The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-20

II they had, they certainly would have given better
vounr nearly white. with keen black ewes and pretty
brown hair, and more willing and acquainted with their
part OF the play than the others.
After spending about an hour in that close en We under
the escort Of the officers and lantern carriers returned TO
our lodgings followed by the same large crowd almost
worn out With fatir le Al midnirh lust as we had ali
got bed the building all in 1t commenced to trem
Bile and distant rumbing was heard Il lasted nineteen
and can be set down az pretty severe shock Of
an EARTHQUAKE am confident that none of the inmates
fsayc the Japanese servants would ever finch at the
sound cannon but do know that three of the
party pretty rapidly left their beds and ran out of the
house fearing that their end Of life had arrived.
On the 9th, orders were given by Captain N for the
party to return TO the ship by eleven o'clock
next day. Accordingly the Governor had the
streets cleared in front OF the avenue or court leading TO
the temple and ropes stretched across the street to keep
The crowd back The palanquin was then brought into
the court the party took their leave of Mr. Harris and
being seated in the alanqun, escorted by officials and
followed by thousands left and proceeded to the landing
at the Arriving there found the bridge and all
the surrounding buildings and boats crowded with people
city the greater the excitement became and the masses
nocked the city from all directions eager the
first American party that had been allowed to have the
freedom Of the city Of Jeddo
When left the landing the multitude gave three tre
mendous yels or cheers, which one of our boatrnen
gave us TO understand was three cheers for the
Americans As left the mouth Of the river and just
entered the open sea- some Japanese fired salute OF
thirty guns with Japanese muskets and when we gave
last look to the beautiful shore OF the city OF Jeddo,
with her handsome sea walls and lovely green banks the
crowd was Still standing there watching US, until the dis
lance became SO great tat We cOuu no longer see eacn
other. r. ias5a 4
should say that the residence OF Mr. Allcock the Eng
sh Consul General is four miles from Mr. HIS Il is IN that
part of Jeddo called Snnagawa consequently Mr. Harris
is the only foreigner that up to this time, Is now residing
IN the cry OF Jeddo The High Governor ana other nigh
officials have sgned their intention through the Leuten.
Governor, Of calling officially in few days to tender
10 nm the congratulations OF the emperor Tor
his safe arrival in the city OF Jeddo The Lieutenant CO.
vernon mad called twice az the temple 10 see Mr. Harris
respecting the currency, concerning which there has al
ready been great deal OF difficulty ana ABOUT which
there is sr room left to fear that some may
IT, mistake not the treaty we have made with this 60
vernment states plainly that we shall weigh gold AMI s,
coins against each other. At Smoda we did
So and as have already stated in this respecting the
difficulty we have had at Kanagawa, after getting
shore, and wishing to make some little purchases,
Captain Nicholson requested the Lieutenant Governor to
have few hundred dollars in zebos sent to the temple.
Lo when the request was made he was informed that our
Mexican dollars would not be weighed, and that all they
would allow for them would be itzebo-that is,
thirty three cents. To this imposition Captain Nicholson
GERS around TO distinctly understand that as the
the captain of the American frgate then lying the
stead of Jeddo, he would any such deva
ton from the article on that subject as is laid down in
the treaty, and that for all the articles required for
the use and comfort of his ship and ships company
he should cause them TO be paid at the rate of three tze
hos to the Mexican dollar AS Mr. Harris had not at that
time been recognized or regularly his official
duties 6e as matter Of delcacy conld NOT interfere in
the matter although he feels confident that the snuated
terms Of the treaty in the case will eventually be adhered
10 by the Japanese government
certainly verv civil and polite on tho mart of the
Fmneror "a order hoas he furnished for the
use Of Mr. Harris and ali others who had the good fortune
to go on shore Certainly when the Japanese
nn, @ hs and IN year our nm
and his suite CONVEYANCE to The great captaI free Of
charoo = e f Ae y
One incident connoc,ed with o,r fret vs, m ehoro
mnst not foroe Three servants ,ha oartu
on shore amongst them was Theodore Hnrband canains
bnar srnt T5omas Seaman m"n Totnant S,ah,
ser,yant both or Ne,~ ynri. ad $1,000 @ ~ 49,, %
% uU'n New ana SoTred mem .ne laer very
foot ON shore in that civ conred nc ,ha % tb
Received every attention rom The n.n ,us
ma M insnIt p,as naaroa 20 ,hon No pn-sv,
the o,her band 9hov annoorod ~ ,.. nu' ~. ~
mos. attention for Tho reoson hat ,hau had na,ar s
hoc, man Retire. and no Imrhamd ngd S Sa d
thro,eh tho stree,s nj, oyes were ,rd % ,ho Asso d
ali on1n.rod ~ ho Iost IN ,ordornnt @ =, ~. S ~
,he bnman family b bs heonaed as "na' css
omr shn ;s NOW ;a,y ~ ach s ,o ho,o sound
ipcs that ,s as far as sonnd;nrs ara rSd . 9 @
chart The United states steam Sr;oa,a Mss;sS ~ Guy
VIM N;choson is tho fret I1ned S,,os sh; y, Sp,
~ ohor as h ,e nra. snip o. war or
roadsfead and the first that over Sred an Ara,c
lutte within sight Of the imnerial palace Of annn Those
seventeen guns which were fired ON tho occaSion or Ne
Harris leaving the shin made werv heavy renort %
almost inclined TO think gunner Rrmia oavc hem an
ira charge with the Intention of letting his MAJESTY he
how Yankee powder and thunder sonnd can aSso @
that tho Marty thai has haen =, ;;, th h S
pretty proud for one to be able to state that he has
and silent two nights in Jeddo sounds nrorv Iar,a WS
TO God that the amencd Perry were alive thai b h,
see the grand results Of his expedition to this
Earthouakes occur every week ar ca in eddo ~, Tho
population have become SO TO them that thew
nav hui little attention N them nn,ess one Ia @ y
destroy one or two hundred houses and thirty or forty
thousand lives as was the case some five or six wears
ago
That portion of the city in which is the palace s in the
northeast part direction and by some is termed the
imperial city, and in circumference is said TO measure
and half miles and it divided into four classes
for instance the first class or imperial district is that in
which the Ty-koOn, or spiritual Emperor with hs
family resides the is where the Minister OF State
and the hereditary members OF the royal family re-
side in the next reside all the high officers OF
10 tha IF
all the other government officers and within that
no outsider enter not the favorte Japanese
unless he has permission to do. When Mr. Harris
made his first visit to this city he resided in the fourth dis
trct and in the same quarters which have aimee haen
occupied by Lord Egn. Within these districts live over
one million of people, all way or other connected
with the ruling power Of this vast empire or country
The nearest we could get to the palace three and
half miles Our view Of was from an elevated part Of
the city The buildings as we could distinctly see were
very numerous and large and as have before stated
without paint, surrounded by trees, &C.. &c We could