Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-24

mooe OF conveyance and rate Of progress. 20 TN
nc tne hortmons OF their own country. In HEB
,oey were carried on the shoulders OF men. It
800, amusing 70 see the attempts Of the artists to
sketcn scenes and objects when the train was at
me top OF Its speed, and the poor artist ignorant
OF ther OF motion, taking his eve for one in
sant only from the object to his paper, upon look
Ing again found IL had utterly vanished. giving
place to Others which had the same sppsrition
existence. At last they were obliged to desist.
ana gave themselves up to the qualification of
sightseeing only"
THE JAPANESE IN CENTER MARKET
Tnis morning, three Of the japanese attaches
paid visit to our Center mar ket. accompanied
DY Mr.. II. A. Willard, their attentive host
Lnelr visit no doubt afforded the dealers much
pleasure, as they seemed to display before them
the rarest and best Of their stock. One thing,
however, Is to be regretted that their path was
crowded with persons whose curiosity exceeded
,neir sense OF proprietY; and in their wake fol-
, lowed Troop OF bows and negroes. 1t was pity
that neither the officers Of the market, or the
police on duty on other occasions, were near
| enough to relieve those strangers and their gen.
tlemanly conductor from this unmannerly and
intolcrable annoyance
THE JAPANESE PRESENTS
The Embassy Yesterday morning delivered at
Tue Executive Mansion the presents they had
brought from the Tycoon to the President of the
United States. These valuables, enclosed in nu-
merous boxes and cases, were accompanied i'm
fraHsttR from the hotel by four Japanese attend
ants, and were opened to sight In the presence of
Miss Lane, Mr.. Buchanan, the Presidents Pri-
yate Secretary, and some Others all of whom
were equally surprised and delighted with these
| tne specimens Of japanese art. They will no
doubt eventually find their way to the public
ment and people
INVITATION TO VISIT BALTIMORE
Inc joint committee OF the Baltimore CITY
Council, in conjunction with Mayor Swami to
whSSn was assigned the duty Of visiting this city
ana rendering to the Japanese ambassadors the
hospitality OF the city of Baltimore, Yesterday
performed the duty assigned them. On arriving
In w ashington, the committee immediately pro.
ceeded TO WilliaTd's Hotel, and notified Captain
Dupont, who is In charge of the japanese, of
their arrival. They were informed that an an
dience could be had with the embassy during
the afternoon as they We're then about to visit the
capitol Accordingly at half past three O'Clock
the committee were ushered into the presence of
tie ambassadors, and We're formally introduced
by Capt Dupont. Mayor Swami, in brief adj
dress Informed the ambassadors of the purpose
OF their visit. and in most cordial manner ten
dered them the Inequalities of the city On the
address being interpreted, the Japanese evinced
much pleasure, and one of the ambassadors in
response accepted the invitation and stated that
on Thursday next the Embassy would probably
| ind in convenient TO visit the city, and would
remain one day, not being able to make a longer
stay on account OF previous arrangements entered
into Tor their visit to Philadelphia and New York
After these ceremonies were concluded the En-
bassadors made many inquiries concerning the
Location OF Baltimore, its size, also its distance
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presented several members of the committee with
their autographs, as also some of the native to-
bacco OF Japan. After some time spent i'm pleas
| ant intercourse, the committee retired and re-
Turned 70 baltimore in the 500 train, much
pleased with their visit
| ATALK WITH THE JAPANESE DOCTORS on INSANITY.
An Interesting interview occurred on Monday
between DR.. Hill, Superintendent of the Colum
| bus (Ohio) Lunatic Asylum, and the physicians
to tue japanese Embassy. The following col
lOQuY took place:
| DR. Hill1Aow many insane persons have you
| in Japan Very few.
Have you separate hospitals for them We
have four hospitals in Jeddo for the sick with
separate wards tor the insane.
Do you use force or violence i'm their mah1ge-
ment? We do not, but have strong rooms and
| guards.
Do you ever bleed insane patients, Never.
Are idiots and lunatics kept in the same hos
pitaIs? They are, but in different wards; we
nave but few hospitais-nOt more than twenty in
| all there may be some in private hospitals
How many sick do you average In your hos
pitals' From five TO eight hundred but all Door
Here the japanese doctors became interrogators,
and inquired:
Have you many insane7
Dr. Hill-We have three hundred in my hos
pital
How many of these are insane, All
This reply astonished the inouisitors who
raised their hands, and looked at each other.
what medicine do you use' Wine, quinine
and other stimulants.
g.,
but separate 10y
Have you medical gardens! None of impor-
lance
The japanese here remarked that they yvould
IKE TO get the seed of our plants of every descrp-
ton for the imperial gardens of Jeddo and they
were Informed these would be furnished them by
Ine National Agricultural Society. They were
also told that they would have an opportunity TO
inspect the Asylum for the Insane before leaving
here, which appeared to crafty them very much.
ST. MATTHEW'S, MAY FEsrIvAL.-One of the
pleasantest days Of tue whole spring time fell TO
the lot OF the directors of St Matthews Sunday
School yesierday-the day set apart by them for
their grand pic mic to Analostan Island The
school met at the church, corner ii and Fifteenth
street. at a conveniently early hour and headed
by the Mozart Band, clergyman, leaderD pro-
ceeded in body to the wharf at Georgetown
The procession was headed in their march to the
wharf by the Rev DR.. White, pastor Of ct Mat
thew's, and by Messrs Harvey and Myers presi-
dent and vice-presdent of The Sunday School
Association Embarking from the wharf In
Georgetown, to the number of some four hundred
the party soon arrived upon the pleasure grounds
OF Analostan Island, and the ceremonies of the
day were commenced by the coronation of the
queen Of the day." miss Emma Ryan, who
was addressed appropriately by the first maid of
honor" and replied happily. A congratulatory
speech was then made by the page" Master
George SullivaD,) and the fOrmalites of the morn
ing were concluded by few appropriate remarks
by the reverend pastor. The amusements of the
day, thus prettily inaugurated, were then COM
menced, and consisted Of dancing, swinging
promenades. social chitchat, and other agreeable
interchanges. During the day many persons ar
rived on the grounds, and before nightfall over
TOOK the pleasure seekers, the crowd must have
numbered one thousand men, women and chill
dren. During the entire day no event occurred TO
Interrupt the steady current of good feeling and
enjoyment on the part Of the guests II lis matter
OF some surprise that Analostan Island Is not more
generally patronized for pic mic purposes pos
sessing as 1t does so many advantages in this re-
sPect Let us not forget to mention in conclusion
tnat Columbus was the confectioner of the oc-
casion, and catered to the universal satisfaction
VICIOUS BoYs.-Eduor Star: Will you do a
subscriber of your widely circulated paper the
favor to call the attention Of the proper authorities
TO the practise of a number of boys cengregating
on the square, or reservation, between Tenth and
Eleventh streets, and New York avenue and |
street The language used by these boys is ex-
ceedingly obnoxious to the ear, to say nothing of
the example to children and the ANNOYANCE gem
orally to the neighborhond. The writer has
waited In vain for the practice to be stopped but
despairing OF any action being voluntarily taken
by the parties whose business IL is he takes the
TO it,
have no objection to see boys enjoy themselves
but must protest against them taking possessi on
Of whole MISUNDERSTANDING indecent and
profane language, and throwing stones and other
missiles In every direction.