, 1865-09-22

Yesterday Wfs an important epoch amonc the
1staetes OF this city, as Of the entire world 1t wa
the 1rrt day Of The seventh month. Tshzt The frst
Of the Ten peniseutiA days Of that month. during
which time solemn prayers and snpplicauons are
p1st ycar The tenth and Last OF these penitential
days y The solemn "day Of atoneme1t," when
l.fsca.es tn!et thsmselyss By taslns The festival
mencement Of series ufsppointcti times which e1-
tend throughout lhe greater part Of the month Of
Tn ea Thish ass Po4s,y
bes xxx, lts present style Of observaneei Is not
strictly ordained by the words Of the law: This
day fs still increased IN Its estimation By The TACT
o. It's occurring In the Seventh Month tthc turning
point OF The year,} Wherefore the hollest Of days
ipay Of Atonemeut} and the most joyful Of the
bssted il this month. The arrival Of the Seventh
Month ts proclaimed on this holy day BY the sound
Of & !he coInst = t9 M ssey synagogue:
to the serptursi ieeEonias5s md d the eyeains apS
The morning were the fiat day." the Synaeocues
were open for worship at sunset on Wednesday
The congregations alto visited he synaeosues 1t
being terminated for lie day at eleven o'clock.
Last eErninr, ~ the commencement ofto-day, ser
tasss .;,; - IT. resumed BY the whole Jewish popua-
he beginnIos Of the day with tho evening is p.r-
alleled hy the aame mode Of reckoning with regard
mcf. hence the Jewish traditions define the COM
,nencemeni Of the year as the time when the sun
dips into the nocturnal hcmiapheEe by crosa,ng the
autnmnal equinox. This idea was not, however,
shared bs ali The nations cf the Orient; the Egyp.
tiaus, ior ioetauee, placed the beginning Of lie
year at the LEX exactly opposite point ..t On he
-s Of IL Vegetable a ansaom 1he sSsS chrl.tian ha
world adopted something il Ike .he present sEosh,
ofthe teasons, as In our civil reckontngs We count
thus with regard to the day, the only exception be
nj noon for convenience IN calculating. Their OBJ
serTations being made In the might time. this mode
OF computing enables them to avoid the changes Of
the diurnal figure IN any one eet Of observations:
The Christian year ts more nearly coincldent with
the time when The sun crosses the major aris of the
csrth4t orbit, than thst when be occupies the win
ter toletce, our planet being in pcEhelin. Or near
But for long time in the earlier histosy OF the
children Of 1ksnel they had no eet celebration Of
New Years Day. The fest Of the Passover was
The fIst instituted, to commemorate the passing
During lhelr wandednss in the wilderness The
other lea4te were ordained: In these, however.
New Year. when in later tImes ii was deemed de-
thopght advisahle to do 20 without introducing
new festival. and II WA deemed appropriate to
connect the celebration Of The New Year with The
9sy Of hs Cos1st. f. y ~ dsy not only aoEds q & the
the month. Respecting ills day the Sagcs Of r.
rac1 have said that this was the day On which the
lent hand Of tae Eternal; his Is he day. also, cy
say, on which the Great God causcs al his crca-
tuTes to stand In jLdgmcnt before Him. This fcs.
tisal L e'ricily kept no work being aope thereon,
and up to the tenth day the Whole period l. called
lawful day and ase ordered to he sacredly OBJ
terycd as days Of repentance.