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77~ whole age are no7all faoatml Besides, **¦ ~*Si» Offen bach.

'¦ with pr^iflely^^hSj^l

f f lf c* M t iY W t lt if i natics seldom ignore their victime-they jacquCs Offenbach was bora 1821 at Co- ^ ^ ^ ^j m.^M

i!|/-|IJP:'9JBf A?4U^ W «»de»n4 belittb. .bein. Silence log„e, on the Rhine. His father was Ha- ^Tu E." I T?'* dM * *S»" .'S?. " - .'

¦. , nMrtJrt . is not in the nature of fanaticism. We need zan , 0r chanter , in the synagogue of that Also this is enigmaboal , nlm0Bt J^|ptjblished every Friday Monsi^ct. a , . , j j l„ ,k » , •* ' Tr„ „*„¦

*• m Paris ou te a to "W philosophers, but nnt -t ¦ . li'lBLOCH & CO Printbbb; 82 Sixth Street . B°t say that the miracles recorded by the ancient city. He came to ram quite a ¦. * , . -*' ' DUt *ot • to-aft! ^fISAAC ;M. WISE, EpiToalfc PaoraiBToa. .,.,; Evangelists :can , not be true, because it is boy, and at the tender flge of twelve be was Know cnss, tne .centuries of oppr<^ Jp|rn BB«8' ThrcoP^^pu«.«n»dr»nce. Tbe almost selfcevident. If at the death of Je- picked out of several candidates to play the had an outside ea.stence: I„ ¦the^gfl1 dbbo^h la Dubiuhed^^^ sue an.

ectips e of the sun and an earthquake violincella at' the opera comiqtie. It ts not seni or tne people remained utidist^li

SI^PS^^ ^ ^ had bappeJed, if the veil of ite temple bad generally known who instructed him in the within the spiritual sphere of thj glffiS SZ??^i» » ^S ,been>re^ m twain and the dead , returned science of music: It is only known that at tors, inherited and bequeathed i M• ^ ^ ^ S^^ S to lifo.who in the world could have mas- an' early " period of his life bV <w^^^SlS^^^ W'SrW^nth. tered the imagioatibn of an oriental people 80Dg8 for the comedian Gfcri jj after which '

^ f ^^^Wf i^^150 I 4 06 | 6 oo | 10 00 not to deify the dying martyr and set him a ho wrote an opera, which , like tne large Ugian in the ghetto 8yfingogu e-fr^ni|B^Sffi thousand everlasting monuments it* the worka of almost all young men without was as bnlliant a musical genius Wj fpfX^ ^ l^ ^ ^ ^A''01^^' songs, mj th s. traditions and literatureof the fvic nd8 , met with littl e success. Still , this beer, Mendelssohn , Hnlevy or Of^Sl^n

0™' people? Just imagine all these things to be ^.ishap did not discourage him , or degrade The numerous original melodies ^p

oh^^^o?"in^P,,bU8,,edunU, orderedout 'aQd performed inoursight , he foreuRin thisphiU- his talent in the eyes of proper j udges, for synagogue hailing from that nge of 'i M

o,K^pm?^v^it^?^^^^^^ sophical century, with our cool, calculating 80on after this he was appointed musical sion provei tbis boyond a doubt. TheftfoP£K»f#&^

and it ftj oiring mturen ; suppose wo should director of the-n«<er Francais, and aga^n , poet wbo breathed his sou l into a

Jffaim>niinio 'Bt»A riB; ^in .*wrn tproni»t .;iittention ,Rhoii ^ 8ee the dead rise -from their graves and shortly afterward , he set up a stage of his aeuc/ia / i, or J\ut tor the syhagoeuiii^Pba Titt '> n on but onn ilno of th f paper nri rt in ft plain ¦ ** »• «• j ^- . ' r . , *l»«™ „,„.i,., ¦ ii_ „ j , ' ¦ ' B *> "TIM' Silbold ,tesiMo ht'id .wfith turgo . gpaeo botwacn the UacB. : CO mo to the city—how many uncountable 0W n , jundcr-the name of Bouffes I 'ansiennes , tneir numoer in tne a ark ages is legioif^^t^^tt

sx-vt a rri -r.

~~ thousands wou ld believe everything Bo dem- in the Pa ssage Chokeul. He opened it with frequently was as bright a poeficfil^l

r, .i iir v^ n\ i, o ibbq onstrated , and how many other thousands an operetta of his own , called Lea deur as the modern writers of 'ther.H*brfepjFriaay t Mprffing,... «Ctppey V, IBM. WO uld describe the event in the most vari- AvengUs. The success of this piece be fore ™ ho <?«*».* &° Wraifatipff pf'' tIiQ ;;£[jk$|.__. _—_

r--_— -77--.,.r-.-:..~r~ ~ oua f0Inia of sty le and conceptio n. Now the Parisian public decided the young man's T'ieRabbinical casiiisj ;? ' and e^Vj^ls^Gon^reeati'oris andsociet.es are_ here- think Jn our plooe i of the or:ental8, with ciueer. Every evening woipde-floW iiito'; ^o bibliM ^mn^n^s, ; th^|pi

.by posiuyfly informed that we publis h no thoir ; fiery im ai!;nftti o„8 arld. tbeir love of his th eater ,' so-that it convinced him he had .^ammariaris and lekibog^pi,^' '^

&Madvertisement or coniplimentary rosolut^n tho mftrTeU oUB i Md pne muat comc to tilc &q . .-

^t^hia . talent had . da rk ages, with^ spenfcihg of^UrMpunless are sept with ^e same for paj - conclu8 jon tlmt the n nt8 clted &te cn. —

ap priate 8phere of actiQn, philosopher s,;-physicians '' :0mMrnent ther ejof.# Letters of this kind wthout .. tirely erxoneous-^e is forced to it.. If the - Scordir^to a law eating ih ,Fra Dce be

¦. • «ta^ «ofm^^*«eiiriS^the payment inclosed , will rece.ve no fur- -. .

^^ Jn ^.

, ^¦

- Jl^pi^onii«it&' .-«^ .'^

c«:K#^..t«^ l^therj iotice. ^ ^ truerlegions; of Israelites; must bave-l been opera8 larger than one-act; hence ; the first . 'f??v . Of ' .™* *$$?**; ^' h^J^p

(Cbncinded from No. lz.v instantly flonverted to the doctrines of Jesus/ composifc ions -of ^cquei Offenbach; are ;nb" J^J^

The Xegal Trial Of Jesp Of ifazaretll. ^dthoukndSrOfr monuments in writingand Jflrger;, than pne, act., , Qn , receiving, license; 'tJJJ^y^^:. ¦¦' : ._ ,';: '; ' , . ;:> !.- nfX 'J '. . vo.-:^ .. ; '',, < ¦* i-.\. ,. - Arftdition,, mBs;t i hava'j bec.Q - raised;; tO: I him., to produce on -his -stagei(pie'ces .vofit several ;could not iiehetrate; 'thetn 1st;!that 'omtiHi''€

' SelS e^ ;tb^cb^lu4n-ftW thV:$^.

admired,^^^:^ 'M^^^rti &^W^;ta SlS^SoS^tot^^ ^ -«*-!^

' p^8ito

«$m. tk %MW*W>^& Spi-demnakn, by the^y^lis'Kijatth^wiana' fe^' rk,us* sikl ^ll ISS^TM^

4)bseJheymuMieaclLMau^^h^

S,&^^^^^il#^rv selw could^ot ^ve:«een 'jesuj ,^:J3g& any degree^bq^ihted^th; Jewish"^ g^¦ ^^'W^W^^^? )^%-

«M%^%^^^«'Wfe£#

?^^«*&rfi^iS^»I S-hnackLsiihice^^S&ries after tU;evenf^ey!d ^*-^hese :,operas vwere;..ofteri

^,;S5ired ,;tte^^^tions.v.i ;> .'r< -. - i ¦::-¦¦ • • fi v - ., .- :w . .-., ¦:, "¦. :-¦•,-'.¦¦/ v *-:. ¦ ¦; ¦'..-;. . . & ; v-f : .-. ,-¦ •¦•:¦' • ¦ . ¦¦-.., .,,' The latest compositions of Jacques On^n^ the,prqphets .in vfavorrof^hi8 the6ri&vi "Twmr- 'i-- j t u - ¦'¦' i t i ¦ i ¦ r , :,i' whose name-twas ,Jesu8r and a sect .origin- v : r v:>v.o ¦ u P ; ; vi r. • n ' '''»;;,,- -nw "w;.V^-^. oLukJo ana John ; record no vlegal : trial but . , j it. t r j .f - ¦ i Vn. • i-- bacn are Le Chanson de Foriurn s, .Eox Bar- : «ev. Ur^Jlflkm an is lindly Teduosted ti^.'J •¦'" :- ' -¦¦'" - ' li b ' -*- ' • • ¦j - : < '¦'¦?¦ ¦ ' ,: ,vr atp,d there wn0 cftI[ed themselves Chnstmns, , - -, ;r . : - .r^i-Ye '- - ¦• ¦'¦' ¦-¦ '•• ¦ri' ¦ ?¦ '-> ;. ;' • " . ^ i^iu-'i - »«¦¦'¦: ¦? :: .:,'i' ¦'.^ ¦-¦; -""8™:tP-^the rtumultaryiiproceed inga ;of-. an- escited •,., t ^*l. - • V ^. f., ' ,; • .,.' kouf, Lepout dei Soupvrs, Le .Roman Comique^ :TOember.;that^.Mo8es.;inew^ft^;nb'' 8ttiin*i"iS;imob, and.ndt only ^ differ ,entirely and.ossen- ..¦¦¦¦ ¦" :.i- ' ^ . ¦•r~~^~^~~^~^ Voyage* de Mr.. Kedeemer: except .GodJ andihe- confllS ^i:tiaUy frtohe^i > j--/r ' '•- "' ' - * ¦'•;'ii

¦' ¦¦> ¦' ¦¦ - vii ';' -^.f ;mi »3<allthe ev;rdence .in existence on that side, . ; ' . :-. ¦'. ¦¦¦¦ . . ,;,t,^ ;„ vi ' *: ^, ;aJpo d,^ater^liy if^ 8^h

:p^^; firsUwo^angeh8t a ;at. .Ie^. render: heir::nccount9: pro^bler ^u k^^John also, forgotithis. - .U is,, so .decidedly; ¦ w^_. .^if wtiiia knew nothing ¦ : aott^labulous almost , still-it is true ,) the *e?m 'Sithe^r^^fj hbsts. he^Ho^f

.ized^at^tho. cbief.j udges. oX svlawrab.d- ;al,y-^dli(^^;to. .^-3- forod ,0r«ni'ftWr:ri i,ted-- . ¦«*:n*^**-Bi*y- " « *fR^™'<W ». Berlin,*tLo$^, ang ^ommupi^tha.lMuh .pnest^^

^thl a%t!1Q . :pr. .ol n3^

po«it

rrage.e.peci^ ^here .ve^^ent,tllerfro^ldg,ng;,the,SA;i ,

ng,

^

.w^ou^prcoedent^para^

^l..oll.pd,: sere^#9^T^efore, we d« ^Meem, i^ecessary^

^^ t0 |he

fioath en , talea i6f a "Son of ear^ln the;pr0du^n of whicd he^s inex- ;lA^#»^i '*::iiiiii^

.subject,;,l f ;tbey^er8,afra,d,oM dies which can ^t be:ekplain^, because it ,Upn. ^^,the:sueceed1„^tory,a^s;t^iwa^no^

Tl,e:Mav ^? thc^o" -V P^ly .genial; ; " .V;;' . - ; .' ;! tWela,redeemer,^hesVpr^h^

¦- ¦¦ F# aS!&aM^^ief ^ulwa^nd

the ¦ab4..i

-,i^^^^7-tt,.tottl ;ooni- any detajls.cbncerning. this ihusical genius .., 2.^oini8e8^ of ;tKe ,finalitrium>hrq^dtliihigh pr^t had- not,rnflue^e en^

: ^a^Governor^iarresttJesus.ifv^^ | first glance.th atlErotestarit theologians have composer Haleyy.;; Musical organs/ especU; m ePWMW^^^ftew^' ^iimfluenp e enpu^^;have:him

cr^d

^ ally in- France; do him justi ce,: an^ co^^^¦

W?*»2fW*. ^e 'ohly. .Readily develop : their :finai victoryl^i

- i!^! ^.additiwis; by Heathen trauition to tU ^ish to add A few brief remarks; Jacques, ^tory tells. J. ^"W^^leastt.iwiien^fh-e^i l^ 0r_Israeb3e b^oXJes^; one might arrive at thelbi- ^^acH^s^iged-tMeav^aeriiwK^ 3. Promisea, concerning .the;Dayidiaiid@

; ^rusalenv^whsrereate the

^oitetoent at ]ow;ng prob(lbjft 8fcory :, Afc a tim6when tbe and that was ,his good fortune-and go :to ^tyT^nclT^H^^the most danj terdus ^ime ? The account I8

feiM dorninion had bo<JOni0 (,ppressive ih Paris; because then:it was almost impossible. filled in ,Hezekiah ,;«r , aCoor4mg to.;p riltoo improbable to db dtscusseo. ' Judea, and the hope.of shaking off the hated for.the Hebre w youth to rise to distinction ' ;>» Zerubahel ,. aniagain, ceor^ng^ ||What lis true of it? Ad lftHe as otie can jrQke was: very dim,: a fiery and Visionary under the oppressive burden of German- 6re' fchey a?e typical pi:JsrRetiiihd^il;B,faiwe||

oriticnl^Bcertain Hrora the NewTestamerit youth , froWth e' laboring clas*), whose name Prejudices against the Hebrew, and genius But there is no*propheoy:-bil ;' rebord:|toai^of what Je^ua .abtoally: did or; tfaid, isb im- . p Je8us of Naaare'th , rose in Galilee, and not fashioned according to their stereotyped : speaks of a redeemer or savior frort|t|i |fpossible is ft to aecer^ So Germany lost a dis- houso of Dayid. ; iwisj l^Testament that such a perion as Jesusi;of< 0f Jiomo and the corruption of the rulers of tin Bu ished son, and a thousand others from By an undue blending , of ;.theseid|| Ma»|

/ Nazareth ever lived, The people among the people v.;ho~suffered that shameful yoke tan same cause, and France.gained a star of andincoherentpropheoios tlielw^whom he is supposed to have 'lived—the; tn religion ho. attempted no chap^e,: but a, the first magnitude in the horizon of the of the Messiah were produced. Th^P(ictor|Jews—know nothing about it, and have nei- reform He opposed hypocrisy and cero- fin& arts- knows that . * ' y . J - i^M&Mij ier in their ^literature nor in their tradi- mbnial holiness. Re gained gronojb among "The Jew's soul is fori of melodies," an But take the third and; first ,q^«iw^iibnv a memgrial of him , although they for- his otfn 'cluss of people, especially in Gali- eminent criti c remarked on hearing Meyer- prophesies to],signify the ppUUcal respalfgot scarcely one of their martyrs who fell lee, where the doj ajnion of ' the Romans was Peer's Robert fqf the firs t time, This ls in, < tion of Israel ia Palostine, und^;,tt^ip|ii^|by th'e hands of the Romans. That the ac- hot firmly established. But when he car- deed a characteristic feature of Hebrew cal heab^^who is a king of tbe;-fiaviaW^3counts of Josephbs concerning Jesus and r;ed i his theories into Judea, the Romans composers. Harmony is the .' form, the nasty. That king is nowhere calJedr the'rliJohn are npuriou s is well known and gen- seized and crucified ' him as the pretending P^tio of music, and is reduced to laws; deomor or savior, nor can this in «i ^B|ter'allj admitted among the critics. The tal- king 'of the Jews, precisely as they did to melody is the free and seraphic .soul that bo called a religious doctrineJuotWithstaffldimudical notices amount to little or nothing; every enemy of Rome. The disciples fled baffles descri ption , and is too ethereal to be ing the opinion of certain rabbi's :©?because , in the first place, they speak of an- to different lands, and taught the doctrines chained in Kws. In poetry the most char- contrary. Suppose a man be a republioaiitother Jesus, one who was a cotempory of of their victimized master, viz : Judaism acteristicidistinction betwbeu Israel's and hy principle, and believes God did not aefc!Joshua bin Perachia , about 100 B. 0., and without the ceremonial law, and found a Grecian poets is decidedly the same; it is tine humanity to be always rilled bykid^lwas condemned for another crime; aritT, in large portion of the Heathen world pl;e- the idea in the former, ;and the {plastic or ' (on the contrary the republican ! form 'oflthe second place, it was not committed to pared to embrace the doctrines of Israel/ is form in the latter , which we admire. ; One government is that of the future Y arid^aattWriting before the fifth century after the connection , of course, with many of their psalm of Asaph's contains more truth than very man explain the Pronheoies to boU ^IChristian era. ^ own , and their legends, fables and myths , Homer's complete works; while Homer's views is he not ' man oi'"$$'What would we say of the ^iatenoe of with which th ey afterward sur-rounded the forms of poetry are the models of all past n^hw «,»,« u- "' I8 * * 9 nr -m0Zoroaster, if the Persian^ad no knowl- martyr, Jesus. In Judea. the lilo and death ig» ' Precisely the same is the case Ju re- S ft^*,?' SlSfedge thereof ; or of Confucius, if the Chi- of Jesus'attracted but little attention , but it liftion. , The Hebre w worships the idea and IS " * 1nese knew nothing, of uiin. Precisely the did the much more among the Gentiles, the ideal: the Gentile world clines to £)i« ' ^&J n w > .. , xiJ viiffil^

same is applicable to the existence of Jesus Finally, a new religion grew put of the plastic. 7 g

J6!' Pr" Eckmftn wel1 knows ^^W

of Nazareth . The Jews of' those days were strange mixture of Jewish doctrines and Who of the psychologists can exnlatn ^m 'uT^u"! the

:rep"b Vloa* thfgf

neithor an illitera^eople n^^^^^dark age, that so remarkable and exciting a n^^c^edXXuffi of their ^e^^ t«e hgislation of Moses, and

the-training

^^^fact as the life and miracles |f Jesus, ap- ligioni :That would not do-the Jews muat &nd drilling of the hation tor thirty-three R^h ^""M^on-ift' the air oslt ^9 ^obrding to the Evarigeliats, should have es- halve dQne it, or , at lenst ,,demanded it soiui . centuries in these laws, nrecents orA\. „.lu? ' . *v W t"1 ,he .c0me ^^l r *&W

?ped the attend of aU wrUers the.ip

^gPalcst^ ^ypt^byo^ and

not The spirit of tU

Hebrew race, hav - ^do, orhe giv s up king and king(|»siNor is it likely that - all being fanatics in- , harc| to prove this; but it is 'impossible to lnS been h«ld for centuries in slavish sub- *u would like to read ah arauiaentv?"^tentionaliy ignored him: the . writers of a prove more. jje ction, on being freed ogaih breaks forth EEf

1r 'Si:tl16 PeB,() 'f 6ut TfS