Eminent Men Who Were Masons.

Francis W . Trascott . King Kalakaua , of the Sandwich Islands , is _ P . M . of the Lodge Le Progres de l'Oceanie , No . 124 , Honolulu ( originally chartered by the Grand Lodge of California ) . Princo Leopold is a P . Em . Com . of Cosur de Lion Preceptory , Oxford , England . John Fitch , the inventor of the steamboat , was a member of Bristol Lodge , No . 25 , of Bristol , Pa . General Kit Carson was made

in Montezuma Lodge , No . 109 , Santa Fe , New Mexico . Brandt , tho Indian Chief , was made a Mason while on a visit to Europe . James Milnor , D . D ., was made in Lodge No . 31 , Norristown , Pa ., in August 1795 . He served as W . M . of No . 31 , and also of No . 3 , and for seven years was Grand Master of Pennsylvania . He was eminent as a lawyer , member of Congress , and finally as a clergyman . His

son , William H . Milnor , D . D ., was Grand Master of New York in 1851 . John Dove , M . D ., Grand Secretary of Virginia , was made in St . John ' s Lodge , No . 36 , Richmond , Va ., on 2 nd December 1813 . Tho Duke of Albany ia the First Principal of Apollo ( University ) R . A . Chapter , Oxford . " Artemus Ward "—Charles F . Brown , was a member of Neptune Lodge , N . Y . The Duke of Wellington was made

a Mason in Lodge No . 494 , Ireland , when he was Arthur Wellesley , Lieutenant in the 12 th Light Dragoons , in February 1795 . Sir William Johnson , of New York , was the first W . M . of St . Patrick ' s Lodge , Canghnawago , N . Y ., 23 rd May 1766 . His second wife was a Mohawk girl of rare beauty , Molly Brandt , the sister of Joseph Brandt ( Thoyendanegea ) , an Iroquois chieftain and Freemason .

Prince Rhodooanakis , Grand Master of Greece , was made in St . Andrew's Lodge , No . 48 , of Edinburgh , Scotland . Cornelius Moore , founder of the Masonic Review , Cincinnati , was made in La Fayette Lodge , No . 79 , Zanesville , Ohio , in March 1837 . Princo Wm . Fred . Charles , of the Netherlands , was made at Berlin , in 1816 , and the same year was elected Grand Master . His sixtieth

anniversary as Grand Master of the Netherlands was celebrated in 1876 . " Father" Taylor ( Rev . Edw . T . Taylor ) was initiated in 1820 in Duxbury , Mass . Thomas Chalmers , D . D ., founder of the Free Chnrch of Scotland , was made in tho Lodge St . Vigeans , Arbroath , Scotland , 26 th April 1800 . Chancellor Walworth , of New York , was made in 1811 , at Plattsburg , and in 1853 was Grand Master of New York . Chief Justice John M . Read was made in Franklin

Lodge , No . 134 , Philadelphia , 15 th December 1821 , and in 1837 was Grand Master of Pennsylvania . His son , J . Meredith Read , U . S . Minister to Greece , was made in 1858 , in St . John's Lodge , of Providence , R . I . De Witt Clinton was initiated in Holland Lodge , New York , in 1793 , was elected Grand Master of New York in 1806 , and filled that station for thirteen consecutive years . Kossuth was

made in Covenant Lodge , No . 113 , Cincinnati , O . Chief Justice John Marshall was Grand Master of Virginia , and welcomed La Fayette as a visitor to Richmond Lodge , No . 10 , Richmond , Va ., on his visit to this country in 1824 . Belzoni was made a Mason in the Lodge of the Pyramids , Egypt . William Smellie , the natural philosopher , and editor of the first edition of the " EncyclopoediaBritannica , " was

made a Mason on 15 th November 1762 . Jo . H . Davies , Grand Master of Kentucky , was slain iu the Battle of Tippecanoe j Henry Clay delivered his funeral oration before the Grand Lodge . Both Major Andre and William Paulding , one of his captors , were Freemasons . Dr . Robert T . Crucefix , the great promoter of the Masonic Charities of England , was made 6 th April 1829 , in Burlington Lodge ,

England . Rev . John Wesley was made 30 th October 1788 , in Lodge No . 367 , Downpatrick , Ireland . His nephew , Samuel Wesley , the son of Charles , was made 17 th December 1788 . In 1812 he was Grand Organist of the Grand Lodge of England . Sir Walter Hawksworth , Knight and Baronet , was " President" of the old Lodge at York in 1713 . Francis Drake , M . D ., F . R . S ., the

antiquarian of York , was made 6 th September 1725 . Menotti Garibaldi , son of General Garibaldi , who was Grand Master of Italy , was made in Tompkins Lodge , New York city . Mozart was made in Vienna shortly prior to 1783 , and composed a number of Masonic cantatas . Gen . James Wilkinson , distinguished for his services against the Indians in 1795 , was a member of Bristol Lodge , No . 25 , Bristol ,

Pa . Pierpont Edwards , the eminent lawyer and member of Congrass , was the first Grand Master of Connecticut . Charles S . Strat . ton ( " General Tom Thumb " ) was made a Mason in Bridgeport , Conn . On 24 th April 1881 , he visited Jerusalem R . A . Chapter , No . 3 , Philadelphia . Our diminutive Brother was also a Knight Templar . Edmund Randolph , Governor of Virginia , and Attorney General of

the United States , was Grand Master of Virginia , from 1786 to 1788 . It was he who warranted Alexandria Lodge , No . 22 , with Washington for its first W . M . While he was D . G . M . he was elected to succeed Patrick Henry as Governor of the Commonwealth . Jabez Bowen , LL . D ., Lieut-Governor of Rhode Island , was Grand Master of that jurisdiction from 1794 to 1798 . Col . William Barton ( the captor of

the British General Prescott , in 1777 ) was made a Mason in St . John ' s Lodge , Providence , R . I . in 1779 . Maj . Gen . and Judge John Sullivan , LL . D ., Governor of New Hampshire , was the first Grand Master of thafc jurisdiction in 1789 . Governor William R . Davie , of North Carolina , was Grand Master of that State for several years , until he Was sent as ambassador to France in 1799 . General Richard

Caswell , Governor of North Carolina , was the Second Grand Master of tbat State , holding the office afc the time of his death , in 1789 . The . Rt Rev . Bishop Abraham Jarvis in 1798 was Grand Chaplain ° i Connecticut . The Hon . William Dayton , Chief Justice of South Carolina , was tbe first Grand Master of that State in 1787 . Martin Clare , A . M ., F . R . S ., was Deputy Grand Master of England in

1741 . Thomas Manningham , M . D ., was Deputy Grand Master of England from 1754 to 1757 . Laurence Dermott was W . M . of Lodge No . 26 , Dnblin , Ireland , in 1746 ; afterwards afi-liated with Lodge No . 5 ( now No . 9 ) , London , England ; on Sth February 1752 was elected Grand Secretary of tbe Ancients , and from 1771 to 1777 and

1783 to 1787 was Deputy Grand Master . Dr . Winslow Lewis , Grand Master of Massachusetts in 1855 , 1856 and 1860 , was made in Columbia Lodge , Boston , 3 rd November 1830 . Tecumseh , the Indian Chief , was a Freemason . The Rev . John Entick edited two editions of Anderson ' s " Constitutions " in 1756 and 1767 . John Boswell ( 0 f Auchinleek ) a member of the Lodge of Edinburgh in

Eminent Men Who Were Masons.

June 1 G 0 O , is the earliest authentic instance of a Freemason who was not an architect or builder by profession . F . J . B . Clavel . Hhe author of "Histoire Pittoresque cle la Tranche Maconnerie , " in 1824 was W . M . of the Lodge Emeth , France . John Gustos , who was tortured by tho Spanish Inquisition , was Worshipful Mnster "of a Lodge at Lisbon . H . J . Da Costa was persecuted by tho same

tribunal , but was saved by somo English brethren . He printed in London , in 1811 , a narrative of his sufferings . The Rev . Frederick Daloho was Grand Secretary ancl Grand Chaplain of South Carolina . J . G . Findel , author of the " History of Freemasonry , " was made in 1856 , at Bairentb , Germany . In 1858 he founded tho BauMHe Masonic newspaper , of Leipaic . Frederick William , Crown Prince of

Prussia , was made 5 th November 1853 , and became G . Master in 1860 . The Emperor Alexander I . of Russia presided in the Russian Military Lodge in which Frederick William III . King of Prussia , was made a Mason in 1814 . Herder , the German philosopher , was made in 1766 in a Lodge at Riga . In 1801 , ho edited the Masonic journal , Adrastea . Kloss , the "father of Masonic Bibliography , " was

initiated in Germany in 1805 . His valuable Masonio library , in its entirety , is now in the Royal Library at the Hague . Krause , another distinguished German Masonic writer , was mad © in Altenburgh in 1805 . Leasing , the " father of German criticism , " was made at Hamburgh in 1771 . The Hon . Wm . D . Kelley , the senior member of tho American Congress , was made in Oriental Lodge , No . 385 ,

Philadelphia , on 28 th June 1867 . The Right Rev . Cortlandt Whitehead , Bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh , is a G . Chaplain of the G . Lodge of Pennsylvania . Simon Greenleaf , Professor of Law in Harvard University , and author of the " Law of Evidence , " was G . M . of Maine . Bro . Thomas S . Webb was exalted in Harmony R . A . Chapter , No . 52 , Philadelphia , on 18 th May 1996 . Space fails us to give

further derails . We need only mention the following Freemasons by name : Haydn and Meyerbeer , Victor Hugo , Chief Justice Weston and Whitman , of Maine ; General Fessonden , Tom Moore , John C . Breckenridge , General N . P . Banks , Louis Phillipe , Ethan Allen , Chief Justice Woodbridge , of Vermont ; Charles James Fox , Richard Brinsley Sheridan , Dugald Stewart , John Paul Jones , John Nofcraan ,

Napoleon Le Brun , W . B . Astor , Edwin Forrest , Anthony Trollope , General Houston , Robert Fulton , W . Pinkney , Captain James Riloy , the author of " Riley ' s Narrative ; " Dr . David Livingstone , Justice Stanley Matthews , General Richard Montgomery , Signor Blitz , Professor John S . Hart , George Augustas Sala , Sir John Franklin , Professor F . V . Haydon , Earl Canning ( Governor General of India ) ,

Thomas Cole , the artist ; Charles Dickens , Henry Irving , Napoleon III ., Dom Pedro , of Brazil ; James Lick , the California millionaire , and Ole Bull . Laurence Sterne , the author of " Tristram Shandy , " was an applicant for initiation when his career was out short by death . What a galaxy of Nature's noblemen does this list afford . Well may

Freemasons regard it with complaisance . With such men for our predecessors and cotemporaries—for our brethren , how could the great Fraternity of Freemasons be other than a noble and happy family , each member proud of aU the others . Let this record remain as a landmark of the Craffc .

Obituary.

Obituary .

THE LATE BROTHER PISSEY .

WE regret to have to record fche death of Bro . William Pissey , of Rayleigh , who , for the past 45 years , has carried on tho professional business of a chemist , in thafc town . The deceased gentleman—who was in his 66 th year , and had been in gradually failing health for upwards of a year—expired on 20 th ult ., fz * om Bright ' s disease and enlarged heart . Bro . Pissey was a native of Rayleigh ,

but , beyond occasionally holding the ofiice of Overseer , he did not take a great interest in parish matters , but , nevertheless , he will be very much missed by all classes , especially so by the poor , on account of the valuable advice he was always ready to give , and the kind inquiries and attentions he paid in all cases of sickness . Next to his strict attention to business , nothing interested him so much as

all matters connected with Freemasonry . Initiated at Rochford ( Trne Friendship Lodge , No . 160 ) , on 25 th April 1863 , he speedily rose to the position of W . M ., and soon became Installing Master for several Lodges in the district . For his services in that capacity to fche Priory Lodge , No . 1000 , Southend , he was presented with a handsome jewel . He was also a P . Z . of the Royal Arch Priory

Chapter , No . 1000 . In the Provincial Grand Lodge he held the office of P . G . J . W . ; and in the Royal Arch G . Chapter tbat of P . S . B . In the Trinity Lodge , No . 1734 ( Rayleigh ) , he was a leading spirit , being , as he was proud to style himself , the " Father of the Lodge , " or in other words , one of its chief promoters and its first Master . On the expiration of his year of office , he accepted the Secretaryship ,

which post he filled till a month before his decease . The funeral took place on 26 th October , when the deceased gentleman waa buried amidst many manifestations of respect . Blinds were drawn , and the shops partially closed throughout the town ; and in order to give his Masonic brethren an opportunity of following him to the grave , a Lodge of Emergency was held at the Golden Lion . The cortege

started from fche deceased s residence at two o clock . The coffin , which was of oak , with brass fittings , bore the following inscription " William Pissey , died 20 th October 1883 , aged 65 . " At the conclu . sion of the ceremony , each Mason , in accordance with ancient custom , threw a sprig of acacia and his right hand glove into tho grave .

At the lasfc meeting of the Landport Lodge , No . 1776 , hold afc fche Masonic Hall , Commercial-road , Porfcsea , Bro . T . H . Williams W . M . presiding , Bro . J . G . Niven S . W . waa elected W . M . for the ensuing year .