The New York herald., 1873-09-23
J a p A N :.
Peace Restored-Diplomacy in China and tho
United states-Mor.'s Opinion Of the Home
Situation - Christianity and the
Church-A Chance Tor American
Territorial Acquisition.

YOKOHAMA, August 21, 1878.
The disturbances that have had to record In
my two last letters have all been queled. and the
country ~ once more peaceful. In all except Fu-
koka the agitation was put down without any
great diiiicuity or loss OF LIE. The various pre-
lectures have sent In reports to the central gov
ernment, and from these am able to arrive ut
toerably fair estimate OF the causes and extent OF
the troubles, and am only surprised that they
should have caused the alarm which they did.
From the Owake district the Governor states 10
his report that there were many motives that ac-
tuated different persons who took part In the insur
recton. Some declared that they desired the
turn Of their Daimio; others wished to put stop
to the export and killing OF cattle; some wished
to prevent the demolition OF the stone idols on the
r0adsides; some desired new on1cers for the ken,
others that the Ocial salaries should be increased
Some desired the reduction OF the land tax;
Others demanded that that tax should be
abolished altogether, and some insisted that
the recent ordinances AZ regards the different
religions should be rescinded, and that 1t should be
forbidden to cut down any more trees or to de-
mOlish any more Buddhist temples These were,
in fact, only some OF the dnerent demands made
by the insurgents. Some were 80 ridiculous that
they were not worth attention. In this district
the insurrectiOn was put down by the government
acceding 10 the demands OF reducing tue taxation
and changing some OF the pubic officials. The
rioters IN Tsuruga demanded that q stop should be
put to the spread OF Christianity; that the feudal
system should be returned to, and that no foreign
books should he read Ia the schools. Al the sight
Of government troops, however, these reformers
skunk to their homes, and so In the other places
In Fukoka alone, however, the insurgents seemed
to be in earnest, they destroyed great deal OF
property and killed several onicials They also
sustained q severe engagement with the govern
ment troops, but were ultimately put down by the
latter who killed several in the engagement and
the rngleaders having been surrendered, these
were promptly beheaded anu quiet was restored.
The Ofiicer to whom the reports OF the governors
OF the different districts were made thus sums up
in his general report:-
The different risngs caused by bands of worthless
and Sy e
These men, disappointed in their own ambitions and
inss jealousy and as sonsficaoas
Sa @ n to n s
imagined tnat the was expressing them and
Pity or the deasons under which the poor misguided
Ss S ss s IS %ds S
the demands made by these people II requires no argu-
we therefore refrain from dwelling on Them any fur
ther We believe that we have heard the last OF them
DIPLOMACY WITH CHINA.
China where, it Is said, he met with extraordinary
success. Not only was he the means OF solving
that knotty audience question over which all the
Ministers Of the Western Powers had been racking
their brains for the last two years, and having his
reception take place first, though Japan was the
last Power TO make treaty with the Fowery
Middle Kingdom, but he has settled the i'm
pOrtant points Of his mission to the en-
tire satisfaction OF the Japanese govern
ment. The Chinese government withdraws
all claim to jurisdiction the LooChoO Islands,
and mas undertaken to punish the FOrmosans lor
their barbaric treatment of the Japanese, and to
teach those savages that hereafter they must least
on other meats than fricasseed Japanese. 1t is
also stated that China has promised that in case or
any dlf1iculty between COrea and JAPAN the latter
VIII be allowed to do she pleases without any IN
terference on ner part. The treaty is Immediately
to be put IN force, and China Is TO send Minister
TO JeddO and cOnsuls to the various open ports
without unnecessary delay.
MINISTER HOME FROM AMERICA.
ton, has returned. to Toxic. My duty to the
HERALD cOmpels me to state that for o man who
was expected to commit harl-kari Immediately on
his arrival here ne looks remarkably hale and
hearty. had u long talk with him the other day,
but he failed to tell me at what date he was going
to carve himself up-in 1act he Is so obstinate he
does not appear 10 have the slightest intention OF
dissectng himself. He spoke very freely about the
was vastly G dlsappointed He was not urepared t to
find things SO uncomfortably mixed as they are.
He says that the Japanese 90 not understand
either the meaning OF the word or the results to be
Ssns ny ny hSRs are s aeDora
Bile State Of confusion" he remarked 'There
seems to be no responsible head at the
present time. Everything Is awaiting the return
OF lwakura, and cannot see how he is to set all
things right. The TACT Is that the government is
now In the hands Of inexperienced young men, and
this state OF affairs cannot just yet well be
died. because we have only the choice of this kind
OF men and old men who are wlS1,ed to the old
condition OF things. / am afraid rst some great
national calamity Will have TO beGll US before our
governors learn wisdom"
failed to learn from him how even great caam-
ity would remove the troubles that he referred to.
Mort is not, in my opinion, statesman nor one
versed at all IN statecrait, but he appears to be
man OF good common sense. in spite OF the many
plumbers . he committed IN washington; hn And be.
will occupy very important position in the gov
ernent OF Japan.
seventy miles from Toxic, which contains not sui
phur baths. The Empress Is in an interesting con-
dltlOn. On his return the Emperor Will take part
IN the opening OF the new polytechnic school re-
Gently completed, and over which Professor MUIR
ray, late Professor OF Mathematics and Astronomy
at Rutgers College, New Jersey, is to reside.
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATION.
the Hn s " M sn Se
new American Penipotentiary to the Court OF
Japan, is expected to arrive. have no doubt that
probably Mr.. Bingham is one Of them, equally as
capable OF filling the position OF Minister to Japan
as Mr. DeLong But 1t cannot be denied that Mr.. DE
Long must have recommendation which the
others do not possess-namely, experience. Four
years. residence among the Japanese must neces-
sar1ly bring with 1t some advantages that might
have been brought to bear in IavOr OF American
interests Dispatches have been received at the
United states Legation addressed to Mr. Bingham
as Minister Penipotentiary, &C., although the
state Department must have well known that Mr..
Bingham had not yet left his home. Matters which
Mr.. belong had referred to the state Department.,
at Washington, have not been noticed and last mail
he did not receive single communication from
that Department.
REV. DR. NEWMAN,
Chaplain to the United States Senate and "the
personal friend OF the President" Is still sojourn-
ing at Yokohama. lie was sent out here ostensl-
bIy TO investigate the consular aIfairs OF Japan,
China and the rest OF the world. But the innocent
chaplain has made no secret OF the fact that he