New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-12

pound of Stuart's " Steom.RcGned' candies wonlA
have been worth tho,whOlc of tim.
There was one feature OF this audience worthy
of note. Our Minister very properly alluded 10
the Embassy then in the States in a manner calcll-
lated to draw forth response; hut no, his Majesty
dcencd III allusiOn IN reply, md at all times the
GNcrmet MAINTAIN marked reticence on this
subject. What is THE k,ubassy, made up of men
bearing homc rank about coequal with New
Jersey Governor, 10 the august Tycoon and the
ustrious Inc of Kamis, by birth aud royal descent
The feeling is universal among Americans, who
have been IN japan the longest, and may be sup
posed tn know something Of The japanese charac-
ter. that Brother Jonathan, as usual has overdone
the matter, The Japaneso, who love order and
qulet III the srst place, VIZ be disguised with the
Puhc show made OF then, and the tuinult and dis
0Nler that follow them, and being proud and AFRO
CANT as well, viii cOns&er the adulatiou bestowed
upon thcm as So much tribute money paid to their
great snd powerful realm. We stll have hope,
that IL the tramphnC rush that besets them, they
will r1t forget the evidences OF material greatness
they may in Ourehips, arsenals our torts aud
all that tremendous enginery of such argument
ID semi-barbarOUs nations are most open TO eOnvic-
ton by. Even while you were ieastiHg and petting
TIE representatives off people, who, under smooth,
bland, polite cxteriors, mask batteries of evil de-
sign, an American lady wantOnly struck in the
streets of Kanagawa with such blow from club
as cut Ter dress open and inflicted bloody wOund
this too in the presence Of two official attend
ants, 30 very polite and gentlemanly that they
could not run fast enough to catch the
villain. Not in one instance have the japanese
secured such offenders, aud | am glad that our
Consul told the local authorities that such was the
detestation in the minds of Americans of an attack
upon a woman, that hereafter they must beware lest
Americans take summary justice upon the spot.
These very Enbassadois who lave been the
recipients Of so much attention, stand better
chance Of being sent to Coventry on their return
for n reward, than Of receiving Imperial favor. We
DO not forget that the men of the same class who
negotiated the foreign treaties have, without ex
coption, ever since disappeared from public life
1t is now well known that the commanders of the
Allied fleets, now prosecuting the war III China,
have received instructions from their Home Gov
ernm0ts, so soon az they are released in China,
10 make such demonstrations in the waters of YcddO
bay as viii teach, once for all, the japanese
with whom they have 10 deal Furthermore ii the
eXieeHcies OF the demanded it, at to send
force into these waters. The instructions 10 the
FIcnck were very decided and NapOleonic, fore
SEadOWlng summary measures. These instructions
grew out of the news received at the Western
tOurtS of the ass@sSina0Is last Winter and Spring.
As order has since regned the exigency of the time
Las passed by; but We shall probably have naval
demonstration here before Winter is passed that
may open TIE eyes Of the Imperial Council to see
their diplomatic course toward foreigners more
clearly. Il viii be of more worth than receptions
at the White House or dinners NJ the Metropolitan.
The long vcXed question as 10 where the foreign
merchants should reside seems to have reached q
termination for the present. AS your readers may
remember tie kanagawa side of YOkuhuma Bay
was the site selected by the treaty, but the foreign
merchants coming thither finding better accomnO-
dat.n on tie GOkuhuIna side, aud being invited
tlitber ty The japanese themselves, pitched their
tents and fortunes there, despite of Ministerial and
Consular protests. large town. native aud foreign
has grown up where once was a barren low shore,
ard now recognized by the representatives OF the
foreign P9wcIs. The quarter at first assigned TO
The foreigners proving too strait for them, there
"a long dispute as IL what additional landed concas.
sion should be- made. This has been settled by
granting 10 the foreigners a certain strip OF land
Wing between their first settlement and beautiful
range Of bluffs, known in Periy's expedition and
since az Treaty. Point embracing the old village OF
NGkLbuu3, often spoken OF in that expedition; and
ROW the japanese authorities constructing at The
foot Of these bluffs, and between them and the
foreign concession, monster canal hundred feet
VIDE and thirty feet deep at It's embOuchurc into
tie sen This canal leads to the salt marines in
tie az Oi Yokohama, and there uu;tcs with other
waters that Will VIXEN the work is complete, efrc-
tugny surround the town, so that there will be
Ee;iher ngrcss o. egrcss, except over bridges. This
out Desmas Dcsima itself We wait to see what
Tie Foreign Ministers VIII do. The foreign COM
uUnit} en- sanitary grounds alone should never be
cut "a from those high bluffs looking seward and
inland and restrained 10 the lowiands. True, it
he's been healthy this season, but il ia not reason-
able 10 conclude il will always he So Tie reasons
a State for interference are fully apparent.
Tie French and English have closed their horse
purchasing account in Japan for the Peho war
The statistics Of the trade are somewhat interesting
An aggregate Of about q 600 horses has been pur-
chased al tie posts of Kanaeawa, lIakOdadi and
Nagasah, ard at prime cost If $50 each. This
cost has been increased by cost of transportation
forage and casualty, so that it is within bounds to
say that every horse landed on the Peho has cost
from 1856 to $500. And when there they are such
obstinate, unmanageable brtes, that many Of them
WI prove yareless. II would not be- a wild est.
mate to say that every s.ryiceabc animal VIII cost
The Allies $500. The casually in transportation
has been great. The animals persisted in one case
i0I want Ct water, IN another a few of them broke
loose nom THEN astcuines aud became 80 Wild that
il was unsafe to venture among them TO feed them
They attacked and tramsed down their fellows
killing or manning them. In more cases the heat
and bad air below decks stihcd them The most
unfortunate ease was that of the American ship
Forest Eagle which left here in July with 300
horses and forage. few days out she encountered
a typhOOn; her water-casbs were stove and wetting
the beans and peas put aboard as forage rapid de-
'WiP"''""" V'oH Pao.i anu tno hoIscsi ~ uOLcns
aud scores, were stifed by the generated gases
The Forest Eagle returned 10 this port after two
weeks absence, having lost l27 out Of her $50
horses. A cOurt Of inquiry, held OH an English
man-ol-war, exonerated the Captain of the Eagle
from any blame.
WHO VII say that tie dawn Of Western cyiliza.
ton il not fast creeping over these Eastern isles
Already Yokuhama may boast IFS hotel with such
luxuries as cocktails, brandy smashcs and sherry
cobbers it, biliardrooms IFS boll.acy; and the lst
inst. witnessed the inauguration OF the "Yokuhama