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' ' ' 'T oiw aqaan 1 Intortion, (0 64 O0 i? t r Jdr. 75 ir ,! i.u i fl 0 (,s;Fwf ..,; -li i ,j 1 AS , Contract will bemilobyth n a4 or r. , fhorwr lima, either far t fMrmaiiont advertise ment! otto be reftuwed at the option of the ad vertiser, ard fir Busiaetf Cards, on terms the Mat dvaBjtan--i'i, '- . n AlveMtaemaata eeat ' U this Office should li the namhnr of iasettient mark ad on them, at thev wilt be loaortei satil forbid ami charged eeordinglyi i , , :,-,....,. i m if a a8srir29a. if i HnWnjr as roods variai of ib Type uu be fitoni ia the State, we sr prepared to Ma cule ail orders in the above Branch ia the neat sunner, oa reasonable terms, an at the shortest Bouse. t All letters addressed to the Editor most be oat paJd.-- r r" The foHowin(r table of Portage, under the new Act, will be aseral for general reference : V. Utce. Canada, Xrffcra sad lAei aWg-. 3i re 3. S If ....1 " " wnaj ratrAiD. ICts. Cts. Cta iCU, WsJjhlng os. or endur .J Wiif the einjie role Orer I nt. snJ not ever 1 IU 15 to l malted t ,. n -,., I fil Uwr 1 oonae, and not over liaaaeea . r.; I- 9, so 45 Qvar 1 ourr.es,, ami ol ' over 4 ounce. J- 40 00 60 I8 1J 30 80 i.f 75 Over t ouoeea. and not over nsi oances ' ' 15! 30 ' WBSS aT rttTAIB. Waitfhi 'if 1 ax. or an. (' , kjinc the niniile rote. it4 l4 'Orr 4 winoa.a;il it. over i ! louaae. . . , I 10 so 30 40 SO So Oef 1 oaiice. and not over Il ounces 15t Over 1 1 ennees. and vertfesmeea ' - M 40 Over S oemeee. and aot ever r I Ml 50! ' On lettors to California, th single ' rata ia seat prepakl ami 0 eoato anpaid. 1 To (ireat UriUin sod Ireland, St aente, pre paynunt optional. - .f.;i,' r.. II,il CutiL la junta. La be nreDaid v i v 1 . . , when (eat "' ,. . ' ' To Bremen, (Germany,) by Bremen Line, 80 eontf, prepayment optlonnl. By English Hteam gulps, eiHits, prepaio. By Amortcaa uine, at eaais prepsua ia an. o.JA XZAHT, MAirurAOTuaKB or T ia, 8i33t Iron ami Ojpjar Wares, ailOVBS AND JAPANNED WARES, , coasia Of aaoAB ' as shdolb STBirra, I' Oaf door South of iht Court Ihw, , . ' . - , KRW-BEILVE, ' . ' N. C NOTICE. ; , rH autaerioer will buUd tf repair, (at a short "'BUGaiBS, WAGONS5 1 ' . CARTS OR CART WHEELS, ? Of the bslssatriel.ia th ben asaauet sad a eheap u ean kedon aoywbjr. Orrfer tjl i ' T. J.rLthsm. PanUsjo, IT. C. , ' '' Daniel U Burssor Jams P. LUham, Hyds ue. -tuitov Al" Mltehetl. A T. Jerkies, Wsa ft Whiirord n T.O. Wilson, K.w-Beras, M. C. will be attssdsd to, sad work deliiri to euher of th sbov named gotlaen to ordr. .... . fi1 - AOOUSTUS LATHAM.,'. r8lff Creek Brida,Cravn Co, M.U. Nov. . " . .. j ) W 4vte THE LARGEST SILK, RIBBON . TRMMISO HOUSE IS XEW YORK r.k i.i fnoMAS, O. STEEWSi ' ' 1 j. ..u r .r,MU r AKtt. MitliMrv. and AT ;;jTsrt 0A8H . WUOEal M OaAmD ,BT J7-:ji - ADM ijtMHt.'.V.l.'UJ 1S2 BroBiWAYi New York. TtTT AS bo w in Store and Is daily reccei vlng iill nd offering at the Lowmt Prices, wm.lrte assortment Of Goods In his line, com.. jmilng all the various sty Wand designs, con alstingof ' ' Block and Fancy Silk,' , M i Mareelimie Florences, Shawls, Tnmmlnj's j. Bonnet Ribbaos.TaffiiU and Satis Ribbon Dress Trimmings of nil kinds, . Embroiderios, French and English Crapes, Crape Usa snd Silk Cravats, ' Gloves or all kinds, , ' ; ' -Silk Laee Mits, Rveges, Laces, :' Whits Onoda. UosisrV. L.C, Hdkf. The undersigned would invite Merohanta from Nirih. Houth. Boat and West, wba n this i.it. to favor him with a call and exttmine his Book before puruliaaing. TUOMAS 0. STEARNS, j y' . . tea B JtOADWAY. - Between Liberty atreot and Maiden Lane, ;'Z.TJ - '. ' i NEW.. YORK. . ' ' - 1 ' III.' Ill . . I I I 1 1 i 3R.F.AM 'TARTAR. Eoom,; Bait. Boper. i Carbonnte SodJ, Saleratus die. received and dentistrt; w! 'Jt" "r 1 09MS at h , otrrua'a .waaamoto hotki.' it n in i ' hi wdi ii iu ; y-f is ;lf4. 0, ataf tTtaV IBM. fcwuiit M tl ,i)"tmh .'f.'l '.I "' Hl f IB !!' 1 I "1 ll'T I'lU'li li .I ii i il i) um )tM . JL a' sU.': II ALeU l-if it HtjimiK 4f M4LIS W Ul-'-Hill" tiiC) . llflJ BR'Y ''GO'OBSv. " - - iniatoti, MAintv ouunb, .;v t Umbraljaa, Parasola, Jo welxyi ,&c, 'June JStlC 1858. ' ' (X, i D0LLITER & POTTER, , fJOMJISSIOIf ' MERCHANTS, t" Liberal adraaoa nude, oa .Consignments on If an Miami f!utiatlk.a. H. Douaaa. ! f ! - rebraarr IWb I8S1. i - j v O. PoTraa.1 4 tr. v COLUMBIAN INKl.t TUOT reseived and for sale HarrUoa's best CI Colombian Ink. In quart, pint,-hatt pint, and smaller bottles. . BincK, ksi sn i bi ee. WM. IL MAYUEW. March lltKJ853. ; , , , . ; r Vm; DYE SlIWBt eta. rJ LOGWOOD, Redwood, Fastic, Copperas,' AU am, Est Logwood, Biehnmate Potass, Ao natta, Indigo, dtedte. tor sale bv ?-st-r .'-ir-.'i,. i-rf-lf -j'8! ,i' J.IISOSWaY. TUB ROAD TO HEALTH t, K . UOLLOWAY'S PILLS. CURB OK A DISORDERED LIVER AND J BAD DIGESTION'.'''.' ' pOPY of a LeUer from Mr." Rf W. Kirk as, v Chemist, 7, Preeeott Street, Liverpool, dated 6th June, 1851. , . . i , To Professor Hollownyi ' Sis If oar Pills sad Ointment have stood the bigheet en ear sale but of i'rapriaterf Med sines, for some years. Aeustomer, to wnow t ean refer for any enqmrws, desires me to let yon know the particulars of her case. She had been troubled for years with a disordered liver, and bad dijestion. On. the Inst occasion, However. the vio en of the attack was so alnrming. snd the tn&tmmatton set in so severely, that doubts were entertained of her not being ablo to bear op nuder it; fortunately she was induced to try your Pills and shs informs me that after the first, snd each succeeding doee she had grout rvtief. She continued to take tlieraind although she nscd only thrco Boxes, she Is now In the en joyment of perfect her.lth. I could bsve sent you msny more cases, but tiie above, from the se verity of the attaekj snd the speedy euro, I think speaks much ia favor of your sstotiishing Pills. ..... k .r w i il it r Tel i .iPtgaod.,.;.., , n.uvn.jo. . AN EXTRAORDINARY CURE OFRIIEU MATIC FEVER IN VAN DIEMBN'S Copy of a Letter inserted In the HobsrtTewa Uonrter, si Uie 1st or wares, tool, oy siajor , w J. Welch.. .-. .:r Manraret 3IcConniinui, nineteen years of age residing at New Town, had been suffering from a violent rheumatic fever lor upwards of two months, which had entirely deprived her of the use of her limbs; during this period, ana was under tee sre of the most minaut medical men in Hobart Town, and by them her case was con sidered hopeless. A friend prevailed upon her to try Holloway'e celebrated Pills; which shs consented to do, snd in an incredible short apses of tims, they snooted a perlect cure. CURE Of A PAIN AND TIGHTNESS IN TUB HEART AND STOMAL. H UF , A -PERSON 81 YEARS , t , t , OF AGE. From Messrs. Thcw dt Son, Proprietors of the Lynn Advertiser, who can vouch for the foU lowing statement August 3d, 1851. 1 '"' Ta Professor HoLLOwart v " ' ' " ' '' Smi 1 dsairs to bear testimony to the good efleela of Holloway'e PUta. For some years I sutfered severely from a pain and tightness in the stomach, which wns also accompanied by n shortness of breath that prevented me from wnlk king about I am 84 years of age, and notwith standing my advanced state of life; these Pills have so relieved me, that I am desirous that others should be made acquainted with their virtues. !l am now rendered, by their means, eonipuratlvoly active, and oan take exeroiee with out inconvenience or pain, which I could not do beJore... . ' ,.. (Signed.; . . , . , it ' :u:,'.. . HENRY COE, - uj .! , ... , i North street, Lyon, Norfolk, i Those celebrated Pills are wonderfully effiea in the followinir eoraplaiiils. Aut Female Irregularities. Retention of Urine, Asthma, Fsvsrs of all kinds, Scrofula or King's Evil. HilliMaCdnrolaints. I'll. Sore Throats, Ulotehe oa th dkia, tioul, eliOQ and Uravel, Bowel Com. Jilaints, ttead ach, Beooudary aymptowH uuuu, nduresliou,Ti Douloursux.tiotMlipaUunolBowsli InaMnmauon, i amours, vonii". rjloers. Debility, l.lver uompiamis, venerwu m fsetions, Dropsy, Lumbago, Worms or an aisoa PyMDtery, files, a-rysipeias, nneuaiaiun, aes from whatever cause, fcofco. , -: , Sold at the estaoiwnment oi rroiessur nui o way, 224, Strand, (near Temple Bar) London, and by all respectable Druggists snd Dealers In Medicines throughout the British Empire, and by those of tnsU. States In pots snd boits.a Si seats, 81 eents, and $1 60 aach Whole, mj; by th. VW P and by Messrs. A. B. & D. SAND3, New York, uAteTwm M Maiden Lane, Now York. . '..: . . ..J!1 vr WL T R .DirecUons lor me . gui t- He AJ. '-iHPM"" w m . a" i For sal by Sett Agmt, NewBernetW. C March fi;i853. ww ly. New-Bern 9? !VTRS,MCPQN4LP ofier to the publics eom JlX plete snd carelully selected assortment of the beet Goods is hr line. Sheisiapossessioti flf the latest styles and newest fashion, I She will make Dresses, Hsts, Talmas, Cloaks,1 Cnrdinar, and other articles of Ladies' apparel id a superior dtyle, and an short notice. , m Pressing and Bleaching done as usual. , Charges tnodernte. T ' " s ' Nwbem, October 85tbf 1853. V"-' li- -' u.' r. . j I r i. w.r; i...... ..mi ...w A JCOHN hot just rdrned from the Norths ern Cities, and is, now npeningst the fire Proof BuildlnuV Pollock Street, a Inrtre 'snd slpsndid sssortment ol Staple ana Faaey - Dry Uoods of every description, for which bis pock et has been made to euffer. ' But being thereby enabled to sell cheap, he contents himself With the air or a martyr, resting conndeat of a spee dy sale. His Stock consist in part of ' ; Ribbons, Silks, and Irimmings raro, To plaoa the yaungw'tbeagsd, tiie fair, Merinos, Cashmers troe 'tis plain. . "' With the richest styles ol M. de Lain. The ladies too, perhaps will find ' ' ' u Needle work pf every kind, . . .. . ,y;t , Collars, Sleeves, and Laecs nice, " 0 Of every kind and every price. ' ". j -. ' The F irmer, too, perhaps will call, V. If he wanta to buy cheap goods this Fall, "' As his targe Stock is new and neat, ' ' i ' With everything that is complete, ' , No w quick eoncl ude at once to try us " And you'll never lliiuk ot passing.by us. wl i itv i - !' f-iSl- Uj ' I-' , , . .- A. COHN.. Tollok Street, one door East ot J. IV. Car- mcr'srugStoro. "''"';'.11 .'-..--' 'J'Newerne, 4ept l, 185A"-"'' NEW GOODS AND READY, MADE S t, ,cL0TmNa.'.; .,...v...- -...: i Fall Trade 1853- 1 LEWI8; iPHEiliPS. ... ' 611 MERCHANT TAILOR, DESPECTFULLY informs his bid customers, s thr citizens of IMew-bern and the surrousd tne coootrv, that he has just returned from the raortn witn a careiuiiy seieciea assoruneni of CLOTQS. "ClisilEUi A.Y0 TESMGS, ' of the latest and most approved styles, which he is prepared to make up in the moat f ishioa- abls manner, with superior workmaoahip,, and atlhe shortest notice. ; . In addition to ths shore 'he has pnrchnsed an exaeilent nsaoKment of ; 1 ' to which he would call particular attention ; con sisting in pirt of - ' i t . lire, h rock, sack and uver yoats, . i; I'ants, Vesta, Pmers, , Quaker Nett Shirts, Dross Shirts, Sic.; Six. All which k.nviLg been bought low, will be sold at corresponding prices. i Nw Ujr.ie,JV-..tlt, Uil- ' ttt 1 RAYNER, OILMORE & CO, ' , Caiiimi9atoB3Utcibivtf S4 ytftto &Aeet. ! , . 'T- ' -." NEW YORK. , . j W. O. Batkkb, J. R. Giuioaa, B. C. Lbwis. -; " '. , v- .Refebescbb. , .,, ...( Messrs. Francis Skinner ti Co., New York, is Lord, Warren i & Co, t " ' , F. Kidder, Esq.,Bostoa. ; ' . ' - Amos Wade, sq., Newborn. ;, ..j, John D. Planner, Esq " Messrs. Rankin dc Martin, Wilmington. ' , E. Kidder, Esa. . e J. II. FInner,Esq. " . ; Cash advances made on consignments. Msrch 10th 1353. . '" 1 1 ' , FE3IALK SCHOOL. , ,,1 T'HE Rev. Wm. N. lUwaa wm re-open me I Female Department of his School at the Odd Fellowe Hall on the 1st Mondnj in October rioxtTmorTwon- a liereiorore. Higher English Branches, , viu per session. Junior Department, ', 6 - - Sept. 1st, 1853. YUl ''-"' Sm;-1 - MUSIC! MUSIC! t MUSIC!!! ' THE Snbscrlber respectfully Inlorm the eltii Bens of New-Borne and adjoining counties, that he has opened a Piano Forte Ware room on Broai) Street, opposite 'he Washington Ho tel, where may fee found fine assortment of Musical Instruments, consisting of Pianos, Me lodions, Violins, Guitar, Acsordioos, Concerti nos, FluUnus, Flutes, Files, Clariobets, Flageo lets, Tamborines; Baujo die. Also a large eol. loctinn of Soerad Muaic Books Handel ssd Has den, New, Curmina Sacra, Boston Academy, Southern Harmony and Mnsicnl Companion, The Shawm a library of Church Music Ins struclion Books Hunters instruction and Ber ..). mntimil fi,r the Piano. Primers for the same Schnieder's Practical Organ SchoolWhites iustruoUon ior the Melonion, M.carcassi tor we Guiur, also instruction books oy omereni au thors for all kinds ol musiwu losirunieno nw may be found among the sheet music, all th now piwes and having mado tirrangemenU ia the Northern cltie. shall receive an new t a. soon ns Published-a small stoek Of Station, ary, all of which will be old at New York He! Agerit for Messrli Oeibe and Jackson', and Bacon and Ravens, Celebrated Piab? Eortes also George A. Co., 1st plemium Me hhiisna Persons wishing to purchase any ol .uIi a-.ii j in caII ahdseehiM. i He wUI aiaa give lessons oa ths Piano Forte, Rommnnelno- on UIS 181 01 voww -'"T '' Sessiin of 34 lessons,. - i . , ., . JOHN r. tia oo BANFF. " New-Berne, Septembtr 34, 1853. 35 U. srflS;--jv.-iev) From Goiry'i Ladjf ' Boot, far 'September. ..MI lB.H. i 1 ' '. - , UU U. au-W BT IONB. .IK.4-1 Ths ehahging' seasons,ss they 'pass o'sr earth, Rearing bloom, brig h I ness, beauty and decay, The Wlnter'sehiP, the Summer's festive tnith, The Autumns sadness, and Sprlnga verdure These all are Imaged in the inner world, i . In IIS mto4's SkoOWtlJIeOtil lhnicWuuLnm As a clear lake, by careless breeze uncurled, , Reflects the eliange of tho.jVarlnt; sky.j Hop is the Bpringstime of the sonl, wben life Wakes into beauty, blossoms scent the air. And give the promise of a season, 'rife :1' 1 With Nature's choicest bounties rich ami rare Joy u the Summer, when the hope lulfilled, ( u . - G'addens the mind, oad bids nil rare, depart, Beams in the eye, and with rich pleasure thrilled ; Sunshine and musio overflow the heart.. ''....- , . . Memory is Autumn, shedding softened light t! : O'er (he dear scenes of other happy years, Robing e'en sadness in a vesture bright, - , And docking mirth with half regretful tears. Sorrow is Winter, when the flowers die, . . . The leaves are scattered by the wind's mde '...; breath : li - W Asd white and para the lallen anow flakes lie. O'or Geld and valley, like the robe of death. it may be thnt soms tender ttqweret hides, ' In its warm covert, 'neath the mantling snow : Thine. ey perchipce soroe straying sunbeam guides . - .'!?! ja.vA:L. To took oa high Irom those drear realms be low; ' "T ' ' -K f ' Thus sorrow keeps some gem of future good, . To bloom in beauty st some happier day: Thus light from heaven, jn thy glojmy mood. "Sheds o'er thy sp rit Its tnspiting my. , " . , And as the sunshine melts the Winter'ssnow, - So hopea bright rays reriv th drooping heart .; vi.t-- As Spring's young buds in fresher beauty f'ow So joy awakes, and grief and care depart. And if not here the Winter's chains are riven, There hi a land whera they wilfmeil away Perpetual Spring andj Summer. dwel in heaven. And Autumn's brightness freed Irom its decay THE AHERICAn EXPEDITION TO . - japan, rt'.:;;.' The following letter," which we take from the , Yf asbingtoo Sentinel, is believed to be from the, pea of Captaia Buchanan, the second in command under Commodora Perrj . It was addreseod to his wife in Washington and mar hot' have been intended for publication. Although ft adds Nothing of essential impor tance to ithe narratives already published,, 5t contains many particulars which will be read with interest: ' n i ' . yu ' Fridat, July 8 tit, !TS$i. "Tis distance lends enchantment to. the view." Hero ve are in the harbor of Jeddo, after running over nearly 30,000 miles of va rious seas and of various climes here af an chor four' miles higher1 p the bay thari has ever yet anchored ship bearing a Christian flag. W4 anchored at 3 P. M and soon large boats, rowod cheerily . with about tweaty men, and in each some mandarins, or gentlemen, with two swords, neat and well dressed, came swarming off with determination fell to come on board, demand the names, the nation, and the intentions of the four crafts thus coming boldly., ja'. in joy and calm.,. The were met with a wave of the hand, and "keep ofl; no one allowed to come on board save the highest mandarin," ; This , literally . took, theini all aback, but they clustered together, and insist ed upon admittance. !. At last, a voice in Dutch, " Do you speak Hollandeee I" . Soon the Com modore's clerk, Mr PosUnan, was ia high coniaUi , - i :i .' " i After much persuasion on their part, and their insisting that oue of them asa high mandarin, the commodore ordered mo to put on my uniform, and to receive him and the in terpreter on board in the cabin, and to repre sent himself; saying that "our mission is a friendly oae.". W aref the bearers of a letter from the President pf the United States to his Majesty of Japan, that jt was necessary to send on board a high mandarin to receive this lette, and the sooner me Doner. Again, a was to insist upon it that boats should not lie, bv the. hundred, neat nd around our ships, thus guarding and watching us, as has been their custom. (The Columbus and Vincennea having front five , hundred to one thousand boats around them constantly, all linked to- irother.) , That ; we would not submit to this, O ' . . . . . , T ' . 1 - .1. but would drive tuem on. , J-iero yvu " basis of my instructions. Thus armed, I took Mr. Mandarin, and , interpreter, with my two interpreters Mr. Williams, in' Chinese, and 41r. rostman,in uutcn iuw uie cauiu. .. . After being seated a moment, Mr. Mandarin arosetyid made a talaam a la Japanese, and then extending his . hand, we shook hands; then seated ourselves, using Mr. Postman as interpreter, as the Japanese interpreter spoke Dutch fluently. I thus opened; "Tell the Lieut. Governor (for, such was the mandarin) that I am the aid of our chief, the admiral, and am instruoted to speak for him.; We have come here on a friendly mission, with friendly attentions, to deliver a letter from the Presi dent, of the United States to your sovereign, the Emperor of Japan ; that the letter is ready Co deuyery by 0 o'clock to-morrow, to any mandarin sufficiently high to receive it," To this was replied : It must be referred to high er powers to know rwh ean receive the letter. I then asked, Vllow long willlt tats to give ns us answer IT t f They could not WL , . jI aid, ."Ithink the soooer the better, as we are aaxious to bs off.").. The reply was, I do aot think - it will take long and it was' then un derstood that,, in ,tha , morning, a mandarin would be off, to receive the letter. - M; : i t I then emphatically said J 1 This ship has aboard the chief there is his pennant All messages from shore must oome hope by a Ligh mandarin.! No boats must go to the other hips; their eommaiiders hv. orders uot to permit intercourse; they Aava no npht to Mfe w.rtvji,..Tf tuitmi LaatttO boats shall hang around our vessels to watch them," shut - was not palatable.:., Ihey said: ''It ts Japanese custom law, and we must carry them out.". . Says I :-rTeU hiin,- Sir, that we too have our customs, and with men-of-war one of the laws is that , po boat is allowed to come within a certain rsuge,! , Jfhere was no posi tive consent given just then as to what they would do; they evaded it by asking questions, u Where are yon from I? 'From the United States of America.? "Yes: but what port Washington, New York, Boston V, , My sur prise was so great that, I smiled and told him, "Soma from Washington, some frcra New York; all parts -that the President of ths United States lived in Washington.", What is the name of the ship, how many people, guns, Ao." f Tell him, sir, that we are not traders, We are armed ihipt, and our custom is never to answer such questions," j. t ; : ' . The Questions were again repeated in pretty much the same way, when 1 told Mr, P.; to make the same reply, and to add that I have no curiosity to know how many men are either in the emperor's army or in his navy; and also that he could sea for himself that we had four .ships; that we had others in these wa ters., "When will others cornel" .fldon't know ; it depends upon the answer to the let tori"., , " What are the contents of the letter I" "Tell him, sir, that the letter is from the Pre sident to the Emperor of Japan, and it would be , most indelicate in me to inquire into its contents." This rebuke was received in an apologetic manner, and this questioning drop ped., I then again alluded to the boats which were still clustering around our ship and the other ships; told him that it was absolutely necessary that they should be kept off: that this must be done, s " We shall be sorry, with pur kind and friendly feelings to you, to do j pu any harro, or to come into.collision with jouf but,, if you do not order your .boat off, we .shall fire, into them and dqre them off. Our boats are now .armed and roaily.aad we cannot allow you mora than fifteen minutes to give . your oraers ana to geep them on., . At the end of that time you must; suiter. 4 -. ', Mr. Mandarin ! went out, told this to the boats, sent word to the other boats, and came in.. ."Now I must have an answer. What have you decided about the boats !" I have ordered them off from all the ships, and with orders only to communicate with this. . Yes, from all the ships; and iflny come around you, send word to the Governor, and he will punish them." Thus was this point, never be fore yielded, conceded. After a few more re maiks, 1 bowed Mr. Mandariu Off, and away he went . on. shore, taking the boats off with My interview with my friend was again re newed in the evening, and inVatber a different phase, which does not, promise to open so Deacefullr : but to-morrow will tell. - At pre sent I am too tiredi having been up all day from an early hour and here we are, too, our pistols loaded, our swords ready at. hand, arm ed men and sentinels patrolling the decks, guns loaded, and trained and cast loose ; for we lie down to sleep to-night in the neighborhood of 10,000,000 of men, brave, enterprisiug, reudy, never couquercd,- It behooves us to be wstcb fuL So I will tobed, mid .rest, . I Sunday. July 10, 12 A. M. This hallowed day of quiet has again come around, and fiuds us lying quietly at our anchors, enjoying a day of , rest ; our broadsidis upon the tuwna and (brts on the shores; our glasses watching the marches and counter-marches of the troops on shore, paraded by their different mandarin. The spirit of preparation tor resistance ana de fence is eviduntly ruling tliem. The sounds of manv guns away towards Jed Jo, come fre- aucntlv booming on the ear. Alio couutry is evidentlv awake from its loiig slumbers of peaor. What excitement now in Jeddo! When he fore has warlike trumpet been sounded ia her walls, " to foot, to Jiorse, arm :" - tiang ou. our banners on toe ouiwara waits ; me cry still they come 1", Long freedom, overbearing conduct to other nations, a couvictkxi of their superiority, doubtless tend to make these peo ple proud, sensitive, oliivalrio, biave ; buttliea again, a long peace, and disuse to war and its horrors, have- in a measure effeminated llimn j the efl'ecU of shot, shell, earnest fighting, will doubtless ahock them ; but yet, I think, they will resist bravely : they are ormuuing with spirit, showing cautiousness, but no fear. Yet their downfall has commenced from the 8th of July, ; 1853. Yes, this day the cross waved above our colore, and unJer it wo worshipped the Christian's (od-rthe Saviour, j Yes, here within twenty miles of the seat of the haughty tvrant. who has caused- for centuries that em- blem or mercy to oe trampioa unaer toot uj r ua heathen subjects. ' "f t !' ; Let me renew my hrruvo of events the 8th. .r In about one hour after the manda rine left, 1 again received him with directions not to palaver much.' In a long, windy speech. he said that the Governor did not wei mmseu justified in receiving a letter from the presi dent to the Emperor ma no u w " poWrithat the Nagasaki was the place for the oouduot of all foreign affairs that It was not Japanesse custom that, indeed,, the Go a,nr was much bothered to think why four ships should have come together that he ap erv hifrh.lv the treat trouble we had taken to come so far to deliver the letter, but he could not racetva. it. io wuicn t re plied r The idislMce lo'THi lur' wastery long; and w had come a great wayi-that we could not think of going to' Nagaaati that the letter was an important one, and that otill Prasident had ordered ns to dclirer It as ner ' 1 the city of Jeddo as 'possible J therefore, were here, and I trusted that the letter would be received in the morB'ng.",''iw -'- I ' f- To th he answered : jSfd ' ona;1 hero' can recti vs it It wxnld bring harm upon him Nagasaki is the only place that ha did aot d liavc if the letter wa i received that the Emperor would answer it" To this I replied : "Does our Girmrnnt dure to take upon himself the responsibility to refuse to recerve a teiier Writ ten to his Sovereign, and to forward it to him! It is a very grave responsibility Id refuse - to receive the letter sent from One Sovereign to another." lie then said v "TbsK Governor may receive it, but we can't tell wben tho an swer msy come f-but then added, "that he had not the power to receive it, ' and most wait and refer it- M tisf:i ,. I replied that . " thW letter1 was a very irsV portent one tliat it would' be s very great insult to the President Of the United' State not the receive it That M to the Emperor's not answering it, that was not our business now, tha would be settled after.-' Be iaitl, H This Japanese custom, yon Americans don't understand Japanese customs, etc. " I replied, "We Americans do business decidedly, prompt ly " -1 At this point I went eut, and ; referred this new phase of the diseussion ia the Com modore, add by his order I broke tip the In view, telling him, that if the Governor did not send off the letter in the morning, we1 weald ourselves deliver it in the town of CrogaJne.'" He was rather taken aback bjr thb decision, and requested permission to come off in -the morning. To this I assented.'' He then took his leave,; Before going off he stepped up to our long gun aft, which was all dear, and showing its massive proportions, and examn ning it, said, looking interrogatorily, "Paix banr If he has an acquaintance with "Paix han," I trust it ia from reading nnd not from prswtiee..v )-fiw:'X' -jf-- -wsn-'f ; ini . .' At six o'clock the next morning I was called on deck to receive the mandarin; ao I dressed . hurriodly and went up.' - There was the same story, but be proposed to send to Jeddo for per mission, jj We gave him until Thursday, at 12 o'clock, saying, "If the letter was not received we would regard it as an insult to.thePresideat, and acfc accordingly" - So it rests, us : -1 :c, July J t-r)ne weekhas passed since I have written e word, andn week of much' meat, end great eventsJ; And here We- ar, thank heaven, safe: and ia nine day wa have effected' much -so much, that the world will oe grauncu, auu wur coanvy hki -nsnen w- " ored.' We have landed ia Japan, within twen ty miles of Jeddo, with armed troops and arm ed men, and delivered our credentials, end the1 President letter to Commissioners wo irm- ces, one a Counuillor of the realm,aBd sppoisjt ed by his. Majesty to receive us. . Bat 2 am ahead of svents and must more ieuureiv deuu interviews, arguments, ec&, which- led to an Issue so happy, so peaceful, so desirable, and which have reflected tiiueh eclat npotf the firm ness and wisdom of Com! Perry, fie has cer tainly selected a course of conduct which reflects great credit upon himself. V'-h i.i I left off by telling yon that ' we had gifeh Teaimon, Governor, or highest suthorrinCra. go, or, by hit other title, "the learned seblar who rides,?' twlil Thursday at 12 o'otoet; to get an answer from Jeddo to our proportions, that is that the copies of the letters and cre dentials, with a letter of the Commodore's in closed, wereto be received by a high manda rin, accredited by his master to receive them. On Monday we were to receive information from him of the advancement of matters. On that morning he came off quite pleased, ' and said that he thought the letters would be receiv ed. By the by, we showed him the letter, whioh is beauti'rully done up in a case, and the seal enclosed in a gold box, costing $1,000; so also with the Commodore's credentials. ' We had talked and palavered over matters; answer ing many questions,' and among other diplo matizing about the propriety of surveying the hsrbor, eVc, for in the morning, the boats well armed, with the Mississippi to guard them, hadi preceeded her tip the bay, sounding, and had advanced ten niiLs nearer to Jed io, finding plenty of water, and a 'fine, large, eipactona, magnificent h.nrbor ; when it has always been siiDDosed that Urauo was about as far as ves seis of any size could gov o gro" is the- tnyai tery tht hangs around the land. ' ' ; " r'; On the advance of the boaU, the forts were armed, the dungaree arid canvass fct'ecesv be hind which rested the pike of the soldiery, fairly flapped with anger and armed boat with, about 'twenty-five men each, started out 6om every, point by .the hundreds, looking defiance; but onward went ' our little boats, throwing their leads and marking the sotindhigs, and steadily advanced tho Mississippi on her pui pose, uur steam was up, ana au we vessels hove short to slip and run to their ' atistajic,' . -and thraw into tiie Japanese forts, dungaree, cotton, boats and all, a few of our paixhao shell ' My opinion is, that for these tnirtv-sit boars, (and more particularly for these six,) the Ja-, pmiese hesitated whether or not they should at'oiice resist, and-try with us at once the fortunes of war. Hut so steadily was our de termination, both in conncii and in conduct. so utterly careless of any sM'kh on their part, ' so perfectly confident of our own power, ; and so regardless of all danger, that they were p -, ralized, and prudent ana irteoair measure were decided. , , It is well to reinajk here that they have . been making the most extensivo preparations ' . . - . i.i . ... ... i . v- .!...: 3 Ol ions, .cca, laieiy , as is eviuem vj mun UVw works and those not finished. Doubtless there' arc fatt 1,000 boate averaging, with rowem and, soldierv ?5 men. In these waters we hflve seen, ' and could haveoounted 600 ; sooMon the wa- " ter, their banners flying, 40 Arid 50 together J 1 others hauled pn the beach, ready tolanncb. c out at first mistaken for tillaged. But anew1 ' ! 1 ' i i ! I tur bms ay August 97, 1853. '
The Weekly News (New Bern, N.C.)
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