The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-15
E. CLAlfPUs VITUs.

L ES CAAMEUS VA O9S
Present State Of the Order..CenSur
/ : of American DignitaTieS-sReduC
ton of the Grand Llama.
Great Revival at ParkeFSburg.
Fon the Parkrsbar0 Tune. .,i,. 4g,
Among tho Chinese nlandarins who &c
companied Hon. Arson Burllngame i
his diplomatic mission to the Unite
States, there seems to have been secre
agent Of the celestial order above named
especially commissioned TO examine int
and report upon the condition Of that Id
stitution in this country, Upon unques
tiOnable authority we arc enabled to state
with unfeigned regret, that the result o
this investigation was OF such an unsatiE
factory nature, that the imperial DEGREES
of censure were forwarded to u numbe
Of dignitaries Of the order in America
Tho most severe OF these seems to hav
fallen upon the devoted head Of Hon. Ca
leb Cushing, the original missionary anC
international Grand Hotetoe Of the saCreI
order for the Anglo-Saxon race, VIII
among other direleCtions Of duty, !
charged with locating Yankee colonies II
the frozen pineries Of Wisconsin and tn
sandy barrens OF Old Virginia, withou
even taking the trouble to cngraft the can
Ons Of Ills order upon their respective con
stitutions. In our own hopeful it'll
State, the condition Of affairs Is not 4 viii
more ,fattering. Since tho glorious rev.
val held by VI. Grand LLAMA. the Hon. 3
F. r. N. GB., ut Wheeling, in 1866, whel
q constitutional (amendcd) majority OF thI
Legislature was SO successfully initiated
that veteran apostle scent 10 have slep
upon his laurels, and, it is said, devoted
more attention 10 reducing the list Of law
iGl voters in the State, than TO increasing
the rolls OF his languiShing con
grcgations. We are therefore not sur
prised to learn, that Notwithstanding, o.
perhaps in consideration Of his homes
plea ofilI health and old age, he has beer
summarily reduced to the ranks, and the
insignia, Of power and duties Of his re
sponSible charge temporarily transferred
to triumviate of junior officers, until I
successor Is permanently appointed.
It's TO the jealous efforts Of the. new In
cumbents TINT We are indebted for the I'm
precedented reaction lately accomplished
In the sacred order, and 80 conspiciously
manifested in our city few evenings
since. Not less than three score Of ap
plications were reported on the day fixed
Tor the reOpening Of the ParkCrsburg lodge
but In this, as in all celestial institutions
though many are called, but few are select
cd. Tho first choice Of admission fell upOI
one OF our most deserving young fellow
citizens Of the great historical race o.
natiOn,s one OF whose. lost tribes, atlel
promiscuously wandering across the plains
andgmogntains Of Central Asia, fought It,
way over the famous Chinese wall, and II
the very heart Of tho Monaghan empire
founded the illustri0Us order Of Z, G.
which after thirty or forty centuries pro
vidcntllly found its way back to thu
land OF tic setting sun, 10 refine md adorr
occidental civilization. We regret thai
the secrecy cnjoined even upon honorary
members lorbids our describing, III, detail
the highly imposing and in some respects
trying ceremonies Of initiation which, w
are proud TO record, were gone through
with the, candidate with manly dig
nifty, fortitude and guilelcss candor rarely
found combined In one and tho same In
diyidual. Far from being shaken in, hii
noble purpose blythe terrible ordeal Q
the first; degree, the lust rite Of which
+" IL when shall We three nee
agatn2- "a, would have unneryed any
candidate Of ordinary mental calibre, he
like the Christian martyrs Of old, declared
himself ready 70. suffer TO any further ex
tent that may be required and implortngly
demanded to be initiated into the second
degree on the spot. Under the rules O
tlle order, however, this request could MOI
Sc acceded to until the following evening
when, with the assistance Of two Wor'
shipful Ariscutuscs, who had been OK
presSly telcgraphed for IRON Wheeling
the glorious work was ut last ConsummateC
with pomp and regalia Of truly Oricnta
significance and splendOr.
-sAt the close Of the rites Of Initiation, the
Grand Council, IN executive session, re
.ceiyed u report from the Finance Com.
mittee, showing an accumulation, Of
s. 1884, 56Ts9 In the National Treasury Of
the Order, onc.thirtieth part Of which, OF
upward Of 100000, Is credited to tLt
Grand Lodge Of West Virginia, T'hi!
sum Is proposed to be applied to the cree
ton, in tho city Of Parkcrsburg, Of Cc-
lestial Pagoda, for the Order, upon thu
qu0ndam Capitol site, and Lodges and
recruiting offices upon the vacant sites o
the once contemplated rolling mill, ca
factory and wagon factory and other sim
ilatly: useless institutions, now happily ex
ploded. The EouncilalSo adopted a reso
luton censdring the local ArlScutescs toI
neglecting the Unparalleled opportunity o
the late Teachers Institute for the re
cruiting Of members; and another, declar
ing all persons Of whatever creed, race oI
color, hereafter immigrating into dul
thriving city, er-nGtura, members Of thu
Order, which upon motion, was amended
so dS TO include all persons, Of lawful agc
found residing therein at the expiration o
six months from date. i
Alter ordering publication Of the pro
ceedings in oil the loyal papers IN tin
State, the meeting adjourned until fur
ther notice. .,,.t
FIVE children, whose ages ranged from
fourteenAto five and q halt, went out q few