Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1855-05-03
BY Clothes Line Telegraph expressly 10 The
Daily Ne,os.
HEAD QUARTERS OF THE
DePUTY GRAND PRESIDENT.
BROTHER CRANsToN =

there has been so much boiling, and quite
number of Withdrawals, in the shape of
honorable discharges" it will be interest
ing to your readers to know a lille some
Thing in regard to our Know Nothing affairs.
|, therefore, propose to give you few
items of rather general nature and here
let me say, upon my honor as a Know
Nothing, that all the information which you
have thus far received by the invaluable
Clothes Line Telegraph, and published to
the world, has been correct. The infor-
nation which now transmit is all reliable
and strictly true, as every member Of the
Order we'll knows. We have various
modes Of equiyocating and dodging the
truth, in many cases,-and we frequently
endcavor to bluif,-but again say, all that
now tell you is entirely accurate.
We do not wait for men to apply for
membership, although some, particularly
those who hold Offices or who are seeking
the same, and they are as numerous as
flies in dog-days, sometimes seek for admis.
sion, particularly OF late, and especially
since the April election, when the outside
barbarans found how the tide was turning.
The name OF man is proposed by a
brother, and tho same is referred 70 the
"Committe OF ten," who take his case into
consideration if they report un!avorably
upon the application, there is an end of the
matter, at least for the present. they
report favoraby, h.. is then balloted for,
and if there is less than five black balls
put in The box, (and none but the President
can know anything in regard TO this) he is
conStiutionaLiy elected a member OF the
Order if there are no black balls, he is
unanimously elected but if there are
more than five, he is rejected, land his
name cannot again be PRESENTED for mem I'M.
bership until after the expiration Of three
months, unless a special dispensation is
granted for This purpose, by brother James
w. Curtis, who is the Deputy Grand
President, or, IN 9th words, the head
Devil of the Orderin this part Of the State
and in this connection let me cay that
brother Curtis was appointed to this office
when the order was first organized here,
and the right kind Of ma.erial was very,
scarce,-he was abou, the best man for, the
place at that time,-but things have chang
ed very materially since. Altera man IS
elected member, we invite him to go and
hear lecture, and take him to the old Dis
tllery, where all our meetings are held;
we have Council in each Ward, and the
meetings are held on different evenings,
as | shall explain directly. Our officers are
as folows,-a President, Vice President,
Secretary, Instructor, Inside Guardian, and
Outside Guardian and ] will give you
list of the principal of these officers before
close this dispatch.
The noviliate is properly instructed, and
after having been duly cautioned, and gone
through with what we require Of him, he
signs our constitution when he aliiyes
his name to this important and sacred docu-
ment, sheet of paper is laid over the names
previously written upon the book, TO pre-
vent his seeing them, as weInever allow a
member to see the signatures OF those who
have previously been Initiated into the Or
der Our annual tax for each brother is
sixty cents; fifty cents goes into the Trea-
sury of the Council of the Ward, and ten
cents is appropriated toward supporting the
Grand State Council, in the defrayment of
expenses, &c.
have thus given you some OF the gener-
al outlines of our organization, &c. |
shall keep you regularly and thoroughly
posted up in regard to all our affairs, and
| wish you to see that the operator ut
your end of the line receives the message
correctly, and that your compositors do
not make any typographical errors.
Our Councils ia the several wards moct
on the following evenings -
First Ward, Wednesday, aT
Second Ward, Friday. A''
Third Ward, Thursday.
Fourth, Ward, Monday. ..
Fihh Ward, Tuesday. ..r
The following is correct list of our Of
hccrs
Deputy Grand President, James w.
- .
Curtis.
FIRST WARD .Nt a
President, Pardon w. Stevens.
Vice President, George G. Crandall.
Secretary, George !. Spencer. D
Instructor, Henry J. Hudson, 81
SECOND WARD. f
President, William l. Swinburne.
Vice President, Edwin Stevens.
Secretary, Augustus French.
Instructor, Joseph G. Lawton.
THIRD WARD.