Around the world with General Grant: a narrative of the visit of General , ex-president of the United States, to various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879To which are added certain conversations with General Grant on questions connected with American politics and history . of illustration, his humor, was inex- LINCOLNS CI/. I A. I (77. A. 355 haustible. He had a story or an illustration for everything. I re-member as an instance when Stephens of Georgia came on theJeff. Davis Peace Commission to City Point. Stephens did notweigh more than eighty pounds, and he
Around the world with General Grant: a narrative of the visit of General , ex-president of the United States, to various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879To which are added certain conversations with General Grant on questions connected with American politics and history . of illustration, his humor, was inex- LINCOLNS CI/. I A. I (77. A. 355 haustible. He had a story or an illustration for everything. I re-member as an instance when Stephens of Georgia came on theJeff. Davis Peace Commission to City Point. Stephens did notweigh more than eighty pounds, and he wore an overcoatthat m a d ehim look likea man oftwo hundredpounds. AsLincoln and Icame in, Ste-phens tookoff his said,after he hadgone, I say,Grant, d i dy o u noticethat coatAleck Ste-phens wore?I said youever see,said L i n-coin, such asmall ear ofcorn in sobig a shuck?These illus-trations were always occurring in his conversation. The darkest day of my life, said the General, was theday I heard of Lincolns assassination. I did not know whatit meant. Here was the rebellion put down in the field, andstarting up in the gutters ; we had fought it as war, now wehad to fight it as assassination. Lincoln was killed on theevening of the 14th of April. Lee surrendered on the 9th of. CHINESE PUNCH aSU JUDY. 356 CHINA—CONVERSATIONS WITH GEN. GRANT. April. I arrived in Washington on the 13th. I was busy send-ing out orders to stop recruiting, the purchase of supplies, andto muster out the army. Lincoln had promised to go to thetheater, and wanted me to go with him. While I was with thePresident, a note came from Mrs. Grant saying she must leaveWashington that night. She wanted to go to Burlington to seeour children. Some incident of a trifling nature had made herresolve to leave that evening. I was glad to have the note, asI did not want to go to the theater. So I made my excuse toLincoln, and at the proper hour we started for the train. Aswe were driving along P
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