The New York Herald Newspaper, November 16, 1858, Page 1

ee a = = eta : * % - WHOLE NO. 8109. ARRIVAL OF THE VANDERBILT. ” YIVE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. \INTERESTING FROM JAPAN. Anan ~ gvR NEW TREATY WITH THAT EMPIRE. "he Steamship Hudson Destroyed by Fire. * Re » * THE NEW PRUSSIAN CABINET. Laying the Shere End of the At- lantic Cable. ' DEATH OF MAD. IDA PFEIFFER Visit of the Snitan of Turkey to the Frigate Wabash. ee LOSS OF THE AMERICAN SHIP A Z. TBE GREAT CHESS TOURNAMENT. HE COTTON AND CORN MARKETS, &e,, &e., &e. "The steamship Vanderbilt, Captain Lef@re, from Bro- ‘men and Havre, via Southampton 4th inst., arrived last evening at this port. The V. went into the Southampton @ocks on Monday, November 1, to be overhauled, in con- sequence of her having touched the ground in the Weser as she was leaving Bremen, which caused her to leak. ‘The Vanderbilt left Southampton on the evening of the 4th, and brings 320 passengers. The entire passage hag ‘been extremely wintry. ‘The news ie five days later than that brought by the Asia, but is not of a very important character. Advices from Vienna gay that Madame Ida Pfeiffer, the well known traveller, is dead. ‘The name of the French vossel, the captain and crew of which were massacred on tie coast of the Comores, is the Anna, The emigrants rose upon them and only two men The formation of a new company, with a capital of £1,500,000, to lay a sub-marine telegraph from Galway to Quebee was talked of. The despatches from India to the English Foreign office fay — ‘The campaign has not yet commenced, but Lord Clyde has left Allahabad for Cawnpore, en route for Lucknow; meanwhile, the rebels are stated to be still in great num ders and ravaging the country and sorely oppressing the inhabitants wherever English troops are not po ted. Several gallant affairs had taken place in India, the Bri tieh being successful in all. A large amount of gold from Australia was on the way to London Spain was preparing to act against Mexico. ‘The following members of a new Prussian Ministry were appointed on the 3d instant — Prince Hohenzollern, President of the Council, M. Sebieinitz, Foreign Affairs. ‘M. Bethman.Hotiweg, Public Instruction. Genera) Bonin, War. ‘The rest of the present Ministers are to be dismissed as foon ar the arrangements for supp|ying their places are completed. Marquis Migliorati, Charge a’AMairs of Piedmont at Rome, bas joined with the Duke de Grammont in making representations to Cardinal Antonelli against the adduc- tivo of young Montara. ‘The headquarters of the Austrian army in Italy are to be transferred to Verona. The army is to be reinforced by two more divisions. ‘The advices from Constantinople are dated on the 30th ‘ultimo. Ali Ghalib, son of Redschid Pacha, and son-in law of the Sultan, had been drowned in the Bosphorus. He was on board a small vessel, which was dashed to pieces by collision with a steamer. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe bad left Coustantinople. The office of Minister of Marine had been conferred on Ali ‘On the 19th ult. the Sultan, accompanied by his Minis- ter of Marine, honored the American frigate Wabash with fu visit. Hie Majesty was received with all the honors dae = Advices from Lisbon of 28th ult. day — was handed over to the French The official journal of Vienna anmownces that the Emp. ror has allowed Baron Lionel de Rothwchild to resign the poet of Austrian Consul General at London, and has ox Pressed eatinfaction for his long and faithful services; also that bie Majesty has appointed Baron Avthony de Roths: child to the vacant place. The China correspondent to the London oa saiye —~ On 26th August Peh-qui received the seals of office as Governor of the Province of Kwangtung, vice Yeb, re- moved to Calcutta. The junke conveying the seals left Fata Creek carly on the morning of that day,an order having been issved to French and English vessels sta in that quarter to allow them to pase. The pre sentation took place at ee yamun, where for so he has been under surveillance, and was a strange tod iotcresting sight for western eyes to behold. A dreadfo) catastrophe had taken place at Bradford, Ragiand. A large quantity of arsenic appears to have Deen mixed with lovengos, and sold at a retailer's ehop. All who partook of them wore attacked with terrible Paine, and eeveral died before the cause was discovered. ‘More than sixty persone were still euffering from the ef- fects of the poison, and no fewer* than thirteen have al ready died. ‘Miss Amy Sedgwick, the popular actrees of the Haymar. ket theatre, Londen, whose serious |inoss for some Line pant has prevented her appearance on the stage, has re ently bestowed ber hand on Dr. Parkes, her modical at ‘The London Times of November 4 say8-— x A beavy lors iat? ple sod was bam 4 nown yesterday receij te! ie despate from Bremen, the destruction fire of the term of servier a8 tender to the Niagara, for the purpose of jaying down tise Atlantic telegraph cable, was ordered 4 be paid of on Fridey, thp Oth iwetant, Av she was pg recently fitted out sho will aot be dismantled, but awaits Admiralty sustroctions for further service. The steamship Prince Albert arrived at Galway on the ‘30th uit, ‘The royal maj) steamship Canada reached Liverpool on the Slat. VERY INTERESTING FROM JAPAN. arr Oar Eastern Correspondence, NAVAL VISIT TO NAGASAKI--WONDERS SEEN ON SHORE—A STEAM PUMP AND SCREW WAR STEAMER— STROLL THROUGH THE CITY—ASTONISHING SOCIAL ELEVATION OF THE PEOPLE—LAWS AND MANUPAC- TURBE—MAKING JOBB STICKS—NATURAL HISTORY, AS READ IN THE STREETS—VISIT OF JAPANESE OF- FICIALS TO THE UNITED STATES SHIP POWUATAN— THMIR OPINION OF OUR FEMALE FASHIONS—A HEARTY DRINK AND LEAVE TAKING—TRIP TO SI- MODA—OONBUL GENERAL HARRIS AND THE NEW TREATY —STEAMING FOR JEDDO—ViSIT OF A NATIVE WAR VESSEL—THE TWO EMPERORS—THE COAL MINES OF THE EMPIRE—RUN TO SHANGHAK—MERT- ING A WRECK—MOVEMENTS OF THE RUSSIANS, ENG- LISH AND FRENCH, BTC., BTC. ‘Uxiren Srares Simp Powsavan, Suancuak, China, Sept. 3, 1868. When I wrote you from the Pei-Ho river we were on the eve of saifing for Japan, and I promised to send you another leiter should we there meet with anything of interest; and now I am going to keep that promise, for we have both geen and beard strange and important things since that time, Along the interesting and almost unknown shores of that long isolated country strange lights are beginning to awaken the sleep of ages. What do you think, for instance, of there being a steam pump at work on one of the shores of the harbor of Nagasaki, of there being a Japanese screw eteamer-of-war anchored near it, and of our having been visited, while lying in the bay of Jeddo, by two Japancee Princes, who came down from Jeddo in a sidewheel steamer, manned entirely by Japanese officers, engineers, firemenand sailors? 1 ask ifsuch things as these do not sound strange when re- lated ofa people who have long been placed upon a foot- ing with the retrograding Chineze? We left the Pie-Ho on the 5th ult., and after a pleasant run of five days let go our anchor in the perfectly pro- tected and surficss harbor of Nagasaki. One cannot imagine a more beautiful expanse “or the eye to wander over than that which itencounters here, or more ya- ried or interesting objects than those which cross your path after.you have landed. I euppoee that Ihave been ing fonrth of the peopled harbors of the world, but I never before saw anything like this. In the first place, its mouth is sprinkled with the ‘most beautiful ielands, so thatthey form a perfect breakwater, and thus render the surface of the harbor itself as smovth aga mountain lake, Then there is little or no low land in sight—nothing but the blue skg overhead, the highly cul tivated hill sides around you, and the emooth blue water under your ship. Its form is oblong: it it more likea very wide and deep canal running from the sea up into a moun- tain valley than anything ele, Then, again, every hill in sight is laid out in beautifully terraced patches of culti- vation. From the edge of the water to their very crests you see but one wide epread garden. Here and there, in deed, you may discover lite villages snugly stowed away in the ravines, and upon some of the hills and the more elevated peaks the forest trees bave been allowe| to stand but, as a general rule, the eutire country is composed of a succession of gardens, the one rising above the other, like the seats of a vast amphitheatre. It is a most refreshing sipbt to look upon after long weeks of absence from the |and, ‘This barbor is about one mile wide and three miles deep, and at its very bottom is sitaated the city of Nagasaki— that city in and around which perished so many native Christians between the years 1620-30. We looked upon the air of peaceful beauty which seemed to exhale from every object, and found jt hard to believe the history of bygone persecutions. As woe steamed up toward the anchorage the first thing that attracted our attention was the smoke pipe of the steam pump already referred tw. We subsequently learned that wis pomp had been imported from Holland withia the last ten months, for the purpose of elevating water from the neighboring coal mines; but that when the prince who owned thom found that it would be wecessary for the Dutch enginoers to attend person to putting it op, he hesitated about allowing foreigners thus to penetrate the country and he was etill hesitating while we were there. In the meantime Mr. Hardis, the Dutch engineer, received an order to erect most extensive machine shops, black ‘emith shops, foundry, &e., &c., for the Emperor, and being in want of a pamp to keep the f Joos dry, this one was called in’o requisition. Our Chief Engineer and severa) of us visited the spot by invitation from Mr. Har die, and were surprised at the magnitode of the under- taking. ‘In one year I sball be ready to repair the hea- viest aceident which cap befall a gea steamer, remarked our host, and the Chief Engineer subsequently remarked that the establishment, when completed, would be superior to four-Aftbe “of its kind im the United States, ‘We anchored near the works, and one-fourth of a mile from Nagasaki. Let us now cross to the other side of the barbor, land ‘upon the artificial island of Dosima, to which the Dutch merchants were so long \jmited, pass over the bridge which connects it with Nagasaki, and takea walk through that city. It is the firet visit we have made in this direc- tion, though the officers of the United States steamer Mis- sivsippl, which arrived a few days ahead of us, are already able to act af guides, As we enter this city of eighty (honsand souls we afe struck by the perfect cleantiness of the streets, the unex. ceptionable neatness of the houses, the remarkably negligée, amounting to absointe indecency , of the costume of the inbabitants of both eexes, and by the lively curiosity which they monifeet to “get a good look at us.’ One of the Dutch gentlemen of Desima, who also accompanies uf, seeme known to every one. They call out his pame as wo pass along, and be amsses us with interesting ancedotes which he bas picked up during bis residence of the last fourteen months among them. Ie has resided on Desima for fourteen years, but until very lately they bave been #0 hound down to that particular fpot that they might almost as well have been in olland, £0 far as reeling anything of the country and people were concerned, “You fee very little of anything that ie magnificent in Japan,’ he rétiitirked, as wo walked along, “but neither do you see anything of want or of starvation. Beggars there are here as well as in other countries, but I will ven- ture to say that we shall now walk for two hours withouy meeting one of them. Then it is scarcely right to stamp them as beggars, for they never suffer from want of food, and are treated with the greatest consideration and k odness: by their more fortunate countrymen. If we do happen to meet with any of them, you will eee that they beg from sheer necessity. Tt will either be some decrepit old man oF woman, who have lost the childreg that were growing Up around them, or some unfortunate cripple who cannot work. You will notice that they hobble along with a bag or baeket (n their band. and that every one to whom they apply gives something. Here it is a few Useny, therea handful of rice, again a bunch of vegetables. Japan is a country of general plenty and of universal indostry, ip which no one is allowed to want, The government even condescends to insure against starvation. Ifa person can prove, for instance, that he or she is unable to work, the government allows his or her family ‘A certain amount In payment for eupporting them If after this they are found begging, the allowance is cn off and they are left to themselves, Every Japanese i allowed one legal wife, bat he may have as many ‘second wives’ as bis means will admit of. The manner io which they obtain their ‘second wives’ is regulated by law. 1 moet first be proved that the girl's relatives are unable to support her, and then she may-become a ‘second wife,’ inorder to avoid begging. The children are all adopted dy the legal wife, and thus you find hundreds of Japanese who do not know their own mothers. You were wonder- ing a while eince at the great number of children that crowd around as whenever we stop; this is beeause they all do know their own fathers—something like your Mor- mons fh the Unite! States, Now, here ia something that yon would not probably ewect to see in thie isolated part m@& the world—the principle of the syphon. That tells you at once that they understand the pressure of the at- mosphere, or at ail events that they have the effect if not the caned. See that little fellow; he searcely Jooke old enough to handle a kife, end yet he has mage that bam- boo Rypho®, put it yoto that large tnb, and is now admiring toe manner i® which [Le stream torne a borizontal wheel, Which in (ort works # vertical axle with the revolving junk upon ite upper end. There, now, is as nice a “toy” as you would see anywhere, “Stop here a moment and jet us #e¢ them making their ‘Joss sticks.’ ’? As he spoke we entered quite @ large ground floor apartment, where eevera)l good natured locking fellows were at work, and intimated to them by signs that we were curious to see what was going on, “They use vast quantities of these Sticks to burn at the graves of their anvestors,’”’ continued our companion ; ‘‘with what object I know not, Examine the ease with which they are made, and the great dexterity of the workmen.” We approached a sin- gular looking, cider press like affair, and langhed, and got off the usual salutation of “Ohio.”’ The workmen re- tured both our “Ohio” and our smile. “Onio” mean: good morning, but the Japanese never use it; they ar content with bowing low to cach other when meeting 0 parting, but of course understand very well What w mean when we use it, Upon examining the press I found it to consist of two vertical blocks of wood and a long horizontal iever, the three being arranged in the form o alever of the second order. In the top of the block which received the weight was hollowed out a saucer, and the bottom part of the block had been cutaway, so as to leave it standing upon four legs. A man was veariny down upon the lever at the time, and pressing a mags putty like matter throngh the perforated bottom of the tower. As these round and pencil like strings descended with a uniform velocity they were caught upon a flat ee of board by another man. en off by a sudden twist, and canght again (other he) until the whole surface of the board was covered. r piece of was ag the full one parsed on toa workman evenly and then put it by until they should harden enoug! to admit of handling. After the whole of the mixture had been thus pressed through, we looked into the saucer and saw that there were ‘thirty round holes, about a8 large as a small lead pencil, separated about a six- teenth of an inch from each other, and in a straight line—that at every motion with his board the workman ent off thirty of the sticks. The ease with which they were thus made accounted ‘readily for their absurdly low cost. “They will solt you a package con- nas ten of those sticks for a t’eeny,” remarked our jend ‘And what is a t’/seny?’’ I asked. “Wel, it is hard to say what a t’seny is—that is, what it is really worth. -Fifteen hundred and eighty-four of them are equal to an itzabu, and three itzabus | .ve lately been made (through the exertions of your Consu!, Mr. . send Harris, at Simoda,) equal toa Mexican dollar. It would, therefore, be supposed that forty-eight of them are equal to your cent; but at the same time the amount of copper and iron required to cast forty-eight t’seny could not be bought in Europe for less than trom twenty to twenty-five cents, A Useny, therefore, is actually worth about half a cent.” “Ttwould be a geod speculation to buy them up as metal and export them,’’ [ observed. *-Fxcellent; but it is not permitted. Nothing like metal is at present allowed to go out of the country. Your Consul is now making another treaty with them, however, and what may be allowed after that is another question, I feel certain, though, that Japan will protect herself. She may consent to the export of coin, but it will be after she has aesimilated its valne to that of the rest of the world. Thus, she will increase her wealth in gold exceedingly, for the relative vain of gold and stiver is now as one to five and a balf, while with us they are as one to six. teen. The Emperor will, therefore, multiply the value of all the gold in Japan by three as soon as be consents to its export. How England would ike to wipe out a part of her national debt in go simple a way.” And our Dutch friend wos right in everything he in- ferred, as we subsequently learned from Mr. Harris him. self. we turned to the left and penct ity. Here, it see eigners had never before peneirsted (if we ex Duich of Desima), and the curiosity of the people was, consequently, tinged with alarm. Vith the vais, dogs, horses, and “bulls of bu ” it was even worse, In some cases the latter became unmanagable from rage and fright, broke from their drivers, and cesttered the popu in every direction. Of conrse, we associated our- es with the populace at such times: all seusible mon row mad bulls. The reader has perhaps heard that se eats have no tails.’ This is sometimes appa- rently trve until you, come to examine them. That is, you See a tailless cat scampering away, but it you bribe a g the joes stick sh mall boy to catch her for examination you find that she tai}, but that you must uncurt it and stretch it out ¢ it o0ks ike one. We have two of them on board now, and every night they catch one or more of the thousand rate that swarm around us, even before the iT » excellent mousers, Ag nga ery small and beantifal, while avery ugly. Thoy never attacked us, but would bark, ran away With their tails dropped, then appear again in our rear to bark us out of sight. There were the large and ugly ones—the others would retreat haetily to the arms of their owners avd then bark aw avely, a8 if secure from harm. These latter are very small, beautiful and,cleanly. They have large ‘occupy probably a fourth of tho whole bead, ant pog noses. Commodore Perry took some of them home as a present from the Emperor, and they ex cited general curiosity. It is said that the celebrated King Charles spaniel originally came from this breed. They wem to be raised here also as pets, aud are very highly vaiued. lL tried to purchase # pair of them, but they ask. ed $20, and Tgave wp the idea. The horses are searce and smail, but very enduring. At Hukodadi, however, they are mentiful, and it is there that they ised. ‘The street down which we turned trom the joss stick shop took us over ite macadamized length to the very edge of the town. ‘Come down this lane a moment,” ex- claimed our guide; want to show you a wax factory.” So we followed him to the portal of « very large one story building, paased under it, and (ound ourselves in a roomy. apartment, the half of which wae occupied by a raised platform, covered with the soft and thick matting of the country. Upon this matting were lolling several Sepences, smoking their staal) pipes, and drinking their hot tea, as if net (he slightest thing wi poy hae ge {0 their com. re eo |, With the e: and_ export Tries Of a peculiar * to name this tree, for it is not unknown to Dut, alas! flowers do not grow at see, Well, we & large pile of these Berries, and filled our with them. We saw also huge granite rollers, muet bave weighed several tons each, crushing toa Pin sand as they were turned heavily by the power of bulie—there are no oxen in Japan. We also saw this pasty powder put into large cau with water, and were told that us the wax surface it was ekimmed off, purified, re-melted, and run into cakes for use or export. With ue we call ‘very extravagent who burn wax candies. In candies are as common at tallow ones with us. wicks, however, are ay Den consequently burn dimly and require frequent sna most Cesatiful candles to They are often covered with raed figures, brilliant): colored, and would be an ornament to any dreesing table. We have all bought come to take home ae curiosives, and ff #g at are now w ing if the Custom Elouge will charge duties. This walk is becoming too long; let ae retarn on beard. It is several days after our arrival, and a Japanese high officer and several inferior ones have come off to “see your machine and bic guns, about whieh we have heard so much.” fF must hot be Furprised tation. They brought along Dutch very well, and we have Dutch seamen on board who spoak Englieh niro, we asked and answered questions. After we hed taken them over the ship we stopped in the wardroom and opened several bottles of constantia. They are great fellows for drinking cordials, and often visit us for only, 1 believe. One of ns only being able to converse at a tine, we brought out several copies of Horper's Magazine'for them to look at 2 They became very much interested in the on frevines, pertievlarly wie the fashion plates. remember ove of these es in particular which ex cited their wonder, and if the reader can refer to the Jone Humber of 1867 he will not be surprived that they should bave beew startled. How very fat your women are! said the high officer “Hold ou; TI “Tell bim it's all humbug,” 1 replied. show him how they manage it.’ i took down another volume, and turned to the Jauuary number of 1857, and again to the April number of 1866. Of course they laugh ed heartily, expecially mt the latter, where ‘spring fash- jons for ladies te sdmirably clearing the track for an apopiectic poor course they laughed. It was enough to make sherze lnagh. And hore Twill take occasion to remark that these are ® very observing people, which, added to their strong good sense, enables them readily to detect everything that i@ absurd of unnatagal. After drinking three bottler of onr Cape Town constan- tia they took their leave, asking perminsion to call again, ‘The next time we brought out some Holland gin, and we have not seen them since—the high officer J mean. On the 22d of July we left Nagasaki for Simoda after a stay of twelve day#. The distance to be steamed was sometbing over five hundred miles, and we accomplished it in sixty-seven houre—a fine run. We anchored in that shelterless port on bad Were about to communicate with ) when he himself suddenly came eippi, which had been sent on ahead also here; but he nevertheless seemed to eee the flagship. ‘ seems that he had a new treaty already wanted the Commodore to take him aroni gratified. On the 2th we cone under way, bound for the ga-Wa, situated im the bay of Jeddo, and teen miles from the that name. Tn addition to Coney) General Harris Mr. Heory HMueskins, we bad as Vice-Governor of simoda and a tary 4 ah of whom were the guests of the Commo- dore. day was a beantiful ome, and as Kanagawa js only seventy milee from Simodo, we made the pa in less than eoven howre. Ag we approached the mouth of the magnifi¢ent bay of Jeddo, we left the active vowane of Oho-sima ov owr right, and followed the donate ly eulllyate ! comms line om Our Jest. - MORNING EDITION—TUESDAY, N THE NEW YORK HERALD. _ Almost in the mouth of the bay we passed the populous city of Uragay also on our left, off which were anchorod *, awaiting examination before continu- on to Uraga is, it Seems,a kind of custom house for al! ports eituatod along the shores of the exten- sive bay. We swiftly through these junke, without pre- tending to » for the several government boats which threw themeelves in our way, for our friend, the Vico Governor, stood upon the port wheelhouse, waved his fan and shouted loudly, “ Amorikin!—Kana- wa!”? and RO we passed on. The old fellow had been rinking sherry with the Commodore, champagne wilh the Captain and constantia in the ward room, so that be shouted wich recognized him a8 their superior, they boats re: waved reat return and motioned us ahew. — This was a great r our Japanese friends, who could not tire of admiring the working of the engine and of com- ‘Upom Our great speed. 3 ‘passing Uraga we sighted Kanagawa, and ‘an hour lair found ourselves safely at anchor half way between that city and another called Yokuhama, they being situated a the opposite shores of the Bay or Yokubama, ia iteelf an indentation of the larger bay Vice Governor and suite now went on waarual energy; and as the officials im tho it officials might be sent down to sign the Mr. is has succeeded in making himself so ly at home with theee people that this letter was 28 ® similar One would be forwarded in any other part of the world. We now awaited an answer, the Commodore very Properly keeping us all on board, as neither Kanagawa or Yokuhama were open porta. On the morning of tho 29th we awoke to be informed that a Japanese steamer had arrived and anchored near us during the it, from Yeddo, and that the order was, to be ed to receive in uniform the high officials who might come from her at any moment. We therefore ate Lreakfast, and got into our rigging. At ten A.M. mare alongside and found all hands ready to receive them. Those high officers numbered two, and their suite about twenty. After they had been on board about five minutes another boat was reported as ap- proaching, which ed to contain the captain and officers of tho st er. Wo received them also, and ushered them into the Commodore’s cabin, where a cold junch, backed by punches and wines, awaited us. I will stop here a moment (o remark, that the name of their steamer was the Quankomarr or Flying Sea Horse, and that she was @ present of two years? standing from the Dutch. As soon as they found that Japanese brains were equal to managing hor, they ordered another, of which the reader has already read as being at Nagasaki. From all that we could see and hear, there is now no longer a doubt but that they can run a steamer as well as — else. two high officers were Higo.no-Kami and Cinano- no-Kami, (*‘Kami” meaning prince, aud “no” of J, princes of Higo and Cinano respectively, and they were both intelligent, and one, Higo-no-Kam), a fine looking man. The Consul slapped them on the back, and they slapped him, and as the lunch was unexce able, we had any- thing but an unpleasant time. After it. was all over the cabin wae given up to them, the Consul, bis secretary, and Moryama, the interpreter, and an hour later they re- turned to the Flying Sea Horse. Mr H. now informed us that everything was settled, and that they were to return at 4 P.M. w sign the treaty. In the meantime several of us took a boat and went on board of the steamer. 1 suppose that was the lirst time that foreigners ever visited Japanese steamer of war, We were, of conrse, politely received by the captain, who took us down into the eabin, where the two princes were taking their ease aftey their visit. There we were regaled upon candies, tea, sponge cake, sakio, &., and finally shown around the vessel. We found ber just like any other war steamer—the engineers appearing to “be up” to everything, and her rigging and xails in good order. Upon leaving 'we were presented with a box of candied ginger, which figured largely upon onr tea table for the next Week—its contents were excellent, superior to the Chinese preserves, and equal to any made by Kuro. pean confectioners Four P. M. arrived and brought with it the sume perty who bad been on board in the morn ing. ey were received in the same way, after which the’ Princes and Moryama were shown into the cabin, and the others attended to in the ward room. Our constantia suffered for the next hour, and I myself came out of it minus a Colt’s revolver, presented to the captain. The delight which he evidently expe- rienced was suflicient repayment. He at once took it on deck to get permission to accept it, fand was terribly frightened when Cimanono-Kami told him that be could not receive it unlest it was presented by the Comraodore or Consul. ‘The former at once relieved his anxiety by becoming the donor. ‘The treaty being at length signed, wo at! eotlected on the poop to witness the grand finalé. Our heavy guns were loaded with full charger, the American and Japanese flags hoisted side by side at the fore, and a galute of twen- ty one guns fired ai intervals of a few seconds. ‘The Emperor will hear your guns in Joddo, and know that the treaty is signed,’ remarked the Prince of Cimano. And then several more bottles of champagne were opened, and the day ended. The Flying Sea Horse at once steamed away for Jeddo, and the next morning saw u also wuder way for Simoda, with the Vico Govervor and suite returning with us. A&’ we a passed the smok ing peak of Ohosima, we met the frigate Ascold, bearing the flag of Admiral Count Poutaitin, who was bound to Kanagawa upon a similar erramd—troaty mak. ing. How he succeeded we have not yet heard. Now pod word about cur treaty, which goes home by this mail. Of couree [ cannot pretend togive everything it provide for, as no one hae been allowed to read it, but what fol jows 1 got from Mr. Harris himself, with the understand ing that the HikaLp was welcome to publish it, Among other things, therefore, itis agreed that there shal! be no more trampling upon the cross in Japan; that Amoericaus shall be allowed to reside in such ports as aro opened, to built churches, and to worship their God; that Japancee also chall be granted religious freedom. at the tax of #ix per eent for Fe-coinage now paid by the —_ parchaser of Japanese goods shall be dis- pensed with ‘That this treaty ea!) take effect from the 4th of July, 1869, thongh some of the porte are not to be opened until later. ‘That the of Simoda sha}! be closed, and that of Ka- Fhat the yorver logo (which is th seaport of t the port 0 (which is the seaport of the great = of Ofaca and Miaco) ehal) be opened to Ainerican trade. That Americans shal! pot wander to Jeddo from Kana- awa. be exported after it bas been weighing Americal coin against it—gold and remarked to me return of the kind feeling which the im already sending several to ‘As any Japan Would be likely to Gil euch a post with credit, and he replied, “Yes, several,” and epoke of wooed momen wimoe-oe' of the most prominent. then asked farther it ‘po Kami was a man of large wealth: ithe would be i make a grand A &e., &e.; to which be replied the government would of course ene of ability among pay his ex but that as to hie making a display, he thought he would travel trom New York to Wi with bis suite of twenty or thirty with as little regard to show as been evinced when be visited S at = Sas Jeddo, There was another thing wi me that surprised me greatly. He said that it was a very mistaken idea thai the people of ome Were in favor of intercourse with foreigners, while the nobility and Emperor were opposed were it not for this ‘on the Kproeenmtlte hes world; as it wae, however, they were obliged to with extreme cnution. Thave already mentioned @at Mr. Harris has Jeddo twice, and that he seen the Emperor in bis . We were speaking of this fact apon one occasion, when some one asked him what the Emperor looked like, y existed, he, ae Mr. H., had never seon anythi there were really two Kmperare of it. in Japan, or if the celestial one wae merely a myth, kept up to de ceive the people? “ Ob, vee he replied; “ that ie, there lives at Miaco, n the strictest retirement, the vominal kamperor of Japan. Be hag two titlye-Jyo en, or Sou of Heaven, and Mixado ’ OVEMBER 16, 1858. or Emperor, He has twe jogal wives, avd as many secondary ones as desires, and is botleved never to die, They acknowledge that ‘his body perishes and is buried, Dut meiet that his spirit passes into that of tho body which succeeds him, aed that he is thus kept among them. They say that Japan i# peopled soley by bis offepring, and venerate him accord. ingly as their common father, fvery one who ‘op- page him must kneel, even the Tai Koon or Groat lor, who hyes at Jeddo, and who is geucrally called Em: peror, It is the law of Japan thatthis Tai-Koon shall visit the Son of Heaven once in everyteeven years; but ag the former does not like to knee! to tim, he bas been gradual- Jy throwing cold water upon tiie custom, until now he dock not goat all. He contents himself with sending a high officer once a year to act for him, This Tal Koon, or Great Raler, as his title implies, i8 virtually the Emperor. He is not all powerful, however, thongh the most power ful man iv Japan, the laws being as binding upon hin as upon the meanest of his subjecte, He if a man of very liberal views, and asked earnestly as to our form of government, habits and customs, &c, Of course T gave him a great idea of our countey, though not at the expense of those of Earope. Me secms to see, however, that we ave destined at no distant day to be more powerful still, and feels toward us accordingly. T was asked upon one occasion if in case of any dilticuliy with England or France we would not give thom the ve nefit of our good oflices. This speaks as plainly of the na ture of their feeling toward ug as acts could.” Let me now say a word about the coal mines of Japan. When Commodore Perry was there, some four years since, (I was there myeelf three months after he left), there was Dnt one mine known of, the same which is uow worked uear Nangasaki. Since that time others have been discovered and are being worked near Hakodadi, and within the last few months an extensive deposit has been found a few miler to the north of Jeddo, Thus we have coal in the centre and at both extremes of Japan, and Mr. Marris says that they are searching in other localities, and that it wit doubtless be found to prevail over all the isiauds. Unfortunately, however, its guality is not in keeping with its quantity. All that we have » °t used (at about $5 per ton) hag been an inferior bituminous, strongly charged with swphur, pyrites of iron, &c., and hence extremely liable to spontaneous combustion. It cannot be burned at all with small flue boilers, but gets up steam very quickly in large flue boilers like ours, It also burns longer than one would suppose, It makes a very dense and black smoke, and throws abundance of burning particles from the smoke tlack—so much so in fact 2s to have caused us to ring the fire bell quite energetically one morning. No damage was done, but it served to make us unusually watchful. All of these drawbacks considered, I think that it will be reported unfavorably of by our engineers. On August 3d the Mississippi continued on her way to Hakodadi, and on the Sth wo also left for this place via Nangasaki. We hoped to find Mr. Wm. Bo Reed aud the Minnesota, with our letters at the latter port, but were disappointed. Tho night following our arrival, however, brought the two latter, Mr. Reed having remained in Shanghae to await the Chinese Commission. ers. A8 wo had entered the harbor in the morning, we had noticed the wreck of quite a large vessel near its mouth, and we subsequently learned ail about her trom the survivors, whom we found at Detima, with the Dutch. Her name was the Cadsandria, Capt, Gerlack, twenty seven days from Batavia, with a cargo for the merchants of Desima. Her tonnage was 800, and ber cargo, which was insured, valued at $200,000 in Enrope, ant $400,000 in Japan, 'She would be sold at anction ay she lay, and would probably be bought by the Japanese government, who were v anxious to gether cargo, We were not surprised to see this wreck as we entered, for we ourselves had been very r handied during the last (ew days by a typhoon very confident that less staunch vessels would proportion af there were any about, Fortunate this case, owing to the smoothness of the ene lite wae lost, that the result of thy lady rd. To save her, a Norwegian sailor slung himself under a hawser which they had suecceded in se: curing Dom the ship to the rocks, and received the lady upon his knees, Then they both, bokling on to the haweer, worked themselves toward the rocks, he lifting their double weight, and she sliding the bowline in which they sat a few inches shoreward with cach successive lift. “Of course mau’s strenyth could not bear mp against this exertion long; it was simply a question of time, and if that time was long enough they would succeed,’ if too short they aval to fail soomed certain death. When balt the distance had been secomplisbed the failure came. A heavy sea struck the vessel, caused the bawser to vibrate like a barp string, and ag it happened just ag the lacy was pushing along the slack bowline she lost her hold and fell backward; atthe same time the sailor, anexpectedly relieved of ber Weight, fell in the opposite direction, and they were both covered by the breaking sea. Several picces of bamboo were at once thrown from the ship, and as the lady rose, supported by her clothes, she grasped one of them, and was subsequently rescued by, three ouier sailors, who sprang overboard and swam to ber assistance, The poor Norwegian, however, never came to the surface—ho was, doubtless, too exhausted to make theexertion, The next morning his body was drifted on the beach, and upon ex. amination bis cold brave hands were found torn and mu. lated; he had beld on bravely to the last. There was a kind heart, and energy, and courage and indomitable will, written in (hose mutilated palms. Peace to the ashes of the humble bero. Upon boarding the Minnesota to get our letters and the 'e v cholera, having already ten men. The next day she buried the cleventh, aner which the scourge seemed to take its leave. When we left her no tarther fears were entertained as to the future general health. Upon visiting the Dutchmen of Desima, we learned that Lord Eigin had been there, and that he bad gailed on the Sth for Jeddo to make a treaty. He carried along with him the English eteam yacht Emperor, present for the Tai Koon, Leaving Nangasaki on the 10th August, we arrived here after a pleasaut run of forty hours, aud found that we wel t too late for the mil; we therefore let go our anchor apd commenced leading particularly regular lives, eet we also should be visited by the cholera. ‘ this we were generally successful, enough to hore three cases—men who evident! some particular thing to which no ome cise access, We imagine thie to be the case, as they all belonged to the fame mers. The health of the several days. like thie two years xince? The ments of the other diplomats i i ris i ‘* object in visiting Japan for Teorenton and change of reene He har been now and laboriously empioyed, and Jooks a little pulled down by tho weighty matters which Lave orcupied bis attention. It ls gratifying to an American to review the course persved by this gentieman, and to see in it nothing but what i# dignified and indicative of eonnd judgment and future benefit to our commerce. Considering the means placed at his disposal, and the manner im whi h his hanis ‘were tied by the cauous policy of the adminetravion, he has aceom) more than tho most ranguine: ould have: expected. Surrounded by drawback, he has neverthe lees parsued # Grm and dignified policy which commands the admiration and respect of every justand well informed inind. Lord Bigin epeske in the most grateful manner of tho kindness and attention of Mr. Townsend Harrie, our Con sul General at Simoda, “ Hiad jt pot been for him,” he raid, ‘f should have been scarcely able to make myself understood. He loaned me his everetary, who was an admiral interpreter, and acristed me in other respects to the extent of his power.” Sch acts as these are particularly pleasant, while wo are reeding im all the home papers of British aggressions in the Gulf, and of the war feoling which prevails all over the United States. The curte of the aineteenth contu ry would be a war with England, The Attantle Cable. PROGRESS OF LAYING THE SHORE END AT TALENTIA, {From the Limerick Munster News, Nov. 2.) The ‘Stag, with feven miles of the shore end of the cavle on board, has arrived in Valentia harbor, and Captain Kell will, no doubt, commence the laying’ of it without upnecctsary delay. There is one rather dange: rows reof of rocks lying sbout one mile and a half or two miles outside the mouty of Valentia harbor, called the Coastguerd Patch. On This rock there are about ten fathoms st low water and about twenty six fathoms all aronnd it, Unfortunately, as the Agamemnon entered the harbor, owing to the wind boing unfavorable, she was obliged to lay the cable over this epot. It ie hit thet, the drifting of the cable over this place might have tially caueed the injury which has stopped the work [og for #6 long a period. From this point it will, of course, be removed and A in the most secure and level channel into the harbor. . With the view of dis covering such a channel Captain Kell has for the last few days been clowely sounding Ma tee to the bay, both ‘on the Valentia ond bh y sides of She Begiaish saan Ay ween four and five miles of the shore ond of the cable Inid down, the additional seven tmylee which will be added t it by Captain Kell will ren- oo" quite secure against injury from the wash of f 5 It is understood that Mr. Healy, whose powerful tic-clectric machines have for some time been ueed st Valentia, hae andertaken to euperintend the ic opera Hone at Valentin for a short period. If the Hext account: from Newfowndiand should show that the Feversals from Mr. Tiealy’s inatroments have been received from Valen tia, no time will bo fost in despatching a similar piece of apparatus to the station at Trinity Bay =- i rN ca —— = PRICE TWO CENTS. THE GREAT CHESS TOURNAMENT IN EUROPE, Our Parts Correspondence, Panis, Oct. 26, 1858, Paul Morphy's Challenge to Hr. Staunton—Staunton's back Down—the Engtish Press Sustain Morphy—Uis Appent fo Lovad Liflcton—Morphy’s Triumph and Poputarity in FPrance—The Towrnanent with Harwite—The Approach ing Contest with the German Champion’ Anderssen, be. , Having promised to keep you au courant of Paul Mor- phy’s doings in Europe, I only awaited the final arrange- ment of the match between him and the English champion, Mr. Howard Staunton, to do so, That question is now for- ever get at rest; and if there two players have not met, it \s through no fault of your gallant countryman, I informed you, in @ previous communication, that Mr. Staunton had, for many years past, wielded the chess sceptre in England, and wielded it, too, as a rod of iron, Hia adherents haya grown lees and lees every year; and yet he hag hitherto taken such admirable precautions that it had become con sidered next to imporsible to topple him from his throne. When, therefore, he had given his promise to play Mr. Morphy, scores of gentlemen at the London Chub, the Divan, and elsewhere, wonld tell the latter, “Mr. Staunton will find some loophole to escape through; look well after him, but be assured be knows better than to play you.”” But Morphy had crossed the Atlantic for the express purpose of beating him, if not at chess, at anything else, notwithstanding Staunton’s having the choice of wea - pons, Wis Pometbing for a young man, only just twenty-one years of ago, to ef!ot what sich men as St. Arnaut, Anders- sen, Walker and others, have been powerlees to perform. From the outset Paul Morphy kept a strict watch upon bis adversury’s movements; and when the latter was cri- tieising bis games in an unfair and untrue manner, making the public believe, through the columns ot tee tt lustrated London News, that the whole responsibility of the match not coming off rested with “ the American,” as he slightivgly termed bim, Morphy would toll bis friends “there is Inck in leisure,’” and that Mr. Staunton commit himself, irrecoverbly , before long. And his fore- sight has been’ proved by the events which have trans. pired. Tt is unnecessary for me to enter into a lengthy denouement: detail of the progress of this drama towards its the following correspondence tes its own story -— Carn pe 1a Recenor, Pai Howaxn Staunton, aq —On my arrivallin Bnglead. theo months since, T renewed the challenge to you persghaily which the New Orléans Chess Club had given some montha previous. ly. You immediately accepted, Sut demanded a-masative ae lay, In order to prepare yourself for the contest. Subsequent Jy, Sou proposed that the Ume shpat be postponed until after the’ be ey, reed meeeting, to which [ ansented. On the ap- proach of the period you had dred, I addressed you a commu- nication, requesting dhat the uscessary preliminaries might be Joa without replying to Birminghat for the express p of asking P. to further delay, by Oxing « date for the open bh, but betore: y “Kooi and, tn the tmmodiately netted, but you left Lond it, Twent gentlemen, you st was in editing & edition of Bhakapere, and that you were under he. 7 bonds to your publishers accord. But you Leorwning ef ha intention to play me, and said further postponement woth the frst within a few days, eommunt- Dx theexactdate. Lhave not heard further rivately, by letter, or tbrongh the columus of n Nei, A statement appeared in the chess department of nala few weeks aince, that “Mr. Morphy had cous tr tivo unprovided with backers or seconds;”” the inference being ot vious that my want of funds was the reason of our natch not taking place” As you are the ediior of that departinent of the Miustruted London News, L felt hurt with faet. t repent what I have invamgably declared nity have had. the holt of toring, hat that { aever wished to make Permit 1 évery chess mat my ear My friends in New Orleans, however, sul a certain fum, withont any countenance from ine, ‘snd that sum has been ready for you to meet a Mbsiderable time past. Since my arrival in Paris Lhave been assured by numerons value of thone stakes can eentive T reengnize. ‘The matte: seconds cannot, corninly offer any diMienity. Thad the pleasure uf being first received in Landon by the George's Chess Chub, of which you are #o distinguished & mem her; and of those gentlemen } request the houor of appainung my nds, to Whom T give (all authority in setdling all pre- dunia * it lusion, Tbeg leave to state that T have addremed a. copy of this letter ‘o several editors, being most desirous our true porition abould no longs’ ve mleunderstood vy the community at large. Ayain requesting you to fix the date for commencing math, | bave the to remain, sir, your very humble ser- vant, PAUL MORPHY. With the tact of a Talleyrand, your countryman addrees ed a copy of the above to the editor in chief of Mr. Stann ton’s r—the Mustrated ton News. was Pao Morphy pe < eg ny ng bad four days after, on re- colving & Jetier from hig ant written by a lady, Sa Berrectsd lenod yy ry the ~— ton himself; and, fe » taking ground thas the challenge of the New Orleans Chees Ciab wasa monstrous iopadence ov their part, and Mr. Morphy’s repetit @ of it almost as absurd! The thread of the story i# continued in the following reply of the Englieh player—a reply which, you = Perevive, auswers HO One accusation brought acnst bin — owe Lonpon, October 9, into reply to your letter, Ihave so possene tent oon et be feetly eo ue that the diMenity in the eee ee Ge) wer to the i in ane ‘extraordinal proposal of your f that’ should leave my home, fatally, playing chess with you; “that a apd arduous contest, even tg London, would be an unde oo me to embark ini without ample © Fil menta”” Vpon your unex Was repeated © you, and my tirely on my being able to gain ume wan en have labored = that not only ie work on whi gi set encvanter’ wits you bt Serid, I shail have muh pew become my gues, iu playing you slew ‘To hear Mr. Staunton talk one would suppowe him to be & very Colossus of English literatare—a Titan in Paternoster row; and yet bo has never been known as otherwiee than a professional chess player. When be visited Paria wo contend with St. Arnaut he was indebted for his voyage and ven, to the good offices of a well known accepted the challon your countryman, nounced the fact b at his club and in his paper. In the week preceding the pn’ ication of the above let tet aneny mows ComMmuDicatlions in Staunton’s favor, and Yroesing to be replies to Morphy's article, were! for worded to different newspapers. The Bra, tho Meld and the Swaday Times all ‘cclined prising thee, but Bell's Life in London gave two in ratenso on Batarday, October 17, inviting a reply from the other side. The week after the follow ing letter appeared in that paper— * bag ag ah nel gh pomp unde; a Tw . peared in your paper haat Frit came wih the sinwature of MA.” the Saker of “Pairpag* In justior fo (ket, thowe comrountcations must not remain un Angers nate, mientatemen they otal might per chane ralelend some os to the good faith of Mr a ®t, is in no ten) r spirit hat T appear before your under my simply because, as T intend to yo ree nit with hrpsthoede,E mnd in honor to bold myweit tor The chesa players «( Loden apd Birmingham are not ignerant of the intimacy with whieh Mr. hy has bo- hored me during hie viait () Burope, and they ume te etate that ne one is better conversant with i pent than por" ecriben,. Were We not da Paul Morphy powitively refuses to reply to any attack himself, preferring that his actions should be ae sole wittean to bia fait, 1 sbonid not bave troubled you or the publee widh thia comm nication ‘On the 4th of last Pebraary, the New man, and ad- i occupation "0 the chews bey uigence nf ay o-udhaal fms, merely ineonvenient, but pemuicely impracti¢able, sade all ¢4 ory - take th sand miles for the ca od chem ¢n:e inter are iaaible form Ir hiy— for whose a&iil we entertain the eirous to win hs spurs amos the chews rope, he myst take savant care he whl then meetin thie corntry, tn 4 Joa te Russte. many champions whose ese be old words to him, rendy ty teat aad do wo Roane. wonid regard the above Kelse than Tif you will come et io we are celléved from the. nte moartng 0) wegen We on arrival in Lé o the Poglich player er thy ostponed the com: €f it for a. month gine oe, requiring be month of July the a nee Fe lhe Ciytraion of dhe ime demanded im ibe