Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-06-18
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Fridays New York San has the following;
At the Metropolitan Hotel, the proprietors
have spared neither pains nor expense to lit
up their establishment in proper style for the
reception Of their distinguished visitors.
The first floor of the hotel, room No. /, has
been set apart as the dining-room of the six
teen officers next in class to the ambassadors.
1t is handsomely frescoed in pale pink and
blue, 80 as to represent panel work; and in
each of the panels are Japanese figures very
finely executed, the work of DR.. Lamano.
The figures are, a Japanese priest in his
robes; an officer of the second-class, bearing
one sword; doctor in sitting posture; a
high officer with two swords; three Japanese
ladies, and one child. Between the windows,
looking out into the court or garden of the
house, are two banners inscribed with the
words in Japanese characters, "America and
tory and Commerce" ..
About the chandelier, in the center of the
ceiling, is emblazoned the heraldic emblem
Of the Tycoon-tbree suns Joined together
At the corner of the fresco work. on the cell
ing, are the coat-of-arms of the four princes.
or chief ambassadors, and between them, in
Japanese characters, the names of the four
seasons. The furniture of this, as well as all
the other rooms, is new, and provided with
q special desire for the qualification of the
visitors Opposite to the officers dining
roomj Is the dining-room of the naval and
other American officers accompanying the
Embassy, and all the other rooms ON this
foor fronting on Broadway, will be devoted
to the use of the Japanese as parlors and re-
ceptiou-rooms. ..a ,
On the second floor are the sleeping and
retiring rooms Of the Embassy. The suite of
apartments on the corner of Broadway and
Prince-street, has been magnifcently fitted
up as the Princes dining-room, and the
tour suites next to 1t, fronting on Broadway,
as their private apartments. In these apart
ments every thing has been done, which it
was deemed would increase the comfort of
the guests, or add to the magnifcence of the
display. To the right of the stairway and
beyond the apartments of the Princes, are
the suites Of rooms designed for the use OF
the sixteen officers of the second class, all
decorated and furnished in splendid style,
and on the Crosby and Prince-street sides OF
the building, the fifty-two attendants, off,
GERS servants are to be accommodated The
dining-room Of the attendantss is on the base
ment'or street floor, and is adorned with
japanese and American flags Japanese mot
toes, &C., in profusion.
AT eaeh'door, on the second floor, banner
is suspended, bearing the name of one of the
tue States Of the Union in English charac-
ters-the same in Japanese, and motto of
welcome also in Japanese, and at every door,
on both the first and second floors, is fastened
a card bearing the words, japanese En-
bassy," and a round red ball, the national
Japanese emblem, supposed TO represent the
sun. The long corridors are hung. with
Japanese pictures and drawings, representing
scenes in Japan, and on each side are
wreathed in massy folds the flags of Japan
and America. Atevery turning and every
arch are suspended smaller flags crossing the
corridors, mingling together the stars and
stripes of America and the sun of Japan.
The stairways are ornamented with bronze
statues Of warriors In armof, bearing as tro-
phies the flags of America and Japan, with
here and. there notices of welcome in Jap
anese characters. The grand display of all
will be, however, on Saturday night, when
the whole front of the hotel, on Broadway
and Crosby-street, will be illuminated by two
thousand colored Venetian lanterns, and over
the grand entrance the word "Welcome" will
blaze forth in gigantic letters of light. Two
pianos, said to be the finest in America, have
been placed in the ambassadors rooms, and
two of the best artists have been engaged to
perform on them during their stay.