The New York herald., 1845-02-03

| fashionable, pious, and devout circles in the land.
In hs city the book of the trial occupies the hands
and tongues OF ali orders in society, from the news
boys who cry out" Here's Bishop Onderdonk for
three shillin'p' up to the highest patrons OF Teli
gon, virtue and morality Perhaps there never
has been such sensation produced IN the literary
and reading world, by the publication OF any work
IN any past time The sale OF the "book" already
exceeds that OF any of the novels ct Paul de Kock.
Bulwer, or Eugene Sue, and the effects Of lis IN
discriminate and universal perusa, coming, as the
work does, with all the sanction Of the Protestant
Episcopal church, and the holy council OF Bishops,
in the present and future generations, will only be
seen hereafter
One singular fact has been overlooked, however,
in all the newspaper reviews that we have OF
this case. la OF the specifications OF the pre-
sentiment, which was abandoned on the trial pro-
baby as unnecessary, the Bishop was charged
with numerous other offences of like character
with those in evidence as furnished by the tes,i.
mony OF Mrs Butler, the Misses Rudderow and
Mrs. Beare, and is said that there many other
cases throughout the diocese of New York, equal
ly rich and luscious, perhaps more than dozen,
almost a score, that could have been brought up
against him if the pious females had summoned
energy to come up to the rescue OF the church in
the presented II this be so, it only adds ano-
ther strong, palpable and poetical feature to the
manners and morals of the religious circles Of the
holy Episcopal Church In fact, as matters now
stand by the developments of the Bishops them.
selves,we doubt whether the Mormons, in the holy
city of Nauvoo, can surpass in their minstratioDs
of love and affection amongst themselves, the pi-
Gus circles of the Episcopal Church. Indeed the
interc curse of the Bishop with the female Saints,
appears to have been but another phase Of the
Spiritual wife system" of the Prophet What a
strange state of things and what strange era of
the world Who can analyse the philosophy OF
these matters.beginnng with the Episcopal Church,
and running down through all to the Mormons
themselves
Our EXPRESS FROM THE SOUTH We find that
when our express is not interfered with by the
subordinate officials in the Post Offices south of
Mason and Dixon's line, we occasionally send
New Orleans news backward and get it into Phila-
delphia in advance of the regular mail The
Philadelphia Gazette of Saturday evening says:--
No New Orleans papers received this morning at our
office The Nep York Herald Of this morning he's dates
by express TO the 23d ut Our last the 22d There
was no news.
And all the cities and towns north Of this even
iato Canada, are now almost daily indebted to the
New York Herald for southern news from twenty
four 10 forty eight hours ahead of the government
concern called "the mal'' In proof of this we
give the annexed from the Kingston, (Ca4ada)
Whig, OF the 2Sth ult =
special Express of the Ne,g York Herald brinss New
Dreams papers to The 18th instant in advance the mail
We annex copious details of the intelligence,
for which we are indebted to the enterprise of the Ne
York Herald
We have done great deal OF late to expedite
the mails over this country, and it would not
prise US were we to show to the public that the
transmission ofe'ters anu papers from the extreme
south is even now, with government express in
operation, delayed twenty-four hours longer than
is really necessary. We have driven the depart
ment into an enterprise by which our merchants
can receive their letters one day than under
the old arrangement of the mails We may yet
gain another day in the time occupied in the trans-
mission OF the correspondence from New Orleans
to New York, and thus still further benefit the
commercial community. If no one displayed any
enterprise, the mails would 'sdrag their slow length
along' forever; we should be without southern
mail for days. But we mean to drive them ahead,
by showing to the merchants and others what car
be done.
ANOTHER DUEL ON THE TAPIs I'VE perceive by
the Philadelphia papers, which seem to have early
intelligence from New York, that another duel is
on the tapls in this city amongst certain dstin
guished parties in the moral and literary world
II seems according to this account, that some one
has challenged N. P. Willis, in consequence of
some offensive publication growing out of the re-
cent Onderdonk controversy. 1t is not mentioned
who the challenger is, or where the duel is to be
fought, who the seconds are to be- or any other
particulars. If there be any fighting on the subject,
suppose the Brigadier will have finger in the
pie as fighting has been his profession for twenty
five years past He can both fight and celebrate his
heroic deeds in song. We doubt however, whe-
ther this story is accurate in all its details. There
has been great deal of bad feeling, indeed, and
begerent sentiment evolved in the progress of this
Onde-donk controversy, and the exposure of the
Onderdonk practices, but we doubt whether any
actual fighting will grow out of the subject.
although there may be great deal of wordy war
fare.
NAVAL REFoRM.-We perceive that some move
mcn!s are making ia Congress IN relation to naval
retorm-a subject which has been sadly neglected
for many years past, but which has had the strong
est possible claims the attention of the national
legislature. There is no department of the gov
ernment which more demands rigid investigation
and reform than the expenditures, morale, econo-
my, and every thing connected with the naval de-
parment. We have received. during the last few
days, a number of reports on this subject, in con.
necton with certain naval expenditures in Florida
made by Lieut.. Mclaughlin, which are great Gu.
riosites in their way. These reports and commu-
tions we shall make the subject Of rigid ANALYSIS
as as possible. They will show up the man.
ner in which persons entrusted with power and
authority in the navy waste the money Of the pub
lie and squander it in every possible way.
MORMON ATFAIRs.-The Legislature-bo,h bran.
c.4es-of Illinois, have almost unanimously and
unconditionally repealed the Mermon charters
What effect this will have upon the Mormons, time
alone will tell. 1t may break them up and drive