, 1860-05-18
32rtss 4 Gribu,te.
FRIDAY, NAY is, 1860: !,



~tAA NASEA1N<sToN LETTER.
80. ... -....
tc"F7rsPondense Ct PrtAs and Trlbuoe-l
wa1nsoros Nsy Il. lsdo., !
Tho excitement occasioued By the arrival Of
lhe Japanese Embassy to-day surpasscs all an
ticipatious. Washington has known no such
|ubilatio,, beforc for . long time The reccp'
ton given to thn d;stinCuished visitors has
been exceedingly Informal. pa1tak1ng more Of
tbs nature Of 4 nonu}ar ,han of m official de-
uaa it not been for the soldiers,
which are thrust upon ,hs public hero upon all
conceivable pccasions tl,e recentiou ceremonies
on the landipc Of. The steamer Philadelphia q:
slle Navy Yard would have been most appro.
pirate and beautiful xe1come:.~ Tho procession
which escorted the Embassy from, the NsSy
lard TO their ou.rter. at w;,lsrd's Hotel, Was
imu,euss; b]oclr lrnc ,,,, iii :, tFtthrce or four
carriages abreast for ,naur blocks. -Tha ina-
p1eision -proauce, ,,vxhe'. .Japapese uppnt ths
populaco is III tlc hicLeat degree favorable.
At first sight t,,e ';nftr;or;fr of their size snd
the plainneas Of their costume. almost invaria
bly occasions fcelinc Of d;.appoiptment but |
II closer observation en,5sts the interests Of the
bellolder. snd by decrces their faces, which nj |
tl,st seem. cx,t n II. sa.no pencric mould Us
the North American 1ndians. berin to assume |
The expression of ;nte1licrncc which betokens |
high degree Of civ;,;1a,;nn.
No sooncr had the pb;I.3e7nh;a landed at her
wharf, than the art;et NJ The Embassy, keen,
cultivated. .]oot;no xor,c :Iananesc. was upon
the deck, with a sketch .auok aud pencil, max
ing drawing Of the Nary Yard, the people,
the soldiers etc and It WAS rather amusing,
that while he was thus sketchins the Amcrr
cans. Frank Leslie.s artist. mounted upon q
boistinp.crane on the wharf. dozen feet from
The ua,;,e artist. waa sketchire him and his
fa1,ov 1.nnnese Thu foreipn artist, observing
thu co;nr;ae,c. ,auched Heartily, and "took
down" ,he American artist with scrupu!1'4s
accuracy. which professional ooinynent was
ra,nrnad WIN. m .t,r way to their
on.aer.. thu Janan.se officials. who were
in cahs n<.u ad coce.sntlx to the crowd, and
.f.o. ,>.,t,,aa f., ,hc,, to come mr. md shake
h.na. xn;cl, a. the nrocession several times
ho,,od ,,,s do,,a hv hna,e of thu nopulace. black
.,d ,.,;.a rba d.rt;es uara nnrticulatly de-.
lighted. mud from their seeming preponderance
of numbers in the throng, and their enthusiastic
demonstrations l could rot help thinking tha!
the Japaaese must be puzzled to know which
race was the most numerous among us. AS
they passed along Pennsylvania Avenue, they
saw their OWE national colors "a rcd globe upon
= white surface) waying from several Of the pr7n'
c;oal buildings, while the windows, balconies,
and house.tops were lined with Indies, who
waved their handkerchiefs to the wonderful
guests, which demonstrations seemed to please
this latter immensely, as they testified oy amll'
inE. boHlnB and Ee6tuFihG "1sh 1ue9t uaao7
In word, Washington is intensely tlcklcd WILL
her visitors. and her visitors arc 'n!ense'1
.ickled with her, The great demand oi 1n'
ace,' SO far as Washington is concerned Il
aocruy, no matter in what shape, manner, OF o'
rrction, il Gomez; aud3or once this deh1ana
fully met 4 dissolution OF the Union would
voted bore, for we have hsd it so often that
has got to be stale; but there-is nothing abou
the Japanese that is not new. They hare thel
own way Of doing everything eating and
sleeping, Of dressing aud Of worshipping, c
smoking. of cooking. and Of saluting. The
must BE- oppressed With the all-perEading Ya,
kce curiosity. Members of Congress, with the
ladios. thropced tue halls of Wiard's Hotel Il
dr. alike earcr to sea how tie diguita1ies col
Quoted themselves in their rooms and how the
servant. cooked their dinners. They hare