New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-18

MILITARY ELEoTIoS.-Capt. James T. Hatfield Of
Hobekep, Commander Of the Hghwood Guard ha
been elected Brgsdier General of the Hudson Brigade
TO Gil the vacancy occasOned blythe promotion OF
Gen. Z. r. V. Wright TO the rank Of Majo;-Genera
Of the Division.
LAYING OF CoRSER-SToNE.-The cornerstone OF
new Methodist Episcopal Church in West Broad
street Newark was laid on Wednesday afternoon.
The Rev. Wm. Day Of jersey City delivered the ad-
dYess on that OCCASION The cornerstone laid by
the Rev. j. S. Porter Presiding Elder of the district.
TIE edifce and the lot will cost together 1000.
DEDIcATIoS OF A SYNAGOGUE IN NEwARK.-The
dedication of the Synagogue Bensi Jeshurun the
frs Jewish place Of worship exrected in the city Of
Eewak-was dedicated on Wednesday, The Syna-
gogue is 60 by 30 feet standing east and west-the
east end being called the 'front.' although the'entrauce
is at the west. II will contain 200 people, and cost
about s. 500. The congregation to whom il belongs
is the first of the kind established in Newark being
organized about 1852. 1t consists OF Germans,
numbering about 30, There ls another congregation
Of Polish Jews in that city.
The ceremonies were novel in that city. The gas
was lighted and the chandeliers had been wreathed
with evergreens. At the eastern end Of the building
was raised platform corresponding to chance and
ut the back against the wall, was the tabernacle
simply upright closet, with sliding doors, before
which hung purple velvet curtain with thirteen stars
-emblematic ofthe thirteen articles ofhe Jewish faith
Directly above the tabernacle in a round window
were painted the initial words of the ten command
ments and the omniscient eye surrounded with clouds
After chant by the choir Of male voices In the chan
Gel, the services commenced by loud knocking
at the entrance. door, and a Hebrew chant, open
INTO us the gates Of righteousness" &c. This was
responded TO from within by the choir, This IS the
gate to the Loid, &c Inc door was then opened,
and the pastor and male members of the congregation
entered, chanting "HOw beautiful are thy tents"
DC. (An these chants and those that followed were
In the Hebrew tongue. None Of the services were
in the vernacular, except some prayers in German
and Epgish and the sermon in English.) The pas
tor and congregation having entered, proceeded to
the chance chanting Following the pastor were
the bearers of the awor five books OF Moses. These
are written on scrolls. rolled around sticks, and
cred with rich velvet silk highly decorated with
precious metals. On the upper end ofthe sticks were
silver mountngs and tiny silver bells, which constant
ly made melOdous jingling After the entrance into
the chancel, responding chant was sung and the sa
cred lamp lighted and put within the tabernacle The
pastors bearers of the law invited priests aad others
In procession then made circuits of the building,
the ministers alternating in tOnIDg different chants.
These being concluded, the tabernacle was opened the
Light e1tiDguished and the scrolls deposited within.
Rev. j. NJ Isaacs then pronounced prayer for the
Federal, state and City Governments, and blessing
on those who subscribed toward the building. lie
proceeded to deliver a discourse from Psalms 81, 2:
My soul longeth yea even taine'h Tor the courts OF
Che Lord"
The edifce was filed with congregation, most,
" composed of ladies', and about equally divided
between Germans and Americans, Jews and Carts
Gsns None but the men par ic!l I'D Ia tn chats
and other ceremonies Of the occasion, and they as Is
usual in their worship wore their hats during the
seIyice.
The September Term Of the NJ ddleSex County Court
Judge Ogden presding-commeneed on Tuesday.
Judge Ogden in his charge to the Grand Jury spoke OF
Che vending of lottery tickets, which had become
great evil in some parts of the State These tickets
sold at all prices from shilling upward aud by their
enticDg influence upon children and youth, lead at
length to the most ruinous species of gambling.
The Judge also alluded to another evil which, in
come places had become a matter of serious import
ance 1t the practice of certain dealers to purchase
nom children and others pieces of old metals fom
cents worth upward. This practice affords, to chill
dren especially great temptation to dishonesty TO OBJ
Gain those things which they able to sell to those
who cannot but suspect them to be stolen.
The United States Circuit Court will meet In Tren-
ten New. jersey next Tuesday
The prominent business men of Trenton have ar
rived the determination not 70 take foreign coin except at its
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