Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-01-25

most Catas-
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To the Editor of the Observer ::
New YORK, Jan. j, 1877.
1t has been pretty generally
supposed that Fifteenth Amend
Inent" troubles were over in this
latitude at least, tut suit just
brought against the Astor House
seems to indicate the contrary,
The plaintiff in the case is j. Mil
ton Turner, Consul General and
Minister Resident to the Republic
of Liberia" as be laedestly signs
himself, and his grievance is thai
he was refused accommodation at
the Astor House some time last
Fall on accoun, of his color, which
is some two shades darker thar
the blacklist midnight. The ho
tel keepers on the contrary con.
tend that the only reason for the
nor.reception of the representa-
i've of tue STARS and stripes on
Africa's shores was the crow del
condition Of their house at the
time. The case went before a
referee, and Turner, who although
born of slave mother and him.
self reared a slave, is pretty
sharp lawyer, conducted his own
case. 1t had but little to rest on,
and | believe he gets zoo DANA
ges, rr.a.at i
A case OF richly mounted duel
ing pistols in a Broadway window
bears this disappointing placard:
pistols not used by Bennett and
May" Just where the pair that
luere used on this memorable oc-
casion is still a mystery. Butt
upon enc point gossip is correct.
Mr.. Bennett has gone to Europe
after lying concealed on the New
Jersey side for a week after his
duel with May. lie VAS accom-
panied by several friends and pro-
poses to make a considerable stay,
probably till he thinks the affair
has blown over sufficiently to war
rant his return. But society
must have lis little SCI sation as
long as it can possibly be kept a
live: so, Mr.. Bennett being tempo
rarily disposed of, attention is d.
rect to his opponent, who is still
nowhere and with regard to-
whom the story is started that he
is hiding his head on account of
his cowardly behavior at the duel
itself. where he is SAID to have
tried to secure his own safety by
firing before the word was given.
His pistol n i,sed fire, it is said,
and then Bennett, who, II this is
true, would have been almost jus
tilted in shooting him down. fired
in the air and left the place
This story sounds rather thin, but
then people must have Fomethlng
10 talk about beside hard times
and politics aa
In view of the recent l4menta,
bic failure of the Continental Lie
Insurance Company, and the
shock given thereby to, insurers
everywhere, special care should
he taken by the public to avoid
coniounding the defunct corpora.
ten with the originni Continen-
tai Life of Hartford, whose
strength and standing have never
keen in the least impaired, but
which on the conttary have grown
steadily through good times and
HARD times. The Company has
recently organized several entire.
ly new systems ct insurance, in
which not only is insurance given
for a definite period, Int there is
also guaranteed an annual income
thereafter often amounting to
more than halt the annual premi
UNI previously paid. The intro
duction by conservative compa-
my of plans SO plainly advanta-
geous to It's patrons show its
strong vitality.
One Of our promiEent New
York companies this week has
been made the victim of an an
moving swindle. Somebody with
more 'cuteness than honesty is
found to have forged ihe signature
of the officers of this company to
check for 1000, and to have
done his work SO we'll as 10 have
got the check certified and cashed,
and two weeks the start of his pur-
suers. The loss will TALL on the
bank whose cashiers eyes were
not sharp enough to detect the
forgery, but who allowed the
check to be certified and made
the institution responsible The
matter is being quietly but vigor-
ously worked up by detectives.
i An odd accident was that q few