Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-13

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Then welcome theL te
Notice from Grand COuneiIo OF Arkansas
OEFICE OF THE GRAsD SEcRErARY.1
LITTLE HocK, ARK, Septem be l. 1855. :
The Annual Assembly Of the Grand
Council Of Royal and Select Masters of
Arkansas, will be held in this city, at 10
O'Clock am, on Saturday, October 81,
The Annual Convocation Of the Grand
Royal Arch Chapter of Arkansas, will be
held in this city, at 10 o'clock am, on
Thursday, October %, 1868.
The Annual Communication Of the
Grand Lodge OF Arkansas, will be held
N tins city on Monday, November 2,
Returns Of Subordinate Councils. Chap
ters and Lodges will be made up to the
lst OF October and forwarded as early
after that time as practicable. The nee
essary blanks have been sent to each
Secretary and Recorder.
IL is earnestly enjoinsd that there be q
blies.
Delegates will report at the office OF
the Grand Secretary Immediately upon
their arrival in the city.
WH. D. BLoCHER, Grand Secretary.
The Great Masonic Meeting at 81. LOuis.
From the ST. Louis Fresmason.I
On the third Tuesday OF thi4 month
the I5sh) will meet in St. Louis tine
Grand EncampmeDt Of Knights Tenn
plar of the Unitsd Staess, aEd the Cen
eral Grand Chapter OF Royal Arch Ma
sons Of the United States.
1t is generally expected that both bod
les viii have larger representation
present than has ever before assembled
at a triennial meeting.
This opinion arises from several causes.
There will be more important on sstions
presented than generally occurs in one
meeting, and the point selected is more
accessible than any heretofore chosen in
the Mississippi Valley; and, finally, this
being the f1rst meeting held since 1883,
in which peace has absolute ly reigned in
the country, there is an earnest desire to
have general reunion and fraternai sal
utatiOn.
These national bodies, in their trie1ui-
al assemblies, are in one sense fraternaI
conventions, for the prrpOse of inter-
changing views, work, usage, etc. In
this way the best posted Masons are
brought together, and in the private
rooms of delegates much valuable infor-
nation is exchanged from one side of
the continent to the other, not only on
the work of Communicates and Chap
ters, but as well on the lectures of Blue
and Cryptic Masonry.
In the Grand Eneampmsnt the follow
ing constitute the membership:
rha aIa osa4 IL
campment, the p sst first four Grand Off
GERS thereof, the Past Grand Command
ers, and the first four present officers of
State Grand Communicates, and the
first three officers Of all subordinate Com
manderies working under the immediate
jurisdiction of the Grand EncamDment
OF the United States in such States or
Territories where no State Grand body
exists.
Oae of the first things which will be
brought Up for consideration will be the
proposed amendment offered at last Con-
clave by Sir VIM. Sewell Gardner, r. E. |
Deputy Grand Master, to change the |
name OF "Grand Encampment to |
Grand Conclave," for the National |
body, and for the State bodies, to change |
their name from Grand Commandery y
to "Grand Encsmpment."
6ENEtkaL dhAND CHAPTER,
This body will meet on the same dav /
as the above organization, and is COM /
posed of the same relative membership,
except that Past Grand High Priests are
not members. One Of the subjects for its
consideration will be the amendment
proposed by Comp. Jas. M. Austin, of
New York, which is briefly to give to the
General Grand Chapter a centralized
control Of State Grand Chapters, and
also one proposed by Comp. Seymour Il.
Stone, OF New York, striking out of the
General Grand Constitution the section
which reserves to the State bodies inde-
pendent action over their own affairs.
ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS.
Nearly all the Grand Councils have
agreed to send expert wCrkmen to meet
each other at the triennial sessions of the
Grand EneRmpment and General Grand
Chapter, TO take into consideration the
absolute necessity which exists for great
er uniformity in the work, and espe-
cialIy so Of the nomenclature of Grand
anu subordinate officers. In our last re-
port on correspondence before our Grand
Council, we quoted st length the table
prepared by Comp. J. n. Dfummond, OF
Maine, in which the question is most
practically set forth. Is is one that
SuOulu ueLuduu StuSiul6 anu pTactlCdi At
tention. From this convention we hope
for the best results. Il is distinctly un-
derstood that the delegates are In no
manner to assume the powers of a gov
erning body. This is right
THE ENTERTAINMENT.
The General Grand Chapter will be en-
tertained by the Grand Royal Arch Chap
ter of Missouri, by banquet, 10 which
nearly all the Chapters in the State have
literally contributed. This will be under
the supervision of the Grand High Priest
and his associate officers.
The Grand EncRmpment of the United