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The Daily Dispatch: August 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], Pastoral letter. (search)
Pastoral letter.
We have received a copy of the "Pastoral Letter to the clergy and members of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in the State of Arkansas; by the Right Rev. Henry C. Lay, D. D., Missionary Bishop of the South west." The letter gives a lucid and interesting record of the work of the Episcopal Church in that diocese, and is accompanied by a paper of marked ability on "Our Relations to the Church in the United States." Bishop Lay, after an examination of the Constitution and Canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the old United States, comes to the conclusion that the Episcopal Church in the South has an unquestionable right to claim ultimately a distinct organization as a National Church and is prepared to unite with his brethren in organizing a General Convention of the Church in the Confederate States.
In reference to his own jurisdiction in the missionary field, which was derived from the General Convention of the old United States, he proposes to advise wi
News from Missouri.
--We are informed that a private dispatch was received in this city on Saturday from a very reliable source in Arkansas, which states that at the recent battle near Springfield, Missouri, the Confederates lost, in killed, wounded, and prisoners, about one thousand, and the Federals lost twenty-five hundred in killed, wounded, and prisoners.
General Lyon was killed.
Six cannon were taken, besides a large amount of stores, wagons, &c., &c. The Federal rout was complete.
Generals McCulloch and Price were in hot pursuit of the enemy, and they entertained confident hopes of capturing the whole of General Siegel's command.--Generals Hardee and Jeff. Thompson are moving to the northeast with a view of cutting off General Siegel's retreat towards St Louis.