INTERFERENCE.
We have seldom seen more power ful appeal to the understanding and feelings than is contained in the follow mg extract from an address delivered by the Hon. John Holmes, of Massa- chusetts, before the members of Saco Lodge.

 "Temperance IS a Masonic virtue. And letlt be held in everlasting renenl- brance, that intemperarce is most fa- tal and destructive vice. The tempta- tions and delusions of this adversary oi our peace, the treacherous arts by which 1t fatters us from the paths of rectitude, and the syren song by which it lures us into its foul embrace, surpass the pow CTS of description. The cursed, fasci- hating, fatal charm by which it binds the faculties, captivates.the heart and perverts and paralizes the understan- dings, is matter of the .profoundes st astonishment. Before the danger is discovered, escape is hopeless and the willing victim irretrieyablelos Float ing gently down smooth and delight fa' current, toward tsee tthsee brink Of Ire. mendous cataracts, he sees no necessity of resisting it's force, perceiyes not its increase, ,norreAeetsthathe is approach ing the danger. Every moment the power and inclination to resist diminish while the danger is increased. He ap- proachcs, perceive the dashing, hears the roaring, and feels the trembling. The current is accelerated, 1t becomes irresistible, he IS hurried to the brink, the abyss yawns, he is swallowed in the vortex and lost forever. Is the charm irresistible? Docs the malady admit no cure2 ls the calamity inevitable Gan nothing be done by naasons to pre- vent it? Yes. Let them administer correction with the hand of friendship. Let the admonition be honest, faithful and seasonahlc, To provide against