The New York herald., 1879-11-14
GENERAL GRANTS MOVEMENTS.

ANoIhEh DAx IN ChACAoO-hECEPIIoNS AND A
DANQUET-PRoaRAMME OF FUTURE MOVE
MENTs-wHAr GENERAL rooMBs IS SAID TO
HAVE SAID.
CHICAGO. H.. Nov 13, 1879.
The Union Veteran Club gave reception to Gen.
eral Grant at Mcvicker's Theatre this morning.
Crowds of people were in attendance. and most
Of those who applied for admission and were not
veterans were turned away. The theatre was taste
fully decorated by Manager Mcvicker with flags and
flowers. with living representations of the goddess
of liberty and the thirty eight States. Patriotic
speeches were made by General Logan and others.
General Grants arrival in the midst Of the proceed
ings the occasion of hearty applause and
cheers. He made few remarks of the same
general tenor In many previous speeches in
this trip. He SAID he believed the war resulted
in o great deal OF good to the country. and
that the South Is in better condition
now than 1t would have been If it had succeeded.
and certainly we would have been worse off if it
had. Emory A. Storrs made a stirring speech. which
elected much enthusiasm. Governor Ogesby and
s. L. woodford followed him. after which the au-
dienco dispersed.
In tho afternoon ho received soldiers and their
wives in the Palmer House parlors from two o'clock
until I've. and many of his old comrades took him
by the hand during that time.
A banquet was given by the Society of the Army
of the Tennessee this evening in the Palmer House.
General Grant was escortA to the dining room by
General Sherman, military and naval officers and
civic dgnitaries Of Illinois and other States. Gen.
erai Grants table was ornamcnted with miniature
man-otwar representing the Ship of State under full
sail The general decorations OF the room were pro
fuse and tasteful.
GENERAL GRANTS PROGRAMME.
General W. II. Holloway. of indianapolis. waited
on General Grant this morning with invitation
from Colonel Thomas A. Scott to accept the hospi.
talisies of the Pcnnsyvania Railroad. which General
Grant accepted. He stated that his programme
substantially as follows:-Leaving here about tho
Goth inst. he will return to Galena. where
he will rest for three weeks He will then
como to Chicago and leave by the morning
train on the Pittsburg. Cincinnati and ST. Louis
Railroad December o. for indianapolis. making only
an hours stop at Logansport. and arriving in In
dianapolis at two o'clock p. NJ. Ho will stay there
ono day. being tcndercd a reception by tho State
Soldiers Reunion. Thence he goes to Louisville.
stopping one day. to Cincinnati. stopping two days.
and IN turn to Columbus Pttsburg. Philadelphia
aud New York. wintering In the South. possibly in
Havana.
AN EXPRESSION FROM GENERAL rooNps.
Tho Daily Neps having invited tho Governors Of
Various states and prominent Southern men to send
In its care congratulations on General Grants
turn, received number Of such congratulations. In
GLIDING one from Hon. Alexander II. stephens.
another from General Longsreet. and the following
from General Robert Toombs:-
To M. 4. STONE, Editor:--
Your telegram received. / decline to answer ex-
cept to say, present my personal congratulations to
General Grant on his safe arrival to his country.
He fought tor his country honorably and won. I
fought Tor mine and lost. am ready to try II
again. Death to the uniont II. TOOMBS.