, 1897-10-06
GRANT IN NEW YORK.
WHEN THE MORE INTIMATE SIDE OF
HIS CHARACTER sEcAMe KNOWN.

WIEN IHE MORE INTIMATE SIDE OF
HIS CHARACTER BECAME KNOWN.
Ths Great Disaster Which Game to Him
30 Unexpectedly aud What Led to 1t.
LIZ Greatest Distress Was tn Be De-
osivsd by Those He Trusted.
General Grant came to live in New York
In 1888 with the luster Of his unparalleled
successes and his %unequaled honors sur
rounding him. With such dignities and
ceremonies as the metropolis acoords only
TO a few men IN each generation, 1t wei
coined within its gates the first citizen of
the republic. The sight of that sturdy fig
ure. which lad borne without hinching
the burdens OF war and state, and of that
pleasant, taciturn countennpcc, serene with
the wonted mastery of all circumstances
and the quiet confidence in fortune, he
oame II familiar one ut the larger cercinn-
malls of the city. That misfortune, inro-
tent to harm him on u hundred battle.
fields. should strike down the old hero in
the hour of his peaceful fame no one
dreamed, least Of all Grant himself.
TIT more intimate side of his character
beoame known during his later life in tins
ehst. That his sternness of aspect con
oealed u nature that was full of gentle
meas and as simple Us IL child, that indeed
1.-The loving are the daring" the world
scarcely learned before the heavy hand of
disease had been laid upon II spirit bowed
down with unmerited misfortune. George
W. Childs told Of II conversation he had
with Grant when tho latter was spending
his summer ut Long Branch. He asked
the general what had been the greatest
distress he had sustained, and tho reply
was, 40 be deceived by those l trusted"
1t Is altogether II pleasant chapter that
the life of General Grant presents at this
period, brief though it \, and although
the mutterings of the STORM are heard out
Of that clear sky of contontinent In the
family circle or when surrounded by old
comrades he was by no means the ire
sponsiye man he has been painted. He
was free and interesting in conversation,
and, as Childs recalled. talked more than
ar single member of tho company, but
he added let Il stranger enter, and he
would say nothing more during the even
ing. That was one popularity of his
In these conversations General Grant
: sometimes went over the eventful scenes
Of the past. He was generous in his est.
mate Of tho men who had fought by his
side. His admiration Of Sheridan was I'M
measured. He used to say that "LittlO
Phil Was the greatest fighter he ever
knew, and that another war would develop
In him the supreme commander. His own
reserved nature found in the dashing SOL
dier's overilo wing spirits, boundless conf
donce and sometimes emphatic CONVERSE
ton a complement to itself For reasons
Of much the same sort he Ind n positive
Affection for General John A. Logan. He
was proud Of both Of them md happy In
their society.
His loyalty to his friends was entire.
One of his principles was Never desert u
friend under fire." While 1t IL more than
likely that the famous 1906" did not bear
with them into the Chicago convention
any real wish Of General Grants that they
be successful, he took II soldiers delight
afterward In their magnilccntly faithful
fight in his behalf and never forgot it.
His Partially for his army comrades
had been shown while he WAS president.
II like. he said, ito appoint the chill
dren Of army n navy officers because
they have no political influence" The
caro- he exercised over tho orphans of vet
Grams who had died on the field was con-
the form o, gifts and subscriptions really
beyond his means. An application from II
soldiers widow was thing he found it
hard to refuse.
The blow that struck Grant dow came
suddenly. 1t Is u snddcning episode To re-
call, with It's cruel shock of surprise and
the still more cruel iinputniions that for
the moment were east upon thu old fiero's
integrity, but when the dust that had been
raised by the crash OF the banking house
Of Grant Il Ward had cleared the fiIure
that 1t revealed was not thntcf IL man who
had bartered his honor and had riskcd MI
and lost In u desperate throw, but of an
old soldier dazed by tho vision of - part
ner's indebtedness aud stripped in Il mo-
ment Of his worldly possessions, and yet
with his personal honesty shiuin. out
from the ruin of his houses credit and his
resolute courage to redeem his Ill fortune
standing forth lilo u solitary tower in an
earthquake levcied plain.
Grant had entered Wall street because
he found his income insufficient for his
family. The genius of Ferdinand Ward
dazzled him as 1t had dazzlcd other men
In tho street Grant thought himself n
wealthy man 1t WAS II matter of pride TO
him that he should reverse tho ill omrns
of his life Us u private citizen prior to the
war and demonstrate before the world that
he could succeed in business ms in war,
That morning In May Of 1854 came when
he found that his house had failed for mil
lions, Resolntely he set to work to meet
his obligations. He even pledged his med
ala and his decorations. Then he began
the preparation OF the memoirs covering u
period Of which he could say with as much
truth rs { ;rsir in his " De Bcllo Calico
"All Of which l saw and part of which
was"
The later see nos of that grim campaign
arc swathed In tho mists thut hang ever in
the valley of the shadow 1t was another
battle Of the Wilderness. And 1t ended In
tho sunlight yonder on the hilltop that Is
called McGregor. Now York Mail ind
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