American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-09-26

CoNyE&T!oN OF THE DIOCESE OF n. YoRX.
This ecclesiastical body assembled in ST. Johns
Church, n Y, on Wednesday morning, The
Evening Gazette says, the doors we're srlrroun-
dcd at an early hour by those eager to obtain
admttancc to the first session Of this most cx-
citing convention, ard the galleries were soon
filed, the body Of the Church being reserved
for the Clerical and Lay delegates, aud Thoo.
logical Students of the Church.
The galleries are mostly filled with ladies', as
is usually the case. The attendance ct dele
gates is unusually large, aud all wear very de-
termlned faces. Those Of the clergy known as
high churchmcn, appear in their gowns not
SUPPLIES as has been limited they would do
The low churchmen appear in citizens dress.
Morning prayers were read and the ante Com
munion Service by the Rev. Dr's Bcrricn and
Wainwright.
The sermon was preached by the Rev. DIR.
Sherwood, from Cor's. LIST chap. 8, l6 verso.
The Rev gentleman announced that he adj
dressed the Convention by request Of the Stand
ing Committee, with the sanction as far as he
could economically give it, of the Bishop of the
the present peculiar troubles of the Diocese.
Immediately after the sermon communion
was administered, and the services were not
concluded when we went to press.
GREAT STORM ON LAKE CuAMpLAIN. There
was violent storm on Lake Champlain on the
Goth inst The thunder, lightning, wind and
rain is represented to have been awful at Burl-
ington, Vt. A letter from that place says:
At dusk, tho horizon in the West from South
to North, and SO around to the East, was alter
nately, with the rapidity of thought, blaze of
fire or sheet OF blackness, dark as midnight
In the distance could be heard the Ioaring as of
mighty waters. Onward, titful and furious,
came the raging blast; trees are levelled to the
ground, chimucys demolished, barns and houses
unGoOied; the fragments flying all around show
the power and fury of the storm. The rain
desccnds in very torrents. The balustrade and
the chimneys on NlGSsgs. Strong's store Cior-
merly the Burlington hotcl) and the chimneys
on Messrs. Pecks store, are swept off clean to
the roof.
The roof Of Mr.. John Bradley's new brick
barn was entirely blown off and the building
nearly demolished. Mrs. Doctor Moody's fine
dwelling, near the female seminary, had the
roof entirely taken off, and the storm Of wind
and rain poured in upon the terrified inmates
the house and every thing in it were completely
drenched.
LATEST FROM THE MoRMoNs. The latcs
intelligence from the scene Of disturbances il
Adams and Hancock counties, Ill.,, says the st
Louis Republican, represents that the anti
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struction, and that large settlement on Bea
Creek had received notice Of an intention &c
apply the flames to their houses. Mr. Back.
cnstos, the sheriff of Hancock, is said to have
started for the scene of devastation, accompa,
MED by solitary deputy, to call the attention
Of the anti Mormons to the law. This may be
so, but we are inclined to doubt it. The Nor
mons have made 10 attempt at resistance, al
though they certainly oUt-numbcr their oppo
ncnts Mr.. Babbtt, Mormon representative
from Hancock county, in the last Legislature
informed the editors Of the Q 6ncy Courier
that .4oy intended to stand by ta3 law, uuti
avery lonoNeaa was daa'ga. ed. J. ;hog do
The tuX-p1y ing portion Of the State will have i
heavy bill to pay, for property tins destroyed
Tua ErtacorAL CONVENTION or Ono. This
body closed It's sc>s,oa on the l@,h inst. III,
reports from the different Parishes, according t,
the Cincinnati Atlas, were encouraging, anc
spoke iavorably Of the spread ofsound and pr
mitive church doctrines. There is, however, :
lack Of laoorcrs in the fclI owing principally
to the want OF funds to sustain them, Wish 4
view to remedy the difficulty, the canon Of tbs
General Convention, authorizing the Bishop;
to orGain to the order of Dcacons, persons o.
inferior education and mental requirements
than is now required for that holy Office, wa:
taken up and warmly discussed. 1t was passed
by small majority, but was subsequently re-
considered and postponed
STORM AT THE WEST. The Lee county,
Iowa, Democrat states, that by the recent storm
there, "every square of glass on the west side
of the houses was destroyed. The trees were