Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-05-25
ALEXANDRIA,
FRIDAY EVENING, MAY IS, 1866.


In the address of BISHOP JOINS to the
Council Of the Protestant Episcopal Church of
.he Diocese Of Virginia, recently held in this
place, ve find the following paragraphs
"Aprili4 Ipreacheain Cabin Point Church,
end confirmed sig. april is. preached in
Brandon Church, and confirmed one. Both of
9hese Churches-Cabia Point and Brandon
which were handsomely built and furnished but
Z, few year since, have been so stripped and
broker during tbs var, IS to be u2it Tor use
when the weathe; is at all inelemert.'
vas at 81. Georges, Pongateaele, but the fine
visited it, was in good repair ncv found in
euips-nothing left but roof aad walls, without
g window Or door frame, and not the vestige OF
4; floor. The building had beer sharrefally
Gesecrated by being USED by caVarT regiment
20 stable their horses -
IFS these subjects are Of general interest and
concern, and have nothing TO do with religious
doctrines, ecclesiastical differences, or church
government, We choose to comment upon them.
Whilst we utterly discaim any other feeling but
chat Of proper respect for the office and character
0? Bishop, and in an especial manner forthose
oiEishop Johns,we cannot but express our re-
aGet-shared, we know, by some Of the best
members Of the Episcopal Church--that Re did
2ot inform the Council, and all others interest
&c, agho stripped and broke Cabin Point and
srarGon Churches-and ec}at troop of cavalry
'shameiuly desecratcd St. Georges, Ponga-
,oagre, by turning it INTO stable for their
,cr9es! What reader Of the present day, ig-
,orant Of the transactions referred to, or
wat reader CT he annals Of the Church here
.Itec, if he has only this address 10 consult for
reformation, will be cole 20 tell whether these
RESERVATIONS of Churches were Derpetratec By
ne people Of Virginia, Or by those from other
Gates anG other countries; or y7nether, N the
-ece2c great strife, they were committed by
Confederate or Federal soldiers? Now, Bishop
COINS address is an Official document, one Of
ne materials Tor future hist0ro, anG particular
~ 10: the history Of the Episcopal Church in
rev nc rise and progress: the tribulations
aa6 tie sorrows; the hopes and the successes OF
nc churches in the different parishes. When
crr descendants come, some years hence: to
.eea tiae accounts Of the Church during the
:ate four years Of bloody war, and peruse the
osge which tells that Cabin Point and Bran
:.cr -ere ''strpped and broken, and ''St.
Georges 2ongategue" was turned into a sta
2>lc';-will they not pause and ask, ''who did
reese :nings?'' IS not the inquiry natural
: i oct proper? Docs not the truth Of his
::o:y require that it should be answered? No
e4sonabe-no candid and just man will say
&C. But can proper or satisfactory answer
Dc given 10 this inquiry, by referring to the adj
;,gess O? the Bishop, who presided over the
CCau-ch during the war For augbt that ap-
-)oers IN his account O. these matters, the des-
eofstions we're committed by oar people, on
:hei: own SOIL We Go rot know that they
rsr5 not But if so, say 50. If they were,
e. ne sa and the shame rest upon the people
= Virginia, who we're concerned. If, on the
contrary, the Dissertation Of churches was the
:!orE 0? other hands-of armed men under the
Commend of officers from other portions Of the
country, carrying on war, III this century, among
civilized people, with the nations of the earth
u spectators and judges-say so-and let
zen, bear the sin and the shame. Why is this
-Soiect 50 gingerly treated? There was no oc
,ssicr Tor it. We ere as much opposed to
Ginning up strife, as any o9c--as Bishop
:ohns himself What is passed is dcne-sad
acre is no help for it. Bat to say WHO ei0
o..t tod CIV,
by C state any historical transaction In an in
eligible manner, and to indicate the truth Of
.a:o:ory 2or the information of future times
Ie nave heard of the Dissertation of ether
Jl::7cnes, (besides those mentioned above,
enc 5'ells Church, which is, also, referred TO in
<.snop Johns address, but We have no Official
2:C1.natiOn as tc them, and can therefore, Cay
letting ABOUT them. We have no doubt
::s1 Bishop ;. felt it his duty to speak Of these
matters Just as he did-and We would not
1seClessly pat our judgment in competition
<.::;t:i-: his, about anything. But having very
5tsong conviction that We arc right, We choose
&c cay so, fortified as We are by the opinion OF
:,sav ministers and members OF the Church.
yesterday, dispatches we're received 1tcm
lev Jersey, contradicting the reported deal
q Senator Wright on the Gay before, but STAT
.ns shat ne was very ILL., The mistake consc.c2
:ng AiS death was general; and was arlcuiloeG
y tae Rev York papers OF last evening v':;:h
obituary notices, as it has beer generally by me
t':es2 since. Preparations were being r-a:,o III
Congress else for ths usual e,'2gies w,el- he
despatched came from lJewa.'- denying Sc
-'e;cx.t.