Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-06-04
The Japanese Embassy.

The Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune says
The only business which now detains the
embassy is the regulation of rates Of exchange
between their country and the United States.
full information about which they have been
instructed to carry home with them, that their
rulers may immediately establish some definite
standard. In this matter they rely wholly up
on the good faith of our government, acknoyl-
edging their inability to calculate the differ
ence in the currencies, without assistance here.
and claiming only that a perfectly Just estii
mate on both sides shall be presented Their
COINS are 10 be assayed at the Philadelphia
Mint, in order that their value in compar rison
with ours may be ascertained
Their receptions Of COngre&men, Cabinet
officers and other functionaries are the most
tedious ceremonies they have to endure. For
two or more hours each dsy, seated quietly
upon a sofa, the ambassadors resign them
selves to the assiduous attention of hundred
of men and women who beset them As the
princes are persons Of taste and refinement
they naturally suffer little mental and phys
ical prostration and generally come out ofthem
vilted. with countenanees Indicating vague
thoughts in the direction Of 'shappy release,
The dignity of these receptions is seldom in
terfered with, excepting by the Japanese
Puck Tommy" In his wanderings he some-
times penetrates the parlor where The embas-
dors sit IN state, on which occasions nobility
Is forgotten, and public consideration is at
once diverted from aged rank 70 youthful ge-
Mus 1t often becomes necessary % eliminate
the little interpreter, to prevent serious inter
ruptions Of the general order of affairs: but in
such events, Tommy, conscious of bis own
resources -betskes himself to An s6;o;n;no
apartment, and there gets up reeenfion o6
his own account, which presently ecIinses tbe
more impending demonstration. and br;ngs
together throng more numerous and more
devoted than any the Princes can secure =
The officers and servants of the embassy
sluxuriate in idleness. Photography absorbed
them for q while, but having now duly seen
themselves all put on paper, this excitement
has passed. Trinipg purchases take up por.
ton Of each day. The Japanese are gaining
wisdom in the matter Of sole. leather Tsoka.
hara Jougoro gives good example by appear.
ing in CATERS of Washington manufacture and
astonishing size. The first day after his arri-
val here he had two cases of shoes brought in.
10 his room, every pair Of which he carefully
Inspected, before deciding upon his purchase
Several suits that fitted him exactly, and gave
his little foot the neatest possible sppearsnce
we're thrown aside In favor of O couple Of huge
= objects which, he honestly declared, were
better suited 10 bis untutered toes. Since that
time, many Of the subordinate officers have
adopted CATERS invariably selecting the largest
available sizes, according TO the example oil
their eomfort-loying leader; and often, in their
ignorance Of our American prices, and theil
indifference to matters Of money, paying fol
them sums quite proportionste to their dimen.
sions. /
The doctors are providing for the recovery