The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-16

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sedan char bore ca the shoulders Of four acorn
each other every two o. iArcs ssresls
In these novresoa were conveyed tho twelve yssrs,
accompanied BY guards ca ect and twenty mounted 70
All the streets through which Nc ocrisss passsd
nonorably ksP,, eveysng Me sirc.sss srass " ms
the residence Of the Minister az Foreign Affairs e Chief
OF the Great Council of STATE who one q ~ hered
4 the entrance ;ssy were nc. y the s'se %.
ants from within, and condactod With the
the twelve oaicer who occupied Inc servs~o.s
remained outside. The party w~ conducted into
mating on the aosr p.rii,ion wall paper screens
same as all houses 10 japan except hey we're httle
n w,n .nas assr ss pan,.s On 's
Lensthwse through the room extended two small mar
row table, At which ,se r.r'y -, snd snosed, drank
AT end Of the table Ne wall sat hs MISTER
Of state and one Of the hereditary Princes u shh there
were two present, one Of whom beside the nas,sr
he being considered ~ equal rank.
Below the Minister, a the table, the second
osure Ka% chez osssr o. sSd sps
prness one Of whom Was the hereditary one, Who .
In this connection IL may be proper 10 remark hat
Of those who visited the United aies arc priases
but kams, which - title conferred rpm them, but
To the right Of the Minister, By a table aloue, pAi
Simne Bujen No Kami nrsi Amba sAdor the other
ong table, opposite The Minister and Trnscs "a, NE
Directly opposite the JapaDese sai The American Nns
ter, next Captain Mexican, Colonel Ripley, Lieutenant
Wise, and the officers OF the Niagara
Between the ministers 10 the eft o. sasme Bujcn
the Imperial Interpreter, who interpreted The Japanese
conversation into Dutch 10 Mr. Heasken, the American
secretary OF legation who sat beside Mr. Bars and
then translated Il into English 10 Mr.. III.
Behind Simme Bujen, his knees Tatelrk, Of
the English interpreters 10 the Embassy and adopted
father OF the renowned Tommy" who formerly
atace Of the Custom House here In Kanasawa, sort
Of interpreter.
But what surprised all thcee who came passengers
on board the Niagara 10 two 81 the most prom
nent Of the Japanese officials, Monia kataro the "0d
fat governor he called and Gens.ro the Oldest
man Of the Embassy. IL will be recoectei that ihose
two men were always with the three Ambaf sadors, and
usually messed with them and shared equally In a. the
hon0rs shown them In the United States and Their
voyage over and back These two men Occupied one
corner OF the during the exercises, their knees
without ever raising their heads or looking up
After all the party had been presented by Mr. harris
and seated in the described pipes ard tobacco
brought on followed by three different kinds Of
tea persimmons grapes sackc BIRDS fish turnps, and
some half dozen different dishes.
The conversation commenced by the Minister Of state
saying that he commanded by his Majesty the ry
coon 70 express his profound thanks TO the United states
government for bringing back to his country the whole
OF the Embassy in good health. That he deeply
sble Of the liberal and magnificent manner In which his
country had been treated the kindness shown 10 his
counrymen valuable presents and the sending
accomplished navy and army officers TO instruct put
ting up and using them &c &c. For all this, he said,
he intended TO write TO the American Secretary Of State
at Washington behalf Of his Majesty, thanking the
i
done Many sensible things said in business point
Of view in regard TO the future intercourse between the
mesrS 10 he ne &on sr
rs TO whom he gave the credit for the splendid results
| which they were then enjoying.
The remainder of the conversation between Lieut.
Wise and the Minister Of State concerning the machinery
sent out by the Navy Department, 70 the japanese go
The following list comprises part Of the articles re-
| ferred to-
DEPARTMENT
-Four "a pound rife Dahlgren guns carragee &c; one
fuse press nicely made and finished lot Of tools for
Tious uses; one boat &c, &c.
WAR DEPARTMENT
Polling machine; set Of moes for fabrcating balls ball
press for making elongated balls made at the Wateryet
Arsenal with extra set Of dies, highly nnished 1t is
doubtful whether they win be able 10 set up; It s not
vet put together One pair of shears for cutting copper
in strips; cap machine fer forming caps (Boutons
Of Fishers machines for charging percussion caps;
lot Of rifle muskets all calbres breech loading Of
| all kinds; mountain howitzer with all the appcn-
dages TOOLS &c; harness for artillery horses &C. NC
lieutenant wise expected to have remained here ard
instructed the Japanese in the Of the implements
which he brought out this was the point discussed but
| not decided TIL next day.
| The Mnister expressed great many thanks for The
valuable but said he did not think his govern
ment required to be instructed in the manufacture
Of them-the Minister expressed his indifference in
very marked and decided manner about accepting Lieu
| tenant Wise's OF Mr. udevs services.
Mr. Dudley came with Colonel Ripley, sent out by the
War Department superintend the putting up of the
chinery Mr.. Dudley is practical machinst of Wash
ngton city, out with the expectation OF stopping
The services OF neither have been accepted
4
The next day after the visit to the Minister Lieutenant
Wise ani Mr. Dudley met Simme Buien and one Of the
interpreters AZ ne navy ys y 20 pe me os masGes
Wise and Dudley dozen IL and "a pound Dahlgren
guns made after the style OF those brought thcre by
Commodore Perry and in all respects, In regard To
| metal, finish, &C., equal 10 Perrys.
Agreeably to promise, they gave their final
whether they would accept the services OF Mr. Wise snd
| Dudley, which TO the following efect;-That the
Japanete government deeply sensible Of what the
tinted States had done sending out the yau
able presents but that they would not trouble 60
serDment send all the way to Japan 10 instruct
them IN the art Of gunncry they could get along them
Selves. The presents have all been accepted and eft
The Japanese are not warlike people-consequertl
they 10 much attention TO forts and
or 10 their navy The latter consists Of two small
ers-the Emperor presented by the Queen Of England,
carrying guns and the corvette Cundnmarruh twelve
guns both lying here il this portland two small
steamers at Nagasaki, and two email sailing vessels
these vessels arc all worked by Japanese the engineers
sailors, captain, pilots, calling masers-n fact, every
| man boards a japanese.
The greatest proof d Japanese sagscity which have
able TO discover in the selection OF the place
found the city Of Jeddo Whether the city was originally
founded in Of the present Obstacles shallow water
afording protection from foreigners lie not known, but
such supposed 10 be the fact at all events such the
Jcddo is TO Ksnarawa what Canton Is 10 whan.poa-
being exclusively for shipping and business purposes
the other for the masses, who DO little nothing but
attend toy shops fish stalls and worship the temples
Nature affords a much stronger protection to Jeddo
than her Qualifications inasmuch rs hostile feet Q. any
could reach the city account or shallow
water.
The Niagara anchored some six miles from shore,
and four from the forts, being she dared TO-
vessek approach enough 70 these forts from the
outside would have 10 be too small 70 be effective they
being defended by long as, some Of which are nns
| Spanish guns
There are Eve rather six fortstwo being close
gether-one story high, built Of granite blocks covering
come each fort, and well protected by bull
warks all sides and the tops handsomely covered with
| greerswsro.
4 SHIFTING.
Between the forts and shore % where the japanese
shipping f such he called lies, which coEssts Of
some nity hundred junks, from city hundred
tons each inferior 10 all respects 10 those a. B
tavia Hong Kong
In China and japan hundreds Of years ago and they
have been since In order 10 prevent "a cir ay.rr
/ the coast or having intercourse with foreigners.
| The fishing boas, which are seen In such imuecse
nses coming up the bay OF Jeddo, fair specimens
OF their merchant marine except that former
smaller than the hitter. but the moden hnth are