The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-13

tho water !" a& length fourth would suggest,
!" Come Let Us 20 and see the ships"
That the prefminariss Of : treaty. would be st
tied during the prss:nt visit, Wa, however, more
viii be the opening Of three OF nsge q the ports Of
Japan to the commerce Of the United States, and
securing supplies Of Goals for the steamers OF that
country In other respects the treaty, concluded or
that with China except Il Is said, that the Jspa
nese objected to clause admitting all other coun-
tries to the same privileges - Amercai not ike the
Chinese, from whom, and not from Sir Henry Pot
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countries. The Japanese would manifest more ga
gacity, and save themselves from incalculable vexa
ton, were they to determine on allowing other ma
tons to enjoy the same immuntles e. america, anu
the same terms But nothing can be - yet Ger
tainly known on the subject, Tor the 6usquehanna
having been placed ct the disposal OF Mr.. McLane,
the Minister to China. and being under orders to DO
in Hong Kong in the beginning Of April; was des les
patched on the morning Of the oath March, the
very day conference was to have been held Tor
the purpose Of considering the treaty.
As most Of our readers may have forgotten Inc Inc
Emperor Of Japan and as it Is not long, we here in
serf Il, appendng an outline Of Mr.. Secretary Web
ster's Instructions to Commodore Aulick, to whom
the mission was originally entrusted
ment an ofcer Of high rank in his country who is
missionary Of religion He goes BY my command to bear
to You my greeting and good wshss, and to promote
You that the United States Of America now ex-
tend from sea to that the great countries OF
and ciorn are parts q the United % and sns
and precious stones steamers reach the shores Oh
your happy land in less than twenty days.
some perhaps in every week, between Csiforni. and
China These ships must along the coast Of your en-
pre- and winds may cause De snS
ship and your greatness kindness Tor our men ana pro-
lection for property We wish that our people may
authorize them to break any law Of your empire.
Our object Is friendly commercial intercourse, and
nothing more; You may have productions which We
should be glad to buy, and We have productions which
Your empire contains great abundance Of coal this
to China, must They would be glad that harbor
in your empire should be appointed to which coal might
be brought and where they might always be able to pur
chase il.
In many other ects commerce between your empire
and our country would be useful to both Let us con-
cent events which have brought our two countries 50
intercourse this ought to inspire In the hearts OF those
who govern both countries.
The first half of Mr.. Secretary Webster's instruc
tions is devoted to the subject Of GOALS that being
apparently the leading object Of the mission; but
Commodore Aulick was to avail himself Of any and
every opportunity of being brought In contact with
Japanese officials, either in treating about Goals or
in delivering certain shipwrecked Japanese, to
impress upon them that the government of the
United States does not possess power over the re-
hgion OF It's own ctzens ana there is therefore no
of other countries" This point, not without reason
as afterwards appeared, was held to be Of the first
Importance for even the question Of commercial in
tercouIse was made subsidiary its success being
garded unpromising; but In order to provide for
any favorable contingency" the Commodore was
invested with power to negotiate treaty, and was
furnished with copies Of those with China, Muscat,
and Siam, as models" the two latter containing
guarantees for the protection of American sailors
and property which may be cast ashore" which
Mr. Webster held to be more important than open
ing one or more of the ports Of Japan" II, how
ever, the Commodore should succeed in efiecting a
would be prudent to fix the period FOR exchanging
the Publications at three years"
During the conference on the 9Th, Commodore
Perry mentioned that one of the marines had died,
pointed out where this man and any others Of the
squadron that might die in Japan could be buried.
The Commissioners first suggested Nangasaki, and
next Uraga; but on both being objected to, q
account of the funeral by Captain Slack the officer
commanding the marines, is given in another col
umn, and cannot fail to be read with interest. We
have only to add that before the funeral took place,
body, for which purpose the coffin was opened and
after the burial one Of them remarked that, accord
ing to the inscription on the lid the man was ma
tive of Ireland not of America but the explanation
that followed proved quite satisfactory. In the
course of the arrangements for the funeral, the pru
deLce of President Fillmore and Secretary Web
ster's assurance on the subject Of religion was
shown. The japanese said they had observed it
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between Protestants and Roman Catholics.
Before the interview broke up, the Commodore
mentioned that he proposed to give his officers leave
to 60 on shore for recreation. To this no great
objection was made, and we believe that within o
few days afterwards several Of the officers were
taking exercise on shore. The Rev. Mr.. Bittinger,
the Chaplain, made several excursions among the
villages and corn fields, which last he found in high
but those of the better sort were covered with tiles
having yards and small gardens within enclosures.
The following day, the same gentleman, finding
the people neither unfriendy nor indisposed to ne
determined to visit two large cities some miles off,
called Kanagawa and Kasacca, and with that view
crossed an arm Of the bay which shortened the dis
lance by several miles. he then proceeded through
hundred thousand inhabitants, and, from the i'm
mense crowds that poured out everywhere to see
the stranger, there can be no doubt Of the popula
ton being very great. The crowds, however,
caused no inconvenience OF lmpedlment, IOr, on
. wave of the hand from the Japanese officials
who accompanied Mr.. Bttinger, the people
cleared q passage; and afterwards, messenger
having been sent forward for the purpose, the
people packed themselves at the sides Of the houses,
and left the centre Of the streets clear for the stran
ger. He entered some of the houses which be found
primitive In their furniture and arrapgements, n nt
compared with other Oriental dwellings, Of the same
class, neat, clean and comfortable. In some of them
he observed clocks Of Japanese manufacture. He
also visited several temples which, though smaller
than in China, have more gliding on their wall and
ornaments on their idols and generally are in better
tinguished for their courtesy. The cities visited
not only very extensive, ESTIMATED to be six
miles long) but, with wide, welcomed Streets Ka-
sacca is from fifteen to twenty miles distant by land
from the ships; and Mr.. Bittnger being thus neces
sary long absent, some anxiety was felt about him.
As he was returning Japanese officer put into bis
hands an order from the Commodore for all officers
to return board and shortly afterwards, courier
mounted on splendid black horse, delivered SINH