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held only thirteen days. Resigning, he re- 

 turn. -.1 t-i practice. "When hostilities began bo- 

 i \\ . . ii the States, he was appointed by Govern- 

 or Mouiv Adjutant-General of the State, and 

 lii-ld tin 1 place about three years. In 1866 he 

 : ctnl Judge of the Circuit Court, but he 

 was ejected from office by an act of Congress 

 iu 1868. In 1870 he was elected to the Senate 

 of the United States. His term expired on 

 March :!, 1S77, and he was succeeded by John 

 T. Morgan. His career on the bench estab- 

 lished his reputation as a calm and profound 

 jurist. Ho was warm in his attachments, ex- 

 ceedingly kind, charitable, and just in his 

 transactions, and was esteemed as a useful citi- 

 zen and prudent public servant. 



GRANT, ULYSSES S. The second term of 

 General Grant as President of the United States 

 expired on March 4, 1877. He soon left Wash- 

 ington for Philadelphia, with the design of 

 making a tour of the world. This he began 

 on May 17th, with his wife and elder son, by 

 embarking on board the steamship Indiana at 

 that port. He arrived in Liverpool on the 

 28th, having made the passage in eleven days. 

 From Liverpool he went to London, and dined 

 with the Duke of Wellington on the 2d of 

 June. During his stay in England the General 

 was honored with nn invitation to dine with 

 Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle. The invi- 

 tation having been given and accepted in due 

 form, at half-past eight on the 26th of June 

 the Queen, surrounded by her court, received 

 him in the magnificent corridor leading to her 

 private apartments in the Quadrangle. The 

 dinner was served in the Oak Room. Among 

 those present were Prince Leopold, Prince 

 Christian, Princess Beatrice, Lord and Lady 

 Derby, the Duchess of Wellington, General 

 Badeau, and others. After dinner the Queen 

 entered into conversation with the party, and 

 about 10 o'clock took her leave, followed by 

 her suite. The next morning the General and 

 party returned to London, and for some days 

 afterward received the most flattering atten- 

 tions from the nobility and the statesmen of the 

 kingdom. On the 26th of July the ex-Presi- 

 dent and his party arrived in Geneva, Switzer- 

 land. He afterward crossed theSimplon Pass, 

 made the tour of the northern part of Italy, 

 and returned to Ragatz by the 14th of August. 

 Thence he made a flying trip through Alsace 

 and Lorraine. Returning to England, he left 

 London on the 6th of July for Ostend, where 

 King Leopold tendered the party the use of 

 the royal car to Brussels. On their way they 

 stopped and examined the principal places of 

 interest at Ghent. On the 7th of July King 

 Leopold of Belgium called on General Grant at 

 his hotel, and had a long conversation with 

 him. The visit was returned the next day at 

 the paluce. The party arrived in Palermo, 

 Italy, on the 23d of December. Here they 

 spent Christinas, and dined on hoard the United 

 States ship Vandalia. On the morning of Jan- 

 uary 19, 1878, the ex-President and his com- 



panions entered Siout, Egypt, and were wel- 

 comed by the American Vice-Consul and bin 

 son. From Egypt he proceeded to Jaffa on 

 the Mediterranean, and thence made the tour 

 of the Holy Land. After a trip full of pleas- 

 ant and complimentary incidents, he embarked 

 from Beyrout, in Syria, for Constantinople, and 

 arrived there immediately after the treaty of 

 San Stefano, which ended the late Russo-Turk- 

 ish war. Thence he proceeded to European 

 Turkey, and returned to Stambonl on the 5th of 

 March, where he was received by the diplo- 

 matic representatives of the United States. In 

 the latter part of March the ex-President sailed 

 for Italy, arriving in Rome soon after the elec- 

 tion of Leo XIII. to the Pontificate. Having 

 visited the principal cities of Italy, the party 

 left for France and arrived in Paris on the 7th 

 of May, and thence soon after went to Hol- 

 land. From Holland they went to Germany, 

 arriving in Berlin on the 26th of June, when 

 they were met by the late Minister, Bayard 

 Taylor. They reached Hamburg by rail on Ju- 

 ly 2d, and made a tour through Denmark, Swe- 

 den, and Norway. On the last of the month 

 the party crossed the Baltic from Stockholm to 

 St. Petersburg. After a visit to the principal 

 cities of Russia and to Poland, the ex-President 

 reached Vienna, Austria, on the 18th of Au- 

 gust; thence he proceeded to Switzerland, and 

 thence through southern France, and finally 

 to Spain. The ex-President arrived at Vitoria 

 on the 16th of October, having entered Spain 

 from France via Bayonne, and was received by 

 Seflor Castelar, ex-President of the Spanish 

 Republic, and subsequently by KiAg Alfonso. 

 In December the party was still in Spain and 

 Portugal. In January, 1879, the General and 

 party visited Ireland, and returned thence to 

 Paris. On the 24th he embarked at Marseilles 

 for Bombay, India, where he arrived on the 

 12th of February. The ex-President's visit to 

 India was marked by the attention and respect 

 shown him everywhere by the native officers 

 and English rulers. In Calcutta, where he ar- 

 rived on the 10th of March, he was received by 

 a guard of honor and an aide-tie camp of the 

 Viceroy. At a state dinner given in the even- 

 ing, Lord Lytton, in an eloquent speech, pro- 

 posed a toast to their distinguished guest. All 

 the notables of India were present. After din- 

 ner the General received many native gentle- 

 men and princes. On the 17th he proceeded 

 to Burmah, and thence to China. At Bang- 

 kok he received a letter from the King of Siam 

 inviting him to visit that kingdom as the guest 

 of the Government. The letter was encased 

 in royal purple satin. The party arrived at 

 Hong Kong on the evening of April 80th. The 

 ship was boarded by United States Consuls 

 Mosby of Hong-Kong and Lincoln of Canton, 

 Charge 1 d'Affaires Holcombe, and deputations 

 of citizens of various countries, including Japan. 

 The party was received at Canton on May 6th 

 by the consular officials and conducted to the 

 Viceroy's residence. They left Hong Kong for 



