, 1863-09-12
FRCM JAPAN.
The Attack Upon the Q. S. Steam
or Pembroke,
NARROW ESCAPE OF rFgr
VESSEL.


5AAfoaA1, China, July 4th.
~. ne gross outrage upon our fag, and th
mgn nsnqed courhe taken already by the dis
aAtcteo f1iisccs, in an unproyoked attacI
made upon the American steamer Pembroke
- htT *ay from Kauasaxa TO NscasalSj
= = .oTs much light upon tie true state Of af
The facts, as I gather them from tie Can
| 1al, NE substantially as follows: he lSf,
n Aa1sgaWa cn the 21st Of June, FOR Naca.ki
nese pilot On board, placed there by the Gov.
e1nment. THIS Sea or strait, wc would state
and kiusul '~>~''-' ~ -t''1'
The country or Island lining this sea o.
sl1ait Is tue richest, and the Princes holding
tnl and independent In the empire. Tha cities
o. ne greatest commercial importance, such
as Osaca, (Which was 70 Ia found at fha IL:
ginning OF the year,) and othera ara 10 -ha
3oqna here-A1d lfaeo, the new Capital. ID
out few miles inland. The cnt.,sces 10
th1s sea are narrow, md guarded BY strong
Notifications, while Ill alon. its courss there
are numerous forts, many Of them lately con
etructtd, the great activity in this respect be-
1rg subject Of common remark bT Iii those
route.
A1ter leaving kanagawa, nothing Of note
Y, tti,an5pifed "a to the Pembroke ratil 3 D, IN. Of
~ tts,f%h4 s4 zen ncar the western end Of the
f1sMgnt sue passed By Japanese barI;.
dnfIlgn ~ build, we'll armed, and faIl Of men
Ing pembroke had her ensign 1sioe. bnt In
uaik showed NOT 1sg. Alter pnchorfnr. ahnnt
4o,clock, tas they do not run durnp TIA
A,gnt on account Ct the danSers Of the oass-
sse,5 ~ one It the smuli hafbors Of the ssa.
1be bark was observed coming down via -
1air wind with the Japanese ensign f1rinr
1ne passed the Pembroke and anchored
apout quarter Of mile of. Tie Cantaio
oosefeed Wien ehe went by that her sa1ls
Hefe IN part slack 60 as to slacken her sneed>
aaoneh he thought nothing Of it in particular
fho1nnoh hs: ,,n nat II II ~as probably to obtain
VIE approaching, gun was fired from a bluff
9oont 1epr miles of, and and then auother
4atlne or. Which was repeated all along the
coast Ill their sounds died awav In the dis
.ance. Some boats came off to the steamer.
ana ata oEc CT HEM appeared to have on board
MS aper or permit from the Goysrnment
which they Eithed him to give up apna;rnt.
j. but which he refused. ~ ~tp11e.s''
Notnlpg occurred In the evening worthy of
nole: oct sfter dark the bark warped M 81.
,sb VIII ,hs and got springs on her cables, fer
troadside to the wiud. AbouI i2.45 = Iao -,
! ,ne cent single shot, which passed over tbs
ne, the Captain thought It meant ontr ~
h,gn5e9 lhem away. But Ills was sooa f,I.
urea ~ " oroadslde. one Of the shots cut
3us;ed III r5osa man ~ IT,, ,1opmsst backstay, and all
o,'g recognized as the Lenric1, moi ione
1hce sold to one Of tue Jauaoeaa Princes
appeared around point. and n*sse3
F1tnln ~; l5o feet Of the steamer,
4nere"as no installing herintentfon 70 io7n
~ y. LIZ ~ lne attack, all on board Of the
,bruke expected, as she came In ranpa ~
eceive a broadside, which (as ahe 6ai
eesy arnament,) would have snnk fheno
ao 1t been delivered with even small A.,
Ne OF precision But for some reason nnt
noan, ehe held her fire till nearly out Of
',1 L,nge|tPs2oa6ly t because she was not ready
ring as inst Is they could 1oad and disch.r5s
!, Inc meantime, the Penbertoa Was makinr
L possible haste In getting IN steam and II
se than fifteen minutes after the att.ck
eEans she ran ont Of their range. Some
liiIy SHOTS were fired from the heary runs
.,qs 44aiskety. 4is The Japanese pilot, du-
Vt was prevented By force from doing so1 :
'han 20 found he could not escape. fe set !
Motk VAIN VIII to extric .te the steamer. )
~ ~ eooA , 1ef safely through passage not b. .
,e,, assa saa 2 1orelsn vessels, back into the
an, to follow By the attacking vessels a. !
e Japan custom in making an attack ejtlcr !
sea or s1ngle-handed on land, it Was =
'mmenced first BY terrific yel1-1hich !
VII, 1Is, as II das as We Know, no quarter. T
an1 :, LIZ 1is,ta tne n7ng WIS going on, a great +
d the noise Of moving boats vas distincti1 :,
a1d. 4 few moments longer delay in eef. E
Is up steam, and, In nl1 probability. - =.
outa never have been the wiser is to ! T.
~ ~ 1ad happened to the Pembroke, md Ill ~
'o1a mare pnt her DOM as lost at sea, as y, ~
Japanese would never have announce5 =.
destruction more than band Of pIrstes' ~ ~
1ur;her damage was sustained by he ~
mbroke than that before na1ned. IA ~ -
:Aness OF the night and the bad manage. -,
~ ! OF Inc guns only, she owes her escape, r
oad mnrksmen Indeed they must be not r.,
nuSc ~ 4ons more execution, far thong b the 6:
ne took effect.
Thus our flag isthe first to be iusulted hv e. e.
Japanese, our commerce is the first to bc ~ =
enefed With, AID all oar old theories of d
nercans being favored natlon by the Il
psnese talls to the ground. d
onr Minister, Mr.. Pruyn, could hardly, as a
T. have received intelli gence of the outrage, | ii
the Pembroke did not stop at Nagasaki.
WIS intended, but came direct to this d
ace, since which time nothing has left here .,
ha5agawa. % Me are, therefore. ignorant Il
10 Hnat course he may see fit to pursue In D
matter. We do not think the Govern 5,
ert AZ seas had anything to do iustigating -
If Outrage, but believe It was done bT some f.
the independent Princes, either on their b
N responsibility or by the authority Of the ct
y Government at Miaco. This, coupled aj
I the declaration made By the Japanesc Il
regard to clearing the country Of foreign fo
;, is significant In the extreme, and leaves m
lie room for doubt as to w1.t the consery- d
we party may attempt themselves, IL the Il
coon Is not able to succeed by negotiations. Il
also goes toward establishing the opinion n
pressed as to the cause Of tho singular re- AZ
+et Of tho Government for toreigners to Il
=. means to protect themselves We can
t agree with many here that our troubles d,
tn Japan are ended. The aspect Of affairs | le
but pleasing to those who are a. Il
a:ntea With the whole aspect. Il