The Origin And References Of The Hermesian Spurious Freemasonry.

before us : " When the two great superstitions were united , and Avhen Noah began to be adored along with the sun , the Chaldean astronomers having observed the resemblance of a crescent to a boat , thought that the waning moon was no unapt symbol of the Ark . Hence they were

reverenced conjointly ; ancl hence we find that the very same goddess Avas sometimes a personification of the one , and sometimes of the other . This I apprehend to be the only key that can unlock the hidden meaning of the mysterious poly theism of

the ancients ' . The mysteries are in fact nothing more than a mythological account of these events ; and they will be found throughout to refer at once to the catastrophe of the deluge , and the impious rites of that Sabianism Avhich Avas united by Nimrod Avith the irkite superstition . " * ( To be Continued )

The Wakening.

THE WAKENING .

Hoiv many thousands are Avakoning noiv ! Some to the songs from the forest bough , To the rustling of leaves at tho lattice pane , To the chiming fall of the early rain . And some , far out on the deep mid sea , To the clash of the ivaves in their foaming

glee , As they break into spray on tho ship ' s tall side , That holds through the tumult her path of pride . Ancl some—ohAVOII may their hearts

, rejoice ! , — To the gentle sound of a mother ' s voice : Long shall they yearn for that kindly tone , AVhen from tho board ancl tho hearth 'tis gone . ' And some , in the camp , to the bugle ' s

breath , And the tramp of the steed 011 the echoing heath , Ancl the sudden roar of the hostile gun , Which tells that a field must ere night be Avon . Ancl some in tho gloomy convict cell , To the dull deep note of the lvarning boll ,

The Wakening.

As it heavily calls them forth to die AVhen the bright sun mounts in the laughing sky . And some to the peal of the hunter ' s horn , And some to the dm from tho city borne , And some to the rolling of torrent floods ,

Far ' midst old mountains and solemn Avoods . So are AVC roused on this checker'd earth : Each unto light hath a daily birth ; Though fearful or joyous , though sad or sweet , Are the voices ivhich first our up-springing

meet . But one must the sound be , and one the call , Which from the dust shall awaken us all One !—but to sever'd and distant dooms , HOAV shall the sleepers arise from the tombs ?

A London Adventure:

A LONDON ADVENTURE :

on , THE TRUE STORV OF THE INGENUOUS ENGLISHMAN ' , THE FRIENDLY GERMAN , AND THE CONFIDING AMERICAN . From " Scribner ' s American Monthly . " As an honest traveller is bound to relate

all that befalls him , illustrative of the manners ancl morals of the people among ivhom he sojourns , even though he himself does not appear to the best advantage in the narrative , my conscience will not permit me to Avithold from my reader the

folloAving bit of adventure , though the simplicity of John Bull , about Avhich I haye had something to say , may not be made so apparent by it as the credulity of Jonathan .

It Avas an attempt on tne part ot two sharpers to jilay upon me an old London confidence game , which gave me my only chance to see John Bull as a rogue . In this character he proved no bungler , but a most consummate actor . Indeed , the circumstance rei'ealed to me more clearly than

almost anything else , IIOAV much Ave have got to learn of this people , and how " nielloAv" ancl considerate John can be even in the character of a London highwayman . For some reason or other , the confidencemen have always taken a shine to me . About the first time I went to New York ,