Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-04-21

| AMI counsel. lie is the Lord palmerston Of the
| Embassy. and nothing can be done without his
approval. He appears to DO clothed BY. tho Em.
| peror with very high powers. All those four OH
GERS arc from the nobility-the advisers and coun-
scllors of tho Emperor.
Il Husn SoR THE pownArAs.
No soonet had the anchor been lot 20 than
the Powhatan was boarded by number of visitors
anxious to behold the repreSontatiyesof Of the popu.
| lous and wealthy, but utmost unknown, empire OF
Japan. A cursory examination proved that
nothing had been omitted by the officers Of the
ship which could cohduce to tho comfort and hap
pinoss of their guests. Etiquette 10 marked
! preserved In their intercourse towards saeh
other although with delicacy and tact worthy
OF oil imitation, they do not insist upon its strict
observance in Americans. Their oodttssy and
poltcnoss. as well as their dignity and marked
| good breeding are proyeraiai They IRE almost
al admirable sketchers, far exoellng the Chinese,
not ouy in this particular but in oil the rest Of
tho fne arts. Every portion Of the Powhatan's
machinery, and eyory Object that commands their
attention, Ia Immediately skctohod upon papor
| with remarkable fidelity and excellence Of exocu.
! ton. t.a
MOVEMENTS OF THE JArANksE EMBASSY.
From tho San Francisco Times, Aprn9l
Tho Japanese Ambassy, ten Of the inferior dig
nitics and u number Of attendants about ffty In
| a came down from Mare Island on Saturday af
| tcrnoon. and became the guests OF the city. 1t
will be reo,llected that on Thursday. when tho
stcnm-irigato Powhatnn arrived with tho Embassy
she proceeded almost Immediately TO tho NavyYard
the Jnpanese all remaining on board. Tho next
day tho United States steamers Active. Captain
! Olden. and Shnbrick, Captain Baggs, proceeded
| to tho yard, and President Teschemacher, OF our
Board Of Supervisors, and others went up for
tho purpose of Offering the hospitalities of tho
city Of San Francisco to tho Embassy, and inv
| finn tl,n,p 10 m stf
The Active and Shubrick arrived at Marc Is
land ON Friday afternoon, and tho Embassy, In
answer TO tho invitation TO visit tho city, replied
that they would bo pleased to do so the next day.
| Tho Active and Shubrick were then prepared,
and ON Saturday morning tho Ambassadors and
suite, together with Commodore Tatnall aud 9TH
or United States naval officers, and the inviting
party took passage on tho two small steamers.-
! As they steamed away, salutcs Of seventeen guns
were fired by the ship Independence and the
Active and the Powhatan proposed firing liko
salute, but on the first discharge sad accident
| occurred. Commodore Cunningham was standing
on the wharf, not fhr distant from tho muzxle Of
Of the Pow whntans gun at Its discharge was thrown
down and considerably injured. At first II was
supposed that the in urles were fatal. but it was
subsequently nscertnincd that they were not
very serious, aud ut last accounts he was doing
we'll
Tho vessels then proceeded on their way, and
reached here about ono o. clock, when the Ambas-
saiors and dignitarics taken in carriages,
prepared by the Committee Of Arrangements Of
tho Board of Supervisors, and had drive
through tho princi pal streets of tho city. Tho
attendants were sent direct to the International
Hotel, where apartments wcrc prepared but the
Ambassadors were taken to Rincon Hill, South
| Park and Stockton street, aud shown the city
from different points Of vicw. Tho muddy and
rainy weather prevented their alighting, and they
therefore remained in the carriages till they sat
down Mt the international HOTEL where they were
shown to their rooms.
| Yesterday they were visited by various persons,
and held kind ofgcneral reception, and the plan OF
future proceedings was settled. II was arranged TINT
to-day at twelve o'clock they are to visit the bouso
of President Teachemncncr, and In the afternoon
return to Mare Island. Most ofthe attendants, twen
ty-ihrcc in number, sent back to the Powhatan
Yesterday and the circumstance was indication
that there will be very little seen Of the Embassy in
this city.
| no GRAND REcrPTIoN--So FURTHER VISITS.
1t Is understood matter, indeed, that this visit
which closes this afternoon will DO tho only uf
the Embassy 10 san Francisco. The Ambassadors
have declined anything like public display, for the
that they think II might not comport with tho
dignity of our government to receive them after re-
ccption here aud they therefore refuse out of mis-
taken notion Of etiquette imagining that they
! must FIRST present themselves TO the Court of the
| United States. 1t has this account been
ranged that. as soon as the Powhatan Is again
| ready for sea, which will probably be In few
days sbelshall proceed at once from Mere Island,
without stopping at tho city all, her way Pa
i mann.
| JAPANESE PEcULtARiriRs.
The japanese, daring their stay at the Internal
al Hotel, have exhibited a great many pecuartes,
| which may be interesting TO many readers, and we
| believe, have not been told before. They have oil
! shown themselves very easily pleased, and exceed
ingy well-brcd When asked to try dish
to them they do So If they like 1t they continue eat
ing expressing themselves pleased 1t not, they taste
| no more, but express dislike. The Ambassa-
! dors arc very dignfed, and command respect. The
inferior officers never enter their apartment without
bowing and the servants invariably drop upon the
| knee. ..l. --....
They are very light CATERS but they take their meals
very quickly almost everything they do slowly, but
| eating with them is n rapid operation Tho sub
ordinates nothing but rice; but tho dgnitaries
are fond Of swcctmeats, cakes, CONNECTIONS Of all
| kinds and sauces. None of them eat any meat, ex-
| ccpt thnt the digntaries take little chicken, and
| none of them use either milk or butter. They drink
| both tea aud coffee, and sooner through with
their meals than they 60 to smoking their wild tobac
| co In small pipes.
They are all very npt Mt learning anything. The
manner of folding napkins artstically for instance
when for any other species of the genus homo would
require apprenticeship OF day two, the uapan-
learn by seeing II done Their powers of i'm
iation consequently very great. and for any kind
OF manipulation apter scholars could not possibly be
anywhere found. They learn to write the English
letters in few minutes, and can copy anything they
see. The faculty of constructiveness, indeed, seems
to be q natural Development, rs also certain serene
| good hunor which is indicated by their universally
| fat, plump, smiling round faces. Another national
CHARACTERISTIC seems to be their inqusltiveness'-
There hardly anything that escapes them about our
| government, laws, customs, manufactures, country
| and so on they done asking questions. AT
the International they were very curious to UNDER