Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-07-05
Communication.
Our New York better.

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Mostly Personal-Judge Henr,
HfIton-H. Il. HeImbOld-Henr,
Ward Beecher-Tabernacle Tai.
mage.
To the Editor of the Observer
New YORK, June 22nd, 1877
Summer dullness hereabout:
is being considerably enliyencd
by what may be safely called a
very pretty quarrel. And what
is quite promising, the fight has
already attained the age of near.
.ly a week without showing
any signs of old age, but, or
the contrary, appears to BE-
growing toward a still more
vigorous maturity. 1t certain
ly ought to be a first class SEN
sation, as indeed it is, for it pos
.sesses all the necessary elements
of personality, high-toned par
ticipants and unlimited bitter
ness on either side. TIE fact
is that the twelve tribes of Is
rael have been, figuratively
speaking, stirred up with a long
pole, and are being heard from
on all sides. The pole in ques-
tion was welded by no less a
person than Judge Henry Hill
ton, a. 4. Stewards manager
and largest heir, who as a part
OF his management of the Grand
Union Hotel at Saratoga, which
belongs to the Stewart estate,
deems it best to exclude the
Jews from that caravansary.
In pursuance of his recent or
der to this effect, the hotel man.
ayers the other day met the APP
plication of Mr.. Joseph Selig-
man for rooms in their estab-
lishment with the reply that he
could not accommodated. Now,
Mr.. Joseph Scligman is not on
ly a respected banker with CHAR
rels" OF money, but is vice
President of one Of the finest
clubs in the city, and is a MEM
Der of the Syndicate having
charge OF the placing of the
last great government loan. So
it will be seen that Mr.. Joseph
Seligman was just about the
worst specimen (for Judge Hill
tom that could have been selec-
ted for the Inauguration of the
proscriptive policy.
The result is that the learned
judge finds he has stepped on a
good deal bigger hornets nest
than he calculated for. Not on
ly 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 con-
demning what they pronounce
an act Of persecution worthy
only Of the middle ages. On
the other hand, there is no lack
Of sympathizers with Judge
position. Everybody
is being drawn into the dispute,
which may or may not assume
serious proportions. The Isra-
elites threaten suit and the total
withdrawal Of their patronage
from A. II. Stewart & Co., Of
which firm Judge Hilton is a
The latter delles all
these demonstrations, and a
wordy fight is still in progress.
That wonder Of business en-
and hero Of strange adj
Dr.. ii. Il. IIelmbold,
las finally got the better Of the
obstaclesand prosecutions which
have bcset him for several years
past, and has resumed business
On his former magnificent scale.
Whether this extraordinary man
vas ever really insane is a mys-
.ery which probably no one,
himself excepted, can ever solve
% the satisfaction OF every one.
Not only did the 90 tors (wbo
arc in a chronic state OF dispute,
however, disagree over his case,
Dnt 50 also did the courts, and
he war Of interests, Of which
be was the centre, agitaicd the
cities of New York aud Phila-
lelphia for months together.
But whatever may have been
he facts OF that case, there isn't
much in bis present course TO
Indicate an unbalanced intel
ect. He has lately formed and
,ccome the moving spirit OF the
.lelmbold Manufacturing Com
'any, and in q shrewd and bu-
.iness-Iike mannerhas addressed
for the second time 10
he work Of building up a colos-
'al fortune. As a part Of the