Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-22

every TlGCGT, anu tue glare or roman candles
acd electric lights made tao broad thorough
fsrs ss light as dey, whils continuous arch
way Of hsgs, banners. aud iestooncd draperies
ma! ke9 the eotiEo route OF the procession to
the Palace Hotel. Here magnificent arch,
forty feet IN height, epaupcd New Montgomery
street, blazo,ed Hl:h national oclots sId bear
leg the inscription, WELCOME to Grant" Al
this paint the carriage containing the General
was draTn Up, While the procession marched 10
rssisw.
The procession was torsy-thrse miauteg pass.
ing Nc7ada Block. kearney's followers par.
!lclprted 10 the reception apparently as hesrt-
lily as coy other persona Tho display by the
Chinese of silkco ana other asgs showed that
on this OCCASION OF lsast they identified them-
selves with the American people. 1t is said
that over ID 600 pelS1as were present on the
various steamers By Invitation CT the commit
tee, besides those present CO private steamers
aId tugs. Gen. Grant had received GO paper
bearlcg later date than May. hence bis aoxi.
city to know tho news from his own couotry.
de made lew Inquiries regarding politics, ADD
Is rot candidate fer the Pnsiicocy. Ho
| laughingy said be doubted if his forrcc fellow
townsnen would elect him mayor of Gsieoa.
As sjo1 as notice Wns received Of the ap-
proaCh of Tho City Ct Toxic The news was
f'sted ell ever the Pacific coast, scd dispatches
poured toto the Office of the California ASCOT
! sted Press from interior cities aud towcs of
Calloipla and Nevada, announcing tia the
news WIS recilQed with demonstrations only
second 10 the reception 10 The CITY. Flags
we're fjias, streets decorated, guns aud anVls
boomiog and every token CT Joy ind cathus;-
rsm ab0uuded.
The sceae within the immeDse tour: of the
Palace Hotel at night when Gan. Grant ar.
rived, Wss OF SURPRISING beauty. Electli, lights
aud five hundred gas jets lit up The Vast iDte
rlor with brilliant glow, a1d the deIae lhroog
that packed the court end filled tho spacious
balconies and corridors sw5y:d 10 and fro 10
anxious expectancy of the comiug guest, whom
tic packed streets had detained. At 10 n'oIock
tho wide DOORS were thrown open cad ba-
reucbo contaiuiag Gen. Grant was driven within
the building. Ho Instantly aishled, aud
eEcwdiog lii way through the packed mass Of
human belcss, Was huri;d 10 bis room. As
10 got on! Madame Fsbbri add chorus Of five
hundred voices opened from ono Of Tho bsco.
MES With en ode Of welcome.
Tho croHd rlshcl after Gen. Graft when ho
appeared, leaving the Singers for moucot
almost without an aul!enca, but beirg stopped
IN their mac chase BY force CT polce, who
blocked The Tar, they returned to tdo ccuri,
being EaEs;urtd 5y tho announcement that the
Geuersl would appear CO ouc OF til, balcori:a
atter 10 lad lima to TAXA off bis oyeIc1Gt.
rs SO IS the review Has finished aud tho
various divitio1s had disbaCGcd tbs soldiers
and sailors, veterans Ct The late var, repaired
to tho SAID lets with field battery. 1t seemed
dind OF poetic justice that Eere where Dent
kearaty had threatened q few weeks $50 to
hang Gen. GIaat in efhg7, the insult, ;llhCugh
mcaciai ,.s and rt!ered without the slightest
thought OF carrying it into effect, should he
W!po1 out. Tho guns, IN ,nned b3 tho L ,5s in
Blle, iGll VITA their deep voices thss tho re,.
/ pie oi sen tEa1cisoo hive no sympathy With
| the S! hit that would Cfer 90 iasuIt On political
grounds to rlen whom the ci,izaas arc glad
to welo9ms ss their guest.
Aitr chorus was rendered Gen. GRAFT, ia
response to repeated calls, appeared Tn the
balcony Ct Tic fourth floor and bowed to tic
shouting orowd, Immediately retiring. Still
tbs enthusiastic populsco thIooeed the court
aad refused to leave. Finally Mayer Bryant
appeared and announced that al 5000 as the
General had flushed his dinner be would show
himself. 10 e few minutes Gen. Grant ap-
peared, amid deatcolng AID long continued
shouts. Mayor Bryan: called tbs crovd 10
order, aud thu General, mounting chair which
vas ps SD over the heads of tho surrCuoeag
crowd, was again greeted with succession If
CHEFS Wpeu the nois, subsidized DO address.
cd them as follows:
'Fetlow. Gti=snS Of San Francisco: After
| twenty-five years sbeenee I I'm s!ed 10 meet
you and assure you of my cordial tnGnEs for the
Rind greeting you have given me- shall stay
IN, your city long enough ~ great yor more
fully"
Tho General ttca Withdrew, amid prolonged
and tremendous cheering, and tho cIoTd st
length reluctantly scattered.
| Inc General is looking extremely we'll and
expressed his satisfaction with his experience
| of this trip and his surprise Gs the tremendous
| demonstraticn which greeted his arrival home
In foreign countries receptions Wero something
| liko matter of coarse; but on leaving the
snores OF Japan he had lett all thoughts Of grand
receptions behind, and expected 10 such greet.
lDg as resoundiIg batteries from every point
hcd III norous fleets of heavily laden vessels now
| assured him. he especially remarked tho good
| heslth that had attended him during his trip
| and related with evident relish that 10 got rid Of
some Of his superiluous flesh, IS he weighed 1856
| pounds when he left tho United States, AID now
| pulled down tho scales st 159.
Ihe departure from Yokohama was attended
with the most elaborate ceremony. everything
| being done that the Japanese government could
devise IN tho way OF honosing their distinguish.
| ed guest. when Ger. Grant and suite LETT the
Alksdo palace they wero accom- panied BY the
entire cabinet and ELL the forsigo ministers.
Troops lined tho way TO the statio5 and IS tho
| steamer psssid out OF the hsr6or se!utas thun.
dered from every battery and from all the YES
sells in Tho bay.
Con. Grant informed the committee when on
the steamer that he Was in their hands as far ss
the reception was concerned, and in regard to
nis stay on the coast and his future movements
no had no programme. and would not decide
until he got ashore and had tmu to examine
letters he expected TO receive. Young ULYSSES,
who accompanied the reception committee, was
greeted by hia father and mother stter his long
separation from them with tho warnest affection
ths General especially keeping his son BY his
side and talking to hin wheno2er others would
allow him the opportunity. When Tho vessel
arrived opposite Oakland wharf the parry bid
goodbye TO thor fellow-passeng gers.
Some delay in making tho transfer from tho
City Of Toxic to the ferry steamer YVES occas.
Toned BY the absence of proper gang psnkp, but
MFG Grant declined to keep them waiting, and
wslked across the interval between the two ye,.
sells on single narrow PLANK.
LATER,
SAN FRAHCIsco, CAL, Spct. 2l.--nurius
General Grant S ssoy in his apartments to day
hos. ~