The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-10-22
Poor Nellie Grant.
WAsu1yGroN. October 13.-Probab

WASHINGTON, October 19.-Probably
nothing has ever created such a stir in
social circles in Washington as the re.
cent announcement of a separation be-
tween Nellie Grant and her husband,
Sartoris, the young Englishman who
married Miss Nellie in May, 1874. AL.
ways favorite among the best people in
Washington, Miss Nellie Grant, for they
will not call her anything else here, has
their sincere sympathy in her present
trials. When the brave little girl left
husband and family to cross the ocean to
her sick and dying father, few, not aware
of the family difficulties, dreamed that
so soon after Gen. Grants death articles
of separation would be drawn up be-
tween his favorite child aud her husband.
1t was thought strange, too, that Mr.
Sartoris and the children did not accom-.
pany Nellie to the United States in a
case of so much urgency as the serious
illness of Gen. Grant; and when inqui-
ries were instituted they stopped at the
door of the sick. room only to be renewed
after the death of the great cbieftain.
From all that can be learned the two
children of the union of Algernon Sar.
toris and Nellie Grant are the principal
causes of dispute, and their possession
thus far prevents any definite settlement
Of the trouble between Nellie and her
husband. Many stories are told OF the
engagement and marriage, which took
place at the White House in 1874, to
chow that Gen. Grant opposed the match t:
and only yielded his consent when Nellie
earnestly requested it. A lady who was
present at the White House and wit.
messed the marriage ceremony observed
Gen. Grant leave the room very suddenly
when the solemn rites we're concluded.
Accompanied by Mrs. Grant, this lady
went upstairs to the private apartments,
where sobs as of strong man in agony
we're heard from the Generals room.
The two ladies walked in unannounced
and discovered Gen. Grant in his full
dress suit, face downward on the bed,
sobbing convulsively, and his only reply
to questions was that he had "lost his
little daughter forever" Subsequently,
in conversation with his intimate friends,
the General made no secret of his dislike
of Sartoris. After the marriage some
rather disgusting revelations we're made
of the conduct Of the Presidents son.in.
law. 1t appeared that while in this
country his associates were of the lowest
and most depraved type, and he seemed
to take pleasure in consorting with prize.
fighters, dog. .fanciers and the rough ele.
ments of the big cities Of the United
States generally. What Nellie Grant
ever saw in Sartoris to induce her to
marry him was mystery which her best
friends could not explain. Consequent
ly there are great many persons in
Washington who wag their heads and
say "I told you so'' when the sad news
comes across the ocean of the separation
of the young American lady from her
English husband. An. effort has been
made to keep the matter, quiet in the old
country, but it is we'll known that the pa.
pers have been filed in the Courts look
ing to a settlement as to who shall be the
custodian of the two children. The
Grant boys have not been able to do
anything in the matter although it is
understood that Col. Fred desired to 60
to England and bring the two children
over to see their grandfather before he
died at Mount McGregor. This was
combatted by Sartoris and his family,
who declared that it was merely plot
TO get the two children away from those
who were entitled to their possession.
Some of the bridesmaids of Nellie Grant
still reside here, and conversing with one
of them recently was told that Nellie
seemed perfectly fascinated with Sartoris.
Although she was told stories of his
course of life she wouldn't believe them,
aud declared that she would marry him
or no one. There we're at least two
young men, one an officer in the army,
aud the other in the navy, either of
whom would have made good husband,
and one in particular was very accepta.
BILE to Mrs. Grant, but Miss Nellie, de.
spite the wishes of her parents, clung to
Sartoris, and her reward is desertion and
ill.treatment by this miserable cur. OF
course she will be held up as warning
against the evils of young American
girls throwing themselves away upon
foreigners, but the reign of Anglomania
is not yet ended, and scheming mamas
will hunt and pay for titles for their
daughters lust as much as ever.