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GRANT IN CoXsTANTrNOPLE.

uhAN IN OONS AN 11NVI LIZ
The Ex.PFeaidsnI in tho Turkish
CapitaI-His visit "a the sultan
A Present of AN AVab StCed-PleaBs
ant Memories of England.
A correspondent writes from Con-
Stantinople, March 10, to the Lon
don Times as follows: can Incl
dent Of pleasing nature in these
troubled times was the visit here of
General Grant, the ex-President of
the United States. On his arrival
at Smyrna on the 22d of February,
he received a frmau from the porte
giving the Vandalia permission to
visit Constantinople. An officer
went as far as Gallipoli to meet the
general. He arrived here accom-
panied by his wife aud youngest
son. One Of the sultan's aides-de-
camp Immediately conveyed the
congratulations of his majesty upon
the generals arrival in Turkey, and
his regret that the sad condition of
affairs prevented the generals re-
ceiving such honors as Turkey
would only be too glad to accord to
one who, as President of the United
States, had alwas been a friend to
the Ottoman government. Had
the general come in time of peace,
the sultan would have given him a
palace; but now he came to a
house of mourning, and the well
come would have to be the welcome
of sorrow. The general sent his
compliments to the sultan, not only
for this attention, but for the atten-
ton he had received through the
Turkish empire. He said he per,
fectlv understood the situation, and
would rather not be any trouble to
the sultan at a time when the
greatest of troubles rested upon his
throne and his house. This was
followed by an audience with the
sultan. The interview was strictly
private, and was marked by the alb
sence OF all ceremony. The sultan
repeated his regret that the condi-
ton of Turkey prevented his max
ing General Grant his special guest
and giving him review Of troops
and a palace. Beyond this and the
generals expression Of courteous
regret at the calamity which had
fallen upon Turkey, there was no
allusion to politics. The sultan,
however, asked the general to ac-
cept as a souvenir of his visit
one of his best Arab horses This
the general would have declined
but an intimation that the refusal
might be misunderstood led to an
acceptance, and an Arab steed OF
a dapple. gray will soon be on its
way to do service under one who,
in addition to other attributes, is
one of the finest horsemen in a ma
tion famous for horsemanship, and
who rejoiees in nothing so much as
in the grace aad majesty of a true
blooded charger.
"ln addition to this, theFe WaR
further honor to the general in the
shape Of
A DINNER IN THE WAR OFFICE,
attended by all the cabinet, by Me
hemet Ali Pasha, the military at
taches of foreign embassies and the
generals own party. The general
had a long conversation with the
premier about the war, who assured
him that, although the day might
be dark now, there were DAYS when
the sun shone; that Turkey had
had her day before, and would have
it again, just as France had within
this very century. ! am told, also,
on good authority, that his highness
thought that the downfall of France
In 1870 was the seyerest blow dealt
to Turkey, and that if France had
been in the fullness OF her ancient
strength the war would not have
gone SO far. General Grant had
also an interesting conversation
with Mehemet Ali Pasha, who de-
clared that if he had shown as
much frmness in the resistance of
evil and iniudicious counsels and
orders as General Grant had shown
in resisting the interference Of the
Lincoln cabinet during the war, he
might have thrown The Russians