The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-09
National Grand LOdg, of 1. o. o. F.

| ~, 1851 '1ldlc> met IN Baltimore last month
The following brief summary Of its pro.
cccdingS will be interesting to members of
the Order:
The Report Of the Grand Secretary re.
icrS to the condition of the Order so far MS
hep0rtS have been received. In Canadn
and III the Lower Provinces the Order Is
reported to be prosperous. In Maine
Michigan, Massachusetts. New HAMPSHIRE
Rhode Island, Southern New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. show
healthful condition. In Maryland pros.
perlty has follow cd. The past year SOL.
S47 Fl were expended in rcIcf-an excess
OF $4,9Gl 81 over the preceding year. Of
the whole amount expended $3.50 ~ was
from voluntary contributions. In the
District Of Columbia hcalthGul condition
is reported. In Missouri six more lodges
were instituted, though only the numerical
strength Of the Order was maintained
Illinois does not present so favorable a
condition. The membership is less than
81 per cent. Of that reported last wear ::
the applications for membership fell 33
per cent. and the revenue Of the lOdyes
: diminished y per cent Indiana reports
having suffered but little detrinIent during
the past year. Ohio reports an addition
to numbers. Kentucky reports a general
slight decrease in membership and revc-
nue.. Wisconsin is in u hcalthGul cOndi.
ton, while Iowa shows falling off Of
members and revenue. California pre.
sentS prosperous condition, having now
one hundred and one lodges with an active
membership Of nearly six thousand. In
Kansas there was distress because Of
failure Of crops. In Nebraska, New Mex.
leo, Colorado and Washington Territories,
and in the Sandwich Islands the reports
Of the Order are encouraging. There
were no reports from the States composing
the Southern Confrdcracy.
The receipts during the year were 49,.
l3l 9l-leaving due to the Grand Lodge
$d,26S 90; nut of which it Is SUPPOSED
$4,000 will not be paid, leaving an avail.
able balance Of LOO 80. The dis.
bnrSeinenS are estimated at Sl7, $50, ma.
king deficit Of $G,549 10. This dcii4it-
may be reduced to 81 ,j49 50, in canSc.
quencc OF the absence Of at least one third
Of the representatives. To that amount.
however, must he added for printing aud
cncravingS, 81, 2o0 l2, making the actual
deficit, 81, 800 So.
The report Of the Grand Secretary al
hdcs To the absence oi the representatives
from the seeded States, and says:
WHY this spectacle? dare not trust
myself To answer, however prudent and
choice may be the language employed, or
however pure the motives, lest the answer
should Offend that consccratcd law Of our
ritual, which ignoring ith vcStal honor,
" the divisions and cla>iii ationS Of human
society, sinIioII>ly avoids all affinity with
systems of faith or sect, whether religious
or political The answer leaps, never
thclcS>, spontaneous from our Sadllcucd
hearts, and invOkrS us To measure up in
this crisis 10 the full standard Of Odd
Fellowship.
Of the proceedings the SIM says:
After the disposal Of some business
Of no interest To the public, Grand Treas.
urcr J">hna NaI>ant made his report. II
showed that the receipts. With the balance
on hand. were $23 .Sll 9G. The di>burSc-
n"ntS on account ol micag", the per diem
ct representatives,, payment of salaries
and other EXPENSES were slI, 1872 60
leaving in the treasury balance Of So
90 80. The receipts for the ti>cal%Nar
just closed showed Il falling off Of $7SNl4
90, compared with the average RECEIPTS Of
the torI; Yeats preceding. H. lSj9. when
the Grand Lodge met in tins city, the
mileage and Ter diem Of the rcprc>cnta-
tivcS. then from all the States, were $40.
l523, OF whirh amount S3,l2i ~ was
PAL to representatives Of eleven States
not represented in the present meeting.
tiiand Secretary Ridscly made sup.
pleIucntal report, showing Additional re.
cciptS to the amount of 2,l1J 20 from
Grand Lo1Ec> and S2S3 30 from Grand
Eurampmcnt>. which makes the total re.
ccipt> Sl",j2n L..
The lodges "t Washington Territory
were placed under the jurisdiction of the
Grand Lodge Of Oregon, aud the lodges
of Nebraska Territory under the juris-
dirtion Of the Grand Lodge Of California.
The committee on grand bodies pre-.
scented report stating that none of the
seeded States are represented, aud ex-
pressing regret thcrcat, and hope that by
another session all ca,i>c Of absence will
have been removed, and that their vacant
seats will be again occupied, filling that
void which all who have ATTENDED this
session have SO seriously felt The com
mittce ventures the expression Of opinion
that many of those are absent rather from
necessity than choice, aud that their al
lcgiancc to the Grand Lodge remains in
tact.