The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-07-04

On their retiring, the officers of ,,,e e.cor. -,
remained, were treated with tea and c,nf.ct,o,,s
ANef tnese came their cooke meats, sorne besring
great resemblance to fried snake cut in ss;,..
thin that the hinges of ones law would beco,s -
long before his appetite became satis6ed-wer.
placed before them on lacquered plates. The -.
past produced much dissppointment with the off,
Regent Of Loo Choo Island, dependency Of Jsnsn
ana On one occasion were entertained by him with
as many as thirteen different soups at one feast and
arguing from imam to master,s they anticipated
I'VE; alleren kinds OF soups when they got
tnelr Knees under Japanese mahogany To those
VINO were sharp set, the entertainment of Tinon of
Athens, when he gave his guests warm water for
ninner, could not have been much less satisfactory
Equi-distant on the tables were Iacouered travs
supported with feet on which were nIaceJ of ~
same material, and heavy ornamented silver tea
pots In shape, containing "sackir whilst tea was
served In thin lacquered cups resting-to keep the
neat from the hand-on circular pieces of barf.boo
resembling the dice box OF a backgammon board
ne Japan lacquere, whose beauty Is so much prais
ed oy the Dutch writer did not strkeme as being 60
ncomparably superior to that of the Chinese, as has
=; ueeh represented; and suppose what saw to-day
s s good specimen, being part of the Service. Of
Eoyafy, 1t 1t be any better at all
TOOK the opportunity of making closer insnec
ion OF the Japanese than had been able to do du
ring our landing in July of last year. who uers
posted in neighboring field. The impressiop was
no. very favorable one. They are not as athletic
as tne Chinese Tartar troops that saw in parrison
at Canton; and 1t seems to that even if thew were
armed with repeating rifles, instead of crazv Gid
nuskets, and antlquated match locks as they are
Sill their unsoldierly costumes, more resembling
woman's gown, would prevent that freedom and
quekness in the use of their arms that now a.days
constitute effective troops
In my limited walk, pulled some of the faro;,v
Cametaa -Jdpontcas, that were growing near the
beach; one OF the two-sworded gentry seeing me
with bunch in my hand, desired TO know the name
OF the Hover IN "Americang Upon being told, he
ia OrH md fhoY 4
book, they going about always, note book in hand
like the lawyer in London Assurance ] retort.
ed his question, and requested the name of the
flower dow in Nippon" as they call their country; He
ried me more than himself by the number of his
queries having to catalogue in English nearly every
article of my wardrobe, &C., tor him; upon show.
ing him my watch, he pronounced the word "chro.
nometer" quite plainly Happening to see the
name engraved on the case, they wished it pro.
nounced but could not succeed in uttering the ~
which they invariably call ST." The word glove
is too much for them.
During all this time diplomatic talk was pro-
ceedlng III the main building. The preliminaries
tor the settlement of treaty having been arranged,
the Commodore made known TO them that he had a
man on board of the Mississippi" who had been
dead two days, and he desired to know whether he
could not bring him on an island in the Bay that
we have already surveyed and called " Webster
lsland.' They objected strongly to this, and said
1t we would deliver the body to them at Uraga,
some twenysix miles down the Bay, that they
would have it safely conveyed from there TO Napa.
saki distance of 500 miles, and would then inter
1t In the burying ground, which they have allowed
the Dutch The Commodore would not consent to
this, when they agreed to permit the burial on shore
Just abreast of our present anchorage, near the vii
lage OF Yokohuma, and said they would have the
spot fenced tn-I suppose because it would then be
tabooed ground. accompanying this you have an
account Of the burial of the marine) =
When the entertainment a la chop sticks In the
" vnr IotHa 11l
themselves in making likenesses of some of the off.
GERS and seemed to labor under the impression that
tne only thing necessary to make good portrait OF
an american was to draw a large nose and then
sketch the rest of the face in the form of ball be-
hind tt. Their attempts at fowers-ther own Ja-
ponca, for instance-were better
The interview closed about half past 3 o'clock,
when all returned to their respective Ships in the
same order In which they had come ashore 1t is
understood this evening" that the negotiations pro-
mise very favorably-that they willing to sup
ply us with coal, and that they will present US In
few days with specimens of what they have.
(When the U. S. ship Preble was in Japan, in
lo49, those who came on board looked apparen tly
with the greatest curiosity the coal which they
saw at the Armorers forge on deck-much sur.
prised at heated rocks and one of them asked per
mission to take ashore with him piece of coal,
which he carefully wrapped in one of his paper
kerchiefs, and took with him; from this instance
you may perceive the cunning of the peopleD
THE PRESENTS.
MARCH 13, 1854.
The captain of the Macedonian has landed and
delivered to the Japanese commissioners the pre-.
sents to their emperor from the government of the
United States, comprising a complete telegraph,
wires and posts for which have been put up for
three miles, and now in operation from Yokahama
to kawaski beautiful little locomotive and tender,
with magnificent car OF rosewood attached, made
by Norris, OF Philadephia; ploughs, harrows, rakes
cradles and other implements of husbandry; wagon,
cart and harness; metallic surf car and TWO me-
saIto h0nt I-~-~
horse pistols and Colts revoIvers, in cases bound
as book, having a title on the back "American
Pioneer" hydraulic ram; a machine for rapidly
hulling their rice; lot of garden seeds; School
crafts North American Indians, Audubons Birds
and Quadrupeds, Natural History of the State OF
New York. and number OF other books and maps;
two dresses for the empress in a beautiful Partisan
box the best teas from China, Japanese native tea
being interior) Irish potatoes, which their country
does not produce, and drinkabes, consisting OF
whiskey, cherry cordial, &c, and lastly lot of
those wood and wire ubiqui,ies, commonly called
Yankee clocks.
The telegraph and the locomotive are their great
wonderment, especially the latter, for which cir
cular track of three hundred and fifty feet has
been laid, and with all their stolidty and Indianike
self possession they cannot bat give vent to their
great surprise and admiration, as Mr. Dandy, one
of the fire engineers OF this ship, rushes them
around the track, either backwards or forwards
with the little American ''iron pony the rate of
twenty-five miles an hour, their woods reverbera-
LDg Win ana tncIf 0II sIuce cCnolDH DdCk eUuuu
that they have never heard before-the scream
of the steam whistis! Hurra for steam t has
opened Japan though one of the upper ten of ia
ponicadom" asked the other day how Ericsson acas
coming on!
[The remainder of the correspondence, together
with an account of T" Christian burial in Japau,"
will be published in Thursdays Dispatehl
DRowNED.-A young man named John Parker
Andrews, clerk in New Orleans, lost his life on
Sunday OF last week, at Bayou des Allemandes,
whittier he had gone on pleasure excursion, by
the upsetting of small boat made in the shape OF
an Indian canoe, in which himself and young man
named Pitcher, were padding around In the bayou
Pitcher was rescued, but as Andrews was being ia.
ken in the boat, he suddenly and most unaccounta-
bly, sank into the water. 1t 10 supposed he was
dragged under by an alligator.
DEArH.-The Columbia Times announces the
sudden death of Mr.. Thomas Salmond, President of
the Branch Bank of South Carolina, in Camden
He had ridden forty miles in buggy, and It is sup
posed that he was overcome BY heat.
ksAspoNKD.-We learn from the Charleston
Standard that the ship Camillus, before reported