The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18
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CAN RAILWAY.
: he President of the United States and
other Distinguished Men en- route
10 attend the Opening
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northern armies, who bad but recently COM
from the historic village Of Appomattox, wher'
he dictated terms of unconditional surrender
to the proud Lee, and brcugh peace 10 our ois
turbed country. At that time he came with
| his family and personal stan OF omcers, on
tour of recreation, to know personally the New
England people who had so heartily supported
| the cause in which he had been engaged. And
he was welcomed with a genuine New Eng
land hospitality. He visited Brunswick dur
Jug the commemorate ut exercises and spent a
few hours in Augusta returning to Portland.
The next day he visited the White Mountains
and passed on to Quebec and Montreal and
| back to Washington, receiving continued ova-
tions along the whole line of his journey.
| Yesterday the people of Portland again well
| coined the distinguished man, now our honored
Chief Magistrate, on his way to take part in
| one of the most notable events in our State
history in which all, without regard to loca-
ton, feel lively iaterestsas marking great
step in the future prosperity of our common
| wealth. The Presidential party, which had
| participated in the ceremony of lying the cor
ner stone of the new post Office building in
Boston, lett that city at s o'clock by special
train over the Eastern railroad. The train was
| composed of two Pullman parlor cars and three
monitor cars, and was drawn by locomotive
| elegantly decorated. The party consisted of
President Grant, Secretaries Belknap and
| Robson, Postmaster General Cresswell, Gen.
Horace Porter the Presidents private secre-
tary, Senators Sawyer, of South Carolina
Cattell of New Jersey and Buckingham OF
Connecticut and Representative Ella, of New
Hampshire There was also in the car Hon.
G. X. Jewett of Bangor, President of the Eu-
ropean & North American railway and
George NJ. Browne, President, and Jere
Prescott Esq, Superintendent of the Eastern
road. 1t was expected that Vice President
Colfax would accompany the President to
Maine, butt he separated from the party at Boz
ion and returned home.
AT Portsmouth, Senator Hamlin and Con-
gresham Peters of Maine, Gen., j. A. Hall,
Col. f. N. Dow and f E. Shaw, of Gov Per
hams staff, Elias Milliken and U. o. Bracket
of the Executive Council, Commodore PEN
nock, U. S. N, Gen. B. B. Murray, Adiu
tant General of Maine, Maj. w. I'll. Hackett,
Col. Mark F. Wentworth ex Governor Icha-
bod Goodwin, President of Portsmouth, Saco
& Portland railroad, Frank Chase, ESQ, Su
perintendent of the same, Col. j. Manchester
aaines and M. V. B. Chase, of Augusta, join
ed the party. The newspaper press was repre-
sented by a very large number of attaches.
At KIttery, the President was welcomed to
the State by Gen. James A. Hall, in behalf OF
the Governor of Maine, and Senator Hamlin
rendered the hospitalities of the city of Ban
gor.
very brief stop was made at Kennebunk
and the train then run to Portland without
stop, making the distance of % IL miles in 20
minutes, arriving here shortly after IL o'clock.
After changing on to the track OF the Portland
q Kennebec road over the Y. the train back.
ed into the depot where hundreds of people
had gathered to see and welcome the distin-
gu'shed guests The crowd was SO dense that
1t was with difficulty that the police could keep
clear sufficient space around the Presidents
car to allow the distinguished gentlemen who
were to join the party at Portland access to the
train. Immediately after the train stopped tie
President stepped out upon the rear platform
and was introduced by Speaker Blaine
Three rousing cheers were given by the crowd,
which the President acknowledged by lifting
his hat and bowling his thanks. He returned
at once to his seat inside. He was looking
quite well, though prehaps little fatigued and
careworn and not quite SO ford as at the time
of his first visit. He remains faithful to most
of his published portraits, however.
1t was arranged that the President should be
joined at Portland by Lord Lisgar, Governor
General of the Dominion, and his suite. Pres
emily carriage drove up with His .Excelency
nd bo Of tba oif FOIL hD
others containing the suite. Lord Lisgar and the
Mayor at once entered the Car, where the Gov
ernof was introduced to the President by
Mayor Kingsbury, and mutual presentations
OF the henderson, the party followed. Gen
Grant greeted the distinguished Canadian with
his usual dignified courtesy, and all the parties
at once entered upon footing of cordial
friendship.
Judge Goddard Of the Superior Court, ex-
Gov. Washburn, Congressman Lynch, Attor-
ney General Reed, Col. f. Robe, and Mr..
Charles Holden of the Portland City
Council also took this train for Bangor. At
II % the train moved out Of the station, drawn
by the powerful locomotive Augusta, which
was deliberately and elegantly decorated with
bunting and evergreen and floral wreaths.
THE VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT ON FRIDAY.
President Grant will return to Portland on
Friday from Bangor, by special train, arriving
here about o'clock. A. M. He will be met at
| the station by Mayor Kingshury and COM
mittee of reception and taken at once to the
Falmouth Hotel.
At meeting of the Committee of Invitation
last evening, the following programme for the
day was agreed upon. At l 2 o'clock a. m.
the members of the City Governments Judges
of United States Courts, Collector land Sur
veyor of the port Postmaster, U. S. District
Attorney and U. s. Marshal will meet at the
| Falmouth Hotel, where they will take carriages
| in company with the Presidential party. The
| military escort will be composed OF the Port
| land Light Infantry, Portland Mechanic Blues
Portland Cadets, Army and Navy Union and
| Post Bosworth, No. 2. G. A. R.-the Portland
Band furnishing music-upder comman of
Capt Geo. w. Parker, Chief Marshal. The
| route of march will be as tollows:-From the
hotel up Middle street, through Congress,
State, Danforth, Emery, Spring, Bowdoin,
Western Promenade, Bramhall, Congress, New
State, Deering, High, Free, Middle, India aud
| Congress streets to City Hall, where the parade
| will be dismissed. At City Hall the President
| will receive the citizens until II o'clock, when
| he will be taken to the Falmouth Hotel where
| lunch will be rendered to him and his suite,
aud of which the Committee of Invitaticn
will also partake. just before 2 O'Clock the
committee will accompanying city guest to the
depot, and at 2 o'clock they will leave for Bos-
ton by special rain furnished by Superinten-
dent Prescott of the Eastern road
The City Marshal was directed to keep the
streets through which the procession will pass,
free of carriages, and also to reserve so much
| of the west side of State street as may be need
ed to give the children of the spublic schools
an opportunity to see the President and the es-
cort. 1t was also voted to request the citizens
| living along the route of march to decorate
their houses with flags, bunli.g and appropri
ate notices and devices.
The following sub committees were appoint
ed to carry out the details of tbe programme
Committee of Reception - Messrs. King,
Clement and Gordon.
On Carriages -Messrs. Sampson, Hazeltne
and Mccarthy.
On Lunch-Messrs. Winship, Hazeltine and
SWEET.
| HEAVY SENTENCE OF A FoRGER.-I the
Superior Criminal Court this morning, the
case of Orlando G. Brown, a torger, was called
for sentence. The charge against him was con
tanned in an indictment of eight counts, four
each for making and uttering forged orders up.
| on Connolly Il Powers for boots and Eugene
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