Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-08-04


X c. c. Instructs
KEY TO INITIALS USED.
Y Fesabule
81 Son Of Liberty.
w. o G. Warden Outer Court
L. v Lecture Of the Vestibule
lst Degree
.. S. l.. Orler Sons Of Liberty
70 G. Warden Outer Court.
C. r Conductor Of Temple
A. B. American Brother
f. g. N Fellow Guardian Of the
North
r G. S. Fellow Guardian of the
South.
I'd Degree
X. o. S l. knight Of Order Sons
K. c. ". knight Commander
West
K. Con. Knigh. Conductor.
l. 7. Inner Temple.
f. S H. Fellow Son Of Liberty
K. C. Knight Commanding Conc!aye
X l.. knight Lecturer.
1T I. Inuermost Temple.
Sd Degree.
NJ k o. S. l. Most Excellent
knight, &c
NJ T. K Most Excellent Knight
X. C. c. knight Com 'ding Conclaye
Signs, Passwords, DC
Vesiibule of Temple,
Place right hand under left arm, bring
ing left arm under right, aud placing the
fore6ngers over right arm, the thumb hid
under right arm
Persons desiring recognition stands
erect and rigid with heel OF right foot
in hollow Of left. If stranger assumes
same position, advance right foot
Stranger does the same, tapping the foot
partly with that Of hailng brother Tx
tend right hand, give an ordinary grip,
with left hand on right breast
The Password and Colloquy follow.
Password, CALHOUN, spelled back.
wards in three sylables alternately, thus.
Nu-0h-Lael Then the initials Of the
Order, s L., thus: !. Nu-2. Ans.
Oh--3 Lac Ans : -5 L-6. Ans.
Give me Liberty. Or, Give me death
First Degree.
Position Of body same Only the first
two fingers of left hand shows upon the
the right arm--these separated, denoting
the separation or sovereignty of the
States. In this grip the FIRST finger of
the hand is run straight up the wrist of
the other brother, the thumb extended
nearly straight, forming 1.-THE Sign of the
| Acorn left hand on the breast, in
which position the Coloquy ensues.
See Genesis, chap. xiii, s: LET there
be no strife between US, for we arc breth-
rem. II you viii 20 to the east, will 20
to the west. If You 90 to the north, |
will 60 the SOUTH" followed by initial
letters Of the Order, o. S L., and the
two sentences;
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to
God
With this degree is given the Signal
Of Distress, which is rendered by plae-
ing left hand on right breast, and rails
ing right arm to full height, and bring,
ing it down promptly At night, give
the word Oak houn, pronounced three
times distinctly, being the tree of the
Acorn emblem Of the Order, lately
known as o. A. X, (order of American
Knights and the last syllable of Gal
houn, = password Of the Order.
Second Degree
Hands crossed on bowels, represent
ing the Belt "0riou word of this de
gree Grip with thumb raised and united
at the calls, See lsiah, XXI: IL, Il, and
Job, TX 9, for outlines of coloquy and
words of the Order. Coloquy What a
starr ADMINISTRATIVE What
of the night2 Morning cometh Will We
inquirer Inquire We Reurn2 Come
In all eoloquys, left hand on the right
breast
Third Degree
Grip same as last, thumb erect, but
crossed at middle, form of y. Coloquy,
see
Whence2 SER. How? By the Ford
Name i'll Jabock, pronounced Tab.
book
The passwords Washington.
Bayard, the word at the door of this
degree
In Grand Council
Common grip. Position OF LEFT hand
and elbow, thar of Neophyte; left hand
raised out as an invocation. Bodies
half turned aside Coloquy. Whence Z
America The word2 North South
The position of the feet same in ali
temple degrees, If at any stage of com
munication there be imperfect response
the party viii be dropped.
The Grand Seal bears for central de.
vice the Acorn, fruit Of the oak.
The periods in the coloquies close the
parts of the alternate speakers