National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-06-25
THE SECESSION JUNTA.-Mr

publish his Ilfe oil 5tucISoH l'dN IL. 4
From advance sheets we see that ne c
makes a statement that Il secret rev. {
iunta, composed OF the
Senator's of Florida, Georgia, Ala
Dama, Mississippi, louisiana. Ar {
kansas and TeXas-Fitzpatrlck,
Clay, r. w. johnson, Sebastian,
Yulee, Mallory, lnvcrson, Tombs.
Slidell, Benjamin, Davis, Brown,
IIemphill-met in Wash
ington, in one of the rooms of the
capitol. on the night of February 9th
1861, and formed an organization,
which took control of all political
and military operations in the South,
dictated the plan of Selling forts,
arsenals and custom houses, and
did the whole work of revolution,
while they were every day in their |
accustomed seats in the Senate at
Washington. This body appointed
an executive committee of three, one |
of whom was Jefferson Davis,
through which they carried out the
schemes they had planned.
The book will be published by the
National Publishing Co., Phlladel-
phia, and viii be looked for with
Interest.
A young man from the contry
went into drug atOre, the other
day, and seeing people freely pat
rOnizing the soda fountain, at length
stepped up and called for drink
of that 'ere' for himself After
swallowing the foaming contents of
the glass, and laying his mouey
with satisfied air upon the coun-
ter, he said:
| Mister, what do you call that
that bites so?
'That is soda water
wall, said he, Il s'posed it was
sweetened wind,
A wealthy bachelor, having had
one or two lawsuits for breach OF
promise, now replies to a young la
DIV who wishes Il few minutes pri-
vate conversation mo you don't
| 7
to be compelled to donbt the honor
=, ablcness fyOur intentions, but that
|, sort of thing is played out. My
rule is imperative: and if you have
any business with me it must b'
transacted III the presence of tw'
witnesses.
q MASONRY AMONG THE INDIANS
:, Among the Chcrokecs, Choctaws
, Chickasaws' Creeks, Seminoles ant
other southern Indian tribes, thcI
S has existed from time immemoria
e q secret fraternity of sworn friends
!, having signs, tokens, and word
known only to themselves, and cor
:, fined to the male population. Th
II form of initiation is said to be sin
If pie, but their obligations to cacl
other are held to be of the most so
emn and binding nature throug
'e life. If one of the fraternity is i
= danger or trouble, his claim for til
10 protection or aid of his brethcren
"a not to be disrcgarded and if at an
time flight from enemies become
81 necessary, he is at liberty to moul
the horse of brother and flee trOl
s. his prosecutors. 1t is undcrstoo
a. by many intelligent Indian Ere
Masons, that there is enough in tn
ceremonies and obligations of thi
0. fraternity to Justify the concluslo
T. that it had genuine Masonic OF
gin, though at what period it is IL
possible todetermine perhaps, eel
turtles before this continent ";
known to the Anglo Saxon race.
y. An instance is related wherein
Il. party of u. 5. Commissioners sci
ie. to treat with the SeminOles i'll Flol
Il da, early in the present centur
:" when surrounded by enraged Say
gcs and about to be put to deaf
w. were saved 10y a halfbreed attac
,ro cd to the commission, who gave t,
mystic sign Oft the fraternity, whic
in IL moment turned the fury of t
ii. savagcs into the warmest demo
NJ. STATIONS of friendship. 'Thc graz
S. mailing sign, if not derived origi
ally from genuine Masonry, answ,
ed every purpose in saving t
Tx lives of these white men, and WI
b. can say that it had not Il true NJ
sonic origin!
= Another peculiar and striliil
.. feature in this Indian fraternity
an found in the fact that, in startil
ont upon the hunt or war path, t
-. Indians form in groups of three, fly
- and seven, who, on such occa!
H. ons, adhere to one onother even
death. These mystic numbe
,,or three, five, and seven, are sign
cant to Masons, and their eXisteI
'ei' among the Indian fraternity can ]
be supposed to be the result OF m,
p. accident for they are tradition
n. numbers, and are adhered to will
scrupulous fidelity. If this cuGt
is not veStigc of Frecmasonry,
mel coincidence is at least somewhat
IL. markable, and it reminds us Of
sworn friendship Of Jonathan &
David, anterior to the Freemasol
b. assumed form under the Jewish
WI theirs.
~ PRoPOSlTION.-A veal
s Englishman proposes to help us ,
~ our national debt by remittin!
'''' part of the interc st properly
him as u holder of iivc.twcnty DO
NJ. to "a large amount. Some time
he viote from Manchester. Il