Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-23

Lack ofCleanIfness aud Opinion Of Amer |
ica--JRpnnesel Tommy Once More.
The New York Times contains several |
letters from It's correspond dents on the Niagara |
which, 1t will be remembered, is on its way
to Japan with the Embassy. From these
letters we extract; WI ii ts iig n
q THE JAPANESE NoDE or PASSING THE TfMH.
The Japanese cabin takes in ninety feet of
erected, ! am informed, including the fittings,
at the moderate cost of $40, 000l The after
part Is devoted to the ambassadors, who
soon after taking possession of it summarily
Kicked all the elegant movable furniture out
and then squatting down on the soft velvet
carpets, resumed their normal positions.
The officers of the mission have spacious
state-cabins forward of their chiefs, while
the menials ,biyouac in a sort of boxed bar
racoon on either side Of pair Of Dahlgren's
eleven inch cannon, which, painted as white
as milk, with their enormous mouths up in
the air, seem lost in wonder or admiration
at their pigmy, burned-boot colored, semi
nude companions. The ambassadors while
away the time in eating seven or eight
.repasts day,puffing small whifis of tobacco,
playing chess and ceressing their big toes
the last occupation afording them apparently
the e1eatest eolace and satisfaction.l Il
In the evening they mount to the upper
deck in their fimsy pan.jammers, which
raiment when agitated by the wind offers to
the amateur anatomist every opportunity of
studying the proportions Of the japanese
systems. The hawk-nosedr one however,
wears a sort ofsplit trowsers, tied to him by
a large bow-knot at his back; as does like
wise the long toothed dignitary, but the
bow-legged Governor and the parrot-toed
Censor content themselves with less Oxpen-
sive materials. When the crew are sum.
moned to evening prayers the ambassadors
regard the proceedings with extreme atten-,
ton. At first when our excellent Chaplain
began, and as he would throw his head back
in addressing tile Supreme Being, the
Japanese would follow the eye of the speaker
and peer intently at the main-top or the
mizzen-stay in the most inquiring WONDER,
and then turn one to the other, bcb their
shaved crowns and inverted pigtails, as much
as to say the matter was entirely beyond
their comprehension.
THEIR PoLITENEss AND LACK OF CLEANLINESS.
If, perchance, one of the lower herd of
their own attendants happens to cross the
path of. their lords, he Instantly claps both
hands on his abdomen, doubles himself up
forward till his pigtail nearly touches his
toes, as If lie had supped heartily on UNDER
ripe ounces and was caught with a violent
cramp in the stomach though in reality the
ness and good breeding. They are, indeed,
q very polished people in theirpeculiariway,
and at the same time extremely selfish, never
Pefraining from asking and taking all they
want, and not unfreqIently much more than
they want; but yet they are the Nations
guests, and it behooyes us TO smile upon
them and put up with their exactions. Nor
] are they the scrupulously neat and cleanly
people we had supposed they were; for al
| Though cnmr,tnfii0uo Iafhin o-rnnpo hau
been provided for them, yet doubt if man
of them has SO much as wet his fingers since
coming on board. l must except, however,
the hawk-nosed ambassador, who takes
what an old Quarter,master told me the
other day was "spirt bath" every morn
ing. The process is simply this The chief
bather sits down before his lord, with large
teapot Of warm water before him. After a
decorous interval he fills his capacious mouth
with the liquid, and then purls it in spirit
ing stream over the tawny skin of the EN-
bassador. The operation lasts about an hour.
ToMMYs OCCUPATION ON BOARD.
Tateish 0nojero OF Tommy Punertero, as
he is commonly styled, is a very amusing
young vagabond, and goes hopphng and
toppling about the decks wherever he can
find guzzling or edible matter to consume
He takes lesson daily with the chaplain
whom that profane small Pagan calls the
joss Pidgeon,n after the heathenish tern
applied to his own idolatrous worshipers
When not studying or guzzling he writes
soul-touching love-letters to his sweetheart
in America-lying inthe most polished man
ner to all of them, and signing himself You
lovely Tommy" ~
ToMMY's FEARFUL FAREWELL OF AMERICA.
''Tommy," when we were passing Fort
Hamilton, was lying about in the usual re-
laxed state attributed to his general disposi-
tion, but still on that occasion, and for many
days afterward, did notseem the merry spiri
so often talked of and written about, anG
all through the first watch, and when after
ward happened on deck late in the "mid,
. i found him lying aft on the deck, looking
wistfully astern along the white track, as |
he were leaving the dearest OF native homes
all sorts of ties, and not receding from {
strange land, upon which he had but for 81
short time tarried. l was surprised to fine
him still there, and remarked TO him yol
had better 60 below and turn I'M" he sprung
up quicker than / expected, and said witt
his ,peculiar accent, Yeas l go"--turnet
towards the upper deck ladder, but turning
back and approaching me, again he said, IL
voice thought very close aboard of tears
\ 81 see now there. therei--way of, way off
! in my eyesf fancied in what direction tn
boy 5 Imagination was stearing, but said t.
him, why, what do you see way, way oi
there, Tommy2" He replied, 'pmerica-
'merica peopie-good-n r1-then adding
soto voee, something which, from the fac
of Japanese having never been branch 0
education in the schools | ,wentto,)I coul'
not understand, he stood while longer
, pulled his only garment about his exposes
legs, and stalked away.
MYSTERIOUS PERSON.
: Another. individual of this interestin
Embassy has, however, caused more alarm
than amusement. II is a soft, roun
person, with rather pretty, beardless face
; and black glossy hair. It Is attired in sol
!, of blue blotting-paper gown, and from som
outward indications we began to believe
was lady in disguise. After time he
, situation became apparently SO very intel
! esting, and knowing that among all th
, Purser's slop clothing no baby linen WI
8 supplied, we thought It advisable to consn
the surgeon. That gentleman being prat
! titioner of much obstetric experience, and
! close observer, made some few casual ol
! servations, and assured us that there WI
4 nothing in it-that it was simple case
adipose, and that we might set our minds I
!. rest ti..,. t5-5lse. u Ito M, .a.., X,
m THEIR F0NDNEss FOR WRITING.
I These Japanese people are great scribe
4 and, with the. exception of the chief Of u
Embassy, they are almost constantly wri
! ing. They are very earnest Observers, TO
= notice all things on board, are much int
!. / eeted in the progress of the ship from day
" IL laka IA