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WASHINGTON, March 15. 1881.
/ Since the beginning Of the rebellion Rich
mond has been VISITED by swarns Of jews,
coming from every part Of the globe. .prlnci:
tzacteA 1Aither by the allufement Of large
profits and by the federation existing In all
communities Violently disturbed in ill mat.
ters concerning commercial transactions.
Ihc bigt position occupied by their core
1fgfonist. Judah Benjamin, and the protection
which they expected from that quarter in
the courts, also contributed to swell the
ranks of the immigration, and determine an
exodus Of 1sraclltes In the direction Of Rich
mond, Charleston and Mobile. According to
AL the information we hare received since
the beginning Of the var, their expectations
jews Of those regions have been actively en-
gagged iIEseveral profitable kinds of business,
Of which blockade-runniug forms tho most
pre-eninent feature. They have also been
engaged IN providing the rebel armies with
equipments, ammunition and provisions In
| Of paper, receiving only gold and silver, and
sometimes, but rarely, state bonds,
4 decided sentiment seems to have SPRUNG
up among the rebels against the Jews. II
was natural. say they, to suppose that peo-
pie who had reaped 80 many abundant crops
out of public misfortunes would, in the hour
Of need, prove their attachment to the coun-
try in which they had grown wea1thy, by
some act Of selfabncgation and deyotedness
The hour for the exhibitions Of these manly
virtues had struck. The President, the Con:
gress, and the army were mixing, IN appeal
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Jews were, Of course, especially included in
that appeal. But, instead Of responding to
It, they tried to elude the appeal, by running
aWay with the fortunes they, had realized in
tempted to escape BY eoncealing themselves
In the. bottom; of; blocEaderunners;
some suffered themselves to be ahroud
cd in cot1ins and shipped OF to
their relations. IN Europe as corpses.
To detect them the rebels use q detective
which they scatter about the. ship and in be.
tween the boxes and bupdlei Of the cargo.
. go TINT if any one is secreted It Will cause
tit Of sncezing that will lead to their detec.
tion. Some ran over the line and sought
refuge IN Washington, Baltimore and New
to be as safe shelter as they thought. a
Jew, convicted Of having indulged. in block.
ade running. were arresfed and sent to Fort
Iafeyette Or Fort Warren. Those who did
not succeed in escaping JEFF. Davis couscrip-
tion and tax bills, and who were taken in the
cd and sent to the Libby Prison or to Castle
Thunder. To-day the sons Of Israel, who
had mistaken the South for promised land,
ire In the most delicate p1cdlcament,
Tracked in the North, tracked In the South,
they do not find SINGLE corner wherein to
lay their heads, and arc compelled to trust to
Another motive for the suspicion enter.
taiDed against the Jews in the South Is to be
found in the :adroitness with which they
eluded the commercial regulations enacted
paoas pI S p4eS5eas s hesf o
ton, except through the agency Of the gov
ernment, which wanted to appropriate the
whole profit Of that trade, and make Of the
sale Of cotton political engine by means Of
which England and France would, they
thought, be drawn out from their neutral ID
difference and take share IN the conflict
against the North. The Jews, however,
did not pay much attention to law
which it was almost Impossible for the
government to enforce. They oye1ran
the Confedcracy in all directions, especially
where cotton was to be got; established de-
pots Of that simple in Savannah, Charleston,
along the Mississippi; vent to Texas, crossed
: the Ril Grande, invaded Matlmorns, and
soon engrossed the whole trade of that city,
to the great prejudice Of merchants Of long
standing, nnablc to compete with theiradroit
ness, economy and unparalleled activity.
Very soon Matamoras became the capital Of
IN illicit trade between the Confederates and
European merchants and epeculators, in
which the Jews acted as agents. Large
quantities Of cotton were shipped from that
port to England and France, in return for
which the rebels received whole caEgoes Of
those articles they were in greatest need OF,
such Us blankets, shoes, cloth, etc. This
cont1aband trade was carried Oh very briskly
for over year, till the expedition Of General
Banks to Brownsville threw disorder aud
dislnay among the Jewish specnlators, and
Compelled TO fall back from TINT position
to a safer one, they then took IN eastern
route, ranged the Mississippi shore, made IN
inroad into Alabama and Georgia, purchasing
and selling cotton wherever they could, at
and failed, and finally settled In Wilmington,
the only rebel port offering them some chance
for contrahand trade. They shipped from
that point several cargocs Of tobacco, cotton
and rice to European houses, which sent
them In return caEgoes Of. wines aud liquors
tually Elutted.. This time, however, the
rebel government thought to interrupts trade
which deprived, the Confederacy Of its
most precious resources without providing
It with. profitable returns. Cotton and
tobacco were wanted, not TO buy
to pay tie Interest on the rebel loan IN Eu-
rope, and to purchase articles Indispensable
to the military service. As to rice and mo-
lasses, these two articles most useful for
homo consumption could not be spared. The
prohibiting the expectation Of cotton and
other produce Of the Confedcracy was re en-
acted. In Tirtue Of that 1aN, no cargo can
sall ont OF q Confederate port without per
nit of export from The President, who AFRO
gates to himself the right to determine the
account, and the quantity which the Govern
ment Is entitled to ship. on that game vessel,
for it's own account. The rebel prohibition
act Is not, then, restricting contraband trade
in the least; it only stipufates that the Gov
,ernment shall have a share In it. According
TO the spirit Of that act, jeff Davis is not
only the civil and military ruler Of the rebel
lioD,: but Its banker, It's merchant and its
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