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hour**? his distress-that Masonry overrides the boundaries ..{' Stute?, ni'ow? of no political or religious differences..jind that its vi? ry nature ?.nd Constitution are adverse tri the idea of any such renunciations of the paramount.duties of the craft, in ali countries and under ail circum? stances. W e add a few particulars in relation to Ame pf these ?odg->s, showing the extent and cnar aeterof their losees. Thc minutes of UMOU Kilwinning Lodge.'No.-4. were more than a cen? tury old; those of Orange Lodge No. 14, very near a century. These are al) gone, and the lose is irremediable. ? portion of tho minutes Of Richland Lodge No. ?9. are supposed to be safe, aa they were confided to the keeping of a Macon ic writer, with a view to the preparation of ax history. He will probably, from . this notice, perceive the propriety of restoring them to the Lodge as soon as possible. XIX. Among the items of loss, which are particu? larly lamented, thajl of the famous sword oi State, called ''the Cromwell Sword," belonging to the Grand Lodge of South Carolina, is par ticuiarly deplored. This wasNin antique oi peculiar interest and value. Its history, a givtn by Dalcho, may be given here, as par ticuiarly calculated to gratify the curious, as well as the Masonic reader.. It was a large elegant and curious two-edged weapon, in t rieb velvet scabbard! highly < rnamcntcd wit! Masonic emblems, and with the arms of th? Grand Master. It had been presented to tin Grand Lodge by tbe Iv- ,vinciat Grand Master after the installation of the grand officers,- wa: given ar a consecrated sword, and receive?: with reverent assurances, to keep it safely, si far as humau effort could accord safety. Tb weapon had been long in the possession of th? Grand Master's family, and was said to hav< once belonged to Oliver Cromwell, a legend ti which some degree of probability may be given from tlie fact that the Provincial.Graud Maate waa a descendanto-SirEdward Leigh, who"wa a member of the Long Parliament and a Farlie mentary General ia the time of the Protector from whom, perhaps, he received-it. The farther history of this sword may a well be gives here. Prom.the time of the pre sentatiou it continued rb the possession of th Grand Lodge, and waa borne by the Gran Sword Bearer, oi m dater limes, tbe Gran Pursuivant, in -all public processions. A length, at the conflagration which, in the yes 1888, destroyed so large a j.or. iou ot thc cit Of Charleston, and wit:? other buildings th Masonic H? ll, the sword was, wu h great ?ritt Silty, saved by brother Samuel - ?eyie, tu rand i uer, with the lose of Ure tun, the neat bard, sad a small part of the extremity of th blade. Io tn? contusion??ousequcut on the fir the sword thus mutilated was mislaid, aud fe s long time it was supposed to be lest. 1 ISa'A a committee wa appoiuted by the Oran Lodge to make every exertion Jpr.its recovery sad st length, in the beginning of tbe yet ' *> I 18?4, it was acc\deutolly found by the Grate" ; Tiler,-iu nn outhouse on his premie??, aud was j by him restored to the Grand U?dgv in its mutti 1 I lated condition. The lost piece of the blade waa ingeniously replaced bj a cutler in the city of Charleston, and bong sent to New York, was .returned" with new hilt and velvet' scabbard, and was used in its appropriate place during the centennial- ceremonies of that year. With such a history, and blended with such tradition of its origin, we need not feel sur? prised at the universal and kean feeling occa? sioned by its loss. ' * - [COXTXNOCD nt. ona KKST.] , * [Communicated.] Slats from History. The plague reverted the city of London iu 16?6, bat the visitation'of 1665 was far more disastrous. < De Foe, the author of Robinson Crusoe, han left ns a history of t&is last pestilence, written In his singularly clear and felicitous style. The pestilence broke out in January, and only ended with December. It prevailed with most violence from June to October; one thou? sand, victims, perished dany. There could be no regular burials, but huge pita were dug, into which the bodies were cast, sometimes coveted with a sheet* bot for thc most part, almost naked. DuriBg the, prevalence of the disease, 2OU.000 persons fled from the city to other perta of England. Men's m in da became diseased as well aa their bodies. There Vas great reck? lessness and demoralization among the lowest classes ot society, bat %Jjais extended at last "to many from whom better things might have been expected. De Eoe, ?aye, "the power ol avarice was so strong in some, that they would r%u any hazard-to steal and pleader; and par? ticularly in houses where all the families or inhabitants bad been dead and carried out, ' tiley would bleak in at all hazards, and with? out regard to the danger bf iu lection, taite even the clothes off t>pe dead bodies; and the bea clothes from others where they lay dead. But these robberies extended chiefly te wearing clothes, linen, and what rings or money'they oonld come at, bat not to ? general plunder ol the houses," When the Yankee pestilence, as I may cali it, prevailed bi Columbia, they improved upon I this, they plundered the houses un J tbeu burnt them. They took with violence, watches anc jewelry from the perseus, even ol females, living ?ud not dead. When Louis the XIV ravaged U^e Palatinate with Are and sword, bis ?anuuiauiiy cal iel forth me execrations of Europe, and lett a dee j I stain upon the tape of the great King. Bm what waa the Palatinate Ton-pared with th? Cemtery' ol' Georgia and the Carobnaa laic waste by the more inhuman Yankee! Hardly i ; smad county ui extent. . However averse our pasple have been te f mgm -y? rc-utti'in willi thc Non hot ? race, ll ling tas become intensified by the bruta; < nd nc of their ai mies, and the plain desigr of '.-fe'.: Government to blot out the present p upi U-io; of the South and repeople the latfd. Thinfcin people are beginuing to comprehend that th trae issu? is subjugation and extincti ri, or so. casa ?nd eternal separation. Let them j jude it valb ' - j >. i ? v OFFICIAL BONDS and conimunio -1ona foi tb? Secretary of State, forwarded to Chester C. H, Post Office Box 29. will be pjfcmptiy for warded to thc proper point. . April J * Proclamation.1* IT. J. GOODWYN, Mayor of the city of a. Columbia, H. call earnestly apou the citizens to aid the municipal author; ia th'. observation of order, peace ana 1. .v. The laws made and provided for their mainttuance will be strictly enforced. It is, thereto, c. ear? nestly, requested that any and ever^ e icroach ment be promptly reported \o the proper officers. It isa sourca of deep regret to the executive that a laxity of morals exists arning some portions of our inhabitants, inasmuch ad they arc daily trespassing on the rights ?? others, whose enclosures are not seci . : by pro? per fencing; also, on the shade trees c . the pub? lic streets. The law in these iustanc - SE well as all laws for the protection of pibbc and pri? vate property, will be enforced. lt has also been reported that parties i'.rs bringing into the city spirituous liqu > . for sala, lt is much to be deprecated thal thin source of traffic should exist at such a time, when o?i' inhabitants stand in daily weat, of food. Re? ver? measures against the retailing > liquors must be resorted to, in order to atop ?'.b-.- tu. ?..mi of thia grievous evil; trusting ou ii- ^i<- !se Providence, to sustain me ur this ?..._ turu of ^affliction, ami ustyiug on all good citizens to assist the authorities iu niaiAraioing order io our oby. .. (Jiveji under my hand, this foe..h of April, 1S?5. T. J. GOODWYN. April 6 Stolen,. FROM my lol'opposite the Pr- by?erian Church, a large MAHOGANY LINING 1ARLL and u WA?zbPo J> A suitable rev. ard will be paid to auy one v will gjvc mfvraia, tion to lead lo tb ?ir ieee. ry. I April 1 8? AN intel W CHA V. FORD. Pictorial and Gift Book?. A?SMALL eoiiection of PICTORIAL and GibT BooRs, beautifully illustrated suitable as nieuieniocs of friends?iip and affec? tion and as rewards of merit an?l excellence .n academies, including the writings ol some ol the most, famous -wets. Apply at (his office Waiting In? 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