The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-15 00:00:00

MINES OF NEVADA.

NORTHUMBERLAND DISTRICT.—From Mr. W. N.
Cummings, Recorder of this district, we learn that
a large and fine-appearing ledge was recently dis-
covered there. It is situated about three miles to
the northwards of Thrift's Camp, upon the west
side of the mountain overlooking Smoky Valley.
It was found by two men of the name of Herbert
and Henry, who were at work upon it, and had con-
siderable ore already upon the surface. It is about
nine feet thick, and the quality of the ore splendid.
During the past winter scarcely any work has been
done in Northumberland, but operations will soon
be commenced upon many of the mines there. In
about a week there will be a force of men engaged
upon the Northumberland lode, a large mine situ-
ated upon the extreme crest of the mountain ridge
dividing Monitor and Smoky Valleys. Consider-
able development has already been made on th;s
mine, and ore from it reduced at the Austin mills
with good results. Work will also shortly be re-
sumed at the Lady Cummings, which is said to be
nearly or quite equal to our Transylvania. It is
the intention of the owners of these mines to erect
a mill this fall should the veins they own develope
as they promise.—Belmont Reporter.
The Wall-Street Journal extracts the following
interesting items from the latest dates received at
the office of the Reese River, Reveille :

A MONTH'S PRODUCT.—The Murphy mine and
mill of the Twin River Company produced dur-
ing the present month the handsome sum of
$44,015.00.

ITS VALUE.—A sample of the gold bought in
from McCan gulch was assayed this morning by
Bolt and Stetefeld, and found to be 620 fine in gold
and 380 fine in silver, which would make it worth
$12.81 per ounce. The crude stuff, containing
quartz and clay, is worth nearly $ll an ounce.
HOT CREEK.—We were shown this morning
several specimens of good-looking ore from the
Uncle Sam and other ledges in the Hot Creek dis-
trict. The building of the mill by the Old
Dominion Company has put a new and more
hopeful face on the prospects of the district, and
several companies of miners are working their
claims with spirit. We learn that the Superin-
tendent of the Company encourages the miners
of Hot Creek and adjoining d;stricts by material
aid, and that he will be supplied with a con-
siderable amount of ore when the mill is ready for
action.

A CABINET SPECIMEN.—During yesterday Capt.
Stephen Kidd, Superintendent of the Buckeye mine
in the North Twin River district, about 50 miles
south of Austin, brought to this office a superb spe-
cimen of mineral obtained from his mine. It is of
irregular shape, about eight inches long, and four
inches broad at one end and three at the other. Its
great thickness is about three inches. The large
uneven face of the broadest end contains several
dusters of delicate wire silver, golden-hued, pro-
.
itcting 'from the surface and in cavities, besides
niany points and flakes of native-coloured silver.
There are small but pretty crystals of stephanite,
gallena, and zinc-blende, with little points of bright,
brassy-looking copper pyrites surrounding the wire
silver, and producing a beautiful effect. We learn
that it is the intention of the owner of the fine spe-
cimen to present it to the Mercantile Library Asso-
ciation in San Francisco.

The San Francisco Mining and Scientific Press,
of August 24, gives the following items of intelli-
gence from the Reese River District :—Reveille,
Aug. 9th—The shaft on the Big Smoky location, in
Smoky Valley District, is 135 ft. deep, and has been
opened 340 ft. through a tunnel. The company
have on their dump some 1,500 tons of ore, valued
at from $4O to $7O per ton. The machinery for a
10-stamp mill is now on its way from Virginia:
City. The mill will be erected at the mouth of the
Birch Creek Canon.

The Commercial ledge, a location on the Smoky
Valley ledge, has a tunnel in 560 feet through a
singularly hard rock. The indications are favour-
able that the ledge will be cut in 30 feet further.
When this tunnel is completed, it will drain the
ledge for the depth of 500 feet.
A location has been made on the Smoky Valley
ledge, near the Everett, in which the ore is peculiar,
gold predominating over silver. An excavation 10
feet has been made on the ledge, and ore cut from

it yielded at the rate of $3,000, gold, per ton. A
small lot of 501b5., worked at the mine, yielded
from $6 to $7, gold.
The development in Lander Hill are better than
ever. In the lower level of the Florida the vein
was three feet thick along the 60 feet in which it
was exposed, and was freighted with a high quality
of mineral. The North Star of the Manhattan
Company captivated the visitor by its marvellous
display of beautiful and rich ore.

August 13th.—A very rich body of ore three
feet thick hr's lately been developed in the
lower level of the Chihuahua mine of the Cen-
tenary Company. Experiments on the Chihuahua
ore have induced the managers to determine
upon erecting roasting furnaces. Five hundred
pounds of the ore were crushed dry, and the pulp
equally divided. One-half was roasted and amal-
gamated ; the other half was simply amalgamated.
The former yielded $l4 of silver, the latter only $5.
Several pieces of the ore have been lately exhibited,
which appeared to be of an excellent quality. One
piece that was taken from the outcropping mass at
the height of Bft. above the surface was full of
silver mineral ; two others, taken from the same
cropping at a point lower down, were evidently of a
better quality.
Aug. 15th—Fourteen heavy 10-mule teams,
loaded with the entire material for a huge quartz
mill, including five large boilers, quicksilver, &c.,
are now on their way from Cisco to Belmont. The
machinery is the property of Mr. Merritt.

THE AMERICAN EPISCOPAL CHURCIL

(From the Pall Mall Gazette.)

Tho presence of half the American episcopate in this
country at the present time giN as some interest to the in-
quiry how the Church in America is constituted, and in
what respects it differs from our own ecclesiastal establish-
ment. Having to struggle for existence in a country
where all sects aro on an equality in the eye of the law, and
where some of them are numerically its superiors, the
Episcopal Church dispenses with everything that is merely
ornamental. It has no archbishops ; its bishops are not
called "my lord," and they are never translated. It knows
nothing of deans, canons, archdeacons, or rural deans ;
bishops, priests, and deacons only are recognised. Its his-
tory has boon a chequered one. Up to the Rsvolution it
was supported by the State in several of the colonies ; but,
notwithstanding representations which had been made to
the mother country from the time of Charles 11. down-
wards, it had no episcopate, the Bishop of London being
considered tho diocesan. On American independence
being recognised the Propagation Society withdrew its
grants, and the fortunes of the Church were then at their
lowest ebb. Many of the clergy returned to England, and
the property of the Church was threatened with confisca-
tion. There were still some, however, who had faith in
its vitality, and Bishop Lowth procured an Act of Parlia-
ment enatling him to ordain some candidates who had
presented themselves to him without requiring the oath of
allegiance to the British Crown. Dr. Seabury was sent
over by the clergy of Connecticut to obtain consecration;
but there were legal difficulties in the way, which the Go-
vernment hesitated to remove for fear of giving offence to
the young republic. Tired of the delay, Dr. Seabury re-
paired to Scotland, and was consecrated in November,
1784, by the Bishops of Aberdeen, Ross, and Moray. The
first General Convention, assembled at Philadelphia in the
following year, were anxious, however, to derive the suc-
cession from England rather than from Scotland, and the
English episcopate declared their willingness to accede to
this wish, provided the revised Prayer Book, to which we
shall presently have to refer, met with their approbation.
Accordingly, in February, 1789, throe bishops were conse-
crated at Lambeth, after a satisfactory interview with
Geo-go 111. and Queen Charlotte. Dr. Seabury aud his friends
afterwards joined the Convention, and thenceforth the Ame-
rican Churoh was an independent body, with an episcopate
bf its own.
Let us now see how it governs itself. Like the political
society in which it exists its basis is democratic. In order
to kern a new "parish" or congregation a meeting is held,
which agrees to articles of association, adopts a name, and
usually obtains legislative incorporation. On Easter
Monday the male pewholders elect vestrymen, to the num-
ber of ten or twelve, and out of those two warders are
chosen, the rector—who is appointed by the wardens, and
who, if formally inducted, cannot be dismissed without
grave cause—being sometimes allowei to nominate one of
them. Tho minister is usually supported by an assess-
ment on the pews, the terms varying from five to two hun-
dred dollars, but in some instances by a voluntary sub-
ooription or by the offertory The average pay of the

clergy is only £lOO a year. The wardens and vestry elect
delegates to the Diocesan Convention, which assembles
annually, the dioceses being for the most part con-
terminous with the States. The clergy and lay
delegates commonly vote together, but a vote by orders
may be called for, in which case a majority of both i
requisite. The bishop presides and possesses a veto, but
this is unpopular, and is seldom exercised. The conven-

tion elects a bishop if need be, adopts local canons or regu-
lations, chooses four clergymen and four laymen as dele-
gates to the General Convention, and appoints a standing
committee to be the bishop's advisers and to certify to the
fitness of candidates for orders. The General Convention
meets every third year, and is similar to our Convocation,
but laymen form part of the Lower House, who arc some-
times eminent statesmen or lawyers. Here, too, a vott:o)3,
orders may be demanded. The sittings, being usually
open, aro attended by many spectators. The House of
Bishops, on the other hand, sits with closed doors, the
senior prelate being ex officio presiden*. This bod 3 has
extensive powers, such as revising the Prayer Book, pro-
viding for uniformity of worship, and regulating the rola-
,ions between the different dioceses and with foreign
churches.

Deacons must bo twenty-one and priests twenty-four
years of age. The latter must declare their belief in the
inspiration and sufficiency of the Scriptures, and promise
conformity to the doctrines an I worship of the Church.
There are also " readers," and men of inferior attainments
are admitted as deacons without the expectation of becom-
ing priests. In case of a charge of immorality or heresy,
the diocesan appoints a certain number of clergymen, from
whom the accused is frequently permitted to select a
smaller number as his judges. The trial, if he demands
it, takes place in public, and in some dioceses he is allowed
the assistance of barristers, provided they are commu-
nicants of some standing. The court recommends
admonition, suspension, or expulsion, and the bishop
may mitigate but cannot increase the punish-
ment. There is no appeal, though the bishop
may direct a new trial, so that there is no pro-
vision for securing uniformity of decision in different dio-
ceses. A bishop is triable by his peers, and if infirm the
diocese may elect an assistant, who succeeds him on his
death or resignation. A layman may be excluded from the
communion by his minister, subject to an appeal to the
bishop. In Virginia the punishment may be inflicted for
gambling or attendance at races, theatres, or bal's.
The Prayer Book has undergone various alterations,
some of which would be accytable to many English
Churchmen. Others are simply the product of American
fastidiousness. In a general way, it may be said that the
American Church is more distinctively Protestant than our
own, although of late years Tractarianism has made great
advances within it. Its official designation is the Prot( s-
tent Episcopal Church of America, and where the
word " Catholic" occurs in the liturgy it is changed into
universal. The Athanasian Creed is expunged, a decision
to which the Convention of 1786 adhered, in spite of the
remonstrances of the English prelates, while conceding
the restoration of the Nicola° Creed. The Commination
Service shared the same fate, and as a matter of course the
political prayers and offices likewise, a prayer for the Pre-
s:dent and those in authority being inserted. In the
Apostles' Creed, " descended into hell" may be changed
into " went into the place of departed spirits." The Ab-
solution is entitled the "Declaration of Absolution," and
in the Visitation of the sick the Absolution is omitted.
Parents are allowed to be sponsors; and the latter may
desire the omission of the sign of the cross in baptism. In
the Burial Service, for the words "in sure and certain
hope" there is substituted " looking for the general re-
surrection at the last day and the life of the world to
come ;" . and thanks are offered, not for the deliverance
of " this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful
world," but for the " good example of those Thy
servants who, having finished their course in faith, do
now rest from their labours." Burial-grounds are not
consecrated. In the Ordinal the bishop may omit the
words, "Receive the Holy Ghost." The table of kindred
is expunged, and marriage with a deceased wife's sister is
not disallowed or generally discouraged. In the Lord's
Prayer, " which" is turned into " who," and " them that"
into "those who"—alterations by no means creditable to
the good taste of their authors. A harvest thanksgiving
and other forms have been added. "Minister" is in most
cases substituted for "priest," and the Lectionary is con-
siderably altered, the Apocrypha being never read.
The Episcopalians bare been increasing for some time
past in a ratio considerably greater than that of the
population, but they are still a small body compared with
the Roman Catholics, the Baptists, or the Presbyterians.
At the last Convention in 1865 there wore reported to be
thirty-four dioceses, 2,322 parishes, and 154,118 communi-
cants. The Methodist Episcopal Church at the same date
had 820,860 members, the Presbyterians (old school),
232,450, and the regular Baptists, 1,010,303. Their clergy
have contributed but little to literature, and the Church
has but slight hold on the labouring classes, its members
being chiefly well-to-do people, and its places of worship
well cushioned and carpeted. On the whole, it romindS
one of a plant which languished in a hothouse, and which,
when rudely turned into the open air, managed to sursivo

the shock, and has even put forth vigorous shoots, but
which is not likely to rival its morn hardy competitors.
It has accommodated itsolf to its now conditions, but thoro
is little prospect of its overtaking sects which wore never
dependent on tho mother country or on State aid, but
which relied from the first on their own exertions.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

COLCIIESTER—OcT. 12.

This market was moderately supplied with wheat to-
day, and the business done was at 3s to 4s por qr over last
week's prices. Barley was in steady demand, and prices
against buyers. Beans and peas were very scarce, and 15
dearer.
Wneat. white 74s 81s Beans, 81azagan......408 425
red 70s 74s Middle and small„44B 988
Barley ... 405 49s Peas, white 38s 425
Oats -8 - s grey —Ns 425