The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-07-14
(From Our O,cn Correspondent. ]
Our New Y ork Letter.
New York, June 25, 1877.

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Editor CHRONICLE
Summer dullness hereabouts is being
considerably enlivened by what may be
safely called very pretty quarrel
And what is quite promising, the fight
has already attained the age of nearly
a week without showing any signs OF
old age, but, on the. contrary, appears
to be growing toward still more Wig
orous maturity. 1t certainly ought to
be a first-class sensation, as indeed it is,
for it possesses all the necessary ele-
ments of personality, high toned parti-
cipants and unlimited bitterness on
either side. The fact is that the twelve
tribes of Israel have been, .figuratively
speaking, stirred up with a long pole,
and are being heard of from all sides.
The pole in question was welded by no
less a parsonage than Judge Henry
Hilton, A. T. Stewards manager and
largest heir, who as part of his man.
agement of the Grand Union Hotel at
Saratoga, which belongs to the Stewart
estate, deems it best to exclude the
Jews from that caravansary. In pura
suance of his recent order to this effect,
the hotel managers the other day met
the application of Mr.. Joseph Seligman
for rooms in their establishment with
the reply that he could not be accom-
modated. Now, Mr.. Joseph Seligman
is not only a respected banker with
"barrels" of money, but is Vice Presi-
dent of one of the finest clubs in the
city, and is a member of the Syndicate
having charge of the placing of the last
great government loan. So it will be
seen that Mr.. SeGgman was just about
the worst specimen (for Judge Hilton)
that could have been selected for the
Inauguration of the proscriptive policy.
The result is that the learned judge
finds that lie has stepped on good deal
bigger hornets nest than he calculated
for. Not only have the Hebrews flown
| to arms with their usual unanimity
where the interests of their race are
attacked, but a majority of the Gentiles
join them in condcmning what they
term an act of persecution worthy only
of the middle ages. On the other hand,
there is no lack of sympathizers with
Judge Hilton's position. Everybody is
being drawn into the dispute, which
may or may not assume serious pro-
portions. The Israelites threaten suit
and the total withdrawal of their pa
tronage from A. I. Stewart & Co., Of
which firm Judge Hilton is a member
The latter deies all these demonstra-
tions, and wordy fight is still in pro.
gress. -
I Mr.. Henry Ward Beecher, having Q
year or two ago cultivated the acquain.
tance of the law to a considerable ex'
tent, seems now to be unable to shake
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roaring Talmage have recently been
made defendants to "a suit brought by
the Brooklyn Health Board against q
number of ministers for failing to make
returns of marriages as prescribed by
law. The illustrious victim Of hay
fever and a late conspiracy does not
propose, however, to lose much sleep
or his summer vacation on this account
the suit being mainly matter of form
A rumor is prevalent that he has been
offered SIS, 200 by parties in San Fran.
cisco if he will spend his vacation in
California this year and do some lee.
turing. 1t is not known whether this
offer will be accepted or not; but
know at least ono fellow in New York
who wouldn't wait for second offer
in fact, would be glad to get the vaca-
ton without the $4,000; and his
name is RADIx.
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