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lt the sentiment of s majority of the directors,
and I have little doubt that that will be the action
taken."
Mr. Gould was next asked if he eared to say
anything alwut the proceedings in the lMotrict
Attorney's office and before the Grand Jury relative
to the Gould-Sage trust, in thc matter of the
Kansas Pacific bondholders.
Mr. Gould's face become a study when this
quest iou waa asked. He looked at lint as if tie
could teU rn tale, if he chose, which would sliake
somebody from bis bosMs up. Then his countenance
took on an amused look. Then he thought a
moment. 1 ben he said: " There was no reason
fot pushing thst action. There was no reason
for bringing it, bevond motives which I do not
just at present ile-iVe to ciuiracteriie. The qiiev
tion i? still tie-fore the court, and for that, reason
it. is not decorous to the non rf, mir prn'icr, for other
good aud stiiflicienl n*s*oa?N, that 1 should speak my
mind as freely as I would wish, nor to the extent
which 1 may in good time nnd season determine
apsa. However, I see no impropriety in touching
upon cciiuin msrked features of this matter, on
which I could appeal lo any honorable busiucss
man xtit.hotit fear of contradiction.
?? Thc Goiild-Snge trust w-.s mated to take care
cf the Denver lSvtllc interest anti that sf Hie
Kansas llicitlc. Tbo stock of tho Denver l'ticillc
was v.itbotit value and its bonds without quota?
tion. Thc consolidation with the Kansas Pacific
wa. effected for tlie genentl good. I myself sm
the heaviest bolder of Kansas Pacific bonds, and
Mr. Sage is tho next heaviest holder. Would we
nnii.ri<ilv do anything to injure thes* bonds? No.
And we did not. The SA,OOO. OOO in bonds of
which cots pis tnt was made were given a value,
and tho stock was sent from c.r, to above par. We
ranee>l|iHi half a million of the bonds in the con
soliilntioii. Thrnuvhout the whole irarsH-otion ibo
Gsrssid-Ssge trust did prodsclv that for which a
trust is created. It acted lor ihe good of all
Interests."
THE INEVITABLE WOMAN IN IT.
Mr. Gould paused a moment and then went on,
as he shook his finger vigorously: "I am xvilling
to submit the whole management of that trust,
with all its details, to the presidents of the hading
trust (ompjiijies of this city, and let them deter?
mine if the fir*-niHftnart tm-t waa act handled
upon Hie business lu-ihocls and principles upon
wli,ch the leauiug UusUs of thu, eily BBB _on
dud. .I!"
" Well." Mr. (Inn ld, the railroad magnate, whs
next asked cautiously. " what wa- tin- nioli'e un?
derly nie, til S attiiek niton tiie (..,ould-Sage trust r"'
Tic- answer which Afr. Gi uid gave was proltably
the most emphatic, clcar-cui. nay, startling, an?
nouncement. Ib ii-s siguiii'-niic-e, whirl, has nilen
li i.ru b.s tips in in ii ny a day. lt meant that Mr.
Go dd lani come to thc conclusion that tlie day
for him lo handle some people with kid gloves
and willi coyness hud come lo BB end. His eyes
flashed, bis lips bec arno set, he raised his hand
timi lc t Hy tin se words:
"Th" motives behind this assault arc?a news
l>apcr. a cable company- and a woman.'"
Tho words vere spt.ken clearly, incisively, nnd
thc last worels caine out slowly and with a Starked
-r-mpha-ais. Then Mr. Gould he OB BBI sib nt, while
bis visitnr looked on in uma/.cment. Mr. Gould
BBBB went on:
" Tliat is all I have to say at present as to the
causes instigating the sals, As to the action
taken by tl.i District-Attorney, I need say little.
'Ihe present incumbent of that oilier, as well as
bis predecessor, has acted in good fairh. Mr.
Martini- left the matter over for Colonel Kellows,
who luis, so far as I um informed, done monly
what be considered his doty. One flrand Jury
had already refused to indict. Another lins Bow
?lone the same thing. 'Ihe case is before the court,
en a motion, lind then- I prc fer to have it without
prejudice. 1 am perfectly willing lo abide tho
court's decision, as any good citizen should.
CAI LINO t'PuN A FRirvD ir NF**D.
"Before I left thc city." Mr. Could said fur?
ther, " I learned that certain people were stir?
ring np this matter about Kans-is I .icific bonds.
1 had made my plans to go abroad, I xx-ns in poor
health. I nsaSBd rest. I wtahed to go if "saasihls,
ns I had made my BfBBBgi mints. So. hearing
that proceedings were U-ing pushed ,x:th a view
io my detention and to causing me as much an?
noyance us possible, frc m the triple source ts
which I bn ve referred, I went to a gentleman In
t!iis city xvhew name ls n svnonyme for inte<rritv,
wfca stands as hi uh as any man in thc community,
mid presented the situation to him. I said to
BBB !
" T wish ta? go abrond for a trip of some
months. I have mad" sll my psapBiallillis My
health requires my go'ii",, bat I hear Ihat such and
such pmceedinirs aro being brought just nt a
time to cause* me the most annoyance. Row, I
am iterfectly willing to stand on the meriLs of
the Gould Sage trust. That trust was c. n.iid ,i
in b hnsinoss way. Before tho consolidation ams
effected xve presi-nted th" case to the court Sad
a referee" wBB anointed who sci. the value on the
stock and bonds, and on his report, duly con?
firmed bf the court, the basis of the consolidation
was lani and the consolidation itself carried out.
? 'Now. I do not wish to appear in the light of
running anray. There is nothing in this matter.
One Grand Jurv has already refused to do any?
thing with it. I do not wish it said, if I go
taxvuv. that a rich man can run off and a poor
man must bc- held herc. Will you ste how the
matter stands'"
" This gentleman." continued Mr. Ce-old. ? went
to the Di-triet-Attomer. and was told that thal
oftteial had looked into the matter and had de
cided that there was nothing in it to warrant
Itv bdncr poi before tx Grand Jury 'Then ' said
that *rentle_Baa to the Dist riot-Attorney, 'if that
is vour conclusion, you are (loins' a most unjust,
nr.d unwarranted act in moving In this matter.'
As a result. I was told that T micht leave the
city, as there was nothing in the case which
worth! osll for my remaining here. Hence I
weal aseav."
? Well " Bald Mr Gould, stoning as he rote to
greet tut old acquaintance, " I have said a good
eleni more pothana than is necessary, bul it mar Le
about time for nv- to Wt certain people and in
?ii-a'sK sa- that it is not always necessary- io keep
silent while other people do all th? talking."
WAIL BTBSBTM A STATE OF SCSPENSK.
PnTing the iwo hours of htaBhwai y-c-b rday at
the Stock Exchange. Wall St net xvas Mad with
conflicting reports ns to the probable action of the
Missouri lVciflc directors to-raorn>xv on th" divi?
dend question. The weakness of the stock In the
early tradm. led fo an unfavorable view of the
prespect. but a sharp rally followed later, when it
BaSBB-S known that Mr Could had assured a
prominent operatavr that Missouri Pacific BBM " all
right." Some well-informed persons look for a
dividend of 1 1-4 per cont, or st thc rate of 0 p-r
rent per annum. It Is said that BBBBBll Bags anti
a few prominent directors, who have U"t reduced
their holdings, hate ag.oed to advance thc finnis
BBBBBB-tjT ta meet thc dix idend until the securities
owned bf thc Missouri Pacific can be realized upon.
?
DEATH IX A BALL-nOOJL
posion, Marth B4 (Kpecial i?A sud Incident hap
peued In tho t"t,ari>sfrj\ru District last night, a
young lady dying li,-tautly In a ball room bi the
pietaoiice ol about four hundred ladle* and g-nilsineu.
lt wai, the an: rn il bouse party at the Waverly House.
Aller an entertainment In Abbotsford Hall, the larc
?Bining hall of lJtmllrit'l Hicks was thrown open for
dam Inc. The young wooian reaferns) to was Miss
Neille Mrla-iul, age twenty, of No. ;;?.) Hai-x-ard -eiuare
Silas Wi).-ul bael just inii-i.eiJ the iii.t wait., ha vin j:
at a pan nw chitrlc- btscy, sou of li. .'. huey, a wt-li
kiiija-. ii iliu^*;i_i Mr. tai ai y says that BthBB lie walu
was seat lie la-iorltd his pal luci' io whcie her lailier
as*. .landina; neat!" the euiiat.es> door, winn, willum)
a worn oi warning or a ciy, tho yoting w-uuiaxt tell.
Cy lng lust ai it ly.
THE "BEST" TONIC.
DIRECTIONS FOB I'SlNO IT
I/Jhtj Q| APPKTITE.-A wlne-rlaasful taken lui! an
Sour l.-rn ? (Sth n?al and before rt-tlllng tl Dbdtt vtrll
?mai ii-i .in 4 i.e-jiiiiv appetite.
INOU.r-sTlON-vYlirj rael, meal jiibMi'uti; TlfK
? UL-t'l" TUNIC ,uul lian .old. at ixteraga. lui water, lullA
Ot tulle."..
DYSPEPSIA.? Dlsenritlnue the use of Ice wster, coffei-.
atilt tut! sll slrxnif liquors and use TllK. "" Hl.s'l" l-'Mi
ts it ii ni.;.i ls--vi-1 sue, t-*p?-cially xv: t jj each. Dn-aj ?j iimcu
tua- A |? riusncm . urr mil l_- tbs Mufi. rOatSr.
SLl.i:i'I.I>sNKS.S. -larsons suflerlnjj fniri lotl ef
tlevD sUa.uirl l_ks a wlneflaastul (two ur mure If IHrosoaiT)
? \i-iv infill I,ii,in- -i-tuiii,
Ki; ICM M. MOTUr_ll.S.-<i>lj.j-lll use THK - BEST1
go.NiC liiaeiilly al etuy mt-tl au<l IulcImj.. aud itt a hov
ti-i-.
i ONVCMPTIOrt*-C^nwjajnpMvss, or lhasas sufTrrlni
trow m..) ulcer wa-1 inf StOBtatO, ur iuus? ausble tu por
tste el ti rrtaii. i-alitl luod, will derive 'ur gie?_--t L"ii?
Bt lrs.ui j IiIxtsI use uf THK - IIE.T" foNIc Cull
tiver oil ls njors- '-stily taken ta uh some of lllr. - BEST*
TONIC, the latter j.rvv.-.ulu.,- uauvea Bud slduig Uie ii .ut
?suiii. 1.ie.ii ol tl..i ..ri
Ol Oils AND COLDS.-A wlntUt.-'ul or two of THK
? IJlJaT" TONIC, ktsesUiBetl ta llb su-ai .1.1 taken hoi be
tere i.:iriii? at nielli, will arr..id lii,ii.e._iBtc relief and
break up Hw B_oof tibsthisiii colA
Bl'tlMKK COM PLAINT -KLATC LKNCE arid ACID?
ITY Ol THE VI OM AC ll ar^ iaia--.li.> reltovod by lbs use
of k bulli ul TDK " Bl-ST" TONIC, t-lieu duilug lita.- day.
Ui dova. .1 a ? llieelsssful a! a linie.
DCIUNC THK HEATED 1'EKlOO-and tu the Buuth
rrn IstHtiJsa, where it,, ac-tlou uf ike t_.,-?ija? ..i_.ua lt
tltuuiUli, THK - nCsT" TONIC will be tuuud ino-t .OKs
eloua, nut outs to rcstiire tiie a.-'.Huj of tharne ni fans tn
their iiurmal beatthy enii_lti.ni but Blsu to keep ap Oft
t^C-lfaSJIl.'i.1*1* f'?'**' hystsm A wlnevlssoful ut THK
,_*sT IXINIC added to three.ftuarucs of a tumbler el
l_5ft__it-f' -'H*.* m-cs ??Sa'.will insj-e a -toot rt-IreahiliS
sna lieaiihy iVliik. muck prcJeiablo io lc,....old leniuujides,
? or A.Sil,;aKI_ES8 -Wb?> tke raetr thouiiht ot ao'.ld fofl.
Sr Usn 9-^-__l__l fi"__S ? W* ?PS?a ul s!..klie_J. Hld
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?oiauat win atord juoi-u sjM-a.-dy aud -,ui? t.-li..r a.ut -rsi.
bu Ihe slisuicth betu-r tsjujWf'. -REST5 TONIC ta
PV_2?_ir5t!-\Twi-ioy?__ -^ ?'"V ffl aiwSS?
sft__EVE1 '-A^iL -Perscms In hill beallh, bliusel win. -.
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COLONEL GRANT SREPLY.
ANSWERINO GENERAL BADEAITS ADDBES8
IN DEI MU
niBECT cha no ks of WASABMBBSBf* how grant was
All TC I KI> BY BA DBA l's DEMAND?Will UNG
TUB 1.K11KR Of MAY 5, 1885-PBOOP
THAT IT WAS IN QUANT'S
OWN HAND.
Colonel Freetcriclt D. Grant sent to the news
Isnpera last evening a long statement In reply to
General Badeati's recently published ? Address to
the American People." Lu this he takes up, para?
graph by paragraph, cvx-ry assertion in General
lindi au's argument which he deems lt necessary to
consider, and replies to lt in detail. Appended to
this statement by Colonel Grant, which he declares
is his final publication on the subject, are letters
which passed between himself and General Badcau's
counsel, aud uLso notes and letters to Mr. Alex?
ander, Mr. Conkling and others who were con?
sulted in the progress of the controversy after
General Grunt's death. These letters throw no
new- light, on any part of the matter, but present
the complete history of thc efforts made to reach
ti satisfactory settlement, which finally proved to
lie unsuccessful.
ATTACKING TBE EDITOR OF "Trill BCN."
Colonel Grant starts out with s reference to thc
publication in full of General l_i<lonn'n " Address"
in " The New-York Sun," snd as.sails the Editor
ol "Thc Sun" fiercely for tbe attitude of that
I>aper toward the Grant family. The stat*ment
then goes on as follows:
In Ute fifth partrraph of the aldrc-s to the Aroetlcan
people ls s<-t out that mental auiViirt, data-tl February 7,
isa,.-,, k;ia aasai c. ts. On at it is Masai Dist central
Bad-ati coioaulted bis leea! BBft-BB Mt. II. M. Alexander.
of the wr'lknown firm of Alexander A Treen, as to
SBef-M B ani-ral Grant eotill M heb) Hal.)" vinrter this
memo rand ii in. Mi. Alexander, he soya, prononnced the
agreement valid, but declared lt to be most Important
that DSBSSSl Cunt tl.oulJ mukc lt known to hts family
It savinis Bot, that General BSdSSS considered that
lils ? honor" wiia- at i-tike, ani that ha ttould be considered
?S have tak'Mi itd.antage of General Onwt If the terms
rf tbe agreement, wc-e not Metdcsai but thai, sststrtha
less, according to the seventh |.iiragraph of this sttte
tr.eiit, there was noding for him to do, even st the risk
nf feif. !ti:!K bis ? 110.1111," which hS much prizes, but
submit to eecrecv or make a Bel?a v. hilo Ueneial (irani
was ilmnst dying. Whether this story la even plausible
every one must Judge for himself. Hut whether General
HaiUtau'S CCaiaSI in BeSSBSl Grant's house when
ibu latter was dying waa or was not of a
nature to prevent a none will trajispiro
more. prn|.ierly at the tt lui of the ciusti
than here, hut his own statement cn riles that no fear
of mal ins a scene with his dying Merni prevented him
from writing and (riving to MSMBBl Gnni tho brutal
letter dated May 2, 18ra5, tn which ho declares that he
must have one thou-and dollars a month tn advance tnd
10 per cent of the prouts of the book for doing what hi
hlmiflf declares was " mere drudgery," and also In con?
sideration of his agreement In case of the General's fill,
ure to complete the woik, to finish lt In the author's
name and thus palra off a Ile ni ? ti the public.
His own book, compiled fruin maierlsl furnished through
General (irani and refined much more by ibe latter than
the, " Personal Memoirs" BSBB by B.i'kau, hid proved
such a dismal failure, acinr.li.i. to Hs tudor's sworn
sij-.i na rr in bis 1 mui lalnl In the present action, thal
the sale had failed to rc I nibil tr* Mm the SIO.OOO
which he declares he spent In Its pr.-pa ia tl on. One may
fairly irak under this state of farts whit glin General
Grant had lo expect, from Ihe rKllatieriltlon prc)>Oa--il by
Hadeau, or what damage to fear even If the mlll'sr? his?
tory, as its at,rho? prep, sed in his letter of May 2, should
keep tts place unless destroyed by Iladi.au himself. That
place, If we may believe his own sworn slatcmeiit, was
thc bouk-sbelres of the (-hups.
OH, GHANT BBBOOCBL-T AJ-'I ECTED.
After touching some minor matters. Colonel Grant
pixes the following detailed account nf I lie circum?
stances under which General Laelcau's teller lo Gen?
eral Grant, ashing for a now arrangement betxvecn
Diem as to compensation, was given to the General,
and Its effect on General Grant. This part of Colonel
Grnnt's statement ls as follows:
C. 11 ia! Dadfju loaded his civil letter of May 2d to
General Crant, on thc day of tu date, tn Mrs. Grant's
presence, but not In mine, and immediately left the house,
returning on the Ith. General Grant read lt, and when
I came In was airltatel and trembling. He unlocked the
drawer of a bureau, where he had placed lt, and uklng the
letter out handed lt Ut rue, saying:
? Read this and tell me what you think of lt." I did
read lt and said that I thought lt despicable. My father
them, without ans- suggestions from ms, began to write
the answer with his own hand, being so wak Out he emil 1
not write more than 1 few lines without stopping. He
answered one point after another and gate me the sheets
of his manuscript, and wben he Iud finished I topted their)
and read the ttgf tv him, he directing e. Lan j; ts au J on et?
ti ons.
On the 4th nadean rame In md allied ma If there was
any answer to a letter which he had left with my father
1 replied ttsat father had written an answer, and I wss
copying lt. I also iiald thst tither had re-quested tne to ask
him (Ua'ieauj to write out what be considered he had dune
BB the book, thereupon Da lea u went upstairs and wrote
the letter of May 4. Bringing that down Badeau went
Into General Grunt's room, whither I immediately followed
him, just In time to catch these words ol father, In refer?
ence to Die ltlter of May 2.
? As sick as I was you wrote lc" Even tl.;-, much
effort caused the General manifest pain, exhaustion and
suffering, for I.o Immediately dropped back tn his chair,
as though sinking away, lladeau wrung bia banda, said
s. nu.iu.liij,' which In Ibe excitement ot the _n_ent I tales)
to ea Uh. aud In a few moments lett tke room. 1, ab
m,rbed in father's evld' ut misery, uklng uo farther notice
of bim. 1 fi*-) very sure that upon that rx-easlon, whieh
was the only time that Oeneral Grant ever saw BacVau
after the letU-T was wrl'tcn, Ute f'>r??er said nothing
about th? letter of May 4 being safl.afacforv.
COLONEL GRANT WAS ONLY AN AMANt'FNSIS.
The foregoing aBttaaaesI is a sufficient answer to the
Implication in the eleventh paragraph of the ? addrosa"
that the reply of Gen ral Grant, descending, as Bad<Mu says
it does, to deulls of falsehood and pettiness of which the
hero of Appomattox was Incapable, was merely signed by
ray father, but wis In fact written hy nie. There ls this
inueh truth, and no more, In thia liupllcallun, ilia', (he copy
given to General Badeau was tn >uy handwriting for Un
nason thal my father was then physically unable to copy
his otu per_ell memoranda and thai l waa acting as hts
fiti_irii "H.-.S. Tho original manuscript lu tay poavacSalon,
a lae simile ol which in 1 irt baa been already printed lu
a mci nlnn journal, ts Ul auBtclx-iUy oorroboiate thia _ute
mest
Cur-edlng me io be as malignant a foe of my father as
General ltad<_u tug gc-w nie to tx-, in tis amusing enm
laarlsoii of ms?eif with tbe dutiful sons of Noah, I have not
the skill to forge my father's handwriting, even were I
so foolish as to suppose a disclosure of his nakedness nfd
fu) tn ordor to show General nadean's lark of clothing.
Colonel Grant then tahe, up thc first effort made by
' ???iier.il Callean to obtain a lottletneiit by Mrs. Grant,
.der General Grant's death. He lays:
The statement of ibo thin..nth traragiaph that General
BuJeau began to ib man I money of Mrs. Grant In October,
lbS3, three month* ifter her hnsbard's death, and l> f ore
any of th. pessseis of tho book bad BSBB tSSStfSC it
ono ot the tru'hs couuincl In Uils ? addie WP, Aud
I.t-iiraph 13 eil -.Us rxjumilutji. docixment tliaduitcs tho
only rcasiiQ win General It-J-.u refrained titra si.ns
Mis. Graul al ouco Ui October, butur-, as ha* ad-wis. Durrat
had been any saltia of the book. It waa. ho say* loot 1
should h.'ail, ic with tbe sale ot Ute book. I gave this
u? ny l-a-eii to Mr. Alexander, who csimmcnded iny
u .Wallen, ll is very clear that the Inlereoeo tn be
cl: awn from this udrnl -alou ls that General nadean f tai tia. re
bringing any imUic pi oct'.dings un Ul the greatest har.
StaB luci beeui rials! froiu Die book, for taltal uuy fairly
ts: t-U'-il the venal reason ikat U ho rjj.closeal his alleged
joliu-auttiuship In lt, thc proceeds vf thc work might have
dwiiidled to Miuiethtng like the proceeds ot tho
Mlitury Hlstoiy aa lo iht: uiiUiursi.Ip of which his claim
ls uiidit-iuUiL
HI ALEXANDIK^ rOBITrOX PTATKn.
The next subject u-o_teJ by Colonel Gi Slit In his
-lau 11.eui comprises the relations ul li. M. Aleian.l.-r
tnd Mr. Conkling to the rontrovstrsy. un this rnj>ic
he wilie*, in thc e woid-:
In paiagrapb 10 Geueral Kart, au publlsbea a letter tu
luiu I.am Mr. A.'N-atud.i, which I never saw tuiiU lt
appeared liu-oipoiBU'd lu Otu " adl_rx:_l.', I am lu no
way ic.ponaltit for tba condui-'iiio GenTsJ B_d<-au draws
from tho statements in Ibo loiur. It ts necessary at
Hat print to n ij '.na;/- Die exact relation* kusuUiH-C by
Mr. Alexander and his lirm ot Aluxtuder A Green to thia
controversy, especially aa the auUiur of the " acklreks''
SBaaBS ot 11.ii j.-- i,'.:e;!_i'i aa " my II al adviser, Mr. II. M.
AU .willer," Hl.cn it suiu Its Convenience lo do so, but
dub* him and his finn " ihe lawyers," tvh.-ri lt lt
nece?i4ary to Inllmate that cerUIn evil tttBSSSi nK-iiibor*
of the bar are aiding nm in n.v mallen pluitlng against
tbe g?>od rame ? f nt/ father, and iha- f.ir fame and pocket
ot Gt-neral Adam R_'l,-au.
Mr. Alexander wat a friend uf General Gnni and et
his family. HI* Bim wera Dui auoruey* ot Mt-.sra
??hnll Women ne Allia, r_ ia Vole t
Tbs fjan'j IB of f.msls snrTr.-B lit. rigliatet ths Inngos*
an t pr.it ul isl.irinrts r?i resnv v??rs, anal jj- v 1 irmmrttt
i.i- '..-..'ijni 1.1 anti .?..a.1 11. Maur ol tl., softsr
sot tsantll v?U. 1'itell saiitle. Bal -uaiiv wouil volo ni iuir
ii . -an ls dui at I _n'a nu Umij^lil. ls Ire- Bisrilt ul a i.ol'ti
? - ." > as 1 hut wi.ul 1 ... r?U lur Ur Piston's r avsuia I'rr
a. 1. ? ..1, lar il.i-r snow It is a l oas lo di*.r sax. lt is un
ru.is!*.! for the ruio si It-ncari lu a, abnormal tl.cltsrirs.,
insulins tl,..h.s., ant His cusin-. 111. to -i.i.-h wnmsn irs
aebjaaart lt 1. u. ,.|,,T rsm ml j fur Woman's ps4<?lir.rweB_
nssass sal sii'iisiii.. 10M br ilrugfLia, us'lsr s positive
gii.iai'lss fjaotti Ute man ilse! irers, ibal tl will givs wu isl.e
__f^A?__I ______?,r ,!"S*,??, *?**''? ttmmmm ass .waiaatM
I SB wtappor aro-at boiDo.
Webster A Co., tho pilbilshsra of the " iVreanal Memoir."
They haS also he-en t)t? aitoney. ef General BatSaao te
his litigation with tho Oo-rernmarnC When Ur. Alex
auder was appUM to try Oaeaoral nadean to bring thia
action, ho aro?iptly Soai-ood to do so. At Um aamt*
Dum he oStsred tn act ta a frlenflly spirit ao aa to aSJaat
tho matter without that publicity which waa Inevitable
should lt ffo Into emin, a-1 whieh would certain!/ lead,
in the absence if thorough explanation, to nome mia
under uandi rig with fair-minded and lumen men, and to
faina areu*atluns from ina malignant and disappointed.
The correspondence accompanying this lUUment will show
that D.e family of General Grant appreciated the kind
and friendly spirit manifested by Mr. Alexaneer, and that
I, retitling that no man ls Din best judge of his own
dlstmu, accepted his suggest! ins aroa whoa contrary to
my own feeling and Julgmenr.
MB, CON-LING'S RELATION TO THK CASE.
At this point, too, lt ls proper to notice the allegation In
tho twentieth paragraph, that Mr. Conkling withdrew from
the suit after the refusal of further extension of ttme to
answer. This ls an utterly wanton misstatement. Intended
to create the lmpi-e_c_on-.ru! that lmp-saswton has been
widely circulated tn tbe pr**e-that Senator Crinkling
" withdrew from Ute case" because dtt_iU.lled wlUi tlio
stand taken by General Grant's family.
This la false. Mr. (Vikllng was never In the case
merely as counsel. He was ona of my father's dearest
?nd most valued friends, and for that reason a* well as for
hts ihllltlea the one Iswyor of ill other* to whom my
mother would naturally resort for friendly advice tn tim*
of need. He co! ne li). 1 with Mt. Ale-cairder In the opinion,
which I confess wss not mine, that the better way to dis?
posal of Dita nj lier would bo to give nadean money, as
that seemed to ba what he waa stier, providing ba would
make a statement dlsclalmlnc all Joint authorship, and ho
favored a settlement for $7,500, and afterward of his own
sccord added *.Vk> to tha amount, to which roy mother
ssvsented. He pei ml ts me to say thal I said to him then
what the correspondence discloses, that the Question of the
amount to be paid to Badeau was no factor In this dlscua
sion, the one consideration never to be lost sight of bel my
the vindication of my father from even the insinuation
thst hts Is-M.k was not hi" own.
When lt became evident, however, that nothing except
litigation snd publicity through the press would satisfy
the author of thu ?? addi-csa," Mr. Conkling did not deellne
to act as ct unasl fur my mother, but considered that In
view of the rica/ollatious which had taken place during Ibe
time when lt was supi-osed 'hat litigation might be pre.
teated, lt v-oull ht better that the attorney of record
shiuild not he In any way connected with his nft'ce, and,
with that sense of propriety which has alway* distin?
guished him, said to me that he thoneht that neither he
nor Mr. l'unlngton, both of whom have stood in such
close Intimate relations with the entire family of my fail,er
as necessarily to view al! malters In which they were sf
fected with ? strong blas of per-tonal friendship, should
conduct this litigation; bul that lt should be _______el to
Mr. Seward, an besoted friend of my father and a gen?
tleman of conspicuously cuni and Judicial mind, whose re?
lations with tither members of the family, although cor?
dial, h.il nm hess of suih lung standing and extreme In?
timacy as to mako him share necessarily their views where
tho same were affected hy strong personal feelings.
And my mother, reeotmlrfng Ihe wisdom of Mr. Conk
llnc's suggestion, and remembering with gratitude the
freat servlee rendered by Mr. r??'tar1 to my father at
the time of the Grant A Ward fsllure. services st' mud.sH>
srid quietly rendered that his iiiim was scarcely ioeit
tioned lu connicUon willi Diem before Die public, ac?
cepted y.iih the gnuiest plca-ure Mr. Conkling'* opinion
ond solicited Mr. Seward as attorney and senior eiun-<I,
to a -sui, e the condct of tho case. And lt ls only Just
to that gentleman to say that he has In Uils as tu every
other Instance, depifcticd thc venttlaDon In ihe tetra.
paper, of matters pending before the courts. I think,
however, that '-ten he ls convinced that If ever a case
Jt stifled a dt-pirrure from the strict sud decorons rn!e In
this re*;srd, lt ls this ene In which my trend father's honor
has bees assaii'-d tatara the world by his ?tel trana.
Intlmste, whom he hid loo ofien beieUtc. at the aafSBSS
of severe personal criticism.
A LKTTKK LEFT HY GENERAL GRANT.
Concerning a letter to General lladeau vhtet cit
written bj General Giam eleven clays belora his cleutit,
t olonel Grant ttys ;
As to the letter left hy General Grant lo be sent to
General Bales') limier ci tain eesdltltSA '<' whieh refer?
ence la made lu paragraph 17 uf the " A 1 Irest," lt baa
never been used wiUi the n-tinnily of my fallen's fun. ly
at a thrtaau Ita proviso 1* nol In tho tenn* stale 1 by
General Badeau. nor 1* Die paper such as hu has any right
to demand. Tho letter was tt litton eleven days bi fm a
my fut bet's death, at a period of keen physical tsBBftag
and when Die memory of General Bndeau's letter of May
2 made his mentsl anguish grenier than that Df the body.
It was shown only to Mr. Alexsnder Ix cause tba' gen'le.
man was acting, as already explained. In the eap.i -l*y f
a friend of all pertiee and nol is s -gal adviser of any
one. Mr. Alexander will confirm na lu the huu-inrnt
that v- hellier lt exhouUl bo uni or not wss a matte*- in?
ti rely In my discretion, and Dui In exercising lli.it discre?
tion I have not boen unkind lo Geucral Badeau.
Concerning General I.ti'-au't book, "Giant In
Peace," c. lo..cl Grant wilie, lu tUU way :
In paragraph eighteen the author of the " Ad-lresa"
fays In substance that Mrs. Grant and her family Ini-n
Donally prevented (he publication by Messrs. \VebstSS A
Company of a aeries of newspaper articles conipllt-d by
General Badeau in l book entitled " Grant In Paste."
This ls untiue. Mrs. Grant and her famllv were ashed If
they would criticise the manuscript ef this book and elimi?
nate such parts as they disapproved of. Th te they ex?
pressly refused tn do and frankly avowed their disapproval
of the entire performance. Mra. Grsnt eonsklej-ed that
General Badeau In these articles bad been guilty of gross
breaches of confld'-iiee and of unjujsilllablc attacks up?n
persons with whoso families her husband and heraelf hsd
been brought lulu most Intimate relations, ofllclally and
personally, whom Uley regarded as tilinda and held in thc
warmest esteem.
Neither she nor any of her family would undertake a
revision when doing sn win.ll SSeBSSB-Bj Imply upon th'-lr
part approval of a book which they considered a violation
of those relations of fllSllflBBIp eal Intimacy that they have
? lvrays endeavored to preserve honorable and Invfoltte.
MRS. CHANT WIUT1 s> TO MR. WEH.STK.r_
The fuliowbig letia-i- will 'hiv. rxtiiiiy DM) positi-n Mrs.
Graui did luke in una rx-g-rU :
M.irch Es lbdT
Charles Ta. Webster.
Itear Slr: I understand that for aome reason von rio not
lii'eii-l to publish General Iltdeau'* boah. >i v n.'lii
Withes to refer you to the letu-r wrill.-n smne days BM de
dining to criti.-ise Ct-aersl Batfaa_*s writing; im tba te
inform you positively thal you inu-l not nraea te publish
tho book on account "f any nippon 1 object nm.* on her part,
that shs cannot and does not abject la your eon lu, ring
your bminc ts to suit lumv-n, arni will um ba.- __, i ? re
siKiiisllilr for any result gruv.lia^ out of lt.
Tours very inly, F. I). CHANT.
Thc implication In vannus r-,re'"ririh? of tbs ad tress
thst Messrs. Conkling and Alexand r offered 'en ri'
lia leau anything Uko " hi sh money" Is a falsehood which
will not be eorroboraiel by those gentlemen themselves.
Aud tn like aiannT the tmplleation In the se veer aruta.
p.ri-T4|,k that anr "Bur waa ever n_u)t> to p-iy l.ener-1
li;. l.-au any sam not iootln_<-_t t-i.ni bis i-scUTmer ot
jt lui auUiorsblp lu uv. U ol. ls tuitiue. The only ques?
tions ever discussed, by Mw. Grant's iiuthurlty.
were what woull ne a audie lent dja?
da n.-i ot joint au i.ms:,in, wheUaer Badi.au I
letti-r of May I tnt sufficient in form for tint ijurims.',
and wh Mtier lu effect har*, not been nullified b7 his sub
erqnent letter of July 29, and his claim as mile through
his attorney. In this regard Mrs. Grant was willing to
accept the vb ws of those gentlemen who so kindly under?
took to save h'-r from tho erne! ordeal of teaflf-lng )n a
law-eeurt a* to Ute painful evtsnU inn nee tel with th'?
last day* of her ba*ban<L Sha wss will.tig tu gtv
Badeau all thc rm-rcy be asked, providing only thal te to
_ lng ker ac. rthtuid ra-xer be cour-irued as in the aitch'est
degree s''.iiiluiruc his pr*p4M>t<rc>_a claim to feint ao'liurslilp
In the book, ll alli be seen that eventually Uatleau re
rnsed even to sign tho suum-nt dunn up br bia otsu
aitalll"\s. Willi Mr. bil-'.lal -.U-vlil '-.l it W.Ultl b? J
ittlfficl -ut disavowal.
Individually, I nixer layered any payment tu _b_lBSa
except af'ei a julitlal tr o,uari Jidutai, seiilentnt of the
mailer, becauso flrnily convinced that If the monrv were
' paid to bim he would only accept ti and then go on with
his claim tn thc pabUa pics, cr If not that, he would
leave papers to bu pi.ttttl.ed after hts death asserting
this clltm and Intended to gtx-e nfm tha' fr-ni" for which Ms
I entire correspondence slioww him rrrnrblrtty de.lmua I
I was confirmed In th's cverletlnn when Informs/) aa I
[ ftnt that a near e<i.neat*t1on of his puMi. ly stated si a
dinner In Chit-ago a' xviii' li friend* i.f ai I rs* were present,
and alter Uve Utter ut Way 4 waa wrlVea, that General
When You Need
An Alterative Medicine, don't forget
that everything dspsadB BB Ihi kimi
used. A_k for Aycr's Sarsaparilla url
take no other. For over forty year-. Hun
pieparalioii ha. had the endorsement of
leadiuc phxaieians and druggist*, and
lt liss achieved a success unparalleled
in the history ol proprietary medicines.
" Foi a rash, from which 1 had sid.
fered some mouths, my father, an M. L).,
rceiiiiiui, ii.leil AVer's Sarsaparilla. It
effected s cure. I am still faking this
medicine, as ! lind it to lie a most pow?
erful Mood-pnritier."? J. E. Cocke,
Denton, Texas.
"C. H. Hut, T>iifffrist, Evans-sMlla,
Ind., writes : " I have lta-mn selling
Aycr's Sarsaparilla for maoy .vars, lt
maintain* ila po|Hilarity, while many
oilier preparations, formerly as weil
known, lutve long heel) fi>rgo!'eii.''
"I have always MOSBUMBifld BaJSrtl
PaiSBpsiTHs as superior to any oiher
j.hi.nan,,n tot purify nra sha h-SSd." ?
ti. I). KuykcutUll, M.D., Pomeroy,W.T.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
rn:.) A):ru ur
Dr. J. C. Ayer lt Co., Lowell, Mats.
J-i-mBI, ri-i hatiltM, B*. Worih |_ a letaUe.
nadean md not Oenersl Grant was tho authur of the
- Te-e. wal Menvilrs," tba ape .'ker rtclilng Bad.-ku-s itt
i UlloasMp is tvldenee ef the souk e of Information.
MAKIN!; A DIRFaT CHAHOTSOF FAlriEHOOr).
Colonel Orant thats lutlnljres In toms plain talk at
to ac assertion ol General Bacleau'i, affecting which
he says:
Tho autement of General Badeau tn the twenty first
persgr.ph that I ever proposed that he should finish my
father's Memoirs and lol me sign ray name to lt ls sn un
qnaltfied falsehood. And lt ls not consistent In him to
declare at once his willingness to finish Die book In Gen?
eral Grant's name, ind In almost Um swine breath deelara
that he should not underUke that ear-rioa fer rae ar any
one else. The first dictation by General Grant to a sten?
ographer, alluded to tn paragraph twenty-two, wss badly
done tnd entirely rejected afterward, and l new stenogra?
pher. Mr. Noble ll Hawson, employed, who r-u-aliied with
General Orsnt tn the end, rendering most faithful snd ellie.
lent sen le*. If General Badeau did anything to thia die
tata.ii u was not u.-ed. But as U thia as to every page
In the book, tho tuinni-ript will be the best evidence.
Tlie whole of the twentieth paragraph of the Address
ls a quibble. Oa-rterat Badeau must have refnsed to deny
rei 1 ha bad written ? s line of the book." elDter bavsuvj
that autement wss not technically true er because he
claimed to have dono original work. It ls possible Dial
there may be a line In tbe book In his words, although
I doubt lt It Is equally possible that Ibero may be a
line rn my words, although I sm very sure there Is not.
The manuscript wss freq ne*, Hr read over hy Bsdesn and
In his presence snd In the presence of other persons. As
slwsys happens Ut such cases, suggestions were male sod
questions were asked. Tho records were cnnstanUy ex?
amined for tho verification of statement*, ani by far Hie
grenier part of this work wss done by my brothers and my
eelf.
General Badeau. as my father prophealiA he would do,
tua been making this contest on the tech-leal definition
of the word " clerical." If that word ls to be Ukt-n aa
lndi-j-ui. ihe ae_B if a mere ecpylsu lt has never
been pretended that General Badeau's work was clerical.
Ile it not a good cnn' But my brothers and no self,
who constantly revised manuscript, corrected proof, com
pt.ed maps, and made nu. te st Inns when manuscript wss
read, never dreamed of *upposlng tliat we were doing
tilter Hain clerical worn, or wi rk that could not tx- pea I
funned by any Itil-ilifcent amanuensis. Tho secretaries j
nf the two Uteara lia.icvofr, who have sldiad those gen- |
rieu.i n In cnmpi'lng Hie ec a i at aaa naas of da's upon
which their bunnies nie l.t-.l, mlijht certainly with a* ?
much NSSae claim the author-Hip of those works as |
Oesasfll Ba 1-au can make hts claim In this rase. But
they tsould not dream of milking si eh pretensions.
lt cannot be too oft'-n laajestai that
had Ccia ral Bateau leer: willing IB accept
IBS slllll nf af 10.OOO far llis s,, i,i-u. ;,s -j jj j BJ I .tliell sis U'Sul
the first t-i imges, or ibeat rat ball Ike list velsaaa or
the - Ntrsstaal Heswbs," a* to ?rides) in* eau lara were
rendel"I, euell as Hey were, ha Would ha\u been paid
'he full sum of tlO.COO. imtwIlhsUPilIng that 1 think lt
can be dennmstraled that Ibtas page* -oiitilii about all Die
errors in the book ss pubil he I, and certainly I bato my?
self had Beatrisa re|i"?U"lly to corn-el BaB iu'a mistakes
In ti riiliaiiuii notably In hi* list of tbe killed, wnu-uVd
uii.l ia s-iug al the siege nf vuk-iburg.
GCN1.HAL BAPK.AI "S NOVEL.
It may, perhaps, be worth while tu mention Ihat, st
the tin*- Skas General llatlesu would haye the wnrld
understand thal bu was tlevoUiig Massll solely to my
father's aid. be was si so ti.Mgel uis.ii a novel, BBBSS
quently pul.'.l Iel a.'U-r seteral publishers, I believe, had
i. . -.,i it, un br UM lice of ?? Ci.in.pli.t-y." Tbe manu
?trigS of tills book he read to our family and ll wss criti?
cised by them at tho i'- ling as statidalou*. They cor
Linly do not desire lo claim either Its authorship or liter?
ati .-file I.iii-o lt va* real le them fur critieiarS. This
1.1; aba proved a failure, as Mrs. Grant piuphe.aicd ll
won ll
In tho twenty-first paragraph Cenerat Badeau makes a
notable admission, namely, that be did uni write Die letter
ef -May 2 until after Otaeiel Grant hal made arrange,
luenLs to ni,ulu a stenographer. Un hil spent seven
months In tho hn__e arl lt had been p.nnd nces-tary to
obtain other a-*lstjnre In this remarkable pa ra-rt a ph he
v. nu'.'! hate lt SS4tl-BaS_ that he had not p-neived prior
le that tlirre tha' Btasasl f-rant had much regard fur his
literary fame. These am bis words i - I ussureit him that
I had nu desire tu claim the literary ni'Ttt which I now
saw that he *o ui'ith i.^arded."
The Inference to be iiiar.ii from them ls that up to
that tins- ho had supposed that General Grant was
willing that he i nadean) should have tho eredit of tba
book as a litriaiy i.im'.uilion, but that then, seeing fur
Die first time that the OSBSSal trSlBSi htt literary repu?
tation, he thought lt a good opportunity to write tho
letter af May _ and t.?cr. In (SSi-Bration of a new
contract, under whieh be should receive SLOOO a month
In a lt ance und IO per im: of the pm!)'* af tim book, to
bldri- the fact thu-, the ? llteraiy merit" of the wurk
was due le him, and avail himself of the probability
tliat a new work by the author of "The Military History
cf BeastBl Grant," the rovel " Conspliacy," and Die
" English Aristocracy" would have a t-tUr eale if
signed hy Central Grant than ty Ute person to whoso
planning, su.gestion, revision aud wider knowledge, of
General Gnni's camp-i.tis than C?neral Grant himself
pus.*, ?Mad, as ls m idestly tu,'-,' sled, the work owes lu
Vfiy CXlntelia-.
Tho "sentence quo'ed above should be a sufficient cri?
terion for all Intelligent men by which to Julgi.' General
Ba 1 ni and his Address to the American If-ople. It is. nil
-?? veetteaaaa la go mrr the manifold liiconai-tencies and
absurdities of that document.
RI'.FKill'NCKS TO PBB80VA1 ATTACKS.
I have no desire lo reply lo the gross p.munal abuso
ot myself by General Badeau. As tbe eldest survtvtng son
of my father I have had lo rake charge of my mother's af?
fairs with a due regard o her Interests and tho Interests
ot ber Immediate family and others dependent upon lu r.
My mother has paid Bel only every Just bill presented to
her, but also bill* that she was advised could not bc l..-_;al
ly enforce! and were ajaea_|y esorbitaiiL bhe hats also pall
ott a ii ii,tiber of losses io persona who, like our__Wc_, suf?
fered th. augli Die failure ot Grant A Ward. S
Tbe supervision that lt waa my duty to make ot ac?
counts presented tu her ha* been lo two Instance* s cause
nt attack upon myself. For this I nave no concern. I
sm willing tn leave h.mest men to decide as a mere ques?
tion of probabilities whether I deserve the course abuse
meted out to me by a ir_in who owe. whatever sueceaa or
position he may haye achieved to my tallier, and who has
nula rtpeetSd ira''stations of friendship and affictlon to
myself; a man, too, whose fulling* I have ind'-ivored lo
coucal- He says iu eti cl.illug the exii.urdiiiary
tv,cuty-tii-t paragraph of his address:
'? Hal C. ie.ii (a i ai ti t laen nell. I have no doubt that
he would have consented to my proposition, or, moro
pmbelily, waiuld have proimssl arrangements more advan?
tageous and fairer to om than th- original bargain."
lu other words, he says that except for my mallen In?
fluence aud the diugn under which I kept a riving lather,
?. li -.tn I d'.itly Ie,a d. with uo assignable rnoUve except lo
lo Jure Ci m-ial Hi'l-au, General Grant weald never have
repudiated H dishonorable a prert.csttton as tha'. snottier
nian should build tn his memory s great monument, at
Uie base of which his nanto should appear sa the bul! ter,
but, em the contrary, would hat* pioposed that General
nadean, who had already erected to Ula memory upou Die
boek-ahelxva of th* _hop.s the stiip4-iidi.ua r_oiiuruont of
?' The Miliury History." -imulil erect aunt-' r pyramid ut
the same sort. In the hope Dist (.eneral Grant, by signing
his name lt lu ba?o might lnso.ro more pecuniary benefit
for himself snd Badeau tran had reunited from previous
efforts of the actual monument connr_cu>r, Badeau him?
self. This la Badeau'* own icgie, toa lt ww.ld scin that
a child might draw the necessary con du siena from the
premises.
fjOMF. COSCLCDING REMARKS.
cm," word more aa te the damage sustained by General
Bad'-su through the competition of tho " l'*r*ortal Me-noir*"
with the ? Military History." General (;rsut oxpcc'ed to
? ? maps of the - Military History" for the " Ber-tonal
Memoirs," although tn fa?1 ho did not do so. He asked
au InUuiato frteud and publisher, Mr. c-aorge W. Childs,
w lia,!, be Djuali.; wuulil be a fair cnnipensatlon to General
B-dU-au (or hla seivtaa lu tim use of the n..'pa-thia prior
to UM- *l|Uillg ot '.le- li_llaua-.li.I- an 1 1.1* leulV waa --ICJ.
The '???nerti also t-keal me wiial I supp., _-U wsuld be a
fa.r i-oL.il' i.s-'.uu. I asked, " Do >uu with te be talc ui
K, la lau- Ba P plied, " Caaenerx,U..''
I understood al ihat lime thal Genera! Hu luau's pay as
an nfili-. r on ilia" irtirvd li.si hal ts-en .topped on st-eouul
of his pending Uligal i?n with tbe Guvernne-ut, a fact which
also upi.-ra ted In my -.liter's mind as an Inducement tu nf.
ferine him aid aud hnspj'uUty, which he thought would Im
?SSS -e-".at.-ly -.'iilered If coupled with a request f,,r
Badeau's lertlce* as Nirfary or anianueiihls. I *ald to
u,v fj'her that 1 tbi.ughl to compensate him at tho rate
ul aa* .u-pe-udcil pay ??ull be gcnerosS, bul ttmmt saul
he wuull do beltttl Utan tUat. rjubsequnot events show
that we could have obutnt-d n.ore capable amauuviitu* fur
le?s money than I suggested.
In ronclB-inn, lt ia uiij.-ulahle that General Grant did
tnt, iiaia * -lia. " aCctllnu fur li-ileau, suth an tSbettOS
ts always exlsu tn a strmg and gtrii. rous stBatS t... il fl
,?,.. tet-Barly n.edlng pn.t.Ttlou and H-al-uiii-e. Ile
knew that Itads-au had railing*, but he did not holley
that h't was eithui _B*_MSSBBlS or dialajal j a_i un -ISbleB
ly the ket-iteal. grlel ut hi* last days wa* Hie feeling- it
betrayal caused by Bsiassfa ka-M of May 2 and the In
digultv put upon him by a propo,U|n,. fnun one who had
stood ie mar lu* taBBa. nee that bu .hnuld accept * dis?
honorable urupos-jl aud palm off as his own a book which
be hal not written. There ls extant evldenco to .how
tint in Ute wuk baftM his da'.b lila julml ciistautly
reverted to this th.iris.
In uts iweaty seiaiith paragraph of IDs " Addrsas to
the Americas P-iepte," General Bateau suies th.it General
Drem ha* e.-ifes-H-l to putl*_g his name analttliigly tn
tu 1-nporunt document. It ls '.rue that I.-ns al Grant
d!4 sl.'ti a letter |.1j el b-firo him with fal-e reprre.-nta.
Hons as i-i its tattaata More Dun half of ULa IU,? lutj
isesn BtSM tn saaaMrtS mmOMtm requiring bira u, tan?
tra-* natter* nf detail to subordlnati^ and moreover thal
WIS 1: r . a| naluio. Ho coull not have
icttd on braal I'.u j -!Ur;u. lKj ^r,.,,,,,,,,, t|m0i in -hp.,,
he played a I na|,:..i,eua pan had ho saaumed sll clerical
duties nf d-tail. tua u Ucarno C.c habit of bl* life lo
sign letters ol -..Una which weis subo-IUa-l lo him lu
numbers, U|-u a iMSBSaS 'A theil *a_s*B_BtS b] j
lu wh-m be bBI '.OL! '
II lt tru-i Uijt Mr. James D. Fish rellod largely upon
this I uer in ev apo ronvlcUon fur his share of the frauds
Ihst wrecked the .Minne Bank ind the ftrirl efl errant A
Warri Hat Gens-rol Bslesu doee \jA etti attentlisi le
tho fact that his pjsssnt counsel wert ihn tottnael ott Mr.
Fish; that they prer-ota. to noetiioni crtmljul trial ot
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Ii carefnlly prepared frost Sarsaparilla, Dandelion, Man
.rake. Isaak, PlBavlseewe. J uni Ber Berrie, aad other well
tuown vegetable rs-tsalUs, ht sacha peculiar manner as to
leriva the full medicinal raine af each. Il will ours, whoa
In the power of medletne, soto f'iii, sall rheum, seres, bolls,
t-otplss. all humors, dyspepsia, biliousness, stek hex la-he.
nilitesllon, giuisral debility, eau rr h. rheaaiausm. klilaey
and liver complaint-.
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Overcomes that ettromo tired f isl ar omil br chtrtto of
climate, season er Ufo. Its pecuiltr toiilog, purifying aud
rftallzing qnalltf-s are soon felt thronihout the entire sys?
tem, expelling dlasass au.l giving qalek. hsalthy action tn
avery organ. It latat the stomach, creates an appetite and
taasea the liver aad kidueys. Th* ism ts who have It-en
lt with benefit usiify that Hood's 6arsAiarl.lt "ina-oatlia
weak strong."
,._
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Flss rt record of enres of Sorofrtls .ind other blool diseases
aever ear)'iatleat i.y any other nroparitto-t. Tho most severe
eases yioM to Cul* ro.neily whoa tl leta have faileil to bars
Ihe slightest e 1. et. Hereditary a. rn ula, which clings to
Un-boo i with Hie greatest t-naclty. la ? ur.sl by this necti
I ir meillclno. Its mauy remarlinlila cures bato won for
Ifool's Sarsanarriii the title of " The ?'ro.itest bluu I puiilior
sver Itsrtr.rel."
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists, tl ? six for f5. Trepared only
by C. L HOOD V CO., Apothecaries.*, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
their client on account, of General Grant's condition; that
lim nett -panei* tnt.; lilied with ambiguous givlngs-out.
1 do nut mean to ?iy by thu.se gentlemen
that letter* were iii eiUtOSOa tt lilah would serloii ly Com?
promise General Grant, but that my father's answer was
lo cause those letters to be publliahed, to Insist that the
trial Blinull not ba postponed on hi* account and to go for?
ward to me t thu Implied Imputation on bl* honor. lt
na* reserved for General Ba J. uti to d' monstrate comluslv.
ly (har SfeBltrrBt (J. n>-ral (irtnt may have donn unwit?
tingly he ha* at least hi one instance refused to put bis
ii.ini" wittingly to a contract when a shameless proposl
linn was put bettie him to ija-riie pajcuniary te-neUt by Im?
posing upon the public.
l'AIN T'J BUUk GRANT ANO BOER FAMILY.
Il is with the greatest pain that ?*> motlier and every
member of her family havo faun 1 Hil* marrar furcd upon
public attention. It will be a most trying ordeal for In-r
and for Hiern to he compelled In the public curt room to
submit to examination snd cro-is-exsmlnatlon.
and hair-splitting and distortion, the nr] events of tho
dying boms of a beloved husband and father, to whom even
lim grave has not brought protection Bsa grce,) and cal?
umny. But thej will submit to every pain ani tu every
persasel Ind gu ty. and to all mlan-pre-. nt rl.m* |btl BMllS
can devise or greed Invent, b"fn:e they will do a single
a*t that may at this or any other time be eonsfrned as an
a lui!---:.m upon tlelr part that the man who In their eyes
was the soul of honor could have bees as dishonorable, as
stupid, aud as fal.*o as General Adam llaleuu says my
father ma when be ante Oro ItUSI of May 5th.
Th!* being my final stateni'int for the public pr'ts, I
have caused tl to be prepared very carefully, and In u-!ng
the nanu-s of oilier gentlemen have attributed no statement
snd no opinion to them without first consulting them. I
am responsible my se ll fur what Gonc-rsl Badeau would call
tho plan snd sub.tanco of Dili statement. The words
and phrases ar? nut alway* my own. I havo sought ac?
curacy rather than "literary style,,* but I willingly accept
tha crtUctam for any lack tn tt of " literary merit" ind
disclaim any eisttl lat what tray fja-aiilbly be well
pl 'i_seJ. This I say only In tMdtB that Geueral Badeau
may not feel lt sseeeaaif lo issue, another " Addreaa tu
tho American IYn.,),.," arguing that as I am too stupid
to write a reidy tu his document, any reply '.hereto should
tarry no weight. If. D. GRANT.
THE DARK LANTERN REPORT.
FREE WOOL TO BF. THE KEYNOTE.
RUBEtf.IOUS LOUISIANA SUGAR MC..V?PKH-SURK. BY
TBB SDMIBIBrBATIOB.
Tnr TRLBeiRAMi to tuk .kidc-hr.]
Washington, March 24.-Tlie report of the
majority of thc Ways and Heans Committee, in
favor of the " Dark Lantern" bill is in type, and
it is understood that copies of it havo been sub?
mitted to President Cleveland, Secretary Fair?
child, Speaker Carlisle. " rBncP* Moore, and per?
haps other free-trade economises, presumably for
advice and 6ugiri'si ions. Minority members of
the committee havo not yet been sHerded an
opportunity to read tho document, ahhsBBB it has
been intimated that such an opportunity, trill be,
(Banted In accordance with unbroken custom ami
ordinary courtesy. The " Dark Lantern" report
Ls largely devoted to nn arjr'iment In favor of
free wool and tlie proposed reductions on woollen
manufactures. Of course an attempt is made to
show that American waol-OOWen will receive
better ririee.s after the duties shall have been
removed, mid (hat they wilt Ito able af the .ame
time tn buy woollen grinds at cheaper prices than
they now pay. Tallies of prices of wool for s
Berm of years before and since the I m poi* iii on of
duties of leo: ste (dyan, together with schedules
?loaring pr,s< nt rates on wool and woollens, and
th-' rates prapoeed in th" pending bill
If will be observed Hint the wool question 1^
Judi*eel ts. Isp the one of chief importnnee, and also
to re-quire the paatBBl space for the defence of the
"rx. *&***** scheme. This is natural, in view
of Mr. Clev lund's dcelaiatlon within the ttast
three days Hutt he rc nurds the wodi provisions
of the bill ns more Important than nil others,
nnd that if mlpht be better for the measure to
fal outright than to pass without, tln.se provis?
ions.
The sucar men have not vet receives! ?nv as?
surance that the BBfBI schc lillie will lie modified
lei suit their views, and some of ile ni express the
belief that no puen modifications will be offered
by the majority of the committee. The Louisi?
ana men, or s'>mc of them, say that they wi'l
oppoete any scaling down of the Misrar linties, with
a proviso that the rex'Hue hereafter derived from
that source shall eb dedicated to compensate, do?
mestic producers for loss of elirect protection fj
m-nns nf customs duties. The ohfeotiitri seems
to lie based on fear that the proposed plan will )?
subject to whims of (onpress. Why it will Int
moro unstable than the present system, how
over, they are ut a loss to i .ptain.
The tUsnateh la to-.lav's TBIBOBfl about" Dark
Lantern Prospects" has provoked a "r-cat deal of
comment. Ft i. nds mid partisans of the bill cn
nil Lands admit that Hie attitude nnd efforts of
the Administration ure correctly tVseribea. Op?
ponents of the raid ita American industries ao
pre-elnte the (lunger, and are pot thsnotw-d r.o ,ln.
ch irate the influence of tim temptations, promises
BBB threats to which Democrats who oppose
pertain provisions of the Beasttie urn daily uiid
honrlv exposed Not since the days of Jackson
hus the influence of a National Administration
been so powrrftillv exerted (_, j,, this Muse bv Mr.
Cleveland, who--" ideas reaaaeting thc province of
the Executive hat'e underKone a radical cliaiij.'o
In the past tl vc years.
?
TUE rm SI DENT AS a_u_-T_utor
Pl.CtSI.SU A DlsPLTK BBTVBBB ossa RICA AND
MC'ARAOfA.
Washington. M.irch ll.-The President has an
nniiiiricl his dec-isiuii on the tUsBtttad qatStlonfl
between Csata BtSB and Niearayua. The fiiiie
tioiis of arbitrator were eoiifei red upon him by
riltue nf a treaty signed at the City of Ciuuem.ila
on lb c. lilla r. 108s, between tlie Ecpuhlics of
Costa ?Isa Baa Nicarajrnn. whenby it was Birred
that the question petM-Wg between the controetinf
Covernmciita, in rej-nrd to the validity nf their
Treaty of Litiiitts of April, li, }>:>*. should he
submitted to the arbitration of the 1 -resident of
the United States, mid that lt the arbitrator's
sward should d-ieimine that the trenty wis valid,
tin- asms Bayard should also declare whether Costa
?lea has the right of navigation nf tho Hi vi r Sui
Juan with \ e-is. ls of ivar or of Ihe revenue service
'lint IVstde'it decides ihat the Treaty of [.hints
aljcned on April IV 1H..M, is valid, and that the Re?
public of Costa mea under that treaty hus n,,t,
the right cf nnvl'-irfnn of the Uiver Snn Jinn
with vessels ,,f war: but she tn.iv navigate the
riter wi'!, snell \i"V4i'!>t of the revenue services ss
may be related to and connect, c| wnh ber 'ii
leyment of the " puryrrtrae* of commerce." He d...
a, fiirtln-r, that the boim.l.iry _tne hetweoa
Costa tUea sad N'learagaa, on tha AtilAntlc ?dde,
begins at tl" extremity of Puntn de Castilln at
the luiuifh of the f-an .Tnnn de Nicaragua Elver
as they both existed, on April 15, 1*58.
.? ?
rnnri;F.niN-(;s in inv. BOtOBI
Washington, March Sa.-Mr. 8TONE, ol MlBBBBjL
fiv.ru tho Cuinmlttea on I'uhlic Lamla, reported In the
Uouts to-day s resolution caillng unon the _exre'.a_-jr
Ate* ether HUH does the haman system so much aaa!
tbe aM ol a raliabla meal cine Ilka lloi-v* Harts-jama ai
naw. tha im*s?vrrished roniiliion of the bloed. tha wetkett
InaetTecta at Hie lt.nit. cold winter, the lest satelite, bbs!
tha* tired fee Ina. an make a tool spring msdlelae abee
lutelv n eeeasarr. lloewi's Sarsaparilla la peculiar y aitapiaS
for this pnnK.se anti Increases in popularity every year.
Giro It a trial.
Purifies
the Blood
-My 4-t-j-mter Mary waa affileial w.'ih acrsfnious ?jsrra
nrttk tram tha tim* sue waa __ meaiheolit ttl aha became 9
yean of ana. Lumps formed Inlier neck, ami one of tiism
arter growing to tue sise of a pt*;eo_'t eta. became a run?
ning sore for over three rears. We .-are h?r Ho*t.r*s Harsv
parilla, when the lusts and all indlestloais ef ser-rfnl- en?
tirely diaappaarac!. ani now eh* ass aa ta ho a healthy
UA" J. H. CA UL I I.K, Nan right, K J.
Purifies
the Blood
II you feel ilri.il, we k worn out or run down from har'l
work by niipoveriatie I condt'lon of ths tiluod or low s ate of
the system, you should tike flood's 8 usaparllta.
" FeelinjT lanjraiil ami Sissy, h.vvnir no appetite amt ne
amblttou lo work. I tank HoeMt'a sarsaparilla, with Ute beet
result*. Ala health luvigiiralor aud for _, nural Cobtiliy I
think it superior to uiiy th.ag else." A. A. I.I hi lill, tlea,
Purifies
the Blood
IIOOD'rs nfilst Tht great livar lnvl_or:ijnr. purely
vesfetabie. n iier.ii- 1 ixl as a I nully physic nod dinner |?:l
Soldbydruigtais or sent by mail?'ib cents per bo*. I're
pareit bf C. I. HOOD A Co., Luwell. Mass.
ol the Interior for I; inimatltn as to Hut alleles! framta
BBSa tho (iciveininciii fey Un c lilt 'Ula KeduooU Com?
pany. Adoptecl.
Slr. STEELE, al Indiana, fn.ai l|B C-BBBtt-ISB on Mil
Jury Atraiis, ragstrtsd the hill piinliBng fm- IBs B ?.
inotlon of Arny eSBcS-S atr<ar tsssSj yeats* coiitiiiuo.is
sorvico In ono urailcs. I omnilitce i.f the Va Isa ta
'1 lie floor was then ni coule I lu tim I n tri ii.lon tbs
Judiciary, and tho House 'vent Into coniiiiiUca of r_?j
Yt hole (Mr. HA lt il. of Miasmal. |_ ti,r, chan, on ian
bill to (lcfine aud rc^ulato thu Jurisdiction ol United
(states Courts. ^
MOKE CIVIL SKI.VICK MP )RM.
a nocsK mix to Ai'p'iinio.v sprain i bbb ib
irqt'Af.I.Y AMONG THK CONOUKSSIOXAf. DIH
t it i era.
W-UH-tBWIUB, March '.'4 ?The House C'omniiH<-ej
on BaCoBBI in the (. ivil Service will report a bill
to apportion ai p.inline:.ts in tiie public Merina
at. Washington equally BBBBBg I lie CBBjgNariSBal
cl ist rn ts ot I lie several Stutts upon tnt- basis of
population. -
lt will also provide that the Civil Sc ivie? foin
mission shall keep n record of ail "tswana in the
chissilied public service in the ih-isirtni'-nts at
VVasliin.ton, so Ss lo show ni all 1 lines the lot.il
number in such B-Tiri-a. from each Stat aud l.rii
torr.
In the future, cert.fica, ions for BpBOlntBMBtB
shall bs fhrea to the Suite or Territory naring tba
fewt'st number employed in such service. Thia
order of certification shall bs continued ii ut il
all the States and Territories nn.l the District
of Columbia shall have ns nearly as may be, an
equal Bamber of appointments in prop rt ina tn
their population as ascertained at tba hist pn ced*
ing census.
l>-*oror*'ir U'athinj'on Xnrt, it* Tiotntie/h Paye.-,
Carpets and Upholstery.
Our Carpet and Upholstery De
partment hus started with a bang,
Why?
Became we have such an elana!
assortment of beautiful designs in
Carpets and Curtains. Our prices
fofv choice private designs in Royal
Wiltons, Axininsters, Moquettes,
Velvets, Brussels, &c.t an- lower
than you will find inferior patterns
for elsewhere. Inspect
Our New Axminsters
Al 81.B.? tis. yarsl.
Compare Our Velvets
BIM I* 81.ii the yarri.
Our Brussels
Bl.OO io Bl 'ii thc yard.
Our Moquettes
ttl "Si I . Ilai- rn rs!.
Other goods shown at similai
prices. Look at our Spriiicr Im
portation of
Chenille Portieres
? I BIB. BO thal were He ter eel* al less ibaar
fall.OO.
Our Lace Curtains
irom 7>t. lo-sioO per pair.
Our Irish Points, Silk Antiques
Cluny and Brussels Caritta*
Window Shades
we make a strong sjieeialty ot
Compare our prices with all com?
petitors, and then we will surely
furnish your house with Carpets
Curtains ami Furniture.
BAUMANN BROS.,
22, 24 and 26 East 14th-st.,
-\c;ir I ni?in fcqunre.
STERN BROS.
Sole Retailers of the celebrated
ALEaXANDRE
KID AND SUEDE
ft LOVES
_??*?_?-_??____-?_-_.
(formerly told by A. T. Stewart & Co \
in all thc most desirable
STYLES,
LENGTHS AND COLORS.
Spring Importations now open,
32 TO 36 WEST 23D STREET
A.ND
23 to 35 WEST 220 STREET.