MISCELLANEOUS.

Southland Times, Issue 630, 11 February 1867, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

A Grand Masonic Fair is now in full operation in this city, (New York) Its object is to raise funds for erecting a large hall here where all the Lodges can meet, and also to add to the fund, which has been increasing for several years past, for erecting a pleasant and happy home in the interior part of this State for the widows and children of deceased masons, who may have no other home to go to when the father of the household is taken away. The fair is a very fine one, and has been visited by thousands of people. When the hall is builfthe rent paid for lodge rooms by the various lodges will go towards the support of the Widows and Orphans Asylum. If there are any masons in Panama who desire to add to this fund let them send- on their contributions. They will be thankfully received. A Berlin dispatch says that the Prussian Government has commenced coercive measures in Hanover. The Grand Ocean Yacht Eaee commences this afternoon. The contesting Yachts are the Fleetwing, Vesta, and Henrietta, respectively owned by the Messrs Osgood, Pierre Leriillara, and young Jim Gordon Bennett. They sail for a pool of ninety thousand dollars. The race is from Sandf Hook to the Needles off the English Coast. The Fleetwing is decidedly the favorite, and heavy bets are beiug made that she will the race. There is an evident determination on the part of the radicals to push their reconstruction policy to the point of bringing the -States lately in rebellion down to the condition of Territories, and organize them anew into State Governments. This ' may not be accomplished immediately, it is averred, but that the movement will thus end is the confident opinion of those high in radical position. The English Government offered a reward of five thousand pounds sterling to any one who will deliver into their custody the body of Head Centre Stephens, " dead or alive !"