The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-04-28
From the ". y. Tribune.i
ODD FELLOWS CEIE ATInN

ODD tELLOWS' CELEBRATION.
The Fortieth Anniversary of the establishment i
thls country OF the Independent Order of Odd Fe
lows was celebrated in this city Yesterday. bv
Erand parade, and appropriate services at th
Academy of Music and elsewhere The weathe
was all that could be desired-the atmospher
peing palmy ana Spring-like, allowing all VIII
went abroad to dispense with 0vercoats and othe
! Winter clothing. The city was thronred with yisi
tors from all parts of the Union, many of whom
united IN the festivities of the occasion. Durn,
aiie morning Broadway and other streets throug
| winch the procession to pass were filled will
men, women, and children, who sought the mos
eligible position from which to view the pageant.
| At lO O'Clock the members of the Order assem-
oeI upon the Battery, where, after being arranged
IN divisions by the Marshal and his assistants tb
procession marched up Broadway to Fourteenth
street, down Fourteenth street to Fifth avenue
thence to Madison square. Here the column halteC
and opened to the right and left on either side O
the avenue The Grand Marshal of the G. l.. q, S.
and the Grand Marshal of southern New York
with their Aids, then passed between the lines tC
the the extreme LETT and returning, were followed by
the Executive Committee, orator of the dav anc
Grand Chaplain, Past Grand Sires officers anC
| members OF the Grand Lodge of the United States
the 7. q. Masters, elective officers and members O
the u. Il. of northern and southern New York anC
other states officers of the Grand Encampment anc
| subordinate Lodge.
lhe pageant was a brilliant one. the members o
the order being in full regalia. Many of the ban.
ners were very handsome, and attracted particular
attention.
number of brothers from Northern New York
were present; delegations from Subordinate En-
| campments; Grand Encampments of Northern New
lork; visiting brothers from the State of Vermont:
| Visltlng brothers from Rhode Island under banner
! OF the Eagle Lodge, No. ., r. l.; Grand Encamp-
ment OF Naragansett, II. l.. visiting brothers from
New Hampshire, under banner of Grand Lodge;
visiting brothers from the following States under
| their Respective banners:
Connecticut. Ohio Massachusetts, New JERSEY,
feTmnsy lYania, Maryland and District of Columbia
| The whole body formed in ten divisions in
the last of which appeared the emblems of the Or.
| DER or cars drawn by eight and ten horses
Isaac NJ Tucker of the G. L.. of the U. S. acted
as Grand Marshal, and was aided by P. C. P; A.
A. W wakefield, 7. e.; X. V. r. Lansing, Henry
Snyder, Col. Jas. Pinckney and Coz. Thos. f.
Peers.
At the head of each division was an Assistant
Marshal.
AT lO1I o'clock Divine service was celebrated ac-
cording to the Protestant Episcopal form of wor-
ship, at the church of the Divine Unity. Or Cha
pins,) in Broadway. The body of the church was
almost exclusively reserved for the members of the
order, while the galleries were occupied by ladies
and friends and relatives. There was an excellent
choir In the organ-galery, under the direction OF
George f. Bristow, by whom the greater part OF
the anthems were composed.
AT nine u NJ, many persons were at the church
which did not open until quarter past ten,
AT half-past, the members entered with full re-
gala OF their different degrees, and took
their seats, the organ playing as they were
The Rev. DR.. f. H. P Wells, of Massachusetts,,
and the Rev. Junius NJ. Wiley of Connecticut. p,
" u. OF the order, entered, arrayed in their sur
pllces, when the opening sentence was sung as an
anthem for the choir, follows:
The Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth keen
silence before Him.
The Rev. DR.. Wells then delivered the ex
hortation, and said morning PRAYER. The responses
were delivered in very audible voice by all
present. "
frop I
end, and were read by the Rev. Mr. Wiley. The
hrst appropriately referred to the covenant between
David and Jonathan, and their great friendship
and love- The second was from Corinthians xii
ana was also appropriate, being the picture of
charity drawn by st. Paul. The Venite Gloria
i'atri, Bristow's Te Deum and JuJHate were SUNG
during Divine service. The psalms in the psateT
were very appropriate to the occasion and were
the l22d, l33d, 4lst, l46th and 1O3d
Inc following prayer was said Immediately after
the General Thanksgiving and before the PRAYER of
ot. Chrysostom, and the minor benediction:
o God. who decarest Thy Almighty Power chiefly in
over all Thy works, we, thy humble servants present
ourselves to day before the throne Thy Heavenly Grace
10 lay upon Thy altar the sacrifice of Praise and Thanks
Ewing, wmch we bring from our homes in the distant
parts of our land; to TheO Father and our Go-we
uaanh ihee that Thou hast made our Brotherhood
mercu and useful We thank Thee that has comforted
so many widows and supported many of their father
less children We thank Thee that Thou hast helped us
10 reYe so many cases of pain sickness and death We
thank Thee that Thou hast taught so far to
our wrong desires and evil habits and walk in the steps
Of lhy Son who went about doing good" We thank
Thee that Thy Holy Word is kept and read in all our
Lodges and that We then allowed to offer our PRAYERS
unto Thee and, above all other things we thank Thee
tha lou mast sent Thy Son to proclaim peace earth
and good will to men, to u.s. 'all things We would
that men should do to you do to them and that
ne mas oVed us even unto death for salvation unto
whom with Thee, Father and the Holy Spirit be honor
glory, dominion and power, and forever. Amen
The following anthem then sung:
good thing to give thanks unto the Lord and to
sing praises unto Thy name, Most High
To tell all Thy loving kindness early in the morning
and of Thy truth in the night season;
Upon an instrument Of ten strings, upon the lutte
upon a ~ ioud instrument, and upon the harp.
For Thou Lord hast made glad through Thy works:
Thy hands. VI
Gloria PNtri.
The Rev. Mr.. Wiley then dismissed the congre-
CATION with the benediction
r, on the arrival of the procession at Madison
Square, the officers and representatives of the
Grand Lodge Of the United States alighted from
the carriages and ascended the capacious platform,
which had been erected on the north side of the
square Several hundred members of the order
present in regalia and over three thousand mem
Ders and spectators witnessed the exercises
Grand Sire 5. Craighead, of Ohio, presided. He
introduced Past-Grand Sire Thomas Wildey of Ma
ryand, who founded the order in the United States
Mr. Widey is venerable in years, portly in ap-
pearance, and is possessed of benevolentface lie
made brief speech, which was only audible to
those nearest to the stand He stated that on
April ~, 1919, after great difficulty in securing FIVE
persons to act with him, he had succeeded in or
ganizing the first Lodge of Odd Fellows in the
United States at Baltimore. He then stated briefly
the fruits Of his organizing other lodges in Boston
New ork and Philadelphia, from which small be-
glnnlngs the lodges were now numbered bv thous-
ands, with the most benign results to the brother
hood. This was, perhaps, the last time that he
should be able to meet them on a great national
festival and he desired to give them the assurances
OF his abiding confidence in the Order and his de-
sire to aid in every way during the remainder of
his days, its progress in usefulness and raternal
good.
The Rev. Junius NJ Wiley, of Connecticut, Grand
Chaplain of the Order, then made an appropriate
prayer.
The following ode, written BY B. P. Shilliber, of
Boston, was then sung by the choir, under the di-
rectlon of Mr.. George Bristow. The music was
composed by Mr.. G. NJ Butler, of Boston:
Hold up the torch, o Brothers true
Sustained by warm, fraternal feeling;
As we that living faith renew
That eer in good is self revealing.
Let Friendships honest tongue express
The honest hearts sincere emotion
And at this common shrine confess
One aim, one duty, devotion!
Let LOVE its holy flame outpour
Our souls with reader zeal impressnp;
Till through its mission, more and more,
Our Order shall be deemed blessing.
Let TRUTHS white banner still be pure
without a stain its folds eer marrng;
Its presence shall our peace insure
And soothe the din of human iarring
Hold high the torch its radiance bright
No jealous turbulence should smother;
But may it blaze, beacon light,
10 guide in safety every Brother
Gods smile upon the friendly band
And may He bless their grand endeayor
To labor on, with heart and hand.
In FRIENDSHIP, LOVE, and TRUTH forever.
The Grand Sire then introduced the orator OF
the occasion G. Rep. Bro. r. B. Boylston of South
Carolina.
At 519 o'clock, the New York Odd Fellows and
their guests partook ola substantial collation. at
the Astor House.
The celebration closed by grand ball at the
good attendance. The building was appropriated Y
decorated for the accession, the stage being fes-
tooned and the whole interior Illuminated AT
the extreme of the building were the words in
Illuminated letters, 'Faith, Hope, Charity" The
dancing was kept up to late hour.
A NEW CHAPTER THE ONO DEFALCATIoN.-The
Columbus (Ohio) City Fact of the 18th April saws
''On Wednesday night last, Achilles Tuler commit
ted suicide at his residence in Mount Vernon, Ind
by blowing his brains out with pistol. The case
Of Tuller is rather singular one He was formerly
a resident of Ttn, Ohio, having in preceding:
years amassed competency in the brokerage busi-
ness. His first trouble commenced about the time
that Breslins term as State Treasurer was expirpo
and when combined efforts were put forth to secure
the nomination of VIM. b. Gibson. The influence
ofTuer needed. and what was then the germ
of the great defalcation by which Ohio was almost
forced to bankruptcy, broached to him and his
influence and cooperation solicited. Tuller object
ed, refused, and during the canvass left no stone
unturned by which he might be enabled to defeat
the swinde by defeating the nomination and elec.
| tiOn of either Rrpslin Gibson is tbo,