The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-05


This concludes the official list, with the
exception Of few items which will be pub
lished hereafter. Parties finding errors in
the lists can have them corrected by calling
at the Office of the Society.
knights TcmpIar.
ORG ANIZATIoS OF THE CoMMANDERY OF ST.
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF OFFICERS-NEW
| MEMBERS-wHY THE COMMANDERY WAS
| NAMED ST. ANDREW MEMOIR OF ST. An
DREW, &C.
A dispcnsation having issued from Right
Eminent Sir Robert E. Withers, Grand
Commander OF Knights Templar for Fir-
ginia, for the organization Of eommandery
| in this city under the name OF the " Com
mandery of Saint Andrew" and appoint
ing Eminent Sir William f. Tanner emil
nent commander, Sir Thomas j. Evans
rencralSsimo, and Sir John E. Laughton,
Jr., captain-general the knights named
| in the petition. thirty-four in number, met
at St. Alban's Hall on Saturday night. and
duly organized under the dispensation.
when the following additional officers were
appointetl-viz. Prclate, Edgar d. Taylor;
Senior Warden, S. d. Davies; Junior WAR
den, J. V. Bidgood; Treasurer. George j..
Steel; Recorder, f. ID. Steger; Standard
Bearer, John J. Wright; Sword-Bearer, L..
D. Crenshaw, Jr.; Warden, Z. c. Walthall;
Guards-J. +. Gibson, J. ID. Crump, }. T..
| Vaughan.
UNIFORM OF THE CoMMANDERT-SEw MEM
| BEERS.
This Commandcry has adopted the uni
form OF Richmond Commandery, No. ,, and
will cooperate with that timc-honored body
OF Knights in all movements looking to the
| nf
thus it is expected that much good will be
ACCOMPLISHED in that direction in this iuris-
diction.
In addition to the officers whose names
are given above, the following are members
OF the new Commandery: 4. G. Ba5cock,
John p. BarSamin, A. Talbot, G. G. Wor-
than, G. G. Walker, /. S. Camp, j. X.
johnson, II. B. Sncad, J. B. Suit, George
w. Poe, George w. Robinson, W.. b.
Isaacs, j. A. Scott, C.. T. Dabney, j. II.
Lufsay, 4. w. CARRIER, II. D0hmer, {. W.
p. Brock, O. NJ. Marshall.
HOW THE CoMNANDERY CAME TO BE NAMED
| ST. ANDREW.
| There is an ancient lodge OF distinguished
Masons in Boston, Mass. bearing the name
OF st. Andrew, OF which General Joseph
Warren, who 1fel at Bunker Hill, was the
first master. When many Of the members
OF this new Commandery were in Boston in
June, 1875, as members OF Richmond Com
mandery, No. 2, they were the recipients Of
marked courtesies from this grand old lodge.
The friendships thus formed doubtless had
their influence in turning the minds Of the
members OF the new commandery to the
selection of this name for their command.
MEMOIR OF ST. ANDREW.
st. Andrew was born at Bcthsaida, city
OF Gaiilee, situated on the shores Of the
Lake Tiberias, in Palestine. AS the
name imports, it was q place for fish
| ing and hunting, the adjacent country
abounding with deer, and the sea with
| fish. It is said that Philip the Tctrarch
formed it into magnificent city and called
| it JuliaS, after the daughter OF the Emperor
Augustus; and it was here that Jesus per-
| formed many Of His miracles.
| Andrew was the brother Of Simon Peter,
and both were the sons of John, or Jonas,
fisherman OF the place OF their nativity.
The former, before the advent OF Jesus as
public teacher, had been a disciple OF
John the Baptist, and was probably men,
Der of the Essenian sect, to which John be-
lonced. II so this will in some measure,
at least, account for the learning and ability
which he subsequently exhibited in his
public ministry. He was
THE FIRST PERSON WHOM JESUS RECEIVED AS
\ DISCIPLE.
and who afterward, with his brother Simon
Peter, became one OF his apostles. He fol-
lowed Christ until his cruciiXion, when,
with the other apostles, he entered upon
his public ministry. Departing from Jerusa-
lem, he first travelled through Cappadocia,
Gallatia, Bythinia, instructng the inhab.
itants in the new faith, and then continued
his Journey along the EuXine sea into the
desert OF Scythia. An ancient author tells
us that be first came to Amynslls, where he
preached in one OF the Jewish synagogucs,
converted many of the people, and ordained
priests. He next went to Trapezlum,
maritime city on the EuXine sea, from
whence, after visiting many other places,
he came to Nice, in northern Italy, where
he stayed two years, preaching and work
ing miracles with great success. Leaving
here he passed to Nicomedia, and from thence
to Chalcedon, whence he sailed through
the Propontis to the EuXine again, and
from thence he went TO Heraclea, and
afterwards to Aulastris; In all OF which
places he encountered many difficulties,
but overcame them by his invincible pa
tience and resolution. He next proceeded
to SvnoDe "a city on the same sea, and Ia
nous as the birth and burial place of King
Mithridatesl, where he met his brother Peter,
and united with him in the work OF the
ministry. The inhabitants were mostly
Jews, who, "partly from zeal for thell
religion and partly from their barbarous
manners, were exasperated against him,
and entered into a confederacy to burn the
house in which he lodged; but being dis
appointed in their design, they treated him
with
THE MOST SAVAGE CRUELTY,
throwing him on the ground, stamping
upon him with their feet, pulling and drag.
! gine him from place to place, some beating
with clubs, some pelting with stones, and
others, to satisfy their brutal revenge, biting
off his flesh with their teeth, until, appre'
hendins they had entirely deprived him o.
life. they cast him out into tue fields. But
he miraculouslv recovered, and returned
publicly into the city; by which and other
miracles that he wrought among them ne
converted many from the error OF theil
ways and induced them to become "Dlsci'
plies Of Jesus" He afterwards returned le
Jerusalem, and from thence travelled over
Thrace, Macedonia, Thessera, Achaln, ano
Epirus, "propag and confirming the
doctrines he taught with signs and mira
cles.'
At last lie came to Patral, city OF Achala
in Greece, where, after converting large
numbers OF the inhabitants, he finally
SEALED HIS FAITH WITH HIS BLOOD.
He was here arrested by order OF Agenas