THE MASONIC JOURNAL
MOSAICS.
NEWS.
lirother Josepli II. Separk, the l.iglily es
teemed Mayer ef Raleigh, whose recent death
has cast gloomover Hint eommimity, wasahso
Grand Tiler of 11 e Grand Lodge of tins Slate
A new Masonic Lodge was organized at High
i’oint outlie 25th nit., under the titleoLN'uma
F. K id Lodge, named in honor ofthe late Rev.
X. F. Reid, D. D., of the X. C. Confer ence,
and past Grand Chap, of the Grand Lodge.
It.\ly.—A Masonic Temple lias been dedi-
cite l in Rome, a great triumpli for Italian
Masons who have won their right by lighting
in the patriot ranks under Garibaldi. The old
hero, himself, was not present, being detained
at home by illne-s, but his son Menotti ap
peared ill his place.
51 Asoxtc Displays.—IVc are glad io an
nounce that the olliccr." of the Grand Com-
mandervliave decided to prohibit the too fre-
(jnent occiirrence of Masonic iiroeessioiis, and
wisely refused the privilege to a iiumher of
Commandciies in the interior ofthe Sure, who
M'islied to participate in Fourth of July eelc-
1,rations.
A\ e are sorry to learn that Jlr. .1. II. Jli’Is,
Sope-iiilendeiit )t the Oxford Orphan Asylum,
leinains tirm in Iiis purpose to resign his posi
tion, he having already removed to Thomas-
’ illc, where lie proposes establisliing a school.
Fro. lulls has made a very zealous, active, and
ill every way ellieient oliicer, and we regret to
lose him from this important jiost.
By tlie deathof onr esteemed craiipaiiion,
Thomas W. Dewey, Grand High priest of the j
(.Irand Royal Arch Chapter of X'orth Carolina,
1 hat ofliee now devolves upon our friend and |
Loiniianion. Col. Tims. S Keenan, Deputy
G and High Pi'iest. Tliis gives "Wilson, X. C.,
the honor of the twohighest ilasonic officers
—that of G. II. Priest Keenan and ,G. blaster
Illount.
The dedication of the iie\v5Iasonic Temple
in Rome, tlie “sacred city of tlte popes,” in
Mareli last, proved a great success and a very
interesting eecasioii. Over two liundred 5Ia-
'ons were in (lieprocession. Tlicorgaii ofthe
clinrcliat Rome jimnounccs it a “liorribie scan
dal,"’ and tlic-Vtiilding of ailasohic Temple a
"fearful onti-age” on tlie religion of Clirist,
suggesled by licit in order to offer a more griev
ous outrage to our divine Redeemer.”
A\’c liave long thonglit tliat tlie public pa
rades ofKuiglits Templar served to weaken
ilio.'C organizations, as well as to reflect uiifa-
voralily upon tlie wliole Masonic Fraternity,
liy destroying tlie seclnsiveness wliieh lias al
ways been its strengtli. These displays liavc
increased to a great extent witliiii tlie past
tbree years, and were fast becoming nuisances
to all, except the few anxious to appear in
sword and featlier. -Fluladelplda Cliromcle.
CoLoitEU Lodges —Prince Hall Lodge cel-
brat ed its eentamial anniversary on St. Jolin’s
day, in Boston. Delegations were there from
various cities of Xew England, X"cw York,
."Maryland, Virginia, Xorth Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Oliio, Jliehigan and Can
ada. .1. G. Findel and other German 5Iasons
were made Honorary 5Iembers. The liking
of these German philosophers for illegitimate
lodges is easily explained wlien it is considered
that they iiave been trying for many years to
prove tiiat there never was any legitimate 5Ia-
sonry. —Masonic Tolcen.
An .-Vnciuxt Masonic Apuon.—Tlierc is
now in the possess on of Jolm L. Swaney, of
l.'astallan Springs, in liiis county, a 5Iasonio
apron that is one luuidrcd years old. It is
made of Irish linen with the Masonic emblems
nicely embroidered on it with .silk. It was
inadeinBarlec county, North Carolina, by
Miss, ilary Spivey, for Henry Fclole; about
which time there was agreat prejudice among
t ;e la-lies against Masonry, and this young
lady and her motlier were the oiilj' ladies who
would make them any regalia. 5Iiss, Maiy
Spivey was married July 10, 1774, to James
Fate. Slie was tlie mother of Col. Humphrey
Bate and the great-grand-mother of Gen. "W'm.
B. Bate. 'The date of her marriage fi.xed the
time she made the apron, as it was before tlie
• leath of Henry Beiote. in 1837, and while on
Ills detith bed he gave this apron to Jolm L.
Swaney, requesting him to keep it as long as he
lived. It i.s as perfect as it was when it was
first made. Jolm L. Swaney is perhaps the
oldest Mason living in Tennessee. He was
initiated into Lodge No. (i, at Gallatin, in 1808.
—Gallatin [Tenn.] Examiner.
There is no sncli county in this State as
“ Bartec,” and from tlie local names of the par
ties Bertie county is evidently tlieone meant.
—Ed. JotinxAL.
A New Hampshire woman, 101 years old, is
knitting a pair of socks for A. T. Stewart.
One of the briglile.st belles at Long Branch
has gone insane. Unrequited love is said to
be the cause.
One of tlie queerest eases on record is that
of aiiiaii named Bailey, wliostole 85,000 worth
of Bibles ill Brooklyn.
"\"Ve bad one stolen from our pocket once.
'The direct U. S. cable was completed on
tlie 5tli iiist., and congratulatory messages be
tween Loudon and New York manageis were
transmitted over the cable.
Soiitherii joninals speak very encouragingly
ofthe work of improving the mouth of the
Jlississippi river begun some months ago by
Captain Ead.s, of St. Louis-bridge fame.
A romantic young pair wlio were about to
bo married in mid-ocean a few days ago discov
ered that tliey were lialf brother and sister in
time to prevent tlie unnatural union.
It is estimated by the bankers of New York,
that the public and private indebtedness of
this country to Europe, is S2,000.0c0,000 the
ill tercst of winch, at (i per cent., is 8120,000,-
000 per animm.
It is allegeil that England will make the
ilargary murder the pretext for seizing and
annexing Birmah; as large bodies of Britisli-
Indian troops are concentrating on the fron
tier.
'The total silver prodnctimi in the woild
from the j-ear 1850 to 1875, has been estimaled
to be 81,035,000,(00, the United States prodne
ing onc-ten'li of the entire amount. 'The yield
ofjlexico is at present at the rate of $20,000,-
OOOanimally.
I’etersburg. Va., has a school trouble be
tween tlie Catholics and other citizens. The
Council appropriate 81,000 for a Catholic
seliool houre and sundry citizens get an in
junction against its payment. X'ot long since
Lynchburg laid a like tr-iublo.
Six members of the present Congress have
died since their election: ex-Fresident Jolm-
son, of Tennessee ; Buffington, of Massacliu-
setts; Ilersey. of Maine; Allen, of X'ew
A'ork ; Head, of Tennessee, and Do Low, o '
Oregon.
"When Andrew Johnson was Governor of
'rcniiessec, the Chief Ju.sticeoftliat State was
an ex-blaeksmitb. 'The Governor, by u ay of
a compliment, made with bis own hands a vest
for the Chief Justice, wlilie tlie latter in return,
made a Miovcl and a pair of tongs, wliicli lie
prc.soiited to the Governor,
In the cnrreiit number of the Ovcrlumi, a
California geologist reviews the geological ev
idence ofthe antiquity ofalinmaii seltlemeiit
near the present town of Cherokee in that
State, and estimates the age of that ■ most an
cient of discovered towns to be not less tlian
180,000 years. "Whew I
An extensive Indian outbreak is reported in
Eastern Nevada and Western Utali. A num
ber of settlers and miners have been killed, and
tlie women and cliildrcn are being removed to
places, of safety. Troops of volunteers are go
ing to the scene. 'The rising of tlie Indians is
attributed to Mormon influence.s.
A novel use is to be made of beech and ma
ple trees. A stock company has been formed
at Ilornellsvlllo, in the State of New York for
^ tlie manufacture of tlie vegetable acids used in
printing calico. A gang of clioppers are. at
work there felling trees, the company having
bought a largo tract of woodland for the above
purpose.
Tlieie is a little girl .at North Boverhu 5Iass.,
aged three years, whose short life has b‘eii
eventful. She was born on a ship in tlie Pa
cific ocean; seven days after the .fliip was
wrecked and sunk. She was wrapped in
blankets and fed on soaked biscuit for 10 days,
when they were picked up and taken to T.iver
pool, tlieiice to this conutry, and the little one
i.s now with her grand parents—doing well.
'Tub Suez Canal —Tliroiigh the develop
ment ofits traffic the Suez Canal has been
placed upon a paying basi.s—tliat is, its income
from the last j'ear was larger tlian tlie expend-
itnres. 51. de Les.seps states that in 1874 the
actual expenditure was 83,500,000, whilst the
income was 85,200,000. 'The canal is kept in
good navigable condition, but no improve
ments or novelties are introduced, there being
muoheconomy e.xercised in the e.xpenditnre.
Tlie traffic through it is being constantly in
creased ; and, in addition to the great number
of ve.-r^sels that pass through, the most of them
are of larger size tlian fornierl3'.
Capt. "Webb, the hero of the channel feat,
is the lion of the daj' in England. Subserip
tions have been opened in London and the pro
vincial towns for the purpose of presenting
him w ith some token of the popular apprecia
tion of his courage, and about $2,000 have al-
readj' been collected. It is proposed also that
the (jueen confer upon him tlie honor of
Knighthood. Capt. Webb, who is 26 years of
age, learned to .swim at seventeen j’ears of age.
He first signalized himself in ttie Suez Canal,
bj' diving under bis ship and clearing
awa\' a liawser wliieli had fouled her. On one
occasion, when returning from ttie United
States ill the Cunard steamer Russia, he jump
ed ovorbonul in a heavj' sea, while the vessel
was going at full speed, to save a man who bad
fallen overboard. The Russia was running
before tliervind under steam and canvass, and
as slic was going at tlie rate of 15 knots an
hour, 5Vebb was far out of sight before tlie
vessel could be bronglit to, A lifeboat was sent
out ill searcli of liim, and IVebb was picked up
after iiaving been for half an hour in :i sea such
as no one had ever before been known to en
counter successfully. For tills gallant attempt
to save the life of a fellow-creature be was pre
sented by the passengers with a inirseof £100.
Capt. 5Vebb also lioldstiie first gold Stenbopc
medal of tl'.e lioj-al Humane Society and the
silver medal of tlie same Society, both of which
were presented to liim at tlie Freemasons’ 'Tav
ern, in the presence of a distiiiguisbed corapa-
njq by the Duke of Edinbnrgli. Capt. IVebb
also bolds tlie medal of the Liverpool Humane
Society.—Tribune.
'The Odd Fellows’ 'Temple in this city is fast
approaching completion, and when flnislied
will be anotlim- of the many handsome orna
ments of which Greenslioro can boast.
Tills is the season of Camp 5Ieetings. 'Tlie
third one is now in progress in this vicinity,
under the management of tlie Fiiends or Qua
kers ,
A small lire occurred last 5Ionday night at
Seargent.’s foundry, just East of the eitj', re
suiting in tlie loss of the dry kiln witli about
2,000 or3,000 feet of lumber. No other dam
age
A deputation in belialf of the Americans,
both Catholic and Protestant, waitedon Car
dinal 5IcCloskey, on Ms arrival in Rome, and
presented him witli a complete CardinaTs dress
and mitre, set witli precious stones, together
with an address expressing tlieir good wislies
and veneration
If tliose precious atones were converted into
iiread they could “iioint a moral or adorn a
tale” with far more accept ability to many of
the starving poor, -who are now only permitted
to look upon them with gnawing stomachs.
Baltiiiiore, September 10.—The steamship
Nova Scotian arrived at this port j-esterday af
ternoon from Liverpool. Slie lirouglit Foley’s
bronze statue of General 'Thomas J. Jackson,
tlie famous Coiifeilcrate leader, presented to
the Slate of Virginia liy Hon. Beresford Hope,
51. 1:’., and otlier Englisli gentlemen. 'Tlie
statue cost .$40,000, and will be erected in the
Capitol Square at Richmond, 5'a., near tlie
eqnesiriaii statue of lYasliingtoii.
It is generally tliouglit tliat Hon. Edmund
Ruffin, of Virginia, lired the first gun at Port
Sumter. 'The Rev. John Douglas, of Sleele
Creek, tells us that this is a mistake. He was
residing at tliat time on James Island and
heard the fir t gun. It was fired by Capt. Geo.
James from a little sand battery on James Is
land. He (Capt. J.) was killed afterward at
Gettysburg. Tlie second gim was fired by
Lieut. 5V'ade Hampton Gibb-.'S, also from Jas.
Island. 'Tlie third was fired by 51r. Ruffin fi'om
5Iorris Island. Tlie fonrtli gun was from Snl-
I livaiTs I.-^land, and ttie fiftli was from Iron
: Battery.—Norfolk Landmark.
^ Tlie Nortli Carolina Con.'^titutional Conven
tion lias gone earnestly to work. Upward of
150 amendments have been offered, notable
among them ai-e : To reduce tiic number of
Supremo and Superior couit ju dges, and to be
appointed by tlie general Assembly, instead of
elected lit" the popular vote ; fixing tlie pay of
the members by the General Assembl3' at three
hundred dollars per annum; reducing tlie
number of County Comiiiissiouers ; fixing the
term of the Governor and State officers at two
3'cars instead of four ; providing for tlie non-
suspension of tlie writ of liabeas corpus ; for
separate schools for white and black children;
modifying the appointing powers of the exec-
I utive; fixing the salaries of the Governor and
State oflieers; abolishing the Senate branch "of
j the Legislature ; prohibiting convicted felons
from bolding offices or sitting on juries ; pro-.
' viding for tlie comproinis> of tlie public debt
A widow lady named Luke, living near Gold
Ridge, Randolpti county, Ga., found a few days
ago. Oil lier farm a nugget of gold weigliing
t" 0 and alialf pounds, and wortli about 8600.
A new fast mail train will start this morn
ing between New York and Chicago, carrying
three cars. 'The speed will he IQ miles per
lionr, with only 14 stops on tlie route.
The schooner Eur.sha, from Norfolk, Va..
loaded with sweet potatoes, was caught in a
gale off Deal Beach, N. J., and lost both Iier
masts. 'The crew refused to be taken off.
Cincinnati, September 10.—The Farmer.s'
Convention have adopted a platform deinaiul-
ing tlie immediate repeal of tlie resumption act
of 1875, tlic repeal of tlie national banking
law, and tliat tlie govcruinent shall .supplv na
tional paper dire‘ctl3X
Gov. Leslie, of Keiituck3-, recently appoint
ed as aid-de-camp on ills staff a bo3' tliirteeii
3roars old ; and later he has added to ids stall'
ason, aged 6 months, of George T. Duff, tlie
assistant Secretary of State. 'Tlie li!ib3' ranks
as Cclonel, and tlie Governor declares tliat lie
is III jre ornamental and full v as u.-eful as any
adult whom lie could liave chosen.
5Vitli true business exactness the C'ommit--
tee charged witli tlie dut3i of arranging for tlie
meetings of 5tessrs. Moody and Saiikey in
London liave rendered tlicir account to the
public. 'Tlie disbursements amounted to£28,-
896, and their receipts to £28.238, leaving a
denci(‘ne3’ of £158. 'Tlie receipts were eon-
tallied in 2,-578 eoniributions, tlic largest reacli-
iiig £550.
All the preparations are maturing for
tlie opening of tlie Va.Klerbilt University at
Nashville, 'I'enn., on the 3rd of October Pro
fessors Shipp, Safford and Lupton, and tlu'
Cluincellor, Dr. Garland, are at Nasliville.—
Profs. Lipscomb and Wincliell areexiieeted lo
arrive at tlie time of opening. Tlie Universit.y
is the gift to the 5Iethodist Episcopal Chureir
South of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Two Italians were arrested at the Grand
Central depot. New "York, having in their pos
session alarge quantity of810 counterfeits on
tlie First National Bank of Philadelphia and
the City Bank of Pouglikeepsie. The plate
from wliieh the bills were printed was cut by
the notorious coimterfeitor, 'Tom Ballard, now-
in the Albany peiiitenfary, and during the
past iiino years lias been altered to print coim-
terfeits on twenty-nine National Bank.s.
Ever3' effort is making to induce the Sioux
to part with the Black Hills and Big Horn
country upon wliicii Hie winteman has set liis
covetous eyes. 'The principal diflieult}’ in the
way of the Commis.sioners liitlierto has been
tliat tliey were unable to gid tlie Indians to-
getlier for tlie proposeil Grand Council. X"ow
huiiger has brougiit man3' of tlie lunvilling lo
terms, and Spotted 'Tail, tlie most reluctar.t
and intraclahle of tliem ail, is to be compelled
to make liis appearance. Ourdispatclics fioiii
tlie RcdUloiul AgencyIndicate.s tliataltliongh
tlie session of Hie Council may last 1110113-da vs
it w-ill i-osult in the purclmse of tlie reputed
gold region, but tlie amount of tlie purcliase-
iiioiuy is still a matter of blind eonjeeture.—
N. Tribune.
I) 1 E 1) .
In Greensboro. N. C., Sept. 11th, 1875, Da
vid Scott, aged 78. He was Hie oldest citizen
of tiiC city, and among the oldest 51asons in
Hie State—nearl3' 53 yoar.s, having been ir.i*
tinted Dc‘0.14Hi, 1832. He liad tlie responsi
ble positions of 5Iaster, J. IVarden and 'Treas-
nrerof his Lodge. At the lime of his deatli
lie was a noii-aftlliate, having demited in
1851. He-n-as also the oldest memlier of the
Pre.sbytcriaii chnrch in this cit\-.
gaaga—i^^^—agM^—MM—MaM—.
Special Notices.
Royal Akcil—There will lie a Regular
Meeting-of Cliorizin Chapter, No. 13, touiifr-
row evening. (Fi idny.) All visiting Coiiipau-
ion.s invited to attend.
A L.'Vrge and H.xndsojie AssoiiTxibN-t' of
fine Jewelry, Watches, Silver Ware and oHier
goods
at CHAMBERLAIN’S.
Benbow Houses
B®” Special attention given to repaiiing.
To TUB Ladte.s OP Greensboho and 5T-
CINITY.-I take pleasure in stating that lain
in receipt of a full sti-ck of E. Butterick A Go's
Fall and Winter Patterns for all garments
wdru by Ladies, 51isses, Children and Infants
of all sizes and for all ages.
Catalogues containing over five hundred Il
lustrations of these Patterns furnished free 011
application. Orders by mail will receive
prompt attention.
5Irs.E. G. NEWC051B,
Ageiiti