Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-08-07
Irteressing Masonic Pre,eutn,,ou

ture illustrating the legend Of liking solomon
Chapter by Dr. Bliss, a description Of Witch bic
tnre was published In The STAR of Tuesday last.
NJ. 4. High Priest, Joseph s. Mccoy, occupied
the chair, with J. Ed win Mason, secretary.
Companion ID. W. Bliss made an appropriate
speech, after which companion DR.. q. q. Cox
Jones.
In the course of his remarks Dr. Cox said:
"1n reviewing the history of solomon we are
impressed with his political power and unsur-
passed wisdom. He was, emphatically, great
Moab and Amazon were his tributaries. He
reigned over all that vast domain from the
Euphrstes to the confines of Egypt According
10 the estimate of food consumption by Calyi-
sins, not less than fifty thousand we're fed at his
palace daily. and we are told he had forty
thousand stalls of horses and twelve thousand
horsemen. But it is chiefly for his great wis
dom he was known and recognized throughout
the then world. "This excelied,n ii is said "the
wisdom of all the children of the last century
that is, the CbaldeAns, Prussians and Arabians
and all the wisdom of Egypt. And he smoke y
says the sacred Scriptures. three thousand
proverbs, Zone thousand ofwhich only survive
and his songs were q Thousand and five" OF
the latter only one book of canticles remains
And he spoke of trees. from the cedar tree
that IL IN Lebanon. even unto the hyssop that
springeth out of the wall. He spoke, also, OF
beasts and OF fowls, and of creeping things and
of fishes"
He was, in other words, thoroughly versed in
botany and every part of natural history. What
But most interesting Parsonage in this pic
ture to us Masons Is Hiram, King of Tyre At
this time he must have been advanced In years
he was an intimate friend of Solomon's father,
David, and, indeed, built his palace. Loving
the father, is was natural he should be pro-
toundly interested in the son. The Israetes
or that day were not remarkable for proficiency
in the mechanic arts. The Sidonions were the
great carpenters, ioiners and builders. When,
therefore, Solomon proposed TO build q temple,
or, as he expressed it, ga house unto the name
q uOr IN ba
great master builder, TO order his workmen
that they might hew trees out of Lebanon
When the message reached Hiram he rejoiced
greatly, and, like worshiper OF the true Del
~, as he doubtless was, blessed God that David
had so wise a son to rule over his people. He at
once agreed to bring the "hewed timber down
from Lebanon into the sea, !" and to deliver it
by "sea in floats" at the place appointed. And
we are further informed that he furnished and
brought over fgreat stones, costly stones, and
house."
shall not take up your time by attempting
10 describe the great temple. Those of you
who peruse the sacred volume-and it is to be
hoped no good Mason neglects TO do so-will
md sufficiently minute account of this vast
building, its architecture and material, in 1
Kings, chap. vi. Sufficient to say the building
was perfect. Some conception of its high fin
ish and the elaborateness of its arrangements
may be inferred from the fact that, although
every timber was prepared for its place, every
stone hewed squared and numbered before II
came TO Jerusalem il nevertheless took seven
long years to complete the temple. SO elabo-
rate were the gliding, carved work. the over
laying with gold, the cherubims, trees, flowers,
and other ornaments of that vast and splendid
during the building of which was
never heard the sound of "hammer. az or any
tool OF IRON What monument to the genius
OF that remote period, and of the prodi gious adj
vance made in the mechanic arts. And what
shall we say of Hiram, the transcendant archi-
tect' who planned and executed in an incredi-
bly, short period a work of such grandeur
nj Mi
hail to Hiram, King of Tyre!
Here DIR. Cox read an original poem, in
which the legend, published in Tuesdays STAR,
was given in verse. at the conclusion of the
reading High Priest Mccoy made an appropri-
ate response, returning the thanks of the chap
Ter for the gift so gracefully presented.
The Magistrates and Constabies.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE INVESTIGATING COM
MITTEE.
Before the "Long Committee YESTERDAY.
after our report closed, Constable George r.
gibbons corroboTated Shreeve's testimony rel
tive to the execution of the writ of disp0sses-
non In the case Of Lully. He knew nothing of
ne trlal, &c, not having been present at the
Mr.; Henry Bergling, the owner of the house,
testified that he rented il to Lully on the 18th
lay Of October, 1872 his tenant paid the rent
promptly until the month of June following,
.heH he began to be behindhand; deponent let
continue for nearly three months when he
lad seven days summons issued against
Lully by Justice Thompson; Lully never COM
blamed OF the leaky condition Of the house but
y one Ilme TOLD deponent that piece of plaster
lad fallen; he did not say that he would not pay
my more rent until it was fixed; deponent did |
lot object to having an interpreter for the wit
lesses, as stated by Lully; defendant did not |
nut the house in repair.
MIR. Lully, who was present and listened to |
ne testimony; pronounced every word of it |
Untrue, and adhered to his version of the affair.
Leon Peppers called in to say to the com
1ittee that Constable Clark had at length paid |
i'm the amount due him.
This morning John Lester. a colored man.
esuneu as follows On the 9th of April last he |
as summoned before Justice Simon Joseph to
hswer SUIT OF Jane Showers for SO damages
Dr saying that the smallpox was in her house,
ne summons was served by Constable Thomas,
nd he appeared before Thomas and took the
illnesses with him. The woman Showers gave
tI tesIhlmony, but the justice refused to hear
III Ior :. 10, saying he did it to make him keep !
Is mouth. About three DAYS after Thomas
anne to levy on bis goods to satisfy the execu-
On; ana ne paid $3.50 on account and after
sIds PAN Joseph 1925, but he refused to give
receipt.
Cornelius McAulife complained that some
me since he rented house and found that
artles-Conyers and Bigelow-each claimed
he rent. He declined to paw either, end
igelow sued him before Justice Martin.
exponent appeared, and, after both sides were
card nothing more until seven DAYS after
ards, when Constable Merriman set his goods
the street, and it rained shortly afterwards,
nd he and family were subjected to great in
)nVen1ence. Deponent claims that he was |
ntltled to 80 days notice, and that the whole
ansaction was Illegal,
bir. IL. Ehambers filed a written statement |
Al on the oth of March of this year Constable |
A. hlmmell took from him his horse and
agon and other things during his absence from
lie city, but he had stated previously that he
ould del@y until the following morning The
Orse and wagon brought $3.50, and the debt |
as but Si7. He had repeatedly asked Kimmell
VI statement of what he did with the S255, |
ut he continues TO put him of. The creditor
ates that he has not received his money, but
1mmell has told him TO come to see him; that
e had three or four dollars for him. on
mother occasion he had some goods at auction |
nd Z. y. Kimmeli alta u ed the proceeds in the |
ands OF the auctioneer for about S22, and the |
omplainant has never received any of this
loney.
Constable Obediah Kimmell appeared and
led statement as TO the Heard case-the
,iZure of a piano. He says that an attachment |
as issued to enforce landlords lien upon the |
roperty of a tenant who had absquatulated
-ithout the landlords '--owledge. The plain
II claiN-,L $3.50 -nd defendant confessed |
dgment $50. Under that attachment il was
is duty TO pursue the property wherever it
light be found within the District, and being
able to the plaintiff If he did not use due dill