New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-17
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
ANNIVERSARY OF HE HEBREW SOCIETIES.

ANNIVERSARY OF HE HEBREW SOCIETIES.
1e.e .wo benevolent Societies celebrated their 6r.t
joIt anniversary last right Al the City Assembly
II oms. AZ about c.ock tLs Societies with their
invited guests 70 the IGnb-r OF between 30 ani iJO
ST 10 sunpuous dur sr preps -ed by S - ners
s Son. Grsce was char,ed hy the R-v Dr.. WEIN-
sTFIs oftbe Attorney Syrsrognc stf the
lany mb.ed cid ull Justice TO the yIands 20 ,er
sly set hsfore them. After the meal the Rev. DR..
SIIRSBERG gave thanks.
After dinner, Ar. Jo sCHIsssEN, the President Of
~ Hebre~ Society, srd NJ. SgLIGx,S, Pfosiieu Of
the German Society. addressed TIE assembly congrst
uetlng the two Societies on their union.
The hrst regular ,osst was then given: The day
we celebrate" followed by music by thc baud.
The second toss, WAS then given TIE President Of
the tnted States, received with hearty cheers. Tn
tlId toast wss, Charity the 'est flower in the
"esrlhud of human viriues:" responded to by the
Rev NJ. lsAAcs in speech which called out the most
er ertbusiastic cheers.
NJ. HE>RY Il HFRrz, IT. said he wished to respond
to the eloquent remarks If DR. lsaacs which he cii
by reading long list Of suhscriplurs that had been
received smouLiirg il al 10 more than S0,00O.
The fourth regular toast was given. The Hebrew
" snd the German Hebrew Benevolent S'cieties-ther
" union is their strength " responded b. bs the Rv.
DR.. R,PH,LL in English, ard the Rev. DR.. ADLER in
German.
The fifth toast wss "Civil and religious liberty"
followed bv music by the bsni. The Slth toss, was,
"Our bre,hren throughout the world" and w'sr
sTcuded to ty RIcuARD W,RREN. The seventh toas,
TIE State ana City Of New.Ycrk and their auth hori.
ties" wss rtsl oniet to bv Mayor TitNASv. The
eighth toast was. "Our sister Societies. Ths ninth
toast "The Ladies' was responded to by Nc. DIX
CokDoyA who "a d that he flt proud at being c,l,!
to sp ak for the lsies II was always "A honor fora
gel iilemdn to answer for The afes. II more than
an honor to him to speak for the women II lsrsel.
Tire most eloquent orator in the world might pile
words words, heap trnpe tropo and metaphor on
tsphor, 6nd yet fal to do justice Ia Oue-milooth
part of tie claims which jewish women had IN the
afio ctioD the admiration aud respect It mankind.
II he told them that no NOmtn IN TIE world
were more chaste more loyal. moro true than the
Jewish wom' n-f he told them that they are the tan
derest and best of mothers the most affection
ate src iutul Of Daughters in the whole fam
iy Of man, be only SID 10 them what they
oil knew. II, descending from these grea'er points
ot exccercc he were to tell them that
Jewish beauty was the purest and most delicate
in the world he would tell them OILY what the poets
and novelsfs of Chrisierdon have sung and said for
ages. Bu; he bad learned from sermon Off ofthc
nost distinguished Christian clereymen of New-iork
on last Thanksgiving Day, that the features Of the
jew, were only the marks ot the punishment of God
for national dlsobedience. This etartpg thing
to hear; especially the Rev. Gentleman must have
know that the distinctive features Of the Jew
pecuisrity which he shared with the Chinese the
japanese, the North American Indian, and 100 other
Trans Caucasian and Cis- Caucsrsn races. The dis
tnctive features of the Jews were simply to b, At
rbued to the fcct, that they do not iDte'mary with
ether nations. And # it was esked why the jews 10
not interrnarry he had onv 10 refer them to the
,csit which they had 30 heartily pledged-whe there
Ii women in the House of lsr Ael, jews did cot
need 10 seek their wives beyond the gates OF the
strong hold of Judah Mr.. de Cofdova then alu ted,
eoqueot language. To the small proportion OF crime
among the Jews in this city and resumcd nis seat amid
Il prolonged applause of the clmpsny.
Tue toast 1.-The Press WAS then given and re-
sporded 70 in eloquent terms The festivities were
kept up till late hour, wOen the company separated.