Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-12-06
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Plot 10 AsSassinaie the Tycoon of
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By the arrival of the British ship Hark.
away, thirty one days from Kanagawa, W.
are in receipt of files of the Japan Herald
to September 16. . ..
The Herald of September 4th says A few
days ago a well known official In Yeddo
Tatsongoro, Chief of the Fire Brigades
was executed by being transported with
lancesw while lashed to wooden cross. The
cause of his execution was as follows: 81
During the march OF the army from Yed-
do to Osaca, the castle Dzeze, ia the Prov.
ince OF Go-shoo, was selected as one of the
resting places of the Tycoon, in which he
should pass the night. Dzeze is situate in
the District of Oomi, and is the ancestral
seat of the Daimio HOndhashusen-n nOsho
who was in YeddO at the time. i =
On the day that the Tycoon was to ar
rive at Dzeze in the evening, and while he
was resting at the village on this side of
Dzeze, a retainer of the Hondha presented
himself at the door of the apartment in
which the Tycoon was, and before he could
be prevented, he entered the room and
prostrated himself before the Prince. Be-
ing called upon for an explanation of such
an extraordinary infringement of japanese
etiquette, he at once told his tale. do
not" said he, "rest at Hondha,Sama's palace
Tonight, according to your original inten-
ton. Preparations have been made to de-
stroy you by means of gunpowder. The
whole house has been undermined, and the
execution of the plot committed to one
called Shimono Tatsongoro, by orders OF
the Karoe, and Others in charge of the pal
ace. | am one of the Hondha Sama's re-
tainers, and know that the Prince knows
nothing Of these evil designs. was, by
good luck, one of the party selected by the
Karoe for his bad work. and have assisted
in the preparation, and so know the whole
truth, and desire to warn you in time, and
save my Prince from disgrace and unjust
punishment. To prove my sincerity. |
seal my statement with my blood" He
then performed 'harikari," and his last de-
claration was that Stozu-bashi was the
prime originator of the design. The poor
fellow suffered dfeadfully, but he died
smilingly, saying, ~ have done my duty.n
The KarOe (head retainer and officer in
charge of the palace during the Dainio's
residence in Yeddo) was promptly arrested
with five accomplices
Our japanese friends say there is some
reason to believe that the Stozu-bashi
might have been the director of the plot,
as, if it had succeeded, there would have
been but little difficulty in removing the
TycoOn's son, now in Yeddo, and that done,
Stozu- bashi would almost certainly be elec-
ted Tycoon-he being the son of Prince
Mito, one of the Gosankay. He is also the
man most likely to meet the views of the
Mikado and those Daimois hostile to the
present foreign treaties, and in favor of
separate and independent treaties.
Reports say that Tycoon is good deal
depressed in spirits. He holds court at
Osaca, and seems to have made prepara-
tions for heightened stay there. The re-
building of his Yeddo palace, that was de-
stroyed by fire some time back, has conse-
quently been discontinued. Trade in Yed-
do is excessively slack, and many persons
are selling out and going to 0saca to set
tie.
Since the above was in type, we have re-
ceived intelligence contirmatory of the
main fact in the above, and from source
which quiet renders incredulity impossible.
There is little doubt but that the Tycoon
narrowly escaped Immediately peril on his
journey to Osaca. The Daimio Hondo
had planned that on the arrival
of the Tycoon at his capitol, DzeZe, the
chief town of Gomi, an attempt was to be
made on his life. The accounts vary con-
One is that the Daimio had ar
ranged that the roof of his house should
fall through and crush the Tycoon and
party at a given signal. Another is to the
effect that it was undermined and was to be
blown up. 1t is said that the plot was dis
covered by the Daimio's own wife having
sent timely warning to the Tycoon.