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The Daily Dispatch: February 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], Banquet to Americans at Jeddo — the Old Embassy. (search)
Banquet to Americans at Jeddo — the Old Embassy. The Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, gave a reception on the 26th of November to the officers of the United States frigate Niagara, and Col. Ripley, U. S. A., and Lieut. H. A. Wise, U. S. N. A letter describing the event says: The vestibule of the building was filled with soldiers on their knees. In an ante-room we met the late Japanese Ambassadors to the United States, and by them were conducted in order of rank into a long apartment with lofty ceilings and matted floors, where were seated the Regent and Censor behind a small table. We took our seats at a long table opposite the Regent. In the centre of the room, between the Regent and American Minister, sat Simme Bujen, the first in rank, of the late Ambassadors to the United States; and before and behind him on their knees were two interpreters.--In front of us were seen No-Kanris including the second and third of the late Embassy. At the extreme end of the r