Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-11-19


FrxEaAr. or rsE Hox. .TouS II. GLsyTox.
The obseauies Of the iafe John 81. CLAYTON took
place on Thursday afternoon, At three o'clock, At
Dover, the capital of his native and beloved
State Of Delaware from the house OF his nephew
l J. P. Comegys, Esq. where he died The order
! of the procession was as follows 81. The un-
derfallerz. 2. The reverend clergy 9. Physl-
clans. ( Chief nourners-fion. VIM. n. Mcr-
edith. Hon. Jas. A. Bayard, Hon. John Wales,
and Hon. p. B. Spruance. s. PaIl-beare-s, con-
,Hsting Of Chancellor Johns, Chief Justice Har-
rifgton. Judge Hall, AM Capt. Frank Dupont,
q S. y. Then followed the ieafse. with the
corpse Of the deceased statesman, attended BY
his faithfil and attached personal servants. 8.
Bearers consisting Of Governor Gausey, Cover
I nor Hazard, Governor Polk, Judge Wootten,
Judge Houston, William d. Lewis, General
Groonle, and Norton ssc5liehael z The Bar
l Of Delaware. 8. The family relatives Of the
deceased. 9 Persons from q distance. among
whom were Henry @. Carey. Charles Gilpin,
e. j. Dupont eaptain Hollins Z. s. n, .JIlSige
3iilligan, President NeFlin, Professor Porter,
and many Others, as mourners 10. 4 large
procession Of citizens from all paI IS of the State.
sfr Clayton was Inferred In the burial ground Of
tie presbyterian Church, OF which he was =
st the grave. the Rev Mr. Murphy, the pas
/ tor, performed the last sad rites In his dis
course which was conched In feeling and APP
propFiate terms, he said that Mr.. Clayton had,
during the last few months Of his life, become 3
most deyout and sincere Christian, attentive to
all his religions dulles, and full of faith IN the
saying Influence of Christianity. I'D win readi-
Ily be imagined. thefIneral Of a man who had
I flied 50 large space IN the public mind at
tanned to such distinguished national honors,
and reflected so much Instre upon the State
which gave him birth, and whfth so steadily adj
hered 10 his fortunes attracted very large con-
ftfr all ~
/ Delaware. but from distance Mr.. Clayton
( was a man greatly loved and respected in his
fown State. Ia testimony of the popular feeling
at his loss meeting Of the citizens of Whining
/ ton was held on Wednesday evening" at which
Hon. Willard Hall presided assisted BY the Hon.
JAS A. Bayard, Thomas Rodney and John Con-
fnell, Esqr's, rs Vice Presidents. Tbc President
bore honorable testimony TO Mr.. oiayton's true
worth, Us man and rs q statesman as did also
Mr. John B. Lattimer.- p'sila. North 1nneri-
can, 18Th.
ASoTHER cHuRca Boog- PrBLlsursG CosrRo-
yERsY.-A communication appears in the Church
/ Journal ofIast week, attributed to the pen OF
Bishop Delaney, in relation 10 .grhe Church
Book Society ofthe Protestant Episcopal Ghurt, ?
and generally defending che management Of that
institution. AS an evidence ofthe confidence OF
the church in it, he mentions that more than
ISL, e0Dswcre promptly subscribed for it in con-
sequence Of the representations ma ofits needs
ito the late General Convention, and adds:
"Slnce the Adjournment of the General Con-
vcntion, meetings. have been held in New York
and BROOKLYN. At the Church OF the HOLY Com,
tmuuion, pne thousand dollars were given OF
rrti1fis e-iiapeis fsey.
enteen hundred dollars were given or pledged.
in Grace Church, Brooklyn, about twelve hun
dred dollars were given or pledged. Another
meeting is to be held at Trinity Chapel, on Sun.
day evening, the 10th, when renewed appeals
will be made, to be met with renewed and en-
larged liberality, as we firmly belicYe.n
The writer proceeds to task the sympathy,
THE prayers, the love andthe liberaiity of alth
members of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
In every diocese, every parish, and every family
4 Throughout our land, and then states that 1T a
recent mectingof the Executive Committee it
was determined:
/ - u. To place the establishment, as soon as
practicable, in smaller, cheaper and more suit
able and accessible stand, for Its objects
4 y 10 adopt rigid principles of economy in
its management
-. To reduce its business, rs soon as posi-
BILE, TO a cash basis
81 To place the Editorship in the hands Of q
committee, with the Provisional Bishop of the
4 Diocese at its head.
70. To makeamanly appeal to- the Church,
to sustain thisSSociety in It's holy work of pro-
giding good, sound, true, faithful, evangelical,
nourishment for the lambs Of the fiock-the
/ children 30f the Ehnreh m fsssE5 + &