The Portland daily press., 1871-10-18
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MAINE.
The Presidents Trip to Bangor
A Grand Oxtp0A2iMg of the
People.
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MAINE.
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When the train had once crossed the boundary
of the State, Senator Hamlin and Congress
man Peters as a committee from Bangor ap
peared. and Mr.. Hamlin said that be spoke 'or
committee of the city of Bangor to meeS riis
EXcellency at the line of the State anu eAIeho
to him hearty and cordial welcome 10 inc
hospitalties of the city, and he was rfJoicei W
know that the President was able 10 be VIII
them. Senator Hamin then introduced Tue
members of Governor Perhams staff to the
President as follows: Gen. b. b. Murray, Au-
iutant General, Gen. j. A. Hall, inspector
General, DR.. E. A. Thompson. Surgeon Gen
eral, Coils. tElias Miliken, J. NJ Haynes, +. n
Dow, A. B. Sumner, M. V. B. Chase and L.
E. Shaw. aids de camp.
Gen. Hall said 81 have been directed by the
Governor of Maine to meet yO,. at the border
of the common wealth and to say that he IS Low
in waiting at tie State Capital, where be VIII
be happy to extend to your Excellency most
cordial welcome 10 behalf of all the people OF
the old Pine Tree State
The Presidents party consisted of Genera
Belknap, Secretary of War; Postmaster Cen
eral Creswell, Secretary Robson. of the navy,
Gen. Porter, and Gen. Bapeock, private secre-
taries of the President and quartermaster Gen.
ingalls,, The following gentlemen of note with
the Presidents party: Speaker Blaine, Con-
gressmen Ly nch and Peters, Senators Hamlin,
Cattell, of N. j., Wilson Of Mass, ex-Gov.
Buckingham of Connec ticut, Senator Sawyer
OF South Carolina, Speaker Jewell of Massa-
chusetts, Gen, Cunningham, Adjutant Gener-
al ot:Massachusetts, Col Usher, U. S.. Marshal
OF Mass, Gen. Underwood, Gen. Bates OF Gov
Claf1 MS staff, DR.. Geo. B. Loring, Commodore
Pennock of Portsmouth Navy Yard, A. B.
Mullett, us architect. Pennsylvania fur
nishes the following delegates:-M R. w.
Schenck, Col. Sam'l Shock, Fl. M. North, D.
w. Silar, J. V. Watson.
The train arrived at Portland at quarter
past IL and remined about ten minutes. Here
quite number joined the party including
Hon. John b. Brown, Attorney General
Reed, Judge Goddard, Fl. J. Libby, A. K
Shurtleff, Lewis Perez, H. N. Jose, Consul
Murray, Gen. j. D. Fessenden, Hon. Charles
Holden, Capt. Enoch Knight, and Others
Here the Governor General OF Canada, Lord
Lisgar and staff joined the party
The ksata through Maine,
ton to Brunswick, where large concourse of
people had met to see the President. Gea
Chamblain here entered the train and passing
to the rear of the Presidents car introduced
''the President of the United States" The
announcement was greeted with loud cheering
President Grant acknowledged the compi-
ment and waited talking with Gen. Chamber
lain sometime, while the crowd satisfied their
curiosity liz gazing at the man whom they have
SO deservedly honored. While the President
was conversing on the rear of the car little
enthusiastic fellow, evidently working man,
rushed up, and exclaimed "Gen. Grant, your
looking just as ye did in the Wilderness,"-
This caused burst of laughter that the en-
thusiastic exsoldier hardly expected. Here
the party was augment by exGov. Chamber
lain, ex Gov. Coourn OF Skowhegan, Hon. S.
p. Benson, G. j. Gilman, General Hyde, of
Bath and others. After delay of twenty
minutes the train moved on leaving Buns
wick at ten minutes past ten.
The train run at the srate of forty miles an
hour an swept by little assemblies at the small
stations, who in lieu of getting look at the
President swung III, ir hats and hapdkerchefs
at the lightning like tain. AT Gardiner sal
vOs of artillery greeted the approaching train,
and crowd that no other occasion or no other
man could bring out greeted the modest look
ing citizen that Speaker Blaine introduced to
his constituents as the +" President of the
United States.'' AS the train moved away the
welking rang with cheers. At Hallowel there
was another immense crowd and another sa-
lutte of artillery. ------- --
Al the Capital.
At Augusta the crowd was the largest. 1--WE
have ever seen there. Away up Court street
like vast raised audience room, the seas of
upturned faces extended away down to Water
street. All about the depot buildings aud on
the roofs the throng extended. Here platform
had been provided in the depot tastefully fes-
TONED with flags. President Grant was es-
corted to the platform by Senator Hamln
Speaker Blaine and the Governors staff, and
Gov Pei ham was presented by Mr.. Hamlin to
the President. Mr.. Perhan welcomed his ex-
cellency to Maine in the following words:
President Grant, it affords me great pleasure
to welcome you to the State OF Maine and its
capital in behalf of our people and extend to
you hearty greeting and tender their most
generous Inequalities. Please ACCEPT the as
surauce of our high appreciation of your char
acter as citizen, and your distinguished servi-
ces, both as tie Commander of our victorious
army and as the Chief executive of the natien.
We earnestly hope your visit TO Maine will be
as pleasant to you as it is gratifying to us.
The Presidents speech.
President Grant replied that he wished to
thank the people of the State through their Gov
ernor for the uniform courtesy and kindness
that he had always received at their hands and
especially for the cordial welcome that he ceiv-
ed here six years ago, and for the very hatter.
ing manner in which he was received to-day
along his route. He said he had no doubt that
his stay of a few days would be as pleasant TO
him as it could possibly be to Others Mayor
Eveleth then welcomed the President to the
city of Augusta in few fitting remarks The
President then stepped upon seat, and as he
was announced to that vast multitude cheers
went up that reminded Gen. Babcock of the
shouts of full army corps during the last
campaign. The train remained in Augusta a
half hour, leaving at IL o'clock. At Angus
ia the Capital Guards, Capt Woodward, 60
muskets. with the Lynn Band of rs pieces, took
the train.
On 10 Bangor.
From this point onward tie railroad line
along the Kennebec seemed literally lined with
people as though the towns for dozen miles
on either hand had passed out the last man,
woman and child to welcome the man whose
fame they claimed and whose words they used
as proverbs The Vassalboro' station had a
large crowd, and Winslow and WaterviIle had
heard of the train and thronged the stations by
thousands. At KendalPs Mills it was arrapo.
ed to make stop, and it was well it had been
so ordered for the people of Somerset county,
by thousands, by railroad, Kimbalps best car
riages, and humping farm wagons came down
to welcome the guest of the State. 1t was
some moments before the train got in position
for the eager people to see Gen. Grant, and one
radical old farmer fearing he should not see
him, accosted his neighbour Governor Coburn,
(all the people along the Kenne5ec are his
neighbors) Governor, it's clear matter of
votes. If Grant comes out to see us, he gains
If he don't he loses, sure as We live" When
the President appeared and was introduced as
plain president of the United States,'' how
the cheers went up again. Two or three gush-
ing young ladies of sweet sixteen with cherry
red lips at this point expressed an ardent desire
to kiss the President and he, good man, sub
mltted and it is said returned the osculatory sal
utations in so gallant manner as to call forth
loud applause and merriment We have here
tofore omitted to state that Governor Perham
and Messrs. Knowtop, Pulsifer aud Bracket