Gazette and sentinel., 1860-05-26
The Japanese Embassy in Washing.
ton.

the l0th, the following interesting par
~ticulars Of the movements Of the Japan
csc in the capital
The precise character Of the mission
J Of the japanese was not asceCtained
till last night, when they produced a
letter, dated Jeddo, handsomely writ
ten i'll English, in which it is stated that
the Princes come hithcr as ENJOYS Tx
t%raordinary, with the request that they
be presented - the President through
. the State Department. This letter was
probably prepared At the instance Of
Consul-Gcneral Harris.
To-day the scribes of the Embassy are
husily' engaged in writing dispatches
announcing their arrival, with Incidents
Of the voyage, to be sent to San Fran
cisco by the pony express, and thence
to Japan.
They have asked for moro private
quarters at Wizards Hotel, and that
meals be sent 70 their rooms. This has
been accorded.
Captain Dupont is very assidious i'll
his attentions to promote their comfort.
The japanese Embassy addressed a
note to Secretary Cass this morning, re-
porting to him, in accordance with in-
! structions from their Government, their
arrival at the city Of Washington to ex-
change the notifications of the treaty.
and that they were ready to perform the
ceremony at such day and hour as he
might specify. The Secretary replied
at once, fixing tomorrow at II O'clock
for the exchange Of notifications, and
that on the following day they would be
formally presented to the President
The note Of the Embassy was in Japan
ese, accompanied by a translation.
The Embassy is not clothed with
plcnary powers; but as ENJOYS Extra
ordinary, they are authorized, however,
t. make proper arrangements for the re-
turn Of their shipwrecked countrymen
now here or those whomay be hereafter
shipwrecked. They have no power to
alter the existing treaty.
They express themselves greatly
! pleased with the reception, also with all
the appointments and arr engagements
made by the officers having them in
charge. Captain Porter informed me
they would remain in Washington
about twenty days before they visited
the Northern cities. They will remain
three days in Philadelphia, from thence
proceed to New York, where they will
remain about week, and from there go
TO Boston. 1t has not been decided yet
whether they will visit Niagara Falls,
but it is more than probable that they
will.
The artists accompanying the Embassy
are constantly busy taking every object
of interest presented to them. They
perform their work with accuracy and
skill. They have already several sketch
books filled with interesting matters
which have met their eye since their de.
parture from Japan.
They received no visitors to-day, keep
ing closely to their apartments. Never
theless they appeared pleased with the
motley crowd assembled under their
windows. and presented quite frequent
ly their smiling countenance9. 1ester'
day evening they prevented the police
from driving these curious American
sight-seers away, and amused them
selves by throwing their native coiT
amongst them to be scrambled for
Large numbers.of ladies and gentlemen
paid their respects to them and begged
IA card written in Japanese characters
which are exhibited, in correction will
the singular coin, as trophies and me
mentoes of this interesting occasion
Already the men about town have at
tached japanese coin to their watcl
chains, in token of their Importance ant
influence with those in authority.
There is one particularly in this re
ception, and tat is that the japanese
inquired the occupation Of the visitors
their salary, whether married, nu
merous other questions, all OF which
we're written on their note books, anC
gave satisfactory evidence that they
are making observations for the benefi
of their c~ountrymen at home. WIT
the ladies they were less particular
They smiled upon them most benignly
and were profuse in their admiration a.
they were minute in their examination
of their iewelry.
The piano was al object of great Gu
riosity. The source of harmony was
mystery to them, but they seemed new
err to tire of it. Card-writing becamI
quite a bore, and one Of them, afte
complying with the request Of a Sl20'
clerk to write his name in Japanese, oil
, being applied to by another to fill u
, half a dozen cards in the same manner
pulled out a small pocket book, and al
ter a hasty inspection, calculate