New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-06-21
Tho Japanese Emba..y . ahs Un,s.a States,
From The London Times, Iana Il

lFrom the London Times Isne n s5
The Japanese have taken = step towards inter-
national sociabity. 1t ia rather late In the day;
but after . couple Of centuries or so Of privacy
and exclusiveness, they are at last coming out y
Now they are out they appear as pleasant and
companionable people as need be-, with plenty of
selfposzesaion, much intelligence, and no little in
quisitiveness to boot. The Embassy despatched
from Jeddo to Washington arrived at that city ON
the 14th Of last month, and the deputies are max
ing the best OF their time. In composing the mis-
sion the Emperor Of Japan proceeded on the prin-
ciple observed by the House of Commons tn FORM
ing o committee. He selected Representative y
men from each of the two great parties in the
State, and put them on duty together--a circum.
stance which will account for the nunber--nearly
100, servants included-of the party actually dis
embarked. 1t seema, in fact, to be an embassy in
duplicate, and some day perhaps we may have the
pleasure OF reading In double report what the
Japanese conservatives and the Japanese hberaIS
respectively think of America and her institutions
In the meantime we learn to the minutest particu.
lars what the Americans think Of the Japanese,
for never could reporters be more circumstanfaI
in their dispatches than those of our contemporn-
ries on the other side of the Atlantic, We are told
by these observant writers what the Japanese are
doing and have done every day since they left
their native shores, and are informed OF every
particular concerning their position, from their
clinical descent to the amount OF cash in their
purses. g 55 5ss 5
The Ambassadors landed under a ssIute of
seventeen guns fired by Captain DahIgren from
battery of % i2-pounders, :. all English pieces
captured by the United States during the last war
with Great Britain Both Houses of Congress-
adjourned for the reception, and as the strangers
drove on to their quarters at Wizards Hotel there
were g several members of the Cabinet and quite
q crowd of Senators and members In the yard ~
though no particular place in the ceremonies was
assigned to these representatives OF the people,
The first proceeding of the Orientas on getting
into their apartments was to unpack their bag
gage, which they did very untidiy, take out their
portable stoves, squat round them on the floor,
and smoke their pipes After this refreshment
they were fan to confess themselves rather tired.
and the President therefore was requested to
postpone for few days their official reception,
until they had recruited themselves from their
fatigues. In the interval, and by the aid of in
formation picked up during the voyage, the New
York Herald gives us complete picture of the
party and its proceedings.
At first sight the Japanese present 40 wonderful
likeness to the Chinese that anybody would be
disposed to identify the two nations as members of
the same family but this resemb blance vanishes on
further acquaintance, and the Japanese themselves
are particularly anxious to disclam all connection
with the population of the continent They be-
come very angry If taken for Chinese, and proceed
we are told to phlogieal proofs Of the distinction
they assert. They say that there are ne words in
their language like words Of the same meaning In
the Chinese language, and they claim even
greater antiquity than the Chinese, which is not
altogether improbable, for ancient raees have been
often pushed by new migrations from the MAIN
land to islands adjacent. That they came from the
west is asserted either by their authorities or
hy others on their behalf-the1r conrao being
traced from the Euphrates to the Caspian, thence
to the Amoor and 80 to th ir present seat. We
have even another chronological theory appended
to these speculations It Ia said that the Japanese
language shows distinct afinlties with that of the
Red Indians, whence it is inferred that these ma
tiyes of North America came originally from Ja-
pan, having been cast away Id their junks on the
coast of Oregon. Be this as it may, we hnd the
Americans fully persuaded that the Japanese are
quite different people from the Chinese. They
are more ceanly In person, more sprightly in dis
position, and IL no more curious, at any rate moro
discerning. Sss53ssst -
Whether we shail see these interesting visters in
this country seems rather doubtful. We know
how much money they have got, viz: two boxes of
$4,000 each, one Of sl3 AGO. one Of $4,000, one of
$4,000, and about $4,000 loose, bnt whether this
viaticum will sufiee for the tour OF Europe as well
as America, ID beyond our power Of computation.
We imagine, however, that after the ratiica-
ton OF the treaty, which is the object Of the
mission, the Embassy will return to Japan, visiting
first New York, perhaps, and other American
cities hut not yenturing across the Atlantic.
Nevertheless, we shall gain something by the pro-
eeeding. nor could the Japanese have well chosen
better country for their first travels. They will
nick up English, and we shall be able to comm.
nnicato with them in our own language instead Of
Dutch They will see men and manners next door
TO English, and must carry back with them good
idea Of commerce and civilization generally. All
this must facilitate our own intercourse with them,
and that intercourse, 1t 10 now plain may be made
highly advantageous to both nations.