The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-09-23
Hrs. Grant.
An Intercsting Chat with tho Ex-Presi.
dents Aninblo Wife.
DrilteT Tribune.

oa:baud and pleasant. She talked righ,
and left, and to many at time, laughiuo
aud chatting without cessation and appa
rently without firing.
"This will be your first visit to Den
verF" some one suggested, inquiringly
to her.
"No, indeed; have beer here twice
before"
"You are almost as great traveller rs
the General 20
"Yes; l generally go with him.
Were you with him during the war 3'
IL was part Of the time with him, but
not rs tho papers have represented.
had paper sent me tho other day with
an article marked, in which was repre-
sented rs being much better than 1 am,
and rs doing many thi,.rs which were
impossible. For instance it was stated
that after battle in Which the General
was engaged invariably hurried to the
front 10 be Of what service might. Now
That was not true at all. The General
wonld not have put up with itat all. lie
7 would have been very angry if haG
! appeared at such u time, aud | knew
/ ut was also stated that / had busted
myself in hunting out poor people upon
whom to bestow aims. This was also in
correct. Enough of such peopic always
found me; did not have TO see them
out.
"Then was reported as busying my.
self in seeking positions for worthy young
ladies in the Treasury Department, and
for other applicants in other places.
Now, my husband would not allow that.
| did nothing of tho kind to influence
him. don't think, in fact, am sure
/ don't, that in the Whole two terms in
which he was Presideit l obtained
moro than two appointments. So you
see, the newspapers were wrong"
II remember 10 have seen it stated that
long before the war you often predicted
that your husband would be President"
interrupted some one.
"Yes, | know such statements have
been made, but they were utterly without
foundation. did not dream Of my hus.
band becoming President any length Of
time before he was actually called to the
position. In fact, / was not ambitious to
have him Gil the position until they began
to abuse him. l was perfectly satisfied
to have him remain General Of the Army.
About two weeks before the Convention
which nominated him spoke to him
about the reports that were being crcu-
, lated that he would receive the nouiuh-
tion, and asked him if he thought he
would be nominated, and he said he
chosen he would be elected. / asked him
If he thought he could fiji the office, and
he replied thnt he thought he could do so
as well as most Others"
You. OF course, enjoyed yoar TRIP
abroad 9V upi1 nt,onoinn n
subject.
Being led off In this direction, Mrs.
Grant talked very freely of their expert.
enco in the far East and in Europe She
spoke Of their visit to the various placea.
and told oftheir meeting with the great of
the world. The General, she said, had
thought great deal of Gambetta, the
French statesman. "Only yesterday"
she said, che was reading Of Gambetta's
recent success, and said that he was glad
to see that tho French were beginning to
show an appreciation of this really great
man." Oh, yes, they saw Prince Bis
mark and the Grown Prince of Germany.
Both were delightfully."- pleasant Bis
mark called upon her, as he did also upon
the General, and they diued ut his house.
This was rare experienco-so informal
and agreeable; they were such pleasant
people that she was reminded of her
home folks. The Prince led her to the
dressing. room, and the Princess folded
Ter shawl about her ns tendcrly rs her
mother could have Done.
But of the places visited she enjoyed
none better than japan. The people
thero were anxious to leatn If the Amer
leans, and were really progressive. Gue
to tell all she saw and enjoyed there would
require too much space.
The visits to Mexico and New Mexico
were referred to with evidently delightful
recollections. She spoke Of the Aztec
pottery as great curiosity.
Had she met Gen. Lew Wallace No;
but she had read his novel, "The Fair
God" and had been very much enter
tanned by 1t. Turning to her listeners she
asked had they read Judge Tourgec's "a
Fools's Errand?" Nearly all had. That
she thought an excellent thing. The
General had also read it, and pronounced
it "A very correct picture of the life repre-
sentcd.
In reply to questions, Mrs. Grant stated
that they expected to reside at Galena
for the present. She would like very
we'll to live in Colorado, but if she could
have her preference gratified she would
prefer Washington to any other place,
principally because of the great number
of acquaintance there. Did she not tire
Of making new acquaintances and seeing
new faces? No: neither did the General.
They have been living such life for .he
past twenty years, and they had become
used 10 it.
Here the train drew up to the depot
The General's "Jap" brought in the
Generals silk hat, aud, without consul
ting the General, took the slouch from
his head and put the silk in its place and
retired.