The Illuminati;

was not deficient in imagination ; upon horror ' s head horrors accumulate , with a vengeance . The victim is commanded to swear that he will break all the ties which bind him \ to father , mother , sister , wife , all bonds of kindred , and those of gratitude , obedience and service . He is next informed that he is released from all pretended duty to his country and the lawand he must swear to reveal to his new chief his

, most secret thoughts and actions , and all information that he can obtain as to those of others . He is finally recommended to honour and respect the poison acqua Tofana , as a sure means of purging the globe of all objectionable individuals .

The ceremony concludes by placing before the recipiendary seven black wax candles ; at his feet is a vessel of blood with which his body is laved . After this very disagreeable bath , he is made to drink half a glass of the same fluid , and " then , " says our author , " he is scarcel y able to support himself upon his trembling limbs ; " and this we can quite believe . Finally the poor wretch is cast into a necessary but

unpleasant cold bath , and is entertained with a banquet of radishes . M . de Luchet winds up his chapter by calling truth , honour , and heaven to witness that these horrible proceedings have been revealed to him by persons who have actually staryed from the right path into the pursuits of these infamous Illuminati ; but who , having returned to a sense of propriety , have made him the confidant of their

experiences—without any feai ' , it would seem , of the cord , the dagger , or the acqua Tofana .

Masonic Duties.

MASONIC DUTIES .

BY V . V . O . J . Ii . CITAXDLER , r . G . jr . OP THE C 1 SANO LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA . To be a good Mason , a simple , unjewelled brother , is to have all the good principles , and to practice all the virtues , which can be imputed to the highest officer of the Craft . Other qualities joined to these , and various circumstances , commend a Mason to official station ; but these make beautiful and useful all of every grade .

1 . A Mason must be obedient . —It is one of the first of Masonic virtues to be obedient , to bend to the high authority that is above , to feel that the officer in whose presence he stands is clothed with ri ghts and powers that command respect . The character and worldly condition of the man is merged in the officer , and he sits in the east not to exercise an arbitrary , but a delegated power ; and he is thus in some degree ? he infallible exponent of the rules and landmarks of the Craft , the impersonation of the and the

genius authority of Masonry . The good Mason inquires what are the rules , the prescriptive regulations—what are those customs of the Craft that are to affect the members ? He asks thus that he may adopt them as governing causes , and that he may throw himself into their influences , and thus mould and fashion his Masonic life by all their action and make it conformable with all their requirements . He may start at exposition of the hidden laws ; hut no sooner does he find them ' obligatory