Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-10-16
From the Boston Courier.

oresent stale Of the Jews-that singular Peo-
ME O { whom Bishop Watson said, and OF whom
every rational Christian may say, ney arc
living proofs Of facts most ancient ana most
interesting to m ankind. Wherever we nave q
Jew on The face of the earth, there we nave d
man,i whose testimony and conduct cohnee' y ,"e
pre sent time with the beginning OF all 'i'"e. +.
The reviewer supposesthe actual nuhioe's ~
these people not TO exceed six millions, d. '"I
pre- sent time, but presumes that '"ey
the numbers Of those over whom solomon reign
ed. OF these six millions there may DC resi-
dent in The contiguous countries OF mor IVA
ancient Poland, the Crimea, Molda''a' W."
lachia, above three millions. Except ".oih
these countries, their population coh'aheN !"
any one European kingdom cannot " e'ea.'-
Ye, so essentially are they one people may
almos, be said one fsmily-so disPosao'e Us
their wealth as mainly vested IN money trans
| actions, that they must be considered as al
aggregate. and not in their individual portions.
Such are their union, activity, and multiplied
relations with each Other, that Frederick 'he
Grta, said, the Jews were always beforehand
with him in obtaining intelligence One bond
OF this people Of most tenacious memory, Is "a"
indienan, and resentfu feeling OF the crueIlies
and pc rsec u,ions heaped OH them IN OLD tlmes
by yariou. nations Of the earth. The Reviewer
says
II they are k, pit together in some measure
by he sense Of their wrongs, itis nope wrought
up by faith 10 the highest degree oil certainty,
that forms the most powerful bond oil their l.
IDENTIFY, and constitutes them nation apart
which can be bound to no Gentle Cover nment
by permanent, ties of citizenship his teelins
exists so strongly, and with such increasing
iutenseuess, that many Jews OF late years,
under the persuasion that the accomplish,
ment Of The prophecies of the restoration OF
Israel is al hand, have actually transported
their wealth and their families to Syria, quit.
ting tie miIder rule OF European governments
for the exac,ions and tyranny of Turkish bas-
sa. Twenty years ago there was al oatfet (the
ancient Bethulia, considered as an holy city by
the Jew.J and Jerusalem but small number
OF Polish Jews, some few hundreds at the most;
there are now, al the very least, Ten thousand.
These eager expectations place them greatly al
The mercy of every political ad'en'urer who
may, for his own purposes, undertake TO WORK
upon them.
The greatest accumulation OF Jews on any
one pon, in Europe is in the countries OF an
.ent Poland, where, undrr Casimir the Great,
they obtained considera privileges. There
are great numbers in the paris Of Turkey con-
,iguous TO Poland, but there il is said, they lit
rrallv swarm. They are innkeepers, trades
men, dis,illers oil brandy, brewers, horse deal
ers. money changers, usurers, as every where
else; some few a,e farmers. The crowds OF
Jews in some towns of Russian Poland, and the
miserable mode Of their existence it is SAID,
they are quite as much noeS,ed Is ,hI VI aB
Tor their misery, as 10 their Christian rulers
lhr Review states that
Their mental developemcnt and civilization
greatly exceed :hose Of the lower orders If
Poles, because they have an education, however
perverted. They are described as being in
general, physically, fire and active D.oole
such as would contrast mos advantap.onslv
wan The rickelty figures which, formerly a,
least, were seen in the public walks in Holland
he comeIlness Of the Jcwesses in Warsaw is
nuch celebrated; and Bishop James describes
Inc Vnihynian Jews as a particularly fine race
o. men, and their women as remarkable for
otau'S IN hgure, features and complexion In
general The Jews in Poland affect no external
show except in the dress of their women: but.
- o' o'"' 'hosc OF them who are wealthy, live at
home IN considerable splendor.
The Jews are subject 10 military cons,r;,,
IONS IN Germany; but various regulations have
'een Introduced Tor the improvement of their
,ohuiu"nj old restraints and inhibitions. arbi.
l'''''''Ni hiNt oxen mlllrateU and
diminished committee Of Jews. acting nm.
l,r az ORDER from Alexander, the late emperor,
'as oeen sitting a, Warsaw, since 1928, to
'foPoSe plans tor the Moderation of their con-
,iion, and an Institution has been already A.,
c'ed for the education Of rabbs and school. c
masters, ana the establi shDcnt If elementary
cno . Tor The Jews, throughout Poland, is
on'e'op'a'ed. The first half yearly examina. c
ION OF the scholars Of lha, institution AT W. {
aw has taken place; and succeeded so much J
eyond expectation, that rich Jews. who had 81
ecu greatly prejudited against it, are now
,nding their children to it, paying for their
'ucation. hose who are on the establish. 7
'sn' are educated gratis. d
ln Russian Poland the Jews bury their dead
astily, Judging them to be- such when no s,ear, E
'pear. on 6 ass applied to the mouth. II
e Jo'ing OF the Cart recalls life and action
ey oeheVe that It is devil who animates the Sc
'dy, and deal with it accordingly: thu, saws a b.
ny respectable Jew. an eye witness, born and Nj
ca mere. He adds, that they are armed a, I p
inst our rrasonings on the Old Testament, (or rs