The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-25

and his uncertain visunls slraincd through tho
hcavy-rimmcd spcctaccs, he nauscd before
daring to address 1t. NoY Jesse has a way OF
neither seeing nor hcarlhg anybody or any
thing-when lie don't happen 10 feel inclined
llc saw Thomas when he entered, but did not
| recognize hinl-Of course not.
The clerk understood the case in Il moment,
and said
"Mr. Grant, this is Mr. Thomas, postmaster
| OF Cincinnati"
"Ah, glad to see yer, Mr.. Thomas Have Il
cheer, lmve cheer! Yer pretty well, ain'l
yer! Yer look pretty well. | aln't sencc
got that fall nj the capitol. went down, yC
Know, to the nogcration of Lysscs, jimmy and
me; the General would have it so, an fell
down them damned stairs We'll, what ken
do Tor YOU, Mr.. Thomas ~
Thomas sat down and told the old gentleman
| what he had heard of his contemplated rc-
m0vnl, and of the appointment of Mr.. Foulds,
| ana expressed his surprise at any change be-
ing made. He was Republican, and was
| only In the o1llcc two ycars-cOhiu not under
stand the Change, nor see any good cause
for 1t.
.'Wcll ye see, Mr.. Thomas, you mir one OF
Johnson's pntmcnts. an tho general i'll all
| through the war, nm he's bound to put out all
the COppcrheads, every nan TINT johnson
apintcd. an fill their place with loyal men,"
ThoMms again urged his Rcpubllcanism.
"Well, now, MIR. Thomas, to tell you the
| truth bout IL. assure you there's nothing per-
sonal to yon bout It, but We see Jimmy Is inti-
| mate with the Fouldses, mn they arc neighbors
OF ours, an she an the general fixed IL up for
Mr.. Foulds wen we were TO the nogeration. II
1t hadn't been for my fallin' down there |
would have Sam Penn kept In MS special agent
| OF the Postollce Department; but wen was
sick Sherman roked his nose In, as he allays
does, and got another fellow In his place. Fact
| Is, was real mad bout that affair.""
Thomas saw the hepclessncss OF the case,
and left.
| JESSE is CAREFUL ABOUT HIS DRINKS
Mr. Grant shutllcs across the suspension
| h.I.l .lsrs,f 10,
three times week, and always comes up Wal
| nut street Cause why: there Is n little drink
! Ing hole In the wall near the river, kept by q
| thrifty German by the name OF Metzler, and
| the dispenser of Office, high and low, invari-
ably calls there for his ''biitcrs" before coming
mp town. He always drinks alone, except
when he Is invited. Before he became no
torions, Mctzcr used to remark every time lie
left his ''groggery" that lie was the meancst
old sknilint that drank al his bar; but lie found
| it prudent to change his regard to respectful
rcticcnec, fol, the sycophants tracked the
venerable and solitary lover Of Nbittcrs' to
Metzler's and spent money for "drlnks INT
zekars, unit dem tings, rs mooch rs he never
dit SEQ" AL the clieap honors of the. street,
every dlr:y-handed plcbeinn, arc plentifuly
slowered upon the father Of the President, but
he never knows anybody the next time he
meets him. "This Is Mr.. Grant. believe.
| of an Introduction to you by my friend Mr.. So
and So, yesterday, and am glad to meet you
again, SIR says one of the fawning plcbs.
"Ah, Jest So, Jest So forgot your name:
folks. It's like my son Lysses, when he was
couldn't call thcr names, ye know
JESSE SAVES HIS NONEY-uE TAKES PRESENTS.
"When my son Ulysses CHAT u always
bears such an emphasis when military affairs
coddling the maine socially, II Is dropped, thus:
Ulysses" as though IL had been dipped In
molusscs, and the U had hllen In the jugl -
When my son Ulysses was down to Vicks-
burg, know'd right away the damned news
papers would have To take everything back
they'd said agln him. From that time forrard.
they spoke respectful OF him. Now thcr abnsln'
him again, because they got no,hin' else 10
I'LL up their columns with but the General
can bear 1T; he's n rich man now, and
he's President OF these United States,
don't like him" Acqulstivcness runs in
the blood of the Grants. The founder of the
house Is quite as notorious for taking and get
ting as for keeping and never letting -. The
members of Ills 416lrch tell that it is the most
difficult thing In the world to get the old gen
tlcman to unite the long string Of Ills old
lcather wallet when q special appeal Is made
church; while his heigh5orns relate Tint lie viii
Price of pound u7Gtleff lie fya gty%His. gtay%Hies the the
individual right, and will make n scene In o
| street car sooner thnn to pny the difference be-
tween single fare and that set on bundle
vi tlCkctS. mUc IL WIS SNOWH luHJ lc Hutl
| received tho present of n horse from Major
Megrue, in Cincinnati, he cndeavored to deny
itby arguing that II was nobOdy's business,
but finally let the matter go with an equiyo-
| cal sort Of denial for fear of bringing hor-
| nets nest OF similar charges aboutehis venera-
blc auriculars. Anything, from can OF
| oysters, n jar OF pickles or block of soap,
| with bns-reef hend Of the General on one
| side, to q sewing machine, easy chair, cooking
stove or anything else useful or ornamental
| In q household, Is not declined. But whatever
giving is done cannot be credited to the people
| OF Covington; rs n people, they cordially de-
| spisc the father of the President for his innate
mcnnncss, which, however, they did not open
iy complain OF until he persisted I'm keeping
| the postoflicc In an inconycnient and outof-
thc-way plnce, simply because he could save
money by renting II. Tho affair was loudly
clamOred about at the time, and found its way
into tho telegraph columns Of some of the lead
! Ing papers OF the country. The result was an
admonitory line from Washington, and change
of locality.
Tho bitterness and strife, the hcartburangs
| and dissaiisiacttons created by the Interior
! encc OF Mr. Grant with public affairs in this
region wond occupy volume If detailed, but
enough has been shown 10 prove that It Is pro-
ductive of mischief; and that scandal is
brought nron the highest Office In the gift OF
| The people by the easy access OF spitcfnl,
| aYarici0us, doating old man, whose constant
boast Is that he Is 1.-The father OF the President
of these United States and the greatest mill
| tary hero In tho world"