The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-04-27

co on the 29th OF March, with the Japa-
nese Embassy. She sailed for Panama on
the 7th of April. The embassy will arrive
at New York. in the Roanoke, early in
May.
PERSONNEL OF THE EMBASSY.
The embassy consists of two ambassadors
plenipotentiary, who are mobiles or princes
of the highest rank. With those are
two others of nearly equal rank, censor
and vice governor. The duty of these
latter officers is to act as spies or reporters
of the conduct of the ambassadors and
Others employed in the commission, and also
to report anything that may pass under
their observation. The number comprising
the embassy may be thought by foreigners
to be very large, consisting, as it does, of
u persons, viz. Two ambassadors, one
censor, one vice governor, sixteen under Off
GERS and secretaries, and fifty-two servants
or soldiers.
There are several of the embassy who can
speak broken English, but probably the one
most conversant with our language is Ma
From all that we can gather, the chief am
hassador is among the highest in rank in
the empire. AS we stated last week, there
are over two hundred princes or nobles in
Japan. These vary somewhat in rank,
according to the size and Importance of the
province over which they preside, or which
may be theirs by hereditary right. Some
provinces can muster 10000 soldiers others
again, not 5000. The rank of the four
principal dignitaries we find as follows
l. Ambassador-S;nme Bujen no Kami-
(Sinme, Lord or Prince Of the province of Blu
jen) SHINE is the hereditary name of this
prince, who ranks little higher, or is more
powerful in Japan. than the following:
2. mbassador-Muragake Agawe no ka.
mi. (Muragake, Lord or Prince of the province
of Agawe.)
8. Censor. Ogure, Lord or Prince of the
province OF BungO.
These three are hereditary princes or
rulers of provinces, and about equal in rank.
The proper title of each in England would
be bis Royal Highness, and in the United
States his Exceliency, being the highest
titles under the sovereign or ruler.
The Office of the Censor has been misin-
terpreted. He acts as secretary to the EN-.
bassy, it being his duty to record everything
for the information Of the Emperor.
He leaves copy of his journal to be for
warded to the Emperor of Japan by the
first vessel which may sail for Japan.
The fourth dignitary (Morita Okatora)
appears to be not so high in rank. He is
sent out to act as treasurer, and on account
of his sound judgment and prudence, it is
his province to advise and counsel. He is
the Lord Palmerston of the embassy, and
nothing can be done without his approval.
He appears to be clothed by the Emperor
with very high powers. All these four off.
cersere from the nobility--the advisers and
counsellors of the Emperor.
RECEPTION AT SAN FRANCISCO.
The embassy made but one visit to San
Francisco. One of the papers of that city
says:
The ambassadors have declined anything
like public display, for the reason that they
think that it might not cOmport with the
dignity Of our government to receive them
after reception here; and they therefore
refuse, out Of mistaken notion of etiquette,
imagining that they must present themselves