The New York herald., 1868-05-23

lJSel1, eXniDlting all ltS COMIC
FORM feature motion, expression and general com.
Dnation OF anatomical parts. 1t was as II the head
or OF somebody had mistaken the shoulders OF some.
somebody had been meant for those OF somebody
sise ash every component part OF the individuality
belong. they had Ise sort erao of vitality obvious
" put were as their vitality had been so struck in
% han s th uld n9t circulate at all within at least
hanu thickness OF the surface. AS to their grav-
n.y. IL was as imperturbable as that of Burton used to
De t IN IN -, the Mummy" Not mandarin winked as
jenkins of the press why had succeeded in elbow
ing his way TO the vicinity and was busy with pen
duced them they bowed repeatedly almost to the
ground, rolled their curious eyes wickedly
winked with their queues with queerity OF
expression which was absolutely unreportable,
ana %Sud "a nave puzzled even the ne wits Of Jenkins
PRODUCTION, the group OF grOtesques all seated them
selves on the deck In their own peculiar squatty pos
tuTe, which might have been mistaken for an
intention to be seated, and maintained a grave and
stern decorum equal to that of the raven the
pad bust of Pallas in Poes poem. In dress there
was no badge to distinguish a mandarin from the
lesser rank, though the interpreter explained that
there was difference In the number OF buttons
ON the cap of a mandarin and on that OF
an inferior parsonage With the skull caps which
they wore on this occasion, the interpreter ex-
planned, furthermore, that the mandarin only to
be distinguished by his nObe, dgnlfied and gentle
manly carriage" with which reply Jenkins ex-
pressed himself satisfied, and made an item in his
notebook to the effect that as it was there was
telling a mandarin from any body else, since both
mandarins and members OF the suite were In that
squatty posture which precuded the possibility OF
any distinction in carriage or any other distinction
whatsoever. 1t might have been noted however,
that one OF the Embassy was Ornamented with pair
OF spectaces, somewhat larger than those OF Euro
pean wear, and seeming to have been made and put
on with view to the utmost grotesQuete OF effect,
behind which twlnked pair Ofvery small Mongolian
intelligence in them, mingled with certain grave
numorousness This parsonage Is Shih Tajen, man.
DARN OF the first water and high Minister OF State.
He Is low stature-say five feet six or thereabouts-
might have been noticed standing near him, is Sun
Tajen, another mandarin with an exceedingly
burly mould. This second is also high Minister OF
State. The former is sixty years of age or
Whereabouts and the latter is forty-hve-a
plies and which nobody could guess but for
the kindly information OF the man who happens to
have on hand the dates and fgures for, to all ap-
pearances the Is just as old and no older than
the other, the one having just many wrinkles
the other and there being no difference as to age in
either OF them. B0tn look as old they well can;
and here it may be noted us bit of generalization
that to the casual and inexperienced observer an in
age which it is difficult to dissociate from
at least fourscore, and which has probably
ssoe-yc..an the cr curious franciscan epithet
OF munmyn as expressive of this popularity Of the
race. Even the students accompanying the legation
had the same look of age as II they had been born
old and had never had any baby hood or boyhood-as
it, in fact they had come into the world alter thefr
''teens" had been long past and nature had visited
upon them the curious freak of bringing them into
DR.. DOliver at the age when he heard the graveyard
calling to him, "Dr. Dolliver, it is bedtime"
The queues Of the whole party were exceedingly
long, trailing to the ground eyen that were aris
tocacy to be reckoned by length OF queue very aris
tOcratc indeed must have been every member Of the
Embassy, from mandarin to student. A circumstance
arising from this fact created some little cOmmotiOn
as the members OF the Embassy were passing down
the gangway from the steamer member in the
rear happening to tread upon the tail Of member in
fiOnt-a queer procession they were, as faCetiOus
spectator remarked, "with tails to their heads"--
I'D alNarx rlnh SIIT nnIvr and
alteration took place which was less diplomatic
than emphatic. All hands set up cata-
Eact Of a66er like tina tna Of an ayary aa
all other birds keep time In their own original dia
ect. Order restored (and TO restore order was diff
cult for the queue of mandarin like the beard OF
Roman, is inviOlate) the party passed down the
gangway and were escorted to their carriages.
Dres all of similar cut, though of every dis
similar color the majority affecting certain dingy
blue with the lustre washed out OF It, black skull
cap drawn tightly over the head, loose overall
descending to the knees OF pair OF caileSs legs,
similar to those ascribed 10 the COpts, en-
cased in pair of top boots lifting very closely to the
the top OF the bo0t-these complete the encasing
intcguments of set Of the queerest bodies that
euer mistook themselves for members OF what the
phiantiropists call the great family of man.
AT u glance and, ,Ieven upon close inspection, one
could not tell them from Japanese, though ''Japs'
they are not and though they belong 10 another and
quite different nationality. Their heads are shavcn
exactly in the same manner as those oil genuine
'.Iaps, and their general garb is the same. They
wear no swords, however, and there is
an absence of that clatter In walking which is pc
cuiar to the Japanese shoe. Here, nevertheless the
violent colOred and misshapen umbrella: aud, like
the I" "Japs" Magenta and crimson blossom In hide
Gus combinations on the utensils in question. All
the members of the mission are Of Tartar eXtrac-
ion-a race which has maintained certain dstinc-
tiveness of feature and which emanates from the
north of the huge wall that divides the lower from
the upper portion OF the Celestial Empire.
The two mandarins-the party having been es-
corted to and ensconced in their carrages-rode in
open vehicle to the hotel, where rooms had been pre-
viously bespoken for Them The parry arrived ut the
Westminster about half-past two O'Clock, about
one hour and half after the arrival OF Mr.. Burlin-
game, and was duly regstered-Mr. Burlingane being
assigned to the rooms lately occupied by Dickens
and the members OF the Embassy occupying suit of
thirty rooms on the second floor. Mr.. Burlingame IL
accompanied by his wife ana da,icher-lssac Liver
more Esq, of Boston, Mrs. LivermOre and Miss Lv-
ermore and Captain Dolliver being o. the diplomatic
party.
The composition of the Embassy is as foows:-
Hon. Arson Burngame, accredited Envoy Extraor-
dinary and Minister Penipotentiary to the treaty
empire OF Confusee; j. McLeary Brown. First Sccre-
tary Of the Legation; Mons H. de Camps, Second
Secretary of the Legation; six interpreters two OF
which are English. two OF Gallican extraction,
and two of Prussian; and the dusEy foreign
ers who compose the rest and are exactly
BARRIERS. Shih Tajen and sun TaJen, who are
Ministers Of the first rank In thes Empire, ana
are invested with consulting and discretionary pow
ers constitute the visible ratfying hand Of the lega-
ton and the rest Of the dusky OF inferior rank
curious air carried their queer foreign names IN %
cramped handwriting which might have been mis-
taken for heroglyphcs, the register OF the West
minister. all with plain Mr. before them and all look
ing if written with the shriveled bony, yell
low. leathery little hand with its claw like finger
nails also yellow and ornanented with blue semi
circles ut the projecting end. They were as follows
and In the following ORDER
Mr. Tunp Pekin
Mr. Tuh Pekin
Mr. Kwei OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES .Pekin
Mr. Zaa ........................Pe PekiD
Mr. Liam .............................P Pekin
Mr. Ting .Pekin
Air TOO i. ............,. Pekin
Mr. Coonv .Pekin
Mr. anv .............,.............. .PCkln
most whimsical cancatenation OF Messrs ana
Monrolian putterals and one to put their de-
cipherer In mind Of HOaugho ana all the JaW-disort-
ing gutteral names on Morses maps
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Burlingame, after the
arrival of the remainder Of the legation took air.
ing at the Central Park, in company with his friends
and the Secretary OF the Embassy. Mr.. seward was
aaioa<.axsn a.