The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-08-10
Jews in New YORK.

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Jews in New York.
Th" Jews a peculiar people, though their
exercise Mt their "inaUguratlon dinner last even.
! ing not peculiar hut bat Chrlsr iaus present
! thought it very excellen: and chrsiinnlIkc en-
terainmeRt. There sAr0 to be some II ,0U0
of the Jewish faith in the Unrcd States. Their
churches number 3 nnt their church nccommo
dations perhaps may be 'sIy taken as index
| TO their Strength. Pr"hably 5000 Jews TO be
| found in the city Of New York. Their children
| attend the same schools with our children, and
until reach their religion pCculiarities, there is
little 10 distinguish them from others OF citi-
Zens. And yet they have some pecuIinri'lrs.-
We seldom find one IN our prisons or penItentIa-
res When one is seen in prison. he is there ior
| some petty offence, tn" charges being seldom
graver Than Of false preencrs OF receiving stolen
goods. Some years ago. we remember one was
sentenced 10 the Stale prison for arson; but 1t Is
true that, to a remarkable extent, t~raees sell
dom offenders againt society. They are not ire
qucntIy found in hospitals, and
poorhouscs. AT Wards Island, where SO many
hundreds Of the poor, drifting across from the
shores of the Old World, continually gather
ing, we find all classes of Christians ,kcrs
perhaps excep,ed-aDd all shades OF nfdels
represented, but never n Jew. When the Jewish
! cmgrant arrives he does commit himself,
though poverty has chased him from his old home,
and met him ON our wharf, TO tie Commissioners
OF Em grafton for the receipt OF that assistance 10
which his commutation fee entities him but he
queries first. I!Here IS there Jcac? His brother
found leads him to the man who by appointment
of The synagogue or otherwise, assumes the specI-
tic task of caring FOR such.
Aid for the stranger is solicited from his own
people, and 10y contributions wI'hin their circle
all his imnedia;e relieved, and he is put
in the way OF obtaining livelihood for himself.
From The Extraordinary amount OF Jewish emlgra-
ton To and through this CITY, Judge that there
must be large Disbursements made by some Of
, , them in charity. Thirteen hundred tons of coal,
we are told, have been given to the poor by one
society Of lsraeInes in New York during the past
winter. This early and unfailing attention Of
those who are able, TO the wants of the poor, must
greatly tend to prevent tie commission Of crime,
sEce crime stalks in nowhere surely hen
hunger and nakrGncss open the door, and want
p"rpetualIy becknns on.
Here IS a fac, from hich Christians may pro.
fi,"hy necepta hint. Meet poverty bile it is IN.
noccnt, relieve it, and You remove the temptations
20 vice for hunger has sharp tooth, and cannot
but gnaw through the restraints OF virtue,
when that hich mus; relieve il lies only on the
other side Christians. too, m ght learn from the
lsracli'es some noble lessons to the policy Of
supplying he wants Of those who hold the same
faith
Much that is obj cted to the Jewish character
seems to have been impaired to it by the hard 10.
ia wh.h lis lines have been cast. Prosecuted for
c'n'u1. $, driven into corners n( the earth, their
ur acqnislveness has been sharpened, and
the angles and ropis Of their character strongly
brnuyh ht out We have often thought that their
f,rtIr must be stronger than that of most mrn.-
Their strict observance OF the Jewish Sabbath,
none tn" less strict "here stringent legal enact
m"n's. and their duties good citizens, restrain
them from business avocatnns upon the Christian
Sabbath, has peculiarly impressed US and II is
curious, 100, thai with FIVE only of the seven days
drv"'"d 20 business, they so generally prove sue
cess sfi business men.-NeD York Tins.
SAow1HG THEIR NnsEs.--Thc Charlottesville
Advocate isauhorised to state that the Stale Coun
ciI of Eastern Virginia will hold is annual session !
in Richmond OH The 4ih Thursday in August"
The above weazenrd lIu" paragraph, (>ays the !
Winchester Virginian,) which we find in cuumn
of odd, and ends in an exch 'ng" is about the first
notice hav" had of the activity. the existence
Of the Know MnlIing order Of Virginia since the
election. 1t Comes 10 US, Therefore, with all lhr
zest Of novelty.
This meeting the Advoc1te is "rurhorised" to |
announce. HIRE the beneficial results Of
ii sound drubblng. Nobody was authorised 10 an.
nounce beforehand any previous meetings Of the |
order. Perfect and pnrt"ntous secrecy main.
tanned, whether the ga hiring was from every par
Of the S ate to n,,tniuafe candidate for Gpvenor
or from o corner of some town swear in a new
dupe. Now, rhs IS measurab!y changed. Tke
public are vnuchs ,l' the information that such |
and such a meeting of the fraternity will take
place such and such time and place. Who
to compose the meeting is point on which
reserve is still cultivated, A few more weeks and
months, however, and that too will be conceded.
We cannot expect the disguise to be shaken off AT
once. 1t will be reluctantly dropped, piece
When all the outside is gone the order will De ef'
in the shiveripg nakedness of its principles, as ug
ly and worthless as the superannuaed b:ooms-
stick dilapidatrd dung fork that forms the nu.
cieus ol a scare crow.
The Kansas Legislature has met and organized.
Strln rffIln,r Sneaker of the Hnnse