The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-06-21
ANOTHER WORD IN EXPLANA.
TION OF THE FREE
TRADERS CON
FERENCE.
ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC COUNTY
CONVENTIONS INSTRUCT
FOR GREELEY.
A LITTLE STORY ABOUT THE
LONG Bra NCH HOUSE
THAT GRANT BUILT.
SPEECH OF VICE-PRESIDENT
COLFAx AT SOUTH
BEND.
THE LONG BRANCH HOUSE THAT GRANT
BUILT.

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New YoRK, June ia Long Branch
correspondent, who has been examining
the tenure under which President Grant
@e'da his real estate mt that watering
place, has stirred up souiU peculiar facts.
The correspondent story of how Grant
acquired his first cottage ut Long Bran I'll
runs thus: 1t has been said that certain
owners of real estate at the West Bend,
among whom were Thomas Murphy,
John Hoey, and John Chamberlin, made
up ring for the advancement of the
price Of real estate in that part of the viii
lnge, and IN the belief that IL would tend
to raise the price of the surrounding prop
erty, they made upa purse, in and partly
or wholly paid for General Grants and
General Pvrters estate to induce them to
locate there. or course they wouldn't
be fools enough to leave any such transac.
ton susceptible of proof Some OF the
politicians went so far AS to allege that
there Was some connection between the
presidents acquisition of his first cottage
and the appointment of Thomas Murphy
as collector. On the other hand, tue pres
ident $ friends claim that he bought and
paid Tor the property in the usual way;
out the county records ut Freehold show
state of Things altogether out Of the
usual course Of Legitimate traffic in real es-
tate. The records show that Howard
Potter decided the first cottage to the press
ident on the 4th day Of January, 1876, for
S32,OOO. The deed was recorded
February ], 1870. The deed was
sent from Washington to a
distinguished lawyer of Freehold by
General Porter, with note stating that he
sent 1t by direction of the president, and
roo tod ha lu,u
The lawyer took The note and deed to the
county clerk, and the deed was recorded.
U nder that deed the president held the
property until March, 1872, when it was
accidentally discovered by Mr.. Holmes
w. Murphy, who was formerly county
clerk, and Is now an assistant in the office
that Howard Porter, at the time the pres.
ident paid him $4,000 for this property,
did not own 1t, having sold it in Decern-
Der, 1868, to Mr. James Brown, OF Now
York; IN other words, Mr.. Porter had
sold an estate to the president for S32, 600
which he did not own, but cold it TO Mr..
Brown IL yeaas ago, and the president
PAID $3?,OoO for an estate the title to which
IA" did not get and the records show that
on the 9Th of May, 1872, for the purpose
OF giving the president u title 10 M estate
for which he had paid $4,000, for this
before, MIR. Brown decided this same prop.
erty TO the president for 81 consideration.
We'll, Mr.. Arrowsnith, said to the
county clerk, "there was no investigation
of the title to this property, whatever"
None" "And is that the way men deal
in real estate p Hardly. When we put
out $32, 600 for land, we are apt to look up
the title. Directly opposite Grants first
house at Long Branch stands his second
house, quite AN attractive and imposing
structure. 1t is forty-fve feet square,
three stories with basement and Mansard
roof, finished inside and outside with taste
and skill, and was built during last fall
and spring, by one of the New Jersey ar
chiteets. The contract price of the house
was $4,000. The land Was purchased of
| Theodore Thomas, and cost so, 600 so that
the president has wasted rather more than
one years salary in his new house, and,
considerably more than two years salary
in both houses at Long Branch, or, at
least, SO the deeds say.
| POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN NEW YORK CITY.
New YORK, June ls.-The executive
committee of the national republican gen.
eral committee have been arriving in this
city s,ngly for several days past. They
were generally domicled at the Fifth Az.
enue hotel, and, as it was supposed tina,
the body WAS about to assemble for the
consideration of questions connected with
the campaign, they We're looked after by ,
reporter, this afternoon, VINO, after tracing
them from the Fifth Avenue hotel TO tn,
, republican headquarters, at last tounc
them cioseted in the innermost recess OF
! the private office of +. ID. Morgan d Co.
Exchange place, There were eight mem
bers present, among whom was the chair
: man, r.. ID. Morgan; A. q. Cattcll, o,
New Jersey Senator Chandler, of Michi.
gan General Ames, of Mississippi and
W. II, kimball, of PENNSYLVANIA. The
reporter inquired of Governor Morgan
whether the incidents of the mee,ine
were of sufficient interest to publish. and
was informed they were not, the meeting
being 'private and informal, you know.
Oswald Ottendorfer, Cf the Leading Ger
man newspaper in New York, and one of
the signers of the Schurz call, saws the
main object of the Fifth avenue confer
ehce is Tor the mutual consultation among
those politicians who are opposed to Grant,
ana dissatisfied with the result Of the Gin
clnnali convention. If the question mar.
| rows down to Greeley and Grant, the for
mer will be supported by Ouendorfer.
lie asserts, however that the Germans are
opposed to Greeley, although many Of
;;hem, including Schurz, will support
him MS last resort to beat Grant.
The Young Mems Democratic reform
eiuo, so-called, has resolved against
Srse'ey' The organization is not well
hn1wh, and is sclt-constituted.
ihe iamihany society, which met last
h'ght IN tull numbers, and which ia renro.
sentative did not seem 10 have a pan
Nominate Az =, YOU'D ps not go for Greeley if
The World urges the imnora,;,,,.
sity of IA straight democra,fEH nn,n g neces.
Baltimore, saying IL, cannct be donisS
that MI Hreeley unexpected nom,ns,iou
at Cincinnati has had misebieyoms in
suerce in dls.racting and demorauzinn
the democratic party. A blind, unreaec,'
ing majority of the party look with
favor on Mr.. Greeley, but they are s,umh.
hing into the greatest mistake ever made
by sane men. 1t Is possible that Mr.. Gree.
leys nomination may be endorsed at Bal.
tmore, but if the Baltimore con vention
should perpetrhte SO fragrant blunder.
there is hardly chance that Mr.. Creole
woula be elected. Greeley has but the
earest handful Of adherents who would
ioliow nun out OF the republican organ.
izatlon: We have hopes and also fears
respecting the conference which il N toke
place at the Fifth Avenue Hotel dav aS,ar
Tomorrow. We take no stock in anv IA
ans movement or any Chase moyem.n,
even though it should be unsnimons,,,
Endorsed by the eminent gentlemen VIZ
J are TO meet ut the Fifth Ayenua H.