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es, and 13 clergymen; the Congregationalists have 600 com- 
municants, 11 churches, and 12 preachers; the Cumberland 
Presbyterians have 800 communicants and 28 preachers; the 
Baptists have 1,000 communicants, 42 churches, and 30 
preachers; the Episcopalians have 600 communicants, 20 
churches, and 18 clergymen; the Unitarians have 100 com- 
municants, with one church, and one preacher. The total 
number of communicants, as mentioned in this list, including 
women, who are a majority, is less than 10,000; but there are 
many persons staying temporarily in the state, and claiming 
membership in congregations in the Kastern states. 
The Catholic priests claim to have 80,000 communicants in 
their church; and they have 70 churches, and 75 priests. 
The Catholics are more attentive to the forms of their faith 
than are the Protestants. 
There are many Mormons in California, but they are scat- 
tered about, and have no meetings or church organization. 
Almost the entire population of the town of San Bernardino 
was once made up of them, but they abandoned the place, at 
the order of Brigham Young, and went to Salt Lake. Such 
Mormons as there may be in the state, are generally consid- 
ered to be industrious and good citizens. 
There are 10,000 Jews in the state, and they have three 
synagogues, and two rabbies. The Jews of California are di- 
vided into two main classes, the German Jews and the Polish 
Jews ; and in San Francisco each class has its own synagogue, 
cemetery, and benevolent society. The German Jews are in- 
fected by the progressive spirit of the age, and have adopted 
a reformed ritual ; whereas the Polish Jews adhere to the old 
forms and ceremonies. The Chinamen are, with the exception 
of three or four score Christians, all Buddhists. Buddhism, 
which has been called “the Christianity of the east,” and in its 
purer forms is not unworthy of the name, is with them a gros 
superstition, accompanied by idol worship and meaningless 
ceremonies, with no accompanying conception of high spiritual 
truths. The Chi amen have several places of worship in Cali- 
