New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-26
THE JEW AMELIoRATING BUSINESS.

To IA. ESi0, J TIE " \. Trissss.
SIR: Your reporter has been sold" by certain Of
The members Of our Board who have lo1g iniUlged
in such innocent freedoms IS saying thS VAS never
appointed SecretaIy-of coarse, they ought 70 know
and that have done toe Society service-iney. OF
course knosing tbs too; thar have spent my tine
soliciting funds &c. Now. the sob.r truth is thst
was prevsilei o. three years since when oar Society
vss generally believed 70 be ruined, as the only one
who knew its condition and could safely venture TO
attempt srrangirg rs affairs so as 20 render i fass5e
sor the real euds Of the TO reoreanze unier s
charter. TO take q temporary Seeretaryship, with
view TO rally the good of these cities TO ITS rec'v-
ery. Two csrdiostes for my place, either of ~hom
vouli have been emineutly acceptable 10 us al, ~ere
removed by desth in 1886, before reorg anizaton
could be eff cted snt since that tune none aas oeen
found wiling to take the place permanent Secretary
My efforts we're directed drst to rellevog tue society
az its most pressing rcunOrsrcss and take II ont oil
Court; then 70 canvsssiug these cities, to set matters
night before the pastors and others. Aoy sec0aled
10 the fret by the Treasurer aud Counsel OF tRe SUce
ty f. L. Seely ESQ.,, and the members Of the Board
VINO t had the courage TO act, we we're at once SET
free from the trsmnels Of the laS. lac second
| was forced TO DO mostly alone and 10 person,
ard 20 any one who knows the dihicuty OF
finding professional men 81 nome IN tlls
city it will essi be conceived that some tune must
espse before the body OF pastors aud their irenis
could be reached by & personal appeal. over one
ye.r Of severe toll being spent in csnysssing With
several different plans OF acton proposed iuu Ieof'
espizston was Elected in July, 1897, under oar chsr-
ter the Rev. Wm. Hog Ith of the First Presbyterian
Church N Brooklyn being Presidtn'. The CONNER
cisl revulson coon followed and prevented, IN great
part, the execution Of our plans for extending the
sphere of cur agencies 10 the cJultry at large AMI 10
the Spring Of 1873 the President left us for the West
After long osnvsssing sud by my 80 rts securing
the appointment of the Rev j. {. J.cobI as misson-
ary 70 the Jews in this city by smother association,
through the aid Of that gentleman and others sue
oseded in bringing about reorganization OF our
Society in December last aud gret 70 say that the
portion Of the new Board that have been most actve
hsye done little bat to vote exciting missions de-
continued and ooItnve how they coul1 avoid paying
the debts Of the Society sud especially mere pit
tauce that wished them 10 actually pay me tor tue
labcrs of four years, earned suos. entirely At my
own expense, ana al prodgious sacrifice OF my pr.
vste interests. The disposition of several among them
20 grasp the funds is quite clear whatever they wisn
10 DO with them and impute 10 them no improper
motives whatever. As 20 other matters, refer your
numerous resders to my former noe.
Your, truly ASAHEL ABBOTT,
Late Cor. Secretary Assn 81 { Jews
p S.-Please inform my subscribers that my . Pan
dora liz DO "poeticsl effasion, out piece of very
sold and ke9ry pTOse. "a.