, 1879-04-23
GEN. GRANT.
Tho Ex-rrcsltlnnt at Calontta,

torrsIpondtnce NtD 1prk Ntraid.
CALCUTTA, March 15.-Gen. Grant arrived ID
Calcutta March IL early III the morning. A
guard OF honor uil1 IN aItlo.lc-camp OF the Vice
roy Of India received him. The strccts were
lined with policemen. THE General und Mrs.
Grant drove to tic Government lIouae,
: where they l,aye suce resided as Tho
gucs,s of tho viccroy III tho even.
ing state dinner WAS glyen to all tie
notabllltlcs Of India. Lord lytton, IN an elo~
quent speech, proposed d toast 10 cx'Ercsi1cnt
Grant. lie referred to America as " the most
'go.Rhcad' representative ct ulat good old
sturdy stock In tho little islaut In the Northern
Seas whoao ideas arc spreading III every part Of
tho world" lie referred to tho ol1lro OF Presl-
dent rs tho highest citizen Of u free country
could hold. Gcn. GFaut Ind now Victories In
pcaco und war. Like Ills classic natncsakc,
hc had seen mcn md cttirs in al, parts
Ut the world, eniargIng tho genius OF states-
man by the experience Of tFayoler. Tho
Viceroy lopel. when Gen. Grant re-
turned 10 "thu great cmptre" which ho
had otlea rescued aIlA twice, ruled, he wonl1
carry with fN many Kind rGcollcclluns Ut lnA!s.
March ii ucn. urant mud hta party wcut up the
river to tho Viccsoy's co,ntry.houae at Barrack-
poor, AMI hasi garden picnic Under tlle bnnyan
tree. Illu srelc on thu river was very ptctur-
rsquc liz remained 1t Barracknuor until tho
dinner '' with Ills viscroY. Aftor ,linner the
t;sueral received many native xentlulnen md
Princes, representatives oi the Oldest slusaul.
.nuu and llnloo dynaatics, who attended
! IN picturesque Oriental costumes. bur
ttene1 with gold aIhl gonna, 1t Was,
tpdetd, striking and vivid spectaclc,
IN Weducsaay, Tie 1eth. tho Gcuhfal went to
velscticrp, tha roatacnss Of Sir Ashley Eden.
tioyorlsor Of Bengal. TItrrc w. dtnncr-parly
| III the evening, at which tho Viectuy took leave
Ut 1e1. Grant. being about to leave fur elAls,
wlerc he gucs for thu tt season. Lord l.yttpfl
sa!rl hp iupea u, teYtsit Ainrttra, wtieIr he had
spent three ol thu tiapploat years of bis llfc.
A tllBatel. was received IN tst tiay ahnounc!t'g
thut tic Richmond had not passed. tho eurz Gu
nal. T44 weather IL intensely hot, and The ticIt'
oral viii not watt but 20 tn li!lrtHah March III
themes 10 China. All the LuelnoeEa of tlis party
! arc vol,
! how GEN, GRANT WILL LIE RECEIVED IN JAPAH.
YOKOHAMA, Japan, March 37.--The appFoarl'
| Ing visit to Japau Ut Gen. Grant Ii creating q
deal excitement AMI furry In nearly every
circsp, ol.ieiu 4nA private, aud preparations arc
maxim, Of, q gsand scale to give the or.
PFesdut,t reception beAtt!ng tlla fame. The
Jupanuse Government bus officially requested
sls. Storms, thu Charge d'AGalEes ot tho
United States, to convey to the 0eneral III
desire tllat hu shall ba Tic natons guest during
blu sojouru Iii tho Empire, and ho has, no doubt,
received the Invitation, sont by telegraph,
so,,ewh here in India. Thus fur nu reply has
been rcrelyed To ttls Invitation, but there cali 10
no doubt TINT tho General will accept Il IN tho
saule corn!al aud kind spirit In which II Ia ex-
tended. lin Entic!pstion Of = f*yorabEe response.
iha Goygfn1eue has moved tho Fotelga VNee