The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-11-03
VISIT OF AN AMERICAN CLIPPER To
JEEDO BAY.

we nave heretofore announced the arrival
Of the Clipper ship Lady Pierce, Capt. Burr.
from San francisco, at Japan. on q "peace
expedition" having on board her owner. Mr..
Siias e. Burrows. The Lady Pierce arr arrived ,
at Hong Kong on the 14th of August, and the
China Mail gives the following interesting
narrative:
The Lady Pierce arrived in Jeddo Bay Is
days after Commodore Perry had left, aas q
token of amity and peace, and without any
preparations for war" and the high Japanese
officers said the visit was so much more
pleasing to them than that of Com. Perry,
who had with him ''too many big guns and
lighting men," The Japanese, however, ex-
pressed the utmost regard for the Cornmo
| dore and his officers
The ship had been supplied at San Fran
cisco, with every luxury likely to crafty and
interest the Japanese, who were surprised
to ina such an elegantly furnished vessel
used as private gentleman's yacht. Her
dimensions were taken by artists, together
with .delineations of her guns, tackle. &c,
| the authorities saying the emperor intended
| to have two vessels built on the same model.
On board was Japanese seaman, the sole
survivor of a crew of fifteen men belonging
| to junk which had been blown out to sea,
| and was picked up near the Sandwich Islands
| after having drifted about for seven months.
This man. named Dee zee no-skee, was re.
ceived with the most lively demonstrations
| OF pleasure by his countrymen, who listened
with delight to his graphic description of his
| rescue from the junk, and kind treatment by
the Americans, especially on board the Lady
| Pierce, in which he had been, by the kind
| ness OF her owner, permitted a free passage
to his native country. The Japanese, espe.
cially the lower order, were profuse in ex-
preston, by words and gestures, of their graf
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| opinion that Dee-yee-no-s o-skee, a man of faii
talents, is likely, by his account of Ameri
can manners and customs, to accomplish more
than hosts of Ambassadors towards forming
and cementing an intimacy betwixt japanese
and foreigners.
| Shorty after the arrival of the Lady Pierce
at Uraga orders were received from the cap
ital that Mr.. Burrows should be supplied
with everything he might require, and receiv
ed with similar hospitality to that displayed
| to wards Commodore Perry"
| With party of the Uraga officials or
board. the Lady Pierce proceeded to within
ten miles of Jeddo, and her owners express
ed desire to anchor off that city; but this
was objected to by the officers, who said, "I
| was not good; Commodore Perry did not &C
| there, and we hope you will not
During the stay of the vessel, every part o.
her was crowded with visitors, who were pro
fusely regaled with the refreshments will
which the vessel had been provided, fresl
oysters and peaches being their favorite del
cacies, with champagne as beverage; ant
although at one time there must have beer
several thousands in and around the ship, ant
though everything, silver ware included, wa
thrown open to their inspection, not single
| article was stolen.
| Large presents of silk, porcelain, lacquere(
ware, &c, were made in the name of the Fin
peror to Mr. Burrows, who, however, was re
quested to give publicity to his determine
tion, that henceforward, in accordance with
stipulations in the treaty, no foreign inter
course whatever would be permitted with
Jeddo, but that all vessels must proceed
either to Simoda or to the other ports thrown
open to American trade
Mr.. Burrows says, the Japanese are fully
aware OF the present disturbed state of Chi
ma, which they impute entirely to the effects
| of foreign Intercourse; and considers the
enormous prices fixed upon such commodi-
ties as he desired to purchase, a certain index
that that fear alone dictated their Emperor S
| acquiesence in the demands made by Com
modore Perry.
He likewise asserts the Japanese to be a
nation of atheists; denying the existence of a
God, and selecting as an object of worship
either the Spiritual Emperor at Macao or any
other Japanese. He was told by the inter
prefers that formerly their religion was sim.
liar to that of China, but that the belief in a
Supreme Being had latterly been entirely
discarded and they professed to be much
shocked on Dee -yee-no-skee declaring his
belief in the Deity, to whom and not to the
| Spiritual or Temporal Emperor, he said his
successful applications for, and thankful ac-
acknowledgements of deliverance from the
drifting junk had been directed.
| ANOTHER SLAVE OF WAsHIEGToN.-The
Kinds county Miss Gazette says that there
is in that county an ancient negro woman
who was at one time the property of Gen.