ponents, that no one can be more opposed to a contradistinction to what the ministers 01 rcn- A BOARD OP DEPUTIES. church tyranny than wo are; but we ourself too gion require, is more than we can determine; No. II. often want li ght and information, and therefore but to our understanding there can be no diver - In our No. 15, we commenced a discussion, desire to have those at hand who have the confi- sity of wants whore the interests so perfectly co- somewhat desultory indeed, on the plan indefi- dence of the !)eoplc , and are able to impart to us incide. For we hold i ( self-evident, that the peo- nitcly propounded from New York, respecting a such instruction that we can follow it imp licitl y pie both need reli gious information and arc also Board of Deputies for the !Tnited States. Since in our private affairs and in the administration desirous to obtain it , as much as the ministers then we have had a conversation with a gentle- of public business. should be capable and anxious to impart it. To man in Baltimore, received a letter from an in - But in stating this as one,if not the first of all suppose for a moment that it were otherwise fluential Israelite in the West, and inserted a the objects of a Board of Deputies, we do not would constitute our religious teachers a species communication in our last from Dr. Mayer in mean to confine its action to this point only. So of oli garchy with interests divers and separate Charleston, all , in a measure, controverting the much can be done by united action, so many from those of their constituents, in which case position we assumed. Dr. M., indeed , has level- things are needed outside of the field of politics , they might be fit to represent the Church of ed his criticism more against the idea itself that we are surprised that the absence of all, which Roine, but not the law given by God through have said ; but wo take it for distinguishes other reli gious communities, has Moses. When we therefore gave prominence to 6י\ץ than any thing granted that we shall be favored before long not long proved to the lowest capacity, that we the selection of a duly authorized ecclesiastical with his objectionsto our especial views, and will stand in want of a union for a thousand matters, council, wo recommended what we believed to thereforeproceed to discuss the topic as though neither absolutely religious nor altogether politi- be of the highest importance to the whole peo- we had been summoned by all sorts of parties to eal. We need imperativel y a high-school for the pie, of whom the ministers are but a small por- defend our position, not hastily assumed. training of ministers and teachers; wo require tion, and this instituted not for the especial bene- In the first instance it is maintained, that the school, reading, and devotional books; we must fit of the persons constituting 'it , but of the whole ,Another question altogether is it .־people want a Board for political purposes, mean- have hospitals and widows' and orphans ' asy- communitj ing a jxjpulardelegation whose business it should linns; we stand in need of agricultural colonies; whether, under present circumstances, it. is prac- be to look after the civil interests of American of means to train up boys as apprentices with- tieablo or even advisable to form this council. and foreign Israelites, in order to assist them out the necessity of violating their religion ; we This now brings us to the consideration of that whenever any wrong is done to them on the should have houses of industry to give work to part of our article in which it is thought we part of states or religious sects. A Board, they the unemp loyed poor,and more things yet, which pronounced an excommunication against certain say, such as could be charged with the supervi- with the !!!creaseof population will become daily persons whom we might as well have named , as sion of the Swiss Treaty, the civil disabilities in more and more matters of necessity, if \\ e desire retcrred to, since they are all sufficiently well North Carolina and New Hampshire, the Sun- at all to ])reserve the character for superior mo- known in the congregations of America. We day laws, and other similar home transactions, rality which we have maintained hitherto. x\ll stated , and repeat it now, that "it would not be and the Mortara case, Austrian and Russian op- the branches thrown together here need , ami practicable to allow their (the reform congrega- pression,the massacres at Galatz and Odessa, !fee, God willing• to spare us, shall receive special and tions) Rabbis to have a vote in religious matters, and other like events happening 'abroad , is need- separate discussion ; we only group them now till they have purged themselves from the reports ed to give strength to the opinions and means together, to show at a glance that a Board of of heresy attached to them now." This is not, of individuals, which would be uselessly express- Deputies, composed of laymen or ministers re- however, denying the people or the ministers ed or expended, while unitedly they could be presenting the people simpl y as delegates, would their full liberty which they enjoy here, to be as brought with effect and force to influence com- have emploj 'ment for all their talents arid the little .lews as they may deem fit. But surely it munities and entire states. At the same time it means their constituents could raise in any rea- would be the height of folly in us to go to a so- is contended, that no ecclesiastical authority is sonable time , while an ecclesiastical committee called .Rabbi for a religious answer, when we required, since the people can, as hitherto , re- should dispense religious informationto the peo- knew from reliable reports that he transgresses sort for information to any man who is reputed pie as the portion of their work in the division the precepts of religion, or teaches doctrines learned in the law, to guide themselves in mat- of labor for the public good. If after all this which are plainly against the letter of the Bible. tors of conscience ; and that hence we were amount of exertion there be time and inelina - They preclude themselves by their acts to be our wrong in attaching the importance we did to a tion left to look after our political interests, we teachers; all we would therefore require of them council of learned Rabbins to be established as would oppose no objection, only that wo should is to confine their votes to general questions, but the first thing the Board should do after their hesitate, for our part, raising a Jewish 01• Israel- keep silent, or show that the reports concerning organization. Our friend, it will be seen, differs itish political party in the country. Every He- them are false, when matters of practice and from us altogether respecting the object of the brew can vote for himself; and thus, though ques- faith are discussed. They are confessedly the Deputies. Wo confessthat we do not deem for- tions which concern the social position of lsra- minority as yet, whatever they may become eign polities, and, for that matter, domestic ones elites might be brought forward, no one should hereafter; and they should therefore not come also, as deserving the special consideration of be advised how to vote; for this would place us forward to carry disunion into meetings where Israelites in America in a body, except under in antagonism to other persuasions, an evil which their co-operation might contribute to promote very rare circumstances: while, in view of the should be carefully guarded against by every the general welfare, but would prove pernicious distracted state of our religious affairs, since lover of our people. We need no church and in regulating ' matters of reli gion. If reformers every local Rabbi, Hazan, Parnass, and Shamas, state, nor dictation from our superiors how to think themselves free to do as they please , the to borrow the language of a contemporary, act as citizens; all we require is light, a clear old fashioned people have the same,ri ght to con- makes laws to suit his views, and propounds such appreciation of the questions of the day, and we suit those onl y in whom they have confidence. doctrines as true Judaism, as seem best in his fear then not to trust to the good sense of indi- It ' we were, a reformer we would not desire to opinion, we hold it the duty of all friends of our vidual Israelites to pursue the safest course for come into collisi on with the orthodox; we might faith to endeavor to heal the breach, or, if that the general welfare. Even a difference of ways pity their blindness in not going about the world be impossible, as we honestly believe is the case, and means resorted to, would work no real in - huntin g for every new rush li ght to displace the to consolidate the portion who are yet faithful jury to a particular measure, for which, in the radiance of the sun of truth which has shone under the guidance of honest, learned, and po? abstract, they all might profess to work. over us for so many centuries; but in doing this, pillar teachers. Wo assure both friends and op? To know precisely what the people want, in wo.should leave them undisturbed in any thing vol. xvr.—20. 1 which could give tranquillity to their conscience. falling,of the heavens as tottering and perishing, sage reads thus: "The people that dwell in Zion Or is reform so intolerant that it must give the of the sun as becoming black, and of the earth as and Jerusalem shall no longer weep, &c.;—the law already ? Let our readers understand us cor- reeling and returning to a state of chaos. On light of the moon shall be as the li ght of the sun, rectly,that the position of the parties is very dit- the other hand , when speaking of the renewed and the li ght of the sun sevenfold, as the li ght ot ferent indeed. To the orthodox, things are pro- prosperity of a nation, ho characterizes it by an the seven days, on the day the Lord bound up hibited which the reformers permit themselves. additional li ght of the sun and moon, and a new the breach of his people,and healed their wounds," The submission, therefore, to an authority strict creation of heaven and earth. Other prophets, —that is to say, delivered them from the oppres- in construction of Bible and Talmud, is vital to again, represent God as thundering, and roaring sion of the wicked Sennacherib. As to the mean- the first; while they could not trust to a reformer like a lion, when they allude to a calamity befall- ing of the expression, "as the li ght of the seven who might, from mere spite or indifference even, ing an individual or nation,—and as joyous and days," some commentators understand it to con- give a reply which, upon reflection, would prove full of mirth , when success attends them. When vey the idea of multiplicity—the Hebrews often not to bo founded on the authorities which we predicting the destruction of a particular people, using the number seven to express an indefinite hold sacred. they sometimes use the general expression man - quantity. To me, however, it appears to mean, For instance, what confidence could we place kind, as Isaiah, who says, "The Lord will remove the seven days of the dedication of the temple in in a Rabbi who would permit any one to ride to tar away mankind ," meaning Israel; and Zepha- the time of Solomon,when the nation was at the Synagogue on the Sabbath? who would declare niah , "I will cut off man from the face of the height of its exaltation and prosperity. In speak- gentile a proselyte after a cursory examina - earth," meaning Judah. Having made these ing of the destruction of Edom who oppressed ־anj tion? Certainly to us his words could not have general remarks, I will now enter into detail. Israel, the prophet says: "Their slain shall be the smallest value. But it is also possible that Isaiah when sent by the Almighty to prophesy cast away, the stench of their dead bodies shall such reports might be false; hence we would the destruction of the kingdom of Babylon, and ascend, the mountains shall melt from their have \\ 'm\ purge himself, if he can do so with on- the death of Sennacharib and his successor, Ne- blood, the whole host of heaven shall pass away, tire truth, of charges of heretical practices, be- buehadnezzar, commenced his oration as follows: they shall be rolled up as a piece of parchment, fore wo could allow him , so far as our vote goes, "The stars of heaven shall no more give li ght, all their host shall wither as a leaf falling from to have any thing to say on ecclesiastical mat- the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the vine or fig-tree—my sword shall be saturated ters. And we are sure, he would say that we the moon shall not shed its rays," and he goes on —it shall descend upon Edom." I would ask are right. It is not here the question to act farther, " Thereforewill I make the heavens trem- the carefulobserver ,if there be any thing in these with liberality, but to do the best for the inter - ble, the earth shall leap from its place on account verses admitting? of a doubt, or that would lead ests of religion, for the tranquillizing of the un- of the anger of the Lord of Hosts, on the day 01 us to believe that they describe positive changes fortunate agitations now existing,for the promo? his fierce wrath." I do not suppose any one so the heavens were to undergo ? and are they not tion of godliness, which is now absent, and for stupid or ignorant as to imagine, that these figu- rather figures of speech portraying loss of nation• the establishment of religious and social institu? rative expressions are to be taken literally as ality,withdrawal of Divine protection, approach? tions which are not less a necessity than they historicalfacts , and to suppose that the stars and ing humiliation and speedy destruction of,princes would prove an honor to our people. To do this the light of the sun and moon underwent a and rulers? I was induced to allude to this subject, effectually, we deem it best to separate the deci? change, and that the earth left its position, when as,without carefully examining the context,many ?destroyed. The have regarded these and similar passages as re 38עץ sion of religious questions from the deliberation the kingdom of Babylon on general matters; for wo have no right to whole is unquestionably a description of how ferring to events to be literally fulfilled. When legislate on matters of faith, but only to inquire every thing appears to the vanquished—namely, Isaiah commenced to foretell to Israel the do. what the law says on the subject. Wherefore dark and gloomy, and for whom the earth ap- struction of Sennacherib and the nations and all should be welcome to come together for the pears too small. When speaking of the poverty kings in his train, and the salvation they (Israel) second purposes, while the right to decide should and miserable condition to which Israel was re- would receive from the Almighty, he did not be left to whom it properly belongs, those in duced in the time of the wicked Sennacherib, say: "Behold, the heavens shall dissolve, the whom all have confidence, whom the orthodox who ruled over all the fortified cities of Judah, earth decay,and the people thereon die," but his could obey with safety,and whom the reformers: of their captivity and suffering under him, and words are tantamount to the following,'—•"Those would have to respect, however they might think of the loss of the whole land of Israel which was who populate the earth, whose perpetual exist- lightly of many practicesheld and taught by them then in his possession, the prophet says, "Dread, ence you believe as sure as that of the heavens, as sacred. and a p it, and a snare are upon thee, 0 ! inhabi- shall perish quickly and vanish like smoke, and AVe shall resume the question hereafter. tant of the land. Whosoever fleeth from the their prosperity which you consider as deeply voice of dread, shall fall into the pit ; and whoso- rooted as the foundationsof the earth, shall be- ever ascendeth from the pit, shall be caught in a come worn out like an old garment." At the be- INTERPRETATION OP PROPHECY. snare; for the windows of heaven shall be opened, ginning of the oration wo allude to, he says: the foundations of the earth shall totter—it shall " The Lord will have mercy on Zion, he will have TRANSLATED FROM THE TWENTY-NINTH CHAPTER OF reel like a drunkard,and be crumbled to pieces," mercy on its desolate places, &c. Listen to me, ; moreh &e. And , at the conclusion of this oration, when my people, &e.;my righteousness is near at hand מורהנבונ־ם the second part 0E the NEBOOHIM, BY ABRAHAM HARRIS, speaking of the downfall of Sennacherib's king- my salvation goeth forth, &c. Lift up your eyes OP PHILADELPHIA. dom and his disgraceful discomfiture, he meta- to the heavens, and look to the earth beneath ; A person listening to another speaking a Ian- phorically says: " The moon shall be abashed, for the heavens shall dissolve like smoke, and the guage which he does not understand, may occa- and the sun shall he ashamed, for the Jjord God earth shall wear out like a garment—its inhabi- sionally, though seldom hear a word which to of hosts will reign." (Jonathan ben Uziel, the tants in like manner shall perish ; but my salva- him conveys an idea diametrically opposite to Chaldce paraphrast, has beautifully explained tion shall exist for ever, and my righteousness that intended by the speaker, and he will, of this verse by saying, that when Sennacherib will be unbroken." course imagine that the word was meant to con- meet his doom, the worshippers of the heavenly When speaking of the re-establishment of the vey the meaning he understood thereby. An bodies would be convinced of the power of the true kingdom of Israel, and its long endurance, he God.) When speaking of the tranquillity, which says : " God will create new heavens and a new ,אבה Arab, for instance, hearing a Hebrew say would suppose him to express his disgust at Israel was to possess after the death of Senna- earth." On another occasion, when predicting something, whereas, in reality,he would be ex- cherib,of the fertilityof their soil, the increase of more favorabletimes ,he commences : "I, even, I pressing his delight. The same thing occurs to population and power under Hezekiah ; the pro- am he who comfortethyou , &c," and concludes : the masses in reading the prophets. Some pas- phet says,in his usual figurative stylo,"The light "I will put my words in thy mouth, and take sages are to them as a sealed book; they do not of the sun and moon will bo increased ;" for in thee under my protecting hand,to plant the hea- understand them at all. Others,again , they con- the same manner as by the vanquished, he repre- ven, and to lay the foundation of the earth, and ceive in a wrong light, as Jeremiah xxiii, 36,says , sents the heavenly bodies as losing their lustre, to say to Zion, Thou art my people." A gain, in " And ye pervet the word of the living God" so by the conquerors, ho represents them as shin- alluding to the perpetuity of Israel's existence, Every prophet has his ing with additional force and vigor. This is the department of power from the oppressors, he .והגנתם דברי אלה־ם תי־ם own particular style of oratory,and from that quite natural; for while every thing apj)ears ob- says:" The mountains shall be moved and the his prophetical announcements take their color- scure and dark to those in deep sorrow and afflie- hills carried away,* but my kindness from thee ing. Isaiah, for instance, when predicting the tion, every thing appears bright and luminous destruction of a nation, speaks of the stars as to the happy and prosperous. The whole pas- [*Note.—Maimonklesunderstands mountainsand hills shall never depart." In speaking of the perma- member is supposed to have been performed vantage might bo gained by the establishment of nence of the kingdom of the Messiah, and the when he has handed the applicant the address such an institution under a systematic manage- uninterrupted dominion of Israel afterhis advent, of the proper official. But the applicant often merit. It would prevent imposture on the bene- he says: "This sun shall not again set." Isaiah finds it extremely difficult to obtain an audience volent, and materially diminish the number of frequently indulges in these and similar figura- of this officer, who does not like to bo disturbed street applicants. five expressions. In this manner, he relates the at that moment, and puts him off with directions Every one desiring relief could be directed to details of the captivity,restoration , and cessation to call again and again, at an hour likely to bo the Home, where, if willing to work, he would bo of sorrow and misfortune. He says, for instance , more convenient, totally oblivious to the fact provided for, or if sick, taken care of; and if he " I will create new heavens and a new earth, the that the wants of the petitioner may be pressing refused to go, would be known as a vagabond, un- first shall be forgotten, and no longer be forgotten and immediate. In many instances an order is worthy of assistance. Thus would the worthy and no longer be remembered." AVhen, however, given , and there is oftentimes difficulty in get- poor be protected from the encroachments of we carefully examine the context, we find that ting it attended to. Then the poor man or wo- the impostor, and a system of benevolence be he, as it were, says, " When J alluded to the crea- man, as the case may be, has to run to a sewing established accomplishing that desired end which tion of now heavens and a new earth, I meant society for clothing, to a fuel society for coal, a should be the onl y aim of' charitable efforts—to that instead of your previous sorrow and misfor- soup society for food, and so on, each necessity assist those who are willing to assist themselves. tune, I would make your position one of eontin - requiring application to a different association, ual joy and gladness." each individual society having but a specific be- He commences this oration by returning nevolence, to which its benefits are confined; and thanks to God for his kindness to us through the many times the same officers are visited by one AN ESSAY. past—lie then recounts our frequent rebellions, party in their different capacities as connected MAN 'S HAPPINESS IN HIS OWN POWER BY MEANS speaks of the dominion of' our enemies over us; with different societies, which is apt to tiro them OF OBEDIENCE. he next prays for us; mentions the duties we owe and render them loss willing to take interest in ]JY BENJAMIN P. UKEENEWALD. to God ; predicts misfortune to our oppressors, the case. Then again , this society only distri- In the beautiful history of the world's creation and concludes in the following words : " The ser- butes favors in the winter, another assists but man is represented as surrounded by all the re- vants of God shall be called by another name— females, a third confines its liberality to appli- finements of natural exuberant beauty. Above whosoever blesseth himselfin the land , shall bless cants of certain ages, etc. The poor man is forced him the clear and azure vault spread its cloud- himself in the name of the God of truth—whoso- to lose a good deal of time in running from this less, peaceful canopy, and the birds of Paradise ever sweareth in the land, shall swear by the one to that one, and encounters several repulses filled the air with melody. Around him clustered God of truth ; previous sorrows shall bo forgotten before receiving the pittance that respites his a wilderness of flowers, filling the air with sweet and hidden from my eyes; for behold, I create misery, and perhaps misses an opportunity of perfume, whilst lusty animal life revelled in the new heavens and a new earth, and the former transient employment that might cam him a scene. Beneath him, the earth, decked with ver- shall not be remembered. Rejoice, therefore, and trifle. dure, smilling in her luxuriance, welcomed the he merry;for behold, I create for Jerusalem joy, The means invested in these various benovo- lord of creation. and for her people, gladness." We thus see that lencies could be rendered far more available by a Innocence and happiness walked hand in hand. he explains the creation of the new heavens and system of combination, forming but a single in- Love entered the garden, virtue dwelt in the of the new ,earth, to mean nothing more than stitution for purposes of general charity, enabling heart of man, and all nature was blended in bar- the creation of joy and happiness for the city the members to secure competent officers, who, monious beauty. In an evil hour, the soul, lis- and people of Je1-usalem. He then goes on to being adequately compensated, could devote all tening to the promptings of presumptuous pride, say,that as the joy and gladness they would pos- their energies to the performanceof their duties. sought to defy the edict of the Almighty. Obey- sess would last forever, so should their name and That in union there is strength, is no less true ing the impulse of apjietite, Adam swerved from posterity. Other prophets have used similar of benevolence than of other things to which the the law of obedience, and the knowledge of sin metaphorical expressions; but as Isaiah abounds axiom has been applied. A system of benevo- entered the world. In the petulenee of' skepti- in them, I preferred taking my examples from leneo might be easilv arranged which would go cism, man tortures his ingenuity to discover a him. far towards supplying the wants of the necessi- plausible charge against the omnipotent and om- It will be understood, however, that what I tous, and at less expense than would generally niscient One, and vainly speaks of the why the said applies to them all. I have endeavored care- be supposed, requiring only a small outlay at the Deity thus subjected the race in their represen- fully'to explain those passages, to show that the start. tative to trials and temptations, and presump- ,charges weakness to the Parent of all ־prophets have nowhere predicted that the pro- A Home would be required sufficiently com- tuously sent system of nature will come to an end. modious to receive the expected number of ap- blindly obtuse to the infinite Wisdom that thus plicants, irrespective of age, sex, or clime. taught the solemn lesson of accountability, and The inmates, in consideration of lodging,food , exhibited to our view the vast sphere of active (Concluded from page 106, col. 3.) and decent apparal furnished until such time as intelligences. they shall become independent of its benefits, God, in his boundless prescience, has assigned READINGS FOR AGE OR YOUTH. could be so employed within the walls of the in- to each a paradise. The soul, spirit, and mind BY SENEX. stitution as to contribute materially to their own constitute, in the original intention of the Crea- No. II. maintenance. It must be a House of Industry, tor, the beautiful and luxuriant garden. The refusing admittance to idlers, though succoring passions, impulses, appetites, the lofty aspira- SYSTEMS OP BENEVOLENCE. and protecting the sick and the infirm. The tion, the yearning towards the good, and the Our various benevolent institutions annually aged could assist in instructing the younger in- absolute detestation of evil, are the elements dispense a vast amount of charity; still, notwith- mates. Those able to work could be usefully that constitute human character; and the liar- standing their gradual increase in numbers, they employed in the various trades, manufacturing monious development of the whole, in obedience do not seem to supply the wants of the unfbr- articles that command a ready sale, the proceeds to the Divine Law, forms the positive obedient tunate. The restrictions by which thejT are sur- of which would return to the treasury. The fe- man. rounded necessarily limit their sphere of useful- males could be occupied in appropriate branches The forbidden fruit is placed before his vision. ness. Their officers being honorary,cannot pay of industry, and, when not otherwise engaged, He is commanded not to ask for, not to partake proper attention to the duties assigned them; nor could take turns in keeping the various apart- of it, not even to touch it, and }'et the Divine is it considered courteous to call them to account ments in order. Those desiring partial support, Being sufferspride to tempt the soul. for remissness; and this is an evil which, under could be accommodated, and thus all would be But the inner man can reject all these allure- the present systems of benevolence, as practised relieved of the sense of total dependence. It ments; conscience gives timely warning, so that in our large cities, cannot well be avoided. would be superfluous to continue the scheme as the veil of mystery that encircles the brow can An individual applying for assistance to a to details, the benefits to bo derived from such a be cast away. He is, at the moment that error member of one of these societies, his duty as a plan being• discernable by any mind that will possesses him, at the entrance to two roads, as follow out the idea, and the train of reasoning it it were, one of which leads to happiness and the hero, to stand for princes and rulers, and their being suggests. other to misery. moved and carried away, as expressive of the cessation of In a large city like Philadelphia, with its con- A secret voice within beckons him to the rule and dominion.—Gibeath Hamorch? tinned increase of population, incalculable ad- former, whilst his passions and desires tempt him to follow the latter. As it is inherent in pus-like life of the Jews, accustomed to sufferings As soon as the king had expressed that the man to choose the path which leads to happi- and tortures, or the never-dying vigor of Juda- celebration should not take place in Toledo, as ness, so is ho enabled to throw aside the false ism—the love of the inherited religion—innate the Grand Inquisitor had intended , but in the allurements of his base appetite , and tear passion in the very blood of the Jew, and imbibed by him capita]itself , all necessary preparations were at from its bold position. The Deity has kindly en- with his mother's milk? This is certain, the once commenced. dowed man with a will, in which the affections Spanish Portuguese Jews will ever remain one First of all, an appropriate day, worthy of the and impulses are blended in harmonious concord, of the most remarkable and enigmatic phenome- feast, was to be fixed,—the honor was assigned and wherein the soul develops its full beauty. na of modern history. Although it may be diffi- to St.Paul' s day; whereupon the Inquisition im - The lofty aspirations of those ambitious to cult to pursuude ourselves that Jewish doctors mediately hoisted her flag, the "Estendartede la serve their fellows, the benevolent affections of of the law, under assumed Christian names, made cruz verde." The different committees were ap? the humble, the tender effusions of the poet, and it their business systematically to undermine the pointed,—all inquisitorial tribunals of the king- the divine wisdom of the sage flow from the com- Christian religion : yet the supposition is not ab- dom were informed of the approaching feast; but mon source wherein all the pure attributes of surd, that they, incessantly haunted by tho In- above all, the tribunal of Toledo was summoned the endowed sp irit are centered. quisition , succeeded, by their cunning and pru- to hold its criminals ready, and send them on as But were pride and temptation absent, the deuce, in keeping themselves upon the prohibited soon as possible, "in order that nothing should preparation for a glorious future would bo urine- soil, to advance, as it were, the work of Provi- be wanting." The different officials received cossary, and man would lack the incentive to dence, the accomplishment of the fall of' the orders, and the embassadors of foreign govern? honorable industry. If the beautiful attributes empire, and to punish Spain for the cruelties ments were invited to be present on the appoint- with which God has adorned the soul, were not which she had inflicted upon them. For it can- ed day,in the capital. obstructed in their progress by the desire to en- not be denied, that tho atrocities committed by On Thursday, the 3d of May, the day of the joy,man would be on an equal footing with the the "Sacred Office" contributed greatly to the Ascension, the inhabitants of Madrid were in- angels,passionless and sinless; but it is the two- decay of the country,—and they did not cease, formed, by public proclamation, of the coming fold character of good and evil which constitutes because the Jews did not cease, nor their self- feast. Even the proclamation of the feastwas a him accountable, and he therefore has to strug- sacrificing devotion vanish; because the genuine feast! But how ill-advised was the choice of the gle to place his own will under the guidance of Jewish sp irit did not withdraw even from those day! It was intended to glorify the anniversary divine wisdom, which has been imparted to him. who knew no more of Judaism than this much, day of the death of St. Ferdinand , to honor his Thus the Creator kindly gives man control over that they were born in Judaism, that is, of Jew- memory by such a preparatory festival, because his own fete. Let but submissionto the Divine ish parents. True to their ancient vow, they the members of the tribunal, in their ignorance, Law urge us, and the impulses of the soul, which wished to manifest, even upon the funeral pile, indulged in the illusion , that the gallant impera? counsel us to enjoy the day as it passes will their constancy,their self-sacrificingmartyrdom , tor would joyfully join the exclamation: "Kindle yield to the betterreason which admonishesus to —to die as tho scions of a noble, heroic race. the flames for the Jews!" How differentare the labor for our own happiness by listening to the. It was with a gala day, on which innocent times of the so-called barbarous Middle Ages from voice of the heavenly monitor which we bear Jews wore sacrificed to the Most High, that that period of the enlightened, poetical, modern within us. Charles, this literally* heartless man,wished to ago!How differentwas the conditionof the Jews * regale his cp1een at the conclusion of the nuptial under Ferdinand! He had prepared for them days [Note.—The above is the first attempt at writing for festivities. Why, his predecessors acted in like of peace and tranquillity. "Happy time!" one is the press by a young Israelite. He has, as usual with too rian,Lucas de most young men, chosen the most difficultpoint for the manner; they, , instituted similar festivities tempted to exclaim with the histo subjectof his contemplation: still it is laudable to attempt in honor of French princesses. When the young Tuy. It was the Jews that then instituted joyful something; and we therefore insert this littleessay, im- daughter of Henry II. came, in 1560, to Toledo, feastsin honor of their monarch : at the capture perfect though it be, to encourageour youthful friend the municipalityordered an auto-da-fe as a wed- of Seville,the Jews went out to meet him, and to persevere, in the hope that with the progress of vears ding feast; and when Elizabeth of Bourbon was the love of this gratefulnation for the fatherof the ho may find many a topic of a practical nature on which delivered of' a child, Jews were burned in Mad- "wise king " (Al phonzo X ),reached even beyond he may appl y his more practised pen to labor for the wel- on the fourthof July, 1032. Since that time his grave. Thus the memory of the conqueror fare of Israel. It were indeed to be greatly desired, that rid, more than are now to be met with would labor for their the public of Madrid had not enjoyed a similar of Seville was dishonored by the proclamation people and the advancement of their religion. festival; for the space of forty-eight years, the of the great gala day, and the preparatory feast flame of the inquisitorialp iles and the !amenta- celebratedin the followingmanner : tions and agonies of the victimized Jews had not At three o'clock in the afternoon, the richly ascended towards heaven in the capital of Spain. gilded banner of the Inquisition was hoisted in (Continued from page 101, col.3.) The more magnificentwas the feastof the 30th frontof the Grand Inquisitor's palace. All the A GALA DAY IN MADRID , of June, 1680.f officialsof the Tribunal—the so-called Familiars AN EPISODE FROM THE HISTORY OF THE SPANISH of the Office—assembled together, with all the PORTUGUESEJEWS ,BY DR. M. KAYSERLING. - *Mr. de Schonenberg,the English ambassadorat the members of the severalcommittees. The streets TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN FOR THE Court of Spain, reported to Lord Stanhope as follows: were densely crowded. At five o'clock, the horse? OCCIDENT. "Lo coeur du roi n'etais pas plus grand qu'un oeuf de men—one hundred and fifty clergymen—made pigeon, et mol comme la graie gatee. (The heart of the orna? Peculiarthoug hts force themselvesupon our king was not larger than a pigeon's egg,and soft as damp their appearance, mounted upon gaudily minds, when we contemplate the long line of chalk.) Schonenberg was the son of Abr. Belmonte, and merited steeds, covered with silk and diamond Spanish gala days, when we survey, as a phi- grandson of Jacob Israel Belmonte, a Spanish Jew, who crosses, and jewels that glittered on all sides. losophieal writer of our day expresses himself, had emigratedto Amsterdamtowards tho closeof the six- Withtheir captain at their head, and their the barbarities committed in the Pyrenean Pen- teenth century.—His uncle was Count Jlanuel de Bel- stand-bearer, the worthiest of all, in their midst, insula in the name of Christianity and the fa monte, who lived as minister-resident of Charles II. of they moved, furnishing, as del Olmo opines, a - Spain, in Amsterdam, and there founded the Academy 0) naticallust forpersecution ,—and we alwaysfind "De 10s Floridos." grand picture of the great power and wealth Jews connected with every one of these gala |T0 avoid frequent repetitions, we will mention here the Sacred Tribunal. This procession was joined days.* Thousands upon thousands of the Jewish tin; chief sources which have furnished our information by the officers of the cap ital, the secretaries of race had been thrown into the fieryfurnaces ever concerning this gala day. First of all, the Official Eeport His Majesty,and many other famous knights, since the introduction of the Inquisition into of this auto-da-fe, by Joseph del Olmo, entitled : "Relation mounted either on horses or mules. Spain; for two full centuries the Spanish "hell" historica del Auto general dejc, que se celeiiro en Madrid, In the principal places of the city, the proces? en preseneiade sua Mgdu el dia-Si)Junto de 1080. Dedi- sion halted, when the following proclamation had satisfieditself with the blood of the Hebrews cado al Key N. S.Carlos ScgJo gran Monarca de Espana as its servants with their money:and yet the " ac- y del nuevo Mundo, que Dios guarde. Por Joseph •Id was announced : "Know all citizens and inhabit- cursed" race was not yet exterminated. Which Olmo, Alcayde y Familiare del Santo Officio, &c. ,Madrid, ants of the royal capital, that the Officium of the deserves more our admiration, the elastic, poly- Eoque Rico de Mirando, 1680, 4to (p.308). "—Memoires de la eour d'Espagne (lime.d 'Aulnoy) la Haye 1691. ii. la semainc du jugment il fallut Men y etre, it moins it *Gundling, a German polyhistoriau of the seventeenth 52 ff; and, Voyage d'Espagne , by the same authoress—la bonnes attestations de medecins, d'etre a l'extremite; cai century says,in liis ";discourseson the EuropeanState ," Haye1705 , iii, 151.—La Marquisede Villars, in her Let- autrement on cut passo pour herctique. On trouva meme I., 421: "When I speak of the Inquisition, I mean to ires (Amsterdam 1760),p. 134, makes mention of this trcs-mauvais que je ne parusse pas me divertir tout-a-fait say, that it is such a tribunal as is a really infamous work auto-da-fe, as follows: "Je n'ai pas eu 10 courage d'assister de ce que s'y passait. Mais ce qu'on a vu exercer de cm - of !he It,!man Catholic religion, so that Satan himself a bette horrible execution de Juifs. Ce fut un aftreux antes a la mort de ces miserables,e 'est ce qu'on no voui could not havo invented a worse one." spectacle, selon ce que j'en ai ontendu dire ; mais pour pent ecrire." Inquisition will celebrate an auto-da-fe in the NEWS ITEMS. stand temptations in riper years. We therefore Great Square of the city, on Sunday, the 30th wish the amplest success to the movement in day of June of this year.—Let all note this!" Sunday Travel in Philadelphia.—•The fol- Baltimore. In front of the palaces of the royal mother and lowing are the resolutions proposed by Mr.Mar- tin , and adopted at the meeting referred to in Trenton, N. J.—During the past week wo the king, the procession halted likewise. Their our last : Majestiesmade their appearance,and were greet- availed ourselfof a few hours of leisure to pay a Whereas, The fundamental principle of gov visit to the capital of New Jersey,the first time ed with exclamations ofjoy and loud "viva la fe." ernment is founded upon the security and well- In beautiful order the procession returned to the being of society—the interests and wants of the since a congregation was established there. Wo palace of the Inquisition,—the banner again many forming the grand arch upon which an learnt that the Israeliteshave a Teacher, Hazan, floated from the high balcony,and on the follow- enli ghtened Republic solidly rests—it behooves and Shochet in the person of Rev. Mr. Straus, ing day a free and Republican people sedulously to watch and we heard him spoken of as fully qualified for "Before upon the eastern sky that their rights are not invaded or encroached the functions required of him. Mr. G. Cane is The sun arose, .a busy crowd upon , and their requirements impaired by acts late Of thousands in the market vie. subversive of'a liberal and constitutional govern the President. We heard that they contemp With saw and !!annua!', last and loud. ment. - arranging a Synagogue before the advent of the -will sue ־To-day no booths will there ;!pp!':!!?. Resolved, That the widely extended area of next holy days, and we trust that thej" Life's checkered treasurers to display, the Consolidated City of Philadelphia, with the cced. They number about fifteen families resi- The bustling masses to allure, increased and daily increasing population within dent in the city, besides several unmarried And many buyers, glad and gay. its limits, with the many and diversified interests men; *'The vernal sun to-day doth greet of the people, and there are also some persons living in the neigh- with the prosperity and fast boring towns belonging to them. They possess־ ;The work of death that men achieve Tour eyes three p , growing importance of the city, all combine to , latforms yonder meet demand the greatest facilities of ingress, egress, a burying ground which they purchased. We A scaffold too, its victims to receive." and regress to tho inhabitants. should judge from tho few minutes' conversation Sixteen master mechanics had to furnish all Resolved, That the recent aggressive interior- we had with several gentlemen, that a good their journeymen for the work ; busy zeal for ence of persons to prevent the city passenger spirit prevails among them, and there is accord- their faith stirred their hands, and ere four weeks cars from running on Sunday, and the enforce- ingly every reason to expect that they will sue had elapsed, the edifices were finished, largo, and ment of certain peculiar sectarian views under - vast the shadow of law and judicial decision, arc in - ceed before long in establishing permanently a , and magnificent,—a theatre at whose vast- imical to civil and religious liberty, and are in - house of worship to Israel's God. ness tho whole city was surprised,—a theatre fringements upon the rights of citizens, guaran- upon which Jews were to perform the principal teed bv the Constitution. The Mission or Sir Moses Montepiore.—We parts. One balcony rose above the other, Resolved That the institution of the Sunday or have already'announced thewantof success which —the Christian Sabbath, as a day of rest and religious most precious carpets graced the boxes prepared abservance, does not preclude enjoyment in in attended the ancient Jewish champion on his al majesties; every thing was ready for nocent recreation, and that the running of city- journey to Rome, which we expected,in common־for the 1'03 the feast,—every thing was most sumptuously passenger railway cars and other public convey- with many others, would prove fruitlessfrom tho ornamented. ances docs not detract from the sanctity of the well-known character of Roman immobility'. Wo day, or interfere with its popular observance. have not yet receivedan official copy of At last, the day,the fatal day,the festive day, Resolved, That the experience of the citizens the re- expected with joy and with grief, dawned upon of New York, Brooklyn, and Boston, in the use port of the worthy baronet to the Board of De- Madrid. of railroads on Sunday, affords us evidence that puties ; but we are indebed to Dr. Asch of Paris, Why should we speak any farther of the pre- the object we are seeking is neither new nor for Galignani's Messenger of July 17th, which paration for the feast? Why mention the dukes, dangerous to the welfare of society. contains the following. We advise our friends Resolved, That we will use all honorable moans to read it carefull counts, and marquises who, in the hope thus to to effect such a modification of' the Sunday laws y and make their own reflec- deserve a place in heaven, entered now the service as will allow city passenger railway cars, and tions. The subject is suggestiveof many a se- of the Tribunal ? Why make mention ofthe great all other public conveyances, to run on Sunday, rious thought: company which had been formed for the special under the same restrictions as they are now by " This gentleman having returned from Rome purpose to keep order and peace during the feast? law and ordinance limited. has g A pomp was exhibited in starving Madrid such as Resolved, That we will support no candidate iven a report of his voyage to the commit- for either branch of the Legislature, at the ensu- tee of British Jews, at whose instance he under- had scarcely ever been seen before. We will speak ing fall election, who will not pledge himself, in took the journey. We subjointhe principal facts: of the "crowning part of the feast, as del Olmo writing, that, if elected, he will use all honorable styles it,—oil the pioor criminals,—the innocent means to procure such enactment or enactments 'Gentlemen:—In conformity with the reso- martyrs,—of "the glory of the Tribunal/'—of as will secure to the people of Philadelphia the lution adopted at a meeting held in December the "proud majesty of faith;" we will make men- unrestricted transit of public conveyances into, last, to memorialize the Pontifical Government tion of the self-sacrificing children, that called out of, and through the limits of the city. on the subject of the Mortara case, and request- upon the Most High Judge to attest their inno- Baltimore.—On Sunday, July 31st, a meeting ing me to present a memorial to the Sovereign cence.—we will accompaii}', upon their last walk, was held at Baltimore of Israelites favorableto Pontiff, I left London on tho first of March last, our brethren in faith, the glorious heroes of the the formation of Hebrew and English Schools, being the very earliest period that the health of Jewish nation, the noble depositaries of the Jew- for the benefit of the children of our persuasion. Lady Montefiore would permit. In addition to ish spirit. Mr. M. WTiesenfeldwas called to the chair, and Lady Montefiore, the companions of my journey On the eve of the feast, at tho conclusion of Mr. Sol. N. Carvalho was appointed Secretary. were my esteemed friends Gorshom Eursheedt, the Sabbath—it was the last for many !—the vie- Before an adjournment took place, it was resolv- Esq.,of New Orleans, and Dr.Thomas Hodgkin, tims who bad a short time before been brought to- ed to meet again at Rechabite Hall on the 7th of London. The delicate state of Lady Montefi- gether into the capital, were separated from each inst. The number who participated in the pre- ore's health compelled us to travel very slowly; other, and once more led away into the dark dun- liminaiy meeting was not large; still when peo- thus we did not arrive at Rome until 5th A pril. geons. Mothers, brothers, husbands, wives were pie reflect on the necessity of a religious educa- Having been favored by the Foreign-office with not even permitted to embrace once more the tion, it is to be hoped that measures will be per- letters of introduction to Mr. Odo Russell, attache dear child, the beloved husband, the devoted fected to establish schools for Baltimore, where to the legation of her Majestyat Florence, but wife, the tender sister,—oven this enjoyment the ample means of tho people give them the resident at Rome, I immediately on my arrival was denied them, to tell each other a last fare- opportunity of doing something for the promo- in that city placed myself in communication with well. After they had received, at ten o'clock at tion of religion, and where the largo number of Mr. Russell, to whom I am greatly indebted for night,their last repast, tho oldest Inquisitor read children points out the self-evident fact, that it his constant courtesy and services. My first en- to each of'them the death-sentence, the brief con- is more necessary to supply them with religions deavor was to obtain an audience of the Sovo- tents of which were as follows:" Brother (sister),knowledge than to engage mere preachers for reign Pontiff, and to place the memorial in his thou hast been detected,—thy crime is great and adults. Wre, for our part, while we think public hands, and urge a compliance with its prayer. It must be punished,—to-morrow thou shalt die,and exhortation in the Synagogue exceedingly useful appeared to me that the introduction could best bo in order that thou mayst be able to die,th y con- and proper, hold, at the same time, the " adding effected through the instrumentality of Mr. Odo lessors are here." Stupid monks were assigned to precept on precept" with younger minds as the Russell. I regret, however, to say that his exer- them to watch and assist them, as they were ap- sole foundation of a religious life. Conversions tions as well as my own proved quite unavailing; pointed to pray for the salvation of their souls with adults are certainly neither impossible nor but on the 26th April last,I received a letter from until morning. very rare; but it is far better to give tho mind Mr. Odo Russell, which is so important an evi- (To be Continued.) in youth that bent which will enable it to with- deuce of his friendly zeal and active co-operation, and also as emphatically corroborating my as- conclusion to that at which he had arrived. His hardship, that only when one family has become surance that every means within my power was eminence replied that the question had been fully extinct, through death or emigration, can an- used to present personally the memorial to the discussed with the French Ambassador; 'it was other one be permitted to he established! Or Sovereign Pontiff, that I feel it a duty towards now closed,'and , therefore, I must not expect an when a young Israelite wishes to many,he must Mr. Russell, and an act of justice to myself, to answer from tho Sovereign Pontiff, who could buy tho patent-right of one already established, transcribe for your information the letter in only rejDeat what he had said to the Duke de who then ceases to be regarded as the head of a question. Grammont. In the course of conversation Car- household. When a brother,the older or younger, "Dear Sir Moses Montefiore—Laster week dinal Antonelli expressed his satisfaction with it matters not, takes a wife, the others are pro- being over, I inquired at the Vatican when you the Israelitesresiding in the Papal States, and his hibited from doing the same, under penalty of were likely to obtain the audience of his Holiness anxiety for their welfare; and his eminence re- being imprisoned, as living in a state of unau you had applied for. To my sincere disappoint- ferred to a recent incident as a proof of tho - ment I am informed that the Pope would not desire thorized wedlock, though both man and wife be receive you. His Holiness could not admit of any of the Papal authorities not to take undue advan- the most honorable and God-fearingpeop le! And closed tages in cases of conversion. He stated that a this, and more than this, is done in a time whichי discussion of the Mortara case, it was a question,' and it was hopeless to expect an an- young girl of the Jewish faith at Ancona, had a is termed one of light ; in an ago when men swer to your written application to the Maestro few days since expressed her wish to be baptised, would tell us that we need no longer hope for 1p1 I־di Camera, since it was not usual at the Vatican and in consequence, she was sent to Rome for the t.hfi rfiBt.nrnt.fnT1nf Tsv to answer such applications when the favor soli- cited could not be granted. I thereforewent at purpose of testing her faith and the earnestness Iurkey.— !heArchives Israelitesreports , that once to the Cardinal Secretary of State, and dis- of her request; but after a short examination, it there are supposed to reside near twenty-five cussed the matter at length with him. It is need- was discovered that her sole objectwas to marry thousand Israelites at Saloniea. The school, for less to enter into all that passed between us, a young Christian, which she could only do as a which they are indebted to the generous exer suffice it to say that his eminence confirmed tho member of the Roman Catholic Church. There - above statement, and all that I could obtain was - tions of Mr. Albert Colin of Paris, and which a declaration on his part, that he would receive fore, baptism was denied her, and she was sent has only been established these two years, bears the memorial of which you aro the bearer, from back to her parents at Ancona. On my taking already such fair fruits that at Smyrna the Cha- your own hands, and present it himself to the leave of the cardinal, his eminence renewed his cham-bashi and Rabbi Lyon are about establish Pope. This was the course he assured mo that assurancesof good-will towards the Israelitesub- - had been followed on former occasions and he ing one on the same plan in their community. , jects of the Pope, and his readiness to improve Mr. Rebbin has offered for this purpose a suita- would therefore expect you at the Vatican on their condition so long as it could be done with- Thursday next, the 28th instant, at twelve out interfering with the established ble piece of ground, and the Grand Rabbi has o'clock. His eminence wished me to accompany laws of the placed two hundred and fifty francs at the dis- you, and if you wish it also, and if the hour suit Holy See. Most ardently do I hope that these posal of the committee which is to be charged your convenience,! necdnotsay that I am entirely assurances may ere long be fulfilled. I regret, with the establishment of the school.—Tho Ar at your orders. I firmly believe that you have however, to say that the actual present condi- - done all in your power to forward the objectyou tion of the Jews of Rome is chives also reports to have seen the first annual have most at heart, and that nothing further can most deplorable. I report of the first society "for bestowing bro- be obtained at present than the acceptance of have been desirous to recapitulate, as fully as therly care on the sick and for the burial of the your memorial by Cardinal Antonelli, who will practicable, the particulars of my interesting in- dead of Bucharest. The editor regards this as presentit to tho Pope. terview with Cardinal Antonelli, so that I might " "Believe me, &c, be enabled to lay before you an evidence of the universal benevolence of Is- , in an authentic raelites every where, who establish such institu- " Odo Russell." shape, the important fact that, although I failed tions of beneficence in all places where they are Accordingly, on Thursday 28th April, accom to present the memorial to the Sovereign Pontiff met with. ' - in person y p panted by Mr. Odo Russell, I proceeded to the , yet, b lacing it'in the hands of Car- Constantine, Aprica.—We likewise find in Vatican about twelve o'clock at noon, and was dinal Antonelli (the Cardinal Secretary of State), the same magazine a curious proclamation from received with great courtesy by his eminence I had done all that, under the circumstances, Rabbi G. !Netter of Constantine, in which he Cardinal Antonelli. I said to his eminence that could be accomplished. While at Rome, I had the pleasure of a personal interview thanks his flock for having availed themselves I had hoped to have been enabled to present tho with his ex- of the opportunity of having their children vac- memorial of my co-religionists in England re cellency the Duke de Grammont, the French ciliated during the past year - Ambassador. It is hi hl , and he exhorts spoofing the boy Mortara to the Sovereign Pon- g y gratifying to me to be them likewise to persevere in this march of pro- tiffin person; but having been informed that his able to assure you that the groat influence of his gress, which is moreover, as he says, "in jierfect eminence declined to counsel my enjoying that Imperial Majesty the Emperor of' the French, harmony with their religious principles, as he privilege, and as I failed to obtain the audience aided by the eloquent zeal of his excellency,had had already often demonstrated to them. It been exerted, though unhappily in vain,to induce " through the application made in writing to Mon- the Soverei appears curious that the religious authorities signer Pacca, the Maestro di Camera, !now beg- gn Pontiff to restore the abducted should have to be invoked by the government, ged his eminence to convey the memorial to the child, Mortara, to its afflicted parents. During in order to induce people to submit to a measure Sovereign Pontiff, and I added that I would stay my stay in Paris, on my return from Rome, I calculated to subserve the preservation of health. seven days longer in Rome, in the hopeful expec- solicited and obtained an audience of Count Wal- At all events, one thing is certain, that it will tation of a favorablerep ly. The cardinal received ewski, to whom I expressed my acknowledge- not be the faultof the French Rabbins in Africa, the memorial from my hand, and undertook to ments fortheinfluential and friendly intervention if the progress of modern civilization does not of the Emperor of the French in this unhappy present it to the Sovereign Pontiff, stating that case soon penetrate into Algeria, a country which, he had presented to his Holiness similar memo- , and I urgently entreated that, in the event from all we see, must have been far behind in , rials from Holland, Germany, and other coun- of any favorable opportunity occurring, his Im- the march of advancement when the French con- tries. He considered the Mortara case a most perial Majesty's Government would renew its quered it from the Mahomedans. Let us hope unfortunateone; but as the child (as his eminence benevolent interposition.' that the new light may not obscure the ancient alleged) had been baptized, it would be contrary "Sir Moses expresseshis obligations to the Earl lamp of pious conformity for which tho Africans to the laws of the Holy See to allow it to return of' Malmesbury, also to Viscount Stratford dc were formerly distinguished ; much depends on to its parents without that religious education to Redcliffb, and other gentlemen of influence." the men sent from the Consistory of Paris to lead which it was entitled as a member of the Roman Austria.—Tho Jeschurunreports ,under date of them; it were well for all if they truly under- Catholic Church. He stated farther, that when Prague, June 15th, that Minister Bach has just stand their mission. the boy was old enough, 17 or 18 years of age, issued a decree, that no Jew shall marry here- Magdeburg, Prussia.—Dr. 1 hilippson fately he would be set at liberty,and allowed to fol- after without the consent of the district authori- issued an appeal urging the necessity of publish- low his own judgment ; until then, he would ties, which moans that the ancient practice has ing a Bible, German and Hebrew, at the lowest remain in a college at Rome, where he was being ' been restored, in accordance with which the possible price for paper and binding, the stereo- educated ; that the parents could have access to number of J ewish families in every province of typing to be paid for by public contribution. At him when they pleased, and so could any body the empire is limited, in accordance with which the last date, the sum sent in amounted already who wished to see and speak to him. I then regulation a Jewish wedding can take place only to one thousand two hundred and forty Prussian urged on his eminence that tho fact of baptism when a "family-situation" has been vacated. thalers. Could American Israelitesnot also imi- had not been satisfactorily proved, and that a Through bribing of the district officers, it occa- tate this liberality, and enable us to issue a simi- further investi gation of the case might, and I sionally happened that this brutal law was cir- lar work,Hebrew and English, at public expense, believed would , lead his holiness to a different cumvented.—Only let our readers think of the so as to furnish it at a very low sum to all?