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\ NAsBINGTOSIAN REMTNIscENCE.--
The following paragraph is from the Mon
treal Courier. The iacts it relates are not
essentially important, but the manner in
which they are mentioned gives them a
kind of solemn interest. II is fitting trib-
ute to the universally and permanence OF
our WAsHINGToN' tame, that even in
foreign land, AMI by the people Of nation
which he opposed in war. a record with his
signature is counted among the most vener-
able and valued Of possessions.


The 10th regiment, now stationed at La
prairie, will relieve Ihe 60;h Rifles, now at
Montreal, in the course of a few DAYS, the
6Jth going TO Halifax. There is an inieres-
ting fact connected with this corps, which
is probably new to our readers. There
has been for upwards OF a century ireema-
sons lodge in the 46ih--in this Lodge
GEORGE WASHING roS was made a mason,
while the regiment was stationed in the col
onies, before the outbreak Of the Revolu-
tionary war. The register of this lodge
contains WAsuINGroN's signature in his
own handwriting. aud it still possesses the
Bible on which the great.man took the oath
of initiation. The chest, containing the
books and regalia Of the lodge, was cap
turrd by the Americans during the " ar and
taken to Washington, but when it was dis
covered, it was Immediately sent back. II
underwent similar fate some years after,
being taken by the French at ST. Louis
Il was then carried TO Paris, and, its con.
tents being examined, was immediately
returned ioihe regiment by the French an-
thoriiies. We believe detail ol these facts
With the dates and full particulars is to be
found in tho FreemaSoRS' Magazine of a
few years back.