Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-09-24

been offered him. At York, Sh, field,
Birmingham aud bennington he was
warmly welcomed, and upon visiting
Stratford- upon Avon September 2S,l
be was received by the town authori-
ties, the town itself being handsomely
decorated was escorted to Shakes
peare's house and other places of inter
est; was entertained at banquet at
the Town Hall aud was presented with
an address enclosed in a casket made
from the wood of Shakespeare's null
berry. After this almost royal pro-
gress be passed a month of restiul
country life at the home Of his dauch-
ter, Mrs. Sartoris. aud then, October
24tb, set out for France
PARIS, AND THE MEDITERRANEAN
CRUISE.
He was received upon arriving at
Paris by Minister Noyes, together with
the other members of the Legation, and
by number of prominent Americans,
and upon the following day was pre-
scented, with Mrs. Grant, at the Repuo-
lican court of President MaeMahon. 1t
was a very informal reception. Nine.
MscMahon was the interpreter between
the two soldiers, and the whole party
had very pleasant time of 1t. This
was followed, two days later October
27), by dinner at the Elysee, and on
the 39th by grand dinner aud recep-
ton at the American Embassy, at which
attended the most illustrious person
ages of France on November 6 BY a
banquet given by the American colony,
and on November u by dinner given
BY NJ. Emile de GIrardin at which NM.
Gambetta. Grevy, Waddington and
other no;abilities were present. On
November so, he set out for MarseIIles,
journeyine by easy stages and stopping
tor few days in Nice. At Marsailles
the United States steamer Vandalia was
in waiting for bin, and on the 18th Of
/ December he embarked for a Mediter-
ranean cruise-extending from Gibral-
tar to COustantinople and including all
points of interest upon both shores.
| He arrived at Alexandria January 5,
/ 1873, where he was received with ss
/ lutes from the shore batteries and from
the feet, and was welcomed by the au-
thorities in the name of the Khedlve
! On the Sth he reached Carlo, where a
presentation to the khedive took place !;
and shortly thereafter he departed on
his Nile trip upon one of the Viceroyal
yachts that-with Vice royal palace
during his stay in Cairo-the khedive
had placed at his disposal Returning
from the Nile expedition, he sailed to
the eastward from Alexandra, and after
making the tour Of the Holy Land,
reached Constantinopie on the day that
the war was ended BY the Peace of San
S,efano-March . Six days were pass
ed at COnstantinople, during which
/ time he was entertained at the English
Legation BY Sir Henry Layard, and
then ne sailed in the Vandalia for
Greece. i detail of ironclads met him
at the mouth Of the Pireus, where the
/ Vandalia arrived on the S:h: and on the
9th the General and Mrs Grant we're
presented 70 the King and Queen of
Greece and subsequently, we're enter
tanned at royal banquet. On the
night of the Ifth old Athens the ruin
ed city-wa. illuminated, and on the
18th, jus. before the Vandslia weighed
for Naples the King lunched on board.
Leaving the VsDdalia at Naples, the
General went up to Rome and nearLS-1
.n.Jn,u ~ss passeu IN SIGHT seeing in
short trips to the principal Italian
towns and in various entertainments.
On the 30th of March General and Mrs
Grant were presented to the then new
ly consecrated Pope, Leo Kill. Car
dinal McCioskey making the presenta
ton. Two weeks later King Hum5ers
gave a dinner to the General, and
shortly thereafter the party left Rome.
On the 9th of May Paris was reached
again, shortly afte. the opening of the
Universal Exposition, and the General
applied himself to the study of the
great fair with much asslduity re-
naming in Paris until the middle of
the following June. 1t was during
this visit that Marshal MacMahon de-
clared that ''France was honored by
the presence of so ilusrrious soldier. -
Holland was next visited, but the brief
time of his sojourn in that country
-out seven days-prevented the car
ryIng out of considerable portion of
the programme Of festivities arranged
in his honor. From Holland be pro-
cceded to Germany, arriving in Berlin
June 26 and being presented TO the
Emperor William and to Prince Bis
narck by our then Minister, Bayard
Tay lor. From Hamburg he went b.
way oi StoehhOlm IN where he was well
coined with great enthasissm-to ST.
Petersburg Arriving at tn Russian
capital on the 30th of July, he was met
by Minister Stough,oD, and on the fol-
lowing day was presented TO the Gar.
Three weeks later, after visiting the
principal cities of Russia and Poland
he arrived in Vienna, where he had an
audience with the Emperor Franz Jo-
seph, and in few DAYS passed onward
across Germany and France into Spain.
The Spanish frontier was crossed on
the 18th of October, ard nearly two
months were devoted to jOurneying
through the country and in visiting
Portugal and Algiers. Then came an
other month in Paris and then the un
lucky Irish visit the discourtesy here
experienced being the only drawback
TO the otherwise constant pleasure OF
the tour.
On the 23d of January, 1879, Gen
eral and Mrs. Grant, accompanied bv
Colonel Frederick Grant and Mr.. A. K
9Orie, sail ed from Marseiiles for Bo.u
bay. ln India the General was receiv-
ed with high honors, and was afforded
every facility for seeing all that was
best worth seeing in the country. This