Br. Bartholomew De La Pierre, Senior Warden; Br. John P. Spear, Secretary; urer; Br. Abraham Frazer, Senior Deacon; Holmes, Masters of Ceremonies; Brs. Conrad Sweet, and Robert R. Waddell, Stewards; Br. William Fisher, Tyler; Brs. William P. Hallett, W. P. M. John M. Lester, W. P. M. Bernard Sprong, Bartholomew De La Pierre, and W. P. M. Simeon Van Beuren, Standing Committee. Worshipful Past Masters, George W. Hyer, John M'Mullen, and John M. Lester, Trustees of the Charitable Fund. Regular communications on the first and third Wednesdays of every month, at St. John's Hall. BENEVOLENT LODGE, NO. 143. Br. James Hays, Senior Warden; Br. James Thorburn, Senior Deacon ; Adams, Masters of Ceremonies; Brs. Alexander Cuscaden, and David Russel, Stewards; Br. Samuel Clark, Tyler; Brs. Frederick Wemill, Daniel West, Alexander Cuscaden, James Hays, and William M'Queen, Standing Committee. Regular communications on the second Tuesday of every month, at St. John's Hall. Br. James T. Billany, Secretary; Hackney, Masters of Ceremonies; Brs. Cornelius N. Sharpe, Thomson Price, W. M. James P. Allaire, W. P. M. John Telfair, and Alexander Wiley, Standing Committee. Regular communications on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month, at Tammany Hall. MECHANIC LODGE, NO 153. Br. John Thompson, Worshipful Mas ter; Br. James Teller, Senior Warden; W. P. M. Andrew Lloyd, and W. P. Brs. W. P. M. Thomas Barker, W. P. M. Andrew Lloyd, Isaac Chipp, W. P. M. Paul Lamson, and James Teller, Standing Committee. Regular communications on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month, at St. John's Hall. CONCORD LODGE, NO. 304. Br. John Hunn, Senior Warden; lis, Masters of Ceremonies; Br. George Mather, and Philip I. Arcularius, jr. Stewards; Br. Bryan Rossetter, Tyler; Brs. George B. Smith, John Hunn, | P. M. Edward S. Bellamy, Martines Swaim, and Caleb Brown, Standing Committee. Regular communications on the second Tuesdays of every month at St. John's Hall. GERMAN UNION LODGE, NO. 322. Br. F. L. Vultee, Worshipful Master; Br. C. Leistner, Senior Warden; Br. Henry Willet, Junior Warden; Br. Sierich Blanke, Secretary; Br. Christian Meday, Treasurer; Br. Julius Tieman, Senior Deacon; Br. John Neaff, Junior Deacon; Brs. Henry Fechtman, and Henry Bittel, Masters of Ceremonies; Brs. Henry Losen, and Henry Chapman, Stewards; Br. Lorentz Wendelken, Tyler; Brs. W. P. M. Philip Becanon, H. Willet, J. Bindernagel, J. Gattiker, and J. Tieman, Standing Committee. Regular communications, on the second and fourth Thursdays of every month. PAST MASTERS. A list of the past-masters of the several lodges in the city of New-York, is to be found in No. 3. page 90, excepting those who have passed the chair, at the late elections; whose names will be found at the head of the list of officers of their respective lodges, for the year past, No. 2, page 55. MARK LODGE, NO. 40. This is the only Mark Master's Lodge (unconnected with the Chapters) in the city of New-York. It holds its charter under the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the state of New-York, granted February 3d, 1808. Br. John Utt, Worshipful Master; tor; Br. William Munro, Senior Inspector; WEST-CHESTER LODGE, NO. 46. Br. James Herring, Worshipful Master; Br. J. W. Goggashall, Senior Warden; Br. Peter E. Gallaudet, Junior Deacon; Rr. John Seacord, Tyler; Br. Thomas Carpenter, and Joseph Kilpatrick, Masters of Ceremonies; Brs. Joseph Anderson, and Zadock Newman, Stewards; Regular communications every Monday evening in the week in which the moon fulls, at the house of Br. James Herring, New-Rochelle. LIST OF THE GRAND OFFICERS OF THE MOST P., SOV. GRAND CONSISTORY. Sov. Grand Commander. T... M... Ill... JOSEPH CERNEAU, Past Master. Deputy G.. Commander. T... M... Ïll... B... DE WITT CLINTON, Governor of the State of NewYork, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the State of New-York. 1st Lieut. Grand Commander. T... M... Ill... CHARLES GUERIN, Past Master. 2d Lieut. Grand Commander. T... M... Ill... B... JAMES B. DURAND, Past Master. 1st Minister of State. T... M... III... B... JOHN W. MULLIGAN, Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. Assistont. T... M.-. Ill... B.. JOHN TELFAIR, Past Master. Grand Capt.. of G.. T... M... Ill... B... MARTIN HOFFMAN, Past Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. Grand Hospatalier. T... M... Ill... B... ABRAHAM LOTT, W. P. M. of Holland Lodge. ELECTION OF OFFICERS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF OHIO. On Wednesday the 20th of December last, the Grand Lodge of Ohio convened at Columbus, and elected the following officers, for the present year: M. W. JOHN SNow, of Worthington, Grand Master. 2d Minister of State. T... M... Ill... B... ČADWALADER D. COLDEN, Mayor of the City of New-field, York, Past Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge. R. W. E. WHITTLESEY, of CanDeputy Grand Master. W. B. GARDINER, of Columbus, Grand Senior Warden. W. WARNER, of Marietta, Grand Junior Warden. W. A. J. M'DOWELL, of Franklinton, Grand Secretary. W. L. GOODALE, of Columbus, Grand Treasurer. M. W. Rev. PHILANDER CHASE, of Worthington, Grand Chaplain. R. W. JOSEPH S. HUGHES of Delaware, Grand Orator. W. D. F. REEDER, of Lebanon, Grand Marshal. W. JACOB D. DIETRICK, of Lancaster, Grand Senior Deacon, W. THORNLY L. WHITE, of West Union, Grand Junior Deacon. W.P. SPRAGUE of Delaware, Grand Sword Bearer. W. W. Long, of Columbus, Grand Tyler. MASONIC ANTHEM. Hail Masonry! thou glorious light, CHORUS. In thy blest charms the world can find, The virtues which adorn mankind, Thine is the pleasing power to charm, In thy blest charms, &c. Beneath thy rapture-kindling beam, In thy blest charms, &c. Amid the nation's angry strife, 'Tis thou canst whisper peace, Canst strew with flowers the paths of life, And bid all discord cease. In thy blest charms, &c. Still let thy pure unsullied blaze, In thy blest charms, &c. FOR THE MASONIC REGISTER. Lines written on the death of the HON. PHILIP OSMAN,* Who departed this life, October 21st, 1820, at Columbia, Herkimer county, aged 80 years. O! much lov'd Osman, now devotion pays, A grateful tribute to thy worth in death; Elysium's portals sparkle to thy praise, While holy accents meet thy blissful breath. Ere nature's impulse left thy aged brow, The dew of faith oft moisten'd thy fond lip; A Saivour's grace had taught thy soul to know, Religion's beauty, and ambrosial sip. Tho' meek ey'd pity bids thy kindred weep, And gives a pathos to each bursting tear; Yet faith assures them that thy mansuet sleep, Is ting'd with rapture, and estrange'd from fear. But ah! dear Osman, ne'er shall rosy morn In spleandour wake thee from thy lowly bed; Nor evening cynthia with her beams adorn, That soul which spotless purity hath fed. In vain may friendship woo with dulcet voice, Thy clay-cold cheek to light the cheering smile; In vain may life bewail thy recent choice, While death is heav'n-a heav'n unknown to guile. The fabric of thy soul now prostrate lies, The key-stone of thy arch of life has fled; Thy great grand master now the square applies, And finds thee righteous as the blissful dead. As some blown flowe'r which deck'd the verdant grot, Is pluck'd to bloom and grace its owner's breast; So heav'n has ta'en thee from thy humble lot, To bloom and blossom in eternal rest. * Father of Sir Knight John Osman. GEOGRAPHICAL. SPITSBERGEN. The following interesting "observations made during a voyage to the ARCTIC SEAS," are copied from a late Edinburgh paper.. "On the evening of the 14th of April, Spitsbergen came into view; it is an island of vast extent, and is equal to, if it does not exceed, Great Britain.. Our latitude by account was 80 degrees north. The land had a most stupendous appearance, being chiefly composed of a ridge of lofty mountains, rising almost perpendicularly from the level of the sea; towards the summit they terminated in conical points, or hills, which varied as to height and general figure: by the intersection of the mountains, many hollows and valleys were found of great depth. The aspect of the whole was rugged, rocky, and barren, and the surface was covered with snow, which in the vallies and recesses continues unmelted throughout the year. The coast appeared to be six or seven miles from the ship, when actually it was at least forty or fifty; this extraordinary fact proceeds from the great height of the land, and the clearness of the polar atmosphere. Spitsbergen has never been sufficiently explored, so as to enable one to judge correctly of its magnitude; the Dutch say they have sailed round it. During the whole of April, volumes of smoke continued to emanate from the surface of the sea, which is always a proof of reduced temperature; it arises from the air on the immediate surface of the water, having greater capa has never been explored, and hence forms a fine field for discovery. Our success in the fishery was now great, which amply repaid us for our want of fortune in the fore part of the sea son. "On the evening of the 28th July, (latitude by account, 70 deg. 20m city for moisture than the superincum-north; a strong gale arose, when we bent air, and this proceeds from their difference of temperature. There is always a quantity of caloric issuing were homeward bound, and trying to get through rank ice into the open ocean, finding this hazardous, we sail from the poiar seas on the disruptioned back in order to avoid the dangers attendant on the swell and subsequent aurition of the heavy flow pieces of ice with which we were surrounded. In a case of this kind, the farther the vessel is removed from the outer margin of the ice at sea edge, the greater is the safety on the occurrence of a gale of wind, as the presence of much always prevents the formation of waves; hence vessels employed in the Greenland whale fishery, seldom experience a heavy sea in the usual fishing stations. Our retreat was soon checked by the ice, and in a few minutes the passage of the ship was block them at least thirty feet in thickness; providentially however, the gale ceased, and with it, for the moment, our fears and anxieties. of the ice during spring, which renders the air on the surface of the water more capable of holding moisture in solution; and this air, from being specifically lighter, soon ascends into a medium much reduced in temperature, and the moisture is instantly deposited in the solid form of ice, and which, from the minuteness of the particles, resembles smoke. It is denominated by Wm. Scoresby, jr. Esq. "frost rime," who has written a learned work on the Arctic Regions and the Whale Fishery. Hoar frost resembles frost rime, but still there is considerable difference; in hoar frost, the moisture is first depos-ed up by heavy flow pieces, some of ited on the object, and then frozen, so that a temperature of 31 or 32 deg. may cause it; but in frost rime the moisture is deposited in the air, in the form of ice, and requires the reduced temperature of 10 or 12 deg. to effect it. Tuesday, the 25th of April, was the coldest day we experienced. Fatirenheit's thermometer sinking to the zero f—1. On the 5th of June our latitude, by observation, was 80 deg. 26 m. north. Soon after this we directed our course to the southward and westward, as few whale fish were seen to the northward. We sailed so far to the westward, that on the 18th of July, the east side of West or Old Greenland was distinctly seen; it appeared mountainous and rugged like Spitsbergen. We were within thirty miles of the shore; our latitude by account, was 71 deg. 1 m. north. This is supposed to be a continuation of the same ridge of mountains that is seen up Davis's Strait. It "Sunday morning, the 30th of July, the prospect from deck was gloomy in the extreme, as before our eyes in every direction were presented heavy flow sheets of ice, which seemed to form an everlasting barrier to the passage of a ship. Situated as we were, without the means of escape, there was much cause for alarm, as there was a probability of the ship being detained during the winter; and upon the event of a gale of wind arising, our feeble barque could never have withstood the fearful concussions of such heavy flow sheets of ice. But we were protected by a superintending Providence. On the afternoon of the same day, to the unspeakable joy of all the ship's crew, the ice appeared gradually to open; the opportunity was seized, and by the |