New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-28


Palestine and part of ASIA Minor. At CONSTANT
| noplc on his way home. he found awaiting nun
proposal from this journal that lac should accom-
pauy Commodore Perry on the celebrated expedition
Ia Japan. Ii was an extraordinary privilege l"r an
CORES pondcuts and other persons not belonging J."
the Serv ice had been vigorously cNclnuel lT"" tue
fleet and even IN this ease the Commodore was Only
able 10 give Tire significant assurance that i'N'''
happened 10 bc at Hong Kong when the uas'h'P
/ was there ne would he very glad TO see NM y"
/ niis somewhat vague encouragement Taylor was
dispatched to China, and the result Is Stl'u III the
following letter to his mother The attachcshp re-
fcrrcd 70 in the first paragraphs temporary APP
pontmcnt to the suite of Humphrey Marshall the
United States Minister 10 China:
SHANGHAI. China. Nav :. N3|.
The question is settled tins morning. ana '"tiu-
| uatclv lust IN time for the mail when cI3,c, inns
| afternoon / am to accompany 'he eNI''l'lun ~
japan. in the capacity oi-maginc IL II You an o..
masters mate with salary "l 01"V yea. " hT ~
| a month for ratiouS. Oh. what falling on! FROM
| the attachC OF an embassy 10 masters mate on
hoard A mau-ol-waE Think of me hereafter as
wearing a blue coat. with hlg gut buttons Gi'i
anchor ON the front of my cap. and terrlb sword
bv my side. / belong to the great American Navy
that glorious institution when s'attcrN CNiuIiloh
in every hroadslc and ELIMINATES the dark places
of the earth with thc light of It's rockets and bomb
shells Now shall the name of Iay or Ice rs re-
nowucd upon the sea As IT already IS upon the land
Seriously, consider myself most i0rtun3to. ING
rules of the Navy Department are so street in regard
to the expedition that nobody has been allowed 10
accompany IL except IN some naval c1pacltV.
Every body has been refused. English uublemen,
German barous and American scholars have aPp!ioI
in vain, and the moro chance OF vacancy ID a
merely nominal Office has enabled me 20 loln. snail
have nothing to do connected with the service. cN
ccpt in case of need to act as messenger from one
part Of the squadron 10 another. or similar small
dates. The captain of the Susquehnuna, no rs nv
fast friend applied to have me rs his clerk Ihc
commodore refused. and for few days hHd not
the slightest hopes of going Hy dcXicrouS manage
q
ilucncc to bear upon the councillors. who Is blunt;
honest old fellow aud ell-disuOScd toward me- ana
lie this morning gave ms consent He prefers that
should iuiu as master, mate because should then
he updrr his immediate command and could accom-
pauV him in all his official visits aud excursions ON
lo,e. This will give mo to very position seek.
! shall mess with the mdshpmcn of tho Susqur-
hanna, and the artist IAN old friend of mnr',
da@cucotypls and tclcgrphist The rules ol the
service forbid me writing line for publication aud
0hhCc me at the end of the cruise to give mp my
journal 10 the Navy Department. Bat shall have
little difficulty. through Commodore PtrrNS a d. IN
rcclaming ii and publishing history OF tie eA-
petition.
by special permission of the Commodore he was
allowed to write letters to TuE TEIBCNr, hut he
never succeeded in recovering his journal from tho
Navy Department. Whom he reached home, at the
end of 1888, he was surprised to find himself
famous The TRIBUNT. lie once wrote 10 his
mother comes next to the Bible all through the
West and TIE TRIBUNE had kept hjs.name almost
continually before the public; while his contrihu
tons to It had fascination for the reader of which
we doubt whether he ever understood the whole
secret. Taylor declared. that he never would have
had such success a traveller If he had not been
poet, and that was true. G.. y. L. James, the novel
ist called Taylor the best landscape painter in
words h. had ever known and that praise also
deserved But apart from the substantial value
and graphic style of his letters. they hal a certain
fresh, natural, buOyaut and healthy tone, re-
Election of his winning personality which, IN some
way dclymg analysis, placed Inn on the most COM
Portable terms with his readers. As soon as he re-
turned from Japan he was overwhelmed with m
viations to lecture. The project not paricu-
larry agreeable to him. but he wante money. He
was eager TO be release from literary drrdgcry,
that he might follow his trIc literary ambition, and
hc had bought, property near his Old home in Ken
nett where he meant TO build The lc tures were
immensely popular. lie wrote to James T. Fields
from Penn Yam:
This lccturnc is n great business have sixty |
five engagements, and have delivered twenty or
thirty EYcrywhcr. ! have crushing houS $. Tins /
afternoon a special train comes down from Canaan /
daiguI solely account! Curiosity j. alive 10 /
see " the Great American Traveller Ii proyokcS /
and humillatcs me, bnt suppQ,e II is natural and .
must submit 20 it, But would give all this noisy /
popularity for quiet evening with YOU.
And to his mother he wrote few days later:
My lectures continue to be as popular rs ever |
The houses are crowded and people come here. hi- /
everybody, literally 0TyJoig ha. read my Letters
and knows me already. such lutiuductlOnS rs
at as # were the great Gya kltos itself Il is not
very pleasant, but must pay the penalty. How
ever, IT makes me acquainted with many excellent
people al over the country, 50 That wherever 20,
l am never among strangers.
The following extract is from letter ~ lis
mother, dated at milwaukee,. after prairie tour:
People como tcn. fifteen and twenty miles over
the piAr" n ih+i WAGONS To- see and hear n".