BY DAVID OVER. CONSUL HlllßlS IS J CP IN. FULL REPORT OF iI!S VISIT TO TIIL EMPEROR. A privaft letter from I'ownsoni liairif, l> a friend iti Washington, describing Ilia visit to Vein, is published in ti Union, and in so very interesting, that ttc publish the greater part of it: "You are aware ibst I brought with me to this country a letter ficm the President of the Unite j States addressed to the Emperor of Ja pan. In the month of OotoLcr, 1856, 1 wrote t> the government of Ye Jo that 1 wished to go io that city for the purpose rf delivering the latter with which I bad been entrusted. It would not interest you to read an account of the v .tiuus :: e: s used 1 y the Japanese to in due.' ma to deliver the letter at Sitnoda, nor to read an account of the negotiations thereupon, which were spun out for some ten months. At iast, finding that I could not he moved from my oiigmui 'Jt-'crittsnatmn, they yielded all the point.- a' i. - :v, and agreed that 1 h ul-J go to Ytd •, aitd deliver the letter, at a public audi ence, to tl.Emperor. This was a decided aucccss, an \ I d:rw favorable omens fr< in tl..s ;c-siovtil !ii the great bnrier which had hither uiyteviß'ei a p rsoaai ccmnjunieativu with the go v.;runt •!:*. More then two months were consumed b" • ' J.q-acse io making their pre? irruo?! f■: ;ify journey aud for my resep at Ye J I lorn.' 1 that the Euipe ror hid gi . -ii or hts .hrt I should receive the same honors us Ito the princes cf the Uovd, as W! ii n the ronds a.s ia the towns and vii'ages thrr.??. L . ; -i h • would pass. 1 w..b told that ska v lee-go- .ra r of Simo r weu'J attend nss, :u is.-? eLir-citr ot a courier, and that Le wo: 1 1 'up 1 !y •' y i a.-y rur tions. •Git l.'-in numl vro I sotuv . .c hundred and fi ty pe;Sf.u : , c> --V'.-'-ed cf guards, (n;y own ) norrtmon-bc iters, grot m, L? .rer.-, car.c- i bnrorc, fao-learc. , and. though not 1 as', a standnr'.-bearcT, sua a ;irgs nurater o! ccr lies. Iha 1 permitted the J -panose to arrange an 1 -*r s ' y train according to their idea* of: propriety, and it t'uy p Hwetv 1w is due to \V, ! tit-a gir .le, I c!- iia ' w >;.a drosses, as they swelled a%J -' r rtt- J; i appeare i!> br mightily :-■• -a h 7 vh'-s th-y an I try • bearors iod groom- appealed to Lave 'L>. ken out' i-12 or c: 'h- ir i. with 'spread eagles,' us the back, -t : si eves of their dress es were —rin' ; 1 over with the arms - f the i United f-t.iics, v.hi.h wvro cea'ly paiu'.id :u ibem 1 pc:fo:m- u the j .racy pirtlj < • ' horseback, and prtly ia u uorii.non. which i- , the Jaroßvsc B . i j -'sr.■d.-. ihe J jane- norriu. >r. v.compare v a thecelelra- j ici iron cages cf Cardinal Balue, of France, j it, wl ici, tii.i j oor i tee. aid Berber lie it tin j or stac-i up ia !. nor:i nn. the Japanese i kue 1 arid p'sca th- fee: close logeiher, and ihso =-it on their upol-, if they wis!, to •••■po.-e i hems.lves, :!;ey 1c.:: forvrtrJl, and re at the chin . on their ksers, lbt the t;: Jy and limbs form , three horizontc: ■ i's r plies—a position they . assume and kepp viiuoitt ar.ttoymr.ee, from ; t ractice, and from the fi -xibiiiry of their join's, 1 but which it aim ■.! anatuitiabio by a white , uian, and is .hseiu ely unendurable. I bad a j norrituoa mad a for me suvea feet long, aud itt j it I put a meUrass and pillows, which crtdc it as cenib : tai.Ja as the Indian pa! .cquiu; bat of all the in "les r.f traveling, lite c. aid, the c!t pbaut and the p>i iurpiirt an- he mrst fatigue jag. "Un the lovely morning of 31 t.-lay, Novcm be.* U3. I st-rSe-I for the long desited gnal of j aiy wt-fces—\d i and colors, each htiug decorated wi h the anus | .' its owner, and the whole forming an r/is.n- [ bis that tr.-.s lively and plsieiog 1 pissed ! Sun-day, '.Lie 29ih of November, at Kawasi.— | This is ihc town :hut Chaplain liittinger tench- , eJ when he made his celebrated dash at Yedo. j Fiom my first arrival in Japan up to the pres ent lay I b ive always refused to trausa.t aay j business or to travel on Sunday. I so-on git J the .j. Tinesc'tu understand my v. ".ivo, ju > ! >,ui sue it has increased their respect for ut . ! ! ♦'Tl.c ro ids were all r; aired and eh c!y sw : n the wh >le of my route before I pais- : ed ; 1 iges were jut i: crdt r, ami at u;y new ! ones Lailr ; oil travel ou the road was stepped i fi i' at J drd-tir: SCC Vn"aj-awJs if *r ,•.■>•, ! r rlc L 8...', &C., described by Ivempfer; the s: o. in ail the town; • r-1 vi.i 'ges were dosed, (exr p: Co ,-k .-heps am! tea-house?,; aa-J the ' : inhabitants l , '.la i in the holiday clothes, knelt : or. n:"r t ?c .i in front cf their !iou>cs; not a • ct; i wis heard, nor a gesture iadtaativc • 3,:r: -i y srett; all was tvspcrt'u! silence.— The jcplc were orderud to oast down tn-or I opos zs I parsed, uad as I was too high even to be 1 wke 1 a: : but this oidei was only partially obevc , hw the dcr daughters of Eve would have a ,cp rcgitdi.ss of consequences. The authorities of the town.- and villages met mo ot? tii: . Em:.d-ir: ami saluted iue by kuool ' ing and -knocking bead;' they thou Ic-d the I way through *.S ir little jurisdictions, aud took j leave ty similar prostrations. • "i you, who knew mo o w.ll, I tru>t I necdtiut say that these ceremonies and slavish i observances but ill agreed with my sirnt ie l:ub -1 it", rnd tl a: they were utterly repugnant to my ! sincere republican principles. But what could 1d..? I knew that the ultima?** success of the ital .J.ject of my mission to Yedo did, ia fact, verv much depend ou the state and cere- ! monv v iiich w s observed 1 n my jouruey, and •-.hieh would attend my entry iao Ye-d •. Such ' being aiy .'-.eltrigs and opinions, I uol, on I the one hand, demand any of those honors, nor, | ! ct; the other, refuse them when offered to me. •'On Mon Jay, the 30th of N ivcuibcr, I maJc my entry into Yedo. My to.lowers pur on their carmissimos, or dresses of ceremony tie- I coratod with any quantity ol cag "I should not have known wbea I passed the :iue which e-.perates H uagana irout Yedo - j ' not the - .'at Lr --is pointed out to mc, t. tuv houses lortn a continuous street for some mil m belore jou rc ;cb the actual boundary of th . , city. From tho gate by which i ca'ev 1 the j city to my quarters was about seven miles-- ; The streets of Yedo are divided into sections of 120 yards by gates and pai'Sades of strong j timber. This enables the police to isolate any | portion c f tho c?*y, or ar.v st*-o rnn-trj *' it, and thus pteveu: thj assembling ot crowds j or mobs. M ben we approached a gate it was j opened, and as soon as the rear had passed j through it was closed. The gates of all tho ; cross street." were also kept closed. I could see immense crowds beyond tboso gates, but j the people on our actual lino of tnirch were ! those only that occupied tho buildings on tho r >ut". Notwithstanding all this, the number that assembled was prodigious. Tiic centre of the way was kept clear, and the crowd kept back by ropes stretched along each side of the street. Tile assemblage was composed of men, women, and children of a!i rar.ks and condi ' tioos—the w<>uen being tho larger number.— 1 estimated the two linos of people that extend ed along the way, from my entrance into the i city t > the place provided for my residence, ito have been full 30,000. Y'ct in all iliis j vast concourse 1 did not hear a word, except i the constant cry of the Harbingers, Sutu, i s'.ttu ! •'You may think it impossible that silence I could bavo been maintained aiuoug so large a ' number of women, but 1 assure it was so. "The honsc provided fortuc was biiuated iu ' tho fourth circle of the oastlt, or aristocratic ' portion of the city, aud largo enough to ac i commodate five Ltuudred persons, ia tho Jupa j rivsc style. "On my arrival I qaa warmly welcomed by i my good friend, the Prraco of Sinae, who show ed nic ihe various provisions that had baen j made for my accommodation and comfort, arid 1 which iucluced chairs, tables, bedsteads, &c. BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY,FEBRUARY 18, 1859. &e., BOtie of wlii'rh nre used by the Japa nese. "The following day the Friuoc of Tamba visited mc in great stato. He said he had come i as a special embassador froat the Emperor to j i congratulate mc on my arrival, and to ask af ter uiy health. After receiving these com- • pliments and making a sutahle reply, the Prince pointed to a large box which be said was a pre sent to me from his Majesty I found the box contained five large vrays of bon-bons, weigh ing over nnc hundred pounds. "I subsequently \Li:o J the hereditary Prince , of Hotta, chief of the great Council of State ' and Minister for Foreign Affairs. The visit j was a pleasant oue, ami iLe arrangements for j my audience was completed. I gave tbo Prince a copy of my intended speech to the. Eujpctor, ani before 1 left he gave a copy of \ the reply the Emperor would make to ma.— tLit.: arrangement, the speeches teiDg both translated beforehand, wc v.ul'l h: enabled to ' dispense with the presence of interpreters at j the au lieuee. Ou the .Monday week after my j arrival I set out for the Palace. My traiu blazed in new silk dresses, and my guard.; wore | 1 their breeches rolled uji to the middle of the j thigh. You must know that the wearing ofj ; breeches in Japau is a mark of high rank, or if • jvyora by au interior, that he is in the service of j of the highest rank ; so that the wearing ! of breeches here is as much coveted as it is said to be iu certain qua: ters in America, and that here, as well es in America, the article is a type or cutbleiu of power and authority. A ' new fiig, inide, of Japanese crape, was car : led before :uc. This flag is the first foreign 1 batuer ihat was ever carried through the grc t! j city, ai,d 1 mean io prcservo it as a precious i 1 relic. ' The distance from my rcsiicucc to the Palace Was over two miles. O.i my arrival at | the bridge, over the third moat or ditch, all m . I train left their horses and norrimuits and pro i ceO'Jei oa loot. 1 coutinueJ in iuy uorriuion, • ami was carried over three :aoa:s, aud throuirh : as many fortified gateways up to tho gate of I the Palace itself, i was received ur the ea ti.so by two chambetlair.s, who, having. ('knocked head,' c. udueted me to an apirttuent, v.-hero 1 found a chair for my use. Tea, bo::s --bous, und other refreshments w.re then offered !:o m?. A large number .f tho Princes come W.l'h' * I 1 ! pas.sad tlirottgii a large hail ia which scato j : three huaired to four huaurod of the high! ' iiollcs cf all dressed ia their o:u -t' ' dresses, wore kneeling, and m silent ami a, ; ui-'f.onless as s' *tu;s, an., irom tats hall i em tcre-J the audience chamber. At this nuent a chaml vrlatu csileu out loudly, 'dl iresn Embassador,' an ! the Prince of Sinuuo threw himself down and crawled ai >ng o.s I vvallied in. Mr. Ilouskiu, my sccror u-y, who carried the President's letter, hiltel t the entrance. 1 ac'vaticvu up the room, making three lows as I proceeded, auU halied at the head of uic;), who were prostrate ou their faces, those on ray right wore the five members of the Council ot j Stat -, with the Prince of B ttsu at their head, ! :.2-j tho-eoa the left were three brothers of the • Emperor. liis Majesty wis s>a'cl a chair placed on the daia, elevated some three feet above the floor of the chamber. He was dressed in yel low silk, and wore a black lackered cap that uttetiy defies description. After a sbci? pause I made uiy address to him, and, -after a similar pause, he replied to me iu a cle..r and pleasant voice. When tho Emperor Lml finished, 31r. ' Il'juskin brought the Pie-iient's let:-r to mc; I removed the .-ilk cover, .'tripod red nt. J wLi'c, opened the box, and displayed th:: writing to ' the-Prince of Bittsti, (who now stood up.) tkeu, closing tho box, I handed i. to ihc Priuee, who ! placed it - !,!nr " (n my memory for about tweuty days. Suffice it : to say that ou the 28th of .March I was aware that 1 was as helpless as a child, and that 1 was also awr.ro cf the scri.us ua'erc of my dl nrss. "In April i again fiArte i for Yvd , notwith standing tho strong remonstrances tne phy si?ie:. : , and I was so feeble that 1 was actually carried on board the s'.earner like ii chiM.-- II .ppil;, in: -11 tflbr s followed ihio imptudenf, but itbiiilut : 'j aci'Sitry, step ii ujiue. "The Emperor manifested the gieatcst kiai ' ness and the most marked solicitude fur my rc:feci restoration t . health. He daily sent mo seme very nice affair that hud het-u prepared in the palace. After about a fortnight of these I kiud attentions, during which nine I wisrapid i !y gaining strength, his Majesty sent the Prince of Tamba to u>e to urge the use of a certain remedy, which the Prince described, ii you arc cuiious to kuow what the nature of the rem edy was you eau turu to the socuud verse ol the first chapter of the First Book of Kings, 'commonly called the Third Book ot Kiugs.' Iu justice to myself, permit me to add lhat my health has .-o rapidly improved that I have not used the imperial prescription. The weather during April and May was cba* miug, and each day I felt its influence." ANECDOTE OF DANIEL WEBSTER. The Boston (Mass.) Courier relates the fol lowing: Mr. Webster married the wouirn lie loved, atri the tw.nty years which he lived with her brought biui to tho meridian of his greatness, i Au anecdote is current ou ihis subject, which is ! not recorded in the books. Mr. \\ ebster was : lecomiDg intimate with Miss Grace Fletcher, when the skein of silk getting i:i a kuot, Mr. [ Webster assisted in uniavcliug tbo suarl—then i looking up to Mi.-s Grace. Lc said. 'Mc La\c untied a knot, don't you think wo coui i tio j one?' Grace was a little embarrased, said not : a word, but in the course of a few minutes she | tied a knot in a piece of tape and banded it to | Mr. M'ebster. This piece of tape, the thread of his donscitio j°ys, was found, utter the death j of Mr. W r ebster, preserved as one of his most precious relies. A QUEER PAPER. A traveler in Norway, writing to the- Boston Recorder gives an account ol the northernmost paper in the world, the Tromsoc Times. It is printed at Tromsoc, a little island ol about 4,000 inhabitants, on the coast ot Nor way, us which retain the Gothic band writing. "Y'ou seem to walk more eiect tlun usual' my friend?" ! "Yes, I have been straightened by circum stances Tho newspaper is a sermon for the thoughful a library for the poor, and a blessing to every body. Try ours, and see. From the. Philadelphia Bulletin Jan. 25. j ROBERT BURNS. Is there a poat from the day of Chaucer, father of English rhyme, down to the newest magazine fledgeling, who has gone down deep- ; | er into tho heart of humanity than tho author j iof Tarn O'Shanter ? To love Burns does not \ : require cultivation. On? need not have a pas ' siou for Greece or yearn for Rome. The hand ! that holds the volume of his peotry may be j 1 mas'ive, rough aa the bark of a tree, and iu I : i color red or brown. The voice that loves tho i sound of Alan's A Alan Jor a* that'' may |be rude as a north wind, and uiiy tiagc the 1 : rhyme with a broad brogue. Like Shakespeare | every one understands Burus in his highest ! j flights as well as in the ground-lightning of bis j j lambent genius. There is not a man ia the • ! civilized world la whom Hamlet is uciuterest- i j ing; and yet outside of the Scriptures, where , '■ do you find prcfounder musings ? So with < Burns. Tue elegant, the polished, the genial Ilalleck has sung : "Yc read tbo names that know not death ; ; ! Few nobler ones than Burns are t'oere ; And low have won a greener wreath, i Than that which binds his hair " M'hen we remember that in grace and felici-1 j ty of expression Ha'ieck stands at the head of American poetry, it is seen that the glory of. Burns is not solely a Democratic glory, though ; ; ilalleck also sings : | "And his that music, to whose tone, To the common "pulse of nun keeps time, Iu cot or castle's mirth or moan-, i in cold or sunny clime." ••What sweet tears dim the eyes unshed, What wild vows falter on the tongue. When "Scots wtm hie w'i Wallace bled." Or "Axld Lang Syne" is sung." '• Imagination', world of air, Aud our own world its glooui and glee. Wit, pathos, poetry are there, And death's sublimity.'* And how exqui-itely llailcek sings of the I universality of bis fame ; of tho love for the of " .tr" feJtwiil sunlie- ,Lc "log; | which have brought earth's noblest, greatest 1 and best a-; pilgrims to a shrine. "Th:y linger by the Dooms low trees, And pastorai Nisli and woodjd Ayr, And round thy sepulchres Dutnfri s ! The Poet's funb is there, • But what IJ them liie sculptor's ri. His furieraUgplumns, wreiths and urr.s.' Wear they not graven on the he.: ; The r.u:;?-? o:' Robert Burns /" This is the centennial r-suivcrsery of the , birth of Burns, end the celebration in its honor i may be counted by thousands. Our list of cx ' changes would furnish ua with hundreds were , { they ait gathered together. Like that bare 1 spot called Scotland, thai land of mountain, | rock and flood, one looks around Io see whence | comes tho might of his power. Scotland has stamped ihc world with its impress, though for grace, and elegance and opulence an hundred nations have excelled her. Burus, speaking I from the little towu of Ayr, out of '.he rusticity j*of the last rough century, has made the world : barken !o his singing. Does not this universal fume a'.onc fur thai ; misery of which we have heard so much ? Re ! member the suftYrings of such men as liuydoa, | the painter, whose nature were as tiuely at | tuned as his, snd thiol: of their having ! -The cross without the cruwa of glory." Then uo more sigh for Burns. Let the sad dest things that fii 1 your minds be the j.ulsa i lions of his lyrics, and then turn with jy to tho geniality which his joy inspires. Oar exchanges are discussing the question ; whether the following is true : I'c-ihaps no lyric has been more universally | admired than Burn.-.' little poem, commencing : "Scots wlw hao wj' Wallace bluil; . but it is not generally known that Burns, Ly the advice of some friends, was induced tosup press die first two star.zas as they originally stood on the poets manuscript. It is much to i bo lcgretted thai the poem was not printed en tire, for the poet's talents far surpassed the | critic taste. It stood thus iu the original : "At Bannoekburn the English Jay— The Scots they were not i ir away, But waited for the break o' day That glinted in the east. But soon the sun broke through the heath, Anil "lighted up that field o' death, When Bruce wi' soul inspiring breath, His heralds thus addressed : Scots wba hae, &e." The BostoD Atlas tbiuks it proves this para ' graph untrue, but we do not see that its cvi : dence is conclusive. X Poem about "Dumfries" and others, wish i Scotch associations, ate Hooting about among | the newspapers, but we have not even space to i i dwell upon the eveuence they give us hew every one loves even the memory of Robert Burns •'The ouly victory that costs no (ears," said Napojean, "is that over ignorance." He who Lutes Lis neighbor is miserable biiu ' self nrnl makes all around him foi l miserable. VOL. U, iNO. 8. Poor Richard's Maxims. Tlio following from the great American phi losopher, Dr. Franklin, should bo printed iu letif rs of gold, and hung up iu every school ! room, side by sido tvith the usoal ab ab, dog Latin, and other r. on retire wi'h which our chil dren's minds are crammed,and which stems to be the rule in our modern system of tui tion. j Th re will Cume a iiiua waeu y Professorship of Political Economy will Lo considered an ab solute necessity to every school. But that tisco is r.ot yet. At present we Lave; nothing but profusion and shameful wusfc cn the one band) whilts abject poverty, meanness of spirit, and tctai carelessness are too much observable on the other. These are the two extremes which : characterize our present false state of things i to a physical point of view; all laid to the : score of false training, from the highest to the f lowest. Bot hear what Poor Richard says : ; 1. Plow .j p while sluggards sleep, arid you shall have com to sell and to keep. 2. Pride is as loud a beggar as wan, and a great deal more saucy. 3- Silks and satins, scarlets and velvet*, put out the kitchen tite. 4. Diligence is tie mother of good luck. 5. Pride breakfasted wjth Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with infamy. 6. Extravagance and improvidence end at the i prison doer. i 7. It is easier to build two chimneys than to j keep one in fuel. 8. If you would know the value of money go and try to borrow some. 9. The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands. 10. What maintains oua vice will bring up two children. 11. He that goes borrowing returns sorrow ing. 12. Rather go t<> Led aupperless than to rise | iu debt. 13. Sloth, like rust, consumes faster thau la- I bor wears. 14. A life cf leaeure and a life of lazines* are two different thing®. lp. Three removes are as bad is a fire. 16 Creditors have i>ett-3r memories than debt* ors. i.. he rolling at nc gathers no moss. 18. If you would have your business done go, if cot, S3tld. 19. D i s foolish u. lay out money in the pur chase of repentance. 20. Buy what thou ueodest not, and it will oblige tics to sell thy recess irics. - -- - Sleeping after Dinner —This Lulit, tvhicli is becoming so very popular in this coun try, and particularly so with young persoD9, if an exceedingly pernicious one. In oar cli mate, tie stomach does not perform its fane* Lens dating sleep, except With slowness and difficulty: so if it fco heavily loaded, it remains in a semi-torpid condition, until the siesta is is finished. The result cf such daily torpidity is indigestion, or some cue of the thousand dif ferent forms assumed by the hydra, dyspepsia. In Lot countries the action of the digestive or gans is much easier than Lore, and sleep, un ; less very sound, impedes the stomach's func tions out very slightly if at si]. The siesta in, therefore, a nature! and proper thing for ibo tropics, although * f >ll y ieapproprhto to tho United Stales. A good looking Irishman, shopping at a hotel |to warm himself, inquired of the landlord, i what was the news 1 ' ' The lan 'lord, distoscd to run upon him, re ' pl.ee: ! 'TLey say the devil is do*J.' " 4 An' sure,' says I\>t, 'that's news indade.' Shortly after he we: t to the bar, laid down j some coppers, and resumed his scat. The ; landlord, always ready fur i c-.etomcr, *ake