, 1873-12-04
A DRUMMER-B0Y'S LUCK.

A DRUMMER-RO1'S LUCK.
Samuel E8rynn's Remarkable I'ronso- |
tion--ln IN TrluIs ON tho cIs0ntl--lscncll. |
ing Japan with I. Silver Quarter, RHo |
Leaves ns 1Eis Imperial nlajcsty's |
Spccin1 Commissioned.
Hashtnqon tov. ~ Correspondence u The Neu York
Sut.
TheFG Ct nro many Of your readera wo aro gno
has established postal service, md TINT It has
ontored into regular pobtnl treaty with tho
United States. 4 still lnrgos number do not yet
glorious start in tho raco Of progress. Tho
1t iH:
With ono Of tho Ohio regiments TINT passed
war came drummer boy, Samuel n. BRYAN.
about 20 years old. 11o onlisted ut Cadg, Tie
homo Of John a. Bingham, but after gu expe-
rienco Of d fow months llo secured q diAchaige,
obtained employment IN one Of the departments,
md by -porsevorance and PATIENCE. soon worked
himself into clorkehip III tho Sixth Auditors
otiioo at salary OF 81, QUO year, and placed
III chargo Of what is Known aB the British Mail
acquainted with our foreign mail eyatcnl, and OBJ
tained also an excellent general knowledge Of
postal business in oil its various deparsments.
Ono day, after reading m account Of tho jap
the thought arose in Ills mind tllat while japan
had attempted to Introduce our Internal Rove
uuo aud Agricultural Bureau ByAto1ns, glle Ind
as yet ma1o no effort to establish n Postal Do
pgrtment. He argued that the Government
Which could SO clearly see tho adynntugeh of
systetn in tile workings Of tho agricultural and
royonuo departments could not DO blind 10 the
Importance OF plan by which tho general intel
llSenco could he most rapidly aud lnoat cl!caply
distributed among its poople. Fl1lod with tho
thought that he might be the nloaus Of con-
terring lasting benefit upon Japan, while he
himself might occupy prominent position in
tho line OF promotion to immortality, ho lost
time in auryeying the field aud preparing for
action.
Ills fret atop was to introduce himself to the
Hon. Jacob A.. Amber. MomIer OF Congress-
from the Seventeenth Ohio District.
o to o tie coasF avs ba be- s 80 Iazv tha ua
know lie would do nothing but make prom
ses."
from Bfr. Anhler young Bryan learned that
the Japanese Government had no postal sor-
ts 5 but ns ces issoTsg mpag to aasaps ss1 %1 f.
| next called upon Mr. Mori, but received no en-
| couraGement.
| When Minister De Long arrived with the
| duction to him from his good friend Mr. Amber,
| and. after fully explaining bis plans. received
| from 1fr. De Long ASSURANCES Of his earnest CO.
| operation. Tho chief mon Of the Embassy wore
| delighted with tho explanations of the young
enthusiast, and were easily won to promise their
! mid IN tho prosecution OF his enterprise. They
| had no authority to outer into any arrangement
| with him, but urged him to so at once to Japan
and treat directly with tho Imperial Govern
| ment. ..
"Thia was flattering," said Bryan to mo tllo
other day-for you must know lie was some tino
in Washington :" but how could follow tleir
! adyice Without money, without moneyed
friends to asaist inc. whnt could I do2 Mr.. Do
Long came to my aid with happy suggestion.
with tho Paeiao Mail stenmalip Company lay
my plans before thonl, secure an appointment as
agent for the line, and while III japan press my
scheme upon the Qoyornnont."
Backed up BY Minister De Long, who, on hs
departure for Europe, loft him letter Of intro
duction and recommendation to be handed to tho
preBident Of tho Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany, Bryan WAS appointed Purser i'll tile branch
line plying In the Eastern watorH. und received
| free ticket from San francisco to Yokohnma.
Leaving $500 with his vito ho started for Now
ington, Vice-Prcsdent Of tho Central Pacifc to
whom l1o bore lotters from the Postanastor-Gen-
eral, he received pass oyor tho road from og-
den to San FrauciAco. At Council Bluffs i,o pslr-
chased an army ofdcer's ticket oyor tho Union
Pacific, for which he paid $3.50, and had just
| Sa.50 in currency left
On tho train 10 met tho mail clorl, who en-
gagged him as hia assistant. This made 1t un-
Ogdeu lie sold it for s41.66. In San Francisco
| ho obtained from Il frion1 latter OF introduc-
ton to II. II. Miller, Tho chief oilcor OF customs
IN Japnn, aud on roaching Yokolama after
| pleasant laasago his cash capital amounted to
! 70 centa in silver.
| At Yokohama ho met with htr. Dc Long, who
advised him to 60 at oncs to fot'do.
=" wns again in pecuniaiy trouble, continued
kr. Bryan.. IA third.class ticket to Yeddo,
| eighteen miles away, was only 3f54 conta. but
tint was Just 13M cents moro than l had in tho
| world. was not discouraged. cal!cd upon
Mr.. Miller, presented my, letter, aud asked the
y 1t Yeddo met eas IT, De- Loags Lori ] Interpreter %
by whom I WAS introduced to tho interpreter Of
| tho Court who arranged meeting between my
| self and the Minister Of Foreign AffairB. But
little was done at this interview. Two weeks
slipped away, md my purse wos again empty. I
went back to Yokohama, snw Capt. l.ano, agcnt
OF tho Paoilo Mail Company, told linn what had
brought me to Japan, enlarged upon tho bcneita
that must accrue to the Company in tho event Of
dollars. At the end Of two months Capt. Lauo
advanced me $3.50 more. aud this sum carried mo
through" -
aaid I.
"Well, yos but had to overcome many diff
flcultioH, III you shall learn. Aided by Mr. Do
| Long, ] was BOOB oaablcd to lay my plaus bofore
tue Ministers. found thon, worry Intelligent.
md md prompt to act. f bit now calno my t,ials.:
| You know every Government that Is in co1nMor-
cial intercourse with Japan las its own mail
service. Our connulB act ab PoetmNsters, aud 10
Tie Dritish ConsnlB who had everything thoir
own way III lapan until tho arrival Of Mr. De
Long, were violently opp0sod to inc aud my
pfanB. 30 wcro our own C0uHulB. Wlateyor
lhey could do to ombarrasa mo and prevent ao-
ton by tho uoycrnment they lost no tmo in do
lug. But for this iutluenoo should have nc-
colnpliBhea my objoct In two or tl,roe months at
furthest. But succeeded ut last, aud to my
Krcat Joy al lmpor1al edict MAJ Issued estublBl-
lng q Post. Oalso Department. With Mayshin,l
llaaki W post1naHter- 0oncral. waH appointed
Lis Imperial Mujeaty's Special Commissioner to
negotiate q postal treaty with tho United States,
| Great Britain, Franco, mud Germany, aud my
salary ti1ea at 1000 Mexican dollars por annun,,
with an allowance ot $500 month tor travelling
e1pen leu, 1allroad faro mud like expenses being
extra. His Majeaty allowed mo 5000 TO COM
| lIuuaato me for the delay to which I had leon
! BteaMer to tho United Statos."
:" How have you succeeded with tla authors
ticn at Washington 2" naked.