New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-01

We" supposes that 10 class of immigrants has in
creased more rapidly in this country than the Hebrew
III i7'o a man might count upon his finger. all the
9yhaGoene3 IN the land now there are at least a
quarter u million jews from eigty TO ninety G7na-
8o9ne7' ana multitude Of smaller communities where
Il nucleus exists wlch will grow into sypa-
gognc The city Of New York alone has twenty
synagog1es and thirty thousand Jews-about one
twentieth part Of the population being such.
It may not be inappropriate TO add to the above
statement respecting the progress Of the ancient
people in country, the annexed historical and
statistical particulars from article in Blackwood's
? Magazine:
Vast is the period and singular as are the changes
OF European history since the Christian era, .judca
6tiii continues the most interesting portion Of the
| world Among other purposes, it may be for the
purpose OF fixing the general eye upon this extaor-
dnary land that it has been periodically visited by
more striking succession Of great caantes than per-
maps any other region. With less to attract an ilva
der than any oher conspicuous land OF the East, it
has been constantly exposed to invasion. Its ruin by
the Romans in the first century did not prevent its
being as7aed by almost every barbarian who in turn,
assumed the prccariOns sovereignty of the neighbor.
ing Asa ter ages Of obscure misery new terror
came IN the Saracen invasion, which, under Arnrou
on the conquest OF DAnaAcU- rolled to Palestine
y siege OF four months which may we'll conceive
to nave abonded in horrors gave Jerusalem into the
hands Of the kaliph Omar. On the death Of Omar
dagger the country was left to the still heavier mis-
government of the mo5len viceroys--a race Of men
essentially barbarian and committing for their crimes
by their zeal in prOselvtisn. The ueope of cnur-.
were dolbly torlncnted.
A new seourge fell upon them in the invasion of the
cr,'7aderS at the beginning OF the twelfth century.
followed BY long succession Of bitter hostlities and
public weakness. After almost a century Of this
wretchcdness another invasion from the Desert put
Jerusalem into the hands of its old oppressor. the
Saracen and in / lS7 the famous Saladin, expellng
the last OF the Christian soveregns, took possession
OF Palestine. After another century Of tUmut and
severe suffering, occasoned by the disputes of the
Saracen princes, it visited by still more form-
dane evil III the shape OF the Turks then wholly
clvlZed-i nation i'll all the rdcness and violence Of
nounainccr life and spreading blood and fire through
Western Asia. From this date Q3l7) it remained
under the dominion OF the Ottoman until its conquest
: IL few years ago by that most extraordinary Of all
Nuss'nals, the pacha Of Egypt-u dreary period Of
900 years, under the most desoating government Of
the world It is equally impossible to read the Scrip
tnra references to the future condition of Palestine
without discovering crowd OF the plainest and most
powerful indications that it shall vet exhibit totally
different aspect from that Of its present state. En-
thIsiasm or even the natural interest which we feel
III this memorable nation may ccOr the future to us
too brightly: but unless language of the most solemn
KIND, uttered on the most solemn occasions and by
men driney commissioned for its uterance is wholly
unmeaninr We must yet look to some powerful un-
questionable and splendid display Of Providence in
favor at the people OF Israel.
The remarkable determination Of European politics
toward Asia Minor Syria and Egypt within these fcw
Years the not less urcXDccted change of manner,
and customs which seemed to defy ali change and
the new life infused into the stagnant Governments Of
Asia even 'y their being flung into the wrl Of El-
Topear interests, look not unlike signs Of the times.
1t may be no dream to imagine in these phenomena
the proofs OF some memorable change in the interior
OF thl1Ess"me prcparatiyes for that great providc,l
tlaI restoration Of which Jerusalem will yet be the
scene II NJ" the centre, and the lSrlctc himself the
especial agent of those high transactions which shall
make Christianity the religion OF all lands restore the
hlanAntled beauty OF all EARTH and make man what
he was created to be, only e Il little lower than the
angels.
The statistics Of the Jewish population are among
I the most singular circumstances Of this most singular
OF all people. Under all their calames and dispcr-
sonS they seem to have remained at nearly the same
amount as in the days of David and solomon. never
much more in prosperity, never much less after ages
Of suffering. Nothing like this has occurred in the
history OF any other race Europe in general having
doubled it population within the last hundred years
and England nearly trped hers within the last half
century the proportion of America being still more
rapid. and the world crowding in constantly inclcas
ing ratio
Yet the Jews seem to stand still in this vast and
general movement. The population of Judea in its
most pay days probably did not exceed if it reach
ed four Millions The numbers who entered Palestine
from the wilderness evidently not much more
than three and their according to the German
stntstS, who were generally considered to be exact
Is now nearly the same that Of the people under
Aloscs-abou three millions They thus dstribu-
I ted
In Europe, 900, of which about 65; 900 are in
= Poland and Russia and t,'3 300 are in Austria.
, IN Asia 13S ,ON0 Of which 100000 are in a Asatic
Turkey
In Africa jO4 900, of which 300 900 are in Morocco
In America North and South. - 900.
II We add TO these about 900 Samarians, the
calculation in ro,lnd numbers will be about 3 900
This was the report in lS25 the numbers probably
remain the same. This extraordinary xedness i'll the
midst OF almost universal increase is doubtless not
without reason if are even to look for it among
htt hnyn
, Israel a separate race through eighteen hundred
years May we not naturally conceive that people
thus preserved without advance retrocession dis
perscd, yet combined broken, yet firm: without a
country, yet dwellers in all everywhere ilslted vet
everywhere intluentill without nation, yet united
rs no nation ever WAS before since. has not been
appnlnted To "er this extraordinary contradiction to
the laws ot society, and even the progress Of
nature, without cause, and that cause one of final
bcncyocnce, universal good, and divine grandeur?
In noticing the preceding statistics the late Major
Noah remarked
We apprehend there is some in the above
statistics. and that the number Of Jews throughout
the world may be estimated at nearer six millions
than three. There are more than million in Poland
and Russia in all Asia thcr" arc nll two millions ;
half million in Austria in the Barbarv Suites and
Africa million in all Europe two millions and
half. We do not think, during the most splendid
period Of Jewish history, that they exceeded
four millions hut then their colonies and countries,
held tributary in Europe and Asia amounted to many
millions more.
4 LtrrEn FROM jenny L1Np.--Thc following letter
from Madame ';ot'Srhmlt to the Rev. p. SAt!ery
: who had sent her a copy of Mrs. Opic's Life, l'y
Miss Erghtwell," will he read with deep interest
Nsnr sir: Allow me to thank You most sincerely
for your very kind letter, which received together
with Miss Brightwclls book, at Plymouth | would
have instantly sent you few lines, but | could not
find time To do 50. I d" not know why You write
such kind words to me. | am NOTHING. in my own
and feel >ht tipp1V tIr SiutulnGSS of