Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-02-03

HE JAPAN EXPEDlIIoN. HC DootoH
Post publishes the following extract from
letter, received from a gentleman who has
Jus, returned to this country from trip TO
China, relative to he feelings Of the japanese
toward The expedition expected from the
United States
~ wss informed by gentleman, native
of Japan, that the Emperor is ready for the
American expedition. He exhibited letter
TO me, which he had just received from one
of his counlrymen, then on the Island OF
Jeddo. The people kept strict lookout
all over the coast; and their fires were al .
ready burning on the mountains at night, IN
order to be prepared in case the squadron
should appear at night. One million OF
soldiers are ready and al hand. The coast
is all set with guns, while in the bay
Jeddo, where the fleet is expected, there are
countless war junks, and the whole bay is
surrounded with nnumerable forts. The
expedition will find the Japanese much bet
te7 soldiers than they anticipate. The pre-
sen,s had better have been left at home. A
trade will not soon be opened with that coun-
try, except by force.'
WINDS AND CURRENTS OF THE SEA-
Lieut.. Maury, U. S. N, Of the National OBJ
serva,orv at Washington. delivered lecture
at the Tabernacle, in New York, on the
18th inst, being one Of the "Peoples' Course
of Lectures" The above caption was the
title Of The lecture. The audience was large
for the fame of the lecturer is worldwide,
1 int dc
of the sea have gained for him great sclen-
|, ifc reputation. Lieut.. Maury was dressed
in the naval uniform. He is about the me-
dunn size, firm, square, and compaclly built,
and like many men who have been greatly
distinguished is lame-has halt in his
walk. He is Of fair and ruddy counten-
ance and no, over As years Of sge, we should
conjecture, He has broad open forehead,
brown hair, fine manly face, aud has mod
esty of demeanor, no fuslian rant nor cant
about him. His voice is clear, but he his
no, IN orator, although much of his language
is poetry, lofty and sublime.
His lecture was divided into two distinct
heads. He could not in one brief hour but
touch on the salient angles Of his subject.
The one idea was The sea being salt was The
cause of currents, which, if it were fresh
would not have an existence. The other
was that marine animals and plants were the
causes of currents in The sea.
By the great evaporation in The equatorial
regions only fresh water is lifted up, which
leaves The salt water of the ocean denser
than it was before, AND the heavier particles
rushing in to supply the place OF the hight
er is the cause of motion in the sea. Inc
waters carried in clouds from the evapora-
ting regions are condensed in other regions,
especially The polar, and flow down IN the
rivers, to the northern ocean, and then the
fresh water being lighter, flows on to the
water floats from the equator tosthe arctic
ocean. Lieut.. De Haven while on The Grin
nell expedition, saw a huge iceberg floating
away BY an under current, while he wa:
drifting in an opposite direction by a surface
current. Owing to the sea being salt, We
have those currents, which in the arrange
ment Of Providence carry warm showers to
fertilize regions, that otherwise would be in
hospitable and barren.
The waters which are carried into the sea
bear down limous matters these are taken
up and secreled by coraline insects, which
as they build their marine palace walls, turn
aside the pillows from former courses, anc
direct the ways of the mighty waters. Lieu,
Maury said that whenever he found in the
Bible foundation for any theory, he was