New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-24

guished dtplomatist the terror Of European courts
and the nightmare Of Earl Russell.
Old Father Neptune, Gideon Welles when he is |
not fast locked in tue arms of Morpheus, looks as
if he had Just escaped from tie embraces OF that
soninelent deity, SIN he is venerable, and in
his salt of black and gold sRectacles a very Ne
spectacle element of the party.
TIE admiral Of she seas the old sea>dog Farra
gut is sure to be found in this car the ladies',
for whom he seems to retain sailor's juyeRile
prediction. Bent imagine that he is a grim,
merose, feEecieEs,lo looking admiral, On the on
trary, his eountenance is the very soul of good
hEanor, ana his .amiable manners h8Ee won for
him general popuerity. AS yeung English
man with the party remarked, he docks so Jolly.
With his jovial face surnouuted by a smart naval
leap, he looks quite rahish for the admiral of the
american navy, Leas tng out the representatives
af the fair sex, who, By the by, We're the most
charming ladies that it has ever been my fortune
10 meet, you have beea introduced to the most
prominent oooapants,of t'e last car" Buring
the entire day this portion of the drain presented
enc continual festive>scene. Servants were pass
ing to and fire., bearing choice burdens of eedibles
and drinkables from the refreshment saloon to
1.-THE Presdent'scar Sour grand steward, Chad
wick, of Wizards hotel, was kept constantly en-
ptoyed in supervising the distribution of the crea:
tare comforts. Sandwiches and champagne were
st discount and no +hought of any grim, sopr
radical seemed to interfere with fhe digestion of
the suite.
No doubt you are aapprehensiye Shat l am going
TO omit any mention of General Grant and if
such faux pas agRere committed, the radical
papers in your city, if any still remain, would
probably attribute it some dislSgal intention on
| the part of the CRESCENT. But osHeh design has
entered my mind, aud to tell the TRUTH would de-
priEe myself of sincere pleasure in making such
an omission. ia the course of this tour, Grant
has added another laurel to his fame, and has
shown himself to be not only friend OF the
President but as vii be able to show, friend Of
| his npltcy. So much h been written Of his
personal appearance and the photograph has
made him so familiar, that it is needless to speak
of his medium stature, reddish, brown hair, close
cut whskers, broad forehead blush gray eyes and
determined eXrression,cf mouth. There is some
thug mere TO tell of man than his external ap-
pearanee, and with Grant the mental and moral
characteristics are too prominent to be passed
over. During the whole journey hewas seated
IN a front car a0Ht lis chief of STAFF, where he
could enjoy his fayoIite amusement of smoking,
to which he is greatly addicted. With
a cigar and newspaper, he enjoyed
his otiNsa cum diq.5 now and then
calling on the President, aud passing about with
such modest demeanor IS y attrcct the notice
of every observer. The extraordinary applause
with which he was greeted throughout the tour,
did not seem to elate or even to please him part-
oularly. He appeared on the platform only in
obedience to.Teciferous calls, AID seemed to show
hirasnf To tho thar in tho narforn,o
Of a duty than IN the qualification of a desire. At
CrosDys Opera Rouse. Chicago, .he was fatty fun
outsnf the building by anuuwil qgness to respond
tothe persistent cheers and calls Of the audience
After lie had arisen once and told them that they
would hear something more Interesting from the
stage tkan from han, the ill-mannered people
wopld,not take Che sly rebuke, but persisted in
their EooReratons rntilthe general fairly marched
out of the theater. have detG' ned you this long
to show that Grant is modest man: he is proud
Of the reverence shown for hin, but has no keen
enjoyment of its demonstration, and on this occa-
sion had determined to keep N the background
as much as possible Eow, word about
Grants political opinions, and will conclude
this long letter. He was Democrat before lie
war, and during the course Of the contest never
did any act or expressed any ep'nton WI oh would
ledu dug OEe " SuNpUse tuhC HIS seullluent1 EAU
changed. Major General Rawliags, bis chief of
staff, and long cherished BOSOM friend, is an
ardent supporter of the Johnston policy. He is
man of fine intellect, and is said to exercise great
influence over the generals mind. Grant has
said that Lee, Johnston and Forrest are perfectly
loyal and-for a fact-has lately given an import.
ant evidence Of the sincerity of this opinion. The
following account is no hearsay, but comes direct
81. n. n,
my presence and hearing. The board of visitors
of the Virginia military institute, of which Gen.
Lee Is president, invited Grant, some months |
ago. to be present at the commencement
exercises which took place on the IAN
instant Grant replied to their Invitation
that it would be impossible 4, for b,msI
to make an engagement SO far ahead, but II
nothing prevented him. he would certainly be
present. Shortly afterwards the Presidentpre4se
him to accompany the party on the late tour, and
having consented to this, he was obliged to write
to the board of visitors expressing regret at his
inability to be present, the last days of the tour
would just occupy the time devoted to the com
The fact however, remains that
Grant evidently wanted to be present, and was
only prevented by extraordinary circumstances.
In fact this incident just covers the whole ground
of Grants position, Now he has q unanimous
popularity with the American people; by
taking sides in the present contest he would e.
suredly lose some of that unanimity. But.bis
attendance at Southern military institute, on the
solof Virginia, and his reception by Robert E.
Lee as president, would have produced an iyre-
sstible effect on public opinion, and have as
sisted the Presidents policy without compromising
General Grant. Ia conclusion let me add that
Farragut is heart and soul with the President
KANGAROO.
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cult for the merchant coming to this city to buy,
to find more complete or better selected stock
Of groceries, provisions, wines and liquors, than
is kept by Messrs. Dillingham; & DeBlois, succea-
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corner of New Leyee and Natchez streets. Every |
thing in the way of sugar, -four, coffee, tea molas
SEES, tobacco, whisky, brandy, Wines canned
meats, canned oysters and fish, earned fruit,
vegetables, sauces, Spices nuts raisins
ctron, etc, etc, far too numerous to mention, is
in this great stock and sold at the
lowest rates to be afforded by a. house operating
with large capital and trading on liberal prin.