, 1881-01-03
Gen. Grant Continual New Revela.
tion to His Most Intimate
Friends.
llc 1las Dropped tho Sphinx Business,
aud Now Talks Freely md
L,ugls Heartily. .
Archibald Forbes, tho Noted London News
paper Oorrespoudent-His Views
on Various Topics.
From, Our o.u,l Correspondent.


given hin, brontler views, l,tul l,,s taken the
scni of Ills lEps,-so much SO TINT those who
thought they know ll,m we'll before, sny TINT
l,1 l,as come buck now tnnla. 4 gentleman
who has long becn connected with Him In
public life saial, tllo other nfgEt:'
" IllAvc greatly enjoyed Granps visit liero
this week. lIe Is like Il now man to me. I
thought knew him before. but never
knew him ns liz now Is. lIo used to be very
tacaturn,-so much 81, in fact. tint many
considered him almost morosa and repUlant,
There could not be a moro genial man
than lie now Is. lie Inns grnwn broader.
Nature did great doal for lin. Ills oupor-
turitles llayc been wonderful, and lo has
,nudc remarkable use Of them. Ills convcr-
sation Is extremely fascinating. 1 would
like tn recall some OF tho things ho said
ut dinner tho other night about the
tarilf. There was MI cplgrnmmatlc skotch
OF the situation which would have done great
service In the campaign II 1t could have been
used. lie Is full Of lla,nor, too; nnl. strange
wo s @ syS o1s ssewe 5 to s n' zest eW G yeI1s @
himsclf @ W fairly shakes with laughter. Ihcar,l
liz. ta,, r",to " "',o o,,n,.t ,o,r 1ossa
.. l,'n ten ~ As". ,l.,. o"o Mo
iaI th Ianetsr ms osros s s " a IT, ' '"''S '0"Fso
ulsANr AS A sToIlf-rEr1.En.
Young Jesse, you remember. is very
s''gAt pos, hMIto" As "eal-p"le' Mlu iot
half as tail. Ilo wos travelling last summer
tn Colorado, New Mexico, or solnc Of those
outlying provinces; and tile Grant purity, of
ruursc. was tho sensation In those parts,
Ihey wsro dinl'E at a wasslto
common room. Among tho travellers
was ,t,,e-lookipg, athletic follow, who was
'.I,,,.,,. ,,tt',sn; t.'..4tan, H.. nm, ,,,,1
e''oeitis c'ltafeu ssitt'ci1"h' wv "i1o un
khoWE 10 llio iest VI uio pa1ty. touRu
irontlersn,an ea'ho INTO tnu room, 'n tao tfeo-
nnd-easy western WHY. ana eVh1ehtiy HIS
tuok this athletic stranger for young Jesse.
Going UP to lin, the pioneer looked out
1'"' a"ueI ',s au.1ois.o l.tu .'S oses' se'"
sud, III an irritating sort OF way:
"' How many bits do you 20 for to tho
dc'lar, ,;. young iel'as e!',, = ,, ,,.,,,;4 ..,
49,, u'cA ~ l.sMs,..s % .u M'.''vu. . & WIZ, a.,
tio y"uhs s,shnRet n.rack oNt 1fo'i tio
shoulder, MD Ehve tic pioneer II bloW
which fcllcd him to tho floor; md,
seized him by tho collar. dragged
| lin mrross the iloor to tne ,ioor. and tiircw
Gil, Urt by lnntu force, il, a fow ,uoli,ents
u trei fran, hnrI ,saee' n1 ata;m y nn.1roacl,- @ %
in, ti,r yn,,,, fellow yyEn,I, tln Iint i,istnkni,
for ,Iesso t;rnis. exte,tiGt his hni,tl. rs II lie
,v"rp III, MD fr,"',li. snvIm~. ' ''
roo eI 'Ie iIRa f t,e e" Old Iuo n,1 ig rcckon ''
M'i',,H frnniinrsnnl, VIM nvIGrntiy frnm
some Soitllarn Sinte. ,,ndoubtediy iI1,l benm
IL lie Confederate ar,ny, mid i,al it'll np-
tE;enarai E Of II the Uuion forrcs, Ks t;ci,. Gsa,,t
tnl,I ti,is stnrv ti,n nthar tIi,bt l,e vvns cnt,
yujssd viii In,,.hter. hit t],nt IL only nj,
| illustration. Fr0iii n man Of siiclico nild Il
spInx % i,u has bceo.nt, mo n ~ conEcnial com. l.
panioi,. md cam luId Il inrEo audiu.,co
cnnrnlrf1 Iy hts conversation.
.,,r,,,,,A1I, ror,,,rs Ar THE CAPITAL.
1 .Wrx thn ,,snrs.xir1 tn - intinancn @ ~ damn.
cratlc lnslltMliolls eXlenus 9sHn 70 ttlo El-
oassies herr" M soid Afen.bai1 fl1 rorocs, Rte9s
mnt!y, rs ~ iGtIHIhef rpm Pill lonG WINK; III III
3nG fo"[so G, II Ms w. ,,t, @ caHu ta ~ III ~
Nofla. yoM Know, ~ saau' ~ cMla Mpom at ~
Ambassador Or u Secretnry or slate IL = lint-
ter ot s9r'nas coiiceru;t, aom eMtar pM,ia- ~
t"rnlanls lot 9f yong Secretaries Ct noe o
swe!i E9r'ely, ama aIo slow 70 nsrge pook.
" wlsc! you nro reanlTetl 10 es eteslstef ,t yo!lr
natnIe n om may soo tte Mo9p .'int n rgIs, @
nay 1! nlsre likely not. Al ansliel.ee II q ;iif,
i!ti'lt t!llnE ~ SeGuf3 ail Wlie!l secured, Is
very fnr,lal 9ti..tT. u y l'nra to pel'etrMnte #
tnc lMGtMs!eo 9at}ty ot 4to naitsa,t ,nits, =, u,e
On W0tnl. ltul WGnt 10 tne .r!tisll t!estt-
tlon Meso % toaS n,su ~ 1s a II o r, aGof Ts ~
ilOt evei uleSSeu w utitofia. n!tslMHtea l9a
~. t,n"E a "I ~ hnvt. i,n..,, tryim;, to thn.9
over tl,is grcat Mystery aver slice. ''>
ii NH still more eoifounsleI upon making
my why WV to tic Russinn Embassy. ii, tlsc
list ujacs, IL wus ditiicuit to ltnti where lis
j,n,isa was' Al Inst I discovered tl,o irliMs.
s,'nr living at !, hu,el Tl,ero wos I'M si1ialtl.
% mnr was ti,rro ,,nyti,lnr about tie pce to In.
ii.atc that it WIS i, Legation, There was nu
ill.,. ,n tsat-,,f.arnls nit mt eyut, tho s1Iit
enr|o vas 70 bu sncll nNywilcrr, Moreover,
tmc f,,nn,,s mn II mr. lin military ru,rsonaro wMn
nlwavsstands Getwcer NJ, Administrator and tbe
Ercsted' @ % on tl,a contrnry, by smiling COT COT
, oretl u,an ~ with rati,er poIek.inarked I ii.cc. c.
pcrvn.I,.d 1'ti '..vsrvth;mT hnres raiici ,amo,
so,na of inv u,.i slslIsrfri"luls. lSy tie way
Il isciriots iow ,na,,y moi, one iii,is in Iii,
co.,,,trv wi.u know "y n great Ienl ahn,It war.
em via Inv l,nve tnk"n ,,art II, war, Y"M mas
NV very W plnia. LOCKING ciyilln You. Ind l,i,,
se snank !" Kin % mo,tt ttI,.,aercs wen VIC 1 War /,
iIci,innt.iiv nlutltonctI aid ko can live 70,
n 1rat,nIc nccHI,nt of tiin entlro Rel,eilion
! " - r.sN "NttNNS ''i,'.