Gazette and sentinel., 1860-05-05
The japanese Embassy.

S. steaner PGnhatOa for this country,
and will shortly arrive at Washington,
will be interesting:
The highest in rank occupied the star
board stateroom, the SECOND took the
larboard room, the third had a bunk
prepared for him aft, but after a little
he had it made up on the floor. At the
time Of our visit, the ambassadors " ere
in the room of the Admiral. Their SER
wants sat about the floor, enjoying them
selves immensely. One was dressing
the hair Of his fellow. The happy re-
cipient Of tonsorial favors sat on the
floor c~ross-legged. All had their hair
dressed after the style that within the
! last week we have become accustomed
| to as universal with them. One lay his
length on the floor, cooling off quietly.
One sat on his launches smoking his
pipe. A movable fireplace was watch
ed over by one, who, as the charcoal be-
gan to glow, set a little copper teakettle
thereon, and as its contents began to
sing, poured put and drank a cup of tea.
Very little water any of them drink on
board; tea is the universal DISH
Chairs, OF course, they never use,
though at the American table they had
learned to sit without awkwarGness, and
to eat soup with a spoon and to handle
knife and fork over beef, mutton and
game with as much ease as if these arts
came of instinct, and not of education.
The chiefs of the Japenese dined dali
ly with the captain. All other meals
they took by misunderstanding most
" vegetables and fish, and though great
tea-drinkers, light eaters at all.
The rank of these visitors we must
remember Of the seventy odd, twenty
are dignitaries, fifty their servants
Among the former are three hereditary
princes, or rulers of provinces, and OF
about equal rank. They are reckoned
as Governors, and the proper salute to
one of them would be seventeen guns.
Simme-Buien-no-Kami (that is Slmme,
Prince of the province of Bujen) proba-
ly stands a little higher at home than
either of the other princes. When ser
wants, or others of the company come
into his presence, they PROSTATE them
selves; then rising, deliver their mes
sage with bowed heads. At home, nc
inferior must sit in his presence, but III
compliment to our people--believing
: that in Turkey they must do as Turks
do-he says to any visitor, servant, OF
. other who approaches, take a seat"
The second in Importance Of the En-
/. bassy is Muragke, Prince of the pro
vince Of Agawe.
The third is Ogure, the Censor, who
8 acts as its Secretary, making a clear
record of all the experiences of the com
pany for the use Of the Emperor. HI
sent home from the Sandwich Islands
n diary of their trip to that point.
The fourth is Morita Okataro, thu
a treasurer of the party-a man who is
prince OF lord only by position, not b.
L. birth. These four are of the Emperor
10 Council. They were all to-day magnif
!, Gently dressed, but not very different II
appearance from the first officers OF tn
Candinmarro. They wore ~embroidere'
silk robes, each one wearing a sword o
re beautiful workmanship, the blades Q
is the finest steel.
q We were allowed to circulate anon
the and to ask all the que'
~ tons that our curiosity suggested. tn
Of son of the first interpreter put our qu'
I'd ries into shape, and gave back such al
swers as were rendered. One with
clean shaved head and his bare fee
a. thrust into sandals, pulled out Of h
be belt some cash to show US. The copper
he were first, a zane, around coin abor
IS. the size of our new neckel; second,
Fl, ouan-al, the size of the red cent whlc
Mt citizens are in the habit of dropping i
1e to the Washington monument boz
third, an oblong tempo, about the siz
of an English penny, with square no
IN the center, and about 2 cents value
We were curious to see their silv'
on coin, and succeeded after c~Onsiderab
he hunt in getting sight of their itzebu
Sc. valued at 80 IL cents, their ne-che-y
20, valued Is cents, and their .echewoo
ce. half the value of the preceding. I
their gold, we saw none, but we we
We told that they had two gold coins-ti
cobang, worth about 81 A and Il
"a obang, worth some S95
ID The japanese officials all SCENE
quick with the pencil. One was bus
sketching the appearance of the ci
Of from the deck; one did a visitor from {
shore the honor to sketch his person
~ appearance. On the trip they fill
o. their notebooks with copies of maci
a. merry on board. The officers of the sh
he say they could not possibly have CARR,