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 npp FzLtowsnp IN DkTSE.---Ihe he trial ot ". Canterbury and others, for giving exhibitions of n. secret. of eda Fellowship without 1 license, eOntaeacea at Springfield. Mass. on Monday week. ba he District Attorney did not eontiMae the ease, fine defence being that the exhibition was not of character requiring alieense. The Springfield Ca zetts says:

 ,I; may interest our Odd Fellow friends to know Ina, the whole secret of their order came within an sce of beiag disclosed on Monday afternoon. One of ,beir number was put on the atana a witness by the defendants. and was requested to state what wa. inc prceess of electng and initiating members cf IOlse. The object Of the examination wss 10 show that the representations of the defendants were correct representations of the constitution and rrOeeeaiBgs of the Odd Fellows. The witness ob- ,ee,ed to aaswefing some of the questions put to klm as he thought he should tsIefeby be violating an obligation which he had assumed The court ruled, however that he was bound to make the dis closure; but sooa after the ruling an adjournment ss tise nigh. took place, and On Tuesday mosning, IS we have stated the examination was discontinn- ed, and the case was sauainsrily disposed of.

 Daring the progress of the examination. referred to, the council of the dsfence staIeA that it was peaa olFesce ie assue such obligation as the wit ness seemed to think he had assumed, and offered to read the statute to that effect but the Judge said he was sa,ishrd the point and wished 10 further hEh in regard to it. The statute in question runs ;s follows, and may be found Rev. s.. chap. l2s. sec. q: A s68sSA akSt

 sIf any person shall administer. .os assume to administer, to another any oath, or any obligation in the nature of an oath. of any obligation in the rature of an oaih which is not required or anthos- sred by law if any person shali voluntarily suf- fer any such oath ex obligation to be administered to him or shall voluntarily take the same. lie shall S punished by fine not exceeding two hundred dol lars, nor jess than five dallAEz.'"