Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-21
Railg S)iraiuiau.
Official Reception OF tho Japanese.

Japanese Embassy by the President aud officers
of State, on Thursday last. We find in the Ma.
tionai hteltiytacer OF Friday, the subioinod very
full and accurate account of tho interesting core
monies which will doubtless DO perused with
pleasure by all our readers.
The interest excited by the arrival and move.
ments Of tho Japanese Embassy rose to climax
yesterday morning in anticipation NJ the grand
ceremonial OF their presentation TO the President
OF tho United States Mt the Executive Mansion.
Much excitement prevailed through tho city NIL
the morning. from n hope of having mt least n
passing view OF these distinguished visitors Tho
curiosity To teLold men from u region distant.
~ long shut cut from the rest of the world, and
now .dr the first time. oiony admitting tho visits
ot nther natione, but themselves undertaking II
long md htiguing voyage to visit strangers in
the uttermusl end of the ear'h. is certainly n
natural aud most par lopable feeling II not indeed
worthy OF epmmendatloh and thr fullest inlu
grnee
There is something Gathering to our national
pride III the fact that this country should DO tho
first 10 receive the distinction Of an Embassy
from this ancient aud almost unknown people
and that Republican Goye,nment of tho lreest
form should have been selected lor such m hnnor
by IL nation barred in by the preudces of eentn
rcs against MI but the most despotc rule. -
What their habits have been Mt homo may lie
readily inferred ifom tic saetthat oven here,
Profound l. the sui lection Of tho lower iu the
higher order among them that the servants IN
Whiting never eater tho apartments Of the Am
bassador without laying their forehead on tho door.
sill aud. in like manner, when the high d gn-
taros, who had paia their duty to tho President,
returned IRON the East Room. their entire suite
lwhn had been left IN waiting outside the aoor)te
instantly upon their knees, ind sgromancd while
their Princes passed by.
For an hour or ranro before tho time indicated for
the passage Of the procession from the quarters ii
the Embassy nj lmr1s' Hotel to the Presidents
lluu-o most al tie elevated positions between
those points were occupied bv great numbers of
persons OF both sexes. posted 10 witness the pro.
ceseion At The gates of the latter IA mass of
people had collected, wishnlly observant of the
more favored i'w-ly comparison-who nd
m'tled by the police through the sole portal kent
uIen for pedestrians. But the great centre of nj
traction on Fourteenth street, that is to say at
he eastern doorway of Willards. by which tie Em
hass} to pa@s out 10 take their places in tho
rrot rssion. The t,ted States Marines, Ordnance
Guards, and Marine Band were drawn np in the
mid l,c Of Faurteeuth street in waiting to form mn
csrurt To lhn Embassy.
True Re the time they had appointed the japan
csc officials commenced leaving their hotel ut
hai,-r eleven o'clock IA d q soon ~ they were
scaiol In the carriages drawn up to convey them
the procession moved forward down fourteenth
street n ing PENNSYLVANIA avenue, by fifteenth
street to the Presidents House. Tho Marine
Band preceded. followed by the Ordnance men, the
United States Marine. forming line on each
side Il the carriages which each bore an officer oC
tho Embassy in tuli ceremonial costume. Between
every two carriages from 10 4 Japanese gnaI1
armed with swords, not drawn marched on foot
one Of the carving nlJft small ensign in ia.
pnntsc fashion on pae oil ahout twelve feet high
Of these ensisns there eight. two VI three VI
them formed ia the efno,al shape ON Maltese
one similar Ia tho ffwcr known as princes fea'h.
er, and others Of design which we find it diff.
Gull to describe.
The officer occupying the fret carriage in the
procession was nrfnyed in II loose sla,rr,lofel
gown Of State, Of general lofm like the pulpit
gown OF the Episcopal clergy. with huge sleeves
slily extending, right and left. tho texture hnsing
broeade like appearance. but with the figuring
quite minute. The lower dress consisted Of u
pair Of truwsers very wide and full and If nearly
the same material. On the crown Of the head
immediately over the tonsure, extending from the
forehead 10 the crown, was worn ornament.
shaped like band vi three or four inches wide
and eighteen in3hc. long bent in the middle, aud
the ends tied. but not close together. Nearly NIL
the Amhassndors wore this Distinction but in
some The bend stood forward, in others backwards
After the oiHtiafin the slaie-colorci dress came
one in rich green brocade with larger figure
next nnc in Light green thea ono in ycog next
dark slate, and another in yellow or orange
third in green, and two riding with Mr. portman,
the Interpreter, both arrnyed III blue. Ono little
official in shirt richly embroidered with pink and
gold attracted considerable attention.
On arriving at the doorway of the Executive
Mansion the Japanese guards took the advance
and and dis tribu,ed themselves in double line
between whichthe Ambassadors and superior OIL
passed into the interior OF the building Here
they remained about ten minutes until the cen
trail folding doars of the great east room were
n xrhan tla Driantal utr r
themselves in the presence Of several hundreds of
American ladies' and gentlemen, tho Inter COM
prising the President and his Cabinet officers,
Senators, Members of the House of Representa-
tivcs, and Officers of tie Army and Navy in full
dress and unusual numbers.
The hour fixed for the reception OF the Em5as-
sy by the Pr sident was twelve o'clock but, long
before that time, the vast spaces of the East
Room Of the Presidential Mansion began TO be
filled with expectant visitors, at first dropping IN
sparsey and in groups only, but at length PRESS
ing in 5, lid columns, and accommodating to
such an extent that all approach to where the GER
emony was TO take plarc became difficult. and at
length imposs'blr. 1t had been arranged that the
reception to be exclusively official, and Of
course CONSIDERS" were deferred from attem ut.
ing to gain the cenTee; but he who grayely ex-
poets to deter American ladies' from pushing
where they are determined 10 go must have had
small expenonce and reckons without his host
In they poured, leaning on the arms OF husbands,
or following the adyentnraus lend of bold young
officers glittering Rilh steel and gold, until the
hum and chatter Of their bird-like voices would
lead one to believe that it was an ordinary levee
instead Of the solemn coageeing OF one mighty
Empire to another from opposite ends OF the
earth. ~.
The officers Of The army and navy entered about
eleven, their commanding figures and free and
courteous hearing eliciting universal admiration
They were in high feather, aud. from the almost
gigantic proportions Of the General in Chief to
the senderest of their athletic forms, they inn