Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-09-18
FREEMAsONRY
Triennlal Gathering OF the
Grand EnCamPment of the
United States.
Description Of the Procession
and its Material.
Grand acknowledgement of Gen.
Albert Pike.

The Grand Eucampnentof The U1ited
States, aud the Trienpi8l Session OF the
Grand Chapter, now bsinE held In this
city, sHd which were iueuguTated yes
5erdsy by 6 very striking public display,
and splendid festivities, ct the new Efa.
sonic Hsll, constitute 81 event in which
a vast number az people thr, ushout the
country are deeply interested. 10 81.
Louis history & Is also 10 mere passiTg
incident, and hence We shall devote 8
considerable space to 6 report of ihst
portion of the proceedings Of a public
character.
THE OBJECT OF THE T-RIENNIAL GATH
ERING.
The object Of the triennisl gathering
Of The Grand Eacampment of the United
States and the Grand Chapter Is simply
% take into consideration such necessary
measures as may be deemed for the gen
eral henedt OF the Order throughout the
United States. For the inf0Imstion OF
some OF u readers, we may state that
The Grand Encsmpment is the leeisla-
live body CT the knights Temper and
The Grand Chapter OF R2ysl Arch Ma
| sous, or C~spitulsTy Masonry. These
Masonic bodies are Of great Importance
In the Order, and their ~triennIal assem-
oiies, in their general iudlsncs and re-
sElts, are significant Ia character. The
last assembly OF the Masonic bodies took
plsce 81 Columbus, Olio, three years
sgc.
ARRIVAL OF DELEGATIONS.
1t was generally anticipated that tie
Grand EueampmeDtof the United States
and the TrienDisl Session OF the Grand
Chsper for 1868 would be Of greater
magnitude than upon any previous oc-
cssion. This anticipation has been full
filed. The GmD Of MasO8s nov in
attendance is larger than at any similar
assembly which hiss eve taken plses be
fore in America. There are delegations
from nea-ly every State in the Union,
and in many instances the delegations
are unusually large. Pennsylvania,
New York, New Jersey, Maryland,
Washington, Michigan, Kentucky, Mass.
aehusetts, Tennessee, Virginia, New
Hampshire, Ohio, Connecticut, Wise9n-
sin, Mississippi, Arkansas, Nebraska,
AiabsIna, Louisiana, New Mexico, Iowa,
Illinois and Indiana ere all represented.
THE DAY OPENED
most apspiciously. Tbs SUI shons with
genial warmth: 9 fresh bretz5 was stir
ring; the sky wa clear, and perhaps
BEST Of all the streets were almost en-
tirely free from dust and mud. As early
Ks six o'clock the Sir Knights of the
st. Louis, EllwoOd and Ivanhoa Com
manderies assembled at Freemssons'
Hall 10 order 10 escort several large Com
mandeTiss who were 10 come by rail and
boat.
With the assembling OF the brethren
Of the Mystic Craft" there came TO-
such a crowd as is rarely seen on
Seventh street. II seemed at D time
as if considerable delay must ensue ia
forming the lines OF the eseorting Com
maaderies In consequence Of the press
10 OF the people, bat the movements
these bodies were not seriously inter
and the lines were formed easily.
APPEARANCE OF THE PROCESSION.
i! the Mascns desired to stamp their
public display with distinctive charse-
terisiies, they succeeded. We have seen
q good many professions OF late, some
than that of yesterday, but none
81 all similar to it. We have seen C
long liDe OF fremen, accompanied by
The biare Of bands, and while the sight
inspiring and thrilling, its sigRif-
vance was uumistakAble, and appealed
% feelings easily understood. SO with
he majority of public PROFESSIONS, their
is in simple language, and we
comprehend them at q glance. In
hat Of yesterday, however, there was q
impressive u~uiqueness, and it be- I
the more attractive because a {
OF mystery mingled Ia its mean !
Gg. The uniforms were half military, :
Is sufficiently so 20 suggest military
IDEAS, and yet there wRs something pres
ut that ave the pageant an aspect pc 7
uliar in itseif. Il seemed as it were a
lis play OF civic chivalry united with 9
omethiDg OF a deeper Significance snd q
aOre earnest in nature. Sheer - some i
nay ct secret societies, there Is a dignity D
{ antiquity about Masonry that compels o
even from those who merely re- .
ard it IS a curiosity OF human history. }
OF this, perhaps, the moving a
] asonic array which passed through o
IS streets yesterday, WA not Il
My attractive 10 the eye, but v
lggsstive to the mlnd. As the o
O~umenderies went by in steady march, g
18th the silkeu an satin bsnnersewe.Ifng 81
the wind, the eye would catch here Of
I'D there a golden Inscribed Lstin motto, %
some noble aud virtuous senti- IL
or a device cariops 10 Itself, 81
ye' suggesting the strange blending oil
the intellectual and the practical Ia o.
10 pervsdiBg splrito Of Masonry. On the nc
yell Of the music the mind was half in b.
ined to grow medltstive in s surginR OF
" street, and seek In the historic past th
10 Interpretation Of the present. Com CO
down, however, from the inner "a
Gaming to the mere external appear VI
ice Of the procession, we may say that Of
was really fiDe and striking. The br
srching OF the Knights was capital, "
I'd the long line had that beautiful "
ldulation peculiar to q column of ID
guar soldiery In motion. The 60
'rk cost aud pants, white belts Be
~ piunsd hats, made . grand sp- N