Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-11-01
Tur Iu1 rptop or JAplN-Tha Ga

teller from Mine, A'DfcCul, the
wife of a physician, who visited
Jeddo last wih,cf, and ,eturned
from JeGdo 10 llakodsdid by land
She says that tuey found g,eat di-
ficul, yin getting PERMISSION to make
the journey, aud that / was dis
counteuanced by the rep,esentali ca
OF Diner lore I'll M ,ons. ne Ameri-
can copsnl speaking particularly
sgsins, Il. Thcy provided them
selves with ne I, 10 bamboo cages
which I g Japanese used for palan-
quins. aud which ate 81 small hat
one ca mot have sea, n hem, but
must s { on rs 'ee,. There were
five o, lie party, auD hey were es-
cot,ed by seven Japanese function
aries, each one also in his little
care. These pslsnqpins are sus
pended 10 pole, which is carried
by two bearers. one before and one
behind. Spare bearers ran along
by he side of the palanquins fot
relays, some palsnqnips having "a
many az ten in ~. Besides, a
large numb ROT pol accompanied
them on either side of their line of
palanqoIns. A body Of police in
front, forming vanguard, oontipp-
ally shouted, in melancholy and
measured luue. "Sarsy," "Ssray,"
("si, down" "st down. aud all
the people whom they met sat down
in lie streets along tie Dads, sumo
times in Tie mud, and while II was
raining. Only in places inhabited
by princes of che crown were the
Japanese people allowed 10 keep
their irVwsers clean.
In the cities theie was often z eat
confusion Tie people pressed
about the pslanquin, trying to open
the doors on botn sides, but The
policemen, armed with long slaves,
pushed them back, sometimes draw
ing out from ticit sleeves a short
club, OF which the people seemed TO
be greatly afraid Nine. Albercht
was told hat whoever was touch
ed 10y this club was considered to
be under arrest. The whole train
was more than half mile long A
messenger travelled before them,
and at every station They found
very comfortable room. hung with
magniticent painted papers. There
was but ono Inconvenience; IL was
very. cold. These rooms were warm
ed with portable stoves nj evening,
but the fires did not last long -
TIE road was very good the first
half of the way it was planted with
large trees on either side. forming
n complete arch overhead, aud be-
yond the trees she saw nothing bot
rice fields. Tue latter part f the
way was mountains, and hey had
much Inconvenience from an " and
rain. Here they were scarcely ever
out OF hearing Of waterfalls, and
they had frequently TO cross rivers
on rcrry-boats. The recepticn with
which they mel in ove,y town was
very tedious. The Governo' first
came out in uniform and saluted
every palauquin; police were post
cd on both sides Of the 81 ee;, with
their japauned clubs. and behind
them were the oi, .ycd frpclionaries.
This winged appearance is due 10
a particular gauze ovci-drcss which
they wear. Bcuind them we scr.
wants, holding up on 'apccs some
hing resembling horses' tails. The
same ceremonies met them every.
where; sometimes varied with an
army with bows aud arrows, and
at other cities were hedges Of soldi-
ers with gun in one hand and a
match in tho other. Tho journey
occupied TWEEN y-two days, aud they
travelled from fifteen to twenty-five
miles per day.
Loss or uE STEAMER DrylE.-
From one of he pilots we learn that
on the ooh instant, at 10 o'clock, A.
NJ, the Red river packet Dixie, Cap
tain Buckley, from Shreveport bound
to Alexandria, wi, $40 bales of co..
tor and 1OOO h;doa cona;oned IN mr.