fully planted the first Masonic College known to the world; and I much mistake the character of our Brothers if they do not stand by and sustain the institution until it shall require no external aid.

The College is now out of debt, with some funds on hand; but as repairs and additional buildings will be required, a library and apparatus are absolutely neces sary, and as we cannot hope to see it firmly established upon elevated grounds without an endowment, I cannot too strongly recommend your early attention to that subject. Two years ago, I presented a measure, proposing to tender to some neighboring States an undivided scholarship interest, upon the condition that they would make provisions for its endowment. My opinions have undergone no change, but as this measure was rejected, I will not now urge it again, but will heartily concur in any other that may promise success. You will, of course, look carefully to the fiscal concerns of the College and Grand Lodge, holding all receiving and disbursing agents to a strict account; a want of timely attention to this, has doubtless been the cause of more pecuniary embarrassment, in institutions of learning, than any other.

I rejoice at meeting so many of my Brothers, prepared, doubtless, for the transaction of such business as the good of the Craft may demand.

Devoutly praying that wisdom and harmony may characterize your labors, I subscribe myself fraternally yours, J. W. S. MITCHELL, G. M.

ILLINOIS.

The anniversary of St. John the Evangelist was celebrated by the Brethren at Chicago, Illinois, on the 27th December. The Journal, printed at that place, says:

"The ceremonies of Installation of the officers of the several Lodges in this city, took place at Masonic Hall, Rev. WM. F. WALKER, Grand Master of this State presiding; after which an address was delivered by WM. STUART, Esq., which for its beauty and appropriateness was listened to with pleasure by a large company of Ladies and Gentlemen.

This Order, which claims for its prominent object the inculcation of benevolent principles, is rapidly increasing throughout the West, and numbers among its members many of the worthiest men of the country."

GEORGIA.

At the last annual communication of the Grand Chapter of Georgia, the committee on Charters closed their report as follows:

The attention of your Committee has been called to the practice which has become lamentably prevalent of persons withdrawing from active membership of Masonic Bodies, to evade payment of dues, and at the same time claiming all the privilege of the Order except that of voting. Your Committee believe the custom to be not only improper, but actually demoralizing, inasmuch as it makes persons able to contribute to the funds of the Order, to withhold their contributions without losing its benefits, thus bringing down the standard of Masonic duty, and curtailing the means of Masonic Charity. Your Committee would respectfully suggest to this Grand Body the necessity of taking some decided order on this subject.

The following resolution was adopted, in conformity with this recommendation:

Resolved, That no Royal Arch Mason (who is a citizen of Georgia,) shall be allowed to visit a Chapter oftener than three times, without being a contributing member of some Chapter, except in case of inability. And that the several Chapters under this jurisdiction be required to conform their By-Laws to this resolution.

Obituary.

Ar the last annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Alabama, the Grand Secretary read the following obituary notice of the decease of two of the Past Deputy Grand Masters of that Grand Lodge, viz: Bros. DAVID MOORE and JOHN B. HOGAN; which was ordered to be entered on the minutes :

The Grand Secretary of this Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, has before him the painful duty of recording the departure from this life of two of the Past Deputy Grand Masters of this Grand Lodge: Bro. DAVID MOORE, of Huntsville, and Bro. JOHN B. HOGAN, of Mobile. In bringing the notice of the subject before this Grand Lodge, he cannot withhold from them the knowledge he has of the conspicuous place which the names of our departed Brethren hold on the pages of the Masonic History of Alabama. He finds that Brother MOORE was appointed a Delegate from Madison Lodge, No. 21, (Huntsville,) to a convention of all the Lodges of the State, held at Cahawba, in June, 1821, having for its purpose the establishment of the Grand Lodge of Alabama; at the organization of which he was appointed its Grand Orator, and subsequently, in 1822, 2d Deputy Grand Master, which office he held for two years. For several years afterwards, Brother MOORE is found a constant and untiring laborer at the Annual Communications of the Grand Lodge. At the time of his decease, he was a member of Helion Lodge, No. 1.

Brother J. B. HOGAN, of Mobile, has not been less efficient in the establishment of the Order throughout our State. He is found in 1824, a Delegate from Rising Virtue Lodge, No. 4, (Tuscaloosa,) to the Grand Lodge-and was then elected Grand Junior Warden. In 1825, he was appointed first Deputy Grand Master; which office he held for three years, when the office was abolished.

May we now cherish the hope that our departed Brethren have exchanged their labors in this Grand Lodge below, for those of a more highly transcendant nature in the Celestial Grand Lodge above, where the All Powerful and Supreme Architect of the Universe presides; and that they have received the ever glorious welcome "Well done, thou good and faithful servant: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."

The Grand Lodge subsequently adopted the following resolutions:

Whereas, by a communication from the Grand Secretary, this body has been officially informed of the death of our worthy Brethren, DAVID MOORE, of Madison, and JOHN B. HOGAN, of Mobile, both of whom were Past Grand Officers of this Grand Lodge; and whereas, we are also informed of the death of our worthy Brother, WALKER K. BAYLOR, who was frequently a representative to this Grand Lodge; and whereas, we highly esteemed our worthy Brethren, MOORE, HOGAN, and BAYLOR, while they lived, and revere their memories as Masons since their death; and whereas, we desire to bestow upon them that honor, which their Masonic usefulness and private virtues demand at our hands;

Resolved, therefore, That this Grand Lodge deeply sympathize with the Craft at large, and the relatives of the deceased Brethren, in the loss they have sustained by the death of our Brethren, DAVID MOORE, of Madison, JOHN B. HOGAN, of Mobile, and WALKER K. BAYLOR, of Jefferson.

Resolved, further, That the furniture and jewels of this Grand Lodge be clothed in mourning during the remainder of this communication, and that its members wear the usual badges of mourning for thirty days.

Resolved, further, That this preamble, and these resolutions, be spread upon the minutes of this Grand Lodge, and that the Grand Secretary be instructed to forward copies of them to the widows of Brethren MOORE and HOGAN, with assurances that this Grand Lodge deeply sympathizes with them in their bereave

ment.

The same Grand Lodge also adopted a preamble and resolutions on the death of Gen. JACKSON, which we will publish in our next.

MASONIC CHIT CHAT.

GRAND LODGE OF VERMONT.-A correspondent writes, that the Grand Lodge of Vermont, held its annual communication at Burlington, on the 14th inst. A respectable number of Lodges, which have sustained themselves and kept up their organizations, through the long and severe warfare against the Institution, were represented. Means were adopted to give a new impulse to the Fraternity in the State.

OLDEN TIMES-In looking over an old file of the Boston Centinel, a few days since, we met with the following notice :

"Notice is hereby given to the Brethren of the Antient and Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons, that the Feast of St. John the Baptist will be celebrated by the Brethren of St. Andrew's Lodge, (duly authorised, constituted and appointed to be held at Boston, by the Right Honorable, John Lord Aberdour, Grand Master of Scotland) on Thursday the 24th instant, at the Royal Exchange Tavern in King street. Tickets to be had of JOSEPH WEBB, jun. PHILLIP LEWIS, PAUL REVERE.

Boston, June 14, 1762.

St. Andrew's Lodge is still one of the best Lodges in the country. It was chartered in 1756.

We regret to say to our correspondent at Washington, Ohio, that we have not all the Nos. he writes for. We can send him all but No. 8, if he desires them. We can also purchase for him the 1st, 2d and 3d vols. at $3,50 a vol. unbound. If he wishes them at this price, he will give us immediate notice. They are clean and in good condition.

Br. Moses Johnson, of Austin, (Grand Sec. G. L.) is our authorised agent for the Magazine, for Texas; Br. James M. Stoddard, for Burnt Corn, Ala.; Rev. Br. B. F. Kavanaugh for 'Indianapolis, Indiana; Br. John Atkins, for Livingston, Ala.; Br. Wm. H. Stevens, for Grenada, Md.; Rev. Br. R. Spaulding, Platteville, Wis. Ter. ; and Br. John F. Brandt, of Holly Springs, Mis.

We are still desirous of the 1st No. of the 4th vol. of the Magazine. We will pay 50 cents a copy for any number of copies not exceeding ten.

Br. A. T. Douglass, late of New Orleans, will oblige by sending us a precise account of his doings as agent for that city, with the residence or place of business of each subscriber, as nearly as he can recollect them. Without this information, we shall find great difficulty in adjusting our accounts there.

We acknowledge the receipt of a copy of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Maryland, had its annual communication in Dec. It was received too late for the present number. We have also the proceedings of several other Grand Lodges which will re ceive attention in due time.

FA correspondent writes, that the Post Master in his place, refuses to receive subscription dues for periodicals, and draw his order on the Post Master in this city for the amount. We have not the Post Office law before us, but our impression is, that the regulation in this respect, is imperative.

Our agent at London, has sent us an order for fifty copies of the 1st and 2d vols. of the Magazine. We will pay a liberal price for them to any subscriber who may have either of these volumes to dispose of.

Our agent at Troy, N. Y. some time since sent us the officers of one of the Lodges in that city, for publication, but they have been mislaid. If he will furnish them again his request shall be complied with.

Brethren forwarding orders for Books, are requested to refer to the advertisement, in order to ascertain that we have them on hand, as several of the kinds originally advertised have all been disposed of.

Correspondents, in addressing their letters to us, are requested to append to our name, "Editor Freemasons' Magazine." Our letters sometimes fall into wrong hands, there being several persons in the city, whose names very nearly resemble our own.

Our agent at Boonville is informed, that his remittance through Baltimore, has been received.

The order of our agent at Halifax, N. S., for thirty copies of the Trestle-Board, will be answered by the first vessel for that port.

FROM the last annual report of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Maryland, we regret to learn that the M. W. Grand Master of that body, has, the past year, been required to exercise the highest prerogative of his office, in suspending the operations of a recusant and erring Lodge. Subordination to the laws and regulations of the supreme authorities, is a principle which lies at the foundation of our Institution; and every attempt to subvert or overthrow it, is a blow aimed at the existence of the fabric itself. We are told in one of our Charges, that "such is the nature of our constitution, that as some must of necessity rule and teach, so others must learn to submit and obey." If a Brother cannot learn this lesson, he has not the qualities which are requisite for a good Mason ; and his duty is to withdraw from the Lodge, and leave the management of its affairs to others. An opposite course, successfully pursued, would break asunder the silken-cord that binds our Fraternity into one "sacred band or society of friends and Brothers," and scatter anarchy and discord along its peaceful and pleasant paths.

The power of the Grand Master to suspend a Lodge, for disobedience, or irregularity in its proceedings, is an innate power, and as such has been recognized by the Fraternity from time immemorial. Nor can

it be doubted that it is a wise and conservative provision. It is however, like all other great powers, one that should be used with forbearance, and only in cases where less stringent measures will not avail, and where delay would be hazardous to the interests of the Grand Lodge immediately interested, or productive of evil consequences to the Fraternity at large.

Whether the case we are about to present to our readers, falls within this rule, they will be able to decide when they shall have been made acquainted with the facts. These we propose to give in full, for they are

of uncommon interest. And in order that the case may be correctly understood at the commencement, it is proper here to premise, that the body to which the annexed communication was addressed, is com posed of the Deputy Grand Master, Grand Secretary and Grand Treas urer, a Past Master from each Lodge in the city of Baltimore, and the Masters of the several Lodges working under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge. It has power to hear and determine all matters concerning Freemasons and Masonry that may come before it, (except making new regulations, &c.) and its determinations are final, unless an appeal be taken to the Grand Lodge." At a meeting of this body on the 14th October, 1845, the Grand Master presented the following:

To the R. W. Deputy Grand Master, and other Officers and Members of the Grand Stewards Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Maryland.

R. W. SIR AND BRETHREN:

IN consequence of complaint having been made to me, as the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge, that Amicable Lodge No. 25, had, in various ways and instances, departed from the ancient and established Land-marks and usages of our Order-refused to conform in her work and lectures to the system laid down by the Grand Lodge-violated the Constitution of that body, and even her own ByLaws and regulations, which complaint will be found in the papers herewith submitted, marked Documents No. 1 and No. 2,* I felt it my painful duty to demand a surrender of her charter and books of proceedings, and to require of her officers a suspension of the Lodge meetings until the allegations against her should be fully investigated; a copy of which demand and requirement is also herewith submitted, marked Document No. 3.+ Upon a careful inspection of her book of proceedings for the last three years, that being the extent of my examination, I regret to say that I find the record of many acts done in said Lodge, which seem to me to militate against the well being of the Fraternity, whilst there are others manifestly subversive of those cardinal principles, a strict adherence to which alone can preserve the Institution from disgrace and ruin.

It is a well known fact, and one which, for several years last past, has been felt to be a serious evil, that persons have been admitted into the Institution by this Lodge, utterly unworthy of the rights and privileges conferred-men who

*We omit these documents, for want of room. The substance of them is stated by the G. Master. They are from the Grand Inspectors of the city Lodges.

+To David Parr, Esq., Worshipful Master, or other presiding officer for the time being, of Amicable Lodge, No. 25.

WORSHIPFUL SIR AND BROTHER:

It is with extreme pain and regret that I inform you that official information has been communicated to me that your Lodge has recently, in repeated instances, violated the Constitution and regulations of the Grand Lodge of Maryland, and removed the ancient landmarks of the Order of Freemasonry; and that, too, after repeated admonition that you were so doing.

Under these circumstances, painful as the act most assuredly is, an imperious duty, which I may not disregard, compels me to demand of you the Charter and book of proceedings of your Lodge, and to require you to suspend your meetings as a Lodge until the matter can be fully investigated.

You will please to deliver the said Charter and book or books of proceedings to the G. Tyler, Br. Henry Lusby, who is authorized to receive the same to be delivered to me. With my best wishes that this untoward affair may be speedily and satisfactorily adjusted, I beg leave to subscribe myself, Your friend and Brother, CHARLES GILMAN, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Maryland.

Baltimore, Sept. 10, 1845.