The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-09-02

up OF pdHeSJ iic vi 0t.H' 'i'Hoe.i.
sat- in his buggy. complacently, and heard
the Governor of the great State OF IN
nois pronounce him the ..unapproachable
patriot" s;tha.uhriSalled, soldier: without
peer in any age or cline" "the far
seeing statesman," and, altogether the
greatest man that ever honorcd this poor
earth.of ours by deigning to walk upon
it.-a a0glesby poured ont more "soft soap
all over Grant than 1T. often falls to the
lot of man. to- receive, and the subject
sat quietly by, and seemed to enjoy the
sprihisfings Of the soft shower. He sat
silent in his buggy, smoking the irrepres-
sible weed, occasionally shaking bands
with some one who was introduced, but
he appeared at all times unwilling 10 con-,
verse with any one. The fatIier:in-law
Of mem the Generals staff acted
as sort ofSusherS5 and eintroduccdesuch
as dcsircd:it to the General, but not
/ word passed the Generals lips-it was
only shake of the hand, and then an
other puff, of his cigar Even Hon. J. Il.
Ella, "a member of Congress from New
Hampshire, who has been travelling
through tho West, and who was here TO
ssee the show" could not draw tho Gen.
|
cral into conversation.
Toward the close Of his speech, Gov;
Oglesby soeancd-to discover Gen. .Grants
presence in the most. .sndden manner, and
| he Immediately branched off into another
panegyric, and invited the -tunapproach-
able patriot" &C., to the stand. 1t is
useless to say how tho announcement OF
the presence Of aaman whom aparty "de-
lighted TO honor" would have been re-
ceived by an audience in any Eastern
. city. The throat of every man present
would have been made hoafse With cheers
and yels and calls, and the enthusiastic
crowdswould- mot take "nay"; for an.an-
swer, but would compel their tavorite to
at least! satisfy their wishes by exhibiting
,himsolG if lie remained on the ground or
lin the vicinity But how was it on this
occasion? When Gov. Oglcsby made the
announcements, -thcrcswa no. such cheer
as Indicated great enthusiasm. There
lwcrc few calls for Grant, but it did not
extend 7t4Foughout the audience. A few
iof; tba niore enthusiastic made for the
Generals carriage, and asked him to go
upon the stand, but he excused himself
|iupon the plea that his horse was high
Iimettled and spirited, and lie was obliged
to remain and mind him. A dozen hands
were then outstretched to hold the horse,
when the, General declined again, with
1.-THE remark that he found "plentyo of vol
|unteers now ;" which was considered n
Joke and those who heard it laughed.
GOV. .Oglesby resumed his rcmaks; Gen.
Grant silently shook hands with a few
more individuals to whom he was intro
duccd, and after awhile the meeting ad.:
journed,; tbe: other speakers announced
mot having arrived Before adjourhing,
three cheers were given for Grant and
Colfax. They were the loudcst that had
been given during the day, but were not
unusually enthusiastic.
In the evening;the tanners had a torch
light procession, there being by actual
count oRe., hundred and fifty torches in
line, many df which were carried by boys.
This was followed by "a meeting at the
Court House, which was also wanting in
enthusiasm: and by halfpast ten o'clock
the city ,was-as qniet as though nothing
unusual. had taken place. And thus
ended a Republican mass meeting at
Grant s.homc, in Congressional district
with over eight thousand Republican ma
ioritv in county with two thousand
Republican majority; with such names as
Qslesby, Yates and Matt. Carpenter as
bats to draw crowd and after having
been spurred up for week by papers all
over the State to mako this demonstra-
ton one which would carry terror 10. the
hearts of the opposition. If this Galena
meeting is n fair specimen of the Rcpub-
lican demonstrations that have been held
all over the West, then Grant inspires no
enthusiasm; his .professed opposition to
public IN estih gsj lis -1all 1noofsline, and
Seymour and Blair may reasonably hope
for an easy victory: So
The PoLlTrcAL CONFERENCE AT WHITE
SULPHUR SpR1NGs.-A correspondent gives
thefollowing:in relation to tile conference
4 between leading Southerncrs and General
Rosencranz, at Virginia White Sulphur
Springs:
/ For the past few days the political world
4 has been intensely excited over the visit
of General Rosencranz here, prior to his
departure tn the Mexican diplomatic mis-
si0n Fs-
Having first visited the Hot Springs,
where General Robert E. Lee then was,
and fnding,that distinguished gentleman
had left for this beautiful resort, whore he
was cordially welcomed, Resencianz set
out in hot pursuit, and here found not only
Lee, but the very collection Of representa-
tive s;outherners he wished to consult with.
The laudable object of the General is to
effect, through the agency of his former
West Point companions and prominent
civilians, reconciliation Of the entire peo-