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America.
NEW JERSEY . ELIZABETH TOWN . —On the 20 th of December , a regular communication of the Washington Lodge , foraierlv No . 41 , CD ., AA'as held in this town , at which Br . P . M . John H . Janeway installed Br . James S . Green as W . M . for the ensuing year ; ancl he was pleased to appoint Brs . Wallace L . Crowell , S . W . ; Wm . H . ThurstonJWRevIsaac TrotterChapFrancis SayreTreas . ; J . RollaSec . ;
, .. ; . , . ; , , Lewis W . Oakley , S . D . ; David Crowell , J . D . ; David N . Crane , and Joseph C . Hinchman , Stewards . RAKAA ' . — The Lafayette Lodge , No . 11 , belonging to this town , held its usual monthly communication ontho 21 st of Dec ., when Br . John H . JaneAvay , P . M ., installed Br . Crowell Marsh W . M . for the ensuing year , ' who appointed Brs . Sle'Vart C . Marsh , S . W . ; A . J . Halliday , J . W . ; A . 0 . Houghton , Treas . ; D . K . RynO , Sec . ; G . L . TrusslerS . D . ; John M . WhiteheadJ . D . ; Josephus Shann ancl Franklin Hammill ,
, , SteAA'ards ; ancl J . Carl , Tyler . NEAVAUK . —At the usual meeting of the brethren of the Newark Lodge , No . 7 , held on tho 22 nd of Dec , at 314 , Broad-street , Newark . Br . David S . Plume was elected W . M . for the ensuing year , ancl he nominated the following brethren to their respective offices-. —Brs . J . M . Pool , S . W . ; Frederick C . Dodd . -J . W . ; Simon Learning , Treas . ; Milton Baldwin , Sec . ; C . Dyden , S . D . ; ancl Lorenzo Stone , J . D .
NEW YORK . NEW YORK . —At a regular communication of the Montgomery Lodge , No . 48 , held on the 18 th of December , the following brethren Avere elected to their respective offices-. —Brs . Allen A . Burns , W . M . ; Lionel Jacobs , S . W . ; Edward Gallaher , J . W . ; Joseph Hilton , S . D . ; John Warren , J . D . ; Thomas White , Tres . ; Mosley Lyon , Sec .
TROY . —On St . John ' s Day , the brethren of the recently formed Lodge ( the Zion , No . 311 ) , of this town , held a Grand Masonic Festival in honour of the clay at which Br . John S . Perry , was installed W . M . for the ensuing year , B r . De Witt Clinton Cram , S . W . ; Br . George Babcock , J . W . ; Br . Prentice L . Jones , Secretary ; Br . Elias Ross , Treasurer ; Br . Fred . T . Allen , S . D . ; Br . W . H . Van Every , J . D . This Lodge , although scarcely more than a year and a half in existence , already numbers more than 100 members , and its treasury has been enriched by nearly
3 , 000 dollars , the subsciptions of the members . PENNSYLVANIA . ALTOONA . —On the 29 th of December , the brethren of Mountain Lodge ( No . 281 ) , celebrated the festival of St . John by a banquet at Logan House , which Avas served in Br . Thompson ' s best style . Before the brethren were called off for refreshment , Br . R . A . Famkiton , D . D . G . M-, installed the W . M . for the ensuing year .
SOUTH CAROLINA . THE GRAND LODGE . —St . John ' s clay , 1854 , will henceforth be a clay of the most pleasurable associations to the Masons of South Carolina , as on it was celebrated in Charlestown , AA'ith all the accessories of interest and eclat , the centennial anniversary of the Grand Lodge of the State . The various representatives of the distant Lodges , together with a full representation of the city Lodges , met at the Masonic Hall at the
appointed hour , ancl the order of procession was folloAved according to a published programme . The day was peculiarly lively and inviting—indeed more suggestive of May than of December—ancl consequently the corners , streets and avenues that were supposed to afford good points of A'iew , were crowded almost to suffocation at an early hour . The procession , under the escort and direction preA-iously appointed , marched to the new hall of the South Carolina Institute , where the public observances and ceremonies of the clay Avere to be celebrated . That edifice was nearly filled before the arrival of the procession , with the fair representatives of humanity , in its best estate , —the upper floor , indeed , was monopolized by the ladies , ancl the main
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America.
NEW JERSEY . ELIZABETH TOWN . —On the 20 th of December , a regular communication of the Washington Lodge , foraierlv No . 41 , CD ., AA'as held in this town , at which Br . P . M . John H . Janeway installed Br . James S . Green as W . M . for the ensuing year ; ancl he was pleased to appoint Brs . Wallace L . Crowell , S . W . ; Wm . H . ThurstonJWRevIsaac TrotterChapFrancis SayreTreas . ; J . RollaSec . ;
, .. ; . , . ; , , Lewis W . Oakley , S . D . ; David Crowell , J . D . ; David N . Crane , and Joseph C . Hinchman , Stewards . RAKAA ' . — The Lafayette Lodge , No . 11 , belonging to this town , held its usual monthly communication ontho 21 st of Dec ., when Br . John H . JaneAvay , P . M ., installed Br . Crowell Marsh W . M . for the ensuing year , ' who appointed Brs . Sle'Vart C . Marsh , S . W . ; A . J . Halliday , J . W . ; A . 0 . Houghton , Treas . ; D . K . RynO , Sec . ; G . L . TrusslerS . D . ; John M . WhiteheadJ . D . ; Josephus Shann ancl Franklin Hammill ,
, , SteAA'ards ; ancl J . Carl , Tyler . NEAVAUK . —At the usual meeting of the brethren of the Newark Lodge , No . 7 , held on tho 22 nd of Dec , at 314 , Broad-street , Newark . Br . David S . Plume was elected W . M . for the ensuing year , ancl he nominated the following brethren to their respective offices-. —Brs . J . M . Pool , S . W . ; Frederick C . Dodd . -J . W . ; Simon Learning , Treas . ; Milton Baldwin , Sec . ; C . Dyden , S . D . ; ancl Lorenzo Stone , J . D .
NEW YORK . NEW YORK . —At a regular communication of the Montgomery Lodge , No . 48 , held on the 18 th of December , the following brethren Avere elected to their respective offices-. —Brs . Allen A . Burns , W . M . ; Lionel Jacobs , S . W . ; Edward Gallaher , J . W . ; Joseph Hilton , S . D . ; John Warren , J . D . ; Thomas White , Tres . ; Mosley Lyon , Sec .
TROY . —On St . John ' s Day , the brethren of the recently formed Lodge ( the Zion , No . 311 ) , of this town , held a Grand Masonic Festival in honour of the clay at which Br . John S . Perry , was installed W . M . for the ensuing year , B r . De Witt Clinton Cram , S . W . ; Br . George Babcock , J . W . ; Br . Prentice L . Jones , Secretary ; Br . Elias Ross , Treasurer ; Br . Fred . T . Allen , S . D . ; Br . W . H . Van Every , J . D . This Lodge , although scarcely more than a year and a half in existence , already numbers more than 100 members , and its treasury has been enriched by nearly
3 , 000 dollars , the subsciptions of the members . PENNSYLVANIA . ALTOONA . —On the 29 th of December , the brethren of Mountain Lodge ( No . 281 ) , celebrated the festival of St . John by a banquet at Logan House , which Avas served in Br . Thompson ' s best style . Before the brethren were called off for refreshment , Br . R . A . Famkiton , D . D . G . M-, installed the W . M . for the ensuing year .
SOUTH CAROLINA . THE GRAND LODGE . —St . John ' s clay , 1854 , will henceforth be a clay of the most pleasurable associations to the Masons of South Carolina , as on it was celebrated in Charlestown , AA'ith all the accessories of interest and eclat , the centennial anniversary of the Grand Lodge of the State . The various representatives of the distant Lodges , together with a full representation of the city Lodges , met at the Masonic Hall at the
appointed hour , ancl the order of procession was folloAved according to a published programme . The day was peculiarly lively and inviting—indeed more suggestive of May than of December—ancl consequently the corners , streets and avenues that were supposed to afford good points of A'iew , were crowded almost to suffocation at an early hour . The procession , under the escort and direction preA-iously appointed , marched to the new hall of the South Carolina Institute , where the public observances and ceremonies of the clay Avere to be celebrated . That edifice was nearly filled before the arrival of the procession , with the fair representatives of humanity , in its best estate , —the upper floor , indeed , was monopolized by the ladies , ancl the main