New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-05
THE JAPANESE EMBASSY.

The & s. steam n gate Roanoke, with tue Japan.
ese visitors Will not arrive at this port before the
10th inst, and perhaps notuntl some dayslaser The
Government having wisely reversed its original ia
tention Of permitting the Embassy to first land at
New.York, the Roanoke, on reaching Quarantine,
will at once be ordered back to Hampton Roads.
The exact route by which the Japanese will be con-
Quoted TO Washington is still undecided, but it is
probable that they will dsembark a. Norfolk, Vs.,
and proceed thence directly to the capital In
smaller steamboat This although less expeditions,
will be much more convenient and agreeable for
them than to be taken in the Roanoke to Annspolis,
and sent over the most dismal Of Maryland rail ways
to Washington. Their residence at Washington
will be in Wizards Hotel, an entire floor of which
has been secured for them,
The New.York Committee appointed to rsceive
and entertain the ambassadors, expect that they
will visit this city about ten days after their arrival
at Washington. For their accommodation while
here, the first floor of the Metropolitan Hotel Will
be given I'D. Rooms for ons hundred persons are
TO be prepared and arranged in the style supposed
to be most satisfactory to Japanese tastes-a sui-
ciently easy matter since the Japanese have no
particular tastes in furniture, seeking only to
satisfy necessities, and regarding with tOerable
Indifference all such dazzling decorations and oraa
mental fiyolties as form tbs principal adOrnnents
of our American hotels. They are also to be
allowed ample opportunity for the exercise OF thar
own culinary principles, their appeiites not being
fully educated to the American standard, and de-
rnanding q good deal of attention which they alone
know how to bestow. They look with incredulty
upon many of our most elaborate gaatronomic
preparations, and perpetually maintain simplicity
of regimen that would reduce NewYOrk Alder
man to certain and speedy starvation. Notwlthstand-
igor, perhaps in consideration Of-tbis fact the
first demonstration of welcome by the New York
Committee, after the military display with which
The strangers are to be salated Will be brilliant
and stapendous dinner at the Metropolitan Hotel,
in tie cries Of which seven hundred persons are
expected to share. Of course the modest iDclina-
ton Of the seyenty-twO Japanese mast yield to the
more highly cultivated desires of their six hundred
and twenty eight New.York entertainers. Although
IN lbe matter of solid food we feAr it will be diff
cult for the Committee to bring about unsnimity
of sentiment between themselves and their guests,
yet when the question of liquid luxuries arises, a
more harmonious state of feeling may be counted
upon. For all bibulous refnements the japanese
have ever manifested thoroughly enlightened ap-
probation.
Following tie majestic dinner a ball will have its
course in the hotel, and possibly also in Nlbo's
Theater, should so much additional space be need
ed. For this event, preparations will be made TO
receive from seven to ten thousand persons, the
sight Of whose united saltatOns will naturally pro-
duce startling effect upon the unaccustomed for
eigners. But as the Jspanese have NOT yet expert
enced the benefits of polka and the Lancers, their
participation in these perspirlng sports is some
what doubtful The embellishments and illumina-
tons of toe hotel on these occasions OF rsvelgy,
will, we are informed, be quite OF the Japanese
order, and equal TO the most bizarre and brilliant
that Yeddo could present. OF the olhsr plans for
the delectatOn of our visitors we know very little,
as the Committee hesitate to give premature dec
larstion of Intentions No doubt they will be as ex-
pensiye as the heart Of man can desire, and sulli-
cent to occupy as much time as the Commissioners
(who Will be here about the sth of Juue) can afford
to spare.
We presume there are but few people, however