Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-08-17
Religions Intelligence


Milan. Italy, and also American Consul at
that place, is now in this country on visit.
The church in Enosburg, since the COM
menccment Of the renewal Of their house OF
worship, have met in the Academy. The at
tendance instead Of diminishing by reason Of
the change, has steadily increased. The pray
or meetings are fully attended the church
much quickencd and some conversions have oc-
cured rccently.-Rey. William Claggott act
ing Pastor at Washington, n H., died Aug. |
1st at the age of about ~ years. He had
been in the ministry some forty years. lie
preached in Mortified, West Hartford, and
other places in Vermont +; also in Ben.
nington, Westmoreland and other places in
New Hampshire He was good man, sound
in the faith and devoted to his work.--The
people Of Peacham visited their retiring pas
tor, Rev. p b. Fisk, on the evening Of the
l4th inst, and with them came the cornot
band, with a resolution aud a present Of ten
dollars The people also presented Mr.. Fisk
with silk dress pattern, hat, gloves, and
cotton cloth nd lib. In cash and yaluablcs
the presents were worth not much less than
one hundred dollars. The young men also
requested their pastor to let them know when
he wanted his goods taken to the railroad,
being evidently determined to get him out
Of town." in the most fraterna and cordial
way.
Methodist.
The Methodist adyertises some forty.iye
camp-meetings during August and the first
week of September.-The statistics Of the NJ.
T.. church of Vermont, give the number Of
preachers belonging to the conference and re-
siding in the State, as 1853; local preachers,
81. The average salary paid to pastors, be-
sides house rent, is S60079. The value of
church edifces is set down at 1925, $50 Of
parsonages, S16s,75 The number Of church
members and practitioners, is 1922; Of
Sunday school scholars, 3S0.-Bishop
Ames is to dedicate new and beautiful NJ.
f. church in Portland Oregon, on the 2lst.
Bishop Simpson returns from Europe about
the Goth inst.-Dr. Whedon, editor Of the
Methodist Quarterly Rericc, with his family,
is stopping at Sheldon, Nt---The Methodist
Society at Shelburne, Vt, are to erect new
house of worship 1t is to be built Of stone
from the Willsboro quarry, and to be in the
form of Cross.-The meeting of the
Burlington District Preachers Association,
appointed at Shelburne, on the 9th, 9Th
and 9Th Of September, is postponed to the
same place.--The Boston Preachers Meeting
has been discussing the expediency of holding
camp-meetings on the Sabbath,
baptist.
The Colby University at Watervile Maine
has lately received donation Of $40 900 at
its semi-centenniql commencement. -David f
Pierce, a recent graduate of Newton Theo-
logical Seminary, was ordained to the work Of
the ministry at the Baptist church in Chester
August 3d.-Rev. Henry Morgan baptized
four adult persons in Boston last Sunday, one
of whom was the oldest woman in Boston
Mrs. Hannah Hawley, aged ninety.sx years
The Baptist Society at Gloucester, Massa.
chusetts, is erecting beautiful church at an
expense Of ,000.-Important improve
ments in the Seminary at Newton, Mass, arc
in progress.-The Rhode Island Baptist Edu
cation Society is now in its eightietb year
There are seyenty-six Seventh Day Baptist
churches in the United States. Reports from
ffty-four of them give membership of 6,67 !
Liberal Christian.
The ordination of Mr.. W. T. Ross, paso
and minister of the First Liberal Christian
Society of Castleton, will take place on Wed
Convention of Uniyersalists, suspended ten
years, is to be reorganized at a three days
meeting, beginning August l9.-The Yer
mont State Convention of Unversalists viii
hold its next annual session at Woodstock
Wednesday and Thursday, the oath and 25tl
of August, 1870. The Council will NEE
Tuesday evening preceding at seven o'clock
Episcopal.
One hundred and eight persons have beer
confirmed by Bishop Doane in Clinton anC
Essex Counties, New York, since July 18th
Rev. Dr. Samuel Osgood, late Of the Churcl
Of the Messiah UNITARIAN, has been ordaine
Deacon at the Church Of the Holy Commu
Mon, Bishop Potter officiating aud Bisho
Quintard preaching an appropriate Sermon
Mr. Edmund S. Foulkes a learned Roman
list, was received back into the communion O
the Church of England at Oxford on Whit
Sunday, the 9th of June He left the An
gelican faith about fourteen years ago.-B
rule no student can study in the Genera
Theological Seminary in New York unless h
is pledged to fit for the Episcopal ministry
Bishop Wilmington has offered to present hi
valuable library Of nearly ten thousand vo
umes to the Episcopalians of Washington,
they will provide for it suitable fire proc
building.-It is expected that the Episcopi
house Of worship in Chester, will be complete
in December next, at a cost Of about Sl0,0 0'
Catholic.
We see il stated in the Christian that sixt
Of the clergy in Madrid have left Rome an
formed new free church. and that u prize
in Estramuda has come out, bringing fourtee
..lo 81
has helped on this movement A priest
Madrid of Jewish blood has joined the Pro
estants, and is reported to be a very eoquel
man. he went six weeks ago to Avila,
town where there is seminary of Catho
priests; aud his preaching drew such Grove
that the theaters were shut up except Q
Sunday, when some fool.hardy player on III
stage undertook to abuse the Protestant
He was Immediately whistled at and hoote
by the audience, who insisted on his real
pearance to retract all he had said The r.
suit is new church in Avila.--The Egli
LiJre Of France Of July 10Th, protests thu
the excitement in favor of war then risir
was artfully famed by Catholic prejudice
against Protestant Prussia The Tablet,
New York city, in its last issue, says thu
"eyery Catholic must sympathize and tai
sides with France, the FIRST Of Catholic n
tions. "A letter from Pere Hyacinthe pr
testing against the declaration of the dogn
of Papal infallibilty has appeared, and caus
a sensation. The Catholic organs attack Il
letter and its author with much bitterness
Rev. Father Vanderplas jealous Cathol
priest, died in Petersburg, Va, on Thursda
The French Catholic Society of Vergenn
took an excursion to Fort Cassin Hou
Thursday morning, on the Curlew, returnil
on the afternoon boat They numbered II
The Hungarian government has notified Il
Pone that II will snnctinn M snsnensinn Of n