, 1869-12-05
TIE fXECUTI0N BIZ EARA-KTnI
1Y ALGE1NoA xE1rxAx MILFORD, sEc1E1Asy IL
Il Il LEGATION N 1ArAH.
From kAa GpTnkU Ntact7rk

from sAs ChEnAN NIact1Ek.
ha,a.tiT {ltlt lmEo:aaon bJ disenhqTeIIioa1 d
TAli EenzAou1o, the o1cer Of tho PRICE oi Bf1c..
BE II wax who gavs no o1ne1 to nrc ca tns
ono Of the JApaneso custoua which h1l exca8sd
srs greatest endGs:tJ .n1Earope, eilhnu9h, ring
tasn fails, 1i1i Tesass vnas oeEuI1cd, =
1ne eetenooy, Hhleh Wxs cs1efvd oy tho AnfAdo
oI se@uiojt. he hescQaas1a1 * 1ss sanaas ]
q rae toRekn ieaauonA We sese sevea foresga-
We H Te5s T csuduesed to The tenp,r BY o11esrs Of
The Princes q sa11nA scd Choaea. Alraouzn
v12e maaner, m casual Remarks which, Ne sSer-
hralu to nc street, nod ero~o noinx tao p6socs~
pl entranes % NJ tsmpse, ADO Hed tast 2 W.
courtyard Of TIC tc1sple presented rtoss pscsus-
tEQue Eght; ts8W crowded WITH 4o@de1a sSand~ 4
tnf abodl IN ksot. res7d large nies, wmce-sasew
quaint ganis eEefs AZ t3e eaaed b7ildlrE.~ We
tete shown 1nro II inner rooua, where Wc wefe
g ID s1a 81 H ee g Is asrs e. LID
5apatese on,cafk- A1tef lor2 interval, 1nian,
seemed do1h1y lonS frum lhe sfenes which pte- !
A,oso. essne md soas dawn oar names, aods
th1oEmed-n% tnAs eevcn kepsat-shcr1Gs or w.t. |
sssss aaeasf = e M e " sas
MAz3o. tKu Captains Of sauuEA's lu1xnuJ, aad |
two of cnnshinst with ItTeseatat,re ot tae
con np'eled tEe nuuear, which eAs probably II
lked n order 10 tally with lhhs al the fozszn-
e. no snansee further in1yte1 Whether We
replied tn tne peH1tise-
roHbet delay than ensuea. stser whic1 xe
the l1nao or nsln han Of the irepN, where tae
Ceremony VIE 70 be pe1fc1med II 9as n tnpos-
%g eesns Pc ~, mr. n1se asa y; @ a1ta nSa rna sup
.od esnaGsa.s pecalar 70 Buada'At temples.
trea ~ WIN beaantai 1niss Ear d raissa
was sa,d Tos u sear,e. ielt- r.1i candles placed
light, tut hamdeut to let a: the proceedings be
aeco. The aes,n lspaIeso TOOK tne.r places On
tie s Of 'es 1ssa 1as seysn
sa.teo.e, TAU zenfasqro. sih1art man 81
hen at1tred ~ hts drsss Of ceremony, with tie pc.
cuiiar heupen eln!h winSs whtca arr !osn on
sassAaka and hires omoers Who wore tao fsssSao,i
| or var aurcoat WIN gold ussue fActncs- Tns
word taiaAaku, It aronn te OBSERVED, Is Que to.
The ONCE u that Of gentleman; In nany cases
! II r. performed By Ensnan or friend OF sna
| q victim a1d e1ecuttoneE y ,hes Instance
me 1sse,sa ~ = snR e I y a1d
anorR heH own number fur nts sktll IN swosds-
DarAL1p -..-.
/ Win Inc k6a<ha1A on Rl1 ie1& n3Rat TAI IeHEf-
bnIo soyaEesd slo1ly to~ alas ,ns Japanese Wit
| ptssesr snd the TWO bowed befste them, then
drawing ncaE to the ioEe,gucTs they saluted ul IN
eaea cs,s &c VA ". ns
tttnrned. slovlI, n-d With great dignity. The
sea,td himselts on the felt CARPET VITA hts BACK
% The high altar. the taisAet4 crouenlnx On hi4
onicefs tneu came formard bearing a sisad Of
ne k,nd ufed u tempes tos tItr1nes, IN which.
ea IL ss as e. sns
asa rszo11 THIS hs haraeu, prns,Tatlnx nln.-
rctereDlll, raising 1t TO his head with both hAutas
and plsceo II N fropt Of hiu.aeif.
Atses A1other prnf -uud ohelEance. Taxi Zcpzs-
t1on AID hesI,at1cn n might be expected from u
4 mxo v no is MAktrX p4ipiul cul fe7Aen, buk Nth
ho siRn o. feas either N hn face OF uAtucr, spoke
~, aId aiore, urwarraneahly Rave the order
70 Orc On the foreigners y hobs, aho acain IS
myself. a1a Dea you vac asr pirscas 10 do ne
! The hot Of witnessing the act"
Dowing once c4oIe, the speaker ailo1ed hls up
ptt garments TO Eitp down to nts gtfdle, and rn.
nained rated 10 tic y alas. Carefully, according
70 custom. he tneked his t!eercs undsr b.. kLeea
rohle Japanese Rcs,ltnan snoald die falling foI.
| wsrut. Deliberately, with e:eady haiti, he tDok
tho dlk that tay ceiore hia; be Looked al II
ntstlu!Is, Almost anectioIa'ely: FOR molnrnt be
seemed 10 ccllect bls Thoughts for the Last t,me
and Tier, 1ssnutn4 hinssil deeply b-low Inc
~a.st o. he ley, ,n.nd s1de, he diex It slowly
NrcsS 10 tho night Elde, Rtd tuIn1Hr the DIX IL
she wound. ca1e a slight cns un~ atds- During
this stcttn!nGy painful operation ne nceet moyed
dns ae ies5ed forward I and j s,rescnei sn ed ai eui
his recS an expression Of PAIN tor The mat TIME
That moment the kutatatrt, wbo a.tt! crouchloe bJ
Els side, had beeu tecny watching his ever
ErorencEt, fprarg 10 nis feel, poised h!s sHofe
LEI, easopH W,s bo
hsd n en- serered from the body.
A dead silence followed. etofen only BY thI
heap before ~, which but q moment before hat
teen brave and chivhEcus man. It Wis horrible
The tauAatu made Ion boN, wiped Ms sword
and retired from the rstsed door: and the kta.nct
o!1k va solemrlJ borne awnS, bloody proof
The ex xecuHDD.
The Two Representatives oi The sltBdo then ief
their placst, and crossne over % where ID. iorrt1
tence ot death upon TAti Zeozaburo had oeei
i.Gnto,ly e atI'sd -; out. The ceremony being Il n
Tne ceremony, 10 which the pace and the hou
throughout @ s b. tnas e1sss@s dignity T Ind pgnet!
ioutneaa which arc The dsttnetive marks o, th
proceedings Of japanese geoslen,en Of ronf; sns
, with Il the conviction tha, The dead nAe va
iLdeed the o1neer Who had committed tn
s, s9d m no ,Ss snssse Is5n. whs
,, impossible =. the same lime not % he die
! with Admiration OF tne nrm and manly bcai
|
the fassAalu performed h,s last duty 10 his mas q
Nothing could more ssfolsis SHOW The force 9
edacaaon. The sapurat Or pcntleuaa Of th
s!. ron ~ e eat.'e.s ssss 'sssas i. s
some oay he my ne called ueoa & plaJ p.,i ! !
= enlch hold to tho tradltloua Of ancteoE chivzlrl
tho cnlld Instructed ID ths rtghi sod fan1a,tze
OF bio'iins.oat o. disgrace II tho nouF come
ne s prepared for II, and hsnve1y fsces an otdea
e>I 1S oer % e sas q a
). usn learn the last trtoate Of st1ee1lon which
, na, have % pay 10 na oeat friend may h to act
: s.ncs wrnss tue aoove. We have beard that, b
fore bis enuy irto he fatal hall. Tali zenzaaul
. called rLund hlEa all tnose az hts own ctAn wb
> order 70 ere, and addressing them In : sbo
Z speech, Acknowledged the cetnous5cs1 OF b
.Sa 19e q o "na
4 Tie o1leers Of the MikAdo, Who urgeo them ,
tnt:r fcllov-clAnsDan- They declared that the
entertained no such feeling.
a The op,rton hss been expressed tnat II rnui
t n4ye hten polite for the feeri1p representative
y as The last moment 70 have in!erredet 4
i The " q TAI zsuzsaato' N Tns q9ess,e
10 the rcprcsenia.,ves themstlves. Ny on
:, belief !. that mercJ: although i nt9at have pr
= duced TEE Desired effect among NE more cyl1t
le and lRat by tboee wilder people Who have tot ,
70 aptfsonE lnoNiedge o. iole!gIerA Iae oGsI g
sack ne iss and o1 :qn,s q ~
J, alone FTevested nom ending IN N universal ~
!, | taer-waA the E1Ayest thai has been commit
- Death Eas nnloaotedlJ deserved, and The fol
D. j:dlc.al The cr1ne might 6are involved '
one deasn- believe that IN the interest Of Jap.
as vel as IN cur o~n. tho co01ze pursoed =
aas aao y tse .ssss 1spaaess Mp.s e 70
ST Il o!tyo, with whom Ind dlRc7ks1on upoo
s1tiect, VS. qulic Of my opinion
The te1enot x ooserEed = n Aa.a III
japan: hut the following manofandu1 u2on
subject Of the rte, - II u pfaesised st Yed
s!ss,iS en.ssnes i,s ;aas sassase, ~ &C. 7, ~
u&e who WA able TO speak Of what he had X
!, himself. 11nfee different eesenon'es He
/. Ceremonies oosersed 1t tho hsra-k,ri o
| Netomoto tpettr noble OF tne Tycoonf coGftl
prison. Thth Il conducted with great secrecy
al omftsnft fofncsr ~nose duties appear to can
In tie sulvtElarce Of otn omcerI}r rAssAted BY I
M otheE oMetsntss q the second and tasld els.t
10 "a keN5M OF SneHn, and Ats II front of The M
The condemned man, atlred IL hls dress OF G
"a. mouy, aud wearing hia wres of nerpsn e.s
e iouI a oae sS of &c as az III. pt,son oI u
u {eIecu. iorefs q secondsA AID take thsir pll
orc on tue right hand. Ard the other On the
h2nd CT the condemned
e1e The tatshetx Oh sae lett .tte, announcing
pAne and surname, aaJs bowling, y hare
e &C. = sas ssisse 10 a. .o1 saxs }en
nan thanks him, and accepts the offt1 or no,
tho ease rnAy be lie thsn bo1s To TIE Sue
pesa Sfose n y @ a.tane. ss of sasee
x1spred IN paper and lying "a : stand such I
1,ed ~ sds1sass T. .s. Isnp'es se,., a, !,
T. nd stretches oui bis neek, the tasAaku
: hl ieft hand atde, ds1Is hsa sword and stEte
his head. The kusAAefu, On the fEhi-hSnd 8
SZAS fhnf fkA RtA 1RR Srf a