The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1876-07-28
Unhappy Ulysses.

here seize most lreedily upon the stories
that are now talked: Of everywhsr a.. -
constant drain upon his physical he;.; y 10
duced by his excessive fast living yc iits,
gross, and although below medium 1le4!sns
| ne weighs upwards Of $50 pounds He has a
by the last few days OF heat. The reason
why the Republicans are anxious to cir
cutate aud believe these stories is that they.
plain satisfactorily Grants excessive
rndeness and his attempts utterly ruin
his! civil service by outraging, insulting and
! ern,,sent employ. Several Senators have
| sailed upon the President within the I,si
week for the purpose of demonstrating with
him upon the course which he has pursued
! III relation TO the peremptory removal on
people who have bee,. prominent i'll the
! them he has been so tnorose, SO savage and
/ so utterly Indifferent to even the co IN mon
| laws ofpoiiteness that nearly all of his WISH.
.ors x plain his extraordinary conduct upon
| che ground, that he is really not himself A
| physician, who is somewhat familiar wi, IL
I MS phr steal condition, in anal yZing the ter
! eil,le strain which Grants system has to en-
| dure enumerates the following: In the first
place, he is an excessive smoker. He smokes
Il "a RS Of the strongest brand a day. Without
4 charging the President with drinking; to ,tn
| excess, it Is well known and establish cu
i fact that he is what is known as Il steady
/ drinker. before break fast, upon rising, he
i CAKES stimulants, and before each meal Il
1 SIT ,nutant, and during the evening when he
I sits talking with his friends, his old cronies
! who gather around him, the black bottle is
one OF the most cherished objects with
i Grant. The climate in Washington in sum
! n'er is one that requires the most constant
and wntchfnl care to retain health. The
heat is almost constant There is very little
II relief felt from the LIST of June to the list OF
September. The nights of June and July
worn out and Frustrated by the extreme
heat of the day, find when night comes no
rest. All OF the physicians WHO practice in
tho use OF stimulants during this torrid pc
ri"d. Some Of the most dangerous cases OF
u Illness have been occasioned by people
when feeling i'll from heat rushing to some
stimnlant to ward Off tho effects OF sudden
depression. Tho class who suffer tho most
alarming effects from heat and the debilit:t.
ting Influences of this climate is made up OF
n people addicted to the use Of stilnulants. 1t
the President we've Obliged to perform the
II average duties OF /: member of Congress lie
would not have lived as long as he has. The
White House is in one of the coolest parts
OF town. By remaining in it and abstuinina
. from going about he has in measure es.
II capped the prostrating effects OF the season
but during tho last few days he has com
Il planned bitterly OF Congress. For the first
I time since his election as President he has
! been forced to remain here. His previous
, custom has been to go to tho soaside on it
l Isl Of June and return only on the list Of The
! OF mind exhibited by tho President. brief,
: a,''iyzed, presents the following features
Ae is morose, solemn, and at tinest.We,
savage. He shuns his most intimate fri ID
ii they desire him TO talk, and is res 81
| ANA imperious ut amy attempt to at1 VII
\ control him. Just at the present hef
+ go away from the city for any lengtls
on account of his necessary preseticS
: | at tendance upon Congress-. He was
, tway this 1nornins from the city in
tp.uly of Secretary Fish to visit Deer Park,
4 mountain resort near nero, and it is Xpcc
, ted that he will not return until Monday
! II is hoped by making this visit and abstain
ing from his customary amount Of stimu
lants he may bestided through: Howeve.
! ii he is obliged to remain i'll this city muc
! longer and any great strain is brought t
| boar upon him, Senator Ferry's chances t
| become Chief Magistrate OF the nation ina
| no considered ssood.-CMtcag0 Times.