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JOHNSTON, JOSEPH !:. 



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ption. traii-portation, ami distribution, a 

 ial orgaiii/ation was formed, ami agencies 

 Ublisheu in many cities in the interim-. The 

 i i ml liy <i|' all is assured, with the e\ce|.ii,,n of 



1C laln.r Illl ii Hl>. \\llose i| i| >< i-it i- ill is I til I el". Oil 



e general appeal of the New York committee, 



lleil in October, about if'.MI.IHMI was received, 



Christians contributing. The repi.rt of 

 \\ York I'nited Hebrew Charities contains 



interesting figures nil (lie slllijecl lf the immi- 

 grants. LVcords at tlie Barge Office show that, 

 for the \ear ending Sept. ;((!. ISJM. (i'J..")7l Jewish 

 immigrants landed in this cit y. tif whom nearly 

 1 eame after June. Their nat ionalities were 

 follow: Austrian*, (;.}.">(): Danes, 29; Dutch, 

 English. !*: French, Ill; (iermans, 864; 

 imanian-. N?l; Russians. :>I.I!M: Swedes, 24 ; 

 urks. i:{- Jti.sm ,,., n;.:M women. 19,290 

 ildren ; I'.ifi were returned to Europe by the 

 vernnien!. Total. ti'J.574. There remained in 

 t- city -Hi.029; the rest left for other cities, but 

 -t imied. About 70 families are provided weekly 

 ith work at distant mills; in a few weeks, 161 

 ilies, representing 892 persons, were found 

 ill and factory work in 19 States, applications 

 ning in from all quarters for desirable help. 

 ng t" the outlay thus entailed, the expenses 

 the charities ha\c increased to $150,000 

 lly, the lliisch fund contributing to the 

 sportation account. During the year ending 

 bv. 1 8,045 new applications were passed upon, 

 d :!..">81 that had been previously examined and 

 ivinvestigated : 1,043 persons were aided 

 ith transient relief, 4,553 with transportation, 

 194 with employment, making a total of 39,916 

 rsons. 



Despite the strain caused by the increased im- 

 igration, the Jews of the United States show 

 mtinued activity in benevolent and educational 

 rk, in what may be termed home missions, 

 iladelphia has erected a new edifice for the 

 ebrew Education Society ; New York, a Hebrew 

 ucational Institute in the heart of the over- 

 wded down-town district; Chicago, a manual 

 ining school for children of the refugees, 

 temples have been built or are in process of 

 tion in New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, 

 ltimore. Salt Lake City, and elsewhere. 

 The Jewish question has been a prolific subject 

 discussion abroad and at home. The English 

 have contained steady references, while 

 ron de Ilirsch and Goldwin Smith's articles in 

 North American" and Baron de Hirsclfs 

 d M. Leroy Beaulieu's in " The Forum " have 

 n of special interest. The latter author had 

 brilliant series of papers on the Jews and anti- 

 'lnitism in the " Revue des Deux Mondes " of 

 b. 15, May 1, and July 15. 

 S. Schechter was appointed Reader of Tal- 

 dic Literature in Cambridge University; Dr. 

 . Deutsch, professor in the Cincinnati llebrew 

 nion College; Dr. Morris Loeb, Professor of 

 heiuistry in the University of the City of New 

 ork; Dr. II. M. Leipziger, an assistant super- 

 intendent of the New York city public schools. 

 S. W. Rosendale was elected Attorney-General of 

 New York. Thanksgiving was marked by union 

 services of synagogue and church in several 

 cities. Among the first donations to relieve the 

 Russian famine was $1,400 from the synagogue 

 in Sacramento. The condition of the over- 



crowded Jcwi-h district, due to the im-p - d im- 

 migration, in the lower part, of New York city, 

 gave rise in much dicujon. In an interview 

 with a representative of the " Jewish V 

 under date of Sept. n, the New York Hoard of 

 Health made various suggest ions, urging better 

 ijiiarters up town and distribution in the rural 

 district. 'I he departure of .I.- e Scligmaii for 

 Europe was made the occasion of a public luui- 

 i|iiet in his honor on Oct. 1, at which $:!0.000 

 was subscribed for the Ku-sian refugees. The 

 Emigration* 'oniini-sioiiers sent to Europe by the 

 I'nited Slates have ret urned. 



JOHNSTON. .IOSKIMI KGM.KSTON. an 

 American soldier, born at Longwood. near Farm- 

 ville, Va.. Fell. :;, 1S()!; died in Wa-hin^ton. 1). 

 c.. March 21, 1891. His grandfather. Peter 

 Johnston, a Scotchman, settled on James river 



JOSEPH EQOLE8TON JOHNSTON. 



in 1727, and afterward gave to Ilampden Sidney 

 College the land on which its buildings wen- 

 erected. Joseph's father (also named Peter) 

 served with credit in the Revolutionary War, be- 

 came a lawyer, and in 1809 was made a judge. 

 He was a member of the General Assembly of 

 Virginia, and in 1798-'99 was its Speaker. His 

 wife was Mary Wood, a niece of Patrick Henry. 

 Joseph was graduated at the Military Academy, 

 West Point, in 1829, ranking thirteenth in a 

 class of 46. Among his classmates were Gens. 

 Robert E. Lee, of the Confederate, and Ormsby 

 M. Mitchell, of the National service. Immedi- 

 ately after graduation he was commissioned a 

 second lieutenant in the Fourth Artillery, and 

 assigned to garrison duty at Fort Columbus. N. 

 Y. He was stationed at Fort Monroe, Ya.. in 

 1830-'31, took part in the Black Hawk expedi- 

 tion in 1832, was in garrison at Charleston. S. ('.. 

 in 1832-'33, at Fort Monroe again in !:!:; ::t. 

 at Fort Madison, N. C., in 1834, and performed 

 topographical duty in 1834-'35. He was pro- 

 moted to first lieutenant in July, 1836, and 

 was an aide to Gen. Winfield Scott in the Semi- 

 nole War, but resigned on May 31. 1837, and be- 

 came a civil engineer. On July 7, 1838, he was 

 appointed first lieutenant of topographical en- 

 gineers, and brevetted captain for gallantry in 

 the war in Florida. A story is told of his service 

 in that campaign to the effect that he was with 

 a recoiinoitering party that fell intoanambuscade. 

 and nearly all the officers were killed or wounded : 

 whereupon he took command, conducted an or- 

 derly retreat of 7 miles, repelled the enemy, and 

 carried off the wounded. He was struck by a 

 ball in t he forehead, and 30 bullets passed through 

 his clothing. 



