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4 shall be counted to the ie erred daring the reer tall be coum tat of she ‘To entitle a couucil to representation it must pa; a ‘amounts duc the Legisiature, eee | ‘at least once in every month upon satisfactory reasons for a failure to ‘comply With Ube last requirement, may admit to repre- on, _ ARTICLE IL. POWERS, 1 have the general supervision State, with full power to make all lawa, regulati oud orders necessary to carry into Tull cffect the designs and purposes of the same not tn coutravention of tbe constitution or any law of the | Benate. Jt shall have a seal, which suall be kept by | the Secretary, >. ARTICLE III. ORFICERS AND TERMS OF OPFICR. | The officers of tue Legislature shall be chosen from | {ts members, and shall consist of a Speaker, Speaker fem, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, Bhaplaun'and Sergeaptat-arms, all of whom (except the Chaplain aod Sergeantat-arms, who shall be ap- poinied by the Speaker) shall be elocted, by ballot at each annual meeting, aud @ majority of all the represe- eentatives present at any election of said officers shall bo required to elect, Said officers shail hold their res vo offices until (he succeeding anoual election bo coe their successors shail be duly 1 ex- cept that any officer of the Legislature who may ab- sont himself from three successive regular or ad- journed meetings thereof, or who shall cease to be a Jmemper of a recoguized council in this State, or shall remove from the State, shall be considered as vacating is office, and the vacancy occasioned thereby shall | [oe filled be the Legistature a8 soon thereafter as may | practicable. Any momber of tho Legislature wio \shall remove from the State, or cease to be a member ‘of a recognized council in ‘this State, shall be consid Jered as vacating bis seat as represevtati and hi ‘ition shall be filled by the council to which be be- longs. Any representative failing to attend his coun- il tor three months shall be considered as neglecting The Legisiatare 8! pf the Order in isduty, and such council may reporé him to the | Legislature or Executive Committee, with @ recom- imendation that bis seat be declared vacant, ARTICLE IY. rdefines the duties of the different officers. ARTICLE V. STATE BEXEOUTIVE COMMITTEES, At the anova! meeting of the Legislature, in each Wear, there shall be chosen a standing committee to be denominated the State Executive Committee, which consist of the 3 er, the Speal ‘wecrotaries and the Treasurer of the ‘two rej utatives from each judicial district in the Btate tn which councils exist. Such resontatives Bhall be residents of the judicial districts which they represent, and shall be chosen by the delegates from ‘the councils in said district, Said committee shall hold wegular quarterly meetings, and a record of the pro- ceedings of snch meetings, as well as of all other meet- (ings of tho committee, | be kept in a book Bie arpose, which shall be to the inspection of the aan and members of Legisiature only, The Ex- ecutive Committee shall have power to appoint sub- | jcommittees of its own body, to suspend any officer of ‘the Legislature, or any deputy, or any member of its own body, for fect of duty or for any matfeagance | Qn office, and to fil vacancies occurring [rom any cause the legislative offices or in its own body, until the ext meeting of the Legislature, when due report sball made of such action. During the recess of the Legis- Jature the State Executive Committee shall transact all reof, and to it shall be re- to the extension and opera- tale. This committee may ‘algo, from time to time, make such provision for the procurement of funds for the prosecution of tho gen- eral work of-the Order in this State as it shall deem | ust and equitable. The minutes of proceedings of this ‘committee shall be read at each meeting of the Legis ature for information and approval. { ‘Articles 6, 7, 8 aud 9 provide for the times of meet- | ng, What shall be a quorum, place of business, &c., &o. né annual meeting is February 22, except when fall- | Ming 00 Sunday, when it shall occur next day. CHARTERS, RITUALS, BLANKS, 4c. The Legislature shall procure irom the Senate all \eharters, rituals, blanks, &c., to be furnished by it tor he working of the order in this State, ARTICLE X e DESTABLISHING COUNCILS, APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTIES, 4C. Ssorion 1.—The Speaker shall have power vo estab- gn councils throughout this State im accordance with ¢ laws of the Order. He shail appoint a State Deputy wend a deputy for each county in this State where the ganization exists, the latter of whom shall be a resi. | lent of the county for which he is appointed, and ‘acts as such deputy shall be confined thereto. ‘shall also int such special deputies, from ume time, as he shail deem expedient. ( Smo, 2—The State Deputy shall supervise the Coun- \cils im the State, and shall have authority to decide feats in controversy connected with the unwritten of the Order. He shall endeavor to promote har- ‘mony; shall impart the password; eball promulgate ‘and enforce the orders of the Legisiaiure and of the Btate Executive Committee; shall report to the State Executive Committee for instructions in any unusual or highly important actiou that may be required, and shall make a quarterly rrgort to said committee o! hus oflicial proceedi je shall have power to sus- pend the operation of a charter until the next ensuing Meeting of the Legisiature or State Executive Commit- tee, if, mm bis opinion, the best interests of the Order require such action, when be shall report such suspen- Bion, together with the causes leading thereto, Mem- bers of such suspended councils shall not be entitled to the privilege of visiting, but the State Deputy shall have power, and may grant cards of aemit to members of such councils wuen deemed expedient, So. 3.—County deputies may appoint as many as- | sistants as they may deem expedient for each county, all of whom must be residents of the county in and jor | which they may be appointed, as well as members in’ g of acouncil in such county, deputies shall be clothed with supervi- Bory powers over the several councils in the district for which they may be appointed, and shal! make quar- terly reports to their immediate superiors in office of ali action had by them during the quarter, with such other facts within their knowledge as may be of benett to the Order. Seo. 5.—State and special deputies may be paid for ‘ Recessury expenses incurred in the discharge of their daties, by the Treasurer of the Legislature, upon the order of ihe State Executive Commiitee, ARTICLE XI. COUNTY COMMITTEE, Upon the formation of two or more councils in any | county of this State there shall be organized a county committee, which sball be composed of live members from each of the several councils in the county. The annual meetings of these committees shall be heid during the first week in March tor the election of offi- cors, and thereafter they shall meet only during the month immediately preceding any local, State or gen- eral election, {or the sole purpose of investigating the claims upou the confidence and support of the mem- bers of this organization of the various candidates pre- sented by the diiterent political pw and shall ad- vise the conncils accordingly, but they shall make no nominations. ARTICLE XIL CUARTE All charters for couucils in tot from the Le; im bis judgment it shall be State shall emanate slature, through the State Deputy, and shall be granted enly upon the written application of eight or mi embers of this Order in good standing, om the approval of the Deputy authorized to institute such Council. They shail be issued over the seal of the Legislature and signed by the Speaker aud Secretary, No Council sba power to initiate members until after its cha: as been delivered to it, nor aball any ebarter be issued until the {ce for the same shall bav been paid, Charters may be revoked by the Legislature or by the ve Committee for just cause, after due notice and opportunity to be heard on the question of revocation shail have been given to the offending Council, ARTICLE XII1 PER FOR CHARTER, &C. The fee for ch rituals, &c., mecessary for Council shal! in ail cases be ten dollars, which shall be 5 pad to the State Deputy and by bim paid © the reasurer of the Legisiaiure wishin thirty days alter the sormation of said Coun ARTICLE XIV. COUNCILB AND visTaicTs be established in each ward uf the a town im the State. A second Coun- cil may be established in gaid districts, provided the application therefor shall be indorsed by the Council Orst therein established, and shall also Lave the sanc- tion of Cue State Executive Comraitior. ARTICLE XV. QUALIFICATION FOR MEMMERSTUP. Any loyal citizen or any alien who shail have declared his intention to become a cittzen, of good moral char- ‘acter, of the age of twenty years and upward, shail ve eligible to membership in this Order. ARTICLE XVI BLECTION AND iNITIATION OF MEMBERS, Sxerioy i—The name of each person for member- ship must be proposed at a regular meeting by a mem- ber fn good standing, in writing, stating the age, resi- dence and business of the candidate, and that, to the knowledge of the proposer, the appilcant is thorough.y tinbued with the principles of this Order and in fuil sympathy with its purposes; which proposition shail be referred to a committee’ of five to imvestigate the character and standing of the applicant, and if tho port be favorable, e next regular meeting the can- | didate may be valloted for aud shall, if no more than | three biack balls be cast against him, be declared elected; otherwise he shall be rejected and shail vot | be eligible for an election under six months, Members -| in good standing may be admitted ny card from another Council by @ similar vote, Candidates for initiation may be initiated within three months after the election | and not afterward, unless re-elected. No person shall, however, be initiated out of the county in which he ‘Tesides, if there be a Council theroin, No candidate shall be admitted to either the Council or auterooms untilatier he eball have been duly eiected to member- | jon to the Order yall be rejected it shall be the duty of the Secretary ot the Council in which sach candidate was proposed motity she Becretary of the Legislature and the ‘ounty Deputy immediately of such rejection, and it aball be the duty of the County Deputy to transmit, | through the District Deputies, to the Councils within dus Jurisdiction, notice of such rejection, and the Sec- retary of the Legisiature sbal) give like notice to all the | uncils in the State. ARTICLE XVII. VIOLATION OF OFLIGATION AxD | Sxorios 1,.—Aby member of this Order who «bail vio- te the obligations taken at hie in tiation, or who sbail | rimand, and no member shall be put charges, Jn reiting, dniy apsoltying nit. ome. shall be lerred by & of the r, Yr standing, tothe body which the offence ts me ‘to have “been commi Persons not members of the Order shall be it to act as witnesses in all cases wherein the shail not involve an exposure of the secret work of the Order. ‘So. 3.—When charges have been preferred against a brother, In proper manner, if received, the case shall be referred to a Special Committ ho shall, with little delay as possible, summon the parties to appea before them, with their proofs and witnesses, The Committee shal! keep full minutes of the evidence and their proceedings, aud report the same, with thotr de- cision on the charges. Should such decision be one of acquittal it shal! be final, Should the decision be one of conviction the Commastee shall also determine what | punishment to recommend, and submit a resolution for that purpose, The remaining sections of this article provide the method of trial, appeal, &c. The eighth section pro- vides that the gui.ty party shall be punished ag to the enormity of the offence, Ske. 11.—Form of preferring el To the President, Brothers and cars of — Council, No. —, of County, 0. A. Ue: The undersigned, a member of Counetl, No. —, of County, im good standing, docs hereby charge A. B., of Couneil'No, —, with conduct unbecom- ing a member of this Order, and tho grounds of this charge are more particularly Set forth and stated in tho following specifications, to wit: — Specification 1.—That the above mentioned A. B. did on or about the —— day of —-—, 18—, (here stato the offence complained of, place and other circum- stances.) {Should there be more than one offence, then con- tinue the specification, 2, 3, 4o., observing that cach offence must be the subject of a different specification), Alb of whieh is respectiully onpealtian, Sxo, .—Form of Appeals. To the iogisaccee (or State Executive Committee), 0. ‘A. U., of the Stato of New York:— ders ‘a member of Council, pale undersigno inty, respecttully appeals to yout worthy body against the action of this Connell. (Hero state facts complained of, and the ground or point upon which the open! therefrom is taken), and your appli- cant respectiully prays your worthy kn d to reverse said action, or grant such other relief, ag, in your judg- ment, you may deem the morits of y 3 = demand. (Residence). Articles 18, 19, 20 and 21 explain how annual reports are to be made, all about bylaws, the order of business and amendments to the constitution, ‘The total membership throughout the country at present is said to be 76,811. The largest number in any one State is found in the State of New York, the strength of the Order betng 21,217. New York State has forty-three Councils; Ohio, twens ty-one; New Jersey, nineteen; Llinois, sixteen; Penn- sylvania, thirteen; Connecticut, seven; Maine, four; Vermont, two; New Hampshire, three; California, five; Michigan, seven; and the Order is increasing rapidly in every State. Hundreds are betng initiated every day. councrs. There are subordinate bodies or lodges, for the par- pose of spreading membership. To become a member of the Order one must be proposed by an active member in good standing in the Council. His namo is handed over to & committee, who make the most searching | inquiries about his probable antagonism to, or sympa- thy for, Romanism, If reported favorably by them to the Council the candidate is balloted for, and, if duly elected, initiated, SKORET PROCREDINGS IN COUNCIL. Officers of the Council.—Preaidtnt, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Chaplain, Marshal, Assistant Mar- | shal, Insiae Sentinel, Outsiae Sentinel. The hour of meeting having arrived the President, having taken his seat, says:— “All persons present not entitled to partake of the secret deliberations of the Order will please witndraw. ‘The Outside Sentinel will fasten the door, The officers will take their respective stations. Marshal, satisfy yourself that all present are worthy members of our Union.” The Marshal then passes around and takes up the password, and, after reporting to the President that all are correct, be proceeds to prepare the altar. The | American Union, known only to its members, and you | (In this latter amount $38,000 table, which stands in the centre of the room, is cov- ered with the United States flag, and on tt is placed an open Bible. The President then calls attention, and eays:—‘‘The | Chaplain will now invoke a divine blessing.” ORDER OF BUSINESS. . Calling of the Roll of Officers. . Reading of the Minutes of last meeting. .. Report of Committees on Candidates, . Balloting for Candidates. 6, Initiation of Candidates. This business being in order, the President say: “Brother Marshal, proceed into the ante-room and see whether there are any candidates to bo initiated into the mysteries of our Union. ‘The Marshal retires, and on returning announces that there are candidates, naming each by his full and Proper name. Presideut—Brother Marshal, proceed again to the eee | ante-room and propose the constitution and questions to the candidates and make known to them the object of our secret Order, The Marshal again retires and addresses the candi- dates as follows: — Gentlemen—By direction of my superior officer I have the following questins to ask:— I. Will you support the constitution of the 0. A U.? IL. Are you in sympathy with Roman Catholictsm? IL. Are you in favor of the Bible in our tree schools? IV. Are you in favor of our free school system? V. Are you opposed to sectarian schools, the Roman Catholic in particular? VI. Are you opposed to the division of the school fand for any sectarian purposes. VII. Will you pledge yourself to use your vote and influence to retain the Bible in the public schools and ail other public institutions? VILL. [f admitted into this Order American Union will you pledge yuurseif to do your utmost to prevent the election of any Papist to any office of honor or trust? TX. Do you promise to use all lawful means to ad- | vance the principles of Protestantism? X. Are you willing to subscribe your name to the troth of these declarations? The answers proving satisfactory, the Marshal says, “Then tarry here while I make known your answers.” The Marshal having reported favorably, the Presi- dent says:—‘\Now prepare the Council for initiation and during the ceremony let peace and decorum pre- vail,”? Tue Marshal, with assistants, again retires to the ante-room; the candidates ai Marshal then kn at the door with loud raps. Inside Sentineli—What causes this alarm? Marshal—“‘Tne Marshal with candidates to be initi- actd into the mysteries of our Order.”” This ie reported to the President, who says, “Admit them.’ He calls the Council by his gavel up. side door is opened and the candidates are led in, while the members sing the following, the candidates mean- while waiking round the roo! My country, 'tis of th Sweet laud of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where my tathers died, Land of the piigriin’s pride, From every mountain side, Let freedom ring. On the conclusion of the singing the candidates are Placed in front of the Vice Presidents chair, who ad- ar them as follows:— ntlemen—Some friends of yours, in whose judg ment we have perfect confidence, have proposed you to become members of this secret Order. But before we admit you we will have further to test your sincerity. Are you willing to answer the following questions on oath or aff'rmation :-— Do you believe im tho perpetuation of this glorious American Union? Are you opposed to the political power of the Church of Rome? Are you in favor of our free school system? Are you in (avor of the Bible being kept in the public schools? Are you opposed to the appropriation of public money for sectarian purposes—schools in particular? Are you opposed Roman Catholics holding political office?” The candidates having answered these questions in the aflirmative, the Vice President says:—‘Brother Marshal, 1 am satisfied that these citizens aro true, Conduct them to our President, by him to be further instructed im the mysteries of our Order."” While the candidates are being walked around the toom the members sing:— Our fathers’ God, to Thes, Author of Long may our ht, With freedom's Holy Light, Protect ue by Th at God our nowingly oftend cee, the jaws of the Order at | Atthe conclusion of the rge, or of the g ¢ the Med be edad placed in front of the altar, their right hands on the ev eitland. suspension of expulsion, a the. body | Bible, The President then administers the following tended ag: direct, after due notice and hearing | oath:— all bare Deen had fn bis case, Subject, In all cases, oO OBLIGATION. eppeal, No portion of thisarticle, however, shall be 1, , in the presence of Almighty God and evastrned as lo justify the expulsion of suspension of a | these witnesses, do solemnly swe Ved affirm) that brother for non-payment of dues, will support and defend the constitution of the United See. t y member shall be led to a fair trial | States and of this State; that I will keep inviolate the | Kor any oiteoee MYOLY iy ChyUleiOMy SUBRODRBOR OF Toke. pegreye of tals Order Amrerican Union, blindfolded, and the | The in- | on trial aoless ‘That 1 will obey the constitution and laws; that I will | the Courier, and Joseph Williams, Second not knowingly vote for, recommend, aor appoint, nor assist in electing or appointing a Romauist or Papist or any person sympathizing with the Romish Church to any political office of honor or trust baeamnverge that I will oppose to the utmost of my power ail attempts to use the public funds for any pur- pose whatever, and will ever maintain thy prin- ciple of one general unsectarian free organiza- tion, “That will not permit my children to be bronght up ina Romish school of religious or secular instruction; that I will never propose, nor second the proposition, nor initate, or cause to be initiated into this Order A. U. any Romanist or Papist, knowing him to be so; that I will nover reveal nor betray any secret that may bo entrusted to me tn the workings of this Order A. U., or that may be entrusted to me by any brother of the | same; that I will never use any of the signs, gri words, passwords, or other mysteries of 0. A. whereby any knowledge of it may be made known & the uninitiated, | “AN this [ voluntarily promise, declare, and swear, | without hesitation or mental reservahion. So help me God. Alter the obligation is taken the President says:— “Let the candidates be restored to light,’ and their eyes are then unbandaged. During the administration of the oath the members of the Council form a cirele round the candidate or can- didates, After prayer by the chaplain the Presideat eays:— “Brothers, are you willing to enlarge your circle and admit new members /’’ Answer—"We are.’ Room is then made for the now members in the mystic circle. Presidont—‘*With clasped and uplifted hands, ropeat after me tho oath of the shield.’ THe OATH. All the members of the Council thea repeat the fol- lowing words:— “To perpetuate the American Union; to oppose the power of the Church of Romo; to sustain our free, un- sectarian schoola; to oppose appropriation of public money for sectarian purposes; to oppose the election of Papists to political office—to all of which I pledgo my life, my fortune and my sacred honor, So help me God.” After this the members are seated, but the newly fn- {tiated are placed in front of the President's chair, who delivers to thom the following charge and instruc- tion:— THR CHARGE. Brothers! for as such 1 am now pleased to call you. It should be a great emergency that calls for a secret organization. We have been alarmed at the progressive strides that Romanism is making in our land We have thought upon and deplored the utter demoralization of the hitherto dominant political parties and their crouching subservieucy to the Romish vote and power, and this at the expense of all public morals, civil order, per- sonal safety and religious and moral integrity. The necessity for this organization originated in the repeated efforts of the emissaries of Rome to corrupt our elections, destroy our public school system and place the Holy Bible beyond the reach of our youth tm the public institutions of learning, Again! Tho Romish population of this country being the subject of # foreign prince, and as this republic makes conditions for kings and potentates and receives sciences re not their own, but under the control of the ernment, and this facteach passing day only demon- strates the more clearly. It js thus that the Romish power has aroused the ro- flecting and patriotic of our citizens in their Christian faith and Christian sympathy, aud awakened them to | the perils of the hour. Now I will proceed to Instruct you In the workings | of our order, Known under the name of the Order of | are nover to reveal it to outsiders, | Its primary bodies are cailed councils. This {s one of | them, and {a known as Bunker Hill Council No. 20, national body is known as tho ‘United States Senate, We have girps and passwords, signs of recognition and signs of distress. The sign of recognition is by careloss!y plucking at your hair with your right band. Then throw it off sideways. If answered correctly in the same way by | the challenged party you say, “Have we met before?” | The answer will be ‘‘An American citizen travels exten- | sively, Ihave been over a great part of this union. | Where do you reside’? “In American Union Bunker Hill Council, No, 20, State, city and county of New York." | _ We have also signs of distress, the sign of recognition serves | if not seen you give three raps with foot or cane or hands, frst one and then two in quick succession, or by | ealling out three times at tho top of your yoice, “The shield! The shield! Tho shield,” To gam admittance Into this or any other sister Coun- cil you give one rap at the outer door and the first part of the password to the outside sentinel. He'will admit | you into the ante-room. Atthe inner door you give three raps—Qrst one and soon follow with two more in rapid succession. To the inside sentinel you give the ‘| whole password, When admitted into the Council chamber you will advance in front of the Order and salute the presiding oMcer by running the indox finger upward the nose bridge and drawing it back toward the right over the eyebrow. The grip of recognition 18 by clasping the right hand and entwining the small fo gers, If both of you aro ofthe same Council give one pressure with the thumb; ifa member of the Legisla- ture, two; if a member of the Senate, three pres- sures. The password (which is whispered into the ear of the new member) for the current term, ending lst of De- cember, 1875, is If you ean be seen, GLADSTONE. Now you will proceed to the Secretary's desk, sign the constitution and take your scat asa worthy mem- ber of the American Union, Bunker Hill Council No, 20, ‘The remaining order of business is then gone through with as follows :— 6 Collection of dues and fines. 1. Does any brother know ot a brother to be sick or in distress ¥ &. Reports of committees. . Resolutions. nished business, ow business. he tue Order? | After thia the lodge is closed. NEW YORK CITY coUNerLs. | The prominent Councils in New York city are;— Alpha Council, No. 1.—Mects every Friday, at No. 79 Bonk street President, Mr. Parker. George Washington Council, No, 3.—Moets every second Wednesday, at No. 208 Eighth avenue. Its leading men | are Senator Mann, at Manhattan Gas. Company, and J. R. Stafford, Treasurer, No. 154 Eighth avenue. Freedom Council, No. 4—Meets every Tuesday at No. 648 Eighth avenue, over St. Uharles billiard rooms, its President ia Wooley; Treasurer, W. H. Aldis, No. 221 West Forty-ninth street; Secretary, William Morrow, No, 546 West Forty-third street, Coiumbia Council, No. 13—Meets every Friday at No, 117 Broome etree, The President, Benjamin F. Pow- el!, employed in the United States Appraiser’s office, on Washington street, resides at No, 447 Grand street; Vice President, Mr. Newson, employed in Post Office at Cooper Institut Park Cowncil, No. 19—Meete every Wednesday, on Fighth avenue, opposite the railroad stables, Ite lead- ing mao ia Mr, Ferguson, broker, . 41 Pine street, Bunker Hild Council, No. 20—Meets every first and third Monday at No, 1 Livingston place, insiae of the Medical College, Its leading members are Dr, Newton, No. 187 West Forty-seventh street, and General Buc ingham, No. 686 Sixth avenue. Plymouth Rock Council, No, 41—Meets at No, 540 West Forty-seventh street, President, Mr. Smith; its leading man, Mr, Levy, employed in the United Stat Appraiser's offlee on Washington street, resides at Ni 447 West Fifty-second strect, | Council No, 43—Meets second and third Thursday, at No, 463 Fourth avenue. President, E. C. Leseur, em- | ployed in the United States Appraiser’s office; business place No. 1,209 Broadway BROOKLYN COUNCILS The leading Council in Brooklyn is Long Island Cowneil—Meeta in Armory Hall Friday; tts leading man |s George D. Weeks. JRRSKY CITY COUNCILS. ‘The lending council in Jersey City is Plymouth Rock Counct!, No. 1—Meets in Odd Fellows? every Hall every Friday. President, W, G. Houser; residence, | corner Chureh street and Water avenue, Jersey City | Heights, National Deputy Edgar is « member of this | Council, | XHWARK covsctt, The leading Council in Newark is Councth No, 11—Moots every Tuesday in ball, Broad j and Market streets, Its chief mon aro Alt. Poster, of none from them, it is impossible that those whose con- | Pope of Rome, should be in sympathy with this gov- | The State bodies are known as “‘Legislatures,” and tho | the signal of distress; | Has avy brother to offer anything for the good of Hamilton, East Newark, Prominent Members in Ohio—Governor hayes, Judge Tilden, Judge McNatt (one Council named after him in Cleveland), Rev, Dr, Forbush, Rev, Dr. Ashley (Bap- tist), Senator Burns, E. Cowles, Dr. Van Epps. OFICIAL CIRCULAR. This official circular of congratulation was sent to every Council in the State of New York:— ©. A. U. Ovvick Lrorstatore Stare or New Yorn, No, 26 Court Stax, Rooms 5 anv 6, Brookiyy, Nov. 20, 1872. To THR OFrickRs AND MeMpers ov Tus Vanious CouN- CLS THROUGHOUT TUB STATE. BROTHERS :— Itis a source of great satisfaction thus to be able to congratulate you upon the auspicious results of the late election; and more especially on the triumphant suc- cess of those candidates for office whose election has given unmistakable prools of the widespreading power and pt of our youthful and patriotic Order. Need 1 refer to the election of Jobn A. Dix over Francis Ker- nan, William F. Havemeyer over James O’Brien, Gen- eral Philip 8, Crooke over Stephen Colahan, and many other local officers, The deteat of the ve named votaries of the Roman Catholic Church retlecta great credit upon the order throughout the State, and I trast by the blessing of Almighty God that, baving entered upon the pathway of victory, we will continue to march steadtastly therein, By a series of able and well directed lectures and | discourses delivered in Brooklyn and elsewhere (and in this connection I desire to mention the name of Brother Oscar Hugo, whose glowing appeals have | aroused the people toa deep sense of thetr responsibility as American citizens) our members have been largely increased, and others not members of the Order have boen fnduced to cast their votes in accordance with the principles we cherish. I indulge the hope that b; Order may be known and. the Union, With my earnest prayer for the success of your Coun- cil, Lremain, yours, fraternally, GEORGE D, WEEKS, Speaker. The travelling card for a member of the 0. A. U. isa peculiar document, We give it in fac-simile in another part of this paper, This card was issued by Bunker Hill Counei No. 20, which, as already said, meets on the first and third Monday in every month at No. 1 Liv. ington place, in the building of the Eclectic Medical College. sana |THE GERMAN UPTOWN SAVINGS BANK. the end of next year our throughout every Stato in RECEIVER UHL’S REPORT. ‘The receiver of the German Uptown Savings Bank, Mr, Herman Uhl, yesterday tiled in the County Clerk’s office his inventory of the assets and liabilities of that institution, The following are the main figures:— NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1875.—-TRIPLE SHERXT. setol, aa “SQUASH POWER. TAMMANY GENERAL COMMITTEE, PROFESSOR Doraus ON THE EXPANSIVE FORCE OF GROWING |VEGETABLE ‘TISSUE—ASTONISH- ING RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS, Last evening a beture was given to an appreciative gathering by Protssor Doremus for the benefit of the St Ann’s Brothirhood, in the lecture room of the Rev. Dr, Gallaudels Church for the Deaf Mutes. The,| lecturer stated thd last summer bis friend, Professor J Horstord, of ridge, called hig attention to the interesting experirents made by the President of tho Massachasetts tural College to measure the ex- pansive force of gowing vegetable tissue, Throogh tho politeness of Olark he had been tavored with a copy of his*Observations on the Phenomena of Plant Life," preset to tho Massachusetts Board of Agricultare, showeg that on the 1st day of July squash seeds were placd in a rich bed of compost in one of the propagaing pits of the Durfee plant-house. Under tho fostering care of Professor Maynard tney germinated and thevine grew vigorously, On the 17th of August, when a pung squash had developed to tho circumference of twynty-seven inebes, tt was placed on a substantial basis \and covered with a semt-cylin- drical harness or baket of shrap iron. On the top of the harness was fistened a lever of chestnut plank, five by six Inches sqmre and nine feet long, strength- (dt bar of iro, As the squash developed it i Pounds, « 1,100 + 2,015 2 4,120 + 6,000 \ 60 September 11. 225 September 50... B56 October 24 p00 October 31 EXPRRIMMVTAL APPARATUS. 1} \ ASSETS. Cash {tems in other banks... $116,800 91 Miscellaneous cash items. .. 600 00 (Including $6,000 South Carolina bonds and $30,000 North Carolina bonds.) Bonds received :— ‘West Farms + $6,600 00 | Morrisania.... + 85,500 00 | Springport + 24;900 00 Yonkers... <1 20,000 00 Westchester county + 17,000 00 Selma Railroad, guaranteed by Stato of Alabaina.........+« 94,000 ————_ 108,000 00 Call loans—individuals ....... $24,982 29 Call loans—Manufacturers an Builders’ Bank. be = 58082 20 jonds and mortgages. Insurances. ..... 4,090 00 Bank building, furniture and | fixtures, | Interest account, 211,202 66 mitte | * to have been received by Adolph Levin- | ger and appropriated by him to his own us seesee $1,096,506 13 = $806,388 11 | ‘Total assets, nominal value...... LIABILITIES. | Due depositors... ! Due Daly & Moran . Due Second Natioual Ban F Duo sundrleg....scseecscseee Total liabilities... Nowinal surplus. THE PEOPLE'S SAVINGS BANK. A meeting of depositors was held last night at No, 200 Third avenue, Mr, Hallotram was in the chair. | The Executive Committee reported that in. company i with Judge White, as their counsel, they had waited | upon the newly appomted receiver, Isaac V. French, | | aud proposed to act with him if he retained White as | counsel, which proposition was declined A | subscription list was opened for funds to enable the depositors to ask for another receiver and ‘| prosecute their rights against the trustees, sixty-seven Geposiors subscribing $86. Mr. W. C Warren sent a | statement of the bank’s condition, showing due to 1, depositors $174,422 16; assets—real and nominai— | | $151,160 21, leaving a’ deficiency of $24,261 95. This | will be increased by $75,000 loss to acrue from correct- | mg the statement of assets, so that the deficiency will be $95,261 95, The meeting adjourned until Tuesday | night next, the 28th inst | BUSINESS FAILURES. | ndiliokaes Herman Hirsche & Co., importers, of No, $38 Broadway, bave nade an assignment to Leopold Bam- berger. Abraham Siegel & Co., tailors, of No, 512 Third ave- nue, have also assigned to Leopold Siegel. | Louis Sperling, clothier, of No. 14 Lispenard street, | whose assignment to Elias M. Sperling and Henry Rau has aiready been noticed in the Hexato, has liabilities amounting to $82,212 75, assets $31,906 27—actual | value of assets $6,050 48, Bonds have been ordered in | $15,000. | Harriet Sinshimer, milliner, of No. 56 West Four. | | teenth street, yesterday assigned to Moses S, Mark. | | Her liabilities wre $38,135 09, assets $32,941 41—actual value of assets $6,116 41, Bonds were ordered in $15,000. A meeting of the creditors of James H. Livingston & ©o,, bankers, was held yesterday before Henry Wilder Allen, Register in Bankruptcy, No. 162 Broadway. | About fifty creditors proved their claims, and Alexander | R, Chisolm, of No. 52 Broadway, was chosen assignee, ‘At a meeting of the creditors of Kellogg & Woodrut!, | of No. 361 Canal street, held before Register Williams | at No. 4 Warren street, Charles H. Hyde. the assignee, s report, anda dividend of 2 1-10 per cent COAL AND’ THE THERMOMETER, A gentleman well acquainted with the coal market | remarked yosterday, ‘The rise and fall {n the price of coal is in inverse ratio to that of the thermometer; a | rising temperature is followed by @ depression in coal | quotations and a falling mercurial column indicates a | | rise in the cost of fuel.” | An interview with an agent of the Delaware, Lacka- | wanna and Western Railway Company revealed tho | fact that It is not at all unusual for so large an amount | of coal as 3,700 car loads to be standing at this season of the year in Hoboken, This place is the eastern ter- minus of the coal trade whieh supplies New York and | the surrounding cities, and hence there is always an | extensive supply of {tin the yards there. Mr Wells, ofthe Reading Railroad and Coal Mining Company, was visited in the office of that corporation, at the corner of Broad and Wall streets. He said that ‘one of the principal reasons for stagnancy inthe coal market now is a general slackness of manufacturing in- terests over most parts of the Union; money, too, is tight; and besides, there is a large quantity of the commodity on hand. With | regard to mining, this and January are the dullest | monthe in the year; after the beginning of February | the usual epriny trade sets m, and roiners who .doring | the aepth of winter work on short time are again | enabled to do their full hours. This is @ natural con- | sequence of the incoming spring trade. The Reading Company employ generally from 8,000 to 10,000 miners, | ste number varying rding to the exigencies of | trade, At present there are some 6,000 of these men | idle, they having been temporarily discharged a week | ago. The rengons of their having been paid off were | the small demand in the market and the great quanti. | ties of fuel in the company’s depote At the office of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, 71 Broadway, it was ascertained that the present {ull in the coal market isto be attributed to | an excessive eupply on hand, an amount of the material which is far beyond the demand THE “FRANK FORREST! RIAL. ’ MEMO. An adjourned meeting of the Frank Forrester Me- morial Association took place in the Astor House yes- terday afternoon, The report of the committee ap- pointed at the last meeting was read, which embraced recommendations that a lot should be secured in Green- | wood Cemetery, the remains of William Henry Herbert | to be transiated thither and @ suitable monument erected. ‘The presidents of sporting associations throughout the country were made honorary members of the association and contributions were aathorized to be solicited, all subscribers to be tarnished with a portrait and autograph of the deceased, After the adop- | tion of the commttiwe's report a permanent organization wasmade. Dr. Rowe was chosen President, and Mr. N, Saltors, Secretary. The treasurers of the fund, it was Jovided, should be the editors of the Turf, Field and | arm and the Kod and Gun, The Vice ‘cong | | chosen were Colonel Thomas Picton and Mr, George B, | batoms oe . A, box in which squash was‘laced, By lever to support wuprits, ©, root of vine. D, root of second vine connected with mercurial gauge. ace a, WITH MARKS OF HARNESS IRONS. ‘The last diagram represents a view of the apex and | lower side of the squash after it had compicted its growth and been taken from the box. The root and rootlets were carefully washed trom earthy matter and found to measure fifteen miles | gauge applied to the second vine ex- hibited a force equivalent to lifting acoluma of water 484 feet in height, Never before, said Professor Doremus, has the de- velopment of a squash been observed more criti or by @ greater number of people. Many thousands of men, women and children, from all classes of society and of various nationalities, visited tt, Mr. Penballow watched ‘with it several days and nights, making hourly observations. rofessor Parker was moved to write a poem about it, and Professor J. H. Seelye declared that be posi- tively stood in awe of it. Professor Duremus then read passages from “Vere- table Statistics,’’ by Rev, Stephen Hales, B. D., F. R. S., 727. In one experiment three mercurial gauges were attached to @ vine 50 feet in length. = At forty-four feet from the root the force was equiva- lent to acolumn of water thirty feet eleven inches. ‘The author of thie original treatise say ‘Could our eyes attain toa sight of the admirable texture of the arts on which the specific differences in plants do- pends, what an amazing and beautiful sgene of inimi- table embroidery should we behold! What a variety of masterly strokes of machinery! What evident marks of consummate wisdom sbould we be entertained with |" The lecturer exhibited a mumber of interesting ex- periments jiiuetraving the forces which cause these marvellous movements in plants He showed the attraction of solide for solide, solids for liquids and solide for gases; then ® aflinity of liquids for gases, as also the diffusive power of gases among gases. Endosmometers of various kinds wero made to functionate in imitation of the spongioles at extremities of she rootiets of plants, Other instru. ments illustrated the action of the stomata of the leaves, Beginning with the development of plumule and radicle, like the two natures of mau—one down. ward and away from light, the other upward and toward the light—he traced the plant throngh its various p bases to flowering and fruitage. Professor Doremus closed his discourse by reciting the beautiful lines of John Mason Good :— Not worlds on worlds in phalanx deep Need we to prove a God is hore; ‘The daisy, troxh from winter's sleop, Tells of His hand in lines as clear, For who but He that arched the skies And pours the day spring’s living flood, drows alike in ail He tries, d rowr the daisy's parple bad ¢ Monld its green cup, its wiry stem Its fringed border nicely spin, And cut the gold-embossed gem. ‘That, set th silver, gleams within ? Thon Hing tt anrestrained and free, O'er bill and dale and desert sod, ‘That man, where'er ho walks, may #60 Ta every stoy the stamp of God ave PRESIDENT GRANT DENOUNCED—THE DEMO- CRATIC PARTY TO BE REORGANIZED IN THY INTERESTS OF HONESTY AND REFORM. The Democratic General Committee held its finat meeting last evening at Tammany Hall, Hon, Abram 8. Hewitt presiding. The attendance was the largest since the election, tho greatest harmony pro- vailing. After the calling of the roll tho Sub- Committee on Organization reported that they considered the present method of primary elections about as perfect as any that could be adopted, but recommend that gentlemen of integrity and possessing the contldence of the democratic resl- dents of the several districts be selected as members of the General Committee. They were opposed to all who had been identified with the republican party, They proposed an increase in the number of the Genoral Committee for 1876, and suggested that it consist of 880 members, the representation from the several Assembly districts to be as follows Dist, 1 43 38 2 30 30 8. 86 4 3L 4 61 aT 5 . at 50 6 35 63 3 28 44 8 46 28 9 83 20. on 10, a5 21, 61 80 Twonty-fourth ward,.,. 10 ee ‘third Ward 18 . They also recommended that the primarics be held on Tuesday, tho 28th inst, On motion the report was received and adopted, It was also decided that the Committee on Organiz® tion for 1876 shall consist of four members from cack district and four from each ward, ‘The several districts then submitted the names a inspectors and the places for holding the primaries, which wore accepted. A long address to the party was then read by the accretary, in which, after a review oi political history down to the last election, tt pri a8 follows :— For twelve months the Empire State of the Union has been governed by the democratic party. The Sen- fate, holding over from a former year, alone remained in the hands of: the republicans, ‘The democratic As- gembly reduced the public expenses by a system of ro tronchment more rigid and searching than had been eae in the Legislature since 1860. ‘The exorbitant salaries of county officers, which had grown year after year by successive exactions of cor- ruption, were cut down in this city alone almost $100,000 per year. Special legislation, the parent of a thousand frauds, was killed by constitutional amond- ment, he railroad monopoli which for so many years had entered the lobby, purse in band, thwarting the will of the people in a hundred ways, met teir first groat defeat in the democratic Legislature of 1875, in the memorable struggle over rapid transit, If the depreciat value of real estate in this city and the languishing prosperity of all business interests should be traced to. their causes, it would be found | that chief among them the underlying cause of the retarded growth of Now York is the want of ade- quate terminal facilities. The stream of population has poured so steadily outside the city limits, e8- ecially into New Jersey, ee ge of cheap homes, that Eunareas of millions of wealth made here and belonging here bave been diverted from the legitimate channela of the metropolis and have gone to the enrichment of other places. This hemorrhage of the life blood of New York could be stopped but in ono way, and that way was barred for the past ten or fifteen years by the railroad kings of the lobby, who held in their grasp the trading politicians of successive republican Legislatures. Rapid transit, which, by fixing the population to the soil, would invigorate the energies of tho metropolis with new life; which would build up the waste places of the whole island and rescue from universal paralysis tho interests of real estate. This has been for the past de- cade our crying want and paramount necessity. It ‘was by the representatives of the democratic party that this great exigency was met, the lobby defeated and rapid transit dg to the city of New York. We point to the record of a single year of democratic rule in ihe State with justifiable pride, ‘Tho old tactics of the Tweed Ring and the Custom House republicans wi ns ro Brought $0 bear against the ic parly SF tggend wagliOn. Ts vor men ars iadsase Angul nad ae ee munity, and who figurdd (as the records of the courts abundantly show) in nearly every raid on the treasury | during Ring rule, have renewed. their former terms of intimacy and union with the Custom House republi , cans. The cant and hypocrisy of principles 1s at las- boldly thrown off by the latter. A Presidential cam- palgp approaches, and the party of ‘‘great moral ideas’? Again falls jutolige behind the political tramps whom Tweed bequeathed to New York, A new political alias | fs adopted by these Ring politicians, and this timo tt is | *Anti-Tammany.’? Their monumental infamy is already inscribed in the official tomes of this city. The utmost vigilance of the people will be required to prevent a repetition of their crimes. ' At the time the democracy of New York was offecting the puritealion of Tammany Hall the conduct of national affairs undér a republican administration had brought the American name into a byword of reproach and shame throughout the clyjlized world. The de- moralization caused by the war had become, after seven or eight years of peace, more widespread than ever before; the use of Crédit Mobilier stock had debauched the easy morality of many of the highest oficers of the government; ‘corners’ im gold, in whiskey, in grain, ip iron, in worthless railroad stocks, were multiplying on all sides, but | step by step with their growth was the pi 3s of | Special Jegislation, Was the increase of corrupt subsidi the accumulation of giant monopolies, the spread oak | legalized swindling and licensed Panaty, like that of Jayne’s in the customs and Joyce's and MeDonald’s in | the revenues. Why continue the black roll of shame | and dishonor whieh the military party has introduced | into the administration of federal affairs? Is it matter of wonder that this satarnalia ot licentiousness and | national debauchery should have culminated in a crash as terrible as it was melancholy and desolating ? Batllea and defeatea in every previous scheme to strengthen his political fortunes, the President at last changes front in the face of his victorious opponents, | discards the “bloody shirt” as an obsolete rag, and nail- ing to the mast the black tlag of Know Nothingism, un- sheathes his sword tor a ‘religious war,” The Republic of the United States for one hundred years has enjoyed the blessings of civil and religious liberty, Religion, having descended dove-like on white wings from heaven, sits peacefully brooding over the , land where conscience is free and toleration is inter- | woven among the sacred miniments and titles of our social and political compact. Suddenly ana without | warning the Chief Magistrate of the Union sounds the | “tire bell in the night,” from the regions of persecu- tion he iavokes the spirit of religious intolerance, and bids it erect its sable throne iu this land of liberty | and in this age of enlightenment and vaunted progress, Has history no terrors for his imagination as he looks back over the sanguinary fields, the blocks, the gibbets, the stakes, which stand like grim milestones of blood across the religious track of the past 300 years? or is the historic as a sealed book to the unlettered soldier | who has risen from the tented fleld to the Presidency, and who would clutch at power and hold on to it with bulldog tenacity even over the ruins of his country? We denounce this atrocious attempt of the President to recall from its dishonored graye the howling dervish of Know Nothingism, The successful soldier, in his ambition to enjpy a third term in violation of the com- mon law of America, has seized the torch of religious persecution and would apply it to the temple of the Most High no less than to the fabric of our civil liber- ties. We arraign President Grant for the prostitution of hig great oflice to the promotion of his persoual and political designs, and for seeking to incite @ religious | waramong brethren who are now dwelling together in | peace, and who are prepared to uphold cach other's right to worship God according to the dictates of their | own conscience, to the utmost extremity and against aileomers. That sacred right was won from tyranny | by George Washington. The ritual of its consecration was prouounced by Franklin, Jefferson, Hamilton and | Aaams, and General ( tis just a century too late in his attempt to strike it down, In conclusion, we congratulate our countrymen | the favorable auguries for a brighter future, The House of Representatives bas been handed over to the democratic party by the Atnerican people, The change means legislative and administrative re- form. lt means equal and exact justice to all men without regard to race or color, and the obliteration of the passions and antipathies which designing politicians have fomented and kept alive at the South. It means parity of government and sacred observance of faith with the public creditors, Daniel R. Lyddy seconded the motion to adopt the address in a telling speech, after which the committeo adjourned sine die TAMMANY ORGANIZATIO: Tho Sub-committee on Organization met yesterday afternoon at Tammany Hall, Arthar J. Delaney pre. siding and George W. Morton acting as secretary. The ‘only business was the consideration of names to be pre- sented from the several districts for members of the General Committee. Quite a largo number were ruled out as not trustworthy, It is the intention of the Committees on Organization to send only solid men to the frou, After a jong deliberation the committee erased about eighty names, and suggested that the several district organizations present the names for the best interest of the party, ROBBERY AND INCENDIARISM. Before daylight Saturday morning the store of J. M, Halsey, at Bridgehampton, Long Island, was discov. ered to be on fire, and despite all efforts was consumed, | It contained a full stock of drygoods and groceries. r in the day it became known that tho horse and ork ‘ot Dr. Wright, living in the vicinity, had beem Stolen, A large company turned out to search for them and the thieves. As pieces of ribbons from Mr, Hal- soy's stock were found about the Doctor's barn, It was concluded bis horse and vehicle had been used in car- rying away the contents of the store, It was learned tha ‘@ wagon had been driven through Sag Harbor, four miles distant from Briigehampton, The horse was found ina wood, avd o.4 searouing the hogse of a man named Payno tn’ tho village a gowd part of the articles werd found, together with what ts believed to have heen the result of a4.cilar robbery ab Saelter Island, Payme, was arrested,

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