E. H. ADDINGTON

SO OUTLINE OP THE RISE AND PROGRESS
On the 21st of January, 1837, a charter was granted to Poinsett
Lodge No. 39, located outside the city limits, in Lafayette, parish of Jefferson.*
Notwithstanding the change in the regulations, the meetings of the
Grand Lodg'e were poorly attended, and occasionally went by default for
want of a quorum. A lethargy appears to have seized the Consistorial party
as soon as it obtained control of the Grand Lodge; the other members still
absented themselves: murmurs of dissatisfaction began to be heard, and
Harmony Lodge No. 26 surrendered its charter. Deeming themselves secure
in the possession of their vested rights, the life members, as a class,
heeded not the mutterings and paid no attention to the increasing discontent.
Fraternity Lodge No. 35 worked the York Rite in the French language,
and its members appear to have been zealous Masons. On the 14th of
April, 1838, its' Past Master, J. B. Lambert, offered a resolution in the
Grand Lodge on account of the want of punctuality of the life members,
declaring all the Wardens of the lodges of the York Rite members of
the Grand Lodge, and entitled to hold office therein. The resolution was
unanimously rejected: but the dissatisfaction was not removed, and after
maintaining a lingering existence for some months Fraternity Lodge No. 35
surrendered its charter, October 14, 1840.
With a commerce increasing so rapidly, that the population of the city
had doubled itself in the last decade, it is strange that the extinction
of two lodges in New Orleans in less than two years should not have
caused the life members to pause and reflect. That the question of "nationality"
had something to do with the extinction of Harmony Lodge is almost
certain, but that reason cannot apply in the case of La Fraternity; and it
is probable that the creation of a so-called Supreme Council caused the
extinguishment of two lodges to be looked upon with indifference.
On the 27th of October, 1839, the Marquis de Santangelo, Roca de Santi
Petri, J. J. Conte, F. F. Burtheau, and R6n6 Perdreauville formed a -Supreme
Council in New Orleans, under the pompous title of _ the, "Supreme
Council of the United States of America."f
*On the 30th September, 1840, Poinsett Lodge No. 39 adopted a resolution to move
from Lafayette to New Orleans, and its next meeting was held in the lodge-room
of Louisiana Lodge No. 32, on Canal street. When the charter of Louisiana Lodge was
arrested in 1842. Poinsett was the only English-speaking' lodge in New Orleans until
the revolution of 1847.
fThe organization of this self-created bodv was completed November 7, 1839, with the
following officers:
Orazio de Attellis, Marquis de Santangelo, M.\ P.-. Sov.*. Grand Commander, created
33° in New York, by Joseph Cemeau, November 16, 1827.-
Jean Jacques Conte, P.\ Sov.'. Lieut.'. Grand Commander, created 33° at Paris, by
the Grand Orient of France, May 20, 1822.
Jose Antonio Eoca de !Santi Petri, Sov.'. Treasurer-General, created 33° in Spain, by the
National Supreme Council of Spain, April 10, 1822.
Rene Elizabeth de David-Perdreauville, Secretary-General, created 33° in Mexico, by the
Marquis de Santangelo, November 22, 1834—healed October 27, 1839.
Francois Frederic Burtheau, Keeper of the Seals and Archives, created 33° at Paris, by
the Grand Orient of France, September 18, 1835.
Guillaume Alfred Montmain, Grand Master of Ceremonies, created 33° in New Orleans,
by J. J. Conte, March 8, 1838—healed November 7, 1839.
Jean Francois Canonge, Grand Expert, created 33° in New Orleans, by J. J. Conte,
March 8, 1838—healed November 7, 1839.
Jean' Baptiste Faget, Grand Standard Bearer, created 33° in New Orleans, by J. J.
Conte, March 8, 1838—healed November 7. 1839.
Louis H. Feraud, Grand Captain of the Guards, created 33° in New Orleans, by J. J.
Conte, March 8, 1838—Sealed November 7, 1839.
The reason assigned by the Marquis de Santangelo for the creation of this body was
that the Supreme Council at Charleston had ceased to exist for a long time, that the
one in New York was dormant and, as there was no hope of its revival, it was indispensable
for the government of the A. and A. Scottish Kite in the United States, that
a Supreme Council should be established in New Orleans.
LIn the beginning of 1840,. the 'Marquis de Santangelo left New Orleans with the intension
of establishing himself in "Washington or Philadelphia. What afterward became
of • this adventurer is not known; at the end of two years the Supreme Council,