Washington telegraph., 1854-03-08
4 nInI.ee p l. -. LLfe.

ia4AtHeE = Ht#t. - HzszHsa Atie'
A German who accompanied he Amcri.
can expedition 10 japan, la4 ufiitou an az.
eoun, Of lis yeyage, which Is HaR in crutae
Of publication IN tic Aug lsfs Gaasus. ara
cutters more iuie detail, than any a.her mar.
raliyc We hats .gen The following lasagc
relates to a dinner which uas given by the
Regent Of tie l.oa.Chco Island. 10 tie oif.
eers Of the American Squadron:
The hall IN which the lal#i w. To h.
giyeu hid len prepared 1t leg feet fnm
the gates at he Town The am lid lecu
stacked aud tie 0nuols aaHlel The
eEas received extraordinary HIiufs ef er,g
@hil.i tbe ef5zHf# Igr,irel n lie place ai.
sig'l IN I..s iaaHi The lail - divided
INTO 'tue apartments. of rh'eh Tie out i
ihe MIDDLE contained l'ug ,al - faf liv gul
iueW peraHant Tlco TALES guaua.
under Tie ge ~ 81 q rrmafhaht quau,ig
af small nI4.s# GIitl with all lials uf pa..
stles, gH..a encouraging 90 Tue aHHa,i,o aul
q a mo=i d#iie#aas la ,r. luiNh.ahNgra a.
iasa'.gr ice dsliHzia Col, Gle lzsz 81 hu1.
E.y mHIn#E Ia Nw served in uke.a}.
.as'y ,mall aul which safanfs gsrc a.
MY Ca hal IN lI.'. thgfJ - He.Iaer 81.
IF nor mix ii l. lai osf q! rad sar uf
10y bad lHsIIsl aa-e aEzf eaaly -
IaH FsIs H##HIHs hul tie H5aI'H.asre
ait.e ..asl iasUg s,, lsat#fIe zas.'..l
consisted q. isslsa a.ujs oI aaaH. ah.ghvs
aara a@wsa asIf la Iai4.a. sHis.lsgl -
la iuy4l lfTasI. Il is tue e4s.aa Ilerc Q,
lafe Ga.ts eaasi=iisg Of thf5s. Iaaf or nine
#auIs or sarie==. according IN ita qualb,
q Che guasis II dinner d laslee .saI.
aa5 Ilt a. p.az Hi'fa " ibe eea#iisHi.5t I.
ihay could sias a .tiangtr
81 he food VA PM IN small Iiales of tlr .
- ui saaeHf# and consisted u ii1aicut
aul. Of meats fsh. Vegetables and fried
Gully ilI.as. ihcre Was a plate a,lcd
Niih lhe eresirl de,icacy of did Is
mat Do III aHliaEo for a moment thai
tls sa.ma'a winch are used Tor thi5 puVue
iu thc Jafauesa kitchen, resemble in any
wVrrt Eulpcln qlal-up. d4 Of the same
usms TA,y sIe delicate iiu,c IuTp,rs -
ai.ugl iyr lhis Ug1sg Iom ilg muH ten.
Ggr are aul / Frankly opie have ucar
eaten ucrg agraHa og more succl,sui
Mgat; tle mgs Atilious giJure would
l.,e uo fault TO find with Il.
with ile Tea. ,i.y enti Us with
Jae,Y, drink made o' r,cc. and Of most
dgI.col. is.e; iH, aalu without umr-
They poured Il out or a 20, placed on the
table anl 70 Was given to Us IN tle little
Li'psi3u GUYS, of tho size of a tL.mllc,
m.l. o. Ci.ua. which o'li ITO pt thta
fl'.l up esaal Times Th. driuk wa geo.
al al mIu'sa.ing. rll confess. Cog u,
wl ihtt jHuh fifteen cups ol il without
h4linr Che s'',i.es cI,yl l. is quite re-
ms,,ah'c, tlat gll thc meats are served MP
IN small quantities, buJ they are handed
Ground 60 chcn that IN iha end one is salts.
fed.
10 ont their luxurias. they had rbo.o
1irlS On the table, o kind or ebony stick
such as the Chinc.c uir, which they hold
between the thumb aud ihc third finger
and which ihcy moyo about ut pleasure !
performed my part very well Cor my iirsl at.
tempt; vet to eat the soup or rather the
diGJrcu, kinds Of soups, they managed to
make up for our European awswarlnc-s by
giving us spoons made Of china, whit they
used tho chop-s,icls with great dcSicrjiy -
Arart from these rather sigu'ar customs, 10
poin, us manners nnd refinement there was
nothing to complain Of Like all Oriental
nations the popularity Of their tastes may
et frst strike MS. as rather on, Of the way
but We soon got accustomed to them, and !
believe the American officer, who accepted
Of their hospitality had no reason 10 regret
tue reception they met with. Wcretuuel
to the ships. highly delighted with the civil.
tiles Of these grandoos Of Japan and al.
though they gave us dogs meat to cat no
one said ho had an appetite for any other
dclicacy Erery one secmed saiigfea.'