, 1879-08-13

you 1Ee nOt HafluR ali tle 'u0o1H1Hr IL
home By any nlcans. 4 largo amous.t OF It 10
going on here, where ycrs exceptional honors
arc te!ug sliownsonlc Of Americas representa-
tires abroad.
dcfl. Grant aud parsY were gtsen afternoon re.
cept!,ns, music, dancing, drives, and garucn
parties, which were uuly terminated br Ills de-
parturc, Enucls 10 the regret Of the people.
At TtENrsrN
See Itung Chung, Governor Of the Province,
Eun!aantler-iu.Chict Of the armies and navy, |
and flccroy Ut thu Ela,s.se, called on Gen.
Graut, nli was salutcd with nineteen guns, md
tile ships yards manned.
1'lIc foreign cullsuls gave tho General din |
ncr, at which the Vicrtoy sat down for t!c 1rst
t'mc In his lltc with Europcans.-and It was
very Crrnt departure frum tllc old established
customs vi the Empire.
Seu Lung Ching then gayc Gcn. Grant din
ner at which more taaa lfty esnrses ,rcre str4ei.
Thtn1l Of 1t, yc epicurcs asd professional dncrs-
ouiD
The General rcnotncd n few DAYS at The resi-
dctre uI tie American Minister, wEcrc see
Hung Chung called uDou him twice, ind, III fact.
SEEMED to fall lu love with The General. Tic
rcncmbraucrs that he presented tie ucncrul
un1 Mrs. Grant were Amply magnificent: 9nd
HNEll lAC "CHCIAl IGJk A5CAk-A4 AhA nlfaH<A
down the river, tho Vlccroy went In ndvancc,
uni, as tl!c United States vessel passed. hin Ut
tlIr mouth Of the rIscr, fired salute, and then
followed with s11 gunboats to whcrs the United
States stratner Richmond was anchored. The
lattcr manned yar,is and fred salute Ut twcn-
ty.ouc Eilus Iur ele General nil1 nfHctccu guns
tur See lung Chung, which le returned gun
for run.
The United States steamers Richmond and
Ashuclot then left fur
nA0AsAK1,
which place was reached III due time. The re-
cGptton here wns simply grand. Salutes, tllu-
rninntlons professions, a,i1 utuuers wcrU glyeniu
layish profuslou. Il house was provided aul
furnished fur tho General. und tho citizens
seemed to vic with tic oil1claIs In doing him
honor. THE ovation only enued when the Uut-
ted States steamers left Nagasakt via the 1n-
lan1 Sea, lor
YogouoMA,
thu Japaocse steamer Kuuggo "a mnn.ot-war)
lending tle way.
Tho programme was 10 visit 1urgc number
Of ports, but, unfortunately. the cholera bEukD
out all along tGe coaat, anl this Ind to be abnn-
| doued.,
The three vessels steamed during the day
| through the 1ulAnd Sea, "a beautiful an1 smooth
the General and party were thus atIorded sort
| OF panoramic vicw of, pcrhaps, the tiucs. piece
Of scenery on carth,-f surprising that Ut tile
hudson, or eYen the Rhine. 1t was 50 cncllant-
| lngiy beautiful il,at not mile Of 1t would
the party pass at night; consequently the
| vessels easnc to anchor every evening, an1 by
stcan,ftg un dusug the day Afforded lis the
| pleasure OF seeing tho neYcr.t0-bt- lurgottcu
views vi this far Arradta for three days.
Until those unexpected views Of beautiful
| eccncry opened bclurb us, | never thought
earth wns half so fair; nur that such sccucry
could bc slnwn us i'll il,eHc inlanl seas.
A thing OF beauty may bo Joy forever, but
lila Is tou 6orl fur tnurtnls to enjoy II quite So
Ioug, 50 we stvarncd un and reached Yokot.ona
on tic VI Of July, whcre VIC tuund til: harbvr
CROWDED WITH suIrrINa,
mud presenting Il zcgulur Four.h-ofJuly holiday
appearance.
As zen. Grant md party went OIL shore all OF
the ships (Hh ihe exception of tlc English a'l'i
GERMANY nlan,icl yatt,s uII ilsed haIntcs ui
twcntY.ouc guns. The effect, So lar rs 1sotsu
unl smoke wus concerned, rcsc,nblcd naval
engagement, md for n tine tic entire bay was
obscurcu by the snlokc.
'li,e Japanese, Russians, AMI French did every
thing ulcy could, uild made gral,l SUCCESS oI
/ tuE TEEEH}I3Hs 44H hG!H1At5 AhA 1ASo'A@
Prince un board ui:I t.Ier Imperial hsul,lara
displayed, which wus saluted uy our yessels.
The Gernlans returned cur salute, but did moi
stlow tilt Atncriran so!oss.
TIC Euglisl, admiral wus away, and Ills sen!ol
Captuiu offered salute Of niucteeu Guus for tlt
ucur1al, which olIes WAS lerilneo.
ten, Gr:ut u,lu purity wcnt up 10 the Capita
Toxic {Yedo) where thu Summer Palace 'ra:
found uktcl up III u tnost sunpiuous 1aanhrl
for the1u, The next nay tAe American Aln!rn
a,.,l TIC Captains Of 1hc United STATUS ship
Richmond, Monut!galela, AlAl AshHclot, alIt
alsu oue other uliccr trun each OF said sAlps,
WENT VI TO TuK1o,
carl5 tu the morning IN ful-lreas uniform, al't
cullcd on Gutl. GsaIt. Asl1 thc1i accompanied
him to the palncc, usld wern presented tu ult
I!kndo In prupr'a persotEr.
Is ulu,ost lerIlcts 10 say that TIC prescnta
tiol, cerru,uucs were SUCCESS. All Ut our past u
wrrc first introduced to the prAccs, u:ll The,
followed lllr uulletal. Mrs. Grant, Jutlgu Dtu.
J lam, Unlrd etatcA Minister to Japau, u
Yoshito, Jupanesu Minister tu Washington, Cui
Grant, AMI oltcrs. u tile Aud!eucu Hall, whcr
tic Enpcsor upl Empress (coutrary to lt
Usual rustoua) wcte ulrcody In Whiting, ai'sl lint
tukGu positions near uIr elltrnllee-door (anothc
deviation from, established crstum), nll, III Eoo1
as tieu. Grant haa entered, tlc Emperor shool
hands with him fano,lrr new !cparsurc} I'LL
Then they Notwithstanding baekwards-to til
otrr end OF tho hall.
Thu Emperor tllun made speech, welcotnil
C;au. Grant to Japa'l. ut1d, In doing 80, n1udr
yrcctu! allustun ~ thu natal iay VI our cou,tr,
thu glorious Fourth.
The Gencral answered uit-haIld, md spoR
very vel! iudcc1, after Which lhu Empress i,ud
VERY PRETTY tlrTLE atE.Cll or WELCOME