Phenix Gazette

Episcopal Convention in Tennessee.--The Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church for that of Tennessee was held at Franklin, Williamson county, during the last three days of the week ending on the 29th ult. The only important measures which we have heard of adopted during the session, was the election of the first Bishop for the diocese of Tennessee.-- This measure, if confirmed, as we presume it will be, by the approbation of the several standing committees of the conventions of the other states, will have an important bearing upon the interests of the church in that state.

The individual selected--the Rev. James H. Otey, of Franklin--is well-known in Tennessee, and is highly esteemed wherever known, for his high intellectual powers, his classical and scientific attainments, his ardent zeal for the good of the church, his self-devotion and disinterested labor in its behalf, and his exemplary life and conversation as a minister of the gospel. The Episcopal Church has been gaining ground in this state with great rapidity for a few years past; new congregations have been formed in many places; and the forms and institutions for the church have been introduced where not at all previously known. The election of a bishop will, no doubt, have a favorable and important influence in aiding the further extension of the church.