Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-04-03
THE GRANT HOUSE.
Trouble About the sale Of Gen. Grants
House TO Gen. Sherman.

House TO Gen. Sherman.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March %, 1869 Gen
Sherman will have some trouble with the
house his enthusiastic admirers gave
him. The house, supposed to have been
purchased, is the one formerly occupied
by Gen. Grant, and the history of the
sale is this: About the first OF Febru-
airy Gen. Grant put the property in the
hands Of a we'll known real estate firm
for the purpose Of sale. On the sixth Of
February it was sold to Sayles J. Bowen
and a memorandum of agreement made,
in which it was stipulated that forty
thousand dollars was the price to be
paid for the property, one thousand dol,
lars down on the signing of the agrG e.
ment, nine thousand cash upon the de-
livery Of the deed and possession of the
premises, and thirty thousand dollars in
ten years thereafter, with interest at six
per cent, payable semi-annually. The
thirty thousand dollars were to be COW
cred by a promissory note secured by q
deed of trust ON the property. 1t was
also agreed that Bowen should in.
sure to the amount Of fifteen thousand
dollars, and that he should have possess
| sion on or before the 10th of March.
This memorandum Of agreement has
| attached to it receipt for one thousand
| dollars, which receipt is signed by
Kilbourn q Latta, Gen. Grants agent 8,
and also a note written and signed by
Gen. Grant himself in relation to the
furnaces, gas fixtures, ct cetera. 1t is
understood that the General had the
deed prepared and every thing ar
ranged for making the transfer when he
met very unexpected and insurmount-
able obstacle in the refusal of Mrs.
Grant to give her consent to the transfer
She probably thought the terms unsat-
isfactory, and positively refused to sign
the deed. Meantime the Sherman en-
thusiasts came along and made overtures
for the purchase of the property for
Sherman, ard President Grant, ignoring
the agreement with Bowen, sells the
house for nearly double the price of the
original contract Bowen is furious, and
demands to know why he has been
treated 30, and holds the written agree
ment above mentioned as a rod over
President Grants head in very threat
ening way. There need be no surprise
If suit for twenty thousand dollars
damages is entered On the docket ere
long, in which President Grant will
be defendant and Sayles j. Bowen pros
ecutor. An effort has been made to have
Bowen make quit claim by the repay
ment Of the one thousand dolla-s, but
he demands ten thousand dollars advance
on the price paid, which he alleges he was
offered for the property. This, of course
our worthy President does not want tC
pay, and the suit is imminent
VIM. Wallace, of indianapolis, has &C,
cepted the invitation to address the Odd
Fellows of Missouri at St. Louis on the
18th of April. The occasion is the observ
ance of the semi-centennial anniversary
of the introduction of Odd Fellowship
into the United States.
A firm from New York State has JUS
completed arrangements for establishing
ans extensive paper mill at Mansfield
Ohio. The building will be put up mex
simmer on tract of three acres o
ground contributed for the purpose.