Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-01

COLORADO LETTER.
Grants Reception st Gssrgsasws.
Ats opoeeh zoevU. u
HE 0ysser1eas D1anD0enranes.
0ssDsssows, csssaASe fBs.,l
Joy -, looo.
DsAa DICE whils ysu srs SrsiIing 70 .
ssoosph~s Of 10Ds ~ are so)sylag y
sverses tsnpsraturs Of sbsut s. .; The
ferssosos clear and delightfully."- pleasant,
every afsssnesn between 3 asd e'eaeek .
shower, and some days short sAswsrs asd
sunshine aNsrnste al the afternoon. We
hare slept every night under blankets sines
~ have been here.
We are iuxuriasing On speehlsi trsut
and vesissn, and in fsw days expect to
get the mountain rsspbesry, said to rssk
among the 6rst Of small fruits and parties
come here from the Plains, in August, .
distance Of hundred and ffty milss, 70
enjoy the esol nsuntain atmosphsss, saAch
trout enc gss berries.
The arrival Of Wells, Fargo Z Co.'S
coach. about 7:so P. n, is the great event Of
the day in Gsorgstown and ysstsrdsy
evening wss locked for With more than
ussal iatsssst. ths psopristsr Of the Barton
House having received . dispatch in ths
morning 70 prepare roems for General
Grant aud suite. A few Of the republicans
bad heard that Gsssfal Grant bad been
neninatsd for the presidsney. but there
had bssa ~ stir smsng them. Our beys
held very large asd enthusiastic ratids-
ton meeting the very evening they heard
ths result Of the New Y srk convention. Its
true they had provided their spssshss, their
powder and tas hasssle Ssr Psndlsssn and
a 6st there VS. considerable ssunslins,
and some talk Of waiting few days - sss
how the thing took before they burned
their ~ asd powder. But Seymour 10 IN
qussalssably tAsis sssssd ehoiss-thsir
Gsst in laes, sxssps upss Ne nsasssal
qusssses, and they fiaally concluded to 60
in and rasify With : win. And hey had .
glorious old tine Of it-spsschss. benArss,
tsrsh light procession. end such thunder
% these old nouassins never heard, except
from the srtillsry Of Jovs hinsslf.
Well, Gen. Grant vas coming, and he
Republicans must make some sort sf d.
menstsation. ~ be had telsGraphsd 70 ~
aouncs bic arrival. undoubtedly for that
purpose. They we're very busy oil day,
and 6sally raised small Grant and Cellar
fss On the Burten House. end seoassesd
firing an anvil abeut two o'clock te get up
the nthusiasm Of the weak aud ruscitatins
Of their pagtv.
Sewe that would b willing 70 ali the tsr..
ritorial Offices paid - high - ol5 for .
horse 70 escort the General iats George
town, suppesing that his Political friends in
Denver and Central City would send an -
cort Of ct least 80 or 40, they must make
out On equal nuDbsr. The Demsesstie hv-
cry men Gid not think they we're under eey
obligations TO furnish horses for this pur-
pose without pretty COED pay. and the "lsy-
d" livery men seemed to think the same
WY.
About SIX o'clock they we're Ill ready,
expecting every moment herald froo BE-
Iew snseuneing that The great ''stick-in-ths-
madn had left Idahe. The General and
suite vas expected in ~ sxsra soacb. $50
-Eseors getting impatient, no herald
6:tS :-Nail coach arrives in . thunder
shswsr-eseest mostly in the livery shsds
"a rather geod-Ieekise man in an eil-sleth
seat On the outside With the drivss-ths
coach steps at the p. O. 70 deliver the mail
right across the street, in front Of the oil
cloth coat hangs floating broadly in the
breeze very doe Seymour and Blair flss,
while the Grant and Colfax dag, which half
an hour before, was floating saucily in the
breeze, wa now limp and wrapped around
the Hsg stad.
Well, il turned out that the oil-cloth coat
sheltered the man from the rain. Who. whom
boy, rode . monkey With . mule on his
| back. Aud, oh horror Of horrors, the
weuld- bs office holders had been ct oil this
trouble end expense, got vet and muddy,
and the great Hiram Ulysses had arrived
| in the city Of Georgetown without an e.
| ccrt-not even political friend from below
l 10 introduce him.
Something must be done % far ~
| possible, to rectify this great blunder, and
| welcome Gen. Grant and suite to this silver
| city. So about eight o'clock they got On
old cracked nfs, . vet drum, formed . pre-
! csssion, and marched up in frent Of their
quarters 1t the Burton House. Everybody
was anxious to sss the lions 20, sotwith-
standing drilling rain, fsur Or Eve hun
drsd hardy minsss joined ths procession. n
least 0oisty Of them Democrats. Aftss Q
rather nsisy, IL not very dialect sersnade,
Jsage morse, believe soa Of the preiss-
cor, Sound and able Democrat Of Central
City, called BY the ''loil" . sscsesion COP
peshsad, cane out on the balcoay and n.
troduesd his persesal friends. Gems. Grant,
IShsrman and Sheridan.
Gen. Grant thanked the citizens and nj.
Isers Of Georgetown for their reception,
such ~ il vas. II va, undoubtedly, well
INTENDED, but be could net think of sssod.
Jog in The rain = make then . spsesA.-
From City Voices ID tAs cssvd. undesbtsd.
Iiy Dsmesssn, 1ssvee misd the rain ~
dsn's"] The Rspsblieaas in the nean.
tine seeing Ne perplssisy ofshsir s>aadasd
bsarsr. shouted lssdly Sas SAssidAn. and th<
Dsosessss. saieyiae The discsaisissrs q
The Rspublicass, we're voei(eseos fes Grant
but b could not bsprssailsl upon y stand
There il he rain and nAks . epeech. ~
Repuhlieone " " tioe callias for ShWi
dao. Whsa the DsaessaAs fsuod thsy
eoald net - srsseh frea 0saas, they
called Soe Shsrnsn, and eeupisssly drown
q the veicss for Sheridan. Gen. Shssmas
came forward. and in . very apprspsiaa'
speech o. about avs minatss, thanked q,
eiasrs and people Of Gssrgstowa Sos thsil
kindness, and Congratulated them upss th'
erses impreveoente ma1s aad their proe
pses efsssa bsesuine The sssaseet silvse ri
ding district in the world; had - dssiss, ,ss,
/, oeuld net ceusistsutly discuss he politics
,sssss sfths day, end retired amidst thsa
dero Il app3asss. Gen Shesidoa - the
} sallsd far; eaos Seevaed asd osds . saah
, Iss feeble sGost as speech did much bel
! ~ thaa Gen Grant, bet il 10 vssv svidsa
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