Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-12-01
Grant in Philadelphia.

WMya-. there is General Grant" This emphatic
S slightly proane exclamation escaPed the lips Of
oodsr one day last week in Philadelphia, on seeing IT,
TIsu,snsnt General OF all the Yaokes armies passing
l0,v obsstpu. street. Ii the excited soldier had an
nonnesd that FesusotAssd msgAiherium, or reVv :
lad inesruss chtg yosauTus was a. that moment psrsn-
hI.tpe the fashionable thorough are Of the PsnrsI
Man metropolis, astonishment could not have beer
mira rife in the popular sOl, or inoFsSOliy in TIT
non,l.r mind That the valorOus hero of City glOrou
S,Is.ts and asmany magnificent failures, ahOuld ma
his spp,arsnes Tot standing "'nODg men Ike de-
osudsd Coz, " but in . rough oEeScost with ouisid
posksts hs heroic hands beng thrust into the same
q slouehed hat drawn hard doEa over bis military
ayes and cigar in bis martial mouth, was somstbine
we'll calculated to eIoiIs the scapicsm Of even the
unrAbund Pnlaaelphians. Is was high lu-ehSms" il
the Qiaksr city aud the thrifty Inhabitants thert OF
srs soaeius themselves with poGd oysters, when Il,
atartlipg annouuo 5msnt made that GensTal Gran
wss passing along Chsstlu. street. like "sny othS
man II the tWBkGrg Of sn eye, 60 Va are informed
by the Philadelphia Pess the RESTAURANTS and saloon
vsrs sup.isd IN excited and ilqlisit.Vs Ahti,ud,
noursd into tho street, he uegl boring dstr,cs hear
tbs cheers of the eFOH aid caught up the ery from
IN, oeatrs TO tho t1Itmiues Of the city the Iumol
spread'; from sn.ingtog, Spring Gardens, Hoysmer-
sinR and Hortben Liberties poured the anxious snd L.
auirinR human stream sucl agitation, sGoh eommo.
ton such t1sittm bad Isyer before been ssen il
PIilGdeIphia-ro; since th3 day when the amiable 10
babitaots amused the nssVes With burning ohurehs,
aud roasting RomAnists- NJ Iciants, mendiclnts al,
mechanics; brokers, bakers aad bankers; printers
PLAYERS and pieE pockets Ccers and oystermen; talon
and tobscoonst, soldiers. sean stresses and sailors
o,okp. court ia ard clsr, nen Jess and G1nd's
mingled ia the tumultuOus, surgiog ocean. TIE Gene
sal EIs o.uzh AID nearly suHJcated in the rashirL
ida. At one moment be vas carried of BIZ
legs; at another, bic we're nearly Wr'nehs
from their sockets and then his g'eaCoa'
barely escaped being sSsp away, But, in tie meal
Tina che Lieutenant General as cool IS cUclm-
Der or an iciels. Mt quail before Philads Pais
mob. had be trumpbed inglOriously st SplsylEsnia
and failed msguiEocnt5 at Petersburg Nevertheless
the posilion vas uncomfortable; and EssuP'dJ BE-
Gaming unexpectedly when Te,nfreeuents arrived oI
thu ground and after desperate CxsTiions, eue'esdeo
In bearing away the invaluable Cant from the Psrilou
embraces Of m4 IL sisse admirers. 10 oheer Oarnes
o. the munic pal police, does tie YsIkee nation eE'
this timely preservation OF lie heTo-to local tee
gapA t 3 is il indebted fer the sttler hen S1Gne-
al 70 that beloved head. Bal even here be was not
entirely safe. Popular curiosity was no. to be thu
nipO,d in is bad popular devotion rot 10 % thu
cropped In iss bloom. The crowd edged through tn
door. climbed in at TIE windcHs, snd elsnoFed arc
hurrsbed around tina sutrs-cs-amid all Of which tn
lu,sricus General turning hs fsilkful staff ot'tr
said. John, give me a cigar" Which the iaithfu
st.F eff Ger d; aud the heroic neral after PlicinE
- al lima
to reveal t poetic eye, so Ws are nioFnsd OI ih'
Vsa Oas journal above qnOsd. 'hO" empires rise ID
fAnths same being illustrated By the curling smoke
which SaOendsd from that commanding mouth
Whether or not the elamoFing and inqulsitVs PILLS.
dsphIsns accepted this um0ua Illustration OF the fA
Of empires as substitute for cha long anticipated al
Of Richmond, We are, OF course, unable to decide
Bu that the distinguished LsnisRsns General was Al