The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-05-08

Pauls, with An arched roof, supported by
heavy pillars, in which stands nm idol OF
copper, which reaches Ms high rs the roof I,
aud, according to description given by
Sir Thomas Herbert. his chair is seventy
feet high aud eighty feet long the head is
big enough to bold fifteen men. and the
thumb forty inches in circumference. There
is another statue, called after the god Dadio.
made Ct copper. twcnty-two feet high, in a
sitting posture. This shows that the ia.
panese understand the art Of working in
bronze, and they are far ahead OF Christian
nations in this particular. They allow
pol,gan,y, and they often strausle their
female children. but never the males. The
nobility extract the two front teeth, aud
supply them with two of gold.
The principal rivers are the lingava and
Askagava the forint.' so rapid and wide
that a bridge cannot be bull, over il, the
latter remarkable for its depth and perpetual
fluctuations. The chief lake is called Ci,2
is one hundred miles lorg aud twenty one
wide, large valley exists in the interior,
filed with caihonic gas, and called the
I pas. II is covered with the skeletons ri
numerous wild aud tame beasts aud birds
The Emperor, il is said, often sen, crimi.
mails to the valley to bring away precious
gem Of ines,imablc value, aud the bones o
men also whiten it. deadly sides. Acidu
lated lakes and thermal springs are common
throughout several Of tie islands.
Their great sources of opulence are their
mines of gold aud silver. but they have to
anthony, calamine, salamoniac, borax, or
clnnebar. tquick silvcr) These articles ARE
in demand, aud bring a high price. Bird
aud every kind of duck and poultry are
plenty; camphor trees are abundant, and
the cednrs are the finest in the world. Few
countries open So fair field as the islands
of Japan FOR botanical and geological re-
search II is no, necessary here TO eater
into detailed statistical account Of III,
commerce of Japan, \ direct trade 10 thai
empire would increase the commerce al this
country about two hundred millions Of dol
lars annually, IL not more.
II has always been IN contemplation with
this country to make an effort 10 open a
direct trade with japan. commodore Por'
ter, as Ear back as 1878, addressed letter
To Nr. Monroe on the subject t1his let
Ter has been pubii,hed ~ the iafcH,genccr.
/, was intended to III out irigate aud tive
sleeps OF war aud place them under hi.
command, but subsequent events prevented
The contamination ol this design, bat It has
been revived from time to time without
being carried out, bat lew years ago til,
undersigned drew the attention Of the u on
]. \. Mayson 10 the subject by the recon
neuda'on of steam lluc 10 China, with =
view of incidental commercial intercourse
aud finally direct trade with japan. Il
would require but small efforts io'nccom.
pl,h commercial intercourse with SO shrewe
people a- the japanese, who are alive 10
commercial feelings, \ steam line direct
from New York to the !sihmus being
already 1T existence, it is an easy matter It
continue il to the Galapagos, which island.
abound in coal; thence to the Narquesas
aud on to Shanghai or Ieldo.
W. d. PORTER