Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-10-14
General Grant.

cisco, California, with General Grant % board,
reached Astoria, Oregon, yesterday morning.
Salutes were fred from Forts Stevens and Can
by. aud cheers were given by The OroWs OF the |
Eopllsh ships 10 the bay. The mayor of AS
toris. Gen. 0. 0. Howard and others boarded |
tho s.. Peul, and General Grant ws5 escorted |
ashore, aGG made speech, in which he sed |
the scores through which he was passing in |
Oregon we're familiar, but the hills did not
look bali go high as they did twenty six years
ago. Great improvements had been made since
then. Returning 10 the steamer the General
Continued his trip to Portland, whore be will
| arrive to day.
SAN FRANCISCO, Ocs. ia Van Couver
dispatch says the steamer St. Paul arrived
here at 5:45 o'clock to day. At every town on
| the river Grant was oheered By the assembled
| crowds. Several isolated houses attracted ct
| tentlon with shot guos aud the waving Of flags
| aud haudkelcbicis. A salute of 81 guns was
| played, "The Corquoli,g Hero Comes" All
tho troops and tho whole population Of Van
| Couvcr were gathered at the dock Oh the st.
| Paurs arrival. Two huldred citzens boro
torches. A delay of an hour occurred before
the party made their appearance. At 6:35
o'clock Gen. Grant came en- deck aud was il-
| troduccl by Gen. Howard 10 the officers OF the
post, TO Mayor johns. who said. II had the
| pleasure Of landing With you htra - years
ago, aud to the committee OF reception Gen,
Grant taking the arm of Gen. Morrow walked
to the end Of tho deck, where tbs soldiers
greeted him with cheers. The party then took
Carriages fer Geo. HowarG's residence, pr5ced
ed by the band and soldiers. Gen. Hcwsrd's
residence and company barracks vera bliLiant
ly i!luminated. BoGtirGs blazcd Ga the main
street aud flags were stretched aoIG6s tho street
ct vsli0us points. Shortly alter tho Grant
narty arrived at Gen. Howard residence Gov.
Il +. Ferry, Secretary N. Ii. Owirgs. Sur.
veyor General William McNlcktr. Auditor
I. NJ Reed, Msjor j. II. HoSdep, Judge
John 2. Hoyt. hop. +. Ii. Cock, Pic ident
OF tire Coucci; Hon. George Il. Steward.
Spcs ker of the House, and thirty mcmbars Of
tho Legislature, entered The House in body
aud took places in the cast parlcr Governor
Ferry addressed General Grant as fellows:
"The vsiy pleasant Guty has dcv0ived on ms
Of rresenliGg to ycu this Joint resolution, uoani.
mouslg adop'ci by the CouEcl end House Of
Representatives of Washington Territory, in-
vit.pg you t, visit all p5r:iots of the Territory,
particularly Olympia, the capital. 10 ed lilion
to this expression OF the representatives.. | can
assure you that the people OF the Territory 83ll
be highly cCmpmaDed and gratified By 2 visit
from ycu. Should you vi.ii tn eastern PORTION
OF the Territory you would obtain personal
| Knowledge OF tho large acreage Of agricultural
ianG capable e producing one hundred million
brSfe!s or wheat annually, and irGm twenty five
to hlty bushels to the acra. AT the present timo
you would lind several thousand tons Of wheat
awaiting expert on account of tho inadequ9cy Of
transportation. You would also BIO confirmed in
the opinion, which l think you entertain that it
Ia the duty OF the government 10 remove tho OBJ
structions to navigation existing in that nobio
river, portion Of which you traversrd Ia. day,
to enable those who nhabit the headquarters 10
obtain AT unohstrGcted outlet TO the SAD. Should
you visit Western Washington Territory, and
particularly Puget Sound, you will discover tho
grost commercial and manufacturing facilities
Of that locality. We cannot promise as grand a
demonstration 90 you have received vt many
points since your return, but we can promise
you q heartfelt welcome, and can assure you
that tho people OF no part Of our common coun-
Try nave higher admiration for you IS man.
as soldier and as statesman than have the
peonle of Washington Territory"
he General responded as follows:
"G0uernor and Members Of the Legislature ::
regret exceedingly thai / shall not DO ATTIC to
remain lrns enough to visit any other por6on
OF tho Territory. | had expected to spend
several weeks on the Pacific east, but the r..
uhl1n Of the Army Of the Tennessee. Wh;cl
oommtn4cd during tho late unH!easanness,
was postponed for my return, and | have
promised TO meet them. They did not Tx o
day unIll promised TO be with them. early 10
November, and that, With other ppiiotncnts,
comDca mo to leave not later than the 18th
lrst. You can easily SEQ the impossibl:ty Of
accepting the invitation. Your statement OF
the, producing quality oil the Territory surplils
ard gratlhca me. lived year on the spot On
which uow stand, but never visited that nor-
ton OF which you speak OF. always supposed
that, Whlio part was productive, the greater
share was too reproductive, except Of fish and
Timber, to justify enough population to mako a
StSt, uoless there should be some mineral do.
teI0pments. From your statement, have no
doubt OF ytut soon becoming State, AID We
canuot bsVe too many in this latitude"
At reception, all the officers of the post and
Van Ccuver called. Gen. Grant will meet the
citizens ct Van CouVer tomorrow moruOg 10
the park. lie VII, 20 to Cs:cldcs Wednesday,
and TO Salem Thursday.
a Portland dispatch says: Tho streets are
ctoTdcd o'oigbt with Thousand of people, ard
tho city wears very animated appearance It
IS cSlimatcd that 10000 people from various
portions OF tho State snd Washington Territory
arc visiting the city. The Steamer St. Paul
will leave Fort Van Couver to morrow at l:3O
O'Clock for Portland, aud will arrive here st
one p. N. The steamer city Of Salem will
leave here st eight a. III. to morrow for Van
Couvcr with members CT tho reception com.
mittce to met General Grant and party. Tho
procession is expected to be ready to move by
p. N. There will be grand bail on Tues.
day evening at tho Mechanics pavilion under
the auspices of the Grand Army OF the Repub
lc. "a Wednesday evening" formal recep-
tlon will take place at the pavilion. to which
the public generally are invited. Geo. Graut
will tail hence on the steamer st, Paul On the
mcrIlog of the l7th instant.
| WARM AND COLD BATus.-An article Of q
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