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

sthnIly recognized Dy tue Cf0WaS anC
heartily eheered from point to point.
Among those that came in for more
than hearty greeting We're: Secretary
Noble, General Horace Porter, General
Edward S. Bragg, one of the famous
Iron Brigade. Senator Davis, of Mime
sofa; Judge Walter Q. Gresham, ex-
Senator J. J. Ingalls, and Henry Wat
terson. General Butterfield, of New
York, president of the Society of the
Army OF the Potomac, also came in for
share of the hearty greeting accorded
to this and the fourth division, which
was composed of distinguished guests
in carriages.
General Horace Clark and his staff
headed the fifth division, which was ex-
clusively composed of members of the
Grand Army of the Republic. Con-
spicuous in this division was little
band of veterans, fifty in number, all
that survived Of Grants old regiment,
the Twenty first Illinois infantry. A
good many of them were aged and in
firm, and some were crippled and
MANNED, but they marched proudly
along between running cannonade of
cheers and shouts from both sides of the
line of march At the head of the little
company one-armed veteran bore a
stand of colors. They were the self
same colors that the hero of Appomat-
tox himself unfurled in front of his
headquarters when elected colonel Of
the regiment.
The sixth division was composed Of
veterans and the Sons of Veterans, and
the seventh and last of civic societies.
Prominent in this division was Chicago
post of Veterans of the Confederate
Army, and the feelings that prompted
the men who wore the gray to turn out
on the occasion was heartily recognized
by the spectators from the beginning to
the end of the route.
At the Park.
The arrival Of the head Of the column
at the head of the park was the signal
for the discharge of guns from the
United States steamer Michigan, which,
with the revenue cutters Fessenden and
johnson were at anchor in the lake off
the breakwater. Accompanying them
and dotting the water for square mile
were 200 other crafts, from the big
steamers of the Anchor line down to the
small tugboats and pleasure sailing
craft. Every vessel was gaily decorated
with streamers and bunting, and the
scene presented by the naval display was
picturesque in the extreme.
At the Ionument.
When the division containing the dis
tinguished guests had reached the base
of the monument Mrs. U. s. Grant,
Jesse Grant and his wife and their chill
dren were escorted to seats on the right
of Judge Gresham, and the immense
gathering was called to order. Prayer
was offered by Bishop John P. Newman,
after which the statue was presented on
behalf of the trustees of the association
to the commissioners of Lincoln park
and the people Of Chicago by Edward T.
Taylor. AS the statue was unveiled a
naval and military salute was fired.
Hon. w. G. Gowdy made a speech of
acceptance ON behalf of the park COM
missioners, and Mayor Washburne
spoke for the citizens of Chicago.
Judge Gresham's Address.
Judge Gresham was then introduced
as the orator of the day.
The judge said it was not necessary to
enter upon any minute details of Gen
eral Grants life or deeds-they were
part of the country's history; his fame
was known all over the civilized world.
From poor and obscure man he mount
ed the ladder of fame until now his
name will never die. He was no brag-
gart, was modest, free from the vanity
and conceit which have marked the
weakness of many great minds. Great
ness was never more conscious of itself
than it was of him.
In the flush and heat of victory he
was calm and steady. With the Con-
federacy at his feet he betrayed no ex-
With the end of the war he