The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-22
AROUND THE WORLD
General Grants Arrival in Japan
and Reception in Nagasaki.
THE GUEST OF THE EMPIRE.
Imperial Princes Despatched to Receive
and Welcome the General.
NAGAsAKI. June 26. 1879.

NAGAsAKI. June 26. 1872
There was special incident in our run from
China On the morning of the 21st OF june We found
ourselves threading our way through beautiful
islands and rocks rich with green. that stood Ike
sentinels in the sea- and hills which trees and
gardens and high, commanding cliffs. covered with
green and smooth tranquil waters. into the Bay OF
Nagasaki. Nagasaki ranks among the beautiful har-
bors In the world. But the beauty that welcomed us
had the endearing quality that it reminded us OF
home All these weeks had been in the land OF the
paim and we were again in the land OF tho pine
We had nature in luxursnt moods, running into
riotous forms. strange and rank. We were weary Of
the cocoanut and the brown. parcEed soil, of the
skies Of Are ana forests with wild and creeping
things 1t had become 80 oppressive that
when our course turned toward the north
there was great JOY. The Providence who gave US
our share Of the world no doubt considered this
and made it happen that some Of US should rejoice
under the tropics and others under the temperate
zone. have come to the conclusion that longing
Tor green is among our primitive and innocent i'm
pulses. and sometimes think that il Adam had
only had good supply Of grass. of timothy and
clover IN the Garden OF Eden. and less OF the en-
ticing aud treacherous fruits. there would have
been trouble in his family and oil would have
gone WELL There is temptation in sunshine. and
has feeling OF strengthened virtue tho land
scape draws near and unfolds itself and you have
glimpses of Scotland and the Adirondacks and the
INLAND lakes. and the green is an honest. frank
chaste green. running from hilltop to water side.
aud throwing upon the waters long. refreshing
shadows. 1t this school boy of pleasure
That came with my first view OF Japan. AL the ro-
nance. all the legends the dreams ! had
dreamed and the pictures had seem all the antici-
pations had formed OF Japan immersed in
CO.
since leaving England-our own old fashioned green
OF the temperate zone. This is not heroic confess
sion. and should have thought Of some fitting emo
ton with which to welcome this land Of romance
and sunshine. But get into heroic
vein. and my actual impressions as 60 around the
world are oft of SO homey character thatI ought
not to confess them. How much grander it would
be to intimate that my feelings overcame me and
too much affected tor speech. This would sound
q more appropriate welcome to Japan. All that
saw OF the coast the beauty Of the green, which
same like a memory OF childhood as a memory Of
America. and IN which l rejoced in a physi-
cal sensation like bathing. swinging gate.
doing under the apple trees in the drowsy days of
June. a4
HISTORICAL MEMORIES.
And yet IL could only rouse myself out Of this
mere boys feeling Of seeing something good-good
in the sense OF sight and food-there are memories
around this harbor of Nagasaki. OF grand men
and heroic days. Here come again upon the
footprints Of Francis Xavier. The shadow of that
saint rests upon Asia-or perhaps should say halo
rather than shadow. word more BETTING saint.
Francis was never favorite. for / have choice
collection of saints with whom hope ono day to be
In closer communion, and the stories OF his
gifts OF tongues and his taking part in the cruel
of the European against tho native beyond
M N as fron nd To and md
nature of the field in which he labored, and mark
his insatiate devotion to faith and duty, he grows
In my esteem. and 1 bow in alteration of his
devotion and genius. Perhaps Xavier had
no more interesting field than Japan. and
picture him the pale. concentrated
consuming priest floating under these green
impending hills. This is the Of his mission to
Japan. Hero began that strange movement of the
Japanese people toward Christianity; one of the
most extraordinary problems in history. and to
which must return again when less under
the stress of my narrative Here it began and here
also. 1t came to ond. This height which We now
pass and where the people Of Nagasaki come to pic
mic hill of Pappenberg. 1t island as well
hill and runs like and is arrayed in
winning green. 1t is written that when the Japan
government resolved TO treat Christianity as a
crime and extrpate the faithful that thousands of
the Christians taken to the brow of tho hill and
thrown into the Not far from here Is village,
the site OF tho massacre OF thirty-seven thousand
Christians who would not bow to tho imperial edict
but preferred to die with the in their hands,
NAaAsAKI.
These painful memories. but why recall them
In Japan? Let us initiate our beloved mother. who
has covered with consoling and beautiful green the
harsh paces-the sites of massacre and death-and
forget the dark deeds OF early age. while we re-
Ioice n he ht deeds of Of tho man
who in our time have taken Japan out tho scpul-
chre and given her room o chance in the arena.
There statelier memores-memories of the daring
navigators who forced the seas In heroic days. 1t
the dream of northwest passage. Of discovering
new road to the Indies OF realizing all that had
written in history and romance a. to the won.
aers--it the influence which Japan anu the Enst
hal thrown over the imaginations of men that led
TO the series OF enterprises in unknown lands
and over unknown which eliminated
our world is knit together. and that you cannot
touch y spot which has not some chords, some
memory, some associations responsive to ovory
other spot and thus ii is strange to say that Japan
and America have 80 close relation In those days
Nagasaki was renowned city. and alone OF cities
IN Japan she touched the outside world When the
warriorking tumbled the missionaries and converts
Into the and visited upon the followers OF tho
Gross untold misery. tho sacred misery
OF crucihxion Nagasak still held n foothold Of
the merchant. 1t was only foothold. You
the small fan-shaped concession where the Dutch
merchants were kept in seclusion, and whence
their trade trckled into Japan. A flag floats
one of the bazaars. aud by the floating OF the flag
bearing the arms OF Holland you can trace out the
memorable spot.
EMpERoRs WELCOME.
The Richmond steamed between tho hills and
came to anchorage. 1t was the early morning.
and the water shadows of COOL inviting
green. Nagssaki, nesting on her hisides. looked
coscy and beautiful and, 1t being our first glimpse
OF Japanese town, studied 1t through our
glasses. studied every featurcthe scenery the PIC.
turcsque attributes OF the city, the tcrr.ced hills that
rose beyond, every rood under cultivation; the
quaint. curious houses; the mutitudcs OF flags
which showed that the town knew of our coming
aud was preparing to do us honor. We noted also
that the lwhsrves were lined with multitude,
and that the available population waiting
to see the guest whom their nation honors aud who
Is known IN common speech as the Am ercan Mikado.
Then the Richmond ran up the Japanese standard
and fired twenty-one guns In honor OF Japan. The
forts answered the salute. Then the Japanese gun
boats and tho forts displayed the American ensign
ANA hrcd salute OF twenty -one guns in honor of