Year: 1877




Especial Correspo 4dence Ciuc.nnai Enquirer !


WASHINGTON, March Mrs. Grant,
80 says one of her intimate associates,
weeps now when she speaks Of her APP
proaching departure from the White
House. She says she has been very
happy there, and adds, as one OF her
has had more money while there than
she ever had before in her life. It is
hard, independent of the tender asso-
Citations one must naturally have for u
home In which the eight most impor-
tant years of ones life have been passed,
to give up $50, 900 per year "and found ~
The preparations for moving out are
nearly completed now, and the family
purpose leaving the White House on
Monday. The Presidents own Of
fairs are well known to be in very
bad way pecuniarily. 1t was told by an
official in the Treasury II year ago that
the President constantly anticipated
his salary. It is known that he has
vestments are believed to have been
made chiefly under the Influence of
Tom Murphy, and were In real estate
at Long Branch and In New York.


President Grant has been less taci-
turn Of late, it would seem, as he
recently told lady this story of how he
was appointed to West Point. He gave
it as an illustration of how slight q
thing C'not may move dissension be-
tween hearts that love'D may make q
General and President out Of poor
country boy in ''the land Of the free
and the homo Of The brave" He said
his parents had near neighbor in their
old home when he ULYSSES Simpson
Grant, was q lad. The father Of the future
dynasty OF Grant and the head of the
netghbor's family had bitter feud, and
were not on speaking terms for some
time. The mothers OF the two families,
however, did not take part in the quar-.
rel One day Mrs. Grant (mother
Of the present Chief Executive) met her
neighbor, whose name. being unknown
to me, 1 will say was Blan White.
Quoth the latter: We are in great
trouble about our boy; he writes from
West Point that be doesn't get on at all
just right, and he's all discouraged and
down-hearted, and wants to come home.
Now, Mrs. Grant, suppose we write to
tell him to give up, cause it doesn't
seem as If we can make him stay when
he says he can't get along; and, then,
how'd you like to have Ulyss put in his
place ?"


Mrs. Grant mere eagerly embraced
the proposition, but doubted il it we're
feasible. Her friend said she would tell
her husband to write to their member
of Congress who had put their boy In at
West Point, and tell him that as their
son would be withdrawn, they wished
Ulysses Grant to have the appointment.
"I'll speak to my old man at once,"
continued Mrs. White, "and tell him to
talk it over with yours" But" de-
INJURED Mrs. Grant, they don't speak" 4"
"Oh, never mind that" responded
cheerful Mrs. White, they'll speak
fast enough il my old man gets your
boy into West Point" So it
proved, and the matter was ar
ranged and the feud healed. In telling
the story the President says: when
they told me Of my appointment was
glad to hear was going away from the
old place and see New York and other
large cities. I didn't love books, and
didn't care to go through the hard
study and discipline at West Point, but
I'd never been away from home, and
thought I'd take the appointment and
see New York, and il I didn't like it at
West Point, I'd run away. That was
my resolve, and from mere boyish love
of adventure, [ agreed to go to West
Point, and after l had got there, I
thought I'd just try to see ltthrough, SO
l didn't keep to my plan OF running
away.
staub invariably comes up to taw. and acts up
to the adage that the devil takes the hindmost.
In fact he IL never behindhand. He has now for
sale. just received, ct Gold ahwalte's bookstore
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