Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-14
The Embassy at san Francisco


Inc san Francisco correspondent of the New
York Times says of the Embassy while in that
city:
The Embassador-in-cbiefS imme. Prince of tho
province OF BuJen, Is at home but little above in
rank the next two on the list These three are of
the rank of Governor, and II they should ever oct
as lar as New York, Capt Rynders should salute
them with his II guns. lie is woodworking.
lntelIlgent man, some feet inches in hig bt
ana wore, yesterday, richly -em br oidered robe
Of silk. When his servants approach him thew
PROSTATE themselves; then rising slowly, with
bowed heads, present their request AS dslicate
compliment to their hosts on board shin he makes
1t practice TO invite any person Of the least rank
on coming into his presence, to take a se.t,'}
albeit the seat most natural would be the floor.
The second ambassador is said to belong to the
Conservative Party at home, il being the custom
to balance the Radicalism of the favorite nv a
man who sails on the opposite tack. He is The
Prince OF the Province Of AWage. The third in
order is Ogure, Prince of Bungo THE Censor y
At the Sandwich Islands the Government organ
offended him by literally translating his title as
Ihe Spy" lie is the Secretary, the reporter of
proceedings for the Emperor; and to his royal
master he sent home full report, from Honolulu,
OF all that happened down 70 the day of sailing
IL is gratifying to see how high In rank .sO1r
Own Correspondent" stands In the islands of lac
quered ware and fancy furniture The fourth ia
Morlto Okataro, Treasurer Of the concern O ne of
the Emperor's counsellors-
All whose names are of sufficient consequence
10 ENJOY the dignity Of print above dress more or
less magnihcently, with shaven crowns and hair
gistening with pomatum, gathered aud ted over
the region Of PhloProgenitiveness, and the re-
maindeT creased and rolled into one round sum
like a balance, and laid fore and aft over the
crown, tip foremost with sandals mo shoes
fastened by chord between the toes ana around
the ankles
The rank and hle, the servants of high and low
d4gree, looked marvelously, to the naked eve Ii Ike
our Chinese-dressed In all free and easy styles
but all except the barefoOted, wearing sandals;
ana an, DSt tnose whose heads were clean shaved !,
they were In the gallery, frying thin slices of DC
tatoes and parsnips in the cabins sduatti ng on
the door, having their hair combed, lying along
side OF portable furnaces, drinking tea as fast as
the kettle boiled, smoking little pipes of tobacco
three or four whifs exhausting a pine reading
DOCKS In their own language, whose pictures so
lar as examined Were as grossly vulgar as the
hunks, or walking up and down lazily with bow
and word OF courtesy for any man who noticed
them.
On Monday the Ambassadors. with do,an At.
tendants all men of rank, came down To the city
and enjoyed two thousand dollar reception. for
that was all the economical State would allow the
CITY 70 tax itself to exPend. The affair came off
| at fuckers Hall, and was very brilliant and
memorable occasion, though not a lady was pres.
ent to grace or admire IL. Gen. Clark of the De-
pirtment of the Pacific, and all his staff, and all
In uniform, were on hand All the Colonies,
Captains and Majors Of all the forts was present
| Tne foreign Consuls officially arrayed ali the
Judges we could muster from many miles around.
the city and State officials. excepting Gov Dow,
ney, who, though in town, thong ht IL best not TO
confuse the etiquette Of the occasion by showing
greater than the head Of the feast at the
ment) Our Major General Josh Ravens and
| staff were out. The joke went round that on his
visit to the corvette, this good natured gentleman
| the frst the strangers had seen In such wealth
| OF gold lace, was introduced blGnderingly by his
most familiar name, ''Gen. JOSH" and that the
japanese were disposed to regard him with ex-
ravagaRt respect until informed that in spite OF
his name, II was not the Joss, or s'Josh" (as the
| bows call him, that the Chisese worship Brig.
/ adler General Cobb and his staff too were on
| hand, and the officers Of all our uniform com.
/ panies.
II took an hour and half for the titled and dis
tnguished ticket holders to shake hands with m,
ambassadors, and then came a dinner. at which
| none consumed less champagne or more relished
the boned turkey and confectionery than the gen
| tlemen from Japan They did not escape an i'm
Fiction Of speeches, but they bore II nobly. Til,
nhsssadoIs dressed simply, and with no othe
"a TO display than in the gliding on the nut
b o gn trowsers. Instead of sandals they ali wor
patent leather CATERS, all Of one size apparently
Rumor says that they have dazzling robes for thei