The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-21
GENERAL GRANT.
His Visit to his BirGn-pIRcs-Among the
Friends Of his Boy hood.

From letter in the Washington Chronicle,
descriptive OF General Grants trip to the West,
we quote as follows:-
The steamer halted at Point Pleasant, the
birthplace OF General Grant, quiet little coun-
Try village IN Ohio, not far from Cincinnati,
wh ch will probably never aspire to Il grea er
distinction than IL has already attalued, and 1t
it doesn't increase rapidly in population, can
apsa er its more AMBITIOUS neighhDrs As the lion
did the ioX IN he fable, unltn1 Sed leo. Here tue
General was gwen time 10 tpd the house IN
which be was born, and which he had never
seen to remember TIL then. This property hal
long since passed out OF the ownership of hr.
Grant, wLo removed TO GeorGetoWn, Bro @n
county, OHIO. when his son, Ulysses, Was year
old. 1he boat ran on up from here to Ripley,
Ohio, where the coming OF General Grant had
been anticipated uneXpectedly, and prepai ions
made TO give hun q ro1siDg reception.
1t was night when he arrived. Rockets
were flying cannon firing, bells ringing, music
playing, and The whole town Come i've or SIX
thousaDo) appeared TO be on the river bauk
shouting voclterously. a comm tee of gentle
men came aboard. and General Murphy delivered
an ADDRESS of welcome. General Grant replied
that he was taxing little trip 10 visit the old
places where he bad spent his early days, and
thai be would be back the next day, and wo I'D
then Re glad 10 meet HIS old trends IN quel
way. From here the boat ran up TO MaysYllle,
KY. where the General lett it, arriving ab Jut
10 o'clock the nigh of the q He vas met by
numerous old friends, and the greater part of
the night was spent IN talking over old times.
Here he had gone to school, AMI many OLD
scnoolmates cba,ted freely with him of the
sweetest of all boyhood memor es.
At S O'Clock the next morning (the 31), the
GeLeral, his son, aud General Dent drove out
into the country fourteen miles, to Maysllck
| AID break lasted with an uncle, the brother OF
| the Generals father. After Il short visit here
they returned 70 MavRvllle, wing at IL O'CLOCK
moor, having stopped at Washington en- roU e.
the oldest town in Kentucky, where Colonel
| Goegin entertained them; a steamer passed
soon after and the General returLed to Ripley,
arriving about 2 o'clock, and was en-
tertained by his cousin, Mr.. Hud,on,
who had invited a number OF old friend
10 meet his guest. The olden times were
discussed, and few hours spent in delightful
con opship. The General visited the old
school-bouse where he received some OF his
early training, and the old market house, where
it Is not improbable his ambition tn achieve
victories at marbles made hun an occasional
truant at school. He was reminded by old
school-tellows OF many funny jokes aud pranks
they had PLAYED of together on heir fellows.
On the night of the fourth, the General drove
to Bethel Ohio, twelve miles froH Georgetown,
where he stopped an hour with Mr.. Morris, sou
Of Senator Morris, who had been Instrumental
in appointing him to West POlut. Here,
although the hour was late, he was met by
numerous old frierds who remembered him as
boy. Old Mr.. Grant had moved here from
Georgetown after his son started to West Point,
and it was from here he moved to CovIngton a
| few years since. From this place the General
| drove the same night 10 Batavia, twelve miles,
| where he spent the sabbath with his cousin,
| JNTleTIY MISS OIlluLu, uOW Wis. JuuSG Aeuuaus
| The Sabbath was spent in church going and
pleasant conversation with friends aud re-
| latlOns.
In the drives from town to town the General
| pointed out many old landmarks and several
| times, while driving in The night, was called
| upon to decide between different roads when
! Others of the party were unable to do so. A
| trait IN his character was here displayed which
must have been OF incSlculable service in man
| aging large armies. Years had flown since he
| had seen or known anything about this country,
| and yet he seemed to remember distinctly every
| path and tree and ther exact location. OF
| course he was not driven, but he held the rens
in oil these flying trips from place to olace, and
! patulaliy enoue h. and because natural Is worth
mentloning-he always watered his Tn horses
ard attended to their hilchug and unhltch,ng.
The country in Ohio and Kentucky which he
! visited is lonely in the extreme, and there
| seemed TO be genuine enjoVment TO the General
in travelling through it. You can imagine the
Zest with VIII ch he entered into the pleasures
| OF this tip when you reflect that but daV or
| two before he was surrounded as none bat q
| Washington city official ls. From BalaVia he
drove over, on Monday morning the 9Th, to the
Little Miami depot on the Llttle Miami Railroad,
and IN few hours was back again with his
family in CoVington. If YOU will take the
trouble 10 look at the map, and follow the
course | have marked you will see that General
Grant is as enterDrising in his visiting as ne Is
in his 6shtng campaigns.
The party, again united, left CoVing'on tht
evening of the 9Th, and coming over the Ohio
and Mississippi Railroad, arrived at st. Louis
| July 7, in the afternoon.