Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-07-27

Of nearly three thoussnd pages WEI
placed in the hands of the secretary o
the navy, and he was told that he Nigh
have the privilege OF replying. TIT
| COMMITTEES had no consultation what
ever in II lstion to report. The mattsl
Of the report was never talked of in thG
committee room, and as authorized by
the committee to prepare one, no sub
committee was appointed, and no gen
eTal discussion as to Whist 1t should con-
tain; but the members Of the committee
were notified to be present, on the morn.
ing of the eighteenth instant, in the
committee room to hear report. When
the committee was assembled, the ehAiE-
man produced report, and was pro-
ceediDg to read 1t, when a Republican
member of the committee inquired OF
the chairman by what authority the re-
port had been prepared, the matter
never having been brought to the stten-
ton OF the committee. To this the
chairman replied: 81 recognized my
political friends on the committee,
aud have consulted them only"
aud proceeded to read the report.
During the reading of the report
it became apparent it had been already
agreed to and passed upon by a majority
consumed the entire day OF the eigh-
teenth. The Republican members OF
the committee, on the next day, pso-
posed to take II up subject by subject,
and discuss and amend Ii. This prOpO-
sition was voted down by a party vote
in the committee, thus depriViDg the
minority Of any influence in determin-
ing the conclusions and character of the
report of the committee of which they
were members. A report SO made is
likely to be in some measure but re-
fiex Of the political sentiments of its au-
thors, adapted to what they may deem
political necessities g of their party. 1t is,
in fact, q partisan document, made
on the eve Of q great political COL.
test, and is designed for political effect.
The report itself, f,as we have said, is In pei
feet consona1ce with the Investigation,
both in manner and spirit, Throughout
its whole length; facts and figures are
perverted, and the parties misrepresent-
ed. Everything is assumed against the
defendant and secretary, ana nothing
is in their favor. Ad cdptdnduna state
ments and assumptions are given IS
fac s, while the testimony which wholly
refutes them is entirely ignored. Specu.
lstiOns of witnesses who are supposed to
establish the wrong or abuse are quoted,
while the sworn and legal testimony Of
many which contradicts and de-
str0ys these speculations Is never
mentioned. The malignant givings out
of malicious enemies are assumed ss
true, while the testimony of honest wit
nesses is garbled and wrested from its
intended meaning throughout the whole
report. Everything which has occurred
for the last seven years with which the
msj lrity think they can fiud fault, is
as great abuse and fraud,
and every excuse of legal al CthOrity
about which they can find room fer
douot or di, sent, is declared to be vio-
latiCn Of law.
Is GRANT CRAZY?
Washington Correspondence Of the New York
MercuIy.l ..... Bun.
Ulysses, in the Greek poem by Homer,
feigned madness, and quite successfully,
but there is every reason TO believe our
modern Ulysses is really becoming in-
sane. History, of course, names many
nonarchs and rulers who become
lunatics, and indeed were so long before
their ministers and confidAnts discov-
cred the full reality. There is now no
doubt that George the Third was insane
es early as the beginning OF the revolu-
ton. Strange If the second hun
dredth year Of our existence
should find US in 1876 with
crazy Prssident, as 1776 found the
with mad King. For several
weeks pest 1 have heard rumors Of
Grants condition, but declined to refer
to them because they We're vague. How
ever, during the past few days, these ri.
mors have acquired the strength Of posi-
tive reports. Representatives, Sc oators,
and private citizens, who, since last
Monday, have returned from interviews
with the unfortunate President, all
have agreed and publicly referred to 1t
as fact, that President Grant exhibits
the most decided indications Of insanity.
A Baltimore physician, who met him
last Wednesday, AYERS that the Presi-
dent hss every symptom Of softenipg OF
laymen know, that, like Bright's
disease of the kidneys, ap-
pros ches slowly, and is often well seated
before the earliest suspicion is enter.
tanned OF the horrible catastrophe which
impends. General Grant, for some time
past, has been observed to be unusually
impatient Of control, exceedingly restiVe
under advice or even suggestion; then to
bs irritable and petulant in the minor
affairs of life, and again, to become de-
sIrsus OF silence and solicitude, without
even the company OF his cigar or the eX-
element of s imuIant. He is known to
be almost ince sanity victim to insom-
mia. He gives directions one moment to
them the next, and is con-
tinually doing the most motiveless
things. His appstite is very capri
cious, and his eyes have assumed that
look OF suspicion and distrust which
is always so NJ narked in patients sus-
pected Of having, or known to have,
softening of tue brain, and which
is so distressing to his family and
friends. It is said that Attorney Gen.
eral Pierrep0nt (who studied medicine
in Ohio under the name of Muuson-
and his real name by-the-by-for come
years after leaving cOllege) was the first
to recognize the impending calamity.
He therefore took the first opportunity
OF rafting from the ship and it1 com.
mander to England, Otherwise he
undoubtedly would have had bre kupon
him crazy s9asm like the one which
Bristow and Jewell encountered. The
fret radical symptoms appeared during
the whisky ring trials at st. Louis.
Up to this time Grant had
firmly believed in his third term.
The mania undoubtedly did much
toward keeping up his spirits, He
was surrounded by men who 1atter-
ed him and fed him on the sauce of
vanity almost hourly. He reads very
few papers, and these were carefully So
lected ey his hcusehold cabinet. Bat it
was impossible iof him not to perceive
the bowls and drift Of public opinion.
He wcu'd get up In the night and walk
around Washington, believing himself
incoo. but he was usually followed by
two policemen, who hoveFsd within safe
protecting distance. Fer the first time
in his life be began to be addicted to pro-
faulty. In one sense, Secretary Fish has
long been his keep per. Mr. and Mrs
F .sh, indeed, have been for lorg time
the familiar confidanis Of MIR. and
Mrs. Grant. Fish is sdroit and manip-
uIstes Grant without the latter perceiv.
ing ii. Mrs. Fish cares fof Mrs. Grant
in the yay of entertainment, society
persi fiage, 9nd tie 43arper Bazaar busi.
ness, Fish also has great tact, born OF
his Knowledge OF society in New York,