252 DUBOIS— JAPANESE EMBASSY OF i860. [April 21, 



The ratifications of the treaty were exchanged with unusual solemnity. 

 For this purpose the Tycoon had accredited three of his most distinguished 

 subjects as envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary who were 

 received and treated with marked distinction and kindness both by the gov- 

 ernment and people of the United States. There is every reason to believe 

 that they have returned to their native land entirely satisfied with their 

 visit and inspired by the most friendly feelings for our country. Let us 

 ardently hope, in the language of the treaty itself, that " there shall hence- 

 forward be perpetual peace and friendship between the United States of 

 America and His Majesty the Tycoon of Japan and his successors." 



Three weeks of state formalities, sight-seeing, and social func- 

 tions — including the President's dinner on May 25, brought this 

 first stage of the embassage to a close by a formal leave-taking in the 

 blue room of the White House, June 5, at which a large gold medal 

 was presented to each of the princes. But is this all? Is there 

 enough in these three weeks of state and social function to generate 

 definite lines of development and to vitalize latent powers and ideals 

 such as we wonderingly view in these latter days? No. The em- 

 bassy had one other official commission which could be fulfilled only 

 in Philadelphia. It zvas in the matter of money and e.vciwnge. 



After a brief stop in Baltimore the orientals arrived Saturday, 

 June 9, in Philadelphia. For weeks the city had been stirred 

 to its depths planning and making arrangements for the unpre- 

 cedented event. The industrial metropolis had much to show to a 

 nation so skilled in artizanship as the Japanese. Best of all, here 

 was the mint, which, after treaty formalities, was the chief focal 

 point of the visit to the United States. 



The train drawn by an engine wrapped in the Japanese and 

 United States flags, arrived in the afternoon at the old " Baltimore 

 Depot" at Broad and Prime Streets (now Washington Avenue). 

 Here the envoys with Captain Dupont and Lieutenant Porter, were 

 met by Mayor Henry, members of council, judges and other public 

 men numbering about two hundred — and dense crowds of the 

 populace. The long procession of nearly a hundred carriages filed 

 up Broad Street under an imposing escort of about two thousand 

 cavalry and infantry led by General Robert E. Patterson and staff, 

 and greeted by the din of popular huzzahs. Thousands of eyes 

 were strained to glimpse the novel type of physiognomy peering 



