, 1880-11-22

werc on foot, to keep up with the carrfaso4
Then. ut tho house, tho ttmo was nearly nlI
taken up with lunch. n reception, and speechns
Until Just besorc TIM departure fron, Wnrrcn, II
WIS mt certain TINT tho visit would 10 nude
Other engagements 1f hot!i Gctl. urnit mud
Sclnsur C0nklinK threMtcnesl to tntprrero. Int,
sathcr thnn let II nrpcar ttat visit WIS pur-
Imscly n'odctl, It wus 'inally concluded to make
HAKTf VISIT ~ stESrtIn. =.
As tho rnrsy approached tho house Ut Gen. Chr.
Held. crowd wns seen on the pUrch, and in thetI
midst stotut tho tcncrnl. waiting to recuiyo tt,
guests. Thu first cArrlago contained Cen
nrsnt, scMsor CtnklIng, Con. 1.ogun, nnd thu
lion. 1.us' j.. Morton. As zach attghtud l,o was
III turn grcctctl with n hcarty 'iow nro ynu,
sGnasort 'lfow aro yosi. gtncsal?' Senator
Ct'nklIng md zen. Logan cacl, responded,
.f3cticrnl. I'm nlntt to SEQ you,' while Gen.
Gratit. hoinH last tn got nut OF tho vntce, With
Gcu. u.Gnrt'ck followed tho others Into tho house,
After rculOvlnE their wraps. tho pnfty wore
ushercd into thu pAslar, whoro they wcro intro
'!liccd tn members Of tho family md tn Mrs. Col.
lh5rkwel.u Ut Washington, WHO happcncd to IN
vistlng thcrn.
THE rnEETtsa
an nil sides seemed Of tho most friendly char.
ncter. After fow minutes passed III conycrsa.
nor during which tlmu no ono sat down, Con.
Ghrilc!d led the guests 10 the dining room, whare
hat como with them frofn Warren rartook.
Tho dcsirn Hf the people to SEQ Gen. 1rnnt being
t" Hrcat. he went to tito parlot with Gch. Gnr-
Held. wtGFt an Informal reception took place.
SeHntor Conklft,g End Con. Lo2nn follawed soon
utter. Tho three so1u after nftet appeared IN
tho porch. and short speeches were made tn tho
crowd nsscusl1c.l, md tho 'mteting' WIS now
over. Tho guests bud tlunned their hats ntld over
coats, md Wcru rcAt1y to ,cnyc. Thorc had been
No CuNrEnESCE.
or nnythtny like nt,D. AL conversation thus far
hull been in prcscilco Of tho thrtnK, nn1 thero
wMa apparently ITO thought about I'LL agreement.
They prepared ttI bid ts.1lctl u tho household
while Gen. Hnri!rld ordered up cnrrsugcs for the
return. l}cforo tho latter could 10 brought i'm
n furious storm broke on tho sconc, scnteeriug
tho crowd, and driving everybody to shelter,
tho rcs!lcnco l'cing thrunped In II twinkltng. AZ
thu rain still ca!no down In torrents md gnyo
evidence Ut last!ng a few minutes. ratltor thnn
a1ow hfa Eucsts to hc jostlcsl by tho pcopln who
had crowded III to cscnro voting, uc1l. Gar
tlcld invited them
UPSTAIRS :,
to his librnry. Gems. Grant and Logan, and
Senator conk!tng, tho Hon. l.. r. Morton, md
Mr.. Phinter. "f tho Philadelphia Inquirer, fo1-
lowed him up. md there, tho door brinH open,
tho distinguished citizens enjoyed quite n
'ssEokc.' chattiag socsnoy mclnwhlfo. ihonstl
not reyeFttng tn politics. rnople pns.ed md re-
passed tho '!bor during tho short interval. anl
therp waa no attempt At conccalmcht Of tho
subjccts Of conversation. They had scarcely
| t!nn to finish thoIr 'stnoke' beforo tho storm
passed over, and, bcforu tho rain hnd entirely
accused! tho t'urty started for tho dcpnt+ Tho
bove is the truth. aud tho wo!e truth, nt1ont tho
matter, md. In viuw Of It. tho reports about
| senntor Cnnk!ing submitting n pnrcr or ngree-
| tncnt for Gen. G1r!lcl to sign uro tho tncrest
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