Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-08

ULYSSES s. GRANT.
United States. but of lovers of freedom
and liberty the wide world over With
the blare of cannon, the patriotic music
Of hundred bands, the enthusiastic ac-
claim of hundred thousand throats in
the presence of the honorable and ven
cradle relict of the dead, of the son that
amongst all his children he loved
80 well, of constitutional advisers
of the present chief executive
of the land, of representatives
of every religious denomination,
of men whose heroic deeds on the field
of battle have craven their names upon
the pages of history, of veterans who
once wore the gray and met in bloody
conflict the forces of him to whose mem
ory they did honor together; of men
distinguished in trade anu commerce, in
science and art, in literature and philos-
ophy, of tens of thousands of little
school children who have been taught to
honor and venerate his name, the mag
nificent Rebisso equestrian statue erected
by the citizens of Chicago to the immor-
tai memory of Ulysses Simpson Grant,
artisan, citizen-soldier, general, COM
mander-in-chie of the armies of the
United States, and twice elected to the
highest Office In the gift of the people of
his native land, was formally unveiled
Wednesday afternoon.
Chicago was en- fete in honor of the
day and the event. The public holiday
had been decreed by the city authorities
and the public departments, the schools,
as well as the government buildings
were closed, while business of all kinds
was generally suspended.
There was very little attempt in the
way of decoration, fact that was very
generally commented upon by the visi-
tors from other parts. IN the center of
the city hardly more an score Of
flags were displayed ana only couple
of stores made any attempt at an elabor-
ate display of bunting.
In the early morning the outlook for
pleasant day was not encouraging.
There was a series of thunder storms
during the night, and when day broke
the sky was banked with heavy
black clouds, and there was raw
northeast wind that covered Lake Michi-
gan with ugly breakers AS the morn
ing wore on, however, the wind veered
to the south and the sun made its ap-
pearance.
The influx of visitors from abroad ex-
ceeded the widest expectations of the
railroad people. 1t commenced Tuesday
morning, continued far into the night,
while from an early hour Wednesday an
almost continuous procession seemed to
pour out of the five central depots until
the streets in the center of the city were
for blocks at a stretch little better than
q swaying mass of pedestrians. Good
nature and good order were, however,
preserved, and up to late hour no acci-
dents had been reported.
AS the morning wore on Lincoln park
became the mecca for both residents and
visitors, but the transportation facili-
ties to the North Side, ample though
they generally are, dwarfed into insig-
nificance in the presence of the immense
throng, and the people poured north on
State and Dearborn, and Clark and La
Sale and the other avenes leading to the
park like restless torrent, until long be-
fore the hour at which the the exercises
were to commence the broad acres
of the beautiful park and the lake en-
bankment for miles We're black with hu
man forms.
As early as o'clock the various di
visions of the parade began to form on
Michigan avenue and the thoroughfares
adjacent thereto. The instructions is
sued by Major General Nelson A. Miles
as chief marshal were so clear and ex-
plicit that no confusion was experienced
in forming the line, but the turnout of
organizations was far in excess of all
anticipations, and it was not until
o'clock that the roar of artillery gave
signal for the head of the column to
move.
The Parade.
A division of the city police, 500
strong, under command of Chief NJ. G.
Claughry, in columns of companies, the
first on foot and those following mount
ed, led the way
Then on prancing steeds came Gen
eral Miles and General Joseph Stockton,
chief of staff. with their stats.
The second division was led by regi-
ment of United States infantry from
Fort Sheridan, followed by a battery of
United States artillery and General
Miles famous OLD Battery E of the First
artillery. and behind these came, for
distance of over a mile, the infantry and
cavalry of the National guard, the vari-
ous companies representing every sec
ton of the state.
The third division was notable one.
being composed of members of the
Societies of the Army Of the Tennessee,
the Army of the Potomac and the Army
of the Cumberland. Many of the dis