Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-04-19

| Last California advices announce the
arrival at San Francisco of Japanese ship,
the Candinmarrub, direct from Jeddo,
bringing over Lieut.. Brooks, and artist, Mr..
Kern Who were srecked off the coast OF
Japan. This ship is avant courier of the
q. s. Povhsttan daily expected with che
Jspsnsse grad Embassy.
The co1desies 1t San Francisco were
sesy lssghsbla, growing ont of japanese
etiquette.
The following We cut from the San
Francisco correspondent of the New York
Times: -
Some of the officers came on shore un-
der the guidance of Lieut.. Brooke, on Sat-
.urday night. eat q Christian dinner at q
hotel, and experienced the luxuriessef Ice
creams. When invited to bath they de-
elined, on the ground that the Admiral
must precede them in any such privilege.
Next day was Sunday. Our city Off
cials knew scarcely what to do. If they
invited the distinguished Pagans to Church
it might alarm their sensitiyeness, for they
have had national experience of Jesuits
if they IGNORED all church going, it would
scarcely be the thing for a Christian city's
fathers. At last, four of the Supervisors,
headed by the President, Teschemaker,
1--WE haxe no Mayor, you know, were row.
ed off to the ecorvette-were announced as
of rank enough 10 talk .famil;arly with
even the admiral, were sagaciously saluted,
and then invited the strangers TO see the
city under their escort. The Admiral
agreed, but it took half an hour to man
age the order of the going. The Ad-
miral proposed to take his own boat and
certain of his own men; he invited Tesche-
maker to ride with him, but would not
hear of the proposition that ''his men"
should 20 too. Lieut. Brooke had bard
job of it to convince his Honor that Tes-
ehemaker was no better than ''his men" to
wit, the other Supervisors. Finally the
Admiral and the President were >owed off
together, and "the men" of the two Off
cials despatched in another boat. On land
ing, our President politely leaped ont
ahead, to help the Admiral out and had
a narrow escape Of giving offence by thus
taking precedence. The two walked up
side by side nutely; the others, in careful
order of rank-the democratic crowd hu-
moring the strange notions of etiquette by
opening for the strange gentlemen to pass
10 their carriages. Here another half hour
was spent in getting the right order to
rank. Then up to the international par
lors. Fortunately our modest little Irish
Governor, Downey, was in town. Hearing
what was up, he went over to honor the
occasion. Entering with single compan
ion it took all the faith the strangers could
command to believe that little man in a
black coat, with no retiuue, could be a gen
uine Governor When it was fairly COM
pretended, and the interpreter had turned
certain classical japanese into broken Eng
lish and suudry California Executive COM
piiments into japanese, the Admiral ex-
pressed desire that the Governor would
order'a dry dock prepared to give the cor
vette thorough oyerhauling-explaining
so clearly that no interpreter was needed
TO render it, that the Yankees should not
be out of pocket for their courtesy in this
business. His excellency, with straight
face, signifed that it should be done as
promptly as the lumber schooners now oc-
cnpying the dry docks could be got ready
to launch. While these two high grands
thus consulted, the other officials, return
ing to the carriages, were being conveyed
through the principal streets - ie4l -ez