or before full moon

OFFICERS

.

C. W . BKKBEK

Worshipful Master.

PHIL O PRATT Senior Warden

L. R. W.\GXEK Junior AVarden.

HoBACE ELLS Treasurer.

GEORGE W WISKE R Secretary

R ALLixGHAJr Senior Deacon

J FJ,AGG Junior Deacon

J W PIPE R Tyler

Past Masters.—A. Griffin, J M Allen

Master Masons.—N. D. Horton, W. Remert, J. M. Crowder, E. B. Dj^er, S G Hoyt, Joe Taylor, A J Segore, J D Hinies, J D Limbocker, Samuel Long, Joh n Pierce, Geo. Higginbothara, N. A. Adams.

Entered Apprentices. C. W . Reed, B. Twigger, Edward Stevens.

Admitted, 2; Initiated, 6; Pa.ssed, 4; Raised, 4; Dimitted, 2 Number of members, 23.

TOPEK A LODGE , JS^O. 17, TOPEKA .

OFFICERS

S. R. REMINGTON

Worshipful Master.

CHARLES C . KELLAM Senior Warden .

G.G.GAG E Junior Warden

M R SMITH Treasurer

G . O . WILMARTH Secretary.

Past Masters. Joel Huntoon, Charles King, Rev Jame s T Holliday, Ed. P . Kellam, C. K. HoUiday, D.-.G.-.M.-.

Master Masons.—3. C Gordon, S T Walkley, F L Crane, Rev C M. Caloway, E. G. Ross, Thomas Gardner, G. M. Kellam, Enoch Chase, J A Brown, D A Hunter, Silas Hunter , J Renfroe, C A Stringham, Asa Hairgrove, H. T. Beeman, Thomas Carney, War d Burlingame, Rev. W Oakley, Fred Ortman, Joh n Fletcher, J W F'arnsworth, J S Stansfield, T G Thornton, Jame s Fletcher, J R Griffing, C C Whiting, A D. Craig, Hira m Shields, E. G. Moon, D. W. Seagraves, S. Jennings, H . H Wilcox, C H Wickoff, S H Fletcher, Joh n Moffatt, S E Sweet, Joh n Brauner, A. H . Case, Joh n Eichar, J. Finn Hill, G. W . Anderson, Jacob Smith, L Farnsworth, E Baker, R H Atwell, Jacob Safford, D Easton, H W Farnsworth, A H Hale, J A Pollev, D H Home , J C French , W . C. Crawford, F . P . Baker, Asaph Allen, W. W. Ross.

Fellow Crafts. H J Loomis, H Fletcher

Entered Apprentices. S. J. Jones, Jame s Brewer, Louis Laurent, G. W. Carpenter, S. J. Cook, O. McConnell.

Admitted, 1; Initiated, 12; Passed, 9 ; Raised, 8; Dimitted, 2; Died, 1; Rejected, 5 Numbe r of members, 66

Proceedings of the F^k:^KLm LODGE, 2ifo 18, OTTAWA

OFFICERS

JOH N C . BICHMOND

Worshipful Master.

ASA S. L.\THROP Senior Warden.

LEV I W . JOHNSON .Junior Warden.

DAVI D M VALENTINE

C G HUTCHINSON

Treasurer

Secretary

HUG H A COOK Senior Deacon

SENECA JOHNSON Junio r Deacon.

WM.R . RANDALL Tyler.

Master il/asous.—Isaac S Kalloch, Joh n Ricketts, Jona s A Washburn , Thoma s S Durham

Fellow Crafts. Jacob Seemstine, Richard E Jenness

Entered Apprentices.—Herbert F Shelden, Wm M Inman, Joh n Walruflf

Admitted, 11 ; Initiated, 6 ; Passed, 3 ; Raised, 1 Numbe r of members, 12.

OLATH E LODGE , >}"o. 19 , OLATHE .

Regular communiciitions on or before th e full moon of each month

A. J . CLEMMENS

OFFICERS

Worshipful Master. J. HARVE Y BLAKE Senior Warden. F E HENDERSON Junio r Warden

J. MiLLiKiN

JOH N M GIKFIN

Pa&t Master.—Viett Reese.

Treasurer.

Secretary

Master Masons. J T Burris, B B Francis, J E Brown, F AV Case, J. Milton Hadley, H . E . Brown, J . IS. Haye.s, J . T. Weaver, 0 . H , Gregg, Joh n Evans, Biiniabas Evans, J N Miller, Joh n James, J E Clarke, A Waldschmidt, Irvine Jaques, Henr y McBride, Augustus Thavis, William Roy, AVin. E . Martin, W.N . Brody, William Vickers, Samuel McGinnis, Wm M Shean, F G Franklin

• Fellow Crafts. Thomas E. Marshall, J ; E. Sutton, Isaac Parish, Jame s Peak

Entered Apprentices. J S Farris, T J Hadley, Isaac T Swartz

Admitted,!); Initiated, 11 ; Passed, 8; Raised, tj; Dimitted, 4 ; Died, 1; Rejected, 7. Number of Members, 31.

GKASSHOPPER FALLS LODGE, l^o. 21, SAUTRELLE.

Regular communications second an d fourth Fridays in each month.

OFFICERS .

• J.F . BLIS.S Worshipful Ma.ster. J A MkXN ; Senior Warden

JAMRS MII.LKR Junio r Warden

JOH N RATZ ', Treasurer

•lOHX BELAND

W . C. BUTTS

Secretary

Senior Deacon.

W G KEECH Junio r Deacon

JOH N MARCH Tyler

Fast Muster.—Ji. D Hillyer

(irand Lodge of Kansas.

5

Master Masons. — A AV Spalding, E G Pierce, T J Anderson, G S Hillyer, J. C. Todd, N. E. Parker, J . M.Norville, D. A. Johnson, G. W.H . Moore, Joh n Ernst, E H Crosby

Fellow Craft.—J. P . Barnes.

Entered Apprentices. N. Colby, E. M. Hutchings, Thomas E. Osborn. Admitted,] ; Initiated,©; Pas.sed, 5 ; Raised, 5 ; Diraitted, 1; Suspended, 1; Rejected, 5. Number of members, 20.

PAEI S LODGE , No 20 , PARIS OFFICERS

N. M. H.\wKs

Worshipful Master. C M.MCDANIE L Senior Warden

JOHN BEHDHE Junio r Warden.

J. H . BARLOW Treasurer.

FIENKY BI;ACKBOUKNK Secretary

SAMUEL CAEJI.VCK Senior Deacon

J F CLII'PARD Junio r Deacon F . TI. GHAHAM Tyler.

Master Masons. — George W Moore, Henr y Brazel, Noah P Hudson , Pleasant Chitwood, Wm . S. McDowell, Lewis Thomas, Fliram A. Defriese, James Young, Jesse W Lewis, Wm M Canan, Stoj^ihen Griffin, Joh n B Hagerman, Austin Fari.s, Joh n Faris, AVm Swingley, Wm S Lewis, Joh n Driscoll, George W. Fisher, Joh n Hood, J . C. Stinson, Joh n Defriese, J . M Haine.s, J H Bastian, Joseph Potts, Herbert Eobin.son, G M Moore, J. R. Langhead, Zachariah Flemming, William H . Murry, .lohn Baugh, Jame s A Crozier, AV H Weatherman, David Sibbet, Joh n D Carroll, Daniel Smith, .lohn C Graham, Morris Howard, Nichodemus Snow, Jame s T. Curry, AVilliam S. Gray.

Fellow Crafts.—Thornton Bunch, George AV. Wilson. Entered Apprentices. S. P . AVeatherman, Joh n Dixon Irvine.

Admitted, 2; Initiated, 10; Passed, 10; Raised, 11 ; Dimitted, 9 ; Died, 2; Reinstated, 2 ; Rejected, 10 Number of members, 49

PALMYEA LODGE, JSTO 23, BALDWIN CITY

Regular communications Friday on or before the full moon.

OFFICERS

BARTON ANDREWS Worshipful Master J W TAYLOR Senior Warden W. B. SWALLOW Junio r AVarden. AV D MARTIN Treasurer CLARK.SON REYNOLDS Secretary

Master Masons. Jacob Branson, A D Graves, M L Thompson, L F Green, Milton Reynolds, Joh n W Vaughn, Joh n H Dearing, T J Cosisabaum, W B Havden, Nathan Taylor, Joh n T Lynch, R.P Duvall, H E Badwell

Entered Apprentice.—AVilliam Barriclow.

Initiated, 4 ; Passed, 4 ; Raised, 5 ; Dimitted, 1. Number of members, 18

HIGH

PEAIEIB LODGE, IS^o. 25, HIGH PRAIRIE.

Regular conmiunications first an d third Saturdays in each month.

HEXHY DOXAIIOE

OFFICERS

AVorshipful Master. JOHN C GI.ST Senior Warden

WM . M . THDMI'.SON .lunior -Warden. A. D. McCuNE Treasurer. CRATOX CAHKEY Secretarj'

Mauler Masons.—Samuel R Trower, Tliomas Trower, Milton Sloan, J. Tuttle, AVashington Campbell, S. S. Nichols, Thomas Ruble, Richard Mullinis, Anthon y Wav, Henrj ' B Keller, David J Keller, E S Sebree, William Kyle, William V. French, Wm . G. Chambers, W . F . Gable, S. D Ewing, Thomas Starns, Jacob H Cassidy, Joh n A Cassidy, Joh n W McLane, Joh n W Davidson, Jame s Cafifery, Joseph Howell, Zina Mason, Jame s Adams.

Fellow Grafts. B B Moore, Fran k Gable, Jame s McCune Entered Apprentices.—Abraham Raj', Jame s Simpson. Initiated, 4; Passed, 4 ; Raised, I ; Dimitted, 2. Number of members, 31

LODGE, Xo 27, Lwjinx

OFFICERS

JAMKS A STEWAHT

Worshipful Master

P H SMITH Senior Warden

J S DAVIS Junior Warden

TJIO.MAS CRABTREE Treasurer A.N DREISHACH Secretary

Master Masons.— S. J Carter, J B Scott, Wm Morrow, E Reeves, O Coy, Joh n Estep, S T Locke, S G Beekman, W A Jenkins, J P Hamilton, J . L. Ward, M. Va n Orman, Jame s Steel, J. Baldwin, A. F. Wilkinson, T Dalton, L A Barnard, R Burr, T Pearson, J R F Shull, Wm Brazell, L. P . Craig, R. W . Row, R. S. Harrington, B. White, Alex. Hamilton, Alex Stewart, P Steel

Initiated, 11; Passed, 7 ; Raised, 6; Dimitted, 8; Suspended,! ; Died, 1; Rejected, 3 Numbe r of members, 34

ELDOE A LODGE , ISTo 28 , MAPLETON

Regular communication Saturday on or before th e full moon, and two weeks thereafter

OFFICERS

H G MooRE Worshipful Master

HAN.SON BRrrroN Senior Warden. M 0 ELLIS Junio r Warden

JOH N AMES .....Treasurer

WM . BVINGTON Secretary.

TIMOTHY HACKETT Senior Deacon

ROBERT OSBUKN Junio r Deacon

T M WES T Tyler

Past Master. M. E . Hudson .

Grand Lodge of Kansas. 437

Master Masons.—A.. P. Clark, Casius Stone, John Rafferty, Ira Benham, John Faqnaer, J F Fulton, S O Himoe, A G West, James Hull, Stark Willson, Joseph S.Willson, J..P. Chitwood. M. D. Teney, Edward Gray. W. N. Jackson. H.B. Cook, F.D. Myrick, A. J. AVheeler, John A. Campbell, Cyrus W Campbell, Thomas Hamilton, .James HofFnagle, A C. Prim, Ephraim Kepley, Malcolm McCrumman, Frank Owen, George Smith, G. W.Walter, Thomas B. McKinstry, John Starr, Solon Markham, .John Anderson, James Gattry, Allen, Mark Boulwar, John A. Willett, R. Tennison, C.E. Bucknam, Wm. D.Stevenson, Wm. Baker, M. Osburn.

Fellow Crafts.— Jacob Goff, H C Herley, S Holt, N Potter

Entered Apprentices.—Veter Bunnell, .John Chitwood, John L. Gully, Wm. Stewart, ISenjamin Gumm, .Joseph .fewel.

Admitted, 1; Initiated, 21;Passed, 16; Raised. 14; Dimitted, 7;Suspended, 1; Rejected, 11 Number of members, 50

AECAJSTA LODGE , NO 31, DONIPHAN

Regular communication Saturday on orbefore thefull moon.

OFFICERS

JoHX L Pmr.BRicK Worshipful Master ISAAC F . AVEYEB Senior Warden. A. R.FoRMAN Junior Warden. H.W. HuDNALL Treasurer. C H PHILLIPS Secretary

Master Masons.—R. T. Nesbit, Adam Brenner, David Lee,E.A.Spencer, Richard A Doulware, Jacob J Scott, I N Smallwood, Henry S Howard, David Frank, Josiah Howard, Robert Mealer, Geo M Waller, William J. Oram, Geo. A.Benjamin, Henry Border, jr.,A. AV. Wilson, James F Forman, Geo W Hanson, Geo H Marcher, B S Whorton, Isaac M Lee, S W Lloyd, B W Bowman, E W Stratton, E G Crabb, D. B.Jones,AVilliam R.Powers, William Matheny, Lenard Smith, Joseph Hastings, Sidney Tennant, Geo W Laington

Fellow Crafts. Milton E. Bryan, Adam E. Cami^bell. EnteredApprentices. R Grubble,Anderson Ciladden,Powell Roberts Admitted, 2; Initiated, 17; Passed, 13; Raised, 11; Dimitted, 1; Rejected, 3. dumber ofmembers, 37.

AUBUEN LODGE, JSTO. 32, AUBURN. OFFICERS.

RKI;I!EX STEES

Worshipful Master C. O. MooiiE Senior Warden. E S.vvDER .Junior Warden Treasurer

W.H.Cojriis Secretary. Ma-^ter jl/ason.?.—George S. Halt, J. Morrison, John L. Price, Thomas Denman, J.W.Brown, John B.Cook,L.T. Cook, E. Carriger, A.J. Lloyd, John E Moore, J L Huggins, Wm Lord W H J3elong, J'. M Hammond, Wm, F.Johnston, M. L. Hvde, Wm. A. Engle, J. McDowell, Henry Fox,

Proceedings of the

~W W.Phillip.s, L Boyce,C.C.Crund:),0 H Wheeler, O H Mitcliell, H L. Shumway, O. H . Brink water.

Fellow Craft. —U.Jj.B\^(i\o\\. '

Entered Apprentices.—J. L. Kook, H . B'loys, W. W . Penfleld.

Admitted, 2; Initiated,8 ; Passed,10; Raised,10; Suspended, ! ; Rejected, 1. Numbe r of members, 30.

MOUND CITY LODGE, ^^o. 33, MOUND CITV

Regular communications first and third Fridays in each month

.ToHX V. WJIKKLEU

OFFICERS

Worshipful Master Senior Warden

DAVID A.CROCKER Junior Warden. JACOB K AXTITOXY Treasurer A H BAIR D Secretary J. E. SjriTH Senior Deacon. Junior Deacon OsCAK DEWEY Tyler.

Master Masons.—Theodore F Wilson, Hiram Kelse)', Amos Cunimings, J H Trego Andrew J Franks, AVm B Scott, Charles S Wlieaton, Jes.se Brown, A. C. Seaman, Moses Boyer, David Lindsey, J. H . Belden, George E Dcnnison, F.C Bacon, Elisha H Warden, Thoma.s Sproull, J W Babb, Sanford Robinson, .Toel S. Young, Jame s M. llift', .1. S. Atkinson, Enoch Estep, Hira m Barrick, Jame s A.Thomilson, AV.Blunt Perry, J. C. Holmes, JamesBarrick,Samue l Hamilton, A.W Rash, A.C.Bender,B.F.Bradley , Joh n M. Sea Wright, Isaac Holliway, George W. Drake.

Fellow Craft. Edwin Smith.

Entered Apprentices. Isaac Sutton, Charles E Paine, Jesse Marshall, Henr y E. Dewey, W. A. Crytz, J . B. Broadhead.

Initiated, 18; Passed,IG; Raised,20; Diinitted,7; Died,! : Rejected,0. iS'umber of members, 40

INDIANOL A LODGE , No 34 , INDIANOLA OFFICERS

A 0 BECKWITII Worshipful Master

G.L . YOUNG Senior Warden.

• L. H . OGEE Junior Warden.

• Treasurer

J.M . KuYKEXDAi.L Secretary.

Master Masons. — M B Baubean, R S Gabby, Rosswell Rose, Henr y Puckett, L R Darling, J E Clardv, Joh n D Lasley, Joh n Fiero, Saujuel Ashmore, B. F . Pavne, E. D. Rose, C. AV. Higginbothara, AV. K. Elliott, A. L Davidson, Sterling B Miles, O A Curtis, Joh n M Brvan, J P Clark, Samuel Bonner, Joh n K. AVillard, A. A. Pliley, J. AV. Price.

Felloiv Craft.—3. B Oliver

Entered Apprentice.—J. F Jenner

Admitted,3 ; Initiated, 12; Passed, 13; Raised, 14; Dimitted, 2; Died, 2; Rejected, 5 Number of members, 26

Grand Lodge of Kansas. 439

HIAWATHA LODGE, JS^. 35, HIAWATHA

OFFICERS .

JOEL G KELSEY

H M ROBINSON

BENJAMIN WATKIXS

"Worshipful Master

Senior Warden

Junio r Warden Treasurer.

E.L POUND Secretary

IRA J LACOCK Senior Deacon

R. S. FAiRCHii.n • '.; Junio r Deacon.. Tyler:

Pmt Master. W. B. Barnett.

Master 3fasons.—James Round, H . B. Dutton, J. C. Scott, J.F.Babbet , W W Guthrie, Joseph Vaughan, Samuel W Wade, J B Hoover, Gregory Amaan, Stephen Hughes, W . G. Sargent, R. H . Ballinger, Harvey Seburn, E.N.Morrill, Dennis v an Liew, Alex Sutherland, J W Oberholtzen,S.W Swayze, Wm Lockstone, Aaron H.Wade , Isaiah P Winslow, N.P Rawlings, R. McCartney, James A. Pope, Joseph Samuels, Geo. J. Englehart,I-l. C.Gregg

Fellow Craft.—L. H Slagle

Admitted, 2 ; Initiated, 5 ; Passed, 7; Raised, (i; Diuiitted, 1; Died 1 ; Rejected, 1 Numbe r of members, 34

COUNCI L GrEOV E LODGE , Ko 36 , COUNCI L GROVE

Regular communication Wednesday on or before the full moon

OFFICERS

JAMES CABEY

Worshipful Master

R. B. LocKwooT) Senior Warden. J B COLLIER Junio r Warden

G.M . SiMcooK Treasurer. CHARLE S COLU.MIUA Secretary

Master Masons. J. L. French, C. H . Strieby, Theodore Webster, S. P Morgan, George Liste, George Beylin, J E Brvan, A O Robbins, E M. Sewell, C. H . Withington, Jame s Phimsey, W.D . Wheeler, T. S. Huffaker, Robert Odell

Entered Apprentices. -B F Cole, H L Bickford

Admitted, 2 ; Initiated, 8; Passed, 6; Raised, 6; Dimitted, 2; Died, 1; Rejected, 7. Numbe r of members, 19.

PAOL A LODGE , JS^O 37 , PAOLA

Regular communications Monday on or next before th e full moon, an d two weeks thereafter.

W R WAGSTAFF

OFFICERS

.

Worshipful Master

WM WALTERS Senior Warden C SHAW Junio r Warden

F M WILGRE S Treasurer

J. B. HOBSON.. Secretary. Past Master. E. W. Robinson.

Proceedings of the

Master j)/a8ons.—Goodwin Taylor, B. F . Simpson, G. W. Swain, Thos. Akers, A Smith, W O Hubbell, W P Bowen, Thoma s Totten, T J Hedges, W. T. Shively, A. C. Farnham , George Town, Adam Gamp, J . M Ellis, G W Miller, J P Glasscock, B Snyder, M O Teeple, A H Dean, R W Shipley, E B Jurd , S P Divelbiss, J A Hicks, I Christy, E. McLaine, S. S. Staily, E. B. Duncan, J. T.Townsend, George H. Hume , Thoma s Ellis, James Sweeting, H V Beeson, Wm Mondy, Geo Wise, A. C. Shoemaker, D. H . Johnson, J. R. Divelbiss, Silas Green.

Fellow Crafts.—G. A. Anderson, D. B. Wilson, Henr y J. Waller, Pete r W Speas

Entered Apprentices. Walter Howard, S A Jackson, Peter Black, A AVestfall, D. J . Lobdell, Joseph Ohilson, A. Watson, J. H . Scott, F . E. Rawland

Admitted, 3 ; Initiated, 13; Passed, 10; Raised, 7; Dimitted, 4 ; Expelled, 1; Rejected, 0. ^Number of members, 44.

lOLA LODGE, l^o. 38, IOLA. OFFICERS.

J F CoLBURN

Worshipful Master

A W J BROWN Senior Warden

H D PARSONS Junio r Warden

Wji. H . COCHRAN Treasurer.

B BREWSTER Secretary

Master Masons. C. S. Clark, William Avery, J. L. Arnold, i). R. Hovey, Eli Lorance, A . W . Thompson, J. N . Woollorns, J. Culberson, J . D. Dennison, N . Hawkins, Daniel Horville, C. Gillihan, J . W . Scott.

Entered Apprentices. J. T. Wallace, Joh n Hull.

Admitted, 4; Initiated, 5 ; Passed, 3 ; Raised, 4 ; Dimitted, 1 ; Died, 2 ; Rejected, 1 Number of members, 18 ~

SBiS^ECA LODGE, JN^O 39, SENECA OFFICERS.

BYRON SHERRY

Worshipful Master

A K MOORE Senior Warden

DELOS ACKER Junio r Warden

J M PECKHAM Treasurer

CHAS . WILLIAMSON Secretary. Y. D. SHEPHERD Senior Deacon. HEZEKIA H GRIMES Junio r Deacon CnAS WILLIAMS Tyler

Master Masons. L. B. Jones, George D. Searles, Hiram Johnson, H . Hamilton, A. W. Slater, Joh n E. Smith, D. Wolf, D. Locknane, Joh n S. Rogers, S. Vilott, A. J . Foster, O. D. Stinson, W . A. Fessenden, W. F . Wells, Robert Sewell, Abijah Wells, W . M. Edwards, Leonard Cutler, Peter Smith, S Branhard

Entered Apprentice.—A.. J Spencer

Initiated, 17; Passed, 19; Raised, 19; Dimitted, 1; Rejected, 1 Number of members , 28

DESOT

O LODGE , JSTO 40 , DESOTO

OFFICERS.

JOHN T . TAYLOR

Worshipful Master.

CHARLES H STRATTON Senior Warden

JAMES B ABBOTT Junio r Warden

JAMES SMITH Treasurer. J H JACOBS Secretary

Mailer Masons. Z. Nichols, P . Augerbright, J. D. Baird, B. Taylor, H. W. Diamond, C. B. Nichols, G. W . Frain, H. G. Boyd, W . H . Smith, W C'ooley, C E Lewis, A L Cohen, D W Marshall, Joh n Johnson , H A. Burgess, Alex. Miller.

Fellow Crafts. M W Morgan, M Summerfield, W Crozier Entered Apprentices. Mathew King, Jame s M. Still.

Initiated, 17; Passed, 18; Raised, 15; Dimitted, 1 ; Expelled, 2 ; Died, 1; Rejected, 3 Numbe r of members, 21

BLOOMIKG GEOVE LODGE, :N'O 41, BLOOMING GROVE OFFICERS

A C Douu

Worshipful Master

WILLIAM Goss Senior Warden

W^. W . SiLSBY Junio r Warden.

JACKSON LAN E Treasurer

SAMUEL BROWN Secretar}'

Master Masons. Timothy Searl, D C Harrison, Joh n P Harryman , M. W. Gwine, R. B. Vernon, Azariah Edmiston, B. F . Goss, Charles B. Graves, Wm M Reeves, A B Rogers, Larkin Washer, C C Hadsall, Washington Farris, Jame s M Sayre, Cyrus .1 Hurd, Amos Hadsall

Fellow C'ro/te.—Isaac Cooper, Alexander Pugh .

Entered Apprentices. Jame s Daniels, Caleb Rhodes, Samuel Walla, David Reynolds, M Marcus

Admitted, 1; Initiated, 14; Passed, 12; Raised, 10; Dimitted, 1; Died, 1; Rejected, 7. Numbe r of members, 21.

HOLTOJS " LODGE, JS^O 42, HOLTON

OFFICERS

.1. B. HuniiELL ; AVorshipful Master. Senior Warden.

W>i C WiLLocK Junior Warden

JOHN CHRISTY Treasurer

GEORGE L HAMM Secretary M Woods Senior Deacon

GEORGE SJIITII Junio r Deacon F . J. ADA.MSON Tyler.

Master Masons.—William H Dodge, P M Hodges, A J Reid, D Minnim, N Wheeler, H G Murch, R J Watterhouse, William Owens, H McBride, William Boettcher, William H . Chapman, R. P . Hamm , AV. S Hooglin, Amos Landon, R S Craft, Henr v Ebv, S.AV McComas, Geo A.Wyant

44 2 , Proceedings of the

Entered Apprentices.—William E^mly, J B Waynant

Admitted. 15 ; Initiated, 13; Passed, 11 ; Raised, 12; Dimitted, 1 , Died, 1 ; Rejected, 8 Isumber of members, 25

VIEGINI A CIT Y LODGE , :NO. 43 , YmaiNr A "CITY , MONTANA

OFFICERS

P S PFOUTS Worshipful Master

J. M. Fo.x Senior Warden, HEXH Y MITTXACOT Junio r Warden

J. T. SUTTWA.N: Treasurer. ALE.X DAVIS Secretary .1. .1. Hut L ... ' ....Senior Deacon. .TA.MES KISKADDEX Junio r Deacon S L WELL S T>'ler

ilaster Mawns.—J. G Robinson, E.A.Brown , Adam Felger, J.-B Johnson, J. E . McClurg, J. A. Emery, E . Roxwood, J . C. Eerrell, James Gibson, C J Miller, Joh n Stevens, A H Odell, S Edmunds , Thomas Baume, G W.Stapleton, Fred Root, P Rodnev Pocock, L L Hills, H H . Woods, W . F . Sanders, A. S. Gates, J. S. Taylor, S. F . Schaffer, Robert Wood, J C Guy, W H Belcher, L P Munger, R T Kennon , N J Davis, Geo. W. Wilhelm, I. C. Kent, M. D. Leadbeater, Ir a B . Maupiu, W H Stilhvell, L Behen, William Welsh, William Alkier, A V Allen, J T Henderson, J W Morrison, T L Luce, O A Seadman, J M Carthe, E. K . Woodbury, M. L. Starberger, E. Dumphy , L. Darm, Thos. W Coover, Joh n Potter, J B Boss, H A Bachelor

Admitted, 2.3; Initiated, 29; Passed, 22; Raised 22; Dimitted, 2; Expelled, 1. i^umber of members, 58.

EASTON LODGE, No. 45, EASTON OFFICERS

.

R. A. KKUSEV Worshipful Master. E K ADAM.SOX Senior Warden

W.M. KELSEY Junio r Warden. Treasurer.

TitoMAS Do.NAiioo Secretary .r A HENBEKSOX • Senior Deacon

B E EnwAKDS Junior Deacon

B F SEYMOUE Tyler

Master Masons.—J. M Atkins, H W Moore, P C Thornton, Joshua Turner

Fellow Crafts.—S. F Rhea, J .T Robin.son

Entered Apprentice.—William Borclen

Admitted,? ; Initiated, 7; Pa-ssed, 0; Raised, 4 Numbe r of members, ] 1.

Grand Lodge of Kansas. 443

OFFICERS O F TH E M.-.W/ GRAN D LODGE OF KANSAS, FO R TH E YEA R COMMENCING OCTOBER, 1864.

M.'.W.'. JACOB SAQHI, Atchison

R.' W.' C K HoLLiDAY, Topeka

R.'.W.'.O W MOALLASTER, Lawrence

R.'.W.' JOHN A CHASE, ^te/itson

R.' W.' CHRISTIAN BECK, Leavenworth

R.' W.- E T CARR, Fort Leavenworth

W.". RICHARD R . REES, Leavenworth

W.'. L. L. ToDB, Leavenworth

W." Rev T A PARKER

W.". Rev. D. DICKINSON

W.' ED P KELLAM, Topeka

W.'. OSCAR DEWEY .

W." REUBEN STEES

W.' A C BECKWITH

W.' HENR Y GANZ

W.-.GEO M KELLAM

Grand Master.

Deputy Grand Master

Grand Senior Warden

Grand Junio r Warden

Grand Treasurer

Grand Secretary

Grand Orator.

Grand Lecturer.

Grand Chaplain

Grand Chaplain.

Grand Marshal

Grand Senior Deacon. .<!....Grand Junio r Deacon

Grand Sword Bearer

Grand Steward

Gran d Steward

Gran d Tyler

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS

P. S. FERGUSON Wyandotte Northern District.

W R WAGSTAFP Paola

Southern District

G-rand Lodge of Kansas^ 445

SUSRENDED

WYA.VDOTTE JJODGE, NO . 3. H. H . Craig, A. C. Davis.

WA.SIIIXGTON LODGE, NO 5. E B Grimes, J B Eoss, Lawrence Boyle

Uxio.N LODGE, NO 7.—.7 C Downer, H Weitzler, D A Butterfield, D Fnrrow

EMI'OHIA LODGE, NO 12.—H H Graj^ N W Douglas, W McWhorter

GRASSKOPI'ER FAI/L.S LODGE, NO . 21.—Martin Vandenbergh .

ELDOKA LODGE, NO 28.—A L Wilmot

AUBURN LODGE, NO 32. J- Sabine

EXPELLED

WYANDOTTE LODGE, NO . 3. Mathew Mudeater, Samuel Parson.s.

KiCKAPOO LODGE, NO 4.—David Dodge

PAOI.A LODGE, NO . 37.—Andrew Ca.ssell.

DESOTO LODGE, NO 40.—A.Donovan, also W H Toothman, a Fellow Craft

VIRGINIA CITY LODGE, No 43.—A J Culbertson

KEINSTATED .

WYANDOTTE LODGE, NO 3.—W P Overton, Henr}' L Burgard, Edwar d

Garrett, Edward P Pleberton, D A' Clement

LAWRENCE LODGE, No 6. Lyma n Allen

TopEKA LODGE, NO 17.—Asaph Allen

PARIS LODGE, NO . 22. Zachariali Flemming, Mark Robinson.

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Grand Lodge of Kansas. 447

REPRESP:NTATIVE S O F TH E GRAN D LODG E O F KANSA S

NEA R OTHE R GRAN D LODGES,

Arkansas R. W." AI^BEHT PIK E of Little Rock

Canada R.' W/ THOMAS B IIAEEIS. ,

Connecticut R; . W."

Louisiana R.'. W ;

Minnesota R.'. W.'

New Jersey

M/.W;

Nortli Carolina R/.W.'

Averment

New York

R.-.W.-

R/.W / .of Hamilton

E G STOREI! of New Haven

A G CAHTEU of Portl-Iudson

GEOKGE W . PEESCOTT...of St. Paul.

INGHAM COKYELL of Lambertville.

W.T . BAI S of Raleigh.

JOHN B . HoLLENBECK...of Burlington.

OKRIN WELC H of Syracuse

Illinois R.-.W.- H.G.REYNOLDS ..of Springfield

REPRESENTATIVE S O F OTHE R GRAN D LODGES NEA R TH E

GRAN D LODGE O F KANSAS.

Illinois

M.'.W.' RiCHAKD R REES...of Leavenworth

Vermont R.' W."

Missoui-i

M.'.W.v

Minnesota R.-.W.v

Canada R.'. W.-

Connecticut R.' W.v

New York.., R.-.W.-

New Jersey

R.-.W.-,

Washington R. . W. -

CHARLES MuNDEE...of I^eavenworth.

JACOB SAQUI of Atchison

CifARLES MuNDEE...of Leavenworth

CHARLES MuNDEE...of Leavenworth.

CHARLES MuNDEE...of Leavenworth.

E T CAHR of Fort Leavenworth

E T CAKK of Fort Leavenworth

E.T.CAR R ....of Fort Leavenworth

LIST O F GRAN D LODGES IN CORRESPONDENCE AVITH TH E GRAN D LODGE OF KANSAS ; ALSO TH E NAMES AND ADDRESS O F TH E GRAN D SECRETARIES

Aliibauia

DANIEL SAVKK Montgomeiy

Arkansas T D MEHHICK Little Rock

California

Canada

Connocticnt

Colorado

Delaware

AI.EX G AHET.I : San Francisco

THOMAS B . HAKHIS Hamilton.

Lucius E. HUN T Hartford.

O A AViiiTTE>roi!E Denver City

WILLIAM S HAYE S Wilmington

District of Columbia AV MOKRIS S.MITII AVashingtoii

Florida

JOH N B . 1\\YI.OI! Tallahassee.

Georgia SIMRI ROSE Macon.

Iowa T. S. PARVI.X Iowa City.

Illinois

H. G. REYNOLDS Springfield.

Indian a FRANCIS KIN G ' Indianapolis

Kentuck y .1. M. S. MUCORKLE Greensburg.

Louisiana

SAMUEL M TODD New Orleans

Maine In A BERRY Portland

Maryland

JACOH H MEDAIRY Baltimore

Massachusetts CHARLES W . MOORE Boston.

Michigan .JAMES FENTON Detroit

Minnesota A. T. C. PIER.SON Saint Paul.

Blississippi

Ro. AV. T. DANIEL Jackson.

Mi.ssouri A O'SULLIVAN Saint Louis

Nebraska

STEPHEN D BANGS Bellevue

New Hampshir e HORACE CHASE Hopkinton . Ne\v Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

JOSEI-H H HOUG H Trenton

JAMES M AU.STIN New York

WILLIAM T BAIN Raleigh

JOHN D CALDWELL Cincinnati

Oregon .1. E. HUREOKD Oregon City.

Pennsylvani a AVILLIA.M H . ADAMS Philadelphia.

Rhode Island

South Carolina

HORATIO ROGERS, J R Providence.

ALBERT G . MACKEV Charleston.

Tennessee CHARLES A FULLER Nashville

Texas A S RUTHVEN....; Galveston

Vermon t

A'irginia

HENR Y CLARK Poultney.

JOHN DOVE Richmond

AVashington Territory ELWOOD EVANS Olympia

Wisconsin

AA'' T PALMER Milwaukee

|w IJXevworiam.

Leavenworth, No. S, NELSON McCRACKBS, Sept 8,1864 SIMON KOHN, April 4, 1864. Lawrence, No. 6, LYMAN ALLEN, December fi, 1863 Union, No. 7,

GEORGE MONTAGUE, November, 186S. King Solomon, No. 10, EUGENE F. HAVEN, July 27, 18M. WOOD S PAINTER, 1864

Topeka, No. 17,

RKV JOHN JACKSON, April 19, 1864 Olalhe, No. 19,

J. P. CAMPBELL, p. M., January, 1864. Paris, No. SS, S. M. SULLIVAN, 1864. n. C. GIBliS, January 31, 1864. Mound City, No. 33, JOHN F. SNODDY, 18G4. Indianola, No. 34, WILLIAM ALLEY, 1864

HENRY CADE, 1864

Council Grove, No. 36, THOMAS WHITE, P M., August 3,1864 Tola, No. SS,

IX B BROWN, September 25, 1864 E H CARRUTH, April 2.5, 1864

De Solo, No. 40, KLIAS MASON, July 2U, 1864, Motion, No. 4S, N TALBOT, August 2, 1864

REPORT ON CORRESPONDENCE,

To the M:.W:. Orand Lodge of Kansas:

Your Committee on Foreign Correspondence respectfully submi following as their report. Since th e date of our last report, we hav ceived the printed Proceedings of the following Grand Lodges, viz

CANADA 1863

COLORADO 1863

CONNECTICUT 1864

DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA 1863

ILLINOIS 1863

INDIANA 1864

IOWA 1863

KENTUCKY 1863

LOUISIANA • 1864

MAIN E 1864

MARYLAND 1863

MASSACHUSETTS 1863

MICHIGAN ; 1864

MINNESOTA

MISSOURI

NEBRASKA

NE W HAMPSHIRE

NE W YORK

OHIO

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

VERMONT

WASHINGTON TERRITORY AViSCONSIN

.1864 ..1863 ..1863 .1864 .1863 .1863 . 1863 .1863 .1864 .1863 .1864

No reports liave been received from Delaware, New Jersey or California Th e latter is accounted for by their having changed the time of liolding their Grand Lodge meetings from May to October. Very little is known of th e doings of th e Craft in many of the Southern States. Wha t we could gather, we have endeavored to embrace in our report I n looking over th e various Proceedings, we And much to interest and instruct us; also man y things conflicting with our personal views, but, in makin g our report, we have, as a general rule, been contented with giving a synoj:)sis of the more important doings of the Craft in other jurisdictions, rather than entering into lengthy discu.ssions of the merits or demerits of th e various points not in exact harmony with our peculiar views. Arranging our report alphabetically, we commence with the Grand Lodge of

CANADA—1863

The Eighth annual communication of th e M.'.W.'.Grand Lodge of Canada, was held in th e City of Montreal, July 8th, A. L. 5863. M.-.W.-. T. DOUGLAS HAHKINGTON, Gran d Master; E.'.AV.. THOMAS B . HARRIS , Gran d Secretary.

The Grand Master, after referring in a very appropriate manne r to th e respectful address passed by the Grand Lodge at its last session,expressive

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of sympathy andcondolence totheir widowed Queen,announces that now the heart of theQueen mother hasbeen gladdened inthemarriage ofher eldest son,H. R. H.,the Prince of Wales,with "the heretofore Flower of Denmark, ALEXAKDRIA ofEngland, Princess of Wales."

He pays afitting tribute tothememory of M.'.W.". SirALLEN NAPIER MCNAB, Past Grand Master of that Grand Lodge. He hasgranted dispensations for twonewlodges.

The Constitution of this Grand Lodge prohibits the Masters of lodges serving longer than two years, except by the sanction of the Grand Master. He has granted several dispensations for Masters toserve the third year, and, wethink, with very good reasons, reoommends that the restrictions bereinoved altogether.

He refers to aninvitation from R.'.W.'.BrO. PEARL, of Maine, toattend a " National Masonic Convention," which wasto have been held in New York, and assigns hisreasons,—"first, because my attendance might be looked upon asan unauthorized interference in a domestic quarrel with which Canada had nothing to do,and secondly, because no Southern brethren could have an opportunity of giving expression to their feelings." Heassures usthat he would beglad to witness a happy termination of this, our terrible estrangement, and that the Grand Lodge of Canada would gladly cooperate towards such a result, if she could do so with propriety and certainty

He announces ahappy termination of the difficulties heretofore existing between that Grand Lodge and the "St Lawrence Lodge, No 923," English Register, also of St John's Lodge, No 209, Registry of Ireland

Full reports received from the several District Deputy Grand Masters indicating a prosperous condition of the Craft throughout thejurisdiction

A testimonial in theshape of complete silver sets forbreakfast, dinner and tea, and valued at S885, were presented to M.'.W.' P.'.G.'.M.' Bro WILLIAM MERCER WILSON, Esq The testimonial, so well merited, was received by Bro AVILSON in a beautiful andappropriate speech

The "Board ofGeneral Purposes" acknowledge thereceipt from the Grand Secretary oftheProceedings of twenty-two Grand Lodges There is no Report on Correspondence

The next annual communication of the Grand Lodge is tobe held in the city of Hamilton, in July, 1864.

Grand Master and Grand Secretary were both reelected.

COLORADO

—1863.

A special communication of this M.-.W.' Grand Lodge, washeld at Central City, May 6, 1863 TheGrand Lodge was called together to adjust and harmonize difficulties in twoof the lodges, their Masters having been suspended from office until the Grand Lodge should acton the

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charges—the Master of Denver Lodge, No 5,for being derelict in the discharge of hisofficial duties, andof Golden City Lodge, No 1,for similar ofi'enses. Onecharge is,that he balloted for and raised two candidates, when there were but three Master Masons present, hebeingone. The Grand Lodge sustained the acts of the Grand Master

The annual communication was held in Denver, November 2, 1863, E.-.W.-. M. C. WHITE, D.-.G.-.M.'., presiding.

They are decidedly opposed to that institution known asthe "Conservators' Association" crossing the plains and mixing in any manner with their affairs. The}'fraternally call upon usalltoengage with them in a warfor itsfinal andcomplete extermination.

One of the resolutions adopted on the subject is: "That hereafter no Grand Officer of this Grand Lodge, and no officer of any subordinate lodge,shall be installed until heshall have made asolemn pledge in open lodge that on hishonor asamason, herepudiates andcondemns thesaid association."

A resolution was passed forbidding lodges in the jurisdiction from holding communications on the Sabbath, except toattend the funeral of a member thereof, or ofa brother Master Mason

H M TELLER, Central City, M.-.W.- Grand Master

O. A. WHITTEMORE, Denver, reelected E.'.W.'. Grand Secretary.

CONNECTICUT —1864

The Seventy-sixth annual communication of this M.'.W.-. Grand Lodge, was held in the city of NewHaven, MayII, A.L.5864, M.-.W.-. ALVAN P . HYDE, presiding.

The Grand Master in his address, cautions Masters and lodges against hasty admissions into the Order He has in some instances granted dispensations to confer degrees in less than the usual time, on the condition that the act receive the unanimous assent of the lodge While he hasthus acted, he hasstill doubts asto its propriety

The Grand Lecturer, Bro C M HATCH, presents a report of his doings for the past year.

The Grand Lodgesucceeded last year in finding theoriginal" Webb Lectures,"and instructed their Grand Lecturer topractice it throughout the jurisdiction. From his report we infer that he meets with some opposition, principally, however, from such as imagine themselves possessed of more than ordinary intelligence, or whodislike to "unlearn" that which they have committed.

The excellent Report on Foreign Correspondence is by the R.-.W.-. Grand Secretary, Bro. Lucius E.HUNT, and elaborately and impartially gives a summary of thedoings of the various Grand Lodges whose Proceedings have been received Twenty-three Grand Lodges are noticed, that of Kansas being oneof the number

There areseventy subordinate lodges in thejurisdiction, with 7,834 members There arereported 115rejected, against 1,056 initiated

DAVID E BOSTWICK, Litchfield, M.-.W.' Grand Master

LUCIUS E HUNT, Hartford, reelected R.-.W.- Grand Secretary

Proceedings of the

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA—186?..

We have the Proceedings of this M..W.'. Grand Lodge for the j'ear 1863

The Grand Lodge met in special communication, September 26,1863, to make the n(!cessary arrangements for the burial of their lamented Grand Master, Y PEYTON PAGE, and which occurred with solemn ceremonies, on the 28th of said month:

At the annual communication, November 3d,a resolution was passed recognizing the M..W.".Grand Lodge of Chili, as an independent Grand Lodge, and entitled to the fraternal intercourse existing between all Grand Lodges throughout the world.

In explanation, and for the benefit of this Grand Lodge, we quote the following from the report of a committee on the subject:

We find that a majority of Chilian masonry had been subject to the Grand Orifiamme of France That the Emperor of France assumed to appoint a Grand Jfaster of masons for that empire, in the person of Marshal MAGNON, of whom our Chilian brethren say : " Great as may be his titles, and no matter how great may be his claims to universal consideration, still these are not sufficient to justify the elevation to this high position of a person who has been hitherto unknown in inferior positions, even that of au Entered Apprentice."

That upon ascertaining that such an appointment had been made, these brethren very properly repudiated the masonic authority of the leaders of French masonry over them, and having met in convention by regular Representatives from their constituted lodges, three in number, viz: Union Fraternal Lodge, of Valparaiso ; Order and Liberty Lodge, of Capiaco; Fraternity Lodge, of Conception, formed the Grand Lodge of Chili, agreed upon a Constitutiou and elected their Grand Officers

They say to us, concluding their address: " We propose not only to obtain your recognition of this new masonic power, bu t also the favor of your correspondence."

The Keport on Correspondence is a very able one, and reviews the Proceedings of fifteen Grand Lodges, Kansas for 1862, being one of the number

J E F HoLMEAD, Washington, M.-.W.- Grand Master

W MoRKis SMITH, Washington, reelected R.'.W.- Grand Secretary

ILLIJS'OIS —1863

Twenty-third annual communication held at Springfield, October 6, 7 and 8, A L 5863 Three hundred and eight lodges represented Grand Master BI.AIR, in a very able manner, gives an account of his stewardship during the year He reports having granted dispensations for the formation of twenty-four new lodges, six of them to brethren connected with different regiments, Illinois Volunteers

One topic in the address is a "Masonic Map," which the Grand Lodge recommends each lodge to procure. He having used one for the last year, recommends "every lodge and brother" in the jurisdiction to secure a copy, to which, we presume, the publisher will not object

Under the head of "Rights and Powers of the Grand Master," lie remarks : "I have received for dispensations for new lodges$1,202.00,and for dispensations for conferring degrees and other irregular work §1,203.67." This last item weare sorryto see,notthat wehavethe leastobjection to the

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Grand Lodge of Illinois increasing their amoun t of cash on liand, bu t tha t it should be the result of doing " irregular work," and, judging from the amount received, they have either done a large amoun t of this kind of work, or else have done it at rates corresponding with the present high prices. W e would here simply ask the question: Is there any actual necessity for this " irregular work," and if so, would it not be more in accordance with the true spirit of our Institution to comply with such necessity without extra charge ?

The next subject of tlie address is headed " Difiiculties," and upon this subject, like the Grand Master, we " pause and hesitate." The subject as connected with the Grand Lodge of Illinois is one of peculiar interest, and which, for the last year or two, has been a proHfic source of discussion throughout th e various Grand Lodges, bu t thanks to the better sense of our brethren of Illinois, the cause of these difficulties have been to a great extent removed, and all the differences heretofore existing within tlie jurisdiction, we trust are forever buried with the past, at least let us hope so There is much in the address that would naturally elicit discussion, bu t too much has already been said by otViers upon this unfortunate occurrence W e prefer to throw the broad mantle of charity over all, and "pra y for the peace of Jerusalem."

A lengthy and excellent report is presented by the Grand Secretary, principally devoted to the subject of work and lectures, as promulgated by the Baltimore convention, and in which is given a very full and interesting account of the organization and proceedings of that body

A short, bu t interesting Keport on Foreign Corresijondence was i^resented by Bro A W BLAKESLEY, noticing the Proceedings of twenty-three Grand Lodges, Kansas being one H e quotes the resolution of this Grand l^jodge in relation to applicants for dimits. The Grand Lodge of Illinois having declared : " That it is contrary to, and inconsistent with the ancient usages and precepts of our Order, to withdraw from a subordinate lodge," he I'emarks: " Yet masonr\' being sought and obtained by the FREE WILL of every person who enters its sacred precincts, we can see no good reason why a brother has not the free will and right to dissever his membership with the Order whenever he may desire so to do ; provided he is not laboring under disability."

A large portion of the session was occupied in the consideration of reports and resolutions generally suggested by, and applauding or censuring the principal Grand Officers and others, in the course they have pursued in relation to the Conservators' Association A strong party feeling is exhibited throughout th e transactions, which we trust another year of "thoughtful meditation " will have harmonized, so that not a discordant souiid will be heard throughout the whole of that widespread jurisdiction

The numbe r of initiations reported was 2,679; passings, 2,21.3; raisings, 1,995; total degrees conferred, 6,887; being an increase over the last year of 3,252. Proportion of rejections to initiations 1863,1 to 3f.

TiiOM.AS J TijRNEK, Frcoport, M.'.W.-.Grand Ma.ster

H. O. EEVNOLDS, Springfield, reelected P.".W.".Grand Secretary.

Proceedings of the INDIANA—1864.

Annual communication held in the City of Indianapolis,May 24,A D 1864 Two liundred and sixty-three lodges were represented

The address of Grand Master HACKER occupies twenty-two pages,and is well stored with the many good things which our eloquent and accomplished M.'.AV.'.brother is so capable of expressing,and whicli we doubt not will be very edifj'ing to the Craft in that jurisdiction; We trust, liowever, that he has notexhausted the various subjects so effectually as to let this be his only address,as was the Report on Foreign Corresjiondence in ]855. We presume the onewill be asapplicable after eightyears standing as the other; when should the brother be called upon to act, will say, " There is but little that could be said now,that was not equally as applicable then, or that could have been said tlien,that would not be equally applicable now."

In the brother's opening remarks he takes occasion to refer to assertions that have been made through the press, and otherwise, "that masonry has outlived her days,"that our masonic Organization is unnecessary and should be abandoned

He gives somepractical illustrations, showing that its mission is not completed, and closes the subject with the following:

Brethren, let us, at th e commencemeut of this our Forty-sixth annual communication, while reviewing the past, take courage for the future—renew our vows, and pledge to each other a redoubling of our efforts in the great mission of huma n benefaction, the bright polar star of our Organization.

Go, kindle anew the light of hope and joy in the dwellings darkened by death ! Bring health to the diseased, rest to the weary, hope to the desponding ! Take the defenseless orphans by the hand, and lead them in the path of virtue and honor, carefully guarding the innocent and defenseless! Let love and mercy actuate all your movements, harmony attend your steps, the heaveu-born principles of our time honored Institution be your guide ! And thus gather around you a circle ot light and of love, and let it extend with increasing lustre wider and wider, until those thousands of bright circles shall meet and commingle -in one, and earth once more become as the GARDEN OF JEHOVAH, and joy and gladness fill the whole earth Then, and not until then, may we lay aside our working tools, disband our Organization, and retire from labor to rest!

It it is right to receive candidates in Michigan who are minors, it is also right in Indiana, and thus thinking, some of the lodges have made masons of persons under twenty-one years of age. Bro. HACKER thinking this a gross violation of the landmarks of the Order, very properly suspended their labprs and summoned the offenders to appear and answer for their improper conduct

This Grand Lodge allows its subordinate lodges to prefer charges, " sit in judgment, try and suspend its Worshipful Master from the privileges of masonry." One case has transpired in which the Master was thus suspended, and Bro HACKER thinks it was as effectually done as though the Grand Lodge had been specially convened for that purpose As it is one of (fteir things, not ours, we concede them the full right to use .it, but we doubt whether in all cases the "provisions of the law" would work so like a charm as in the case referred to.

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He pays an appropriate tribute of respect to the memory of P.". G:. M.- CALEB B SMITH

He acknowledges the receipt of the Proceedings of twenty-three Grand Lodges

One thousand dollars of thefunds of the Grand Lodge was appropriated to theIndiana Sanitary Commission

A page in the Proceedings is dedicated to the memory of P.'.G.'. M.-. CALEB B . SMITH, and also one to the memory of THOMAS POSEY, Past Grand Senior Warden, and the first mason made in what is now the State of Indiana. Fourteen orphan children reared, educated and started in the world byhim, attest that he understood and practiced the tenets of our Order

M.'.W.' THOMAS SPARROW, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, was present andinstalled theofficers elect of the Grand Lodge

WILLIAM HACKER, reelected M.'.W.'. Grand Master. FRANCIS KING, reelected R.'.W.'. Grand Secretary.

IOWA—1863-64

From this jurisdiction wehave noreports later than for June 2,A. D. 1863,at which communication R.'.W.'. D.'.G.'. M.'.EDWARD A.GUIL- . BERT,M. D., presided, the Grand Master, M.'.W.'. THOMAS H. BENTON, being absent in theservice of hiscountry; R.'.W.'. T. S.PARVIN, Grand Secretary. Eighty lodges were represented..

Bro. GuiLBERT delivered a short address in which hebriefly, poetically, and very patriotically refers to the present, the past, and to the unfortunate condition of our unhappy country.

He has granted three dispensations for new lodges, and following the example of his chief, has granted quite a large number of dispensations for sundry lodges to confer degrees outof time,and at emergent communications, by.which weare led tobelieve the M.'.AV.'.brother regards it as doing the Order and the country good service, especially as "inall cases these applicants were soldiers in thearmy of the Union, who were either home on furlough, or were under orders to march."

He is officially advised of the organization of three Schools of Instruction. They areknown asthe "Benton School of Instruction," the "Parvin School of Instruction," and the"Webb School of Instruction," with some minor andemergent schools We do not understand their nature, but from thefollowing we surmise they have the "simon pure Ancient Work. The Grand Master remarks: "The more the lectures are rehearsed and understood, thegreater will bethelove and admiration entertained by all right-minded fratres for that graceful procession of Anglo Saxon words, from splendid premise to logical sequence, which is socharacteristic of the"Ancient Work."

A resolution totheeffect that theGrand Master berequired "to arrest thejewel" of anyW.'.M.'. in the jurisdiction who wilfully neglects

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or refuses to learn andpractice in thelodge the"Preston-Webb Work," which has been adopted by that Grand Lodge, was offered by Brother GASTON, butwhich, after discussion, was laid on thetable

Upon the occasion of theinstallation of Grand Officers, K.-.AV.' Bro T S PARVIN, P.'.G.'.M.'., Grand Secretary, etc., delivered a most admirable address, theprinciple topic of which isa hi.story ofthe Craft in that jurisdiction.

The brethren appointed on the Committee onCorrespondence, with a half dozen successors, having refused to write the report, Bro W. C GASTON volunteered at theeleventh hour toprepare one, and whicli lie did in a very eouiniendable manner, noticing the Proceedings of twentyone Grand Lodges, Kansas being one. In speaking of our doings, he seems tofavor thedoctrine of one ballot forthethree degrees, although he regards it asa new doctrine. Not so very new, Bro. GA.STOX.

M.'.W.'.T. H. BENTON, being "at the head of a noble regiment of. fratres andprofanes," todo"the iron waltz ofbattle," K.'.W.'.D.'.G.'' M."

EDWARD AUGUSTUS GUILBKRT, A M., M D., and Worshipful Master of Key City Lodge, No 161, Dubuque, was elected M.'.W.- Grand Master,and upon this occasion we arefavored with the phiz of theM.' W." brother, which, by theway,isanew feature inGrand Lodge Proceedings. Our venerable friend, TIIOJIAS S PARVIN, was elected Grand Secretary

Since writing theforegoing wehave received a copy of the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge at their annual communication Juno 7, 1864. Grand Master GUILBERT in his address congratulates the Craft in that jurisdiction that "while other States have been racked by the throes of fierce andnumasonic quarrel upon theall-absorbing question of 'the work,'" never during thehistory of their Grand Lodge has "the noble science andthe royal arts been more healthfully prosiierous than during the year that has gone."

The jurisdiction seems tobedivided into forty-eight districts, with as many Deputy Custodians, of whom it seems that but seven made reports to the Grrand Master, yet he is satisfied that much progress has been made in the dissemination of the work an adopted by theGrancl Lodge. Oftheauthenticity of their W'Ork, Bro. GUILBERT says they have the "evidence ofthat' venerable' mason who has come down to us from a former generation; the testimony irreproachable of Vermont's/aciZe princeps, Father WILSON, under whose auspices tlie Custodians were instructed."

A resolution was passed forbidding theexistence of the Order of Conservators in tliat jurisdiction, and prohibiting thespread of the work as adopted by it,which we area little surprised tosee, as wewere laboring under theimpression, from what wehadnoticed of the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge forthelast two years, that if they did not countenance the association, they had at least adopted their work, so zealous have they been in thedefense of that industrious apostle "ofthe ancient work andof uniformity."

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The Report on Foreign Correspondence, by Bro W C GASTOX, acknowledges the receipt of twenty-nine reports of G?rand Lodges.

The report is principally a review of the action of the various Grand Lodges in relation to the work, and also "the separate ballot on the three degrees." Of tlie first, Bro. GASTOX enters very earnestly into the discussion of some of their acts, especially of Missouri, as by its action, he considers the masons of Iowa are forbidden to visit the Grand Lodge of Missouri, or any of its subordinates; he claiming that the Grand Lodge of Iowa has "adopted the Webb-Preston Work as taught by Bro. Morris," and consequently promulgated by the association. The brother seems, to some extent, to assume to be the champion of Bro. MORRIS, and for aught we know, may have paid his $10.00 for the privilege.

The next annual communication will be held at Marshalltown, on the first Tuesday in June, 1865

Grand Master and Grand Secretary were both reelected

KENTUCKY

—1863.

The Sixty-fourth annual communication of the M.'.W.\ Grand Lodge of Kentucky was held in the city of Louisville, October 9, 1863: One hundred and eighty-six lodges were represented at the opening of the Grand Lodge

M.'.W.'.JOHN B.HUSTON in his address congratulates the brethren that, in the midst of civil strife, so many are permitted to be present

Like all else in the border States, masonry has suffered serious injury from the unfortiinate civil war which has been so fiercely waged in that portion of our once happy country, and he remarks: "It is lamentably true that the harmony, good feeling and brotherly love among our Order, so essential to its prosperity, and so fundamental in its teachings, have, in many lodges, been greatly impaired, if not entirely destroyed." He exhorts the brethren to avoid all subjects that might tend to produce discord, without a reasonable prospect of equivalent good. All applications to confer degrees out of time were refused for want of authority The Constitution, as interpreted by that Grand Lodge, prohibiting it, but which the Grand Master seems to consider might be construed otherwise; but, for what we consider the good of masonry, we hope the Grand Lodge will adhere to its ruling.

He suggests, that as many of the lodges have,in consequence of the troubles, failed to make regular returns, hold meetings, or collect dues, they should be charitable towards them by way of remitting dues and continuing charters, ever hoping for better times coming.

According to the Grand Treasurer's report, the total resources of that Grand Lodge, October 17,1863, was S.59,498.44

Past Grand Master BASSETT, from a select committee on the subject, made the following report, which was concurred in, and the resolution adopted:

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Your committee to whom was referred the credentials of Bro Past Grand Master J. M. S. McCORKLE, constituting and appointing hira the Representative of the Grand Lodge of Missouri and the Grand Orient of Cuba and the West India Islands, near this Grand Lodge, beg leave to oB'er, as their report, the following resolution : Resolved, That this Grand Lodge docs not deem it expedient to adopt the repre- sentative system, and as she sends no representatives to other Grand Bodies, she must most respectfully decline to receive them as such.

Th e Committee on "Conservators' Association," have until the next annua l meeting of the Grand Lodge to make thei r report. Meanwhile all masons owing nlasonic allegiance to tha t Gran d Lodge are strictly forbidden to have any communication whatever with said society.

A page of th e Proceedings is dedicated to th e memory of P.".G.-.M.' RICHARD A I'I-ERSON, and also one to the memory of the late venerable and worth y JOH N MCCRACKEN

W e miss thei r ever welcome and interesting Report on Correspondence

THOMAS SADDLER, Paris, M.-.W.- Grand Master

J M S McCoKKLE, Greensburg, R.'.W.' Grand Secretary

LOUISIAN A —1864

Fifty-second annual communication held at New Orleans, February 8, A D 1864 Twenty-one chartered lodges were represented

Th e address of the Grand Master, Bro. J. Q. A. FELI,OWS, is an excellent paper, and contains muc h of general interest to th e Craft.

Of th e affairs of th e constituent lodges h e can say bu t little Those in New Orleans and vicinity have been more prosperous tha n the previous year; bu t of those in th e country, owing to the difficulty of com^munication, very little is known : " Some," h e remarks, " hav e entirely suspended thei r labors, others have met bu t seldom for th e last two years, while bu t few, so far as we have heard, hav e gone on with their usual success This bu t confirms th e trut h of our ancient landmarks, and especially where the y set forth the now well approved fact that ' masonry hat h been always injured by war, bloodshed and confusion, -and ever flourished in times of peace.'"

H e calls th e attention of th e Craft to the cardinal principles of the Institution, an d in discoursing upon the duties of masons, "i n these times of manifest corruption and wan t of faith," basing his arguments upon the principles set forth in the Ancient Charges H e remarks :

Let us also remember that this Order is one of charity and brotherly love ; that all who have taken the same obligations upon themselves that we have, are our brothers, and that our charity and love is equally due to all as to any one, and indeed is not confined to the brotherhood alone, but extends to the wants of every human creature: even as we have claims on his kind beneficence, though we may never have occasion or disposition to ask for it.

Th e Report on Foreign Correspondence is by Bro HEXUV R SWASEV, chairman of th e committee I t is an able and well digested report, and reviews the Proceedings of twenty-nine Grand Lodges, man y of them for thre e years Th e Proceedings of our own Grand Lodge are noticed for

1861 an d 1802. I n his notice of th e report of your committee for 1862, he remarlvs tliat it " is b y Past Grand Master EKES," and we are perfectly willing Bro REBS should take all th e honors, if any there are ; bu t Bro Sn'ASEY being th e only one who had th e presumption to accuse Bro. BEES of being so tame we see no way bu t to "ow n up, " acknowledge we wrote it, an d thu s rob ou r venerable Bro EEES of his " happj ' an d rare faculty of selecting, condensing and criticising." Thanks to you Bro SwASEY, an d all th e praise you ascribe to us is heartily recijarocated.

Louisiana Belief Lodge, No. 1, although at present laboring under , pecuniary embarrassments, by th e effects of "relentless war " is still dispersing he r charities with a libei'al hand

An extraordinary communication was called Marc:h 30, 180-t, to jiay the last sad fraternal tribute to th e memory of Past Grand Master Joiix HEXR Y HOLLAND

J Q A FELLOWS, New Orleans, M.'.W.' Grand Master SAJFUEL M . TODD, Ne w Orleans, lit.'.AV.'.Grand Secretary.

GEO-RGIA—1862

Through th e Report on Foreign Correspondence of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana, we liave tidings from th e Grand Lodge of Georgia to 1862 Grand Master ROCKWELL decided that a lodge had no right to compel a brother from another juri.sdiction to file hi s dimit in th e lodge within whose jurisdiction he resides^ and on being asked " what majority of a lodge is necessary to restore a member under sentence of suspension, remarks:

I am induced to think that technically, two-thirds is a masonic majority, and should be .so considered. * * * " Three makes a lodge," says the masonic axiom, and a majority of three is two-thirds; hence, in cases of relieving from masonic punishment, the ratio has been preserved, no matter what the number of members present

At th e session of 1862, M.'.W.'. DAVID E . BUTLER, was elected Gran d Master, and R.'.VV.'. SisiRr RO.SE, reelected Grand Secretary.

NOET H CAROLINA—1860-61 .

From th e same report we also quote th e following, thinking it might . be interesting to th e Craft in this jurisdiction, even if no t of a very recent date:

We have the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge for 1860-61 In perusing, we find little that would interest the general reader The length of time since the close of the communications, makes much that would have interested us of less value now We are sorry to perceive, that, financially speaking, the Grand Lodge is in trouble, arising from her indebtedness for St John's college

WILLIAM G HILL, M.-.W.- Grand Master

W T BAIN, reelected R.'.W.' Grand Secretary

VIEGIKIA—1860-61

The Proceedings of this Grand Lodge for the years 1860 and 1861 are before us At the annual communication held in December, 1861, there were sixty-five lodges represented, and a large number of visitors from other jurisdictions

The address of th e Grand Master, M.'.W.-. JOHN ROBIN MCDANIEL, is brief and mainly confined to the condition of the Craft in that jurisdiction

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The Grand Master alludes feelingly to the death of Past Grand Master 0 M CRUTCHFIELD, of that jurisdiction

There is a short report from W;.Bro. JOHN DOVE, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, acknowledging the receipt of the Proceedings of twenty-one Grand Lodges —our own among the number — concluding as follows:

"A few communications have been received from Grand Masters, bearing on the distracted political condition of our suffering country, bu t on these we forbear to comment, and would earnestly deprecate any concerted movement on the part of the masonic fraternity, as such, to interfere in,any shape with the discordant political questions now agitating the public mind With these, our glorious old Institution has nothing to do ; its mission is ' Peace on earth and good will to mankind ;' and when, by the relentless force of patriotic duty it becomes necessary for the mason to assume 'the character of soldier, lie should never be unmindful of the divine attributes with which his sword isemblazoned—Faith,IlopuandCharity ! Thus with a wellgrounded Faith in the justice of his cause, with firmness of purpose he grasps its hilt, and wieldinj>: its blarie in confident Hope of successful victory, he may restrain its point in Charity, and show mercy to a prostrate foe."

LEWIS B WILLIAMS was elected Grand Master, and our venerable brother, Joitx povE, reelected Grand Secretary

SOUT H CAROLINA

We have received, through the hands of a brother, a slip from a newspaper containing the obituary of the Grand Master of South Carolina, Brother DAVID RAMSEY. We at first proposed to make a short extract, but it is so beautifully appropriate, we give it entire As will be perceived, it is from the pen of that well known and erudite masonic writer and distinguished masou, Bro A G MACKEV

W e ar e necessaril y compelle d t o omi t th e obituar y referre d to, bu t a s a n exponen t of ErcKAMSEv' s appreciatio n of th e genuin e principle s of masonry , w e giv e an encyclica l lette r of his , issue d i n 1862, i n which , as Bro . M.\CKEY trul y remarks , "h e left t o th e Craf t a legac y whi(;h n o corrosio n of tim e shoul d eve r impair. " Thi s lette r we intende d t o hav e give n i n ou r las t report , bu t i t wa s accidentall y omitted W e giv e i t a s publishe d i n th e Proceeding s of th e Gran d Lodg e of Khod e Island :

ADDRESS TO THE,MASONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA

WISDOM, UNION , STIIENGTH

Froiii the Grand East, of Charleston, this twenty-first day of March, in the year of Light, five thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, the Most Worshipful Grand Master in South Carolina, to all under his jurisdiction, 3/as'fln', Fellow Crafts and Entered Apprentices, sends Greellvg:

BRETHKEN:—The Grand Lodge —anxious for your prosperity and desirous that, as members of the great mystic family, you should preserve in unfaded brightness the light of masonry which had been entrusted to your keeping — did heretofore address an encyclical letterof advice and of admonition In the last Grand Communication, moved by like feeling, it made request of me to direct another letter unto the same purpose.

I republish and affirm the former letter lor your guidance in all respects therein set forth ; as to the other general doctrines, my brethren the Masters of lodges \vill admonish you ; it is your duty, and it should be your pleasure, to barken diligently and observe their precepts. Special matters remain concerning which I have to charge you. Walk circumspectly in the present evil time, mindful of solemn undertakings on your part in the presence of Almighty Goo: be faithful in observance thereof toward all and singular the brethren, whether these be met in lodges dedicate, or only known to you by divers means, in darkness or light; in health or sickness; in wealth or want; in peril or safety ; in prison, escape or freedom ; in charity or evil-mindedness; armed or unarmed ; friend or seeming foe, and as to these, most certainly as toward brethren, when masonically met on, by or with all due and regular intercommunication and intelligence You have registered words which cannot be unspoken or recalled, ante-

dating as they will survive all disturbance among men and turmoils in State ; words which in fullest force and meaning should be ever present unto you in thought, utterance and deed. Time with its affairs will soon to every one be past. We are at labor for a short while only in the'work of Hira who hath no respect of persons, building us, if meet, into another and an enduring temple; if vouchsafed unto us to be so edified, it will never be regret to remember any good deed done in the name of a common Master and Father to whatsoever brother, even him whom the profane would call an enemy If we do good to those who love us and do good unto us, what more do we than other men ? J charge every one of you, in the name of our Supreme and Universal Master, to be mindful how you are bound in certain duties whereunto you have called Him to witness your obligations and performance who will hereafter judge 1 charge you, in His great name and in view of His final day, suffer not the disputes and broils of men to impair the harmony which has existed and will exist throughout the fraternity; for whether or not you put to shame the teachings of our Craft, they cannot be annulled; nor, despite evil members who may pain us, can the body of our faithful Brotherhood be annihilated or destroyed, or even so much as paralyzed

Let us not hear among us that there is war, that strife and dissension prevail; as masons it concerns ns not

Speak no ill of your brethren ; if you have aught against one, suffer not your auger to get the mastery of your troth IE any, deeming that their personal desires of advancement or gain have been hindered by a brother, clamor unto you, heed them not when they speak apart; consider that it were unmasonic and unmanly lo take amends by backbiting and slandering; hearken not to such, nor be covinous, joining together and complotting whereby brethren unheard and undefended may be injured. There are such among you, of such make no further observation than to shun their errors Kxcept unto themselves, blame them not for speaking, nor blame those of whom it is spoken; listen not to the one, nor repeat to the other; let the great Searcher of Hearts alone decide on right or wrong Judge not when but one accuses and the other is absent You do gravest wrong as men not even called masons, should you act on partial judgments severally formed Nevertheless, should this wrong be done unto you, forgive even when misjudged, forgive as you hope to be forgiven Above all things, give no cause of off"ense; see that your brother has no just eomplaiut against you ; walk erect and upright, in fact as well as appearance, masons. .Remember wherein to be zealous to give aid counsel, protection ; lend attentive ears, preserve a faithful breast, having withal a ready and true heart If it be ill to speak evil, by how much more is it to do evil.

It were useless to write unto you save to remind you of these things, and bu t for my office sake I should not warn or counsel or command, for speaking without vain humility, I best know how much I have of error and regret, how much I have to learn and listen; I was constrained to write, and that not as one having authority of himself, but such as was placed in his hands to write doctrine approved among us at all times

I laud and honor you, brethren, for many things, and chieffy forasmuch as you have been diligent in your work of faith, hope and charity You have been and are constant in well-doing; some amoug us have gone astray, but even these wandered from our fold and erred not within its sacred bounds; their condemnation is of themselves and not of us. Y'ou may say without boastfulness. that you have fulfilled your undertakings in your lodges unto all whensoever coming in our common name So continue and not for praise of men, but looking forward to the time when your example will confirm future good deeds in good or evil days,and also looking forward beyond all times to the well-done of our Master who is in Heaven

And may the Supreme Grand Architect of the Universe ever have you in his holy keeping May brotherly love prevail, and every moral and social virtue cement you in the bonds of peace and fellowship,

DAVID RAMSAY, Grand Master of Masons.

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MAINE —1864.

The annual communication of the M..W.\ Grand Lodge for the State of Maine was held in the city of Portland, in May, 1864.

The Grand Master in his address, reports having granted three dispensations for new lodges Has appointed Representatives near the Grand Lodges of New York, New Jersey and the District of Columbia In giving an account of his stewardship for the year, he reports having rendered thirty-one decisions, from some of which we infer that some in the jurisdiction assume very little responsibility on points they do not thoroughly understand "lest they go astray."

He has given permission in ten instances to lodges in other jurisdictions to act on the application of persons residing in his own jurisdiction. Although he has granted a dispensation in a few cases, to confer the degrees out of time, he has done it because the Grand Lodge allows it, but he is opposed to the practice, and thinks, if persisted in, it will have a tendency to demoralize the fraternity, and lower the dignity and high:standing of the Order, and that instead of a man considering it an honor conferred upon him, he will consider it an honor conferred upon us by his becoming one of the fraternity. During the session of the Grand Lodge this subject was under consideration, and the practice of granting dispensations considerably restricted.

Bro. PEARIV presented one of his usually interesting Reports on Correspondence, in which he ably reviews the Proceedings of twentythree Grand Lodges, and we thank the brother for the very fraternal manner in which he notices the Proceedings of this Grand Lodge; and concerning our remarks on his report of ln.«t year we innof oertp.iMly "accept the apology."

Full reports are made by the twelve District Deputy Grand Masters, all evincing their accustomed zeal and showing the continued prosperity of the Order

WILLIAM P. PREBLE, Portland, M.'.W.'. Grand Master. IRA BERRY, Portland, R.'.VV.-. Grand Secretary.

MARYLAND —1863.

Annual communication held November 16,A.D.186::!, M.'.W." J N McJiLTOx, pre.siding. Thirty-three lodges were j-epresented.

Bro. MCJILTON'S address is in his usually intere.sting style. He refers with thankfulness to GOD for tlie preservation from threatened disaster, and the peace that prevails among them. Refers also to the duty of masonsinourpresentnational trials. Byrequest, he haspresented the Grand Lodge with the chair owned by the first Grand iNlaster of the jurisdiction. In referring to " masonic improprieties," he remarks:

Every brother who is called upon in any way to administer masonic law under a constitutional arrangement, must study the landmarks in connection with the particular point upon which his judgment is to be exercised. It is the lack of intelligence

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in this relation, that causes the greater proportion of the errors that are committed in the department of masonic action that approaches nearest to the usual constitutional regulations It were much better to err in a rigid, than in a loose construction of the landmarks The rigid construction may save trouble by preserving the masonic character from outside invasion, and imprison Ihedifliculty within masonic walls, while the loose rendering of the law may induce innovation, and thereby damage the cause in the particular feature to which the landmark may apply.

Thus we should b e governed b y th e landmarks in their real sense, rather than constitutional law; and, were lodges. Grand and Subordinate, to be governed more by th e landmarks and less by so many studied rules and regulations, th e better would it bo for th e Craft

This Grand Lodge ha s a Grand Charity Fund, for th e relief of indigent widows and orpluins of masons, amounting to tlie sum of .$42,920.09, the amount being invested in city, state and iMnk securities. W e had supposed th e interest accruing from these investments, would boused so far as required for charitable purposes, bu t th e following indicates tha t they are still "asking for more."

Resolved, That the Grand Lodge hereby solemnly pledges its faith, that the Grand Charity Fund shall not be diverted to any purpose save its increase, until it shall have reached the sum of SIOO.OOO.

Bro Wii.i.i.KM .T WoKTii presented a Report on Foreign Correspondence, in which is an able review of th e Proceedings of eleven Gran d Lodges, Kansas not being one of th e number

This Grand Lodge publishes a compiled statement of the expulsions, suspensions, etc., of th e various Grand Lodges.

JOHN COATES, Baltimore, M.'.W.' Grand Master .T.vcoB H MEDI.VRY, Baltimore, R.'.W.' Grand Secretary

MASSACHUSETT S —1863

We have th e Proceedings of this M.'.W.' Grand Lodge for th e year ending December 29, 1863, being its One hundre d and thirtieth anniversary M.'.W.' WILLIA M PABKMAN, Grand Master; R.'.W.' CHARLES W MOORE, Grand Secretary

Very little business was transacted at the different sessions, and tha t of a local nature. A resolution was passed requiring th e Secretary to cause the Constitution df th e Grand Lodge to be annually hereafter published with th e l^roceedings

The annual communication was held December 9,1863, and th e 29th for th e installation of th e officers, and th e celebration of th e annual feast of St .Tohn th e Evangelist, at which time the M.'.W.'.Grand Maister delivered his annual address. H e remarks, that the unexampled numbe r of petitions for admission, is to hi m a cause of deep solicitude. Hi s immediate predecessor having inaugurated thecustom of granting dispensations to confer degrees upon candidates who had, or were about entering th e army, he continued th e practice upon th e application of ^Masters wh o were desirous of making such candidates as were in the army or navy, but becoming convinced of his error, says:

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The custom bas been so common, that it has become too near an established part of our ceremonies to be any longer safe, and my own conviction is very firm, that all such work should be immediately stopped, and I am clearly of the opinion no dispensation should be granted to give the degrees to a candidate unless he has been proposed al a regular communication of the lodge, and stood so proposed the time as specified by our constitutional provisions — except in the case of mariners, or for some very sound and urgent reasons.

Warrant s for eightne w lodges were issued during the year, one of them at Shanghai, Oliina

This Grand Lodge has eleven army lodges in active condition. Whole numbe r of lodges, 124; whole numbe r initiated, 1,700; total number afliliated masons, 10,000.

During th e year, there was appropriated for charitable purposes, the sum of eighteen hundred dollai-s

Th e reports from the various District Deput y Grand Masters, exhibit a remarkable degree of prosperity in all th e lodges throughout the jurisdiction, if an increase in number.s may be taken for pro.sperity, and judging from the reports alluded to, great care has been taken in selecting material I n this jurisdiction the District Deput y Cirand Masters liave authority to grant dispensations to confer degrees out of time

At the annual communication th e Grand INfaster and Grand Secretary were both reelected

MIGHiC i A N —18()4 .

Th e annual communication of this M.'.W.'. Grand Lodge was held in Detroit, Januar y i:'>, A. D. 1864, M.-.AV.'. J . EA.ST.MAX JOHNSON, Grand Master, presiding. One liundred.and twenty-eight lodges were represented at the opening of the session ; whole numbe r of chartered lodges one hundred and torty-one

The Grand Master in his atklress, reports having granted dispensations for nine new lodges during the year H e has granted dispensations to various lodges to confer degi-ees upon one hundre d and thirty-three candidates, mostly in behalf of ofiicers and soldiers of their regiments, who were at hom e on furlough or about to enter the service W e have given our opinion on this subject in a previous report, and will not discuss that point further.

Unde r th e head of dispensations, th e Grand Master reports having granted a dispensation to confer th e E. A. degree on a petitioner who was a minor, and remarks:

On examination, I found to ray surprise, no law or landmark against it Within several Grand Jurisdictions, there is a departure from the rule making twenty-one years the "lawful age •• for initiation. In the Grand Orient of France, the son of a mason, if he has served in the army six months, may be initiated at eighteen In the case before me, the petitioner had enlisted as a private in a cavalry regiment, and fought his way through several battles, to a lieutenancy I thought he had proved himself of lawful age, and that he came well recommended

If he has erred, h e think s the disapproval of the Grand Lodge will guard his successor against its repetition, bu t in looking over the Proceedings we fail to discover an y action on th e subject, and as "silence

gives consent," we presume th e Grand Lodge concurred in the act We had supposed the civil law fixing mature or lawful age at twenty-one and masonically in accordance with th e regulations of the Grand Assembly of 1663, fixing the age of a candidate a t twenty-one years, to be a point rigidly adhered to in all American Grand Lodges In th e absence of any local law, we are sorry to see th e M.'.W.- brother tak e the only exception for his guide in thu s temporarily suspending so important a point in masonic law. We trust, however, our gallant and patriotic young brother will appreciate th e honors conferred upon him , "an d become a true and faithful brother among us."

The Committee on Change of Work, etc., appointed at the last communication, seem to have been very zealous in the discharge of thei r duties, and resolutions were adopted reaffirming the authenticity and correctness of th e work heretofore established in that Grand Lodge, namely, th e Baltimore Work

R.-.W.' Bro JAMES FENTON presents as usual a very interesting report, giving a general summar y of th e doings of twenty-two Grand Lodges. No mention is made of th e Grand Lodge of Kansas, from which we infer that our Proceedings were not received.

Nine lodges were chartered during th e session, making a total registry of 150, with 8,772 members ; whole amoun t of dues, $3,837.85

LovELL MooKE, Grand Rapids, M.'.W.- Grand Master

JAMES FENTON, Detroit, reelected R.'.AV.- Grand Secretary

MINNESOT A —1863 .

The Proceedings of the Eleventh annual communication held at St Paul, October 27, 1863, has been received. Twenty-six lodges were represented.

Owing to the unsettled condition of affairs in that jurisdiction, there was no annual meeting of th e Grand Lodge in 1862, and in consequence, the Grantl Master recommends that the dues of the subordinate lodges for 1862, be remitted, as there was no expense incurred bj' the Grand Lodge, and the dues for the current year being ample for current expenses He is opposed to the accumulation b y the Grand Lodge of a large sum of money, except there is in view some definite object, "suc h as th e education of the orphans of masons, the erection of a Grand Lodge ball, or for some public charity."

W e copy the following frona Bro PIBRSON'S remarks as showing a peculiar manifestation of the protective care and goodness of the Great Architect of th e Universe, which, perhaps, no other Grand Lodge has ever enjoyed:

The Grand Lodge of Minnesota was organized in 1853, with three subordinate lodges, since which time thirty-five charters have been granted It is a very remaritable fact, that all who participated in the organization of the Grand Lodge are still living Of those who have been elected Grand Officers, although several have removed from our jurisdiction to Belgium, Maine, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and others are

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in the Armiesof thePotomac,theCumberland, the West,etc., yetnonehavedied,and ofallwhohave been Masters of our lodges, but one has gone to that undiscovered country,from whosebournenotraveler returns.

"In such conveyances as a farmer's lumber wagon, a backboard open buggy or peddler's cart," he has visited, with but two exceptions, all the lodges in the jurisdiction, and considers himself amply compensated for all this fatigue and exposure by the heartfelt welcome extended to him on all occasions.

He calls their attention to what he terms " inattentions " to certain matters too often considered of little imjjortance These "inattentions " we think probably are not more noticeable in Minnesota than in Kansas They are —

First. Reading the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, the Ancient Charges and the Old Regulations.

Second. The Proceedings of the Grand Lodge

Third. Carelessness of Secretaries

Fourth. The evil of allowing the door to stand wide open

The first and second not being accessible to every mason, should be often read, "that none may plead ignorance of the excellent precepts they contain."

He is opposed to the initiation of soldiers because they are soldiers, and desires the lodges to bear'in mind that the " Constitution governs as to residence in tlie case of soldiers, the same as in other cases."

He notices an important question in relation to the duties of attorneys who are masons when engaged in the trial of causes, where either or both parties are masons. He takes the position that "tlie attorney or advocate who tairly and Honestly presents his case, no matter whether lie be engaged for or against a brother mason, to help the tribunal on towards the right conclusion, with a feeling that GOD'S justice reigns there, is acting a masonic part—leading that day a masonic life; or else right and justice are no part of masonry."

During his remarks he waxes eloquent upon the subject of masons being obedient to the laws, whether divine, civil or masonic We indorse the brother's views on the subject, and had we time would give them entire. A committee upon the subject also indorse them in offering the following:

Resolved, That any brother who is an attorney and counsellor within this jurisdiction, acting within the line of his duty as defined by law, is at liberty to undertake any cause that may seem to him to be just and legal, without regard to the character or standing of the party against whom he acts

No action seems to have been had upon the resolution, other than that it be laid over until afternoon session.

An excellent Report on Foreign Correspondence was presented by K.'.AV..Bro. GKO. W. PRESCOTT, and gives a synopsis of the doings of the Craft as exhibited in the Proceedings of eighteen Grand Lodges, Kansas being one.

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There are many points in the report which we admire,but none more than the truly masonic spirit in which he notices the remarks of committees of certain other jurisdictions, upon the affairs of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota, and especially their remarks upon the sayings and doings of its principal officers.

We thank thebrother for his fraternal notice of this Grand Lodge for 1862, and trust that three years will not again pass b}'and we not enjoy the pleasure of perusing the "Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Minnesota."

A. T. G.PiERSOs,St. Paul, reelected M.'.W.'.Grand Master.

GEO W PHESCOTT,St Paul,reelected R.'.VV.' Grand Secretary

MISSOURI —1864.

The Forty-fourth annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Missouri was held in St. Louis,(Jommencing May 23, A.D. 1864, eighty-eight lodges being represented at the opening of the session.

M.'.W.'. JOHN H.TURNER, Grand Master, gives a brief account of his stewardship for the current year. He is induced to believe the subordinate lodges have in good faith obeyed the edicts of the Grand Lodge on the subject of the Conservators' Association, notwithstanding "a very insulting and inflammatory document, termed 'a solemn protest, directed to the masonic brethren of Missouri,' and signed ROB MORRIS, was sent to the several lodges in this jurisdiction, and appealing against the action of your Grand Body in your action against the Conservators' Association." He has received numerous applications for dispensations to confer the degrees in less than the required time, but has declined in all cases to grant them.

Following the Grand Master's address, is the excellent Report on Correspondence, by R.'.W.'. Bro. O'SULLIVAN. The report embraces a summary of the Proceedings of twenty Grand Lodges, Kansas making one of the number Bro O'SULLIVAN is certainly "out on the Conservators," and in this he is willing to let his light shine We hope at some future time our worthy brother in his official visits through his juris-' diction, will make it convenient to visit his friends on thw side of the river, and we trust that with his genial face and knowledge of the art, he will be enabled to work his way without the assistance of a special ballot.

Eight lodges U D received charters at this session, but from the continued unsettled state of aflfairs throughout the jurisdiction, very many lodges have been obliged to suspend their labors, if they have not ceased to exist.

The Grand Lodge passed resolutions solemnly reaffirming its action of last year in regard to the Conservators' Association.

Fifteen hundred dollars was appropriated to R.".W.' Bro O'SULLIVAN in payment for services as Grand Secretary during the past year.

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R.'.W.-. A. O'SuLLivAN, and P/. G.'. M/. BALLS, SAUNDEES and CORNWELL, were appoiifted a committee to revise the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge.

Our venerable brother, R/.W.-. JOHN D.DAGGETT, declined a reelection tothe office of Grand Treasurer, when Bro.WM. N.LOKER was elected to that office

JOHN F . HOUSTON, Richmond, M.'.W.-. Grand Master.

A O'SULLIVAN, St Louis, reelected R.'.W.- Grand Secretary

NEBRASKA —1863

The last Proceedings from this Grand Lodge arefor June 23, A D ]863 In the absence of allthe principal oflBcers, P.' G.' M.' R C JORDAN took the East Seven lodges were represented

This Grand Lodge having found the true and anciently practiced "Webb Work," order everylodge in that jurisdiction to adopt'it at their earliest convenience.

The Committee on Correspondence acknowledge the receipt of the Proceedings of ten Grand Lodges, Kansas for 1862, being one. "Not having hadtime tocompile or sketch the contentsof these books," they think they cannot beexpected to make an extended report

Accompanying the Proceedings is a copy of the Constitution,ByLaws, Rules of Order, etc., of theGrand Lodge.

D. H. WHEELER, Platsmouth, M.-.AV.-. Grand Master.

S. D.BANGS, Bellevue; R.'.W.'. Grand Secretary.

NEW HAMPSHIRE-1863.

We have received the Proceedings of this M.'.W.' Grand Lodge for the year ending .Tune 10,1863

At the semi-annual communication December 30, A D 1862,a case was presented where the Master andWardens of a lodge were absent from the jurisdiction, (a case similar to the one reported to ourown Grand Lodge at its last communication.) By resolution, the Grand Master was authorized to appoint some member of said lodge Master thereof, who should exercise allthe rights of a Master dvily elected and installed Thecommunication was principally devoted to the exemplification of the work

The annual communication was held at Concord, June 10, A D 1863 M.'.W.' CHARLES H BELL, Grand Master; R.'.W.' HORACE CHASE, Grand Secretary.

The Grand Master reports having granted dispensations for three lodges in connection with the army, and" constituted "Gorham Lodge," No. 73,and revived the charter of"Faithful Lodge," No. 12. These are his only official acts.

The address isbrief, butstill replete with much good advice tothe Craft; especially he advises against introducing new systems of work, however plausibly they maybe ui^ed ' •

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Full reports are rendered by the several District Deputy Grand Masters. One of the principal features of many of these reports, we notice, is tha t " I have granted several dispensations to confer th e degrees faster than th e constitutional term permits, being well assured tha t it was for th e interests of masonry so to do," etc., bu t we hope in'thei r nex t reports to see that they are not so easily convinced Bro. KENT , of the Tenth District, calls the attention of the Grand Lodge " to the evil that is annually disseminated by the traveling charlatans, who under the guise of masonry, swindle th e Craft, and distribute incorrect and unreliable masonic works; generally coupling this with some paltry invention^ Their mendacity is only equalled by their brass, which exceeds in apparent quantity that used.by our ancient brother in the clay grounds of Succoth and Zaracdtha Their books are unreliable, their statements untrue. " H e sets it down as a fact, tha t in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, whoever'perambulates th e country persistently ' offering masonic wares, is unworthy of being a mason himself, or of receiving the support of others " '

There are fiftv-two lodges in the jurisdiction, with a membership of 8,208 " •

A short Report on Correspondence was presented by Bro AARON P HUGHES, Past Grand Master. I t notices the Proceedings of eight Grand Lodges, Kansas being one of the number

CHARI.ES H . BELI,, Exeter, M/.W.-. Grand Master. Hon.\OE CH.\SK, Hopkinton, R.'.AV.' Grand Secretary

NOTE. Since writing the above, we have received a report of a committee appointed at a semi-annual communication in December, 1863, '* to investigate the subject of a uniform system of work and lectures." The report was made at the annual communication June 8,1864

We quote th e following from a communication from Bro SAMUEL WILSON, Gran d Lecturer of Vermont, to thi s committee:

In 1817, JOHN B.\RNEY went from this neighborhood to Boston, and learned the lectures and work of WEBB and GLEASON both On his return I learned them of him, and took them down in cipher, part of which is in his own hand In 1857, ROB MORRIS visited Vermont for the purpose of ascertaining what were the true Webb Lectures. P. C TUCKER Introduced MORKIS to me for the purpose, and I loaned him a copy of my cipher (not my original ), and which unfortunately, had several omissions through mistake. In copying this, MORRIS made several mistakes, and mis-read many passages. In fact, he could never read it until I met him in Chicago in 1860,and I think he cannot read it all now This copy, with its blunders and omissions,is the text from which the book you refer to (Mnemonics) was made In this copy, there were five questions and answers omitted through mistake These are important, and occur near the end of the second section in the third degree. The " Mnemonics" makes but two sections in. the third degree, when every monitor lever saw makes three, including his own 1 name these as samples of about FIFTY errors which I could point out I much fear danger from a too profuse supply.of this work.

The lengthy report of th e committee unhesitatingly condemns th e Conservators' and all similar associations, an d offer resolutions reaffirming the work and lectures heretofore adopted And all peddlers an d

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unauthorized dealers in pretended masonic knowledge, are prohibited from disposing of their wares in that jurisdiction. All subordinate lodges under the jurisdiction areprohibited from "trying experiments" in masonic work, butarerequired to practice thework as prescribed by the Grand Lodge. Thereport andlengthj' resolutions were passed, and the Grand Master enjoins it upon all Worshipful Masters to suffer no infringements or transgressions of the law.

J E SARGENT, AVentworth, M.'.W.' Grand Master HORACE CHASE, R.'.W.' Grand Secretary

NEW YOKK —1864.

From the Empire State we have theProceedings of theannual communication, held inthe city of NewYoik, June 7,1864 M.'.W.- CLINTON r PAIGE, Grand Master; B.-.W.- JAMES M AUSTIN, Grand Secretary

There were present the Eepresentatives of the .following Grand Lodges and Grand Orients: Peru, Brazil, Saxony,Louisiana, Connecticut, Arkansas, Alabama, California, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Carolina, Vermont, Iowa, Tennessee, Illinois, Zur Eintrocht, Ireland, Missouri and Maine.

Four hundred and sixty-two lodgeswere represented from a registry of four hundred and eighty-nine.

We quote the following from theopening remarks of the Grand Master:

The fond hopes, cherished hy all, when we last assembled, that another year would restore peace to our unhappy country, have not been realized Civil war, with all its attendant horrors, and of a magnitude hitherto unknown in the history of the world, is still raging over half of the Union The groans of the dying, the wail of the widow and orphan, the lament of the mother over the remains of the loved and lost, are borne to our ears upon each passing breeze ; and throughout the land we see thousands who bu t yesterday went forth in all the strength and vigor of perfect manhood, returning maimed, diseased and helpless, dependent upon the charities of a thankless world Truly, th e record of the year is v^ritten in blood Yet, above the din of battle and Ihe wail of the dying, from the prison and the hospital, the " still small voice" of masonry is heard attesting the truth and power of masonic love The baser passions, inflamed by deadly strife, have vanished at the remembrance of former vows, an d th e firm grasp of th e uplifted steel, given place to the warm grip of brotherly love

I housands of our brethren who have been participants in these tragic scenes, bear testimony to many beautiful exemplifications of th e noble tenets of our profession, and recount with pride and satisfaction, many practical illustrations of the nature and spirit of our teachings; that though civil strife may sever all national, political and religious ties and associations, yet the myotic lie, unites men of every country, sect and opinion, in one common bond of allegiance which death alone can sever

He congratulatesithe brethren, that "save those ripples found upon the smoothest sea," undisturbed peace and harmony prevails through•out the jurisdiction. Ineloquent andappropriate terms he notices the death of R.'.W.'. JOHN B.GATES SOMMERS, late Deputy Grand Masterof that Grand Lodge,and also of R.'.W.'. EBENEZER WADSWORTH, who fora period of sixty years has been oneof its most active and zealous members; at one time its Grand Secretary. He became a member of the

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Grand Chapter of NewYork in 1805,and was appointed Grand Visitor, which position he held for fifty years He was a delegate to the Baltimore convention in 1843,and cast the only dissenting vote upon the adoption!of the work

The death of P.' G." M.- NELSON RANDALL, and also of the Bev SALEM TOWN, is noticed, the latter having for twenty-five years discharged thesacred functions of Grand Chaplain.

Fourteen dispensations fortheformation of new lodges were granted during the year. Several applications for the formation of military lodges were received, but Bro. PAIGE not regarding such organizations with favor, and from the manner those already authorized have conducted their affairs, he concludes the objections far exceed tlie advantages, and, so far ashe is concerned, very wisely concludes to grant no more such dispensations. He remarks, that "aside from the question of expediency, there is aninsurmountable objection in my mind, in the fact, that when the military organization to which such a lodge is attached, removes beyond thelimits of ourownState, an infringement of the jurisdictional rights of other Grand Lodges is inevitable and unavoidable."

Although opposed to these traveling lodges, wecannot agree with the brother on this objection, while the workings are confined strictly to those hailing from the jurisdiction which granted the privilege of holding thelodge; but weclaim that subordinate lodges have jurisdiction aswell as Grand Lodges, and nineteen-twentieths ofthe work done by these traveling lodges would be aninfringement upon their jurisdictional rights, which we are satisfied in the endwill work against the welfare of the lodges andthegood of the Order generally.

This Grand Lodge has in anticipation the erection of a Grand Lodge hall, and also an asylum for the aged and infirm, and for the widow and orphan. Asa project for raising funds, it was proposed at the last communication, that each lodge be requested to contribute a yearly sum equal to ten cents per month for each member who shall voluntarily choose to contribute, by which it was confidently anticipated that at least $50,000 might be added tothe fund They, however, were doomed todisappointment, butfew of thelodgeshaving responded Their hall and asylum fund isat present $50,000; the sum required is $200,000, with which they propose to commence the erection of thehall

Bro. PAIGE has had repeated applications towaive the preliminaries of petition, ballot, etc., andallow applicants to receive the three degrees at sight, but hasinvariably refused such privileges

By the Grand Secretary's report welearn that the total receipts for the year were $24,877.27 Tlie number of initiations forthe year ending June 1, 1863,was5,188, andfrom the returns it isestimated that forthe year ending June 1,1864, twice that number will have been initiated

As a testimonial in acknowledgment of his faithful administration of theaffairs of the Grand Lodge, P.'.G.\M.'. JOHN J. CRANE, M.D., was

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made the recipient of a beautiful case of surgical instruments, for which he is truly thankful, and the more so, as he is now convinced that his acts have met the approval of the Grand Lodge

As we would naturally expect, M.'.W.". JOHN L. LEWIS, from the Committee on Foreign Correspondence, presented a most excellent report, reviewing the Proceedings of twenty-five American, and several foreign Grand Lodges. There are many things in his report, especially oiforeign Grand Lodges, that we would liketo transcribe for the benefit of brothers in this jurisdiction, but we fear to extend our report.

In addition to the usual review of the Proceedings, he has compiled under separate headings, the actions of each Grand Lodge upon the subject of Masonic Law, Work and Lectures, Education, History, Cliarity Obituary

Under the head of "Charities," he tells to the world that "Kansas appropriated $50.00 toward the compensation of a masonic Chaplain, in compliance with the invitation of iSIaryland," an assertion which we feel in duty bound to contradict, this Grand Lodge not having concu'rred in the resolution to which the brother jirobably refers

We notice by the Proceedings that R.'.W.'. OKRIN WELCH was received and accredited the representative of the Grand Lodge of Kansas near that of New York.

Numerous resolutions and amendments to the Constitution were offered, tending towards an increase of the Hall and Asylum Fund, and which resulted in raising the dues to the Grand Lodge for initiations from fifty cents to three.dollars and fifty cents, three dollars of which is to be appropriated to the increase of said,fund.

A large amount of business wastransacted during the session, nearly all pertaining.to the local affairs of the Grand Lodge, and from its nature, and from the tone of the reports of the various Deputy Graud Masters and others, we are satisfied that masonry in the "P^mjiire State" • was never in a more harmonious condition

The Grand Master and Grand Secretary were both reelected.

OHIO

—1863.

Fifty-fourth annual communication held at Columbus, October 20, A L 5863 One hundred and seventy-five lodges were represented M.'.W." Bro Ei;x gives an account of his .stewardship for the year He announces with pleasure that at no period in the history of the Order in Ohio, has it evinced more stability and strength or given greater proniise of usefulness in the future Referring to the rituals he calls upon the masons of the jurisdiction to be vigilant and guarded against the encroachments of any of those speculating innovators and destructionists who are rambling about the country disposing of the " Webb Work" as the "pure, unadulterated ancient work of the Order The enactments of this Grand Lodge, he thinks, if enforced, will protect the Craft from

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the designs of these charlatans, and he again appeals to the brethren to see to it that they are enforced and obeyed

Bro HowAHD MATTHEWS submitted a series of resolutions, (" which were heartily approved" ) expressive of their utter condemnation of the infamous traitors engaged in the unholy work of rebellion, and to express the complete and thorough determination of the Grand Lodge, " to sustain the general government in its efforts to restore the union of the States at every hazard." The resolutions .were passed reaffirming the action of the Grand Lodge upon the same subject at a previous communication.

If our brethren of Ohio really feel that it is a duty they owe to their country, and that their " mind and conscience" will be more at ease by passing these resolutioits, we certainly have no right to complain; but to our knowledge, no one has ever accused the Orand Lodge of Ohio of being "copperhead," and until then we can see no iust cause for the pasisage of political resolutions, especially to the extent of directing the Grand Secretary "to have copy forwarded to city papers."

Bro THRALL, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence,submitted a brief report, giving a summary of the doings of sixteen Grand Lodges, Kansas being one. He isdecidedly opposed to the practice of obtaining dispensations from the Grand Master to confer degrees out of time, and doubts even the authority of the Grand Master to legalize such acts, and remarks:

Laws and landmarks operate with equal force, as well upon the Grand Master himself, clothed in all the plenitude of authority, as upon the youngest Entered Apprentice of the lodge. It is the business of Grand blasters to look to the enforcement of the laws, and not to dispense with their observance, or grant indulgences for their infraction

While we are not so willing to assert that the Grand Master has no authority for granting these dispensations, we are quite as willing to give our unqualified disapprobation of the practice.

Speaking of Conservators, with their "Webb-Preston masonry," and " uniformity of work," he remarks:

Fortunately for the Craft in Ohio, the illustrious WEBB spent his last years among them ; and there are yet lingering in our lodges, those who received their lessons in masonry at his hands; and yet many others who learned those lessons of SNOW, his contemporary, chosen pupil, and co-laborer in the art

We need no circumlocutory inspiration or vicarious oracle to inform us what those teachings are They are daily being dispensed by the instructive tongue from the depository of faithful breasts.

This being the first Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Ohio we have received for the last three years, we are not as familiar with the affairs of that Grand Lodge as many others; but, judging from the Proceedings before us, their By-Laws and Rules are complete, and being complete, are easily understood by an extensive membership; and by thus being understood, the work is squared by them, thus avoiding the necessity of continued legislation in altering or amending By-Laws; a practice too prevalent in most jurisdictions

THOMAS SPARROW, Columbus, M.'.AV.'. Grand Master. .

JOHN D.CALDWELL, Cincinnati, reelected R.'.W.". Grand Secretary.

OREGON—1863

Thirteent h annua l communicatio n hel d a t Salem , Septembe r 21 , A . D . 1863. Twenty-on e lodge s represented . Th e Gran d Maste r wa s prevente d b y hi s busines s engagement s fro m bein g present

Th e actin g Gran d Master , E.'.AV.'. JOH N MCCRACKEN , delivere d a shor t address , givin g a n accoun t of hi s official act s a s Deput y Gran d Master . Tw o dispensation s for ne w lodge s wer e granted .

Ou r Rev Bro T H PEARNE , chairma n of th e committee , presente d th e Repor t o n Foreig n Correspondence Th e repor t cover s forty-thre e pages , an d review s th e Proceeding s of eleve n Gran d Lodges , Kansa s no t of th e number A s Bro PEARN E is a n excellen t writer , hi s report s ar e models , an d for whic h h e receive d a vot e of thanks

A resolutio n wa s adopte d recognizin g th e Gran d Lodg e of Colorado

W e notic e ou r brethre n of Orego n ar e aliv e t o trul y charitabl e deeds , an d thei r act s ar e wel l worth y of imitation A s a n exampl e w e cop y th e

following :

Captain Pease:

MILWAUKEE, May 9,1863

DEAR SIR : —I expect you will be surprised to get a letter from me, a little girl who never wrote to any one but her mother But I thought I would write you a few lines, and tell you how thankful I am to you for your kindness in sending me to school I like all my studies very much, and I will try to improve, so that your kindness will not be lost oh me. GOD will bless you for your kindness to all the little orphans, in paying their tuition, so that they can read GOD'S Holy Book I wish to thank the rest of the masons, through you, for their kindness But I will close my short note

Yours truly,

MARY SINCLAIR

Th e followin g is th e repor t of th e committe e o n th e above :

To the M.-.W:. Grand Lodgein Session:

The committee to whom was referred the letter written by our little ward, MAUY SINCLAIR, to Bro PEASE, Master of Multnomah Lodge, respectfully report that we were most agreeably surprised in reading the neatly written, and for a little girl, well composed letter, which contains ample evidence of attention to, and proficiency in her studies. We note with pleasure the simplicity and purity of character and nobleness of purpose of our little ward, and commend her for placing as first in importance, the privilege and ability to read " GOD'S Holy Book." It was this Great Light of masonry, this inestimable gift of GOD to man, which is always open upon the masonic altar, that first taught us to love and provide for the orphan, and which always causes the mason to bo the best friend of the widow and the fatherless • And if our little ward was indebted to this Grand Lodge for any act of kindness or for tuition, this first letter written by her, except to her excellent mother, has not only cancelled all former indebtedness, but has rendered us the obliged party And we assure her that such evidence of attention to her studies, will secure for her all the means necessary for acquiring an education second to none in the State We recommend that provision be made for her instruction in instrumental music

Respectfully submitted,

Th e repor t wa s adopted

S F CHADWICK, D RUTLEDGE, Committee.

W e notic e a committe e i n anothe r eas e repor t a s follows :

That the Grand Master be authorized to appoint a committee of three, whose dutyit shall he to take charge of the children, and select suitable places for them,disfanf

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from the mother, if possible, an d that said committee attend to their education The expense of which shall be taken ou t of the Educational Fun d of the Grand Lodge of Oregon.

As for the mother, we recommend that she receive from the fraternity the necessaries of life, when she shall have pu t forth a reasonable effort to obtain the same without effect

The report was adopted, and we presume the italics w'cre intentional.

The Grand Lecturer reports five lodges as uniform in work, has visited three which were not so uniform AVhere they were unwilling to change, he did not press his services. Tlie resolution creating the office of Grand Lecturer was repealed.

JOHN MCCRACKEN, Portland, M.'.W.'. Grand Master.

WiH.iAM S.CALDWELL, Portland, E.'.W.'. Grand Secretary.

PENNSYLVANIA —1863.

We have received an abstract of the Proceedings of this M.'.W.'. Grand Lodge for the year 1863. DAVID C. SKERRETT, M.".W.\ Grand Master; E.-.W.'. WM.H. ADAMS, Grand Secretary.

The total receipts of the Grand Lodge for the current year were $32,566.20

The Committee on Foreign Correspondence, through their chairman, SAMUEL C. PERKINS, presented a report, in which is a careful review of the Proceedings of twenty-three Grand Lodges, Kansas being one of the number. The committee have, with much care, prepared statistical details of theworking and other matters of thevarious Grand Lodges, which affords an excellent opportunity of comparing the condition of the Craft in the different jurisdictions.

There is much in the general remarks of the committee, which would be of interest to the Craft, andwhich we would like to transcribe, but wefeel obliged to defer, simply thanking the brother for his notice of this Grand Lodge, and especially of the address of our M.'.W." Grand Master

The Grand Master in his address, reports an unusual degree of prosperity existing throughout the jurisdiction.

The Grand Master and Grand Secretary were both reelected.

BHODE ISLAND —1868.

We have the Proceedings of this M.'.W.' Grand Lodge for the year ending May25, A.L.5863.

Hereafter, there are to be but three communications of the Grand Lodge in each year, viz: An annual, a semi-annual and a festival.

In accordance with a report of a committee on the subject, a committee of five was appointed "To compile and arrange a'Monitor'in accordance with the earliest known usages of this most Ancient and Honorab e Society."

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At the annual communication. May 25th, M.'.W.'. ARIEL BALLOU delivered a brief, but business-like address. Has granted dispensations to confer degrees out of time, mostly, for the benefit of persons in the service of the United States. He has a distrust that the motives of the petitioners were mercenary, and cautions Masters of lodges to be particular in that respect He notices,as a matter of congratulation, that a large number of the lodges have reelected their Masters

E.".W.\ THOMAS A. DOYLE, Committee on Foreign Correspondence, acknowledges the receipt of the Proceedings of twenty-three Grand Lodges, but regrets that, by reason of urgent business engagements, he has been unable to prepare a summary of their contents. He promises it next time, but indications arc that we are doomed to be disappointed, as we have positive evidence that he has assumed the responsible position of Mayor of the city of Providence

ARIEL BALLOU, reelected M.'.W.. Grand Master. HORATIO ROGERS, jr., R.".W.'. Grand Secretary.

VERMONT —1864

This M.'.W.'.Grand Lodge held its annual communication at Bellow's Falls, January 13th and 14:th, A D 1864

The Grand Master thus announces the prosjierity of the Craft in that jurisdiction:

la m happy to inform the Grand Lodge that few questions of a distracting character have arisen; that harmony and good will are in tbe councils of a large proportion of the secular lodges Une.xampled prosperity prevails in very many, a prosperity apparently based upon the most substantial foundation And yet let not the still, quiet voice of warning cease to sound in your ears the caution, to inspect the material offered with jealous care; that as'the moral edifice we seek to construct arises in its noble proportion, no unsightly, uncomely blocks may mar its beauty

He is still, however, of the opinion that there is an apparent tendency on the part of some lodges to encourage the speedy advancement of candidates This he opposes,as should every one who has the future welfare of the Craft at heart.

Fifty dollars from M.'.W. Bro HARRINGTON, and a like sum from the lodges in Montreal, was received as a contribution toward the erection of a monument to the late PHILIP C TUCKER

Considerable business was transacted during the session, and all being of a local nature, of course we claim no right to meddle, but one thing is noticeable, not, however, especially inore in this, than other jurisdictions, and that is, a persistent disposition on the part of some members to be continually inventing amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws, or making the whole more obscure by the addition of more "regulations." It does most certainly .seem to us that, from the amount of experience which our older Grand Lodges have had in making, unmakinj^ and re-making Constitutions and By-Laws, they could long since have adopted some form which would not require so much

continual patching; and which the brethren might become familiar with before th e whole should be obscured by a multitude of amendments

The Report on Foreign Correspondence, by R.'.W.' HENRY CLARK, is a very able and interesting document. Tt reviews at considerable length the*Proceeding8 of twenty-three Grand Lodges. The brothe r has our thank s for the very kind and fraternal manner in which h e notices th e Proceedings of this Grand Lodge.

In noticing the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, Bro Ci.AEK takes exceptions to some portions of Bro REYNOLDS' comment s upon the authenticit}- of the work promulgated by Bro SAMUEL WILSON, Grand Lecturer of Vermont ; asserting th e work taught by Bro WILSON can be traced to a "certain father," and, that that father was BARNEY himself, and in verification, he has the testimony of the lamented Gran d Master TUCKER, and claims tha t Bro. WILSON has never endorsed th e changes made, or that h e is in any manner responsible for th e "interpolations in the so-called new work." And he further remarks :

We wish it distinctly understood, that we think Bros WILSON and TUCKER have been held to a stricter account for their identification with the so-called New Work, by other Grand Lodges, than the facts in the case, if this could be truly made known, would warrant Bro TUCKER was not, neither is our venerable Bro WILSON, a mountebank or speculator, but a truthful, honest man, who wo\ild not convey false impressions knowingly, and most certainly would not countenance any invasion upon the ancient'landmarks, as he believes he received them from BARNEY

Appended to the Proceedings is an amended copy of the Constitution and By-Laws of tlie Grand Lodge.

LEVERETT B ENGLESBY, Burlington, reelected M.'.W.' Grand Master HENRY CLAKK, Poultney, reelected R.'.W.' Grand Secretarj'

WASHINGTO N TERRITORY—1863

This M.'.W.'. Grand Lodge commenced its Sixth annual communication, November 24, A L 5863 M.-.W.- THOMAS M REED , Grand Master; M.-.W.- T F MOELUOY, P.- G.' M.'. , Grand Secretary

The Grand Master in his address reports, that with one exception, peace and good feeling have been maintained throughout the jurisdiction H e has had repeated applications for^ dispensations to confer degrees out of time, man y of which he has been compelled to refuse Th e address is short and principally confined to the business of the jiiri.sdiction. . ' , .... .

The following was adopted in relation to non-affiliating masons:

Resolved, That this Grand Lodge deems it obligatory upon all masons to be contributing members of some lodge, and that it is decidedly unraasouic to reside in the vicinity of a lodge without either becoming'a member thereof, or contributing an amount equal to its customary diies And should any mason neglect or refuseto comply with the foregoing, for more than one year after he shall have resided within thejurisdiction of a subordinate lodge, he shall not be deemed worthy of masonic charity and shall not be entitled to, or be the recipient of any of the rights, privileges or charities of any lodge in this jurisdiction ; Pr<jvi'led, however, That this rule may be relaxed by lodges when the inability to comply with the foregoing is made manifest, or in the event of an application for afflliation having been refused by the subordinate lodge within whose jurisdiction such non-affiliating brother may reside.

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A lodge waschartered at Lewiston, in Idaho I Much business was transacted during the session, and from its nature, weinfer that ourbrethren in that jurisdiction are zealous in the discharge of their masonic duties

The Report on Correspondence is by Bro. WILM.\.\I H . WOOD. The Proceedings of four Grand Lodges only,are noticed, viz: Indiana, Maine, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Yet, with but these four at hand, he finds much to talk about, and furnishes good things to the amount of twenty-five pages Following the report, Bro Woou offered a resolution i^rohibiting masons ofthat jurisdiction from holding masonic inter(tourse with masons hailing' under the Grand Lodge of Hamburg, until that Grand Lodge revokes the charter granted to Pythagoras Lodge,No 86, in the State of New York, which was adopted

THOMAS M REED, Olympia, reelected M.'.W.\ Grand Master

ELWOOD EVANS, Olympia, R.'.W.' Grand Secretary

WISCONSIN —1864

This Grand Lodge held its annual communication in Milwaukee, June 14, 1864. M.-.W.'. ALVIX B.AI.DEN, Grand Master; R.'.W.-. W. T. PAL.MER, Grand Secretary. One hundred and five lodges were represented • "

The Grand Master in hisaddress represents the Craft in that jurisdiction asbeing in ahighly prosperous condition, "provided it be conceded that a rapid increase of membership, anda commendable progress in the acquirements of theritual isthe only evidence required of such prosperity." Sorapid has been the additions to the Craft in the last year, that to him it has become alarming, and he attributes much of it to a manifest want of care on the part of thelodges. Asone safeguard, he suggests thepropriety pi increasing thefees for admission, which he thinks would have a tendency to deter many who are "tempted by idle curiosity toapply for admission." He also recommends the adoption of an edict, prohibiting the conferring of more than onedegree on the same evening; and.also, that no brother should be advanced until after theexpiration of at least thirty days from the time of taking the preceding degree, which weheartily approve, and sincerely wish that all Grand Masters could take the same view ofthe subject and.thus practical!3' endthis "rushing through" practice.

Dispensations were granted during the year for seven newlodges. He is justly opposed to "military lodges," and while they are allowed, he is still more opposed to their making masons of those hailing from other jurisdictions than the onefrom which they receive their authority. Complaints have come to him from subordinate lodges, that citizens of that State who have been connected with the army, have returned from the field, claiming to have been made masons in someof the various military lodges, some of these complaints referring to persons who had applied and been rejected before leaving home, and

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others to those whose known moral and social relations were such that it would have been useless to have applied at home. Thus, as has been predicted, are beginning to be developed the evil effects of thus sending lodges abroad for the accommodation of persons connected with the army. The already bruised carcass of the "Conservators' Association," receives from him another kick.

Bro. G. W. WASHBURN, chairman of the committee, submitted the Report on Foreign Correspondence, in which is a fraternal and careful review of the Proceedings of nineteen Grand Lodges, Kansas being one. Here too, we find a notice of the Conservators {anything but fraternal), and in which is given so much of the "scheme" as is probably thought prudent to publish As the whole scheme is now dead,or to all intents and purposes, so near it that we may rest easy of any serious injury from its few remaining struggles, we trust that hereafter, the leading topic for Grand Lodge discussion will revert to the praise of some masonic good, rather than the condemnation of a masonic evil.

A resolution was passed prohibiting a lodge from advancing a candidate to a higher degree within twenty days after receiving the last preceding degree, and then he must be able togive satisfactory, evidence of his masonic proficiency

A resolution was adopted, to the effect that such Grand Lodges as have established traveling or "military lodges," "are requested to so limit their authority as to confine their labors in making masons to candidates residing out of the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge."

G. W. WASHBURN, Oshkosh, M.-.W.-. Grand Master.

W T PALMER, Milwaukee, R.'.W.' Grand Secretary

Fraternally submitted,

E T OARR, Chairman Committee.