The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-04-22
TILE JApANEsr MJssrov


Lieut. Haberaham, IN bis correspondence will
the Philadelphia Ledger, gives the following par.
tcuars Of the preparations for the transportation
to this country, Of the members of the Japanese
Mission. Lieut. Il, It will be rscoliected has beer
ington:
q. 8. sTEAMER PowHArAN.l
Hong Kong. Feb. l6 1859 !
NOW the longest stride about to be taken t.
ward The opening Of JAPAN Yesterday the '. 3
pointed her head los he T Japanese Dor. q sinods,
aud after the arrival Of the next mail. (saY about
Ss p; .1s e s, T o1s
is TO put Japanese Minister and suite in "a way
20 reach Washington By the LIST Of June n, II. and
Wertach fimoda about the 5sh proximo. take oo
board Mr. Townsend Harris the next day. and s:earl
icr seven hours up the bay Of Yeddo until arrived
and commence the ball About the Goth proximo
tne minister and SUITE In charge Of one OF our Lieu
tenants asrivson board Of the Mississippi and steam
Fay az ohce for san francisco, (probably via the
sAndwicn ls,AndsD thsnee to Panama, Aspinwaii
and New York: The OBJECT in proceeding via San
h ns s01oe to let the
uader our flag during the last ten years and partly
70 repienish with coal. can see now, theee quiet
Fraocsco-it will be healthy warn q of the crowd
which will doubtless assemble upon the New York
battery. to Rreet them up, ther arrival there;
native good b. sdins of these smrIs I.lsnder.;
Take my word for II, they will ba calm and self
possessed, in spite Of the novelty Of the scenes
through which they will pass for the first tin e..
The feeling among the higher classes in japan Is
now unusually strt ng towards the United States
aud Amei leans, and should they be received with
even moderate amount OF good will and attention,
It will be hardly possol to mssfure the amount OF
6 cd which will result to US after their return
Nine Princes est of ten in the whole Empire will
hasten to Yeddo to see their returned Peers and to
ar them expatia.e upon the strange countries and
people over which they will have passed, and with
whom they will have been thrown in contact
Tnen. with still stronger feeling in favor of our
country men, American energy and enterprise Will
aud American capital will flow into Japan in the
shape OF st amers steam engines for shore purpose
light cotton fabrics &c, &c, to the almost certain
exclusion Of that of less favored nations.
Have you yet heard ia the United States of the
promi.ing trade which has already sprung mp be-
between Nsgase hi (Japan) and shanghael No less
that twenty vessels have visited the former port
during the last four months, and exports seem
much more abundaut than was deemed possible
vegetable wax, ginseng, lacquer ware china do
vegetable Oil hemp. rice. soya. silks. etc; are the
principal articles; and upen many OF there the
most extravagant profits have been realized Upon
the vegetable Oil in particular does money promise
to be mads 1t iss i'd to be abundant, very cheap,
and answers for mixing paints as well as burning
in l,mps. Sheet topper also promises a large sup
landed in Shanghae. pad profit OF several hum
dred per cent These thiogs all considered, very
much fear that nv self and every one else have
hitherto very much underrated the internal re-
that would be found ready for our shipping /
would not now pretend to say Of how much value
the commerce OF Japan may prove to the world
at large at q future dnv