, 1879-03-26
GEN. GRANT.
Cordial Reception Of the E1.President
at Bombay, British India.
Ga,sts sf the Gartrnment."ftted BY Engltstmen
aud Natlrts...Lfo In the Bungalows,
<nrrttpondsncs St,p Iork f7trn,d.

I
aas hatlfts'.'Liio IN t4e Bungalows,
..n....u-. w., ,a,1 ,s.ro,5
poun.r' Fc,,. lT.-ht noon on Feb. IL our
no.,t,on vn, latitude IS deg, Q5 min, north.
innn,,rlc cQ ,,cr % min, ea.t Wo moro tcnd.
ding along at eleven knots an hour, and In the
morning would sec Bombay, Tie sca became
aco,1 cn1r,. a,,f1 Tho morning brought with It a
nurp)o haze, which flushed tho horizon, atltl It
vns after a time md by shading the cycs from
1hc sun tt,at wo could manage 10 trace tho
llnc of Tim hills nn,i know that this was
thn conat of India, Our departure
from Eurono lad been 60 sud.
,1cn thai ve Ind M idea TINT even our Consul at
Dombny knew. OF our coming. All arrange
meuts rcro n1ado TO 20 10 hotel MT. from
thence make o,,r tourney; but the Ycnct!a l,nd
scarccly entered the harbor before NC SAW cvi-
denccs TINT the General was expected. Ships In
Ihe- ,latbor were dressed Will, lngs, and nt tic
wharf Eas large crowd-sol,liers, nntives,
Europcaas. A wo passcd the English flagship n
boat can,o aloncsl1c With m officer representing
Admiral Corbett, welcoming the General to
india. In few minutes cnme nnothcr buat
nearing Cnpt, Firth, tho military aid to 3lr
Richard Temple, Governor Of the Presidency Of
Kombav, Cant, FrNh boro n letter from tho
Governor welcoming tho uoneral 10 bombay,
and Offering him tho uso Of tho Government
nnu :. .t.,"s.s 49,. poat Cax,t r-,th crrrc.sca
HOUSE a. As'au' ~, 1,-. s oa' ~, ,d ~. , ~,
the regret oi ot' is'e."ta sat ~ eouu NV w. ;"
nactcd Vim Inn AFGHAN war kent him IN Sind,
~ o."s.., ~. Es.,,,.,, ,,., oa,n. t,,th n
delegation Of American residents md welcomed
-. q n,noro1 o,, r,rtv.
LANDING IN INDIA,
Ato o,c,ock In tl,c morn5nc Tho Inst ,sreyel)s
we're spoken, wc took our leave ot inc many
kind and pleasant friends we had Inadu On the
Vcnetia. md went on board tho Government
yacht. Our landing was at the Apollo Iun1er
the spot where Tic ff1hce o1 "nles lahoc'''
The tides 10 the harbor are high, md there were
stone stcpa over which tic sea had been wash
inv A ~, draw near tbo sl,oro tl,erc ,ras m
lug. 10 W. W. ~" ',I,. ~" .h..t .,a .oa,n.n,.
immcnse cro"a l!nlhG tl'e Na"fl anu eou'pa''y
OF bonbay volunteers IN line. AS thc .tetlefai
asccndcd the steps ho rms met BY brc..nel-
Aitchesou, commanding the forces; sir Francis
u",,.,- r9,nr.Is.ioaor ~ po,tco. Mr 1rnnt Tho
eu"te, Io'I.'".ssess m",."1a.. -. ~ ~ s"~,an
Municipal Commissioner; ma Co., sexton,
commanding the Bombay Voluntecrs,-all ot
@,bom rnvn him hearty welcome to lnd,n.
Tho v,1un+ncra nrc.cntc,t arms. The t,anti nlaycl
Nv .,s' .,e,, '.. A., cnr,.s., avid ,.,,d
our national mr. ana JUG uSnetA' ".'''a ioua
cheers from the Europeans present, walked
slovly with uncovered head 10 the state car
~tooo arron,n,rlnd hv Cant, FrIth Win re,,-
,cscm,cd shr I!nv"rnor' md attended by an cs-
% cost Of native s cavalry, tho tho General and party
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osN. GRANTS hoMHAf Has'ps"cE'
our nome - non,nay Is ~ t!r n"yesn'nent e'
1, ni,s. ~ p,,nt is NJ ndgc n ~, islomi "f
Hc5}nhav iHc5r % iu.sn, % n,,t into i'm Iulian Gecau.
4Haeo ,d htnff ornr,onEs IL" ,rnt"rs n H. in
~, Moh T. !. ,,ii,c,'lt ~ 4rscr lin rcs,lsnr"
gt !gct ntEn. i. 10 i,.,a ~ ~ M",hnr n'';nt
hxSb,t x "c,urc IL s,nniv batt1n WIFI tia an.