REPORT OF R. W. JEREMIAH ELKINS.

At the last annual communication of this Grand Lodge, I was appointed D. D. G. Master over Lodge No. 32, at Meredith Bridge, the only Lodge embraced in my District. As a member I have attended its meetings several times within the last year. The number of its members for some years past has been small, but their zeal and persevering attachment to the principles and landmarks of the Order, have outlived the blind but fierce opposition which, for a season, raged against Masons and Masonry; and they have now the satisfaction to witness the most favorable indications of the future growth and prosperity of their Lodge. When persecutions were the fiercest and denunciations the loudest against Masonry, the members of this Lodge fitted up a commodious and convenient Hall, where monthly communications have since been held with general regularity. Since the last annual meeting of this Grand Lodge, two members of the Lodge have been admitted, and several applications are now pending for initiation." Meredith Bridge, June 8, A. L. 5847.

REPORT OF R. W. STEPHEN HOYT.

"As District Deputy Grand Master over Lodges 14, 31, 35, and 43, I respectfully report:

That on the 3d day of December last I visited Warner Lodge, No. 35, it being the day of their Annual Communication. I found the Brethren assembled in their Lodge in due season, where I met them and examined their records, which I found kept in Masonic style and order. After the regular business of the Lodge, I passed some time in imparting to them Masonic information, which was well received by the members. This Lodge still retains its well known high character. They are interested in the true improvement of the Craft, and exercise truly Masonic hospitality. They deserve the warmest approbation.

I visited Aurora Lodge, No. 43, at Henniker, at their annual communication, on the 30th day of April. I was present at the election of their officers, and examined their records, which are kept in excellent form. Many of their members are expert lecturers; and all seem to have the welfare of our honorable and beloved Institution at heart.

I visited King Solomon's Lodge at their annual communication on the 26th day of May. At the request of the Brethren, I presided in the Lodge, and attended to the duties of electing and installing the officers for the present year. The records of this Lodge are well kept; and the members are courteous and hospitable, and appear to possess the genuine principles of Freemasonry. This Lodge has done much work; and I anticipate the arrival of the time when the lustre of its implements will awake the prosperity of the Lodge, and betoken the good of the town and vicinity where it is located.

On the 27th day of May, I visited St. Peter's Lodge, No. 31, at Bradford, it being the day of their regular monthly communiaation, and of the election of offi. cers. I attended the election and installation of officers, and examined the records, which I find well kept. There are indications of a return of business in this Lodge, as in former days. As I am a membeer of this Lodge, I may be excused from encomiums. Yet I may be permitted to say, that the members of this Lodge are generally well versed in Masonic science, and that, as a body, they are economical, endeavoring to keep in remembrance, and to observe the tenets of our profession, and the perfect points of our entrance.

Freemasonry, standing firm upon its own unshaken foundations, has been able to resist all the hostile and malignant attacks which have been made upon it. It has suffered nothing from those assaults, except a short recess from labor in some of the Lodges. But this trouble has passed, charters are called for and restored, doors are unlocked, archives opened, and work resumed. I have no doubt of the future prosperity of our venerable Fraternity."

MASSACHUSETTS.

At a Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, held on the 9th of June last, the Committee to whom had been referred the subject of a General Grand Lodge, made the following report, which was adopted:

The Committee to whom was referred so much of the Grand Master's address as related to the establishment of a General Grand Lodge, have met and deliberately discussed the subject referred to them, and freely interchanged their opinions thereon. There was a decided difference of opinion among the committee; but a majority of them agreed-and in conformity to their opinion the committee REPORT:

That it is inexpedient to form a General Grand Lodge, and that, therefore, it is not expedient that the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts should send a delegate to the Convention to be holden at Baltimore in September next.

AUGUSTUS PEABODY,
JAMES A. DICKSON,
JOHN B. HAMMATT,
JOHN J. LORING,
F. E. WHITE,

Committee.

MEM. I signed the above report in deference to my highly respectable associates on the committee, because it expresses the views of all of them. But 1 believed, and still decidedly entertain the opinion, that a General Grand Lodge, with limited and carefully defined powers, might be formed with great benefit to the Craft, and that we ought to be represented at the proposed Convention, whatever may be the result of its deliberations. AUGUSTUS PEABODY.

The following amendment of the Constitutions was adopted Sept. 9, 1846:

Ordered, That Section 10, Part IV. of the Constitutions, be amended by substituting $6 00 instead of $4 00, as the annual fee of each subordinate Lodge to the Grand Lodge; and $5 00 instead of $3 50, as the fee for every candidate initiated.

Obituary.

At Norwich, Conn., on the night of the 1st of Oct., Hon. JABEZ W. HUNTINGTON, U. S. Senator from Connecticut. He was a member of the Washington Masonic Convention, in 1843, and the intelligence of his death will be received by the surviving members of that body, with sincere regret. He was distinguished for his manly qualities and practical good sense.

FATAL ACCIDENT.-A letter dated Buena Vista, Oct. 2, 1847, says :-"A sad accident occurred day before yesterday, in Saltillo, which resulted in the death of Mr. Tisdale, clerk of the Mississippi sutlers. He was fooling with a man named Cook, a private in the Mississippi Regiment, in the store of Mr Carr, and Cook snatched up a pistol, and supposing it was not loaded, snapped it at Tisdale, and inflicted a mortal wound upon him, from which he died soon after. The deceased belonged to the Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, and was buried yesterday with Masonic honors."

MASONIC CHIT CHAT.

Our correspondent at Nashville, Tenn., under date of Nov. 12th, writes-" Masonry is in a very flourishing condition in our State. At our last Grand Lodge, we had 67 Lodges represented-more than ever before since this has been a State-and there never was seen so large and intelligent a body of delegates in the Grand Lodge of Tennessee. Applications are made almost every week for establishing new Lodges or for the revival of old ones; and may it continue to be so throughout the land; and may we be in our lives what we profess to be, a band of Brothers, and the world at large be convinced of the happy effects of our time-honored Institution."

ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE!-Our excellent and faithful friend and Brother, J. J. Doty, Esq., of Richland, Miss., under date of Oct. 13, says " Camden Lodge, No. 74, has purchased thirtytwo copies of the TrestleBoard, at 75 cents a copy, and transportation charges, for the use of its members."

We are certainly under special obligations to our Brethren of Camden Lodge, for their liberality; and for the information of such Brethren in that vicinity as may desire the work, we will add that Br. Doty has a few copies left in his hands on sale.

MASONIC MUSIC.-Our musical Brethren will find a good supply of Masonic Music advertised on the covers of the Magazine,just received from Europe.

Just on the eve of our leaving for the West, on the last of August, we received a communication from a correspondent at Barnwell, S. C., asking for our opinion in relation to a matter then pending before the Lodge at that place. This we neglected to give at the time, and the subject had passed from our mind, when, a few days ago, in looking after errors of omission, we accidentally took up the communication in question. It is now too late for the answer to be of any avail, and we refer to the subject merely to apologize for our carelessness. Our answer would have been, expulsion—the facts stated being proved.

The Hon. ROBERT P. DUNLAP, of Maine, was installed as Grand High Priest of the General Grand Chapter of the United States, in this city, on Tuesday, the 30th ult. The ceremony was performed by Rev. PAUL DEAN, within the Grand Chapter of this Commonwealth, a special meeting of that body having been called for the purpose. The particulars will be given in our next.

MISSOURI MASONIC COLLEGE.-The "Lexington Appeal" says-" The brick work of the Masonic College in this place, is now complete. Those who have visited it, express much satisfaction at the magnitude and stately appearance of the building, and elegance and taste displayed in the workmanship and material, the convenience of its arrangements, and its adaptation to the purpose for which it is intended."

The Grand Chapter of Connecticut held its annual convocation at New-Haven, in May. The proceedings were chiefly of a local character. M. E. Benoni A. Shepard, was elected G. H. P.; Wm. E. Sanford, D. G. H. P.; George Geddings, G. K.; Theo. Spencer, G. S.; Benj. Beecher, G. T.; E. G. Storer, G. Sec.

BOOKS.-We have added to our supply of Masonic Books, since last month, several works of value. See advertisement.

Br. W. H. Squires is our authorised agent for the Magazine and Trestle-Board, at Loudon, Madison county, Ohio.

John Burton has been expelled from the benefits of Masonry, by Paris Lodge, No. 108, at Paris, Tenn.

INSTALLATION OF THE GRAND HIGH PRIEST OF THE G. G. CHAPTER OF THE U. STATES. HON. ROBERT P. DUNLAP, ex-Governor of Maine, was duly installed into the office of Grand High Priest of the General Grand R. A. Chapter of the United States, at the Masonic Temple in this city, on the evening of Nov. 30th, A. L. 5847. Having been prevented, by unavoidable engagements, from preparing an account of the ceremonies on this occasion, we are indebted to a friend who was present, for the following notice :—

The ceremonies were peculiarly interesting. They were performed at a time and under circumstances well suited to leave a pleasing and lasting impression on the minds of a large audience of assembled Brethren, among whom were many aged and venerable members of the different orders and ranks of Masonry,-men whose silver locks were an ornament to the high characters they sustained in society. The remembrance of the past rose, by contrast with this happy occasion, in the thoughts of many. For we were in a capacious and splendid Hall, said by strangers, not to be surpassed, even if equalled, by any Masonic chamber in any city on the globe-we were, too, in a superb building, erected in troublous times, when scorn and persecution and danger surrounded the faithful, and the mistaken views and prejudices of the public pointed the artillery of vengeance against our time-honored Institution ;-a time, when the hearts of some failed them for fear, and some hid their white apron lest it should betray them by its speech. We indeed saw, and felt and knew that the hurricane had passed over us; and that, after a season of calmness, and patient waiting for better times, the genius of Masonry had awoke and was once more on a mission of benevolence and good works. On the present occasion, therefore, it was cheering when we remembered trials which had gone by, to hear the glad tidings from all parts of our country