Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-28

stage carrying the United States mails was
robbed near Hawshaw, Arizona yesterday and
+. NJ. Peterson, PASSENGER. vas Killed.
GENERAL SHERIDAN.-Gen. Sheridan is ex-
pected in this city in few days to report YER
bally to the President the condition of affairs at
the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indian agency.
THE PRESIDENT to-day commissioned a large
number of postmasters whose appointments
have been heretofore announced.
THE PRESIDENT today appointed Robert
Murray, surgeon general U. S. A.; F. NJ. Gun-
nell, surgeon general U. S. n, and Rev. Byron
Sunderland, pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, to be visitors to the government
hospital for the insane: Surgeon General
Gunnell succeeds VIM. Grier, U. - NJ, and Mr..
Sunderland succeeds VIM. s. Edwards, ID. ID.
General Murray was reappointed.
Grants Real Name.
AN OLD LETTER FROM HIS FATHER WHICH
TELLS HOW HE WAS GIVEN 1T.
From the Hartford Times. July 25th
Mr.. Richard A. Wheeler, of Stonington, is
much interested in genealogical matters, and
twenty years ago, when he was engaged In
gathering statistics regarding the Grant family
in Connecticut, he wrote to Mr.. Jesse r. Grant,
father of Gen. Grant, who was at that time liv-
ing in Covington, KY, and from him obtained
some important facts The letter itself is now
in the possession OF the Hon: Charles J. Hoad-
made by Mr.. Grant is concerning the
adoption of the name Of Ulysses for his
son. 1t has been generally understood
Hiram Ulysses, and that the Congressman who
obtained his appointment at West Point made
mistake I'm having his name appear on the
cadet roll as Ulysses s. Grant, but his father
tells q different story, which Is now made pub
lie for the first time. He says, in writing for
Mr.. Wheeler in 1865: lin June 1921, Mr.. ]. r.
Grant and Miss Hannah Simpson were married
and settled at Point Pleasant, Ohio. On the
9th ofApril, 1922, their first child was born.
So hx
q good deal of anxiety about selecting name
for the child. 1t was finally settled that the
ha Se5sp bs asd by ns alnW
should be the name. Ulysses was drawn and
his mothers maiden name (Simpson) adopted
Proceeding further. Mr.. Grant writes I'm detail
concerning his son, and gives these particulars
Of his early Lille:
aptness for business, which he executed with
great energy and promptness. He also had a
great fondness for horses, with great skin and
skill and tact in the handling Of horses that it
was said when quite small boy he would take
team that Tefnsea 70 pm ior , the owner
It would start MI as II nothfIE were the matter.
He was very fond of school, and when he at
studiesas involved mafhepatics. Ulysses was
Of o quiet, modest unassuihing turn of mind,
and yet in all his intercourse with his play
fellows he was universally and by common
consent made their leader. At II years of age
Ulysses suggested o desire to be educated in
preference 70 following the tanning business
I suggested TO him West Point, which fully met
his views. Although there was supposed TO be
no vacancy from the district, 1 wrote to the
Hon. Thomas L. Hamer, who then represented
the District asking him Ii he could get him In on
some other vacant district. The letter was re-
ceived the last day OF Mr.. Hamer's term, and 1t
happened the-district was'yacant by the failure
OF the cadet previously appointed. Mr.. Hamer
then directed the appointment Of Ulysses. and
he went Immediately on, passed an examine
ton and was admitted cadet"