. A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey . adt was approached the weather clearedup, and the steamer put out all her flags, and in honor of Gen-eral Grant ran up the Stars and Stripes to the foremast. As thesteamer drew near the outer forts, the heavy granite structureswere wreathed in smoke, and a grand salute of welcome thun-dered over the waves. As other forts were passed salutes werefired, and at length the steamer came to anchor in the deputation of the officials of the place came on board andwelcomed General Grant t
. A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey . adt was approached the weather clearedup, and the steamer put out all her flags, and in honor of Gen-eral Grant ran up the Stars and Stripes to the foremast. As thesteamer drew near the outer forts, the heavy granite structureswere wreathed in smoke, and a grand salute of welcome thun-dered over the waves. As other forts were passed salutes werefired, and at length the steamer came to anchor in the deputation of the officials of the place came on board andwelcomed General Grant to Russia. The General and his partywere then transferred to a smaller steamer, which conveyed themto St. Petersburg. The trip to the city was a short one, and, upon arriving at hishotel, the General was met by Mr. E. M. Stoughton, the Ameri-can Minister to Russia, who warmly welcomed him to St. Peters-burg. He was followed by Prince Gortschakoff, the EmperorsAide-de-Camp, and several other high officers of the ImperialCourt, who brought messages of welcome from the Emperor. (443) 444 AROUND THE ALEXANDER II., EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. This was the 30th of July, and it was arranged that the Generalshould be presented to the Czar the next day, July 31st. Accordingly the presentation took place the next day. TheEmperor manifested great cordiality. The General was pre-sented by Prince Gortschakoff. His Majesty talked of his healthand the Generals travels. He seemed greatly interested in ournational wards, the Indians, and made several inquiries as to theirmode of warfare. At the close of the interview the Emperor accompanied Gen-eral Grant to the door, saying: Since the foundation of your government the relations be-tween Russia and America have been of the friendliest character,and as long as I live nothing shall be spared to continue thatfriendship. RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. 445. The General answered that although the two governmentswere directly opposite in character, the great major
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