The New York herald., 1845-05-24

Correspondence Of the Herald. /

PHILADELPHIA, May %, 1646
The link in the unbroken apostolic chain which the
Episcopal Convention has been hammerng for the last
few days. is at last competed and intimated would
be the casen the of failure the part the
Evangelical party to elect Dr. Tyng-the Rev. Alonzo
Potter d. d. Of Schenectady, has been chosen Bishop of
the diocese of Pennsylvania in the place Of the Rt Rev.
H. U. onderdonk, d. D.. who, you aware, left tho
college Of fishermen account of complaint of the
inferior bowels occasioned by the of malic acid.
Never have witnessed more intense anxiety than
exhibited yesterday in St. Andrews Church during the
baottng by the Clergy for Bishop be nominated to
the aity for their election rejection Breathless still
men and children we're seem IN i. parts Of the
keeping tally as the teers opened the tickets before the
m the % s a. haf 9 %
were radiant with joy; but wheu that of BowmanBow.
Tan-Bowman Bowman, was pronounced, in rapid sue
countenances fell and they rembled for the
ark OF God The first ballotng resulted as follows =
bowman 81 Tying 35 Scattering 81 necessary to choice
49, ID bailotngBowman, 49, Tying, s5 Scattering 8;
choice.
DR.. Tying withdrew his name and thanking his
friends for their aectionate confidence solemnly and
peremptorily declared that it his rrevocable
pose to follow what he considered the bidding Provi
dence in not allowing himself again be brought
ward
On the I'd baotings nearly all the Tyngite: voted for
the Rev Mr.. Clark of St. Andrews Church On the 5th
9th ballotng Dr. Bowman received 80 votes and
declared to be duly nominated by the clergy.
refused 10 confirm the nomination by the very decided
vote Of 81 ayes SO noes The convention adjourned to
So'clock, r. NJ
On re-assemblng the clergy went into another ballot
ing, Mr.. Clark having Withdrawn his and re-nom
mated Dr. Tying The high church nominated DIR. Bow.
man.
The result of this balloting follows bowman
81 Tying 36 Blank /; choice.
On motion to 60 into another balloting, great confu-
sion ensued. owing to the inchciency, presiding Of
fcer Of the amabe DR. Ball. who has had experience
in such duties. What with amendments piled upon
amendments speech after speech irrelevant matter
abuse of DR.. Tying fol suffering himself to be again
talking against time to prevent another baoting &c
all in inexricabc ENHANCEMENT until 10 o'clock
whom committee circumference appointed to select
compromise candidate and the convention adjourned
This morning the committee Of conference reported
that they could not agree and the clergy went into
seventh balloting, the result of which follows
viz DIR Aonzo Potter al Dr.. Horatio Potter II DR..
H. Morton, IA Scattering, 6.
The President Potter to be the nominee Of
moved that the Lay be allowed of half an hour
for consultation which was granted and on coming into
Convention again. their taken by ayes and noes
and recorded unanimously in the affirmative for DR..
Potter .sss elt.s r
The struggle IL over the great champion Of evange
heal religion has becn defeated by two three clergy
men who strayed into camp where they would
have been found ago. than they would have eater
poison but, thank God Protestant christianity has ri
umphed the friends of Dr. Tying rejoice in the election
of their second choice and all who love the Gospel con
slider that Puseym has received its death blow in Penn
sylvana and that henceforth the march of the chuch will
be onward-onward, conqucring and to conquer.
KAPPA.