New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-18
FROM FAR-OFF COREA.
AMBASSADORS WITH STRANGE NAMES
REPRESENTATIVES OF TAH cHosUN TO MEET PREeI
DENT ARTHUR. 4

DENT ARTHUR.
The snecial ambassadors of His Majesty. the King
NJ Tab ChOsun arrived at the flith Avenue hotel
At D. m. yesterday. and were assigned 10 rooms on
tba Broadway side of the second hOor AS they
filed through the corridor they were regarded
with much curiosity by the few who saw them.
The Coreans resemble the japanese more than ne
ChInese but they have complexion and general
appearance distinct from either, Short IN stature,
they appeared still shorter than tpeY
were owing to their dross which comprises an
ample flowing skirt coming within loot OF tne
ground and having flowing sleeves, the sleeves anu
skirts not beng of the same Color L1o fs
white trousers are worn beneath the sk,rt anu Oh
their heads were 0road-brimmed hats OF dark coof
and having high cOnical crowns. The melnpers oi
the party Min Yong Tx. Envoy ExtTaoIGinGa ic
and Minister Plenipotentiary; Hong Yong SIH,
Assistant Minister; So Koang Pom, Secretary lu
XII Chun, Pyon Su, KO Yong Chol, Hyon
Heuug Thick. Chen Kyopg Sok: at Wcn
Perceval Lowell, Foreign Secretary;. woo III
Tang Chinese Interpreter. ana iSuT Wtaro
Miriaoka private secretary to Mr. Lowell mere
Iisv,s First Assistant Secretary of State LeuteD-
ant Mason and Ensign Faux, u ;. n inc embassy
sent by the Corean Government III pms ro
between the United States ami COrea 10 es'apLlsn
commercial relations between the two countries;
General Foete was sent as Minister To COrea anu
tins embassy is the return of the courtesy.
The members of the embassy are all OF hlgh RANK,
the Minister beng the son OF the Queen dnE amo
The party arrived on September = al san
Francisco where they spent nVe oays,
beng entertained by Uehera' NCnouViu' ~; ~;
Mayor and the Chamber Of Commerce. besides going
To see various manufactures and inspecting Tue
Mint. At Omaha they were met Oy an Olncer sem
by General Sheridan, who entertained them IN
Chicago They left Washington yesterday morning.
To-day at they will be presented TO PRESIDENT
Arthur in his rooms at he hotel
They have been extremely anxious 10 see th99
President aud have avoided public receptions unlli
they should have delivered their messages OF goou
will TO the President. his afternoon they VIII 20
bv boat to Bos on where they have been invited 10
a tend the Foreign Exhibition and TO Visit VARIOUS
factories and places OF interest. Ihey Wlh ie'uIn 10
this city and stay q few DAYS ana VIII alteIWaIu
make two months stay at Washington before re-
turning TO Corea.
Mr. Lowell, who while travelling for pleasure in
Japan was asked to accompany the party sald laSt
evening tuat the COreaDs were much pleased with
the country and The people. They had abandoned
chop-stlcKs and had adopted American table man,
ners and style Of living. though they admired
the American style of dress they were not
quite ready to adopt it themselves.
''Corea is a hermit nation" Mr. Lowell continued,
and Its people and language are as different from
Chinese and japanese as Russian from German or
German from French. know of only two persons,
those at the japanese Embassy, who can speak
Corean. There has until recently been "a death
penalty enforced against foreigner entering the
land 1t is still on their statute-b0oks though tne
late treaty nulded it, They have had only
two foreign embassies-at China and Japan.
the latter established about seven years
ago They have carried little outside trade. and
country are rice. tobacco. hemp and little tea.
They have rich gold and silver mines, but they are
not well worked. Mining machinery and agrcul,
rural tools are needed. The only means or traVel
in the country is bv horses the 'kOgO, char
swung on a pole and carried by two
natives The CoIeans are qulte civilized, ana
educate their children carefully. The religion Is
Buddhist PRINCIPALLY. The officials OF all grades
are in the highest cl$s of society. Even the police
men belong 10 the high class ana 20 around the |
streets wearing spectacles. There have been Few
French missionaries IN the cOuntry. but they |
had to steal IN and keep IN hiding The
Chinese have generally respected the Coreans
a,,1f ne
rates the two countries is often crossed by Coreans
1t is seldom by Chinese"
placed at the disposal of the Corean Embassy by |
the Secretary of the Navy