, 1879-06-29

| >-A" 40 1uE4AClcQ HlLU green Gl1nQS,
SWINGS on long bamboo poles and is borne b
elent men. Tie eight men were scarcely necet
sary, out the chair Of state is alwars surrounG
&C.. ~ ADDITION to the chair-bearcrs there was
s,oa!s guard ot unarned soldiers. some ahea
anc others behind the chair, whose presenc
gave dignity to the chair aud its occupant. I'll
! p1lucapal business OF this guard seems to be t
snout anu make all the noise possible.
UNDER wAx.
! Az last We were under way for our visit to tn
| s'cefoy. First rode the single Tartar officer ol
ona small n E., ,gray pony. Then came the shouting
The General wore evening dress, which mas
disappointment to the Chinese, who, now bein.
| ape 70 pln him down because of the chair ii
Hhlch ne rode, expected to sec him blaze 0
T9hamonas 9ha and embroidery md peacock feathers
col: Grant, G. Linco1n' inc D0ns our consa coeat;
/ to Canton; Chester Holcombc our acting Min
Ti 1Eter 10 Pekin; Judge Deuny, our Consul it
Gins, Engineer McEWen, Lieutenant Bciknap
Dr.. Fitz Slmons, Of the Ashueot, and III
writer: The procession WAS rather long one
lot chair With its attendants take good dea
0! space. And, although my own place was
not more than half way down the line, the Gen.
erals chair, as it turned from under the shndy
lane and moved across the bridge, Vas lona
way ahead.
In EXTRAORDINARY SIGHT.
hare seen some extraordinary sights that
no" and then dwell upon rs part Of the
pageantrY ct memory: The famous review st
Muson's Hill, the night retreat at Bnll Run.
Philadelphia the night the news OF Richmond's
fall arrived. the funeral OF Lincoln. the fallinr
OF the Column Veudome, are among the
Scenes that one Gun never expect to see again.
anu a which are the croMniny memories of q
Gen: Grants entrance into Canton. 1t was Ger
talniy an extraordinary sight. The colors, tho
surroundings, the barbaric ponp, the phases of
an ancient civilization, so new, SO strange. SO
Interesting, and, beyond all, this tcaming CITY,
alive With wonder and curiosity, giving this one
day to sec the foreigner, to look in awe unon
the lace OF the American whose coming had
been discussed in every bazaar and by every
silk-loom In Canton. As soon as VIC crossed
the bridge and were carried down the stony.
slanting path into the street the crowd began.
1t was not au American Or an English crowd,
swaYtng, eager, turbulent, some at horse-play,
some bounetinE their neighbors, shouting
snatches OF song or chatting phrases, but q
~. Ghncse crowd. dcnsely packed, silent, staring.
The multitude seemed to have been pressed into
space by some system OF artificial pressure, the
people were so close together, men, women, and
children.
At intervals Of hundred yards we're guards
OF soldiers, some carrying spears shaped like a
trident, others with starcs or pixies, others The
clumsy, old-fashfoned gun. There is pothing
mar rtial IN the Chinese soldier. au1 afraid but
his dress Tvas specially decorated and helped to
give color to the scene. Then came groups Of
With the button which indicated their rank,
holding fans, and as the General passed salutIng
him in Chinese fashion. raising both hands to
the forehead in s1pplicating attitude, holding
them tl,en an Instant and bringing them down
was intersected with other streets the crowd
became so dense that additional troops we're
required to hold 1t ID place, and at various
points the Chinese salute Of three guns was
tired. The road to the Viccrega1 palace was
carries your chair is SLOW one, and especially
sloT on days Of mullitudes and pageantrY, we
were over IN hour in our journey, and for this
hour We journered through sea OF faces, 4
nusned and silent sea, that swept around us.
covering windows, doors, streets, roof-tops,
wherever there was room for pair Of feet OF
hands.
CHINESE MULTITUDE,
Some OF the party estimated that there we're
!OO.0CO people to witness Gen. Grants progress
through Canton. hare poor head Tor mathe-
uatical estimates, and like to take refuge In
'ound numbers when making an arithmetical
statement, and SO far, therefore, as the mere
number Of human beings is concerned, prefer |
he opinions OF others to my own. Two hundred |
thousand men, women, and children you may |
a saw oe an IN the BY Sp
10 massins together Of figures, although you |
ascend into the hundreds Of thousands, will give |
'ou an idea Of the multitude. Our march was |
slow one. There we're frequent pauses. You /
eaned back'in your chair. holding the crushed !
'pera hat In your hand, tanning yourself with
t., Tor the heat was oppressive md there never |
ecmcd to have been breeze in Canton. You
cit Tor the poor coolies, who grunted and
Wcated under the load, and threw off their
Tripping garments only to excite your compass !
ion as you saw the red ridges made BY the bam- |
100 poles on their shouldefs. You studied I
he, crowd which glared upon you,
-glared With intense and curious eyes.
[ou studied the strange faces that
lowly rolled past you IN review, so unlike the
aces at home, with nothing Of the varying e1-
ressfons Of home faces-smooth. tawny-with |
haven head and dark inquirlng eyes. Our mobs
ave lie. animation, aud a crowd in Trafalgar
4uare or Central Park will become picturesque
nd animated. In Canton the mob might have
cen statues as fnani1nate as the gildcd statues
, the Temple Of the Five Hundred Gods which
be Doctor and T visited the next day. This re-
ose, this silence, this wondering, inquiring
lmost painful. 4 rush, scramble, cheer,
ould have been relaf, but all was silence and
epose.
RECEPTION By THE vICERoY.
But the booming guns, which boom In
u1ck, angTy fashion: the increasing crowds, |
le renewed lines OF soldiery, now standing in
ouble line, their guns at q present; the sons OF
i'd the open, shaded inclosure into which ne
&c borne by our staggering, painting chair
carers; tell us that we are at our journeys end
I'd at the palace Of the Vfccroy. We descend
,om or raudenec-chambcr. The Vjceroy himself, {
by all the great officers OF his court,
aiting at the door. As Gen. Grant advances, .
companied By the Consul, the Viceroy steps ,
rward and meets him with gesture Of vel
'me, which to our barbarian eyes looks like {
.stJ1re Df 7i1oratinn He wears tl,a hfapdarin.e