Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-30
Review of Grants Trip Around
the Globe.

General Grant, accompanied by his wife
and oldest son, left Philadelphia on the
18th of May. 1877, on the steamship In
diana, of the American steamship line,
to begin his tour around the world. The
trip to Liverpool was made in eleven
days. From Liverpool he went to Lon
don, and on the Goth of June dined with
the Duke of Wellington. During his
stay in England Queen Victoria honOred
the General by an invitation to dine with
her, and on the 26th of June the recep-
ton took place. On the 26th of July the
General and his party arrived in Geneva,
Switzerland. He afterward crossed the
SimplOn Pass, made the tour of the north
ern part of Italy and returned to ReGatZ
by the 18th of August. Thence he made
a flying trip through Alsace and Lorraine,
returning to England. The General, on
the 9Th of July, left London for Ostend,
where King Leopold rendered the party
the use of the royal car to Brussels. On
the 9TH of July King Leopold, of Belgium,
called on General Grant at his hotel. The
visit was returned the next day at the
palace. Yhe party arrived at Palermo,
Italy, on the 23d of December, 1877.
Here thew spent Christmas and dined on
board the United States ship Vandalia.
On the morning of January 10, 1873, the
General and his companions entered
Stout, Egypt, and were welcomed by the
American Vice-COnsul and his son. From
| Egypt the General proceeded by ship to
Jaffa, on the Mediterranean, and thence
made the tour of the Holy Land. He
embarked from BeyrOut, in Syria, for
| Constantinople, and arrived there imme-
diately after the treaty of San StefanO,
! which ended the late RussO-Turkish war.
! Thence he proceeded to European Tur-
KEY, and arrived at StambOul on the 9Th
of March, 1873. In the latter part of
| March General Grant sailed for Italy. ar
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Leo XIII to the POntificate. Having Wis
tied the principal cities of Italy, the
Grant party left for France, and arrived
in Paris on the 9TH of May, and thence
soon after for Holland. From Holland
the party went to Germany, arriving a
Berlin on the Goth of June, where they
were met by the late Minister, BayarC
! Taylor. The General reached Hamburg
by rail on July ,, when followed his tou
through Denmark, Sweden and Norway
After a visit to the principal cities o
= Russia, and q visit to Portland, Genera
Grant reached Vienna, Austria, on tn
18th of August; thence he proceeded {
l Switzerland, through Southern France
and, finally, to Spain. In january O
S the present year the General and part!
visited Ireland, and returned thence t
h Paris. On the 24th he embarked at Mal
n seilles for Bombay, India, where he ~
rived on the 18th of February. On th
- 18th General Grant proceeded 20 Burmal
and thence to China. The party arrive
n at Hong Kong, China, on the evening {
t April 80. The ship was boarded by I'll
United States Consuls MOsby, of Hon
Kong, and Lincoln, of Canton, Charg
Il d'Affaires HOlCOmb and depUtatiOns
citizens of various countries, inCludin
Japan. The party was received at Cal
n ton on May by the consular official
10 and conducted to the Viceroy's residenc
e They left Hong Kong for the north
a China on May Il, reached Gok0ham
Japan, about the first of last July, al
i'm on the 4th were admitted to an audiCn
IN with the Emperor and Empress. II
party left Yokohama on the 25th of A
ne gust, and arrived ut San Francisco on t
as afternoon of September %.