The New York Herald Newspaper, December 27, 1870, Page 7

"JUDAISM. Its Origin, History and Funda- mental Doctrines. The Fasts, Festivals and Worship of the Jews. Progressive Judaism and the Changes It Contemplates. PRINCIPAL SYNAGOGUES OF NEW YORK, Among the many and strangely various forms of eligious belief that flourish in the city of New York ‘here ls not one more interesting, as there 18 cer- tainly not one more anctent, than that held by the children of Abraham. This fatvh, indeed, ts the pa- reat stock from which all our other denominations, ‘with one or two noteworthy but not very important exceptions. have sprang. In this article it is pro- posed to give a brief sketch of the leading features -of the creed and ritual of modern Judaism, together with a few items as to its present material aspects. THE ORIGIN ‘and early history of Judaism are known to every schoolboy. Just as the world was emerging from its Anfanoy, and while the greater portion of its surface ‘was ag yet an unpeopled solitude, one among the ‘any nomad chiefs who wandered with their fami- des and servants and flocks across the treeless ‘wastes of the plain of Shinar was selected by the Almighty tobe the founder of a race that should preserve through many ages the knowledge and wor- slup of the true and living God. This was Abraham, and the revelation of the deeper realities of the spiritual universe, of which he was the chosen re- cipient, forms the base of the Jewish as it does als of the Christian religion. This revelation, how- ever, was but an instalment of the fulness of the entire truth; and such as it was, for several @enerations was preserved only in the shape of oral tradition, and was accompanied by but very few and very simple religious observances. Indeed, -clreumetsion 1s the single rite belonging to that era of which we have any clear record, and it is pretty certain that the greatest of the patriarchs did not observe anv special day of rest, the institution of ‘Which, thongh it dated back to the creation itself, was, doubiless for wise reasons, coucealed from lun, THE WRITTEN LAW. When tie Hebrews had grown into being a nume- Yous people, and when, freed at last from the yoke of Egyptian slavery and delivered out of the nouse of bondage, they were belong led back to the land promised to their great progenitor, Divine Wisdom gave them, through the medium of their leader, Moses, a deeper Insight into the mysterious and awe-iispiring verities of the spiritual world; and a rule of life, the observance of which wonld insure au eternal reward, was promulgated amid the thun- ders of Sinat. Thus sprung into existence acreed ‘which has fourished aircady four thonsand years, nd around which, during all that long period, have clustered the hopes and aspirations of one of the most lntellectual of races. ‘The fundamental principie of the Jewish faith, as established by Moses, was the recoguition of one Supreme Being. Monotheism is, beyond ali doubt, the corner stone, the mainspring, the mner and all- pervading essence of Judaism. The one truth taught ‘by Moses was that whict had already been given to Abraham, that there was but one God, a living and @ jealous God; and Hebrew theologians, into what- ever seemingly barren pats they may apparently sometimes wander, ever revert to this as the cardi- nal doctrine of their faith, And in the present day the modern Israelite is taught beyond all other ‘things to cherish tna grand fact; he is invited to ponder upon it in the silence of his closet, and in the ervices of the synagogues it 1s pressed with never- ‘tiring vehemence upon his attention. Looking at the following list of attributes, it will be moticed how persistent and earnest are the endeavors of the Jewish theologians to grasp, so far as human finite intellects can attain to such knowledge, the nature of the Deity. “Con- cerning God,” says one of them, ‘we are taught to belleve that He 1s spirit; most holy and pure; in- ‘corporeal and indivisibie; evernai and immutable; the one and only one to whom none can be com- pared; to whom no likeness can be ascribed; om- nipotent, omniscient, and ommipresent; all good, ‘Dut all just; supremely intelligent, merciful and ‘beneficent; the great I Am; the beginning and the end; the first and the last; the reason, the life and ‘the motion of all veings; tie producer of everything: the eternal king, lord, ruler and preserver of the ‘world; the only Creator, aud the sole Saviour of the world.”” ‘This and the other cardinal doctrines of the Jewish creed ure emboaied, by Maimonides, in the foilow- dng THIRTEEN ARTICLES, ‘Which are now taugnt in every Jewish schov L. I believe with a perfect faith that God, blessed be His name, is the Creator and Governor of all created objects, and that lie aloue bas made, does gnake, and will ever make ail things. OL I believe with a perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be His name, 1s the one and only God. There ‘©xists No unity wiatever like unto His. He alone 18 our God, who was, who is and who ever will be. UI, [ believe with a perfect faiti that the Creator, *biessed be His name, is incorporeal. He 18 not sub- ject to any of the changes that happen to bodily su- stances, and there ia nothing whatever that can be compared to Him, IV. I believe with a perfect faith that the Creator, Diessed be His name, is the first aud last of all things. V. I believe with a perfect faith that the Creator alone, blessed be His name, ought to ve worshipped, and that it is not proper Wo pray to any other being. VL, believe with a perfect faith that all the words of the prophets are true. Vil. Ibelieve with a perfect faith that the pro- Dhecy of Moses, our teacher (may his soul rest in peace), 1s true; and that he excelled all the wise men ‘who were before him, and ali who came after him. VIII. I betieve with a perfect faith that the whole of the law now in our possession 13 the sume law that was given to Moses, our teacher (may his soul rest in peace). IX. Ibelieve with a perfect faith that the law will never be changed, neither will there be any other law given by the Creator (blessed be His name). X. I believe with a perfect faich that the Creator (blessed be His name) knows al! the actions and Thoughts of man; as it is said:—*He fashioneth auke their hearts, He ib fully ,acquatnted,with all their Works,” XL I believe with a perfecy, faith that the Crea- tor (blessed be His namé) rewards ail those who Keep his commandmesis, and punishes those who transgress them. XU. relieve with a perfect faith that the Messiah Will come; and atiMvugh His coming be delayed, f ‘Will still daily hope and expevi His speedy appea ance, XWQI. [ believe with a jy a resurrection of the please the Creato! andever. Ale. Maimonides adds:—‘Whoever shall believe all these fundamental articles to be true enters into the bosom of Israel, and is eutt! » re those demonstrations of brotherly love and good will which God has enjuined us to show toward each other; and is bound to love his neighbor and brother with all his heart, according to all that God hath commanded; and however many or great sins he may have committed from mental infirmity, after he shall nave been punished fer them in this wortd he shall participate in the happiness of the world to come. But if any man shall deny one of these fundamenial doctrines, he 18 fallen from the bosom of Israel, has denicd a foundation of the faith, and Is to be esteemed a heretic, an eptcurean and a destroyer of plants; wherelore we are bound to perse- cute him with every odinm and injury prding to ‘the psaimist, ‘Shall not | late him, Lord, that hateth Thee? erfect faith that there will be 4d, at the time when it shall Diessed be His name for ever THE CEREMC The existence of an oi! 1AL LAW. God, the more obvious eae of genera ity, tie institution of the Sabbath, and that last aud diviner commandment, “Thou shat not covet,’ were thrown together by Moses, In the Decalogue, which is accepted by Chris- tang and Israchies alike ax contamiug what should be the Guiding prinoiples ortue tdeal Nf, Tn addition to this moral law, Moses promulgated by Divine command @ number or ceremonial stavates and pre- cepts, comprising, 86 we are told by the Rabbles, 865 positive and 248 negative obligations. Many of these last are now, owiug to the dispersion of the Jewish people, obsolete, but the essential part of them are still obaerved. ‘hey comprise, ia addition eive from us all | i} } ; from the offering of the omer, or sheat. NEW YORK HEKALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, to numerous provisions for the conduct of religious ceremonies, many sanitary rules for the preserva tion of health and cleaniiness, obligations to pro- vide for the relief of the poor and the stranger, and jaws requiring an exact regard for moral equity be- tween the children of the chosen race, ‘This 18 the groundwork of the Jewish faith, but before an account of its ceremonial features is en tered upon it is well to glance at the huge over- growth of traditions! articles of belief and tradl- lioual rules of life that have risen up upon it. THK JUDAISM OF THE SECOND TEMPLE. While the Jewish monarchy remained intact their fuith preserved the form given to 1t by its founder, Moses, But upon the return of the Jews from the Babylonish captivity, the building of the second temple, and the restoration at Jerusalem under Ezra, Haggat, Nenemtah and others of the Jewish Taich, it passed into a stage of constant develop- ment, which continued until the destruction of the Holy City by the Romans. Under the later prophets just named the Scriptures were collected, authentt- cated and arranged into a canon, and the Mosaic code was again systematically established. But, in addition to this, certain new obligations, founded onty on the authority of contemporary scholars and wise men, were tacked on to the original system, and from time to time, in the immediate roture, further additions o! this character were made. Up to’ the date of the -econd temple the priests were the great oCvi. siusiical authorities of ihe Jow- isu Church, But now a new class of men, a sort of inner hierarchy—doctors or rabbis—came into Prominence, whose business it was to define the meaning and relative importance of the Oral Law, as ws aca excrescences upon the old falth were rmed it would be out of place to trace forward the fur- ther history of Judaism, and to show Low gradually three great parties divided its ranks—tao Pharisees, Who carried their respect for ceremony to the utmost degree of extravagance; the sadducees, who accepted only the mere letter of the original Mosaic code; and the Essenes, who mado conspicuous the urely spiritual doctrines of the creed, and wuo uilt upon it a somewhat visionary rule of life, At present the Jews divide their SACRED BOOKS, which correspond to the Old Testament of the Chris- tians, into three portions—the Pentateuch, tie Pro- Phets and the Hagiographa. There are also some pavephrases of the Scriptures from the original He- rew into the Chaldean tongue, which during the Babylonian captivity became the vernacular tongue of the Israelites. These are treated wite the greates respect, though many of them are rather renderings of the sense and spirit than of the jetter of the orig inal Scriptures. And besides these writings there @ book which some Christian writers have stated, though not truthfully, to be regarded by the rabbis with more veneration than even thé Scriptures themselves—the Talmud, THR ORAL LAW. This last book has been so sharply and so tgnor- Antly criticised in many quarters taut some explana- tion of what it really 18 will not be without interest. The Jews acknowledge two laws which are autnor- itative—one, the written law, delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai, and the other an unwritten explanation of it which has been handed down from generation to generation, This iast ought, in strict right, uever to have been enshrined in written form; but after the return from the captivity the Kabbt Jehuda, fearing that owing to the qroweng influence of im- piety these traditions would be lost, collected, ar- ranged and wrote Laem down, tilled the This book was en- isina,” and forms the first section of the Talmud. About a century Jater Rabbi Joona- nan, in view of the doubt that overshadowed many parts of the “Mishna,’’ collected the autho- ritative explanauions of iis disputed passages, and complied them into the “Gemara, or Commentary.” Toe “Mishna’ and the “Gemara’’ together form What 1s calfed the Jerusalem falmud. There 1s yet another “Gemara,” which is distinguished as the Babylonian; but this ts not generatly considered as entitled to the same degree of respect as the first one, The reason given by @ learned rabbi for the existence of this Talmud is somewhat inte- resting. “L,'’ says he, ‘the oral law had not been added to the wriiten law, the whole law would have been obscure aud unintelligibic. For, in the first place, there are scriptures repugnant and contrary to each other; and m the next place, the writien law 1s imper’ and comprehends not all that 13 necessary to be known.” In another place the same writer assigns the reason why God would not have this second unwritten iaw also reduced to writing. This is “because God foresaw that the natious of this world would copy out the twenty- tour books which are contained ia the Law, tue Pro- phets and the Hagiographa, and would abuse them to heresy and impiety; be delivered to Moses an oral exposition; nor would he allow = it to ve committed to writing till the sects of the Edomites and Ishmaeiites had arisen, lest this algo should be translated by the Gentiles, and perverted to the same evil purpose as the written law. In the world to come Gou will inquire Who are his children. Then the Gentiles, as weil as the Israelites, shall produce the books of the law, aud they shall both afirm themselves to be his children, Therefore God will inquire again with Whom isthe real inspiration, waich he also de- livered on Mount Sinal. At ths all shall be dumb, and not one, except Israei, will be found to have any knowledge ot It.’” A short sketch will now be given of the principal fasts, festivals and ceremonies of the Jews. Along the festivais the grees are the fassover, Pentacost, Tabernacles, the feasts of the New Moon and the New Year, the Feast of Dedication and the Feast of Parim. TH® PASSOVER. ‘The story of the institution of «his feast ts familiar to all. It commemorates the last and great- est of the judgments that punished the figyptians tor the tenacity with which they refusel to let the chosen children of the living God go forth from the house of bondage—that dreadful passing of the destroy ing angel over all the land of Egypt, smiting the first born male chiid in every house. This festival is held on the fifteenth day of the month Nivsan, and lasts, for all Jews ex- cept those who live in or near Jerusalem, eight day: The Sabbath preceding it is Known as the “great Sabbath,” and i usually marked in the syna- rogties by a special lecture by the rabbi on the regu- fitrons which che law provides for the proper ob- servance of the coining festival. During the whole period of the feast the people are required to eat un- Jeavened bread, and they are forbidden even to low the presence of leaven m their houses. Two ays before the beginning of the feast, in the even- lug, the head of each house collects ali the leaven be an tind in nis dwelling aud having placed it ia a vessel burns It the following day before noon. As ,on as the leave is burned, as much unieavened bread as will be required through the festival is made, This bread consists of large, round, tin cakes of simple flour and water.’ During the festival no fertmented drink may be used. On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month there is a special service in the synagogue, aiter which there is in each house a feast of meat and bitter herbs (such as lettuce, parsley, celery and horseradish) and wine. As soon asthe household are gathered round the latier the master of the house says gra and then, leaning on his left arm, drinks a glass of wine, the whole company following iis example. Each person then dips some herbs in vinegar and eats them. Another benediction 1s pronounced and the host, unfuiding his no pe takes the middle cake (there are ouly three kes), breaks it in two, replaces oue of the pieces between the two whole cakes, and conceals the other piece under his plate or under the cushion upon which he leans. The meat is then taken from the table and the plate con- taming the cakes being lifted up by the hands of the whole company they unite in rehearsing the tollow- ny Thts ts the head of poverty and aMlictiou which our fathers dic eat in Egypt. Whoxo hunget let hum come and eat; whoso needs, let him come and eat of the paschal jamb. This year we are here; next year, God Willing, we shall be in the land of Canaan, This year we are servants; the next, God willing, We shail be free—children of the family and lords.” The feast then proceeds, after the recital of psaimns and hytns and the recapitulation of the cir- cumstances which led to the institution of the feast. One of the features of the festival 1s that each person present must drink four glasses of wine, the last glass being accompanied with passages from the Scripture, calling down the Divine vengeance ou all the enemies of Israel. ‘The same ceremony Js repeated the following day. The principal days of the festival are the first two and the last two, and these are celebrated by services in the synagogue and a Sabbatical abstinence from labor. The intermediate days are not observed quite so strictly, but no one is permitted to carry on any servile lapor, PENTECOST. ‘This festival is kept on the sixth day of the montn Sivan, and is called by Moses the Feast of Week: because It was fixed at the end of the seven weeks It 1s also sometimes spoken of as the Feast of First Fruits, It lasts two days and 18 observed by special services in the synagogues and an abstinence trom work. In the services th of Ruth ts always read and the six hundred and thirteen formal precepts of the law are publicly recited, because It was at Unis season of the cording to tradition, that the law was delivered On Mount Sinat, A prayer for the dead ts a feature of the service on the morning of the second day. THE FEAST OF ‘TABRRNACLES. ‘This festival coummemorates the wanderlugs of the wu seed m tae wilderness and lasts nine days. rding to the old practice every Jew who had a garden was required to construct in it a tabernacle of wood, in which he was to dwell through the feast. ‘This is HOW pretty Well obsolete, aud the observance of the festival is contined to services in the syna- gogue and abstinence from jabor. During certain portions of the services each israclite holds in his hands branches or (wigs of various trees and marches fon round the altar, ‘The principal days last two, the last espectally, being even of the rejoicing of the law.” On this day three manuscripts of the Pentatench are taken out of the ark and carried round the altar and laid upon tie desk. After that three persons read three different poruons, oe portion from h manuscript, SHE VRAST"OF TRUMPBTS, or of the new year, 1s held on the first two days of the month Tisrt, and ts celebrated by religious ser- vicos and a discontinuance of all labor except such as may be necessary for the preservation of food. ‘The first day 1s field to be that upon whict God cre - ated the world, and itis also believed that it is the day upon which the Almighty judges hia creatures, ‘The religions services naturally reler to these solemn subjects. The festival is calied the feast of the trum. pets because in the services @ ram's horn 1s fre- quently blown in memory of the ram substituted for Isaac on Mount Moriah, “Between the morning and afternoon services on the second day it was ustal for ail strict Lsraelites to go tu some river or to the seaside and shake their garments oyer the water, whi¢h ia supposed by many to symbolize the casting awhy of their sins; but this is now obsolete. THE FEAST OF THR NEW MOON ia, of course, heid every month, but only the women are roared to abandon servile work, The frewuouey anted a festival by itself, and name “the day | of the festival prevents tts being of very great tm- portance. THE FEAST OF DEDICATION lasts ei days and commemorates the purification of the Temple and the dedication of the new altar of burnt offering, after the deliverance of Jerusalem from Antiochus £piphanes, It does no t involve the suspension of labor, and the religious services at- tending It are not very important, it is sometimes: called the feast of lights, in consequence of a tradi- tion Which 1s rather interestlig. After the cleansing of the Temple we are told the priests lit the lamp which was to burn continually before the Lord, but could only tid off enough to feed 1b for one night, while it would take eight days to prepare a fresh supply. A iniracle, however. worked to enable them to keep up the divine flaine. ‘This small por- tion of oi by the aid of the Aimighty lasted all through the eight days. To commemorate this, on the lirst day of the festival, one light ts lighted in the synagogue, on the second day two, on the third three and so On, adding a light each day until the close of the feast. VHE FEAST OF PURIME is also a festival of comparatively recent institution, and commemorates the detivery of the Jews from the wicked designs ofsHaman. The book of Esther 1s read inthe synugorues, and whenever the name of Haman occurs, the whole congregation clap their hands, stamp their feet and call out “Let his name and memory ne blotted out. The name of the wicked shall rot.’’ ‘The festival is kept up with the greatest = appearance of rejoicing, as we, Who. live in ew York, have ample reason to know, the Purim ball being one of the great social events of cach season, With the exception of the Day of Atonement, THE PASTS do not require any very extended notice. The principal are the fast of Geduliah, in memory of the murder of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam; the fast of the Tenth Month in memory of the seaport Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar; the fast of Esther, in memory of her fast of three days and nights before she attempted to stir the heart of the beg king in favor of her people, and the fast of b, Which celebrates the burning of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar. These fasts are kept with, more or less strictness, by abstinence from food and labor from sunset till Sunset and by various religious ob- servances, THE DAY OF ATONEMENT is by far the most solemn day of the whole Jewish year. It 1s held on the tenth day of the month Tisri. The first ten days of this month are called days of penitence, and are marked by the addition of prayers and confessions to the usual daily sup- plications. On the Sabbath preceding the fast it 1s usual for the rabbi to earnestly exhort the people to repentance. It is the accepted belief that during these ten days God examines every human life, beginning on the first day of the festival of the new year (the first day of Tisri) and continuing through the next eight days until, on the tenth, the Day of Atonement, He passes sentence. In one of the prayers a passage explains this bellef as follows: “On the first day of the year it 1s inscribed, and on the Fast Day of Atonement it is sealed and de- termined how many shall pass by and how many shall be boro; who shall live and who shall di Who shall finish his allotted time and who shall not; who ts to perish by tire, by water, by the sword, by wild beasts, by hunger, by thirst, byan earthquake or by the plague, by strangling or by being stoned to death: itis determined who shall be at rest and who shall be wandering; who shall remain tranquil and who shall be disturbed; who shall reap enjoy: ment and who shall be painfully aMicted; who shall grow rich and who sball become poor; who sliall be cast down and who exalted. But praye tence ana charity can avert the cree.” Before tis solemu tast, fraught, cording to the Jewish belief with awe-inspiring results, begins, each a ac- such Israelite endeavors to settle any disputes in which he may ave become involved and to put bunself at peace with all the world. inthe afternoon preceding the feast he wakes a hearty meal, and then wntil sunset the following evening he fasts absolutely, “taking no manner of sustenance, not even a drop of water.” The religious services ‘begim at sunset, the syna- gogue being splendidly wUluminated with wax candies, which burn night and day Ul! the close of the fast: Many of the more reifgious remain in the synagogue ail night and throughout the day until sunset, but those who retire to their homes assembie again at six o'clock in the morning, rematning all the remainder of ihe day. The services compri-e elaborate confessions of ain and entreaties for merey and forgiveness. Wien, at fast, sunset arrives, the cornet announces the Close of the fast. THE ORDINARY SERVICES of the Jews nave been left ti! now, becanse thetr in- stitution ts of a later date than the sclemn rites whose leading features have been described, Syna- gogue worship is indeed Comparatively a modern ins stitution; it was unkuowu inthe primitive days of the Jewish Church, and sprung up after the Second Tempic. Previous to thatthere had been a general and strict observance of the Sabbath, and frequent Teligious gatheriugs for common supplication, but regular services were unkno’ SYNAGOGUES vary, of course, very much iu their architectural beauty and the richness of their appointinents; but there are some featu in wht they all agree. According to the strict law, ihe synagogue should be so buill that one end ironts the Moly Land, but this is now not very strictly observed, though the Jews curn thelr faces thitherward when engaged im prayer. The main feature tu every synagogue Is the urk, a small closet hung with curtains, and symboli- cally representing the ark of the covenant. ‘Ln this the roll of the law, used in reading the pubiic lessons in the synagogue, 18 deposited, This roll must be in manuscript, written with ink of a pecuitar character, and, according to nu- merous directions, a failure in any of which destroys the value of the sacred volume. The roll consists of long strips of parchment, sewed together with thongs cut out of the skin of soime clean animal, and itis rolled up from both ends on two wooden staves. It is usually encased In linen or silk. After the ark @ raised platform, geuerally near the middie of the room, arrests attention, ‘This is the desk or altar from which the law is read and ser- mons delivered and is usually large enough Lo alow of several persons to be present on it at the same time, ‘The floor of the synagogue 1s filed up with long benches, more or less iaXuriously furaished, and a number of jainps and chandeliers are suspended from the celling. Close by the duor there are usually littie boxes to receive the contrivutions of the chari- taple towards the reitef of the poor. In the oid or- thodox s¥nagogues tue Women are separated {rom the men, and are accommodated generally i a gallery, or, if they are on the same floor With the men, a screen shuts them off from observaiton. The vew syn a gogues, however, disregard this rule, aud the se ure mixed. All Jows Keep their hats on tm ike syia- gogue. ‘The general character of DIVINE SERVICE among the Jews isextremely sunple. It consists on or dinary oc ly of the reading of tae law, the recital ofp) : ing of psalins and’ the delivery of sermons. Many changes have recently taken n many congregations in the liturgy used, Formerly Hebrew wis toe only tongue used, but now the vernacular 1s employed im many of the more liberal and progressive synago: Women, too, are now trequently allowed to chant in the choir—an innovation of very modern growth. In the olaen time, too, much longer portious of the sacred Scriptures were read at each service than now. 1 are daily services in ali ie synagogues. And now We naturally come to one of tie best known features of the Jewish faith—a ieature which has been more or less perfectly copied by the vari ous Christiana sects THE SABBATE The Jewish Sabbath is ‘Koned, after the Asiatic manuer, from sunset to sunset, and lasts therefore from one Friday evening Uil Saturday at the setting of the sun. ‘The injunction of the Decalogne “to do no manner of work,” &c., is observed with painful exactitude. The rabbies have defined the works for- bidden on the Sabvath under thirty-nine general heads, and tt will be seen from the list that they cover pretty thoroughly every known branch of in- dustry. ‘These are the things that are forbidden— “ploughing, sowing, reaping, bundiing, binding, threshing, Winnowing, silting, grinding, boiting, Kneading, cocking, Clipping, washtug, combing, spinning, winding, warping or weaving, dyeing, tying, untying, sewing, breaking in pieces, fastening With wedges or pins, building, demolishing, striking: witha hammer, hunting, Mshing. Kiliing, faving, taking the hair off from hides, cutting in piece: writing, blotting out, ruling paper, kindling fire, quenching tt, carrying anything out of doors into a street or public piace.” Of the SPRCIAL RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS of the Israciites, such as circumcision and the vart- ous ceremonies for celebrating marriages and con- ducting funerals, nothing need be said, as to give minutely ihe details of each rite, interesting as it might be, wouid require much more space than can possibly be devoted to them ina daily paper. We now turn from orthodox Judaism to its present This faith, lke um ristian denomi- nitions, Pas been recently stirred to its pro. foundest depths hy that eager spirit of inquiry and tat restless movement ever forward through change and innovation to a brighter future Wiich seein more thin anything else to mark the age we live in, The modern Jew, like the modern Gentile, is eagerly examining the very bases of his hereditary creed, looking carctully at them from every intellectual standpoit with the cold eye of impartial criticign, and earnestly endeavoring to brush away the thick flims of error aud obscurtty that have by slow but sure stages overlaid them dur- ing the sluggish march of forty centuries. In short, there is a “pn school? of thinkers tn the Tanks Of Jud ance guard of mtelectual workers in the ranks of Christianity. Its, perhaps, in somewhat bad taste to hazard a guess as to how itis Wal atier remaining almost stationary for ne: tw» thousand yeurs—Uiat is to say, fron emmpie to about thirty years ago—Judatsor kas at length begun to show Sigas of imternal activity and growth. Bat the reason seems so plain that ie shal be duitidenty suggested, It is curious that those centaries ot torpor correspond exactly to that long aud dreary period during which 1 was a crinte of the most heinous dye to avow one's self akin in vicod to Solomon ana Moses, to Eliyah and David. Is there no connection be- tween this universal exieraal persecation and this unbroken miternal repose of relitions thought? 1s MM not rather clear that the Jew and the Christan, the one editented to hate, to despise and to persecute the seed of Abraham, and the other educated jo fear, to detect and to annoy the beilevers in the Cross, being thus separated from each other by a bridgeless gulf of bitter animosity and long-cherished eamity, neecs- sarily failed allogesher vo religiously info each other? Here and there, perliaps, a0 individual met. ber of either race broke through the traditional Prejudices of his peopie, but the grand masses of men on both slags ceased in any way to @xercise any reciprocal influence tipon each other, But now that tu nearly every ob the same soctal and political advantages as the Gene tile, and 1s among the more advanced peoples even welcomed as a brother, buth Jew and Geutile begin to act upon each ovher, not only soctally, bat even religiously. That is perbaps the only way In which can be explained the now widespread tendency among progressive Jews to approximate Judaism, not exactly to Christianity, Dut lo certain forms of retigious beiiel—Unitarianism, for instance—which prevail an.ong us. ‘The extreme radical progressive Jews, imdeed, contempiaic nothing sort of the conversion of ti Whole human race ‘to Judaism, the entire national element of tho Jewth throwing overboard all observances Which appeal merely to the Israelite and not to the man, Bur the tol- lowing extract froma recent book eloquently gives the present advanced opinion on this head:— “Israel must still be an tuiut, still inked together by the mystic tie of the Hebrew, longue; for ssracl- {tes have siil to work together for tie accomplish- ment of their heaventy mission, The time, however, will assuredly arrive when, with God's biessing, every Vesiige of error, of idolatry, Of faise belief, of bigotry, of superstition, of ignorance will be ban- ised irom the earth; when ali the petty diferences Which various religious systems now build up to separate the children of one eternal Father will be- come Theryed iu a tasting bond of unton; wien there shall be no more Jews, no more Ohristiaus, nO more Mohamiuedans, no more pagans; when the world will no longer resound with the clamor of Opposing docirines; When ail Mankind wil be re- generated by God's divive rule; when all mankind Wil hail each other ay brothers and rejoice in the Barbus tile of man; when there will be but one God and one religion, one Kingdom and oue temple, one Creator and one human family.” Truly a noble dream, but one which, as the Rev. Raphael ac. Lewin adds, “will unfortunately not be realized for ages to come.” THE REFORM SCHOOL have already done much to denationatize their creed. The services in their synagogues are im the vernacular senmne, the sexer are not sepa- rated from each other, many features of the ceremonial law have been allowed to fall into desue- tude, and some of the fasts and festivals are alto- gether ignored; and in sentiment they have even aa- vanced much farther. For instance, in regard to the destruction of the Temple, the book already quoted boldly staves:—lt was indeed a blessing to Israel and to the world that the Jewish nationailiy was overthrown, the Temple destroyed and the Jews scattered unto the four corners of the earth, ‘To Israel it was a biessing because thence forth every Israelite became a seed which, sown into different portions of the world, was hereafter to be- come a tree the fruit of which should be even aa the fruit of knowiedge, giving instruction to all men.’ And again:—-*Truly the ninth of Ab, the day when God wisely destroyed our political existeave for- ever—wisciy dispersed us among all nations for- ever—is becoming more and more recognized as a duy of honor and triumph, a day to be commemo- rated by the purest feelings of joy and gratitude.” ‘Thus it will be seen thet the modern Jew believes neither in an actual asivent of the Messiah nor the restoration of the Jews to their birthright. The reign of the Messiah 18 merely the coiing millen- nium, which a previous extract so eloquently de- scribed, At present, however, It is only a stall section of the Jews who hold the extreme doctrines of radical progressive Judaism, though the rigidly orthodox can boast even fewer disciples, at aay rate in the city of New York. The mass of ‘aciites hold a middle course; they are not as yet for such sweeping changes as are proposed, but certainly the tendeaey of most Jewish congregations seems im that direction, In New York, at the present time, there are at least fifty thousand Israelites. For the purposes of religious — worshi y have abouc thirty synagogues, wh sent almost every na- donality, and mnuch in arehitec- tural tinportance eness of their internal appointments. The finest synagogue, by general consent, is that of Bmanu El a lengthy description of which has already appeared in the columns of the Heap, Most of its mei bers are Germans; indee:|, at least two-thirds of all New York Israclites belong to the same nationnlity, This temple leans very decidedly to the Reiorin School; the sexes iningle together indiscriminately, there are femule singers ti the choir, and a preat part of the service is conducted in a modern lan- guage. The Most important synagogue in members & thaton Thirty-fourth street, which is also cidedly conservative. The oldest synagogue ts that on Nineteenth street, of which the Rev. Mr. Lyons is pastor. ‘Che founders of this congregation were Portuguese Jews, who came to this city nearly two hundred years ago, in the old Dutch times. Of course the present members are almost entirely American Jews, and the congrega- tion has the reputation of being extremely wealthy. Another very infuential synagougue, consisting almost entirely of American and English Jews, is that on Forty-iourth street, There is also a very fine temple on Thuirty-ninth street, with a a gressive German congregation. To show t nationalities present in the city it may be stated that there Js, in addition to the American, English and German synagogues alluded to, a Polish syna- gogue (strict ortiodox) on Allen street; a Bohatman synagogue on Fourth street, near avenue U; a Hole lander synagogue on Stanton street and a Fiench synagogue on Sixth street. All except four or five of the synagogues of New York are conservative, so far as concerns the separa- tion of the sexes and the exclusion of female singers from the chou, OBITUARY. Rev. Albert Barnes. The distinguished Presbyterian divine, Albert Barnes, died suddenly, in Philadelphta, at four P, M., on Saturday last. Avout half-p three o'clock on that day, in company with his daughter, he left bis residence for a visit tow triend living about a mile distant, He walked the entire distance, and reached the house of his friend considerably fatigued, En- tering, he took a seat and awaited the coming of tne , When suddeniy, and without uttering an ex- ion, he fell back upon his chair and expired. Mr. Barnes was born in fome, [N. Y., December 1, 1798. While working in his father’s tannery he pur- sued his stuares so closely that he prepared himself for college, and entered Hamilton College, New York, whence he graduated in 1820, at the age of twenty-t¥o, After pursuing a theological course at Princeton College, New Jersey, he recetvea his license to preach, and was ordained and installed pastor of the Presbyterian church in Merristown, N, J., in February, 18: In 1880 he ac- cepted a call rom the First Presbyterian church of Philadelphia, and presided over that congregation until within a few years ago, when age and infirmt- es compelled him to restgn lis charge. As a pulpit orator Mr. Barnes had few equals upon the Ameri- can Conti unner Was pecullarly winning and his language strong, and convincing. None excelivd him in portraying the more lovely and touching truths ef the Gospel which ue taught; and it was (is peculiar eloquence which won him such @ place in the hearts of ais congregation. Mr, Barnes was, however, more extensively ap- preciated as a writer than as a preacuer. His numerous writings, and “Bible Commentaries” in particular, have earned him a world-wide reputa- Uon. fis “Notes on the Gospels” probably were the most popular Protestant tneological works ever published, more than a million cone of the English edition alone having been printed. They have been extensively translated and adopted by leading Bibli- cal students in the Old World. His of St. Paul,” “Evidences of Christianity” and “Seriptarat Views of Slavery” also obtained “a wide circulation, At the division of the Presbyterian Chureb, in 1832, Mr. Barnes sided with the New School party, and'was the leading spirit in that branch of tne Church for many years. One of the most interesting incidents of the meeting of the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Cuarch in Puiladelphia last spring was the fraternal visit of nearly fifty of the alumui of Hamilton College, of which, with a single exception, Mr. Barnes was the oldest living alumnus, Mr, Barnes preached his Jast sermon on Sunday, tue 18th, to the inmates of the Philadelpnia House of Refuge, avd was in apparent perfect health up to the moment of his sudden demise . Captain Minor Kaow!ton ‘This gentleman died at Burlington, N. J., ou the 24th inst., in the sixty-sixth year of lis age. In the year 1825 he entered West V’oint, from mnecticut, and in 1829 he was appointed Brevet Second Lieu- tenant of the First artillery. He filed many posi- tions in the capacity of military instructor. Captain Knowlton wrote some works which have attracted atiention, His work on ‘* Notes on Gunpowder— Cannon and Projectiles,’’ Was pubiished in 1549, and was favorably recely Avous of seeing service abroad, he, tn the year 1845, atlached himself tothe staff of the French Marshal Bageaud, and served with the French army in Algeria, At the time of his death Captain Knowlton was sul in the service. Ail who knew lum speak kindly of lis mart cling traits of character PERSUNAL NOTES. Colonel A. L. Harrisor grandson of the late ex, President Harrison, died last week at Indianapolis, Indiana, aged tiurty-eight years, Dr. A. B. Earle’s visit to Raleigh, N. (., converted some five hun dred persons, among them the Gover- nor, and this gr eat revival Ls sail in progress. Mary Jane Henderson, of Raleigh, N. C., has one husband in the penitentiary and two have been hung for murder. ‘The Cincinnati Chronicle, the Western Court Jou nal of the wdminist says that Miss Neie ‘ani, daughter of the President, 1 soon to be mar- Tied to @ young man tn Covington, Rounp vor Lowe® CALIPORNIA.—Adi “8 a list of passengers by the schooner Selma, which for Magdalena Bay, Lower Caltiornia, yester- day:—Colonel D. bk. Hungerford, Charles D. Wal- it Brant Seguine, E uel N. Zerman, James + Wils Following sre the passengers by the New- ton Booth for Magdalena Bay, sailing yesterday Fred, R. Carrick, E. A. Manning, Margariva A. Navarete, Mary Nayare' George T. Boardman, J. W. Gritfes, R. Huat, D. A. McKee, Samuet Granger, Henry Aillari, Martha Navarete, Sarat Wil- son, Alired Wheeler, Arrierto M. Cordova, ¥. Angulo, Y. W. Bowales, Gregorio Urriolagoitia, W. Kimball, James Lawrence, M. Winterfeld, Ra: Mus Olscu, James Cole.—San Francisco Bulletin zed countey tue Iyructite eatova 1 Dec, 16, Thus they excie | faith, 1870, FINANGIAL AND COMMBRETAL, A CLOSE HOLIDAY, 4534; Pacite Mal, 89% a 39%; New York Centrat Consolidated, 91 a 9144; New York Central sert | St)4 m 874; Erte, 23% a 24; Reading, 9814 a 984; Lake Shore, 915; a 911%; Nortawestern, 7) a 70% ao. preferred, 81 a 814%; Rock Island, 103%; a 104; St. Pau, 55% a 6 do. preferred, 50 a 80),; Wabash, 454, a 484; Ohio and Mississippl, 2734; Boston, Hartford and Hrie, 2% a Gould closed Saturday at 110! a 110 THE MONEY MARK ‘The money market has absorbed unusual attention durlug the past fow weeks, owing to us great ac Uvity and occasional stringency. AT CHICAGO the topic 1s treated in the following ful! and tnterest- ing manuer by the Tribune of Saturday: Among the causes which aid to make money tight at present, but which must soon disappear, and, on the other haud, contribuie to make money abundant soon aiter tae lxt of January, is the unusual accu. mulation of currency mn (he national Treasury to the amount of $30,.60,000, which is fully double what 1b has been customary to retain in the Treasury at this season of the year, when the currency 18 needed in the West to market the hog crop and in the South to market the cotton crop. Until quite recently the efect of this accumulation of currency in the ‘Irea- sury was not severely felt, because the mild weather of this year had been unusually prolonged, and the first of the two above mentioned great crops had not begun to move. But the weather of the past week has caused great activity in this line and ereated a demand tor currency which ig the greater because it has been deferred so long. Com- plaints of Mr. Boutwell’s new policy of boeing currency are now becoming general, and us lie wil probably be inflaenced by these to increase his bond purchases, which have becu unaccountably limited lately—conaidering the large balances of both gold and currency in the Treasury—ihe result will be that the Treasury accumulation of currency will be set afvat to tncrease the abundance of money that would be experteuced anyhow, alter the Ist of Janu- ary, and that the Secretary will buy bonds at a higher price than he could buy them for new. lis hot probable that any haman being could conduct the affairs of the United States ‘treasury without becoming the subject of a grect deal of unfavorable critucisin, In fact, inteiuigent and conunuous criticism = =by the public press 1s What any chief executive of the Treasury should look for, and regard [tas a means of finding out when avy particular policy was being pu beyond reason- #ble Limits and becoming farm{ul to the business {nterests of the country. Bat there are certain periodic movements of crops and capiial, which may be exp with such regularity that the Sec- retary of the ‘Treasury ought to anticipate tiem and prepare for them us tauch as he dees for the jay- ment of instalments of iaterest on Lae public debt, ‘The country always requires more currency during the perlod from September 1 to the midile of Decou- ber tian at aby other season of the year, and dur ing that period should ve te — policy of the 7 to run its currence balance as loW ass Bal as tere 14 no réduciion of taxa termined policy in r 1 payments, and, therefore, no contraction of the cur Teticy called Lor on that score, tae only use to Which ihe surplus revenue can be judiciously applied 1s tae purchase of bends. ‘This is the only Way the cur- rency can be got into circulation agi after it has once been drawn Into the Treasury by the collection of internal reven veryihlig, therefore, slows: that the tall and early winter are the seasous when tue boud purchases of the Treasury sould be in creased, ‘This has not been the policy of we frea- sury this season, und the edects on the money mar- ket have been to decrease the amount of circulation at the stringent season, and provably will be ty ine crease it when money is abundant. Notwitustandiug the stringency of money im the commercials market ior ordinary trade purposes it ts worthy of note that our local market is abundantly Supplied with capital for mor meut In mortgages on first ¢ such security wouey is freciyotered for a term of years at eight per cent per annum, and on medium Cluss property there is a good supply of money to be had at mine per cent per annum. All of this kind of capital now in this market 18 from abroad, and shows how Chicago stands in the estimation of capt- talists in other cities. 1b wiso shOWS Unt Lhe pre stringency of money 1s caused less by Lue scart capital tian by the scarcity of it in a lorm avail abie for circuuition, ‘The prin local mouey market now are Grain operators are not asking for much, Mercantile community seem to be getting along without aking tor much aid from the banks. Country orders for currency were larger to-day than yesterday. Exchange was sold at trom 7 $1 per $1,000 discount for sales between banks. the counter, bankers sell at 1-10 premium aud t 1-10 discount. bal estate, On AT CINCINNATI, according to the Zaquirer of Saturday, ‘There is a continued good demand for toans, and in some cases UU cations Were more liberal, The regular nou 2 ul present discounting Hie outside paper, ag they find ample employment for their meuns mM attending depositors, or to those to whol obligations, The etferings markel, however, were not es report littie dificuliy in plactag wood i ‘There 1s but little paper of a speculative eb Moat, the demand beimg mainly for le Os, and the different branches of trade are well repre: sented in the listet applicants. ‘The heaviest de- mand, however, was from the pork packers. Local checking Was heavy, and the coantry banks are sill drawing ire oo th chy lor currency = OF int e firm, Money ta the ope market is worth 12 per cent, but depositors are able to negot ate loans at10 per cent, and in SOME CASES t ny were suppited at 3 49, Dat the former is the ruling figur ‘the brokers report the offerings Of payer in the open market only moderate, and’ youd wanes are placed without dinicaly AT NEW ORLEANS the activity in connection with the movewiwnt of the cotton crop seems to Lave passed the climaa. ‘The Bee says:- ‘The money market continues te show sign creasing ease. AL ibe banks there mand for discounts, but With an increase la the available funds nearly ali the approved paper olfered 13 accepted. Un the street ewpitalisis m inost of an still a goou a ses still hotd out for the bigh rates which have prevailed for some tme pasi, bat accommodations ure extended inure readily at Inside figures, With these remarks we quote 1a 1% per cent » for Al notes accompanied by Unexcepiiouadi laterals, with occasional transactions at ly per per annum; — a1 for good do. and Lg ai 2 for good to Al business paper wlihout coilat D.- vent ud 1a. COURSE OF EMPIRE. Two thousand and fifty-eight passengers arrivea At this port from foreign ports during the week end- ing Saturday, December 24. They came by the fol- lowing vexsels:— Steamships ‘Tybee, St. Domingo, 4; Buenos Ayres, 11; Towa, Glaago Liverpool, 160; Sidontan, Glasgow, 1 D3 City of Cori Liverpool, 69; Rapidan, Havana, 3; Merrimac, Rio Janeiro, 36; Thuringia, ‘Mamburg, Caty of” Lon- don, Liverpool, 304; ‘Tyrian, P: 10, Morro te, Havan Star, ‘Antwerp, Rhein, Bremen, vaula, Liverpool, London, 30; t Buenos Ay’ 13;' Russia, Liverpool, &C,, 105 widing Cleopatra, Havana, 1: te, Havre, 3s; Pean ship American Congr pool, 2; ¢ 262; rks Quicksiep, Live 1. Total number of passengers, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. } Married. On Thursday, December 2: by the Rev. H. M. Gallaher, of Brooklyn, Rev. Andiew Longacre, of New York, James i. Skyaoun, of New York, to Miss KATIN SWALsL, the late Morris Wise. 4 [San Francisco and San José papers please copy. | Died. ALLIsoN.—On Monday, December 26, after a short illness, JOIN ALLISON, I the GALL year of his aye. at one jock, from tis late residence | 658 Ninth avenue, corner of Forty-sixtt street | ‘hiladelpuia papers please copy. BopRemM.—At Williams L. L, on Sunday December 25, HANNAH Mania, wile of Jackson M. years. tives and friends of the family are respect fully invited vo attend the frncral servieus, ae the Neformed church, 1a Bedrord avenue, on Wednesday afternoon, at one o'clock. BRaprorb,--On Christo of the lungs, CLARENCE P’ and Hattie H, Bradtord, aged 2 years, 7 mouths a 14 days. Faneral this (Tuesday) jock, from 124 Hall str | portland (Me.) papers please copy. CARPENTER.—On Sunday, December 25, Mrs. La- VINIA CARPENTER, Wife of William Carpenter. ‘The relatives aud friends of the family, the oMicers nt brothers of City Lodge, No. 151, and of Mount Zion Encampment, No. 17, and of Aipha Lodge, No. 609, Good Templars, are invited to attend the fune- ral, on Wednesday afternoon, at one o'clock, from 127 DumMeld street, Brooklyn. elder child of Josep Bi. l The noon, at half-past one December Kiyu *RANCIS A, CLARRY, aged 41 years, T montis and % The relatives and fricads ef the family are te The soctal celebration of Christmas has been observed as a “close” holiday, as it is termed in | Wall street. The various boards stand ad- journed to Tuesday morning. We repeat the latest prices of the leading specua- | tive stocks:—Western Union Telegraph, 454 @ | Fr mouilt | sisted by | only daughter of pr. 5. J. Swatin, of Brooklyn. No | wards. 7 AS—WISE.—On Sunc December at the residence of ide's mother, by the Kev. Dr. He Vidaver, MAX TOKLAS to Magy Wise, donghter of as morning, of congestion | Spectfally invited to attend the funeral, from st. Peter's and St. Paul's charch, to Second street, be- tween South Secoud and South Third streets, Wil- atasburg, this (Tuesday) morning, at ten o'clock, Coorra,—On sunday (Christinas) night, December Vikonyia L., daugiter of Charioite aud the late Jolin Cooper, tee of funeral hereafter, Oosuy.—On Sunday morning, December 25, Mr. JOUN Cosny, aged OT years, ‘The funeral will take place from bis late residence, Clinton street, this day (Tuesday), at twelve o'clock noon, Friends and acquainiaices of the family are invited to attend. DBALY.—On Monday, I Aber 26, of congestion of (he brain, CLEMENT G., Youngest sou of David and ath y of his age, psldence of Mis parents, 408 East 117th street, Harlem, on Wednesday morning, At hait-past ten o’cloc! Friends are respectfully invited to attend. FARKELL.—On Sunday morning, December 25, at the residence of his son, Rev. Curistopher A, Farrell, Mattcawan, Dutehess county, N. Y.. CHRISTOPHER FARne.t, for many yeurs a resident of this city, in the 69th year of bis age. ‘rhe trends of the family, alao those of his sons Rey. Christopher A., Matthew 8. aud Frank Farrell, are invited to attend the funeral service, at St. Ga briers church, Kast Tuirty-seventh street, thls (Tues day) afternoon, at one O'clock; thence tw Calvary Cemetery for interinent, mrd.—On Monday, December 26, after a short tl Sanat A. FRira. ‘he Iriends of the family and the teachers of the Fighth ward pablic schools are tavited to attend the faueral, from the First Bapust church, Grove street, Jerse) ia on Wednesday afternoon, at two o'etoe| Haywarp.—In Brooklyn, E.D., on Saturday even- ing, December 24, of Bright's disease of the bye WILLIAM HAYWARD, aged 29 years, youngest son the late Warden Hayward. ‘The friends ot the family are invited to attend the funeral, this (Tuesday) afternoon, at 2 o'clock, from the house of his brother-in-law, William H. Smith, No, 120 South Portland avenue, Brooklyn. HANLEY.—In Brooklyn, 0a Sunday, December 25, Jonn HANLEY, @ Dative of the county Westmeath, in (He 66th year of nis age. A svlemn mass of requiem will be offered up for the repose of his soul, at St. Ann's church, Front. street, this (Tuesday) morning, at ten o'clock, The friends of the family are respectfully invited to at- tend the funeral, at two clock, thence to the Cemetery of the ‘Holy Cross, Flatbush, for inter- meat. Horry In Brooklyn, on Saturday, Decora her Me Mrs. AMy H. Hoppin, relict of Henry Hoppin, Providence, R. L, in the 824 year of ner age. The relatives and friends of the amily are re- Spectfally invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her soa-in-law, Nehemiah Krignt, No. 183 Harrison street, Brooklyn, this (Tuesday) atter- noon, at two o'clock, Ip —On Monday, December 26, at three A. M., AM C. INNIS. ‘The remains will be taken from his late reatdence, owark avenue, Jersey City, on Wednesday mora ing, at mine o’chock, to Mopeville, N.J., at which place the funeral will take place. His relatives and friends arg respectfully invited to atiend. JON On Friday, Decewber 25, Isaac P, Jones, in his 68th year. Funeral from his late residence, 331 West Twenty- second street, this (Tuesday) morning, at eleven o'clock. eater, Mass., suddenly, on Satar- day morning, December 24, Epwarkp Jouy, eldest son of tite late Louts Jouy, Bsq., of uals elty. Int wood, KNOWLYON,—At Burlington, N. J., on Saturday, December 24, ptain MINER KNOWLTON, United States Ariny, age I 6dtyears. ‘Tue friends are respectfully invited to atrend the funeral, at his late residence, on Thursday morning, at eleven o'clock. KENNEDY.—On K Friday, December 23, ParTRiok NEDY, of the parish of Lotra, county Mpperary, Irciand, aged 28 years, 11 moaths and 3 days, ‘The relatives and friends vf the family, and mem- bers of Kellef Hose, No. 61, are respectiully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of his un- cle, Patrick Howe, Fourth avenue, between Sixty- sixth and SIXty-seventh streets, on Wednesday af- ternoon, at one o'clock. L Mozt.—On Christinas morning, December 25, Teresa E., wite of Edwin Lambert, and daughter of the late Owen Madden, m the 33d year of nee ‘The funeral will take place from her late residence, 207 Bast Twenty-sixth street, on Wednesday morn- ing, at cieven o'clock. LUHMANN.—On Sunday, December 25, HkKMAN Loum . aged 27 years, 1 month and 18 days. The relatives and (riends of the farntly are respect- fully ted to aitend the funeral, from his tate | re 939 «Broagway, Brooklyn, E. D., om Wednesday afternoon, at one o'clock, The remamns will be taken to Greenwood. | MatLavey,—On Sunday, December 25, Mary MALLADEY, aged 54 years, a native of Clown Mu.tin- | yar, county Westmeath, Ireiand, |. ‘The relatives and friends of th fully invited to attend tie fane: dence, 427 East Sixteenth sire alternoon, at hali-past one o'clock. Mullingar (Ireland) papers please copy. Mrav.—On Monday, December 25, Barger MEAD, Wite of James Mead, aged 21 years. Relatives and friends arc invited to attend the funeral, ou Wednesday afternoon, at two o’cloc! from her late residence, 40 Orchard street. ‘The 0 mains will be taken to Greenwood: MEEHAN.—At his residence, 69 PATRICK MERHAN, ‘Nhe iriends of the famil, the funeral, on Wednesday o'clock. family are respect from her late resi~ tus (Tuesday) James street, re Invited to attend afternoon, a two Mary MARKS, a& erford, Lelund, ¢ . nds Of the ‘amily wotfully invited to attend the funeral, trom AtG residence, SLL Kast Forty-ihird street, on Wednesday afternoon, at ed 50 years, —On Sunday, December » Anna O Tuesdd i take place this ck, from 36 Beach stre . nf On Monday moraing, December 26, at long and painful iiness, which she bore with Chnshan fovutude, Mas. HONORA O'RREREE, aged morning, a& The (riends and relatives of the family are respect- Tally in vl to attend the funeral, on W at oue o'clock, from he st Twenty-iirst street, May soul. Powe)..—On Christmas night, THowas, elder som of William HH. aud Mary Cowing Powell, aged 16 years. ne (uner | will take place from. th | his father, 45 Bast Twenty-second str | day morning, at ten o'clock. 1 | lamily are invited to attena. PRicé.—On December 25, at Greenpoint, CB, In the 64th yeur of his age. +—On Monday, December 28, Wi.LIAM He Youngest child of George aud Aun Quinn, Ly months. The friends of the family are respectfully requested » Ms (Puesday) alternoon, at lock, from the residence of his parents, No. orth First street, Williamsburg. du Monday morning, Dee. est TW oniy-second street, of Sau Francisco. 18 of the ibe at his late M. Geoxow Notice of funeral hereafter. Rexves.—On Monday, December 26, at her rest- | denee, 66 Broome street, BARBARA, Widow of Philip | in the TIst year of her age ‘al Services at the Willett street M, E. anesday afternoon, at one o'clock. | | and friends are respectinily invited to attend. | (n Monday morning, December 26, | of coustunpuion, VALENTINE SCHEIDEL, in the 4156 | year of his age. |" the relatives, friends and school oMcers of the Seventeenth ward are respectfully invited to attend the funerai, which will take place on Wednesday morning, at half-pust eight o'clock, from the St. Nicholas church, Second street, between avenue A and First avenne. Shaw.—At Staten Island, on Sunday (Christmas) morning, MARY ANN SHAW, Widow of Alexander Shaw, formerly of Athens, N.Y. neral Wil take place this (Tuesday) morning, 1 O'clock, [rom St, Ann’s church, Kighteenth, ear Fifth avenue, At Hoboken, N. J., on Sunday, December » suddenly, GRORGE MAKSHAL EAR, Sr., in the st year of hits age. | ‘The relatives and friends of the fauily, and of hia | son, rge Marshall Spear, Jr., are respectfully in- | Vited to attons tuneral, this (Tuesday) afternoon, | at one o'clock, from ‘Trimty church, corner Seventh aud Washington streets, Hoboken. SWeEENEY.—-On Monday, December 23, MARGARET, the beloved wife of James Sweeney, a native of the | parish of Tydavenet, county Monaghan, Ireland, aged 28 years, Fi ‘al from her late residence, No, 2 Macdougal St. Anthony’s church, Sullivan strect, om lay morning, at half-past ien o'clock, where a solemn requiem mass will be cclebrated | for the repose of her soul, from thence to Calvary { Cerneiery for interment. PURNSULL.—On Monday, clatives, December | fever, ARTHUR CRAWFORD,’ son of + ahd Jose- | phine Tornboli, aged 2 years, 11 months and 6days. et —Ou' Friday morning, December 23, Cap TULLEY, aged 77 years. * invited to attend the funeral, from the resi ol Mr. Messerole, Georgia aveaue, first house frou Atlantic avenue, w York, ths | (Tuesday) morning, at ten ¢ e 'Hovpsox.—On Thorsday, December 22, suddealy, CHARLES THOMPSE eral Will take place from itis late reside! ast 13th street, near Second aveuu (Juesday) morning, at eleven o'clock. on.—tn this om Sunday, December 25, Cuanies W. VErron, of Wiliam Veiteb, in the Ist year of his age. ‘The relatives an! fiiends of the family are reapect- | fully ivited to attend the tuneral services at the Keaford street. Methodist Episcopal ehureh, corner | of Bedtord and Morton streets, this (fuesdayy even- ling, Ab cight o'clock. Us Watsi.—-On Sunday, December 25, Mrs. SusAN | Wansu, wife of Martin Walsh, a native of the parish | of Durvuilen, county Fermanagh, Ireland, in the | euth year of her age. | The friends of the family are respectfully invited | lo attend the funeral. from her late residence, 208 | Moet str this (Tuesday) afternoon, at two o'clock | Woot.—At_ Hackensack, N.4., on Saturday, De- [ cember 24, Mania Demarest, wife of Robert G. Woot, aged 35 years. Panerat services iu First Reformea church, Hack ensuck, (is (uesdags) morning, at half-past tea o'clock. Cars leave Ohambers street at nine A. M. WILSON nidenly, of apoplexy, in Jersey Clty, on Sutantay, December 24, Henny Witson, formers ly of Bangor, Me,, in the o7th year of his age. Reratives and friends are invited to attend the fa- neral, thie (Taesday, afternoon, at two o'clock. from dus late rostdence, 187 Mercer street, Jersey City. native of Tismore, , co