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, AN ADDUKSS, vDelivered on Vac. Qrith Jvne, bcjnrc DarHey Lolye. Fart (j lines, Ga. < BY LEONIiMS KING, E.-Q. -V The regular observance ofcerta n fssti. %- vals and the celebration of certain anniversaries, are among the most time-honor ed customs of Free Masonry. They are points upon which we may stand, whilst we review the past his! try of our order; study the present situati* >n of our noble institution; indulge in the pleading contemplation of those future triumphs which if we are but true to our principles shall surpass the enthusiasts 'nope, or the prophets dream. Their use is not to dazzle the uninitiated by an idle pageantry, or a vain display of pomp and splendid ceremonial, but to inculcate our precepts, and impress upon the mind of the Mason the high nature of his duties, and bid him in their performance, fear no danger, spare no expense and remit no exertion. On such occasions it is usual for some member of the craft to deliver an address revealing as much concerning our order as should be known, by those who are not of the brotherhood. That duty has on this occasion been assigned to your humble speaker, and permit ine in the outset to remark, in the language of another, "that for the consideration of that portion of the community who have suffered their prejudices to cloud their reason, to poison the source of their judgment who have hastily formed and indulged opinions concerning our order without the information necessary for the award of a just decision, we have no equivalent inducement to offer for the tender of their attention. Their opinions we leave as we found them, floating like a bubble on the fountain created by the slightest cmnm ition and dissolvcb by the slightest effort." But to those of this assembly who enjoy not the high privileges of Masonry, yet are disposed to investigate with cand >r and decide with justice, we would tender our personal acknowledgements fir the honor their presence has conferred on our institution more sinneu agaii]*i.<!ia:i ^isnnii^i. The origin of .Masonry is the subject of frequent enquiry, and if we confine ourselves to the principles upon which it is founded, the problem is easily solved.? "It rests in the bosom of G >d, its voice is harmony of the world, the universe is its sahctriary, earth is its alter, truth its spirit, Jehovah the object of its adoration. I; is the life of religion, the light of love, the crown of wisdom. It is the beauty of virtue, the brightness of ho or, the blessing of reason and the joy of faith. Its essence is in God, its dwelling with his servants, its will is his wisdom, its work to his glory. It is admired in patience, in charity beloved. It hath a pure eye. a plain baud and a perfect heart. It. is wis loin's walk in the way of holiness, takes 11 > rest but in the resolution of goodness. Its hand-never fails, its faith never fears, its lodge is without schism, its city without fraud and its courts without vanity. Its principles are eternal, its morality comprehensive, its mysteries sublime, its promises encouraging, its hopes heaven born, and its fruits faith in God, charity to the poor, peace on earth and good will to all men, When the ancient of days spake into PYicmnon tine fnurlitit nnirnrtj^?w!if?n ftp i ty to our own order. But the most signal instance furnished by tradition of the operative usefulness of Masonrv, on which the twilight of uncertainty does not cast its shadows, is to be found as we have already said in the erection of the Temple at Jerusalem. An Edefice was to be raised in honor of the Most High, and its foundation was to be laid upon the spot once . consecrated by the presence of God.? I "A house was to be built in the name of the Lord, to be dedicated to him' to be hallowed by the presence of Jehovah and fillet wiih liis rrlorv. Who was able to . build him an house, seeing that the Heaj uen and Heaven of Heavens cannot conj tain? What finite mind could plan, or i what human hand complete a Temple ; meet for the High and Lofty one that in; habiteth Eternity, whose name is holy, i who stretcheth out the Heavens as a cur! tain, and spreadeth them as a tent to dwell in?" The task was to be performed by one of the House of David, who had received from the God of his father, riches and honor, power knowledge and wisdom, such as none of the Kings before him had nor were to have after him. lie sent unto Hiram King of Tyre? for a man, cunning to work in Gold and in Silver and in Brass and in Iron?in purple in crimson and in blue? that had skill to grave, with cunning men that were in Judea and Jerusalem. He collected together the craft and j formed them into different lodges accord*1 " * ? ' bnAiirlorlnrn I ingio meir several uugiuos ui I He sent forth workmen, who from the cej dar trees, fir trees and algum trees of j Lebanon and from the quarries of Zeraj datlice collected materials for the building, j All moved on in Harmony, and each Lodge performed its appropriate labor, , well knowing that its work was scanned by the all-seeing eye. The hewers bronght together the cedars and other trees of the forest. The Smith fashioned the metaJ with his hammer and wrought it with the strength of his arms. The Carpenter i stretched out his rule, marked his work with a line, fitted it with planes, marked it ' with the compass, levelled it with the plumb, and conformed it to the square. The materials were ready gathered together upon mount M<"riah; and so perfect was the work, that no sound of any metallic instrument, was heard at the rearing of the Temple, to tlisLtib the harmony of the scene. And the Temple thus reared was filled with the glory of God. It was begun and finished solely by Masonic hands, and was the proudest trophy of her architectural skill, of her harmonious spirit and the power of her knowl-j edge which Masonry has ever permitted the world to witness. What but Mason- j ry could have preserved such union, such; perfect concert of ac ion, among so vast a multitude as were engaged about the building of the temple, collected together from Hlltiountries, spcnkixig_dufcreht languages governed by different customs and perhaps national prejudices. Yet this was effected by Masmry where lessons are drawn from that sacred volume which teaches us to love our neighbors as our 1 - ?.i ? 1,? fcUivt's aiiu IU u?? uniu uuiuidaa \YV; HUUIU that others should do unto us. Alter the completion of the Temple; ' he Craftsman were dispersed; and whereever they went established lodges for the preservation and dissemination of the knowledge which they had acquired, and the mysteries into which they had been initiated at Jerusalem. Commencing its career in Palestine, Masonry went forth' conquering and to conquer, and rested I r?iit iirtlil nli/\ bncl rJnntn/^ kn?? konnfti* nnrvn I ii'H uiiui auw uau |JtaiiiGw IIGI uamii/i upuu i every shore. Truth was its beginning, its i end and aim. It triumphed every where prevailed in every country, until now to study its history, is to study the history of the world. The arts were her handmaids the science her companions, and whcrccver mechanical genius has left its impress j there was once the abode of Masonry. Whereever taste has erected a Palace, religion a Temple, learning an Academy, power a Fortification, there do we find the landmarks known to our order. Wherever Geometry, Architecture or As-' tronotny have been studied, we discover traces of Masonry. When the Pyramids of Egypt, which for centuries have mocked the sands of the whirlwinds of the desert were reared, it was there and presided overthe stupendous work. Pompey's Pillar and Cleopatra's Needles are monuments of its power. The temple of Diana at Ephesus, the Arcropolis at Athens, the Coloscum at Rome, the stately edifices of Antiquity, and the magnificent structures of modern times all attest its glory. It directed the studies of the Egyptian Priests and the Seers of Cbnldea, it guided Pythagoras in his invention of Hieroglyphics, his mathematical investigations, and his Logical researches. It accompaiiiprt Plnfn to the frrnvo nf Ararlpmnc anrt was with Socrates in his musings upon the immortality of the soul. It assisted Phidias and Praxitiles in their work, and contributed to the triumph of Pygnalion. Its precepts formed the minds of i'aphael Angelo, and Canovn, Newton, D Cartes and Ilersche! are indebted to her principles for their fame. In a word, every age and every nation bear the impress ofMasonic science. The world is its stage, good its object* universal triumph its destiny. Founded upon the principles of eternal truth, it knows no 'y V 3 first fixed .he planets in their orbits, an l in the region of the stars placed a tabernacle for the sun, the spirit of Masonry was then living and was impressed upon his handi w irk bv her first Great Grand Master, Jehovah, Lord over all. And when the inorniusi stars sang together for joy, they chanted the natal song of our ininstitutions, and the Music of Planets, sum and adamantine sphorer, wheeling unbro. ken through the wide expanse, sounded " the earliest and the noblest triumph of Masonry. The Harmony which characterises and pervades the whole of nature's beauteous temple is the true spirit of Masonry, by which all well regulated lodges are influenced and governed. Here is the foundation upon which Hie whole magnificent superstructure is erected, and where is the Mason who has not felt his intellect expanded his heart warmed with benevolence, when, with the eye of i? i? I~~I, ,\ ,t i. ? i. aatuj nu lias iuuiv u uiimijjii iiuikius \> ui a up to nature's God! Yes, when he knows that the principles of his order are co-extensive with the universe and as immutable as the great 1 AM who is the same yesterday to-day and forever, and shall be as lasting as eternity. o ? # Hail Masonry! "when yonder spheres sublime Pealed their first notes to mark the march of timo, Tiiy joyous youtli began but not to fade "When all the sister planets have decayed, When wrapt In firo the realms of Eilicr glow And Heaven's l.kt thunder shakes the earth below, Thou undismayed shall o'er the ruin 6mile And light thy torch at Nature's funeral pile. Although the origin of Masonry in its principles is contemporaneous with that of the world, its origin as a social institution is involved in obscurity. lis history cannot be traced with any certainty to a i.emoter period of antiquity than to the building of the great Temple at. Jerusalem by our first Grand Master, the most excellant King Solomon. True, there existed societies in Egypt, anterior to that period, to which the Priests belonged, and which, in many of their features resembled the Masonic Fraternity. The Eleisiniau institutions, before they became cor j rupt, were marked by a striking simulari... O? ' * r ' j / -V: *"" ' * . % ^ - change, is subject to no decay and is in-, vested with immortality. It is a moral amaranth and blooms perennial on the earth, and that shall be as a crowning ornament amidst the cir| cling glories of the upper world. Yea, | when the bright sun shall be extinguished and the stars shall wander darkling in the eternal space rayless and pathless, and the icy earth shall swing blind and blackening in the moonless air; Masonry shall still exist Its Corinthian columns stand unshaken, and the triple lights shall burn un. dimmed upon the alter of Heaven. Time I whose touch destroys all things else, has, : made no impression upon our institution. It has stood unmoved and immovable amid :the mighty revolutions and changes which j for centuries have convulsed the world.? I Thebes, with its hundred gates have crumbled. Troy exists only in song, and the iowl makes her nest in the place of the J Caesar's Greece is living Greece no more; the land of battle and of song is the abode j of ignorance. Athens lives only in the re- j lictsofher mind, the traditions of her j love and the records of her renown. The' i Academy has disappeared, the walk of the peripatetic can no longer be traced. The1 porch has fallen, the arch is broken, and desolation broods over the city of letters. I Even Home, imperial Rome, whose architecture was unsurpassed, whose sculpture . was unequalled, whose legions were triumphant over half the world, has fallen | the sceptre has departed from her hand, j and the brightness of her glory is dimmed ,! forever. Demosthenes no longer enveihgs against Philip of Maccdon, nor are the | melifluous strains of Cicero heard in the | Roman Forum. Homer's harp is still; ! Virgil's lyre is unstrung, and the song of Horace lives only in echo. Jupiter no longer thunders on Olympus. Neptune has ceased to rule the seas, Mars to head contending armies. Their temples have crumbled, their worship is forgotten. Thus has it ever been with man?a point their space, their time a span"?not so with Masonry. It has been as a Pyramid in the desert of ages. From its summit we may now look down upon all generations of men. It has witnessed the ; destruction of thrones, the disemberment [of kingdoms anil to the end of time like j-'the Moon of the Morea, in love and disi tant glory beaming, it shall preside in cloudless chastened majesty, over the wreck of fallen empires." Do not however, suppose that Masonry lias m^t with no opposition during its magniheent career. Indeed no institution has been the object of so many attacks or such bitter vituperation of those who feared its power, or were ignorant of the designs of our order. Religious bigotry has persecuted her, (the inquisition has assaiiledhoiy-the-Popes i in Jhg oJerjttirde of theirpower, in the palfmiest days of the Roman hierarchy often I morio it tho nKiont nf t liAir />cnf>Pinl VPntTA IHttUU IV IUW V/UjVyVl VI VIIWII vujyvviMi ? Vll^w ance; Anathemas were hurled against it from the Vatician; the society of Jesuits, who held a rod of terror over all Europe, was arrayed against it. Membership was made a ground of excommunication from the self-styled Holy Church. But all has been in vain; Masonry has pursued the even tenor of her way unappalled by danger, and unchecked by the great impediments she has had to overcome, and she still lives triumphant, whilst kings, her enemies, are in the dust, and the Pope who proudly claimed to be Heaven's vicegerent one rth, is now an object of scorn and contempt. Thus have we hastily and slightly touched the history of our institution, and along the whole line of her progress through many ages have we beheld the trophies of its power, scattered in the richest profusion?trophies that are found in the monuments of art in the triumphs of science, the work of genius and the achievements of industry, but above all, trophies that consist in the influence Masonry has exerted upon the hearts of her sons, and in those good deeds, which,though unseen by all, save the initiated, have received j the approving smile of God. The cardinal principles of Masonry,! are Faith, Hope, and Charity. We have faith in our brethern; we can.mt doubt : their fidelity to each other and to the or-1 der. We have faith in God, who has spread out before us the beauties of na- i ture to delight us, her wonders to instruct) and her abundance to sustain & nourish 1 us so long as our work is good. We have ' hope to cheer us amid persecution and "in the night time of sorrow and cares to gild our gloom with gleams of gladness.? Above all, we hope that if we are true to our principles, to have a scat in that Great Lodge not made with hands eternal in the Heavens; where Jehovah, the Great Grand Mastes. shall confer unon the worthy, the last and highest degree of Masonry. Finally, we have Charity, an active living charity that is ever ready to extend the helping hand to a brother in distress wherever it is lound, whether among Jews or Gentiles. Charity that visits the i sick, clothes the naked, feeds the hungry, that raises and spports the wounded in spirit; in a word, a charity that is born of Heaven, is an ornament to even Heavn's Angelic hosts. Such is Masonry.? ' V; 1 X . ' 'V To her tongue have seraph words been given, - j And power on earth to plead the cause of Heaven; The proud, tho cold, untroubled heart of stone, That never mused on sorrow but its own, Unlocks a generous store at her command, Like Horeb's rock beneath the prophet's hand; The living lumber of his kindred earth Charmed into soul, receives a second berth,. Feels her droad power another heart afford, Whose passions touched harmonious strings accord, True as the circling spheres to nature's plan, And man, the brother, lives the friend of man. |X3= We are authorized to announce THOMAS BALLAfti), as a Candidate lor Sheriff, at the ensuing Election. April 14. ^ . \M ck uro outhririvod to an. T T \J U1 Vs UUlilV/1 I&IVU IsVT UIJ notince Capt JOSEPH B A SKIN, as a can didate for Sheriff of this District, at the ensuing election. |l3:=,We are authorized to announce WILLIAM CARLISLE, Esq. as a candidate for Sheriff, of this District a t the ensuing election. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. SUMTER DISTRICT. Crane & Conway, i . vs v Sum Pro. J. J. Richardson. } J. J. Richardson the Defendant, who is in custody of the Sheriff of said District by viitue of the above slated case, having, in order to entitle himself to the benefit of the Act, entitled "an Act for the more effectual relief of insolvent debtors" &c., filed a schedule of his whole cstiite in the office ot the Clerk of the ? - i* .1 . _ H! uourioi me sain LMsirict. Notice is hereby given to the said Crane <fc Conway, and to all other creditors of the said J. J. Richardson, to whom he may he indebted, personally or by attorney, to appear at the Court of Common Pleas for Sumter District, at Sumter Court House on the (4tb) fourth day of November next before one of the Associate Judges of the State of South Carolina. then and there to shew cause, if nny they can, why the estate and effects mentioned in the said schedule should not be assigned, and the said defendant liberated agreeably to the said Act. JANES PARSONS, C. C. P. Office of the Common Pleas, i Sumter C. H. Aug. 2, 1841. $ [Printer's fee, ?12] godolpM This Celebrated Horse will stand the approaching Summer seasonal Camden, The season will commence on the 1st of July and end on the 15th August, and the season from the 15lh of August to the - - - i n n fl |!_ lotti of mnvntfiDor, ni o. u. liummuii i ?.? 1 tie will be let to Mares (during the Sunt- J mer Season) at fifteen Dollars tlve single Visit twenty Dollars the Season and fifty Dollars to Insure?50 Cents to the Grooir. in every instance. Money,or anapproved note payable on the 1st day of November next must be sent with each inare or she will not be served. PEDIGREE, tiodolphin w as got by Eclipse, out of Sylph; she nutol Lottery, by Hephestion; he out of Castianira, (Sir Archy's dam,) by Imported Buzzard; his blood goes immediately back to the best English stock. In short, there is not a better bred horse in the U. States, or in England. June, 20. DENTISTRY. YYR. J. LEE continues the practice o Dentistry in Camden. He will, on application, visit families in the surrounding country without ? xtra charge. All operations will be on the most approved principles, and warranted at least equal to the best done in this community. Feb. 10. FUK USALM UK KMIX 1. The subscriber being desirous of devoting more of his time and attention to another branch of his business, will close his H ouse of Public Entertainment, on the second Monday in August next; he offers the same for sale or rent. Any person wishing to embark in that line of business, would do well to call and examine the premises. The terms will be made accommodating. He takes this opportunity to return his thanks to a generous public for the very liberal patronage they have given him. L. SECREST. Lancaster, July 12, 26t32. South Carolina. LANCASTER DISTRICT. Jonathan Knight, Applicant. I vs. . ' William Knight and others, Defendants. It appearing to my satisfaction that I Thomas Knight and Levi Whitaker and . wife Suckey, defendants in the above case, reside without this State: It is therefore 1 I mL_* ikoo A orvnAAd ^ U! ^ - 4 oruereu, inui mcj emu uujrui to the sale or division of the real estate of William Knight, dee'd. on or before the 4th day of October next, or their consent to the same will be entered of record. JAS. H. WITHERSPOON, Jr. . Ordinary Lancaster District. June 23, 1841- Pr's fee, 8550. JOB PRINTING. Neatly executed at Ibis.Office,.' r " - & ?. I ESTISAY. . W South Carolina.?Lancaster District:'/ ^ - ToHed before me, asaneatray, ? dark/-:', bay MARE*"with black legs, mahe and; : ? tail, fourteen hands high, and about, ten /' years old, her-, shoulders markedthe collar, .and a saddle mark upon her ^ ^ Appraised at' forty-five donarsy " Said e?r tray may be foond at Pa^idlTayl<>r!s three '' miles from Lancaster C. H. The owner is requested to prove property, pay chat-' ges, and take her away. J. WILLUMS. Magistrdik^MA Lancaster C. H. June 21. Fashionable Tailoring, r i THE subscriber returns his thanks to the citizens of Camden and it?> ric*r- ; nity, for the patronage he lia? receivedf^8j nn<l na.iirps the ntihlir. that lliflV rah Vim ran their clothes made equal to any in the? Slate, on moderate-terms at Ids establishment two doors north of the Post Office/ v Broad Street. J. CHARJLESWORTH/ I ~??? The subscribers are now prepared with a general assortment ef |fe& j$ uino drugs, chemicals*,.latent . & MEDICINES. Also, Dy%-StufFar paints, Oils, Varnishes, and . all otjipr articles usually found in a well supplied Establish-;. m mcnt, and offer them to our patrons ami the public at reasonable prices, and usual credit to punctual customers. Among the articles, are the following; Acetate Morphine; Sulphate do. Veratrino; Strychnine; Sulpliate Quinine, French; " " American;Jodine: Hvdroid Potash; Croton Oil, Ac. &c; Perfumery, VStc. . + 38 Virbena Cream, } 1 Saponaceous Compound /.For shaving Almond Paste, V ' \ Cologne, Lavender and Rose Water;. " .t Bears Oil; Hair Powder; j Balm of Columbia; . Orris Tooth Wash and Powder, Charcoal Dentrifice; Wash Halls;' Soaps, assorted; Prepared Chalk in Balls; Pearl Powder; Pink Sauierc; . . Rouge, &c. &c. &c. . .With a great variety of articles.lo^putne rous to mention. For sale at: thV*ign of the mortar by DELEON <fc LEVY. " ' ? ~ 1 ' "" " A TkR. WM. REYNOLDS desire* M form his Iriends and the public-gen- -1?S?f, erally, that having entered into.connection with Dr. BLANDING of Colombia,'he will now devote himself entirely to^tho r*t-. practice of Dentistry. ? " r , _ . ^ This opportunity cannot be allowed, pass, without a sincere expression of grate^y'.fill acknowledgments to his friends anil : patrons, for thai confidence which has aK ~ ?. ways been manifested towards himVxthWs^^H before th.em as a medical practitioner.?f Now about to embark, more extensively^ n the practice of Dentistry, he begs to assure them that it shall be his ahrh, eiilf preserve this confidence; and in all liis , 4 Dental operations, (surgical orrnechanic- < al,) to give such satisfaction as trill insure a continuance of it. The well desei red arid extensive repu- ' tation which Dr. Blanding haa jcyjg since ^ acquired, needs no comment. Therefore, when thus connected, the .hope is expressed, that without presumption, they may look for that confidence from an en'lighl-; ened and discriminating public," which thev. several v. and individually enioved. ? ' ? * > Jan. 19. ESTATE SALE. In pursuance of an order fro*n the Court bf Ordinary for Kershaw District, will be sold before the Court House in Camden, on the I6tfi 3iyof Septen:ber next, between the hours ofl2 aniT2 o'clocJr,* three NEGROES, viz. Nancy and Samuel, her child, and Ibby an old wench, as the undivided j. ?>rsonal estate of Joseph Lochhart, sen, deceased he terms of sale are one third cash; the balance on a credit till the" first day of Jannaiy,next,'the purchaser to give two good securities and amoit^age of the property. ?! > . . 6 JOSEPH LOCKHAJRT, Ex'r. Aug. 25. < . . 1 . , 1 "i >->? Executive Department. " CLABUinoir, July.10, J6ii. AS the Governor of the S^ata will be ~?bscnt Z-^' front Clarendon until October, on a tour of Review of the Alilitia through the upper Districts, r,. 1 all communications of-importance,-should be addressed to him accordingly, with reference to the General Orders of the Adjutant and Inspector -*" General. , , ' >.< 13. T. WATTS, Executive Secretary.1 ' July 26. 34 DISSOLUTION. " The co-partnershrp heretofore existing under the firm of FERGUSON &, EA-*. TON, is this day dissolved by mutual con-; sent. All persons having claims upon ihe firm will present them to A. W. Eaton. And all persons indebted to the firm are particularly requested to pay to A., W. Eaton, who is duly authorised 10/ . receive and receipt for the same. ROB'T. FERGUSON, A.W.EATON. Columbia, August 16, 1841. ?' ,, NOTICE. i We, the subscribers, have this day asso-' eiaied ourselves in business as copartners, and will be thankful to the public for all favours in our line. A.W.EATON, JOB RUSSELL. * Columbia, August 16, 1841.