none, perhaps, that ever so successfully conquered them. He has left the impress of his signet upon the work and lectures of this jurisdiction that can never be effaced; there is a system, a harmony, and a force of character in his work that will not easily pass away. His mission as Grand Lecturer he always recognized as the greatest mission of his life, because he appreciated the great soul of Masonry, and struggled to see it embodied in the perfect similitude of its own harmonious character.

Discord in work, next to discord in the Lodge, caused him inexpressible mortification; and it is no wonder then, that, having gone out into the broad field of his labor, "having led the blind by a way they knew not, — made darkness light before them, and crooked things straight," - that he should be known the country over, as the great "Masonic Lycurgus of Missouri.” He had mingled with the best and greatest of the Order, and was at home wherever he went; for his genial nature, his exuberant love for his fellows, and the warm heart that he ever carried in his hand, secured to him a life-invitation to every masonic fireside in the land. Loved thus by strangers, can we be blamed for loving his memory with almost the devotion of children, for whom he had done so much!

He had struggled and saved here a little and there a little from his salary, and gathered together a library of the choicest masonic works and published proceedings, to be presented, by his dying breath, to his beloved Grand Lodge, as a monument of his life-long ambition to see her stand full and square upon the basis of masonic intelligence. In this he has set a bright example to his successors to observe and preserve everything that will be of use to the craft, and thus form the nucleus of a magnificent and valuable collection. But it was in the domestic circle that the beauty of his character most shone forth; it was there that he unfolded the tender leaves of his heart, upon which could be found no dark spot of unkindness or reproach. At his fireside the poorest and richest were alike at home; there was a kind word and the hospitable cup for all. That he should have had faults or eccentricities is only to acknowledge his humanity; but those who knew him best were best prepared to make due allowances for the years of intense agony during the latter period of his life, caused by an incurable disease; but "take him all in all, we shall not soon see his like again."

This important life was brought to a close on the morning of the 11th of August, at half-past nine o'clock, after having remained at his desk until four o'clock the evening before. At midnight his assistant was sent for, and arriving at his bedside at half-past one, he recognized him, and gave him the last injunctions of his office, and spoke his last masonic words on earth, which were characteristic of the man and the mind, and showed the "ruling passion strong in death." They were, "TAKE CARE OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE GRAND LODGE." He fell back upon his pillow, and lingered but a few hours more. Thus have we given a brief picture of the life and death of Anthony O'Sullivan, with whose departure hence went out one of the brightest masonic lights that ever shone in Missouri.

Your Committee, therefore, present the following:
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Whereas, By the decree of an inscrutable Providence, this Grand Lodge has lost one of her most honored, most virtuous and noble members in the death of our late brother Anthony O'Sullivan, for many years its Grand Secretary, Grand Lecturer, and Committee on Foreign Correspondence; and ·

Whereas, The Grand Lodge of Missouri and the masonic fraternity in this jurisdiction, feeling so sensibly this their great bereavement, therefore —

Resolved, That in the death of Br. ANTHONY O'SULLIVAN this State has lost a faithful son, society a bright and intelligent ornament, the fraternity a devoted and untiring member, and this Grand Lodge a faithful and most efficient officer.

Resolved, That this Grand Lodge extends its heartfelt sympathy and consolation to the bereaved widow, who has thus lost a kind, affectionate, and worthy husband, pointing her to that bright and glorious immortality that fadeth not away, and to have an abiding hope in the reunion of the redeemed.

Resolved, That the Lodges within this jurisdiction be directed to drape their halls, furniture, and jewels in mourning for the space of six months.

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to the widow of Brother Anthony O'Sullivan, and copies thereof, with the proceedings of this Grand Lodge, be sent to each Lodge in Missouri, and to all the Grand Lodges with which this Grand Lodge is in correspondence.

THE DOUGLAS MONUMENT.

THE ceremony of laying the corner-stone of the monument over the remains of the late Hon. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, at Chicago, Illinois, took place on Thursday, the 6th of September ultimo, in the presence of the President of the United States, other distinguished officers of the General Government, and a vast concourse of people. The occasion was one of national interest, and the proceedings were of corresponding magnitude and grandeur. For the particulars, however, we can only refer to the secular papers of the day, -confining ourselves, for want of sufficient space, to that portion of them which will be most acceptable to our readers, and are most appropriate to our pages.

The corner-stone was laid by the Grand Lodge, and the fraternity were out in large numbers. They composed the first division of the procession, and their appearance is described in the "Chicago Times" as follows:

Then came the brethren of the mystic tie, Freemasons, members of that great and most ancient Order whose members are scattered throughout the wide world; in countries civilized and uncivilized; in the East and the West, the North and the South; in every station in life, which has as members both princes and peasants; whose ceremonies and rites are the same wherever its Lodges are found. It is this ancient Order that laid the foundation-stones

of cathedrals, of churches, of monuments, the most famous and the most magnificent that have been reared in any land. It is this Order which was chosen to lay the corner-stone upon this occasion, to lay the corner-stone of that monument which is now being erected to immortalize the memory of the great Douglas, and to retain his deeds and words before the world. It is this brotherhood which numbered among its honored members Stephen A. Douglas; and who, loving this their honored brother, and honoring him as they did, turned out en masse to honor themselves and to honor their brother Grand Orator Douglas.

Taking the lead were the Knights Templars of historic renown. A knightly band of men they seemed, and with their banners of black and white, and they with the red cross of old on them, and around the brave old motto of "In hoc signo vinces," brought back to the memory of the spectator the haughty knights of the olden time, the days of the crusades, when the Knights Templars, then known as Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, did noble works of charity, and afterwards converting themselves into a military order, did equally noble deeds in guarding and protecting the Christian pilgrims on their travels to the Holy Sepulchre.

Never before have a larger number of Knights Templars collected in Chicago. Fully four hundred of these knights dressed in their imposing garb, marched in stately order at the head of the procession. One of the Commanderies alone, and that a foreign one, numbered eighty knights.

Marching at the head of the procession of the State of Illinois came the Grand Commandery of the State. Following came Peoria Commandery, No. 3, of Peoria. Next Joliet Commandery, No. 4, of Joliet. Next Sycamore Commandery, No. 15, of Sycamore. Along with the above Commandery marched Dixon Commandery, and Crusade Commandery, No. 17.

Between the above Commandery and the one following it, marched' the Peru Masonic Band. Following the band came Chicago Commandery, U.D. This Commandery acted as the escort to the foreign Commanderies.

The first of the foreign Commanderies was Detroit Commandery, No. 1, of Detroit, Michigan. In this Commandery was represented Indivisible Friends' Commandery, No. 36, of New York city. Next came De Molay Commandery, No. 5, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Following was Kalamazoo Commandery, No. 8, of Kalamazoo, Mich. Along with the above Commandery marched Pontiac Commandery, No. 2, of Pontiac, Mich. Also with the same Commandery marched Peninsular Commandery, No. 8, of Kalamazoo.

Next followed the "Bach Band," of Milwaukie.

Following the band came Wisconsin Commandery, No. 1. Borne at the head of this Commandery by Sir Knight Isaac E. Brown, was a beautiful banner, having on one side the following: "Wisconsin Commandery, No. 1.” "Non nobis domina! non nobis, sed tua da gloriam"; and having on the obverse side a large red cross, that of the Knights Templars. This Commandery closed the Knights Templars, of whom there were fully four hundred.

Mention must not be omitted, in speaking of these Knights Templars, of the beausant banners, of simple white and black, half of either color, black

above and white beneath, which were carried in the centre of Crusade Commandery and Chicago Commandery, and which, however simple in appearance, are full of emblematic meaning to those who have been initiated into the mysteries and symbolism of Masonry.

Following the last mentioned Commandery, came the Garden-City Band, which immediately preceded the procession of the Blue-Lodge Masons.

This, the first Order of Masonry, and the Order under whose direction more especially the corner-stone of the monument was to be laid, was fully as numerously represented as the chivalric Order, whose members took the lead, and there could hardly have been less than one thousand Blue-Lodge Masons in the procession. Foreign Lodges were also fully represented.

But the most interesting part of the masonic division has yet to be mentioned. This was Springfield Lodge, No. 4, the Lodge in which the lamented Douglas first joined the brethren of the mystic tie, having been raised in 1838. Borne at the head of this Lodge, which occupied the place of honor on account of its having numbered among its members that great brother, Douglas, was a banner, plain, simple, of white, bound with blue, and inscribed on one side the words:

“DOUGLAS, raised in Springfield Lodge, No. 4."

And on the other the following appropriate and masonic language, referring to Mr. Douglas as a member of the craft, and as a man and a member of the great brotherhood of the world:

"He was our brother, the fearless leader, and the ornament of his age. After his labors were done he lay down to rest, fearing no evil; for he knew in whom he trusted, and that he should rise up in the morning, refreshed and approved. His virtues are enshrined in the hearts of his brethren: so let their praise illumine his tablet, and become his perpetual memorial."

Preceding Springfield Lodge, No. 4, and acting as its escort, marched Elwood Commandery, No. 6, of Springfield. After followed Dean's Union Light Guard Band. Next followed Apollo Commandery, No. 1, of Chicago, which acted as an escort to the Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois.

The Grand Lodge concluded the masonic division, which was perhaps the most interesting part of the procession.

The procession having arrived at the cite of the monument, and all things being in readiness for the depositing of the corner-stone, the Mayor of the city came forward and said:

"Your Excellency — Fellow-Citizens of the United States of America, — We have assembled here to day to record our appreciation of the life and services of an able and faithful statesman. Under yon slight covering lies the dust of Stephen Arnold Douglas. That his burial place may be known to generations yet to come, we propose to mark the spot with an enduring mark of our remembrance and our affection; and that we may do so, the State of Illinois, his adopted mother, has opened her bosom and given forth the material of strength and beauty to aid in this proper work. Here, on this spot

selected by himself for his home, will we raise a shaft that shall speak to future ages our gratitude and our remembrance of a life devoted to the cause of our common country; and we will indulge the hope that each morning sun, for ages yet to come, when it shall awaken to life and greatness yon vast and beauteous American sea, shall gild with his blessed beams the pile to be erected here, and cast a halo of protection around this spot made sacred by the dust of an American statesman.

"First in the order of exercises to-day will be the laying of the corner-stone by the Order of Free and Accepted Masons, under the direction of the Grand Master of the State of Illinois."

REMARKS OF THE GRAND MASTER.

The Grand Master Bromwell followed, with the following remarks, during which the corner-stone was raised and held above its place:

"Fellow-Citizens, Wardens, and Brethren, -Through the great courtesy of the association having in charge the erection of this structure, we are assembled to-day on their invitation, to assist in laying this corner-stone according to our ancient usages. This work we enter upon with cordial earnestness, not only as citizens, desiring to honor the memory of one of the most distinguished statesmen of our country, but as brothers of that ancient craft whose Grand Masters have settled the foundations and set up the cap-stones, according to certain ancient and significant observances, of temples, palaces, and monuments, in every age and in all lands, though more especially as brothers of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, who have long been proud to preserve, in the rolls of the most distinguished names of our brotherhood, that of our illustrious late brother, Stephen A. Douglas, Past Grand Orator, and for many years and until his death, a prominent and active member of our Grand Lodge and companion of the Holy Royal Arch. But of all his deeds and virtues I will not speak; for that grateful task and high honor, to represent the grateful sentiments of regard for him, and which will swell the hearts of these accumulated thousands, has been reserved for a most distinguished orator of the State of his boyhood, whose eloquence will recall, in your presence, that ancient spirit which flamed upon your souls in the masterly oratory of our distinguished and departed brother. Yet I will speak so far as to acknowledge that this fraternity have received this day, from the orator of this occasion, a mark of courtesy for which I can make no adequate return, except to assure him of the cordial remembrance of the twenty-five thousand Masons in the State of Illinois.

"Now, may the enterprise and liberality of those who have undertaken this work be crowned with success, that this monument may rise to bear the chiseled form of Douglas in the sight of the voyagers upon these great inland seas of the Northwest, as long as starlight and sunbeam shall love to dance upon their crested billows! Ages, and ages upon ages, may the patriot and statesman, and lover of American institutions, come on holy pilgrimage to the soil of Illinois, marked, as it will be, by two such monuments to her distin