Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-02-21

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The Niagara at JaPan--what 1he Japan
csc Think OF us, and How they use us.
: The New York Times publishes a series of inter
esting letters from its correspondent who aecompa-
MED the Japanese Embassy on its return in the Nj
: agara. We make the following extracts
FMGArE NIAGARA, Yedo, Nov. Is, 1850.
Well, the day after our arrival, we
waited with some small feelings of awe and Curl
osity for the coming of Japanese grandees of rank
to welcome their Ambassadors hsme but we wait.
ed in vain. Presently, however, there came along
side lot of old junks FOR the personal baggage of
the entire Embassy-and such collection of plum
der no pen could describe--which being passed ont
Of the ship, the K7mis themselves appeared array
ed in their illuminated powers to follow their eff
tects. 1t was at the hour of high noon, and under
brilliant sun, the sailors trpped aioft and ran out
and stood with linked hands along the broad armed
yards, the full guard of marines lined the quarter
deck the officers cleaning in lace and bullion the
drums rolled as the great lackered Treaty box was
borne to the gangway, followed by the Ambassa>
doris, the sailors hoarse musical hurrahs arose to
Lne neaVeIlS Ine guns pealeQ fOPLn royal salute,
and then, while the Ambassadors tumbIed into
dirty old sqnpGn Of boat and huddled together in
! its bow, the white japanese flag, with the red sum-
came futtering down from the FORE and the mission
| of the Niagara was over.
As relief from this excitement, and while we
were all waiting In nervous anxiety for the promis-
ed revels of Yedo to begin. there came on board q
present for the This consisted of the follow
ing articles, TO wit: One large Muscovy duck in a
bird cage; Y huge BrodIgnag white radshes; three
i IL -
ter very tough and sinewy looking that his grand
| father may have been ostrich admiral; and
| finally six small boxes of raw and fnot sweetly
perfumed fish, accompanied by dabs of boiled rice
most of which succulent matter the sailors very
wrathfully kicked out of the ports as soon as it
came on board.
VISIT TO THE PRIME MINISTER
| Four days after the arrival Of the ambassadors
they made visit Of ceremony to cur minister and
expressed to him their kind appreciation for all that
had been done for them in the United States. Two
days later, on the 10th, an audience of ceremonial
reception given to the Minister and the officers
of the Niagara by the Prime Minister of the Empire
at the Palace of Foreign Affairs.
Here follows an account of an uncomfortable
trip taken by the party in -inconveniently
small marriages, slung on poles and each borne by
four lnen-to the Palace of the Prime Minister, and
their reception by him in true oriental style. A
formal conversation ensued, which was carried on
through interpreter, between the Prime Minister
of the Japanese Empire and Mr. HARRIS during the
pauses of which banquet twas served, of which |
the following description is given:
wish could do even moderate justice to this |
Niphos repast, but truly believe that the great |
though defunct Soyer himself, had he been pres
ent, would have thrown down his silver casserole,
upset his stocks of Wand juices and wept despair
at his efforts the sunny folds of his damask
napkin. cannot take time to portray, with any
degree Of mnuteness, the numerous courses of teas
soups fishes and fruits which were offered US to |
taste but each and all were prepared in such a
mar, elously artistic way, with such delicacy of
touch in the preparation, that one might reasonably
infer they had been fashioned under the action of
microscope and the light touch of a fairy's finger
There were slices of many varieties of fish, made |
to represent fruits condiments of gay-coler-
ed peppers, finely grated, seeming like punches Of
yioets and mossrOses; little bowls of chow-chows, |
of dozen various viands and vegetables, looking
if each variety had been separately carved,
lackered or enameled by pupil of Cellini. Then
few IN a flock of quails, each standing on little
mound of green moss, with wings at full stretch
tail up, the head cooked TO one side, not a rufied
feather-nay the bird itself in all that its ten
der breast lay in delicious morse on its sken back
ready to be picked off by the delicate chOpsticks, |
which were served anew at every course Among
other dishes, and which came, German fashion, af
ter the sweets, were small and evidently stunted
fishes identical with our sheepshead. They were
diminutive monsters, about four inches long, though
looking. from their extreme symmetry and mirage
like portliness, TO weigh twenty pounds apiece, but
had evidently been made hitler since they first dip
ped into water in their infancy. We were told that
they came from the TycoOn's ponds, and were wor-
thy of Damio's palate, as, indeed they were to :
ours Cold Soki of two kinds, sweet and acrid was
prOfusely served towards to the close of the feast
as We're likewise paper napkins of flmy texture ; !
and were served, too. at times, by our old ac ,
quaintsnces, the Ambassadors who pressed I'd to J
eat and to drink, though they sedulously abstained
from touching a thing themselves I
THE PRIME MINISTER sUPREMELY INDIFFERENT ABOUT G
THE UNITED STATES.
Mr. Harris inquired of the Minister if he had
heard any detailed account of the Embassy in the
United States ? Prime Minister replied with the !;
fantest approach to a sneer he Knocked the ash
es out of his pipe that the days were very short
just now, and he had good deal of business on !
hand but he hoped at future time to hear more
on the subject" May Heaven convert and bless
him for not caring to learn more of the most stu
pendous humbug of this nineteenth century. When !
there was nothing to eat andlthe sak1 getting low
in the little bottles all arose, bowed, aud march
ed out of the presence tesk last series of hand,
shakes with the ambassadors, and passed out
beneath the portals of the palace.
THE JAPANESE INFRINGING on AMERICAN PATENTS AND
TRYING TO HIDE THE THEFT.
On the 10Th of November, the presents for the
Tycoon were landed. These consisted of beau
lfu battery of Eahlgren's field and boat guns
yunboat ard machinery from the Navy, together !
with large quantity of small arms and machinery,
llso from the Department of War. These were
aiken to place called Oomuree, ten miles down
he gulf from Yedo the place selected for artillery
practice. Here were number of sheds, one Of ,
which was set apart for the reception Of the pre-
ents. The officer in charge, obiectng to the shed i
Is being too small to accommodate all of the am
nunitien and pieces and as being dangerous on :
iccount of the amount of powder in the fixed am
nuniton, persistently urged the ambassadors to
Llow him the use of others of the sheds,
The ambassadors, however merely shrugged their q
hOulders, and seemed to exhibit much agitation
1t the very name of sheds. that the officer concluded
re would make them q visit. Scarcely, however, in
had he begun to in that direction, than ambas
adors officers and soldiers trooped around nm 10 h
body, and in the pOIitest and most mploripg mani
desired him not to his feet in the eort as Of
he keys at Yedo. and there was nothing TO be -
een. Nevertheless the officer persisted and after e
eaching doorway, gentle push disclosed the en- fe
rance and To- on either side OF the shed lay seven 70
cen of DahlgYen's I2-pounder boat howitzers, with
boat carriages which had all the appliances as COM
llete as could be-all evidently copied from one
by Commodore Perry-ana all differing ~
a some minor improvements from those Just handed :
,utsidel The looks of sheepish dismay which the
Japanese assumed when this discovery was made,
,affies all description but at ssst one Of them, re-
covered his speech, and in reply TO an inquiry, as 4
ured the officers tlat they had more tnan i,OOo M
more of the sasae guns in the forts and arsenals at
Tedo-that is about ten tins the number Of all the
american Mays and were still employed u making T.
nore In another shed hard by were several breeeh
Dadng Of large ealibre one after the prin III
iule Of Armstrong, and which had apparently been
made from some foreign newspaper description. pn
returning once more to where the stores had been an
itched enc of the guns, beautiful rife cannon |
hroUinu an ISpound proiectile, was mounted for |
he inspection of the Ambassadors and their suite.
Iothine could exceed their delight. and when the
ficer IN charge selected crew for instruction in
he exercise in less than half an hour they worked
be piece with much ease and facility as any ar
llerymen however well drilled they NAV be- This 4
ras all that was desired, and as the shades of =
yening were beginning to fall, the officer and the
rtsan mounted horses and rode to Yedo, leaving =
be presents for whatever Japanese fate may have -
, aaffa fl7or.