New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-13

tctneen FoiisTc ard Japan, 10! ~tich H'"""" w
rrlgiou was cof ceoe4 the Dutrh, and freedom
from the ecrtInony OF t'aU'l,-c on The 'r"-s; "-'
tic f:gli e brugnZ their wists AMI ct'ldieh 10
Jtpsu, Ind ,f trading fr,eI, direct With tLr Iapm'
e-o rercbsn's in Ill the porte opcn TO Tor 'gnefS
ard of con ,nuncatirg fr,iy with eli foreign snps
entering tie g-ort Of Nssssak The .'sP'ne-e
Loyrruurlt 'o-.k c,cnsufes, 81 thu sans ttWe. 70
,bt.in thtyGgt ;te Dutch rumher OF sulail
-teNuers-sOule of which are no~ succe--id'y
I,y.fstcd ny Japagese creWs-and instructors. a-o.
for the construction ard r'par "t engines.
Our treaty g.7e u, tie power TO ssnd C,niul
10 japan. Witblr. eighteen iDonths from the sgutog
OF the trea-5 but II was not tilt August. 1856 that
the saH Jso arrived At sue Ia, bringing out Mr.
I,y,rstuo Harris in tbnt cspaclfy-a. il proved. 4
most fortunate selection. TIE japanese We're very
una Hing 10 receive hm or tp allow him to remair;
but, finding there Was escape she5 assigned him
a.enpe Cor hi. resldeicr, and there hf raised The
American Gag. la sccordsoc. wi,a the treaty, the
Jsp,nese bad constructed g0Cd stcoc laudlng-
Place al Simoca. and nsd collect d uear Vie .anding
several buudrcd turs of csal. Trey had also set
apart pat Of ground az Ill AInericsn cemetery,
and h,d cOnstrlci,da Ia e. bizaar 'cr the sale to
American visitors Of Japaaese wares. Mr. Harms
remsn ned s.; Simoda for fourteen months without
roceIyug any letters or iGior ua,cn from the
UL.ted Sta,c-, though tie port was uo~ aud taea
siteo BY national ard t.adlrg 'e.seis. He did not
however, spend MS time 10 ld- ues'. Tie applied
bim,clf in the fret place to get a change IN the
ureeual regulation ss 20 the cdrreUcy, aud succeed
ed II March l-57, in signiuga convention By wh ch
American aod japanese coin were put upon al
equal ootine gold against gold, silver asalist
silver, and copper against copper, With An
sil0wince to the Japanese Of six per cent for
re.,o;usge. TIE effect Of this Was, among other
thing, 70 I.duce The cost Of coal from twenty.
eiltt dolisrs .he .un which Commodore Percy
had laid. 10 III. moderate rate Of SIX dollars at
Siuota, ard tluce dollars ara half 81 Nsga-
sati while lice a. TIE beet qlaiity was to be pdr-
chased fer Lite over a cent pouLd. The
salne COVE alton seemed TO Americans the right
OF residence in himod, ard Hskodad, and the
trisl of Amerlc,D ID citizeDs committing ofeoses in
Jspan b, theiT Cotsul, ard their Punishment ac-
corains 70 American isw. Bat Mr. Harris did
not stop here. Tie determins d to obtain resison
of tbe entire treaty, ard 10 visit Yeddo for tbat
purpose. where oniy, as he believed, could nego-
tistion to carried Oh To adsaL.sge. He proceeded
tbtuer az the era Of Noeeuber l-51, ind, after
great labor bestowed in elligttsnng the japanese
on matters Of trade and political eeoGomy, he
ceedtd tfe following slafch ia irdaciag the Em-
peIor to sign pew treaty by which, after Jnly J.,
l-,,, the Amer'ctns srs to haze the prs'it OF
an Enbp.sa1or resident at feido; 10 be free from
the SIX per cent INK OF AU.ercan coin; 70 have
full religious freedom aud the privilege Of building
churches; a. sre to haee, instead of the Out-of-
tie way and nsgl scar port Of Siuoda, original!
selected by the Ja,arese for that :ery reason, the
port Of KansgiW, a subutb of Icddo, HIogO, the
port Of tb. great City Of Ozaki, near the GENITAL
part Of japan, Ii also tote opened.
Two or three ottks after .he sigping Of this
treaty Mr. Reed, Commissioned to China,
visited tb, Day OF Yeddo, followed closely by Lord
EIgin with feet Of six vessels. At Srnoda Sir.
Harris wtut on board this 1eet, which proceeded
to the Bay Of Yeddo, where, on the 10th Of August
Lord Eign sigoed testy containing the same
provisions as ours, with the addition of limitation
Of export duties to FIVE per cent-cxclusiye Of a
short list cf Prohibited articles with two scales o
import duties one Of five per cent, Including cotton
ard wooden goods the other Of twenty per ccnt, nc
tupnsee or other duties 10 be- charged. Simlai
privileges, it is uDd, rstood, ore granted TO the
Dutch, French and Russians. Thus, japan msJ
row BE- trulJ said TO be reopened t. foreign com.
merce--a ,bing accomplished without violence OF
intimidation within little more than four years
from the signing Of Commodore Perrys treaty.