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Japan Opened—Satisfactory Result of
Commodore Perry's Visit.
Three Torts Opened to American Trade
Agreement to Furnish Coal to American
Steamers Interesting Narrative Detailed
Account of Commodore Perry's Second
Visit.
The Susquehanna arrived at Hong Kong
J'rom Japan on the 2d (April,) bringing the
gratifying intelligence that Commodore Per
ry had succeeded in the objects of his mis
sion in a manner that will confer honor on
his country and enduring fame on himself.
Til-! .precise terms of a commercial triaty
had not been definitively arranged when the
Susquehanna left the Ycdo on the 24th of
March : but enough had been done to estab
lish a friendly feeling between the two coun-i
tries
lo
des. The opening of three or viore ports'
inc commerce or America, ana mc furnish-'
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iii" of coals for its steamers, may be consid
ered as matters settled, and Captain Adams
held himself in readiness to. proceed in the
Saratoga to bear the intelligence to the gov
ernment at Washington.
We are unable to furnish our readers with
a detailed narrative of the proceedings in
Japan, from which it will be seen thatnoth
ihg could have better or more fortunate than
the course pursuod by Commodore Perry.
He has peacefully and amicably opened it
lo the intercourse of his countrymen, without
firing a shot or using an angry word.
Commodore Perry, in the Susquehanna,
left the harbor of Hong Kong on the 14th
of January, accompanied by the Powhatan
and the Mississippi, the sailing vessels Van
dalia, Southampton. Surtnlv and Lexineton.
rendezvous atNapakiang in Loo Choo, where!
the squadron met on the 21st of January. I
The sailing vessels were dispatched for!
Japan on elas STa of Sn,7arJ ,nH th
command of r.nt Ahhnf hX MmsW.
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following on 7th February, and, along with
the sloop Saratoga from Shanghai, joining
the sailing vessels in the waters of Janai!
on the 12th, without accident beyond the
temporary grounding of the Macedonia,
which was lightened and speedily got off.
The whole squadron then proceeded and an
chored in the bay of Yedo, passing Uraga,
where last year the interview and the delive
ry of the President's letter took place. A
few small forts, mounting ten or twelve guns
each, were observed, but made no hostile
demonstrations. Boats were not allowed to
come alongside until the. vessels had taken
their stations, and the Government officers
were directed to the Powhatan, (to which
the Commodore's flag had been removed,)
where they had an interview on the 13th
with the fleet Captain Adams, to whom, af
ter the exchange of compliments, the Japan
ese stated that in a few days a special high
officer would be sent to Yedo to meet the
Commodore and arrange everything in a!
t w 1 k Vu 1 y ""V.of
they objected that the vessels had come too:
far un. and recommendpd their return tn
Uraga, where the Emperor desired the meet-1
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ing should be held as before; and that point 1
tney considered as ot more importance than
talking about the weather, which subject !
would seem to be the pis-aller of conversa-!
We believe this was nearly all that passed'
during the first interview, and the deputation j
-took leave in good humor, which erew to mer-Lor,
nment, upon Captain Adams suggesting, that
I
awton tne suDject, me japan-jsaction
lefttit to the Commodore
lor interview. iJelore takin2ii
instead of returning
more favorable anchoraee
higher up, and nearer the capital, which
wouia also he more convenient for the high
officers to be sent from Yedo, as well as in
accordance with the customs of other na
tions.
After much
cse at length
select a place
leave the deputation said if the ships needed
water or provisions, boats would be sent
with supplies; they were told that, except
-water, nothing else was likely to be re
quired. After mature consideration, Commodore
Perry decided to tend Captain Adams in the
Vandalia to meet the Governor of the' Pro
vince at Uraga.
F.leven days afterwards the meeting took
plate ; and in the interval, entertainments
laarns suggesting, tnai ,
to Uraga perhaps a
rage might be found
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were interchanged by the American and Ja
panese officers. At one of two given by
Capt. Buchanan, the Governor of Uraga, as
we have seen in Keying and other high Chi
nesc officials, at once ieli in with foreign;
oubcrvauces in loasung aim opeec, ng.--
Captain JSuchanan proposed the health
the Emperor of Japan, which was drank
standing " with all the honors, and was ac-
Know leagea oy ; me governors oi uraga, wno;
return similarly proposed the health of
the President of the United States, fhe
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InnrmpCA trvnlr (hoir lirmnr trr'plv PCnoPin vi
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cnumpagne, greauy autnuing uW g awnre,
that contained them ; and expressed a hope
the time was at hand when they would,
at liberty to visit foreign countries
steamers and ships of three masts.
" was ail,nn ims ""vai inaian omcer;
y. , r 1 . rr 1 r-------- - ,
din ii n r ii
did not actually enter it, at least was near.,,
enough to judge of its appearance, and
ascertain, what however, we believe a sur-
vpvincr narfv hnit flrmp lvlnrp 1li:it r nc tn
-J'"i-t ...... .u
the shore there is five fathoms water so that j
ii can ue approaencu uy large snips.
The city is in the form of a crescent, and;
on an extensive plain with a niagnifi-:Empcror
back-ground of the mountains and
wooded country ; but it seems to possess no;
striking public buildings while the dwelling!
houses are generally of one story, and!
therefore, nothing imposing in their appear-1
ance, except their vast numbers, and space;
they occupy, lhe population ot the capital
has, however been greatly exaggerated, for;
though it is certainly great the Japanese,
ofhcerS themselves placed edo third among
the cities in the world, London, they said,:n,
nS Jt c ' i I
0 PrePa.raUo3 "er,e com-
Smp ed 1 6 'eceRtl0.nti1 lht: Cm-jful
thobye msstMupn vG.lti
iuuwl.. U1 ,"ie u WT".
irom ine snore to tie nan, ana wnicu snui;nnn
out the uubi:c ajp jJUvcen u an(i
0ck Sio marhi's'havln bS
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l -- rr 1 t in ...hi.ln l.i.n.. I ir n i h.nl.. 11.. 1
VB a'"' "1C VcX '"'"y-'""'' UV
der command of Capt. Buchanan who con-j
veved the cortecft tn the the shore, and
ml i-t J 1
under a
Macedo-i
m . 1 Til, 1 -jV..v...
waucu m.at m.n "UU'B
suite, consKtmg of Capt. dams, the Sec-.
retary Mr. O H. Perry, and the mterpre-jIn
lv.1, i . j. u, v v ikkiuuio aim txi. j xj. vy.
Portman, who landed about noon,
salute of seventeen guns from the
man, the men 111 the boats standing
the officers on shore beins uncovered. The:
procession then moved forward,
playing "Hail Columbia" and the
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aeni s lviarcn. .
On entering the hall, the Commodore was
received by four Commissioners, appointed
for the purpose. Ihey were ;:
J?:.3y:0i )ai$akH
2d Ido Prince of Tau-Vimi fthe rnnn 1
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of Mimasaki riS ;
x .ain, pnu ,
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islands lying between Corea and Japan.)
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.' Lll. UUU1IU. ftrXUIHI QAM. Ltlll LI 1 L 1 Ml
0f Revenue :
The naTtv beinr seated the fl nf Tai, I
was ruS uo the
IfJZii ZtvZ 1 1 frZ ? 1 1 l.nh-
...u:u f. .1 r 1
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raiSSioner who through the interpreter pre-i
fori h'J rv,!;Qc a .,.iL,
nnmmnftnrf.nn1 h;nii;p nn,i r..
which in China generally precedes the trail-'8'
of business with foreign officials :
toian(l while it was ; 0 the ti
e CL i e rp.. 1
iu lane a iiu Lt: ui Lilt; iiicii:t: ui int;t:iiiiv'. i iih :
Commodore and his officers, and particularly j
inqu;re(i about the health of the former. At
sign given the servant3 in attendance
beside each officer. The regalement
to havR heen mnrh the amP s thi.t
brought in laque.red stands with tea and said, I
sweetmeats and other conserves, and placed I
one beside each officer. The regalement
iceems to have been much thc same as that
hall, which had been run up with great celer
ity, was about fifty feet long, forty wide,
and twelve high, and surrounded with mag
nificent japonicas, some of them thirty feet
in height, and in full bloom. Seats and ta
bles about two feet high, covered with red
cloth, extended the whole length of the
apartment. The floor was covered with
vybite mats, about three feet long by two
wide ; and. the place Was heated by highly
ornamented braziers placed on beautiful Ja-
pan stands. The pillars supporting the
erection were ornamented with purple crape,
and the walls were richly adorned with
rmirttiiKr nf hirrla nnA fl Tim Lull ...,...
situated about five hundred vards from the!
landing place, and was commanded bv the
oi:ships xvhich lav -.villi their broadsides to it.
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.several native artists were present taking!
sketches of the strangers
The refreshments being over, the Commo
in j(1ore aml his pcr30nal s wt.rc ccmdllct0(l
hv ih Tan!nMor.nmm;; .!,.,..
-J v.. -ni.vuu uumiiiiio.iiuuuis 1HIU UHUIUC1
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jiiuom 111 uie rear, mc entrance ot which wasi
covered with crape. The conference lasted
thrcc hours, and was carried on throughuhe
Dlltch lailgaage, which the Japanese inter-,
inipre,erS) Mats-ma-ki, . Mich-i-tnso, and Mr J
Portman, the Commodore's clerk, spoke fli-
(Mltiv. A very favorable, answer was given -nn,
iu utc sr n.siuan s jAiicr, wnieti
;n i,rtn' a of i',-,.-; i, lv'm
toimore'8. Bnil it is ?t;ltoct lhat V-
Perry Was fullv satisfied on all point
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crap, riv imn rmr i n-.- nirm.i . .nr.......
were in accordance with Mr. Secretary Veb
stated that Commodore
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St.er' leftpr nf Tnctrnrtirme In f'nrimn lni-.i
Aulick accompanying tha first letter to the '
draft treaty, in English, Dutch.!
chines .in, I tan' T.".,t i(n .1,..
hands of thc japansc Commissioners, who
saitl t!iat it would rcccivi. Am consideration; '
bt tha old Emperor had died ?inco Cmnrno-
llor0 Perry was thciv last vcar au l hi . ?ur ,
cessor wa5 a yonng miin ,;h() woulll ,irp i
to consult his Council before comin? to a ,
- ' I t SI t
determination ; and the Commodore was'
reminiloii that the Japanesft did not act with
the same rapidity as Americans did : which
thn ;il..ti-.fp,l Ki.m.1,1 -v,.,-.! r,
vss meet tog,ulitr. desiring to visit the Amer-
ican ships, one would say : " It is a beauti-
morning?" to which another would add.
H pltMSant it ig Thca thirJ wouWPllt5
remark, "There is not then a v. .no to be s;en:
tt,. iiniI,i, n f,,-tL ... ,m
io!ul)0n A 'i g ? . V
Come et us go and see the ships '
. llmt. 1 lfi. preliminaries of a treaty would
ov.nit.il uuilllj: UIU LllC'fftJll laiL il's, IIUW-
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"""ever, more than probable. Its leading pro-
visions it u saiJ will yi th, opening of
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terpart of that with China, except, it is saivl.i
tia tLQ Jananese obiectrd tn a clnum'. tulmit..
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rt 1 . ii.
itnrik ni 1 in'.i n ti i lid
UUi fcvy rfVriIUCIl
of the United States, and securing supplies
of coals for the steamcrj of that countrv.
other r3Spects lhe treatv C(,nclllli0(l or
t. . ..i.i , ri ' .
itries The Jai,anese W01lld manifl.st more
saacitv and save themselves from incalcu-iof
liable vexation, were thev to determine on
allowinz other nations to enjoy the W
immunities as America, and no other, mod-,
eiiufiau uuure ireaues on precisely inesame
rmS- nothLinS bp as Y certainly !
known on the subject, lor t he Susquehanna. 1
iGS ylr7lcrzCa ot liltu the Chinese, by whom,!case
jand not by Sir Henry Pottinger. as'is gener-!
erally supposed, the privilegtsof the KiiglLshj
t "
;.term
icnov
"S Place(l at the disposal of Mr. I
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mciiaiie. uie xviiniater 10 t-nina, aim ocmg;
ur(lt; 10 us in nong ivong mine ie-
011
m0"5 of the 2 lth 0 h, thev-ery day :
PP of considering the treaty.
Vtfore. the interview broke up, the Com-iwcrfi
modore mentioned that he proposed to eive!
"is oflicers leave to goon shore iov recrea-
e j
cumvauon. uie nouses were gen-
aiceci, out triose 01 ina better sort
were covered with tiles, having yards and 1
small gardens within enclosures. ,
v-
n.ls omers tleave 10 8 on. sl,?re J
a110"- this 1.0 great objection
and;va bel,e;'e lrbat w,i.,un a few
Ujaplam, made several excursions among the
villages and cornfields, which last he found
was made.!
davs after- j
w"ds several of the ofn,c,ers' w? '"S ex" i
",cls, ?n snole- KCV; u. J,lit)nger, the
Ujaplam, made several excursions among the
. . " y , a, ;"mo " niuuu
The following day, the same gentleman,
finding the people neither unfriendly nor in
disposed to receive him, and having obtained
leave to go on shore, determined to visit two
large cities some miles off, Kanagawa and
Kasacca, and with that view crossed an
arm of the bay, which shortened the dis
tance by several miles. He then proceeded
through Kanagawa, supposed to contain
from one to two hundred thousand inhabi
tants; and from the immense crowd3 that
poured out everywhere to see the stranger,
there can be no doubt of the population be
ing yery great. The crowds however, caused
no inconvenience or impediment, for on a
waveol the hand Irom the Japanese officials,
who accompanied Mr. RittinW th n..nn1
cleared a na.Wnand afterward.,, a nl'J.
1 Q vn.ll.
gcr having been sent forward for the purpose
tne people, packed themselves ut the sides of
the houses, and left the centre of the street?
clear for the stranger. 11; entered boinn nl
"n. IIUUK'9, WlilUII IIU IUIIIIU I'llllll 1VU 111
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their lurniture and arrangements; but com
pared with other Oriental dwellings of the
same class, neat, clean and comfortable.
that In some of them he observed clocks of Ja
be pane, manufacture. He al.o visited several
temples, winch thonch .smaller than in Chi -
have more gilding on their walls, and
oniainents on their idols, and general! v are
in better order. The priests as wdl as the
l"op!e were distinguished for their courtesy
The cities thus visiteil were not onlv
very extensive, (estimated to be six miles
lon,) but with wide. wpII formed streets.
Iv :uai'r:i i: fmm 1 ri t r O'l mll,. I...
land, from the ships ; and Mr. Hittin b,.'
stands ig 'ihus necc.sarilv hn,g absent, some anx
cent ir-n- v.u u,t'i,;m ,i .
ing. a Japanese ollieial put into his hand,
an ordor from the Commodore for all ofiirers
to return on board, and shortly afterward
a cm
hor,(lf
ouner mounted on a spluidid black
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inn it was und-rstood a..d aete.l tr,u..i
' t 1 II It t
round, and gallope d back again to repot l
th-approach of the, Am -rican otlicer, who
concluded his journey l,r toaut-ii-dtt and
i,im...I n hliar;;,-.,! i.;.,...... i... i
occurred had b;en noted, even the number
"f buttons on his cat being recorded.
Four d:iys after the intcm-w. tit: prss
wcrc interchang-d, ti,? having bt
reniurcd to erect places for iheir r-rei.tion
Tli.we f,.r th.. Vm,,,,,, ,.,,-:.., i
" hr"IVVor c'" 8 st' 1 '- an,"-
:oth-r t hmgs-a lailwav w.th Mm engi,,
. l'dectric Vlegraph-a Surf P.oat-a
"av J 1 IIUIIII; 1 fl-- il r lilt JiOl"-
Pi
netto a setof Audubon s Ameriean Omith
dopy, splendidly bound-Plates of Ai.vri
r..j- .. . .
ad American Wliiskey.
And for the KmnresV hirMnmin-i ttipm i.
-- wi,!!,,,) Ullli. (, -I
r 1 : . i t
1 ,1 1 11 1 1 1 11 1 1 n l m it it(.in. .n.... ..a
' v 1 - .4JWJ V'l tllll' i' III Oiait t I
America-Agricultural Implements, with
the modern improvements-- niece of
Cloth-a bale of Cottoa Stove- lifW-
tr..i v.t,, 1 1 . .w,.
Mantlepiece Clock a P-rlor Siove-a box
fine Wiues-a box of Pertnnrv-a box
'of Fancy Soaps.
Of the other presents, neihaos the one
most valued was a copy of Webster's com-
niete 1 lcttouan- tn n.i, nf th t..i t.
terpreters. To tho high officers were given
books, rifles, nistols
a Lady's toilet-box gilted a Srarlcc
Velvet Dross a changeable Silk Dress, flow
,he etl a splendid Robe Audubon's illti.--
maps, stoves, clocks and rordials. the last of
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which they fully appreciated, ond, as regards
clocks, when it was proposed to bring an
hsie"5inr fm the shi'pboard to set them
agoing, the Japanese said there was no occa -
curious to know however about Erics"
son's Caloric Endne.of which they had heard
'om the Commodore at any rate, wo.
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icuw i uj uiuiersiooii mem perieeuv. inev
son's Caloric Engine.of which they had heard.
a circle
rate of
T;u
v r
susiKtct they would not receive a very favor-
able opinion of its practical utility.
Whatever may be thought of some of th
other presents, the Railway and Telegraph,
at which the world at the time was disposed
10 laugn. were nappy nits, uie rail is onlv
about oUU yards in all, but being formed in
. the carriage can be driven at thc
10 miles or more. Just at first the
lanese were chary of venturing into the
i ...
car, out alter a single trial, there was much
good humored competition for places. The
Telegraph still more astonished thetn, but
they will speedily understand it, and may
possibly by this time be laying down the.
wires for themselves.
Ten thousand pounds of fine Licking coun
ty Wool was bought yesterday by Sessions
& Co., at from 30 to 37 cents per lb. (0. S-Journal.