The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-03-30

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as my bqsiiiess to keep close to
Admiral's side President Lin-
and General GraTt came on
/ fd to rpm the rebel bal lteries and
/ Il 1p and inspect the work at The
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made the President and General
Grant crouch down under the bull
vark,, and beinga youngster without
muchrespect for authority l grinned
at then as they stopped dOwn-the
PRESIDENTS long body in that undig
nified position especially appealing
to my ense of the ridiculous. We
were oft of the line of fire in a few
minute, and that was, all of the epi-
sode. BIT when Grant came on board
for his 'oyage he looked at me after
I was Introduced and said Captain
Sargent I've seen you before
81 vas near you once, General l
answered, during the war;
"'Dn't tell me where said he,
let mesee if 1 can't place YOU
9Th matter dropped. Next day
the Geeral said: Il haven't placed
you ytt-but watt
"NeAt morning he came to my
room laughing and said 'Tve got
yol now. You were on the bridge
ofthe Agawam, but what you were
doing there or who you were | don't
know. 1t was when we we're going
up to the Dutch Gap Canal 1t was
surprising instance of his power of
remembering.
"When we got into Queenstown"
the Captain continued, "a delegation
came out in the tender to welcome
the General, and John Russell Young
told me of the monster reception
which was being prepared at Liver
pool for Grant. 1t was to be kept a
secret from the General, but they
Tanted me 10 know so there would
i @nO contretemps. The General was
wearing a suit of draveling clothes.
and so next morning l ventured to
suggest that he had better put on a
broadcioth coat. He told me that
the clothes he was wearing were quite
good enough to 90 to the hotel with,
and the matter was so delicate one
that l dropped it and went to one of
his friends. A second trial was at
tended with no better result. The
General intimated very plainly that
he did not want to be bothered. that
there was nothing the matter with
his clothes, and that there would be
plenty of time to change at the hotel.
In despair l went to Mrs. Grant,
vowed her to secrecy, and told her
what we wanted. She said she would
attend to it, and few minutes later
she came to my room, where the
General was chatting with some
friends, and said
General, come down and change
your ciothes.'
"'All right. mamma
"And he went.
"And when he came back on deck
there was a quie. twinkle in his eye.
and he said as he passed me We'll,
you got that SOUP into me, after all,
didn't you"
"He had no intimation of the re-
ception, however. and as we swung
No the river asked him, Mrs. Grant
and Jessie to come on the bridge and
box on the scenery. Two ships
passed by dressed with flags, and
us, and the General remarked
that this seemed to be gala day in
Liverpool. asking me if l knew
why. / suggested that the City OF
Brussels, which was supposed to have
been lost. had got in. and that the re-
joicing was on that score. The expla-
nation satisfied him. AS we APP
preached the city, however, it dawn
ed upon him that he was the honored
guest. All the shipping was ablaze
with bunting. flags were dipping to
US as we passed, and at the landing
stage was gathered thousands upon
thousands of the citizens of Liver
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