Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-08-15

FIRST VISIT OF BISHOP GIBBONS TO STANTON
Bishop Jas. Gibbons, Catholic bishop of the do
cese of Virginia and Administrator of North
Carolina, arrived in Staunton on Saturday
night, on his first visit to the church here, and
on his way to administer the sacrament of con-
| frmation in the churches of his diocese in the
| Valley and the church in Martinsburg, West Vir'
ginia which is also in his diocese. He was guest
of Maj Ed. McMahon. Early on Sunday morn
ing he administered the sacrament of conhrma-
ton to 81 children and adults, and at Hlgn
Mass, at 10 o'clock, delivered short address,
founded on the history of the Pharlsee ana PUP
lica n, warning his hearers that religion was not
mere matter Of form and must be made mat
er of the heart, which should show its results IN
a holy life. At O'Clock Vespers he delivered
sermon from the text in St. PauPs epls'le TO
'he Ephesians, 4th Chapter. 1t was listened 10
by densely crowded congregation, including
large attendance of members of different denoml-
nations. The subject was the unity OF falth.
The sacred music of the day was exceptionally
well rendered. One piece was the Kyrle from
the Mass in F, by Schmidt and the other was the
Mass in D, by Peters, in the latter the Solo
"Crucifxus," being well sung by Mr.. Jno A
Pizzini, a member Of St. Peters choir in Rich
mond Miss Ker of St. Francis choir, sang an
Ave Maria at Vespers, most Delightfully."-.
Bishop Gibbons is q young man. the youngest
bishop in the American church, and is q man OF
talent and an orator He was consecrated in the
Cathedral at Baltimore just three years ago, as
Bishop of Andramy ttum and Vicar Apostolic o.
North Carolina, and was transferred to Rich
mond just two years ago to fill the place of that
able man Bishop McGill. The diocese of Vir-
ginia over which Bishop Gibbons presides con-
tains Is churches, Is chapsls and stations, II
priests on missions, IL ecclesiastical institutions,
IL clerical students, female religious com
munities 6 female academies, male parochial
schools, 6 female do, l hospital, 6 benevolent
institutions, and orphan asylums with Ill in
mates. The Catholic population of the diocese is
10000. There is one church in West Virginia,
that at Martinsburg which is included in the
diocese Of Virginia The Bishop left here for
Harrisonburg on Monday, accompanied by sever
al members Of the congregation of St. Francis.
TRIP TO UTAH.--Mr. 0. Cleveland, of this
county "a member ofthe Mormon connection, has
just returned from trip to Salt Lake city where
be remained about two months. He says those
Mormons who left Augusta for Salt Lake, Jos.
Flory, John Flory and Miss Eakle are doing well,
the last named having married well to do Nor
,nd Fn1qnpp cinpp her arrival there or
the plurality of wives, Mr.. Cleveland says he
saw little, though the house he nd his son, Mr..
A. Il. Cleveland formerly clerk in Stanton
lodged in was kept by two ladies who were wild
ows of the same husband. They were well be-
haved and lady like in their department. The
cost of living in the city is cheap, both he and
his son living for $40 month. On the Sunday
before he left he attended the new tabernacle
where there was congregation of about 10, QUO
people. Brigham Young who looks like man
of S. though 10 years Of age preached, as ALSO
did two or three of the elders. The city Of Salt
Lake is four miles square and so filled with fruit
trees that one can hardly see the houses which
are small. The streets are WIDE laid off at
right angles and the cutters on either side OF
them run with clear spring water. lie saw no
i'll feeling between the Mormons and Gentiles as
"outsiders' are called, except with ring Of
Federal officers who are suspected by the former
of being always ION the make" The land
around settlements in Utah is high, but that
away from them is very cheap. The most prom
inent desire Mr.. Cleveland says he saw among
the saints, was that to be let alone and mind
their own business. He purposes to return to
Utah at some future day and settle.
PROFESSOR APPOINTED. - Mr.. Rhodes Massie,
Augusta county now Principal of female Col
lege in Petersburg, was on Wednesday elected
Professor of modern languages in Richmond Col
lege. He is son of the late Nathaniel Massie
of Waynesboro, who formerly represented this
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