The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-20

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FRIDAY MORNING. N0.......APRIr. 20 lsoo
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THE JAPANESE IN SAN FRANCIsCO
INTERESTING PARTICULARS.
by overland mail We have San rrauc,sce
papers to the ID inst. They contain full mar.
ticnlars Of the arrival and reception. OF III.
Japaneee Embassy. There are y OF the illus.
trions strangers, 20 Of them men of rank. the
remaining 50 servants and soldiers. The Bul.
| letin says:
The An,bassa adors have spent several dav.
"a tnis eaty as guests OF our Municipality
| sideration. Yesterday they had grand din
ner and reception at the Academy Of Music
They are pleased with the Americans. and the
Powhatan have but one fault to find with
them, and that 10 that their books aud little
toilet articles are covered with pictures which
Chrietiun would be ashamed to have about
respect: Their ideas in regard to such things
resemble those OF the ancient Greeks and Ro.
mans In their degenerate days.
The Powhatan stopped ten days at Honolu-
10. where the Hawaiian Court honored the
japanese with great attentions, and offered to
make treaty with them, but the Ambassa
dors said they had no au thority, and referred
Minister Wylie to the Court Of Yeddo.
On the 30th uit., the Japanese Ambassadors
island, by ns Wnissd sum atsaer sSm Aesiys ma.s
which vessel fired a salute to the Japanese
steamer Candinmarroh, lying at the same
place The wad from one Of the guns struck
commodore Cunningham. who is in charge of
the Navy Yard there, and injured him serious.
~ AT one time il was thought he could not
recover now the physicians hope to save him
ana m ms sigh, one Of bis eyes was much hurt,
'ne otner mad beep Vk2nd previously.
PERsONND8 - THE EMBASSY.
Inis Embassy consists Of two Ambassadors
fIenIpotentiary, who are mobiles or princes of
the highest rank. With these are two others
OF nearly equal rank, Censor and Vice.
Sfovernor. The duty of these latter officers is
to act as spies or reporters of the conduct of
the AN basSadors and others employed in the
commission, and also to report any thing that
may pass under their observation. The mum.
Der comprising the Embassy may be thought
oy foreigners to be very large, consisting, as it
aoes, OF seventy-two persons, viz: Two Am
oassadors, one Censor. one Vice. Governor,
sixteen under officers and Secretaries, and S.
servants or soldiers.
Inc Ambassadors, and most of the 9TH
er officers, are all communicative aud
ready - give us any desired information in
reply to interrogatories made through the in.
There are several Of the Embassy
VINO can speak broken English, but pro obably
.ne one most conyersant with our language is |
\ amura, who is also familiar with the Dutch
rom all that we can gather, the chief Ambas-
'ador Is among the highest in rank in the EN-.
pre-. AS we stated last week, there are over
.wo hundred princes or mobiles in japan
hese vary somewhat in rank, according to
ne size and importance of the province over |
"nich they preside, or which may be theirs by |
hereditary right Some provinces can muster |
'o,o'V soldiers; others again not6,otO.
RUSH FOR THE POwHATAN.
NO sooner had the anchor been let 90 than |
ne Powhatan was boarded by a number of |
'isitors anxious to behold the represen tatives
~ the populous and wealthy, but almost un. |
lnoWn, empire of Japan. A cursOry exami. |
nation proved that nothing had been omitted
" the officers Of the ship which could conduce |
o the comfort and happiness Of their guests
etiquette is amarked feature with the Japan.
Sc, aud 1t is most strictly preserved in their
Intercourse towards each other; although,
With delicacy and tact worthy of all imita- |
ION, they do not insist upon its strict obsery. |
nee In Americans. Their courtesy and polite
ess. as Well as their dignity and marked good |
reedlng, are proverbial. They are almost all
dmirable sketchers, far excelling the Chinese.
ot only in this particular but in ali the rest
i the fine arts. Every portion of the Pow
atan's machinery. and every object that COM !
hands their attention, is Immediately sketched
pom paper with remarkable fidelity and ex- |
ellenee of execution.
MOVEMENTS OF THE JAPANESE EMBASSY.
From the San Francisco Times, April 81
The Japanese Ambassadors. ten of the infe. |
ior dignitaries and number OF attendants, |
bout fifty in ALL came down from Mare |
sland on Saturday afternoon. The attend
nts were sent direct to the International Ho-
ell where apartments were prepared; but the
ambassadors were taken to Rincon Hill |
'outh Park and Stockton street. and shown |
he city from different points of view. The
luddy and rainy weather prevented their |
lighting, and they therefore remained in the
arriages till they were set down at the Inter-
ational Hotel, where they We're shown to
heir rooms.
Yesterday they were visited by various per-
Ons. and held q kind of general reception. |
nd the plan of future proceedings was set |
led. 1t was arranged that to-day, al twelve |
clock. they are to visit the house of Presi-
urn to Mare Island. Most of the attendants, |
In number. were sent back to |
he PoWhatan yesterday, and the circum- |
tance was an indication that there will be |
cry little seen of the Embassy in this city.
NO GRAND EEsEPTioN-No FURTHER VISITS.
isit, which closes this afternoon, will be the
My one Of the Embassy to San Francisco.
he Ambas sadors have declined any thing like
public display, for the reason that they
hink it might not comport with the dignity |
our government to receive them after q re-
option here and they therefore reftse out of
mistaken notion OF etiq uette, imagining that
ley must present themselves first TO Ibe
D..
n this account been arranged that, as soon as
le POwhatan is again ready for sea. which
ill probably be in a few days, she shall pro- |
eed at once from Mare Island, without stop. |
ing at the city at all, on her way to Pa
anna.
JAPANESE PKcULIARITIEs.
The Japanese, during their stay at the In |
irrational Hotel, nave exhibited great many |
pculiarities which may be iE teresting 10 many
.aders, aud, we believe, have not been told
sfore. They have all shown themselves very
lsily pleased, and exceedingly well III
hen asked to try some dish new to them |
ley do so if they like il they continue eating,
Lpressing themselves pleased il not they taste :
0 more, but never express dislike. The Am.
lssadors are very dignified, and command re. |
,ect. The inferior officers never enter their $
Is without bowing and The servants
drop upon the knee.
They are all very light eaters, but they take .
eir meals very quickly; almost everything )
ey do slowly, but eating with them is a rapid
,eratiOn. The subordinates eat nothing but i.
ce, but the dignitaries are fond of sweet !
eats. cakes, confecti0ns Of all kinds, and !.
uces. None Of them eat any meat except :
at the diGnitariee take little chicken. and
me of them use either milk or butter. They
ink both tea and coffee, and are no sooner
rough with their meals than they 20 to
aoking their wild tobacco in small pipes.
They are all very apt At learning anything. 2
T instance, which for any other species Of q
Q genes homo would require an apprentice. :
ip Of day or two, the japanese learn by =
eing II done once. Their powers Of imita- =
IN are conseq uently very great. and for any :
nd of manipulation apter scholars could u
It possibly be anywhere found. They learn q
write the English letters In few minute,