The New York Herald Newspaper, May 28, 1875, Page 3

\ ‘ | THE ORAFT. ! The History of Ancient and | Modern Masonry. i Struggles and Successes of the Fraternity. TRADITION AND FACT. pas cei a tit An Interesting Communication from Grand | Master Elwood E. Thorne. The Programme of the Cele- | bration. To Tae Epitor oF THE HERALD:— In view of the great interest which at the | present moment attaches to the sulject of Masonry I cheerfully respond to your request to prepare ah articie consonant with the occasiea, altdough | should feel more satsied with the task ifat were not performed amid the pressure of the many official duties incident to the approaching meeting of our Grand Lodge and the dedication of the new Masonic Temple, Of the ORIGIN OF MASONRY it has been eloquently said by our emment brother, De Witt Clinton, “itis lost in the abyss ofthe past. No historic records, no traditionary accounts can with certainty point out the precise time, the place, or the par- ticular manner of its commencement.’’ There can be but little question, however, that at a remote period, 80 distant as to jiave eluded the search of the archwologist, the crait Was in vigorous existence, illustrating then as Well as now the cardinal principles of the Order ond leaving its impress upon society and the arts. Many theories upon this subject nave been ad-" vanced by distinguished Masonic scholars, out they have penetrated only a fleid of vague con- jecture. The archives of Jewish history, bowever, furnish many data which enabie us to trace to the age of Solomen that higher knowledge Of the Ma- soulcart which subsequently was recognized as its foundation aud to the preseut time Is repre- sented in the sacred symbolixm of the Order. I cannot do better in this connection than quote from the address of Grand Master General J. B. Kersnaw, of Souta Caro.ioa, a! the iaying of the sorner stone of the Masonic Temple in Cuarlestou in 1871, Referring to early Masonic history, he sayss— bout the year 1440, after the Deluge, or 1012 %.C.,in the fourth year of lis reiga, Solomon, King oF israel, toOk measures to erect 4 TEMPLE AT JERUSALEM, to be devoted to the service of tue God of his fathers, as had been commanded to his imspired and distinguisbed predecessor, David. He in- yoked thereto tue assistance of his triehd and | geighbor, ifiram, Kivg of ‘Tyre, It 1s Weil Known that sue people of aucienc ‘Lyre and Sidon excelieu | ip the knowledge of the arts aua all works oi ele- vated taste abd skill. The term ‘Staonian’ was the sylonym of wuatever Was truly eiczant. Especiaily did they excel m their periect know)- @age Of all that Was solid and great iu ornamental clisecture. For this knowledge they were provabiy incebteu to the Dionysiacs, who, at the Jonitu dispers'ou, eutered ihe provinces 01 Asia Miuor and encire‘ed its cites with temples, shrines and palaces, the ruins of whico still c titute the chief attraction of Eastern trave! Whence the lonians derived this exquisite art we know not. They were the descendauts of Javan, me thi called lon, the son of Japuet, who, after the dispersion of the Noaciiaw, setiled in Greece, it may be that te carriea with nim from abel a higner knowiedge of the Masonic art than did his compauions, or was more carefu! to transmit it, be that as it ay, it iS Certain that the Diomysiacs possessed his superior skill and that the meu Of syre ri- val led them in their attainment, To their sei- | ence and architeccural skill is attributable the Marveiions periection of Solomon's Temple, whica 1s suid to have resembled ratuer the work of tae Supreme Arcoltect ol the Universe than the tandi- work of man, it was the wonder uf the ancient mations, not jor its vast proportions aud massive Btrength, but for its exceeding beauty aud ex- ie juisite periection. ‘fo accomplish a work oi ars 2-4 tuis Was an achievement ane to the wisdom id genius of Solomon as much as to toe skill and emicency of the crait. with the assistance of the accomplished and ulstinguished arcaitect, Hiram Abit, ne reorgauizea tne body of ‘Masonry. Re- taining all 1hat was genuine to the system as he then lound it, he superadded thereto all tne an- clent mysteries Which his excelleut wisdom was able to discover, infusea imio it the advanced ideas Of morals and reilgion then eXistigg among the Jewish people and priesthood ana bleaded att Yogetuer iniy one harmonious and compie! tem, whica still remaius a living monument of virtue, his wisdom and his genius. YHE DESIGN OF 8OLOMON and his associates was not only vo organize effl- tlently the vast vody of workmen employed oa tue Yempie (ia number more than 150,009), but also to bind them together Upon the priucipie of & cu-op- era‘ive and mutual aid society-Sto make toe tudges schools jor instraction ia philosophy, morals and religion, a8 Wellas im science. He instituted de- grees wiereby the meritorious were rewarded as _ they improved ia knowledge ana virtue. To crown tue highest ambition of the crait-men be promised to reward tue faithinl by the communi- cation of some aigher and more sacred truth, toe possession Of wuich Was to conier upou the jorta- | nate recipient the highest possiole claim to the consideration aud respect Oi food men end ees, wheresoever dispersed, hac was that tneffable and mysteriogs truth, to tie attaiamens which the Yemple craitsmen looked forward the ampie rewurd of seven years’ probatioa of faithiul auc assiduous service? To unuerstand this I will ve neceseary to resort to we archives uf | Jewish history. Amoug that ancieat and nigoiy- | favored peuple the oumnidc name of Deity was uever uttered save Ly the High Priest alone, once ayer, When he eptereu within the veil, on the day oi expiation. ‘Tue sacred Tetragrammaton of Pythagoras, the four-ietiered name of Jehovah, Was suosututed by tue term Adonal. The true | home Was iawiilarly spoken of as the uncommant- cabie. Josephus tells us that this name was not | known until rev to Moses in the wiiderness, f@nd that he dared nor utter it in the rivg of the the knowledge of it w: ickedness of Toe bas bee! @® question wether word itself wus lost, or its meaning or the manuer of | its delivery, Certam it is thet the | irue mode Of ts pronuuciation cannoc Low bs proved by any written record, jor Which reason it ls termed by the Jews shem-Hamphoretn, the un- utterabie name. it was @ common belief among that people taat this name was of such sovereiga efficacy as to euable the possessor to cure diseases, work miracies, and joreleli juture events. Some of them supposed the power of Jesus Chriss to Work miracies attributab.e to the know ledge of the omaiiic name. Christians know that His is the omnific nawe, ‘that 1s above every name; tui arti.’ We asa some jorm the knowledge of tnis Dame coustituted from the veginuing. THE ESSENTIAL POINT OP MASONKY. “Tat it was lost to the world by the unpiety of we Noachid@. Tuat this kuowledge liad been ac- red by the Wisdom and piety of Soloweu, and Shas he determined to inirus: its preservation end tranemision to that Masonic body which be organized at Jerusaem. He hoped thereoy to furnish the Crait a point and principle of unity | which Would evabie toe imstitation to survive the Wreck of nations and tne revo.uuous o1 empires; Bue sawe in all uges, under ail systems and In | every ciime, At hong} ned toe whoic worid, beyoud | i Jude tin the darkness of barbarians and idol- rounded this favored land, where alone ie tt Alread, the captivity an: jews had been foreshadowed by divine revelation, As @ faituius wom ec of divine truth it bebooved Solomon to Pi le depository to pre- Ferve anu transi wenerutions to come. Ge knew that toe noble Yemple which we proposed to erect and dedicate to the one true and only God Would, in tue course Of a, ramble away aod perish tn its beauty and strength—that amid the Vicissitudes Oo; Wars, invasions and revolutions even ved — Book of the Law might ior 4 t.me ve He also knew that he could nee | fontide ty most sacred mysteries to the fal bri of nis worthy craftem Nearly frentye centuries have rolled on to join the abyas of = ‘past, aud this fuithfli depository of the truth Still Kcunds, a living Witness of its ital power, stained by no human strength or kingly preroga- ig but hey the a iywnd dignity of her fideliuy rust repose do not assert that we possess the knowl. she uarrow liniits at edge of ae THe LONG-LOS: “if such knowiedge exisied Gaon ts it would be as & sacred and inviolaole rust, eVer to be cons cealed ahd never reveaied ualawiul i our Ura. ditions do not contain tuis knowiedge toy at | least ACCount #Atisinctoriiy jor the mystery io ‘Which it is stil Velie, ana hola out wo the yt vert, however, the theological 0 masonry. That, whether or vot rei ponstitated the essence o: speculative Of the Adamites ana J | by Soiomon, All admit that tae saith of Solomon | befor NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, t MONTANA 182 4am MAY 28, 1875—TRIPLE SHEET. VERMONT eo D 6.000 mM Mm, oof 02 KmaHTs NEW HAMPSHIRE 7B 7,487 Ma, @ fs 021 KmianTs MASSACHUSETTS: MARYLAND 202% 23,217 MM, BSB 410 MMD 86 fe 5.078 7 of 735 KNIGHTS: MINNESOTA DAKOTA WYOMING Tae +t NEBRASKA 38 TL1706 MM. 4°% 262 Knights UTAH 4 B65 My; COLORADO KANSAS '9 Diez Mm, 4 awa WISCONSIN It 170 E&_9,386 MM. f TX Lt oe 786 Knighs MICHIGAN s. 304 SSL AK / i pennsvNh weet ne MT ont go 151134 MM ie 23 oh 1,096 INDIANA Coster io A sha missouR! 130% 5073 MM. 6 fs 262 Sir Knights INDIAN TERRITORY ARIZONA TEXAS 327 Ba16.c10 MM, MEXICO The above map illustrates the broad domain now oecupied by the Masonic fraternity of the United States. But for greater convenience, and aside from our bird's-eye view, we add the georcié 268 *2 13 following table, showing the number of Blue Lodges, Master Masons, Encampments and Knights,— No. of No. of No. of Encamp- Encamp- State. Lodges, M. M. beerlig oe ments. Knights. 10,643 10 23 +09 4 a 6 262 i. 10 542 16 898 Colorado. — — 4 828 Connecticut 10 1,330 n 1,889 Deia ware. bad << 7 735 Dis. of Columbla., 19 - - 36 5,078 diorid: = —| 30 2,241 Georgia, 8 365 7 463 Idano - —_ lu 4lt Illinois 43 2,860 23 959 Indiana 26,216.26 1,553 | Montana, - - No. of Encamp- MM. ments, Knights. | 4,7 4 262 Wyoming. South Carolin: Totals. MM. ments, Knights. | i 930 lltelet Lu 654 643,474 an institution Repnces aout upon eae! in | for its Grand Master, but the national body was ihe trae Goa, ts morality is a concrete of the virtues eujoined by the Divine law, taught and rbot erented, | Im 1907 the fraternity suGeted contained in ceremonies, symvcois and traditions, | fom @ widespread 7 is 4 living Mere ef tera: pene ANTI-MASONIC EXCIPBMBNT, tbevlogy of we ancient Israelites and the modern Christidu, An asgoclauion of botu, rendering | Welch orlgtoated from local causes, and event honor ana homage to vne and the same God, aud | Wally gave tone to political organizations; but it obedience to oné aba the same moral law. Letit | was not long before the wave of popular leeling uot be supposed, however, that Masonry is a sect Urdudais, Masonry accepte the truch as held | #0bsided and the Order became stronger than Was the true faita. inat it embodied or lore-| During the period referred to, the State ana | shadowed ihe great truths of that universal re- country were all ablaze. For a man who had the lgion wiuch ia to extend ‘irom the isles to the ends of the earth.’ Solomon and all the faith. | courage to avow bimself a Mason, there was no ral poked Soryard iv om Ld ees Hf safety. Churches were dissolved; business inter- ropuecy, pes and a 0! gr law end story, im the pe Tapted, Jamilies were divided, and lod; were 80a of one peat wastocome. Di ting rhs swept away. It 18 not the first time, howeve: lem of all that Was ceremonial, ritualistic and. p: that the institution had suffered from prejudice culiar 10 Judaism. he evgrafted its essential aod fondamental trutis upon the Masonic system | 204 misunderstandiag. Even the Popes and the Which he established, thereby giving it that unt- | fathers of the Church have publisned anatnemas versal, that patpallc ehsraster winicn asapted it | agamst the frarernity. &od mage it acceptable to the many strangers a! “ jureigaers Who composed s0 large a proportion of So recently as 1865, the following strong lan- the bi Sore, a ee a ine guage was published in the Giornale di Roma, boas: of Masoury. our Menrew brethren look | jt emanated from tue present Apostolic Chair, aad Jor the iuifiimeat of the law aod the prophets in . the Messiah 10 come they are none fue less our | Was delivered in secret conclave :— brethren ye tre Caristian bro her ivoks back VEXNBRABLE BRETUREN—Among the numerous tu Bethlenem, to Nazareth, to Gethsemane aad to | tricks and ariiuces with which tue enemies o! the Calvary and sees there that fulfilment im the | Christian mame dared to attack tue Church of Prince of the House of David, and endeavorea to shake and crowd by he ng - > bef he bd edorts which the cause of tutu does not require, LATER HISTORY. must be enumerated that outcasc society, cum- “The bistory of Masonry baving been thus inci- | monly called Freemasonry, wuich, at first, hiding déutaliy traced to the point at whico it acquired | itseli in night and darknes: its most sublime and elevated character, it re- | ito daylight fur the unive: de: mains briefly to sketch What we know Ol Its career | gioa aod society. Ever since our predecessors, vw tue present day, It is said that jor 500 years | the Roman Popes, true to tuelr pas oral coarge, alter the buuding of the Temple Masoury chiefly | had discovered their shares and macuination-, fl urined in kyypt, a country with which Solomon | they. gid not lose a woment to cnec nad formed a Most irienaly aliunce by imiermar- | by virtue of their spiritual po’ riage with the royal family, the Pharaons, Pytha- | to tissue their edicts of conden goras, the Grecian philosopher, there inidaced against this criminal sect, offending allse Into It8 mysveries, introduced it into Greece, at | ayalnst all that is holy, and cut it as with a sword, Crotona, and thecce into Western Europe, It 18 | Our predecessor, Clement Xil., convemued, by 018 traced, historicaliy, in the fourth, Mita and sixtn | apostolic letters, tis sect, and admonished aii tue centuries of the Cbristian era, when the | faithiul not only notio join them, but also oot to as probably be well worth close attention. 1t 1s ad- rhshapesitanit een 3 Knights Templar, that the Philadelphia Com- “Al—R. im this country, The programme has been arranged with great Gine care by the Chief Marshal, R. W. Henry Clay | aigs—prothor Colson c. Preston and his assistants, and is now first made public. Circuiars embracing 1t will be despatcned to those specially interested at once:— DEDICATION of the MASONI HALL, New York, Wednesday, June 2, 1875, Brother Albert A. Bogert, Brother Gilbert J. Orr, Ww, Nore, No. 380: ORDER OF THE Da . Charles Boome, Grand ion. sions will form in tue manner so! ue : Third Division On Fourth Division—On Pith Division—On vast reventeenth street. 5 sta Division—On West seventeenth street. Brother Peter Pennelli. W. Jobu Phillips, Lodges-—La Universal, Pratermidad, So. 387 Bea pivinion oa West pineeeas oot est sixteenth stree! + rt jush Division—On Kast ¥ifieeuth street ecnctont, No, i ‘Horst Teuth Division—Ou treet “cana, No. 243 Kueventh Di vision—On sast Fourtes Twalith Division—On West Fourteenth street, Thirteenth Division—On Kast Thirceentn street. Fourteenth . iviston—On West thirteenth street Fitteeuth Division—On cast iweifth street \ Sixteenth Division—On West Twellth street. with their guests ‘Lod Seventeenth vivision—On Kast Kieventh street D Fighteenth Divisiou—vn West leventh street Mounted Ald—Bro Ci Nineteenth :/ivision —On bast Tencu street. .., Marsh: Jwonueth viviviun—Oa East Teuth street. Brother Wm . FP. Wolf. Jr., jon—On West ienth stree Brother Joua Ui. iol ‘Iwenty-second Pivision—On West Tenth ‘treet. ti Twenty-third Division: Twency-iourth Di ‘Awenty-fith vive Awenty-sixtt Lavisi te The column will ‘merch io the folowing order:— 593: Glob Mounted Police, Inspector George W. Dilks, Saeco age Tuorne and Captain Taeroa ce, No. 635: Aids—Worsbipful ae ¥. oons, ot “police, r 7 John’s Commandery, No. 4, of Philadelpnia, wil Supreme Co neil, Ancient ion Accepted Kite Agha’ hele Visiting Compeera (in carriages), mitted by every Freemason, and especially by the | Most Puissant Grana Council Royal anc of we plate 3 dew York (in carriages.) ate Ge HR r+ Jackson 1. Chase and Officers of the Grand Chapter of mandery is tue vest drilled Masonic organization ee RRL Aged aiid infirm Brethren (in carriages.) NINTH DIVISION, orahipful Henry Metzger Hamilton, Brotker William H. Monated ‘Aid Worshipful Johu Gia. Marshai 8. Brother Joseph D. Costa, Brother ‘om Goodwin, Ninth Regiment Band. ‘uritan, No. 539 Figo- Select Masters ch | Orator of the Da: + Justice, No. 733;, So, 760% Stay vesant Star of C trom. Fiaelity. apart cisco, Cal: Jernsal round for the Gay, aud Plaindeid, from curb to curb tor the said purpose. TENTH DLV! Chief—Worshipfu' Willism Senouten. Aids—Worshipful Janes ¥. Porver, #rother ~imeon Leo. Mounted Aid—Brother 2. 8. Deniell. Marshals, W. James Demarest, W. Courles Bean. Sevens: Regiment Band. NO. fol; Garivati, No. social Friendsitp, shar rcs ciniugeense No. “261; timan- Hapheooragd wel, No. 65t! Daniel carpenter, No. 64, Loug Branch dge, New Jersey. ELEVENTH DIVIs1ON. Chief—Worsnipiui George J. Gre Aids—Worsnipial 8 rast. Woratipiai Jaines Knox. W. Samuel oer a, ho. 631; Pragen Ivanhoe, No 61d; Perieet Ashiar, No, OA rae No. ws; bvaugelist, no. Wy; Ta 0. 883; Glen Cove, No. Ceclie, Ko.” ‘668; Gramerey, TWELFTH DIVISION. Cuief—Worshipiul Joel 0. Beayene eunrough | gate exactly might lead to useless discussion. crait patronized by Popes aud other eminent ecclesiastics, lt received a t impetus Engisnd on the intioduction o1 ibe year t. Austio arrived in England wi tn r number of ons, and under pis cbarge the Cataeural of Canterbury was built in the year 600, that of Colchester io 002 aud St. Paul’s, London, in 004. Ic langu.shed during tne reign of tne Hep- turchy, aoa so continued antil the time of Atnel- stane. Im 926, by the authority of that monarc! the Masons assembled in the Grand Lodge York, under Prince GJjwin, the King brother, to revise the ancient constitutions, reaffirm the iandmarks and make tnem ol =«6perpetual and uualterable obligation, From (his convocation Masonry is derived im an uninterrupted succession of lodges, During the interveniug period it has numvered in its ranks many Of the most distinguished wen of. every ag and even proud monarchs of Engiand.”’ uf the history of Masovry IN THE UNITED STATES it 1s scarcely necessary to give more than a brief outline. In fact, its beginning ts likewise involved insomuch oncertainty tat to attempt tofx a We do know, however, that in 1729 the Duke of Norfols, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Englana, (London) issued a deputation to Daniel Coxe, o! New Jeri 3 Provincial Grand Master of the Provinces of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, The frst printed evidence of the introduction of Freemasonry in America is in the Pennsylvania Gazette, of December 8, 1730, printed by Benjamin Franklin, who puolisies as follows :— “as there are several lodges of Freemasons erected in tais province, and people have lateiy been much amused With conjectures concerning them, we think the ijvliowing account of Free- masonry (rom Loudon will not be umaeceptable to our readers.” ‘Then tollows aletter on the purported “Mystery,” &c. Subsequently, in 1752, Menjamia Franklin became @ Mason, @nd later was elected to the oitice of Grand Master. In, 1733 a iouge was es- tablished in Boston. Before the Revolutionary War the namber of lodges matorially increased and the ranks of their members received large accessions. Aiter the evacuation of Puula- deiphia by the British a Masonic procession wi ordered by the Grand Master to take place “on the 28th of December, 1778, to meet at the college And go to Carist church, where a sermon will be preached by a reverend brother and a collec: tion made, to be laid out in the purchase of wood and otner necessaries for tne relief of the poor at this inclement season.”’ Among those who assembled was “our illustrious prother, George Was-ington, Esquire, supported by the Grand Master and bis Deputy. The collection amounted to £400." In 1786 decisive steps wore taken tu conse dependency in any Manner on the Grand Lodge of England, In 1789 the oath Of orice Was adminis tered to President George Washington, on the occasion of Dis inauguration by Chancelor Kobert Lavingston, thea Grand Master of New York, (The Bible used on thet occasion, togetner with the tn scription therein, was desorived fa our columns on Wednesday.—ED, HERALD.) It will be remembered that Washington laid the | corner stone of the Capitol at Washington, and the gavel used by him om that occasion ls now held tn sacred reverence by the Potomac Lodge of Vir- mid apron is kept oy the Grand of Penosylvania in the at Philadephia, The fact 4 not ally known and is, therefore, worthy of repetiiion in your columns, that reselations were unanimously adopted by the Grand Lodge sn 1780, recommending the formation of » General Groad Lodge on this Von Weent, With Washington | Cession comprising man; favor and encourage them, a8 such an act would only draw on their heads eXcommunicstion, from which the Pope alone couid absolve them. Benedict XIV. approved tnis just and juscufied judgment, anu did not omit, on bis Munisa tue Cstwouc rulers so suppress this very immoral s@ct, and to exercise their power to ‘prevent the defence of tals society, dan- rous to the common welfare. * * * lao contirming, thereiore, here beiore you, the de- crees Of our predecessors, we hereby, Of Our apostolic OfMlce, censure and condemu tuis society Of Freemasons, and all otner so. te\ies of the same nature, which, altuougn under some other form, aig at tne same end, aud whicn, either opeuly or secretly, conspire against we Cuureh and ‘legitimate power, And we will it, that tuese named sucieties suall be deemed pro- Scribed and condemned by us, under tue same penalties prescrived oy our predecessors 1 their lormer 3, im the eyes of ail belie woatever be their raok or station, ever dispersed around tue giove. It will thus be seen that throughoat the world Opposition exists to our Order ip an organized form, at once jressive, poweriul and not to be despised. Yet, inthe langaage of tne preface to the old constitution, “Lf anytning could nave es- caped the censares of this litigious age, if the most inoffensive set of men in the World could be iree irom satire or sarcasm, one would ni: thougat the ancient and noble society of Freemasons should have been the mea. What have they not to recommend them to the world and gain ¢ favor and protection of wie aud honest men? Ana this brings me to a brief consideration of the questions, Wiat Is MasoNRy ? and what constitutes & good Mason? First, Mason- ry is toe bandmaid of pi ui food Samaritan py the wayside, the wurse im the hospital, sue friend in distress, the helpmect of the widow aod the orphan. 18 coruer stone is charity in its broadest sense; its compass ls the Dibie, and its Grand Master the Aluighty. Second, the irue Mason waiks hand-in-hand with tne true wor- shippers at the shrine of the Holy of Hotes, In his owa Way be oveys the lessons of ritual, symbol and embiem, and toe teach, with solemn power, obedience to God, re- spect to law, reverence for religion, and a recognt- tion of all the sweet proprieties vf life. Upon the altar of every lodge the Mason finds tho iuspirea volume, and nO wan can stand before that altar who professes disbelief in the wisdom or author- whip of the Sacred Book. Masonry, therefore, is the sister of religion. Nay, it isin one sease itseif religion; batit does aot asurp the place, the oMces or the functions of the Church. It seexs no control of conavience, 10 measurement of the soul vy creeds, and no excelionce that does not spring from the contemplation of divine traths aad tne practice of every virtue, ELWODOD E. THORNE, Grand Master, New York. ORDER OF THE PARADE. The soliowing is the programme of the order in which the participants in the great Masonic pro- cession on Wednesday Will be @rranged, Froin it a botror idea oi the magnitade oft be gleaned than from any wordy description, It Will be a display Of men, Of regalias ana of semi- military maaw@uvres, execdted by civilians, such a8 Was Hover seen’ im tois Country, or, indecd, in any other country, While ion any otaer case it Would be imvididus to call at tention to one Organization in & pro organizations, 1+ ia the evolutions of 8% proper here to rema RW.E. Giay Pr tie jarshal of the Day. W, Edward H. Kent, Chiet of a Charles 3. Archur, Bro. Vans amuel A, Lewis, Jx., Bro. Joha B. Weitere, Wittiam T. Lioyd, Bro. Robert Irwin, Bro. Joan EB, Bendix, Bro. Hiraw ries Bro. siuney P. Nichols, Bro. A. B. Mott, YG. Bro. Wiliam 1. Stiner, pecretar, 'Y of stadt. Mounted Aids—W. Kéward lion, ro. Jacob eas, eur bh. ML. Ehlers, Marshal of Kaights Templar. Sir Jonn 3. Dickerma Sir Wiha t. rd Sir M.D. Meyer ou H. He Brock unt gin. sir Charies Hiltga, | kaw Sir Claudiu Sir George ine,” ‘ay, sir William W. Lawson, bmi. Sir John Whittaker. FLRST DIVISION, Chiet—Emient sir Pred. W. Her Aids [sir Gourge W. Millar, sir Frank i fixens. Fitth cegiment Band and Draw Corps. dian Commanvery, No.l New York. with, thelr Uaests, Damascus ( sdaatery., So, 5S, Newar! Teuch Regiment Band. Jemple Command 0. 2, ag U thea, N. ‘ea Coi SECOND DIVISION. yy! ‘Sir Albert «. Soten. alde—air Mt & poner, Morton goimiaanry, E New tock. ‘with their Guests, 8t Ower Couimandery, ‘No. 13, Patersua, N. J. nae hia Commandery, No 2, Philadel ops Pa. e Commandery, No. 14, Nortoik, THIRD DIVISION. Gilet Fentgent Sir Joba C. Heineman. Aide—Wiliam Otis Munroe. cut sir l. A. Rousseaa. Grawuila’ ad. Clinton Commandery, Brookiya, X, N.Y., with py guests, Saiein town Cor mnaniiery No. 16, subura, ». ¥. oo Apollg commatdery. No. 16, Bik Soe Chase. ; af de Liou Commanders, z ue i Peanets Bethlehem Commaniery ww Rochelle, x, x, | Aide Worshiptw Frag Seventy desi iteginent Gund. Palestine Comman tery. No, 1A New York. FOURTH DIVIsi0: Chiet—Kminent ae 3 Aikman. aids—Eminent Sir Melon . Kenyon, sir Robert P. Forty-seventh Regiment ‘Ban and Deum Corps DeWitt Clinton Commandery, Brooklyn, &. D, Worshipful J. J. Tindal Brother Joho Tistman, x0: 43 Muguedot, Xo.’ 38. “George Wat et Aide Oro, ee id ro H, u. Pearson, Bro. Ueo. D, Carroll. vb Lodges—Pyramuid, No. Suests Hsing star Lodge, Jerse tte ; Continedita: No. 245; Kareka Mounted Ai Aowon Forbes. W. Joho % Flagler, ‘M, Headon, Newark Band. Lodges—irue Craftman Sgnitor, Sy. 6u8: Park, Corinthian No ass Hope, No. 244; tone = Latest No. 243; Vousututioa, No. 2 Pacutie, No. ra Star, No. a7; oe NTH Diyigiox., hief—Bro. Poter J. Bogert, alte~Beo Witham Fee & Hiro. .beo. F. W. Taylon $3 Newou ie Port Jervis, Mouatel aid— Gieversville Baud. Washington Commannerz, i 43, Saratoga Springs, | gro, L. Ss. Farr, St Georne's Commanaery,, No, 81, Schenectady, X, ¥. to Commandery, No. atta NY. a Grose G vate er No. No.l, aloverarile, ¥. e= Dorie, Ko. a on indie Ivannos Command: Hotenkiss’ Clark Commandery, $0, on i amiltom Commandery. N jo. 5, BI jarragausett Commandery, FIPTH DIVISION. Chief—". E. E. 3 wag Cad yy ore o. Sewers vy! Wa jacuer's r Drug Corps. Manhattan, "Coan ry °. New York, y= their Lehman, guests, Mi Naryinad Comaian . Brink, Baicinore Coumnangery. No. 3. “Saleimsee seem a aie eatnaean e W. Wilson, iet- inds aids—W. sWrarren G penaet, A ‘Buen Van Rensohoten, uated Aid—W. urorge 1. Montague. Marshal Bro. Wm. B. Lew! bro. 7. J. shi, ug 1X! DIVISION. n 4 Chigrankosiaan sted 3 ¥, Saxton. ryan Alde—Ber Jona i Kt J, Brow. ¥ et Detroit Comibander ry, Ro Detroit, Mion. ee tainani Ji Constantine Comivander} Potomac Comman: jor ery, 0, 68, Now Yore.. jeorgetown, V. 0. Dy 5 Ban York Commanders, N No. v4 New PAA te ests, ‘eiohman, - Engi aitad . Laly, No, $42; Uievaty No. aud of Ebird Untied Xo, 34d {Vomumenaety, § ‘Avchiveot, co. 10: ele: © New Haven Commander: Br, eee aS Caming, Mannatta: ch Ade =Wapailvi abrh. jounted Ait Woreuipral Nha Laster Bro. iehard Mursisatl, tit Mayer's Baud. Fepresenranves of tt nd Alden}, even iss isattes Jones, 33, “Refi Re fe swell, Aide—Bro, Keuben s. Crombie, Bro. Brit) ia Retatgee, Noumed Jo eh J Mar! 0. 08; 74a; aiixoutae Ubiuig Bro. + Gears E, Payne, 601; ifimerions, Wo. $2 No. S16; ct, 439;" Tecumseh, ‘No. 400, with shalt Goests, 14, elizabeth, N. J. ue, No. THIRT&ENTH DIVISION. chtet = Worsbipiul Joseph ©. Pinkne, Aids—Brotuer Jobu 3. Dingall and Brother Brouwer Thomas MeKervan, Jr., artes. irowber =. J. Zier. at neta el 's Ce rf res a ws. i, Wath qiige ‘NOs BD, Newark, . 3. their genet. Eureka “tT Le Gh ee “he hac No. at ‘anc ft aay Zeruvvabel, No. 0. $23; Neptune, shins ion, Genjumin, Bro. MY. Williamson, dai oo a Der shale. 0. Fred. G. Gedney. . &. L. 4. Chrsnaason. aad. parry No. 316, with their orsey tn Ba and Atlas, shaw. ted aldara. Oh Charles Merrie Beck's Philadeiphia Band. H , BR. Peake, Ww. = FP. Ady ly St. Jobn’s Commandery, No. 4.1 Fnlladeipnia, Pa, guests gerrne ™ 2s nA ot Palestine Commandery. Manahan’s Band, ‘Tumplar, 3 No By. Pan. ba, ate No. 198), dO a vexecison. = vi Theodore Nuldberg, Wie. Squires. ous Wheland, Xo, 114; | So MSpischa, He wi No, 64; Concord, Se. by; mes No 84 Fait wD, iba J elves i pity teed utonla, on, No. bive No. abt MUHbode, | ones Wountnral bead gen | —Worshipt r. | Atds—Worsbionil Herman "Cantor. Worshipful Herma | i. | Mounted Aid—Worshipiui Caspar A. Schneider. Marshals. bro. Conrad Orth, Bro. Charles Brand. Bro. Gast. Foe, | Bro. Aug. Geis! . 482; Harmony, No. 19: German Union, \. Ba ¥ Ge T LIVISION, ef—Lro. William J. Densiow. Roblin: Bro. J. Oscar Voute. Ald— Francis M. Raymond, Marehals, Balsdon, Bro, Merriam, Br “third Re Corp Iges—Covenant N. D. Sanctorum, No. 747; Bzel, Nag ; Adytumn, No. 640; Crystal Wave, No. 0335 ‘Cosmopolitan, 46: Kediord. nwood, No. 3 “au, d Zeredatha, N Delta, So. Commonweattn, No. 409. OND DIVI-1ON, | hi Theodore Linington. Aids—Worsbiptitl Jaw ro Lewis HK, Rewade | Wounted Ait--Bro, George Baldwin, | Marstial Br justay A. Jahn, M. Hempsteait. ment Band aud Drow Conterno's Twenty bierno's Prosp Lodges— Long isiand, Bethlehem, No. No. 284; Joppa, N. Hohenhinden, N Apollo -Loitze. rttude, No. 19, TW. TY-PHIKRD DIVISION, Chiet—Worshiptul Charles W. Hubbell. | Alds—Worshipful Fred. | Youmans, Worsbipiul Jaco™ Roc | Mounted Aid—Bro. | Marshal: | Bro. Fred: Hore. iro, Ri ro. James F. toile Awenty-eighth kegunent Bau | Lodges— Yew Tree, No. aol byrlan. So 18: Manuay (0, 636: Buciid, No. 633 No. 704; Hi \ No. 628; seawanuaca, ‘No. 673; Isiand City, No. Greenpoint, No. 40%. IWEN.Y-FOURTH DIVISION, | Chiet—Bro, Thomas 8. Cooper. Aids—Worsbiptul Thomas 5. Giul, Worstipfut George @ Fos | Mounted Ald—Bro. 4 Anthony Wills. i tied Bro. W. J. Lapine, | Bro, David Le ih | Lodges— Hii Grov Clinton, No. 445; Cassia,” No. “aS; Sune ot spe, | Corner 307 TWENTY-CIF? SLO) Chiet—Worshiprul William V. Sing. Alds—Bro. A. B. Cornwall, Bro. James W. Moses, Mounted Atd—Worshipiu! Charles Brane, Marehats, Stuyvesant, Hro, Robert A. Beers Bro hitfer, Bro, George B. Melendy, ‘ims ap Regimental Band. Lodges—Albion, No 26; Montgomery, No. 63; Bemevoe ‘M 27; daelphi.’ No. 23; No. 20: Prin i as Bro, Peter J Louis is HiobeKen Lod Independent with Templar Guard. and Philadeiphi | _ Grand Sword Bearer und urand Standard Bearet. Worshiptul Greenfield Powe, the contributor of we ire dollar to the B, nd asylom Fund, | AWENIY-SIXTI DIVISION, o is. Bro. Faward L. Gau) lames F, Ferguson, | Bro, Witham P. Moller, Bro. Robert Lenox Bro. Stepuen T. Hosmer, Bro. Thowas Kt. Fisher | Gilmore's Band and rum Corps, | Graud ‘fyler and Grand vursuivant. Members of the Grand Lodge, ten front. Symbolic Lodge. borne by tour Worshipful Masters. Members of the Grand Lodge, ten front ‘Three Worshipful - Masters, bearing Vessels containing Corn, Wine and Olt mbers of thé Grand Lodge The priuolpat Architect, Worshipiul with Square, Level and Building Committee Holy Writings Square and Compasses, borme by foul Woraupful Masters, Grand Ch Grand Librarian am District Deputy ¢ Past Grand War Deputy Grand Masters, ‘ast Grand Maste Most Worsb:) tal Joho L. Lewis tron ollier jarisuicuons, guests of ce, in charge o! the Recepuon | Grand Lodge Oni | the Grand 1 etary and Grand Tre Book of Constation. borne by Worshipful ste; “8 eee Gardner, Master of st, Jonu's Lodge, ho. supported by the Junior and Senior Grand Deacow Junior and Senior Grand Wardens, Deputy Grand Master. Two Grand Stewards, rand Two Grand Stewards, | ‘with rods. Ma: ‘with rode. | Platoow of. ‘Baltce. | At-nine A. Ml. oly guns will be fired ii quick succession i Aquares and the sian: | for tue head of colamn to move immediately tans 1y wavine the guidons oO the right of each éivi- Fitth avenue. The lov of ma vill be as tollows:— Down fifth av enue, pissing in review Detore the Grand Lodge; cub. | tau g down South Pith avenue to © nal greet, Canal Strectv broadway, Up Broadway to Poartsenth street, Fourteenth street to Fittn « hs Puto avenge to ond street, Twe to Broadway, to Twenty-sbird st it avenue, Madison ave Thirty tourth sireet to Firth Twenty. ‘hurd, street, Twenty-th Oe, when the ist. XM, 3d arid Attrulvisions, will proceed neventh aveuue, right inio fwenty-fourth street; t¢ » Mb, 6th, 7th and Sin divisions het into Twent: street, and form double columa. oth, iain Avisions w. enue, leit into T and 1th divisi it nel 20th divas column, ‘ue down Twenty-third street to the ferry. ho 25 | ay miilnelt at Seventh avenue, Cpon atrivin A | the es above designated each division wi ve die | Miyrorder or U the Grand Marshal by order A the Gran rs! uf Uist PRES|ON, Marshal of the Day. THE INTEK-OCEANIO CANAL. | | | ——e | OFFICERS OF THE SURVEY IN WASHINGTON—= | SKETCH OF THE NAPIPI ROUTE—PREPARATION OF THE REPORT. jourth street, enue, Fitth avenue 'o street lo Seventh WASHINGTON, May 27, 1875. Lieutenants Frederick Collins, Jos, G. Baton, J. $, Sullivan and 8, P. Paine: Ensign H, H. Ber rol] and Assistant Surgeon érnest Nordeet, United | States Navy, who were sent to the Isthmas of Panama tor the purpose of locating the line for the proposed ship canul connecting the Alantie and Pacific oceans by the Napipi route, a prelimi nary sucvey 0! Which was made some time ago by | Captain Selfridge, having completed their work, | have returned to the United States, Lieutenant | Colhas wi at the Navy Department thit moromg. These officers commenced the work of locating the line of tne canai tn the Naptpi and Dogaado Valley on the Sth of Peoruary, and were | im tne fleid just 100 days. They were furnished with the necessary boats and men by the Uuited States stoamer Cananduigua at Aspinwall. Tit season on the Istnmus was drier than has beet known for many years, which was a circamstanct in favor of the work, ag it could not bave beet | completed by this time bad the usual wet seasog | prevailed. as it was the men suffered greatiy | while working throoga swamps, and were broken | gown considerably with fevers, but in no case aid sien prove fatal, BY THE NAPIPI ROUTE the Atrato Rt on the Atlantic side, coald be used sor a distance of 160 miles, being free from | obstructions, except a bar at its mouth, aod baw } ing | a depth of thirty feet the entire Guatance, The cers tauaiine of jevels irom Atrato | Chitt-Chiri Bay, on the Pacific fide, and marked ont tne actual line of tae proposed canal, includ: ing curves. locks, c. distance irom thq Airato to Oniri-Coirl Bay by the proposed route ot the canal ts 29 $-10 iniles, but from the ning | to where the cauai crosses the Na River | @ distance of twenty-one miles. The cut- | ting would be comparati , thouga of course, a number of locks e to be con structed, Sammut Jevel being one. hundred and forty-one ieet above mean tide water. Om tne Pacific side, beyond the pip, crossing & Git tance of about nine and elght-tentns miles, the cutting would be heavy ana two tunnels would Ue required, the lengin ef each to be aetermined by | the depta to Which the open cut snoala be carregy If this open cut sh uld be limited toa depta two Rungred feet the whole distance to be tun. nojled wo uot exceed five or five and @ miles, The officers also made AN EXT’ of the country for the purpone of one Man it a8 iar as possibie. Tie one south o: Panama, oon pave tae oweors attri termine 80n gave the odicers a the minimum Water suppiy for the cana), ama it foumd that the Nappi and otner Bae 4 rivers would not afford @ anificient « i jeder line Was thereore run to the Cule ver, |The Dex: one «oath of the Napipl, # distance of | SiX miles, and it is believed these two rivers ome | bined Would give an ample supply of water. The officers above named vauting the summer | will be employed in prepariu ns e report to | submitted to the ones te 1B wi | accompanied showing me | Work done by she ‘SHE WEATHER YESTERDAY. | The following record will show the changes ia | the temperatare baad the past twenty-four houra, | in comparison with the correspond! | ‘oar, a8 indicated by tae ‘iermometet Poverty | Poarmecy, Hetanp ae 7