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Reply To Latomus.
REPLY TO LATOMUS .
To THE EDITOR . —Deai Sir and Brother , —Your correspondent Lateralis , in a note to his interesting article "On Pseudo-Masonic Rites , " appears to have misunderstood my meaning in a communication which you published in pp . 175—177 of your fourth volume . He says , " He , " that is Noachida , "has however fallen into one error , in supposing that the Degree known by that name ' of Knight Templar' in England is practised any where abroad . He may rest assured that it is not one
of the thirty-three grades of the Rite Ecossais , or the Ancien et Accepte , and therefore is omitted in Mr . Rosenberg ' s chart . " I never intended to assert that it was one of those thirty-three Grades ; on the contrary , my expressions were , " this Degree is not so much as named , so far as I can understand , in the list of the thirtythree acknowledged Degrees , " & c . But I added , "I am not now to learn thatamong those thirty-three Degreesthe Order of Knight
, , Templars is still perpetuated ; " by which I alluded to a particular Degree of that Rite , which I am not at liberty to name , but which you know as well as I do , does claim to itself ' the perpetuation of that muchinjured and chivalrous Order . I am preparing to answer the challenge of your correspondent Pilgrim , by sending you , in time for your December number , an article on the History and Possessions of the Knights Templars in Ireland .
I am yours very faithfully , NOACHIDA DALRUADICTIS . In the article signed " Noachida Dalruarticus , " p . 1 / 7 , 1 B : ! 7 , tlie words " Member of tho Philosophical College , K . H ., Dublin . " were appended to the signature , hut were omitted , at the time , as unnecessary . We record them now , as theymay better explain to Latomus the writer ' s meaning . —ED .
Masonic Anecdotes.
MASONIC ANECDOTES .
AMONG the varied and circumstantial evidences of personal bravery and gallant bearing , an attack on the centre of a division of Napoleon ' s army is by a . n annotator made in its results to display Freemasonry under the most trying but most blessed character . The circumstance occurred in 1807 , during the campaign of Friedland ancl Tilsit , " and is thus related : " This sudden and unfortunate attack on the centre of his position very much disconcerted the Emperor Napoleonthe more especiall
, y as he received intelligence on the same day of the passage of the Alle by Platoff ; at the head of his Cossacks , and the surprise of five hundred men , who were made prisoners , t and also of a regiment of Cossacks having swam the Passarge , and cut to pieces an escort of cavalry , ancl captured some artillery and baggage . He instantly commenced the concentration of his army . " t AXIS ' OT \ TO ( £ The French officer in command owed his life to the fortunate incident of
. . his giving the Russian commander the Freemason ' s sign , when seizing his hand lust as a lance was about to pierce his breast . IVilxiui , l . 'lft . In reviewing Sir Robert Wilson ' s work , the I'dinbtirgh Review says , this is an anecdote so incredible , that no amount of testimony could make them believe it ; but this only shows tile critic's ignorance . The same fortunate presence of mind , in making use of the Freemason's sign , saved the life of a gallant officer , Ihe author's fallier-in-law , Lieutenant Colonel Tytler , tluriiw the American war , who by giving one of the encniv ' s officers tile Freemason ' s grip when he lay on the ground with a bayonet at bis breast , succeeded in interesting the generous American in his behalf , and saving his life .
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Reply To Latomus.
REPLY TO LATOMUS .
To THE EDITOR . —Deai Sir and Brother , —Your correspondent Lateralis , in a note to his interesting article "On Pseudo-Masonic Rites , " appears to have misunderstood my meaning in a communication which you published in pp . 175—177 of your fourth volume . He says , " He , " that is Noachida , "has however fallen into one error , in supposing that the Degree known by that name ' of Knight Templar' in England is practised any where abroad . He may rest assured that it is not one
of the thirty-three grades of the Rite Ecossais , or the Ancien et Accepte , and therefore is omitted in Mr . Rosenberg ' s chart . " I never intended to assert that it was one of those thirty-three Grades ; on the contrary , my expressions were , " this Degree is not so much as named , so far as I can understand , in the list of the thirtythree acknowledged Degrees , " & c . But I added , "I am not now to learn thatamong those thirty-three Degreesthe Order of Knight
, , Templars is still perpetuated ; " by which I alluded to a particular Degree of that Rite , which I am not at liberty to name , but which you know as well as I do , does claim to itself ' the perpetuation of that muchinjured and chivalrous Order . I am preparing to answer the challenge of your correspondent Pilgrim , by sending you , in time for your December number , an article on the History and Possessions of the Knights Templars in Ireland .
I am yours very faithfully , NOACHIDA DALRUADICTIS . In the article signed " Noachida Dalruarticus , " p . 1 / 7 , 1 B : ! 7 , tlie words " Member of tho Philosophical College , K . H ., Dublin . " were appended to the signature , hut were omitted , at the time , as unnecessary . We record them now , as theymay better explain to Latomus the writer ' s meaning . —ED .
Masonic Anecdotes.
MASONIC ANECDOTES .
AMONG the varied and circumstantial evidences of personal bravery and gallant bearing , an attack on the centre of a division of Napoleon ' s army is by a . n annotator made in its results to display Freemasonry under the most trying but most blessed character . The circumstance occurred in 1807 , during the campaign of Friedland ancl Tilsit , " and is thus related : " This sudden and unfortunate attack on the centre of his position very much disconcerted the Emperor Napoleonthe more especiall
, y as he received intelligence on the same day of the passage of the Alle by Platoff ; at the head of his Cossacks , and the surprise of five hundred men , who were made prisoners , t and also of a regiment of Cossacks having swam the Passarge , and cut to pieces an escort of cavalry , ancl captured some artillery and baggage . He instantly commenced the concentration of his army . " t AXIS ' OT \ TO ( £ The French officer in command owed his life to the fortunate incident of
. . his giving the Russian commander the Freemason ' s sign , when seizing his hand lust as a lance was about to pierce his breast . IVilxiui , l . 'lft . In reviewing Sir Robert Wilson ' s work , the I'dinbtirgh Review says , this is an anecdote so incredible , that no amount of testimony could make them believe it ; but this only shows tile critic's ignorance . The same fortunate presence of mind , in making use of the Freemason's sign , saved the life of a gallant officer , Ihe author's fallier-in-law , Lieutenant Colonel Tytler , tluriiw the American war , who by giving one of the encniv ' s officers tile Freemason ' s grip when he lay on the ground with a bayonet at bis breast , succeeded in interesting the generous American in his behalf , and saving his life .