The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-06-06
RECEPTION OF THE PRESIDENT
AND SUITE BY THE STATE AND
MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES
THE CEREMONIES AT THE GRAVE
OF HIS FATHER, JACOB JOHNSON.

OF HIS FATHER, JACOB JOHNSON
The Presidents Movements, and the Movements
Of other People.
On Monday evening large concourse O.
the citizens of Raleigh assembled at th'
Depot to see President johnson, who wa!
expected by the Northern train This large
and respectable assembly was more thar
two-thirds composed of colored citizens
the other third being made up of military
State and municipal authorities, and white
citizens
A company of the 9Th g. s. Infantry, a
squadron of Cavalry and the band of the
4Oth regiment were drawn up as military
escort We observed that Gen. Sickles,
Gen. Miles, Gen. Avera, Col Bomford and
other distinguished officers, and Gov Worth,
Ex-GovernorS Graham, Swain, Manly, and
Bragg, Judge Reade, B. F. Moore, Esq,
and Mayor Haywood, were present ON the
occasion.
When the train arrived, there was some
excitement manifested; and. when the Presi-
dent was escorted from the car to the pres
ence of Gen. Sickles, Gov. Worth and others,
one little boy in tree hallooed three cheers
for johnson. This was family responded to,
and that was all the cheering done for the
next hour
Mayor Haywood now rendered the hospi-
tahties of the City in brief address, when
Pres. johnson replied, returning his
thanks and expressing his qualification at
the kindness of the citizens of his native
town, who had known him longest and best
and who thus honored him.
In the meanwhile some that were present
pumped the Presidential elbow vigorously,
hobnobbed with Mr.. Seward and tickled
Sec. Randall under the short ribs. Here
was harmony, reconciliation, my policy, SC.
&C., illustrated and expounded. We further
observed that the colored people stood afar
off and said nothing. These observations
were cut short by a movement towards the
carriages, when
The President, Mayor Haywood, Sec.
Seward and Gov. Worth being seated in an
open vehicle, the others being accommodated
and the military procession formed, the
whole moved up to Hillsboro street and
thence around the Northside of Capitol
square, to Fayetteville st., and the Marlboro
House. We observed on these streets some
cold demonstrations of welcome and great
deal ofcuriosity. Pres. johnson kept bowling
at imaginary individuals, who were waving
star spangled banners, cheering enthusiast
cally, and blockading every avenue and door
way. We saw some hats lifted and hand
kerchiefs waved, but beyond that there were
no demonstrations of joy-all the gazing
and crowd-gathering proceeded from mere
curiosity.
When the distinguished guests alighte1 at
the Marlborough House, large audience of
the colored people and male white citizens
assembled and stood in silence for the space
of half an hour. Then the door of the Presi-
dents room opened, and little eolored boy
jumped out on the balcony to see if it was
staunch. and none of the timbers sawed in
twain. Then Gov. Worth, with crooked
handled hickory stick, and the President ap-
peared for a moment in the door, when q
slim shout arose from the crowd, and two Oh
three called out "speech from Johnson
A few moments afterwards the President
and Governor reappeared, when the latter
introduced Mr.. Johnson in a broken address
of about five minutes, in which he expressed
the opinion that everybody was now I'm
on man. After beating the railing once OF
twice in a nervous manner, with his crooked
handled hickory stick aforesaid, he stepped
to the rear, and
Mr.. johnson began to speak, evidently op
pressed by the cold bath of Gov Worth's ell
oquence, which chilled as it fell in crystalli
zed syllables. The President returned his
thanks for this reception by his native
city; he said that h e could not afect
Indifference amid the scenes of his boyhood
Where were the friends of his childhood p
Echo answered where are they. Forty one
years ago, poor and penniless, he had lef1
the City of Raleigh to make his way in the
world. 1t was for others to judge if he hao
succeeded. But he had ever loved his ma
tive State, and though she had not been te
him cherishing mother, nevertheless she
W as his mother. He would not discuss pc
litical matters, but invoked all men tx
st, md by the Union and the Constitution
Throughout his life he had followed sucl
prin ciples only. He further addressed TIL
Young men of the City and babe them labo
to m AXE themselves men of learning, distinc
ton and power.