Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-07-14

Important Correspondence Between the ia
panese Embassadors, Captain Dupont, and
Mr.. Belmont.
PRINcELY GUT BY THE EMBASSY TO THE POLICE
OF NEW YORK, WAsHISeToN, AND OTHER
CITIES.
Captain Dapont 10 Mr.. Belmont. -.
DEAR SIR: have the pleasure to enclose an
order upon the Treasurer Of the United States for
$4,000, which the ENJOYS of the japanese En-
bassy have requested me to commit to you for
distribution among the members Of the respectiv We
police Of Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York, In proportion to the number of
each and OF the time spent in each city by the
Embassy. =
The ENJOYS wish me to explain that this present
10 intended to be acknowledgment Of the ef
ciencv of the police in contributing to their com
fort, and IL Is fair to presume that II is made in
accordance with the usages Of their country al II
also accords with the practice Of high dignftares
In ChrstendOm.
l enclose a copy Of the note which the Enyoys
have addressed to me, SO that you may see the
precise terms that they employ to the distribu-
ton And here IL may not be irrelevant to explain
the reference which they make to my official re-
fusal TO accept this gift
The money was first rendered to me az the COM
missioner, the immediate representative near the
ENJOYS OF the Federal Government, which as
knew, looked upon the members Of the embassy
as the nations guests, and wished that they
should not be subjected to any expense there
fore felt obliged to decline the offer, although
OF the Princes, and fully recognising their dis
cernment In selecting the objects of thdr liberal
ity, whose efficiency and zeal have greatly aided
the naval commission in the fulhllmeft Of deli .
cate and responsible duties.
The ENJOYS persisted in their Offer and eY-
pressed chagrn that, having freely received pres
ents, they should not be permitted to make them,
and have now adopted the expedient N caIIin1
upon me as their personal friend, /, accom-
plish their object through your kind agency
In this way, as they believe, they have avoided
collision with the sensbilites Of the general and
municipal governments.
am, dear sir, respectfully and truly yours.
:. +. DUPONT, u. :. ~
AuGUsr BELMONT, New YORK
The Japans,s Princes to Capt. Dupont.
Your Excellency Capt. Dupont: With respe.t
to your reply declining as an officer of the Gov.
eminent to accept a sum of twenty thousand dol.
lars to be distributed among the police forces In
the cities Of Washington, Baltimore PbiIadel.
phia. and New York, in proportion to the dura-
ton Of our stay In those cities and the numerical
force, we now beg to ask you, though fully appre-
clatlng your reasons for non-acceptance, that, as
our personal friend, you be pleased in our name,
to request Mr.. Belmont, the son-i nlaw of the late
Commodore Perry, to Oblige us by distributing
the same as above stated and by explaining that
1t 10 our wish that the sum be applied in conso-
nance with your usages in acknowledgment Of
the eticiency Of those police officers in contrib
uting so much to our comfort
Respectfully submitted:
SHINE BooZEN NO KANI. TLs1
MAURAcAKB AwADI No KAMI IL al
OeARE BUNeo NO KAMI fLs1
The eleventh day Of the fifth month of the
year of ansee.
M. Belmont TO Captain Dupont.
NEW YORK, July 6, 1850.
DEAR SIR: beg to acknowledge the receip of Of
your favor of the 29th past, enclosing an order
upon the Treasury OF the United States for twenty
thousand dollars, which sum the envoys of the
Japanese embassy have requested you to commit
TO me for distribution among the members of the
respective police of Washington, Baltimore, Phil
adelphia, and New York, in proportion TO the
number Of each, and the time spent in each city
oy the embassy ! shall, In compliance with their
request, forward to the Mayors of the respective
cities the ProPortionate amounts intended for the
police of each.
am, dear sir, very truly, yours,
AUGUSTUS BELMONT
Captain 5. F. DUPoNT, U. s. NJ, Louviers. near
Wilmington
The Y. Herald, commenting on the CORES
pondence, says: 1.-The following table shows the
amounts N he given IN oil