The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-13
GRANT At WEST POINT.
His Interview win General Scott.

George Alfred Townsend writes to the
World, from West Point under date Of
Thursday, June 9Th, an excellent descrip.
ton of General Grants visit there, from
which we extract below:
The Cozzsns House has in it tsll and
msntled figure, who walks upon the piazza
slowly, with the assistance of stsff he
may be be six feet five inches high, and in
his lofty shadow welesser men seem menu
bers of 8 degenerate race. His hair is very
thin and white, like 9 new born child's /;
upon his bloodless and furrowed, yet pleth-
oric, face there are marks hsrsher than
time, and the grand stature is little stOop-
ing, as if invisible years were hesped upon
his broad shoulders. BE wears soft slippers,
and his voice is broken, like one who talks
in sickness. All the boys and grown-up
folks look at him as he passes, and then
their eyes wander and grow abstract, IS if
they ssw behino him phantom panorama
conjuIed up by his age. His dress is civil;
he is very kind and grave, and when he
speaks in his feeblewsy, his long arm raises
and the index finger has in its sweep the
ghost of high command. His face is large,
and his eye has the wreck of splendor
about it.
The old Lieutenant General, to give the
new one fitting reception, attired himself
this morning in q handsome dress-cost of
blue, with elbow silk lsppels and golden
buttons; he wore no shoulder bar, and the
remainder of his dreeSs was altogether citi-
zen, except his vest of white Msrseilles,
which buTtoDed with the regular eagle.
The visit to General Scott toek place st
I o'nlonE IL q roilo from tho r1oipt 70
Cozzens, and two barouchss took all the
party. As these passed the little Gothic
church, and turned into the picturesque
lawn, d gun doomed out from the ferry De-
low, and the grand piazza, crowded with
beauty and msnliness, sang out glad cheers
to welcome the hero of the republic.
He alighted from his carriage, Snd seized |
the hand of the grim old veteran of for |
mer wars.
General Scott" said Ulysses, az bid |
you all good wishes. l am pleased to see
you WE'LL"
"And you, General" said Winfield, al
think God that you hsvs passed through
come to my bachelor home"
The dense crowd fell back reverentially,
and arm in arm the little man went under
the shadow of the colossal figure of whom
he had read in his childhood. Age and
the veteran and the commander,
they went together through the breezy,
wide hall, and turned into the great draw
ing room.
There they sat side by side, and the ls-
lies were presented to the general of
Luney's Lane.
As he stopped to take them each by the
hand, the people who had followed them
n uncovered, and the old man said soma
hing touching and courtly to each.
Then Grant and Scott chstted grsvely
ogether as to the present and the past,
md while they they sat in mutual rev.
renee, the people In couples and by single
lie walked up and took the hands of both.
They partook of collation., chatting
'lessantly as they slipped fosming cham
,sgne, and after swhile they gave escn ;
ther the right hand of fellowship again,
nd Grant Joined his carriage to tremend-
us cheering.
A photographer was present from New
York, to whom General Scott had promis-
d to give sitting, conformity with Grant
Sut the superintendent of the post, un-
erstand, refused to assent to the photo
rspher's proposition that the government
amera-house should be used Tor the pur-
ose; snd thus we may never have q chance /
gain to obtain perpetusted the noble muu
rho may mover again meet.
GRANT IN THE EXAMINATION ROOM.
General Grants entranceIwas the signal
Or the cadets to suspend their display of
ainerslogy and the test of the hydro-Oxy- {
en- blow pipe. He was upon the arm of I
fsnersl Cullum, his wife followed in the :
scort of Adjutsnt b ynton, and other
Ulcers brought in Mrs. Weller and Mss
tetson.
Gentlemen of the Board of Visitors" :
aid General Cullum, 81 present to you
lieutenant General Grant"
Ali rose, and the General shook hands
with each of the bosrd, and I
fterwsrds with the faculty. He then q
resented several of them to his wife, who 4
smained seated. She wore bonnet of
range straw, gauzs bosom, and splendid 7
Ioe shawl and travelling dress. =
! While the various gentlemen ofthe board
aid their respects to Mrs. Grant, the Gen- n
raj invaded the ladies' side and took the y
snds of all of them. There were some
esutiful young girls, just turning woman q
ood, who pressed up to him and spoke; h
nd st their request, he sat at desk and a
Trote his autograph. There were no speech h
}; the dignity of the room was suspended,
nd while the doors we're closed, and sentries
laced to keep the crowd back, the place
Tithin was transformed to chRtty and
greeable drawing room. t