New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-13
JAPAN.
C0.SvI-GESERAL HAkRTS- LETTERS 10
COMMODORE PORRf
OPENING OF COMMERCIAL SEGOTEfIoN>-iiiS
JOURNEY FkoM sIMODA TO fEDDO-FIRsf


IMPRESSIONS ~ THE CITY.
10 Csnm0Gss Psyty. UEiied Mats Aafy'
UNirtD STATES CorsrIAIE GKSERAL,
SlNoDA, Oct a. 1857. (
sly DEAR CouNODoRg .RhY: Ypar kint favor
Of D.ceo Der .8 IS ., ud No cone hand Until the
2ttbs - was fourteen D'onhs at TINS place with
o.tsIecewpg SnS ttt.fs or lotor.aal N from the
Upr~d n'e-. To. tei'e5 S;.at.s u % Ports
outh tOpc' ID here TIE o Oi last mOpt1, Dat sac
old b. tusog any eiteis. Her stay heie wa very
short isi .L0usi 10 enable uie to hoIsh ny "lhC,N
letter.. Had t.pie pe1mtej, would have written 10
yon b,sher.
! am1nGch obhgei 70 yon for yor good advice; it
vasby yth-snuad aod well-iiqsd advice, and have
foobdevsry C your opiiibs ar 20 the course t1e
Japanese gould pursue with me, prove true To ths
leusT.
Early las. March made d convenon with.the
Ja, ,uoss', heb among other pTov siOos, sec1rcri-"
ntlt II pennau'bt n sidenee - Amcr"dus at oi"oia
an IlekoiaJh aon.its CUns1l ct Hakoisdi, op@ -
Ealstak sctl.E the clrTeucy qurs"n, ana toe doll IT
row lasse, To- . GOSH, nj of OW sGn iAstiJ
sduis he eat rrt ity OF al nerica.s ~ 4pau
II was sui -ct ~ 'ccp regret % ne that W1s not
able to Send tbs 1VebiiJn u The State ID garh ut
upii quite * n'oat,s ~ er IT had been greed On.
H. October 1856, srJpe tptbe Council of STATE u.
Y.dfJ tls. the . Of file dly siier ron
H.. Pseeiicrt the United Stsoas, atdresSrt 10 th .
Emperor Of Jalar, and that hai SOM 1pprtant
nLtuTs 10 cUm0iuDlc1e, WIN n crafty conc. fUei The
bon AID Hrlta of Japan. 1esif "a tle CJut cJ 10
give Vdese ior ly proper reception On the rOa' rJu
thlg - YelI0 snd to INFORM when those arrange
uetts were con Eled. Fo, fan tn mont! The JAP
soese used every ,pr-ie exDedicnt to get me to de-
hy,T ,he stt"r NJ SlmOdt % make my cOnnluni-
es.i,s TO Tn, Gov, IDors Of ths place. Steaily re-
fc.ed TO do either at lasc they have yeisd aud
sh, etaIt Tor Yeddo come t'ue next month. am
to have audience of nc Emperor and at that Line
] am to denver The letL,r.
nIn satl,ied toar no Commercial treaty eau be
mace by iegoltions carried anywhere bat at fei-
~ uoi. .ss to nego.iator is bacbed up by powerful,
te,t oDe when a. led 20 O. convince the govern
eut tba' u iu possible for them 10 cC0tnus tnelf
present system Of ro.-i tercourse and tuat will be
for ,he honor and interest ~ ed 10 argument rather
t,8n force.
do net expect IN accomplish all that I desire on
tbs uocasiOu Dut will be great step in the way of
direct Oiis witr tte CouDciLof Stat, aud the
bsgbIrg vi 'rain Ot cLhg htenmehtoi the japanese
that viii or later lead them to desire to open
t5o country freely 10 pterconrse stl foreign naton'
hsye Just obtained copy 0i your Eapet titi"n.to
- pan and the China sas, +and have read IL with
iEt, lnteIeJ. hope II vanty IN Inc tn say
thGt n, present can SO Wei appreciate aud do
justice 10 your w,Ik gs cen. lOn seem at once, and
smCst iu'ni,ivsly, to have adopt tie best of all
with ~. japanese. am sore no other course
would h, =, resulted well. 1 have quite
1uu ber q Japanese who saw you whec you were at
Simoda, acd ti,y ali Make eager Inquiries after You.
eos.ap Yenoski is at SDoda, and has not forgotten
P,,ase pres ri my respectful compliments to Mrs
Perry ana to the other eHhe7 Of SSgr tai eas
p. P.S.-Should you write 10 me, plsase address your
Llte,s 10 the oare Of Messrs. Russell q Co., Houg
Koeg, and mark the letters per overland maii, Vi.
SVutlGmD.0n
TO CON. PERRY, L. $. n.
CRY Oh lEDDo, March'S 1872
Ny DEAR Con-. P1KRY: Ia my Letter to y0u dated
Oct ~ 1887, IniOrmed you tlat shOuN 10 to I'D
30 ouring TIE then next month. l accordingly lot
Simr3a Oh .heV-3l of November, and arnvrt here on
t, 9th Of the same month wing passed the inter-
veniI Z Sspdsy at Ka~usek the place that Chaplain
B'.bgrr reached when he made his dasn II, ieddo.
Before leavog tho Cnted States the President gave
me spec full p,rSer to negotiate commercial treaty
wrh she Jspanc-., ~, len tact made known 20 the
Coarcil Estate.
was accordingly received ond entertaoei on MY
journey the repIes. ntatve If the President OF 1e
U,n,d Stats, snd every possible honor was paid to
ne ~ q at character.
did Va have occasion 10 compsin Of any omission
OF u aIks of respect on .he conrarv, ! would very
slafl, ns 40 d,.p,rsed with mary Of them. All tho
way from Smada the bridges were repaired ana many
D. ore, built the AZ pnt 10 order anu swept ccaa
siea.bcass ooiore pes-ed The authorities OF each
town I'D ssil ge met me at their respective Douuda-
yts and wab e0 before me quite through Their httie
Government. Tray o. the road was entirely sos-
vtuJsG, so did Lot see those cf0sds VI travellers,
pIr sf- mons, 'tc., etc mentioned by k-mpier Busi-
ns.s We su-psidoG in all the towas and vigus, only
the cook sho and tea houses being opn. Toe peo
pit ind5or hOlIisy dlesse-, were kDeelng on mats IN
front Of their.dSelmgs Not souud was neaTc nor
gesture indc'riVe oi curiosity was seen; al was re-
special sl,roe.
From OJos ara the villages and hamlvts are very
puueroos, and after c'os-og the River Logo nj ha"'
s.Shbi they i,ru cOutG0es street From SlnagnFa
r. five mile English to tae NepOD Bas, aLd nothing
pArtcniary merks the line Of separation between The
po plases. l shoul not Rave kuown when | en-
cred YtdfU fg toe plsce not been pointed out T. me.
WAS ucted 10 my quarers, situated III the fourth
oaeI toe uf the cestle AM found there al c'oh
reasonably exlect ID tae way OF cpmior,. Inc 'pI-
n.s. ad cOr stru,t.d ClaUs, tabs bedsteads, bata-
rooms, &c. Al COPIED after tue same things AT my
retidrrco iur-e days after my Arrival, psii VISIT
OF mony Il i,tta Price ol btisu, one 81 the
heI edita,y "Dnios," or lar ded princes Of Japan.
be is Pres lent o The COuIc Of State and has re-
Gently been ere eated Minister for Foreign AhNre.
Egbt days tfteI my arrival had puohc audience
OF the t. Coo ,uot Iio-2oon, OF which more adoo
when | made an address TO bis Majesty, received his
reIly and delivered tde letter. The ceremony, 80 tar
es wss concerned, was precisely that n any Euro
peaD. Court-thr.e bows as entered aud the same on
leaving l stood during the whole audience aud
wore Dew unsoiled shoes. In the chamber, Only the
SIX oeBlers of the Council OF State aud three ttuar
brothers Of the Ty Coon present. they pros
tfate on their faces. In ID adoiolug room some 800
tO 80 ot~thsfpruces aud high ohcers of STATE wers
present The " camssimo," or dress Of ceremony, is
dfcru from other occasions, but exec p the hreeches
there is nothing worthy OF particular note. The
when the w.arer walks they trail out behind, which
gives biusthc appearance of walking ON his knees.
They wears black laced cap, which cannot DC de-
scrie 90 10 words bIt is somethus ke the caps wora
by th,sSiD:oo priests waich you when in japan.
The Ty Coon wore black laced cap Of an inverted
bell shape. lie was clad IN robes Of yellow SUB. Not
q single pear, diamond jewel, any gold or SILVER
excep. the small.goid ornguept of the sword were
visible. A' vas as PLAN possible, and tr)m ITS
simpcity was most striking. None os the golden
old witsrs describe as being by hern seen
ty ne The in'tIlor wood work OF the palace
unpe nted. Three days after N.Y. audience had Il
bus-uess interview with the Miustsr oi Fr.egn AZ
airs. TITS was very long tnt highly interesting.
Fr,rn this time oorets1tly eng i,ed in giving
"a. the N q lWs of