, 1854-07-22


were in accordance with Mr. Secretary
Wehster's letter Of instruction to Commo-
dore Auiick accompanying the frst letter
to the Emperor. A draft Treaty, in Eng
fish, Dutch, Chinese and japanese, was
put into the hands Of the japanese Com
missiohers, who said that it would receive
due consideration; but the old Emperor
had died since Commodore Perry was there
last year, and his successor was young
man. who would require to consult his
Council before coming 10 determination
and the Commodore was reminded that
japanese did not act with the same rapid
i'y as Americans did; which was thus IL
lustrated: Should several japanese meet
together, desiring to visit the American
ships, one would say, at is q beautiful
morningw to which another would add
How pleasant it is 7" Then third would
remark, "There is not then wave to be
seen upon the water;" at length a fourth
would suggest, Come, let us go and see
the ships"
Here follows the terms of the Treaty,
WHICH we will not repeat. Irt.t'
The Japanese, continues the Dia3, OBJ
jected to clause admitting all other coun-
tries to the same privileges as America;
not like the Chinese, by whom, and not by
Sir Henry Poitinger, as is generally sup
posed, the privileges of the English Trea-
" were extended to all foreign countries,
The japanese would manifest more sagaci-
ty, and save themselves from incalculible
vexation, were they to determine on allow
ing other nations TO enjoy the same immu-
mites as America, and no other, modelling
all future treaties on precisely the same
terms.
During the conference on Tire Sth, Com
modore Perry mentined that one Of the
marines had died, and he was desirous to
have piece of ground pointed ont where
this man and any others of the Squadron
that might die in Japan could be buried
The Commissioners first suggested Manga
saki and next Uraga, but on both being
objected to, spot near the place of meet
ing was fixed upon. An account Of the
funeral, by Captain Slack, the officer com
manding the marines, is given in another
column, andcannot fail to be read with in
terest We have only to add, that before
the funeral took place, the japanese OIL
cials came on board to view the body, for
which purpose the coffin was opened; and
after the burial one Of them remarked that
according tothe inscription on the lid, the
man was native of Ireland, not of Amer
lea; but the explanation that followed
proved quite satisfactory. In the course
of tho arropnraponto for tbo fnunral tna
prudence Of President Flmores and Sec
retarys Webster's assurance on tho subject
Of religion wasshown The Japanese said
they had observed it with pleasure, and
quite understood tile distinction between
Protestants and Roman Catholics. ..5
Before the interview broke up, the Com
modore mentioned that he purposed to give
his officers leave to 60 on shore for recrea-
tion. To this no great objection was made,
and we believe that within few days af-
terwards several Of the officers were taking
exercise on shore. The Rev. Mr.. Bittinger,
the Chaplain, made several excursions
among the villages and corn6elds, which
last he found in high cultivation. The
houses were generally thatched but those
Of the better sort were covered with tiles,
having yards and small gardens within en-
closures.
| The following day, the same gentleman.
finding the people not unfriendly nor indispo
sed to receive him, and obtaining leave
to go on shore, determined to visit two
large cities some miles of, called Kanaga-
wa and Kasacca, and with that view,
crossed an arm Of the bay, which shortened
the distance several miles. He then pro-
ceeded through Kanagawa supposed to
contain from one to two hundred thousand
inhabitants; and from the immense crowds
that poured out every where to see the
stranger, there can be no doubt of the pop
ulation being very great Tho crowds,
however, caused no inconvenience nor I'M
pedirnent, for on wave Of the hand from
the japanese officials, who accompanied
Mr.. Bittinger, the people cleared a pas
sage; and afterwards, messenger having
been sent forward for the purpose, the peo-
pie packed themselve at the sides of the
houses and left the centre of the streets
clear for the stranger lie entered some
of the houses, which he found primitive in
their furniture and arrangements, but, com.
pared with other oriental dwellings Of the
same class, neat, clean and comfortable.
In some of them he observed clocks Of Ja-
panese manufacture. He also visited sew
eral temples, which, though smaller than
in China, have more gliding on their walls,
and ornaments on their idols, and generally
are in better order. The priests as well as
the people were distinguished for their
courtesy.
The cities thus visited, were not only
very extensive ESTIMATED to be six miles
long, but with wide well-formed streets
Kasacca is from fifteen TO twenty miles dis
tant, by land, from the ships; and Mr. Bit
finger being thus necessarily long absent,