The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-10-19

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rab. Ga, copy OF sketch Of Solomon Lodge,
! No. 4, also bylaws; Winterpock Lodge,
/ No. Oh, Chesterfield, copy OF bylaws; Ami
~ Lodge, No. &c, Richmond, copy of postal
/ card calling meeting OF Lodge TO consider
! the Yorktown Centennial; Fredericksburg
Lodge, No. A, a leaf from the Bible on which
General Washington was made Mason !;
also extracts from records OF the lodge
showing his connection with It, also roll
OF members Of 1881; Grand Commandery
OF Knights Tcmplsr Of Virginia, copy OF
proceedings for 1880, also copy OF form OF
diploma on parchment; Grand Chapter OF
! Virginia, copy OF Doves X. A. G. Text
Book, edition 1853, proceedings for 1880,
form Of diplomas on parchment, form OF
charter on parchment, form OF commits
sion to grand representatives, copies OF Off
cial commissions and dispcnsations; Grand
Lodge Of Virginia, copy OF first and fourth
editions OF Doves Virginia Textbook, OF
proceedings Of laying the cornerstone
by the Grand Lodge OF the Washington
Monument, 22d Februrry, 1850, unveiling
the same, 22d February, 1853, OF proceed
ings for 1878 containing ceremony OF un-
yelling the monument erected by the Ma
sons OF Virginia to the memory OF DR..
] John Dove, who had served as Grand See
rotary from 1856 20 1876, copy Of proceed
ings OF 1880, of reprint OF proceedings
from 1888 to 1922, setting forth the progress
/ OF the Fraternity during the intervening
years, also giving q history OF the organi-
zation OF the Grand Lodge i'm 1913
up to 1922, steel-plate engrsyings OF
the Grand Masters who have presided
over the Grand Lodge from IT'S TO 1921,
also the late Grand Secretary, IN electro
type copy OF the seal Of the Grand Lodge,
copy Of form OF charters issued TO subordi-
nate lodges on parchment, signed by the
present Grand Master, copy Of the form
OF diploma on parchment, copy OF COM
mission issued to grand representatives,
copies OF forms OF dispensation, and other
official documents. copy OF Special
Committee on Masonic Jurisprudence,
adopted in 1856, copy OF Special Com
mittee OH FreemasOnry and the War
adopted i'm 1864, copy OF the programme
Of the ceremony Of the laying OF the corner
stone OF this monument, copy OF the Code
OF Virginia, edition Of 1878, copy Of Web
ster's Unabridged Dictionary; full set OF
Lodge Jewels Of silver; c. l.. Siegel, Rich
mond, list OF names Of Yorktown Centen-
NAL chorus and membership ticket; copy
OF all the music sung by the Centennial
chorus; Amity Lodge, No. 70, Richmond,
list OF officers and members.
/ A HISTORICAL CHAIR, APRON, AND GAyEL.
The chair occupied by the Grand Master
on this occasion was the one which Lord
Botetourt when Royal Governor Of the Old
Dominion presented to the Grand Lodge OF
Virginia, and in which George Washing
fos, ~ Kssl.o 81 sfs,i.
MasOns.
The sash and apron worn by Grand Mas
ter PeytOn 5. Coles was worked by Mrs.
Lafayette and presented to Washington in
1884 at Mount Vernon, and in 1912 was
presented to the Washington Lodge at
Alexandria, Va, by Major Lawrence
Lewis, Of Washington.
The gayel was made from portion OF the
quarterback Of the United States frigate
Lawrence-the flagship OF Commodore
Perry ut the battle and victory Of Lake
Erie, September 10, 1913, aud was presented
TO the Masonic Veteran Association by ven
cradle Brother NJ. w. Rev. Marshall b.
Smith, June ,, 1880; mounting an inscrip-
ton presented by venerable Brother II. w.
Zachariah Dederick.
This gayel was used by NJ. w. Brother
Smith as Grand Master Of MasonS OF New
Jersey, 1S7G'7s, and was used in the
laying OF the cornerstone OF the mon
ument on the battlefield Of Monmouth,
June 30, 1873. 1t was also used by
NJ. w. jesse b. Anthony, Grand Master Of
MaSons Of New York, to lay the corner
stone OF the Egyptian obelisk in Central
Park, New York city, October 8, 1850.
JUDGE wELLFORD's GRAFTON.
Judge Beverly r. Wexford, the Masonic
orator, then made an eloquent Grafton, at
the conclusion of which the ceremonies
came to q close.
THE PRESIDENT GOES ABOARD SNIP.
Immediately after the ceremonies Presi-
dent Arthur and party leitfor the Dispatch.
TOO LATE.
The steamer bearing the French Com
mission, Secretary Blaine, and others, was
in the stream some two hours and half
before the fact was discovered on shore
and while the cornerstone laying was in
progress. Secretary Blaine came to the
Government dock and sent word 10 the
authorities in charge, but it was too late,
as the ceremonies were completed, and the
party returned to the TallapOosa.
Military and other Notes.
There were the usual drills nc the camps
to-day, witnessed by thousands OF specta-
tors. Most all the troops have arrived on
the ground. The First Delaware battalion,
numbering about 300 men, came this morn
ing. This IL the first and only national
guard organization that Delaware has had
since the late war.
THE NINTH MASSACHUSETTS, A NUISANCE.
The Ninth Massachusetts, regiment reach
ed Yorktown from Richmond about 1880
O'Clock this morning.
Their behavior on their entrance TO the
camp was such as to cause General Han
cock to make official complaint to General
Grubb, the officer OF the day, who has the .
matter under consideration.
GOVERNOR CORNELL sERENADED BY DoD-
WORTHs BAND.
Governor Cornell, OF New York, has
his headquarters in one OF the most eligible
places on the grounds, and tonight he,
together with his statl and the ladies. ac-
companying them, were serenaded by bod
worths band, who are with the Thirteenth
New York regiment, OF Brooklyn, whose
camp is next to Governor Cornclps head
quarters.
THE RICHMOND MILITARY LATE.
The First Virginia regiment and the .
Richmond LIGHT Infantry Blues did not |