New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-16
The An,srioan Japan Expelition.

Accounts from Washington represent that the equip
ments the Japan expedition still going There
will be in all but six vessels and these six vessels will
carry but eighty gums 1t Is doubtful whether very i'm
panese They are described as brave and athletic peo-
pe and sul and courageous though at the time
cunning and treacherous They are much more forida
According to Walter Brun, the Japanese believe in
Supreme Being and in the immortality of the soul They
maintain that the souls of the vrtuous occupy the
gons of light adjoining to the heaven of heavens, while
the souls wicked wander through the air until they
have expiated their SINS Iha would seem eeey are
polythests believers in subordinate dees The sect
of Budso originally from Indostan is pretty
They believe in spiritual form resembling the natural
in hell for the wicked and heaven for the righteous.
They believe paradise gardens houses cities rural
districts and would seem to have borrowed many Leaf
from tho wonderful variations of Swedenborg From
the year 154e 1885 missionaries Of the order of the
JeButs abored in propagatng the Christian faith in
missionary influence and in 1888 there great
of Christians since which time the Catholic religion
| has been held in adherence in Japan.
| The Japanese of late years to have had great
aversion visits of foreigners So far they carry
their preudces that those of their people, picked up
sea rescued from their shpwrecked unks and
returned by friendly vessels are cruelty treated and
looked upon strangers They not allowed to visit
their families friends but imprisoned put out OF
the way. Nonnterconrse is the settled policy of the
nation.
When the Columbus visited the shores of japan for
water she was met by people who orally in swarms
The thirteen hundred men who on board seemed
diminuve group to the thousands who surrounded the
ship with water by of buckets but finding that
this slow process and would keep the ship for
long time in arbor they constructed Shore in
crediby short time water tanks filled them with water
and took them the Columbus But the ship remained
notwithstanding and the captain being called to
answer why he did not make sail and clear out
piled that he could not command the winds. which were
dead ahead, and he must wait for favorable breeze
Hereupon the indeagabe Japanese authorities obeyn
the old maxim speed the parting guest issued their
orders and any number of Japanese boats
gliding out towards the Columbus to tow her to This
they did hitchng wherever rope could be attached
despite of head winds, the Columbus of
sight of land much to the relief of the Government of
fcias.
The present object of the United States authorities
stirring up the Japanese from their isolation and inhospi-
tally to provide against future babsrties towards
and whslers who may be thrown upon the
of the Archipelago An attempt will be made to effect
landing Jeddo the capital and if possible to
porations on shore and open commercial intercourse.
Mineral coal is said to be abundant in Japan and de-
sirabe to make such negotiation will enable
to obtain supplies The population of the country
believed to be upwards of thirty millions We think it is
economy the part of the United States
inadequate force but Congress has fit to limit the
appropriations for the object and the Executive doing
the best he [Boston Transcript