The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-01-03
GEN. GRANTS FINANCES.
Efforts Being Made by His Friends to
Relieve HIS NeCe ssities.

Efforts Being Made by His Friends to
Relieve His Nece ssities.
The announcement this week that Gen
eral Grant was in financial distress, and
that Mr.. Vanderbilt had expressed his
willingness to abate $50. 900 from the
$160, 600 Judgment he holds against him,
has excited very general sympathy.
The General is suffering from throat
trouble, and the leg that was hurt year
ago makes walking painful. He has rap
idly aged in appearance since his finan-
cial troubles began. He wished the re-
porter to state that Mr.. Vanderbilt had
treated him with the greatest liberality.
He understood that $50, 600 of the debt
would be thrown off. He Gid not know,
except through the papers, what his
friends were doing. He would be per-
fectly willing to make any sacrifice re-
quired to liquidate his Indebtedness.
General Grant seemed much affected by
his misfortunes.
Mr.. Cyrus w. Field said that General
Grant had many warm friends who would
not allow him to be in want. He de-
clined to say what his own share in the
movement was but it is believed that he
has offered to pay the entire $780, 900 if
necessary He advocated the establish
ment of fund, the interest on which
tho Gorara1 nd fa.,
lily, and which could not be toached by
creditors.
Mr.. George Jones, of the Times, said
that he believed the judgment was ar
ranged in order to protect General Grant
from annoyance by other creditors. The
100000 covered all his property. The
interest on the $3.50, 600 raised some years
ago was all that now stood between Gen
eral Grant and the poorh ouse. 1t was
learned from other sources that General
Sherman was in Philadelphia Monday
in consultation with Messrs. DrexeI
Childs and other wealthy friends of Gen
eral Grant, and that there was hardly
any doubt that the money to satisfy the
Vanderbilt judgment would be raised.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 29.-General w.
T. Shermon, George w. Childs and AT.
Drexel held conference at 1.3O to day
in Mr.. Drexels private Office for the pur
pose OF making arrangements to relieve
General Grant from the executions issued
against him at the instance of William
II. Vanderbilt.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-The published
revelations concerning General Grants
financial embarrassments have Suddenly
revived the talk of extending Congress
sional aid to the veteran. There is no
prospect that the bill placing General
Grant on the retired list. that was passed
by the Senate last winter and is now
pending in the House, will be passed by
the latter body. The bill passed the
Senate on the 18th of May last and was
placed on the Speakers table in the
House, where it now remains buried
under 127 other bills, without a possible
chance of resurrection. 1t has not even
been referred to the House military COM
mittee the chairmru of which, General
Rosecrans, is supposed to favor it. The
only way it could be reached would be
by taking it up by unanimous consent,
and this is rendered out of the question
from the fact that there is a very decided
opposition to it. The members generally
prefer not to discuss the merits of the
bill, saying simply that it can't be reach
ed, but others are more outspoken and
denOunce 1t ION principle.