. A personal history of Ulysses S. Grant, and sketch of Schuyler Colfax. d it to order again, Schenck ofOhio said:— In order that the representatives of the people and all loyal personspresent may have a better opportunity of making the acquaintance, at leastby sight, of the Lieutenant-General, I move that he be invited for a momentto the stand. The report of the Congressional Globe continues :— Lieutenant-General Grant was conducted to the speakers desk, amidgeneral applause, and took the stand on the left of the speaker. The Speaker.—Gentlemen of the House of Representatives : I have thehono
. A personal history of Ulysses S. Grant, and sketch of Schuyler Colfax. d it to order again, Schenck ofOhio said:— In order that the representatives of the people and all loyal personspresent may have a better opportunity of making the acquaintance, at leastby sight, of the Lieutenant-General, I move that he be invited for a momentto the stand. The report of the Congressional Globe continues :— Lieutenant-General Grant was conducted to the speakers desk, amidgeneral applause, and took the stand on the left of the speaker. The Speaker.—Gentlemen of the House of Representatives : I have thehonor of introducing to you this day our heroic defender in the field, theLieutenant-General of the armies of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant.[Great applause on the floor and in the galleries.] The Lieutenant-General bowed to the House, and then withdrew. In the Senate he was received with equal attention. Hisplain manners and garb were remarked by the grave andreverend seigniors, and one commented :— * January fifteenth. f November thirteenth. RARY, LENOX ANO. MR8. ORAXT, 1868. 1865.] PlIILADELPHIANS PRESENT HlM A HOUSE. 445 u Why, even a second lieutenant in my part of the coun-try dresses a great deal better, and puts on a great manymore airs ! He spent a few days in New York, which he had notrevisited since his return from California, ten years was beset with callers, and overwhelmed with atten-tions. He paid a visit to the veteran of the Mexican war,who received him cordially, and gave him a copy of hisautobiography, just issued, first writing upon a fly-leaf:— From the oldest to the ahlest general in the world.* Winfield Scott. Citizens of Philadelphia, gratified at Grants purpose ofmaking his future home among them, presented to him acompletely furnished residence on Chestnut Street, betweenTwentieth and Twenty-first. To their letter he replied :— It is with feelings of gratitude and pride that I accept this substantialtestimony of esteem from your
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