The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-08-16
The Royal Family.

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n administration ,of. the Government wa
r diacountenanced and discarded. Gen
: Grant has inaugurated new era il
g the appointment of government off
< cials He seems to think the Roya
+ family OF Grants and Dents have pre-
cedence over all other applicants fo
g office. This thing has been carried
0 on to the great disgust of Thousands
!. .. Of Republicans. and is disgrace t.
a the high position he occupies. Here
[ they are: 3ssa sr .t9
e; 1. Jesse Root Grant, the President.
: father. Pe stmaster at !Covington, Ky
: H. OrviI L. Grant: President
brother, partner of. the Collector a;
: the port of Chicago; expects a good
thing after the next election.
III. Frederick T., Dent, Presidents
Father-in law, Claimant of lands at
) Carondolet, Mo-euchered by VIII.
son, late Commissioner of the Land
Office; has not yet got the lands, but
hopes to get them after the next cleo
tion .s.p. f.a... sf-. a
" Reverend NJ j. Cramer, the
Presidents brother in law, Minister to
Denmark ought to be made Minister
to Berlin without waiting for the
Presidential election. @ saa c.
! v. Abel Rathbone Corbin, .Presi-
dents brother,in-Iaw, negotiator of
gold and real estate speculations with
James Fisk, Jr., and Jay Gould; has
not made much yet but hopes to after
the next election .'''' 'fE
i VI. Breyet Brigadier General F. 7.
Dent, Presidents brether.in law, chief
usher at the Executive mansion.
VII. Judge Lewis Dent, Presidents
brother-in-law, Counsel for claimants
before the President. Fees estimated
at $40, 900 a year; expects to make
more after the next election.
VIII. George w. Dent, Presidents
brother in law, Appraiser of Customs,
San Francisco.
TX. John Dent, Presidents broth
in-law, only Indian Trader for New
Mexico under the Indian Bureau;
place worth 100000 a year.
x. Alexander Sharpe, Presidents
brother-in-law, Marshal of the District
of Columbia.
NI James F. Casey, Presidents
brother-in law, Collector of the Port
OF New Orleans; place worth $50, 900
a year. tsi eiaO :" as..ss4l
XII, JamesL Longstreet, Presidents
brother-in-law's cousin, Surveyor OF
the Port of New Orleans.
XIII. Silas Hudson, Presidents !
own cousin, Minister to Guatemala.
XIV. Nat. A. Patton, Presidents
brother in laws own cousin, Collector
of the Port of Galveston, Texas.
XIV. Orlando H. Ross, Presidents
own cousin, Clerk in the Third Audi
tors office, Washington; hopes for
much better after next
election. @ ~ -
XVI. DIR. Addison Dent, Presi-
dents brotheI-in laws third cousin,
clerk in the Registers Office, Treas
ury Department, Washington; trusts
his merits will be better appreciated
after the next election.
XVII, John Simpson, Presidents
own cousin, Second Lieutenant Fourth
Artillery; promotion hoped for after
March 4, 1873.
XVIII. George B.. johnson, Presi,
1ent's mothers second cousin, Asses
,or of Internal Revenue, Third Ohio
District; better things looked for.
XIX. B. L. Winars, Presidents
Cousins husband, Postmaster of New
port, KY; ready for something bet
er. +.
Xxx. Miss Z. A. Magruder, Pres
dents brother-in-law's second cousin,
Clerk in General spinner's office,
Treasury Department. l.
XXI. Oliver w. Root, Presidents
nother's grand nephew, Assistant
District Attorney, Covington, KY. !
xxi. A. w. Casey, Presidents I
rother in-law's own brother, ,Apprais- !
r of Customs at the port of New Or
cans; a very nice place. a '
XIII. Peter Casey, Presidents h
laws own brother, Post v
,aster at Vicksburg. Miss. not as C
ood place as he would like after a
S72.
XIV. George Griffith, Presidents 6 6
ousin's son, Lieutenant Sixteenth In =
sntry.
XIV. Charles Bent, Whiteside, =
Illinois. Assistant Assessor of Internal T
.evenue Not relation at all, but !
ppointed by Useless S. in the belief 6
lat he was man and brother in
iw's cousin, and named Dent. AS
'cond-class fraud Bent is entitled to
slong to the family. q
XVI. William McKennan, father. |,
Flaw to the Presidents own cousin, $,
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