The Placer herald., 1866-07-21

Quincy, one of the most distinguished sons
OF Massachusetts, NJ who was then one Of her
representatives in Congress, and who has
lately died full ofyears and honors, declared
that her admission would be violation Of
the organic compact; that, if such was the
case, be would advise The New England States
to secede, 'peaceably if possible-forcibly if
necessary" He was called to order by the
Speaker, and on his appealing from the de-
clslon OF the chair, he was supported BY the
vote of the house-upon which occasion, he
made splendid discourse in which he elo-
quently maintained what is now branded as
an abominable political heresy. and which
was, that bis allegiance was due to bis native
State in preference to the United States
Masonic STATIsTICs.-In a work entitled
"A General History of Freem asonry," publ
llshed in Paris, there is an interesting ac'
count Of our order, from which the following
has been extracted. 1t says that, from the
most recently obtained inform alton, there ex
ist, at the present time, some 5000 lodges
in all parts Of the world, comprising 100000
active members, and that the full number Of
brethren is some S,O00,000:
''Freemasonry is spread over the five parts
Of the globe, viz: Europe. Asia Africa
America, and Australia In Europe it -four
shes almost everywhere protected and re-
spected. Eng gland. Scotland, Ireland Sweden,
Denmark, Holland, Saxony, the minor Ger
man States, France, Switzerland, and part
of Protestant Bavaria contains about 5000
lodges governed by 2l grand lodges.
'In Africa, lodges are found in Algeria,
Egypt, Senegal, Senegamba, Guinea the
Cape of Good Hope, Mozambique, the Ca.
nary Islands, the Marquesas, at St. Helena,
and at the islands of lienmin and Maurice.
"In America the prosperity of the order is
grand lodge. Freemasonry has reached the
very extremity Of this vast continent. Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick, as well as New,
foundland, have erected temples to the Great
Architect of the Universe. Mexico and Cal
itornia have now more than one hundred
lodges. The great Antilles, Cuba, Porto Ri
CO, and Jamaica have each lodge, and Hay.
ii has one grand lodge and fifteen lodges.
As to the Antilles some of them have no
lodge, whilst others have two. Although
but recently introduced into South America
it has there spread with wonderful rapidity:
for not only the French, English and Dutch
Guiana, the Republics Of Venezuela, Guate'
mala, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru. the United
Provinces of La Plata, Uruguay. Paraguay,
&c, possess lodges. but Rio Janeiro the cap
ital of Brazil, has its grand lodge and some
twenty dependent lodges.
"1n Asia, for IN ore than a century, Hin
dostan has received Freemasonry. There
are lodges at Bombay, Pondcberry, Aaha
bad, Singapore, the Carnat, Darraly, Concan,
Fettighir, etc. A grand lodge exists at
Agra, in Bengal, there are two lodges in
Canton (Chna) and in the islands Of Ceylon
and Prince of Wales, at Teheran, (Persia)
and several in Turkey" In the latter there
is grand lodge at Constantinople, and sew
eral lodges dependent upon the grand lodges
of England Scotland, the United States
France and Italy, all working in the various
languages Of those countries, and in Greek
and American. There are several lodges At
Smyrna, Beyroot, and Alexandria, and there
will soon be grand lodge in Greece
"In Oceanica Freemasonry was introduced
in 1880, in the Island of Java. At present
there are lodges at Sumara, New Holland,
New South Wales, New Zealand, and Van
Diemen's Land.
=" Thus in the course Of a century Freema
sonry has spread over the whole globe, sow
ing in its path the seeds of civilization and
progress. The ameiorations which have
been made in the ideas and manifested in the
acts of vast number Of men during this pc
Rod. ali come from the mysterious teachings
of Freemasonry, and the principles and
usages contracted in the lodges have been
carried into ordinary life by the brethren.
"Of the 5000 lodges in existence, 5000
are in Europe, l,40O in America, and 900 in
Asia, Africa and Australia"
Posr OFFIcE.-Tbe Meadow Lake Sun