, 1869-02-28
TIE PRESIDENT ELECT.
HE Mode # LiEc-Ths GfaUt Family
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In The GeHeTat'B Appearance
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In The GeneTat's AppsAFauce-
SPECIAL Ccsss fpordenee os tue Nav Tnrr Evcu.
W1saisarox. Fe,. 10. 1862.
The way to General Graut's headquarters
fa much more casl1y found than the way to
his house, and daily many 40 there, drawn
by business or curiosity. OF By having fsrors
to ask. The street cars pass the corner OF
Seventeenth street, which .runs toward the
river. Yun 20 down Seventeenth street two
tic corner ot + md seyen1eentb st7eets,
nearly orpo*ne tie Navy Department. It Is
. thfee-story brick building originally q
dwelling housc. and jon 30 up short htGht
Of stone aets into ths ~ na!l. oa one slde |.
where, some Of the sts1 officers may
usually be found writing. Or the other
side il rereptjou-room, in which, during
business hours, yon will always ind from
hal, dezeg 10 dozen q, Or a nosc people II
relatl1ea Of soldiers, General Graft does not
see r. any people himself, but he often sends
| orc OF his staff officers into the reception
room 70 act a. hia proxy. His oFr room Is
above. aud but lew persons ara admitted to It,
hours; which be, so1llerlike, makes as short
O'Clock and lesres It at n punctuslly'
Al that hour hH Own private caITfagt, most
uppretendlng affair, but with . DsH Of aue
| hIaek hcrscs attached 70 It and driven bT 3
hlack coachman, out Of livery, comes for him.
Often, bis young daughter, Nellie, or perhaps
Mis-, Grant htrself, ,cs1ls For him-thak Is when
| they hare agreed to 60 somewhere together
for General Grant sometimes makes calls be-
tween 19 o'clcck AID his dinner hour,
which Ia about, 8 usually, when he almost
Always has two oI theee friends TO dinner.
| At other times he n At the department or
At The Capitol. But It IS sl done So quickly,
that he comes and goes almost unnottced.
P1ople, not knowing where to 1uok tor him,
often do not know him when they see him.
Naturally, he Is most difficult man to idea-
t1fy amorg other tnen not having single
one Of those marked traits Of persooal sp-
pesrance OF manner Witch Ia tue popular
| hero, or the great statesman. as I hare il.
timated, his house Is not easily found. He
llTes In the Dougl4s Block Oh New Jersey
| avenue and street Doug las Block Is row
| ot plain, thres-story, red brick buildings
& IN tas yteintty toy q @ nousl'a, ,hs hoesea 'sFEe
ssiss ssa1d. s,1d ss1' 1@s Raaiea emiseass ds1r
all alone, and Qpite 1solated from Other
houes. Mrs. Douglas livesnow ia Dong
las honse-ufsnt's house IS. L believe, The
last bat one IN the row There is small
, ipgs. The exterior OF the house Ia quite
plain. II you go up TO the door aud ring the
bell, it VIII ha opened BY eolored boy In
| plain clothes. 1hsse IS Wide hall. and Two
well.s!zed rooms open Into this bali on each
side. 1htJ are used for receptions OF social
! Trunione- There Is cothlpG e1tr4ord1nary 10
!. their belongings or furniture. All the ap-
pofntmeots ale comfortable aud In good
| taste but son sFe not to look for ang indi-
ter Of tba house 10 lis arrangements, for he
s. took. .thrhouee fhlly fnrnished, with the ex
!. peri tatio1of occupying It but 4 short time.
The Generals immediate family, n pres
cnt, Is small. He has tour chilcreu -thrr'
= boys ano oue glrl: Ths TWO oldest boys a1
! Point; and the one Le1t him N age no
). over f0urtecn--fs at bays SCH pl IN Exeter
i n u. Tie oldest hoy is much like Grant
!: perhaps mere 50 than any Of the rest OF th
= about Twelve, Is like him also. she IL a
:. home 1oe the p1tsen.. 1here 4 another litt1
= fellow, the Jouv Eest Of sA. who Is not oil
r enough to te Etnt away 70 school, aud thos,
= t~o children, with Mrs. Grant, now compos,
: The Generals family In Hasb}.gtuD.
31rs- Gfnut is emphatfcally what II calle<
:. a "homt. bodv," entirely dcgold Of aoy thinl
;. like artifcia'ty nr aHectatlo1. There Is fe
cordial unrrrtendlng cheerfainess about be-
d WHICH makes her society agreeable. A. thor
ou2hlY sensible woman she II. entirely de
J | roted TO her husband and her children, ant
think,ng very little Of herself in comparison
J. ts 70 b 'eefelted ,ha, her t1Eesient Is s.
{ cnly through magpifsine glass. as she i
9 ttns dc barred from much pleasure, hut it /
: al made up to her by the General and be
children. She usually dresses veey plainly Ii
heavy dark eolored sitks, without anT os:en
! tatioc of leading or setting the fashion. sh
especially abhors chignons, End Ia reTy 1ittl
= Et7en to adosnDeas Of any sort.
8rant himself hns undergone some change
air &C the war. He docs n5. smoke 90 tnce
:. ! sanity. IN mt, have seen him without
) clgars IN his month, and Ruiltlcss OF II
: slightest odor Of tobacco. ! he reddish broui
) tfuGe which be bad acquired from constal
to be much letter lookloc nan and a fair
4 ccmplexioued one than he was 1T fl
. thosEht to be. But he still has way.
htai ding With both hands buried Ia !
!, bree ehes prckets while conreaanE, e,pec1xl
> I II be uant4 10 te very non -co1miftal.