The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-08

arahla man. Christians in the puress ana /
most exalted sense, are the objects OF uniIOrin
reverence and respect; even their late ene-
mics Weld it to them. The Rev. Mr.. BAKE
well event out as orderly sergeant OF tne
5th Company of the Washington Artiiierss
Cant. Slocomb, and fought at Shiloh anu
elsewhere. and became a clergyman and the
ehaplain of Mississippi regiment supSe-
ouentIy, in which character he IS propa"s
well-known TO all who served in Johnston
and Hoods army. He is a man of warm
sympathies, unhagging ZEAL deep earnest
ness and fine abilities as preacher
Ofthe distinguished celebrant you neeu
no description from me. The Blshop u
AIrbama has made his mark in the history
of the times, and my only regret is tnat no
did not insist on retaining for his, and,so lar
a. his influence conld go, for the other
Southern dioceses, that primitive diocesan
ndeDendence. which if not national" or IRE
publican" is, at the least, scriptural ana
apostolic
when the Bishop was here, some weeks
aro. lust after the revocation by Thomas,
after a fashion, of his interdict by military
authority, or rather power without author
ity, but before the publication of the reVo-
cation. he administered the rite of contirma-
tion in Trinity church in the morning and
was to have administered it at night IN
Christ Church, but hearing that Gen. Sher-
man. not the Sherman but Sherman, had
| issued an order to prevent him, and not
having been expressly invited by the stand
| ing committee of the diocese to officiate at
Christ church, he staid away. The next
day he received an apology from Gen. s,
who had then learned of the revocation,
who told him that he could proceed, but it
was too late. 1t is said that the intruding
vestry of Christ church, Yankee interlopers,
who crcpt in under Butler, the Beast and
Banks, the profigate, were the instigators
of this treatment of the Bishop of Alabama
Friday night last and to-day their skector
succeeded in causing them to hear the
truth at the lips of this distinguished pre-
late, and Tuesday night he breaches to the
young men in that great church.
Monday next, 18th inst. on dit, we are to
have our first city election since the advent
of Butler. boon which has for the year past
been denied us,-not by the Federal author
ties, but by the corrupt and false men who
derive their power under the fraudulent
State Constitution of 1864. OF course, there
is great preparation for the event. We cal
hardly be said to have parties here, Tor th'
Wells and Kennedy party can hardly elect
single member of the Council from an.
ward in the city, and assuredlv not th
Mayor; and the Radicals have hardly NOR
in their ranks. The National DemocratI
party is therefore quite secure of success.
: have my own doubts, belonging as l d.
to this organization, whether this is happ,
circumstance, as | fear that the selection
, made will be of men who make otfice-holdin
, trade and occupation. This is the curse @
| republican government and of popular sovt
reignty l am getting more and more /
: doubt as to the wisdom of unrestricted SUI
frage, for which have so long been the az
. vocate. In one of the wards, the most popr
| lous in the city, a printed ticket IS up IL
= delegates to the Convention, composed who
T ly OF the most ordinary and cheapest pu
= chasable material, and the likelihood is tina
G it will succeed at the ward meeting.
: l regret to add that cotton manifests SON
Il disposition to fall off in price, owing to tt
G depressed condition of the gold market an
business in general, as indicated by our Ne
York advices Our latest New York advice
l. quote it as weak at 435 to ~. GREENS.