Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-08-25

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From Earlville. a -. we.e.. 81
/ From Farley. EJunction D. &s.w) i5o
| From Epworth, iS
| From Peost0, E E.sa
From Julien,
| Total 49, .. j.. ...l COS
These figures were furnished by Con-
ductor Cawley, and are not far from cor
rect. The train consisted of thirteen
lcars, which were all comfortably filled.
The day was just adapted for a trip oil
the kind, being cool and pleasant, and
the road free from dust. Cawley was in
charge of the train, and in better or more
satisfactory hands it could not possibly
have been. Everybody on the line OF
the d. & S. G. r. r. knows what an adj
mirable and popular conductor Cy. Cav
ley is, and therefore it is entirely un-
necessary for us to detail the conductors
good points, or set forth the whereins
he gave his usual eminent satisfaction.
The ride to Dubuque, under the favora-
BILE circumstances, WAS happy recrea-
ton. + a- ...4
The excursion train arrived Just as
the booming of cannon announced the
arrival of the General on the Dunlcith
shore. There was spontaneous rush
for the levee, and the crowd about the
landing and along the road soon became
very great. The ferry-boat, Gregoire
with committees and music, was over
to bring the hero to the Dubuque shore,
and satisfaction was soon afforded by
seeing her rapidly under way. The
Germania Band furnished the General
with music on the water. When the
boat landed few cheered but the most
people wanted to see Grant first evil
IDENTIFY, while others who would have
cheered, perhaps, could not get their
mouths shut long enough to accomplish
the articulation.
Presently Grant, in carriage with
three other gentlemen supposed to have
some special business there, passed
along and through the anxious crowd
to the street, where, under the direc-
ton of the marshal and his efficient
aids procession was formed in some
thing like the following order:
LIST. A large car drawn by six horses. con-
tanning thirty-six little girls dressed in white,
representing the States, with wreaths of flow
ers Oh their heads and tiny days In their hands.
%. Bands Of music. and returned soldiers.
Sd. Gen. Grant and escort in carriage drawn
by four horses.
18th. Committees, De-, In carriages.
| 5th. Fire organizations.
9th. Citizens in carriages, on horseback end
on foot.
The procession marched up Main
street, down Iowa street and around to
Washington Square, where.fthe sing
Ing, speaking, &C., were to take place.
The procession was quite imposing, and
such as any of the great Generals of the
past would have felt more than hon
ored to have been the hero of. AS the
swaying crowd worked along, it was
noticeable that Grant was considerable
of a lady's man. To the cheers of the
men he paid but little regard; but let a
knot of ladies wave their handkerchieEs
and the Generals tall-crowned hat
came oil instanter and pleasing smile
lit up his noble-looking face. One lady
threw a large and handsome wreath
from balcony, but with all the exer-
ton she had used, the gift was falling
short of the Generals carriage. The
fair lady looked dismayed as she saw
her compliments going to the horses
feet but her countenance lighted sud-
denly as our gallant Major Stunning
caught it on his sword and passed it
over to the commanding officer. The
General bowed his thanks and the wo-
man looked supremacy happy. "+
Main st. was very tastefully decorat-
ed. There were three arches erected, a
great number of notices displayed, and
plenty OF flags. One of the arches dis
played the following:, II .arg, a
Iowa Welcomes the Hero of the Age"
"UNcoNDIrIoNAL sURRENpERW
Another beautiful double arch, ex-
tending diagonally across the street, had
the following inscriptions:
II intend to Fight 1t out on this Line"'
"AI Hail to our Country's Defendersw
The entrance to the Park was through
abeautiful archway which was certainly
very ereditably devised and executed.
Over the arch, which was made of green
boughs, leaves and flowers, was a large
and quite correct likeness of Abraham
Linccln, painted by G. Muller, of Du-
buque. Underneath the arch was a
good representation of Gen. Grant. On
this handsome piece of ornamentation
was the following:
THE BLESSINGS or a NATION ATTEND You .,
A large platform was erected in the
Park, where the distinguished guests,
the various committees, and the bands
and glee clubs took positions. The crowd
gathered around this platform was prob
ably not far from ten thousand, thougl,
some reporters have estimated it much
higher. Gen. Vandever, of Dubuque,
made the welcoming address. AT Its
conclusion Gen. Grant stepped smiling
ly to the front and in very modest
tone of voice said: a@
"LAn1Es AND GENTLEMEN: am glad to moe,
you You all know am not accustomed tc
maklng speeches, and If were, could moi
md words 90 express to you my thanks for this
hearty welcome"
Hon. L. Il. Washburn, who was on
the stand, was called for, and he re,
sponded very fe,icitously for few mo.
| ments, paying a neat tribute to lows
yalor and loyalty, whichhe stated stood
high in the Generals estimation. As
4 ain Illinoisan and neighbor, Mr.. Wash.
burn was proud of the splendid ovation
given to Grant, whom he pronounced 81
altogether "o.thy. He concluded ~ re-