Masonic Pilgrimage To The Orient.

Woodford ; and the avowed anxieties of "An Eastern Mason" for the catholicity of our friend's reception—may be taken as auguries of the success of Dr . Morris's mission to this country;—while , if we accept our thrice-worthy brother

Findel of Leipsic , as a type of the fraternal mine mine host in Germany , Bro . Morris ' s welcome to the land of Goethe will be all the more enjoyable because of its unobtrusiveness , and all the more valuable because of the opportunity it will afford

for the free , full , and personal interchange of sentiment upon topics connected with the Fraternity in regard to which the learned historian of Freemasonry and his equally accomplished guest by invitation are at issue . Dr . Morris ' s heart beats

m sympathy with the Craft Universal , and is brimful of toleration to all with whom he may chance to differ . Whatever diversity of opinion may exist among European Craftsmen as to the utility , in a purely

Masonic point of view , of our brother ' s Oriental scheme , it cannot be doubted that his journeyings in the Holy Land will afford a bounteous store of material for information , at once interesting and instructive , that ivill in the future be imparted by him to his countrymen , chief of whom in the promotion of his mission are his Masonic friends in

Kentucky , Indiana , Illinois , and Iowa . Turning to our Masonic cabinet after a perusal of Bro . Cooper ' s very chaste selection from the writings of Dr . Morris , our hand involuntarily falls upon a budget of MSS . indorsed " Morris , "

whence are drawn the following items of information that , in prospect of the Doctor ' s visit , may possess some degree of interest for the readers of the Magazine : —Robert Morris was born in the United States , August 31 , 1818 . By early

profession a civil engineer and teacher of youth , but for twenty years a Masonic writer and lecturer . Initiated into Freemasonry in Oxford Lodge ( No . 33 ) , at Oxford , Mississippi , March , 5 th , ' 46 : at that time president of a literary institution near

by . Exalted in Royal Arch Masonry , ' 48 ; dubbed Knight Templar ' 50 ; passed the Ancient and Accepted Rite up to the 32 ° in ' 55 . Master of various lodges , and Grand Master of Kentucky , then comprising 312 lodges , in 1858-9 . Conductor

of "The American Freemason , ' 53-57 ; and of "The Voice of Masonry , " ' 59-66 . Author of "Lights and Shadows of Freemasonry , " ' 52 ; "Life in the Triangle , " ' 53 ; " Two Saint Johns , " ' 53 ; " Code of Masonic Law , " ' 55 ; " History of

Freemasonry in Kentucky , " ' 59 ; "Masonic Reminiscences , " ' 56 ; "Freemasons' Almanac , " ' 60-1-2-3 and 5 ; "Prudence Book of Freemasonry , " ' 60 ; " ' Guide to High Priesthood /^ ' 65 ; "Manual of Eastern Star , " ' 59 ; "Tales of

Masonic Life , " ' 60 ; "Biography of Eli Brace / ' ' ' 61 ; "Rosary of Eastern Star , ' 55 ; "Freemason ' s- ' Monitor , " ' 59 ; "Miniature Monitor , " ' 60 , ( 19 . editions of this work have been issued ); " Masonic Poems /; ' 64 ; " Senior Deacon's Special Help /'

' 66 ; "Worshipful Master ' s Special Help , ' 66 ; .. "Dictionary of Freemasonry , ' 67 : "Funeral-. Book of Freemasons ( in the press ) . As a publisher , Dr . Morris has reproduced , for the benefit of American readers and at American

book-prices , all the writings of Dr . Oliver , Salem' - Town , Portal , Preston , Calcot , and other British ,., French , and American authors . He has published altogether seventy-four Masonic works . As a . public speaker , it is computed that this

highlygifted and industrious gentlemen has deliveredmore than ten thousand Masonicorations , addresses ^ , and lectures either to Masonic or mixed audiences j .. and this , too , independently of numerous efforts- - in geological science , Suuday-School connections , ^ and lectures on Biblical themes in churches aarX

elsewhere . As a contributor to the religious and . secular press of his country , both newspaper and magazine , few writers in the United States haver been more prolific than he . The domestic relations of Dr . Morris

arepleasant . He- has seven children living at this- . time , of ivhom the two oldest are married . At his . ' - residence , entitled " Salem" ( abode of peace ) ,, near La Grange , Kentucky , he dispenses that style , of hospitality which combines the traditional

liberality of Kentucky life and the generous in- , culcations of Freemasonry . Once the victim offincendiarism , he sold his books , the collections off his Masonic life , and purchased the mansion sa aptly named , in which he hopes to spend . the

remainder of his days . In person Dr . Morris is six feet high—his conn-: tenance is thin and sallow . He is exceedingly active in his movements ; bald , hair grisly but scanty , eyes deep blue , mouth large , face long ,

nose sharp and prominent . His early training as civil engineer and surveyor is evident in his step , while his military exercise appears in his erect . posture , & c . A certain dictatorial air which he is ¦ - said by some to possess , perhaps results from ten _ years' life as a college professor and presidents