The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1845-01-22
N. York Correspondence of the sentinel.
Extract Of a lsttsr 10 ae Editor. dated

Extract Of a killer 10 ae Editor, dated
New YoRK, Jan. 6, ls45.
The trial of the
Right Reverend Bishop ONDERDoNK, in this city
has been concluded, and a majority Of his black
rObed brethren, who sat in judgment over him,
have declared him guilty of the charges prefer
red against him. 1t is needless 10 say that this
inquisition has caused a great amount Of excite
ment, not only in the Episcopacy, but among
persons of all religious persuasions. Notwith-
stPnding the verdict, the mass of the people here
look upon the whole affair as an ecclesiastical
farce. The Plaintiffs, (f such they might be
Called totally failed TO prove the material allie
cations, and the things they did prove, certainly
Imputed no improperly, much less criminality,
on the part of the Bishop. No doubt you will be
disposed TO laugh when | inform you that the on
ly charge of consequence proven against Bishop
o., was, that on two or three occasions, he very
atfectionately kissed some of his female parish
toner's in the presence of their husbands ! He
is one of those warm-hearted divines, who al
ways keeps up a friendly intercourse with his
hearers, and almost invariably salutes gentlemen
with a cordial shaking of the hand, and the la
dies with a holy kiss. Now, if the kissing pro-
pensities of the Bishop had been ~practised in Sc
cret, and with a criminal intent, then would
say by all means expel him from the Church.
But when he innocently embraces and kisses a
fair daughter or wife, in the presence of her ia
Their or husband, is there any thing criminal in
that? | think not, but perhaps | may be wrong.
1t is singular that Bishop Onderdonk, of New
York is brother TO Bishop Onderdonk of Penn
%sylvania, who was sometime since tried and
found guilty of similar changes as the above, and
also dismissed from his clerical functions.
This Gotham is all sorts of a place; indeed, il
is a world within itself. On the same street you
may behold princely splendor and starvation and
misery--chastity and prostitution touching gar
at the opera, while his neighbor is eating lis
last crust of bread, and knows not where the
next shall come from. This is a curious world!
Speaking of Operas, perhaps your readers out
there in the west would like to know something
about them. There is now an Italian Opera
house in full operation here, and is attended by
persons who know no mole about the Italians or
their language than do of the language of the
South Sea Islanders. They so because it is
fashionable! Fashion is a great tyrant! Will
lis Evening Mirror is half filled up each day
with criticisms on the Opera, and it finds thou
sands Of readers, who have an appetite for no
other kind of knowledge! By the way, the Mir
ror is going ahead finely, and is rapidly increa-
sing in circulation. The two great stars of the
Opera, are Pico and Borghese, lady vocalists,
who have won troops of enthusiastic admirers,
and seem TO have public appreciation divided be-
tween them Never did Egyptian worship an
idol with more zeal than some persons here wor-
ship these Italian v~ocalists; and on some even
ings the stage is strewn with wrcaths and bo-
quets, which are flung from fair admirers IN the
boxes!
Ole Bull, the great Norwegian violnist is still
here. The other evening at the Tabernacle, he
performed his celebrated piece called Niagara,
Witch drew together an immense audience. |
never listened TO any thing half so enchanting.
Indeed, no person could admire and appreciate
the beauties of the piece, unless he had first Wis
tied the Great Cataract. To an imaginative
and p%oetical mnd, the performance was truly
grand. AT times the sonnd of the violin came
to the ear like the distant echoings of the nigh
ty waterfall, aud anon it burst forth Ike Jovc's
own thunderings. 1t is u wonderful perform
ance, and far surpasses any thing yet attempted
by Ole Bull. Those who have heard Paganini
say that he vas inferior 10 the Norwegian as a
performer. Paganini played from notes alto
gether, but Ole Bull goes among the woods and
initiates Nature herself. His violin growIs Ike
a lion, or sings as melod:ous as a bird, at his
pleasure!
Ii is in contemplation, | understand, to com
mcnce a new literary paper here to be called
''YoUNG AMERICA" Twenty thousand dollars,
it is said, will be risked in the enterprise. Be-
sides a corps Of Editors in the United States, ii
will enlist the services ofEUGENE SUE, in Paris,
D'lsRAELI, in London, and many other eminent
writers abroad. Some think it will prove a po6t-
able speculation, but | doubt it very much.
A benefit is to be given TO General MORRIS,
the poet, and associate Of Willis in editing the
Mirror, at the Tabernacle, TN the Goth instant.
1t is TO be a grand miscellaneous concert, and il
is said, will put $4,000 into the pockets Of the
author of The Little Frenchman and his water
lots"
There is nothing new here i'll ths political
way. We are all looking forward with great
anxiety to the Inauguration of Colonel Polk.
Several hundred persons will go from this city
to witness the Inauguration, and some of them
TO fish for Office, more than any thing else.
The Message of Gov. WRIGHT, the Cato of
America, you will find in the Plebeian and Ar
gus. 1t is an excellent State paper.
Your friend, j. D.