The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-01-10
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Death OF the Emperor.

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Death Of the Emperor.
correspondent OF the Philadelphia Ledger,
-.,,,ns from Napgssaki, Japan, on the lst Of oc-
- give. that paper the following interesting
'.,,ur.t of the death ef the Emperor:
i, No l.. ! also gave you an account of the
-, lately made by Us with Japan. Let me now
T y5r OF some tragic ss we'll as Interesting
snis which are tatd to have already flowed from
- y L aust first kaow that, though ''out OF the
.or,d," while cruising along these unknown
a,sis we base still an occasional European mail,
- .5ma wandering ship, and (while anchored
,..yt a sea,i weekly mail fsom ieade, This ias-
,ar comes oserlasd by special messenger. who
,a .times rides. some iinaes walks, and again pros
-. kY water. A few days after our arrival.
re 5f these Post came ia, aud the next day
! .Ea iateypreters gave our batch friends of De.
,rs the ftddo uews; they. in turn, passed
- ever 10 us II was said that after the sning
If 90, lsst treaty, t2oth of July ultl it was
,t by the Tai, koou. or Imperial Emperor at
ys5Aa, 70 the Misado or Spiritual Emperor, at
s>, foF his approval. The latter. however who
/. SAD 10 he young man of eighteen, aware
ci BIS rights aad po~orr aud determined to en-.
s,.es them. refused his approval upon the ground
tNsi hs SHOULD have been consulted previous TO
M signing Of the treaty, and departing boldly
,.saa ibe timid policy of his more immediate
,,e3eoessors initiated that OF tbs s'old regime. {"
.s5 notified his great ruler" Tor Tai-koon, J
iss 0hFdeRct to "a ldtcs cf Japan, the time had
me tor hiBl 80 commit "Hari-ksrin The Grast
Ta.er therefore, stabbed himself in the bowels.
r-,eiying at the came moment g severe blow on
tbs back 0f bis neck, from friend dad re!alius
xhtca, disiocatlng the vertebra, produced instant
death This bold stand upon the part OF their
l!kado. whe has been treated by late Tai Koous
mere as a puppet than a master. has startled the
J,psuese and caused them TO expect come great
;Asnkes. What these are to be, however, they do
nelssy.
iAs above ia the news by one post. Another
ssYs that the Emperor was poisoned and that
nrse Of the great Princes composing the Senate
Of twenty, arko 1ctRchy 9srern JdpdH had been dis
grAced tor the part they had taken in the treaty:
Wills third arrival varies the news by stating
hat The Tai-hOon has simply been deprived of hi
,Nse for q time. and that he will return to power
sger few pears. The three Princes it wss far.
sher stated had been dismissed from office by the
Tsrkoo1 previous to bis own removal in the hone
that the Niksdo wonld consider that sufacien,
roparation, and consent to stop farther proceed.
inrS This lattsr was accepted by us as the ,noSt
s!ziTI, aHG consequently mdTc iGcg 10 BE- true tn
say oIher; but yesterday aIl doubt was removed
by the publication Of the following government
order:
The TaiKoor is dead. All the people will,
therefore, commence the national mourning or
the 4th OF October, aud continue it through thu
f,l3piug fifty days As usual, none out necessary
work will be allowed"
Thus, il is certain, that tie Emperor is dead
though whether By Hsrikari or poison, is nc,
kuewg, ftis however, equally certain that il hs,
not resulted from natural causes and our Dutct
irsDds say that Hagi ikar ia the most probable
on the "a instant, the Flag Officer was efficiall,
notified OF the death of the Emperor by the Gov.
sruor Of Sagssaki. We were Informed with all III,
gravity in the world, that he had been sick for ri,
weeks With pleuFisy, aud that he had finally sue
elnbed on tie l4th of September. | subseouea.
y said 10 the interpreter, "you once told ms tha
i sequired forty dsys To get news from Yeddo an,
nns when il is only eighteen days since his destl
"a know all about il. do not know what Il
beere when talk 20 you japanese"
OH he replied, ''oh! when the Emperor die
The P s. comes very fsst-in seven days, some
tmes."
We'll. nov, I want to known horo he diedl"
said naturally.
Howl He died OF bad cold. 1 have spsal
Commodore"
Yea but yon know that is the oiasld. account
Ths, want is che inside one!''
.'So! this not outside. Outside, inside-al samt
now"
"Perhsps ne has committed 'Hari kari!' In fact
tno,rr be hns"
.Oa. no." lie laughed With evident amusement
That not so. That cannot be Never Emperor
or Great Prince mske Harfksri-oniy Governor.
gui small Princes" Thus place the assertion o
the Interpreter against the belief Of the Dutch -
myself i0cliDing toward the latter. The lnterpre
Ter, however, was ~ ashore" q remarkably homes
and talented gan.
The tag after being officially informed of tn
tenant TO tie Governor, tosay to him that he wish
ed 20 houor his masters memory. by firing q min
ute guus, just we should for our President. O.
for the head of a European power, were We an
chetsd Ia one ef their ports. The Governor sx
pressed himself highly fiattered by the attention
bat replied that as it Was the custom in Japan 4
Mourn in silence, unless the Admiral soas anriou
TO fire it, he begged he would not. So we save
oGr powder.
The same correspondent says that upon th
.t,1
vailed ,ast the English had poisoned the springs
aud adds:
This disease had, it seems, broken ont with grea
violence shortly after our departure, a montl
previous, carrying off a many atty of th
Japanese daily, aud originating feeling of wild
spread alarm throughout the whole southern
part of the Island of kiG-sn. 1t was not attrib
Ited to nAtarsi causes by the lower classes but +
the working of devil whoi was asserted hat
besn tkrown overheard from one of the Engiisl
saps lately visiting the port, and who had thei
sRam Gu shore to destroy the people as &
punishment for the spirit OF "free inter
with foreigners" which japan hat
manifested by signing the late treaties
IL Was also asserted that "the EBglish had poi
soned the waters" and the existence Of such
conviction among the lower orders is scarcely Il
be wondered at, when one fleets upou the super
stitious nature Of their religion ~ and upon tn,
. acts Of sosae Engiish sailors which evidently CAV,
rise to the belief. 1t seems that one Of the EDg
isn fShseis gave iipefty W Hdmoer oi nef crew
that tvs of these wandered into the country. ani
that during their walk they passed several springs
After slaking their shi.st at one of these, q,
waatoay stirred it up with their sticks, aud tn,
consequence was that for hours the families that
were supplied by that spring had to carry theil
buckets TO others. Thus was originated the idei
OF the poisoning of the waters.
Two officers of that nation, while strollinf
through the country, were attacked by a crowd
and forced to fly to avoid being overpowercd By
numbers. The Russian officer, who had been lsf
here by Admiral Poutiatin in charge Of number
OF sick men, was attacked in the streets of Nsgas
aki itself. And the Dutch doctor Of Desins, whe
has been among them for years, and who, as il
generally the case with medical men among
semi civilized people, was great favorite on &C
count Of his numerous cures, was stoned whil'
enjoying al evening ride