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The Daily Dispatch: November 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], A thrilling night incident. (search)
Affairs in Philadelphia. From the latest Philadelphia papers received we gather the following items of affairs in that city: The clergy and laity composing the Episcopal Convention reassembled yesterday morning at St. Andrew's Church, and proceeded again to ballot for an Assistant Bishop. At the thirteenth ballot the vote stood as follows: Dr. Stevens, 85; Leeds 50, and scattering 14. Bishop Potter then declared Dr. Stevens to have been elected Assistant Bishop of the diocese of the State of Pennsylvania. He is the rector of St. Andrew's Church, in this city. The election had then to be confirmed by the laity. Each church, numbering one hundred and fifty-eight in all, sent three lay delegates to the Convention, together with the clerical delegates. As the confirmation of the doings of the clergy remained with the lay delegates, a number of the latter claimed the right to confer together before they took action, as each set of delegates casts but one vote. A motion