Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-06-19
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Arrival Of General Grant in Hongkong.

Yesterday moraing ia su'icip Iilon ol the
arrival 81 General Grant. the following Of
hcisl notification va. published 10 our
Shipping Extra:-
'R-irrriug 70 the previous notice on the
subject OF General tfraui'. arrival. u j. now
iuimatcd that. II the mall steamer should
com. in before five O'Clock this afteruoou.
the public landing will probably take place
between one aud two hours after She auch-
orr. II She arrives amer five O'Clock -
day, or early tomorrow, the landing VIII
take place about ten o'clock tomorrow.
II has teen arranged that, ia any case,
General Grant. on leaving the "lrapuad-
dy," will first proceed % the T. ;. ship-o +
war "Ashurlot" salute Will be fired
from the "Ashuclot' when he goes 90
board. and after the salute there ws.! be an
Interval Of forty I've minutes before Ire
leaves the "A-huclot" Tor Murray rier
civil official. attending viii not be required
To wear uniform
At i've inmates to tao O'Clock the quo AZ
the Peak signallcd the approach 81 the
French mAil steancr-t~n or three hours
I Ia advance Of the time she was expected
( and half an hour later the ''lraouadir'
steamed into the harbour. The American
m.rchantmrn and a few English vessels
dressed .hip on hearing the first gun. aal
on the "Irnouaddy" steaining through the
B harbour with the American ensign AZ the
+ main the various shlps dipped their tiags.
which compliments were Acknowledged ~
the mail steamer IA soon a. she had
+ anchored. Colonel Nosby, the United
. States Consul. boarded the vessel, and r.
cciyrd General Grant, to whom he Intro
duccd DR.. Lochhead, who accompanied
the Consul. Shortly Afterwards the Gov
ernmeut stean-launch "Nictoria, with Mr.
Q .aG - g.. .Hr..4 .
/ the United States In China, and Mr.. {. I.
! Lincoln, American Consul At Canton, At
4 rived, and they were introduced % the Cen
I eral and his party by Colonel Mosby. zen
| eral Grant i, accompanied oy Mrs. Grant,
! the Hon. A. l., Borie, ex-Secretary OF the
\ tut-d States Navy, Lieui-Colonrl r II.
( Grant. United States Army, DR. John VI.
/ K-ating. and Mr. John Russell Iouug.
/ The General was next introduced to Mr..
| w II. Forbes, the Hon. L. Ryrie, DR., Won
/ der Iiorck DR.. Eastlac.e, Mr.. Eastlacke,
4 Jun, and Master v. Eastiacke. The lat
ter presented 10 Mrs. Grant il bouquet and
silver holder, attached 10 which was a card
with the following inscription Her little
Ame, lean friend Willie Eastlacke presents
this bouquet to Mrs. Grant Welcome 10
Hongkong. As a coincidence, we NAV
/ mention that the same young gentleman
/ presented to Mrs. Grant the first bouquet
/ she received whilst in Berlin. lu the course
| OF conversation General Grant expressed
himself much pleased with the appearance
! OF Hongkong. as Viewed from the water,
| asked several questions about the place,
aud particularly inquired tor the site OF the
| Great Fire OF Christmas last. Subsequent;
~, Prince kuki Riu lchi, Secretary OF the
japanese Ministry OF Public instructiop.
was introduced to General Grant by SIR
I uata rntft vB he haI pstn
yersation through an Interpreter from the
Japanese Consulate. At five minutes 20
four O'Clock the General and his party, ae
companied by Mr.. Holcombe. Colonel Mos
BY. Mr.. Lincoln. and DR.. Lockhead were
conducted TO the gangway OF the "iraouad-
dy" by Captain Gauvain, and embarked
on the steam launch "Victoria" for the
United States steamer "Ashuelot," the
route taken By the launch, which was
round the Oceanic being kept By the
Water Police under the charge OF lnspec-
tor Matheson
The gallan. General. on settling his foot
upon the deck over which ioaied the stars
aud Stripes received a salute oi Il gun,
and the national nag was run up at the fore
| and the yards manned. We may here
| mention that General Grant Is the only liv-
ing American-the President excepted -
who Is entitled to this honour, the only
difference in receiving the President and
the ex-President being that for the former
the flag is run up II the main and for the
lauer as above described. General Grant
was then introduced by Mr.. Chester Hol-
combe U. 5. Charge d. Afaires in Climatic
Captain Perkins and. the officers OF the
ship, including ii. ID. McEwan, Chief En-
gineer; c. Belknap, Lieutenant; Z. H.
Thomson, Paymaster; DIR. Fitz-Smmons
A. F. Freeman, Master; @. w. Deering,
Ensign; A. l.. Case, Ensign; G. ID. Strick-
land, Assistant gineeT; A. +. Caliander
Mate. General Grant most cordially shook
hands with his ntIymen, and Mr..
Grant, and the Generals son, Lieut.. Colo
pel +. d. Grant, and the remainder Of the
party were then introduced. Captain Per
lins, giving his arm to Mrs. Grant, then
led the party from the quarterback and
Offer ed them refreshment. Judge Denny
Consul 1t Tientsin, who came here to wei
come the General. WAS introduced to hin