The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-11-25

"fank movement" by which you
Dstole a march upon our people, we
indulge the hope thatyou will now
accede to their request, and name
the time and place for such de-
monstration that will be most
agreeable toyou:
The GENERAL, after a moments
| pause, replied: -: .'~-
| Gentlemen I am glad to meet
you all and receive your congrat-
ulations, but / hope you will spare
; me = any public demonstration.
,[Another long pause, the General
standing with his hands in his
pockets.l I like to. avoid de-
monstration everywhere, and, with
my consent, there will be none
here. or elsewhere. [ am always
ready to meet such gentlemen as
call at my Office without public
display or demonstration: This
will be much more agreeable to
I you. Mayor Bowen-Certainly,
General we will study your plea
sure in. the: matter.] General
Grant, am not unmindful Of the
feeling intended to be displayed
by such demonstrations, but you
must take that for Grant. ed.
( daughter. The. General evidently
intended no pun;] ..,4.
The above is an exact verbatim
report. of General Grants remarks,
and as he is5gnot given to much
speaking,: care'.has been taken by
your correspondent to place this
speech before the country pre-
cisely asit was delivered. Mayor
Bowen, seemingly much dis
appointed and dissatisfied, took
the General a little to one side,
and, in an. under tone, addressed
something to.the General, to which
he dccliaeda to reply except by
shrug Of the shoulders. The party
then left like the young man: who
was told to sell all he had and give
it to the ..poor-they went away
sorrowfulN ulN-;nlarching out like a
funeral procession. ~. ..
Gen. Grant spent the most:of his
time to-day at his headquarters.
Having arisen earlyin the morning,
one Of his first acts was to order
the destruction. of several bushels
of letters which have been sent
to him here, in relation to Offices,
&C., which have been opened and
read by .his..staff., No record of
them was kept, and this timely
warning will probably: save the
vast amount Of Importantly in ad-
vance, and indicates determine
tion not to allow the cares Of state
to weigh him down prematureg.
GENERAL GRANT AS PRESIDENT"
The Army. and Navy Journal,
which has, through the campaign,
spoken in relation to Grant in an
authoritative tone, discusses his
probable course now that he. is
elected to the Presidency. It
refers to his candid and dispass-
sionato view regarding the. South
setforth.in his official report on
the situation soon after peace was
declared, and the terms ofsurrender
which he dictated to Lees army.
1t then adds: :: - |
General Grantwe repeat, is by
nature we'll balanced calm, mod
crate, conservative man. Such
will he appear. as President, and
those: who contemplate his being
either a tool or a tyrant reckon
without their host. Next we may
count on General Grants admins
tration being of an exceedingly
practical character. This is the
essential character of his own
mind. 3 * General Grant, with
out making great noise about it,
will aim to make his administra-.
ton generally useful by economy,
by honesty, by sound judgment
and common sense.
His Cabinet will be selected as
to render him assistance IN this
practical way. The measures he
will recommend to Congress will
be entirely Of this sort. The
finances and the civil service will
be among the foremost Of general
political subjects to receive at