The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-03-26

JAPAN ExPrDlTfoN .--lt ia known 10 our
readers that our Government has organized and
i now fitting out with al possible speed for
miaable naval expedition TO Japan, the force
Of which We gave a few days ago, The provo
cation and objects Of this warlike movement
have been semi officially communicated 70 the
world, and the New York Herald, 10 alluding
to It, says;
Japan Is q popalous, independent, oriental,
mi.barbarOus nation, made up Of 60 Immense
cluster Of vol anc Islands, ilanking the eoaat o.
China. The entire population Of the empire IS
estimated at from forty to fifty millions. jed.
do, the capital, IN the island OF Niphon, . said
to be one Of the most magnificent and populous
cities on the globe, The producsa OF the iil'
ands ars varied aud extensive, and the people
are skilled in q variety Of useful manufactures
The empire offen an inviting market to the
commerce Of Europe and the United States, but
it remains to this day a sealed book 10 ell 'out.
side barbanaus," except the Dutch, who, BY
treaty Stipulations, enjoy certain exclusive but
limited privileges Of trade.
The Lhinese. branch Of the same race a
the japanese, not being classified among the
"outsiders hsve q more enlarged privilege o.
traffic; but, substantially, the empire is locked
up sgainst the ships Of al civilized nations
The flsgs Of England and the United States ara
especially under the most rigorous exclusion
sad shipWreeksd English or American aailon
smoag the japanese islanda, ere subjected {
forlare1, compared With which the taiteringe .
Captain Riley, on the coast Of Africa. are bu
the details Of holiday excursion among thl
natives. within tho last two years, the sailor
Of one or several American vessels have suffered
fromths treaehery and barbarity ofthe Japanese
Bot while some died from their cruel treatment
others escaped 70 tell the slory. Subsequent!
Il We are not mistaken, m American vessel o
war, the sloop Prebls, entered the tacred wa
ters Of Jsddo. anchored off the city. and Do
manded the surrender Of certain American sail
ora still supposed to be 10 the custody Of th
local authorities After considerable chsiferiDg
| aud threat Of bOmbardment, one or tRo men
| We believe, were recovered; bat such was th
jealousy OF the ontho-ities, that neither the Of
fices nor any Of the crew were permitted 4
| land; and il was only by threats u opening Of
| the town, that wafer aud provisions were sup
| piled to the vessel BY the natives themselves.
NATURAL WONDERS. There are Thousand
ways 10 which the extreme diVisibility Of mat
ter may be demonstrated. Ifs particle Of sil
yer only the one.hundredth part Of line Ol
! the twelve hundredth part Of an inch in diane.
] ter be dissolved in nitric acid, il will rende
distinctly milky 500 cubic inches Of clear 20
luton OF common salt. Hence the magnitndt
/ Of each atom OF silver connot exceed but mus
fall far short Of billionth Of cubic line, 7,
render the idea Of this degree Of division NOR
distict, says Sir Robert Kane, ''it ny be state
| that man TO reckon with q watch, countinI
! day and night. single billion Of seconds, woul
require 81 675 yearS." IN the organized king
doms Of nature even this excessive tenuity 10 Ia
| surpassed. An Irish gill has spun linen var
so fine that q pound was l 432 miles in length
/ and Of which, consequently, IL lbs. l3 OF
would girt the globe. distinctly visible por
| tiOn Of this thresd could not have Weighe
more than the ons hundred aud twenty. seven
| miilionth Of gram and yet each thread con
tanned many fibep Of flax, and each fiber was
mass Of many cells and each cell waS com
! possd Of several distict elementary bodies, Suc
/ as carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and the incomb bus
! tible minerals which sppear as ashes when fls
/ is burnt. Microscopes have revealed argsnize
| creatures so small that it is said a million {
them in one mass presents an object too small
/ bs seen by the naked eye. Although we queI
/ ttVu shS oh,i'S aVSuloVy VI thts s'a'smoht y
that snimalcnlss have a perfect organization
aad their circulation Of blood and its particle
are as complex as those Of the elephant, thsr
can be no reasonable doubt. We should new
forget that both the astronomer and the micro'
copist are indebted to art and science for Il
optical instrument that reveal planets and sul
10 the far off regions Of the heavens, and livin
things in air and water, and their remains
rocks and mountains, before unknown.