tion of the brethren on the two sides of the water." (Applause.) "During my eight years of Presidency, it was my study to heal up all the sores that were existing between us." (Applause.) "That healing was accomplished in a manner honorable to the nations." (Applause.) "From that day to this feelings of amity have been constantly growing, as I think; I know it has been so on our side, and I believe never to be disturbed again. These are two nations which ought to be at peace with each other. We ought to strive to keep at peace with all the world besides " (applause), "and by our example stop those wars which have devastated our own countries, and are now devastating some countries in Europe."

After the reception by the Chamber of Commerce the party drove to the new Tyne Swing Bridge, which was opened for inspection. The company then embarked on board the steamer "Commodore.". This was accompanied by another steamer called the "Lord Collingwood," and which carried from one to two hundred of the leading inhabitants of the borough. The band of the 1st Northumberland Volunteer Artillery were stationed on the boat. Shortly after one o'clock the boats left the new quay, amid the cheers of thousands of spectators, and ran to Wallsend. The weather was cold but fine, and the river banks were crowded with workmen, who gave a noisy, hearty

welcome to the Ex-President. The shipping was decorated with streamers, bunting, and flags. There was a firing of guns, mortars, fog signals, and every species of instrument that could be induced to make a noise. The General stood in the bow of the boat, bowing his acknowledgments. At the "Wellesley" training-ship there was a short pause to witness the discipline. On reaching the bar the Tyne pier was examined, and at Tynemouth the General disembarked. An address was here presented to the General, complimenting him on his sagacity and valor in battle, and his clemency in victory. The General said that he had seen that day on the banks of the Tyne no fewer than one hundred and fifty thousand people, mostly workmen, who had left their occupations and homes to manifest, as he felt it, their friendship for their grandchildren—he would not call them their cousins-on the other side of the Atlantic. He did not agree with the Mayor or member of Parliament who had spoken, in referring to the river as an insignificant one. It was true in America they had some large streams, but their greatest industries were carried on on the small streams. They had not one stream in America as yet that could show the number of industrial pursuits that the Tyne showed between Newcastle and the point at which they were now standing.

After this address there was a trial of the Life Brigade-a force maintained at Tyneside to save life. Two or three lifeboats were manned by the crews and floated among the waves, which were dashing heavily against the pier. Under the direction of their captain they executed the motions necessary to rescue a disabled ship. A rocket was fired, various lines were made fast, and a thick hawser was fixed from the battery to the west end of the pier with commendable celerity. The whole operation occupied about fifteen minutes.

On the 22d of September, a demonstration of workingmen took place in Newcastle. The importance of this ceremony may be comprehended from the fact that the local paper, the Newcastle Chronicle, the next morning, devoted twenty columns to a report. "Not since the great demonstration of 1873," says The Chronicle, "has the grass of the town moor been covered

by so vast an assembly around a platform, as that to receive General Grant. It was estimated that no less than eighty thousand people were around the platform while Mr. Burt, M.P., read the address." It was dry, the air cold and bracing, and every way favorable for an out-door demonstration. The proposal that the laboring men should do honor to General Grant came from Mr. Burt, in a letter suggesting that the Trades' Councils of Newcastle should take up the matter and secure the General a fitting reception. From an early hour Newcastle assumed a holiday

aspect. Crowds came in by railway and other conveyances, from all parts of the northern country. Every spot where a view could be obtained was crowded. Stephenson's Monument was a cluster of human beings. Walls, cabs, windows, balconies, were full. The fronts of the town buildings and other edifices were covered with American and British flags intertwined. The flags of other nations were displayed from their respective consulates. Trophies of Venetian masts, crossed with bannerets, illuminated with the word "Welcome," were shown in different parts of the town. Thousands of pitmen from the mines of Northumberland, their wives and sweethearts, came to join the demonstration.

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The procession was composed as follows: First came the Odd Fellows, then the Amalgamated Society of Tailors, with a banner containing a picture of Adam and Eve driven from the Garden of Eden; then the Newcastle Branch of the Secular Society, carrying the flag unfurled by the British volunteers under Garibaldi; the Operative Painters, with a picture representing the breaking of the chains of slavery, with the inscription, "Welcome to the Liberator;" also banners bearing the portraits of John Bright, Joseph Cowen, and Thomas Burt. Most of the banners borne by the painters were adorned with bunches of fresh, green fern. Then came the Durham Miners' Association, carrying a blue silk banner, bearing a design which represented the change in the condition of pit-boys, by the introduction of short hours of labor; the Hepworth and Ravensworth colliers, carrying a blue silk banner, representing the union of capital and labor, a coal owner and workman in friendly conversation, with the legend, "Reason, Truth, and Friendship;" the Blaydon Colliery, with the inscription, "The Workman is the Pride and Stay of the Country;" the Pelaw Union Wardley Colliery; the Urpeth Colliery; the Kingston Union of Odd Fellows. Then came the Northumberland miners, sixteen different collieries, represented by their banners and designs, under marshals and captains, each colliery with its own band of music. Some of these banners had significant emblems. The Seaton Burn Collieries had the following lines on their banner:

"No gloss or coloring will avail,

But truth and justice here prevail :
'Tis education forms the youthful mind,
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined."

Another showed a figure representing emancipation, and the tree of union in full bloom. Another banner, of blue silk with yellow border, contained the words, "We claim manhood suffrage."

After the miners came the Newcastle dock laborers and trimmers, carrying a new banner of blue silk with crimson border, bearing this motto:

NEWCASTLE.

"A golden era bursts upon the world:

The principle of right shall soon prevail :

Meek truth and justice soon shall lift their heads,
And wrong shall sink to everlasting night."

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Then came the Hammermen's Society, the Plumbers, the Household Furnishers, and the Tanners of Elswick. The latter carried a banner bearing these words: "Welcome back, General Grant, from Arms to Arts," "Let us have Peace," "Nothing like Leather." The Masons, the Independent Order of Mechanics, the

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rejoices to see thee. Welcome, Hero of Freedom." United Chainmakers' Association finished the procession. These workmen marched in good order like battalions of soldiers. There was no disturbance of the peace, and a few policemen only kept the line. It was a moving stream of red and blue banners, and badges, and insignia.

The General rode in the procession to the town moor, rapturous cheering attending him until he reached the platform, at half-past three o'clock. As the General advanced to the front of the platform, "the cheers of the crowd," says the Newcastle Chronicle," could be heard at St. Thomas's Church, nearly a mile distant. The Mayor opened the proceedings by asking the crowd to keep good order. Mr. Burt, M.P., then advanced and presented the address. In doing this he said that the pro