1860 Grand Lodge of Minnesota Annual Communication Proceedings

PR,OCEEDINGS
OII TITE
$runn [tn* frncienr $ree uno frcreprea flouon,,
ON'MINNESOTA.
AT ITS NINTII GIiAND ANNUAI, OOMMUNICATICIN' IN THE CITY OIT
ST. PAUtr, COMMENCING OCTOBEIT 2,f.n, A.'. L". 5860.
At 12 o'clock, M.,
Master's rt in ample
FIRST DAY.
the Most Worshipful Grantl Master openecl a
form.
TheM.'.'W-.'. Grand Master appointed' Brothers K. T. X'riend
antl C. R. Smith, to assist the Grantl Secretary as a Committee on
Creclentials, antl thereupon the E was called from labor to refresh'
ment until 2,! o'clock this afternoon.
n Tunsoev, Ocronnn 23,2$ O'Crccr, P. M.
The Grand T=l $'as callecl from refreshment to labor by the M"'
W.'. Granil Master.
The Grand Secretar.v from the Committee on Credentials, report'
ed the following Representatives from Suborclinate lfl present:
St. John'
cataract
wrrrlen.

356 Proceedings of the [1860.
The Representatives from a constitutional number of fFa being
present, the Most -Worshipful Grand rr of the Ancient antl llonorable
n'raternity of X'ree antl Accepted Masons of Minnesota, was
openeil in ample form.
GRAND OFI'ICERS PRESENT.
M.'. W.'. A. T. C. Prpn
R.'. W.'. D. B. Loours,
R.'. W.'. Owns Evlrvsr oD.
R.'. W.'. Jlro. C.'Wnerr,n, Junior Grancl W'artlen,
R.'. W.'. Euervupr, Cesn, Grancl Treasurer.
R.'. W.'. Gno. W'. Pnus
-W'.'. Bro. D. B. Krvrcnr in.
'W.'. Bro, lnwrs Bnlus
-W.'. Bro, J. C. Der, as
W.'. Bro. B. F. Pmen, as Grand Swortl Bearer.
-W..'. Bro, Cl. A. Ceu.r, as Senior Grancl Deacon.
W.'. Bro.'W'. T. Rrelr, Junior Grand Deacon.
-W'.'. Bro. E. P. Benrruru, as Grancl Pursuivant.
IM.'. Bro. A. Rrcsmoson, Grand Tyler'.
PAST ELECTIVE GRAND OFFICERS.
M.'. 'W','. A. E, Ar'res, Past Clranal Master.
Prayer was offerecl by W.'. Bro. D. B. Kniclrerbacker, Grand
Chaplain.
Printetl abstracts of Proceeilings of the last Glrancl Annual Communication
being in the hancls of the members, the reacling thereof
was, on motion, dispensetl with,
On motion of M.'. -W.'. Bro. A. E. Ames,
Resohterl,,,That all MasterMasons in goocl staucllng, be invited to take
sests in this Granal rr during its sessio:n,
The I[.'.-W.'. Grand l\faster then clelivered the fol]owine-.
ADDR,ESS,
Bretkren of ilw Gra,nr), ri :
I have again and again congratulated the Grancl t-] at the commencement
ofits sessions, that all who participated in its formation were stlll alive, and
I have the privilege of again, at this tbe ninth sessirn, to meke the same announcement.
parteil
Gtand
whose

l86o.l Grmd, Lod,ge of Minnesota, 359
'We have authentic histo early as 1733,
although it is saial one was
The firet l-t then, in t he Lecturee of
Martin Clare were in nse. t we know were
in uee in the United States up to 180Q rye may reaeonably Buppose that all
the various systems of Englalntl were iirtroducei in thio corintry.'
Each of the syetems of Lectures or Eramination Questions was in turn
approved by the Grand rr of Eogland. From this statement of facta we
deducelst.
The Lectures are Bot Landmarke, because iI they were they could
not have been chanqed.
2d. The parent body of the A repeatedly chansed the
I,ecturee, and a"s each Grand T-l in-dependent body, it is
perfectly competent for each co t such system aa it may
choose.

360 Proceedings of the [1 860.

860.1
fumd' Lodge of Miwtnsota.
359

360 Pruee&tngs of the
[1860.
sway_in that then new countrn the work and Lecturee were moulded in his
peculiar system,

ls60il I Grand Lcd,ge of Ttinnesota, 361

362 Proceedings of the 1r860.
M.'. W.'. Bro. A. E. Ames movetl,
First, That so much of the M...-W.'. Grand Masterts acltlrees ae
relates to dispensations, be reierrecl to the Committee on g$f U"'
D.'.
Seconil,, That so much thereof ag relates to rf whose charters
have been recallecl, be referreil to a special committtee of three'
Third,, Thal so druch thereof as relates to the loss of property by
fire, of Ilokah E, No' 17, bo referretl to a special committee of
three.
TVourth, That so much thereof as relates to tho Ritual or lrectures,
be referretl to a special committee of three.
Fifth, Thzr" a special session of the Grantl cl be held for the eT'
emplification of the work, at such hours cluring this communication,
as may be cleemeil advisable'
Siritt,, That the residue of thq address be referrecl to a epecial
committee of three.
Which motion prevailed, ancl thereupon the Grancl Master ap'
pointed,
As said seconcl committee-Bros. M. W. Getchell, I' P' 'Wright'
J. B. Gilfillan'
As said thircl comrnittee-Bros. J. C. Day, W. W. Willis, S' O'
Sawyer.
As saitl sixth committee-Bros. A. E' Ames, Ti[' N' Setzer, E'
Case.
The M.'. W.'. Grand lllaster announcecl the appointment of the
following stancling commibtees :
On refurns of rE, Bros. C. N. Daniels, K' T' n'riencl, and E'
Case.
On, Work of tE IJ..' D.'., Bros. Lewis Branson, E' A' Ricet
and G\eo. L. Otis.
On Appeals ancl Grievances, Bros. L. E' Thompson, P' P' Hub'
bell, G. B. Cooley, C. R. Smith, and O. Evans'
On Ancient Lanchuarks, Bros. B. n'' Pidge, G' A' Camp, anil
X'ranklin Beebe.
On Unfinishetl Business, Bros.'W. T: Rigby, J' X'' Clarl

860.1 Grand, Lodge of Minncsota. 363
Orclerecl, That thig evening be tlevoteil to eremplificir,tions of work
in the three Degrees.
Ancl thereupon the Grand E wos called from labor to refresh'
mont until to-morrow morniDg a,t ten o'clock.

364 Procceclhtgs of the [r860.
SECOND DAY.
\YnoNnsorry l\{onxrrvc, Ocronsn 24.
The Grand r-r was calieil from refreshment to labor by the IL..
-W.'. Grand l\{aster. Prayer by the W... Grand Cbaplain.
The recorcl o[ yesterday's Proceeclings was reail antl approved.
Bro, M.','W.'. Getchell, from the committee to whom.rvas refer.
red that part of the Nl.'. W... Grand },faster's adilress which relates
to the suspension of Honderson E, No. 13, anil Shakopee r, No.
6, reported as follows :
To thc M,'. W,'. Grand, f-1 now dtt, scssi,on:
on of the II... '!V... Grand llaster, in reiation to
S d Meridian- 5, No. 25, is hereby approved.
fully submit[ed.
ll c ornmi t te e'
i'."rl' I
"Ylu?""Tf
The report anil regolutions were adoptecl.
The Grand Secretary maile the following reporb :
To thp M.'. W.'. Gra,nd,r-:

860.1 Grand, Lodge of Minnesota.
365
The cha in my possession. The property
of the rr ving be-en by the Grand ltaster or:derecl
idto rot[er, I clici not go after it. An
inventoly charter.
'Ibe cha ancl also the chorter and books of
A bound volume of Proceedings ofthe Grand Tr of Florida, from 1830
to 1859.
A pamphlet contnining tlre Constitutions of tho Gland n of Wisconsin,
with u, digest of decisions upon questions oI Masonic Jurispludence.
And thereupon, on motion of Brother Thornpson,
Orclered, That the communication from the Grand rr of Nfaine,
be referred to a select committee of three,
Bros. Rigby, Beebe ancl Clark rvere appointed such committee.
Ortlerecl, That the circular announcing the deatb of Grancl Secre.
tary lIunt, of 'Wisconsin, be referreil to a select committee of three.
Jlros. Burleson, Pidge and Dean, were appointecl such committee.
Ord,erecl, That tlre communicat;ons relative to the stancling of
members of ffl uncler suspension, be referrecl to the comrnibtee on
Ancient Lanclmarks.
Bro. I. P. lVright prescutecl to the Grancl r-r a resolution of
Ancient Lankmarl< r, No. 5, asking aid from the Grancl rr, in
behalf of Bro. A. Carpenter, who has recently lost his sight: ancl
on his motion,
Orclered, That the same be referrecl io a select commitbee of ihree,
Bros. Branson, Wright and, DeWitt, were appointecl as such.com.
mittce.
On motion of Bro. n:t. 1,V. Geichell,
()rclerccl, That a select committee bo appointecl to inquire inl,o the
expeiliencv of making any chango iu Grancl t-t clues lrom Suborclinate
lfl.
Bros. Geichell, Whipple and Sawyer, weie appointed such committee,
Brg., C. N. Daniels, frorn the Committee on Returns of fF,
rnade the following report ;

366 Proceedings of thc [1860.
The Committee onReturns of @ wpuld-respec-tfully. reporl' that tbey
hnvc had under examination the returns ot the I'ollowlDg [EJ, anct trnd
fl . il. Bi'T\'131' I co"'o,iu"o.
E. lI. Boxo. )
'fhe Grand Secretary presentetl a protr to himselt to represent
North Star I--r, No. 23, at this session.
The Grancl T- was calletl to refreshmcnb until 4 o'clocl< this af'
t,cIDOOn,
'Wnorl:sner, OcroBnn 2d, 4 O'Clocx, P- M.
The Grand T-1 was calletl to labor, by the r\t." \\r.'. Grancl Mas'
ter.
Bro, J. C. Day, from the committee to u'hom was referretl so
muclr of the Grantl Master'g ailth'ess as relates to llokah E, No.
17, made the following I'eportr which was concutretl irl, and the reso'
lutions were unanimously acloptetl :
To tha M.'. W.', Granil' 11:.
The committee to whom was referretl such portions of the Granil
Master's acldresg as were not otherwise referreil, maile the following
report, which was concurretl in, ancl the resolutions were acloptecl:
To tha M.'. 'W.'. Grand'-t of il.i'nrusota:

860.1 fuand, Lodge of trtdnnesota'. 36?
coveretl unilor the p'lougible cloak of clisseminoting Maeonic information'
and thus impooes oh the unwary autl uninformetl among our 'youngor
and resolution:
Wusnnes. The Constitution and Resulations of the Clrancl rr of Minnesota,
and the Ancient Chargcs, are ihe only written law within this
juriscliction
- Baeol,od, on Magoaic law, as-p-ublished in
the coltrmi cjournols, haYe no b.iutling force

3ea Proueiings oJ the l,ldoo.r
f: il f#3:R'f com-i*uu.
E, Oesn. )
Bro. S. S. Burleson, from the committee to whom was referred
the circular announcing the death of Grancl Secretary Elunt, made
the fol.lowing report, which was concurreil in, ancl the resolution
was unanimously arlopted :
Io thn M.'. W:. Glnantl .-t of Mdnnetota
the death of one of her most efficient of her ofrcers.
Resohetl,, That we will keep in perpetual remembrrnce the many virtues
of our cleparted brother, and write in our hearts, as his epitaphi-
" I{e wa,s a true Mason, for he loved - -
the CrBfC,"
B. %.u""*lH"N' I c n**ittuu.
JoenpuDnex. )
Bro. Irewis Branson, from the committee to whom was referreal
the communication of Aucient Iranclmark r, No. 5, relative to
Bro. A. Carpenter, reportecl as follows, ancl the resolution was
unanimously aclopted:
g referred the abplication of Ancient
-would respectrul 11'
#il* .t?"tt,:lt:"i'
on ihe Treasurer for the sum of one
hundrecl clollars, in favor of Ancient Lendmark 5, saicl sum to be disbursecl
for the beneflt of Bro. Carpenter, under the clirection of the W...
IL.. of soitl r-'r.
L. Bnlxsox, )
F. J. DnWrrr, I Committee.
I. P. TV'nrour. ) :;

1860.1 Grand, Lodge of Mtnnesota.
On motion of Bro. I. P. lVriglrt, orclcreil, that this Grancl Tr
prooeed to the election of its oflicers to"mortow afiernoon at two
o'clock.
The Committee on lMork of gfl U.'. D.'., reporteil as follows:
To the M.'. W.'. G.:. r- of Mi'nnesota :
on 'Work of E U.'. D.'. ort'
aminecl thc Wolli of the foll :
nnon Fallg ; " Sakntnh," 'W'a st,"
le Plaine," llellc Plaine ; an os[rna.3.
Your committee fintl the W'ork in thc tlrree flt'st, viz : " Oriental,"
" Sakatah," and " Btar in tbe Dast," substantially correct, antl bave no
doubt the petitioners are fully qualified to fill their respective siotiong
with credit to themselves and hoior to the Fraternity.
In Belle Plainc rr, U.'. I).'., your cotnmitl,ce find the'Wot'k correr:t in
everv oar'l,icular. e-vincinE supbiior shill and experienced workmanship.
Youi'committes also fiuld tirat it is the desire of this rr U.'. D.'., to
KinE Hiram El," and recommencl that this cbange
Graud rr, and o clrarter grantecl to them under tlte
rt of -tselle Plainc'
cl that the Work in Mt' Moriah T-l is correct in all
resDects. The only obiectiou to ErantinE n charter to this r---t, that has
l-ree'n raisecl bclorcihe "cornmitteeiis thst its jurisdiction covers tlte samc
tcrritory as Dakota, No. ?, ancl tlrat the fielil is smnll for the labors o1'
two 1fl.
Yo-ur committee find that the eetablishment of the new r-'l is wonuly
reeommended
r-T, antl have
a lat'ge majori
Order will be
Your comm
Retoh;ed,, That charters be issuecl to
tnh rr, ai \Yaterville ; Star in the East T--1, at Owatonnn; -King flir.am
r--'1, st Belle Plaine: lit, Ilorioh E, at Hastings : upon their depositing
the'fee required by the Constitution of the Clrancl rr'
B: tliill?)' I committec.
Gno. L' Otrs' )
The report was concurreil in, ancl tho question being upon the
ailoption of the resolution, a separate vote was callecl for upon so
mnch of the same as clirects the issuing of a cbarter to Mt' l{oriah
E3, at Ifastings.
So much of the resolution as
Oriental, Sakatah, Star in the
unanimously adopted.
So much of the resolution as clirects the issuing of a charter to
Mt. Moriah E, at Ilastings, was adopteil.
Bro. H. N. Setzer moved that a oommittee be appointecl to ex'
amile into the contlition of Dakota l---1, No. 7, locatecl at Hastings,
ancl report at the next Grantl Annual Communication, which motion
was lost,
The Grand r--l was thereupon callecl from labor until to'morrorv
morning at nine o'clock.
47
369
directs the issuing of charters to
East, ancl l(ing Hiram ffl, was

370 Proceeddn|s o.f the [1s60.
TEIRD DAY,
Ttunsuv MoRuIne, Ooronnn 25, 9 OrClock A. M.
The Grand E was called to labor by the M.'. -W.'. Granil Mas.
ter. Prayer by T1I.'. Bro. P. P. TIubbell.
The recoril of yesterclay's Proceeclings rras reatl ancl approvecl.
The following additional Representatives appeared ancl took seats :
Ancient Landmark F-'1, No. 5-'Wm. Irvine, Junior IVarclen.
Red Wing F--1, No. 8-W. W. Phelpe,'Worthy Master.
Pacific rr, No. 10-A. Levering, Eenior'W'arclen.
Minneapolis t--1, No. l0-Joseph Dean, proxy for Senior'W'artlen.
The Committee on Ancient Lantlmarks macle a repori, which on
motion of Bro. D. B. Loomis, was referred to a select committee of
thre e.
Bros. D. B. Loomis, L. Branson, and n'ranklin Beebe, were appointed
such committee.
Bro. M. IM. Getchell, from the committee on the subject of Grancl
r--l Dues, made a report, which, after some explanations, was, upon
request of the committee; recommittecl.
Bro. L. E. Tl.rompson, from the Committee on Appeals ancl Grievances,
macle the following report :
To tke M,'. W.'. Grantl f--1 now dn sessdan : '
3il. Slandering Brother A. T. C. Pierson,
Eleatest scouudrels that walk the stleets of
the n'roterDity into disrepute-a double crirne
Grancl Master of ]llasoDs in this State.
4 son by relusing to pay
his
5 Brother F. J. DeWitt.
in njury of eaiat Brother
De 6th. Attempting by inuendo, to injure the reputntion of the female rels-
tions of a Brother Mason, now a urernber of this r--'1.
The tes
nesses in
tbe witne
cliction, o

86o.l Grand' Lodge of Minnesota. 37r
oioo,
committee, ttrerefore, recommentl the acloption of the following
resolutions: "7.'"iiiiiria, That Charleg symonds is guilty of gross unmasonic con-
, ancl he is herebY ex'
onIV.
rr-No. 5, in the Pro-'
censure of this Grancl
oressecl.
"'i'iiiivia"".e before Ancient Lonclmark g,_in regarcl to the unmasonic
conduct of charles symonds, was the same ss.that which hes been leld De-
6;;y;;t;fiiftd;
and is'corroborated by th.e verbal antl written state-
me'ts maoe to your co-mitteo by sevgr.al, rintl in fact by all of the parties
sppeeriDg before your committeer at tlrrB sessroD'

372 Proued,ings of the F860.
st the members 0f Ancient Lan
tberesolutions censurinA the a
the case of Challes Svm6nds, b
dgments to the M.'. W....Grr'nd
All of wbich ie most respectfully submitted.
f the action of '
March 24th, rI.
n the foregoing
N,J
rl f Committee.
I
.)

1860.1 Grand, Lod,ge of Minnesota. 373
Bro. G. A. Camp, movecl that the reports be referred to a select
committee of three, arril the roll being callecl, there were ayes l,
noes 67. So the motion was lost.
The first of the foregoing reports coming before the Granil rr for
action, Bro. M. W. Getchell moved that the resolutions be taken un
one by one, which motion prevailed.
The first resolution was ailopted.
The seconal rosolution being reacl, Bro. n'. J. De'Witt movecl to
amencl by substituting suspension for one year in place of expulsion.
The motion was lost.
Ifpon a call of the roll, the resolution was atlopteil. Ayes 48,
noes 16.
The thiril resolution was acloptecl. Ayes G2, noes 4.
The fourth resolution was acloptecl. Ayes dB, noes 10.
Ancl thereupon the Grancl r--l was calletl to refreshment until 2
o'clocl< this afternoon.
Tuunsnay, Ocrosnn 25,2 O'CtocK, P. M.
The Grancl t-t was callecl tolabor by the M.-. VI... Grand Master.
The hour for the election of Grantl Officers for the ensuing year
having arrivecl, the Grancl E:l went into such election, with the fol.
lowing result :
The Committee on Returns of tE, made the following adrjitional
report, which was concurrecl in :
To ilw M.', W:. tlw Grond, rf of Mdnnasota :
di #?'J:1H!:""JYtH111li;
of fnd them substaltiellycorre
Oriental E, U... D..., at Cannon Falls,
Bro. J. C. 'Whipple, E. A. Rice, and C. R. Smith, were, on motion,
appointecl a committee on Pay Roll.
The report of the Committee on Appeals ancl Grievances was
again taken up, and the question being upon the adoption of the
first preamble,

374 Proued,ings of the [1860.
Bro. l[. ]M. Getchell movecl to lay the preamble on the table'
tl'he motion was lost.
to stril

1860.1 Orand, Lodge of Xf,tnnesola. 81t
mit of their examining said report, anil they therefore recommendecl
the sa,me be laid upon the table, and on motion, il, was so orilerecl.
Bro. W. T. Rigby, from the Committee on tho Circular of the
Grand t-t of rlfaine, made the following report, which wos concurrecl
tn:
To tlu M:. W:. Grand, r-r of Mt)nnesota, nlu in sessi,on :

3f6 Pnouedingi of the [1860 .

l86o.l Grand, Lodge of Minnesota. 377
All of which is respectfully submitted.
W'. T' Rronv, )
f, .H"6ilu#.tan, c om mit tce.
I
Brother W. W. Phelps, W.'. M.'. ofReil W-ing El No. 8, statecl
that their charter hatl, by acciclent, become defaced and entirely il.
Jegible, ancl he movecl that the Grancl Secretary be instructeil to issue
a iluplicate charter to Red W-ing E, No. 8, without fee.
R.'. \Y.'. Bro. Geo. W. Prescott presenteal his crealentials, anil
was duly received anil accreditecl as Representative of the Grancl
t= of South Carolina, resicling near this Grand. rr : anil also as
Representative of the Granil E of Kansas residing near this Grancl
EI.
trV.'. Bro. L. E. Thompson presented his credentials, ancl was du.
ly receivetl ancl accreclitecl as Representative of the Grand r-r of
Connecticut, residing near this Grancl rr.
Bro. l[r. trV. Phelps offerccl the following resolution, which was
unanimously adopted:
On mobion of Brother Ir. Branson, the Grand tf
Orclerecl, That the Granil Treasurer pay to the Granil Secretary
two hundlrecl dollars in full, for hig gervices, stationery ancl postage
during the pasr year.
Orclerecl, That the Grancl Treasurer pay the Grand Tyler twenty
dollars for his services, ancl for wood and lights furnishod during the
present session.
Brother D. B. Loornis, fromthe Committee on the Secretary and
Treasurer's tooks, reportecl as follows :
*'{x?#3"1; il8,"l;
Treasurer, on :
48

378 Procee&ings of the [r860.
NEPORT OF GRAND BECAETARY.
Gn. W. Pt'escltt dn account with Qtand, E, 1859.
To Dues recoivecl from Suborctinate @ at October Communication, 1850.
:: :1 : : : : : : : : : :i'.'. ..'. . :':'ji. ji::: :. lg flfl
_ $484 23
Receivecl for charters grauted at last session I
Blue Earth Yalley, No, 27,, .. . . .S25 00
'W'esterr
Star, No. 26,. . ... .... . 25 00
50 00
Receivecl for Dispensations :
Belle Plaine A, U.'. D.'.,... ........ 20 00
20 00
Received from tfl charterecl this session:
er',...... .....$26 00
. : : : . : : : : . : : : : ' : : : : : i : : . : : : : . ' ;? ll _ $100 00
To Receiyed since last Communication: 1800, Dr.
Balance due fi'om Ancient Lanclmark n, No, 5, lbr last
year's dues,. .........$66 50
Bilance due from Pleasnnt Grove r--'1, No. 22'. 2 00
Balance clue ftonr Catoract r--'1, No. 2, .... , ;. '...
60 00
Receiverl {rom Nor'[h Stat T--'1, No. 23, to apply on laet
years's dues,. ... 15 00
$123 50
Dues rcceivetl from Suborclinatc fl at present Communication:

86o.l Grattd, Lodge of Minmesota.
Caleclonia, No. 20,. .. .., 22 00
Wilton, No. 24,. . ... 20 50
Clear lVater, No. 28,,
MorningStar,No,29,,,.... ...,..;. ...,. 1550
Anoka, No. 3Q,... .. . . 38 00
Sakatah, U.'. D,'.,....,.. -,
Mt. Moriah, U.'. D.',,. 4 00
Star in the East, U.'. D.'..... ... 16 00
Belle Plrrine, U.'. D.:.,. , . . ,..,.. 26 00
Oriental, U.'. D.'.,, .... 48 00
$tf3 gB
Mantorville, No. 12, balance on last year,,
Received for charters present eegsion :
King Hiram F-'t, No. 31, (Bello Plaine, If.'. p.'.,). .. . . . . . .$25 00
Sakatah r-'1, No. 32,.... .. . . .. . . . 25 00
OrientalF-'1,No.33,..... ..,....2500
StarintheTlastr-1,No.34,.... .,....25 00
Mt, Moliah t--'t, No, 36,, . ......
379
Received for Registry Books,.....
$t'l
. . ..:.. . l. . .'. .'. .
33
Receiverl of Glrancl Moster:
-
For Clear 'Water Chorter,. . . .. . , $26 00
For Sdkatah Diepensation, ..., " . 20 00
45 00
contro, ct'.
s1'513 ?3
1859, By paid Grand TreBsurer,.... ...$634 23
1860, BypaiclGlranctTreasuror,..........r... ... 855 50
By paicl for Book Caee,.. 24 00
_$1,513 73
Granl, Traa,surer dn a,aaownt with Granitr E,
1859, Balance on hancl as per lest report,.,......$862 21
Il,eceived present eession from Glrand Sccretary,. ... 634 23
_ 1,406
1860, Receiveil from Grancl Secretary,. ,.. tUU UO ,rU
contra, or.
RxlPORT
Balance on h&nal,.
-Which report was concurreal in.
M
50
$2'351 94
8620 42

380 Proceed,ings of the [1860.
'Ihe Committee on Pay Roll made the following report, which
wa6 ooncurrecl in, anil orclerecl paitl :
To tlui M:. 'W.'. Grwnn, 11 'twu dn susdon:
ned tbc dul,5'to prepare a Pay Roll
has attend"eat to thit cluty, and beg
PAY ROI,I OF MEIIIBERS.
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Cses. R. Surtu. )
Tho Grand Master, on behalf of R." 'W.'. Bro' John Ponman,
presented to the Grantl r--'1 a copy of the Iloly Scriptures, the title
page of which is as follows :
THE BIBI,E.
IOSIIVA. I,8.
Let not thie Booke of the Lawe depart out of thy-nlouth, but-meclitate
thereiu dav and nieht that thou maycet obserue and doe according to all
that is wriiten therein ; for then Bbslt thou make thy way prosperoul'
ker, Printer to the Queenes most
tatis,
The following is pasbed upon the flyJeaf of the book:
" To l,he Most'W'orshipful Grand E oJthg State of Minnegota, of Free
ana eccepteO Mosons, is'this Yenerable Book, " Ike Bfuhn/s Bdblar" pte'
38
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1860.1
St. Paul, Feb' 14th, A' D' 1800'
Gmnd, Lod'ge of Minnesota.
rare antl ancient a work'
ortlerecl,ThattheGranclsecretarytransmittoBrotherPenman
a certifiecl copy of these Proceeilings'
On motion,
orderecl, That subordinate 1p make up their Annual Returns
to Granil E, to the first of September, ancl forwarcl ths same
by mail ro the Granil secretary, as .early as the tenth of saiti month
each year.
ThL report of the Committee on n'oreign Corresponclenco was received
and orclereil to be printed with the Froceeilings'
On motion of Bro. J. C- WhiPPle'
orclerecl, That the Grancl Master ancl Grancl secretary be author'
ized. to have printed such number of copies of our Granil El con.
stitution as they shall deem necessary.
Brother W. W. Phelps offerecl the following resolution, which
was unanimouslv atloPtecl :
Raaolnail, Tbal
ecl to cbmmunicote tle
susPendeo bY the etlict
""ti;;AfiGi
of tne M.'. W,'. t &no Iecelve eny com'
munication theY
And Brother X'. J. DelYitt' \Y.'. M." of Pacific cf No' l0' I('
T. Frientl, Acting W.'. M.'. of Si, Paul E, No' 3, antl Geo' L'
Otis, S.'. W.'.1t Ancient Iranilmark E No' 5, were appointetl
such committee.
M.'. W.'.RrotherA.E. Ames, P.'. G"' M"', then installetl M"'
W.'. Brother A. T. C. Pierson, ag Granil Master of this Grantl E
for the ensuing Masonic Yoar.
The M.'. W.'. G.und Magter then installetl the following Grantl
Officers elect:
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382 Ayryend,b, Ir860.
w.'. Chaplain. .
w.'.
W..' rer.
w...
W.'. W. T. Rrent, Clearwater, Senior Glrancl Deacon.
W.'. S. S. Bunr,usol, W'abashaw, Junior Clrand Deacon.
W.'. C. F. Cr,enr, Anoka, Clrand Pursuivant.
'W'... Auousrus MsnRrrr, Monticello, Senior Grand Steward.
W... J. C. Dlr, La Crescent, Junior Glrand Steward,
-W,'. A: Rroulnusox, 8t, Paul, Clrand Tyler,
There being no further businees to transact, the Ninth Glrancl An.
nual Communication of the Most-Worehipful Grand r-r of Minuegota,
was cleclareil at an encl, anil was closeil in'ample form.
Gno. W. Pnnscorr, Grand, Secretary.
A. T. C. PIERSON. Grand, Master.
APPEND IX.
RDPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
ALABAMA.
Thirty.ninth Annual Communication. Grancl Master Ervin al.
lucles to the death of two Past Grantl Masters ancl a Grancl Lecturer
during the year. IIig action in allowing those who hacl oo-mitteil
suiciile uncler the influence of delirium tremens, to be buried. with
Masonic honors, is referreal to in our notice of Misgouri. -We fintl
from the adfuess, that '( as far back as the year 1846, the Granrl r-r
of Alabama pursuecl the policy of loaning out its surplus funcls." It
becoming necesssry to call in this funil, much rlifficulty has resultecl.
Some paiil up like Masons, some alosireal compromise ancl delay, some
were eueil, ancl some, callerl Masons, clefencleil the suits successfully,
on the ground that the Grand E by its charter was not empowerecl
. to loan rnon@/r ancl consequently could not recover. This matter
was referrecl to a committeo, who macle a report, but the report was
not printeil, and the subject seemg to have been postponeclfor another
year. In tbo ma,tter referrecl to by us last year, as to whether
a second trial coulil be had upon new evidence, after an acquittal,
and which wag not rlecidod by the Granil rr, we finil in the Proceeclings
beforo us that the majority report sustaining the Master of
the E in allowing I seconal trial, was ailopted by the Grantl E.
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M.-Wood, Past Granil Master. He ie a geuial writer-it is a alelight
to go through the Granil lE, at their annual gatherings with
him, for a guide. Elis report closes asfollows:
Bro. W-oocl, as ((Elistoriographer of Masonry in Alabama," macle
a short report of his progress.
CANADA.
X'ourth Annual Communication. Grancl Master Wilson announces
full recognition and fraternal intercourse established between the
Graacl tf of England and Scotlancl on the one hantl, ancl Canacla
on the other. Ele presented tho Granil E, inbehalf of M.'.'W.'.
Brother Bierce of Ohio, with a setting maul matle from the wootl of
an olive tree, that grew upon tlie Mount of Olives. Upon the question
of exclusion for non.payment of clues, which he brings to the
notice of the Grand r-r for settlement, M.'. \V.'. Brother'Wilson
Eays :
" It is of couree scarcelv neccegsarv for me to say that there is a broad clistinction
to be drawn between the dere exclusion- of a member of a n for
non-psyment of dues, and hi
duct-the conclusion to whi
mete non-D&vmeut of ducs
would depiive a brother of
as inherent in bim as a Mas
Theadclressis quite tengthy, a methoilical practical tlocument, ancl
most aalmirable as the message of a presiding officer, to be laid out
upon the trestleboaral for the clirection of the Craft in pursuing their
labors.
The report on n'oreign Correspontlence was reacl by its author,
R.'. W.'. Bro. Rev. Dr. Lundy. It is an excellent report, well
worth the hunclrecl clollars which the Grancl rr votecl to him for it.
Noticing the recommenilation of the Grancl Magter of Alabama to
compile a history of Masonry in that State, Brother Iruncly says:
sachugettg."
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384 Apryrcnd,in. [1860.
land, they " have the right of voting on all cluestions of business anil
of mere routine ; they also havc tl.re right to ballot for a cancliclate I
but when anything comes before tlie brethren relating to the position
or stantling of Master Masons, or Fellorv Clafts, then the rr is
raisecl to the appropriate Degroe.t'
CALIFORNIA.
When Brother McJilton of Marylanil, calletl California " a good
big girl," he was guilty of a " ilowdyism," as inappropriate in fact as
it was ungraceful in metaphor. No Grantl rr Proceeclings presert
more truly eloquent, beautiful aildresses thdn those of her Grancl
Master, N. Greone Curtis. No report on X'oreign Correspouclence
shows more of sprightly humor combinecl with soundness of judgment
ancl the wisclom of a iliscriminating experience, than come forth
yearly from the brotherly pen of R..' W.'. Grancl Secretary Alex'
G. Abell ; no Grancl E transactions display more of the judgment
of manhoocl, than is exhibitetl by our Goldetr State brethren when
in legislative and judicial session. n'rom the Grand Master's aildress
we make the following selections:

1860,1
Affrcnd,in.
385
The Grand. Master reports the granting of Disponsations for eight
new ffl, saying, 'r I recommenil a careful examination of their riork,
and if it meets your approbation, that charters be granteil them."
The identical language, almost, of the prececling year. Good.
Hasty multiplication of ffl begets hasty work, hasty confusion,
hasty shame to Masonry. He opposes the formation of the Masonic
Congress, ancl the Grancl rr declined to adopt the Articles of Association.
He announces the appointment of your Glrancl Secretary
as Representative of that Grand r-l near the Grancl r--1 of Minne"
sota. No commission has been receiveal, however.
The report on n'oreign Corresponclent" "ov.r, only thirty-eight
pages, Bro. Abell being compelled for a seagon to (. abanclon pen
and ilesk," thur cutting short his review of other Proceeclings. Our
brother in his many trials will have the warm sympathies of thou.
sands to whom his fraternal writings have made him known andl en.
ilearecl. The only compliment we dare yenture uacler the circum.
stances, is this : lVe took the California Proceedings home one
evening for examination. Not having a pencil handy for marginal
dottings, we rashly commenceil (, turning down corners," to mark
passages of interest, for future reference ; and the result is, the paper
being heavy ancl somewhat firm, the book is just about spoiled
for binding. Bro. Abell will oblige us, Grancl Secretarially, bv
sencling a fresh copy for the archives. Of course your committee
cannot quote all the good things which we l( maale a note of,"-for
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shoulcl require an officer to be installed by one who has at some dime
attaineil at ledst equal rank, -We are pleased to fincl our own con'
victions the sarne with Bro' Abell's, I'in the assertion of the plain
justice of the proposition, that when a senteuce of expulsion or sus'
pehsioir is reverseal ancl annulletlby a Grand rr, it places, orshoulcl
place the party thus cleclareil innocent, exactly where he was before
the injustice was committed-in membership in his E'"
In his notice of North Carolina, Bro. Abell says :
Our brother's position upon the power of appeal, has causeal some
clissension by other committees, ancl he geems to have been misunclerstooil.
Ile says : (( We never clreamecl of questioning the pro'
priety of the usage that there shoulel be no appeal from the l\{aster
of his r-r, for the reason that there is a higher authority to which
an appeal mav be taken, but we did antl clo still suggest that it is
nothing less tlran an absurclitv, that in a Gland rr, a bocly from
which there is no appeal, tl'te dic'twnt' of an ignorant or presumptuous
Grancl Master, (antl both those qualities have sometimes ap'
peared,) shoulal override the better sense ancl the better juilgment
of the entire assemblage, whose chief he unfortunately chances to
be." And he leaves it to others (f to judge whether a reYerence
for ancient customs founclecl on no better reason than that they ate
ancient, shoulcl outweigh every consicleration of common sense and
practical utility."
Your committeets comments of last yeftrr are thus noticecl :
from the decision of the Grancl Mastel.' "
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Abell, in the heat of his argument upon this topic last yoar,
migled us by somo strong assertions-by r.ather maliing a meal of
his picklos, than uaing them as an appetizer. We are always rejoicecl
at being beaten by a man'e proving himself botter than we
thought him to be.
CONNDCTICUT.
The Grand Master, John C. Blackman, reiterates gome old truths.
which are generallv neglectecl now.a.days. He says:
Ife granted seven Dispensations during the preceding year, four
of them being for the reviyal of tfl once existing in those places.
This fact he mentions with great satisfaction. A question having
been referrecl io him ri'here two brethren of a rr claimecl the elec.
tion to the office of Master, the Grdnil Master clecideil, that the
blanks cast in an election of officerg gtould not be countecl, saying
he was confirmecl in that opinion by Grantl lVfasters and past Grand
Masters of that and pome of the sigter Grand ffl. The Deputy
Granil Master reported a case where a r-r had electecl for the office
of l{aster, one who hacl never been electecl as -Warclen. The Se.
nior -Warden, who was acting as Master, thereupon refused to allow
the election to proceed, ancl closed the r-l. The' Deputy Graud
Master clecided the brother to be their lvlaster elect, ancr installeil
him in his ofrie, and at a subsequent meeting he orclered the
brethren to proceecl with their election, which they did, he presiding
and installing the officers.
Resolutions were passed relative to the death of lfon. Chas. A.
Ingersoll, formerly a member of the Grancl rr ; also declining to
participate in a North American Congress. The president oflhe
Connecticut Masonic Ilistorical Socioty macle a report, in which
among other matters, he gives a list of all the Grancl Masters of
that jurisiliction, with time of election, length of service, ancl resi_
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388 Appendin. Ir860.
number is twenby.six. One Grantl Master, Stephen Titus Hosmer,
served for eighteen years.
The Grand I:ecturer presentecl the report on Foreign Correspondence.
It is an excellent selection of sayings ancl cloings of other
jurisdictions. Bro. Storer says:
-
DISTRICT OF'COLUMBIA.
A committee of Masters of Ifl, to whom the matter of suspension
for non-payrnent of clues hatl been referred, matle cpite a
lengthy report at this Communication. The conclusions of tbe com'
mittee, basecl upon the fact that " until a comparativelv late period,
no such boclies as distinct chartered Subortlinabe lf, rvere known,"
are statetl as follolvs:
The report coming up for tliscussion, an amendment to the Con'
stitution was offeretl, and the matter consequently lies over. We
make the following cluotation from the Proceeclings bearilg upon
the same subject :
The Committee on X'oreign Correspontlence, Schwarzman chair'
man, present a valuable 'r abstract from the Proceeilings of sis'
ter Grancl f4." There is no acldress of the Granil Master in the
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IOWA.
The Seventeenbh Aunual Communication of this Grantl - was
helcl at Burlington, which gives occasion lbr the following reminiscences
of the Grand Master :
its call."
A commictee called the " Custoclians of the 'Work," made a report,
which closos with the follorving worcls :
This 'r unailulteratecl anciont work" lvas obtaineil after consulta'
tion anil comparison with Brethren Rob. Nlorris anal Porter, of the
Granil t-r of Kentucky ; 'Willson of the Grancl r-r of Vermont,
who is styleil " the true link from Tlebb anil Barney tlown," ancl
P.'. G.'. M.'. Ilumphreys of Iowa, who is stylecl " another (true linl<
from -Webb ancl Barney down.t "
The Granil E by a voto of 200 to 76, decitletl that the XXXIX
Articles of General Regulations of 1727, never having been aclopt'
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390 Apend,ia.
[1860.
ference-s, g now €xpress towarcl both our worthy and dis.
tlnguished cere, oui €ntire confdence in them ai me;,-as
Christia,ng
The report on n'oreign Corresponclence was made by C. Stewart
Ells, chairman. I{e closely followedhis programme, and r,stuiliously
abstained from discussing the many questions of f right anil wrong'
in Masonry 1" so thab we fincl nothing to quote.
IIJITINOIS.
. Nineteenth Annual Communication. Twenty.six Dispensations
for new lfl granted iluring tho year, ancl the Granil l{aster remarks
thereon : '1 It will be seen that the incr.ease of tE this year is but
aboub half as many as the year previous, anil to me this is an alarm.
ing increase." lfe says his official position has given him a cleep
insight into the true conclition of the Order I that outwardly it presents
a flattering picture, but on close inspection, manT painful
truths aro to be fountl. Dissensions, strife ancl bitterness alreq,dy
rear their heads in our ffl, extreme anxiety to hokl official station
iu our Jfl, ancl the spirit of progress, as it is callecl, is continually
devising new and better plans for the working of our ancient and
honorable Institution, and an extreme anxiety to have a large mem.
bership regardless of the material." Ile says that, (( It is a truth
patent to every one, that intemperarrce to a great extent is in our
midst. * ;t< * Nearly all the difficulties in the tfl, either di
rectly or inclirectly, proceeal fiom this vice, ancl it is a crime that is
very lightly dealt with generally." The following historical
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" Eave you atany time appli€d to any rt of Froe antl Acceptetl Mesons
for initiation ?" '
" Has your petitiotr for initiation been rejectecl by any g of Free and
Accepteri Masbns ?"
The Grand -'l adopteil a very beautiful installation ceremony.
The report on X'oreign Corresponclence was presented by the
chairman, Bro. Laveley. It is not a review of other Proceeclings,
but a notice ancl cliscussion of various quostions. Upon the question
of appealing from the decision of the Grand Master, the com.
mittee, after quite a history of the action irf the Granil = of Illi
nois at varjous times upon this subject, say :
" Your committee have now shown that this Glrand r-t basnever really
endorsed oi" sanctioled in direct terms the right of appeal from the decision
of the Glrand Master, and aro free to conl'ess that ihe authorities and
usage are against guch a doctrine."
INDIANA.
Grancl Master Downey notices the death of Bro. Abel C. Pepper,
who was one of the delilgates to the Convention which organizecl
the Granil t-r of fndiar'a, antl subsequentlyserveclas Granal Master,
Also, the death of a P.'. G.'. Chaplain, Rcv. Calvin -W. Ruter, anil
a P.'. G.'. Lecturer, Elomer T. Hinman. Thirteen Dispensations
for.new lfl were granted. Resolutions were passeil by the Grantl
E as follows: 'r'Ihat all persons, members of rf. whose charterb
have been surrenalereal or arrested, ancl who were inclebtetl to
saicl rr for ilues, upon application to become a member in any other
rr in the jurisdiction of this Grantl rr, shall first pay over to the
Grand Secretary the amouni of lris inilebtetlness to the former t-t.
That no Master Mason, menrber of a Subortlinate E in this Granil
jurisdiotion, shall be eligible to the office of Junior -Warclen, or
Senior -W-arden, or -Worshipful Master, unless he iq cornpetent to
confer the three first Degrees in Masonry, together with the lectures
appertnining to the same." Repealing a former resolution,
antl leaving the several Suborclinate @ t' free to take such action
in regarcl to Masonic burial ancl conferring acts of charity upon nonaffiliating
Masons, as they in their juilgment may determine :" also,
to ailmit the sd,me to processions or not, at their pleasure. Diviil;
ing the State into eleven Masonic Districts, corresponcling with the
Congressional Districts, ancl for the appointment of District Deputy
Masters, to exemplify the Worlr, tleliver lectuies, instruct tho lfl
in Masonic law antl usage, in the mocle of keeping the recortls, &c.
Declining to be a party to the North American Masonic Congress.
The report on Iloreign Corresponclence was matle by Bro. John
B. X'ravel. Ife replies to Texas upon the liquor question, as fol'
lows :

tBg2 Atpend,ia, Ir860.
traflc, not one. 'We speak that wc do know.' This is the result of the
action of our Grsnal F-'t."
To the Minnesota committee, Bro. n'ravel says :
KANSAS.
Granil Master Rees in his address, announces the 'r continued
prosperity of our loyecl X'raternity." He grantecl eleven Dispensations
for new IE during the year, one being in the confines of the
Rocky Mountains, r'locateil," as he says, 3'within the newly cliscovereil
golil regions of the west, and literally amiil the highest hills
anil lowest vales, where the sun, reflectinpl from perpetual snow,
warms the rich vale into constant verdure." fn speaking of Masonic
literature, which he does not unalervalue, Bro. Rees alludes to
'( the prevalence of a morbicl propensity for becoming etlitors, which
now prevailsr" ancl of " the fearful increase of Masonic publications,"
becoming rr hungry for matter." Good hits, both of them.
The following report of the Coirmittee on Charity, which was
adopteil by the Granil rr, tells itg own story with a beautiful simplicity
tlat coultl not be improved on:
ancl arepf the opinion that in so tloing we shall onlyhave dischargecl our
duty as Magons."
Oirr Kansas brethren hatl a very interesting variation from drv
business rlirring their session, the farticulars whereof are briefly as
follows: At a previous session fifty tlollars were appropriatetl " for
the purchase of a golilen jewel to be pr.esented to the Grancl Master."
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other members of the committee, took it upon himself to deciile as
follows : '3 Khowing that a P.'. G.'. M.'.'s jewel coukl be worn
ancl useal by our respectetl brother, at the farthest, only once &
year, namely : during the session of this Boily; I thought f woulil
act in the sense of the Grancl E, bX ordering a c&ne, whic! can be
carried by our worthy ancl esteemed brother, and which can in almost
every instance bring an object before his eyes, reminclinghimof the
gratitude of, ancl acknowleclgment of his faithful services by this
Granil n.tt This liberal construction of poweis seems to have
been gatisfactory, and Bro. Munclee was appointed to mako the pres.
entation. ' IIe did this with a short speech, almost veiging upon
flattery, saying : 'r fn my estimation, never a mortal, whether
Mason, stirtesman, aoklier or citizen, was more cleserving in receiving
a present from his fellow-men, than you are." rr May the
cane," continues our brother, " always reminil you of yciur straight
anil upright path in the discharge of your cluties as a Mason anal
Grancl Master." Bro. Rees most eloquently responcls, among other
things, that " If life hail been to mo one bright elysium sparkling
with delight at every step f trocl, from youth to witherecl age, this
woukl be the greenest spot in all its rich luxuriance, ancl memory
woultl cling to ii with ilelight, through all the mazes of enrapturecl
joy /t and further announcing that ( shoulal misfortune frown upon
my later yelots, supported, onthis cane, I'll come to you with confi.
ilence for that concloling sympathy which burns lively within your
bosoms now.t' 'We like to give these pleasing episodes.
The report on Foreign Correspondence is by the Grancl Secretary,
Bro. Munclee, brief ancl well written.
n'rom the atlilress of the Grand Orator, we make the following ex.
tract, illustrating the power of Masonry in times of anarchy ancl
passion :
Seyeral anecclotes.are related, illustrative of the strength of the
mystic tie.
The Grantl rr ratifeil the Proceeclings of the Convention at
Chicago.
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394 Agtendir, lleeo.
" By our Supreme Master's blessing I am able to announce to you
LOUISIANA.
.-t'orty-eighth Annual Communication. Granil Master Todd says :
that Masonry in Louisiana is in a highly prosperoutr conclition. * *
The past year has been one of unusual prosperity to the people of
this State I we have hail in this city entire exemption from the
dreail epidemic which in many former years scatteretl clisesse anal
cleath amongst us. But few of our n'raternity have beon taken from
us, anil yet amongst thoso few are some who stoocl highest ancl most
honorecl in our ranks. Two P.'. G.'. M,','s have been eummoned to
the Grantl E above. Robert Preaux, whq presideil over this
Grand EI in 1845, anclwho held the responsible position of Deputy
Grancl Master in 1844 anrl 1849, a c\lizen. universally lovetl ancl respecteil,
died in this city on the 5th of May last. In September
following, our much lovetl ancl veneratecl brother, Amos Aclams, war
also removecl by cleath."
The reception of R.'. -W,'. Bro. E. A. Ilotlsdon by our own
Grand El as the Representative of the Grand EI of IJouisiana, is
noticecl by the Grand Master, who says : '( The response of Bro.
Ilodsdon is so replete with brotherly sentiments that I ertract the
concluding portion, which exhibits the true light in which Masons,
throughout the whole extent of our common country, shoulcl regard
each other.tt
The following clecisions were macle by the M.'. W.'. Grantl Mag'
ter : " That a member who prefers charges against a brother Mason,
cannot ooterpon the trial of the accuseil. That no one can be ail.
mitted to a participation of our mysteries, even after unclergoing
the orcleal of a ballot, so long as a brother objects to him as unworthy.
If, however, the candidate has received his first Degree, ancl has
been electecl to receive his seconcl, he cannot be stopped ercept by
having charges preferrerl against him. That it is contrary to the
voluntary character of our fnstitution to compel a brother to accept
an office which he felt unwilling to fill, or unable to perform the
cluties of." Ile reports that the number of clantlestine IE in the
city appears to have increasetl, judging from their atlvertisements,
and mentions having ttreceivecl several communications from per.
sons who have been ileceivecl into joining one or another of theee
pretenclecl lfl." The evil will not be very serious, probably, for
one of these victims says, '( everywhere I presentetl myselt in Mar'
seilles, Irondon, Gibraltar, New York, &c., I was shamefully reject.
erl as a clandestine Mason."
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86o.l Appenili.n. 396
was acloptetl, that 'r They can fincl no objection to the trial of a
brother actually suspenclecl for another offenoe than the one for
which the auspension was tlecreed' A suspenilecl brother is in a'
position similar to that of a person under sentence of imprisonment
untler the criminal law, whiclr by no means exempts him from trial
for a capital crime. or from execution, if fountl guilty."
The Committee on Appeals and Grievances maclo the following
Brother-now M". W.'. Grand Naster-J. Q. A' n'ellows, matle
the report on n'oreign Corresponclence. Ife tloes not review
anil noiice the proceedings of other Gran4 Bodies, but clevotes himeelf
almost exolurively to cliscussing the powers anil prerogatives of
Granil rfil. Ile says, " Our report is in the nature of, a letter, acltlressod
through the'Grancl = by its Correeponiling Committee, to
all with whom it is in corresponclence." As the reports of your
committee are not in the nature of any such thing, we cannot ao'
complish our puriroso by fotlowing Bro. Fellowg' style-with which,
of course, we fincl no fault at all.
MAIND.
Grand Master Chase, in oponing this Granil E, makes the grati'
fying announcement, that " During the year which has just passetl,
*" h"o" been favorecl with more than orclinary success ; large ac'
cessions have been mailo to our numbers, renewecl efrorts have been
put forth, ancl new t€ have been quickeneil into life where but
-orr"
o.". since the gounit of the gavel wae unhoarcl. * * :tr At
no periocl in the history of Freemaeonry in this State have we oc'
copieil so high a position." x'eeling allusion is macle to the tleath
of P.'. G.'. M.'. Robert P.Dunlap, and one of the Grand Chaplains,
Rev. Cyrus Cummings. Bro. Dunlap was a prominent citizen of
Maine. " More than 'twenty years. of his life were spent in the
R... W...
nt at Chi
afterwarcls
pensations

396 Appendi.r. Ir860.
for new fE were granteil during the year. Attention is ca]lod to
the importance of writing the history of Ii'reemasonry in Maine.
fl Alreacly has it existecl in wt'at is now our jqrisdiction for mord
than one century. Forty years have elapsed since the organization
of this Grancl rr. During this period, twenty rlifferent brethren
have been calleil to presicle over its labors, twelve of whom only are,
now living."
Further correspondence has been going on with the Grand rr oF
England. relative to the border troubles referrecl to last year, Those
difficulties are not settled, ancl much ill-feeling is resulting from the.
apparent determination of our New Brunswick brethren to get tho
material for their temple across the line. The inference is allorvable
that they like Yankee stuff the best.
The Committee on Dispensations and Charters report, that petitioners
for a new f:ll are, by the granting of the charter, dimittetl
from the tfl of ivhich they were previously members. Tbe Grand
E=l seems to have acquiesced in this view. The Grand T--t, by resolution,
aclopted as a text-book for that jurisdiction, '( the edition of
'W-ebb's lVlonitor, published in 1816, or a transcript of it." The fol-
lowing history is given :
The Committee onn'oreign Corresponclence give their brethren an
excellent summary of other Grand rr Proceedings. Of lfinnesota
the committee say:
.. Tho Proceedings from Minnesota bave been unusally intcrcetinq lor a
few vearg pest. and hiehly creditablo to the Masonic tilent in thalt nerv
Ststd of th-e North-weslt. -The work of forming a Masonic Congress at
Chicago, was greatly facilitsteal by the previous-laborg of GrandUaeter
Piereon."
I[ISSOURI.
n'ourteenth Annual Communication. The aclilress of Grancl Mas.
ter Boyil was reacl, he not being present. ft mostly relates to some
difficulties resulting from the action 'of the Grantl F-'t upon the Masonic
College at Lexington.
The opinion of the Grancl Master elect, M.'. 'W..'. Marcus H.
McFarland, being requestetl, he decideil that'rE U.'. D.'. may acl-

86o.l Appendin. 397
mit to membership in the usual manner worthy Master Masons."
This power is deniod in our own jurisdiction. A very interesting
and very Masonic part of the Missouri Grantl r-r Proceedings is tho
contribution to charity.
The following clonations are recorded : Four hundreddollars to tho
Masonic Boarcl of Relief at St. Louis ; two hundrecl dollars to a similar
Boaril at St. Joseph's ; fifty dollars to a Mrs. Pinkney I ono
hundrecl and fifty dollars to ,{ Brother Jacoby 1" ono hundrecl ancl
twenty-five dollars to the l{annibal 5fl Charity fund ; fifty dollars
for the benefib of an orphan charge; a liberal compensation tq tho
Grand Tyler. The Grand Secretary's salary was increasetl to a
thousand dollars.
The report on F oreign Correspondence lvas maile by the Granrl
Secretary, Brother O'Sullivan, and is, like his prececling ones, able,
interesting ancl tmly l\{asonic. Brother O'Sullivan neglects no op.
portunity to bring into notice the moral demands which Masonry
makes upon its votaries. 'Dissenting from the action of the Granil
l\{aster of Alabama, he says :
The Grand Master of Alabama, ,( from a desire ! not to obstruct
in the ceremony the gushing of the Masonic heart with sympathy,
or to refuse to extend. the broacl mantle o[ charity ovel tho foibles
of a fallen brother, ditl not deem it necessary to interclict bv hig au.
thority the performance of this ceremony, but left it to the wiclow
antl cliscretion of Subordinate |fl.' " There is a kinil of ,. sympathy"
which is really a callougness, or want of sensibility toward
crime, rather than a tender pity for the unhappy criminal Brother
O'Sullivan savs of the North American Maeonic Congress, ..And this
is to be the great blessing which will ilispel the fogs ancl mists which
now envelope Grand |fl, but which will fade as the dew before tho
morning sun, when that body, which will , counsel ancl aclvise on
questions of Maeouic Jurispruilence,' is thoroughly organized and
preeentecl in all its granclour to the astonished gaze of the Masonio
I-raternity of the United. States." As that is all he has to say upon
the subjeot, wo put him clown as in favor of the new body-uerg
muclv so.
MISSISSPPI.
Torty-scconcl Annual Communication. Grancl Master W. P. tr{etlen
says: (( Probably at no time in our history, when numberg aro
considered, has there been more harmony in the Craft, greater pros-

398 Append,in. [1860.
perity, more enlightened zeal in the prosecution of our work, or as
i.oto""a a knowleclge of the duties anil mission of Freemasonry'"
Ife narrates the following:
traneaction."
TheGrandMastercornplainsthatrfi.|arenotalwayswelltiled;
'( that too much goes out of the lfl'" Ile thinks some of our
ablest writers ancl most ilistinguished Masong " tlo not appear to trn'
derstanrl the necessity, or the art of writing untler a veil," that they
, j unilerrate the inteliigence both of the public anclof the n''raternity."
He calls the Masonic Congress, 'r a creation, but with neither boily
nor soul." In concluding hie addrese he remarks:
,r It hae
er antl cleco'
rum, no as
int-rtiyea
known an
Bncg.tt
for the Past
have never
anY disturb'
The Grantl E intlefinitely postponecl further consiileration of the
r\orth American Maeonic Congress, on the grounti that there was no
be our brethren, The history ancl tenclency of power is that of as.
Correspoucleuoe is by the Grantl Secretary'

1860.1 Appendin. 399
NORTE CAROI,INA.
The Granrl Master, M.'. W.'. Alfred Martin, clovotes the first
three pages of his address to a beautiful oration upon Masonry, its
antiquity, its memorials-the only visible remains of such nations as
Ancient Persia, Egypt, Greece, fclumea-its mission, its preserva.
tion. Coming from those glorious dreams of past trophies sudilenly
clown to the Masonry of to-ilay, he speaks of Granil l:ectures, of
Grievances anil Appeals, anil the many other moclern employments
of ttAncient" Masons. The contrast most forciblyremincls us of the
excessive pettiness of our present sphere as members of such an Orcler.
Are we accomplishing our miegion ? buililing edifices which
shall gtand " the tooth of time ancl vague of oblivion ?" Are our
moral temples ('all glorious within," and are the ('little rleeds of
kindness, Iittle words of love," going out from us daily, and forming
memorials of our Order, that will stancl unmovecl when wootl ancl
marble shall have ali]

400 Aypend,ia. [1860.
Bro. n'anning is very onergetic iuhis opposition to R.'. -W.'. Bro.
Meckey's aesertion that the Grand E may resl,ore an erpelleil Ma'
son to hig membership as well as to the rights and privileges of Masonry.
tt We clo not hesitate to express the conviction," says he,
t'that shoultl our Grancl rf even ailopt such a regulation, ancl attempt
to put it in practice, every Suborclinate t-l in the country
woultl instantly, by.acclamation, avow its cliscontent at so unsuffer'
able a usurption." 'Why, then, we ask, allow the Granil l-r to re'
store an expelled Mason to the rights and privileges of Masonry ?
Why allow an appeal ?
OREGON.
Ninth Annual Communication. Grancl Master Stark being ab'
sent, the annual aclilress was clelivereil by the Deputv Grancl Master
(now Grand. Master,) Amory flolbrook, wiro, we learn from the re'
port of a committee, was acting Granil lrecturer, acting Grancl Mas'
ter, ancl chairman of the Committoe on Foreign Corresponclence clu'
ring tho prececling year. There is nothing of general interest in
the Proceedings or ailclress. The report on n'oreign corresponclenceis
lengthy but there is nothing in it to strike out. Noticing an objection
to the action of the Granil l-l upon the liquor question, by Brother
Able, of California, who asks, t' wby punish the retailers especially,
anrl give immunity to the larger clealers ?'l Brother llolbrook re'
plies :
Bro. Ilolbrook hits your committee as follows :
-We
acknowleclge ourselves both convicteil anil convincetl' The
truth is, ffr.ds useal to be 'r the North'west,tt-t11 down'east calleil it
sor.antl we got into the habit of believing it, before Oregon ancl

t860.1 ,
Alapendta. 40i
'Washington were fully'iliscoverecl. And then, again, the compli
ment seemeal as naturally to berong to us, that we were thorouehlv
a
o
o
oo
pulh-"pl our Nebrasl(a, brother will say something gooil about us by.
and by.
REODD ISI,AND.
1859. Glrancl Master Hutchison in crosing his aclclress, crecrines
being a candidate for any office, anil says:
61

402 Append,ia. lle6o.
1860. Grancl Master Smith, in a short practical acldress, t,rakes
Our Rhode fslantl brethren hatl their customary processibn through
the principal streets, escortecl by the Knights Templar of Provi'
dence, an oration at the North Baptist Church, and the Annual
Grancl X'east at the Fillmore llouse. A resolution was acloptecl at
the Quarterly Coinmunication in November, appropriating'two hun'
dred dolfars " for the purpose of aiding in the etection of a suitable
monument to the memory of late Past Grancl Master, Thomas Smith
Webb."
R... W.'. Ero. Thos. A. Doyle, Grancl Secretary, hacle the te'
port on Foreign Correspontlence. Of one of their lfl he says:
Upon thq subject of non'affiliation, Bro. Doyle in closing his re'
port, says:
lvb the Ddgrees-he came
ig not com-oelleil to attend
E tloes noi aford attracbe
preserit at its meetings
ge-so manY that the aetivo
a Mason b-y the records in

86o.l Apltend,in. 403
Three pages of the Proceedings are in memorium; one for P.',
' G.'. M.'. Moses Ric-harclson, who died at the age of 84, one for G.'.
S.'. Wm. C. Baker, whose age was 62, ancl one for Isaac Aldrich,
P.'. l[.'., r'hose age was 77.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The acldress of Grancl n{a,ster Buist is quite lengthy. IIe reports
having granteil ten dispensations for new ffl, one being in Cuba.
tr Two f, had been previouslv establisheil on that islancl," says he,
'r ancl are norv in existence ; it was the object of the petitioners, at
whose instance the clispensation was granteal, to obtain a charter for
the purpose of uniting in the establishment of a Grancl to be
-,
known as bhe Granct Orient of Cuba." Ile also reports having summonecl
an occasional -, an4 macle a nfason at sight of Col. Char]es
Augustus May, a well known and distinguishecl officer of the Army
of the Uniteil States. Ile again earnestly calls attention to the
necessity of an immeiliate commencement in collecting and presewing
maberial for Masonic history. Allutling to the assertioo ,o-'rtimes
macle that Masonry has acoomplished its purpose, ancl, whollv
unsuited tb the civilization of the present age, must exist only as a
relio of the past, the Grauil Master says :
" I-Ie knows little of Masonry who supposes that it repudiates the re-
iar,
iqv
gn-

404 Appendir.
[1860.
its fair proportions, vould bc tp.in.
Its course is onward, silent and iuthe
fall of empires, or the struAeles
nd immovabld ss tho miahtv i6ck
s of old ocean roll and bea-L without
R... W.'. Bro. Mackey takes the grounil thdt,r no technicalities
of law, no plea of autrefois o,cgwit, no mere verbal erception, should
be allowecl for the escape of a guilty member I for so long as he lives
in the Orcler, every man is subject to its discipline. A hundretl
wrongful acquittals of a bail member, who still bears with him the
reproach of his evil life, can nevbr discharge the Ordor from its par.
amount duty of protecting ite own good famo and romoving the delinquent
member from its foltl. To this great d.uty all private ancl
indivirlual rights anil privileges must succumb, for the well, being of
tlrc Order is the f,rst great law in Masonry."
One moro extract from Brother Mackey :
"An
brel,hlcn, that I con.
didato if he is a worthv and
moral own opinion, aid to
blackb is to comrnit a Ma-
TENNDESEE
Forty-seventh Annual Communication. Granil Master n'rizzell
&nnounces " that continueil prospority has attonilecl our belovetl In.
stitution during the past year, and thet a degree of harmony exists
so far as he is ddvisecl, not surpassecl in the formor history of that
jurisrliotion." IIe mentions that " moro than ordinary interost is
manifested by the Fraternity there in the investigation of the jurispruclenco
of Masonry." A gieat many petitions for dispensations
wero presenteil which he declineil, saying, it woukl be very difficult,
anil perhaps impossible to be too etringent upon tho subjoct of increasing
lEI. It strikes your committee that hacl somo other Grancl
llasters thought and acteil likewise, we shoultl lave been spareil tho
pain of many a lamentation over tho immorality ancl general laxity
creepingin anil rolling over g$. The Grantl Master gives tho
following Bcrap of history;

860.l Append,iu, 405
day of December Dext, (1813.)"
Anil in this connection tho i,ttention of the Grancl rr is calleal to
the great necessity of making prepnralion for a reiiable history of
Nlasonry in Tennessee. In closing, the M.'. W'.'. brother makes
some excellent remarks upon lVlasonrv-genuine lfasonry-Mesonry
that is some do aud not all merely say. '( Masonryr" says he, 'r requires
of its votaries not only that they lcn,ow,brb that they do their
duty." Ah ! if mcn but porformed so far as they hatl knowledge
lVlasons, eyen, as a bod-y, were s'incere in their professions, autl
-if true to lheir obligations, there woulcl bo a new moral world.
A monument to tl$ memory of P.'. G.'. M.'. Wilkins Tannehill,
was detlicatecl cluring the session, the Grantl rr marching in procession
to the cemetery for that pnrpose. The ceremonies on this occasion
were so beautiful antl impressive that we copy them entire,
" The brethren being arrangecl in proper order, Brother Thos. McCulloch,
P.'. G,'. M,'., intrdcluced t-he cer-emo-niee with the following aclchess :
( M.'. W:. Granil Master:
" Charles Scott, P.'. G,'. M.'. of Misaissippi, then spoke as follows :
and. of
the epiog
em
he archeg of the
ed erchitect was
But doath h*s
rave.! I will bo

406 Appendin. [1860.
' "Thd
flesh, in
iushed a
assailed
riah.
." G.:. Master, In the begianing wss the I4rord, the W-ord was with God,
ancl the Woril was God.
ss the earth, antl shall be re-
en the hour of tleath ! keep
is riEht.
raise-tl at the last tlay. Glory

860.1 Apgrcnd,ia. 407
died.
" Whv do wo thon linser here ? Whv enoirclo thie gravc ?
Woiovetl our vcnerablb brother for his virtues ond his wolth."
be what we ouEht to be, Masone in cleeil &rral in truth.
" The Public"Grancl Iionot's were then given, ancl the beneiliction elosed
the ceremonies.t'
At the installation of officers, aftei irtstalling Grantl Secretary
Chas. A. Tuttle, who is also a Pa.:t Grancl Master, P.'. G.'. Mas:
ter -W-. L, Martin presentecl to Bro. n'uller, on behalf of the Grand

408 Aprpend,ia,
I
[1860.
E, a beautiful P.', G.', Master's Jewel. This called out Brother
X'uller, who indulged in reminiscences of early times in Tennessee
Masonry. A case having arisen in regarcl to tho manner iu which
an indefiaitely erpelled Mason should. be tried, the Committee on
Jurispruclence macle a majoritv anil minority report ; the latter was
adoptetl by the Grantl E. ft provides for citing the transgressor
in the usual m&nner, ancl says : ..Anil to enable saiil swpended
Mason to appeat anil defend. himseli the institution of said new trial
shall operate as a suspension or removal of the disabilities under
whioh he labors, so far as to authorize the rr to permit him to ap.
pear before the,E at the trial ancl make his clefence." P... C1...
M.'. Bro. Thos. McOulloch, wds receivecl anil accreclitecl as Representatiio
of the Grand - of Minnesota, near that Grand =. ihe
consideration of a N. A. Magonic Congresswas postponecl.
Bro. X'uller presentecl the report on X'oreign Corresponclence, 96
pages of good selections ancl comments. Theee reports take a high
rank. Ilo styles i' the right to visit," a misnomer, saying that .r it
is aimply a, privilege that may be withdrawn at the will ancl pleasuie
of a particular f=. Ele favors the doctrine of appeal from tho
Grancl Master's ilecision, and calling a Grand E a., moilern institu.
tionl" 1tr as comparecl with Masonry itself,") .(and growing out of
the exigencies peculiar to the age in which they were createrl," he
says, rt there is rnanifest propriety in asserting that the clecisions of
their presitling officera may be appealeil from to the boily over which
they presido when in session." fs a Granal Master a rr moclern insti.
tution ?" Is he mcrely the presiding officer of the Grand r-r ? If
so, these argumentn have weight ; but our impressions are that his
office, his prerogatives and his power go a long way back of Grand
1FTl.
These boclies elect him at the present clay, to be sure, but
they do it as the representatives of a power in full life ancl exercise
before the 'r exigenciest' our bfother speaks of had any such offspring.
Bro.'X'uller also opposes the doctrine that the Glranil Ef
has the power to restore a brorher to membership in a particular F-1,
as well as the rights antl prlvileges of Masonry. -Woukl it not be
proper, also, to oppose the right of Grand tfl to restore Masons,
once expelled, to anything? -We cannot see the consistency in al.
lowing a rehehring and. u reaersal unless it puts the appellant back
into full possession of his rights. A r-l cannoc get rid of a mem.
ber without trying him ancl passing sentence agreeably to the vertlict.
If the Granrl r-r, reviewing the case, sets asiale the verclict,
what should, be the effect of tha0 action ? Our remarks last year in
regaral to a provision in Virginia, apply in thic case.

860.1 Aflpend,iu. 409
TDXAS.
Twenty'fourth Annual communication. Grancr Master Tavlor
The Committee on Grancl Officers' Reports, in approving tile
work of the Grand Master, call especial attention ,r to the facf that
the conflict of passion, still the innate prinbiplc prevails.r' 'w'e rejoice
uncler guch circumstances, tliat Bro, Neill's (, innate principle"
is the goocl one it, manifests itself to be in his writings. ,i oornt u,
52

410 Agpenilin, [r860.
of things are thus 'r macle way withtt by our brother: "'We cant
,tuoa #y of these Congressional rE of
rsal'
North Americanr nor the Grantl Camp
the
Grancl Master of Kansas, to come off in
tl be
i"fJi" the prairies of Texas, or at the heail waters of the Gila
River, half *uy to California-then there woulcl be gome ercite'
rrruot io the meeting ; but as for Masonry, there is not an iota of it
io uoy of these gotlt"rings, neYer was any, anil it is not expectecl
there ever will ie." sro. l.Teil f.nds inlooking over other Proceeclings,
several commentg upon the amount of .business performed by
the Texas Committee oo Appunls ancl Grievances I ancl he tells
Bro. Storer that a large oott"t of the disciplined members " hatl
been maile members in Connecticut anil some other States, ancl hacl
come to Texas.,, ,t AniI we trieil them for their clerelicl,ions,'' he
;;d", " and expelled them I ancl we intenclto treat all others inlike
.rorr". offending in the same wayr come from whence they may'tl
To the District of Columbia Committee he says t " W9 glory in
Texas that we discipline refractory members-many of them macle
elsewhere ancl come here where we turn them out, autl haVe in con'
sequence many appeals." Bro. Neill has the best of the argument
most decidedli. W" woultl be glatl to quote largely from this repo-rt'
but ca,n only give the answer to our inquiry macle last year in rela'
tion to their drancl Secretary. Says Bro' Neill in response' after

l86o.I Append,in.
first place, there is a cleal of ;( harm in being wrong," without refer.
enoe to judgment. And in the second place, if our brother harl
worilecl his sentence a little diflerently, and said that Bro. Prescott
was 'i young but very venturesome," we might have been inclined.
to retort that a man's youth, like his maturity, was sometimes inferreil
from his looks rather than his acis. fn the language of the
Texas Committee on Grancl Officers' Reports, we (. say this in great
deference to the wisclom of R.'.'W.'. Bro. Neill. But lfermes
himself sometimes nocls, and there are spots on the sun."
VERMONT.
Granil Master Tucker, congratulating the brethren on being, under
the mercifully protecting hand of an inclulgent Gocl, permittecl
once more to see each t( lace to face.tt savg :
41r
The Grand. Master reportetl the whole number of tfl in that
jurisiliction, at fifty.three-forty-six charterecl, .uo"n,-d". Dispensation.
Ile narraterl having witnesseil .r the extraorclinary spectacle
of finding an enpel,led, Mason frllir'g the chair of one of the Suboralinate
tfl as its regularly choseir Master !" This man hail been
erpelled in another State, ancl removing to Vermont where he was
originally maale a Mason, he reneweil his membership in his olcl E,
anal was serving for the seconcl year as its Master, when the fact of
his previous expulsion became known, Says Bro. Tucker:
The Grand Master found authority for his action in the Constitution
of his Grand Tr, but says : " ff I had nof founcl it there, I
ehould still have thought it clearly within the prerogaliae of a Grancl
Master to arrest the further official action of an expelled Mason, anil
to forbicl his presence within the walls of a t-r room until the G...
E should have an opportunity of consid.ering anal acting upon the
subject.tt

4t2 Appenclin, [1860.
The Webb, Gleason, anil Preston lectures are Dot'icetl at length'
The Grancl Master says, relerring to his previous history of the
Gleason ancl -Webb work :
The Grand E adopted a report opposed to the North American
Masonic Congress.

l86o.l Ayrpend,ia. 4r3
WISCONSIN.
Graucl Master Tricey announced to his brethren the death of their
Grancl Secretary, ancl paying a generous tribute to his memory, calls
attention to l,he fact, that Brother Ifunt r'left ae a legacy to the
Grand rr an afrectionate wife ancl infant claughter." They were
commended to the care ancl protection of the Grand n. Ele re.
porte

174 Appendir. [1860.
Bro. Scott had said that " circumstances may arise that woulil
demanrl that a member of a committee shoulcl sufrer his name to be
appendecl to a favorable report, and at the same time tlemand that
he reject the applicant at the balloi bor !" A strange aesertion,
and well angwereil above.
Our other quotation is upon the subject of installing by proxy-a
common practice, but a verv unfit one.

860.1 Append,in.
415
thing as a farce-a
l%:,,'lltfri'"#;lt*
nce obandoned."
May, 1860. M.'. W.'. Bro. Kimmel, in his opening atlclress, says :
ur pre in conof.the
meutol
ights i ry that
ament.
Hon. Alclerman Delius, whom the Grancl Master calls ,, r the
heacl anil front ' of our Masonic n'raternity in the ancient . I{anseatic
city of Bremen,t" lvrites a letter of congratulation to his olil friend,
who is eleyateil to the Grantl East of Marylancl, in which he says,
after alludingto the faot that he (spent four years, from lTgG to
1800, in the United States :"
Brother McJilton's report on Correspondence covers 3ll| pages.
-W-e commencecl marking passages to quote, but.violently arrested
our pencil after the dozenth strolre-as the brethren to whom we
write, think fifty pages ar,big thing"" Of G... M... Pierson ihe
report says :

416 Ayrytendin. [1860.
Our brother i at are called th e (''inffibl'e degrees,"
and thinks the
adjective to Masonry is 'tinffiblE
rid,icwlaws," and. ay some good thiugs, as follows :
Upon the worcl (' emergency,tt the following cliscourse is held :
.. In reE&
efe well if it were unknown in
case of emcrgency in M-asonty'
t of the spplicant' never on tne
be regarded &s ln an emergency
Mas;"rtli[e
aeiire
part ofthe

86o.l Append,in. 411
The Delaware Committee of Corresponclence, made a very short
report, saying that it.. lookecl at the pile of reports of Grand Secretaries
of other States, anil in owe of the immenge volumes, it
woulcl not be go bold as to assert that any one or all of the commit.
tee had accomplisJred the Herculean ancl useless .task of teading
them.tt And yet the committee after such mere awe.struck look,
proceecl to juilge of the state of Masonry and tbe conclition of our
Order I Bro. McJilton thus takeg them to task :

418 Aypend,iu. 1r860.
W'e woulcl be glad to quote much more from this report, but can
only give the following commentg upon our Grancl rr action upon
the subject of non-affiliation, assuring our Marylancl brother that in
no T--t in Minnesota was a worthy brother ever ilealt with because
his poverty preventecl him from contributing or payiug clues :

86o.l Aypendia. 4L9
NEW YORI(.
Grancl Master Lewis says, '( It was a happy thought that prompt'
etl our fathers, far away in the by-gone years' to fix the recurrence
of our Annual Communication at this gladsome season. ft was
suggestive of that perennial glow which shoulcl animate all hearts
when we meet-of that ever encluring bloom which crowns and
beautifies every faithful discharge of duty towarcl our brethren
of mankincl." It is a happy trait of humanity which extracts goocl
out of imaginecl fitness, anil fintls consolation in fanciful concurrences.
Yer,v likely, clid our own Grantl Master inilulge in the "
smiles anal
rosest' of oratbry, something might be saicl about the 'peculiar appo'
sitenoss of ou October assembling-how that out of the chilliness
ancl Eloominess, and decay of the outwartl seeming, there was resurrectecl
the glowing new life of perennial friendship-itself ever green
and fresh, and ever bursting through the cerements which or Drrcor'
genial worlcl.is ever wrapping arouncl it.
The following condensecl history of the n'raternity-for our Most
Worshipful Brother objects to the use of the wortl " Orcler'r"-is
very suggestive:
durins thc Dresent
cl ale irost stiliking,
notes es maY illus-
Ysars.
r800.
1810.
1820.
1825.
1830.
1840.
1850.
1860.
No. of @.
91
t12
295
480
R9
79
lrto
432
Estimaterl
Msmbership,
5,000
8,600
15,000
20,000
3,000
5,000
12,000
25,000
Population
of State.
1 to L1? inhabitants.
1 to 111 ('
to91 " '
to80 "
to 637
to 485 '(
5E8,603
961,888
7,3'.t2
1,614,
I,913,131
2,428,927
to 257 (( "
Itrst. 4 I to 100
bership of scarce 3,000,
" At'the commencement of the foulth clecacle, 1840, the Institntion begfln
t
hren awakened frorn
ile b Yea.rs trs from a tet'rible
of tlte ?9 in 1840' 22
4 counties. The in'
were

122 Appm.d,ia. lr86o.
1856, fourteen in 1857, ancl twenty in 1858. In 1856, $31,000 was
raieetl to enclow. the College: $1,000 worth of instruction was do.
natecl cluring that year," ancl in 1858, r'|over $1,500 were charita.
bly bestowed upon worihy young ladies who otherwise coulcl not
have enjoyeil the inestimable privilege of having their minclg stored
with useful knowleclge."
The report of the Board of Visitors showg that this College is
really worth " bragging about." A few of its ercellencies are no'
ticerl, anil we quote the followingupon the law regulating d,ress !'
'W'e are much pleasecl to fincl one institution of learning untler the
patronage of Masons, which is flourishing. But in the present con'
dition of the Fraternity, atleastit seems to us charities can be more
usefully and properly disposeil than inbuilding up new institutions by
the Order. Eilucate, etlucate, but tlo it in schools already establisheil.
MICHIGAN.
The Grand Master malies the most gratifying announcement that
3' To.day Masonry in Michigan occupies the highest position it has
svsl kneva-ryhether we consicler its moral or material granclour'tt
" It has been my lot within the past year," he continues, (( in my
official capacity, to know of what the Craft has been thinking, anil
how the thought has fixecl itself in results. So far as I have been
able to ascertain, the accessions to the Ortler have, in the vast ma'
jority of cases, been of the very best material which our Stateooulil
affor4,. * :* x To.clay the Grand g of I{ichigan caD point with
all the priile of a Roman mother to her affiliates of the year past,
ancl say : ' These are our jewels.ttt
The Grand Master gives his a,nswet to a great variety of questions
proposecl to him during the year. The acltlress extencls over 39
pages, anrl contains many things of interest.