New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-09-01
JAPAN AND CHINA
JAPAN.
JAPAN
THE SITUATION - DIPLOMATIC MOVEMENTS
PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS.
tFRou ORR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

occurrence and armed bands OF laWess men were prey
ing upon tho peaceful community spolng uem OF ther
hardeaned gains taxing the industrious to OBTAIN the
sinews Of war; what more probable, the wandering
samourai having for their motto " beauty ana poo'y'
punderng unfortunately, right left, taking as 1t
served their own ends from friend foe AdZu, wins
zeal worthy Of his cause, making bold and resolgte
stand against the confederate army to ayenge ing Insults
heaped upon his masters fair fame. Vdlahty Wstopv
the forces hurled against hln carrying on system OF
guerrilla warfare, until the hover OF tne oOullrh WWg
being called out the majority OF the rank ana NE became
DESTROYS OF returning Rome 80 me !Satets nusS MIN
been cOrnered, and In the hey day OF their triumph VIII
power WITHIN the palms which had long itched to hold IT,
the Dippng frost OF Adzus strenuous exertions com
hasty advance Then KanRa.uO- Kami. who IS the
wealthest Daimio IN the land, enters The lists
OF the Tokugaw1 Then upon the 2lst Of June, there
was pitched battle m Oshin, distant from Yokohama
sixty To seventy r. Large numbers Of troops were
engaged either side aud the southerners were beaen
Adla showed so much proves mat ms enemies ne. were
Mkado in the favor Of the gods and IT was useless to
oppose him The Northern Princes wi erect te stang
Kioto rescue the person OF the Emperor from The
hands Of his enemies ChOisu IL IL reported has LETT the
Imperial Court aud will fight 10 longer. Following in
his wake several inferior princes nave PACKED up Dag
and baggage and set ont on pdsedr toward the dearest
ot o earth The Mas who are OF the highest order OF
the priesthood have urged the Mkado 10 refran from
having aucnt to do with cyi! jurisdiction, aud threat
cncd him With spiritual penalties from which even he is
exempt, although ne ~ the heau on nc IhutSn
acting the prophet for sasunia and his company after
paradng outside the court wherein his ancestors we're
ronnd n seems now that the Emperor viii again seek
that retirement for which nc Is most assJredy Wen Lu
II such things in the blood or are encouraged Dy
Diplomatic movements, since Sir Harry Parker, the
English Minister presented his credentials 10 the Mkado,
have been OF little on 10 consequence. The treaty spu
laons are nffnged by the natives a. II they lad All TO
say N same cuucn reported thar tlttAutI
can Minister will 90 down 10 kioto Osaca. 10 present
his credentials the Emperor at very early day Apl
list passed. and Yedlo and Neegata were not opened
nearly third OF the year has gone 70 Keep az iOols
day company IN the tomb ~ the Cipulets NO one carts
about going to old capitol except for the qualification
Of curiosity but the port ON the west coast OF NpOn u
located rich SIX district aud fabulous stories Oh tne
cheapncss OF slkWOlm egg- DeesOn uufentoUs ~ ~
thbc But whose goes 10 Neegtta, takes ms ne lh his
hand as the saying t. aud may be ll ne ret9inS ne DC
comes subject for deportation However me ltalahs
are nov nockug to Japan oF skseed: anu the subjects
OF the NOrth German Confederation. don't 5tnd upon the
order Of going, but they tnhiei A,tlutts w" az! ~ &
20 md what manner Of place Neegata IS bllt| SUP
Jccts arc prohibited rom gong Intnet any -
we'll nincrsood there deal 81 diplomacy In silence
Nsgataki, which IN the ey-gone days was the thetrr
called mind 10y The perpetraton Of deeds AS T9vong
learn that Saturday, July II, party " native Chris
uaus, 70 tue number Of l2 were caused 70 euhpIh
nnmir 81 thesc people were aged men. From the deck
OF the Idaho tey were plainly visible huu hlPeId 70
lively faith ,tpeatcdy they made the egn OF The eOss
and showed tz!igbtes ircpdntion OF coarse such
TSaeS The ire 'S sd Of tho foreign community
deep sen;s Q, ISr ssa s of
sctencl rsgur.d - the representative Of Christian
powers should uttc ssolt protest Even that small
Community Dane Rrmor sci aflo.t many stories rel ave
Some said that the prisoners were Co suEer
we're tobe transported island Of sado and forced to
tho mines. e.'cral villages In tbg vicinity ~
Nagasaki we're placed under the bhn ead Rninorl and
tho OF converts held Ia dura,c vile, nt marked ont
Tor saugulnary punishmenis ~ prrseund hy hw wns IA
number between 1000 81 Gods human cfraturrs.
on The 18th Instant meeting 81 tie foreign Con-us
took place, and considered uat lAr o, custom dema I'd,
what would be the fatc ~ Size ClfisiEi- Coupled with
hir request Tor Information ws a expression :" ,Tc
that "hatc', measure were taket Icy NGtld no uc
nature 20 shock humanity SHd damage the reNn.
ton of the Japanese Government" To this mild uOtc
came reply winch seems To nave Detn cnhcocied by u
Hlcutea diplomat ana such del ciOus itto snubhuE D.
seward Tie attention of foreigners was eed 7" e IA
that the practice Of Christianity ante neg prosoy
VAS In couiNouiJu 10 The treaties made los japan with
The seycfal nations " the last ana Mc't 'o document
Kindly thanks the COuhul1 fur the iutrst tlHy mamie m
obscd l"I lIc NtHn'lNt a''' 1u' 10y ~, 81 VIC
opinion mat the Government II Japan competent 10
attend Ia NJ own aGa!rs. Thus ended that chapter
Last year the American Musiera lht' lei
with the Tycoon FOR 400 $40 CHRISTIANS Who we're 10
scinded modified the order and they unnolested
Ia civilized countries persecution for opinion sake. and
the dark relic 81 blTbr,. When these heatens
that the doctrines az CHRIST not utond"d 10
boring under since the days Of the iOrtuguese JestS
they Will possibly abandon the stand winch they have
long time srenuousy maintained aud giving scope
10 the u CeyatiDg spiritual religion the en-
ire nation may be Tegenerated, and lead 10 hgheg
BISHOP in charge Of The French IaGarist Mission claims
that there az least 100000 Christians ia the Empire
members the Roman Catholic Church, 2oOoO of whom
the missionaries have communion With ana the rest
brssed with Evolutionary faith aud practice far superior
20 the pagane among whom they live,
DLrAILs OF TIE BATTLE AT osHuu sIRACAwA-A ~
FlOON AT YOKOHAMA.
On the I'd day Of japanese month is OF june great
battle was fought at Osu SiracaWl, sixty 10 seventy II
from Yokohama between the troops Of the South and
those OF Tokugnwa Osnu srawaca II In the territories
of Absama n Daimio OF 10000 kokus AIdzu led the
"A
bes, retairers Absaua, sAkhiSain0n Sehdhl, Nan
boo Tszugaro Hutchinohc, Nheewe, Tanagura, Mice
hOnllnatz The southeus completely beaten,
nearly Of their killed having been removed I'm boats.
The troops engaged their side those of satsuma,
Tudo NabOsma Ramon no kaml. The last named
Prince is the descendant OF the Regent who murdered
elan In 1850 The present Prince always faithful 10
Tie Tycoon until soisbashi became invested with The
be remembered that one OF the Tyco0ns Generals,
TODD Isulne went over WIN ms relalncrs to thS
enemy, thus betrayng the TycOons cnuso and
losing the battle This the retainer Of kamon'no-
kam who thus tooG tsveeEo Oh a' @ nSn ~
again. aud refused Ia light against the TokuSawa; but
both SIDES. The Princes OF Tokrgawa VIII not have MIN,
AID H. a. pretty certain they gain the day. his family
and sslng One incident OF the .ate i9nnns us o,fl
by OF the Of the knights OF the Olden Time AZ the
Of the transported with excite
meut aud fury was eager for the fray that his men
became perfectly enrpturcd With him. and cheered him
dashed iuto the encmy's ranks who, seeing him come
thus desperately gave way and reircated all around
In the favor of gods and II useless 10 oppose him
There is little doubt the troops supposed TO he the Mka
dos are most completely dCnurazed and have no spirit
left. ,-,., -, 81,
on the 27th June n typhoon visited hOkohalna The
Japa GGete publshe: S9we particulars VI Land slips aud
mluoy dlsasters, and adds'
Gut tho niost serious damage was 10 the Bund between
te Greek aud tLe French HatOba the sea-wn from the
front o fhe Pacific Mail Co.'S yard round to the French
Hsrracks. and the Pacific Mail COmpany's coal sheds.
Over thni ami ~ the Bund the sea has made clean
sweep scattering one OF the large stones OF the
u"rct am The roadway, and throwing the seaweed 10
HE Very walls Of the compounds The upper end OF the