Grant Interviewed

A New York Ilerald correspondent, who lately interviewed ex-President Gi'ant in Scotland, reporta the following conversation : The correspondent said : "I see roference in the newspaper enlogies of Mr. Motley to your position toward tliat oñicer, and the intimation that yonr action was one of the remote causes of his death?" " Yes, I have read it, and it does me great injusticc. Motley was certainly a very able, very honest gentleman - ñt to hold any official position. But he knew long beí'oro he went out that he would have to go. When I was making these íippointments Sumner carne to me and asked me to appoint Motley as Minister to tho Court of St. James. I told hini I would, and I did. Soon after Sumner made tliat violent speech about the Alabama claims, and the British Government was greatly offended. Sumner was at the time Chairman of the Oommittee onForeign Aííairs. Motley had to be instructed. The instructions were prepared very carefully, and, after Gov. Fish and I had gone over them for the ast time, I wrote an addendum charging íim that above all tilinga he should íandle the subject of Alabama claims with the greatest delicacy. Mr. Motley, nstead of obeying his explicit instrucions, deliberately feil into line with Sumner, and thus added insult to previous injury. As soon as I heard of it I sont to th'e State Department and told Mr. Fish to dismiss Motley at once. I was very angry, indeed, and I have been sorry many a timo since that I did not stick to my flrst determination. Fish advised delay because of Sumner's posiion in the Senate and his attitude on he treaty qucstion. We did not want ;o stir liim up then. We dispatehed a note of severo censuó to Motley at once, and ordered hiin to nbstain f rom any f urher connection with that question. We liereupon commenced negotiations with ;be Bïitish Minister at Washington, and he result was a joint high commission nd the Geneva award. I supposed lotlêy would be manly enough to ï'esign fter that snnb, bnt he kept 011 till he was emoved. Mr. Sumner promisod me he would vote for the treaty, but when it was lirsfc before the Seuate he did all he ould to beat it. I must teil you an inident about Sumner, The first time I versaw Ocorge William Curtis he called pon mo to request on feehalf of a numer of infliiEntial Bepubheaus the reintatcment of Sumner is Chaiiman of ie Oommittee on Foroign AfuSrs. I oíd him tiiát if I should go to the Sente and dictate the organization of combóïlt tlie lefio w Wiio' iliatro it- loiVó-oc )y minding his own business. I said I ertainly should suggest the idea to any axt of the legislativo brauch that should undertake to construct my Cal)inet. I ive him distinctly to uuderstand that I id not proposo to iuterfere in the mat;er at all, even by advice to persontd rienda among the Senators, and that I vought Sumner had not done his duty s Chnirman of the committee becauso ie had hampered the business of the tate Department by pigeonholing i-eaties for months. Mr. Ourtis said ïat was impossible, for Sumner had only short time before told him that his sueessor would íind a olean docket, and made special claims for the oxecution of he work of the committee. Knowing, s I did, Üie adroit arguments used mong Sumner's friends, I determined to ;est the matter of a clean docket. I told üurtis that I had proposed to prove to íirn that his friend Sumner had not told ïim the facts, and tliat he made statements knowing them to be falsehoods. 3urtis was amazed at my offer, but I asured him that he had been frequently aught in similar misrepresentations. I told Curtis that there were ten or eleven ircaties before the Sonate from the State Jepartment that had been there several months, and had been in Sumner's nuids, but had never been laid before ,he committee. I wrote from the spot- Long Branch- to the State Department, and, to my own surprise, there proved o be more treaties than I said there had een, and in Sumner's own hands, for a onger'time than I expected. That was he "clean docket." When I told Cur;is about it and gave him the record he vas rather disappointed. He saidit was emarkable. I told him my object in íaving the record searched up was to show him that Sumner was not a truthul man, as others had found out before me, and as I had discovered on frequent occasions. The work of that committee when Camerou took charge was in a most deplorable state, due entirely to Sumner's persistent obstructiveness and dilaioriness. I had nothing to do with his dismissal from the Chairmanship of the Foreign Belations Committee, but I was glad when I heard that he was put off, because he stood in the way of even routine business, like ordinary treatios with small countries. I may be blamcd íor my opposition to Sumner's tactics, but I was not guided so mucli by rcason oí' bis personal hatrecl of myselt: as I was by a desire to protect our uational intercsts in diplomatic affairs. It was a sad sight to íiud a Senato with a large majority of its inembers in syrapathy with the administration, and with its Chairman of tlie Foreign Oommittee in direct opposition to tho foreign policy of the administration in theory and detail. So I was glad when I heard of his suocessor's nomination e Chairman of the committee. To Cure Dyspepsia or Nervous Debility. Change yonr diot and manner of living; drink neitlier tea nor coffee ; no ver drink at times; after everymeal, or during the meal, dissolve half a teaspooníul or more of cayenne pepper in huif a glassful of milk and drink it; eat plain food; never taste pastry of any kind. If you aro troubled with sleepless nights, do not try to promote sleep by iaking stimulauts or opiatos ; they do more harm khan good; take a sponge batli just bef ore retiriug, and, if yow are unable to do it yourseli', get some one to rub you well with a coarse towel ; if you wake in the night and oannot get to sleep again, get up at once, not lie until you "get neryous thinking about it;" take a foot bath; rub your limb.-i well, to get up a circulation; drink a glass of eold water. Do not expect to cure yourself in one week's time; have patience, and try one month. In bathing, use your hands to apply the water, it is mueh better than a sponge; Boften the water with bórax, it is moro iuvigorating ííi:mi vit