Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-02
OLD TECUMSEH.

sis1C OF Inc General OF the Army to st
Paula Cordial Reception by Old Army
Friends-His Future Route.
Gen. William L. Sherman, accompanied
by his daughter, Miss Rachel Sherman, and
Major John M. Bacon, arrived in this city
yesterday at P. NJ, in special car at.
taohed to the regular train on the Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul railway. The general
comes to attend the two hundre6th anniver.
sary of the discovery of st. Anthony Falls te
be held on Saturday, under the auspices Of
the Minnesota Historical society, with the
intention of proceeding hence on tour Of
inspection of the forts upon the upper Mis-
souri, river.
The party was met ct the depot by few
friends, mostly belonging to military head
quarters, who extended brief though cor
dial welcome, after which they drove to the
Metropolitan hotel and partook of q sub
stantial lunch. Gen. Sherman was looking
remarkably well, though little Older
and less stout than he was a few
years ago. After brief RES
in their apartments the general and hiE
daughter took short walk about the city
and viewed with evident delight the magnifi
cent scenery along the river as seen from
the Third street front of the city. Shortly
after o'clock Gen. Terry's carriage drove
to the hotel and the party repaired to the
residence of the department. commander or
Summit avenue. Here, after an hour or two
spent in social converse, the party partocl
Of dinner, after which they received quite 6
number of our citizens and the officers Of
the post. The reception was entirely inform
al-indeed, it was scarcely reception at al
in the ordinary meaning of the word.
visit to the bluff overhanging the rivel
was made in the cleaning, and at an early
hour the hour the general, Miss Sherman
and Major Bacon returned to their hotel
where they were not at home to any callers
though the corridors were we'll throngei
with citizens who were anxious ia pay theil
respects to the hero of the march from
Atlanta to the sea.
This morning Gen. Sherman and daughter
will, after brief view of the city, proceed
to Fort Smelling under escort of Gen. Terry
where thay will be received with the honorl
due to the rank of the chief of the army
and will lunch there. They will probably
pay visit to some of the points of interes
in the vicinity, including the Falls of Min
nehaha, and later in the day may inspect
the Falls of st. Anthony. On Saturda,
they will be the guests of the State Histori
cal society, and will attend the celebration
to be held on that day commemorative O.
the discovery of the Falls of st. Anthony BY
Father Hennepin. The Sabbath will prob
ably be spent in this city, and on Monday
the aparty will start for the upper Missouri
on the Northern Pacific road, stopping t.
look over the great farms in the Red River
valley. A short halt will be made at Bis
marck, and the general will there pay visi
to Fort Abraham Lincoln. At Bismarcl
the general will take steamer for the heas
of navigation ON the Missouri, visiting 81
route Forts Clark, Stevenson, Berthold, Blu
ford, Union, Charles, Benton, and may con
c'ule to 60 up the Yellowstone and Mill
rivers to the forts on those streams. Hs
hopes TO have an opportunity of meeting
Sitting Bull on his trip and to convince hin
of the folly of resistance to the government
Gen. Sherman conversed freely with hi
friends and was evidently highly please,
with his visit here. Knowing his aversion
to talking on political topics, the subject wa
not alluded to in his presence. Our citizen
generally will probably have an opportunit,
of meeting him before bis departure for tn
Northwest.