The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-07-26
THE PREsENT-TAKrNG PRE-
SlDENT. r'
Grsnt Receiving q Span Of Horses
and Carriage from Minister


Il N WARRINGTON, July 6.
Some months since ! gave YOU an lie,
OF news concerning the intimate rels
tion which existed between Grant nm,
!. senior NJ. Romero, late "Mimister frou
> the United Mexican States 10 the Uni
ted States Of North America" This iu
fimary began rs far back az The sprin,
of 1866, when the Mexican Goyer,,n,e n
was making desperate efforts to Obtai,
assistatlce from the government. as wei
~ the people Of the United States. 4
lcontinued until the departure of Mr.
ltomerc to Mexico, and there are excel
> lent reasons for believing that it ia We,
maintained, for Mr. Romero pursues fhe
proper course to retain the confidence
dent.
That Romero had great Influence " I'M
Grant while he was geuersI.Of Ali omr
arsaies we need no better proof than the
following extract from case No. 676. l,e.
fore the united American and Mexica,,
90, mission, entitled Herman Strum va.
The Republic Of Mexico. On page "a,
under head OF Memorandum Of an in.
terview with Mr.. Romero aud General
t5rant 9. the 9th OF July, 1866, at the
Caty OF Washington" we find Strum
writes as follows:
Called at headquarters at p. ". nre.
lcsseIy. Mr.. Romero was detained some
Smc. On his arrival we saw Gen, Grant.
who said he would get us an order from
the treasury department to clear the
goods rom New York, and would also
give me letter to General Sheridan.
$50 shall have no trouble in Texas.
On the same page we find the follow
tng letter from Secretary McCulloch.
which shows that Grant was prompt to
keep his promises with Romero:
"TKEAsURY DEPARTMENT, }
WASHINGTON, July 10, 1865. (
."SIR: Your letter of this date is re-
celveG: requesting permission to ship
from New York to Brownsville, Texas,
III tiansitu, for foreign market, certain
orumance ana stores, as specified in an
invoice inclOsed Herewith.
IN reply, you are respectfully Inform
ca that the matter has been duly con-
sidered, and in accordance with the de-
arrived at on the subject.
you arc hereby permitted to shin the
1aia articles as requested by you. OIL
which permission the Collector mt New
! DIRK has been duly notified. am
re;~ Very respectfully,
lSigned,1 II. McCuLLoCH
Secretary Of the Treasury.
II. SrRUx, ESQ. y
Care OF w. II. Gibson. Esq, No. g.
COrtlandt street, New York.
also stated In q former letter that I:
,cnor n. Romero, on taking his depar-
ure from this country, presented Mrs.
ieneral Grant with his magnificent siI =
'er plate. This, however. was not the :.
MY substantial favor which came from =
ne hands Of the muMificemt Mexican. =
lie also owned . splendid pair OF hOrscs :. y
nd an elegant carriage, with all the - u
quipn,ents. These the departing min !"
ter presented to Grant kimsejf aud
'ey were thankfully accented. These /"
orses, together with their costly tran.
Ing and the carriage. were kent c,r
NJ timc with the Presidents stud in
us city, AMI were on more than ono
used by him. When the first
y was raised about his "gift enter
riscs. the horses were shipped Off 10
8 Missouri farm, where they remain
this day. The carriage was traded OIL
= livery stable man in this city.
but this Is not the whole story. A
q OF Senior NJ. Romero married into
ashineton family. and visits are moi CT
frequently paid by some member oflmt
Romero tribe to Washington. When iii,
ese visits arc made. costly presents are is
ought from Mexico and find their way of
the White House. ly
There II, Of course, an object in the life
on the part Of the Mexican 7
.idee. ] am not prepared to state ex- ha,
~ what It is, but it is well-known Ora
that there have been, and are still. 6us
ne queer doings on the Rio Grandc. for
ich have given rise to considerable full
ndal. 1t has always been matter oflabc
nder to many people why an end was pull
put to these disreputable practices ace
our Mexican frontier BY the strong hos
OF the Government. Is it not fair
,rence to draw from the facts stated. the
these munificent gifts have not been VIII
bout an object, and also that they city
. had the desired effect. SAPPHo. teri
the
How to Go West. We
his is an enquiry which every one FIJI
uId have TRUTHrULLY answered be- wit