Santa Fe gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864, 1863-10-03
The Japanese Trouble.

The New I fork lr6urp publishes an interest.
ing series Of letters from Kansgawa, Japan, the
6rst of which is dated June l5 The writer de-
tails the progress Of the negotiations between the
British aud the Japanese up to that time In the
course of The various delays and shuillmg pretexs
that occurred the startling suspicious got wind
that the lycoous Government, with all its pro-
essed trendluess, was really as hostile as that Of
the Miikado, and that there was plot On foot to
extermuate the whole foreign population The
writer continues: q
EARLY in The morning or the 2Ith Of May the
residence 0t ten, Pfuyn, the American Minister
at Yed0, who had cOurgeously remained at his
post was burned over lis head involving the loss
Of his persona property, though the archives were
saved in an injured condition. lhlS occurred on a
dark, stormy night alter day of pouring rain, the
house being surrounded by the usual guard of five
hundred men, and the fire had originated IN an
unused and detached apartment; thus the susp-
ciOU Ol incendiarlsm was too poIpub'e. The Ame-
rcan Minister however, still maintained his
ground, and, living with his SIN and secretary 10
the small single apartment ol an OutbuiIding, re-
fused To leave YedO until the immediate preparu-
tDn OF another residence was promised. Gu the
Both after many delays and preyarcatioNs, thr
new residence was promised and Gen Pruyn pre-
pared to lenye iedO temporarily or until the pro.
mise house was in readiness
"On the afternoon Of the day following he wa.
waited upon by two Governors Of Foreign A fair
who urged his instant departure to Yokohama
A conspiracy, they said, had been discovered, il
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which body Of live hundred rOainS were engaged
that night to attack and ovprpOwrr bis guard anC
take bis lile The GOyelnors w,rt extremely ur
gent, uirly compelling the Minister from his house
and placing him on boarl Of Jupanpse steuplr
IN the harbOr which. tho night following, took hin
to Yokohama So Ypdo was AZ last cleared u
its last obnoxious foreign inhabltant The sam
day and hour the American Onsul at RauagaHJ
was similarly threatened and pressed MO hilh
to Yokohama, where now a the foreign resident
On tho shores Of ledO Boy are IOr the first tim
assembled.
"These events indicated crisis at hand an
every one looked for some more violent demon
straton Yet, after all these indications Of re
sistance, the Japanese suddenly and Unexpected
agreed to the English demands Alta cOnfrreur
on the ! 3tl Instant the Japanese Commissioner
promised TO meet the firm demands of Col Nea
the British Charge, by the payment of the SUI
demanded Of the Tycoon, to wit S44100O. til
: first instamenL Of which tSi4O 0OO) is to be pl
on the Sth, and the balance in six equal week.
payments TO secure the flitllment o this pro
, mise written bond was given to TINT effect 'rh
remainder the demand viz, that the Prince q
Sa'suma should also pay SlOOOOO and arrest an
, punish the murderrrs Vi Mr. Richardson was al,
in abiyance for further consultation The Con
missioners gave little hope o. the rendition Of til
, men, as they said they had escaped imlnrdmtrl
| after the murder and all Of Satsunas attempts /
b, discover them had been unavailing,'
4 1t will be seen that the above account of tn
b burning Of the American Minister'S RESIDENCE
very If'rpnt from the previous reports but III
: writer gives other uHwtlcVme details which ten
: tO confirm it.
j With respect to the Britishejapanpse agree
ment, every thing remained satisfactory till III
18th 0fJune, when the first insument Of Sl40
400 was to BE- paid No money appeared on III,
= day, nJr the next but instead the japanese 60,
ernOrs sent word that they could not pay but th,
! III agreeing to do so they had exceeded til ir paw
5 rrs. The British charge at once closed all neg
! tiutiOns and transferred the matter to the nav
commander Renlorcements were ordered fro
: China aud India, and the foreign residents
u Japan were preparing for the worst, when (Jur
24) the writer says "lhe JOpune,e Government r
q Ireshpd itself with another somersuult' Une
$ peetedly to every body $500 400 was paid in, al
a thu balance urthe claim would he paid during Il
a day, which had not closed when the mail left.