enjoyed the royal privilege for his trade in Mad- Tsabd Mendez Correct an unmarried lady, was (Continued from puge 123, col. S.) , rid,—and condemned, for her faith in Judaism to spend her , י A GALA DAY IN MADEID, Angela Nunez Marquez, thirty-nine years old, life in prison. AN EPISODE FROM THE HISTORY OF THE SPANISH- widow of one Francisco Correa, together with the Isabel NufiezJorge , the wife of the ribboninanu- PORTUGUESE JEWS, BY DR. M. KAYSERLINO. daughter of the latter, facturer, Manuel Perez, was re-united t'o her bus- TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN FOR TnE Blanca Correa, a maiden of ei ghteen years, were band after one year's imprisonment. ass their lives in prison. Even travelers who passed through MadridנOCCIDENT. condemned 10 2 The same fate, with this difference, that be were not spared. T HE hour of deliverance drew constantly near- had now and then to receive two hundred lashes, Gabriel Thomas, called also Raphael Crespo er. The Grand Inquisitor alread made the si y gn was shared by Cortes, of Mallorea, came " en habito de percgrino," with his staff to bring up the criminals one after Francisco de Esp inoza, perhaps a relative of the to the capital of Spain , with the view of seeing the other, to place them on a raised latform in p illustrious philosopher. He had been given to men and the world. Instead of men, he learned the midst of the amphitheatre so that , they the world twelve years later than Benedict de to know the Inquisitors and their mercenaries,— might be exposed to the public gaze, and then Spinoza, at Mogodeiro, a small town of Porta- instead of the world, the dark dungeon. The to read to every one, for the last time , the sen- gal, whence many secret Jews descended, and jud gment pronounced on him was imprisonment tenco passed on him. Our reporter , Joseph del sold spiees in the streets of'Madrid. for life. Oluio, summoned the innocent wretches , ex- Another little town of Portugal, Pastrana, fur- Nearly connected with the Tribunal was the hausted by the heat, in the order their names nished many victims for this grand festival, family Robles. The following members thereof were recorded on a list made out by the court ; namely: appeared on our gala day : the bailiffs of the Inquisition , Dominican monks, Clara Mendez, forty years old , widow of Ga- Helena de !tobies, called also Selena Cardoso, accompanied them to the place of exhibition , briel Munoz de Alvarado. She traded in silks at wife of Diego Nuf iez, of Mogodeiro, in Portugal ; where they were to again hear their sentence. Madrid , assisted by her sons: she was condemned not only to imprisonment, With downcast eyes and uplifted hands , hold- Simon MwRoz de Alvarado, twenty years old, but also to a forcible inauguration into the mys- ing a burning candle, they listened to the sen- teries of Catholicism, in the forty-fifth year of tence, and Diego Munoz de Alvarado, a youth of only lour- he!• age. Her son , But no, no! we will not let our brethren de- teen years. The unfortunato mother never saw Geronimo de Eobles, a poor young tobacconist ; part from us without having first formed their her children again; for while these were sent to his wife, acquaintance, without having first inquired after ,ears, she was doomed to in- Maria Mendez; his brother־( prison for only two their names, homes, dwelling-places, families, and carccration for life, together with her single Salvador de Robles, who pcdlod tape and rib- former history ; for they are our kinsfolk, mor- sister, bons in Madrid ; his sisters, tals who submitted to every hardship for the lo- g Juana Mendez, thirty years old , and another Benosa de Robles, a maiden of fifteen years, and rification of their religion. Let us erect unto four years older, her elder sister by two years, them in these pages, though they were neither Antonia Mendez.—Antonia lived in Toledo, Maria de Robles ; the husband of the latter, scholars, nor poets, nor men of science, a perpe- where her husband, Antonio Rodriguez, a goldsmith ; tual monument, a tablet of memorial, on which Domingo de Posada , born in Braganza, traded Franeisca Nuf iez de Eobles, twenty-two years we may read in golden characters : "Here rest in linen. He was condemned to imprisonment old, and her husband, martyrs !" a column of glory on which we our- for six months, while their son, Bernardo de Paz, wore all thrown into'prison for selves, too,•may rest for support. Pedro Rodriguez de Posada, twenty years old, six months, because they had not sufficiently con- Let us, then, invite them to appear before us. was sent to prison for twelve months. But alas ! cealed their Judaism, and were then banished We will begin with, shall I say, the weakest , or his mother was for ever lost to her child and from Madrid for one year. the most pitiable? according to the order adojH- husband. There was furthermore for ever deprived of ed bv the Tribunal. 4 To the same family belonged also the sight of his city and his home, Antonio Correa, of Estramoz, in Portugal who , Isabel Mendez, a venerable old lady of sixty Doctor Rap hael de Paz, forty-two years old ; bore also the names of Manuel Diaz Sardo and years, and he was thrown into prison , there to end his days. Manuel Fnriqitcz, thirty years old , an exchange Dorene-a de Montalvan, fifty years old , widow Shorter terms of imprisonment of two, six, broker, (estafador a Portuguezes de la nacion ,) of of the veil manufacturer Francisco Mendez. Their eight, ton, and twelve months were pronounced Madrid. He was condemned to galley service punishment was imprisonment for life. against for ten years, and the confiscation of property. Furthermore there lived in Pastrana, and after- Pedro Vasqucz, born in Madrid, of Portuguese [".,ir, Mart ־^"?Manuela Ruiz, the wife of Domingo ?"TO Serrano, of • parents, twenty-two }'ears old ; Lisbon. She was very beautiful, and was called Maria minquez , who, when Jar advanced in Isabel Gonzcdez Hidalgo, surnamed "la Ctipida ," "Esmeralda " even when in her thirty-ninth year. life, was compelled to earn her living by spin- of Yalladolid fifty years old As she ; , widow of Antonio promised to improve in faith, she escaped ning silk but was now taken care , of for several Hernandez; she sold ribbon in the streets; her son, for this time with banishment for four years. years b y the Inquisition. Gasper Hernandez Hidalgo, shoemaker, as bis Of the family of Marquez descended from , Beatriz Popez Cardoso, of the family of Nunez, father also was; Villa-Flor, in Portugal, but then living• in Mad- twenty-one years old, the wife of a practising Gcronima de Govea, the wife of Juan Alvarez; rid, the following members appeared at this physician of Madrid , Doctor Juan Nunez was during her imprisonment she was auto : , compelled to torn from her husband for only six months. The receive religious instruction; Pedro Nunez Marquez, linen merchant, forty tobacco merchant, Francisco de Soria el Capon (cunuque), a linen years old ; his brother, Doctor Gasper de Campos, a youth of eighteen years, merchant; Geronimo Nunez Marquez, bod y physician of and his sister, that had just passed the age of Samuel Rodriguez Penamacor, called also Per- the king, (Medico de la familia de su Magcstad ~) , childhood , nando Perez Salas, of Malaga, but an inhabitant thirty-six years old. Both were condemned to Fclipa de Campos, were deprived of their liber- of Bidache, in France, who happened to bo in imprisonment for two years. But their sisters , ty for one year; the former was thrown into a Madrid attending to some business affairs. Deonor Nunez Marquez, forty years old, widow dungeon , the latter shut up in a convent, there And now, 0 thou unhappy woman ! who can of the tobacco merchant, Rodrigo de Silva ? Anr>nta A fathom thy wo,1 ",־who +" 1 , VOL. xvi.—23. 1 ;irises difference between human substance of the confession which accompanied Felipe ! Nogcira, sixtj' years old, widow of Puis from the great justice Human justice cannot the ordinary sin-offering in the time of' the tern- Enriquez, of Yilla-Flor, in Portugal, but then liv- justice and divine of motives and inten- pic,—and likewise of the high priest's confession ing in Madrid , and her grand daughter, read the heart, nor jud ge take into considera- over• the scape-goat on the Day of Atonement, I? '!'!/ncisca Nogeira, the innocent, lovely maiden , tions; it, therefore, can only which however only carried away the sins 01 whose heart-rending prayers Maria Louisa could tiou the act committed; whereas, divine justice, , , motives and in- those who earnestly repented. Criminals, sen- not grant, were condemned to imprisonment for which reads the heart and judges act tenced to death or to other punishments, but who life. The same was the dire fate of tentions, takes into consideration , not only the sincerity with which that repented of their misdeeds, must make confes- Isabel Enriquez, twenty-five years old, of Cha- committed, but also the h the acceptance of sion. So, likewise, must he who has defrauded ein, in Portugal ; of her brother, act is repented. And thoug from the free grace and mercy Ids nei ghbor, and who, repentant, makes restitu- Juan Antonio de Silva, tobacconist ; of her cou- repentance results is a necessary tion ; but who must not consider his iniquity a$ sin and husband, of the Lord, still that acceptance will which is, that his atoned for, until he has confessed the wrong, and Puis del Valle, likewise tobacconist, whose pro- consequence of the divine , remains firm in not doing the like again. From per place of residence had been Alcala do Hena- creature, man, should accomplish the purpose for ;he Maimonides takes occasion to tell res ; of bis young sister, which he is created , continued duration and eter- scape-goat, us that now as the temple is fallen, though there Felipa Enriquez del Valle, seventeen years old ; nal felicity. , the day of The efficacy of repentance is taught in every be no altar or sacrifice of atonement, appointment to Juan de Castro y Torres, and his young wife, part of the sacred Scri ptures. While the temple still retains the purpose of its certain closes the Anna Maria de Orobio, called also de Navarro, at Jerusalem was erect in its holiness, those whose repentance is sincere. He twenty-five years of age, born in Seville ; and of sin-offerings were instituted in expiation 01 chapter by explaining the nature of those sins her elder brother, certain transgressions of the Law, and as the for which repentance secures a plenary pardon which and of those crimes Antonio de Orobio, or de Navarro. He, how- outward evidence of the sorrow for his sin on the Day of Atonement, ever, was again set at liberty after the lapse of man felt inwardl y, and without which feeling the and ini quities which, though sincerely repented six months. offering was incomplete. Individuals were per- of, are not forgiven till after sufferings and death. The last condemned to imprisonment for life milted to bring these expiatory offerings at any In his second chapter, Maimonides treats 01 were time that their consciousness of' sin urged them two other requisites indispensable to true re? !lie Francisco Manuel Diaz, or de Torres, born in thereto; but for the entire people of Israel, pentanee. The first of which ho speaks is the Seville, but living at Pastrana, seventeen years Law of God appointed one day in every year firm determination not to repeat the sin of which old ; and when solemn atonement was publicly made, and man repents. To illustrate his meaning, Maimo? Juan Baptista Pcreira, of Monforte de Lemos, national sin-offerings were brought. When the nides places before us the case of a man who has in Galicia, a merchant, thirty-seven years old. temple fell, these Bin-offerings could no longer indulged in sinful sensuality, but has repented 01 All these had to listen to the solemn procla- be brought. But repentance, contrition, or the his sin. Should the opportunity offer to repeat mation of their sentences; but before they were inward sorrow for the sins committed, and the the offence, his physical desires and ability to sin taken away, the Tribunal forced them to commit sincere desire to return to God , still retains its remaining? unimpaired, and this man overcomes perjury. These persons, who had manifested such efficiency, and is, indeed, the only submission the temptation, not from fear of punishment 01 an energy, such an iron will, that they preferred which the free will of the immortal soul can offer from weakness, but solely from contrition—that spending their life in gloomy dungeons to apos- to "the God on High ," of whom that soul "is a would be an instance of genuine repentance. tacy,—these persons, unassailable in their faith, portion." Accordingly, the day of' repentance Accordingly, he goes on to say, "the repentance י were forced to pronounce the profession, "that and atonement still maintains its beneficent and which is entered upon and persevered in when God was not the solo One, elevated above all divi- blissful influence on the minds of Israelites man is in the prime of life, when the assaults of sibility and similitude,—was not, as their country• 'throughout all their generations, in all their temptation are fierce, and the ability to commit man, Spinoza, expresses it, the Ens Sunwium, the Iwelling-placcs, a statute for ever." (Lev. xxiv. sin is in full strength, that this repentance is far Most High, Self-existent Being." The bailiffs 31.) more efficacious than the contrition which is then took hold of them, and led them off to se- Such being the efficient influence on the pre- felt in the decline of life, and when the physical cure places. sent and the future which Jewish doctrine, in strength to sin is departed." But though less What mental agonies yet awaited them in iccordance with sacred Scripture, assigns to re- efficacious , this late repentance is still of avail ; their dungeons; how often the young souls thus pentanee, Maimonides, in compiling these doc- for though man has been a sinner during his torn away from the world and their beloved trincs, deemed it bis duty to enter largel y into whole lifetime, and repents not until his death- ones, wished for the long-tarrying death to come that important subject, to which, indeed, be de- bed, even then his repentance is not unavailing. -Kulcs re- The second great requisite, is contrition, sor " ,הלכות תשובה ,to their delivery; with what ardent longing they votes an entire section greeted their last hour, as the sweetest and most iating to Bepentance," which is the fifth of his row for the sin committed, and humble supp liea- the Book of Knowledge," or tions and prayers to the Divine Mercy. The" ,ס נ-ר המדע joyful of their existence—we will leave to the ima- Brst book gination of our readers to paint these sad image? ' of Thought," which book, as he himselfcharac- sincerity of his contrition and affliction mani- ries with the most appropriate colors. terizes it, " contains all those precepts that form fests itself in his obedience to the Law, in cha- (To be Continued.) the basis of the Law of Moses, and with which rity and beneficence, and in the penances which !nan needs, before all things, to be acquainted." the repentant sinner inflicts upon himself, and It is not his purpose to teach minute rules of among which voluntary exile is among the most practical repentance; for well he knows that powerful. Thus, repentance manifests itself in (Continued from page 129 , col. 2.) genuine, sincere repentance must be felt, not thought, in deed, and in words; by inward con- JEWISH DOCTRINE. taught, and that its manifestations are the off- trition, non-repetition of the transgression, and MAJMONIDES ON A FUTURE STATE,—REPENTANCE, spring of innate impulse or spontaneous thought, full confession of the wrong done. This last, AND THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD. but not of indoctrinated routine or acquired however, must be open and public only in cases T HE Law of the Lord is perfect, comforting practice. What Maimonides wishes to do, is to when man has sinned against his neighbor ; י__ ~_ , so"" as xto" place whereas when the sin is between man and God , "" ן..: "": ""principles ו """" "."great"."""+? general ,!..;!,!"-*...זthe soul. We may therefore rest assured, that establish the mode of atonement which our reli gion before the mind of the Israelite the rationale of the confession must likewise be from man to teaches, and which is founded on the word of repentance in its connection with, the rewards God alone; for in this case a public confession God, is true, comprehensible, and satisfactory to and punishment of the world to come. might seem hypocrisy, and would be impudent. ,Teshoobah , Be- • The section "on Eepentance" is divided into Maimonides closes the chapter by stating that ,תשובה man's reason . Its name is pentanee, sorrow for the sins committed , and a re- nine chapters. In the first Maimonides states, though the supplications for mercy of the re- turn to obedience and to God. It has been asked, that whatever be the sin or iniquity of which pentant sinner are mercifully received whenever What is the good of repentance? Can it undo the man repents, he must make confession to his his conscience urges him to pray, yet there is wrong done, or annihilate the pernicious effects God, plainl y declaring in his prayers, "O my God! one particular season special ly appointed for self- of sin? The answer to these questions is plain I have sinned and transgressed, and committed examination , penance, and pardon,—namely, the New" ,ראש השגה and satisfactory. The wrong done repentance ini quity before Thee, by doing," (stating whatever ten days intervening between -the Day of Atone" ,יום הכ3ור־ם cannot undo before man, but it can before God. wrong he has been guilty of.) "I am sorry and Year's Day," and It cannot annihilate the effects of sin in "this ashamed of what I have done, and never will I ment," that being the penitential season for in- world," but it can in the "world to come." This do the like again." This, he tell us, was the dividuals as well as for the entire community, when forgiveness is extended to repentant Is- lieving that the alleged baptism was never, in works of nature and the truths of Revelation. rael. It must, however, be borne in mind , that fact, performed; if it were it was administered This is a source of consolation to nations, par- the efficacy of the Day of Atonement, with its by an illiterate servant girl , when she was her- ticularly oppressed ones, just in the same way penitential observances and pardon, extends no self a child of about fourteen years of age, when as the belief in a special Providence is gratify- farther than to sins between man and God, such the infant's life was in no danger , and under cir- ing to the individual . From this point 01' view as partaking of forbidden food , indulging in il- cumstances which would , as wo are advised, ren- it is evident, that the Almighty overthrows na- licit desires, and the like. Whereas, the sins der it altogether invalid and illegal by the laws tions for a purpose, and preserves them for a whole man commits against his nei ghbor, such as in- of the Pontifical government. purpose, and that each, as a part of the , juring him in person, property, or reputation, Wo doubt not that your Holiness will find , has a certain mission to fulfil which is closely are beyond the reach of' the Day of Atonement; upon farther investigation , that the facts of this allied with its existence. The mission of the Abraham and no repentance can secure pardon, unless the unhappy occurrence are such as have been re- Jewish race, of the descendants of , offender has made restitution or reparation for presented to us, and we therefore venture to from Ur of the Chaldeans , is easily to be traced. of Revelation. the wrong committed, and has appeased the hope, that your Holiness will direct the restora • Israel was to be the depositary elucidation. There party offended , who must not be implacable; but tion of Edgar Mortara to his parents, his natural This expression requires many who believe that however grievously injured or offended , he is guardians ; and farther, that )•our Holiness will , have been , and are Still, bound to relent and to pardon when the offender by some act of the Pontifical government, inter- the natural power of man's mind is sufficient in bis perfection. To the honestly and repientantly implores forgiveness. diet the recurrence of any similar case. to comprehend God that nature is Directions how to proceed when the party of- Impelled by a sense of justice, and by the con- praise of the Creator they add , studded with the works fended has died before reparation made, com- sciousness of ' the hi gh position which your Holi- more than sufficiently powers of the Almighty, pletos the chapter. ness occupies, and of the responsibilities which of the attributes and the knowledge of the ex- It is needful to remark, that all the views it involves, your Holiness will doubtless receive so as to force upon man therefore argue, that a which Maimonides advances, he supports by quo- this Memorial and the representations of our istenoe of a God. They Irrespective of tations fro m the sacred Scriptures. To this, va- President, Sir Moses Montefiore, who has con- revelation was not necessary. Revelation rious commentators add corresponding opinions sented, at our earnest request, to present it to their denying thereby the truth of who from the Talmud. But all these quotations and your Holiness, with kind and patient attention. itself, (for had it not been necessary, God, that is superfluous or that can be opinions I omit, as my analysis, however con- Wo believe that the restoration of the child to does nothing• would not have given it,) they densed , takes up more room than probably you its parents will be hailed by the world at large dispensed with, knowledge of' the can spare. Should, however, any of your readers with entire satisfaction , and we feel assured that make the assertion without a ht of Revelation express the desire to know what particular text your Holiness, in according to our solicitations, state of all nations before the li g whom it has Maimonides adduces as authority for any par- will be upholding the sanctity of' parental rights, shone upon them, and of all those true, that a correct know- ticular assertion, I will readily comply with the maintaining• the claims of justice, restoring peace not yet reached. It is individual Greeks and wish. to an afflicted family, and securing the approba- ledge dawned upon a few but they were, indeed , only a few, and (To be Continued.) tion of the good and wise of every creed. Bomans; was far from being clear. London , 7th February, 1359. even their knowledge The great mass of the people had the most re- pugnant ideas of the godhead, and the edu- THE MOBTABA AFFAIR. dated, who were free from the infatuation of the WE have at length received an official copy of ON THE MORAL WORTH OF THE ISRA- populace, were addicted to sensuality and doubt, FOR ISRAEL. the memorial addressed by the Board of British ELIT1SH HISTORY (Pyrrhonism), or an entire disbelief (Epicurean- Deputies to the Pope of Kome, and we hasten to FROM THE GERMAN OF DR. PHILIPPSON. ism). Behold, I would exclaim to them, the lay it before our readers. We will spare them who in Africa even now pros- O UR history is distinguished from that of al! millions of men any comments as the document will speak for Fetish and offer , other nations in a twofold degree; for while or trate themselves before their , itself. sacrifices. Behold the millions the one hand, on account of our more ancient their captives as Japan, those highly cultivated To his Holiness, origin, it can bo traced back to a far greater an- in China and themselves before their The Illustrious Pius the Ninth, tiquity, it is, on the other, history from the very countries, who prostrate their own hands. Behold Supreme Pontiff. commencement, not legends and myths in which images, the works of pay (־Jiorrible dictu) Address from the Deputies of the British Jews. the earliest accounts of all the people of the earth the millions in Thibet who excrements of a man, regarding MAY IT PLEASE YOUR HOLINESS : are clothed. When Abraham crossed the Eu- adoration to the s them as the corporeal emanations of the god- IN the month of November, 1847, we had the phrates, when the seventy members of Jacob' head :—and then boast of man's reason , if you honor to transmit an address, offering to your family traveled with him to the banks of the has the power of elevating Holiness the respectful tribute of our thankful- Nile, when they subsequently left them, number- can , which, it is true, stars but which prefers not to call ness for the benignity evinced by your Holiness ing six hundred thousand men capable of bearing itself above the , such power into action. To those men, however, towards our co-religionists under the Pontifical arms, and when these formed themselves into a perceive that they themselves are government. nation in the desert, the bierogl yphant's tool who do not indebted, for the greater part of their vaunted The address was promptly and most kindly was already brought into requisition to perpetu- to the book of Revelation , which has acknowledged by your Holiness. ate these events for the eternal remembrance of wisdom, become incorporated with all oral The address and its acknowledgment are in- mankind. And 80 up to the present moment, so thoroughly instructions whoso sentiments are scribed on our records. with the exception of the period barren of events, and written , interwoven with every thing that Influenced by the recollection of these circum- from Darius, the third Persian king, in whose so entirely breathes a spirit of morality, whose instructions stances, we now approach your Holiness, to refer reign the second Temple was built (515), until have been so imbibed by us from our infancy, to a recent event at Bologna, which has occa- that of the Maccabees (107), (for of those centu- demarcation between reason and sioned to us the most poignant sorrow. ries we know nothing, except the arrival of Al- that the line of Revelation cannot any longer be drawn , it is al- This event has attracted universal attention, exander the Great in Jerusalem , and the recog- together unrecognisable. Revelation was there- and it is the general belief, that all the facts of nition of the Egyptian Ptolemies as rulers, 323 fore necessary for mankind, and, to say the least, the case have not been correctly brought under to 311 , and 301 to 203), our history lies open innumerable ages which must have the consideration of the government of your Ho- and clear before us, and the verification of a few it has saved a correct knowledge of' God could liness. dates, and the proper arrangement of the mate- elapsed before have been arrived at. This revelation required In the Summer of the past year , Edgar Mor- rials, is all that is wanted to write the history of , in the first instance a receiver; secondly, a pre- tara, a child of tender ) ears, was taken from the Israel up to the present day. The great pecu- and lastly, an eternal, visible proof (ar- dwelling of his father, Angelo Mortara, then re- liarity of our people and history excites in us a server, :/umentum. a p osteriori), which must not cease, in sklent at Bologna, and removed altogether from host of thoughts ; indeed, it cannot do otherwise ' the things argued should not fall to parental control. than excite them. The oldest race and purest order that the ground. The people of Israel received the The plea for this proceeding, so adverse to the history ! On the waters of history, as a modern Revelation , preserved it for themselves until the laws of' nature, was, that the child had been se- historian biblically expresses himself, the divine u ations of the South and North were fit for its cretly baptised some years previously, when still spirit hovereth. The divine mind is as clearl y these, then, namely, the Arabs in infancy ; but there are strong reasons for be- traceable in the history of mankind as in the reception. To and Germans, after being modified to suit their desert they became a nation. In possession of glish Israelites, to intercede there with the Pope wants, it was communicated, and thenceforth their land , they were almost every alternate half for the stolen Mortara child, and was unsuccess•: was incumbent on Israel the third duty, namely, century oppressed by the nei ghboring nations. ful , as any man with sound reason might have Under their kings, they were overpowered by antici pated. If we look on this result from one , ־()that of preserving the Revelation in its entire and of giving by their existence an eternal proof the great d ynasties of Asia , and at last had to point of view as a severe blow, we can neverthe- of its truth. These three duties of Israel , which remain seventy years in captivity in Baby lon. less, in another aspect of the case, regard it as essentially depend upon each other and form Having returned , lew in number, the yoke of the suffi ciently satisfactory that the many resolu- one, I have expressed above in the words, Israel ? I 'ersians . Syrians , and Egyptians weighed heavily tions which were sent forward to the world by should be the bearer of Revelation. How far can I upon them. Having liberated themselves through nearly all the congregation s of the Union, by ,incredible exertions, the world-conquering Ro- England , and other states, though ineffectual ן and must this fact influence us in a moral point mans soon became their masters, who at last still laid bare to the public execration the acts ן ,of view ? Truly, not as a theologian and zealot but as an historian, drawing logical deductions , 1 blotted them out from the list of independent of the Catholic church, abominable and barbar- and you, my readers, must perceive, that for our nations, and scattered them to all parts of the ous in themselves, and hurtful to the progress of co-religionists in particular the moral obli gation world , to encounter unspeakable misfortune. civilization : while we have also experienced the results therefrom, that, inwardly and outwardly, What a. path had they from that time forward, sympathy of many of our Christian (not Catho- we should make ourselves worthy of this, our for centuries, to tread. What an awful fate was lie) neighbors for the cause of Judaism, and for mission, and prove its truth. Like the diamond theirs, a weary journey, where their lot com- our severely oppressed brothers on the other side which is not encased in lead and iron, but in gold pelled them to shed many tears and to heave an of the ocean ; and many may have found a com- and silver, so must Israel, not as lead or dross, abundance of sighs. What was this intended pensation for the outrage in the contempt which but as gold and silver, ornament Revelation. for? We do not adopt the view that it was a Catholicism has earned from all this. Still, I find The Jews have often been reproached with punishment fro m the Almighty for Israel's sins. much in this matter which causes me some snr- having attributed so great an importance to the The prophets, it is true, represent the misfor- prise, and which I cannot avoid noticing, and I appellation , people of God, conferred upon them tunes of' the nation as such ; and this in their therefore request you, Mr. Editor, to give me a by the Bible, that they considered themselves mouths is right. We would to-day adopt the reply to a few questions. It is at first question- superior to all other nations. It certainly would same course if we wished to call the people back able whether we have acted rationally in the be foolish for us to boast too much of an appel- to a sense of their duty. In history, however, Mortara business; and we may be asked, as many lation which scarcely belongs to the nation, but we must find another cause; since the nation had a Catholic would undoubtedly do, why we raised rather to individuals thereof, as Moses and Abra- scarcely had breathing time, and had devoted such a hue and cry about a seven-year-old Jew- ham, who were worthy to receive the Bevela- themselves, from the time of the Baby lonian ish boy ? Had any one forgotten the cruel butch- tion ; on the contrary, it is evident from our his- captivity, with firm devotion to their faith. A erics, the horror-awakening, murderous deeds tory, how often we, in thought and deed, con- higher dispensation of Providence prevailed. which fanatical Catholicism, at the same time ceived it in a wrong light. Of one circumstance, 2. Having left Egypt in an almost uncivilized intent on plunder, has occasioned among the however, the whole Jewish nation may be proud , state, provided with a perfect constitution, they Jewish nation ? why, then, wake up the slum- of their not being induced , since the loss of their did not, on taking possession of Palestine, follow boring tiger? and all this for the sake of a single nationality, by any persecution or oppression, to the rules which Moses had prescribed for them, as child which, as the Catholics maintain, has been renounce their laws. The Maccabean wars with they only partially acquired the land ; they thus placed in a good institution, to secure the salva- the Syrians were the prologue,—1the expulsion threw obstacles in their own way, and wore hin- tion of its soul ? Perhaps you may reply, that from Spain , Portugal, France, England, the dif- dered at the same time by others from practising this is not the thirteenth but the nineteenth cen- ferent acts of the tragedy which is now fortu- the Law. They had kings who kept harems, tury. But I could tell you many such stories, natel y drawing to a close. The Author on High were addicted to idolatry, and led them to ruin. and every native of the Austrian dominions will does not wish, by a powerful and sudden stroke, Then, when they had the resolute will to fulfil confirm when I tell you, that Jewish children of but gradually, with a quiet harmony, to clear the laws of Moses strictly, the time was irrevo- fourteen to fifteen years old have been enticed, away all discordances. And thou, Israel, who cably past. Circumstances no longer permitted by means of flatteries and presents on the part art an eternal memorial of God's mercy, whoso it. Thus their individual mission to form a peo- of Catholics, into monasteries, and kept prison- duty it is to act as a guide, make thyself worthy pie, agricultural, quiet, and peaceable within, ers there, their sorrowing parents being denied of this, thy vocation ; remove the dust and filth and sufficiently powerful and isolated without, all access to them, either to see them or speak which the wdieels of time and the different na- so as to be capable of warding off all foreign in- with them, till the sacrifice was completed. tions have cast upon thee, in order that the sp irit fluence, and be devoted to the service of God These events do not belong among the rare oc- which animated thy forefathers may again be- and virtue, loving peace and forming a 'theocratic currences; but are they more pardonable because come active in thee, and pour its lusti-e over thee, people,—this individual mission, we say, was in they were executed in another form ?—and as so that the fruits which so long-preserved a seed a great measure not fulfilled. they have taken place as late as in the second ought to produce, may come to li ght. We do not 3. At last, dissolved and destroyed, their only quarter of this century, the question recurs mean by this to say, that the Israelites should temple in the midst of the land battered down, again , "Wh y is Mortara bettor than other af- become a nation of philosophers, theologians, and the land itself taken away, deprived of their ter- dieted parents who have been visited, by the biblical students, and , withdrawn from worldly ritory and every thing that holds a people to- same misfortune?" pursuits, devoting themselves solely to the study gethcr, and forms them into a moral unity, they We have . looked on many atrocities, and no of the Law—for man generally only knows ex- wore thenceforward delivered over to tyrannical one seems to comprehend how an Israelite could tromes—but that they should combine both ; and rulers, to the arbitrary control of' kings and peo- claim to be treated with.justice ; and it was at our sages knew full well that it was a thorough pie. What a fearful Scylla and Chary bdis! in one the same time that about forty young couples studying the Law, in conjunction with persever- place despised and deprived of all civil rights had to linger each from six to twelve months in ance and striving in the actual world, that is and privileges, in another, considered unworthy prison , the men alone and the women alone, be- praiseworthy and causes us to forget sin. It is to fill any public office. Scarcely was the air we cause they had been married against the law this which should repeatedly be brought before breathe, the common property of all, granted promulgated by the Catholic canon then ap- the notice of Israel , in order that the breach them. pointed by Austria to become president of the which separates business from knowled ge may (To be Continued.) city of Cracow. Concerning such and similar disappear, and that which is written in the Law abominations, which cry to Heaven for ven- of God and our sages may come into actual ex- goance, not a word of' compassion was tittered istence. from any quarter. Even of the late massacre of Let us now withdraw our glance from the MORTARA.—CATHOLICISM AND JUDA- the Jews at Galatz but little is said ; only the ISM. mission of Israel and its results, and take a gen- unfortuate Mortara was fortunate enough to era! view of the picture which this people pre- To the Editor of the Occident :— meet with the sympathy of the whole civilized sents to us. In doing this, many things will WE continue to read something of the Mortara world. strike us as remarkable. 1. Israel's ancestor tra? affair, both in Jewish and other newspapers; but I now ask you thirdly, what measures did we veled away from home and family. The cradle the latest account furnishes us, perhaps, the final resort to in the Mortara affair? We have indeed of the nation was in Egypt, where the fetters 01 act, namely, that Sir Moses Montefiore had jour- sent Sir Moses Montefiore , the champion of Is- slavery bent them down to the earth. In the neyed to Bome as the representative of the En- rael, to Bome, to petition the child-robber, the 2 3 murderer of Judaism, the toe of civilization , to bility of such an event we can furnish without Friday, " 13, 7th day of Passover_(6th of Omer). restore to us the prey which , so to say, ho held any difficulty; but one must suffice, to wit: the Sabbath, " 14, 8th " (7th " ) in his jaws. Is this befitting a nation, which was massacre in Gallicia; for when the Austrians " " 21, Shcminee. ,Sunday, " 22 the first to throw off a tyrant's yoke ? a nation, saw themselves threatened by the plan of a Po- , 1st E. H. Iyar. Monday, " 23, 1st day of " the laws of which enli htened the whole world lish insurrection in the year 1846 g , , , they conceiv- Sabbath, " 28, Thazrceang, Metzorang. and became the foundation stone of all civilizing ed the idea of inciting the peasants against their " May 5, Acharay Moth, Kedoshim. movements? a nation whose principle of freedom lords, and two commissaries were sufficient to Monday, " 7, Pesach Shenee. .laid down in the memorable words : "And infect , within twenty-four hours, three districts, Thursday, " 10, 33d of Omer 3 ^\ץ in all the land of your possession, you shall grant to such a degree, that the stupid people killed Sabbath; " 12, Emore. Thursday, 19, Behar (the ri ght of) redemption to the land?" Such a their own nobles, counts, and princes, sparing in " , Bechuckothay. Tuesday, " 22, E. H. Sivan. liberty-loving nation which even in the dark their cruel rage neither women nor children. , Sabbath, " 20, Bernidbar. period of the thirteenth century assembled in What may not be expected, if Jesuits would Sunday, " 27, 1st day of Pentecost. the family-circles every year on the night of the join such a movement, placing themselves at the Monday, " 28, 2d festival of our liberation, and spoke the words of head of it, and displaying a banner consecrated Sabbath June 2, Nahsso. hope for freedom , notwithstanding the oppres- by the Pope? and does not history give us abun- " " 9, Behangalothccha. sion of our fanatical opponents : " In this year dant evidence, that the Jew is the first object of " " lb, ohelach-ij echa. Wcdnes'y, " 20, 1st E. H. Tamuz.* we are bondmen, in the coming year freemen " attack at such occurrences? Thursday, " 21, 1st day of " —such a nation should deem it proper, in free (To be Continued.) Sabbath, " 23, Koraoh . America and England , to make use of the means " " 30, Chuekath. which wore employed as in the times of the cm- July 7, Balak. saders ?—thereby exposing the honor of a man Sunday, " 8, Fast of Tamuz. THE JEWISH CALENDAR FOR 5620, A. M., before whom kings rose up, and whom emperors Sabbath, " 14, Pinechas. (1859-1860.) Friday, " 20, R. H. Ab. and sultans received with the highest respect?— 1859. Sabbath, " 21, Mattoth, Massay. and all this for the sake of the Mortara boy, of Thursday, Sept. 29th , 1st day of Eosh-hashanah. " 28, Debarini. whom it was almost sure beforehand, that he Friday, " 30th, 2d Sunday, " 29, Fast of Ab.* would not be restored ? Sabbath, October 1, Haazino Sabbath Shubah. Sabbath, August 4, Vaethehannan. This would of itself be disgraceful ;. but it is Sunday, " 2, Fast oi Gedaliah.* " 11, Aykeb. not yet the worst ; for we have still a greater Friday, " 7, Eve of Kippur. " 18, Eeay, 1st E. H. Elul. Sabbath " 8, Kippur. Sunday, evil to apprehend; and if my fears do not deceive , " 19, 1st day of " Thursday, " 13, 1st day of Succoth. Sabbath, " 25, Shophetim. me a heavy, storm is impending over us. Wc , Friday, " 14 , 2d Sept. 1, Ki-Tbctzay. niay expect a crusade against us. I believe that Sabbath, " 15, Sabbath of Middle Days. " " 8, Ki-Thabo. the Motara boy robbery was done by the Pope Wednes'y, " 19, Hoshaana Eabbah. Sunday, " 9, 1st day of Seliehoth. .Nitzabim, Vayelech ,5־as a mere advance measure, in order to see how Thursday, " 20, Solemn Assembly Sabbath , " 1 .Simchath Torah. Sunday, " 16, Eve of New Year 5621 ,21 י ,the dark drama of the thirteenth century would Friday Sabbath, " 22, Bereshith. be received now. And how did the experiment NOTE.—According to the usual manner, as adopted in Friday, " 28, 1st day of Eoshodesh Heshvan succeed ? Admirably ! The Jesuit emperor has New York, Philadelphia , and vicinity, Sabbath com- Sabbath, " 29, Noach, 1st day of mences at 4 o'clock, P. M., from the 22d of November to promised the Pope to aid him with body and " Nov. 5, Lech-Lecha. the 22d of January; at 4£ from the 22d of January to soul ; the thin": will do, and there is no need tc " " 12, Vayera. the 22d of February ; at 5 from the 22d of February to trouble oneself about the alarm raised by the " " 19, Unaye baran. the 15th of March ; at 5£ from the 15th of March to the " " 26, Toledoth. foreign press. 8th of April; at 0 from the 8th of April to the 1st of Sunday, " 27, Eoshodesh Kislev. What has induced me to think so, is simply May ; at 6} from the 1st of May to the 22d of May; at 7 Sabbath, Dec. 3, Vayetzay. this : Catholicism now sees clearly enough that from the 22d of May to the 22d of July; at 6| from the , " " 10, Vayislach. 22d of July to the 22d of August; at 6 from the 22d of its reign is at an end ; enlightenment has already " " 17, Vayesheb. August to the 15th of September; at 5£ from the 15th of spread its wings over all mankind ; liberty has *Wednes 'y, " 21, 1st day of Ha'nukkah. September to the 8th of October; at 5 from the 8th of already enli ghtened the world with its rays; this Thursday, " 22, 2d " October to the 1st of November ; at 4J from the 1st of Friday, " 23, 3d the Catholics see well enough. The three heads November to the 22d of November. Farther South and Sabbath, " 24, 4th " Mieketz. of the church, Pope Pius, his beloved son, Fran- North the time should be changed, so as to agree more Sunday, 25, 5th " cis Joseph, and the saintly mother, Sophia, now " with the hour of the setting of the sun.—In the German Monday, " 26, 6th " 1st E. II. Tebeth. Minhag, they begin to say the Proverbs of the Father on stand solitary and alone, even their protestant Tuesday, " 27, 7th " 1st day of " the first Sabbath after Passover. " Wednes 'y, " 28, 8th־ allies are infected by the spirit of freedom, and will not come to their aid, unless excesses should Sabbath, " 31, Vayiggash. first have been committed by the people. Now, 1860. all this is a deadly blow to Catholicism; it has Thursday, January 5, Fast of Tebeth. NEWS ITEMS. Sabbath , Vayechee. to fi ght a decisive battle in order to save itself ; , " 7 " " 14, Shemoth. T HE SCHOOL OF THE CONVERSION SOCIETY.— it has to contend for life or death, even if it " " 21, Yaayra. This Society, as is known, supports two schools should thereby destroy all .around it ; and it Wednesday, " 25, E. H. Shebat. in London for Jewish parents, who are indiffer- must endeavor to lace its foot on the neck of p Sabbath, " 2S, Bo. ent enough to entrust the education of their chil- liberty, in one hand the destructive sword and " February 4, Beshallach. , dren to those who avowedly prepare them for in the other the consuming " " 11, Yithro. torch ;—it must needs Christianity. AVe regret to learn from the annual rule; and what it cannot attain through means " 18, Mishpatim (Shekalim). Thursday, " 23, 1st E. PI. Adar. report of this society that their schools are at- of the mental sword in a personal contest, that Friday, " 24, 1st day of Adar. tended by forty-seven boys and forty-nine girls. it must strive to reach throug h the torch of fana- Sabbath, " 25, Therumah. AMBERG, BAVARIA.•—The council of this Catho- ticism. Whether the wicked one, who wears a " March 3, Thctzavech (Zachor). shep herd's guise, may one day rise betimes and Wednes'y, " 7, Fast of Esther. lie city has passed an ordinance according to maintain that he has scon Mary appearing to him Thursday, " 8, Purim. which no Israelite is permitted to stay longer in in the shape of a dove, ordering him to exercise Friday, " 9, Shushan Purim. the city than twenty-four hours. Israelitish Sabbath , 10, Ki-Thissa. vengeance on behalf of the crucified one, as once " merchants can get no license. An appeal was " 17, Vayakhel, Pokuday (Parah). made to the proper authorities. ,(or " 24 ikra (Haehodesh ;גזרת הרועים happened in 1320 at what we call , Yay Jewish Chronicle. whether it be a monk in the cloak of a Capu- E. H. Nissan. chin, with an escort of Jesuits, going from place " 31, Tzav (Haggadole). INTOLERANCE IN E UROPE.—Notwithstanding to place, proclaiming an especial revelation com- Friday April 6, Passover Eve. we constantly hear of late of the appointment of Sabbath manding robbery and murder, as occurred in , " 7, 1st day of Passover. professors of the Jewish religion to various offi- Sunday, " 8, 2d " (1st of Omer). 1356,—it will all result in the same thing; for ces, and of an improved condition of our people Monday, " 9, 3d " (2d " ) wo, under such circumstances to Israelites and in general there are also continual evidences , Tuesday, " 10, 4th " (3d " ) , pro- protestants; and there will be ready many era- Wednesday, " 11, 5th " (4th " ) sentcd of tho perseverance in prejudice against saders to rob and murder. Proofs of the possi- Thursday, " 12, 6th " (5th " ) us in all parts of the continent of Europe, except perhaps, the Netherlands. The newspapers and a progress in one direction , that is to assimilate come after a wbilo ; but wo must wait as yet. political writers have not yet forgotten their an- the character of the Israelites there to that of To us, Russian people and policy are a riddle, cient scorn of Israelites, and the Jewish press their Western brothers. One measure lately com- which time only can unravel. As a token of a constantly brings to notice instances where this manded by Alexander, that all Hebrew mer- good progress, we may cite, that a school for re- prejudice gives itself vent no less to the injury chants and honorary citizens should send their ligious instruction for young females was com- of our people, than to the discredit of the enlight- children to the public schools of the empire, or menced at Mitau on the 27th of April last ; the enment of the age. It would therefore appear, to similar institutions which they may raise for number of scholars amounts already to thirty- that the approximation in manners and the in- themselves, is of that kind ; for certain it is that five. it will take a long while before the heavily taxed creasing laxity of religious observances, have not STETTIN, PRUSSIA.—On the late occasion of public schools brought about the perfect toleration which many people will be able to establish good leave-taking by Dr. Meiscl of his congregation so ardently desire. It would appear to us as the of their own; in the meanwhile, however, the at Stettin to repair to Pesth, as Chief Rabbi of most reasonable, to uproot all the ill-will against children will have to be educated in all branches that place, a public testimonial of regard was persons of another persuasion Israelites, for them to show a consistent religious of science by , presented to him by many members of his flock, which will tend to deteriorate materially their conduct on the ancient pattern of conformity, in the shape of a heavy silver cup, eighteen in- present habits if not injure their reli ious char- with the adoption of all such means of refinement , g ehes in height, lined with gold, and elegantly and mental progress as the intelli gence and lit- acter ; whether this be for the better or worse, wrought, and bearing a suitable inscription. The onl erature of the age place at their disposal. This time y can show.—The subjoined occurrence, lid is ornamented with oak leaves, out of which would do more to disarm bigotry of its weapons, dated at Friedrichstadt, June 23d, copied from rises a Prussian eagle, with outspread wings, sup- of' than all aping of gentile manners. While speak- the Allgemeine Zeitung cles Judenthums, August porting two upright tables, containing the ten ing, however, of prejudice, wo cannot avoid, in 8th, will prove how little of real liberty exists in commandments. A token of affection was also common with other Jewish editors in Europe Russia , and that the freedom of movement in the presented to him by the scholars of the Hebrew and here, to call the attention of our readers to pursuit of happiness is not known there. " Not congregational school, on the occasion of the an- Belli• the curious paragraph in the Pope's circular let- long since, tho merchant Herzfeld, of Bau- nual public examination, in the shape of a copy ter to the cardinals about the peace, lately con- sko, took a contract to do some earth-work on a of' Humboldt's Cosmos, and an Album, contain- eluded between the belligerant powers, after the small portion of the Eiga-Diinaburgor railroad, ing views of Stettin. The presentation was ac- brief war undertaken, as was said, for the libera- in the Riga District, to do which ho engaged companied with singing, recitations of suitable tion of Italy (!) from the yoke of the Austrians Jewish laborers ; but at length the country peo- poems, and an address by one teacher, to which and other tyrants. We quote the expression as pie were reminded of the prohibition of the or- the Rabbi duly responded. As some of our read- we find it in the Archives Israelites for August : dinancc-court, under penalty of a fine of f ifty ru- ers may know Dr. Meisel, we translate the ma- "This blindness has urged, in the last days, a bles, to permit tho sojourn of any Jew whatever; tcrial part of the above proceedings, which duly crowd of madmen, for the most part Israelites, in consequence of which all the Hebrews were celebrated the transfer of a man honored by his to chase away violently a religious family from driven away out of the Livonian territory. Herz- flock to a field of more extended usefulness. Pas- its holy retreat!" This charge is new to us, we feld applied, under these circumstances, to his tor and people part in peace with mutual good- know not what it refers to, and it seems the Eu- excellency the governor-general of Livonia, will, and the latter offer him their best wishes ropean editors are equally at fault. But we do Esthonia, and Courland, with a petition for a li- for his success in his new home. It is a specta- not believe that in the Roman states any such cense to be permitted to have his work perform- clo worthy of recording and worthy of imitation. outrage against a pious Catholic family took ed in tho Riga District by means of Jews, which I MPORTANT AND INTERESTING JEWISH MANTJ- place, at least we utterly disbelieve that a sense- was thereupon graciously permitted him." Many SCRIPT.—We are permitted to make the follow- less crowd, mostly Israelites, took any part in it, benefits are said to have been conferred on Isra- ing extract from a letter of the Rev. D. A. De if it actually occurred. Whether it is true, how- elites since his elevation as governor of tho Bal- Sola, of London, lately received by a friend : ever, or not, we agree with the Archives when tie provinces by the Prineo Italiiski, Count "Last week were sent to me six folio volumes saying: "Of what does this treat ? And if in the Suworow-Rimniski , for which the deepest grati- of a beautifully written Spanish manuscript work last events some Israelites have joined the mal- tudo is expressed. All this is very well; but why in defence of Judaism. The title is "Repuesta al contents, it was evidently as mal-contents, and should one man, and he not the emperor, have doctissimo Isaac Jacquelot intitulado Disertaciones not as Israelites. Why, then, does the Pope sig- the power to grant or refuse such a simple thing nalize them (which is an unheard of thing) to as to let any class of men work on a railroad? sobre el Messias donde se prucba a los Judios que J. C. es el Messias prometido en el viejo Testamento." direct towards them the hatred of the Catholics? and what can be thought of a people who will Jacquelot was a French protestant minister at We protest against this hateful outburst, not not let certain laborers do tho work of excava- the Hague very celebrated in his age (1699). It only in the name of our co-religionists, but in the tion on a certain highway ? and at last, does it , is the most remarkable manuscript I have ever name of all intelligent men."—Yes, it is unwor- not show, too, that the imputed idleness of Jews seen. The writing of the illuminated title page thy of the head of a church, so powerful as the is more the force of surrounding circumstances, and each volume contains on an aver- Catholic, to wreak his vengeance in this manner than any desire of their own to engage in mere is supurb, age 400 folio pages. It is also splendidl bound. against a class of men who have suffered so much, trading pursuits?—In Mitau, the chief town of y But the internal excellence consists in the ad- without doing any injury in return to their op- Courlan d, there are two thousand two hundred mirable learning and logical manner in which pressors, and this on the pretext of an outrage, Jews, of whom two hundred are merchants. A of which a paper so well informed in Jewish af- new Rabbi was lately appointed there; his name the argument is conducted. It reminds me much of English's style but displays much more learn- fairs as the Archives appears profoundly i gnorant. is Solomon Pucher, is a native of Kowno, and , AVhat would he have given to have seen it? But to our apprehension, it is another evidence has finished his studies at tho Wilna Rabbinical ing. It is now going over to your side of the Atlan- of the undying prejudice entertained against us, school. He is said to be a very scientific, though Mr. Gershom and it is also another admonition for us not to young man, from whom much is expected to tic, it having been purchased by Kursheedt. * * * I mean to make an ab- mingle in revolutionary movements, if we can promote civilization among the Israelites of stract in English for him. * * * Mr. K. will help it ; for if the revolution is successful , but Courland.—The Hebrew merchants of Mitau permit it to be inspected b any proper person. little reward will ever be bestowed on us; and if have lately been prohibited from making• their y "There has lately come into my possession the it fail, as mostly it does, we shall be surely the. appearance at the Ri ga exchange. At a ball in ori inal edition in black letter printed in the bo- greatest sufferers. Some may blame us for say- Tauroggen, a gentleman asked a Jewish lady to g -of the first transla ,(1553 5313) שי"נ inning of ing this ; but an unprejudiced looking at things, dance with him. The Christian ladies thereupon g , tion of the Bible made b Jews in modern times we are convinced, will soon justify us in the eyes quitted the hall, and their gentlemen finished y , y the Rabbins of Ferrara. It was then printed of those even who may at first differ fro m us. this truly noble adventure by thrusting•forth the b b Yom Tob Attias who dedicated it to Dona Too many Israelites were made unhappy through Jewish gentlemen and ladies. Complaint has y , h Nassi Duke of the events of 1848 without benefiting their coun- been made to the governor for this outrage. Gracia Nassi, wife of Don Josep , Naxos and the Seven Islands. About this trans- tries, sufficient to impose caution on all Avho are Though the two last items are but evidences of lation see more in the Introduction of Mendels- exposed to the same difficulties in choosing sides. the old and deep-rooted prejudice, and are no- , sohn, p. 11 , b. thing new, they show at least that we are right RUSSIA.—As usual, there reach us from this in warning the public against their supposing great empire of the North contradictory state• that an emancipation of tho Israelites has taken MARRIED—At Ph iladelphia, on Wednesday, August Deutsch M B. E. VENDIG, of ruonts; but they seem, nevertheless, to betoken place, or is even likel 24th , by the llev. Dr. L. , y to occur soon. It may Mempbis, Tennessee, to Miss OAUOLINE H ANF, of Phila.