The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-22
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The japanese Komcward Round.
By way of England, intelligence has been
received from the steam -frigate Niagara, with
the japanese Embassy on board. The Niagara
stopped ut Cape de Verde to coal, on the I7th
July. A correspondent of the New York
Times gives an interesting report of every
thing which has occurred during the voyage
OF the irigate thus far. The japanese seem to
have been highly delighted with their recep.
tion in America, aud predict from it the most
important results to their own country We
extract a few paragraphs:
The japanese cabin takes in ninety feet of
the after part of the spar deck, and was
erected, am informed including The fittings
at the moderate cost of $4,000! The after
part is devoted to the Ambassadors, who soon
after taxing possession of 1t summarily kicked
an the elegant movable furniture OUT, and
then squatiing down on the soft velvet car
pets, resumed their normal positions. The
officers OF the mission have spacious state
cabins forward of their chiefs, while the me-
nials eiyouac in a sort of boxed baTracoon on
either side of a pair of Dahlgren's 1f-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,
burnt-boot colored, semi-nude companions
The Am bassadors while away the time in eat
ing seven or eight repasts day, putting small
whifs of tobacco, playing chess and caressing
their big toes-the last occupation afording
them apparently the greatest solaee and salts
faction.
Tateish Onoiero, or Tommy Punertero, as
he is commonly styled, is a very amusing
young yagabond, and goes hoppling and top
pling about the decks wherever he can find
guZzling or edible matter to consume. He
takes q lesson daily with the chaplain, whom
that profane small Pagan calls the Joss
Pidgeon," after the heathenish term applied
TO hi nvrrn y Ia nfynIl nor htNHnT hEn
not studying or guZZling, ha writes soul
touching loye-letters to his sweethearts in
America-lying in the most polished manner
| to each of them, and signing himself "I our
lovely Tommy"
These japanese people are great scrbes, and,
with the exception of the chief of the En-
bassy, they are almost constantly writing
| They are very earnest observers, too-notice
all things on board are much interested in
the progress of the ship from day to day, ar d
| always enter the latitude and longitude,
| course, distance, &c &c, in their books: ask
her speed, under sail or under steam, as it may
| be, and when both these powers are employed,
| the guns, &C. seem to engross them much, and
when they find themselves observed in their
| inves legations, look up with n laugh and say
| "Bime-by japanese have big ship like this,
big gun, all n same so-like'' sc. Most of them
/ have little maps or charts, over which they
| often pour, tracing out the track, where ia
| pan, where America, &c.
| They have grown fond of our manner OF
| cooking, and desire that their food, with the
| exception of rice may be prepared like orr
| own. They often speak of the many enter
| tainInents, &c, given them in the cities they
| visited, particularly of those prepared for
| them in New York, of the numberless invita-
| tiOns they had to visit places of interest, and
| of the attentions generally bestowed upon
| them. They speak of showing us about in re-
| turn when we reach Geddo, but regret that
they have no carriages for us, and can only
| offer US horses bat these. they say, shall be
| the best in the country. They say that on their
| return TO Yeddo they will no doubt be objects
| of as much curiosity TO their countrymen as
they were st first to ourselves, iciU be fsed Gnd
| all that Sor, of th'ng, and that we Americans
| will be followed all the time by great crowd
| in the streets of their city.
The Princes have been on deck but twice
| since we left the States. They sit in their
| cabin with their higher officers of the I'm bas
sy, in a circle around a small copper stove ol
| furnace, which serves to keep their tea warm
| and supply them with live coal to light the
| tobacco and hold the ashes made in the small
| brass pipes they smoke; smoking is mattel
| of business with them. Much has been saiC
| in the different papers extolllng that one par
| ticular virtue of the japanese; but for my part
| | have seen but little of it, and the state o.
| their quarters does not speak very loudly il
| their behalf. 1t was necessary TO have a turn
| out Of all hands of them, once q week anC
| wash, scrub and cleanse their apartments tho
| roughly. Could any of the New York ladies
| who were so much carried away by them, So,
| the condition of that elegant carpet now, they
| would begin to have some misgivings as tt
| their habits.
The 'irrepressible Tommy sent by mail a let
ter to Mr.. Bennett, of the N. y. Herald, which
| is published in that paper as follows
| You do not know how happy we We're com,
to visit to united States and exceedingly pre-
sent time all over and so buitiful country eve
| rything very astonished as the rail road traiI
| the Capital, the Patent of1iCle-Smi tho mar
musium which has great NANCY curisohity
there the BaloonS-buitiful Steam boat-fiC,
engine-fire work-the theatre-bIg ball
Dance-music-verryf fine sordior procession
-march-Sprended uniform building ane
| pretty iadys Il <. l have cried when | lef
| New York, at thoughts of leaving, Captain
| Porter-S Lee ard Dupont. Dir Medicinal
| Mr.. Iceland and Mr.. Guido Methan anC
| great nancy other friend
| l expect return back again to 60 to schoo
| at anaplish to study English Il Navigation
| and then can see ali my fIeind again.
| Here the letter is signed in japanese
| TATEISH ONKJIERRO.