DoVGLASS, RECEIVER.
\l4 29,
It I E OBSERVER - .
HE'D ll'Eltir NATEIRDAY Br
lift*. and germalTer,
in the Juni rooks, and 11001114401011 Ii ran over I subsequently visited the hereditary Prince
mountains 4,000 feet bigh. On the second day of Hotta,chief of the great Conseil of State
I toadied Ugasims, and as 1 emerged from she and BMWs+ for Foreign Affairs. The visit was
of
sof Mount Amagi I had my first view a pleasant °MO mid the mettle for my au
IS t, ass Tame" the "Matchless Mountain." The diesel war iousplided. g ibe Prises a eepe
T e p ;t isolated ,
U de ga t s e ita .d the
eh m eete taoun
op
p n ale
siebt wasgrand beyond description. As viewed of mlnte nded epee* to the . Emperor, sad be
froui the ent ot Le i fore h eft he gave a copy of the reply the Emper
pearsrs
to be
ire
glorious and in a of would make to me. By this arrangement, the
perfect cone 10,000 feet high 1 It speeches 'being both translated beforehand, we
was covered - with *mow, and is the bright sun• *odd be mottled to disposes with the preseecie
light it glittered like frosted silver. /n its mir of M . Wpm's:. at the audience. On Monday
leetic solitude it sitolak me as being omen more week of my arrival I set out for the Palace.
grand sod in:mount than the celebrated Dwimi- My ,taiga biased out in new silk dresses, end m ygirl of the Himmel& mountains. For the first
tenni their biseches rolled up to the mid
t hee eo e u kt h ed ta
elp foe
l odged in tempika, which bad le o f thigh. You most know the westing
ate, with bath room sod other of coin Japaais a meek of high rank, or,
aPPitmthee to contribute to me omnfort. On the it INNS yan iuferuir, that he is io the service
( evenin g of th e IWO dal' I arrived at Misaima , of one the highest took ;so that the wearing
k a town on the Tti •Ityido, or
' hem hence to Vitae the roar: t w il id as e t and td ipood und . to of be . is Certei tte n re quar is au tent iut ro h A u le ute ica d , u th t e t a ts rti rs c i l a s
i et_
em great roadei of Japan pies buildings
for the mtectumod a ti on of th e moose . "I
i n s ele s t i z or omie senbl e em t
jepin of po ese wer iov er irli w dn ee ty ee .
rrieti A
erec
' who
i t , i y
alvevlejil they are called 'beim, and before me. This kg is the filet foreign banner
, in h me gutters for tbe remain- that was ever carried through this great c i t e, and
Jr, to t osiewe l
I mean to preserve it as a precious relic The
over
vi ,,1 1 1. ). tu .vwillout cab art
w thetw' cors htti lim ld e luirg, the distance from my residence to the Palace was
cuinesteautotiviaiseksie : ail : atoarcommey hinetalotht P he
ohe nt e me on over two asides. (hi eniehteeatibe bridge,
cue
but
the third watt or ditch, all my train left their
oily
(hose
of ,
rdeisien
jd horses or aorviesons and proceeded on foot 1 j
he shook h is
r e i t d e
, It he
couldda dare
enter nut hou s e ,
e li ; t
0 , u u t
teohrenteintrieetwelteint
andt e th o ren rritoo h n ee , a ei nd ee w y m fe e rti ar a r e ie i d
r ot ::: I
J o r f n p ; re Y w et o t t h ia ls h, m i t e l!s.. i .i t re he eei , ve_d som e
arm
ty ste . w ps , ways lap to the gate of the Palate itself. I was
mum o e t ee ten th e ee T re ho h osa d
eti tt
I el ee e tt ,, , th e is ttio v „ load ' e m e p eri . „ i i n on his ' received at th e mimeo by two obs i me er i a i es ,
who, having "knocked bead," conducted me to
Stara'? — I e, 1 h e t , ' 5to f an apartment., where I found a chair for my use.
diets
day's jtorney on the To.kyido was!
feet hjegh Tea, bou.bons , and o th er refrodooents were then
over the Mountain liseCoe, which is some 4,600 os ofr ine ureti to to be me prasse . A ud is! : me tals : be A r t uf kmet tite h P l rill wa ues s
After I had passed the orate of the told the Emperor was ready to receive me. I
mo i teiGiu, sod haddescendod about one third of passed through a large hall• in which some 300
g gard Was en in ! aziniaturee d The i& ho
' die wa y , 1 "'me tun . Perfect Woo ofrest house, was Dr . 400 of the high nobles of Japan , all dressed
i l
ta t!e i v w e e i , t h Y e te n th te cl uli nothing obuld exceed its neatness . _
lent
their court . dresses, were kneeling , and as et
adorned the rear ; .the trees
l en e l tared and m u Ltio n n ahmee leas as
e sta hma tues he , r en A d
t hro th m ie t m h run is ball ent
I w w e e ni re ditey templesrethedtothel: e m d a g ll r e e s t i tee pose r, possible
bridges
sizes. Here a eibuvoice,
nberiain celled out, in a load "Met.
;petite the*, oothing I heavier than a fai wa
paved rd
fiesta Ambassador," sad the Prime of Sinona
threw himself down and crawled along as I walk.
, walk over them A canal and fish pon d,
1 with snow white pebbles, were filled with water "l b
in Prest . fi lso r t' H e etta let ituu ter ' baited se secretary, who
carried
• of crystal olearnem ;
the goldcad
e sere the %omelet°. teem of taw lath Wt
however, were of : tnortsous size,
d silver fish, l
advanced up thetroom% making three lers ee se I I
-......
and a gray ls4 : 4ll C being , proceeded, and halted at the bead of the two lines
Visit to Yedo--Reception of the American etk le i te , e 5,,, , ,, feet ex , git !
headed e, Did
y fe
a carp tii
eppeared to be the ll iatriareh of t h e fi ne
of men , who was prostrate on their facile; those
earl General.
The- pas s age of onat Hector was not nom. ' oil of State,
on my right '
were the Sve members of the Colin
The subjoioed narrative of the visit et I'. Te 4 ,
al didnot regret
ttlete g d untilsft es er
i n t ie e tt e f r a d l ed l ,
tu b
et
the novel
eight
. 01
the
Emperor. with the Prince of iiiLLAL hi. their
Harris, Esq., United States Consul fur Japan,
bead, and those on the left were three brothers
Yedo, sod the presentation of the letter Pt the et, b e l ate d ,
my train brilliantly lighted by a large turns
President. of the United Staten to the Emperor
of hug e bambo 1 t tO
of Japan, will be read with the intereat which
e ore e,til•His Majesty was seated on a chair placed on
A 8 the train twist a dais, elevated same three feet above the Boor of
oil tu rned a l m k od t f h the
l est:tents of the moue the chamber. He was dressed in yellow silk, and
&towhee to everything conneeted with our rehm
it looked
p o le f in an l on w tn es en m se et fie t r iy y
son
tious with the Eastern world These letters, t
in. On reae l f h e ito thi g e the
written with conversational freedom, and nut ita- a
itretiged to hav e "othurities f o e city of Odowara and a wore a black haltered Capp that utterly defies dee
teueed for the public eye, we are ption. After a shore pause 1 made my ad
:4oarrloy of l an te rn, o f all imaginable sizes plied to me in a clear and pleasant voice. When
the
.n d ion oprrtrU iv p h i a t t y ev to er ia may
f he ore th t o h u e gh re i l e d ,f er A s em of e th o e t
decorated with the arms dress tio_ e bito, and, after a similar pause, he rei
that,
lovely
n an d 7 who l e forming an ensemble the Emperor had finished Mr. Hearken brought
the peculiarities and incidents of this extesorde of ems,' e eke ta k ii 'l k g
I passed Sunday, ' the President's letter to me ; I removed the silk
nary reception of oar Consul General as the rep
the t ,
that e 'ln . Tr
B et . . Kawasaki . restutative of the Executive of the United States, the 1_ of J oy bell pleasing. cover, [striped, red sod whir r ed opeoed the box,
'Phi. is I and displayed the writing to Prices of lints%
it vaults& fail to convey to the reader so agree
able impression of the respect and consideration het o, he;c e lebra ted [whou p; ] dash at Yedo [See Coe. '
with which, in that remote and isolated Empire, modot I . e ' handed it to the Prince, who plaftd it on a la:
ne s Johrnal of the Japan Expedition] red d
our country and government are regarded 1 From a e man prepared for tbe purpose Mr Hem
rat arrirel in Japan a to the resent
US. CONSULATE GENERAL. day, Ii 1 , p ft alien having returned to his plus, and the Prince
a ways refused to transact any !mei- ' Stmooe, Japan, July 3, 1858. e v e "' 1 ""• tavel ion Sunda, being again prostrate, the Emperor bowed to me,
.y. I soon got the
MT Leon : Yon are aware that t +mimeo+ k smiling pleasantly at the same time. This end
, eaundeestand my mdttve, and I am e d
breut i tit with eie ii. .t...- ~...............,,,... i......0r vorn tare I my audience • and I backed out of the room,
kreas•d their
le resiteet of the Tnited States., addresse d to The ro e respect for me making three bows '
as I retired
i toperor o sp u tae LOULItta ats ....... 'ere lires eled and cleanly swept
tuber, 1856, I wrote to ,be euverereent of Yedo l were put in c sti ''Yu nt w lt` p aa .' , .. , ‘ , ."•,5, 'ri I 7, h 8A9 1 !",-.. -....._ ..
l dress of the.._ Japanese nobles is of
that I Witched to go t,Ythat city fer the purpose I trisect on the ,cud many new noe l built; - all 1 gram cloth, and for a coronet they wear - alllkkif
of delivering a letter with viliieti I bad been en- i ee ,. ~,,,,,• e , o ur as stopped, so that I did not , lackeyed offair that looks like a distracted night
trusted It would tut knterect you to twists ac i deseritie Iby H t triceler9, priests, nuus,'Sro , cep I did n ot tee a single gem, jewel, or ores
c out of the venous means moil by the Jepetoese lan_ d i, dinner prer; l , the shop in all the votes meat of soy kiud, on the person of the Emperor,
to induce me to deliver the letter at Simode, j and tea tieuses,] 'tl• [except the root gimps ~, ,in those of his courtiers, who comprised the
CPI to read an 111C001/nt id the negotiations+ there- thor bele:i.e eiothhe inhahitants, clad io 1 great nobility of Japan
upon, which were VW' out fir some len winces flout of their ; leousiee it on mats spread in ; Fi rm the audience chamber I was taken to
At last, finding that I could nut be moved teem nor it gesture i . indicett a sound sr 0 heard, entailer room, where 1 found the five great court
my original determinatem, they yield. d :sit th e was reap ettul! selectee curiosity . ten;- all 01114)m of State, who, having been preseuted to
p ruts at issue, and agreed that I atsould se to I
e d t o east 'lost their eye people WHY order me, congratulated me on my audience, and ex
redo, awl &item rte letter, at a public audieuee tee high Pet O to be I°4l p a '" , a n d I was I pressed their wonder and astonishment at what
ie the Emperor Thin ease decided toetoes, and ces 'met partially obeyed, i o u t Leis order, they called "my greatness of heart " Wheo I
I drew favorable merles fretu the removal of h e ut Eve ereulit have a peep 1 dear daughters I asked for an explanation, they said that they
great barrier which had hitherto preveutee a pe r queuees The authorities or ices of coonse were filled with admiration to see me stand erect,
suns! eorunothiele RI. with the g emu tuent. Mere ',gee met we at their boundarmene and vii- look the awful "Tycoon" in the face, speak
than two mouths were eousumell by the Jspeto by kueeling and "knockiog headotaluted me, p l ain l y to him, hear his reply—and all this with
ers in wakitsg their preparetiona f.,r my journey the way tbreugh their little jun. then led ! out any trepidation, or any "quivering of the
and for my reeeptien at Ledo I was informed took leave be similar prostratieni.too, and I muscles of the aide, - I write all this to let you
that the Easpeter had given orders that I shunt , ' To you, who know me so well, I t I see that the Japanese Princes understand use of
receive the same boners as are paid to the princes not key thati these ceremonies and silk need 1 court compliments. I was thee shown s present
of the blood as well on the road as in the towns VAIICOS but de agreed with my Ample lessen lof fifteen silken robes from his Majesty, and was
sal villages through which I would Pass I was that they were u t t er ly repugnant to mtend I taken to a room where a banquet, set out OD six ,
WI that the vice governor of Simoda would a t republican trinciples. But what c mid lee Ity trays, twelve inches bilge was prepared for
tend me, in the character of a courier, and th a t knew that the ultimate success of the rear( i ! iu y m ale
g stomach. There was fond enough for 1
he woUrd implicitly obey all my instructions of nay iulietien to Yedo did, r
in ` act , very la one hundred hungry men:
My .fisain numbered some hundred and fifty depend on the state and ceremony which was . You must know that the &doer trays (like the 1
permits; composed of guards (my own) norrimon served on My Journey, and which would attet eeeehes ,
) are a mark of rank in Japan; and the I
bearers, cooks, grooms, shoe bearers, fan bearers, my entry Leto redo. Such being my feelinAk is indicated by the height and capacity of
and last, though not least, a standard bearer, end °piteous, I did not, im the one hand demand which vary front three to twelve mob- '
and a large number of coolies I had permitted any of tie ..4,e honors, nor, on the other, refuse reiteiget,. Again, if the trays are lackered, I
the Japanese to arrange and dress my trete ac• them o h, r e offered to we tinishes the honor connected with the se , I
cording to their ideas of propriety, and what . Oa 3ledday, the 30th of November, I made he Oa of the tray, for it indicates that it can
they conceived was due to the representative of 'my entry ihte Yedo. 317 followers put on their' of di, another occasion; but if it be made J
the Presidentof the United States My guards, eocomessioae, or dresses of ceremony, decorated f or iced cypress woo d t h e h onor is complete, 1
each with two swords in the girdle, and olad in with any +quantity of eagles. subli plain as words can do, "you are so I
new silk dresses, as they swelled and strutted I should not have knows when I passed the : from a r reek that uo one can dare to eat
about, appeared to be 'mightily uplifted in heart,' line which: separates Sinegana from Yedo had ' was part i you have used!" My attention ,
while they and my bearers and grooms appeared the spot wit been pointed out to me, as the house*, I trays and called both to the height of the l
to have "broken out" all over io "spread eagles," form a coetiotreas street for some miles before I c oo e di c t," ester i eg fact that "by a apes
an the back, breast and sleeved of their dresses you reachi. I
he actual boundary of the city. From yon y ou meet k e made of unvarnished wood
were sprinkled over with the arms of the United the gate bit which I entered the city to my quars t. is o su bject
o this same dinner had been
States, which were neatly painted on them. ,f Pere was about seven miles. The streets of Yedo and in Y edo . • -
melon, both in Simoda
performed the journey partly l
on horseback and are divided into seetions of 120 yards by gates eat at the Palace re very anxious I should I
p ar tly to a nor rimoo which Is the Japanese n am e and palisades of strong timbale. This enables ' c h eer f u lly, provi lied that I would do 50 1
for a palanquin. The .Japanese norrimon will the police o o isolate any portion of the city, or bit rank would eat or persons of m I
ita-
compare with the celebrated iron cages of Cardi- any line bning through ii, an d t hi s prevents , respect would forbi ; b ut sa id t h at „If.
nal Balms of France, in which the poor inmate- the use lege of crowds or mobs. When we my host or his rep rag at a table where I
could neither lie down or stand up lo the nor • approach a gate it was opened, and as soon as d own. When I ha dee declined to set
rimon the Japanese kneel and place theirfeet close the rev ad passed through it was closed. The raugemeot of the bast! , be very neat ars
together, and then sit on their heels ;if they gates of I the cross streets were also kept closed. sit down—l then said, f. again asked to
wish tonpose themselves they lean forward, and I could s immense crowd/ beyond those gates, e %b om b e d hin t for his o . r o tia majesty that
rest the chin on their knees, so that the body and but the ople on our actual line of march were At last the whole affair to i ameot e , —
limbs from three horizontal folds or piler—a pow those on that occupied the buildings on the where I distributed it don y quarters,
sition that they sesame and keep wi th out sotto- route otwithstaadieg all this, the number lowers. imoda fel
ance from long practice, and from the great flext that rise bled was prodigious The oentre of er .6 An
-- .-e exhibition of to di al,
ibility of their joints, but which' is almost uoate the way *as kept clear, and the crowd kept back-oon.A
uoted to the room I fire ente
was re ,
tainable by a white man, and is absolutely lineal by ropes ptretebed along each aide of the street. f I had drunk of the celebrate % 'pow, after
durable. The sesetoblage was composed of men, women, I left, being conducted to tie ebtra
,a. ,_
I had a norrimon made for me seven feet long, and children, of all ranks and conditions—the two chamberlains, who knooketsead w the
and in it I put s mamma and pillows, which women bettig.the larger number. I estimated force that was doe to one wit se he
made it as comfortable as the Indian palanquin; the two dines of people that extended along the Ki ng , so d ye t to e d," By d a
y I"fo e
bat of all the modes of traveling, the camel, the way, frost my entrance into the oily to the place state , that the old formula of an jeuee,
elephant, and the palanquis are the moat anti ' provided for my residence, to have been full was iekneelolown," "knock h sa r that
going. 300,000. Yet in all this vast concourse I did by-,slanders oso hear your Au ile r , if
On the lovely morning of Monday, November not bear a word, except the constant cry of the ever idid outfit at the nary at Y
'l7
not _ ,
28, I started for the tong desired goal of my Herbingers, sate! sate! in %cue. A faint request was ;00' _
wishes—Yes* Foot lads, with small . bamboo You may think it impossible that silence could Sim a *eel would kneel, but It ban
6
the e
wands, led the way as harbingers, and their have been maintained among so large a number r e quest was offensive, and must not
voices sounded quite musical as they sang the of women, bat I can assure it was so. Thai ended it. pealed.
Japanese words for "clear the way, (deer the The boom prepared for me was situated with- • I canno t toil you bow many though
weed
way, ' kneel down, kneel down " Next follows in the fourth circle o' the castle, or aristocratic 'my mind during my audience. The
idea,
ed a Japanese on horseback ; then ewe a large portion of the city, Ind large enough to sooomi however, was here, and now, the boor ; i n :
laskred tablet, besting my name and eidetic 1111. frindate ere hundred Persons , in the Japanese elusion 'that has been rigidly maintain te ,_
muse Chinese characters. Th 9 tablet we r e sup. manner 1 staler people for more than two oent e 7
ported b 7 two huge transparent lanterns, : which On my moiled IMU warmly welcomed by my fi na lly broken down, and it is my count' ta
bore similar inscriptions [Wisest I halted the good friend the Prince of Simms, who showed glorious country, that has achieved this,
tablet was placed in font of my quartersesed at me tine various prow/Moos that had been made has b o on ammuplisbed by moral force.
4 1
night the duteous were lighted and hOog up for dry accommodation and comfort , and which and glorious triumph of reason!
• t
over the gate of the house.) Next came a stout inoidded chairs, tables, bedsteads, the., the., none In my letter to my good friend, Gen. I
fellow bearing the "sure sod stripes," with four of eibieb are used by the Japanese. more, I shall treat on the matters that oeco
guards. I followed either on horseback ot in my The following day the Prince e of Tombs visit- me f or the three months of my first visit e
norrimon, and attended by twelve guards ' Next ed.** io great snits He said tia. came as a Yedo—witb datcriptions of various matters, 1
•,, A •1, , leeivr.vrAt sarsat.ss, name Mr Eleusitis, [interpreter,] an after bent "special embassador" from the Emperor to coo. well as an account of my illness. As in got.
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not recollect how it was arrongtel, extept gold:date me on my arrival, and to ask after my letter Ido not touch on the above, subjects,
P&ac t '''' a `` 0 ' tha t th e vine governor brought up the rear . health . After receiving these ettinPiimentae and neither in his shall I enter on thou which broil
. ,
For the first three days the route was eaten making a eat le reply, the Prinoe pointed 4o a t h e su bstammi of this, so th at a p e ru s al o f bo th
~ . ~. r 0„,,, w oo .. tee ,„ woo I e Roo , glad tong the mountains and deep lulus,' large bas woh he said was a pnwent to ate hem letters will sive you an idea of all I wish '
'- • `""c° "..thio,,, .."1"1 14 6 "a* li m a"! which coliposa the peuitawki of Ids*. Th e path, t kil,Majosty. I found tli bon, °manacled Ave nownin au la ba
Ud. , . ...--0 I ELI IL
[for it could not be galled a road] was narrow,, large tills of bon•boas, weighing over gni bun- My r eturn to &mods was on a steamer p 1
iii nuobro as wok. Infra • W oma ill a d •
• 1 - 161. a may plum woo tonna' by osetts top , &oil posse. - .
. , anted to the Impute by do Dab* sad it
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rta4 notices, 10 coati • lib n but ul•ortioi•
z•erl.4 szoopg to& Special Notion for lea %boa or
ts sad otbers•recooring Inman)! abatlipo La Limit
IN allowed 'LIFO squares, paper, and card, fur 'l4.
as.. space, t he charges will be la proportion. mid Um
- • • must to stncil. cotiened to thy israilinalaw badness
- . met meat for tninadeot astosraimossmie barbed
noonar grist tee goswwisig
"r.77,er:=:11 be madeatt *adept
~ : . rt.issonenta, when paid 14 1.1 V OLEIC.
tdvertiatirs, discontinuing their tdsertlsemeats
motion of the contract, irai he charged .1 full rotas
'barge will also be made for Din h.ttin and otb
, oueettoi with their legitimist* bustne”
; ;11{ESS DIRECTORY
vv. t. UAeE,POILT.
a Lev, an Cl' mina Block, over Seulaerager
tore F 311111,ce UV State Street
n. A. GALBRAITH.
—fittt, OIL street, usiarie opposite the
T. 1. SINCLAIR
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Can* arta the Omnipotent
1, too, bays angered sod have fought
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How sharp wad sadden la the Ante
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ill 60 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
ERIE, SATURDAY -Alioßrup, FEBRUARY 12,1859.
subsequent voyages 4,) and from Fed° were all
by water Ido not know the exact date of my
return to Simoda. 'There is a perfect blink in
my, memory for about twenty days. Soffit* it to
say that on the 28th of Marob I was aware that
I. was as helpless as a child, and that I was aware
of the serious nature of fay
In April I again started kr Yedo, notwith
standing the strong remonstrances of the physi.
clans, and I was so feeble that I was actually
married on board the steamer like a child. Hap.
pUy no ill effects followed this imprudent, but
absolutely necessary, step of mine,
The Emperor manifested the greatest kind.
nom, and the most marked solicitude for my per
feet restoration to health He daily sent me
some very nice affair that had been prepared in
the !palace After about a fortnight of these
kind attentions, during which time I was rapidly
pining strength, his Majesty setrt the Prince of
Tamba to me to urge the use of a certain remedy,
which the Prince described If yOu are curious
to know what the nature of the remedy was, you
cast turn to tbe second verse of the first chapter
of 4be First Book of Kings, 'commonly called
the Third Rook of Kings' In justice to myself,
permit me to add that toy health has so rapidly
improved that I have not used the imperial pre'.
seriptiou. The weather during April sod - May
was charming, and each day I felt its infiu.•nee.
The Japanese pointed out carious places of
interest, such as temples, redoes, &e., which I
visited with benefit to my 'health sod relaxation
for my mind The Seeby, or theatres, of redo
are three in number They are all in the north
east port of the city, and only a few yards dig
taut from each other. I intended to visit them,
but my friend, the Princre of Sinano, earnestly
requested me not to do so. He said no Japanese
of rank oould gp there without being disgraced;
that if au imperial officer should be seen there he
would be dismissed the service. He added 'you
now stand as high as any man in Japan; why,
then, should you wish to oast yourself down from
the honorable place you occupy?' Reeling con
vinced that his statements were correct, and Out
wishing to do anything that !night Worn my in
finance us the representative of my country, I
did not go. The Japanese have very few amuse.
meats; the principal ones are wrestling, jugglers,
and top spiatters
Nothing enalagoas to the Rouyen of Java, the
Nandi girl of India, the' Alnic of Egypt, the
Site of Polynesia, or the Figuraute of Paris is
to be met hdre. A grand match of one hundred
of the crack', wrestlers J Japan was got up for
my, amusement. Turn to Commodori Perry's
work on Jelin, page 431, and you will find a
very good li hograph of this amusement The de
•seription be 4ivea of it is very correct, and oor•
responds with what I saw, with the eseeptivn
that be says (page 433) that some of the wrest
lers butted each bther, and 'kept up their brutal
contest until their foreheads were besmeared
with blood,' &a ,
[saw nothing of that kind, although over fifty
matches were exhibited. The Japanese assured
me that, if 'butting and bloodshed' was seen at
Kinagawa it was the exception and Dot the rule.
The jugglers are very clever One of them
made two betterfliee of common thin paper Ho
first raised one of them up in the air hy the wind
of kie feu, made it flutter about Li b, a d,
on Nis Boger, his arm and "bin h e
the pair In motion, and it was really 'wonderful
to see bow natural the action was Tbey obased
AtouAltthe air to e,rtles ••• -
over the water that was in a china bowl, and at
lao , t alighted on the rim of the bowl The top •
spinnm would produce a ....mignon i 9 New.
York
For the amusement of yuur children, and Cc ,
petnally for tbo amusement of the 11:tle lady that
was in indignant at seeing my liken-s , exposed
in the open air, I will describe the perforwauee
The exhibitor having spun a top, placed it on
a board, where it revolved with great rapidity
and steadiness; be then took it up and Ind it on
ita side, where IL remained without motion; he
then talked to the top, and at the top; and, after
making sundry flourishes with his fan, again
placed it upright on the board, sod lo: it spun
away as merrily as ever. Another top, when
lifted up by the spindle, made a niiise exactly
like your locust when held in the hand A top
was declared to be a female, tamd having let it
spin awhile, he took it up, shook it, and down
fell seven distinct tops, all of which whirled mer
rily around. Another suddenly changed into a
lantern, and, after whirling sow- time, the lamp
to th e l an t er n was ypuntaneously lighted A
piece of sewing thread about live yards long was
bold extended by tw- persons; t to• exhibitor put
,a top on this th”, 1,1, .I'l I a rau Sr + m 1)00 ~ n , l to
the other, aiwa). apri..rtit and eon-tautly revolv
ing The same feat was performed on th- edge
of a sword; the top ran from the tolt to the ront,
and back agate th, , hilt will only Ll:.eribe
one more foot [u IL , etdurt-yatl, where the ex
hibitiun to , k plac.•, a pole s•eiv• thirty feet high
was planted in the ground fr• - on crow-bar at
the top of the pole a swan hriumu wt., suspended,
(like your martin boxes,) and from the of
the house a piece of twine hung ‘luwil to the
ground; the exhibitor placed a ?pinning top o n
the palm of his left hand, and seised the twice
with his right; then, tossing the top up m the
air, be dextrously (met a turn of the twine around
the lower spindle, and the top instantly began to
ascend the twine, reached the door, which it
forced open, entered the house, and then quietly
laid down to relit! In all this exhibition there
was neither trick nor deception; it "mi.& plain
exhibition of skill. Yours, sincerely,
P. B.—The distance from Sim t) Yedo
130 miles by land; by water it noly abut 80
miles. I did not deseribo the etticivattoo,. houses,
/to., I yaw on th e route, for all is au elest coun
terpart of Simods, which 1 babe already describ
ed to you
1 . . S CONbULATE
Bimodal, Japan, July 6, 858.
MY DWI FLIZNA: ; I have visited lbe city
of YedO twice, and have passed some air mouthit
there In my letter to my friend, Mr. Dougher
ty, dated July 3d, I have given an account of
my journey and of the 'ceremony that attended
audience of the emperor. The two letters
3 °masks all I have to •ay about the events
TOWNSEND HARRIS
of State, when I made ais important miatinutles
lion to the., white timed be repeated bent
The interview lasted ..veal hew; end was of
great interest. A marked impeasien was svi ,
demi; made, and I had only to follow it up to
give a hope of ultimate masa. After this, I
was constantly occupied in giving Instructions to
the Japanese on istentational law, on polities!
economy, and explaining the operations of semi
meroe. I found them to be profousdly ignorant
of the policy of the western world. My labor
was long, tedious and difficult. As the Meis I
gave them were new, they had no terms In their
language to express them; I had, therefore, to
illustrate the meattieg of many axioms by seek
illusions to familiar topics as would best convey
the ideas The axiom, that "demand and supply
regulate each other," took some dap to be nn.
dermood by them, for it loomed up the whole
principle of satire freedom of action among the
producing classes of the country. Now, nothing
could possibly be more opposite to Japanese ideas
and customs, than this very freedom of 110e100.—
The government interferes in everything, even
in affairs so trifling as to .throw an air of ridicule
over the whole matter. I labored incessantly
, to show them that the absence 01 protection, or
tbejoterferenoe, on the part of a govertintect
was the surest mode of encouraging and dove.
loping the industry of a country; I quoted Adam
1
Snub, and all the 11211.1i1131 I could remember;
I and fur examples for the soundeess of my views
I pointed to the condition of the various States
i of the western world, and showed them that the
relative prosperity dr those States was in the ez..
' 1 act ratio of the freedom of action which was en
i
jojed by the people
' It is impossible to give you an idea of the
mental anxiety I suffered for months I was
without any adviser or assistaot: I had no well
I stored library to which I could resort, nor any.
thing to rely on but my own unaided memory.-
1 It oust me many days of care and nights of wake
fulness. At length., 1 began Nine that my at
geroents were *bout CO bear fruit; this stimulated
me to make new exertsen, and, at /am, I make
ootiverts of the Emperor, (to whom all my argu
ments were reported,) of all the members of the
Great Council of State, and many of the Princes.
This was followed by the appointment of my old
friend, the Prince of Sines°, and the Prince of
1. Elugooss eomeinisiouers to negotiatewith um.
At our first meeting we eat our powers,
and I found theirs to be as full as words could
make them; but before my second interview with
them was over, I was convinced that they were,
in fact, only intermediaries, and that I wee, in
a reality, negotiating with the whole Council of
State.
I cannot give you a detail of the negotiations,
fir that would be to divulge the treaty. When
we came to the articles regulating trade, I had
to give them a History of Itevease Laws, and to
enter into very minute. details of custom-bows
regulations, and the manner in which they were
executed My labor was enhanced by the fact
that the arguing of any given point, and ratios
them to agree to its decision was far _from tenet
tasting the question; for after a matter had been
deliberately settled, they- would at a subsequent
meeting, open it anew, and proceed to argue it as
gravely although it had never been referred to,
and there was not one of the articles but that
was resargned, at least, three times, and some of
them as many as ten times. In these negotia
tions I found the benefit of my previous comma.;
-t education and also of the course I hid
L
from my first arrival in the eoitit tit" .? . ...irees
to be particularly careful to be perfectly exact ,
to every statement / made to them, sad to be I
cautious bow I took my position; but when it
was once taken, never to recede from it As the
negotiations proceeded, [annoying and embers '
rassiug as they were in many respects,) I was
cheered by seeing that my labors would ultima
tely be crowned with a success far beyond my
most sanguine expectations. At length a treaty
was agreed on, and ordered to be engrossed.
You arc well aware that I am not permitted 4
divulge the details of the treaty until it has been
laid before the President and received his appro
val; still I cannot deny myself the ileasurs of
communicating one of its provisions to you. All
Americans in Japan are to enjoy the free arter—
ies° of their religion, and they have the right to
build churches The practice of tramping on
the crucifix is abolished When you remember
that two hundred and twenty five years ago
Christianity was extinguished in Japan, and the
blood of a quarter of a million of Japanese con
verts aud when you call to mind the blasphe'
moue proclamation of the then Emperor of Ja• ,
pan, in which he said ••If the God of the Chris- i
tians himself ! seise to , Japan, I will put him to
death !" you will be ready to admit that this
result is as gratifying as it is rurpriniog lus
proud and happy that this has been achieved by
our c motry It will be a good answer to the ,
soe , r of Burke, which has often been applied to
our eountrytuen "Your OW is gold; your Bible
is a ledger." The pleasure I feel in haring
made the treaty is enhanced by the reflection
that there has been no show of eoereiou, nor was
IntliaCe in the least used by me to obtain it.—
There was on American man-of.war within one
thousand miles of me for four months before and
after the negotiations. L told the Japanese at
the outset that my mission was a friendly one;
that I was not authorised to tree any threats;
that 311 I wished was that they would !eaten to
the truths that I would lay before them.
It was uut until my second visit to Yedu that
I wade an exeursioa in and around the city. I
visited many temples, gardens, ke. The temp
pies have nothing that arrests the attention in
their structure er in their interiors, being in this
respect leas costly and ornamental than the Chi
ee,e temples They are usually placed in fine
opera grounds, and surrounded by noble trees
Thc grounds art' neatly kept, and arc adorned
with flowering shrubs sad trees, among which
the cherry and plum trees are to be remarked;
they produce enormous blossoms, but alas ! like
many sbuwy men, they produce no fruit; rbodo'
dendrons, of great beauty, and of the following
colors; viz : pink, scarlet, crimson, blue, yellow,
violet and white The dwarfing of tree., and
distorting them into queer shapes is much prac
tised; and they cut the foliage into rounded forms
like dishes. I saw a number of orders whose
trunks and branches might be taken ad represen
ting the bronze of a vast epergne, while the fo
liage looked like emerald dishes.
The houses of the Japanese are of wood, and
never more than two 'whoa high; they are cov
ered with thatch or tiles; the front and ends are
closed by wooden window sash s, covered with
paper, which gives a please t light to the inset
rior, and wooden shutters Pushes the windows at
eight. The interior is divided into rooms by
means of sliding parutione, made of wooden
frames, oovered with paper. These partitions
can b e removed in a few moments and the whole
house thrown int. ooe room. The floor are coy
se e d with straw mats, some two inches thick;
they are soft and Ise, and are kept exquisitely
Glean. Neither chair, table, sotroh, nor bedstead i
°sr au% ern, mental article, Is to be seen. The
mat s. ryes as a chair and tibia by day, and es
bed at night. This description of a house will
apply t all, from the palace of the emperor to the
polthgo .of the peasant. In elstee 9i,sy are,
warmed by cheroot! brasiers,Wl a
chimney nor a pane of glass tali mijim she
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whole empire. I
The gilded voltam auggoelist the %tied
mai stelipitpisess, deem
J. W. DOUQLASS, EDITOR.
'gibed by the old mimeo-ea japan s .sste to Is;
found, and I am assured by the Japanese that
they never bad an existence out. of the travelide
tales' wbieb nitrite such marvels shout Japan.
Tie Japanese are eminently genial is their
diapositives, and there is s cordiality lea their re
fined politeness that eonvinces one of their sin..
eerily. They are (Toro in everythingand
tartan up to the staadard of good and wise old
Jeremy Bentham. Food is sheeniest sad °beep.
Thers of Japan are mostly a religious
elass, b a e r all are as fat as fiesta Not one Japes
toe is fifty ever taste of any animal food except
fish. Sugar is the only luxury, and yet I can
bay it here in Simoda cheaper that yen east in
New York. They are best fed, clad, and lodged,
and the least overworked, of any people on-earth.
God grant that future generations may not have
cense to regret the hour I arrived in Japan'
The usual dress of the Japanese of rank is
silk; but on the occasion of my audience the no
bles wore dresses made of emu yellow grass
cloth This, es they say, is to remind them of
the poverty and frugality of their ancestors. I
have never seen a diamond, pearl, or ornament
of gold or silver, worn by any person in Japan.
As you take an interest in the 'fair sex,' you
w ill expe c t iwcue deoetiption of the beauties of
Japan The women of condition never mak e
visits, (except the mother to the married dough,
ter;) have no astern/ships of their 'dear five hun
dred friends;' o‘.r do they assemble at the ten ta.
ble, to hold high courts of censure on the man.
nen and morals of their friends. They go out
once or twice a year to visit some celebrated era
pre;litellieir ordinary devotions are paid at a
shriee within their own houses, or at a pretty
olio erected within the enclosures of their
grounds. The females of the laboring classes
perform some portion of out door tabor, but they
are not overworked, as in China and other parts
of Asia. Polygamy obtains—i. e, a matt may
have any number of 'second wives.' When a
female is selected as a first wife, she prepares for
ber change of condition by smearing tar teeth
with a horrid mixture which not only btu:tato
them forever, hut also destroys a portion of the
gums, and the lips sometimes remain permanent
ly swollen. She next shaves her eyebrows and
exterminates her eyelashes, and ebanges the fa
shion of her hair She has tow only to
b
the knot of her girdle round to the front, sna r i i 2
the world knows that she is a first wife, the com
mander in chief of all the "second wives;" and
the undisputed proprietress of all the obildren
born in the house. This last privilege reminds
one of a similar right exercised by the wives of
the respectable Abraham, (Rachael and L.A.}
The sec-red wives do not perform any of them
absurd actions, consequently they are by far the
best looking in the eyes of the Tajin or foreigner.
A lady in full dress—i. e made up for mischief,
is worth describing Her face is thickly cover.
ed with rice flour, on which rouge—real map—
le prettily plated, while her lips are brought to
that just violet tinge that drives the Jappeneee
lover even to making poetry; her robes are nu
merous and clumsy, and her girdle is so vast in
its amplitude, that it would make a robe for Any
ordinary woman; her head is bristling with met
al ornament that look :like the •grand.-fathera of
all the tuning (orb; her really pretty feet are
protected by neat straw sandals; when she milks
she minces her steps as though her legs were tied
together at the knees.
Yedo covers more ground than London, and
its population is about two 'million.. The Zap
aneee say that no census is ever taken in Japes;
siti‘sogrene, %remelt° of tbk numbers of certain
and women and children are omitted frenrtiefe
returns, they do not even serve as a basis for es
timates of population. The Japenere gave me a
map of the city, but as it is constructed with•
out reference to a scale, it is of little value; even
the compass bearings of different points in the
Alit) , are incorrect. The streets generally are of
good width and are well sewered, but they are all
unpaved. No carriages are seen, a few handcarts
are used to transport heavy articles; canals inter ,
sect the city in various directions.
The chief feature of Yedo is the "Castle," se
it is called This consists of four irregular eiri
elm, or rather polygons, all surrounded with
moats and ditches; the three inner eirtles have
stone walls, or a bank of earth faced with atone,
and varying in height froni"l2 to SO feet, accor
ding to the nature of the ground on which they
are b,.tlt. The gateways through the walls open
into quadrangles of fifty to sixty feet; the gates
of egress being placed at right angles with the
entrance gate. As a means of defence, the cas
tle is unworthy its name, except against mean•
ante armed with bows and arrows The inner
polygon is occupied emperor and his sons and
families; the second by the Connell of State and
princes, and high officers of government. I will
Glom this unreasonably long letter by showing
you bow cheaply a man may procure a reputation
as a savau in thus country. Talking one day with
the Prince of lambs about dogs, I stated that I
bad always observed that where a dog had any
white about hie body the terminal hairs in his
Lail would also be white The Prince epened his
eyes at this and when he went borne ordered an
examination of the dog on his premises, whioh
were found to be marked as I bad stated. Inter
ested by this he ordered his servants to seour the
neighboring streets and temple grounds; and
bring up all their parish inhabitants. Amazed
at this be repeated my statement and his expe
rience at the castle, where some 400 to 600 hun
dred noblte were assembled daily. Universal
interest was. yzoited, And there ensued sueb a
- d og b ent Y e do never saw before. Doge of
every kind were scrutaniked, from the high pris
ced pug, eal:ed in their vernacular jilt, down to
the mangy vagstion 1 that skulked about and
shirked his living Still my tale about dog's
tails stood the test At least letters were tent ,
ten to Kioto, Osaca. and large towns ordering a
I general canine examination. When the reports
arrived my glory and reputation rebelled the cul
minating point, and I was looked urn by the
Japanese as you westerns look upon Butes, Cu
vier & Co.. Ever yours, eineerely,
SHARP, SHARP6R, 811ASPIPIT.—They have a
sharp set of fellows in Kansas City. We
heard a good story of a trick played by one of
the residents of that city a short time since. A
lean, lank, sallow.faced individual rode a mole
into Kansas City and wanted to sell him. A
genius standing by, offered to sell him for fee
dollirs. The offer was Liken, and the male diet
posed
of, the auctioneer warranting a good title.
t, rurebaser had scarcely got his mole home,
who!' a Shawnee Indian came into the city is
much ~f a mule that had been stolen from him.
The acieriooser was on hand again, and offered
to -how the Shawnee where the mule was if he
wnuld only pink down aV. The Indian paid,
and the auctioneer, after pointing oat the mule,
went to the new purchaser and told him how the
ease stood, at the same time offering to run the
male across the river for ten dollar& The biz
' gain was struck and the asettoseringusehid the
mule, and that, the last that has been seen of
the autioneur pc mule.
Slir Jerti - thge - reatembeied hissiewdy ;t
-ole in his 1411,1 w. be bequeathed get° n moth.
ea brother a gua-lint: aad a kWh to Ada it
with."
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