Bro. Daniel Coxe—The Father Of Freemasonry In America.

Coxe , in 1745 , Avas a member of the Provincial Council , and Avas described by Governor Morris as " a good lawyer , and grandson of Dr . Daniel Coxe , Avho owns a great j > art of this Province . " In 1746 , Daniel Coxe was one of the

pall-bearers of Governor Morris . The remains of our first Grand Master lie buried in the grave-yard of the E piscopal Church , formerly St . Anne ' s , now St . Mary ' s at Burlington , and in the east transept of the Church may be seen a marble slab bearing this inscription :

"DANIEL COXE , Died April 25 th , 1739 , ^ tat 65 . " We are under fraternal obligation to Col . Lachlan H . Mcintosh , of Burlington , N . J ., for the following full description of

the Mural Tablet , in St . Mary ' s Episcopal Church , of that old town , commemorating the decease of Bro . Daniel Coxe : "The record is upon a dark-coloured granite slab , immediately in front of the chancel of old St . Mary ' s Church ,

Burlington . The slab is set even with the floor , and is 5 feet 11 inches in length by 2 feet 7 inches in width . The inscription is simply :

'DANIEL COX , Died April 25 th 1739 , Mta , t 65 . "Beneath , on the same slab , is the inscription : ' SARAH COXE , his wife ,

Died June 25 th , 1725 . iEtat 35 . "' We may truly say , in the language of Hayden : " His name stands in the annals of American Masonry like the morning star at dawn rising above the mountain ' s

mystic top . " And he was not only an eminent Mason , the first among his equals , but he was also a great and good man . Field , in his Provincial Courts of New Jersey says : " His early career was clouded by his connection with Lord Cornbury ,

and his differences with Governor Hunter ; but he lived to enjoy the confidence and respect of the community ; and his judical duties were discharged with ability and integrity . " Our New Jersey Brethren , in June last , honoured the memory of Bro . Coxe by causing to be prepared an accurate steel-

Bro. Daniel Coxe—The Father Of Freemasonry In America.

engraved portrait of him , a copy of ivhich was appropriately framed and presented to his living representatives . Bro . James H . Stevens , of Camden , Past Senior Grand Warden of New Jersey , was chairman of the committee , and the act Avas a fitting

and graceful testimony to the pre-eminent merit of the Father of American Freemasonry . By the favour of Bro . George F . Fort ., of the Camden ( N . J . ) Bar , Ave have received a fine copy of this steel-engraved

portrait , of " Col . Daniel Coxe of Trenton , First Grand Master of the Freemasons of New Jersey , " as he is described on the engraving itself—which portrait Ave have now before us . He Avas evidently a man of exceedingly fine presence—Avith

handsome regular features ; full high forehead , clear dark eyes , and a mouth indicating firmness of character . He appears in his robes and wig as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey . This engraving is from an authentic old portrait

in oil , still in the possession of the Coxe family . Pennsylvania and New Jersey have good reason to be proud of their first Grand Master , and it is a labour of love for us to spread abroad his good name and fame to the world .

The Origin And References Of The Hermesian Spurious Freemasonry.

THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY .

BY EEV GEO . OLIVER , D . D . CHAPTER VII . FIRST SERIES OP SYMBOLS . A . vaypa < j > ovoi 8 ta TCOV Avay \ v < j > u > v . PORPHYRY .

THE earliest nations used symbols as a necessity , whenever they had anything to communicate . Even alp habetical characters , for ages after their first invention , were but a kind of symbol , and by no means generally understood ; They were

very arbitrary , and used indifferently to represent ideas , words , or letters , and not uniform in any particular country , till their nature and application Avere perfectly comprehended . Each philosopher adopted a series of characters or hieroglyphics ,