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■tbe- iwril..- Notwithstanding our masonic dc h . l(?feat-Britam is now no more, yet those fiue-fpun-choi..* of fympatby , by which the fraternity are drawn together, ■as a Bund of brothers, cemented by the most indissoluble of ■tics, will ever induce us to cultivate the most sociable and ■friendly intercourse.>..The means ofthis cultivation and im- Iprovement will probably be the frequent fubjeft of our best ■33 d most serious diCquifitions. We .ftiall endeavour to hold Ifarth every engaging allurement that the members of the ■ Brkilh Grand Lodge may approach, and apply their elegant ■ and wonder-working fingers to finith the beauties of so well I ordered a Dome in this New Empire, and make this favourite ■ land, what we really with, the diftinguiflied residence, the Ijaft best retreat of heaven-bom Masonry ! And while amid the fcicntific labours of the lodge, elevated Ifchemefrof mutual intercourse of fraternal love will engage I and enrapture our minds : while holy and ancient myftcries ■ warm the imagination with improvements kindred glow : ■ while in the mournful investigation of a brother’s wants, I pleading our eye, and generous compaflion swells I the feeling boforn : while amid the chearful exertions of in- I loffenfive irtirth, of heart-enlarging, frieridly communication, 1 refleftiofl enables ua. to look back on our jroceediugs with 1 pleafurc —and conscience, the gentle monitor of every boforn, 1 jhallfind nothing.to drflike or difapproVe— then lei us embrace I this opportuhity to admire that Hero-King * that illuminated I Pole-Star of the sublime masonic system, whole fame as a I prince is-beyond all applause, and whom we may juftiyboaft I asone of the firftaud most diftinguiflied friends and lovers of 1 the Royal Art ! that ancient and honorable art, for whose 1 promotion and dignity Lodges are opened in every quarter of I the globe I."'.'. | For it is with peculiar pleafiire it maybe aflerted, that in I whatever matters men may differ and disagree, [yet they are I unanimous in venerating an amiable institution, which anni -1 hilates all private opinions, and renders those who by their I jfilmigthy father were made of one blood , so be also of one I heart and one mind : Brethren bound, firmly bound together Iby that Indissoluble tie ‘‘.the love of their GOD, aud the love I if their fond” > “ Father of all, in every age, I . In every clime ador’d : I> ’ • By faint, by savage and by sage, | , i Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! To THEE whose temple is all fpacej - - Whose altar, earth, sea, Ikies, Qne chorus let all beings raile, All nature’s incense rife ! Future and mttre Copious difeuffions of this high and enter. I taming theme, may one day perhaps (concludes ourcorref- I pondent) engage pens far more able than his* For the I present to attempt its eulogium would be “ wafteful and fuperfluous would be, in the fine language of one efour sublimest bards, I “To gild refined gold, to paint the lilly j To throw perfume upon the violet ; To fihooth the ice : to add another hue Unto the rainbow ; or with taper light To seek the beauteous eye of Hfcav’n to garnish.” * The King of RruJJia* TPHE ANCIENT and MODERN MA SONS, at present resident in and near are requested to meet at No* 65, Reynald s street, on Wednejday next, at Ten odock in the forenoon, to walk in procef iion, and hear a sermon preached by the Rev. Brother Boyd, at the Academy, in ce lebration of the feftival of St . John the Evan ldi/1} and afterwards dine together at Mrs %g’s. . By Order of the Worjhipful Master , JOHN MEALS, Secretary . Bee. 22, 578 6. J N. B. Tickets to be had of Brothers Cole, Simmons, and Jones. | * f-y. ■.* * ' • IN December i, Vjtb. A Communication from the Quarter-Master-General of * this day, with its enclofiircs, was received and read : Where upon *• Ordered, That the claim for horses against the Hate, that. may have been taken or died in aftual service will properly come in the line of duty of the Infpeftor-Geueral, to repor to the Executive. ' - • * r , . •« s .• Extras from the Minutes, JAMES MERIWETL :R, S. E. C. inspector-general»s office, Augujla, December 22, 1786. AGREEABLY to the foregoing Order of the Honorable the Executive, all claims against the date for horses taken or died in aftual service, or pay rolls for militia dulies performed, are requeued to be given id without delay. Also the Officers of the General Staff are requested to re* port their several departments immediately to GEORGE HANDLEY, ln/peSor-Gentral. IN C 6 U N C I 1., December 1 <5, 1785. A Petition from sundry merchants of the town- of Auguffi was taken lip and read : , i he Executive do not feel thcinfelves competent to give any opinion on that part of their petition, that relates to rate's and prices of produce and merchandize. At the fame time they feel every disposition to fee the lawsdnd ordinances' faithfully executed, and highly disapprove of the conduft of the potions alluded to in the fair! peLifidd : And to that end require all persons concerned withffiThe town and vicinity df Augusta. to preserve that line of order and decorum, that contributes to eftablilh that peace and harmony so eflentially neccffary to the well being of society. ExtraS from the Minutes ; JAMES MERIWETHER* S. E. C. 1 * ..--111 - 1 Savannah Post. A MEETING of those Gentlemen who are willing to fub ft;ribe for the purpose of eftablilhing A WEEKLEY POST between Augusta and Savannah, is requeftgd, at the Hoiife df Mr.'FOX, on THURSDAY, the 28th "of Decem ber instant. *" — -,■ - ■ - Edward Prater^ vs. > Attachment. Wm> Goodgion* j * Richmond County , o Sober 16, 17*85. Ordered That the defendant do appear and plead within a year and a day, otherwise judgment by default. N. HARRIS, C. R, C. ~ N o~¥~l C E. THE copartnerftiips of JACK, DOUGLASS, & Co. and JACK & DOUGLASS having expired, all persons indebted thereto are requested to make immediate payment to Samuel Jack, who will attend at his Compting-Houfe,"in * Augusta, in Broad-street, (where Mr. Thomas Graves late* ly relided) to fettle all legal demands agahjft the said con cerns. SAMUEL JACK, Dec. 21, 1785. - DAVID DOUGLASS. Thirty Dollars Reward, RUN- A WAY or carried from the fubferiber’s, at Dra* kies, near Savannah, in June last, Three New-Negroes, viz. Bristol, a stout lusty fellow,’rather large featured, of a black complexion, fpeak6 very little Engliih, about 26 years of age. —Prince, a very likely young Negroe, of a black complexion, about five feet five inches high, speaks a few words of Engliih, and about 20 years of age.?—AJleck, a young fellow, about 23 years of age, black complexion, speaks * no Engliih, and commonly Ihaves the fpre part of his head. They are all of the Coromantee countiy > and supposed to be related to each other; they were dressed alike when they went away, with a checked Ihirt and trowfers, and a striped woolen cap. Any perfou who will take up the said Negroes, and deliver them or any of them, ftiall have Ten Dollars for each, be- • sides all reasonable charges, to Colonel Handley, at Augusta, Major Stirk in Savannah, or to JOSEPH CtJTHBERT. • Drakies, ©ft. 22, 178 6.