The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-05-26
Good-by to Grant.

morning Gen. Grant took breakfast
with Gov. Hartranft, Senator Came
ron, Col. Fred. Grant, Gen. Sherman
and Hamilton Fish, after which he
was waited upon by the mayor and
committee of councils and escorted
to Chestnut wharf, where the steam
er Twilight was waiting to make a
short excursion up the river with
the ex. President and a number of
invited guests on board. A very
large crowd of people were assem-
bled at the wharf, and Gen. Grant
was loudly cheered on his arrival
AS the steamer left the wharf the
people grew very enthusiastic, ansl
cheering, waving of handkerchiefs
and other manifestations uf pleasure
were indulged in. The shipping on
the river was very generally decora-
ted, and the ferry boats, steamtugs,
&C., all saluted the excursion party,
with their whistles and flags. On
arriving at Cramps ship yards, where
the Russian corvette Craysser is ly-
ing, that vessel ran up the American
flag and fired salute of twenty one
guns. After proceeding short dis
tance up the river the Twilight
turned and steamed down again, be-
ing conveyed by number of private
tugs and steamers with excurtionists
on board, all seeking to do honor to
the ex.Presi ent. The Twilight
proceeded to New Castle, where Gen.
Grant was transferred to the steam
ship Indiana, in which vessel he
sails to Liverpool.
The revenue cutter. Hamilton,
which had been placed at the dispo-
sal of Gen. Grant by President
Hayes, was used for the purpose of
carrying Mrs. Grant and a number
of personal friends down the river.
The vessel was very handsomely
decorated. Mrs. Grant was escorted
on board by Mr.. Geo. w. Childs and
wife, Mr.. A. J. Drexel and Mr.. J.
W. Paul and fami y. The party
which accompanied them was com.
posed of a large number of distin-
guished ladies and gentlemen. In
passing the navy yard the Hamilton
was greeted with a salute from the
receiving ship.
The escort of Gen. Grant down the
Delaware was the crowning features
of the courtesies extended to the eX-
President during his stay in Phila-
delphia. Two steamers, as before
stated, were used by those in charge
of the affair-one chartered by the
city government and the other ten
dered by the national officers. These
were accompanied by twelve other
! steamers and fleet of river craft,
all dressed in their holiday attire.
The city steamer was for the use of
Gen. Grants escort, and the other
for Mrs. Grant and the ladies and
gentlemen who accompanied her.
Distinguished parties were on both.
On the eeX-President's steamer were
the mayor and city councils, the
Philadelphia judiciary, the city del
egation in Congress, the United
States Senators from Pennsylvania,
the Governor and State officers, the
general in chief of the United States
army, four members of Gen. Grants
cabinet, the judge of the United
States Circuit Court, thegeneral gov.
ernment officers in Philadelphia, and
large number of citizens. In the
steamer devoted to the party OF Mrs.
Grant were a large circle of ladies,
her personal friends, and with the
gentlemen of their families in wait
ing upon them. The other steamers
were crowded with passengers. The
wharves and shipping, the navy yard
at League Island, the large ship
yards on the Delaware, the factories
towns and piers all the way to New
Castle, forty miles down the Della
ware, were decorated with flags, sig
nails and bunting. Numerous salutes
were fired as the escorting steamers
passed down the river. The fleet
came together near New Castle, and
at point the river was covered with
gaily dressed steamers and river
craft, and amidst salutes of cannon,
and steam whistles, the dipping of
flags, waving of thousands of hand
kerchiefs and resounding cheers the
ex-President and his family were
transferred from their steamers to
the Indiana. The scene was one of
the most beautiful and inspiriting
ever witnessed on the Delaware.
During the trip down the river
Gen. Grant took dinner with the
committee on board the boat, among
the guests being ex-Secretaries Fish,
Chandler, Bore and Robson, Gen.
w. T. Sherman, Gov. Hartranft,