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Il I,.,,-- -,er-. Nagasaki, Japan, Oct. !, 1858.
I = Iwrote you (No. 14) from Shanghae, its
| latest date being the Sd ult. On the morning
Of the 4th the English mail steamer sailed
ard the same evening brought in the United
States Steamship Minnesota, direct from this
place. Her officers complained greatly of the
length Of, her passage, attributing it mainly to
the Ineffective state Of her engines. -, IL j.;
\ 70 Fortunately she returns home in -Noxem-
}, ber, when she will be released from, this
special service, - before, it is hoped, her
machinery shall not have been seriously in
tjured. .U..i.5.. - - ~ ~ - d. - 70
l. After the signing of our last treaty (29th
of July ult. y it was sent by the Tai -Koon, or
Imperial Emperor of Jeddo, to the Mikado, or
Spiritual Emperor Of Miaco for his approval
/ The latter however, whoo it is saidfto' be a
young man of eighteen, aware of his rights
and powers, and determined to enforce them,
refused his approval upon the ground that he
should have been consulted previous to the
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from the tilnid policy of his more immediate
predecessors, initiated that of the ''old regime
and notified his 'great ruler" (or Tai
Kreon, } that in obedience to the laws of Jap
an, the time had come for him to commit "Ha-
rikari." The Great Ruler therefore stabbed
himself to the bowels, receiving at the same
moment severe blow on the back of the
neck from a friend and relative, which, dislo
eating the vertebra, produced instant death.
This bold stand on the part of Mikado, who
has been treated as master, has startled the
Japanese, and caused them to expect some
Agreat changes What these changes are to be,
however, they do not say. ~. !.....-. T,
The above is the news by one post. Anoth-
er says that the Emperor was poisoned, and
that three Of the great princes composing in
the Senate of twenty soho actually govern Jap
an, had been disgraced for the part they had
taken in the treaty while a third arrival va
ries the news by stating that the Tai-Keon has
simply been deprived of his Office for time,
and that he will return to power after few
years. The three princes, it was further stat
ed, had been dismissed from Office by the Tai
Koon previous to his own removal, in the
hope that the Mikado would consider that a
sufficient separation, and consent to stop far
| ther proceedings. This latter was accepted
| by us as the most natural and consequently
more hkelyto be trne, than any other; but
yesterday all doubt was removed by the
| publication of the following Government ord
| err:
The Tai-Kood is dead All the people
will therefore commence the national MOURN
ing on the 4th Of October, and to continue
| through the following fifty days. AS usual,
none but necessary work will then be allow
ed."' -. - ..-. ..i - p.
Thus, it is certain that the Emperor is dead,
| though whether by Harikari or poison is not
known. tits, however, equally certain that
| it has not resulted from natural causes, and
our Dutch friends say that Harikari is the
most probable. -s.-a--.-sa .-. .s.--a- -i
Oct-On the I'd inst, the Flag Officer was
| officially notified of the death of the Emperor
| by the Governor of Nagasaki We were in
formed with all the gravity in the world, that
he had been sick for six months with pleuri-
| sy, and that he had finally succumbed on the
18th of September. l subsequently said to
the interpreter. You once told me that it
required forty days to get news from Yed-
do, and now, when it is only eighteen days
since the Emperors death, you know all about
it. do not know what to believe when
talk to these Japanese" ..-.... D..
"Oh!' he replied, ooh when the Emper-
or dies the post comes very fast-in seven
days, sometimes" "
Well. now, want toknow how he died?''
l said naturally.
How He died of bad cold. 1 have
speak Commodore" s,TG l5t.... ..-
Yes you know that is the outside ac-
count. What want is the inside account.
No; this is not outside. Outside, inside
all the same now' s..a.r :,
Perhaps he has committed Hari- Kari
In fact know he has"
40 no. he laughed with evident amuse-
ment "That's not so. That cannot be-
Never Emperor or great Prince make Hari-
kari-ony Governors and small Princes"
Thus place the assertion of the interpre-
tor against the belief of the Dutch-myself
inclining toward the latter. The Interpreter,
however, was Yashero," remarkably tai
ented man.
The day after, being officially informed of
the imperial death, the Flag Officer sent his
Flag Lieutenant to the Governor, to say to
him that he wished to honor his masters
memory, by firing twenty-one minute guns,
just as we should forour President, or the head
of their ports. The Governor expressed him
self highly flattered by the attention, but re-
piled that as it was customary in Japan to
mourn in silence, unless the admiral was anx-
ious to fire 1.-THE begged he would not. Sowe
saved our powder.
Oct. 6M.-Yesterday, another "post" ar
rived from Yeddo, protesting to bring the true
account of the Imperial death. 1t is now said
to have been owing to anasarca.
The Minnesota, with Mr.. Reed and suite,
leave tomorrow at daylight for Shanghae 8
she will leave for home before the end Of the
year, and is ordered to proceed to Boston
We are expecting the hourly arrival of the
Mississippi, from Hakodadi, and shall leave in
company for Hong Kong, via Shanghae, about
the 25th.
*These officials cannot understand the title of
"'Flag Officer" and therefore use either ''Admi-
ral'' or Commodore" .Er ... . 81.
tSats' ma no -kaml, the most powerful Prince of