The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-01


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10. On which wss the delegation from St PAU,
mat the Itascs, and having roanded to, ran .
fev moments along side the latter until We
pot aboard, when we al had the pleasure OF an
INTRODUCTION to the General, and o few minutes
conversation, when the call to dinner was
sounded. Feeding such crowd (So0) on q
boat is no easy Job, and we believe tour tables
! were set. But we can testify to the splendid
fare and GOOD attention. Steward Berry is .
sort of Lieut.. General in his profession. He
ranks all others in that line. d sar
Nv invitation of her citizens the boat
stopped at Winona about an hour, thus
giving all an opportunity Of greeting the
distinguished Lieutenant General of our
armies and the c0nquer0r Of the great re-
belEon .'-7 1;,'.7s y ~. -
> A committee, consisting Of Messrs.
Dunnell. Webster and Bauder, waited on
the General on the arrival Of the boat, and
invited him to take a short drive through
the town to, Huff's Hotel, where be might
be seen by the thousands who were 80
eager to get look at him. 70 9gIgsairs
tilEhig invitation having been promptly
accepted the General took his seat in the
carriage, accompanied BY III. Washburne,
Of Illinois, and one or two members Of his
sta&. isiA procession awaso then formed,
2 16In6stHting or tho ,tniscel laneons pedestri.
vehicles horsemen,S &C., and mar
66Alted BY Cen. Buck, Col Ball, M.
UHbrd9 andfn Mr.. Urquhart, who were
mounted son. hofseba6k. The procession
then passed up Centre street, with the de-
sign, Of going around BY way Of Fourth
street but the General executed q flank
movsnent BY directing his. carriage on 3
shorter route 10 the h0tel, much TO the
disappointment of those Of bis numerous
train Of followers who could not keep up
with him. WoIdtT9Y0 % tGI2118 aIo5b.an5
Arriving IL the hotel the distinguished
guest took place assigned to him on the
balcony, when he was introduced TO the
assembled multitude, estimated ct about
FIVE. thousand persons, by Mr.. Dunnell,
Ohsirmari Of the Ocmmittee on nRecep-.
In press,espltinag; ire III, General NJ b. aa-
dressed himG briefly, warmly welcoming
him in eloquent language, to this City and
the State 81 Ninnesota. 7soit SYsa sg q! v
( The General, whose appearance is 50
familiar to everybody, wb. MiHnot attempt
a. description Of it, responded toNr Dun,
nelis welcome in the following worlds Cd
''S''' - 8 oKN, GRANTS sPEKcHoGts[ q. %
isG LADIES' and Gaa&enss, ID heartily thank yOaj
for the cnrdialMelconne A1teuded t0motnrdAH
A 1t is not my habit and - it Nonld be i'm.
possible for me to reply at length ION every
similar occasion, you win excuse ms III cons,
cluae with my cordial thanks to the citizeus Of
Winona 10 Goisusqsus ed' e9IaEssU 1885, %
This speech being . little longer than,
any that Gen. Grant Is credited with hav-
ing made elsewhere in bis travels, excited
the heartiest applause, followed by three
rousing cheers for The Lieutenant General.
Mr.. Washburne being loudly called upon,
also spoke briefly, abiding in terms of
generous praise TO the State Of Minnesota
and her patriotic people. 2alb @Is" odW
, Gen. Grant then passed into the parlors
of the hotel, where for about twenty, min
utes he received, the congratulations and
resignedly bore with the hand-shakings of
our citizens, who thronged in upon him
like human avalanche. The whole af-
fair was very quiet and unpretending, yet
nevertheless sincere, upon the part Of our
citizens-a circumstance which was doubt
less better pleasing to their distinguished
visitor than any display or parade could
possibly have been. Thus the reception
closed and Gen. Grant was escorted back
to the steamboat, which Immediately pro-
ceeded on her way up the river, while our
citizens generally congratulated them
selves on having seen and heard the fam
Gus COmmander-in-O hief, who, springing
from the people, conquered the greatest
rebellion the world ever saw, and yet re-
tains all the modesty of character and un-
pretending manners and habits which
characterized him when he was one of the
most obscure citizens of Illinois
Jol,a9" GEN. GRANTS FAMILY.
Mrs. Grant with her three children accom-
pany the General. The Oldest of these is Ca
Diet Fred Grant, a West Point student, q stout
youth Of fourteen, dressed in the grey uniform
Of the cadets. Master Jessie, o child of about
seven, and Nellie, a girl of six. All these
children Of their illustrious parent are plain
and anassuming as he is ainsel Mira Grant
10 also Q, plain and soeiable lady. g73v 3a
0Cusf SIU0to ADs&ASf 10 0Ao1 Will lIuc p6lGy.
He is . fine, benevolent, plain looking old gen.
leman, much more conversational than the
General, about whom he c0nyerses freely. He
recognized in Gov. Miller an old acquaintance,
and greeted him warmly - ~
A very amusing incident occurred at La
Crosse. Two young ladies' seemed almost
Grassy to kiss Gen. Grant but could not obtain
the coveted pleasure. Mr.. Grant ST., seeing
their distress, jocoeely remarked that "as they
could not kiss the Geaeral: the next best
thing was to kiss his father (which martyr
dom he seemed willing to undergo.
Capt Webb has given up his private cabin to
Gen. Grant and lady. It hiss been georgeously
decorated for the occasion, with elegant fes-
tosns end canopies, and splendid new furniture.
The La Crosse Light Guard Band got on the
boat at Brownsville. and win accompany the
party hack home. They were all once must
cians In the army, and are under the leadership
of Prof Austin. They discourse splendid
| music, and while we write, o merry cotillion is
| going on at the other end of the cabin. Last
l NIGHT understand ho only 10