Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-10-16
VITALITY 99ME THE EHES SEWIsH RAoh

In GSoS1S
Very interesting papers on this 'uoJect
are furnished in the Journal Of the Stats
teal Society Of Paris, and in the annals OF
Hygiene and Legal Medicine IN the same
city. N. Legoyt, the author OF the Hrss CT
these papers, truly says: 1.-THE history OF
the Jews is, in many respects, one OF the
grand episodes Of modern civilization
We cannot but wonder at their persistent
and eventually victorious struggle against
implacable prosecutions, inssigassd as well
by religious hatred as by q desirsso be-
come possessed Of their great riches; their
force Of expansion, which led shsm to
smiEra,e to all parts Of the known world;
the. concentration in their hands OF . large
par. Of international trade; the triple
agency, Of IN admirably special api-
tude for trade aud finance; 2, Of sounder
notions Of the power Of credit, at q time
when unproductiye concealment and
boarding were the methods Of saving; 8,
their exclusion, by the laws Of the eoun-
tries which tolerated their stay in them
nom all active employments; the adhesion
to their religion, Notwithstanding the in
cessans sndeavors to proselyts, which were
often strengthened by the secular arm
the not less determined retention, in the
land Of their exile, of the manners, cuStom'
and traditions Of Judea; their refusal to
mix with the races BY which they were
surrounded; finally, a certain energetic
vitality, superior to those races, which
enables them to be readily acclimated ID
all parts Of the world"
We behold in the Jews a people whose
records show fewer marriages, . smaller
number Of children. and fewer deaths Of
them in q family. q smaller number ofstill.
born, more old persons, Tower suicides, q
larger mean duration Of life. The 1sraelits
weighs carefully the responsibilities and
cares OF matrimony, and is slower in tax
ing on its bonds. II the marriages Of hiI
people are less faithful. more time 10 al
lowed for q mothers care and tenderness,
and hence the less proportionate mortality
Of Jewish children to the population al
large. N. Legoyt expresses his surprise
at the large number Of Jews who live to 9
very advanced age. Their temperate
habits explain in a great degree this fav'
orable result. Their sobriety has always
been known ; intoxication is rsre-habit-
ual drunkards can hardly be found. We
see here a practical commentary on the
saying Of the celebrated Halter, that BY
far the larger number Of those who were
noted for their longevity were sober and
lived plainly. To this course the Jews
would be naturally led by the distetic in.
quotations Of the Mosaic lava. The loy'
Of family, so strong in the Jewish people
insures constant care Of the children anC
the aged, and to their poor assured anc
judicious assistance. Their charity Il
without limit. Their fortitude and sc.
renity Of mind under trials are markeG
features Of their character, and can only b
accounted for by their deep faith and con-
fdingness in an overriding Providence
The Jewish population in the different
countries Of Europe is estimated, in q sa'
BILE before Us, to be $500, 1872, Prussia no
included. Russia contains the larges1
number, l,425,7s4 Next comes Austria
l,04S, l47. Third on the list is Poland
5ss.s75. England shows $4,000, and Ire
land the lowest figure Of all, being onl!
500. The National Almanac for 1856.
sets down the Jewish population Of tn
United States at 200,o This is an est
mate, and evidently not too high.