The Sun (New York) Newspaper, November 30, 1870, Page 2

i | hi i Hy i} i | 1a | i ¥ 4 i Lee Brigands 178 Heondway. Matinee La Rove de St, Flows, A nad Piecen Globe Theatre Melly & Le Three Ah ot opp. Academy of Movie, Matinee Wee Willie W Matinee 85 roa oo Great Holiday Mill, Mav The Heack Parumatic Wy allnck’s The Brees Fewily, Lyd Tooapson Troup, mel—Opea ve Vitor. or Matin. The President's Care tor his Relations— This Wit Third Cousins. Under that shameful system of personal and family government which Gen, Grant has established, the relatives of the Presi dent, of Whatever degree, enjoy unusual privileges in respect of honors, ealaries, and kes. ='The extraordinary number and variety of these connections have induced ae to make the attempt to present in the form of a kind of Court Register a list of Mhese fortunate persons, and of the offices and distinctions which they respectively enjoy. The compilation of this list has cost ‘ae some labor ; and we are Well aware that, after all, many cousins and second cousins who hold office are not included; for, etrange to way, thie kind of Presidential benevolence does not seek publicity. or brotherinlaw whom or whom we hay. y deveribed will kindly inform us, we will give him his due place ood his proper title ina cor- Bat if any cousin we have omitted not acenrate But yf the ruling family: Unites Scates Il, Juss Root Gnaxt, Prestdent's father, Post master at Cov ing’ K HL, Frevrnwek Dest Grant, Presitent’s ton, Cadet at Weet Point IV, Onvir L. Grawt, Prosident’s brother, part Ber With the Collector of the Port at Chicwo, V. Freve Pew, Clo rv by Witeon, VL Rev. Mo Jd. Chamen, tots ter to Denmark Vil 1 Raripone Connin, Vrestt fo-law, negotistor of gold and real tions will James Frew Jr. and Jay Goune, VIL. Brevet 1 Gen. F, T. Dent, President's Drother inlaw, chief user at the Execudve Man T, Dent, Lands at¢ sioner 0 President's fat row th Pr Land OMe ilept's brother at's broth 116 ppecula- Hon. IX, Judge Lovrs Dewt, President's brother-tn law. Counsel for Claimants before the Pret \ Bees estimated at $40,000 X. Geonos W, Det, President's brother-in Aporaiser of Customs, San "rancixco, XI. Jonny Devt, Preside ‘s brother-in jaw, only Indian Trader for New Mexico, under Indian Bu pean; place worth €10),000 a year, XU ALEXANDER SHanpe, President's brother-in. aw, Marshal of the District of Columbia. XITL James F, Casey, Preeident’s brother-tn: law, Collector of the Port of New Orleans; place worth $90,000 a year, XIV. James Loxosrnerr, Pres brotherin- Jaw's courin, Surveyor of the P ow Orleans, XV, Sizas Hupsow, President's own cousin, Mio la, o® K, Leer, President's: brotierine Pablic Stores, New York ; place worth law's cous $100,000 a yo XVIL. Ontaxno H, Rose, Prerident’s own coutin, Clerk tn the Third Auditor's office, Washington, XVILL Dr, Apntson Dent, Presi taw's third cousin, Clerk in the I Treatury Departinent, Washington XIX. JF, Simvson, Presidert’s own cousin, Secon Lientenant, Twenty Aith Infantry XX. Jon Sturson, President's own cousin, Se Lieutenant, Fourth Artiliers XXL Geonak B. Jounson, President's moth second cousin, Assessor of Internal Revenue, i hird District, Ohio, at's brother-In cond XNXIL B.L, Wraans, President's cousin's hus band, Postmaster of Newport, Ky XXUT Mise EK. A. Macneper, sident's bro: ther-in-law's second cousin, Clerk iu Gen, SPINNER'S Ofice, Treasury Department It is our duty to mention that there is one cousin of the President's who doce not ap pear as yet to have received any offic, This fe Capt. Peren T. Huson, Lrother of the Von, SiLas Hupson, Minister to Guatemala, During a good part of the war he served an aide-de-camp to Gen, GRANT, and when the General became President, Paeven turned up fs an expectant of the office of Marshal of California; but the politicians beat him: Peren is a rough diamond, having been for much of his life a cattle drever in Oregon ; bat he is just as fit for high station as most of those named above. Perhaps he has got some good thing that is not generally known; and if so, we shall be glad to publish the fact. Wethould also add that our corre spondent in Washington, whose letter will be found in another part of this paper, de- tails a variety of interesting circumstances respecting seviral of the President's rela tions, though his list is not 80 perfect as ours We propose accordingly, when the family is more perfectly established in power, to apply tohave Te Sun recognized as the official Court Journal —And now, In sober earnest, what do the American people think of the facts we have Juet laid before them Is this what they expected when they chose Gen. Grant to be their President? We know that it is not what we expected when we advocated his election ; and if we liad supposed it possible, we would sooner have bu wd off our right hand than ask any citizen to vote for him. Was there anything in the facta charged upon AnpRew JonNson in his impeachment to compare in real criminality with the base and degrading and dangerous action of Presi put QUANT in priving offices to hi relatives — w of Railways—What are the Rights of TicketeHolders ? Acase has just beon tried in’ the English Court of Exchoquer, before Baron Mavi and ajury, which is of much interest to the very large number of persons who hold wea fon tickets on our railways, The of railways in England has grown up at th Baine time with that in the United States The Lb law and similar questions have arisen in both countries, ‘Ihe decisions of the courts of th Btate of New York in this branch of the law are regarded by the British courts with Great respect, and frequently are referred t and followed by them, The fact that in these canes the tribunals of one c eeldom look tothe courts of Precedents and for guidance untry not » other makes the ease to which we refer more interesting aud in portant to us. for holder of a season ticket issued by the com- pany, by which they contracted to convey him by any of their trains running between ‘ramlingham and London. Inthe course of hig business it was neccasary for the plaintiff frequently to attend the London corn market, The company advertised an early train to start from Framlingham at 6:45 A.M. and one morning last autumn the plaintiff! went down to. the station to go’ to the market by this train, But it co happened that on this particular morning the fireman was lazy. Ata quarter to seven the fire in the engine was so low that there was no steam, aud of course the train could not Although of apparently Tittle present consequence to the ofil start, ere of the road at Framlingham, th's delay was no alight matter to Mr. Buckatastén, and 60 he informed them. Nothing: was done to for ward the train, however, and the station master brusquely told Mr, Becks aeren in apawer to his complaints, that if he wanted to goon he must pay for a epecial train, Thie he agreed to do, and a epecial train wae ordered and took him to London at an expense of nearly two hundred dollars. But he reached the city too late for the mar- ket, and thereby incurred a loss of fifty dol- lara, The enit was brought to recover these two amoupts—that paid for the special train, and the lose consequent upon the delay. When the plaintiff's case had been proved, the counsel for the defendant submitted that no caue of action agaiiisi the company had boen shown, He argued that the contract Letwoen the parties was expressed on the sengon ticket, the termia of which were that it was issued eudject to the rules and regu lations of the ce and that thetimet while every exertion would be made to 8e cure punctuality, the arrival and departure of (raing at the time therein stated would not ho euarontoed, wor would the company hold ypany for the time being jes expresely stated thet themaelyes reaponeible fi consequences arising out of accident or other causes, He arg were not in any event liable for the damages caused by logs of market On those points the Judge decided against the railway. Io charging the jury, he said tiat no act. on would Jie ajrainst the company for the mere discontinuance of any particular That, h not this case. Hore the defendant's servant had been guilty of the grossest negligence, in consequence of which there was an entire failure to forward an advertised train. No accident whatever had occurred ; and it could not even be said that the company had used their best efforts to send on the train, On the contrary, they had done nothing of the kind. As to the damages, he thought the plaintiff ought to recover the pecuniary loss which he euiT-rel through losing the market, in addition to the cost of the special train, The jury rendered a verdict for the plain- tiff for both amounts in full. After the ver- dict, Baron Martin said he was surprised that the company had not sooner repaid to the plaintiff the amount which they charged him for the special train, $= An Improper Appointment. The following official announcement was published yesterday “Gen, Dent, who is on doty at the Execotive Monsion, and who bas been holding the postion of Aile de-Camp to the General-in-Chie’, tigned to the Second Regiment of Ariilery as Liew. tenant-Colonel, ‘The we now holds is Liew tepaut-Colone! of Lofaniry. Thie tells anything but the whole truth. Gen, DENT was an officer of infantry, and has never been anything else. In the recent coveolidation his regiment was suppressed ‘This left him a supernumerary officer, and in completing the reduction of the army, ac cording to the act of July 15, 1870, he would necessarily have had to be mustered out ‘To avoid this, the President —his brother-in law—has now assigned him to the Second Regiment of Artillery, This gives him a yermanent place in the army at the ex ed also that the company train, wwever, Was of deserving artillery officers, who Ly this means are deprived of the promotion to which they are justly entitled, Probably there is not in the army list a more worthless officer than Dent, respects him, or entertains any other feeling toward him than good-natured contempt. He never has been of any use anywhere. So low is his capacity that the President, in organizing lis military staff at the White House—all coutrary to law—has not deemed him fit for any more important position than that of head usher; and yet he deliberately fastens him upon the army, to the exclusion of brave, competent, and high-minded men, who have rendered the greatest services to the country, The only apology for this dis- gusting act is that Denr is the President's own brother in law! Let us thank God that the country has never before had a President so shameless as jen, Guant, 1 have anoth vody us hope that it may never to be compared with him. adele a By the Arizona, at thie port from Aspin wall on Saturday, we learn the details of the breaking of the cable which an Enghsh company was engaged in laying from Jamaica to Aspin- wall, After grappling unsuccessfully for it for some time, the cable was abandoned, and Sir Cran Briourt instructed bis agent at Asp wall to close the office and return to Jamaica, As all messages would have to pass through Coba, the Spaniards would have virtually con trolled judge the business of the new cable; and to by the fate of the cable connecting Ha. with Key West, the fate of this been anticipated cable yet invented can be expected to bear the strain of Government messages for any leng —— Louisville has long been cele. brated for its beautiful women, and it is not to be wondered at that such a display of loveliness usually presented there on the public promenades should frequently attract the marked from the too ardent re- guds of unknown admirers, an ordinance was passed rendering it an offence, punishable with fine or impr @ mun to stare at @ woman; but it fuiled to become @ law through a veto from the Mayor, While any man who stares offensively at a lady undoubtedly deserves punishment, the execution of such # law might result in serious injustice to the accused parties, regard to the ob- jective point of glances which they imagine to be intended for them, In « Southern oity, a few years ago, a gentleman received a challenge froin ew one ha only Spanish 1h of tim city of as is attention of luals of the coarser sex proteet the fuir ereatur nment, for as ladies muy be mistaken in It In entitled Buckmaster ayainat the Great Hastern Raileay Company, and was tried op November 10. The plaintiff was a mill @ of Framlingham, in Suttolk, and the the lover of & fashionable belle, who declared that she had been insulted by the chal- d party, The protestations of the latter, ho did not even know of the ex istence of the indignant beauty, were treated ae insult added to injury, and & meeting took place, fortunately without any serious result. It was afterward ascertained that the gentleman while seated in the theatre recognized a friend standing in the lobby on the opposite side of the house, directly behind the fastidious demoiselle, and, after trying for some time to catch his eye, upon succeeding bowed and smiled, All this was taken by the young ludy as a brazen and offensive recognition of her charms, and the innocent offender was promptly pointed out to her champion as deserving of ex- emplary punishment—with the consequences al- ready described, Similar mistakes often occur in street cars, and near-sighted men who cannot see an inch beyond their noses are sometimes frowned upon severely for regarding too intently ladies whoso features they cannot distinguish at all, The wife of # late Lieutenant-Governor of Connecticut once had a man arrest at ber, when it turned out that the fender was cross-eyed, und had been gazing at some object in @ quite different direction, The best wey to treat starers is not to notice them; for if a lady does not look ata man, she will not know that he is staring at her, and ber dig: nity and teroper will both be spar - — Why is it that the Fire Department hos never been able to invent some way by which to avoid blocking up our city railroads every time it is necessary to carry a line of hose across atrack? The other evening, for example, travel onthe Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Avenue Rail- roads was completely stopped for hours, because there happened to be @ fire near the corner of Canal street and West Broadway, and it was no- _cessary to take water across one of those street sago the firemen are p vided with hte conirtvaneés éailed jumpers, which they lay down to protect their hose, and at the same timo permit the cars to pass over them, It is difficult to understand why the same thing cannot be done here; and yet it is public, In Philadelphia and C moyance of th —— Mayor O'HAn1’s incomprehensible ancil lury epistle to My Dear Byun" was a puzzle in . tothe great wepaper offices, The extraordinary Mayor scot bis astonishing letter in proof-rhe to the morning journals, with the curi adjective which he bas fastened upon Mr. art printed as two words, thus: “ancil 1 The utterly Wi and nearly crazed by the Mayor's jargon, ndoned the thing in despair, and printed the y ns it was furnished by the meteoric Hall, But the Jerald, getting @ f the Mayor's meaning, and probe. thlees World, Waving no diction. ar, ab: word precise! wit of the Ci glimmering bly hoping to hide his ageillary affectation, making se of a legal phr Aud here is changed the word, sheer nonse what was merely the sentence as translated by the Herald rod a New York ¥ our citizens, (0 fe “Yon were alan born learned to know thorough ein cur mapicipal W tea of life and # These aud Wr hently adapt you to faldil t Feepoanbilties of Police Coumissioner Wouldn't Mayor O' Hall do well to follow bis letters when be sends them to the World and the Herald, and, reading them aloud to the proof- readers, explain them, sentence by sentence, a he reads? ee vee oncemenry Lieut.Col. Haws and Capt. Kirp of the Seventh Regiment were invited by Geo, Wituraw M. Tween, Jr, to turn out with the Shandley Legion ou Thanksgiving Day. Out of reapect to the General, who was an old friend and at one time s member of the Seventh, Haws and Ki turned out, They had some dif. ficulty in equalizing tho files, but succceded putting the politicians through their military rou- tune to the admiration of a host of spectators, ‘Their course has shocked the most aristocratic members of the regiment, who talk of an indignation meeting, and would be glad to see Haws and Kure court-nartialled, These officers have acted like true mili- tary gentlomen, The request of Gen, Tweeo was certainly proper and complimentary to the Seventh Regiment. some members of the & a few of their number choose to attend the Old Bowery Theatre instead of Nilsson’s concerts. —_ We may next expect to hear enth complain because It seems to have been generally under stood by the Democrats throughout the State that Jony Cary was to be counted into the As. sembly from the Seyenth District of this cit yell was this known that @ strong effort is already making to place the Hon, Jamns M, Newsow of Rockland county in the Speaker's chair. Jouy L, Fraco's friends have moved ina similar direc- tion, but, we are assured, have finally agreed te brow their influence for Nexsox. We learn that Loss Tween bas promised to stand aloof from the fight between Hircnmax and Netsoy, ad that he has declared that it is immaterial to bin which man wins, As Chairman of the Commit tee on Elections last year, Mr, Nezson made a reputation for honesty and industry rarely wou by Democratic Assemblymen in this State Mr, Nexsox is avery tall, long-necked gent man, makes compact speeches, tells good stories, and resembles the late President Lincouw, His ancillary qualities are good. He is as much su- perior to Hircuman in mental ability and honesty of purpose, as Lincoun was to Grawr, He should remember, however, that oss Tween promised Micuas. Nonton the Police Commissionersbip. —_ The irrepressible P. T. Barnum is on the point of coming into the field once more in his old capacity of showman, When his museum burned down, he thought that he would leave the show business and live at his ease, as he had made money enough ; but after nearly four years’ trial of private life, he has come to the conclusion that it is folly for a m to retire to ¢ me to retire uutil he is ready He tried all sorts of ns to relieve bis ennwé, but without avail for what interest could there be to @ Banyum in the humdrum existence of ordiuary mortals? Horace Gneriey advised him to go a fishing; but the great showman would not condescend to fish for anything smaller than whales, and, alas ! his museum being gone, he had no place to keep bis Every dead wall plastered show-bills was @ reminder of past to At last > insupportable, and 80 he put on his thinking-eap and conjured up a scheme for putting on wheela and tuking through the country an exhibition, or combination of exbibi een wood, catch, with gorgeous and a glories reproach bim his condition beean tions, which should throw into the shade every thing yet s rural districts. And now he is getting ready to launch out next spring with a colossal n nin the useum, menegerie, and cirens, something quite ont of avelling shows, Every thing is to be new and fresh, of peculiar attractiven the usual routine ¢ The museum will nelud. and inanimate curiosities of all animat descriptions; for his menagerie he has secured animals of species never yet seen in this country ; w ¢ his circus performances are intended to bi Mr. Bansem is reticent about vations in the circus line, altog her unique. his contemplated inn but there are mysterious rumors afloat regarding # grand cavalcade by twelve woolly horses ridden y “bewutiful Circassian girls,” and an eques. tian pas de deve on two horses by the living skeleton and the fat woman, Whether these ru- mors are reliable or not, there is no doubt that Mr,Banwem bas a big enterprise on foot; and aa he enters into the work after his long vacation lik giant refrenhed, there can be no doubt that the result will be satisfactory both to himself and the public, a Under the management of Mr, W. L. Stone, the College Keview is schieying success, and is be: coming an authority in Our colleges, THE NATIONAL DISGUST. eae HOW THE PRESIDENT QUARTERS HIS FAMILY ON THE TREASURY, —--— The Vather, the Father-in+ Law, the Brother, the Brothers +in-Law, the Cousing, and all the Cousins-inefaw— What it Conte the Ni and How it is Don Correspondence of The Wasuixatox, Nov. 27.—A distinguished naval officer, who had some little acquaintance with the President, some time ago called upon him to say a kind word on behalf of anaval officer whom (after the death of Admiral Farragut) he desired to seo promoted, He stated Lis olject to the President, who eat him short by saying that he had determined to give the place to Admiral Rowan; “for,” he continued, “my friend Capt. — says he is s very clever fe low.” Aftor come other unimportant remarks, he id: “1 have concluded hercaiter to take care of my own friends first, for politicians are never satis: fied, no maticr what Ido for them; the moment I do something they don't like, they attack me.” The ‘open avowal of this policy led to an inquiry in ordor to see to what extont be had already been running his machine on that line. Commencing at the head of the long list of his re- lations, we fad dere, J888E ROOT GRANT. ‘The paternal Grant luxuriates in the Covington, Ky,, Post Office, at @ salary of $3,000 per annum, He bas recently had the free delivery system abol- ished, which drives the people back to the boxer whose rente go to swell his income, There is no recommendations on file or any endorsements of him for the povition from Covington people, TINE PATRIARCHAL DENT, the father of Mrs, Grant, ts an old Maryland slave. holder, and has resided at the White Honse since the inauguration of Gen, Grant. He may be seon any day about the front poreh or sitting in the re- ception room, watching the coming and quing of tl Visitors, Mle is excecdingly loquacious if any one stops to open a conversation with him, and If poll- tics are alluded to, he goo off like a powder mag- rine, beiug a rel-hot Brick Pomeroy Democrat. Hv does not hesitate to denounce the Repubiiian party in the mest unmeasured terme, and charges boldly that they dislike Gen, Grant, and onty took him for their candidate to prevent the Democrats Feed Them, from young for him, I+ took great ine terest fu the Jate fall elections, and did not heertate to Iny eeveral wagers on the succes of the Democratic programme in Mivsourl and Now York, Unitke the President, he is addicted to pro- fanity, ond often offends the ears of those around him by his language He it lor seen out in the Prosidential barouche, He does not hold any oftice, and «ays he would not support the Republican party for any office in the gift of the President, He is a cloimant fer lands at Carondelet, Mo. but was foiled Ly Land Cormnitssioner Wilson, GEN, URNT Fred. T, Dont, Me, Grant's brother, holds a com: mission in the Artillery of the ern and doe duty as chiet doorkeeper at the White House, Te draws pay, fel, and commutations from toe army Appropriation at the rate of 5,000 per annum, He lives in a §20,000 house, whieh he has recently bougvt in Georgetown, He is not a wicked man, but fully appreciates his importance as Grand Usher to the hoad of the family. CASEY AND LONGSTRERT, James F, Casey, brother-in-law, has the most luxuriont pasture of any of the pensioners, The two richest plume patronage In the South were the Now Orleans Custom House and the burveyorship, worth at least $90,000 each, To brother-in-law James the former was banded out, and to cousin Longstreet the other, Neither had been in the Uniod army, or had ever contmbuied anything to tue succer# of the Republican party, while the latter had sed Union blood enough to have floated ehip. Longstreet was a leading apiriv in Lee it invaded Maryland and Pennsylvania, People wondered what it meant when the nomination was fe. and were told it wae “Gen. Grant's winning to the Usion the rebel leaders.” They did not then see the bund of Mrs, Grant ceding her relatives, regardless of party or past loyalty, Ln January, 1969, Perry Fuller was rioting in the fraud and corruption of the New Orleans Custom Moure (he had been handed over the office to pay for bis services in getting Ross's vote on hin. peacliment) and was about to be removed by the Senate's rejoctiug his nomination, when he picked ap Casey, made (as he wrote toa friend here) « bar: iin with him, ard sent his name to Andrew J: to into the Senate as Collector, Andrew d Casey commenced to lobby to secure * confirmation, Bat at the first step he took the of Perry Puller was seen by some of the ed ones, and he was informed that he would be rejected Uf inated, he accordingly de- cited to wait until Merc 4 Johnsoa was notified pot to send in bis name, and on March 5, Gen. Grant sont in the same envelope the names of Casey and Longstreet, to be Collector and Surveyor; this Letere there was any Secretary of Treasury. The 1 gation tried to pet Longatreet rejected, but failed, aud so both went through, ‘The career of Casey fora long while, under the leadership of the virtuous Fuller, was marked with imbecility and I jocracy 80 stron: that the entire Republican party of Louisiana have been endeavor- ing to get rid of vim, and the Senators have fied specific charces net him over and ovgr again Secretary Boutwell favors bis removal, but the plaints againat Of his appointments over two hundred were sand Democrats, His salary and teow are uot $2500 per month, What ts made from {icit practicse no catsider can toll, my when J to it band nisiana Congressional de Vresident will not listem to any c bin. ANOTHER OF Tite DENTS. Louls Dent, sometimes called Judge Dent, ts Iated to the President by marriage, the latter having wedded a sister of the Judge, When the General was made President, the Judge came here so a8 to be near his ister, and not being ® wealthy man, concluded to put out his shingle, which he bas on his front gute, and marked under it “ Attorney.” He ban not gone hebindhand Suancially since then, although he has not interfered with the law practice of the old members of the bar, In the summer of 1869 he went down to Mireissippl, offered Lis lees to the people of that State as Governor, He carried @ Presidential letter in bis pocket, which did not direct the peole to vote for him because he was m brothorinlaw; but if » Democrat was to be elected, why, of course. the President preferrod to have itin the family ; but Dent had been to Mississippl before, on a cotton speculation, and when he left had neglected to pay avout $40,000 of his debts, Much of this he owed to colored people for labor, and during the canvass he got into @ controversy with one of the opposing candidates on the Kepublican side, and was posted asa liar, a coward, and a ecound: Fora man to snimit to this from hia equals in Mississippi iv noc culeuiated to produce a very favorable tmpres sion upon the natives; and being a brother-in-law wus not considered so big or eure a thing there as in Washington, Accordingly, when they came to count off the votes, Dent was found to be beaten ove, 40,000, not having carried a county in the State, He bas not had any business in Missisippt since and plica bis vor estinmed by to nui, whieh hein; ion in Washington, His fees yists to be ubout $40,000 per mate from cares against the Gov ernment, comes Indirectly out of Uncle Sam, ANOTHER BROTHER-IN-LAW, Alexa ers, und was bo ter Sharpe married another of Mrs, Grant's Jed ont of the Federal kitchen ae # United States Marshal of the Dis triet of Cot ia, NOW Worth from tt Quisites about ten to twelve th annum, If he ever contributed onything to the welfare of either the Republican party or the eountry bis follow citizens did not find it out and put it upon record when he came & ask for this fat office, Tle spends «good deal of bis thu tthe White House, and Mrs, Siarpe frequently rides out in the Providential equipages, a8 whe hus a pevtect right to do, foos and per seand dollars por DENT AGAIN, George W, Dent, 9 brother of the President's wile, than Old aye... he-wool Democrat, He lives in Californly, and was for Gon, Grant ae the Demo cratic candidate, but related to vote for aim ae the Republican wominee, Ho iy aman of very ordinary ability, of very limited means, bitter prejudices and He asked for the Collectorship of 8an Fran cisco; but Senator Cole was busy engineering the Bt Domingo trealy at that time, sud demanded the THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1870. appointment of # Republican, ‘Thus it held fire « while, but was finally compromised hy George con- senting to take a fine fat cheese called the Appraiser ship at Sap Francisco, worth from $6,000 upwards, depending upon the principle and shrewsness of the Appraiser und the amount of busiuess which pisses through bis bands, ‘THE GREAT CRAW ‘The Rev. M. J. Cramer ts a Prassian by birth, @ naturalized citizen, but 1# married toa daughter of Jesse R. Grant, and consoquently # brother-in- Jaw of the President, As ® preacher of the Gospel, Which profession he atopted, he was not a success, and wos known in the Grant family as the poorest of our relations," which was not a meaningless ex- pression, In 1967 Jesse and Ulysses took the mat- ter in hand, and through Secretary Seward bad Mr. Johnson appoint him consul to Leipsic, a place really worth about $8,000 in coin ner annum. This took him off ont of right and pleased him, for it drew him nearer to his fatherland. When Gen Grant became President, Jesse wanted something big given to this son-in-law, that he might astonish the natives on the continent who knew bim when he was only “Cramer, the emigrant." Searching the Biue Book to see what was the best thing in Eu- rope, he pounced upon the Roglish mission, but it had been given to one Motley, eaid to live in Maseachu- tetts, Washbarne demanded France, and various rensons were civen to Jesse why M. J.C. could not have “one of the best places; but Jesse was not told the (rath, which wae that the ignorance and stupidity of his son-in-law which bad made hina fatlare at home, wore not the necessary qualific tions to make up a first-class diplomat, ‘Time rolled on, The ex-Rev. M. J. O. grew tired of waiting for something better to be sent him, and Aa came home without leave asked of any on Straightway be went to Jesse, who told Ulysses be most be sauisfed or they would quarrel, Tho reverend Consul reviewed the situation, and finally decided he would take the mission to Den- mark. Don Iamilton Fish thought as Denmark and Prussia were at enmity, and as the feelings of Cramer were with his own native Prussia, it would be unwise to end tim there, as Denmark would not like am appointment of that kind from a nation with whom she had always been at peace, But Cra- mer was inexorable, He wanted the place for the alary, and what eared he about fory notions of diplomacy, Me conquered, Yeaman was removed and afew days afterwards Cramer was appointed and madea bee lineto the Caneutitr Auditors’ ofiice of the Treasury Dey s instructions, tHe was heartily laughed at by the clerks,and handed over irtinent tog to Don Hamilton at the State} partment; and now though unconfirmed be is happy, for he a tie ary which Congress appropriated to pay a Min to Denmark, and Wie brother-in-law is Prost dent of the United States, MORE DENT—IIS NAME I8 JOHN. Jobn Dent being a brother of Mrs, Grant had t have something, but John wanted a “big John did not want ty be poor always, weited Ull the others were get up too macs tolk in the he pounced upon the Indian Bureaa The Attorney Gencral’s ofien had taken care of Sharpe, the Treasury of Casey, of George, of Orvil, and of Corbin, the Post OMece of Jese the State Department of Cramer, the War Department of Fred, and why not the Iuterior of Johu? To be sure the Heathen Fisher had refused to make Addison an Examiner, but then Addison was only @ cousin, while Jobn was a full fledged bangry br other-in-law, The Indian Bureau was bis game, The President had turned over the appointment of Indian agents to the church, but the post of Indian trader bad not been included; #o he decited to be a trader. He appeared anto Parker, and tn bis uncouth way soon announced then he bad ‘barged the littie game,” and signed his name" Indian Trader for New Mexico." The law allows one or more. Let ‘an order be issued he said, that there shall be mune but "1" and if wae done. There is a trader now in Now Mexico atthe military post were John is © be established with a fine stone Duliding and a large stock of goods just pnt in forthe winter, but John lef for that corver about two weeks ago and has probably arrived by thie time, aud the poor devil of a predecessor mnet sell Nis storehouses and goods to John or m He can't sell his goods to any bat Jota, and of course Johm won't pay more for them than they are worth, because Joun has gone down there to feather hia mest, and why not ? Is not bis eleter's husband President, and don't his sister look ater her brothers, who were poor when she was poor? 1/ Jobn is a Reoublican he has always kept it very tecret, Those who are well informed say that the exclu sive right to trade with the Ivdlans in New Mexico is worth from $40,000 Lo $99,000 per annum, bas been made, but there is no trouble in gett! 440,000 out in twelve months THE OLD FRIEND OF FISK AXD G “Old Corvin” is one of the latest aJditions to the Grant family, having married the youngest sis- ter of Presitent soon af ter the latter's inauca. ration, and thereby rose to the rank of " brotwer-in law to the President.” His checkered eareer in the parsuit of wealth are been public history for the last half century, We would pags hm by were it not for the fact that he now basking in Liigotten wealth, drawn from his Nhelt gold specalatio: with Fisk and Gould, and that the President, though not dire etly proven to have been a partner, declined to drop his acquaint. ance, but coptinaes to visit the hardened old sinner, His proved net casi gain from the fact of deing a brother-in-law is over $41,099, and what lies ye covered no one knows, Ho i# very wealthy, and sands of life are nearly ran out, aul My OWN BROTHER! Orvil L. Grant, a brother of the President, resites at Chicago, Ho is not considered a very heavy welght, was never a Rovublican, and was quoted by the Democrats in 1568 adverse to the election of Gen. Grant to the Presidency, ‘The family have never made much of him, He has secured the ap oint- ment of his basiness partner to a fut revenue office in Chicago, against the protest of the member from that district, How much of the proceeds Orvil gots has never been officially made known to the pablic, Dut people in Chicago say it te a fair divide, Having successfully stowe1 away the brothers and brothers-in-law where they eau futten, we next turn to see where the cousins are. AWAY BACK TO THE COUSINS, How Jamon Longstreet, who frat prought hits cousin Julia (now Mrs, Grant) to the notice of the President, was enabled fo climd over the pile of human bones he had built, and reach his hands into the Treasury he had #0 many years tried to destroy, bas already been told, Maimed Union soldiers hongry and homeless may object, but he is * our own cousin.” Me was educated at West Point, and what if be did wade in blood for four long, weury years; the world owes him @ living, #0 he has a Presidential order on the U. 8. Treasury to get it out, He ts Surveyor of the port at New Orleans, thing He fa orter ni pers, & had news! ve. Nore € Lp. y Dr. Addi WANTS SOMETIING n Dent, a third cousin of Mrs, Grant’ is snugly ensconed in the Register’s office of tne Treasury Department, and is down on the books as bailing from Maryland, where he was born, He Putin an sppearance about a month after the inau Kuration, and the Presideat kindly nestled bin down on a $1,100 roost, Which has since grown to $1,600. He recently struck for an Examiner's place in the Patent Ofice, but Col, Fisher did not see tt Ho still manages to worry along upon $1,600 per an num, bat hopes something will open up by moans o which he can make @ big pull, and poor relation, Waose grip on the i is nota very firm one. Tnasmuch as there has been some uneasiness mant fosted by the Dent family at the bold push Add made to get his hooks into the Patent Ofice, and ax Judge Dent bas recently tried to ehuMle it of ino glib sort of a way, it may a6 well atod that Dr. Addison Dent was appointed by Sveretary Boutwoll ow the written and verbal application of Judge Louis Dent, when it was not supposed the country would become so indignant at the shameless nepotism of the present Administration, ANOTHER DIPLOMATIST, Co}, Silas Hudson, @ cousin of Gen, Grant, born in Kentucky, and never knowa to be un active Re publican, was givon the mission to Guatemala, aud charged to Iowa, ‘The pay is $7,000 in coin, and the duties of an vuitnportant nature, WY Wire's cousiN, George B. Jounson, Assessor ot Interval Revenue in the Third Olio District, is @ second cousin of Mra, Grant, ‘This is Gen, Behenck's district, and another man was recommended by the latter, and hie name taken tothe resident by Secretary Bout. Well On the nomination of Mr, Jobnson, the BETTER. nt always be trea President was tola that he had probably made an error, a8 Gen, Schenck, who lived in the district, ‘and knew best who ought to be designated, had se- lected another, Besides, as Schenck was the leader of the Republican party in the House, and the man ‘on whom the Administration, especially the ‘Treasu- ry Department, had to lean, it would be bad policy to ignore his recommendations. The President re- plied io bie dry manner, * Wy, Jobnson ts a cousin of my wii ‘That was a clincher, and the ques tion was suddenly dropped. COUSIN ORLANDO'® PLUM. Orlando H. Ross is an own cousin of President Grant. After the war began, Grant bad bim ap- pointed an Aide.de-Camp with the rank of Captain, and took him on bis etad. He is a stupid, good- natured fellow, and could only be made useful as ® mail carrier, This office he filled till about the tst of June, 1863, when he had become each a bore about Grant's headquarters that he was sent home, and after a while resigned. Then he went to work at his trade as a aaddier for lis cousin Orvil L. Grant, who paid him $30 @ month for his Inbor, There he was wlien, through the influence of Gen. Grant, ho was appointed a clerk in the Third Audi tor's office, at $1,200 @ year, Since then, the same Sufluence has caused him to be promoted, till he now gets $1,000 @ year, In this way anotlier cousin is provided for, He ts ae worthless as any of them, and perhaps alittle mare so. ANOTHER COUSIN OF KY WIP: Col. George K. Leet, whose name has become the dread of New York importers, is another cousin of Mra, Grant's, Te ts behind the general order and storage business of the New York Custom House, and those who are in ® position to know estimate his profits at from Ofty to # hundred thousand dol- Jara year, Re bas been in Washington very fro- quently of Isie watching the movements of the rehante, who do not bleed as freely and as un- compiainingly as they ought; for mast not all our cousins have a chance to get rich? PROVIDING FOR A SECOND COUSIN-IN-LA\ Mise B.A, Magrader, of the rebol Gen, Magruder's family, is 8 second cousin of Mrs. Grant, She has been taken care of by Gen, Spinner, at the rate of a thousand dollars per annum, OFFICERS OT LOWER RANK. J. F. Simpson, Second Lieutenant Twenty.fimh Infintry,.# a cousin of the President, and was by him appointed Becond Lieutenant in the Fortietl In fantey Aus. 17, 1867, nid on April 29, 1809, trans ferred to the Twenty-f hi Iufuntry, and charged to ilo. Jolin Bimpsor, Sceond Lteutenant Fourth Artittery r cou iy ie & brother of James, and wos eppointed by Gen, Grant Aug. 17, 1867, i the Fourth Regiment of Artillery, where ne still alis. Hels charged 10 Ohio, where he was born, RECAPITULATION, ANNUAL PAY ROLe 8. Grant. President F: Casey, Onl, Ce NO, Joha Dent, Indian Teaver . Shar), U.S. Marshal P.M. Covington, Ky... Y i Grant, partner of a Coil in Washtivg foes per isk treet SN O Hoa’ Fx Tebe! Lo | G.B. Jonnaon, Astensor Luteria! Hoventic Aldivon Dont ler < Col Alex. Shiu pe, Ovando HT Nise E. A. Magruder, Tre Annually from Government offices Indiree ly, but trom United stat rough the President,.....c..c0006 ‘Total one year for family... .... AMUSEMENTS. As You at Nib Shakespeare's romantic and lovely comedy, “As You Like It," was admirahly put upon the stage last evening at Niblo's, It seldom has received in this city a east of such oniform exeelience and streneth, Mrs, Scntt-Siddons was the fair and eprightly Rosalind, Mr. B. L. Davenport the melan- choly Jacques, and Mr, Waiter Montgomery the love sick Orlando, ‘The other characters were played by actors of such acknowle iged excellence as Mara Smith, Thi odore Hammiiton, and Vining Bowers, The part of Charles the Wrestler was taken by Mr James Mace—his first appearance, probably, in a Shakespearian character, He had little to do, but did that little well. He fully commanded the atten- tion of the autience, and his entry on the stage was warmly greeted, As he stood with folded arms waiting for his tura for xetion, the aulion-e criti and commented on his brawn Umbs and 1 The muscles stood in ereat ridges on shouiders and. levs and, with his resolute face, he cerwwinly looked a formidable antagonist, The wresili mate! as onr readers doubtless re member, is betwoen Orlando aud Charles the Wrest. ler, and ‘the latter 18 overeumne, Mr. Mon'gomery— tie Orlando—\ooked shapely bot fragile as he vanced to combat with the veteran champion, and erave doubts were anggesied to the mind of the spectator as the gigantic Mace took agrio upon lis opponent, whether he might not, a« many another actor had done before him, take liberties with his sutnor, and throw Orlando instead of being thrown. He looked donbtfally inte tae oreu quet, and the first circle, as though le were tryl to make ap ni ito which of the three shonld throw Montg@om But the Shake arian scvolar Onaliy triamp ted over the champion and ie allow nself te be floored according to tho text. Consicering the greater dificniy to Mace’s case of Peing fluored over flooring, he certiiniy rves the bigbort praise for the manner in whien mp ished the feat. Mra. Sidions played md with archness, sweeten nid delicacy ; an( Mr, Montgomery found mueli favor with te andievce tor the modest grace with whict he us sumed the part of Orlando, Mr. Davenport was almost faultlessly excellent as Jucquas, 1a the weil-know were the Boven stages of hfe are de nt, the school-boy, lover, old man,” and dotard—the deseriotion was given with auch’ fine declamation, and such apt, sizuifleant, and discreet geatnre, that it commanded fail est admiration of the sudience, won for Mr, Davenport one of those ‘spontane: and bearty burets of avplanse that so certainly as. sure the actor that his skill is recognized, The excellence of this, as in all that Mr. Davenport does, consisted in’ its subdued strength, The gos ture that accoynpanied the word was just sufficient to indicate and aid the thought. Something wae lef to the imagination of the hearer. Most actors in reciting the passage overload it with ae ton, and try to mimic the ery of the infant, the stride of the warrior, and the drivel of the dotard, ‘Though we have not spoken of the play or the play ers in detail, enough has been said to lodicate that the per’ nce Was one of un al excellence, To-night "Hamlet" will be repeated, with the same cavt that it received on Monday evening. The Church Music Assoctatton, This soviety will soon give its first concert of te present winter, ‘The programme is a very in teresting one, consisting of Haydn's Third or In- peril, Mass, all of Von Weber's preciosa music, and Wallace's Lurline overture, The orchestra will number se about 300, Dr, Peck wail eoudue The Berge Cho Union, This well-organized society has comm Wioter work, holding Its Tuesday sais at Chickering’a new and beautiful ha oar of his Warerooms, on Fourteonth strest he eocioly if under the presidency of Mr John A. Godtrey, 9 distingy J nember of the Bar, nud ably divested by Mr, Walla Borge, the organ.st and composer They propose to give four concerts, during the aland inetromental music, including ty, and the chorus ad its evening rebear The subscription tickets are but $5 tor the winter 1 the holders ty a for three per tie rebeareals, and one to the concerts unt of the best music may thus be heard li sum peer Mr. Glover's Beucdt, complimentary benefit tendered to Mr Howard Glover by bis many friends take piace at Wa Theatre today, It is vw be a matings wid the performances, both dramatic and. musica will be of w high order of merit, Some of the fore t artists lend thelr support, and Mr. Wallack ae given his theatre for the occanion, Brooklyn Phill Te fourth rehearsal of ciety will be elven at the Academy of Music, lyn, to-day at 9 o'clock are Beethoven's Seco menta—Adi Allegr Soclety. successful So this Brook ‘The orchestral selections 4 Symptony in five move 10, arghetto, Seherso, 9 » to the * Macte Flute Allegro Coubrio; ever Mogirt, and the ‘entire music of the " Midsummer Night's Dream," comprising ye movements—(ho Overture, Scherzo, Intermezzo, Nocturne, aud Wed- ding March, panel Mins D'Erina’s Concert. The concert of this ludy, the Irish prima donna, takes place to-night at Steinwoy Hall, hesiiale Some curious charges have been made against the managers of the American Institute by ealiivit ors, Who fay that in the tate fuir they Were detrauded of premiuma to whieh they had been declared ented, Messrs. Lowerre, Clawson & ‘Tucker, of Nowark, N. J., pot tovir charge betore the public in detail, in au advertisement ip another column, KINGS COUNTY CHISELLND ——— THE TEN PER CENT. 10 THE SUPER INTENDENT OF THE POOK Av Investigation which Promises Well for © Taxpayers Mr. Drigas’e Quorred with the Corn Exch inge Insarance Ca, The Law Committee of the Kings county Su pervisore met yesterday and invostizate | Ue insure ance on the county buildings At tie last mee’ ing of the Board w terolution wae offered by Mr Or horne directing that the policy in the Kings Connty Ineur.neo Company be withdrawn and pled in nother company, This proposal gave rite 'o cone siderable disctasion, during which it was ehorged Lower, had endeavored to binckmall the company, and fuling, now wan'ed toe policy eancelled and another company patrouiz f, Mr. Lowber admitted (hut the resolution tid | offered at his request, He thea proceeded to ex: plain, a9 follows Two months before the expiration of the pot the county property, Eaecertanet (hal George G an was the agent. Tevled on Mr. Horm Informed me that We was hy the Saperintondeats of the Poor, that the agent, Mr. nnd he Fuch agent, being Apnoited Pines ake hi U) allow me, ag President of the Corn Ext }iange ( told Din t conmary, and charye him nthing for It y benent expected to erive WoUll be the exchange of Dygines the Co: he various insu exch at pany or whieh T Pres dent, companies “Were ner pting ¢ Bye. per cont. for exchanga®” Amon ‘THis would Hot affect the IMveres! of U county of Kings in tho least. Mr. Hy yn sald ihat would let me know fn a few dave. ward he said 1 consulted wf the Poor, at there ho objection, and that e would furnis of Insurances which be XAmine these, The 00, bat the Superiutendents wanted to put $100,000 more insurance on them. The surveyor was employed on the ttidi for a whole week. and en he waa ready, I dires him to cal! on all the tt arn companies which hi risks op the iy iniorm them thet the bush hese to future should be done on the BASIS OF EXCHANGES, All the companies assented to thie, and either ged business or paid five per cent. except t Kings County Ineur Company. The, check of t Kong County Bune inden's of the Poor was my inble to the Corn ze Insnranoe Company. and paid the pi companies 1a cks On (he, Any. pavement of fifteen per con was Di Herman, agent of ue 8.1 Othe Poor, hae bern exstomary Cor the Inst year wo make a rebate Hani Patties, either the 1naFod party OF Uh» bro Kary Previously the broker got it i] conte collected from. the eau dite oath OF thy Corn Exchance ¢ anally $ngtining of it. ower here produce’ a resotation of the Woar® pviding for ayinent of the Ae mnany to Peal ied Sy tg ‘ay. ‘The Kings County Insure pany were membert of the Hoare of Cidem ‘and ured to be me ‘of Vie Clearing Howse © County f pay Ul tie peltey ene a! pac tho F i r ty on! lag eve are always made by brokers, wR. BLT. DRE told Iie story of the insurances thus: Tn 1961 the Roard of Supervisors of Kins county rn tobe tat ni thes roi vit {nsgranes. cin the county b es to | Hilags. an) 8 srintendent of the Poor, was eupow and he was pald TEN PRR CENT. BROKERAG by the companies for his trouble, These policies mate. then conuuved in force until July, 1879, Woon An order e Commercial :xchanice eurance all @ chees ant from the Commercial ange Company leas 15 per cent. retatied by then, Atte: ward they demanted five per rent adtconal domurred Ax atnx-payer [saw thes the county was Deins ebigelied out of $0, and [feltit my divy to whove thing isa humbag from peginning fiaudulentiy tak: pay the five por cent ro | They seat me an order wo fused 00 she eround nmpany for 1 re Compan ones, which I Mat they had uo Autvority pany liable ov this policy, to pay, The Committee will r eport at the next meeting ot the Board, A WARNING TO INSURANCE MEN, a flow « Dutchman Got Fooled-His Bara Burns Down-He Gets Mad and Refusew to Reinsure bis Wite's Life, rom the Pilteburgh Leader, One Shmidt, a Dutchman in this eity, took the preewution to insure the life of his wife fur $5,000, and bie stavle for $900, |) mee might Wie and the hitter be! burn ulong without 90 pensation to Both policies hat been taken from the In a few months after the stanie had bee it was destroyed by fire, Shimidt quietly notified the ngent, and hinted tu him that he should expect the money at the earliest possible moment, ‘The agent at once sent a carpenter to uscer: tain the cost of erecting ® new staile of the sams dimensions, having mscertaived that tue property was insured) for more than iv was worth, ‘Tho builder reported that ne could replace the stable with new matertal for $5", bat unforinnately there was an ordinance prevent ing the erection Of frame buildings —tue o! * having been of wood, He was asked’ to estimate the cost of a brick stable, and reported t19 anvunt ®. $70, ‘The agent then notified Shn.ids that bo woud build him a new brick stabl fu ow} trame one; bu midt became proposition, saving: “IT dy not understand di surance business. 1 pay you for $9). and whe shtabie burn down yoo make mea uew uae, 1 uot Want a new shtable—T want $900. ‘The ageut reasoned with Sumidt, purpose, but all to no A the stable was nearly finished, Shmidt went ult a lawyer, thinkin he» 1ees the amonut of the ‘policy, besides lving the rew stabi © lawyer, however, inform ta that the company hada right to make god the loss oy building a uew stab xpressed surprise ai (he Hey ot bri * But,” save hundred and fifty; saraneo business, Finding that he could not compel the payment by law, le became disgusted with the insuranc ness altogether, Calling upon the asent, Siuidt sayy “Mr Agent, 1 vent you to stop dem ineny do not uuderstaud mit hot pay more monish tat 4); 1 vot understand dis insurance basinesa.”’ Agent (surprised) —" Why, Mr. Shimidt, you are ding a very ivolish Caing. You have pai! ¢ Jer. a vie on this pe p and if vour wie eaould Sig you wal & subd dollars.” © Yaw, da! you tell me now,” Fal Simiat, © Ver you on my shtable, sou fay get nine bund town. Sit wa born, v You may, On, dat was sh not wor anydings! I make you ® brice shtable;’ and yoo po pay me nine hundred dollar, Ven my {row dit, den you say tome; ‘Oh, she was an old Dutch vo man { she not word snydine lish vife!) And ao Lose min You not fool Shmidt aguin, insurance busines —_ Capt. Jimmy Thomson To the Editor of The Sun. Sin: In your issue of this date Mr. James M. Thomson, in the attempt to excuse his political apostasy, charges that some ten or twelve members of the Twenty-Orst Assembly District Union Repub lican Association now hold office ander the city government; but be makes no pretence that these Teret you s new Boge re thousand dollar Tot understand dis in Floored gentlemen have for that reas ive and earnest Repablicans, and be purposely omits te state the fret that all to whom he correct n hold their ofees as Republicans, in pu o the eompact made with the Republican members of the last Legistatare, endorsed and recommends) ba the Republican press of tits elty and the Reputiioat Executive Committee of t » county. inen, however, constitute but a very small portion f (ke members of auld Association, whic ‘ upwant of seven handret; and itis not ch. qi ivsinnated that any of them during tie ° paign were recreant to tho Association of the bes Herests of the Republicin party, Had n otherwise, they would probably have. re ‘ Sime just and fitting reouke tat was meted 1 said Aesociation to Mr, thomson. And now permit me to say, with ref to Mr, W's Resertion Wan a y tur ol Assossine the Hon, George OP then Mayor, hat emeh ts not the f t Heel ape {ieetly foi the Hot sioner at the time; and farther, tat tu ry jon of such appointinent, Mr, fhome i of 1863, although elstining to be a I tribute | largely towards the success 1 cratic tieet, and tow the canvass of 4 Tammany candid Mayor Mr. Thomeon makes. the romarks? ‘ that aaa“ disorganizer' he "acted un thority of the Republican State C« +a matter of great surprise, and shou 4 lowed Lo go micontradicred In conclusion, let me add that T perceive 9 90°P marked improvement in Mr, Tsomson'* Ir spondence, and, as it has b ante ¥s ctor Murphy will oniy appoint to leading ps tun’ in bis department those eun th vee CATY on COLTeADS With the AUBIOR T would suggest (hit SH Thomeon to Withdraw bis applics ul polotwent as Weigher, and that ne son , AL Once we One OL his Ueputien. Lot Mr. durvliy nd charitable wet, and te whit nit red necktie” shall always be at least we lone we he is Cob woul Wo be Here is The W 4 fr 18.000 ce wily Ae cam at uur cenie (retadl) ver