Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-05-01
coSrespondcnce Of the Baltimore Sun
The Expedition to Japan.


eoSrespondence Of the Boltinsors Sun.
The Expedition to Japan.
WAsHIxoros, March a9, 1853.
Afew days since L apprized you that the ru-
znors of wsrlke invasion of Jaeah were. too ab-
surd to require contradictions, but as they have
been circulated broadcast, nov gife You the real
object of the expedition
1st. The protection of our commerce by force,
combining CELEBRITY ofmovements and light draught
of water along the extensive coasts of the Correa
the Yellow SEA-, and Japan; to extend our COM
merce between California and the rich countries of
the East, and between the Atlantic ports and Nor
thern China; also. by series of hydrograghical
surveys, correct the imperfect charts of tLose
heretofore almost unknown regions
If Commodore Biddie with numerical force
of guns double that allotted to Commodore Perry
could make no impression on the unyielding obsti-
macy with which all intercourse has been denied
to the "outside barbarians, y it is absurd to an
ticipatc coercive intimidation into an abandon
ment of their commercial exclusion yet it Will
prove efficient in repelling any aggression from
barbarians, ever ready to insult civilized
tions, where they can do SO with impunity, and to-
rescue shipwrecked seamen from the wonton
and atrocous cfuelties to which they have been
subject heretofore.
and their uniformly advantageous and profitable
commerce, and friendly intercourse, be propitia-
ted, and preserved by Operative sympathy"
should the occasion demand it.
/ extract, from the Union of this morning, the
following liberal, Just and appropriate remark:
1.-The idea that few vessels of war, numbering
about seventy guns, and possessing not
exceeding in number the rank and file of regi-
ment on land, are to attack an empire of forty
millions which has an army of half million, is
too preposterous to be entertained and yet it
would seem idea has been in the minds of ma
ny of those who have spoken of this expedition as
warlike one
This much We HaaJ reasonably anticpate--that
with feet of steamers of light draught of wa
ter, binng celerity of movements with select
crew of nautical and scientific officers, mnland-
led by gallant skilful and discreet chief, every
thing will be realised In the advancement of COM
mercial interest, the protection of commerce.
the cultivation of extended intercourse,
and the assertion and nnantainance of the dignity
and involability of the stars and stripes of the
Union, that comports with our national character
j. B.
Why PEOPLE DRINK--Mr. A. drinks because
his doctor has recommended him to take a little.
| Mr.. B. because his doctor ordered him not, and
he hates quaekery.
Mr.. G. takes drop because he is wet.
Mr.. d. because he is dry.
Mr.. H. because he feels something rising in his
stomach.
Mr.. F. because he feels kind of sinking in his
stomach.
MIR. G. because he's going to see friend off to
Oregon.
Mr.. H. because he's got friend come home
| from California.
Mr.. I. because he's so hot.
MIR. X. because he's so cold.
! Mr. l.. because he's got pain In his side.
Mr. NJ. because he's get pain in his head.
/ Mr. N because he's got a pain in his back.
Mr.. 0. because he's got pain in his chest.
j Mr. p. because he's got pain all over him.
Mre-Q because he feels light and happy.
Mr.. r. because he feels heavy and miserable.
i Mr.. S. because he is married
I Mr.. T. because he isn't.
Mr.. V. because he likes to see his friends around
him.
Mr.. w. because he's got no friends, and enjoys
glass by himself.
Mr. X because his uncle left him legacy.
i Mr.. Y. because his aunt cut him off without a
shilling.
Mr.. T. Eve should be happy to Inform our rea-
ders what Mr.. Us reasons are for drinking, but
on putting the question to him, he was found To
be too drunk to answer)
BEAUrIFUL-The Cincinnati Enquirer Of the
cath ult. says:
II On Monday night last, party of females, arm-
II ed with clubs entered drinking saloon at Mount
up of decanters bottles, jars, etc. and departed,
leaving the place promiscuously piled up mass
| of broken glass; peanuts, whskey, candy, etc.
), The Banner says it was one of the efforts to en-
force the provisions of the Maine temperance law,
E and was encouraged and sustained by men belong
4 ing to the temperance organization. The woman
are certainly progressing some up in that direc-
! ton.
J, GEN. LOPEZ STILL ALIvE.-One of the return.
cd Cuban prisoners states that he is credibly in
: formed, and hassreason to believe, that Gen. Lo-
! pez was not garoted but that another individual
: notorious criminal, who very much resembled
: Lopez, was the suffer in the tragic scene at the
: Plaza de Armas.
: : Our informant states that Lopez rs confined in
:, one of the dungeons of Havana, where, without
light, without clothing solitary and scantily fed,
he is daily subjected to the most excruclatng tor
lures. Spanish invention, it is said, has been put
to the rack to invent tortures sufficiently refined
!, for this scourge of royalty in the Antilles
= Without endorsing the story, we give it foi
: what it is worth.-N O. Crescent.