Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-02-16
The Dispersion OF tho Jews.

A"o 1oeJemeWe HeHpfS gives some IN.
tercsting particulars us to tho dispersion of
the Jews over the world. In Palestine they
have long been reduced to very small pro
portion of their former numbers. They are
now most numerous in tho northern part of
Africa, between Morocco and Egypt. ivhore.
especially in the Barbary States, they form
the chief. clement Oft tho population and in
that strip of Europe whicl, extends from the
lower Danube to the Baltic. In tho latter
region there are about four million Jews.
most OF whom are Of the middle class among
tho Slnvonic natioaa)ties, while In the whole
OF Western Europe thero arc not one hun.
dred thousand of them. In consequences Of
European migrutions, descendants of these
Jews have settled in America and Australia,
where they are already multiplying in the
large commercial towns in the same manner
us III europe, aud much more rapidly than
the Christian population. The Jewish set.
tiers I'D Northern Africa are also increasing
80 much that they constantly spread farther
to the south. Timbuotoo has since 1853 been
inhabited by Jewish colony of traders The
other Jews in Africa arc the Falaschas, or
Abysslnlan black Jews, and few European
Jows ct the Cape Of Good Hope. There are
numerous Jewish colonies in Yemen and
Nedschran. in Western Arabia It has long
been known that there are Jews in Persia
and the countries Oh the Euphrates in the
Turconan countries they inhn5it the four for
tresses of Scherissbs, Kitab, Schamatan and
Urta Kurgan, and thirty small villages, resid
ing in separate quarter, but treated on an
equal footing with the other inhabitants
though they have to pay higher taxes There
are also Jews iu China, aud in Cochin China
there are both white and black Jews. The
white Jews have tradition, according to
which in tho year 70 A. D. their ancestors
were ten thousand Jews who settled at Gran.
ganorc. on the coast of MaIabar, after the de.
structon of tho Temple Of Jerusalem. The
Jews remained at Crauganore until 1865,
when they were driven into the interior by
the Portuguese The black settlers are sun.
pose to be native prosclytes, and have spc.
cial synagogue of their own.
ConUMa.a,s, o.rFebrrery -6=--rbc Coy.
ernor sent Special Message to the Legisla-
ture, enclosing the memorial of the Boards
Of Trade Of Charleston and Memphis, and
Chamber of Commerce of Charleston, and re
commanding that Congress be memorialized
to refund tho special tax on Cotton also re
commencing that the Legislature take some
action to memorialze the United States Gov
crnnent to release lands, amounting to one
fifth of the real property held in Beaufort
which were sold for delinquent direct taxes
in 1863 and 1868 IJe snvs tba St,te Daht
il sll 096 908 md rocnmmendsd ,hn. tho
Lerislaturo mako some nrov;sions far tho n.n
mont of the ;otcrost md ulso .h., - o., n t1
tax ho lav;o5 70 cover tbo doGo;ana,, Co. t,'o
Last fiscal vcor wy
Thc Uo1se was o,ooood II, aon - d;so,,,
ing tho Metropolitan Police BlI " The '11e de
pate IS becoming very bitter between the
Mackey and Bowen factions. No other bust
ness was done
In the Senate resolution to adjourn sine
o'c Ct, at once ,,, was lost
Inc treasurer says he won't pay the memL
6ers until they pass another Appropriation
bi1l.
1t is rumored that all the Democratic Sen
ators Will resign tomorrow.
Tur vrr,ow.no>. I1,1mn. g. n
r,on.r p,n~ rha In, haa 100 oaa,hs ., G NA
80 sa.,;r o '.: D.,t nus passeu Tue oon
derful district, some forty miles by 6fty, on
the head waters Of the Yellowstone River
among the Rocky Mountains, in the Territory
of Montana, emt tacing those strange mountain
peaks, cliffs, castles and canyons, and those
numerous wonderful warm springs, hot springs
boiling springs, geysers, &c, 60, of which,
the other dny, wo gave general description
for the information of our readers. Now let
the friends of tho bill in Congress push it
through The House, and then, by simply
marking off its boundaries, we shall have the
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