The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-06-02
FOREIGN ITEMS.

The TsrdeIit, of Mayence, derives the
word German from the name of the eldest
son of Japhet Conner. zone of the oldest
Aramaic translations of the Bible, the Tar
gum Jerushalmi falsely ascribed to Jona-
than ben Usiel, speaks of 'Germania' as one
of the countries in which Corners descend
ants were living. That by simple metathesis
Conner has become converted into German
is clear to any one who knows Hebrew. The
Babylonian Talmud, too (Joma, {. 10) and
the Talmud Jerushalmi, in the first chapter
of the treatise 'Megillah, describe 'Germanis'
as the residence Of the descendants of Conner.
We cannot here omit to observe that the eld-
est son of Conner is called in the Bible
Askenas, and that in Jewish literature, as
we'll as in the popular language, this name is
commonly used for Germany. Now the
Ascanians are, if not the oldest, at least one
Of the oldest of the German dynastic fami-
lies. l. Hence il would follow that the
descendants of Conner, called, after their
ancestor, 'Gomrans,' or Germans, settled
under the direction of Askenas, the eldest
son of Conner, in the country which they then
called 'Germania.' ="
Working men may be very good Con-
servatives says an English journal, but Con-
servative working men do no honor either to
their own or to any other class when they
send forth such addresses as that which has
j1st been presented to the Emperor Napoleon
n,
rner Working Mems Constitutional Oonserva-
tive Association" The signers of the address
begin by expressing to his Majesty their
"condolence on the unparalleled misfortuncs
and reverses sustained by the French army
during the late campagn"-a pleasant re-
minder for the military sovereign who fled
with his troops from Beaumont to be cap
tured with them at Sedan. The Conservative
working men then dwell on ''the rapid
in cnio
zion, literature, art, and all the higher
attainments" during the Emperor's reign-a
subject on which the opinion of English jour-
neymen and mechanics must be of the highest
value-apd they express hope that before
long his Majesty, having resumed the I'm
perial dignity of France" will "mete out JUS
tice to those individuals who are now the
promoters of assassination, plunder, anarchy,
and confusion" The Emperor having re-
ceived the address was obliged to reply to it;
and he has declared that among the marks of
sympathy which have reached him since his
arrival in England none have been more
agreeable to him than that which proceeds
from the working men of Deal. ''More anus
ing" is what his Majesty must have meant.
considering the shower of excompuni-
cations ''with" and ''without" which is now
falling in Germany, it may be we'll to say
word or two by way of scientific" explana-
ton, as there may really be those among our
readers who never knew the difference be-
tween those wonderful portents. DIR. Won
Dollinger now lies under the ''Excommupi-
cato major propter h@resim formalem ct
externam, which means that he is completely
excluded from the Church. This exclusion
again is fraught with the "Excommunicatio
minor" for every member of the Church keep
ing up any communication with those thus
outlawed; in this case, since no ''legal excep-
ton" has been established, it falls, among
number of other distinguished people, upon
the King of Bavaria himself 5pSO fdct0. Upon the
principal culprit it further entails exclusion
from sacrament and prayer, inability of as
quiring benefces, denial of church burial.
The distinction between "h@resis interna"
and "externa" is rather curious. The former
betokens the inner denial of a dogma,
the latter the outer; though it would seem
somewhat difficult at first sight to find out
this inner denial unless it be made known by
some such outer sign as speech. Even more
difficult seems the difference established be-
tween ''heresis materials" and ''formalis, 4"
the former indicating state of unconscious,
the latter that of conscious, error. Posterity
will indeed marvel at all these things even
as we do at collection of medieval instru-
ments of torture. We may be satisfied with
the knowledge that these ecclesiastical
weapons, though still used, have become very
harmless indeed.
DSSA
discussions on the state of Westmeath and
Ireland generally the difficulty of obtaining
information is the greatest if not the only
difficulty that has to be met. Here is an
illustration of the ingenuity which, is employed
in the intimidation of informers. man
who was known to have given information
against some persons implicated in the
Fenian movement was observed one day
drinking or drawing water at certain holy
well, said to be the residence of sacred
trout. The opportunity was too good to
be neglected dead trout was pro-
cured and placed in the well, and the
neighborhood was forthwith invited to behold
miracle. The thing was plain. The fish
had been unable TO live in water which had
reflected the features of an informer. The
trout was ished out-inquiry into the identity
of the body being for the time waived-fxed
on the top of pole, and carried at the head
of alarge procession of synpathizers who i'm
mediately proceeded to murder the delin
quent. This act Of righteous vengeance was
not, however, fully consummated, for the
police interfered, and with some difficulty
rescued the man at that stage of the process
when the subject is described, in the dialec
NJ ha coppfru oo haino sglrilf