Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1879-12-17
GENERAL GRANT.


Wltuessoa i'm Amevsca--Iueiden
Of she Parade - Everybody fsI
arant-Let US Have Peace.
Ths reception accorded to Genera
Grant, in Philadelphia, yesterday, was
too large to grapple With and do jnstics
to in Newspaper the size ofths REpUB
LIcAS. One Of the smallest divisions IL
the great parads would have made ar
immense affair in Wilmington. II was
simply immense aud language fails t.
portray its magniicence, bnt We woult
fail in our duty to our readers were VI
not to give q condensed report Of Il
from notes taken in the parade, from
the standpoint of a position in the Lin
coin Club Of this city, as a rnarcheI
from the time 1t left It's position at on.
O'Clock until the parade ended at si1
o'clock, &C, 900 people being in line AND
marching steadily Tor fvs hours, thai
being the time that IL took the parad,
to pass auy given point. Entering
Philadelphia fow minutes before lC
O'Clock the Lincoln club took street
cars at BROAD aud Prime street, and
were conveyed to their destination al
Seventeenth street and Columbia Ave
aue, where 1t was sandwiched in bs.
tween two other civic clubs, the Con
tinental club being in front and col
Ged club in fashy regalia being in the
rear. The sun rose bright and the at
mosphsre was keen, sharp and crispy.
Every where throughout the city or.
ganizations OF men headed by bands
Of music we're treading their way to
their assigned position in the line. All
Philadelphia seemed TO be astir and
ont OF doors and every train but au-
gupented the crowd by thousands.
The noise and blaze Of brass bands
were almost bswildering as organiza
tiops ons after arother took position.
Military companies with flashing uni
forms, the Grand Army organizations
in their suggestive but plain blue, BE-
n-vol.nt associations in dazzling rsga-
lias, pioneer. companies, State and City
officers, political clubs with flaring
badges, and industrial and manufac
turing establishments with samples Of
goods on every conceivable kind Of ve-
hicles, went to make up this vast con-
course 10 90 honor 10 fh1iaoelphlas
guest, General U. s. Grant.
The train which brought Gen. Grant
to the city left Harrisburg at 6 O'Clock
yesterday morning, and consisted OF
five Pullman coaches, and contained
Governor Hoyt and staff, representa-
tives Of the press, Philadelphia City
Council of Reception, Senator Cameron
and wife and many others Of note.
At Mantua, the palace car, contain
ing Mrs. Grant and the other ladies,
was detached from the train, and
taken to West Philadelphia station
where they were met by Mr.. and Mrs
Geo. w. Childs and escorted to thu
residence of the latter. The remaining
four cars we're taken 10y way of the
New York junction to the intersection
Of Broad and Somerset street.
On the way to the junction somebody
remarked to the General about tn.
pleasant weather, when he replied;
"Yes, I'm glad OF it on acsount of th.
psopls.".
The train containing General Grant
aud party reached the Germantown
junction At twenty minutes past nine
o'clock. As the train came to stop II
was boarded by Mayor Stokley, Col
Chas Thompson Jones, President Cav,
-n and smith, Of Common and Select
Council, and a few others. Mayor
Stoklsy, Immediately upon entering
tipped his hat and grasped in oordia
manner the extended hand OF General
G ant, the latter holding his hat in his
hand.
After congratulating the General by
saying-"Gsneral, I'm glad to see
you," the Mayor in pleasant jovial
way remarked:
"What little l have to say l will
read," and then he read an address d
welcome in which he welcomed him 10
Philadelphia, the city from which be
started on his European tour nearly
two years ago. 81 aint sure" said
Mayor Stoklsy referring to the demon
stration OF the day, "that these trib-
utes OF respect and affection are dearsr
to you as a citizen Of our great Repub-
lie, than all the honors conferred upon
you BY those who govern Empires or
control the affairs OF nations. As |
bsds you God speed upon. your iour-
pey. now Welcome YOU home, and
trust that in your stay among us you
may feel you are a. homs, and that the
people Of Philadelphia, by their hearty
grsetipg, NAV Impress upon you that
il 10 indeed = City Of Bro.herly Love.
Having concluded his address, the
Mavor added: ~ once more welcome
you to the city,"