Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-12-02

!. OHIO, THURSDAY,, !
Japan HsTsss Progress with
thesJapanse Com. Perry's Pres
ents. 9 c.
Correspondence of Philadep phia Ledger.
| - U. 8. PowHArrAS, D
"a SIND Aug. 1, 1859
/ When | closed q 3, at Nagasaki. / ex
pressed: the hope u i should write agaiI
from this place. lived here, We find SO
much, that is both Sportaut and interest
ing, that cannot Pe to press it into any
thing under two or3fhree letters. Let me
therefore commence once. .s
We arrived from aga.aki on tbs 25th
ult., afier psssaee ef67 hours. The dis.
tance is over SOC. miles. We found the
Mississippi =, snchor in. the inner harbor,
and ceme.i6 near ber,, hoping for . few
| days of quiet and Yang walks back into the
country. Our q saok zas scarcely down,
baeHerssxnh tils sfkte Missieeip-
1ffzYetts9 S5ur s Jag Eishs hIR ous
Gonsul General: b townsend Harris, and
his Secretary, MrssHenry Heuskin. The
Consul was a. once cIoseted with the Com
modore, and,after an hour or 50 it began to
be whispered around that we were to leave
in two days for Yeddo7 Bay, and, possibly,
for Yeddo itself This was great news, and
we talked grsndly for some hours as to bow
long we would remain at Yeddo, &C., until
suddenly another whisper passed around. to
the effect that weswere only going to Kan
ayawa to talk abosi a new treaty.. Kan
ayawa is II miles this side of Yedds, and as
we could not land there, our trip did no,
promise 10 be, SO grand. after all We there
fore lit cigars and tried to blow away our.
Disappointment inesmoke. In the mean
time we had been boarded by several boat
loads of Japanese officials, who were equal.
ly sociable and hailrfellow-well met as had
been those OF Nsgasaki. We gave them
sherry and Constsntix to their hearts con-
tent, and after they had made out list of
all the fresh provisions that we desired, saw
them into their boats & bowed them polite
adieu After dinner,a party o: US dropped on
shore for Sunday evening walk land among
other places visited the bszaar, where every
thing japanese wSs collected for sale. IL
being Sunday. we admired them and passed
on. r -r&
II is now twoyears since we sent, our
drst Consul to Japan, IN accordance with
a provision of tbe treaty of Kanayaws,
made 10 ia54-5 b Commodore Perry He
wss brought here by the United States
steamer San Jacinto, and "le:, alone in his
glory TO the infinite disgust of the author
ities,. who told him TO 60 away for a year,
aud then come back, by which time they
should have botse built for him. Being
thus uriayoidably left upon their hands they
made the best Of a bad bargain, however,;
gave him. large temple to live in. servants
TO attend upon him, supplied him with every
thing id the Japanese eating line, and inal-
ly began to look apon him and his secretary
a ssskrssffiaes,.zl lE3iesrssvstsea seciesys.is
Messrs Harris aud Hueskin now began to
look aruuad them for Amusement They
found The golden pheasant plentiful amcng
the neighboring hills. and, when satiated
with cunning and long walks, the former
turned his eye in the direction of Yeddo.-l
After while be received permission to
visit that city in his official capacity, and
the first tting that we know, he has obtain
ed the signing of an important convention,
and is again at Simoda. This conventioni
was published in the United States in JAN
uary of this year, and SO shall let i, pass.
The manner inskhic Mr.. H. and his sec
retary wen; to Yeddo is interesting. The
Emperor sent him a body guard of one hun
dred and twenty men, and had comfortable
houses put up along the road for him to
pass the nights in. He also sent him a
large seda1 chair, carried by TIVE We bearers
and SO roomy that he put u mattress into
it, and reclined at full length when he was
tired Of sitting. 1t i. .unly ahou, seventymiles
from this placs to Yeddo; but the country is
SO rugged g. the roads SO bad the first part of
the way, that they were seven days in ac-
the distance. Every night they
stopped at one Of the comfortable houses
which had been prepared expressly upon his
gecount, and after an early breakfast re-
e'ined their road. Upon arriving at Yetdo,
they were lodged in the. most lcommodious
quarters, treated with the greatest respect
and attention, and granted interviews with
the Emperor. The reader is Of course aware
that every one, foreigner or Japanese, who
has heretofore approached the Emperor, has
been required to do so gpon his knees. This
custom they were determined to adhere to
in :he present case; but, somehow or other,
it had never before so difficult to "bell the
cat" "Who was to speak to Mr. II
about III" that was the question. Finally
q Japanese Douglas stepped forward and
offered to brace his huge shoulders to the
task. This gentleman was not the most
determined man il Japan; but then he wac
upon the most iB'iaate terms of both social
and political intercourse with 'the American
legation He therefore called upon Mr..
a., and commenced the attack by begging
that he would not be offended at what he
was going to say. Certainly not" says
that gentleman. But he has an inkling Of
what is coming, and a look of sudden and
unusual gravity causes Douglas to tremble
Instead, therefore, Of bruaching the subject,
he begs once more that "his Exce'lency
willnet be offended at something which he,
Douglas, had been ordered to say and then
coughs,and looks behind him.
Certainly nolg' and an increase OF
gravity in the Consular face. Correspond
ing increase of nervousness on the part of
Douglas. Grand tableau, in which the
American engle is supposed to dominate.
Final de speraiion of Douglas, and outburst
ing of the secret .r 3.
Mr. Harm listened ouie lv anil kindly IN