Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-02-18


! vice governor would hasten to compliment nj
on my arrival, anu ask after Uly health. Oh
one occasion / asked him to come into th,
house, bat he shook his head and said he dared
not do II. as only those of 'exalted rank could
enter HoBjn; yet this man has received sone
thirty steps of promotions, wears the inperia
a.ms on his sleeves, aud is the Ieador Of Ont
thousand Stars'--i. e h2 commander Of OF,
thcusadd soldiers
''My first days journey on tie 70 ky do
was over the mountain Haoone, which is soiaC
4,200 feet high. After tad passed the cres
Of the mountain, and had descended about oue-
iaird of the way. eaiao 10 q perfect bj"u Of a
rest house. Everything was in miniature.
1 The house was new, aud nothing could exceed
lis neatness. a. miniature garden adorned the
rear; the trees were d8arfea to The smallest
possible sizes Here there were temples and
/ gFottoes, and bridges SO petits that nothing
heavier than fairy could walk over them. 4
canal aud f,hpond, paved With snow white
( pabb!es, were flied With water of crystal clear
tess; the gold and silver fish, Lowtvev, were
/ Of enormous size, some being qpi;e two feet
/ long, and graF-hcaded old carp appeared to
! be tha patriarch Of tie Gnny family.
! TIE passage of Mount Hacono was nat co..
/ rletea until after night-fall, but / did not re-
/ grct beng belatei, as il afforded me The novel
sigat Of ny train brilliantly Lighted by large
uunlGer 5f huge bamboo torches. As the train
;aiisted and ;ugae3 among tie descents Of the
nountaiu, il locked like he toil OF sage Gsry
dragon. "a reacl.ing the plain Gas met by
the authorities Of lie city of O3owarl AID a
whole army 9i lanterns Of al na2iu4be sizes
and ealcrs, each being decorated with tie ar.us
e! lis owner, and the whole forming an enssm-
be thai wss !ige!y aad pleasing passed
Sunday, ile 29di of November, az Kawasi.--
This IS The town hat Chaplain Bitiuger feacl-
"a Yhcu lie made his celebrated dash al I Xcdo
Fson, my first arrival in Japan up e The pres
eut Jay | have always refused 10 transact a0y
business Of 20 traycl on SuEsay. / soon got
the japanese to understand my g;iYo, aUi
IN su. il i;as increased their respect foi uia.
'.T.c roads were AL repaired and ele n!y
sGsI N tue Whole Of my route before PASS
ei bsiGgos we're put IL cgder, and inaEy new
oses built; sil travel GU tie read vas ssopFga
sc tSt. sec Si,-As czsys q af trsrsFns>
cr;t IS, LUas, &c, icscr:5ed by hempier; The
5. o..s 10 al! the towns and villages were Chased,
tex3ap: ooyG shops md tea-houses,, anl ;.c
iaLa5:tan.s, clad il the holiday e.0,hes, kaelt
se-a! aas beard, nor gcs.uTe ia1icIt:Ye Of
ege;8si.y seen; all vas respectful silence
The rccy.!e we're ordered 70 cast down tlvIg
Is es as passed, and as vas too high even 20
hc looked u: bu. this order vas ouly partially
obeyod, for the dear daughters Of Eve would
haro = peep regardless Of consequences. The
authorities Of the towns and Villages met me
on tE5.- bu.aiaFies, aod saluted me by kneel-
! ing ard knocking Lead;' they then led the
way through ,hcir little jurisdictions, aul to9&
! leave i.y similar pros,rali0ns.
! 'fa yoH, who kacg me 50 we'll, l trust l
Gecd na. say that these ccgenonics and slagish
obserYances but Ill agreed with my simple Eab-
/ it's, and ttai they were utterly repugnaut to my
sincere republican principles. Bat what could
| | do? kncw that the ulima!e success Of
the real object of my mission to Icdo did, ia
fact very much depend Oh tie state and eere-
no0y wh;ch wss observed on my journey, AID
.gh;sh would attend my eutry into Yedo. Such
being my feelings and opinions, did rot, Ca
the one hand, demand any OF these honors, nor,
/ CT the other, refuse them when offered % me.
son Non lay, ,ho 30th Of November, / maao
my entry into Iedo. Ny followers pu. ou
their carmissmos, or dresses OF ceremony de-
corated with any quantity OF eagles
u should not haze known when passed the
iiue which separates Sjnaga3a FROM Ic9g A.I
not tie post been pointed out to mc, as tue
houses form continuous street. for some miles
before you reach The actual boundary CT the
city. Prom tic gate by which | ea'erc! Tie
city 10 iny quarters was about soyea m'les--
The streets Of Ycdo are divided into sections
of 90 yards By gates and palisades Of strong
timber This enables the police TO isolate any
petite. cf :he city, Of any G2a raa~;cE ,'.-9'
it, and thus pIeveu, tA3 assembling ot erowds
or n.3ts. When we approached gate it was
opened, and as soon rs the reas had passed
through it was closed. The gates Of all tho
cross streets were also kept closed. | could
see immense crowds beyond those gates, but
the people on oar actua! line Of march were
those only that occupied the buildings OIL the
route Notwithstanding all this, the number
that assembled was psodigious. Tie centre Of
the way was kept clear, and the crowd kept
back by ropes stretched along each side OF the
street. The assemblags was composed Of men,
women, aud children of al! raEks and condi-
tious-tbe women being the larger number
1 | estimated the two lines of people that extend
cd along the way, from my entrance into the
city to the place provided for MY residence,
to have been full 10000. YET IN all this
vast eoncourse l did not hear word, except
the cons'an, cry Of the Harbingers, Safu,
hsafai
lyon may think ii impossible that silence
could have been maintained among SO large 4
number of women, but assure it WAS SO.
aThe house provided for me was situated iu
the fourth circle of the castle, or srs.ocratic
portion of the city, aud large enough to ac-