Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-04-20
THE JAPANESE EMBASSY.

1elcgraphlc dispatches, publlshed some DAYS
since, have announced the arrival of the Jap
anese ambassadors at San Francisco. They
appear to be the chief topic of the San Fran
cisco papers, and the chief subject of though
among the people of that city. The japanese
appear to be chary of receiving public demon
stratons of courtesy and good will, until they
have been received by our government al
Washington. Therefore the San Francisco
people cannot get an opportunity to go into
that series of bosterous ecStacies over them,
which had been planned. But the ambassa'
doris and their attendants have been ashore,
seen the sights, and partaken of a magnificent
collation., where there was much wine-drnk-
ing, responding to toasts, and a respectable
amount of genuine American dinner clatter
and bosterousness. Report says, the Japan.
csc are wonderfully pleased with the treatment
they have received on board the Powhattan, as
well as at San Francisco We give the follow
ing extract, from one of the San Francisco
papers -
When the Powhattan arrived with the EN-.
bassy, she proceeded to the navy yard, the
japanese all remaining on board. The next
day the United States steamers Active, Capt.
Olden, and Shubrck, Capt Baggs, proceeded
to the ward, and President Teschemacher, of
our board OF supervisors, and others, went up
for the purpose Of offering the Inequalities of
the city of San Francisco to the embassy, and
inviting them to make us visit.
The embassy replied that they would be
pleased to do so the next day. The Active
1
urday morning the ambassadors and suite, to-
gether with Commodore Tatnall and other
United States naval officers, and The inviting
party, took passage on the two small steamers.
As they steamed away, salutes of seventeen
guns were fired by the ship independence and
the Active; and the Powhattan purposed fir
ing like salute, but on the first discharge Il
sad accident occurred Commodore Cunning
ham was standing on the wharf, not far dis
tant from the muZzle of the Powhattans gun,
aud at its discharge was thrown down and
considerably injured. AT first it was supposed
the injuries were fatal but it was subsequently
ascertained that they were not very serious,
and at last accounts he was doing well.
The vessels then proceeded on their way,
and reached here about one o'clock, when the
ambassadors and dignitaries were taken in car
rages prepared by the committee of arrange.
drive through the principal streets of the city.
The attendants were sent direct to the Inter
national Hotel, where apartments were prepar
ed but the ambassadors were taken 10 Ricon,
Hil South Park, and Stockton street, and
shown the city from different points of view.
The muddy and rainy weather prevented
their aightng, and they therefore remained in
the carriages till they sat down at the Interna-
tonal Hotel, where they were shown to their
rooms.
The Japanese, during their stay at the In
ternatiOnal Hotel, have exhibited a great many
peculiarities, which may be interesting to
many readers, and, we believe, have not been
told before. They have all shown themselves
very easily pleased, and exceedingly well
bred. When asked to try some dish new to
them, they do so if they like it, they contin-
lie eating, expressing themselves pleased if
not, they taste no more, but never express dis
like. The ambassadors are very dgnifed and
command respect The inferior officers never
enter their apartments without bowling, and
the servants invariably drop upon the knee.
They are all very light eaters, but they take
their meals very quickly; almost everything
they do slowly, but eating with them is rapid
operation. The subordinates eat nothing but
rice, but the dgnitaries are fond Of sweet.
meats, cakes, CONNECTIONS of all kinds, and
sauces. None of them eat any meat, except
that the dignitaries take little chicken, and
none of them use either milk or butter. They
drink both tea and coffee, and are no sooner
through with tEeir meals than they go to
smoking their wild tobacco i'll small pipes.
They are all very apt at learning anything.
The manner of folding napkins artistieally,
for instance, which for any other species Of
the genus homo would require an apprentice
ship of day or two the Japanese learn by
seeing it done once. Their powers of imita.
ton are consequently very great, and for any
kind of manipulation apter scholars could not
possibly be anywhere found. They learn to
write the English letters in q few minutes, and
can copy anything they see. The faculty OF
constructiveness, indeed, seems to be a natural
development, as also a certain serene good
humor, which is indicated by their universally
fat, plump, smiling round faces. Another
national Characteristic seems to be their in.
quisitiveness. There is hardly anything that
escapes them about our government, laws
customs, manufactures, country, and so on
they are never done asking questions At tho
international they were very curious to under
stand the relations between Mr.. Haley and hi,
employees what sort of government wa.
established there; how Mr.. Haley could have
everything attended to so well, and how HI
could exercise so complete control, unless he
was sort of prince or master. And, it is al
most unnecessary to add, they were surprised
at much which they learned in regard to tn,
American people and strange will be the &C
counts which they will carry home of til,
great nation which has no princes and no EN-
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