The New York herald., 1850-04-06


the alleged assault bus merely testified to Mrs Shan
nessys sxoed sats; to her refusing to psy him snd
her requesting that Mr. Zeer sond call hmself
Durins this the judge shed witosss
question to Mrs Shspnsssys appearance after the
interview with Zeher. .her~upon Mr. STUNT stooo up
sDd ssid be would reeign the sud sntcrfsrs no
further In It. naamush that the sxsmnation Of tho
wi'ne.s was tahen out OF his hands by the Judge.
Mr. Blunt then threw his brief and left the court
The junior oounsei for ths dssnos here expressed
hope that the cause would he adjourned until he could
procure the AID Of other counsel ne aid not feel
In proceeding With IT, and he that the
interests Of bis client would not bs pref because
OF the conduct Of the counsel who had retired -
Judge Daily said he really nc loss know whas
offence the oonnse could have taken. The right of
the 6oubted and IL only an undou btsd
right but It duty resting upon ths inter
roeats wtDsss where it might otherwise be In the
power Ingenious oou Co give soloring to the
esse, which IL ala not properly bear He (the Judgs
! conferred biuseH ct a loss 20 updsrstand Why the
bad seen some instances where siztesr method bad
been resortsd to- The trial ths ssourned over 60
this norrips From the p-ucity of jarors In attend
sncs, only nine psnnelled this and
Of them being Of the Hebrew persuason vac excused
from attending ths day Saturday bens his saooath-
The caute will therefore be dnshee before eight Jurors
MYSTERIES OF TnK TALnup-TERRigrK MUIR
pERs IN THE EAsr-The present are not only
characterized by wonders, improvements, disco.
veries and inventions, IN all the branches OF lite
rature appertanng TO the physical and intellectual
world but is also signaly illustrated b. the expo
sure OF certain secret practices and dark mysteries
hitherto concealed from the knowledge Of ali pre-
cedipg generations The republic of Rome, not
satisfied with having proclaimed the iall Of the
Popedom, abolished the Holy Inquisluou, unbarred
! the doors of those subterraneous cavcrns and
| gloomy dungeons. and gave publicity to the trials
Of the victims. ThNpapal power has SINCE been
reestablshed; but the precious manuscripts have
been carried off, and, by the exertions of some
eminent Italians, are about 70 be published in
Switzerland.
But while all this was taking its natural course,
who would have dresmt of beholding the bloody
mysteries OF the Thalmud exposed in their turn,
and Of having the trial of one OF the most savage
and ferocious murders yet recosded the
annals of criminaty, once more broseht before
the publcl Who would have imagined that
tain fanatics human blood to molslen their
/ holy unleavened breaol
| Cur readers will undoubtedly recolect the uni
versal sensation createo throughout the world,
by the discovery that Father Tommaso, a Chris-
tisn missionary from Sardinia. and his servant,
Abrabm Amara, had been bled to death, their
limbs chopped of joint by Joint, their bones psood
ed in mortar, and their mu,lla,ed rem aims thrown
into dram in the city Of Damascus. The mnau-
scrp'r Of the original trial, sealed by the French
and Austrisn consuls Of that city, are now 10 this
city, and we thereby defy the ''Great Nation"
10 contradict the truth OF our statements.
ltwss in the month OF August, 1870. tia, this
atrocious murder was perpetrated. As soon as Il
becsme known to the authorities Of Damascus,
the Jewish population Of that city Immediately
sent an envoy to Vienna, for the purpose OF in-
forming Mr.. Rothschild that a certain barber,
called Solomon-one Of the accomplices IN the
surder-had to embrace the religion of Mahomet
A
ed all the details Of the bloody tragedy to the city
authorities, and had exposed the mysteries Of the
Thsmud, until then concealed from al other re-
ligions. Ro,hschild, foreseeipg the consequences
OF such deed-the repugnsnce and adherence II
would create throughout the res, Of the civilized
world, and the shame. the dishonor, and the ig-
nominy II would entail upon the Jewish nation
used all his influence to prevent an investigation
into the matter, and succeeded, by some means,
in prevailing upon the Austrian cabinet, that the
Austrian consul in Ds nascus should nullfy the in
dlctment. The greatest difficulty, however. which
had to be encountered in the execution OF this d-
pomatic mauGuvre, was, that Father Tommaso
was French subject Mons Ls Comte De Ra,i-
msntop, French consul at Dimlscus, had deter
mined to svepee the brutal murder Of his country
man, and persisted IN carrying out his noble In.
tentions, Notwithstanding all the gold and je wels
which the Jews and their women carried to Sa-
lakir, the consul's country seat, TO induce him to
favor their plans. Finding Ratmanton rrsouts
and unshak,p, the next step consisted in bribng
the French cabinet Mr.. lie Comte D'App1uy,
then Austrian ambassador in Paris, now in Tnra
received = note from Prince Meuernich. In winch
be was commanded To induce LOUIS Philippe 70
eebd new Instructions TO hts consul Al Damascus.
ordering him tc suspend all prosecutions sgsins,
Ia .l..a.l L.
documents connected with this trsgic aiiair-to
follow the same policy Of the Austrian consul,
epd 10 destroy all races Of the crime Louis
Philippe ~se essily prevailed upco, and Rstimis-
ton received the new inasrucuons Bat the
Ffelch consul vas not To be bought; and. indignant
~ The outrageous conduct Of his government. pre-
tened rather To resign hls commission than allow
the airocity of such crime "a psss with npunity.
The Austrian government having now sncceed-
ad IN removing the last obstacle which prevented
the attainment OF the OBJECT they had N viev,
found " eesy matter 10 sste the distressing
difficulties. Tie Austrian consul at Damascus
received, ss rccompeose for the zeal he mani
festsd IN THIS movemtn M, immense sums 81 money,
with which he huilt marble palace. which, even
st the present day, constitutes one Of the greatest
cunosiiies IN the East. IL was IN thus way, and
through these me aus, that ROthsohild Obtained
ihe suppression ol the trial but Hohappily Tor the
Jews md their Thelmud, the report ~ the trial die
epp-Ied, not~Ithstasdng that = secret aad conf
deniial agent had been cent 10 Damascus, for the
purese 81 purchasing Al any cost, The iRisenceo Of
nv Ibtha, snd tNtfF Occufntn ~ written ahO1t the
uisl llsTeulcn Rotbrchild refused 10 pay the Aus
TRAN Rostfnmtn nj until such tne The original re-
port should be found and delivered 10 him Orders
were nov srut to all the mra-of.war ia the Archi-
pespo, and 20 The police In the drfrereat cites Of
the Estt. TO arrest a certain Abdallsh, ~hn u wa
thought, had calIed away the precious rehc ~ the
Grfst Natoa." But al tLeae attempts proved
entrep abortve, Tor the manuscripts OF tbs trial
ctuld not be found
Pope Grcgory XVI. percciying IN this circum-
stance n probable triumph tor the Catholic reii-
eIon, sent CARDINAL Bernctii TO Dam TO renew
The trel, and 70 gather ali possible accounts rca-
tive 10 The murder Bot koihschild, feauna FROM
this eide, that the matter might come 90 publicity
AGAIN, ovefcsmc the pspsl government by the in-
huence ~ gold, and Csrdnsl B-rnetu was rr.
| called, who took with him a copy Of the original
portrait q Father Toumsso snd his servant. which