The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-30
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NEW YonK, Oct. 80, 1869.
No More Sacred Opera BOune.
10 is said to be the intention Of those Clerqymen
who have recently left this port to attend the Ocu
mencal Council, to bring TO its attention the reform
OF the present abuses in regard TO opera bo6e music
in churches. TO tell the TRUTH the clergy here have
hitherto been very tolerant Of Onenbach. While he
was confined to the stage they said nothing about
him; when he walked into the church choir they
said little. OF late he has mOnopozed weddings,
and no nuptias were complete without some OF the
lascvous frances OF GenevieUe or Ba. be BeUe being
extracted and interpreted upon the organ. This,
grant, would have been very hard for the preachers
to endure. When clergyman wishes to preach in
q theatre, lie negotiates with the lessee and
don't pray for private box, meaning
to steal a march upon the audience and harangue
them during the performance. Onenbach has not
followed this upright example. Hehas sneaked into
the tabernacle, and mingled the melodies of La
Perchole and Boulote with the voice of prayer and
the accents Of the benedictOn. Perhaps one OF the
results Of the G1eumenical Council will be a know
ledge Of what good church music consists Of Henry
Ward Beecher hit the buls-eye in this respect You
hear no opera-bou6erisD,s at Plymouth Church, ex-
cept in so far as Heny-ward-B may be
so described, and You do hear congregational sing
ing something like a Boston jubilee considerably
toned down.
Pere Hyucnthe and his Dictionaries.
At last accounts Father HyaCinthe was hard at
been provided with a very excellent supply His
linguistic attainments already comprise Greek Latin,
Italian, and Spanish, in addition to his native
French. Whether or no he is anxious to preach i'm
English has not yet transpired but that he is anxious
to learn the language is very evident. The seclu-
sion that he insists upon in his room at the Fifth
Avenue is as rigid as though he were in private
house, and it is only just to Mr. Darling the propre-
tor to acknowledge that he does everything to main
tain the exclusion that the holy father so evidently
desires.
The friends Of the late
Paul SponOrd
have Tor the last day or two been busy over their
breakfast tables scandaZing his memory and retail
ing,anecdOtes which do not present him IN very dig
nifed or loyabe light Mr. Sponord answered the con-
ditions which describe the prOyerbal wise man-he
understood the art of keeping money as well as that
of getting it. His funeral is to take place
tomorrow from his late residence in Fourteenth
street. SO well did he understand the art of
keeping his money that he grudged even
charity, and the severe mem0ry in which he long
held one Of his partners for having subscribed one
thousand dollars for charitable purpose still
forms topic for anecdOte with those who well re-
member the circumstance. His notorious penu-
riousness the cause of jokes being frequently
played upon him, the ''nub of which was the veXa-
tion of soul he experienced in being obliged to pay
wine bills which would have been ruinous to a poor
man, but were in reality tribes to of his for
tune. ALI BABA