Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-03-26
THE BATTLE OF THE BISHOPS.

Our readers are aware that Bishops Meade oil virginia.
Burgess of Maine and McIya!ne of Ohio addressed COM
municaton TO Bishop Doane of New Jersey urging MIN 10
call special Convention 10 inquire into charges OF grave
nature in connection with msappopriaticn OF LUNGS pre-
srred TO them by four lay members of the Church o New
Jersey against said Bishop Bishop Doane at frs feuseo
and in public paper very severe upon what no 30
clerically STYLED "papa umvirae Subsequently, nov"
oyer be summoned special diocesan Convention which on
Wednesday assembled at Burlington Bishop Doane oe'
vcrod an address, which he coniended that 'he hief
Rsboos hod no right whatever take any action j. o
nator after former Convention had disposed OF q oy
missne the case He disputed the nuthonr o' i VA n'0
Bishops 10 interfere with him. and censu"'o '"ei'
doing o,or,.,,
Ths subject referred to comm'''eo o' n'o ''.0
and fva Law deeca,es-whn eported sefios Vi
Tho fra, affirmed tina, conduct OF The three bshops was
upwsrrsnted by nr, canon, custom or usage OF s
The .,cond p4s resolution OF unshaKen commences IN
IN ,bs integrity of hia character and tho purity
,,. o,en,ons The third stated that the Bishop had al
been roady to meet investigation, and that the
nvenion had uways besn ready receive and consider
any charges against him. properly brought before them ou
that neither the good of the diocese nor OF the ch1cn a.
large required that any such investigation should be mace
After several efforts to substitute and amend, ana tne
wildcat latitude for debate Mr.. Hslsead (the layman 10
whom have already alluded, having led oil orgnaS
this ma,ter taking tho lead against the Bishop ths re-
solutions adopted by Of Clergy 25 to = ana
| Lay Is to 9.
One Of the lay delegates presented protest against tne
whole action aud agana the right of B.hop Doano 10 call
convention for the purpose of censung the of Bishops
of other doceses thus doing the very thing themselves
which they complained Of tho other Bishops for doing.
The Convention refused to allow proes, be enter.
ed on the mInutes--snd tho body adjourned sine dis
Though Bishop Doane regarded by his friends as having
anIned victory 10 said thu tho end Is not yet and thai
the matter will be brought before the Rsnsh of Bshop'
;. The yreinIa Censl Es Road was Monday The 18th
inst opened to Woodve eight mics beyond Charottes-
villa One hundred and Ave miles are now finished
Fifty miles of the Virginia Central Ra hoao from inc
Junction 10 Gordonsve are abou, 10 De aid WIN ran
We have received two numbers OF the Denoerasc STATE
Journal by " Geiger & Co., printed In Sacramento o'y
California I, ia published daily at SIG year, ano is one o.
the neaest printed papers ever saw May SUCCESS ~
! tendit.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, In noticing Inc 'a'o'en' y
Dr. Bucker of Baltimore, that smallpox 10 oilen oou
Gated BY means OF small notes. says:
Ths teller of one of the Banks of Columbus nm esuna
he man contracted the disease by handling oateh
@ which had been transmitted from this city, where the
emall pox then quite prevalent and IN nlahgnah'
Th. voung man died-and by such seemingly harmless
channel of communication that loahsome pesuehce
The Gauss of family losing their mans,ay in life
MOVEMENTS Of KOsSUTH =.
T,ou,.vr,Ir MAJOR 22-No preparations were made iol
ths reoepon Of Kossut at Memphis, Tenn consequently
! be did net stop there - a...,s5 4