Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-04-27

tlonal light, would not allow longer delay in my
submission to the Catholic Church, and before ma
king that submission wrote to my diocese let
Ter of resignation, of which the following is the
concluding paragraph:-.sIn conclusion, as this
act UNEXPECTEDLY to MYSELF antedates by some
months the expiration of the time for which I
asked leave ofabsence, and for which so prompt
ly received from the members of your body an adj
vance OF salary, hereby renounce all claim upon
the same from this date, and acknowledge my obi-
CATION toretnyn, at the intimation of your wish,
whatever You may have advanced beyonIl the 22nd
ofDecember, 1852.
l shall now only add, that the eyes of God and
His Church are upon you, waiting to see whether
you will have the magnanimity to do an act of
simple justice, andpublsl this contradiction of The
statements you have sent abroad, in your next pa
per. a. ms ...-
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 5 (
l. SiLLMAN Ives.
Late Protestant Bishop of North Carolina.
In connection with The following is a letter from
Judge Ives, of Connecticut, to the editor of the
"Church Review =i.~ .-a71ssp = il.s,2 -
"Sir-The statements which you have read TO
me, and which you propose 10 publish, of con-
stltutional tendency to mental deranghment in my
fathers family. and also of certain facts in proof
of such tendency, have no hesitation in saying
are FULLY sustained by my own personal know ledge;
nor have any doubts that the conduct of Bishop
Ives, III his late detection TO Rom, must be at
trbuted at least in part to that same cause, viz:
hereditary tendency 10 mental arrangement, ag.
IL.
am, very respectfully your obedient servant,
EBENEzER II. 1vEs.'s 1N
The edifce is a remarkably neat frame building,
forty by sixty, with end gallery and thoroughly
finished. 1t cost a trfe under nine thousand dol
lars, and is out of debt. No money was raised on
the day OF dedlcahon-that point had been secured
befote. | have seen no hour of brighter hope for
the capital of this territory than this There is
revival of religion in progress among the people.
SAN FRANcIscp.-The California Advocate of
the 10th March thus speaks of the several church,
eS in that city: :
The churches of the city were filled on Lords
day with very large audiences One of the city
papers notices the fact that Trinity Church wa S
crowded, and that Mr.. Wyatt, who arrived in the
Golden Gate, to take charge of the congregation,
is preacher of excellent ability. /
We are informed that Rev. Mr.. Williams, re-
ceived over fifty members by the single arrival OF
the Golden Gate, week before last. His church
on Stockton street is full every Sabbath. {
The Rev. MIR. Hunts church is also well filed.
The new building, so much needed by the society,
proceeds very slowly.
The NJ. E. Church on Powell street is also well
filled. The Rev. NJ. @. Brigg, recently appointed
PASTOR is very warmly received by his intelligent
congregation.
The Unitarian congregation are still destitute Of
pastor. The church building, however, is car
ried on steadily to completion. We have not learn
when they expect preacher. -7rt
The Baptist churches on Washington and Pine
streets are also favored with large attendance.
The arrival of eight missionaries who have been
sent out by the American Home Missionary society,
six to labor in California and two to proceed to Or
egon, is matter of much interest. They spent
last Sunday in the city, and filled several pu pts
with much acceptability.
Since Thursday, the 10th ult., the Ri. Rev. the
d Provincial Bishop of New York has confirmed SO
persons, of HON were converts from Romansm.
Among the passengers in the Devonshire, which
sailed for London on the 18th inst, were Mr.. R.
u Morse, and Rev. Samuel Irenaeus- Prime, edi-
tots OF the Observer. After travelling through the
British Isles and the continent of Europe, MIR. p
intends to proceed TO Egypt. the Holy Land, and
Nlnevah, visiting on his way ,thither the various
missionary stations in the Turkish Empire, with a
view to make himself familiar by personal observa-
ton with the life aud toll of the missionary The
senior editor still continues at his ost, and during
the absence OF Mr. p. his place will be supplied BY
his brother, who is already known under the signn
ture of 'Eusebius.'
Rev. Prof. Jackson, of Trinity College, Con-
necticut, has retiIed from the edito.shp Of the Cal
,endar. The name of his successor is not vet an
nounced. tt.lt
The standing committee of the diocese of Rhode
Island, have invited the Right Rev. Bishop Bur
ges, of Maine, 10 perform Episcopal duties to that
diocese.
Rev. MIR. A. Crummel, formerly Rector of the
church of Messiah, (colored) in the city of New
York, and whose admission to the degree of Bach
elor of Arts the Queens College, Cambridge,
England, has been noticed, has been appointed
Missionary TO the coast Of Africa. The Foreign
Committee have under consideration several adj :
ditional applications for appointment 10 the Afri-
can Mission. ~ -. Is45-s5
The season of Lent, just closed, (thej p hladel-
phia Episcopal Recorder says,) has been marked
with more than ordinary seriousness and attention
to spiritual things in many of the city parishes
Adult baptsms have been numerous, in some con-
gfegations as many as twenty, and the candidates
for confirmation have been proportionately large.
We see that nearly all the Protestant clergymen
of Boston have united in memorializing the Post
master General 10 discontinue the Sunday mail.
which was not long since established between N,
York and Boston. The memorial contains an ar
gunent for the strict observance of the Sabbath as
holy day, and calls attention to the danger which
threatens our free institutions, from what they call
the gradual breaking down of this bulwark Of mo-
rality. I. Pc ID