Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-04-28

You shall find to be members Of this or
ganizatien in eoad standing that you
will not cut, carve, print, pant, stamp
stain, Or in any way, d rectly or lndi
r city, xpose any of the secrets or OBJ
ijecs of this order, nor suf il t. be
done by oilers if in your p VIZ 10 pre-
vent it, unless il be TO- official in>truct-
ion that 50 long IA J. are conn c'ed
with this Organization, if not regularlt
dismissed from il, you "il an ell things
POLITICAL OR SOCIAL. 50 far as this or
der is concerned. COMPLY WITH THE
WILL OF THE MAJORITY, when expressed
IN Il lawful manner, though 1t may con
filct with your personal preference, ).
long as it does not conf CT with the grand
State or subordinate ions, the
coEsti ion OF the United States of Am r.
CT, o, that ii which you rosid ana Tat
you will not, under any circumstances
whatever, knowingly recommend an I'M
worthy person for initiation, nor suffer it
to be done if in your power to prevent
If. You furthermore promise AMI de-
clare that will not vote nor give you in
huence for any man for Office iii the Gift
Of the people, unless he be an American
born citizen, in favor of Americans BIO Il
ruling America; nor if he be Romaa
C,tholic and that you wall not und.r
any circumstances, expose the name of
any member of this ord T, nor reveal
the name of such an organization To
III the foregoing you bi yourselves, un-
der the no IS penalty thon that of being
expelled from this order, and of having
your name posted and circulated through
out the different councils If the Unit d
States, as perjurer, and as traitor to
your God and country, as being unfit to
be employed and trusted, countenlnced
and supported in any business ansact-
ion. as person totally unworthy Of the
continuance of all good men, and as one
at whom the finer of scorn should ever
be pointed So help you God. Each
answers 8 | do"
President. Worthy Marshal, yon will
now present these brothers to the Srcre-
tary, that he may record their names
and residences; which being d ne, YOU
will present them to the Instructor for
gnal Instructions
1iqrShal.--Worthy Instructor: by d.
rection Of the President, | present to
YOU these brothers for final Instructions,
they having signed the constitution.
Instructor brothers At the outer
door you will make any ordinary alarm.
When tie wicket is opened, you will ask
what is the pass. The outside sentinel
will reply, give it,"---when you will
give the term>pass, and be admitted to
the arte-room. You will then procee i
to the inner door, ard give one rap
When the wicket is op ned, give Your
name, the number Of your Council, tn
explanation IF The term pass, and the
degree p ssword. Iftbes- be found cor
rec', OF being reported t.. IL Vic
President you will be admitted to the
Council
You will lben proceed 10 the centre Of
the room, and address ihe Presldan Mt with
the countersign, which Is performed
thus PosIrIoN The right hand plac q
on the heart and quickly Withdrawn, til
person remaining perfectly ere, 80
When the salvation is recognized. You
will turn to the Nice Pres 1T tl.I aus
dress him il the same mannrr, VIII will
also reply. You viii then qpi lly IKE
your seat. This sign is peculiar to his
degree, and is never to be use oatsd
the council room. When reti inc, yea |
VIII address the officers in the sam
manner, a'd also give the dregree pass
word to the inside sentiael
The trm password is . Union" The /
explanation of the term pas, 10 b used
at the inner door, is 9 Strength :" III. /
travelling password and explanation,
which is changed annual. b the Grand
President, and which only to be used
when the brother is travelling beyond
the jurisdiction of his own State, dis
trict or territory, is "Yorktown," TIE
explanation is, "the place of final vic
tory."l
The sign of recognition is by placing
the index finger OF tn right had in tn
space between the buttons Of the coat,
yrst, or shirt, and eievating the thumb.
The answer is given by p'ac.ng tn
thumb Of the night hand in the sam,
place
The grip is given in the form of
lady's slight shake of the hand, by ring
ing the three fingers of the right hand
IN such position as to bring the thumb
slightly upon the nail of the middle fin
ger dropping the hand Immediately,
when the following Conversation ensues,
the challenging party first saying, ''what
time :" The answer, " time for work. y
The response, are you :" followed by
the rel indcr, we are"
Public notice for mass meetings is
given by means of a light angle triansu
lar piece of paper, "a diagram is here
given, white in color Ii information
is wanted of the object of the gather no,
or of the place Zee, the inquirer will
ask of an undoabted brother only, "have
YOU seen SAM to-day :" The response
will be go to - at O'clock. A
piece of paper of the same shape, bu;
red In color, will signify suspected dan
ger. If the color is red, with an equi-
lateral triangular piece cut out, thus, "a