The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-09-08
OUR NEW York LETTER.
THE AsToRs-A NEw CATHEDRAL-THE
s-PoLITICAL-THETR TRADES UNIONS.
New YORK, August 10, 1876.
THE AsToRs.

NEW YORK. august 10, 1910.
THE AsroRs.
John Jacob Astor, son OF William
B., is arranging for monument to his
father, or rather the deceased Astors,
which will have no parallel in this
country. It is nothing less than an al
tar in old Trinity Church, the designs
for which are now being made in Nun
ich, and which is to cost over 500 900.
The Episcopalians have held to Trinity
Tor reasons other than that of reverence
for the old church and its beauty. The
old New Workers went up town to live
very reluctantly, and with reason, for
the area below the post-office is thous-
and times more pleasant than that above.
They believe that the lower wards will
be again filled with dense population
in the course of a few years, and that
consequently old Trinity will again be
a centre for wealth and fashion. Con-
sequently they are spending money law
ishly upon her, and that is why Dir.
-Astor selected it as the church for his
memorial altar, in place ofone up town.
a GRAND CATHEDRAL.
Speaking of churches, the Episco-
palians whose interests lie up town have
determined to build a cathedral that
will eclipse in size and style anything in
the United States. They have selected
tract of land up among the fashion,
abIes, (those who go to heaven in pur-
pc and fine linen if they don't break up
before they can get their property in the
name of their wives,) ard propose to
raise s2,000,000 and erect thereon such
cathedral as will put the Catholics
even to utter shame and make the jew
ish Synagogue look small. 1t will COW
er an entire block, aud will have every
thing known to ecclesiastical architec-
ture that money can bny. The sum
necessary to insure its erection is now
almost raised, and it is sexpected to COM
mence it next Spring.
THE JEWS
Speaking of religious denominations.
the Catholics, who are by all odds the
poorest OF the denominations, can build
the biggest churches aud raise money
the easiest. The vast body of laborers.,
and servant girls, the poorest paid aud
closest living of all the labor of the
country, contribute money to build
vast cathedrals and churches most ex-
pensively fitted and furnished. With
these giving is made a religious duty,
and when the priesthood calls, the
money is paid withou: a murmur. The
Jews, without being under the control
OF priesthood, nor subject to ally in
huence aside from belief in their re
ligion and devotion to it, build the
most gorgeous church edifiees of all.
Their new synagogue on 9TH avenne is
the most honor to them as a people.
and it will be long time before it will
be eclipsed. They are more wealthy,
per capital, than any race on the CONT
nent, and the orthodox Jew believes in
his religion with all the favor of Cath
olic, with the difference that his belief
is one always of intelligent conviction.
But the glory is departing from Israel.
The young Israelitcs are mingling and
mixing with the Gentiles; they are
adopting their habits and customs. and
little by little Judaism IS losing its hold
upon them. They neglect the ohserv-
ances OF the Church, they modify its
doctrines, and doubt as to whether its
usages have binding force. In short,
the 'shickory Jews" are in a majority,
and the orthodox are groaning in spirit.
The Nathan murder is almost forgotten,
The murdered man was an Israelite of
the strietest style. He kept Saturday,
and in all the obseryances of tie Church
was as strict as a Rabbi It was the
great grief of his life that his sons were.
every one of them, liberals They In
with the Gentiles, they as
sociated with them, and in every way
refused TO have any of that exclusive
ness which is necessary to the perpetu-
alton OF such a system. The young Is
raeIites of the city are mostly young Ma
thans, aud one or two generations will
not destroy Judaism in this country, but
it will modify it SO that the difference
between it and Unitarianism will be
very slight.
POLITICAL.
The Tilden Committees have got
heir arrangements completed, and will
vigorous work at once The
two States in which the most work will
De done are. of coruse, Ohio and Indi-
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