Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-02-10

. short pause ! made ny address " him,
and, aher : similar psuse, be fspsed 70
ne 10 clear and pleasass voice. When
the Emperor he'd flashed. Mr. Heusken
brought the Presidents letter 70 me;
pmoved the silk cover, (stiped, red and
whits,) opened The box, and displayed the
writing % The Prince of Bittsu. twho nov
stood up j then closing The boz. handed
il 10 The Prince, who placed Il on ! lack.
cred stand prepared for the purpose. Mr.;
Hsusken having returned 10 bic place,
and The Prince being asain PROSTATE, the
Emperor bowed 70 me, smiling pleasantly
as the time. This ended my audience; and
I booked out u the roon, makisg shsse
bows u I retired. ~ .a+ e.. "'
The usual dress Of the japanese mobiles
is Of silk, but The court dress 10 made Of a
coarse yellow grass cloth, and for . coro.
net they wear black lsckered affair that
looks like . distracted nisht-cap. I did
not see single gem, jewel, or ornament
Of any kind, on The person Of the Emperor,
or on those Of his coursiers, wLo comprised
the great nobility Of japan.
From the audience chamber vas taken
70 another room, where found tho 6ve
great councillors Of Ssase, who, having been
presented to me. congratulated me on my
audience. and expressed their wonder and
astonishmeat at what they called my
greatness Of heart When ! asked for
an explanation. they said that they we're
filed with admiration to Gee me stand
erect, look the awful "Tycoon" in the
face, speak plsinly to him, hear bis reply
and al this without any trepida.ion, or
any quivering Of the muscles Of the side" :"
I write oil this to let you see that the Ja-
panese Princes understand the use OF court
compliments. l was then shown present
Of fifteen siiken robes from his Majesty,
and was taken to room where banquet,
set on sixty trays, twelve inches high, was
prepared for my single stomach. There
was food enough for one hundred hungry
meni
You must know that the dinner trays
(l;ke the breeches) are mark OF rank in
Japan; and tie rank is indicated by the
height Of the trays which vary from three
to twelve inches in height. Again, il the
trays are lscksrsd, it diminiehes the honor
connected with the actual height Of the
tray, for il indicates that it can be used
On another occasion but if il bs made of
unpaiuted cypress wood the honor is com.
plete, for it says as plain ss words can do,
you are 50 sublime i'll your rank tha. no
one dare to eat from tray that you have
used |" Ny attention was particularly
called both to the height Of the trays and
to the fattering fact that. "by special
edict,' they were made Of unvarnished
wood. You must know that this same
diunsr had been the sabjse. o! grave dis
cussion, both in Simoda and in Yedo.--
They were very anxious l should eat a.
the Palace. ! replied that l would do So
chserfuliy, provided . person or persons
Of suitable rank would eat with me; bu.
said that self respect would forbid my eat.
ing at table where my host or his repre-
sentative declined to cit down. When
had admired the very nea: arrangement o!
the banquet, l was again asked to si, down..
| then said, "Say to his Majesty that
thanked him for his offered entertainment. :
At last the whole affair was sent to my
quarters. where l distributed it among my
Simoda followers.
After the exhibition Of the dinner, ! was
reconducted 70 the room FIRST entered
and, after had drunk Of the celebrated
powdered tea," left, being conducted
to the entrance by the two chamberlains,
who knocked head with d! the force that
was due to one who had seen the King
and yet liced." BY the way, l forgot to
state that the old formula Of an audience.
which WAS ussl-down,' knock -head,
20 that the by,stapders can hear your
skull crack" il it ever did exist at The
court st iedo, Was not used in my case. A
faint request was made to me at Simoda
tha. would kneel. bu. I told them the
request was edsnsivs, and must not be re-
pssled. Thas eadsd il.
l cannot tell you how many thoughts
crowded my mind during my audience
the great idea, however, Was here, and
now, The barrier Of exclusion thai has been
rigidly maintained by this singular people
for more than two centuries is 6uslly bro.
ken down, and i il my country, my glor,-
ous country, thai has achieved this, aud all
has been accomplished BY aaoral force
Great and glorious triumph Of reason
In my letter 70 my good friend, Gen.
Ws,more, ! shall treat on the matters tha,
occupied me for the three months Of my
frs, visi. 70 Ysdo-wi,h descriptions OF w
rioss matters, ~ well A. IN accoun. Of my
illness. As in your letter do not touch
on toe above subjects, neither in his shall
. "A L r ~
Of this, 20 thai . psrnsal Of both lettsrs
viii give yos - ides Of I'll | ~ish % com.
mssisats l#E ze
4 Nv vetura 70 SimodA vas On s,samei
prssensed 10 ,hs Jspansss by tAs Dutch,
snd ~ sshssqasa. Voyages TO aad tro"
Yedo wsrs 81 BY wassr. ! do nos know
the sssss dsss Of my re,ssn to Simosia. :
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