The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-11

The heads Of the tanks being placed and
thoroughly secured, steam is turned on and
the process Of drying commences. rms iasts
frnm eight to twelve hours, and at the end Of
that time the steam is Withdrawn and oil passed
into the tank,
THE piIINs
az frat shsorbs the oil very fast, but when It be-
gins to eaeken Of. is forced In until the timber
s sa'urat. thoroughly end comes out gnara a,
iced to last htty years. Major hooinson nlu me
The DEMOCRAT reporter hearing about the
hnoms where the timbeTs were kept. went down
and, inuurnG for the
GRANT BOOM,
was told that 1t would be seen later. Beauvoir,
The esidence Of Jeir Davis was passed, and
Grants attention was called to u, but he nude
no remarks, AT East paseaeoula a short atop
was made to shake hands. and flowers We're
ehowered In among them a, great many beauti.
full magnolas. The reporter, seeing here an
opening FOR strike on the third term. captured
npe magnolia, and seeretIng himself insnrlbed
on Il with The poiut Of his knife Our Future
President, Gen. o. q. Grant," and unnoticed
placed II In q conspicuous position; 1t was soon
discovered by one of the Generals admirers,
who carried II In triumph to him and sai':
General the country savs 60 ana even nature
ndorses the senment The gna,ty 5smon nas
ton scanned the Geperala conntenanee close-
relaxed the features Vt the politically client
man. and he quietly said.
Il HAVE SEEN IT GROWING.
After the Mexican war Grant was camped at
East PaseaRoula with his command and he In
auired of the citizens the position of his old
Ali aboardi and SOON the llyellest rate Of
going at the rate Of slightly less than mile a
". eight minutes, and running as smoothly ss q
pair of parlor skates letter writing could be
done az neatly az II anchored In the counting
house. Grant and the excureiontHts sas unit
eomplimented Major Robinson highly on the
great degree of perfection to which he has
bic Of .........
EXPRESSING THEIR APPRECIATION
of his efforts to render their trip a. pleasant
one. Not wisb had been expressed that the
means Of s srs.ieatippn we're not mmeal
narls to the seductive Uhampagne. and anslly
a tcothsope, lunch appealed to the affections
n9 The Uverie WAS Major Robinson
a. commander Of another expedition, may we
Major Walker Fearn, who was. thoroughly
conversant with the country, had pointed out
all obiects Of interest to len. Grant, and on
reaching Mobile was more thoroughly at home
than ever, having there frat seen the light.
MR.. GARDNER.
president Of the Cotton Exchange. with the
rect Of the committee. entered the train and
welcomed Gen. Grant. esoorting him thence to
the carriage. In the meantime rattlipg salute
was fred By detachment Of the State Ar! llery.
under Capt Huger, which brought the piasaes
from the surrounding buildings In ginsling
misses, Az Gen, Grant reached his carriage
the eurains multitude crowd ID the ropee erect
ed to restrain them, and they parted Then
enaged pandemeninm; Rearing horses; shn ,
made az complete picture OF
CONFUSION WORSE COMPOUNDED.
az Mobile has seldom witnessed. 1t was gala
day In the city and as to the exact number who
had turned out f. view ,he General there was
Grant, the committee and the excureiopists
drove as rapidly .as possible to the Manassas
eoramblina ensued as Grant descended from
HE carriage and the police had their hands full
to keep clear way,
AT THE CLUB
Grant was addressed by Mr. Gardner, on behalf
q the Cotton Exchange, and BY Recorder Owens,
temarks were short aud pleasant. Recot der
owena, In the excitement Of the moment, gave
Grant no chance TO reply, but heEen the intro
ductIon, aud In a few minutes all ediourned to a
magnificent collation.. The rooms were almost
q eoid mase Of flowers, showing the create; {
ing and iollitr reisned. The DEMOCRAT re-
porter ana other representatives Of the preae
we're taken charge Of bodily, and the grend old
hospitality for which Mobile is 60 Justly cele-
brated came remar kaby near eaueing them TO
euccumb early IN the action, II any of our citi.
zena visitlng Mobile should desire TO gee ae
tired end uuc1peanial life while there, they
would do we'll by taking good advice and shun-
ming the Manassas Club. particularly lite mem
bers.
CAPT. GEO. vrpMRR
and Mr., r. o. Garter and In private life be sure
TO give the ioviat George W. Spotswood the cut
direct, tor hie wiles are many. Mr., Lindsay. of
the Register, might be a cafe man on sunday,
Toasts to the dietinguiehed guest were drank
with appliance, and Gen. Grant then wal h ed
over 20 the United States court room and held
half hour reception for the colort d people.
At the expiration of that time he returned to
the Manassas Club, and The party; taking ear
streets. and thence down the bay to the Magno-
lila Race Course, where the celebrated
HoRsE KlNBALL,
belonging to Cottrell, wac brought out for In
spection. He Ia magnificent dark chestnut of
over sixteen hands and Is a perfect equine
great things. and 1t Ia asserted that no horse in
America, with the exception perhaps of 2. Lo-
rillard's
"sENsAT,oN'
will at all try his mette. He is largely the Ia
vorte for the Kentucky Derby. Gen. Grant ad-
mired him in . very quiet manner and al
briated gentleman, who had passed himself off
as belonging to the party, made himself quite
conspicuous by occasionally resting his head
lovingly
ON GRANTS SHOULDER.
The Grant party supposed him to be MEM
Der of the committee. and rice versa On re-
turning TO the city the party drove to the Battle
House. and Grant retired TO dress for the ban
duet and to rest. The inebriated gentleman ar
rived passed the police at the door on the
ground that he was on Grant . staff, Walking
leisurely in he drew up u chair near the Gene
raj and. with a hearty
sLAP ON HIS KNEE.
INQUIRED: General h wv do you like this sort Of
thing anyway ?" Members Of the COMMITTEES,
who had been Watching him. finding be was an
interloper led him on gu. etll By the ear. The
line WAS form d. and Mr.. Gardner escorted
Gen. Grant to the banquet hall. which was
gotten up 10 gorgeous style. with floral decor
atlons and blooming plants the menu done
on satin In tastey, style. After the solids had
been disnosed Of the addresses OF the evening
were delivered that OF Col Wickersham par
ticu arlv, being noticeable and 1t was applauded
TO the echo.
GEN. GRANT
made short speech, thanking the people for
their warm reception. and assuring them
Of the. pleasure be had experienced
during his Wait; spoke of the good feeling ex.
listing between the North and South, and hooed
that nothing would her after occur to Cause It's
decline. After numerous toasts the party,
about II O'clock. adjourn d the General and
excursionists going 10 the train. which was to
leave at i:so. Taking seats In the sleeper and
ali smoking. the conversation took a humorous
turn. and some remark with regard to whisky,
brouSh to Grants recollection an occurrence at