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Title: A tour around the world by General Grant. Being a narrative of the incidents and events of his journey
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: McCabe, James Dabney, 1842-1883
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Voyages around the world
Publisher: Philadelphia, Chicago (etc.) The National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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, was very attentive to General Grant,and the General on his part conceived a high admiration for theViceroy. The great Viceroy, Li-Hung Chang, of Tientsin, says Mr.Young, in his letter to The New York Herald, perhaps to-daythe most powerful subject in China, took the deepest interest inthe coming of General Grant. He was of the same age as theGeneral. They won their victories at the same time—theSouthern rebellion ending in April, the Taeping rebellion inJuly, 1865. As the Viceroy said to a friend of mine, GeneralGrant and I have suppressed the two greatest rebellions knownin history. Those who have studied the Taeping rebellion willnot think that Li-Hung Chang coupled himself with GeneralGrant in a spirit of boasting. How funny it is, he also said,that I should be named Li and General Grants opponent shouldbe called Lee. While General Grant was making his progressin India the Viceroy followed his movements and had all thenarratives of the journey translated. As soon as the General
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(66i) 662 AROUND THE WORLD. reached Hong Kong, Judge Denny, Consul at Tientsin, conveyeda welcome from the Viceroy. When questions were raised as tothe reception of the General in Tientsin the Viceroy ended thematter by declaring that no honor should be wanting to the Gen-eral and that he himself should be the first Chinaman to greethim in Tientsin, and welcome him to the chief province of theempire. As the Ashuelot came into the Peiho river on the 28th ofMay, the forts fired twenty-one guns, and all the troops wereparaded. A Chinese gunboat was awaiting, bearing JudgeDenny, our Consul, and Mr. Dillon, French Consul and Deanof the Consular Corps. As we came near Tientsin the scenewas imposing. Wherever we passed a fort twenty-one gunswere fired. All the junks and vessels were dressed in bunting.A fleet of Chinese gunboats formed in line, and each vesselmanned yards. The booming of the cannon, the waving of theflags, the manned yards, the multitude that lined the banks, thefleet of jun

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