The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-04-11

deal with tho Issues ruiSed by the
Bishop OF Olinda, aud supported active
~ or verbally by the other Bishops.
The Government, however, held that
tho new powers were not necessary, and
determined to promote prosecution
before tho Supreme Tribunal! of Justice.
On the second day of the trial, the
Bishop Of Rio Janeiro published long
representation to the Emperor, appeal
ing to him to stop the prosecution Q!
the martyr. and limiting that otherwise
the Brazilian clergy would withdraw
their support from the dynasty. The
trial, however, was continued with the
result stated.
AJEw1sH RABBITS VIEWS on THE WINS.
KEY CRUSADE. Freudenthal, of
Williamsport, Pa, having received
letter from the womaus temperance
organization OF that place, urging him
to appoint committee of six Hebrew
ladies to CO operate with it in crusade,
the Rabbi replies very sharply that it is
impossible to fanaticise an Israelite.
He says the latter cannot appreciate
these crusades, because he drinks and is
no dru nkard. plays and is no gambler,
and lives we'll and is no glutton. The
second point made by tho Rabbi is, that
the Jew is no hypocrite. 'If he drinks
wine or strong drink, or plays game of
cards, his wife and his children are not
excluded from the same pleasure.
Whatever is not prohibited loses much
OF its charm. Those young people who
drink glass Of wine or beer at their
parents table become no drunkards and
no temperance fanatics" Third, the
Rabbi decides that ''any Jewish lady
would consider it sacrilege and bias.
phemy to abuse prayer and benedic.ion
for purposes Of public demonstrations
in which the wires are laid and drawn
by politicians on one hand, and men
who make money out of the affair on
tho other" and that there were "no
whiskey amazons in the tents of Israel"
CREMATION VS. INHUS1ATIoN The
question of cremation, the burning of
the dend, against inhu nation or bury
ing of the dead, has gone no short dis
tance on it's way to acceptance, when
public meeting in New York is called to
discuss it. But it has gone further in
Switzerland and Germany. At Zurich,
where burial ground is growing CON
tracted, 1000 persons have subscribed
toward an association founded in favor
OF burning the dead. At Basic, tho
movement has received tho public up.
proval OF orthodox clergymen-also on
the ground of promotion OF health in
the community. 1u Germany, the news
papers are talking about the subject o
great deal. while ono firm in Berlin has
advertised the invention Of new fur
mace, in which to perform the operation.
And last, II church warden Of Hebrew
synagogue in the same city has proposed
to establish on o new burial ground,
lately acquired, one of these furnaces.
1t does not seem improbable tha. the
Samana Bay Company will succeed in
bringing about war between the United
States and Santo Domingo. Having
succeeded, by means Uf fraud and bribe-
ry, in securing magnificent concessions
and enormous privileges from so called
government, the company is now resist.
ing the annulment of it's franchises and
calls upon the United Statos for protec.
ton. 1t is to be hoped that General
Grant, anxious as he has been and is
for the annexation Of Santo Domingo,
will hesitate before he prccipitatcs his
country into a war ut tho bidding OF II
band of spectators and for the protec-
lection OF their ilfgotten booty.
IN NCT-SHELL.- writer in the litl-
oer1iSer- -Rep"blicm puts the matter of
the Southern Confederacy at rest thus:
''The South with 100000 fighting
men, and some of the States divided at
that, could not conquer, whip or hold
in check 2.33J.05l. 1t was simply IL
physical impossibility. Leonidas OF old
knew something about fighting against
groat odds; his fate was our fntc, 80 far
as regards the result But what true
Southern man is not proud of tho glori-
ous war record Of the South?"
Rev. Edward Palmer has resigned his
charge as pastor of the Old Bethel Pres.
byterian Church, in Walterboro, of
which he has been pastor for near half Il
century.