The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-14
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

DIT CusCaCe M MarLln VI LOnuOn ii at the GranU
Central Hotel.
Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Commander Gordon, of the Royal Navy, has ar
rived at the Brevo0rt House.
Colonel W. Yates Selleck, Is stopping at the Hof-
man House.
Captain Hamilton Perry, of the steamship Repub-
uc Is at the st. Nicholas Hotel.
General J. G. Foster, OF the United States Army,
has quarters at the New York Hotel.
A Committee Of the Common Council of Plttsburg
is at the Grand Central HOTEL
0. 8. Winans, Of Dunkirk, N. Y, is at the Metro
potan Hotel.
Homer A. Nelson, of Poughkeepsie ex-Secretary
ofState, Is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Colonel G. Thomas, Of Nicaragua, has arrived at
the New York Hotel.
De Witt G. Mttlejohn, of Oswego, exSpeaker OF
the Assembly, is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
Oscar G. Sawyer, an old New York journalist, yes
terday arrived at the Holman House from Salt
Lake City, where he has been for some time con-
Quoting paper.
Baron de Smirnof, OF Russia, and his bride, yes.
terday arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The
Baron Is an attache Of the Russian Legation in
Munich, Bavaria. He was formerly stationed in
Rio Janeiro, and there met the lady to whom he
was welded In st. Louis a few days ago, and who
is the daughter Of Henry T. Blow late United States
Minister to Brazil.
The new Commission from Japan yesterday ar
rived from San Francisco at the st. Nicholas Hotel
1t Is composed Of Shogoi Kioyanari Toshida and
General George B. Williams, as special Commits
sioners, and six attaches or secretaries, whose
names are Otori, Yosheda, Mlnam Honda, Tage
Takaki What Its mission Is Is as yet unknown but
from the facts OF Its chiefs being officials OF the
Treasury Department OF Japan it is surmised that
the object Of It's visit is In some way connected
with financial matters General George B. VIII
liams, one Of the Commissioners is the only for
eigner upon whom such place has been conferred
by the Japanese government His abilities are OF
high order, else he could not readily have over
come the reluctance to honor other than natives
which, with all her new-f0und nberaljty, Japan
has yet retained. The General was until
last December connected with the Internal
Revenue Department at Washington but
resigned to accept the place Of coun-
selor to the Japanese Ministers of Finance.
Y0shida, the dominant colleague OF General VIII
liams, is the Vice Minister of Finance OF Japan and
a cultured gentleman Of pronounced ability. He
has graduated from colleges In this country and
England, and has travelled through great part Of
the world, thereby dlsciplining his mind to libe-
ralty and discernment. Otori, the First Secretary
OF the COMMISSION, Is quite q nOCed character In
Japan. During the civil war he was devoted adj
herent of the Tycoon, and so determined In his OPP
position to what he considered the ancient ideas
Of the Mikado's party, as contrasted with
the somewhat liberal ones Of the Tycoon,
that he imprisoned for two years after his
render Upon his release he discovered how CON-
pletely the Mlkados ideas had revolved, and their
liberal tendency suiting him he gave evidences Of
loyalty and was rewarded with his present posi-
ton. Last evening the Commission left the st.
Nicholas Hotel for Washington but will return to
this city within week. Before its departure
HERALD attache conversed with General Williams
and elected that from the results of his observations
he considered that the Japanese are rapidly pro.
crossing toward an entire Investment of those prn
ciples by which they have been SO long pent up.
He said Every Japanese Apet was eager to be
instructed In the ways OF the outside world"
The General also asserted that the isolated position
OF Japan cheap labor and her great mineral re.
sources will eventually make her the Great Britain
of the East In manufacturing sense.
Last evening the Academy Of Music was crowded
with the ele OF Irish citizens, male and female
who had assembled to listen to the eloquent
Dominican monk, Father Burke, who lectured on
the "Life and Character OF Daniel OConnell, the
great Irish Liberator.n The boxes were filed with
elegantly dressed ladies'. t..-kt.