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' f - J i t - sr T AUB2S32UU WILLIAM D. COOKE, EDITOR & PROPRIETOE. A FAMILY NEWSPAPER-NEUTRAL IN POLITICS. TERMS, TWO SOLLIES PER AUSEl. Bctotcir to all fyt taste of EI)c Stouti), Citatutc, (Sfouc atttm, glgricultuft, iieiys, t)e iftatftete, &c. VOL III NO. 35. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1854. WHOLE NO. 39. SELECT POETRY. MY MOTHEPw. BY ALFRED BURNETT. Mother,, thy lo ks are growing gray, . Thy form is bent with years, , And so n thoul'i bid Jarewell to earth lis joys, its hopes, its lfars. Yet time hath gently dealt with thee, ' A dovvii life's billowy sea, Thy bark hath Bailed wi.hout a wave i Of dark adversity. Thou who first taught my infant lips. To syllable thy name, To thee I dedicate this lay, Tho'i who i.rt slid the same. The sime kind mother of my youth And iiumhood's w;y wind years : Ah, uibtln r dear, I leur I've caus'd Thee many bitter tears. I know I cannot e'er repay, The weaUh of love that's thine, ' A mo'.hfr's love c.mnot be told In a feeble verse of mine. Yet stilf I strive to be as thou Thyself, would'st have me be, And know in doing this I'll prove Sineexest love to thee. r And shou'd'st thou be the first to seek The shadowy vale of death, Thy blessing mother, be it mine, E'en with thy latest breath. Then shall I better be prepared To battle oi thr-uh life, And meet thee in the spirit land At'ar from earthly strife. SELECTED STORY. From the New York Musical Rjviewv THE V COUP D'ETAT," OR "THE STKOZE OF POLICY." " AK OWIE TRUE TALE,'' TO ENCOURAGE CHORISTERS XSD WARK . MEDDLERS. BY BACHELOR. Political politics, if I may so say, cannot here after claim an exclusive title to the phrase used to name this story. Musical politics olvn it, too. "As how?" Listen. . ' , " Once upon a time, but it was a time not very remote," there was a city in Wesern New York, and in that city, there was a chiirch, and in that church, there were two things, (at least,) of importance ; one, a choir the other, of special importance in its own ey s, a Music-w committee (so one of the trio who formed it; proudly wro c the name the hyphen and italics be.ng of course, mine.) Why it was ca1! music , no one knew. It could not sing; it could not play on instruments ; if could not criticise ; it didn't kno v Old Hundred from Yankee Doo dle ;" still it was " musics," it said. The mys- . tery will be solved, as I proceed. " '" The choir was harmonious; strange, yet true But it had not always been so. The chorister, (who divides the h-ro-ship of this tale, with th committee-man) on taking charge of about a year before the time of which I write, had . found it in a state of chronic disease. All "parts " of the body musical, were disordered ; all the members were weak, aud some showed signs of mortificutiott&t the state of things. Tm diag nosis of the disease was somewhat as follows : From flutes around to. double bass, there existed, apparently, mutual repu sion. Miss DM for in stance, by inveterate " flattering," probed the nerves of Messrs. "V. and X., the flutist, so that they " couldu't stand it," as they declared., Mrs. Y. was sorely exercised by the same cause, aud moreover by the dreadful dragging and hissing which were kept up' in her ears. Alto, ditto. The bass in-truments w. re almost sure to be al wavs out of tune. The effect of these things was such, that you mio-ht have taken the choir for a galvanic battery, from the way the shoul ders, and the muscles of the faces, of certain of the choir members, were twitched up every now and then, as some harsh discord brayed out up- ' on their sensitive ears. The gentlemen of ihe vocal bass were on the whole unexceptionable uhn pre sent; but they were so oddly minded in regard to their duties, that there were, .gener- v alii, from six to two (out of .seven) in their places on the Sabbath, and from one to two at rehear sals. Such, too, had been the goins-on in general above stairs, that the mammas of the musical young ladies of the church didn't want them to sing in the choir, because.of the unpleasant ci it jeism to which 'they were subjected. In- fact, changes had been so continually taking place, from the u miffed " young ladies going down stairs n'd the t-miffed ones going up, that you might have compared the galery stairs to Jacob's Ladder, with the "angels" ascending and de scending upon it. Outside of the choir, there was at least the ordinary amount of ignorance, carelessness, jealousy, and finger-in-other-peo-ple's-pie-a-tive-ness, etc., etc. "Well, into the midst of this state of things, the chorister came ; he upon whom reliance -. was to be placed as, in fact, though not in title, the M. D. ; i. e., .the Mas. Doct., who was ex pected to work a cure. His friends, with shoul der-shrugs aud warning words, told him he had undertaken a desperate case. He replied "Nil d -xperartd v m,"' which is. being interpreted in the manner of one of Dr. Cox's u liberal translations," Don't give up it skijv'l , .. ... , -X-. But busy-bodies had already begun to surmise the chorister's plans. The one, however, most , stoutly affirmed to be the one, was, to reduce the choir to a quartet, and keep it such. The cho rister h'mself, be it noticed, being: a prudent man, had never breathed a word of his plans to any one ; and this plan now ascribed to him, was that most diametrically opposed to his real views; his true principle being the larger the choir the hi ttir, so long us it is good. Yet most positively was it asserted, that he was about to guillotine all of the choir singers but four : to perforin a sort of administration-beheading, (like that of Collector Bronson, perhaps,) suddenly snatching Odiello's occupation away from him. On account f this there immediately began to be much fluttering ; and " Is it I ?" " Is it I ?'' went round and round the circle. Thus the magazine was prepared, so that the least move ment which by any possibility of construction, looked towards the carrying out of the plan suspected, would become a spark, and cause a "b'ow up." And the "movement" came. It happened that, one Sabbath evening, at a public service, there was in the choir-seat but one bass siuger, over against, several trebles. The chorister, (as what chorister has not often done,'' " and more betoken '11 do till the ind o' time,") concluded to balance the parts, under the circumstances, by constituting a quartet ; and explaining his reason, he designated the se lected four ; they being the acknowledged lead ers. The axe had fallen! The unwitting chorister had " done it now " and lo ! and behold ! next Sahbath, (the grand day of rest and triumph for " miffed " choir singes s.) the " exscinded tre bles," with martyr-like and determined visages, were scattered, like fragments from a volcanic eruption, over the plain ''below." But they were not like ordinary voh auic fraffmehts. Thev didn't lie still and cool off. They seemed, rather, to become little separate, moving centers of. eruption, and round they went, scattering sparks, and getting " sparks " excited. Then, to change the figure, " Interea, niagno misceri, murmurc pontum Eniissamque hiemem seosit .Neptunus -et alto prospieiens, sumnia placidum caput extulit unda f that is, by another liberal translation, Nep tune," (i- e. No. 2, the chorisier,) "finding a storm brewing, looked out to see what was the matter." Still, he did not, like Neptune No 1, call the winds that ca ised it, to him, and give them a scolding, for he found that they had leen the causes of the " breezes " hitherto in the choir, and concluded quietly, now that they had taken themselves off. to let them stag where their own choice had put them ; calculating, that with the cause, the evil would remove, and that the waves wotl'd gradually die. into a grouud swell, Mid that into a calm, and that' then he could begin to collect "airs," i.e. trebles, which would blow more regular!' and harmoniously. Dropping our figures the choir that remain ed being diminished simply by the amount of a few "touchy'' young ladies, was peifectly har monious, and d d 11 ; the only difficulty now being, that, without an organ, their .music was too light for the size of the church. Here we will just remark, that, in his own mind, the chorister-doctor had determined, soon er or later, to '"reduce his patient" to just this state ; so that, there remaining no diseased parts, nor -seeds of disease, healthy strength might be gradually induced, by the addition of assimilative and nutritious substances ; i. e. of well disposed and useful choir members. But the aforesaid patent's meddlesome and misjudging neighbors and friends, began to think he wasn't getting up fast enough. From the fact, that the choir scats were not immedi ately filled, aud the ears of the congregation sa luted with a great noise, (some, you know, take vry, very literally the words "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord,") they surmised that the "Doctor" was at fault. And the little " frag ments " from the explosion, helped along these surmisings wonderfully. Now the Doctor felt satisfied that he was do ing right ; and so, quietly proceeded, ignoring the existence of cause for complaint, or even of complaint itself. In a little while the symptoms grew less and less threatening, and thus several months rapidl passed away. At last the close of the chorister's first year of his engagement with the church drew near. He had meanwhile been ransacking the church and congregation and doing his best to add to the membership of the choir. But so thoroughly had the "Jacob's ladder" we have spoken of, been used, before he came, that hard ly one person could be found, who had not be come tired of journeying up and down, and de termined never again to do it. This determina tion, only time and an assurance of stability in the choir, could shake ; and the chorister work ed on, in hopes of "the good time coming."- And he had gradually won confidence, and ob tained assurances of speedy help, and was be ginning to congratulate himself, as were very many about him, on his success. But three days before his year expired, in the evening, -when the thought of a change had not crossed his mind, he ha p -ned to hear through a friend, (who declared he Unew,) that his posi tion was insecure. n accordingly the next day, (Saturday,) the last but one of his year, went to that one of the musirwi committee who ac-ed (the other two being only "lookers on in Venice," and glad of this, when meddling was of business, that an arrangement should be made for the ensuing year. The committee-man s'retchid upon a sofa, his hand pre-sed over his brow, and shading his eyes, (he complained of headache, as soon as the chorister entered,) replied, that the board of trustees had not decided whom they should em ploy ; that they had, however, severtl w:eks be fore voted not to reemploy the then present in cumbent ! To the questions naturally propos ed, first, on what ground the decision had been made, and second, why it had been kept so se cret, it was coolly answered, " that the trustees kept their own counsel." The chorister quietly determined to keep his, also. He simply suggest ed further, " This is final, is it ? " was answered s' ortly " Yes," and retired. Next day (Sabbath) the singing went off fine ly. The chorister diligently did his duty to the end ; and at the close of the afternoon service, stated the facts of the case to the choir, bade' them farewell, and withdrew. The choir, incensed at this unexpected insult to the r leader and themsilvcs, (for if his leading was unsatisfactory their singing was,) at once on the spot disbanded. Now the committee man was "in for it." The deluded official, in the pride of authority, and supposed power, the next day set about forming a new choir, with c anmendable diligence. But he had counted without his host. Unsophisticated mortal, he did not know that a good choir cannot always be. built up hi an hour even with money. Besides, the story of his doings was ahead of him. lie was fo'.led at every point. The rank injus tice and ignorance of his conduct, became at once a bond to unite those who had hitherto, simply consulting their own convenience, stood aloof; and wherever he applied he was met with " reinstate the former leader and we will sing otherwise not." A few, at the instance of the deposed, consented to sing temporarily, till the committee-man had had his "try" out, his motto evidently being " It at first you don't succeed, Try, try again." For more than two weeks, with perseverance worthy of a better cause, he labored on. From every side came volleys of upbraidings, as his iniquitous proceedings gradually came to light. It appeared clearly that, ' influenced byreg ud for an offended " miss," (here comes the ro munce,) and being naturally prone to meddle, and priding himself upon his " policy," he had obtained the signatures of the trustees, separate ly, an i by ex parte statements, to a paper, to the effect which he announced to the chorister on his above mentioned visit. He had fondlv coun.ed on thi-, as sufficient to accomplish what he was intending. ' Bit the " coup dtutn wouldn't work. The wisdom of the chorist r's straight-forward policy was triumphantly man ifested. He began to be understood and appre ciated, ana the cftoir and people would accept nothing but his rest nation. The crest-fallen committee-man was forced to step back into his appropriate sphere, viz. of inactivity (for there is really little about the music which a music com mittee, is ordinarily good for.) and ended the farce, by politely informing the ex-ch rister that he was reinstated in his former position since which time, the choir has been as harmonious and prosperous as need be. Byron axd Mary Suaworth.- Grace Green wood, in her late visit to England, paid a visit to Newstead Abby, the well-known residence of Lord Byron. In speaking of the event, she beautifully and touohingly alludes to the love of the poet for Ma-y Cha worth : " Strangely sorrowful, almost agonizingly re gretful, were the thoughts which swept over my mind, wave after wave, and shook my heart like a tempest, as I stood in the place where the young poet passed many hours of silent thought, it may be of lonely wretchedness. I never be fore so deeply felt how passing mournful was the story of Byron's first aud only love. That Ma ry Chaworth returned the passion of her young poet lover I have not a doubt ; but like the Montagues and Capulets, the houses of Cha woith aud Byron were at feud.i Mary had not the strength and truth of Juliet, and so they were parted a sensation by far more piteous for her, and more fatal to him, thnn death amid the full summer brightness of happy love.-1-This, not Shakespear's, was the true-soul trag edy. Might she not have redeemed even this wayward and erring nature, by the divinity of a pure love aud a steadfast faith ? But it was not to be. Mary bestowed her hand upon a man of whom little better can be said than that he ranked- "am ng the most eminent sportsmen of the day " lived, it is said, to weep wild tears over the Words which have linked her name in sorrowful immortality with her lover's and died in broken heartedness at last ; while he, grown reckless, restless, and defiant, the very core of his heart turned to bitter ashes, forgetting his God, and distrusting and despising his brother: swept on his glorious, shameful, and sorrowful career, till the shadows deepened, and the long night cLsed in." A gentleman was promenading fashionable street, with a bright little boy at his side, when the little fellow called out, " O, Pa! there goes an editor !" " Hush, son," said the father ; " don't make sport of the pooT man God only knows what you may come to yet !" i i i The best will to have left jou The will of a strong mind aad 4 etou heart MISCELLANEOUS. HISTORICAL ANECDOTES RESPECTING COEFEE. The following curious and interesting historical anec dotes respecting coffee, istaken from " The Literary Mag azine and Brit sh Review," for March, 1790 Khaio Beg, appointed Governor of Mecca by the Sultan of Egypt, was not acquainted with coffee, or at least with the method of using it. One day, when coming forth from the Mosque after evening prayer, he perceived in a corner, a' whole company, of people who intended to pass the night in religious duty, and who in the mean time were drinking coffee. The governor at first fell into a violent rage, imagining that they were drinking wine ; but his surprise was great ly increased when he learned what their liquor was, and what were its nature and properties.' However, when they told him how much it was used at Mecca, and how much frequented those houses were in which .it was sold, he took it in to his head that coffee was intox:catiug, or at least, that it induced people to do things forbid den by the law. In consequence of this opinion, after ordering these people to quit the Mosque, and never again to assemble for-the like purpose, he next morning called a grand assembly of the officers of justice, doctors of the law, priests, aud most respectable personages at Mecca, and informed them of what he had seen the preceding eve ning in the Mosque ; adding that he had learn ed that such scenes often passed in public coffee houses, and that as he was resolved to remedy so great an abuse, he should be glad before he took any step for that purpose, to know their opinion. The doctors all agreed, that public coffee houses were contrary to the rules and pure laws of Mahometanism ; and they declared also, that witli regard to coffee, ifr was necessary to exam ine whether it could hurt the powers either of i body or mind. They concluded therefore, that it would be, proper co have the advice of physi- : eians. ' The governor then sent for two brothers, who : were Persians, and the most celebrated physi- cians in Mecca ; one of whom had gone so far ; as to write against the use of coftee ; jealous, I perh. .ps, says an Eastern author, of its qualities, ; and appr. hensive that it might hurt the state of s medicine. On this account, they did not tail both to declare that codee was cold and dry, aud extremely prejudicial to the health. One of the doctors of the assembly replied, that Bengiazlah, an auci- iit Arabian physician of great authority, had affirmed, that these i beans were attenuatitnx and drying, and that consequently they could not have the qualities which had been just ascribed to them. j The two rersiati physicians answered, that 1 Bengiazlah was by no means acquainted with the baus in question ; and declared that though I cotiee miht be reckoned even anions the nuui- ' her of harmless things, and which every body might ue as they pleased, yet it had a great tendency to conduct to forbidden actions ; and the surest plan for a Mussulman would be, to consider it as contrary to the law. This opinion was supported by the suffrages : of all present ; and several of the members of the assembly, either through prejudice or false i zeal, affirmed, that coflee in reality had d sor- dered their senses. Oue of the assistants main tained, that it intoxicated as much as wine. ! 1'his assertion made the whole assembly burst ! out into a fit of laugiiter, as in order to be able : to make it, one must have drank wine, which is j contrary to the Mahometan religion. Being I asked if he had ever tasted wine, he had the imprudence to answer in the affirmative ; and in consequence of this confession, he Was co- ; demned to be bastinaded, which is the usual punishment for this crime. Coffee, therefore, was solemnly condemned j at Mecca, as a thing forbidden by the law, j though-the Mufti opposed this prohibition; but this order did not continue long, for the Sultan of Egypt, far from approving the indiscreet zeal ! of the Governor of Mecca, seemed much isurpris- : ed that he had dared to condemn a liquor so much esteemed at Cairo, the capital of his ter ritories, where there were doctors much more learned than those of Mecca, and who had found nothing in coffee contrary to the law. In consequence of this, the Sultan ordered the Governor to revoke his prohibition, and to be contented if any disturbance should arise in coffee-houses with employing hjis authority to put an end to them ; adding, that hecause it was possible to abuse ihe best things, this was not a reason for prohibiting the use ol them. Do not people abuse, said he, the water of the fountain Zemzem, in the temple of Mecca, so highly es teemed by all Mahometans ? . The two physicians who had been so instru mental in occasioning the use of coffee to be forbidden, had both an unfortunate end." The use of coffee, after being established at Mecca, was once more forbidden, and again au thorised. On this point, the Suitan of Egypt consulted the doctors of the law, who gave their opinion in writing, and proved by the most sol id reasons how unjust the condemnation of it was, and how ignorant those were who had pronounced it. Nothing more was necessary to bring coffee again into vogue at Cairo, and its empire never appeared so well established ; but at length, some troubles arose on this sub ject in the capital of the Egyptian empire In the year 1523, a scrupulous doctor assert ed, thatccjderanoji.d the head, , and hurt. the beakh, h therefore raised a doubt wirertbec it was agreeable, or contraiy to the law ; but none of his brethren were of his opinion, because it was clear that coffee had none of those bad qualities ascribed to it ; and consequently for once, fanaticism occasioned no mischief. The use of coffee therefore was continued. After ten years, however, another preacher declaimed so violently against the use of coffee, as being a thing forbidden by the law, that the populace dispersed themselves throughout the city, attacked the coffee-houses, and breaking the pots and dishes, maltreated those whom they found in them. Two parties upon this were formed in theN city, one of which pretended, that coffee was proscribed by the law, while the other maintain ed the contrary ; but the grand judge having convoked an assembly of all the doctors to col lect their opinions, they unanimously declared, that the question had already been decided by their predecessors, n favor of coflee; that they were all of the same opinion, and that it was necessary to restr-.in the extravagant heat of the zealots, and the indiscretion of ignorant preach ers. The judge who presided declared himself to be of the same opinion ; he immediately ordered coffee to be served up, and partook of it with the rest. This example put an end to every controversy, and brought coffee more in fashion than ever. At the time when this custom prevailed at Constantinople, the imans and officers of the mosques, made a great noise : they complained that they were abandoned, whilst the coffee houses were continually full. The dervises and priests exclaimed also against coffee, and they not only asserted that it was contrary to the law, but that it was a greater sin to go to a coffee house than to a tavern. After much noise and declamation, ail the priests united to obtain a solemn condemnation of this liquid ; they maintained that roasted co' tee was a kind of coal, and that every thing which had the least affinity to, coal was . forbid den by the law : of this argument they made a formal question, which they presented to the Mufti, with a request thathe himself would pro nounce upon it according to the duty of his function. The Mufti, without 'rivinr' himself the trouble to examine all these difficulties, co incided in opinion with the priests, and declared that coffee was forbidden by the law of Mahom et. All the coffee-houses in Constantinople were then shut, and the officers of the police had orders to prevent coflee from being drunk in any manner whatever. It was,- however, of no avail to enforce the rigorous observation of this order, for they could never prevent it from being drunk in private. Amurath III, under whose reign this prohibition took place, at length permitted the use of so agreeable a liquor, and which in certain respects, was considered as not contrary to relirion : so that nun were allowed to drink it at home, and it was soon much more esteemed thau ever. The officers of the police seeing that there was no remedy, suffered it to be sold, provided it was not in public. It was then lawful to drink it in private houses, the doors of which were shut, or in back shops. One step more was only necessary to make public coff e-houses be established. Chance would have it, that a new Mufti, much less scrupulous or more enlightened than his prede cessor, should so'emnly declare that coffee ought not to be considered as a coal, and that the liquor exti acted from it was not forbidden bv the law. Immediately all the zealots, preachers, doctors, lawyers, and even the Mufti himself, instead of declaiming against coffee, regaled themselves with it, and their example was followed by the whole city. Though' coffee originally came from Arabia the Happy, it was used in Africa and Persia, I ng before the Arabs employed it for making a beveraore. About the middle of the fifth century, the Mufti of Aden, a city of Arabia the Happy, learned the use of it, in a journey which he un dertook into Persia, and on his return introduced it among his countrymen. We have, however, no certain accounts re specting coffee as a beverage at this epoch. En thusiasm has induced some of the admirers of this fruit to lose themselves in conjectures, and to search for proofs of its virtue in the remotest ages. They suppose that the nepenthe which Helenus received from an Egyptian lady, was nothing else than coffee, celebrated by Homer as the calmer and comforter of the mind, in the moments of passion, grief, and pain. From Aden this liquor was dispersed through out all Arabia, and other parts of the Ottoman empire. It reached Constantinople during the reign of Solomon the Great, in the year 1554 ; and about a century after it was introduced in Paris and London. The qualities of this liquor, so exhilarating, like the moral virtues under despotism, paved the way for its disgrace at Constantinople. By awakening the Turks from that lethargy in which their vicious excesses kept them plunged, and by reviving their spirits, dejected by habitual corruption, coffee brightened up their intellectual faculties. Rycaut says, that during the war of Candia and the minority of Mahomet IY, a critical epoch for the Turks, the Visir Kruprouli sup pressed coffee-houses, though he permitted tav erns, as the 6rst of thee tended to promote in teUeclual recreation, and speculations on State .afEujphich-thft- Viair- thonghtr it prudent to" , check. Nothing of the ferae kind Gould bo & ledged against wine. All the result, however, of this famous edict, was a diminution in the revenue of the State ; for coffee resisted this po litical persecution, as it had before resisted a re ligious one. However strange it may appear to us at pres ent, it is nevertheless true, that coffee had the same difficulties to surmount before it was in troduced into England ; for it was persecuted by Charles II, as it had been in Turkey under Amurath and Mahomet, because it was consid ered as likely to promote the forming of private assemblies. In a word, in 1675, the king pub lished a proclamation, ordering all the p.oftVfl- houses to be shut, as so many seminaries for re bellion. Ray observes, that the part of Arabia which produces coffee in such abundance, that several millions of bushels of it are annually exported to Turkey, Barbary, and Europe, may justly be called the Happy. It is computed that more coffee is consumed in the city of Constantinople alone, than there is of wine in Paris. Coftee was a long time an article of commerce, before the Europeans could attain to the art of cultivating the plant that produces it : as they received the beans dry, they could not be planted. It is said, that a Frenchman near Dijon, was the first who tried it with success, about the year 16 10. The trees arising from the seeds which he had planted bore fruit, but tasteless and insipid ; so that he derived no other advan tage from it thau that of amusing himself. According to Boerhaajve, a Dutch Governor first brought fresh coffee-beans from Moka, which he sowed at Bataviai; aud in 1690, he sent a plant to Amsterdam, which came to maturity, and the beans produced by it afterwards supplied seed for all those cultivated at present in the East Indies. . ' - In 1714, the magistrates of Amsterdam sent a plant to Louis XIV, which was placed in the garden of Marly. In 1718, the Dutch began to cultivate coffee at Surinam ; the French in 1727, in Martinico ; and the English in 1728, in Jamaica. The first plant which appeared in Jamaica, was carried thither by Sir Nicholas Laws, and placed in the garden of Townwell, at present called Temple-Hall, the property of Mr. Lutterell. It is too well known how much this plant is propagated in America, to say any thing here on that subject. From the Southern Argus- JAPAN. A friend has handed us for perusal a long and well written letter from the Rev. E. C. Bitten- ger. Chaplain on board the United States steam er Susquehanna, to his friend in Washington, N. C. It contains many interesting particulars relative to the people and country. We subjoin the questions and an-wers between Captain Adams and the Japanese officers, on board the Powhatan, when lying at anchor in the Bay of Yedo: Capt. Adams. I hope the Emperor is in good health. Japanese. I thank you. How is the Ad miral ? Capt. A. The Admiral is not very well, but he is getting better, I thank you. Jap. The Admiral must , take good care of himself. 9 Capt. A. How is Mr. Yrzemon ? Jap. Mr. Yrzemon is not very well ; he may come and see you. Capt. A. Have you any communication to make ? Jap. There are high officers in Uraga, who will speak with the Admiral. They will speak frankly and friendly, and settle everything. Capt. A. -It is well. When will they come off? Jap. They may come off to-morrow, but it is very inconvenient for Japanese boats to come to the ship from Uraga. We therefore request that the ship should go back and anchor off Uraga. Capt. A. That cannot be. We want a good anchorage, and it is not a safe anchorage off U- raga. There will be more ships coming, and they, too, must have good berths. " Jap. How many more ships are coming f Capt. A. I cannot tell you. Jap. (After a short pause.) Where did the ships come from ? Capt. A. From Hong Kong, China last from Napakeing, Loo Choo. Jap. In how many days ? I hope you had a good passage. Capt. A. Oh, yes. We left Loo Choo the 7th of February. The Japanese here produced an almanac to ascertain the date of to-daj ; and Dr. Williams offered them a printed copy of the almanac, which the interpreter returned, preferring to take it on some future occasion, requesting that it should be kept for them. Capt A. What do you think of the weath er ? Will we have fine weather ? jap We do not know, but think it very likely that we will have fine weather for some time. We wish the ships could go back and lay off Uraga and it is much more conven ient. Capt A. That cannot be, as I told you. There is a much better place far higher up for an anchorage. No reply, but general merrimraent Capt A- How many high officers are thcra in Uraga j Will they come on board to morrow ! What are their names and their titles? y . . Japv Tilcts are aay high vQ&n in Urags, and more are expected from Yedo. They will speak frankly, politely and friendly, an4 settle everythings. Capt A. What are the names and titles of these gentlemen ? Jap. Hooder Mezrman and Karoochana Ka hee. Are you the captain of the ship ! Capt. A. No, I am not I am the Counsel lor of the Admiral. This was explained by their right hand. It was very kind in you to inform the captain of the ship that came first of that other ship that had been ashore. We are obliged to you. The Japaneso were evidently pleased. Jap. What is the name of the ship f Which is the Admiral's ship ! Capt. A. This' is the flag-ship. He r name is the Powhatan. Jap. What is the name of her capt f Capt. A. Capt. McCluney. The Japanese officers and interpreters pre pared for leaving, aud shortly afterwarda made their exit SECOND INTERVIEW, FEB. 15TH, ON BOARD THE POWHATAN. Jap. It is very difficult for us to come off so far. . Capt. A. I am sorry ; but for cummunica- tions coming from Yedo it must rather be con venient. Jap. Our intercourse last year was ianuca- ble and pleasant, and we trust it wilj be bo again. i J Capt A. I can assure you we entertain the most friendly feelings. J Jap. The high officers will come from Yedo . in a few days and confer with the Admiral in person, and settle everything. Capt. A. Will the high officers bring a let ter ? I Jap. This gentleman (Lorgoring Karekana Keler knows nothing about a letter, put the hisrh officer will confer personally and have a favorable answer. Capt. A. When may this high officet be ex pected to come ? Jap. In a few days. Capt. A. Where is the interview to take place ? Jap. In' Kamakura. Capt A. AVhere is that place f Jap. Where that other ship was ashore. Capt A. No, sir ; that is too far. j Jap. It is a very convenient place to accom modate a goocf many people for some l ime, if that is necessary. Capt. A. No, sir, that is too far. We must have it somewhere near at hand. Jap. Let it be Uraga. Capt A.- The Admiral would prefer Yedo, j or a place near by, w.here he can be properly re ceived. That land-beach at Gonhamas was very inconvenient J . Capt A. After a silence and 6hort pause. -It isfhe custom of all countries to transact bu siness of importance in the metropolis, and that custom ought to be observed in this case. The ships cannot go back. J Jap. You cannot be received in Yedp.. Capt A. Let a suitable place be selected between the place where the ships are now and Yedo, where the interviews are to take place with due regard to the importance of the oc casion and the dignity of the two Governments. Give me the titles and the names of the officers, so as to enable me to communicate to the Admi ral, and I will tell you his decision. j Jap. There is no convenient place between here and Yedo for receiving letters. Dr. Wil liams mentions Karugana. Kamakura is much more convenient Capt. A.: If you are not able to decid e upon this point, submit it to the proper authorities. There is no need of your answering just now.- , Let mecnow the reply in a few days. The Japanese then held a discussion among themselves. j Jap. We will be obliged first to consult the high officer from Yedo upon the point ojf select- . ing the place for interviews. However,we pro pose that one ship be detached to lie offUraga, for; the purpose of negotiation. It may ,be ne cessary to hold a great many interview and a a good deal of time may be uselessly wasted if the ships are so far off. Capt A. It is much better to go higher up. The proximity of Yedo must be very conveni ent We cannot go back. j ; Jap. By a special decree of the Emperor, Uraga has been pointed out as the placej for in terviews with the Americans. We are ready there. I , Capt. A. Why, then, sir, did you first pro pose Kamakura? Jap. Kamakura first, then Uraga. Capt A. We cannot go down the payv- There is no objection to goiDg higher up ; in stct, the ships can go everywhere. If vou are . not able to take the ship, submit the case to the , proper authorities, and let me know the reply in a day or two. It is Tuesday to-day -say Friday. . -.. The Japanese now indulged in a- few remarks about politeness and friendship -made a tender ;ii appeal to Capt Adans, proposmg'thatih P" point the place hi mselfV so as to be conyenien , A. - J.V ; f n-Tje i n mxrltsv swsva WfM YV ' 7 to the high Mandarin who will come front Yedo. in a few days. The Rich vox to be Envied. -The poor da ' i not have the dyspepsia, the rich do. . 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