New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-06-06

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| CRoMwELL's SwoRp.-It appears that AFT tba
capture of Columbia, s. c., by sberman's army.
there was lost an article of great antiquity. and
highly treasured by South Carolina Masons. as
a relic Of great man and of the past A South
Carolina paper says
| This was the famous sword of state called
among our Masons "the Cromwell Sword'' and
| commonly believed among them to have been once
possessed by the Lord Protector Of England. We
draw attention to the fact OF the loss and to the
| descriptive particulars which follow, in the hope
| that public attention being drawn to its history it
may be recovered, drawn from some obscure
hldlng place, and restored to the Grand Lodge of
South Carolina, to which it belonged.
| This antique weapon was subject of peculiar
| interest," as relic rather than for its use and
beauty. Its history is given by Dalcho in his
| Masonic reader
! It is large one, once elegant, and curious two
edged weapon, in rich, velvet scabbard, highly
ornamented with Masonic emblems and with the
arms Of the Grand Master. Ithad been presented
| to the Grand Lodge by the Provincial Grand Mas
ter, after the installation of the grand officer was
given as consecrated sword, and received with
reFerent assurances to keep it safely so far as
human effort could accord safety. The weapon
mad been long In the possession of the Grand
MASTER 9 FAMILY and was said to have once be-
longed to Oliver Cromwell, a legend to which
some probability may be given, from the fact that
tnS IONluCldl 0TdHu master was descendant O1
Sir Edward Leigh, who was member of the Long
Parhament, and parliamentary general in the
tune OF the Protector, from whom perhaps, he
received it.
The further history of this sword may as well be
| given here. From the time of the presentation it
| continued in the possession of the Grand Lodge
and was borne by the Grand Sword Bearer or in
later times the Grand PursuiVant in all public pro
fesslons. At length, in the contlagratfon which,
IN the year 1888, destroyed so large a portion of
me clty OF Charleston, and with other buildings
the Masonic Hail. the sword was with great diff
Guilty saved, with the loss of the hit, the scab
bard and a small part of the extremity of
the blade. In the confusion consequent by
the fire, the sword thus mutlated was mislaid
and Tor long time was supposed to be
lost. In 1852 a committee was appointed bv the
Grand Lodge to make every exertion for it's re-
covery, and at length, in the beginning of the
year 1904, 1t was accidentally found by the grand
tyler IN an clubhouse on his premises, and was by
hlm restored to the Grand Lodge in its mutilated
condition. The lost piece of the blade was inre.
niously replaced by cutler in the city Of Charles
ton, and being sent to New York was returned
with new hit and velvet scabhard, and was used
in It's appropriate place during the centennial cere
monies of that year
With such history and blended with such a
tradition of Its origin, we need not feel surprised
az the universal and keen feeling occasioned by its
The FENIANs.-We find the following news items
regarding the Fenians, in the Chicago Republican
of the lst:
Its stated that fully 1000 Fenians have quietly
lett CINCINNATI within the last three or four days,
10 engage IN the new inVasiouRry movements. The
Adams Express Company has also been trans
porting North, mysteriously, heavy boxes marked
=" marble" The Roberts wing is in a state of
great pqt suppressed excitement and evidently
expect big news very soon.
About 1000 Fenians are said to be already con |
centrated at Buffalo, and more are expected The |
men are retieent, and give no information. They
are are MOI armed, opt II Is supposed plenty of arms
are secTeted in the neighborhood.
al is reported in Philadelphia that three compa-
North. - F''
United States Marshal Murray, of New yor,.
mas seized on the steamer Gen. Sedgwick, from
Galveston, 5000 rounds Of ammunition and 80 re.
yolyers, consigned to the adiutant general Of tbe
fenian brotherhood. From correspondence which
fell INTO the marshal's hands, it appears that the
in Texas. -
A thousand stand of arms were also seized on
the 3lst at ST. Albans.
The Canucks are again engaged in mal,incr milf.
tary preparations.
1t was reported in Toronto that the Fenians baa
stopped the running Of trains the Great Western
Falifoad, but 1t proved to be incorrect.
company of Fenians, 100 strong. left New
Haven for the front on the 9lst
IL Is SAID that Marshal Murray, Of New York. has
received orders to suppress all Fenian movements.
HIGHWAY RoBBERY.-Mr. Began and hi. vic.
VINO reside IN DeSoto county, Miss, came to onr
CITY IN the early part of the week for the pHrnose
OF dsposlng OF their little CROP one bale of eot
ION, Whch they sold, an1 partially invested the |
proceeds IN family supplies leaving them n surplus
settlement, of fifteen or twenty dollars in eur
fency' On Wednesday last they started home,
going 6y the way Of the Hollyford road. About
nYe miles trom the city, they were stopped by four
negro men, well armed, who after cursug and
olaekguarding both Mr.. Began and bis wife, one
Q! them struck the latter over the head with his
pistol, lntlcting painful wound They then |
searched them both took all the money, and emp
ued the vehicle of its contents and left. AS they
moved off, they fred off their pistols, but Mr.. 4
Began could not tell whether they fired at his wife
or himself. This couple Of aged and honest peo- I
pie were thus robbed and maltreated within few 4
miles of the city, and on the public highway. 4
This, added to the late murder in that Vicinity /
should incite our county and State authorities to
use all efforts to dslodge these highWaymen from
their lair near that part of the Hollyford road as
we are confident there is nest of these ruffians r
thereabuut and they should have their nest broken
np.-LMemphis Avalanche; -
few weeks after late marriage the husband
rad some peculiar thoughts when putting on his
asst clean SHIRT, as be saw no appearance Of a
Washing" He thereupOn rose earlier than usual
me morning and kindled fire. When hanging on
ne Kettle he made noise, on purpose to arouse
rs rs easy Whe; she Immediately peeped over the
blankets, and then exclaimed:
My dear, what are you doing?"
He deliberately responded: "Pve put on Ynvlsst :
ean shirt, and 'm going to wash one now for my
81 Very well, F." replied Mrs. Easy, "you had bet.
er wash one for me too.p