, 1879-01-23
THE GRANTS ABROAD.

Tho General Wishes to 1to f'enrrnitssfno.
r,-ts i1t!,r se Stu FORK Tribune,
Since Ge,,. Hrant ca.ne 10 Europe his tongue
has gained In loluactty. lie dihclnsms the atn-
bilious projects aieribcd to HIN. AL he wants
Is hs oI4 position at tho head Of the United
Stntes nsmy: aslll he thinks that as commander
OF Tho military furccs Ut tie Cnlon thrre will
crciunE b. work for bin to get through down
Houth. However. II he speaks with no nrriere
pensce, which Ills most Intimate frteM!s assure
inc TINT he docs not, he wnnts, more fruIn pc
cunAry ,han II f'olftieal motive, tn regain tile
high most OF t;cneEatissisno. The tonr III the Old
World has very ne1rivcH,ptielh hia us"ketA, AMI hu
hns come to an age when enterprise Is dull. af,i
regular 8nlnry for routine work Is VERY Krhtetlll.
He Will not 70 back to tue eiates u ricl. man,
wtaatcFcr be VAS when lie left fs.r1u. The In
sight which hr lIas acquired Into the European
Courts has not, lsc SAYS. shurpencd his n;s,bttton
but The cunifufy. Empvrors and Kings are. it
appears to hsn. slle psupvrtics of courtlers, And
tile saycs OF futile etiquette wLieh, given tile
functions of tile monarch, IA Indispensable.
Mrs. Sartoris {Nclte Grant That wls) Is on u
visit with her tatlser and mother at the liutef Dc
Liverpool. She Is very charming rounI
woInan, usld is greatly attached TO Tie tataily
ehr has entered and The country Vi hrr alop-
ton; but sle feels soFrlv tic tll-natnrcd iibes
lIltl snecrs alcu In the society journals aGaiilst
ten. and Mrs. t4tant and her lrnther lcssc.
t'o,nc serses py tie author Of tlle CunlnG K
inflicted ranking wounds on every mrtnbcr Of
the ex.lrteNtrnt's family.
Mrs. Grant has much pcaRnnt gossip to com.
nluE.atu about the fiustrlous peopic wl.u,
sInce sllc camu to Europe, extended ltosuitallty
to l,eE and tte tlGucrul. What tuu*. struck her
alJuut them WIS the Unaffected simplicity of
their private lives. Princess i}isuarcE, With ter
own ilai"!s wrapped her up III her uutItiny tl,p
evening che I.seu nt the Palace Radx!yfiI. rs
to the Cr,wn Princess, E!,e IL l!t uN'st mother
ly OF young nIollErrs. which does tot prevent
her frun llcnE tls. lnnEt learned wUll1a IN Ger
mnnv. Concerning rcr.!!lsa,Hi, father Of the
rei,.n!ng King ol Portugal, al Ills tecpu.l
spollsc The Countess Et,la, Mira. t;rant eIHaks
with warm sympathy md aIIHlrutlulI. King
Ftrutn.:tnl is ncphcw of the l!tu King OF itr.
ncleians, nIA first COUSIN 0t t}uccn
Victoria. lie Is OF Saxu.CuhlttE. and wns
educated IT. H0Hn mid Heidelberg. Tile
Countess Edla ts The tall sister nf FANNY Elsler
whu used to Rersc hs tortc lanaeusc tu that
initnitab!c balesinc. slc Is au1sblc. tiutple IN
her tastue. highly a2trnpltsLct, Al delights her
eirctc With her tusfcli tl,4t conventional tai
cnts. The day Kin. Ferdinand rtt,,vuctl Gen.
Nraut's ytslts, Mrs. tirant. In her tlnalEcr.c.l
niAnucr, u%kcI l,s Majesty how Ills wife dill.
'Erry well. t!ans yon; usld is she not chartn-
inEf' was the answer VI lie Royul husband. -
Gen. Grant IL very les.FnlA Vi lsssIug Gulct
| evening with t;ant,stia In III En.l..i, iousa
| wltcra Frcucl., language which he ilnerlcet}y
knDTf, IL understood usnl ep,sun. Il lady rt,iI-
| necteu with Tie Lnldt,n Press, to whuItl this
| wish has been communicated, II getting up u
RuuV little dtll1Irr At Weh the future PreaI.eut
VI iie FrecH iscpul'lf: wl ultct il,r 1,ast rfc4i
tleut Of te United Statpe, n. jules Simon, ul,l
three notable EuElihtIHlet visiting In Paris.