The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-10-07


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--Yes6srdsy afteruoon, about o'elsck.a collision
occurred betwcon coal train 80 the new ado
beautiful passenger Locomotive Amelia, neef bes!o
Isle, BY which the .Amciia" vas seIlousy G.1sgoo,
oucncc Of the accident the trnn did DOC roech the
depot in this city until half past o'c'0cA.
r.cr.n,ARrsm.-Ad daring attempt was
made 70 burn the residence OF Judge yoon Robert
sor corner Of 81 and Main streets, last Ihursday
nsht hui fortunately failed, owing 70 the discovery
~ -. s.es ia time to cxtinguish them. II seems
that an inceudiary entered the premHess chmoed
through the end window o. tne smsii !lsme nousc
l neaL and then fied Judge Robertson and family
are absent from the CRY, consequently they would
have lost nearly every thing ia the house but for
some of the servants discovering the nre ana giving
an alarm which speedily brought two or three gen
tiemeu to their assistance, one Of whom forced an
entrance into the building, and with few buckets
Of water, exinguished the fire.
FEAsr OF TABERNAcLEs (SUCcoTH. )-This
Festival, observed by the Jewish nation IN COM
menors,;on of the departure of their ancestors
from the land of Egypt to Canaan, travel through
the deserts of forty years, during which time they
dwelt in booths or tents, commenced last evening,
the eve of the fifteenth day of Tsri, Tor Seventh
MONTH and will be held to-day and tomorrow
Sunday al days of holy conversation. In the Bible
the ordinance relative to this feast thus recorded
aOn the fifteenth day OF this seventh month, shall
he the Feast of Tabernaces for seven days unto
the Lord, &C. sc. Aud ye shall take unto your
selves ON the first day the fruit of the tree Hadar,
(Citron,) branches of Palmtrees and the boughs
of the Myrtle tree and Willows of the brook, and
We shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven
days. and ye shall keep It a. feast unto the Lerd
seven days In the year; shall be statute forever
throughout your generations; 10 the seventh month
shall ye celebrate It. In booths (Tabernacles) shall
ye dwell seven days; all that are Israelitcs born
shall dwell In booths in order that your generations
may know, that caused the children of Israel to
dwell IN booths when brought them forth out OF
the land of Egypt: am the Lord your God" In
compliance with this divine injunction, though or
dained upwards OF five thousand years ago, the Is
raelites throughout the world hallow this day with
utmost sanctify. Each congregation has Taber.
nacle erected contiguous TO their Synagogue, in
which the congregations, after their service assem-
BILE and enjoy the feast The palm ranch, citron.
myrtle and willow of the brook are used in the
Synagogue service. The combination of the most
arrogant species of fruit and the lowly willow are
symbolica of the attributes of the Creator. fully
demonstrating that He knoweth no distinction be-
tween the suppcations of the rich poor the high
the low; they are alike In His sight This seec-
ton from the vegetable king represents also the
structure of man: sthe palm branch, the spine
man erect; 'tbe citron," the heart; ''the myrtle,
the eye the willow, the lips all essential in the
praise Of Almighty God. r. @
The Rev. Henry s. Jacobs, whose lecture on Sun
day evening last was listened to with such marked
admiration as being repete with beauty and In
struction, ia expected to lecture tomorrow morn.
ing Sunday at the Synagogue, Mayo street.