The sun., 1872-09-21
ncSoRAury Discharged SOLDIER.
How Gcn. Grant Treated the Family oil John
A. KnMlils.

~ ne tlltof OF ttc -, tNat 4t"HrfIs
SIR: For whatever il may he worth. |
wish to say, concerning the assertion Of senator
Conkliug, that President Grant did not arrive at
Washington until about four hour, alter th9
death II secretary kawlins. He was teegrduhed
to In ample season to return. was e. "a IN
Washington on the day of thg funeral q Secre-
tary Rawlins, by a Cabinet "ncer, that the IRE
sideut' : cNf lanatiDn II hi, delay was that the
railway company Nanderbilts, believe, II re-
member rightly-retuSed to furnish him special
train. and that the railway authorities denied
that he htd made application To them for spc-
CiAl: NaUWaiN' lnlHTrl the prnballe reason
that IL wa- well understood that kawlns was
strong friend ofthe Cuban movement for liberty,
and that Grant feared the Secretary might exact
from him promise 60 coenl1c the Culaus as
Possessing bell sereut rights. with regard 10 the
RaN lu~ fund, IAN -aS aMord more than YOU ~aN
A. o. my statement. Il Is perhaps sufficient f,r
~" 90 mention that was Invested with power
~ attorney 10y Mrs. Rlvlius To look after her
affair, and was consequently well acqualnt,d q
with the facts IN the Gaze. do not know, cX-
cept upon Could 5 test linlony who paid the sl,"1
which Grant subscribed to the RIwliu- fund;
but do know that nearly the full sum of 5000
proposed e. be raised for the benefit Of the I'm
scrihed before Black Friday aud that Gen.
Huttcrteld wAs made receiver ot that iuud.
went % New York several times after that imam
Gus daN, in The attempt to learn something nI lh9
whereabouts ~ tie luud, but accumpll-Led
nothing lor Buucrneld was never where !
Httrh, Fi-k. Hatch y Co., W. x. Nermilyc, and
others, lc rncd ouly that the subscriptions had
10 my home. and that II Mr- Rawlius, at Dan
bury. Conn, al her request, | wrote several
letters to President Grant, who, ~ | was in
/ formed AZ ScW York, VA, named 10y the SUBJ
! -rrihtr~ e. the Raw .lns fund 90 trustee thereof
, These lolters we're duuutired los the President
| And not until Jan, I, following the secretary ,
| death. did the trustee ~ the fund c"ndesccnd
| to inform the widow that United states bonds
TO the amount of SIS had been placed In his
| hands. the first installment Of Interest upon
| which would become available In the following
! July How. or by whom the fund was handled
/ between liac X Friday and the ith Of January
! following, I never learned; but certainly the
/ f'r.ily u the secretary, left pennilcss at his
death, received no benefit from II until the time
| above meLtiuncd. THIS may seem to many
reader, and particuarlyto part isan otnceho oldcrs
| ana Grant orators, q very small matter. II Will
! not so appear 70 those who know how much
Gen. Grant was indebted e. his former Chief Of
| stan Rtwlins To Illustrate this iudchtedne7s
| A party ~ military men, among them several
| members of blluts stan, were AZ a certain din
| urr 1T saratoga. one of the toHsts given was
"The Stif ~ the General Commanding the
spon-c. Al length Gen. W. :. Hlllyrr, Of that
stan. Gr-t modestly waiting for his ranking oiii-
GERS 20 respond, rose and said; "Gentlcmen,
will respond 10 that toast, and in connection
| with II permit me To- present the name of John
| A kHwlins, chief of stan, and To say, without
RuWlir- there would have been no Grant l' My
authorty for this story SAYS that Hillyer wa
flushed with Wine Perhaps 40. Perhaps, also
! the proyorb was true, " IN RHO r6rttns' What
get his obligations Ia his noble, patriotic chie
adviser. a- 10 permit his family to suffer for the
| actual ucce>>ar,es of lltcf Your. truly,
WILLIAM q. HAskfLL.
Pastor luiNersa,Ist Church,
SAIL WATER, Aug. 81 ~.