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Loochoo ; on the 7 th . « f Jfobruary- we sailed for Japan , and on Sunday the 14 th , ve anchored within . about twemty-five miles = « f Jaddovwhare no foreign vessel had « ver anchored before . After a good deal of . diplomacy on , the pact of th « -Japanese , a , nd ¦ K rmn ^ iB . rm the part of the Americans , nva tola , them that-me did not like taajriafie aopoiotad fee toe . aegatiatiana , . Aod . would go n ^ tr ^ r to-Jaddot . TJiey asseffted . as gracefully aje cbildiaaxp to bad bnfiaeft the Hat& , and we proceeded to Iftakohsma , offwhich if&age * within , ten naales-of the Impetiail 40 % , we aocbered . Jt waff well for the Imperial diplomatists itllat they lost no time in agreeing to meet us here , for tfie ( boats which , ' had been surveying returned in the after-< noon , and reported that the ships could go very near ttt 3 addtt > wfeeii they knew * aid dreaded . We had , itameveit , ^ passed * out -word t » negotiate there , and w « nadir * ne ^ r «* in Untern diplomacy by keeping it . f hey aJiiaiiiiiiitnTr cgnstonrtad houses aad ample accommodation of
^ Wiiie"btactt , aBdonthe ^ th ISforch the comonedor * landed in jrtate to-reoeh » i 9 i& answer to th « Pirerident ' s letter . Ga rfihv SCTtB h » landed again , and made the definite arrangenaflt of a . ^ tFsafr .. fes , Americans , yout navy has m&de * treaty ^ Ut vie eanSasm , mysterious Japanese , end Yanks * grimier * « an ««* pttrane their gigantic game in tftesfr weltJflltad sen w&hant the fear of a hostile Acre nps&i their I ** , jmdna&y put isto Matsraa « nd ether ports * m wit soft mfrwflt in confidence . The treaty was concluded on the 23 rd , and the princes were to dine with the tconmwdws < ra board © n the 27 th- We soil to-day , being < de >{ Htebed br orders inns Washington , to be placed at the « 3 frywq » i oi ' wei Madiaae , ear -new comnrissMmer . I doiiot 3 naaw : * b 8 |« fitieu 3 ws of the treaty , -tmt it was xnodrfted After that :. ^ ith : Chi » u W « aue t » hswe as much coal jw we -want at same port which we will select , and all hands am to be . treated mthtbospitatity ieho- may land upon tbeir
jaiQBRRMJka far . anj advattisge * t » be immauiately derived feojnt < nmmercewith ^ thesa . people ? I > ain doubtful on . that point ; 'vavaav nft- evi 3 anc « , o £ aay ^ cante or of any isupexauities , % nt' wio caa . antkapate . tie WJtnt * which commerce can -ffi «» Tjf ; n- tiis gHjw'riP'T *' - ! ' *^ whi ch » ftiff can "make necessaries , 4 na tb jj unknown ^ wHcb . line , can . oall into existence ^ £ ut , 5 £ x > ui iEcat adiwntRr ftr # - < > TBR ¦ hare under -the . impreaBiou £ oat ft * JEagaseae are ypwsant because they are inexperienced in •* Wni « v ' >» i tr ^^ y "" H ft" ** th emselves itmtajsen , for notewen ^ u »^ p ? hfi ^ pi 7 [ H » ft ynfatffififfi the- act of malting things appear ito the greatest advantage withiTOorefikul thxu tha . Japanese * Ehayes ^ ntato £ ) fieuStajand swectnwatg were so arranged in 1 $ a , Soxes , aa to « H » oar of thrifie the leal quantity , aad . everything is so contrived as to be over-estianated toy * & bat
the closest observer . On the 1 st of March , Captain Buchanan gare YzaJmanp fhe TJbvernor of ~ Ura ; ga , and nine of , hwtfwtie ^ a amBer ^ ffljSeard this « hipj tliefes * foreign dinner ,. Tpnnap 3 ev « f giveu xn- Jtepaib 1 fiey' ^ wjoy * d"theni 8 elves In pesfBot ' -cmfidetic ^ and feliahed our "rbodauiSI Iiqnarstrifli Khe taBteof gHnrmmitBi . They bad never tastetf forfeey be-1 fae and ^ iflcodpernnsnon to taice psrtiions ef ft ant ! of other # ra ^» om . share Cot show to their friends , whic * they did , iwfrajipiag Hwaa up la papca * , * ery nraCh like C / hinese paper , % Ba * es ^ wffiiii « ansraboted- their pocket-liandkercEiefc . "JBtej sKtaitSveffaoeoiDihodated -themselves" t » onr cnsfcamB , cMnBOUM ^ r < tfhaft < oJ tsiuptyiing their glasses ?; and ttsed ~ tho laum eutd foEfc » witli nearer «»• much- dexterity hb porse-VBtaBCfe l ntorufid tbnk *) toasteandreci
^ * qr - «» r onr , ' - praoatBil tiwm wiLaTnoye than fee tact of an « iaerman x as , 3 ta"exnn |> le , CJuptahi Bodfaanan ' gtrre —> May tlie kind feelings which so happilr subsist between our Japanese friends « na ^ ovrs «^«» jreV ^ j tihronghoot fcoth counctriea ; ' Governor T [ mhimn pfom ^^ replied with thanks for the sentiment ani uBiirance * « iwagproeity , and hopes that the American jnid 3 spEEnftse mexSS « oon be enabled to visit ea < ih other's ^ mtntneiu Captain Adams proposed ;— 'The health of ? the £ mperanr , and . ' * 'K } ngand 'happy reign . ( Sorcrnor Tzoinran infanediateilyTepiM Oiat Ire appreciated thr ^ complimeirt to liw-lImfieitDr ; an 8 , 41 ung all the glasses hamfielf , drartkthe u 'Bealt * l of th » Pw « aent of the United States , and a happy JhJbninHtratian . * EaeHtenont Duer , with a few Tjappr
re-BidMts , proposed ' 4 fce neattn ot uoveraor Kzaraian , ' irt "wteoh he blushed , ' "but , with adtnirable presence of mind , prepoead the he » Ith of * Commodore ? erry , and ail 1 ihe -officenrs-. cif tlw eqaadyoa ^ All thi ^ paBsed , af course , tharough th « in ^ erpretexB , and eaeh toaat was drunk in our / manner , with aft the 'honours ; the Iinzzas appeared to divert them ray much , and they joined in them « with great ^ lee . Lieutenant Brown sang a . song , wliicfi they answered witls a , verse-or two af a Japnn « ae song . I trust th « diffCTeaoeof tMt »< did not make our song sound in their wears as their sonc'diil in onrs , for it was more like the roatingoflions with liud colds than anything else I can compare it te . © ne of-our mornwB died , and they aQowed us to bury Kim onshore-, in « romantic spot , near one of'their own cema-<* a ^ B 9 , witiR the thine "vdHeysand the funeral service "b y the
, chaplain . What a . difference between wliat people ex pected and what our guns have realised for us ! It was absurd to attempt to treat with theyse people without a force ai command enfficient to answer , by silenoe alone , all their prevarications and finwiw to gain time , which appears to be of no value to them . IM ^ iy were to hav e dined with the Commodore on board tha Eawhattan—1 mean the puinces who negotiated the treaty—on Monday , the 27 th , and no doubt lwd a glorious time . W « hud down a circular railroud , and the beautiful uuniatuce locomotive and car wont sound with rant velocity aad roftoUcity , to the admiration af the Japanese , many of whom made several circuits in the oar .
" We also set up a mile of magnetic telegraph , whi « h succeeded in spelling Japanese [ sounds , from one end to the other , of course making them see that it could be done , but they evidently did not comprehend nor fully believe it . " ' ThU eoiirrely disposes of the Kwusiaii brag- th « t their ships had " opened up" Japan . The above letter ithwtrartee the characteristics of our American brethren in nothing more than in the concluding paragrapbu Think of settine : up a . circular railroad and a magnetict&qgrapht It is Science taking possession of JttDtta , ^ aftd . pcQgrefiS detbvrouipg custom and -exclusioii .
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THE WAE . The finest important event connected wi # h the war ia the meeting of IaxtA Raglan , Marshal St . Araacd , Omar Pasha , and Biza Pasioa , at "Varna , in council of wax , and the subsequent review of the Turkish army a ± Schumla 1 > y the French Marshal ^ wl » o aaid he should tie proad to fiftkt by the mv&& of aueh gailaat men . From the canr ^ p at SdEorada . let . m 4 ry tatafce ma . view of the fieht of war as itia «| ttea& « nt before us . In aoni aroond tltia advanced stronghold ef the Balltans we behold the Tvrldsh ncrny . improviBg erery d » y the defence * of the place * , addk ing every * day to its own efficiency Ty drM unit exercise . Some miles to the right of Sdivnda lies Varaa , in no sort of danger at present . A little in advance , and some what to the north erf both places is BazanfeeMk , which we h » ve n& reason , ta believe ; has even been threatened by the fiassians ; and flAretckiag away oorthw « rd . axe the 4 > u * post 8 jnuL paixods Jceepln ^ watch on Genemd Laden . I < o ^ dng < to the left ' of Schamla we see , far up the Bsoafeej iiie strong posts ofPtrrtnfcai , Knstohnck , Nicopolis , Si »>^ tava , aU . held by the Turks ., tbe telefRaphic reports t&tae contrary notwithstaniiiiag , and thrO&connecfcmf the centre with the left at Kalafat , and line adraneei troops observing the Knasian tight on tbe
frontiers of liittle Wallachia . I » oolcing straight be ^ - fore us , we see the fortress of SUisEria , fierc ^ y assaulted by the Russians under BasldevitBeh and Schilders i four times assailed , and four times hurling back the -assailants with heavy- loss ; beartily and industriousliy repairing : the gaps made % th « Russian cannon in the outtnogt defenGea ^ psepuiDg romes ; disdainiBg capitulalion , and ; pEeparQd , iunder the slci ^ ful and - x' ^ solved command g £ I ^ ussB' Pim ^* h one of the bravest and ablest of "the Turkish genexate i to defend therjoselvea to tbe 3 ast . Bet ^ reen t \ m fortress and Schumta we see no Teason to believe that
the cwnamunieatiBns have beea cat ; nor is it at all Improbable that Omar Pasha may have t 3 iroTWna . £ ew thousand additioaal raea iota SiBatriia ^ Por one result of the cooncil at wac at *^ acna ~ is obviouB . The-Frencb . % xoofg » -mSX voomsh intalioe th £ OQghi : 1 ^ e JBftliaui , whatever they may d © afjterwacdftj xodma Adrianopiht ^ -while , on their native : element , 1 > he Brr £ i » h taraopB at Scutari have prebably ere this landed at Vara * , -whereTer else they may proceeii . 1 ! ransferring omr point of view team Sdhumla . to
tfflistria , we see the besieging army oa this opposite bartk of the river and . on . the islands ^ now iflooded \ byr the riaipg Danube ^ we see . tha GQrga * of Cre » ea » ll XiiiSers , possibly not , yet < $ eax of the iDehrudjchat . and tampered Alike by sdekness wteeesr "he is ^ jmdi by foeroeB if he- -fcetttareiftacth . Oh the left the finMftiaxuxight wang ^ in . positdoti along ^ the 03 tanube , aadj bending back along the line 1 of the Ahita ; w ^ ttie ^ Sfv to the * left the posts of communication extend to the left Tweak of -the Sereth , tend approach the army on -the Austrian frontier .
£ t would be rash to speculate on the probable pion of the campaigm , and therefore we shall not £ mow the example of ! the Time * . That Journal indicates ; tbat tbe allte * jacopose to remain on the defoaafeKej evffix to the ) extent of permitting SUiatria *© fall into | . the ; bands of lite Bussians ; thai ; they will occupy ! the healthy , high lands , whole the Russians * < fose j thoasands in the IDaaufelan marshes , and other ' thousand * against fhe fortresses . The line of the j Balkans is safe , quoth the Times , and Turkey will he , saved even if the line of tlie Danube is wool What- j ever the Marshals may have decided , upon , we cannot thiak that this alleged plan is their plan . No doubt j they will keep their own counsel , and bide their o , wu » time ; but it would seeui that prudence and honour alike dictate that Silwtrta ^ hould be saved . Hor have the fleets been inactive . Sir Edmand
Lyons , with nine steamers , has visited CajEa and Xertch ^ and has found the form er a palt ry pl ace . This detached squadron , at the last dates , weat away southward : and we have subaecjueotly heard , that the Russians had burnt Anapa [ unlikely 3 » evacuated Soiikum Dfcateh , and xetxeated upotn Bedout Kadeh , while the CiixasmansJiad . taken possession of tbe abandoned defences . Whatever tiratn there may be in these rutnaaiB , there is no doubt but that Six Ednnund Lyons will not quit the coast of Ctfcassia without striking a heavy blow .
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COCTTINEKTAIi NOTES . Tub correspondent of the Daily Nttv * at Constantino pie Bends the following graphic account of tbe gaieties of tibe season in that city or all nations und languages : — ° The Turkish infantry rnny have reffimental bands , for all I know to the contrary . Little or nothing is heard of those bands . The aoldiera marching to parade wulk to a sort of frcraeohing , grunting nuisc , emunnting from a couple of whaezy bugles . and hah ' a dozen drums , which are muffled in the ordinary state of tboLr existonce , and which , with the bugles , perforra a v » eJl-knoi » n mnroh , tnno , melody^— -the identical piece of music which cuuHud the death of a certain aged and venerable cow . But on Tuesday last , very early in tlio morning , instead of the Bcreoeh and grunt of bugles and drums , there Bounded through the Stradi di Pera the clear ,
sharp , spirit-stirring notes of civilisad nvlitarr auou& Jpiay » g a liweiy march . Of course we EarM » a « s , fchaKflrraour dieamaofT Peisa fiM * and disorder saw mmnymj ^ ttamres , tanaed ouraelves ait home . Many a Xondoacr *—^ mrjf'r'V on his pillow , believed ha heard the p » rade ^ na « 3 " iBtlSt . Jan ^^ i » Ek . The pecrde of Pera fancied that th « Waxpacted Euench troapa Bad come , ood ru ^ Md ttatt « £ their house * to see them . Both Londoner * and $ ! eenfa * were e f ' tt * 5 * , TiaWilh ^^ atoos . pw » S % their jagpnciiial b * nd » -4 ktl k . to ea , ^ tw « Undftd « i « . , dS ^ to a Womb many batTaluHM—were marcbutr alofigth ^ Steada di Feratowai ^ theCian , j < M 3 rande . Something wi » gfaagsmeverybody could tellthat } but wh « t n » s gotqg oft , who exmld know ? '
. u « onr » th «» ware the naualquaationa Ad ammises . ramoaa-and ; jtgflegfcion ^ -af iactH , tiiw nffitpripg ^ f tb * . «« ttbe rant fancy of the imaginative Lovantinea ^ unt ^ 4 t w «» suide out , asftexbfid , believed , aad £ nally jntt down a *« n kmsitro-. 3 Rer 4 ablefact thatithfiSaltanw « nldh « ldagcandaewie »« ftha tio « fs atStamboal , « ad that the storms mmito &ko { lace « omewhex « in the vioisity ^ af the G&MOfo 'Gcaade ^ . Alco ^ bta his . JtjghaflM would j& jto ^ ai mosgtte in tbataniKhfaeiuibood , and pay aviait tn thr piTrfnitTmrn pni jniipiln nf Ihn TlfittTj Academy ^ Andaince . it was jniderstopd th ^ # a ^ oKBaoe « of his rlxghnesB were sat veryiapid , mmuL tlurt , a < ¥ Qttiidflipiu ' e timB would elapse b « foi « iw ^ roOTed ^^ om-thajacsiiaA'tMiha academy ^ therefaire dulete «^ rajind ^ rrirte » i «| iaenTi »| lodging * and shopa , to tlie Jailing , oia divana ^ ^ d * fiue J « an igwwrii | ^ ih ^ 'PNV —iriiTrn iwwjpll ^
— " ¦^ wwaw a »»«« H : lUJtiDHITIPU ,. yPMW ^ Uapju copy of ChBtffiusni ^ aaA . the chiboulc until tiw tuoe ^ eama $ ot the public to go out amd -take their places naat tba Military School . . * 'I went-with the a » at , and atannbling on . o ^ weaiv . \ way over tha i > ayer-to-he- « ifficienUy ^ alMisea ymxsmeot of , the Strad » di Per % watched an attempt at ^ ktecAjsatioW ¥ e * 4 weena private . of tbe Gcenadier Guard * andt ta- Tnrkiih ignnner . The two , s ' iaot » botb , -walkad JHatt ^ n ^ aon ^ the Hack sapportiag th « Ghristian , who w a * « naie 9 ^< a » t jo jjober aa he shoald have been , Th ^ talkedi ., - * i % ' * iafc ;*« h short phrases as paatbatween peopla - > ch » : JEum ^ aSiMmmotbing . of one anodier'iBJangaag * , - . .-.: " , ¦ ¦¦¦¦ I " Thfi road fmra P ^ i ^ ^ Thitr ^ I ^ ^ h ^ Tt-aluMa ^/> pq Grande- on its BtraggGag Way dowa fc « 4 ha hw bor& . wss
covered with horsemea ,, Tucks ** uL Earopmns hmngf ing forward to be in time for the grand eshibituo . ^ f : , tfc « --id | yr Battliag , ricketty caiti « fies , dahtwatelyWwd \ «« d f ttt ^ but innocent of ¦* the effiaianttfe luxury « f ajtdaj ^ wem loaded with veiled heaaties , Surldah and JosMmat ^ mktme Mmely wei ^ it nreH n | gh br « ke the hemrta . aad iaofca ofi ^/ faW jades of bor « e « , that had to drag taam ^ ot ^^ oae beaM io each carriage . - n ~^~ . ££ -A f ^^ , u :. ^ i 1 a ,.- . irif ? - !!^ by thftside o £ each bpese ^ flonciabiaeyonnidabla wJup % md thrashing the weetcoe ^ animaia into th » . ia » t omrnkbr jefiorts that a horse ' s aature is capabLe of- Woow ^ lli-Mb , Turia ,, Eranks , Fer £ eto % and toumstSj ; walksd : iit £ b « iinHkl amidst the horses kn& rwriiii £ riii . fnr . tn jrntffllifi ii rm , pantii path for foot passenopra is what even the cranks of Pera are
too barbqroua even to tTitnk of . ' ¦ " Hatf a mile oot in the road T 5 = « little haml ^ at «» ibofc of a hSt ; it cohsbts chiefly of hoOBBB of enteriainnunttjftr IPorkiish pleaatrre patfciea , and perhaps for the ptgiBs' ^ $ he Military Academy ,, wtricb , as . rocMt pubiicr ! tmitdiq | bl la ITurkey , is built entacoly of stone , with "large iKgli ; win ? a * nd-floors , fbrnnng a : straneo contrast to Ch& board aud niud 'hpaeeB w which tb « Tarks and X-evantinefl tiitfight . TU » villajje ^ which seems to consider itself an appencmgo ^ D . ^ tba acadenqr , made most-prodigious efFuetSto Showits £ ni £ itjau& for the Sultan ' s visit . 'Uhe houses were orn « mented : '' with flowersv and * be ptancipal cofiW-shqp had at » na £ aurtmoanted b y a bundle ot white flags , each ftttg ^ beanngih pink letters the name of . one of tbe allied nations , fSntyOB pink letfcera the name of . one of file allied nations , ? %$ ob
wasafco a board withuniuacription , half inXatin jmATillf in Italian , commemorating th& ifhaoks of tUe vufej » to Abdul Medshid , 'the Imperishable Glbry oT the Cmenti ' The windows of all the houses were crowsted with warning and detachments of women stood on the steps 004 on the porticoes . They were most df them Greeks , aa tnijajht plainlv he seen by theur Ue » d-dres 3 of flowers and' artinjcial' braids . < On Uh& other side of the road , just opposite to the village , rose the Military Academy from au artificial foundation of imasoaary ; tha yard sorrounding ft forming an elevated platforun- ~ a j » bxcv to see ana speak from—with a neat iron railing ; tliat would' do credttto Olapham , surrounding it on one Buie . Jb . slanting and well paved road , led up to the gate . The platform was
filled with high Turkish officers and civil tuncnunartesr tna cadets jirere ranged in lines , on « inside the railing on tbe raised platform , and one outside at the foot of the walL Opposite to then on the village side was tbe music of two regimental bands . Many of the musicians were Nubians , and aa black as hale . A lull ia front concealed the troops , infantry and arttllory , whi ^ h 'had been posted there "from an eurly hoar in Hhe morning , ana the hill side was bright with the yellow boots and simd-eolonired feradsheeB , or overalls , of some hundreds of Turkish women , who—squatters in the moat literal sense of the wocd—had effected a settling there . A party of Kuvaaheg , among them , too , were many Nubians , kept the road clear by taking hold of'the hinder parts of the garments of thai * fi-llow-sabjects , male and femnlq , and bodily lugging them into the space assigned to
the " spectators . As usual , there was a good tteai of weary . waiting , enlivened now and then by the arrival of some person or persons in whom the population took an interest * French colonels , with rod trousers of fabulous dimensions , riding up tbe ronfl , roused envious feelings in the broaats of the poorer among the Turks who would gladly have sold part of thteir nirthngat in paradise for a pair of such spleudid garments , flighlaixd officers and officers of the Killea wore examined with eager curiosity na , privileged on account of their uniform , they walked up and jluwn in tho forbidden ground , or stooa loaning on their swords , chatting and looking at the fair Turks , as unbeliovwa should no » t lodk at balicving women . Of course the Turkish ladies wera highly shocked and acan » daHaed- ; but so great was their contempt of the Giaour * that they did not show tho disgiut which no doubt they feltj
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Leader (1850-1860), June 3, 1854, page 511, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2041/page/7/
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