Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-22

Chsrta ought to be to the people Of Eng
.. land, such is the Fourteenth Day of thu
month Adar (which answers 10 on
Al Twenty-first of March) TO the descend
ants of the people of Israel ali over thu
world. On this day, wherever a dozer
: Hebrews may be congregated, thETe il
I crest and fasting" according to the In
; struetions of Mordecai and the letters o
Il King Ahasuerus, commanding that il
SHOULD be remembered and KEEP
! throughout every generation, every
u family, every province, and every
city" as a memorial Of the aeliyeranct
of their forefathers from the enemies o.
e their nation.
ORIGIN OF THE FEAST.
j Every student has read the book OF
Esther, and is acquainted with the cast
! ing Of "Purp in the twelfth year of the
e reign Of Ahasuerus, who ruled OYer the
t land of the east "from Judea even unto
Ethiopia" and also of the villainous use
made Of the "lot by Hsman, who
+ e~ndeavored thereby to destroy the Jew
ish race, offering to pay "tsa Thousand
= talents Of silver3n for The accomplish
I ment of his evil purpose; but as all
, newspaper readers are not students in
the strict sense of the word, we furnish
the following extract from the eighth
t chapter of Esther, setting forth the orr
!, gin OF the feast;
land Esther spske yet again before the king,
aud fell down at his feet, and bessught him
with tears TO put away the mischief of Haman
the Agagite, and his device that he had devised
against the Jews. Then the king held ont the
golden cepte towards Esther. So Esther arose
and stood before the king and said, If please
the king, and II have fonrd favour in his
sight, and The thing seem right before the king,
and 1 be pleasing in his ey es, let Il be written
to reverse the letters devised by Hannah the
son OF Hammedatha the Agagite, which he
wrote to destroy the Jews which are in the
kings provinces; for now can 1 endure TO see
the evil that shall come unto my people? or
how can / endure TO see the destruction Of my
kindred Then the king Ahasuerus said unto
Esther the queen and 10 Mordecsi the
Jes, Aehold, l have given Esther the house Of
Hamau, and him they have hanged upon
the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the
Jews. Write we alse for the Jews, as it Iiketh
you, in the kings name, and sealit with the
kings ring for the writing which is written in
the kings NAME, and sealed with the kings
ring. may no man reverse. Then were the
kings s,rlbes called at that time in the third
month, that's. the month of Swan, on the three
and twentieth day thereof and it was written,
according to all that Mordecai commanded,
unto the Jews, and TO the lieufenants, and the
deputies and rulers Of the provinces which are
from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred and
twenty and seven provinces, unto every prov
lnce according TO the writing thereos, and unto
every people after their language, and to the
Jews according to their writing, and according
to their language. And he wrote in the king
AhasUsrus name, and sealed II with the kings
ring, aaI sept letters by posts on horseback,
aud riders on mules, camels, asa young drome-
daries wherein the king granted the Jews
which were IN every city TO gather themselves
together, and TO stand for their life, to destroy,
to slay, and to cause TO perish, all the powerof
Of the:people and province that would assault
them, both little ones and women, and to take
the spoil ofthem for a prey; upon oneday in all
the provinces OF king Ahasuerus, nancy, upon
the in!rtcenth day OF the twelfth mouth, which
is the m0uth AdsF. The copy OF the writing
for a commandment 10 be given in everS prov
ince was published unUO all people, aud that
the Jews should be ready against that DAY to
avenge themselves on their enemies. So the
posts thai rode upon mules and camels went
out. being hastened aud pressed on by the
sings commandment And the decree was
given al shuSnsn the palace. And MordeeaI
went cut from the presence % the king in royal
apparel of blue and white, and with a great
crown Of gold, and with a garment OF fine
linen and purple: and the city OF shushan re
joiced and was glad the Jews had light, and
-r.a,,ug aud low aud bpnGur Aud In aNaru
city, whithersoever the kings commandment
and his decree came, the Jews had JOY and
gladness, a feast and a good day"
HOW KEPT IN MEMPHIS.
This Declaration Of Independence"
promulgated upwards of five centuries
before the Christian era by the "ehosen
peopleH Of Israel, was observed last
evening at the Rooms of the Memphis
Club by the Hebrews of this city in a
magnificent manner. There could moi
have been less than five hundred present,
and the csnvivial style in which they
enioyed themselves was exceedingly de-
Tghtful, not the smallest tdtd pas &C.
curing to mar the pleasure OF the Ocea-
sion. Every arrangement that could
havs been devised for comfort and ele-
pance was carried out to perfection by
the various Committees previously ap-
pointed by the Club and the great crowd
Of " masquers who danced in the Ball
Room and sat down in the Supper Room
had not a single jot of complaint to enter
against the management Of the waltzes
or the setting ofthe tables, forthe one was
admirable and the other excellent, The
scene in the Ball Room was picturesque
and imposing. Many of the costumes were
elegant, some ladies having paid as high
as five hundred dollars each for suits
and we observed q few gentlemen with
more gold on their backs than possessed
by all our banks put together. Humor-
Gus costumes however prevailed, and we
noticed some that were so happy in their
" burlesaue uniforms" as to create the
utmost merriment. Both young and old
epioyed themselves in a betwitching
way, doing great credit to the Feast Of
Purim.
ROUTINE OF ENTRANCE.
The Masks OIL arriving in carriages at
the Entrance Hall Of the Club were re-
eeived by the Reception Committee
Messrs. NJ. A. Cohen, Chss. Strauss,
Herman Gronauer and L. Iglauer-whO
conducted them to the Reading Room,
where the Examining COMMITTEE
/ Messrs. A. Loeb, Moses Seelig, II. Sees
sci, ST., and Jacob Fies- after satisfae-
tory scrutiny provided them with cards
naming the characters they represented
and a check stating that they had been
examined. The Parlor Committee
Messrs. A. Pollock, S. Feucht and L.
/ Leubrie-then took charged of the Masks,
seating them and providing for their
comfort in the Ladies' Parlor. At nine
O'Clock the eornet was sounded, when
the Procession was formed in the Hall,
I the Herald-Sam. Hirsch-announeed to
fhes audience the character each Mask
represented, the coronet sounding at in
tervals. As the Procession moved on
ward the Masks in succession deposited
their "tickets Of examination" with
the Stair Committee-Messrs Julius Ma
than and Charles Sehioss-and stepping
into the Ball Room were received by the
Floor Committee-Messrs. l.. Lsubrie,
E. Lehman, A. Pollock, S. Feueht, S.
Hirsh and L. Iglauer-whO called upon
the Chairman OF the Amusement
Committee-Sol. Hesse-to strike up
the music, and the Masquerade COM
menced. This whole routine was in
spected by n. Hoffheimer, ESQ, Presi-
dent Of the Club, and carried out accord
ing to instructions.
THE BALI OOM
was very tastely arranged, the Dramatic
CORPS Of the Club taking especial pains
10 have their stage "set" appropriately
Tor g masaue scene. Above the " foot
lights" was a banner of blue, stretching
from the picture of Schiller to that of
Goethe, on which were the words, in
white and red, "Welcome to the
purim Festival Other banners deco