National Republican., 1880-03-26
GRANT AT GALYEsrON.
How tho Day was spent Yesterday.

How tho Day was Spent Yesterday.
GALVESTON, TEX March 25.-This morn
ing carriages, containing Generals Grant, Ord,
Vincent, Card, Sheridan, Mayor Leonard. Col
Moody, president of the Galveston Cotton
Exchanges Mcssrs. George Sealy, j. NJ. Brown,
Julius Runge, III. G. Pratt and others, left the
fremont Hotel to visit tho cotton presses
General Grant seemed particularly pleased
with tho working of the mammoth Gulf City
press, which is equaled in power by only one
or two IN the United States. At tho hppers
press General Grant was presented with IL
miniature bale of cotton handsomely put up
The General received it with thanks, and will
keep it as n souvenir of his visit to Calves
| ton.
After making the rounds of the presses the
party proceeded to the Cotton Exchange,
where General Grant was introduced to q
number of gentlemen After Il brief stay
most of the party returned to tho hotol. Cen
era Grant then visited the peoples school.
This afternoon the party were escorted by a
committee to tho grounds of the Galveston
Grten Yerein.
A NEAT TOAST AND HAPPY RESPONSE.
GALVESTON, Texas, March 25.--At tho ban.
quet last night in response to the toast "Gen.
eral Grant our honorcd guest; greater armies
| than Napolcons have marched at his COM
mand, and greater glores than crown hOvo
been his" General Grant replied as follows:
GENTLEMEN or GALVESTON ] am very much
obliged to one aud all Of You for the very kind re-
| Cepton which have received ut your hands and
at tho hands Of nil the citizens OF this city and
assure you that II affords mo very great pleasure to
| be here on this occasion, and 70 SEQ so many of
| YOU. IL was my fortune more than q third of u
century ago TO visit Texas 9s second lieutenant
and to have been one Of those who went into the
conflict which was TO settle the boundary of Texas.
! am glad to como back now on this occasion 10
behold territory which Is an empire In ilsell, and
| larger than some Of the empires OF Europe
! wish for tho people of Texas as | do
| for the people of the entire South, that
| they may 90 on developing their resources aud
become more great and powerful, aud In the pros
| perity forget, Ms the worthy mayor expressed H.
| that thore Is q boundary between tho North ana
South. Prolonged app!ausc.l / am sure we WI
the day comes that there will be no sectional feel
| ing. Let amy American VINO can travel abroad rs
l have DONE with the opportunity of witnessing
! what there is to be seen that have had, ana he
will return TO America better American and q
better citizen than he was when ho went away
| loud cheersl He will return moro in love
| with his own country. Far be II from me TO find
fault with any Of the European governments |
was well received at their hands on every side, by
every nation in Europe but with their dense popu-
lQtiOn and their worn ont soil IL takes great deal OF
government to enable people to get from the soil Il
bare subsistence, Here VIC have arlch virgin soil,
| with room enough for all of us TO expand and
develop with the use OF very lipls government.
| ! do hope that we long may be aplq 10 get along
happily aud contentedly without being too much
| governed.
General Grant at 10 a. m. yesterday attended
tho wedding Of Moses Freiburg and Miss
NorNh Eldrldge at the synagogue. In tho
afternoon the General accompanied by Gen
oral Ord, called on tho boy Sweeney who, IN
endeavoring to get peep at General Grant fell
| from shed on the wharf At the reception
Mt the Cotton Exchange at IL m a large num-
Der of the business men of tho city were pres
ent.
WILL VISIT ARK ANsAs IN APRIL
LITTLE Rock March 25,-ln response to a
resolution of the city council inviting him to
visit Iiltlo Rock, ex-President Grant telo'
graphs from Galveston that ho will be here
about April l2. lie will visit the Hot