"TO GENERAL GRANT, CARE OF QUEEN VICTORIA."

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 846, 17 November 1877, Page 2

"TO GENERAL GRANT, CARE OF QUEEN VICTORIA."

"^!firaj~*ioll<>wing amusing article araßkttod m the New York ,|Bra4terdajr morning, Governor f|nrcranft, of Pennsylvania, rose -somewhat subsequent to the lark's usual hour, ami aftei grasping the i^^k e -]K??-L u _?. i !9ylJ 9nce f an( l "Kacr— Snr^' the~ : "previoua evening attended a meetjijg $fy the Gfand Array of the Republic, Immediately ibe^ma^a^pey-^^iaelaiioltoly. He remembejrp|L Jhat he had sent a telegram, WGeJuja.rai J3rant, . "oare of ■^eg M*Jo9ty. r Quee,ft Buokfdnghariii'd^«lacß> I «]abhTionj' ?^and a teler#f!W!M iad beea P^perly direoted made his head- ache tb -a most painful extent. When, v he d ireci ed 'Ma|-JJBlegrl4 T 'lle v^a T ii^ed' £o make sure that it would reach the exPresia'e'nt; ( a'y iJ^stfming that the latter wasjtppping with the Queen, he had no hesitation m sending- it ia carerd&lHeisrMajesty: r it-It was not . fnft ??T 3t ! c r d i£ .( W^ U S , .-, that it ''o&TirW t6 r ifi& ri mk\i the Queen might nojij be m Buckingham Palace just at present. He was not a^lßdfitrfßbedVvbpiifig Assertion of one^ of his^ajdes , £hat the . Queen couslantry'resia'esin the Tgwar of > London, for Jbe>>iyas/yir l eU.'--c^are that Buckingham Palace is * merely a iwing.addediJ.tOi the Tower ~'*by the late Prince Oonsort. What made I hinii uneasy was the that the Queen, Jhas a 'country si»afc at Balmoral, m, Scotland,, where she undergoingits anniul cleauiag. If, 'ttitibgliQVteWj&V this 1 ? very' period &tfckihWnatii ' ; 'Pa'lfa6e""is being I&sitfb«fl aWWni'&w'ama^aud tlie Queen is at JBalmoral,'tlictt telegram mayh:jnev^ra,rea.oh G&neral , .Grant. ■ What is worse, that box of cigars which was. for vyarded. last Monday, directed precisely as l was the telegram, "flfuly T fa')l : into the hands of the U6caitf coloured ; m'inißtet i whowhitewashej7^thg ( y pajac j &, and may be smoked by the indiscriminate ng artist and his personal ft iends. Tae more Governor Hartranft thought } MWW/Lf i r m>tim^ head aohedj[ audth^mp^jclearfj^he a.tw (ihat he^ha^ been, too nasty. Had he dire'cied thai telegram to " .^eaSifilferA, 16 !^ 1^ ana reg .esied 'i5nHo f ltir«fa«»t6 General Grant ' w^tfaoiic delSyytrhere.- wduld have been no;d<^t^h^tv^neraL would h » vfl «H|^ ifc wus > tue telegram, might never reach the Queen, and if itf did "reach" her, she ' being li/womiftil >in%htf have put it on tue matu^iecej at Balmoral, and entirely* forgob* fJ td mention it to r General Grant, for. three or four days. Governor Hartranft groaned aloud ! as this last contingency; , occurred to himT ;;l ' ;^h'afc<% 't&eg'rani which so chastely and" beautifully informed Generat ' 'Grait^^^tnat » Your comrades » . . desire, thi-qugh you, to JBnglands Queen, to Vnank T $$ y fo£ HHaul^ au l' s 'redopiiou,' should miscarry simply because ot a • mistake; jn thQ address, was a bitter thought, and as Governor Hartranft raqg^fofr 1 'sdme'-'sb&a-W'ater' he inwardly ir resoiived never \o send anothe^oMegram, ,anter dinner. It is a pleasure as well a duty to relieve so excellent a mau as Governor ! Han&anft from his 'present, state of , painful uncertaiaty. Fortunately uthere ;;is, no : difficulty 'in doing so. wFrpm> Bourses a& exclusive . and as 'aiVthSritib 'as'those from which the ' Herald"bbta ! iu's- Its - war telegra ms, the ? '^Cime^'^Ei,*is received a full accoant o£.the..reqeptibn of the Governor's telegram m England, and can v assuVe him- it ; is>alveady ru, the exPresiiJent's hands. At the same I tjme it- is proper.to say that had it .np^rbe^n^for^aluclLy^iucidtofi that telegram would have never reached At^ o'clock on "Wednesday niofning~" tke' .Primo > :Yl-imsfcer, • wh'6 —during 1 ., his term of office always occupies tbe second §i!6 r rey front^'Be'droooi^Si^uckingham Palace^lu^order to be, handy if up m the niglit and thinks siie...woulH "like' 'a new title, wa'sriir.)used byA:tr.emendous knocking at— the .front door. Hastiljr springing:^ out- of bed and opening the^w^pjvjr he/^ s ; aw a boy m the uniform of-thc Atlantic Cable Comcp'aiiy'Standing on ;the fronc step, and ■wnistling ! j< %tle : ! Bl'itannia. '• To '" lite 51 ; ' exoited ' demand to kij9 w^ whe^e, ; the . fij^e, was, » he boy coldly replied, ' Telegram for your 'wh'ereu'poh Lord JBeaconsfield, " 'agrily' J exclaiming, ' Holy Moses !' closed" tlie' window, put on his, trousers.- and . descending to the door/ tolcLthe boy ; 'to • hand it over.' kNqw, ai^cablegram costs a good deal. There was £8 4s 3d due on Governor Hartrauft's telegram, and the boy : reifußed to J deliver it without the money. Henoe it beoarae neoessary to wake the Queen. The noble Earl had to' take this delicate duty upon, himself, since the servauta remained invisible, aiid it. \fas with .many r inisgivings that he knocked at her Majesty's door and after ibforniihg her that a boy was waiting with a telegram for General Grant, and that he wanted, .£B 4s 3d, meekly suggested that she should hand him the money through the crack of the door. The Queen may not be a particularly irritable woman, but it Ij^djy | to -bpx i^t!Psted < that she would get out of bed, strike a light, and hunt i;p her purse without betrUying- some little annoyance. 1 n fact she was extremely angry, and not only refused to receive General ' Grant's telegram/ but-irifoismed Lord Beaconsfield that if ever he woke hQr up again m the middle of the night to &sk fcer to pay £9 fog

:i aomeyody else's tel^gi-anil^heiyguld . ., dismiss him without . a . ah iracteir. :,i ivdte . Oueeofi. ' hftat\ffe tiimperance enough to ccme ;,ari famine • at my d9pr ( ap4aSkfor^lsp>..£2C atlfois 1 AiU^rhkU^km thl there <^w»& hOthttiglfeft ftftt the;'Preniier to . flo 1 f>ut!tb tell tnfcl)6y:'lb>t M P^son ;/'fe^name!pf.:<irant;Hyea it that .nhpuflejt.and-: (o/sbot iihe,,do<?ri Wj?^ face. At that moment the fate of R r t!he- ;f iH.e^rM,Vs^med sealed, i The 'bW'kiirtuclltoVetura it td the office,? whetejt vvould, Jpa!Y^H ( «en l ,,ei)aorsea, >.;ff Not-fodnd^ and Povernoi- Hajrtranft would have beeii obatfgedjwith ; i: i#cd&t/.' : I^so"h^peAed> hWerer, •that Geoy^liQraijt aticl^inej Prince .. of Waietji;^hp: laa.i bM^^feriding a meeting of the Societyufdr Pro^agating th rr- Gospel among the Jews fc ' fcebhltße^^tonile'^eheral's lodgings /9 an.(J/ passing Bucl|ioghain , Palace^aititheibpy^escen^ng the frftnt Btepß»:rjThe pilhqeiStocped and questioned f him,^ and, on learning that the Queen had refused Jo jpa^ j ,fo^ a tplegf apiy, remarked, to jGeberal GraiitahaJ;ißo.me day " mother wqn|d: get into difficulties by refusing to ■'. j)dy fcr'telegram'si''' iirfd ; üßly, told the boy to give him thej^ele^ 1 %£dm! aria H^'Woiild dall arid pay for ifc ,J;h,e jaje^nwhile,' (General. Gaapi bad %\ighti J3ight :: 'pf ii the address,. anditherje.upon paid ,.,'tfie' » i boy,' opened nlie ! telegram on the spot, : atid^efid' itF^Ttivkl Governor Hart'tattft'a'telegVatn l'ea'cliftl its destina- ;:; aiid ; When ' he redds . : this , nioirhing l jß „ " Jimes/y- h,e, f yr \l\ regain "..''jjjs'i üßuaL<spU*iis,.i He is ; a gbod 1 >ii soldier; and* a 'good JGoVernpr, 'bu f t ! it - ''does^oi' seem J as If J'^rtnte! intisiridfed him,, to ,aend , , teMramß to the , exrPijes^e^ jn^ngland^^.Governor "Hartranft ougbt t ito,i recognise, the jfact tha>,noj. maji r -.(?au dpi all things and !to yLcbncede; cthat sending i tele-! : gl'amsto General' Grantf m care of J Q«e,^a IS 'iipt'l^''* 'practice for ■'/J^Jfii* ivH >M,'pe^uHful{^. Sited. , '