Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-06-27

Tor mt" replied General Grant,
warmly. Everybody has treated
me with the greatest kindness both
at home and abroad"
"How do you like Paris, gen.
eral?"
every much, indeed. Still | am
getting tired Of remaining. Iwant
to 60 off and travel again, and see
other countries"
"Where do you 90 next?"
"We leave on Friday for Brus-
sells; after leaving Belgium we 90 to
Holland, and thence to Sweden,
Norway and to other parts of
Europe which / have not yet Wis
tied, and next summer We return
home" sres
"Just in time for your friends to
nominate you for the Presidency
again-that much talked of
THIRD TERN,
eh, general?"
"Oh, no." he replied, laughing.
'Gf there were no other obstacle in
the way there is this very great
one-I am thoroughly tired Of pnb-
lie life."
What do you think of the rela-
| tive merits of the Paris Exposition
and our own Centennial ?"
"Our buildings were finer; of
course the artistic exhibit here is
grander than it was in Philadel-
phia."
"Do you think we Americans
make a good showing here?"
"Very good, indeed, considering
the short time we had. OF course
our exhibits are mostly of a practi-
cal character, aud l think in that
regard we are pretty sure to win at
tention."
"Some one was saying the other
day that the impression was you
were going to settle in Philadelphia
after you return to America"
81 have not yet decided where /
shall make my home, as yet" re-
piled the general. "But probably
IN WASHINGTON.
| have lived in Washington so long
that / now feelm at home there
than anywhere elso."
During the generals present stay
in Paris be has been stopping at the
Hotel de Liverpool, a pleasant hotel
on the delightful Rue Castigione
within view of the imposing bronze
Column Vendome, upon whose
apex stands the efligy Of the great
Napoleon, clad in the traditional
garb of imperial Caesar. The third
Napoleon, who never lost an op.
portunity to make capital out Of
the military prestige Of his uncle,
had a similar statue removed and
another, representing Bonaparte in
! his well-known uniform of
THE LITTLE CORPORAL,
with long, gray overcoat, tri-corn.
cred hat, and his arms crossed, was
set up in its stead. During the
Commune the insurgents threw a
rope about the Little Corporal's
neck and dragged him down to the
ground, breaking the column into
fragments.
But sec how a great generals
z glory holds its own in Francel Nc
sooner were the troublous days over
than the authorities voted the
money to defray the expenses of the
re-erection of the monument, and
the reckless men who destroyed il
were fined and imprisoned, Spite
of the contumely which the third
emperor had cast upon the name a
Napoleon, la belle France could MOI
live without the glory of her Bona.
parte. ea,i,gd
| NV AFTER GRANTS DEATH
our people will hold his memory in
equal reverence, and half century
from now posterity will know nc
shade of difference in the glory o.
Washington, Lincoln and Grant
Foreigners, who do not follow the
political disputes of the United
States, already see Grant in this
light, and that is the secret of the
high esteem and the knightly honor
with which he has been treated
abroad. In Paris, every prince
every member of the government,
from Marshal MacMahon down tc
the EXTREMIST dignitary who dared
presume to call, has paid his re.
spects to General Grant; every Wis,
itor of distinction, every notabil,
ity, not only in the ranks of the
aristocracy, but in those of art and
science, has offered the homage OF
; a visit to the great American gen.
cral To name
HIS CALLERS
would be to reoite the roll Of al
the sovereigns, ex-soyereigns
, princes, dukes and 50 on who have
been in Paris during General
Grants stay. The only great crea.
, ture he has not yet seen is the Shah
} of Persia, who arrived only night
before last, and has been resting al
, his hotel almost ever since. Il
; General Grant was not going away
> so soon it is certain he would meet
: the Shah, who, with his