Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-31

Gen. Grant Seen At Vioksbarg and in
Washington, London and Paris

Washington, London and Paris.
From the Nero York World.
The first time met Gen. Grant was on
July 3. 1888, at Vicksburg, when, on that
day, and not on the Atm, az is generally
published, Gen. PemberLon formally and
specifically surrendered garrison more
or less divided I'm itself on the question
and issues OF this surrender.
Though Grant and Pemberton had
known each other in West Point aeade-
mic days, and later on in the Mexican
campaign, my introducing ono to the
other on this occasion seemed to be neces-
| sary. Grants manner was quiet and yet
marked with q certain afabiity. NV III
you smoker" said he to Pemberton, at the
same time Offering him a cigar. Pemher-
toms manner was formal and somewhat
still, yet most gentlemanly In its natural
ness. He had but little breakfast that
eyenfiul merning, and would have en-
0yed the fragrant and then novel luxury
offered by Gen. Grant. But ne refused.
! Gen. Grant and he then sat down together
and apart from the four officers engaged
in the terms of the capimlation, all but
one of whom, principals and aids, on that
very memorable occasion, now "sleep
their last sleep, having fought their last
battle"
/ afterwards learned that the cOnYersa-
tion between these principals. Grant and
Penn ertOn. during the intercOmmunioa-
ton Of their aids, WAS on the campaign in
Mexico and the Joint companions of each
dead ard living in 1863, aud then wearing
the blue and the gray.
When the war terminated and devel-
oped the best traits Of peoples manhood
in the South and in the North, the East
and the Vest met Gen. Grant walking
down Pennsylvania avenue. Washington
city, in the company Of Gen. Logan He
extended his hand as he greeted me, and
asked many questions about certain OF
his once companions in arms at tue South.
"Where is Heather Heathe and / were
good friends once. Where is that dashing
Magruderf Where is d. H. HIP And
closing bis inquiries he said: Il should
like to do something for those men," And
so he would have done had he been free.
I The deep, dark, sullen face of Logan was
I silent, and seemed 70 check these sympa-
thetic remarks of the fair and frank de-
meanOr of Gen. Grant. Time proved
severe critic on these good Intentions and
on the eHt0Ufdge that followed and flOcked
around Gen. Grant to the White House.
The next time / met Gen. Grant was
during his visit to London, when Minister
Edw ards Pierrepont gave a most sump-
tuous general reception in honor of the
| General. HIS keen memory of persons
and events very quickly asserie ed itself as
we came Uts 0iS, and Minister Pierre
pOnt introduced me.
eve met once BEFORE" SAID Gen. Grant.
land thank God we shall never meet
again under similar circumstance"
A few months later | met Gen. Grant in
! the Latin quarter of Paris whittier he had
wandered alone. enjoying the novelties Of
the locality and his inevitable cigar.
"Ah; you are In time. l don't know my
way out Of this place. Direct me-"
said, SHOW General, you capitulate, come
on, you're my prisoner" We strOlled
about that most interesting part of Paris
and l explained many things to him Of
its past great history. Here are the first
poor people l have seen in Paris" said
Gen. Grant and then he entered upon a
review of nations and peoples. His love
Of America WAS intense. Her great agri-
cultural wealth made him eloquent, If
may hazard the term. That evening
went with him to an Englishman's fine
residence in Paris. The host asked me
what the mass of the Southern
people thought of Gen. Grant.
said ! did not think there was a
Southern man who did not pay high trlb-
ute to Grant as a soldier. That evening
was a iovial one, and the host asked us all
if we knew the lines Of Gerald Griffin:
"A sOlQleF, soldier Tonight Is our
guest.' The host himself knew the lines
in part, and, as luck would have it, l also
knew part of them. Like two contend
ing disclaimers we each rendered the
words that seemed to be reflected in the
stern eyes Of Gen Grant. Here they are in
Grifiin's emphasized style;
l..
Fan, fan, the gay hearth and fling back the
barr'd door;
Strew, strew the fresh rushes around on our
floor.
And blithe be the welcome in every breast,
For a soldier-a soldier TO night is our guest
| All honor TO him who when danger afar
| Had lighted for him has Ominous star.
! Left pleasure and country and kindred be-
/ hind
And sped to the shock on the wings of the
wind
II you value the blessings that shine at our
| hearth
The wife's smiling welcome, the infants sweet
| mlrth-
While they charm us at eve, let us think upon
! those
Who have bought with their blood our do
nestle repOse.
".
Than ehara with tho eoIdier vour baarfb and