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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-01-23

VEN0S,-EL MEJOR DE ToDos EN- CALI
DAD PRECIo. Ell RIOJANO DE TRICIO.
Se detalla Capital, Cristo Is; don Manuel
Rivera, San Sebastian 30 en- las tiendas
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. - 0ERosETO GENERAL Yenta para La Tsla de Puerto
80 KLoE13 eU111ERMETY r1dase las baenas Boneas
neo01sa@ do Ia Capital Ponce Mayagusz Aoaadia HuaEaE
- Cnarno 1arSa Arstbo AdjudEaa u3aao a5Ias BoS4
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NO. D.

the TWO branches formed lightly
cataracts. which dashed aauSt
each other until the stain slag-
cry was washed out.
Those Intimately ac, u.a;ad
with them pronounced! tbca --D-
tie and good ia their. horne tfe i
personal deDortment. ltis~2 mt
ter Of record jhAl the army Off
GERS who guarded DAVIS while he
Was imprisoned 1T Fortress Mon
roe were entirely -urprlscd at his
personality. Their preconarivce1
notions Of his disposition were
completely reversed. Iastead o.
the Iirc-eator, they found calm,
geatIe man of th~ grca; est forti.
tade III the face # the greatest
caIanlty that ever bpfell An
AmctIcan citizen THIS state
meat Is we'll atjestca. When tins
f~as discovered, Horace Graefy,
foremost of Davis former foes,
s!gnc,i the boud for his release.
Nhen Davis died in 1889 the New
I ork Sun said, "a great soul his
passed.
Through all the public career
OF each there were shown tcnaci-
tY,1irmDess and resolution. even
te stubhorness. Grant never re-
rented the lncrciIess slaughter of
Union Soldiers IN the great bat
ties: Davis never asked forgive.
ness for what he had done. They
both looked uTon the great losses
as Il national calamity, from Which
& national blessing has come to
the black an,to commerce. to al!
concerned, bringing happiness to
all. One sleeps in almost the ex-
treme Nort!,tke other IN almost
the extre De South.
The era OF the civil war and ali
discussion of 1t has closed as
national matter. The new North
and the new South are now prac-
tieeIly and ,ndis,oIobly one, closer
in union than ever before. Verify
they now kaow that they are
brothers of the sane blood, bone,
br.svs,o and BRAIN. Four wars
;a-----+ rod - -.A9A~-~- MzlAzaM
W VA su! SrTON Dsyrs,
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Many good people, well rs,s d
ans. interested IN geEcalo gies Of
great men do not know that Gen.
Ulysses Simpson Grant and Jeffcr-
son DAVIS were relatives, having il
common ancestor il the third gen
GRAFTON back.
This was Il matter of common
,.eport in some parts Of the west
ern army urlng the civil war, and
after the war many soldiers spoke
Of it. Since then the question OF
kInshIp between the great conquer
or and the great conquered has
lapscd into 4 matter of nothing
more than family history, interest
ing, however, to hose who trace
out great consequences i'll general
history from the lives and acts OF
individuals.
I bad always regarded the rumor
Of the Grant-Davis relationship rs
4 mere fiction or passing fancy
until few weeks ago, had occa-
sion to turn the leaves of some old
family records, which, by mere
accident, showad me some definite
statements. Yet no claim will be
made in this article concerning the
idea expressed in the caption, con-
sequently there will be nothing
r,tiIer to ptoye ur dIsprcse. 4
few unpretentlous extracts, well
vouched for. will enable any one,
either partially or impartlally. to
rlra y MS own deductions.
Without hesitation or apology,
| will try, first, fairly to trace the
three preceding generations of
Gen. Grant on his mothers side.
His right name was Ulysses Slmp-
son Grant. A book entitled "An-
cestry of Gen. Grant, by Edward
Chauncy Marshall, published IN
1869, Is the ;:uthentlc family histo-
~, according to Col Frederick
Dent GRAFT, now commissioner Of
police for New York City.
From this and other books and
documents in my possesslon, it ap-
pears that Gen. Grant's mother
was Miss Hannah Simpson, daugh-
ter of John Simpson and grand
daughter of William Simpson,
Of Bucks county, Pa.
An extract from a pr vate letter
written by Gen. Grants father,
Jesse Root Grant, is sufficient tes-
tlmony 10 the high character and
inherent merit of the Simpsons
and te their origin. The date ef
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DEMANDS OF SiLVERiTEs.
They Ask Erore Ter Silver Than Has Ever
Eaen Granted to Gold.

They Ask FTors Ter Silver Than Has Ever
Eaen Granted to Gold.
One Of the claims made by tho advo-
should treat both metals alike. How
does the government treat gold? For
every 33. 3 grains Of pure bullion de-
posted in the mint the owner receives
gold dollar weighing a5. grains and
nine-tcntas fine. The government stamp
adds nothing to the value Of the metal.
Tt simply certifes to that yalue and
puts the metal in form convenient for
uso. Everywhere in the world gold thus
coined is worth 81. If you go to Eus
rope, the little piece Of gold is worth
ST. Il your house burns down, the little
lump OF gold that WAS worth 81 pre-
vioy.s to the fire will be worth 81 at any
jewelers. anywhere.
The advocates OF free silver do not
want silver treated this way. Oh, no!
They ask for moro. They ask that the
owner OF silver bullion be permitted to
take it to the mint and have tho govern
ment stamp 3711 grains, with tho
necessary alloy, as q dollar of equal
legal tender with the gold dollar Then
today the value Of the bullion in the
dollar is worth only So cents. They ask
that the government stamp, its fat, to
the extent of AZ cents, shall be put on
every IS cents worth of silver they take
to the mint. Say the house burns again.
The piece Of silver worth 81 the night
before because Of the stamp only is only
worth 53 cents when tekci, to the jew
eler.
Den't y0u see that the silver peoplo
are asking rIore from the government
for Eilvese ti!a a was ever granted by amy
government IN tic world for gold? One
metal stamped 81 because of it's value
tho world over; tho other stamped
81, and worth but So cents anywhere.
If we are to have Fat money, why not
have it all fat, and not AZ cents fiat?
If we are to haze fiat money, let it be
paper. But the silver people claim that
If the government passes free coinage
Of silver bill silver win Immediate
~ jump in price from now being worth
5S cents for S71 Is grains to 100 cents
for the samo arlount. Do yen believe
it? Some people are almost willing to
believe that the moon is made of green
cheese. Humboldt (Tenn. Messenger.
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John Davis married Ann
Si1 pson, daughter of William
Simpson, ,on June IS, 1888.
William Simpson was sol.
dier of the EeyolutioaI. We have
no record of his service, anl can:
net say when, no. how long he
served in the Continental army.
Born IN 1882 he i ;nr, -
navvImrufgrated from the North
of Ireland between 174s and 1850,
and settled IN Buckingham town
ship, Bucks county, Pennsyiyanls.
He made application to purchase
100 acres of land Jan. 10, 1866,
and the deed Was executed by John
Penn. May %, 1857. He marie d
Nancy Hines,o New Britain, was
the father Of two s0d8 and two
daughters-John and Matthew, land
Ann and Mary. Matthew removed
to near Zancsy:lie, O., in 1910;
John lived and died in The coun-
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The writer of this was too young
even to see the last battle OF the
civil war land never met either OF
the men personally, ,bnt It appears
that he IS related to both hence,
laying aside fnrlhsg uss;asilfather-
-. Ig[Ir comparison will be at
The curtain has been drawn be-
tween this generation and the
times IN which Gen. Grant and
jefferson Davis lived and fought.
The Ole was soid,er-statesman
the other statesman-soldier. Both
came from common parentage
I'd Great Britain. For five gener-
atIors their mutual ancestors llv-
ed under American lnhucnces--al
most in the same localities, pro-
crossing wes! ward and southwark i.
Their forefatiers were fellow-col-
orIai subjects of Great Britain,
then close comrades in Washing
tons army, ALSO il the war Of 1879,
ard the sons II the Mexican war.
While Gen. Grant was conqucring
the Spanlards IN the ancient Aztec
country. jefferson Days was ln-
shutting successful plans for the
conduct of the War Department
in the new Territories, afterward
becoming Secretary Of War,
Both came from obseurFty, but
for generations the same stream
of genius IN national fairs flowed
through the ancestral veins oi
both until divided ia twain by the
solltical condition Of the country
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ty; Ann married John Davis.
William Simpson died in 1915,
aged eighty-four. . \
Gen. Grants mother descended
from the.Bueks county Simpson. .
The difference between Mont
uni yiA Jerse sonl
,E g an,- LED ,el i.i.L-
III Gen. DAVIS statement Is very
slight. Montgomery couoty was
part Of Philadelphia until 1884.
Both join he present city of Phil
adelpha II the west and north,
and the entire territory where the
carly Daylses and Simpsons lived
Is within a radius of about forty
niles from the pres ,nt Public
building in Philadelphia.
Thus Gen. Grant 5 grsat-grane-
father was William Simpson, who
vas father OF John Simpson, who
wis father Of Mrs. Grant. The
Roots also married with the
Grants IN Ohio, and the present
and preceding gcnsfatlUE Of Roots
CLAIM a first eousfnship with the
Ohio Dayises.
In answer to letter of inquiry
on these points, Gen. DAVIS has
written:
.Doy+estoD, Pa, July so, 1895.
"aIy good cousln-Y Yours at
h,.al ana contents noted.
ssDo [ know anything about
John slnpson?' My father !
mother was Ann Simpson. OF
Buckingham township, this county
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d daughter of William, who was q
Revolutionary soldier, and he had
a son named John. | have often
heard MY father say that Gen,
Grant was a cousi:. Of his. Grant
was also related TO the Houghs o t
this county. who are our relatives.
You came from the same anccstry.
Judge Root did not belong to
this balllWlck.
"Regarding the conversation l
had with jefferson DAVIS while he
was Secretary of War, | know
loth!ng more than have
old you. Our talk w#s informal.
Ic thought we were cousins,
<5o0Q-by.
- "N-. ". II DAVIS" J"
wur waehinotor nasis. New York
During jefferson Davjs' last Ill
ness he was prevailed upon by his
friends to dictate short state
nent Of his ancestry, and though
very feeble, he made a short die
tation. His first statement was:
'Three brothers came to Ameri-
ca from Wales IN the early part
Of the eighteenth century. They
settled at Philadelphia Then
he meagerly traced his lineage
back through Samuel Davis, his
father. The life Of jefferson
Davis has been ably written by his
wife, Mrs. Varlna j. Davis. The
history of Philadelphia Davises
can he read by any one sufficient
ly Interested. The names of David
Davis sand Of the lnnumerable law
yers, physicians and literary men,
are easily traced. Through john
DavIs,l. appears, William Simp-
son was great-grandfather of
Jefferson Davis.as we'll as of Gen.
Grant, thus making these men
direct second COUSINS.
John Davis crossed the Del
aware twice with Washington,
took care Of Lafavette whes. he
was wounded, and for some weeks |
entertained james Monroe, after
ward President.
Though both the Grant and the
Davis characters are sui generist
many other good people courscd
and courses through the veins Of
each, There are mere than 500
in tbs United States
at the present time who are about
equally relat ed to both Gen Grant
and jefferson Davis.
And, however, though there may
have been some chance Of error
In tracing the exact relation OF
these two great men, few ebser"
yations on the similarity Of their
characters may not be oct OF place.
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the lette~ has aot zee transmit
ted. The patt rcfefrem ! is tax
en- from page % of yae 'Rncestry
of Con Gran., : anH Is al fo'lows:
Miss (Hah',ah)l Simpson was
the seeone d'.as d third
child of John simpson. ~ md was
born and brought up lnt nigom-
cry county, PsnnsyIysl twenty
s,.sii- f.-.,-.s' assfaI KFr,
Simpson vas i, b II pectabls
farmer Of AEs1ericas gstry for
several generations q esOne Of the
family connections were ever as
;:iran:s fer fame or politlcaI noto-
rlefy, but were more fsolicitous as
to their standing in fegard to IN
tegrlty, veraclty ans. Independence
The family had removed to OHIO
a few years previously, ard settled
IN Clermont coupty,i
An.:tller letter from the same
source to the New - Ledger
says:
CAT the time of cur marriage
(June 24.1821), Mrs. Grant vas
an unpretendIng girl. handsome
but not vain. She haa.pYeyiously
joined the Methodist Ctlurch; and
| can truthfully say that it has
never had a more devoted apd
consistent member. Ilr steadI-
ness and strength OF. character
have been the stay Of the family
through life. She was always
careful,and most watchful over
her children; but never austsre,
aud not opposed to their fee par
ticipatlon In lnDocents amuse-
ments.'
The Influence and inherited
traits Of Gen. Grants mpthe- up
on his character, have cen told
SO many times that they leed no
reiteratlon here. 1t onl,,l G.ualns
to siloWahe ,.esa fasss4s7s -
ties = E.iI'sJaa. aud sasises,
ia ancestral eomposltnr, as a
chemist might say.
"Iho Life Of JOHN Days" IS
the log book by which every real
Pennsylvania Davis sweaf The
manuscript for it was prepared
from the Old documents III posses
sion of various branches of the
family covering period Of near
ly two hundred years. The col
lection and arrangement 4 dbf these
documents for print rsq ared Odd
moments for number of ysars |
and the work was done aad pnb-I
llshed for private circulation, in
1886, by Gen. w. W.. H Davis,
now hvlng It Doyleston, Pa.
Gen. DAVIS was an officer il
the Mexican war, ,Brigadles Gensr-
al IN the Union army of 4se civil |
war, later Governor of New Mexi-
co and I'M ed States COMMISSION
er to the 1873 Paris exposition.
His mllltar' ,eivtl and literary rec
ords constitute him an authority
on the sub;e ct here discussed. Oa
page 80 of the Life Of John
DAVIS arg the statements
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An.:tl1er letter from The same
source to the New Yaa Ledger
says:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-06-20

HELD FOR A FURTHER ExAMINA-
?IoN.-The family of Presley Digs,
colored, who was eyicted from his
former residence On Wolfe street yes
terday by judicial process, were last
night taken to the house of his mother
in.law where they are being cared for.
His furniture is also housed there tenn
porarily. Diggs was brought into the
Police Court this morning and an at
tempt made to set him at liberty, but
after hearing his incoherent statement
it was deemed unsafe to do so. as he is
either afflicted with dementia or is sim
ulating it to perfection. He was asked
il he would return to his family and
provide for them if liberated, and he
said he could provided he were allow
cd to return to his old home. This, OF
course. would not be done. He has an
idea that he can appeal his case to the
United States Court and that his form
er property will be restored to him.
He also says the reason he refused to
gacate the premises yesterday was be-
CAUSE the City Sergeant refused to
furnish him certain papers which he
imagined he should have on which to
base az appeal. He doesn't seem to en-
terrain anything in his mind but an ap-
peal to federal court which he claims
will afford him protection" as he
terms it. Herequested the court to de-
tain him in order for him to prepare his
appeal. While Diggs's acquaintance
are naturally sympathetic with him in
his adversely, they see the same notion
cropping out in him that was rife
among colored people during the war
They then became possessed OF the
hallucination that they were the ward:
OF the government who would or should
undo whatever the local authorities die
in regard to the colored race, whether
they were in the right or not.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-06-20

A GOOD WORD FOR THE COUNTY,
1t seems there are several people IN n,
Washington who would like to cut Oil
the rapid development now being made
in the counties of Alexandria and Fair.
fax, Virginia. The cheap lands aud
splendid advantages offered on the
south side of the river to home seekers
and investors is thorn in the side OF
people who are large investors in houses
in the District. We honestly desire to
see Washington city improve and
prosper and shall do all we can to adj
vance its interest in every possible way,
but we do not believe the city is in such
q desperate condition as to have to de-
pend on kicking adjoining territory in
q neighboaing State to secure its own
advancement. Washington city has
never had more ardent champions in
Congress than the Senators and men,
bers from Virginia but there is little en-
enlargement for such championship
when such malicious misrepresentation
are made about the goings on in Alex,
andria county by part of the press and
some of the business men (notably real
estate men) of this city. That great
amount of illegal practice goes on 10
Alexandria county is most probably
true, and so does it go on everywhere;
but that life or property is in danger IN
that county is maliciously falSe.-WdSh-
1ngton {ntelHgencer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1895-06-20
ag GOODS DELIVERED IN ALRx
ANDRLA.
Woodward & Lothrop,
10th, 18th & F Sts., n. W.,
WASHINGTON. D. c.
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The work of dredging Reeds dock
is in progress.
Six of the soldiers from Washington
were overcome by heat at dress parade
at Fort Washington yesterday evening.
In the Corporation Court to-day
Messrs. Frank w. Lambert and l.. G..
Barley renewed their commissions as
notaries public.
Messrs. M. B. Harlow & co. have
sold for Messrs. Brent and Schiller to
DR.. Klipstein a lot on the corner of Co.
lumbus and Wilkes streets.
In the Corporation Court to-day o
decree was entered allowing the Third
Baptist Church, colored, to incumber
that property with deed of trust.
The name of DR.. D. M. Rust was un-
intentionally omitted from the advisory
board Of the Daughters of the Coined
eracy in the article on that orgsniza-
ton yesterday.
The Fredericksburg Star says:
"June apples have appeared in the
market, but Notwithstanding this, so
far, no increase in the sale of painkill-
ers is reported"
Tax Collector German moved into
the newly refitted collectors Office in the
Market Building to-day. Everything
in the Office is arraigped in the most
convenient manner.
Tomorrow being the Feast of the
Sacred Heart services will be held at
St. Mary's Church at s a. m. and 7:30
y. m. Confessions will be heard this
evening at the usual hours.
Miss T. V. Walsh, one of the teach
ers of Lee school, held special closing
exercises of her school this evening,
when number of prizes were awarded
to scholars for proficiency, &c.
A marble tablet is now being made
to be erected in St. James Church,
Warrenton, to the memory of the late
DR.. G. h. Norton, who was rector of
that church before he came to this city.
Judge Norton has granted an amend
ment to the charter of the Mercantile
Railway Building and Loan Associa-
ton by which the issue of stock of the
company was increased from $40, 900 to
$4,000.
Two citizens had a fight on King
street, near st. Asaph, last night, about
the ownership of dog. One held the
dog by the tail and the other by the
collar which during the fight was pull.
ed over the dogs head.
A government inspector of public
buildings was in the city yesterday
and made an inspection of the customs
house building. He said the building
needed repainting and that he would
80 recommend to the Treasury Depart.
ment.
The steamer Newport News made
the run between Norfolk and this city
Tuesday night in ten hours and twenty
minutes, and not in eleven hours and
forty minutes, as stated. She left at
eight o'clock that night and reached
her dock at this port at twenty min
utes past six o'clock yesterday morning.
Some excitement was caused on
Cameron street yesterday afternoon by
a fight which occurred between John
Nfaslen and Dennis Long. They were
both rolling around on the ground
when Officers Griffin and Smith ap-
peared. who parted the belligerents
and locked them up. This morning
Masten was dismissed, it appearing that
Long had made the attack. He was
fined $3.50.
Mr. John S. Beach has presented to
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UNION MIssIoN.-The board of di
rectors of the Alexandria Union Mis-
sion met yesterday evening at the Of
6ce of Mr.. r. E. Knight, when consid-
cradle business of importance was
transacted. The treasurer, Mr.. J. 81.
Trimyer, reported nearly $50 on hand.
Messrs. J. j. Jameson, r. E. Knight
and E. B. Kemp resigned from the
board and Messrs. T. II. Netherland,
of the NJ. E. Church South; Henry
Slaymaker, of the I'd Presbyterian
Church and Mr.. Stokely of the Trinity
Church were unanimously elected TO
gil the vacancies. The new board will
meet tomorrow night at Z o'clock at
the mission.