The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-24

visiter is asked 10 take seat Theu andsaking
and the how dye dos. The sasoe poiltene1 V Always
Observed The Japanese climb over Chairs and trunks
rather than pass before vser always f hs pipe sad
light before they begin smoking, and invite him 10 take
Kawaye informed US thai he was sergeant in the army
in the service OF Prince who stands next TO the Tycoon
rank His name was too sacred TO speak he said but he
would write ~ would promise MOTTO put II In the pa
pers or 70 tell again Afterwards, rs special avor TO
Major Leland whom the japanese overload with PRESENTS
sano allowed US TO divulge the secret TO him. This
prince has three provinces the North Of Japan has
i've thousand soldiers under his command. Upon his
turn TO japan Sano intends 10 inform this prince who
very WISE In regard TO country its schools, army
manufactures and navy, and he thinks the prince
will introduce many Of our inventions: They
prince win desire 10 purchase ships and par
ticuary be desires 70 know the price Of Of steam
ships with an exact account Of its TONNAGE size and al
other particulars They have very good ships in Japan,
and he does not like ships for he made very 80
sick, some years ago. while cruising about among the
sailing but st ships very good things and bis
prince viii buy them. Sano Is very anxious 70 inspect
FORTS and visit to Governors Island upon the pro-
gramme for next week. The Japanese, he says,
have no good systems OF military tactics OF
strategy, and need Improvement in this respect.
the cdifcaticn, Also Of his honorod prince In war tho
Japanese use only swords, but fight very brsvey inc
OF two swords is that when is knocked out Of the
combatants hands-for they grasp II with both hands
he quickly draws the other and dispatches his adversary,
II be This remark provoked loud laughter from tho
treated 70 display Of the Japanese sword cxercise-cut
thrust and parry-n Illustration Of these remarks, and
found the very quick and expert swordsmen
Sano kawayes hat next compared with the Majors
Texan sombrero, which almost extensive and the
Japanese article was much ridcued the dincuty win
lady lady in Wv the street, and tho 7" distance al
which the lady would be before the hats numerous
strings united being especially remarked upon and
displayed, In excellent pantomime, by Sakamoo. Tho
shaving Of the fcrehesds and boards was, told
new fashion in JAPAN Formerly all wore their hair :.
paSSed the head dressing 10
consequence The sword which Kawaye wears Is great
curiosity II Is about four hundred years Old and has
been handed down from father TO son through
all that time Kawaye expresses his determination 70
present it to HIS son, when he has one, but a.
K IS much too large for her ~ As sano IS only
about three feet four inches high, and wears the
most sss size Of h SsshSr Snn sas
the ages Of their vsters and give their own In return
This ceremony was no, omitted yesterday, and eano IN
pancsc very fond Of children and induce the hotel
nurses TO let them play with the little children OF the
guests n their rooms they dress much the same as
when out Of doors, except instead they
long loose skirt They very sparing In their
diet and eat, besides the dishes cooked at the hotel
japanese OF which they presented the hotel large
quantity last evening In return for the many Kindness
laon, with dishes OF soup fish goldfish, all in the
Japanese style and eaten with chorstcks.
THE RECEPTION BALL
r. creating great excitement in all circles. Last night
large number OF set at work to decorate the
rooms and by midnight the entrances from the dining
OF the hotel TO the theatre and saloon cut
through Everybody applying for tickets, and the
widest anoat In regard to them. One story
gays that several thousand bogus tickets have been pa
be distinguished from those which gen
une and the fact that although the committee have not
tickets enough left for their relatives, the hotel
preprietors, officers Of the army and navy, DIS
guished citizens, In Short for person, yet
tickets said 70 be for sale at twenty, y and one
hundred dollars is cited conAaory OF this report
certain well known ticket dealer says that he has any
number Of tickets for sale at twenty dollars each and
the committee supply Is exhausted In proper manner
as il doubtless was-these must all be bogus The ball IS
to be conducted upon tho temperance principle the com
mttec having not only shut of the supply OF liquors In
the committee room but having aso passed resolution
10 have wine the ball " the Leiands VIII
be allowed 10 sell no wine the guests, would n0s
do for the Aldermen TO invite ladies and gentlencn "
ball and then allow them 70 supply themselves MIN wne
Quoted the tcnperanceplan and the city will be savci
large expense We hope that this announcement VIM
not throw cold water upon the affair.
ORIGIN OF SoKrH AMERICAN INDIANS.
Some curious and interesting acts elected con-
corning the origin and similarity existing between tho
japanese and North American Indians, when the former
were at San Francisco.
In their physical conformation and looks they gene
rally nsdered very much alike whilst II Ia well known
that several japanese words nearly coincide with words
having the meaning spc he same, pronounced the
same in some Of indian tribes For instance, the
Japancse word for haste Ayscas the Oregon Indian
word for speed ASa6S This Is only Of some half
dozen words that were compared and found 70 be ALMOST
one Of the Japancss ofnciais who seemed TO DO
pretty well posted In the matter suggested that might
BE- attributed the landing Of their unks shores
Tie JAPANESE unks have cruied about good deal moro
and good deal farther on from their shores than Is
" S was cast Sys AZ
KANT o the Sandwich Islands, some fourteen years
ago another picked On the coast Of Upper Oregoo
another found below PetroIauovsk IN ksmschAtka,
two hundred years ago, account of whici, may be
found in Findley's Pacific sailing Directions. Captain
Brooks when the cruise Of the Gambia, several years
ago found The remains Of yatsnese Junk Is
land of The group northwest Of the sandwich Glands
The navigator Afterwards picked up another junk OF
JAPANESE construction abandoned, In lat ~ deg ~ lon
no deg. w. than 900 miles from land. Some four
years ago another found Guam on the drone Is
don. Who, when boSnd north on whaling cruise, in
1875, tell In with disabled junk, and took from her
fifteen twenty Of her crew anil carried them INTO
the Orhossk Sea- and landed them finally NJ Lahaina, after
taking them three different Japanese ports, and having
them nearly eight months on board.
bic one thai Japaneac junk may have been blown upsn
the Oregon coast some hundreds Of years ago, from
whence originated North American Indians, Before
Js,~nsse but asa going vessss, but after that tme
self defence 70 prevent their people from leaving their
n sr an ~ o q hs ba with
open stcrns in order TO compel them TO stick 10 the
The fact claimed by that tho Japanese are IN ~
respects superior racc-bctter looking, further I'd
In civilization than our Indsansdoes rot dfssp
prove theory, because their rude manner Of living
and peculiar habits may have IN tho of many years
produced the difference, which many consider but very
little.
TIN srxAN rKr0Arx NAoARA,
Which IL TO convey the Embassy home, IN forward
state Of preparation. The spacious cabins have been
uxuriousy arranged and almost forscts on looking
sroundtskns In al glance the inviting easy chairs
the yielding carpet the elegant upholstery TO say nothing
Of the comfortable state rooms swinging bcrihs and bed
room furniture Of the state roomsthai he "a upon salt
water Everything thai conduce 10 the comfort o.
the distinguished guests has been provided and the pics
sure they win derive from their careful treatment on ship
board viii no doubt be satisfactory termination q
their memorable journey 20 America. several OF the ia
panese have visited the Niagara and erWesseu themselves
bishly pleassd with the Arrangements An immcnse
u baggage belonging 10 the Embassy which they
have accumulated here " already awaiting storage, and
much more In likely 10 be added. Several casks
Of elegant eroekery have lkewiss been sent aboard