The New York herald., 1845-01-06

This matter continues TO occupy great share
public attention Indeed, the excitement and In
terest attendant on it, have greatly increased since
the termination OF the trial. All sorts Of stories
are afoat, and vast amount OF exaggeration II
perpetrated. One of the Sunday papers had the
following
been the great feature the week. and the extraordinary
result has occupied the attention OF beth the moral and
topc The course Of proceeding was hus Bishop On
derdonk presented by three OF his brehren Of
Episcopal Church. under that Church which
by q general convention Of the diocese The charges
were nine in numbes, and charged generally that the
ner and form set forth in the specifications annexed The
ninth charge with its specification was threwn out by
the Court being too vague in net setting forth with SUIT
fcient mnuteness time, place, and circumstance
The first charge and specification sets forth that in
June, 1887 when travelling toward. Syracuse. in car
rudey embraced the LADY, passed his hand indecenty
under her clothes. about her legs, &c.
same lady, her husband being present. &c
The third alleges that in the of 1888 the bishop
was guilty Of indecency towards Miss Jane A. Bowles,
Utica and that Miss B. wss SO outraged by his conduct
that she had to leave the coach before getting to the end
Of her journey OF this, however, the bishop was &C.
Quilted there being proof offered to support the ale
cation
The fourth charged that in July 1885, he insuted Miss
This ehsrss was sbandoned the speccation not being
supported by the attendance Of the W tness named
The ah ss forth that in the summer Of ls4l he insult
ed Ellen NJ Rudderow, whilst accompanying her home
from church to the house Of her mother where he
The sixth charge was that Immediately after the bishop
aud Miss Ellen had got inside the house. he outraged the
feelings OF Jane Rudderow, the sister of the aore
named lady By hrustipg his hand into her bosom On
The seventh and eighth charges and specifications
cused the Bishop Of similar misconduct towards the wife
that gentleman Littleneck L. I-frst, while the
way home from church, in the middle OF the day and
subsequently, after they arrived at home OF this the
The testimony adduced in support Of these grave
charges s ssid to have been
said to have been submitted to BY the ladies when
Der OF other persons were present. az in the case Of the
of their husbands and that since the period when these
things done several had espsed and the par
ties had been the most friendly and aectonate footing
with the Bishop the ladies had net objected to his society,"
with the exception of Mrs. Butler and that nothing had
been said nor any whisper circulated respecting the
the transactions could have been called in sup
port Of the accusation Il was also alleged according to
in their crossexamnation, that they wore exceeding
high dresses quite up their hroats and that despite
the Of other Bishop
did get hs hand into their bosoms These and variety
Of other inconsissnces and improbabilies told
will appear in the testimony when the trial is published
This does not present anything in addition to
what we have stated, although some Of the char
ges are stated a little more expressly. The fact
was undoubtedly established that the Bishop had
been in the habit Of familiarly embracing or ca
ressng ladies of his acquaintance, and in all the in
stances alleged in the presentment, with The excep
ton Of one-that of Mrs. Jane Rudderow-in the
presence Of third parties Indeed this was admit
ted by Bishop Onderdonk himself, whilst he denied
the imputation of any improper motive. SO, after
all, the whole subject Of inquiry before the Court,
stated at the outset Of the investigation, was
into the quo animas, the motives and feelings Of
the Bishop in these salutations embracinss and
ressings.
The very remarkable fact was developed, on tho
trial, that IN none Of the alleged instances was the
Bishop visited with the indignation either Of the
parties said to be nsulted Of their relatives, to
whom they related the circumstances. On the
contrary, the Bishop appears to have been sub
sequently treated by them with more than fer
mer kindness and regard for in the case of Mn.
Beare it appeared that the husband was SO anx-
ious to have the Bishop for his guest some time
afterth commission of the offence now complained
OF, that he forced the prelate to violate previous
engagement, and, woers poIews, carried him to his
own dinner-table. Again, in the case of Miss
Rudderow, she insisted on accompanying another
lady to the Bishops house, for the purpose of pre-
ferring request relative to the use of the church
which she attended for secular purposes, alleging,
as . reason, that she was intimately acquainted
with the Bishop. The Rev. MI. Richmond was
in the carriage with the Bishop and Miss Rudde-
row ON the occasion stated in the presentment, and
yet he did not whisper an accusation, until, it is
said, after the Bishop had as he supposed, stood in
the way of his appointment to the Bishopric Of
Jerusalem.
The whole case isl a most singular one, and will
yet lead to extraordinary revelation of the in.
terna discipline, dssensions, feuds, natural hsto-
ry, and general character of great ecclesiastical
body. A meeting of the Episcopal Convention of
this diocese will shortly be summoned, and the de-
cision of the Court will be submitted to them. A
protest will probably be made, and, from all that
can be learned at present. it is not at all mproba-
BILE that the affair may at last end in the total dis
ruption Of the Episcopal Church in this country
The conduct Of the presenting Bishops is severely
censured in many quarters We do think that in
these matters the policy Of the Catholic Church is,
by far. the most sagacious. If Bishop or Prizes,
in that communion err, he is quietly put out Of the
way of disgracing his order, and the honor of the
church is saved. If Catholic Bishop were to be
too affectonate in his intercourse with the females
Of his flock, 30 as to excite the apprehension oil
public scandal, he 10 quietly told that he is wanted
at Rome-that he had better visit his Holiness =
then year or two of not-with all reverence be il
said-very terrible penance and modification Of
the flesh intervenes, and, after that, he is sent to
some other diocese. and continues bright and
shining member of the hierarchy. However, they
do these things differently in the English church
and we yet to sec the full fruits in this base
TEXANS IN NEW YoRK-GEN LAMAR.-We
hear with unusual satisfaction that this distinguish
ed stranger will receive the calls of our citizens
the Governors drawing-room, City Hall, on eithe
Tuesday or Wednesday Of this week.
The ex-President Of Texas is noble, whole
hearted, though most unassuming specimen O
Southern chivalry. The history Of his life is lik.
a story of romance. Like the Paladins'of old, ht
won the hand Of his bright lady-love by years O