National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1885-08-17
GnANr,s M1ssrNa Will.


Principal of the Trust Fund 90 rs
raid by the Morgan Estate.
lphinlcipaii pre.sl
IoNG BRANcn, hug. 13.-Whilo the em-
llems VI mourning for Ia death OF G5u.
Grant stil hang heavy upon the fronts OF
the hotels and cottages his personal fricnls,
Of whom there are many here, are manifest
inc great uuuGsiness as TO the displNti1l
that has been made Of his will. Ithas been
stated in some quarters that the general
died intcstatc. That is an error His most
intimate friends know that he male q will
about year ago at Long Branch, disposing
OF all his property. The subscribing Wit
rcsscs 10 Il were his near friend, George W.
| Childs, and the Kew. Dr. Morton, rector Of
ST. JameC's Protestant Episcopal Church,
Of Philadelphia, who at the time was Mr..
Childs's guest
MIR. Cmlds who was seen at his charming
villa Mt ElbCrCn by the Press correspondent
| this morning, said Yes; IL Is n mistake TO
say that Gen. Grant left no will. His cot
tagc adioiucd mine, as IL generally known,
| aud every dHv while he WAS here he was NJ
my house or Ct his. Ono day last August
| he came over with paper in his hand that,
he said, was his viii, and asked DR.. Morton
and myself to witness it, We affixed or
eral took 1t away. ! do not know whit he
! did with H.. Perhaps some member OF the
| family has IL. | am anxious to see 1t pro-
| duCed, so that may prove my signature.
| The Will was drawn up by Mr.. PurringJon,
n New York lawyer. The generals regu-
| lar legal adviser was Clarence Seward. 'Of
course It is impossible TO say what dispo-
sitOn has been made Of the property until
| the will Is read | only knOw''-with
smilc--'thGt lcgatec cannot be n witness
TO will.n
Lawyer burlington, Of whom Mr.. Childs
spoke, was friend of "Buck' Grants, the
generals son, and was associated with the
Grant " Ward matter.
MRS. GRANTS PLANS.
Mrs. Grant, the generals widow, has de-
| cided to remain guest of Mr.. Joseph w.
DreXcl, at Mount McGregor, until Oct.
l. What she shall do after that has not
been determined upon further than that she
will rent or dispose of the house in Sixty
sixth street, New York, and take a smaller
dwelling. The house is in her name aud Is
worth, us estimated, about $4,000 above
the mortgage upon 1t. The Grant cottage
at Long Branch belongs TO her entirely,
and she also owns house in Washington,
Mr.. Childs thinks the amount OF pro-
spective profits from the generals book will
not be so large rs commonly stated, bat
will probably reach 100000 The general,
Mr.. Childs says, presented the manuscript
to Mrs. Grant before his death, so that It Is
hers to do as she pleases with without re-
gard to the Will Mr.. Childs understands
that the executors of the Morgan estate
have decided to pay over to Gen. Grants
estate the principal of the trust fund raised
for the general. The Morgan estate guar
anteed the interest of the Wabash bonds, in
which the fund was invested, for five years.
There was question as to whether 1t did
! not guarantee the principal also. The eN-
ocutors, IL is said, have resolved the doubt
in favor of the generals widow and chill
drCn.
1t was thought that Mrs. Grant aud Mrs.
Sartoris would he guests of Mrs. Chills
here. Mrs. Grant was deslrous of c2se's
for change of scene agsssss M sso air. bnt
Mon Nonnt rItOsI NJ That the privacy OF tho
t:I k1eNfcgor cottage would be better
HG3W the unavoidable publicity OF the
Branch Mrs. Sartoris will return to her
husbands home In England in about ten
|. days. Mrs Grant, by the way, has just
presented Col. Fred Grant with a portrait
| of his late father in oils, one of the best it
is thought, extant. Col. Grant had no
| portrait of his father