New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-18
A KnEGHTLK BOLT.

Burke was right. ChNalE$ - dead. Two or
three years ago the Knights TeDplsr (Masonic)
of Virginia made foraging excursion as far
North as Boston, ate such nners and drank
such wine as jolly Knights love, aud did this at
the expense of their brother chevaliers Of Msssa-
chnsetts. All went as merry as fve-and-twenty
marriage bells, and the Virginia warriors re-
turned home with much acquired fat under Their
armor leaving toerably large hole in the
treasures Of the Massachusetts, and De Molay
Encampmeuts. While in Boston, these gentle
men, SIR Sans Peur Sir Sans ReprOche, and the
rest Of them-not including, OF course, Sir Sans
Teeth, for if there be such Knight, he was
detained at home--yis ted Bunker Hill, and.
under the influence of Chateau Margeaux, Gold
Lac, Old London Dock, and Prime Old Bourbon
Reserve, such as Brian de Bois never tasted,
these porly soiOurners made Union speeches,
sang fraternal songs, and more particularly drauk
patriotic tossts to an extent perfectly unlimited.
Every body said that this friendly foray would
save the Union-but il hasn't.
Mr.. B. Il. French of Washington is Grand
Master OF the Templar Knights, aud as such,
having issued General Order in favor Of
" Brotherly Love, Peace. and Honor he has
been severely snubbed by 4. ii. Gill-whosc
name should certainly have been quarts-ihe Grand
Master of Virginia. Master French gets anything
but good words from his subordinate, who talks
wildly about Cain-like aud maraudng attack
" of the Vandals Of the North talks, TO tell
the truth, 10 such an unreasonable way that we
flo hat ia. nf ha luta
of the seasop the ninth of Virginia are in full
bearing. But, this is not oil. WIKI that charrn-
Ing regard for tho sanctity Of an oath. and for
fidelity to hs superiors which all gentle knights
should entertain as the immediate jewel Of their
souls, this Grand Master Gill gives Grand Master
French to understand that the Knights of Virginia
have seeded from the Knights of the United
States, and Twill no longer regard or obey any
" order or cdict emanatng from" the Grand U.
S. Encampment. AS patriots they solemnly sacli.
fee upon the altar of their State all possibility
of future dinners and drinks in Boston; and give
fair notice Of their intention Of running their
lances directly through abdomens which, in happier
times, have been filed simultaneously with their
own.
We suppose the L. s. EDcampment instantly,
upon tho reception of this alarming intelligence,
dsbanded; and that every knight has, ere this,
betaken himself to some casteated stronghold,
where b. is now hiding from the wrath TO come.
Still, we think, if such be the case, that this
respectable body is needlessly alarmed. True
knights do not commit perjury. True knights do
not write after the vulgar manner Of this Mr.
Quarter.oi.a-Pint. True knights do not tell
falsehoods. Wherefore we are compelled TO the
conclusion that Sir Gill is not o true knight but
that he is rather false loon. who should have
his spurs hacked from bis heels as soon as posi-
bic. We have heretofore thought Buckley, Of the
Order of the Golden Circle, the meanest pre-.
tender to equestrian honors out Of jail, but in
the quality of buster he is far behind Knight
Gill, who must remember that there is many
slip 'twist the cup and the lip, and that Gil
oniinousy rhymes TO spill.