The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-08-30
General Nfws,.
Interesting Letters from the u. s. ia
pan Expedition.

The editor OF: the Newark Advertiser has
been permitted to peruse some private letters
from Joseph A. llalsey, j., Of that city, clers
of the first lieutenant "n board the U. ). steam.
ship PawIiatien, of the Japan Expedition. The
first one. is dated May l7th, at Port Louis, Isle
Of Mauri;us. We make Me following extracts ;
"On May 10th, about 10 A. M. land was
reported, a at l.3O P. NJ. we came to anchor
i'll Port Louis bay one Of the finest places
have ever seen. Port Louis contains about
0O0nhabitauts, principally French, although
it is under the English flag. There are also a
great many Malays, poor miserable wretches
who live from hand to mouth, and are clad in
nothing but piece of muslin tied around the
waist. They do all the work of the island,
getting about ten cents day, and hundreds Of
knock downs. American slavery is freedom
and wealth compared with the situation Of
these poor devils. Oar crew have all had lib
erty here, fifty going ashore at a time, audhave
all acted very well. Only one has been hurt /;
he was stabbed in three or four places, but is
/. doing well. went out to the burying ground:
aud visited Paul and Virgnia's grave. There
lisa beautiful little pond, surrounded by flow
ers of different kinds, and on one side of it is
Paul's grave, and on the other Firginia's."
The next letter is dated from Singapore,
$ June 18th, where they arrived that day, and
states that during the whole voyage from Nor
folk they had enjoyed exceedingly fine weather.
"We have had all kinds Of news from the,
States; some say the, japan expedition isre-
called. and some not others that America is
we will be ordered home and go there. They
I'LL e.
been vetoed"
The weather is described as hot, the tller.
'memeter being 90 to93 deg. in the shade
Tue ship was to be detained some four or FIVE
weeks, as she was leaking, and was going to
be repaired. The following piece of inteili
.gence we do not remember to have seen from
any other qaarter:
After We leave here we shall 60 to Borneo
teeratify treaty with the Bornese. There are
rnnlnrs here that the Bofnese and Dutch are
fighting very briskly, and ifsthat'is true, our
boats may have to mix in the scrmmage, if
they are attacked. Three of our boats are go
ing up-the two launches and the gig. The
launches will each have a l2ib. howitzer, and
the crew armed to theteeth. From Borneo we
shall proceed to Hong Kong, where we shall
await the commodore, who has gone to Japan
with the steamers Mississippi and Susquehana,
and the. sloop OF, war Plymouth. The Borneo
expedition viii be a dangerous one, apart from
the probability of getting mixed up in the fight,
for the river which the boats go up is lined
with ps pssdatory tribes, who know no law but
piracy and murder, and the captain expects
they wilfattack the boats. They won't do it
more than once"
The New York Tribune has advices from
Shangai to May Is. The sloop of war Ply.
mouth was to remain there, and not to accom-.
pany the Japan expedition rs expected. The
American mercantile houses had addressed
letter to Commissioners Marshall, asking that
they should not be left defenceless, exposed to
any emergency that might arise. Commodore
Perry, therefore, had despatched the Plymouth
for lie present. from the Japanese squadron
Bayard Taylor Esq, of the N. York Tri-
bune, adjoined the exp petition to Japan, bav-
ing been assigned place in the corps OF ar
lists, with the rank Of Masters Mate, on board
the steamer Susquehanna. The Expedition
II, and though its immediate destination was
not otkncwn, it was supposed it would rendez-
vous at Loo Choo Islands, there to await the
Saratoga and Powhauan. A rumor was in
existence that.the japanese had fortified their
shores, and stationed war iunks, to prevent the
entrance of the steamers into their waters, but
this was regarded as piece of Chinese exag-
geratiDb
The Mississippi arrived at Shanghai, from
Hong Kong, on the ID of May, ard was salu-
ted by the Snsquehana Commodore Perry,
during his stay, became the guest of the Ame.
rican Consul. On the 9th Commodore Perry
transferred his peunant to the Su>quehanna, as
flagship of the expedition. The Saratoga and
Supply were to sail from Shanghai between
the 10th and 18th of May, and the Mississippi
and Susqnebanna on the 18th. The feet, it
was supposed, would make its appearance in
the Bay Of Jeddo early in June
AWFUL RAvAGEs OF CHOLERA IN Europe
The Asiatic cholera, we see by our Europe
au files, is making rapid progress westward,
dealing death on every side and in some pIa
ces creating the utmost CONSERVATION and dis
may. It's march, on this occasion, has been
from Persia direct, and the last accounts left
it at Copenhagen. whence come to US the most