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Sinus Attfc Smixml COLUMBUS GEORGIA. WBDNESDAY MORNING, NOV. 3.6, 1853. [editorial correspondence.] Millkdgeville, Nov. 11. SENATE. The following standing committees were announced by the President: State of the Republic ; Messrs. MeGehee, Mostly, Lawrence, Miller ami Clark. Judiciary; Messrs. Sturgis, \Y iliiamson, Manger, Moore and Collier. Finance; Messrs. Clark, .Miller, Dean, Hull and Hill. Internal Improvements: Messrs. Anderson, Hull, Dean, Ridley and Dabney. Education and Free Schools; Messrs. Morris, Dkw on, Singleton, Stephens and Guerry. Ranks; Messrs - . Anderson, SafTold, Dunwoody, Pope and Cbustain. Penitentiary ; Messrs. Thomas, Griggs, StricKb nd, Traunnell and Brown, of Thomas. Lunatic Asylum ; Messrs. Camden, Guyton, Mar, Willingham and Green. Military ; Messrs. Cone, Knight, Lawrence, Brown, of Baldwin, and Bogges. Printing; Messrs. Watts, Turner, Bailey, Lambeth and Patterson. Privileges and Elections ; Messrs. Dunuegan, Dixon, of Talbot, Holmes, Stovall and Beck. Petitions; Messrs. Cochran, Beall, Newsom fc und Walker, of Jones. Enrollment; Messrs. Green, Drake, Lyons, Roberson and Gaston. Journals; Messrs. Camron, Crowder, Malker, of Crawford, Drane and McConnell. Several bills were introduced to change county lines and other local matters, Mr. Hubbard, of Polk, introduced a bill to organise anew county out of portions of Carroll, Campbell Paulding and Polk. Mr. White, of Elbert, introduced a bill to organise a new county out of portions of Elbert and Franklin. The Senate concurred in the resolution of the House to elect a Solicitor for the Coweta circuit, a Judge es the Court of Common Pitas for Savannah aud a Direc tor of the State Bank, and upon notice from the House, the Senate repaired to the Hall of the Representatives, and proceeded to ballot with the following result: Solicitor kor Coweta Circuit. Thomason, of Heard; 8 4 wtihdrawn, Knight, of Heard ; 97 99 101 j withdrawn. Hill, of DeKalb; 18 10 4J13 | 3 Gski!,of Meriwether; 19 17 withdrawn. Daniel, of DeKalb; 7 7 1 { 2 J l Diamond, of “ 8 1 J Harnmond,ofCoweta;2s 41 J 75 | 94 j 88 Thrasher, of Fayette; 22 20 J 8 } J-*> J 2 Harper, of Troup ; 2 not a candidate Bleckely, of DeKalb; 23 29 |4O | 107 | 130—Elec* Fuller, of Fayette , 1 Blank; 1 | 1 | | 1 | 2 Wright is a W hig, all the other candidates are Democrats. Jt*iee or Common Pi.kas—Savannah. R. H. Griffin ; 19 I 111 14. G. T. Howard; 63 j 86 J 116, Elected. K. H. Bacon ; 106 101 I 69. Jno. Bilbo; 29 30 j 22. Mr. Bacon is a Whig ; the other candidates are all Democrats. Mr. Howard is the son of Jno. H. How ard, of Columbus. j Director Bank or the State. J. W. Rabun ; 105. W.T. Brantley ; 112 ;|Eleeted ; He too is a Democrat. Blank; 1. After these elections were ended, the Senate re turned to their chamber and adjourned till to-morrow morning, 10 o’clock. Partv Machinery The Democratic members of the two Hoases assem bled in caucus last night, to consult upon the best inte rests of the party. We were excluded. We learn, however, that it was resolved to make nominations for all important offices, and that the 2-3d rule was adopted. It is also reported that the friends of Gov. Cobb resisted strenuously the adoption of this rule, and that it was carried over their heads. This is a pregnant sign that the election for U. S. Senator will be the great bene of contention this session. Dawson is here, but acknowledges that his head is oft', though he thinks both parties grieve over his execution. He will leave his high office with the well wishes of every body. His genial humor disarms political malignity. It is not yet certain by any means who will be hi* successor. Cobb’s friends think his nomination essential to the harmony of the party ; while the friends of McDonald contend that if their favorite is defeated on account of past dif ferences, Mr. Cobb ought also to be set asido on the same ground, and that some new man ought to be cho sen upon whom both divisions can unite. This is the strength of Iverson’s position, and if his friends ate shrewd and cautious, lie may be elected. The mail is about to olose, and I must close. Millkbgeville, Nov. 12, 1853. SENATE I do not prujHMe to report minutely the details of Legislation. If I shall be able to keep your readers posted on the subjects of general interest, I will have accomplished my purpose. Tuesday next has been fixed upon for the election of two Judges of the Supreme Court, Secretary of State, Comptroller General, Surveyor General and Treasurer. These elections will consume much of the time of the members until they come oft'. The two candidates for the judicial ermine from your city, are In high favor. The oh'uf objection to them, is that j they both reside in the same place. This is true —but they represent the two wings of the party and it is sur- 1 prising to us that while the old divisions of the partv j are mainly relied on by the friends of Gov. Cobb to secure his election, that they seem to be entirely for gotten in the judicial race. We think no strip should be given to those considerations. We want fit and = sound men in our high offices, uo matter what may be ; their location and past position in the party. Predie I lions are very current that the defeat of this man, and the election of that will break up the Democratic party. Such threats are idle. The Democracy are united on great fundamental principles and arc independent of : mt-D. They are the creatures of a day, and pass away j with the occasion that elevates their heads above the ! coumiun level, like bubbles upon u river while the stream fiows eo forever. The Heßate has fixed on Friday next as the day to elect a Senator of the United States. Many bills of local character were presented by mem bers to-day, but as they will interest only a small por tion of your readers, I will not cumber your columns with an enumeration of them. I will only mention such as are of general interest. It is getting to be a general conviction that the Leg islature is incompetent to the task of electing high offi cers No man who has witnessed the influences which are brought to bear upon the Legislature on such an occasion, can fail to eoucur in this opinion. It is there fore a matter of sincere congratulation, that an effort will be made this session to give the election ot t nited States Senators directly to the people. Mr. Clarke, of Baker, has introduced a bill for this purpose, and we hope and believe, he will be able to pass it through both branches of the General assembly. Mr. Mounger, introduced a bill to form anew county out ol Dooly and Irwin, and to add it to the 2d Con gressional District. If all the bills introduced for the formation of new counties shall pas 9, the Legislature had better provide for building anew Siate House, for the halls cannot accommodate the members. Some excitement was produced by a memorial from a Mr. Flournoy, of Jackson county, which waß present ed by Mr. Dunnegan, on the subject of Polygamy.— The object of the memorial was to procure the repeal of all iuw s making Polygamy unlawful. The grievances endured by amorous gentlemen who have bnt one wife I were detailed at length, and scripture, history, profane i and sacred, and the necessities of the case were fully examined and set forth at length in the memorial ; but so soon as the nature of the document was ascer tained, it was scouted from the chamber as immorial, indelicate, and opposed to the civilization of the age. An accident occurred last night on the Gordon and Eatonton Railroad, by which one of the firemen was severely and probably, mortally wounded. The work men on the road had neglected to replace a switch, which was used to facilitate their work, and when the train came to it, it ran oft* the track upon a little tempo rary track, and was brought upon a bank, from which they were hauling dirt. Much damage was done to ! the train, but none of the passengers were injured.— ; They had a tedious walk back. The ladies of the party j were drawn back in a car, by a mule aud hand power, and arrived in the city about an hour after dark. ‘I bis I will explain the delay of my last communication. A Democratic caucus has been called to-night, to j nominate candidates for Supreme Judges and State of | fleers. It is said, an effort will be made to reperl the ; two-thirds rule adopted by the last caucu.-. We pre ; diet, that the result of such action will be to disorgatiist • the party. The two-thirds rule is one of the heir looms of the I ! Democracy. Under it we have achieved our most eig | nal victories; and we can but regard that Democrat, who is unwilling to submit his claims io suah a test, as unwilling to submit to our usages, and therefore, tin worthy of Democratic support. We hope our infor mation is incorrect. L. Election of Judges ot the Supreme Court. | Benniug and Starnai were elected yesterday Judges • of the Supreme Court by the Legislature. j The Times—A Satire by Peter Pickle. Who Mr. Peter Pickle is, we have no means of as i curtaining. We know this, however, that he is no | poet nor satvrist. Such a batch of fustian and course i stringing together of gingling jargon, we have not met ■ with in a long time. From the title page, we learn i that this ‘'satire cinenated fron/uo very definite locality, ; save New York, from whence issues many other things j equally as worthless and vulgar as this rythmic “satire” of Mr. Peter Pickles. The title page also informs us that it it was “published for the author.” We are j not at all surprised at this, for certainly no one else I would ever have gone to the trouble and expense of its publication. We would give a quotation or two from the book, but really. of the two thousand lines 7 * 7 which it contains, there is n*t one worth quoting. We have read a great many mean books, but never one, in | cloth binding, so superlatively mean as this. How j any mortal being could have ever penned, and then i published such a conglomerated mess of doggerel ns is : served up here, is beyond our comprehension. After congratulating himself upon the havoc, he imagines him ! self to made have among all who were greatly in need of ! such a fearless hand as hie to “leash them in effectual ; wholesome fear,” including men and women ofall ages : and Bizes, and avocations, he promises “for those who gt awny He’l tun) his couples loos* another day.” j Now we hope that Mr. Peter Pickle will do no such • thing. It would be decidedly cruel—after bagging so i much game in one days shooting—for he informs us 1 that “hunting is his forte.” We hope the next time he | feels like turning his “couples loose,” that he will take a j pea field for his theatre of action—we would prefer a brace | of fat partridges any time to a cart load es Peter’s j books. If any one wishes to see how this literary Nimrod i trees his game and brings it down, and what sort of j game he is in quest of, they can do ao by calling at the . book stourc of J. W. Pease. j Oc r Book Table.—Dickens’ Household YVords for i November has been laid upon our table. This is a popu ! lar serial without being trashy. Every article contains • something worth remembering. It contains the useful ’ with the agreeable. The prtsent number contains ; thirty-four original articles on different subjects, mak- I ing in all a rare collection of entertaining reading. For sale by J. YV . Pease. _ Don Fellows Celebration. —The celebration of ; the Anniversary of this organization, came off', as pre announced, on last Saturday. After parading the | principal streets in full regalia, with a band of music, ; they proceeded to Temperance Hall, where an appro j priate address was delivered by Luther J. Glenn, Esq. : The dav was concluded with a dinner at the Kentucky ! House, which was served up in Mr, Perrys very best i style. | Alabama Legislature.—The Legislature of Ala bama convened yesterday at Montgomery, but nothing j has as yet been received with reference to its acts. t Fatal Rkncontrk jm Atlanta.— A few davs since, j a young man, named Kusley W hile, a painter and I dsguerrean artist by profession, was shot by a youth ? aged seventeen, uatned Odena—drunkness the cause, j j Washington, Nov. 12. The National Democrats of this city, opposed to the recognition of Free boilers by u Democratic Adminis tration, will meet uu Monday night in honor of ibe re cent triumphs of the “Hurds’’ cner tlis “Softs'* in New i York. [From the Washington Sentinel-J Lateet front the Japan Fxpedition. We are under great obligations for the pnv liege of publishing the following trac s from a letter written by a prominent and ed officer of the United States navy to his rouble wile, resident m this u y contain matter of interest and can no fail to ar rest the attention of our readers, although not intended for publication, and written with t - freedom and minuteness which a w a ys guish such correspondence ; they will, therefor*,, be pursued with more avidity than it prepared purposely for the press. . - -s Interesting from Japan. Private letter received from an officer oj the , squadron dated U. S. steamer Svsquehana, j off Oragawa , Vraga , Bay of Jeddo twenty ; five miles from the city of Jeddo. Friday July 8 18;)B. “Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, j Here we are in the harbor of Jeddo, after run ning over nearly 30,000 miles of various seas and various climes —here, at anchor, four miles : higher up the bay than has ever yet anchor ship bearing a Christian Bug. We anchored at 3P. M., and soon large boats rowed cheerily with about twenty men, and in each gentlemen, with two swords, neat and well dres sed, came swarming oft* with determination fell to come on hoard, demand the names, the nation, and the intentions of the four craft thus coming boldly in jov and calm. They were met with | a wavejof the hand, and ‘keep off, no one allowed I to come on board save the highest mandarin.’’ This literally took them all aback, but they i clustered together and insisted upon admittance. | At last, a voice said in Dutch, “do you speak Hollandese?’ Soon the commodore’s clerk, Mr. Postman, was in high confab. * # * * * * * After much persuasion on their part : and their insisting that one of them was a high mandarin, the commodore ordered me | to put on my uniform, and so receive him and I the interpreter on board, and to represent him self; saying that our mission is a friendly one. We are the bearers of letter from the President of the United States to his majesty of Japan ; that it was necessary to send on board a high t mandarin to receive this letter and the sooner 1 the better. Again I was to insist upon it that boats should not lie by the hundred, near anti around our ships, thus guarding and watching us, as had been their custom. The Columbus Vincennes having from five hundred to one thou sand boats around them constantly all linked j together.) That we would not submit to this | but would drive them them oft*. Here you have 1 the basis of my instructions. Thus armed, I took Mr. Mandarin and interpreter, with my I wo interpreters—Mr Williams in Chinese and Mr. Postman, in Dutch—into the cabin. After being seated a moment, Mr. Madarin | arose made a salaam ala Japanese, and then extending his hand we shook bands ; then seat led ourselves, using Mr. Postman as interpreter, | as the Japanese interpreter spoke Dutch ftuent ; ly. I thus opened : “'Fell the lieutenant gover nor (for such was tin* madarin) (hat 1 am the I aid of our chief, the admiral, and am instructed •to speak lor him. V* e have come here on a I friendly mission, with friendly intentions, to deliver a letter from the President of the United I States to your sovereign, the Kmperor of Japan; | that the letter is ready for delivery by ft o’clock I tomorrow, to any mandarin sufficiently high to ; receive it.” To this was replied : “It must be j referred to higher powers to know who can re ! ceive the letter.” I then asked: “How long will ■: it take to give us an answer f” “They could ! not tell.” I said : I think the sooner the better |as we are anxious to bo oft*.** The reply was t “I do not think it will take long : ’ and it was then understood that in the morning a mandarin would be off to receive the letter. ■ “I Mien emphatically said : “The ship has ; aboard the chief there is his pennant. All mes sages from shore must come here by a high | mandarin. ]|o boats must go to the other ships ; i their commanders have orders not to permit in i tercourse ; thev have no right to think, and must | obey. We insist that no boats shall hang around ! our vessels to watch them.” ‘This was not pa | latable. They said : “It is Japanes custom law | and we must carry them out.” Says I : “Tell ! him, sir, that we too have our customs, and with j men of war one of the laws is that no boat is allowed to come within a certain range.”— There was no positive consent given as to what they would do ; they evaded it by asking ques tions. “Where are you from ?” From the United States of America“ Yes; but what j part, Washington, New York, Boston?” My I surprise was so great, that I smiled and told him, “some from Washington, some from New York, all parts : that the President of the United States lited in Washington.” What is the j name of the ship how many people guns &c ?” | “Tell him, sir, that we are not traders, we seek | no trade, we are armed ship#, and our custom j is never to answer such questions.” The questions were again repeated in pretty j much the same way, when I told Mr. P. to I make the same reply, and to add that 1 have no ‘■ curiosity to know how man men are either in the i Emperor’s army or in his navy ; and also that he could see for himself tnat we had four ships ; | that we had others in those waters. “When ! j will the others come?” “1 don’t know ; it ue -1 pends upon the answer to the letter.” What ; are the contents of the letter ?” “Tell him, sir, that the letter is frem the President to the Em- j perorof Japan, and it would he most indelicate i in me to inquire into its contents.” This rebuke i was received in an apologetic manner, and this ! questioning dropped. 1 then alluded to the boats j which were still clustering around our ships and the other ships ; told him that it was absolute- ! lv necessary that they he kept off; this must be done. “V\ e shall he sorry, with our kind and j friendly feelings to you, to do you any harm : or to come into collision with you; but, if you ■ do not order vour boats off, we shall fire into j them and drive them off. Our boats are now i armed and ready, ami we cannot give jou more than titteen minutes to give your orders and keep them off. At the end of that time you j must suffer.’’ Mr. Mandarin went out, told this to the boats sent word to the other boats, and camo in, ‘Now 1 timet- have an answer. What have you deci- | ded about the boats ?” “I have ordered them off from all the ships and with orders only to com municate with this.” “Yes, from all the ships ; and if any come around you, send word to the Governor and he will punish them.’’ lhus was this point, never before yielded, conceded. Al tera few more remarks, I bowed Mr. Mandarin off, and he went on shore taking the boats off with him. My inverview with my friend was again renew ed in the evening, and in rather a different phase which does not promise to end so peacefully ; but to-morrow will tell. At present lam too tired, having been up all day from an early hour —and here we are, too, our pistols loaded, our swords ready at hand, armed men and sentinels patroling the decks, guns loaded, and trained I and cast loose for we lie down to sleep to night :i„ the neighborhood of 10,000,000 of men : brave, enterprising, ready never conquered. It ! behooves us to be watchful. So I will to bed and rest. • * * * * Sunday, July 11. 12 M.-This hallowed day of quiet has again come around, and finds us ly ing quietly at our anchors, enjoying a day of rest; our broadsides upon the towns and forts on the shores; our glasses watching the march es and countermarches of their troops on shore paraded by their different mandarins. The spi rit of prepaiation for resistance and defence is evidently ruling them. The sounds of many guus away towards Jeddo come frequently booming on the ear. The country is evidently awake from its long slumbers of peace. What excitement now in Jeddo! When, before lias warlike trumpet been sounded in her walls, “to foot, to horse arm ?’* “Hang out our banners on the outward wall, the cry is still they come !’ Long freedom, overbearing conduct tojother na tions, a conviction of their superiority, doubt ; less tend to make these people proud, sensitive, chivalric, and brave ; but then again, a long : peace, and disuse to war and its horrors, have in a measure effeminated them; tke effects of shot shell, and earnest fighting, will doubtless shock ! them ; but yet, 1 think, they will resist bravely; : they are organizing with spirit, showing cautious : ness, but no fear. Yet their downfall has com menced from the Bth of July, 1853. Yes, this i day the cross waved above our colors, and un ideritwc worshipped the Christian’s God, the l Saviour. Y es, here, within twenty miles of the | seat of the haughty tyrant, who has caused foi | centuries that emblem of mercy to be trampled ; under foot by his heathen subjects. | Let me renew my narrative of the events ol the Bth. In about one hour after the mandarin i left 1 again received him with directions not tc j palaver much. In a long, windy, set speech lie said that the governor did not feel himsell I justified in receiving the letter from the Presi j dent to the emperor —that he had not the powei : —that Nagasaki was the place for the conducl of all foreign affairs—that it was not Japanese custom—that indeed the governor was much bothered to think why four ships should have come together—that he appreciated very highly the great trouble we had taken to come so very far to deliver the letter, but that he could not receive it. To which I replied : “The distance to be sure, was very long, and we had come a great way—that we could not think of going to Nagasaki—that letter was an important one, and that our President had ordered us to deliver it as near the city of Jeddo as possible ; there fore we were here, and I trusted that the letter would be received in the morning.’’ To this he answered—“ No one here can re ceive it. It would bring haim upon him—Na gaski is the only place—that he did not believe it the letter was received, that the emperor would answer it.” To this l replied—“ Does your governor dare to take upon himself the responsi bility to ret use to receive a letter written to his sovereign, and to forward it to him ‘ltis a very grave responsibility to refuse to receive the let ter sent from one sovereign to another.” He then said—“ The governor may receive it, but we can’t tell when the answer may come but then added “that he had not the power to re ceive it, and must wait and refer it.” j l replied that “this letter was a very important j one—that it would he a great insult to thePre | sident of the U. States not to receive it. That | as to the emperor’s not answering it, that was ■ not our business now, that would be settled af ter.” He said, “This is Japanese custom ; you i Americans don’t understand Japanese customs.” tVe. I replied, “We Americans do business | decidedly, promptly.’’ At this point I went out, | and referred this new phase of the discussion to the Commodore, and by his order 1 broke up j ’ the interview, telling him “that if the governor! : did not send off for the letter in the morning,; we would ourselves deliver it in the town of Orogama ’’ He was rather taken aback by this i decision, and-requested permission to come off! in the morning. To this I assented. He then look his leave. Before going oft', he stepped i back to our long gun aft, which is all clear, and I showing its massive proportions and examining ! it, said, looking interrogatorily, “Paixhan ?” If he has an acquaintance with “Paixhan/’ I trust it is from reading and not from practice. At six o’clock the next morning I was called on deck to receive the mandarin ; so l dressed j hurriedly and went up. There was the same ! story, but he proposed to send to Jeddo for per mission. We gave him until Thursday at 12 i o’clock, saying, “If the letter was not received we would regard it as an insult to the President, and act accordingly.’’ 80 it rests. July 17.—One week has passed since I have | written a word, and a week of much excitement, j antl g reat events. And here we are, thank hea ven, safe; and in nine days we have effected | much so much, that the world will be gratified, j and our country feel herself honored. We have landed in Japan, within twenty five miles of Jed- j j with armed troops and armed men, and de livered our credentials, and the President’s let (er, to commissioners—two princes, one a eoun ; eelior ot the realm, and appointed by bis Majesty to receive us. But lam ahead of events, and must more leisurely detail the interviews, ar rangements, &c., which led to an issue so happy, so peaceful, so desirable, and which haverefleo ted much eclat upon the firmness and wisdom of Com. Perry. He has certainly selected a course i ot conduct which reflects great credit upon him- l s ,ir. |, I left off by telling you that we had given : • I Tezemon, governor, or highest authority in Ura - ga, or by his other title, “the learn on 7~~ who rides,’’ until Tuesday, at 12 o’clock^‘ olar an answer from Jeddo to other propositio^F is, that the copies of the letters and credent with a letter of the commodore’s inclosed 1"’ o be received by a high mandarin, by his master, to receive them. On Mond- ‘ were to receive information from him of a advancement of matters. On that morninVi® came off quite pleased, and said that he thou Z the letters would be received. Bv the ■ / ; showed him the letter, which is beautifuily'd’'* I U P *n a case, and the seal enclosed in a u-o’dT | costing &1,000 ; so also with the j credentials. We had talked and palavered ov* | matters, answering many questions, and anioj! j others, diplomatising about the propriety 6 ]/ | surveying the harbor, for in the mori,y! i the boats well armed, with the Mississippi to | guard them, had preceded her up the bay, som^ ! ing, and had advanced ten miles nearer to Jeddo finding plenty of water, and a fine, large, cao Y I cious, magnificent harbor; when it has alw;,-, been supposed thatUraga was about as far ~ vessels of any size could go, so great U mystery that hangs around this land, On the advance of the boais, the forts w er „ armed, the dungaree and canvass screen*; b*. hind which rested the pikes of the soldiery, {’aj,.. I lv flapped with anger, and armed boats with i about twenty-five men each started out from every point by the hundreds, looking defiance; but onward went our little boats, throw ing then leads and marking the soundings, and steadily advanced the Mississippi^on her purpose. Our steam was up, and all the v ycssels have short to slip and run to their assist#* loo , and throw in Japanese forts, dungaree, cotYp n boats and all, a few paixhan shell. My o]W n * on is that for these thirty-six hours, (and more'particularlyfor these six,) the Japanese hesitaf&d whether or not they should at once resist, an<rJ r J v *'ith is the fortunes of war. But so wa * c i determination, both in council and inV on( hct, so utterly careless of any action on theiV l jai - so perfectly confident of our own resources! ac: ’ power, and so regardless of all danger, i they were paralyzed, and prudent and friendf | measures were decided. ■ It is well to remark hero., that they have been i making the most extensive preparations of forts, j &c.. lately, as is evident by their new works and | those not yet finished. Doubtless, there are full 1 1,000 boats, averaging v ifii row ers and soldiers, 125 men. In these waters w*> have seen, and j could have counted, 500; some on the water, | their banners flying, forty and fifty together; | others hauled upon the beach, ready to launch i out—at first mistaken for villages. But anew I era is marked in their history; they have been | placed on the defensive, they dared not begin | the game, though 1 yet believe that any harsh measures, on our part, of encroachment or in jury u’ould cause a determined and bloody resis tance, for they are a free, frank, pleasing, socia ble, fearless people, and would stand’bravely to ; the slaughter. These traits may be expected j in a land w here “the wives and mothers are pro | verbially virtuous”—the exception being the | rarity and proving the rule. Well will it be if ! we can make these people our frlends and our j allies. Yes, heretofore they have arrogantly ] dictated to all others; Lirt with us the game is | changed. YVe have said :so must you do—this !is our way. I hese steamers, too, moving with | outsails, against wind and tide, have struck, if \ not terror, at least wonder and w isdom into their ! souls. j But to the interviews—this of Monday even* i ing ended. Tuusdav morning, about noon, they | again came off, and our “learned scholar,” evi i dently wore a more contented air-bye-the-bve, ! Tezemon is a gentleman, clever, polished, well | informed, a fine large man, of most excellent i countenance, takes his wine freely, and Is a boon | companion. His age is thirty-four. He told ! us that the letters would be received; that the Lmperor was going to send down a high prince, 1 and a councillor to take them. “When?” On day a tier to-morrow. We are putting up anew house to receive you, and it cannot be ready before then; nor will the prince be down until to-morrow.” It was now that we under stood that they expected to receive the letter of the President, h and the commodore’s letter of credence, ins-mad of the copies of w hich it was the intention to send first, reserving the last in hopes ot forcing an interview at Jeddo. This was explained to them—when tne change that came over them was plain—they persisted that they had understood that the letters were to be received, not the copies—the fear of the permis sion t? r >p himself up (the Heri-Kasi) was evL dent in his face—yet the commodore persisted in this point, and we sent him off'to give notice to higher powers that such was the sac-t. In the afternoon he again came, and the com modore at last agreed to deliver the originals and laud at the placed fixed upon. Thursday July l b Parly in the morning we dropped our steam j ers down and near in as possible. Trie hay is I nearly circular, with two small forts on each point of the entrance. Nit; went off in our boats i (te officers landsmen, and marines, 428 ; strong, ann-d to trie teeth, each man carrying with him tie- lives o! live Japaues. It was a beautiful sight as we pulled in. We were in sight ot a hundred armed Japanese boats, with banners flying, averaging twenty-five men each ; then on the snores ahead were stretched lines of painted cloths, with vat ions mottoes, for a full mile in length—armed men, arid cavalry and artillery in front, and human figures thick in the rear. On advanced our boats and our little band landed ; drew up in line and formed, in all, on shore, 350 men leaving *0 j„ the j >oats . Ihe commodore and staff liieu landing, we formed a close line; and to the tune of* Hail Columbia, with the American flag proudly wa ving over us, we marched up to the council house. There we halted—our little band drew up, and thus with twenty feet between ns, taco to face stoon the sons ot America and the troops 0, t -tepan. We went into the council house, where sat the commissioner, with his coadjutor Prince ot Iwami. Proudly we walked in, and bowed in our way, which was returned bv tiie commissioner rising and bowing. We Were then seated. Thus were delivered the cre dentials, and after a few words, we withdrew, formed our line, and to the tune of Hail Colum bia and Yankee Doodle, retired to our boats-