The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-12-08
The Presidents Care for his Relations
His Wife,s Third Coasins.


Gen. Grant has established, the reIa-
tives of the President, of Whatever de-
gree, enjoy unusual privileges in re-
spect Of honors. salaries, and fees.
The extraordinary number and vari-
ETY. of these connections have induced
Us 10 make the atteInpt TO present in
the form OF kind of Court register
a list OF these fortunate persons, and
of the offices and distinctions which.
they respectively enjoy, The COM
pilation of this list las cost US some
labor; and NE are welI aware that
after all, many eousims and second
cousins wi no aLoli Office are not in
cludesl I; 1or, strange 10 say, this kind
of Presidential benevoieDce does not
seek publicity. But if any cousin or
brother-in-iaw whom we have omit
ted or whom we have not accurately
described will kindly inform us, we
will give him, his due place and his
proper title in q corrected catalogue
of the ruling family: 5Ga
Ulysses simpson Grant, President
of the United States.
Ill. Jesse Root Grant, Presidents
father, Postmaster at Coylngton, KY.
Ill. Frederick Dent Grant, Presi-
dents son., Cadet at West Point.
". Orvil L.. Grant, Presidents
brother, partner with the Collector of
the Port at Chicago.
81 V. Frederick T. Dent, Presidents
,father-in-law, Claimant of Lands at
Carondelet, Mo.-euchered by Will
son, Commissioner of the Land Office.
=. VI. Rev. III. j. Cramer, Presidents
brother-in-law, Minister to Denmark.
VII. Abel Rathbone Corbin, Pres
nent's brother -in-laW, negotiator of
gold and real estate speculations with
James Fisk Jr., and JAY Gould.
VIII. B.eyet Brig. Gen. ,F. 4. Dent,
Presidents brolher-ilrlaw, chief ush-
er at the Executive Mansion. .is5sag
TX. Judge Louis Dent, Presidents
brother-in-law, Council for Claimants
before the President. Fees estimated
at SAG. 900 q year 81 4.=.sstoq 7ro 10
b.. K. George w. Dent, l'resident's
brother-in7law, Appraiser of customs,
San Francisco. 81 sal.ts..ss,.si
XI. John Dent, Presidents brother
in-law, only Indian Trader for New
Mexico, under Indian Bureau; place
worth 100000 a year. - iil5lssa 81
r. XII. Alexander Sharpe, Presidents
brother-in-law, Marshal of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
| . .XIIIr James +. Casey, Presidents
brother-in-law, Collector of,the Port
of New Orleans; place worth $4,000
l.. XIV. James Longstreet, Presidents
| brother-in-law's cousin, Surveyor of
the Port of New Orleans. a.5r re
XV. Silas Hudson, Presidents own
cousin, Minister to Guatemala.
/ XVI. George *. Leet, Presidents
brother-in-iaW,s cousin, Public Stores,
New York; place worth 100000 8
year. 45.,}. ssl.5is ss 5,gi..
| XVII. Orlando III. Ross, President g
own cousin Clerk in the Third An
ditoTs Office, Washington. Fop flf8 I s
| xviii DIR. Addison Dent, Presi-
dents ,brother1in-law's third cousin,
Clerk in the Registers Office, Treas
ury Department, Washington ai.1
. XIX. J. f. Simpson, Presidents
i own cousin Second Lieutenant,
4 sTwenty-ffth Infantry. Woiiss bio
Ifs1 Xxx. John Simpson, President Z
doWn cousin, Second LieuteRant.
4 Fourth Artillery. 5a.sot 81 gasY aiij I
/ XXI. George, B. johnson, iPresi-
/ dents mothers second cousin, Asses
/. sor of Internal Revenue, Third Dis
trict, Ohio. OF a55d oo5 sga e6 g#s
/ XXI. B. L. Wymans, Presiaent's
cousins husband, Postmaster of New.
port, Ky.tsG TAME ~ .aslH II
XIII. Miss E. A. Magruder, Pres.
ident,s brother-in-law's second cous.
in, Clerk in Gen. Spinner's office
Treasury Department. 50g 5asI
i ,a1ttis our duty to mention that there
j is one cousin of the Presidents whe
does, not appear as yet to have rcceiv-
ed any Office This is Capt. Peter T
Hudson brother of The Hon. Silas
/ Hudsep,stl Minister to Guatemala
During ca good part of the war ht
Il serea as an, aid rde-camp to Gen. Grant
4 and when the General became Pres
ident, Peter turned up as. an expect
/ ant of the Office OF. Marshall of Cali
4 dfornia but the, politicians beat him
4 Peter is "a rengh diamond, having
4 beenIt torI muehsof his life a cattle dro
4 yeriingQ Qfegon ;rbnt he is justas fit fol
4 high station as most of those named
above. - Perhaps she has got some
good q thing that: is not sgenerally
i known; and il SO, we shall be glad tC
]publishtlle fact. We should also ado
/ that our ! correspondent in Washing
ton, whose letter will be found in an
other part of this paper, details a va
rIty of interesting Circumstances re
! lspeeting several otlthe Presidents re
lations, though his. LISTS not SO per
feet as ours, We propose according
81 ~, when the family is more perfectly
established in power, TO apply t
|. have THE Sun recogntzedas the off
eial Court J0urnalsi 81 - =
i l) And now, in sober eErnest, wha
do the American people think of Eh,
facts WelhaKe just, laid before them
lis thisswtlat theytexpectedi when they
/ chosei Gen. Grant te9 he their Presi
dent? We know that tits not wha
: we expected !wheRlWe9 advocated hi
elections; and if we had supposed j
Epessible, we would sooner have burn
led off our erighta band than ask an,
j citizen to vote for him. isiil l,e---t!a5;i
laia Mas there anything in the fact
charged oupOR Andrew Johnson il
his impeachment to- compare in izrea
criminality with The base and degrad
ing and dangerous acUion of Presi
l,dent Grant int giving offices TO hi
relatives ?rNe0 York Sun (RadicdE
s9iTHE Alabama troubles still eontin
ue. The Radical Governor and Treas
) Furer are deternninedsno not to submit t
ithe verdict of the people. AT the lat
election the Democrats of that Stat
,, elected their entire State ticket b
majoEities9ranging fsom I429 to .445s
5 FBut the Radical Governor and Treas
urer in order To prolong their lease q
Epower appealed to the Courts and Oh
f tained injunctions to prevent . tn
] teoantingof the'votes for thesese flee
thus attempting to.nullify tile lchoie
! tof. the peoples Aad then they call t
: their assistance the federal bay onet
, twith whichfhey surrounds themselxe
!, to prevent the verdict of the peepl
from beino- carried ont The forme