Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-01-24
H GRANTS.
Ulysses Says He Only Wants to be at
the Head Of the Army to Operate
on the SOuth---NeIlie and
Her Mother.
Paris Letter to New York Trbunol

Paris Letter to New York Tribune.l
Since General Grant came to Eu-
rope his tongue has gained in loquaci-
ty. He disclaims the ambitious pro-
jects ascribed to him. All he wants
is his old position at the head of the
United States army, and he thinks
that as military commander of the
military forces of the Union there will
ere long be work for him to get
through down South. However, fhe
speaks with no %arriere pensee, which
his most intimate friends assure me
that he does not, he wants, more from
a pecuniary than a political motive, to
regain the high post of generals
simO. The tour in the Old World
has very nearly emptied his pockets.
and he has come to an age when
enterprise is dull, and a regular
salary for routine work is very
grateful. He will not go back to the
States a rich man, whatever he
was when he left them. The insight
which he had acquired into the Euro
pean courts has not, he says, sharp.
ened his ambition, but the contrary.
Emperors and kings are. it appears t.
him, the properties of courtiers, and
the slaves Of a futile etiquette, which
given the functions of the monarch
is indispensable. Mrs. Sartoris Nellie
Grant that was) is on a visit with hei
father and mother at the Hotel dc
Liverpool, She is a very charming
young woman, and is greatly attached
to the family she has entered and the
country of her adoption but she feels
sorely the ill-natured iibes and sneers
aimed in the society journals against
General and Mrs. Grant and her
brother Jesse. Some verses by the
author of the Coming K inflicted
ranking wounds on every member OF
the ex- President family.
Mrs Grant has much pleasant gossip
to communicate about the illustrious
people who, since she came to Europe.
extended hospitality to her and the
general. What most struck her about
them was the unaffected simplicity Of
their private lives. Princess Bis
marck, with her own hands, wrapped
her up in her mufling the evening she
dined at the Palace Radzivill. As to
the Crown Princess, she is the most
motherly of young mothers, which
does not prevent her being the most
learned woman in Germany. Con
corning Ferdinand. father of the
reigning King of Portugal, and hi.
second spouse, the Countess Edla. Mrs
Grant speaks with warm sympathy
and admiration. King Ferdinand i,
a nephew of the late King of the Bel.
gians, and a first cousin of Queen Vic.
tOria. He is Of Saxe-COburg and wa,
educated at Bonn aud Heidelburg
The Countess Edla is the tall
sister of Fanny Ellsler. who
used to serve as porte danseus,
to that inimitable ballerine. She il
amiable, simple in her tastes, HIGH,
accomplished, and delights her circl,
with her musical and conversations
talents. The day King Ferdinand re
turned General Grants visit. Mrs
Grant, in her unaffected manner, aske,
his majesty how his wife did. AVER
we'll, ] thank you; and is she no
E charming was the answer Of tn.
royal husband. General Grant is yer,
, DESTROYS Of passing a quiet eyenin.
with Gambetta in an English hous
, where French, a language which h
, perfectly knows, is understood an,
spoken. A lady connected with tn
E London press, TO whom this wish ha
! been communicated is getting M
snug little dinner at which the futur
President Of the French republic vii
meet the past President of the Unitel
i. States, NJ. jules Simon and thre
notable Englishmen visiting in Pari: