The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-09
THE MAN AT THE SEASIDE.
WAT A MISSO URIAN KNOWS OF
USELESS s. GRANT.
How the President spent Sundny-Out
Riding with diverted Colored !MeE-An
Honest DANES Astonfshment.
Correspondence New York SUM-

his return 1TOu Anew Iolh ou OoIISuoJ soAS
| did not attend church yesterday, much to the
chagrin of the country people, who had gath
cred from far and near 10 see him. In the
evening he drove out with Mrs. Grant. The
elegant equipage in which they rode attracted
much attention. The carriage is an English
pheton, with yellow wheels, and is drawn by
two very handsome housekeeping bays. The
carriage is 4 present to the President. The
coachmau aud footman sat up In front, and
we're dressed ina gorgeous bulternut livery.
Beth were blacker than ebony. the sun re-
porter stood on the piazza of the hotel as the
elegant establishment dashed BY.
THERE GOES GRANT"
| said some one near py. AT this exclamation a
broad.stfouldered Western man, who was Sit
ting near, put down his paper and said soto
roce::
Yes, that's him." Then 10 Inc sun repor-
tee:
sight different a sittln' In mat rig tnan ne aia
VHow is that ?" said the Sun man, who saw
| that he had run across an honest a
tWhen first seen Grant" said the man,
she was a sittin' on top Of q load of wood.
irwin to sell it for q dollar and seVehty.fVe
cents. III
IlC'Suu Mdu lUOhSu W tHS u"hSS WIN
establishment. -.
ayes, sir" he continued; THAT was In ST.
Lewis: 1 come from St, Lewis. There's whar
| | live. I've seen that little Teller a-cartin'
wood many a time. Now, know as well as
you do that cartin' wood aip't. no disgrace to q
| man. I've done It myself. But when you see
a man who come from West Pint, with q fnst;
anythin' In him be could do a derna lght better
than cart wood for a lylu'.. Amt thatso"
The Sun man bowed assent.
Nov We see, " and here the st. Louis man
moioued the Sum man to sit. down beside him,
s.some folks even out there In st. Lewis that
used to know that little man out there. and
used to laugh at him because Of his worthless
ness, git down on their knees 10 him now.
They talk O good deal about his gittin' up to be
President; and how much thar must have been
concealed about|him that nobody ever kno"ed
OF. Now, stranger, I amt one o. them,y you
bet your life. Railways knowed
THERE WASN'T NoTHIN' IL GRANT.
and there ain't. He's one of the lucklest
| cusses that ever lived; and ]ist so. long rs the
American people are fools, jisL 50 long siol
fei!ers as him will come up to the surface: I've
heard a good deal about the tide OF popularity,
and what 1t does for q man; but / never seen
such a clear case before as this one of Graut.n
Sun Man. General Grant was very indus
trlous, was he. not, even while peddling wood?
ST. Louis Man. WAL. only $3.50. Eve seen
| him come into town with a load and sell 1t Tor
| a.couple o. dollars, and then go off upNo the
| barracks with a bottle Of whiskey, and set
| there with the army officers till night. Some
times they'd put him to bed, and the team to
the. wood wagon would git tired o. Wallln' anu
go off TO the farm alone.
Sun Man. Well, all that's passed and gone
now, you know. Whatever Nj Grant may
have been years ago, he Is now President Of
the United States, and we all know he wants
10 be for several years to come.
| a,fsh:n' 20 be reelected. He don't stand
40 SHOW N MISSOURI. /.
Between Gratz Brown aud Frank. Blair. /
guess they'll tx him there. You seethere
Amt a State in the Union where Grants bet
ter known than in Missouri. The folks there
| remember him when he was wuss than no.
| body, aud they amt goin' TO be tooled.any
| begin to think that mebbe a good deal OF that
| military glory is all mOOnshine, because, you
| see, since Grants been President, much Of his
| natural wuth!essness has come to light agln.
When he was In the army be was COCK OF The
walk, the big toad in the puddle, and oil. Tine
| glory won by the little toads come all to him.
But when ne got to be President, men men ne ne
don't have anybody to make glory for him.
he can't make none for himself, land so he
goes without. Just now he's like a bear In
| winter ilme-he's livin' on his old supply; but
| when that's gone, wherell' he be? II kinfo'
| makes me mad to see him a.rldia' around Ia
| this style, but I suppose 1t can't be helped.
Here The st. Louis man arose, with a sigh,
| and bowling to the Sun man departed.
AN OLD LADY's VIEW OF GRANT.
s'Lordy is that the President ?" said q dear,
good old lady, as the Presidential turnout
| passed by on lis return to the cottage. swell,
| now, he amt no great shakes after ALL
The speaker was an old lady evidently from
the country. She had come in the day preVi-
| GUS to spend Sunday and have-a good look ut
The President and Mr.. Murphy, The remark
! above quoted was addressed to her daughter,
| dies were attired very neatly. and the elder
/ one used snuff. They lived at Red Bank, and
| had never seen either the President OF Mr..
Murphy.
"And aridin' on Sunday, too" said the good
old lady. 'tAh, Joanna. they won't come 10
he went to'a theatre .ou Cool Friday and got
murdered. Ifhe hadn't a. gone 10 That theatre
| he wouldn't a. been murdered. And now here's
| Mister Grant a.ridin' around IN style on SIN
day. And he wasn't to church this mornin',
neither. All ! times is changed since was
| young, Joanna. There wasn't no SIGH carry.ns'
on them. Folks used 10 ride TO church. bu;
Il tLey IlSktl ~ GIG va Shu"NJ !hS
was Goo tearfn' days, child. Pn afraid they'll
| never come agin. It's a mighty bad example
to set before the young folks. The President
of the United States a-ridiM around on Sun
day-and his wife, too y
Here Joanna broke in with, Mother, that
| was a splendid striped shawl she. had on,
wasn'titm
"Ah ! child" and the OH lady shook her
| head, II warrant you'd see that. But ] can't
| git over this sunday ridin'. Joanna began to
Show signs II impatience.) NOW, I don't mind
it s, much in
THEM FOREIGN AMBASSADORS.
| I've always heard that in them. heather coun-
tries across the ocean they done pretty much
as they please"
Joanna. What foreign ambassadors
Old Lady. Why, them iellers that sat up
| there in front in regular foreign livery. l eX-
peet they was ministers from some part Of
| Yurrup.
Joanrs. Why, mother, they was nlggers.
Old Lady. Nonsense, child; niggers don't
Joanna. why, mother, how you talk. They
| was niggers, of course.
Here the old lady opened wide. her eyes.
| Laws a massey ! has is come 10 this ? Niggers
q wesrin' gold uniforms. Well. / didn't look
at 'em very close. Law .sakes! ringers in
| gold uniforms, and two Of 'em, too, up there
in front a-settin' there as big as the President
| hisselt. Well, well, that comes Of maxim so
| much Of 'em. / alters heard a sooa deal about
what the val was a-goin' to de Tor the sig-
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