The national Republican., 1869-03-04
Gen. Grants RSsidence Purchased
and Presented 60 Gen. Sherman.


Yesterday morning Messrs. A. 7. Stewart,
Hamilton Fish, Benz. II. Field, VIM. II. As
plnwall anu WIN. Scott, Of the committee
appointed by the subscribers In the city Of
New York to the fund to purchase a resi-
dence and furniture for Lieutenant General
W. T. Sherman, attended by Alfred NJ. Hoyt,
a nephew OF Gen. Sherman, Gen. Butterfleld,
Judge Hilton and Solon Humphrey, contrib
utors, visited the headquarters of Gen. Grant
by appointment, and Mr.. Stewart, on behalf
Of the delegation, Informed the President
elect that they had come prepared to con-
summate the purchase of his residence and
furniture on street, for the purpose OF pre-
sentlng 1t to Gen. Sherman, and at the same
time handed him = check for s65,0O0. The
General received the gentlemen very cor
daily, and expressed his sincere gratlnca-
tiou at Gen. Sherman being the recipient Of
this high mark Of the esteem Of his fellow
countrymen. He then produced o deed for
| the house and bill Of sale for the furniture,
handsomely engrossed on parchment and
bearing the requisite signature OF General and
Mrs. Grant. Gen. Sherman was Immediately
invited TO an interview, when Mr.. Stewart
addressed him as follows;
General; II Is q great pleasure to me to be
the medium OF presenting this voluntary
| subscription Of your friends and fellow
| countrymen. II there ever was an instance
i of the pleasure being greater to give than to
receive, this Is certainly that one. assure
| you that this may be accepted without any
feeling Of obligation on your part, as 1t Is
contributed in the sincere belief that your
noble and effective services In behalf of our
country In her hour Of peril can never be
| compensated. Wetrust that the kind Provi-
| dence who has In the past watched over,
| guided and protected you on the battlefield
| and In the camp, may bless you with a long
life-that you may enjoy the reward due a
faithful public servant from free and happy
people.
Mr.. Stewart then handed to Gen. Sherman
the subscription list, deed and bill of sale,
reparking that the balance Of the subscrip-
ton, now amounting to nearly sl00, 900,
would be forwarded TO him within few
days, and after additional subscribers had
| been procured who desired to be numbered
among the donors, adding that portion OF
this sum had been subscribed by the Gen.
erals friends In Boston, whose names would d
be added to the list.
General Sherman seemed much affected
| and replied thai this noble act of kindness
was entirely unexpected by him until within
few days past; that In view Of coming to
Washington he had been making arrange
ments for living here In q manner proper
tionate to his income, and In an humble and
modest style. OF course this gin would ena-
bic him to live In different manner from
that he had contemplated, and he assured
the gentlemen that 1t should be held by him
for the special benefit of his family and In
the education OF his children. That beyond
this purpose he intended never to touch foI
himselr 0ue dofiar OF 1t. Apart from this
he desired the gentlemen who had contribu-
| ted to understand that whenever they were
visiting Washington he should always be
happy to welcome them in what might be re.
garded as their house, In order that he might
know them and they him more intimately,
because he could not further express his
grateful sense of their kindness so unex,
pected and so generously accorded to him.
He then shook hands with all present.
Mr.. Stewart, while holding his hand, sale
that he desired TO make one further remark
which was that to no ono were they mort
indebted In this undertaking than TO Gen
Butterfeld, whose energy and earnestnesl
had contributed largely to its successful
completion.
After n pleasant conversation of few
moments the committee withdrew.