The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-23
A MIND DISEASED.

The statement that comes from California
concerning the strange conduct Of Grant,
while Ia that State, has caused no little
anxiety among those who are conducting the
third-term boom, and incline even the most
Impartial critics to believe that the mind 81
the famous man OF war Is In condition
which deties medical skill and Is tottering TO
LTD complete overthrow.
The following extract from an article that
appeared Ia the San Francisco Newsletter
has been widely copied and has created q
profound sensation everywhere:
Rumors are aiioat that Gen. Grant shows
signs Or malady that IL hereditary i'll his fam
sly II Is sail that his father. Iesse Grant was
afflicted with softening Of the brain before 20
was 30 years OF age. and that during tho lust
PEARS OF his life he Was little more than an i'm
Orvll Grant. whose eccentric conduct Ia Gall
fornia only last year wi be- remembered. has
since been an inmate Ia the New Jersey Insane
Asylum. IT is also said that one OK the Generals
sisters has been afflicted the same way.
Many people who have met Gen, Grant since
his arrival In San Francisco have noticed an
occasional wild, strange look In his eye. OffeE
when converting, with gentlemea. and even
middle OF a sentence and hesItased sometimes
Tor full moment before completing y.
All san jose he was introduced TO anumber OF
soldiers who fought vi h him at Fort Donslson;;
Instead Of greeting them cordia u. he turned
half round ana simply stared d them over his
shoulder and never said word.
Again. at Stockton aud 81 Madeira ne was pre-
scented TO a number OF his old comrades IN the
Mexican war. but the General tr5a1ed them Il
the ooldest manner. and 10 q way that left the
impression ON every Que presa&t mat ne LAS
displeased at meeting them. These and mahy
other instances Of his peculiar conduct 70 to
show that IL IL sad probability that his mind
Is commencing to weaken.
While In tho presidential chair Gen. G ant
was noted for his aflabe greetings 10 all his
vSs N ; tht4SiS
great change In his manners be- pla led than
FRAT there is something wrong Iii his montal
iacuties, Perhaps the great strain on hin for
the fifteen years Of his eminent public career
Mas had something W DO with the change In him
that Is now go painfully Observable.
Another evidence OF hisApproachtng affection
IL tina me venues If his con veFsatton. Al times
& he will talk with hueucy and ease. and then In
4 few minutes relapse into 20 atttune VI paf-
fect silence. 5 nj Only answer uuesioas NY
Yes" or No"
Ie these statements are correct, ana there i
every reason to believe them true, as they
emanate from Republican newspaper Wnlaf
Is friendly to Grant, then there is just groune
Sor believing that the mind OF the ex-Presi
dent has indeei become unhinged and ina
the SYMPTOMS which have been observed VII
become more and more pronounced until Cns
fatal malady IL fully developed. It IS very
significant faes that insanity Is hereditary IL
the Grant family. and this, taken 10 connec
don with the Generals strange and most IN
natural conduct recently, tends TO support
the theory of his mental disease. His treat
mant OF the Mexican veterans, Tor whom ~
has alvaye heretofore evlnced the most cor.