The Evansville journal., 1866-09-13
FROM CINCINNATI.

, CINCINNATI, Sept. lz.--ten. Urant |
visited Woods Theatre last night,
where he was enthusiastically receiv1
ed. Oh a9 3 ssnb4aD .zsIlE e1sssN / |
f,a The Enquirer of to-day says of the
proceedings: The boys in blue par
AIDED to the theatre. Eggleston and
Others assembled the stairs, and Mr.
Allen, the manager, vas requested to
go and inform Gen. Grant that there
was crowd of citizens on the out
side who desired to see him. Mr. ALI
len went into the private box and
convened the intelligence to General !
Grant. who sreplied:S p II cannot, and
will not, see them. Please tell their
commander to come to me MIR. Afien
communicated with Commander H. II.
Baker, who marched into the theatre,
and with others entered Gen. Grants
private box, Without giving Captain
Baker a moment to say single word,
Gen. Grant approached him and said,
in firm tone, Sir, 4 am no politi-
clan. The President of the United
States is my commander chief. il
consider this, demonstration III oppo-5
sition tolthe, President, of the United
States, Andrew Johnson. IF you
have any regard for me you will take
your men away. i am greatly annoyed
at this demonstration, / came here
to enjoy this theatrical performance.
/ will be glad to see. you Fall to-mor-
row when the President arrives"
1.-THE Commercial, in alluding to the
proceedings at the Burnett House and
+ Wood Theatre, says large crowd,
quite as much bent on seeing the
Union hero, joined in the clamor, but
neither the seductive strains of the
band nor the enthusiastic calls would
induce the shy little man to appear.
He had in fact smelt a rat, and, doubt
less. in consideration of the fact that
the Presidential party will be here to-
| morrow, of which he is at this time
one, he removed to the hotel in the
early part of the evening, and sought.
retirement with some of his friends in
! a, private .parlor, costly following up
! his inevitable cigar. While the crowd
was calling in vain for his appearance,
Gen. Rowlings, Chief of Staff, appear
| ed on the balcony, to excuse the non
sappearance of the General. But this
| did not satisfy the crowd, for. rrmor
was circulated that Wood s Theatre
had been selected as the objective
! point of the Generals retreat, and
thither went the crowd and took, the
| place by storm. Finding, at last,
they had been foiled, by. strategy,
the boys abandoned the field, with
three mighty cheers for General Grant,
the next President of the United
States.
The Presidential party left Louis
/ Vile for Cincinnati last night at eight
j o'clock, and took passage on the
steamer United States, where every
care and attention was bestowed by
the President of the Mail Line to
render the trip agreeable and pleas
ant. The band of the I'd regiment
\ u. s. infantry accompanied the party.
An invitation was extended to the
party by Capt. Neal, of Madison, to
stop at that city to see the steamer
Richmond, now building by him, 340
feet long, to be low pressure, and the
only low pressure steamboat on the
Western waters but time did not
permit a stoppage. The citizens of
Madison were much disappointed, as
they had made ample preparation to
| tuGlI dn0 w Ab =
torch light procession. This morn
: ing the party passed Aurora, Ind,
and several hundred persons collected
!. at the wharf and cheered and fired a
, salute. At eight o'clock, when SIX
miles from Cincinnati, the party were
met by the steamers Dumont and
), Rowena, with large number of pas
sengers and band of music.
The Committee of Reception from
Cincinnati came on board the United
States, and called on the President
rendering him their escort to the city
The scene was excited and cheering
: blending with it the sound of music
o The new comers were all anxious tt
see the distinguished party. In goint
! up the river, and when at the outskir
: of the city, the President stood on tht
. upper deck, in company with Admlra
I Farragut and other distinguished
: members of the party, and Hon. L.. ID
: Campbell. our Minister to the Repub
: ! lie of Mexico. The President, by al
J arrangement, was; the only one will
! head uncovered. He continued tt
! bow and wave his hat to the cheerin!
i people on the banks of the river.
I'll The chairman, Robert Athey, Esq
x of the Committee of the Common
G Council and the people of Coyington
h KY, addressed the President sayin
Ell they were desirous of his paying
y visit to Covington, and regretted tina
If he could not make it Convenient to d
- so. The people of Kentucky woul
, delight to honor him as man, for i
I him they perceived an illustration c
= the benefceht effects of republican
: institutions. They were aware of hi
=, career from the ranks of the peopl
a to the position he now occupied, an
Z where he had achieved civic success
+ The motto of Kentucky is; United W
4 stand, divided we fall,
~ It was adopted long before the lat