"Then," said the Prince, "I will come to-morrow before the Congress meets."

Both gentlemen arose, and the General renewed the expression of his pleasure at having seen a man who was so well known and so highly esteemed in America.

"General," answered the Prince, "the pleasure and the honor are mine. Germany and America have always been in so friendly a relation that nothing delights us more than to meet Americans, and especially an American who has done so much for his country, and whose name is so much honored in Germany as your own."

The Prince and the General walked side by side to the door, and after shaking hands the General passed into the square. The guard presented arms, and the General lit a fresh cigar and slowly strolled home.

"I am glad I have seen Bismarck," he remarked. "He is a man whose manner and bearing fully justify the opinions one forms of him. What he says about the Emperor was beautifully said, and should be known to all the Germans and those who esteem Germany."

In Edinburgh.

After a "run to the Continent," General Grant returned to the "English Speaking" realm of the old world, and in reply to the Lord Provost's speech at Edinburgh, in Scotland, said:

I am so filled with emotion that I hardly know how to thank you for the honor conferred upon me by making me a burgess of this ancient city of Edinburgh. I feel that it is a great compliment to me and to my country. Had I eloquence I might dwell somewhat on the history of the great men you have produced, or the numerous citizens of this city and

Scotland that have gone to America, and the record they have made. We are proud of Scotchmen as citizens of America. They make good citizens of our country, and they find it profitable to themselves. (Laughter.) I again thank you for the honor you have conferred upon me.

Grant's Speech in Glasgow.

General Grant visited Glasgow September 13, where he was warmly received. The usual reception followed, where Grant made the following eloquent speech:

I rise to thank you for the great honor that has been conferred upon me this day by making me a free burgess of this great city of Glasgow. The honor is one that I shall cherish, and I shall always remember this day.

When I am back in my own country, I will be able to refer with pride not only to my visit to Glasgow, but to all the different towns in this kingdom that I have had the pleasure and the honor of visiting. (Applause.)

I find that I am being made so much a citizen of Scotland, it will become a serious question where I shall go to vote. (Laughter and applause.) You have railroads and other facilities for getting from one place to another, and I might vote frequently in Scotland by starting early. I do not know how you punish that crime over here; it is a crime that is very often practiced by people who come to our country and become citizens there by adoption. In fact, I think they give the majority of the votes. I do not refer to Scotchmen particularly, but to naturalized citizens.

But to speak more seriously, ladies and gentlemen, I feel the honor of this occasion, and I beg to thank you, ladies and gentlemen of this city of Glasgow, for the kind words of your Lord Provost, and for the kind expression of this audience.

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Speech at Newcastle.

The following address was in reply to the remarks by the President of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce:

The President in his remarks has alluded to the personal friendship existing between the two nations-I will not say the two peoples, because we are one people (applause); but we are two nations having a common destiny, and that destiny will be brilliant in proportion to the friendship and co-operation 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.

"Let us Have Peace."

Before one of the English societies, organized in the interest of peace, the General made the following speech:

MEMBERS OF THE MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION UNION :I thank you for your address. It is one that gives me very little to reply to, more than to express my thanks. Though I have followed a military life for the better part of my years, there was never a day of my life when I was not in favor of peace on any terms that were honorable.

It has been my misfortune to be engaged in more battles than any other general on the other side of the Atlantic; but there was never a time during my command that I would not have gladly chosen some settlement by reason rather than by the sword.

I am conscientiously, and have been from the beginning, an advocate of what the society represented by you, gentlemen, is seeking to carry out; and nothing would afford me greater happiness than to know, as I believe to be the case, that, at some future day, the nations of the earth will agree upon some sort of congress, which shall take cognizance of international questions of difficulty, and whose decisions will be as binding as the decision of our Supreme Court is binding on us.,

It is a dream of mine that some such solution may be found for all questions of difficulty that may arise between different nations. In one of the addresses, I have forgotten which, reference was made to the dismissal of the army to the pursuits of peaceful industry.

1 would gladly see the millions of men who are now supported by the industry of the nations return to industrial pursuits, and thus become self-sustaining, and take off the tax upon labor which is now levied for their support.

Address to the Working People.

The address of the General at Tyneside, in behalf of the workingmen, was prefaced by some eloquent remarks of Mr. Burt, M. P., the closing words of which were as follows:

"And now, General, in our final words we greet you as a sincere friend of labor. Having attested again and again your deep solicitude for the industrial classes, and having also nobly proclaimed the dignity of labor by breaking the chains of the slave, you are entitled to our sincere and unalloyed gratitude; and our parting wish is, that the general applause which you have received in your own country, and are now receiving in this, for the many triumphs which you have so gloriously achieved, may be succeeded by a peaceful repose, and that the sunset of your life may be attended with all the blessings that this earth can afford.”

General Grant then arose and delivered one of his longest and best speeches. It was as follows: