The New York herald., 1879-10-01

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Another dinner. worth noting, for IL was the iass
sxnression of Japanese Hospitality was the enter
,,, 1t ,, p-in.a Dati
tainmen' given W oenefai ui~as "
When the Richmond arrived In the Day OF NasasAAi'
and the Japanese authorities came board to vel
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come ooaerai or"u' " ING o''P'A'' ~
their head, the Emperor's personal represent
.tive From that time during our stay Prince Dati
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mas Dec" ai"@SS WIN use -"
years of age. Under the old regime ne was oa'"io'
~ f.pdal ,ord of ancient family who had the power
al life and death over his retaners When the change
came. and the power OF the lords absorbed by
,hs HLaao and many of their rights and emolu-
,nepta talen away most of the damios went into
retirement some came TO Toxic others remained
their country homes The great princes, like
a sullen reserved obedience. You do not feel them
in state affairs You do not see them. Tho author-
ties do not hayo tho prestige of their influence and
autbority. They are names in Japan possible CEN
res of rebeon while the forces OF tho in
the hands Of men who, few years ago. were their
nrmor bearers and samauri. The daimios appear TO
the and give allegiance the pres
ent government OF the Mkado. bus their acceptance
reyolnton as an incident that could not be helped,
as the triumph of the Mikado over the
tycoon and altogether a benefit to the nation.
Among these is Prince Dat His position in Japan
is something like that OF OF the old fashioned
tory country lords in England after the Hanoverian
accsssion His Office in the ST is personal the
Emneror. We have all become much attached to
Prince Dat and it seems appropriate that our last
festival in Japau should bo as the guest of ono who
i,ns haen with us in daily companionship Tho
prince had intended to entertain us in his principal
town house. the one nearest Enriokwan, but the
cholera broke out in the vicinity and the Prince in
ited ms to another of his houses in the suburbs of
Toxic. We went by water embarking from the sea
wall in front of Enriokwan The sea was running
briskv at fine time we started and there was little
trouble in going on board the imperial barge which
had been sent to convey u.s. We turned into the
river nassnp the s us gro unds of the Amer
can le1ation its fac wenther worn and shorn pass
inc the EUROPEAN settlement which looked a little
like n vell-to-do Connecticut town noting the
little nissonarv churches surmounted py the cross
and on For an hour or so past tea houses and ships
.nd rnder bridnes and warchtne the shadows de-
send over the CITY It is hard to realize that Toxic
is cityone of the greatest cities Of the world. 1t
looks like series of villages with bits Of green and
onen snaces and enclosed grounds breaking up the
cpntin,,itv of the town There is no special charac.
ter 70 Toxic no one tract to seize upon and remen
ber except that the aspect is that of repose. The
banks of the river are low and sesgy ut some points
n marsh When we came to the house Of tho Prince
we found that he had built causcway of bamboo
through the marsh out into the river. His house
WAS decorated with lanterns As we walked along
the cnnseway all the nechborhood seemed to be
ont in n dense crowd waitino To sec the
Gorera, Onr evening with the Prince WAS
very pleasant He lives in palatlal style.
lie has many children and children's children
have come to bless his declining wears He took an
onarent nrde i'm nresen ting MS to the various mem
hcrs oe his family our dinner was served partly
In Fnropean partly in Japanese STYLE There were
cbairs s. tnbr Knives forks napkins bread and
,h,,npa.rre This vns EuroDann There were chop
sticks seawced icllies raw fish, soups of fish and
soIyi This was Japancse There WAS MS n surprise
snec;aI com piment to our nation--u surprise that
cnmo in the middle of the feast-a dish of baked
,,or, and hcons which would have done honor to
roston Who insured this disl, and who composed
- az. r,vetcr;cs IL came into our dinner in a
frendlv yyav and vas SO we'll meant and implied
nch an carnest desire TO please on the part OF the
host that II became idyllc and conveyed a meaning
that venture TO saw was never Expressed by dish
of nork and beans since the MayAower came to
our shores The dinner over and we sat on the
porch and looked out on the river. In the court
ard there wero iuoeers who performed tricxs nota-
be for deyerty such as making q fan 20 around tho
edre of an umbrella and kcepnr bevy of balls in
tine air on the wing like birds Then we returned
hon,c art Of the wav nv tho river and as the noht
had sIien in the meantime and the sea was too hirh
ms TO venture out in the boats the remainder In
corria,ns
.NrpYcAN uosp,rAr1rrrs
Orr ,.st J,,arse outort.i,nent yas th at of prrca
DAFT There were others from Americaps Admiral
1oot.orson aoya dinner on hoard his aaoshin thc
1,ichn,ord M which were present oicers fro, orr
varous ships. the Japanese Admiral, the Minister
dack ana onr naval friends gave ms another idea Of
tLs trinmnhs nossible in q ak ilful man
ageInent of flags. We had the band. which
"noy si,nnrovipc although IL has not mastered "Io
henorin. - I,leutenant Commander CLARK. however
70 whose musical enthusiasm the band owes 90
,,h 80 ~sor,red no IN conadence that ~ there WAS
rnv virtue ef in the articles of war he would have
Si ~! ,i;ans ave- m g., tnrnnah tho .syVedj;no Mar.b" at
ms 90 we Th. ;nma With az
tb Admirn, vas nuite family nffair for the oflcers
had been our shipmates and we knew their nick
pun and ma n
shin and respect by his patience. his care his
courtesy. his untiring efforts to make General
Grants visit to Japan as pheasant as possible When
~. ran h.,.n 10 rail- and 10 ooze thronph tbo bunt-
in and drp over lie food il added TO the heartnoss
of the dinner for little discomfort like that was
small mnfter and only showed how much We were at
home and that we were resolved to eniov ourselves
no matter what Inc winds or waves miuht saw
When the Consul General came he brought with him
rumors OF a typhoon that was coming up the coast
and might break on us at any moment and carry us
aii ont 10 sea Tins gave a new zest to our dinner
Int the tvphoon broke on Toxic turninr aside rom
our fcast and when we returned on shore at mid.
night the rain was over aud tho sea was smooth.
'hcre was n rar,en party at the Consulate brilliant
and tbrouecd. said by the Yokohama press to be
the most Successful fcto of the kind ever aiyon
in tho foreirn settlement The Consular building
IN Yokohama is a capacious and stately building,
standing in the centre or large square, 1t opens
on tho main street The Offices are In tho lower
door-the iail lis an adjoining building. The build
ina ana the grounds were illuminated With lanterns-
fcstoons OF lanterns dangling from the windows and
the balconies-- running in lines to the cato and
swnyinr aloft to the crosstrccs Of the flagstaff
A special tent had been erected on tho lawn
and tho band from the Richmond was present. Tho
evening was clear and beautiful aud everybody came
the REPRESENTATIVES, o the foreign colony OF the con-
sular and diplomatic bodies OF the local govern