Visit To Cincinnati, Ohio.

brother is an active member of the rite , and was one of its founders in Cincinnati , is an intelligent gentleman , treasurer of the city , and holds a like position in all the bodies of the rite , and possesses over 100 , 000 dollars in his own right , and is a

capital worker in all the rites , ancient and modern ; he is , to use an American phrase , chief cook , & c , at every banquet , doing the most menial service from mere goodness of heart ; and when he does anything it is done " Brown . " May his tribe

increase two in a year , and alll of them , though ever so little brown , as they grow browner emulate their father's virtues , though they can never escel them . After sufficient time was allowed to satisfy the inner man the Chairman , Bro . Carson , offered the

regular toasts : First , " The Supreme Council , 33 ° , for the Northern Jurisdiction ; " responded to by Judge Storer , 32 ° , of the Supreme Court of the United States . Second , "The Supreme Council , 33 ° , of the Southern Jurisdiction of

the United States ; " responded to by Bro . Fred . Webber , 33 ° , the only member of thatbodypresent . Third " The Bite in Indiana ; " responded to by

Bro . Dans , 33 ° . Fourth , "Kentucky Grand Consistory , 32 ° ; responded to Bro . Howe , 32 ° , Commander-in-Chief , and so ended the regular toasts . Speeches were made by several brethren until the time having- arrived for the presentation

of an official jewel to Bro . Mack , 16 ° , Presiding Officer of the Lodge of Perfection , and he being absent , the Chairman called upon Bro . Betman for an apology for Bro . Mack ' s absence . This was clone neatly hy Bro . Betman , and then he glided off

gracefully into a speech , abounding with gems of oriental similes , grand metaphors , poetic thought , and sterling sense . He is a wonderful orator , and when he sat down regret was manifest at the conclusion of Iris remarks , which was hastened by

the missing In-other being brought in prisoner by a committee who went after him , and found him enjoying the festivities of his own home , his daughter having been just married . Bro . Carson approached Bro . Mack , and presented him with a jewel , the like of which our eyes never before beheld , as a slight token of the regard and esteem

in which he is hold b y his brethren of the rite in Cincinnati . Bro . Mack ' s reply was eloquence itself ; he read grand lessons from that jewel—the quadrant , crowned , enclosing the sacred initial letter of the God of his fathers ! Not one word was lost , they breathed the spirit of brotherly love among Jew

and Gentile . A brother sang the touching ballad " Just twenty years ago . " This called up memories of many present ; the writer felt it fully ; he had only a year since returned from a visit to the Green Isle , the home of his

brrth and boyhood , after an absence of twenty years- It revived memories of days gone by , his early haunts , his roamings among the g-raves of the old cathedral church yard , where sleep the mother that gave him birth , his brothers and

sisters , and those that reared him when that dear mother was laid to rest , and still later of the Masonic welcome he received from brethren who—par don the espression—were venerable when he was a boy . He called to mind , for the

benefit of the brethren , the fact that in Ireland and England at such a time as the present , when hearts beat warm and all feel that all the world is his friend , it was customary to test the amount he felt for a good and charitable

cause , and a collection was the result , often resulting in large contributions . He also reminded the brethren that in his Jurisdiction no body of the Scottish Rite is ever closed without the box

of fraternal assistance being passed round , and the collection handed to the Almoner for his disposal . He proposed thas Bro . Carson , 33 ° , be appointed Almoner on this occasion . While he was

speaking hands were in pockets and pocket books in hand , and the result of the remarks was a collection highly creditable to the occasion , which I am proud to say was received with cheers , which were renewed when Bro . Carson

announced that the amount would be handed to the committee for the relief of the destitute of the States lately in rebellion . After singing a parting song , in which all joined , the brethren departed for their respective

abodes at low twelve , and so ended the first festival in the new rooms , of which I will now pi-oceed to give you a description . DESCRIPTION OP THE ROOMS .

The Masonic temple in Cincinnati is without doubt the finest building of the kind on this continent , and perhaps it has no superior in Europe , it is the property of one lodge , the ground being the gift of a member of the lodge , many

years since . The ground is now very valuable and , including the building , is valued at 400 , 000 dollars . The portion used by the A . and A . Rite is on the fourth story . The dimensions I give