Daily globe., 1879-09-22

throngs that packed the court and filled tn
/ spacious balconies and corridors surged to ant
d fr0 IN anxious expectancy of the coming CUES
whom the packed streets had detained. At Il
O'Clock the wide doors were thrown open ant
the barouche containing Gen. Grant wa
driven within the building. He immediatel.
the packed mass of human beings, was hurried
to his room. As he alighted Madame Fabbr
! and chorus of 500 voices opened from one O.
| the balconies with an ode of welcome. Th
| crowd rushed after Gen. Grant when he dis
mounted, leaving the singers for moment als
| their mad chase by force of police who block
ed the way they returned to the court, being
reassured by the announcement that the gen
eral would appear on one of the balconies at tte
he had time to lay off his overcoat.
As soon as the review was finished and the
various divisions had disbanded, the soldier
and sailors, veterans of the late war, repaired
a kind of poetic justice that here, where Den
mis- Kearney had threatened few weeks az,
to burn Gen. Grant in ethgy, the result, al
though meaningless and uttered without tn,
slightest thought of carrying it into effect
should be wiped out, and at the moment O.
writing the guns manned by boys in blue are
| telling with their deep voices that the people
of San Francisco have no sympathy with thu
spirit that would offer an insult on politica
grounds to a 1nan whom the citizens are GLAD
| to welcome as their guest.
| After Il chorus was rendered Gen. Grant, in
response to repeated calls,
| APPEARED ON THE BALCONY
of the fourth floor and bowed to the shouting
crowd, immediately retiring. Still the enuhu.
siastic populace thronged the court and re-
fused to leave. Finally Mayor Bryant ap-
peared and announced that as soon as the gen
eral had finished his dinner he
would show himself. In few
minutes Gen. Grant appeared amid deafening
and long continued shouts. Mayor Bryant
called the crowd to order, and the General
mounting chair which was passed over the
heads of the surrounding crowd, was again greet
ed with succession of cheers. When the noise
subsidized he addressed them as follows:
Fellow Citizens of San Francisco:-After
fifteen years absence l am glad to meet you
and assure you of my cordial thanks for the
kingly greeting you have given me. 1 shall
stay in your city long enough to greet you
more fully.
The General then withdrew amid prolonged
and tremendous cheering, and the crowd at
length reluctantly scattered.
THE RECEPTION Committees 8 TUG
Millen Griffith, came alongside the City of
Toxic about three miles outside the heads, and
as the China, George W. Elder, Ancon aud St.
Paul, with their decks black with people,
slowly rounded to the party went on board.
The general and his suite were
the bridge of the steamer, and the
committee, hurrying on board were conducted
the Mcpherson, with Gen. Mcdowell and staff
ranged alongside, and they came on board
No formalities were INDUCED in, but crowding
around the general the committee, general and
officers were greeted with a hearty shake of the
hand, a band one of the steamers PLAYING
Home Again. Gen. Grant was welcomed to
the Pacific coast.
THE GENERAL FLATTERED.
The general is to-day extremely we'll, and
expressed his salts faction with the experience
of his trip. and his surprise at the tremendous
demonstration that greeted his arrival home
In foreign countries the receptions were some
thing like a matter of course, but leaving the
shores of Japan he had left all thoughts of
grand receptions, and expected no such greet
ing as resounding batteries from every
point and a numerous fleet OF heavily
remarked the good health that had attended
him during his trip, and related with evident
relish that he had got rid of some of his sur
perhuous flesh, as he weighed 1856 when he left
the United States aud now pulled down the
scales at 159. Different points of interest
WcTc pOlutcu OuG LO ulIi iS Gue steamer passed
up the bar and it having been twenty-five wears
since he had seen San Francisco, there were
many changes to note. The whole party ex-
pressed themselves as delighted with the trip
from Yokohama, the weather having been of
the most pleasant character, with light and
favorable winds. The steamer used but half
her boiler power, and took her way leisurely
across the Pacific. The departure
from Yokohama was attended with
the most elaborate ceremonies and
everything that the Japanese government could
devise in the way of honoring the distinguish
ed guest. When Grant and suite left the
mikado palace they were accompanied by the
en:ire cabinet and all the foreign ministers.
Troops lined the way to the station, and as the
steamers passed ont of the harbor salutes
thundered from every battery and all the ves-
sells in the bay. On the voyage hither the
general passed the time in reading, OCCASION
ally joining briefly in social converse with his
fellow passengers.
He informed the committee he was in their
hands s, far as reception was concerned, and
that IN regard to his stay on the coast and his
future movements he had no programme and
would not decide until he got ashore and had
time to examine letters he expected to receive
on landing. Young Ulysses, who accompanied
the reception committee, was greeted by his
sh te aad Shsr after s i0g
especially keeping his son by his side and talk
ing to him whenever the others would allow
him opportunity. Arrived opposite Oakland
wharf the party bid a cordial goodbye to
their fellow-passengers, Mrs. Grant turning
back after she had reached the gang plank to
say farewell to some lady acquaintance on
board who had been in another part Of the
ship. When the party started some delay IN
making exchange from the Toxic to the ferry
steamer was occasioned by the absence of the
proper gang-planks, but Mrs. Grant declined to
keep them waiting and walked across the inter-
val between the two vessels on the single mar
row plank, exhibiting in all her intercourse
with those who came to meet her and those she
parted with the samo simplicity of manners
and kindly consideration that has marked her
character since first she came prominently
before tho world.
IN THE INTERIOR.
San Francisco, Sopt. 20.-As soon as notice
was received of the approach of the City of
Toxic the news passed all over the Pacific coast,
and this evening dispatches are pouring into
the office of the associated press from interior
cities and towns of California and Nevada an-
nouncing that the news was received with dem
onstrations only second to the reception in this
city. Flags are flying, the streets decorated,
guns and anvils booming, parades, bontires,
fireworks and every token Of Joy and enthusi-
asm.
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