The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-07-07
The President at fhe Front

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Correspondence Of theNew York Herald
On Tuesday, 21st, about one o'clock, a
long, gaunt, bony, man, with queer ad
mixture Of the comical and doleful in his
countenance, undertook toreach the Gener-
ais tent, by scrambling through hedge
row and coming in the back way alone. he
was stopped by one Of the hostlers, and told
to ''keeep out of here The individual IN
black replied that he thought General Grant
would allow him inside, and strobe ahead.
you'll damned soon find out, was yelled
in reply. On reaching the guard, he was
stopped with, '.No sanitary folks allowed
inside. After some parleying, the intruder
was compelled to give his name, and an
nouncing himself to be Abraham Lincoln,
President Of the United States, desiring an
interview with General Grant. The guard
saluted and allowed him to pass. General
Grant recognized him as he stepped under
the large '.hy' infront Of his.tent, rose and
shook hands with. him cordially. and then
introduced him to such members Of the staff
as were present and unacquainted. 1t was
ascertained that the President had just ar
rived on the City of Baltimore, and was ac-
conipanied by bis son Tad, !" Assistant Sec
rotary of the Navy Fox, Mr. Chadwick, pro-
prietor of Wizards Hotel, and marine guard.
The conversation took wide free-and-easy
range until dinner was announced. The
President was duly seated ate match as other
mortaIs, managed to wiring in three favorite
jokes during the meal, under the plea ofil-
Illustrating the topics discussed, aud kept
every one Oh the q@i cjCs for others till the
party rose.
He was very naturally DESTROYS of riding
I to the front, SO, ut 4 O'Clock, horses were
| brought up the President mounted on Gen
eral Grants thoroughbred, Cincinnatus, the
the General on Egypt, .'Fad" on the Gener-
ais black pony jeff. Davis and accompanied
by large proportion of the staff and escort
the praty rode to the head quarters Of Gen
eral Wright, commanding the 9th Corps
where General Mead and staff met them
The location commands a good view o.
Petersburg as can yet be obtained from oul
lines. Maps were brought out and exam
ined, the position of the army explained, it:
future operations discussed, the steeples anC
spires of the city observed, as well as the
dust and smoke would allow, national air.
were played by the band, the enemy
works on the opposite side Of the Appomat
tox inspected and after stay Of an hou
and a half, the party started on its return t.
headquarters. On the way out, many per
sons recognized the Presidents physiog
nomy. The news soon spread, and on the
return ride the roads were lined in man,
places with weather beaten veterans, anx
ious to catch glimpse of Old Abe. On
cavalry private recognized him on the road
Mr.. Lincoln shook him by the hand lik
an old acquaintance to the infinite admira
ton of the bystanders. 1851 ...
Perhaps the notable feature of the rid
was che passing of a brigade of negro troops
, The troops were lounging by the roadside
approaching. They came rushing almos
to the horses feet, by hundreds, screaming
yelling, shouting, 'Hurrah for the Libera
tor !" 'Hurrah for the President" and wer
perfectly wild with delight. 1t was spor
taneous outburst of genuine love and atfeC
ton for the man they looked upon as the
''deliverer form bondage" and their vii
! huzzahs were perfectly deafening. The Pre-:
ident uncovered as he rode through thei
ranks, and bowed on every hand to his sabl
admirers. The cavalcade arrived at heac
quarters about nine o'clock, took tea an
chatted short time, when the visitors dt
} parted to their state rooms on the steam
boat s #ts- ~
AT seven o'clock in the morning of Jun
22d Major General Butler and staff proceed
! on board the Baltimore and exchanged cor
S CALCULATIONS with the Chief Magistrate, VII
was accompanied by Mr. Assistant Seer,
tary Charles A. Dana, General Barnard
''LittIe Tad" and his playmate, named Pc
9 ry. The exceeding cordiality that marke
the entire interview between the Presider
and the Major General commanding we
especially noticeable 1t was frank an
zestfuI, and carried the conviction that IL
eminent men were in entire accord upo
all public and social issues. All being Q
board, and every thing being ready til
Baltimore steamed up the James river I
the feet, where Admiral Lee and party wei
taken on. The party then proceeded up th
river to the monitor Onondaga, near Crow
Nest, where the vessel was boarded and care
fully inspected.
: The entire party then went ashore, an
mounting horses, made grand tour of til
Notifications, the troops throughout chez
ing the President and General Butler aIte
) nately.
= All this being over, the party proceede
, to General Buffers marquee, where an elt
giant lunch was supplied of which all pa
took most heartily after the forenoon fl
tigue. -....
: Shortly after two o'clock in the afternoo
the President signilied his intention of in
mediately returning to Washington, pre-
ceeding aboard the Greyhound attended b
General Butler and staff, he joined the Ba
timore and left this scene, after an uucon
| monty pleasant, satisfactory and instructiv
visit.