The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-06-12
GRANTS TROPHIES
the Presented aell to the General
. uosE AND WHILE ABROAD.
,.,.r..ttns COLLECTION "s of " x. .ss
keep' Government.
n-.rt,s Trophies.

vonv June u.-Colonei h. n
Ne" W. IL Who was sent from Wash
Batcn n bv the War Department to re-
ns'OH ,be swords and tokens OF honor
eeive sne s !" General Grant, called to;
5ewat the Generals house 20 a re- furniture
S1 two expert packers u ero nor which
oS PA III bric-a-brac. The pIopt ibe Govern
anu been turned over 70 ene Il in
mas 6v Mrs. Grant, VINO reGe lS;I4 ~ w sn
Inens from ~ William ID. VanueoLS' mas
tu aJn I and as eacn aIs noEod w. 81
Pdo oIed its designation was cnecHeu b bn
R Pc 1'st as follows: Mexican onyx c Iap'+
u Int presented TO Genera Mel; on.
R ne the people Of Pueblo TO-. Me GbicG
aero ond aver Mexico in lSIL; prone
passeu ,,Tesented to General Grant Sy
V vas ns,dnle of Yokohama, Japan; naiole
tne PIT an rr1edestal, presented by worKlng.
ous. o Of Philadelphia; large elephant
man "a nresented by the King OF siam;
IushIi' eIenbant tusks, presented by Inc
SSI4llaat t of Johara; picture OF Gen.
S MatH% bT page. presented by gentle
ocos', - ~ New York; crockleware bowls
man man % o,dI presented ty Prince Koon, OF
No. Gboisonne Jars {eld) presented
emma ong Chang: Chinese porcelain
oy ~ id NJ, ,5resented by Prince koon. OF
]ars toiuI rsbian bible, Coptic bible, pre-
Cnlli nd bH Lord Napier, who captured 1t
se :1t E;ne Theodore of Abyssinia: sport
VIII ri fh Sword of Donelsen, presented to
t tnS Grant after the fall OF Fort
3oneIson. bv officers OF the army, and
SOD bv him to the end Of the war; New
YoIk sword. voted to General Grant at
tbe New York fair; sword OF Chatta-
nooqa presented by citizens OF 20
Davies County, Ills. (Galeaa), after the
hattie of Chattanooga; Roman mug and
13;tcber silver menu and card of the
farewell dinner of San Francisco; SILVER
,r1enm of the Paris dinner; horn and
silver snuff box; silver match oo1, uSed
bv General Grant; gold table, modelled
after the table in Mr.. Mclean S mouse;
on which General k. u. Lee signed
the articles of surrender, presented to
General Grant by ex-Confederate sol.
diers; gold cigar cases from the Celestial
and second kings of Siam; gold handled
knife. presented by miners OF Idaho
Territory; silver trowel used by General
Grant in laying the corner stone of the
museum of national history, New York.
knife made at Sheffield for General
Grant: General Grants gold pens; en-
broidered picture, cock and hen, pre-
sented BY citizens of Japan; field glasses
used by General Grant during the war;
cane, made from the rebel |
ram MerrimGc; silver-headed cane from |
wood used in the defense of Fort Sum-
ter; gold-headed cane made out of wood |
from old Fort Du Quesne, Penn; gold !
headed cane presented in token of Gen.
sral Grants humanity during the war;
cane used by Lafayette, |
by ladies of Baltimore;
,arved-wood cane from the estate |
If Sir Walter Scott; uniform as |
General of the United States army
fifteen buttons cut from coats during |
the war by Mrs. Grant after various |
battles; hat ornaments used at Belmont |
and Fort DonelsGSs shoulder straps |
{ Brigadier-GeneraD worn by General |
Grant at Belmont, Fort Donelson and |
Shiloh and straps of Lieutenant !
General cut from the coat used by |
General Grant in the campaigns against |
Richmond, Petersburg and Lees army:
medal (gold) from the American Con-
,lCco 1OI llG OpSuluS VI lIlc 4hlSSlSSlDDl, |
odd medal from Philadelphia; forty
i've medals in gold, silver and uronze;
ilk papers printed for General Grant;
Collection OF coins Japanese. This is
he only complete set, except the one in
he japanese treasury. Seven of these
pieces cost 5000, presented by the
government of Japan; warrant as
cadet at West Point, and army
commissions from brevet Second
Lieutenant to that of General.
OF the United States army. The list
with sixty-seven papers and
comprising addresses of
a honorary society, commissions and
resolutions of respect, as well as free
dom OF cities, presented abroad. AS the
papers and smaller articles were
checked, they were packed in a large
box and this, when full, covered. sealed
ana loaded upon truck at the curb.
Where man stood guard over the
property. The onyx cabinet was carried
out unpacked to be boxed elsewhere also
some vases and brOnzes; the picture Of
General Grant and family and some
other articles will be removed to.mor-
row. The Generals swords were
secured IN three long fat boxes. with
Srass handles and the uniform as
Ieheral OF the United States army was |
AIRED IN a package by Colonel |
stakeholder. The PROPERTY will he |
nipped to Washington by express.