Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-01-11
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Interesting from Japan.

Correspondence of ,ha Public Ledger.
| UNlrFn STATES STEAMER pownArAN.
NAc.s,Ni. Japan. Oct. |. 1883. -
| wrote you tNo. ~ from Shanghai. its latest
date being tho Sd ult On tho morning of tho 4th
! the English mail steamer sailad. mud tho same
evening brought in the United States steamship
| Minnesota, direct from this place. Her officers
complained greatly of the length of their passage,
attrbuing 1t mainly to the ineffective state Of her
| engines -
! Fortunately she returns home in November,
when she will be released from this special ser.
| vice, before, il is hoped her machinery shsll
have been seriously injured.
| In No, Is, also gnvc you mn account Of tho
| treaty lately made to by with Japan. Let mo now
! tell you of some tragic we'll as interesting
events. which are said to have already flowed from
it. You must frs, know that though "out Of the
world while cruising aongt hose unk nown shoals
| we have still an occasional European mail. by
some wandering ship. and (while anchored herc)
| a seni-wcekly mail from Yeddo This latter oomes
| overland by u special messenger who sometimes
rides, sometimes walk-. and again proceeds by
water. A few days after our arrival, one Of those
posts" cane in,and the next day tho interpreters
gavc our Dutch friends of Dossima tho Yeddo'
news they in return passed II over to US.
was said thatatlcr the signing Of our Inst treaty,
(29th Of July ulL) II was sent by tho Tai-koon,
or Imperial En,peror nj le'lo, to tho Mikado or
Spiritual Emperor at Maco for his approval. Tho
latter. however, who is said to DO young man Of
eighteen. aware Of his rights and power. and de-
teru,incd 10 anurec them. refused his approval on
tho GROUND that ho should have been consulted
previous to the signing of the trcniy. and depart
ing boldly from the tlmid policy ol his moro n-
mediate predecessors. initiated that OF the 'old re-
gimo." and notified his great rulor,' Tor Tai
koon thnt in obedience to the lnws "f Japan, the
time had come for him to eomnit "Ilarkari. -
The Great Ruler therefore s,nbbo1 himself in the
bowels, receiving at tho same mon,ent severe
blow on the bnck of his neck. from friend and
vclafire, which dislocating tho vertcbra produced
instant death This bold stand upon the part Of
their Milkudo, who has bccn treated by late Tai
koons moro us u puppet than n master has start
tSdthc Jap panSse and caused thcn' to expect some
great changes. What these nrc To be, however
lSssy do not say.
Tho nhoyc r. the news by ono post, Another
says that tho Emperor was poisoned aud that
thrcc Of tho great princes composing tho SENATE
,lisgraced for the part they took in the treaty;
While the third arrival va'ir- Toe news 10y stating
hat The Tai Eoon has SIMPLY been deprived OF
lis ofirr for time, aud that he will return "a
power after few yoars. Tho throe princes. il
was further stated, hnd been dismissed from Office
oy the Tni-koou previous to his own removal, in
'hc hope that tho Mikado would consider that
ufhcient rcparation, and consent To stop further
proceedings. This latter was accepted by US ~
he most natural and consequently The more ihtly 10
nc true than any ether but yesterday nil doubts
we're removed by tho publication OF the following
Government order.
"rhc Tai-Koon IL dead, Al tho people will,
therefore,, commence tho national mourning on
he 4th Of October, and continue Through tho fol-
owing fifty DAYS. Al uanl, mono but necessary
york will be allowed j" 81 aoo FA"as.
Thus, il Is certain that the Emperor Is dead,
hough whether by lInrkari or poison. IL not
.nown 1t is however. cJ,inlv rcrtnih, that II
M ~ fr,u nut r,nt .nn nj n mi
butch friends say tat lIlrkari Il tho most prob
.ble '"a 1fr 80 w 'n
OcroBrR 4.h---On the "a inst, the Flag Officer
vas officially notified IF the death Of the Emperor
nv the Governor Of Nhgnsaki. We were inform
el with all the gravity in the world. that he hud
been sick for ak weeks with rienrisy, md that le
had frniiy succumrd IN the lAth ot September
| subsequently said 10 thr Interpreter, "you once
old mo that 1t required 10 days 70 get new from
Yedio, and now and when II is only eightceh
days since his death yon know oil about il. DO
not know what ~ believe when talk to you ia
pancsc" 'i
"Oh - he replied "oh when the Emperor dies
the..po4t comes very fast--in days, some
times"
"WelI, now, I'wnnt to know how he dicd'
said naturally, .'i'
"How' He died Of bad cold. have spenk o.
modore" i.'e'
ayes. YOU know TINT is the outsidr account.
| What wnnt il the inside nccount"* f".
"No! this not outsid- Outside, inSidc-nll
same now" t~
perhaps he hns committed 'lIarl-karlp In
! fact know he has!"
"Oh noW he laughed with evident amusement.
| THAT not So. Tint cannot he! Never Emperor
| or Great Prince make IIarl l.karl-only Governors
aud small Princes" Thus rlacethc assertion
of the Interpreter agninst the belief oftho Dutch
myself incinng toward the latter. The lnterpre-
| ter, however, was "Yashero," a remarkably hon.
| est and talented man !
The day after being officially informed Of the
imperial DEATH the Flag Officer sent bis Flag Lieu
tenant to the Governor. to sny 70 him that no
wished to honor his masters memory, by firing
twenty one minute guns, just as We should for
our President, or for the head of European pow.
err were we anchored in one Of their ports Tho
Governor expressed himself highly fattered by
the attention but replied that AS il was the Gus.
torn in Japan to mourn IN silence, unless the Admi.f
ral* was anxious to Hre it, he begged he would
not. So we saved our powder - '.ii
OCTOBER 6th.--Y esterday' another "post' arri.
we'd from Yeddo, protesting TO bring the true ac-
count of the Imperial death. 1t is now said b.
have been owing to anasarca. Tho Minnesota,
with Mr.. Reed and suite, leave tomorrow ht day
light for Shanghai she will leave for home before
the end OF the year. and is ordered to proceed to
Boston. We are expecting the hourly arrival cf
the Mississippi, from IIakodadi, and shall leave IN
company for Hong Kong, yja Shanghai, about the
2jtk 'ft .fi7" ~" " iaa A. VIII =
.The.c otc,al. eanpo. und.t.nd the title Of Flag
cerp and shcrsfsre either .Admralor "commodore
wsst. sinse M .aiss's J, believe s, he
BY hi. SON sxsd eighteen while tho family knows ina, ne
side and ,insde" Ii simply legal method flying !.
Fnou'rHr KANSAS MrNrs--The following let
ter, the statements Of which may, We presume,
| be relied on, was addressed to Us from ''Fabie
Mountain Mining District" The package mon
toned, OF gold dust, which consists Of thin scales