Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-04
B Y TELEGR A P H.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
yASHINGTON.

Treasury, 1913, 747,26O 20; currency in
the Treasury, sl6,s53,52O O4; debt, less
cash in the Treasury, $2,544,5s6, 9O4 SO
decrease in debt, $lOs,6 s7 So.
This morning the committee appointed
BY the subscribers in New York, headed
BY A. T. Stewart waited on Grant and
completed the purchase of his house for
presentation to General Sherman, by
handing him check for $4,000. The
committee subsequently, obtained an in
teryiew with General Sherman, when Mr..
Stewart, holding in his hand the subscrip-
ton papers, deed and bill of sale, ad-
dressed Sherman as follows:
1t isa great pleasure to me to be the
medium of pi senting this voluntary sub
scription Of your friends and fellow
countrymen. If there ever was an
instance of the pleasure being greater to
give than receive, this is certainly that
one. | assure you this may be accepted
without any feeling of obligation on your
mart. as it is contributed in the sincere
belief that your noble and effective SER
vices in behalf Of our country in her hour
of peril can never be compensated; and
we trust that the kind Providence who
has in the past watched over, guided and
protected you on the battlefield and in
camp, may bless you with long life, and
that you may enjoy the reward OF
faithful people to public servant, from
free and happy people.
Mr.. Stewart then handed General
Sherman the subscription list, deed and
bill of sale, remarking that the balance
of the subscription, now amounting to
nearly 100000, would be forwarded to
him within a few days, after the
names shall have been obtained, of few
gentlemen who desire to contribute by
adding to it, and that portion OF this
sum had been subscribed by some of
Sherman's Boston friends, whose names
would be added to the list.
Sherman appeared to be much at
fected, and replied that this noble act Of
kindness was entirely unexpected by him
until within few days past; and that in
view of his coming to Washington, he
had been engaged in making arrange
ments for living here in manner pro-
portionate to his income, and in an hum
BILE but modest style, and of course this
gift would enable him to live in differ
ent manHer from that which he had con-
templated and he assured the gentlemen
that it should be held by him for the
benefit of his family and the education OF
bis children, and beyond this purpose he
intended never to touch one dollar of 1t.
At noon the Presidents private recep-
ton room was thrown open to an i'm
mense throng. The President shook
hands with all of the visitors, many OF
whom seem much affected, being per-
sonsl friends.
This morning Bishop Simpson, Rev.
Drs. Puncheon and DeHsssee, and Mr..
Pierce, of Boston, and Messrs. Emmery
and Norment, together with some ladies,
we're admitted to an interview with Grant,
when the Bishop presented to him
splendid gold-headed cane from some
ladies' of Baltimore, the wood of which
was cut from the estate Of Lafayette, in
France.
Grant, in expressing his pleasure with
the gift, said he hoped never to have &C.
casion to use it, because if be took it out
with him he might Internationally leave
it somewhere.
A delegation Of negroes also called to
pay their respects to Grant They were
from Nashville, and represent the ne
groes of Tennessee generally. One of
them is county commissioner or judge,
and another a justice of the peace.
The President has issued his farewell
address to his fellow-citizens. In it he
reviews at great length his entire admin
istration, and vindicates the policy
adopted by him. He says the bitter war
was waged on the part Of the Govern
ment to viudicate the Constitution and
save the Union, and if he has erred in
trying to bring about more speedy and
lasting peace, and to extinguish the
hsSrt-burnings and enmities, and to pre-
vent trouble in the South, which retarded
the national prosperity Of the region in
juriously affected, together with the
whole country. he is quite content to rest
his case with the more deliberate judg-
meni Of the people and with the distant
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