The North-Carolinian., 1854-09-16
FAYETTEVILLE n C, sATI1lDAY, SEPTEMBER 49, 1854
Japan Hems.

SdpdN uemss
The sloop-of-war Saratoga which arrived at
BOSTON last week, gives through one of its Of
hcers, some interesting facts respecting the
japanese. The Saratoga was at Jeddo for a
considerable time
THE JAPANESE AT DINNER 1t was exceed
ingly difficult to obtain any kind of meat in
the country, although the Japanese were verv
willing to partake of the meats. that were offer
ed on board the ship. The most solid part of
their food consisted Of scrimps or craw fish,
and dish the Americans supposed to be a
kind of fish, They ha| custom at the table
which shows that SeS he Jake thought for the
MORO Sspwafter eatip tty deliberately proceed
1sotake ku. with as d5i@ Of fpes q
which they especially fond, and for this
purpose provide themselves with paper wrap
pers previous to dining. At a dinner given by
the officers of the ship one day, chief care
fully enveloped whole chicken in number of
papers, and carried it off, first Offering papers
to Others for similar use. Their mode of cook
ing is doubtless more pleasing to themselves
than to our people, for they arc not over nice
in preparing their food.
JAPANESE DUELs.-Their mode of settling
affairs of honor is very singular and worthy of
the attention of gentlemen who have occasion
to adjust such matters If one gentlman insults
another to such a degree that the affront
dsembowels himself with sharp knife, which
he always carries; and now comes the 'satis-
faction;" the insulting party or person who has
given the affront, must initiate the example OF
his opponent, with the alternative of being
regarded consummate coward whom the
friend of the former may kill at the first oppor
tunity, he would dog.
PISTOLS AND LocoMorIvEs.-They did not
know the use of the locomotive, and at first
cd to or6 f1or ri low. hnf f1,o
engine soon put in motion and rapid speed
attained. They were delighted with the boats
Colts repeaters carbincs, telegraph, &c, but
they did not regard the agricultural implements
very favorably.
STRENGTH OF THE JApANEsE-The working
class of people are very stout and athletic; one
of them can take bag of rice which a strong
American cannot lift, and throw it on his
shoulder with perfect ease. They inure them
selves to hardships and were sometimes seen by
our informant almost naked, although the
weather was very cold.
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DEEPEST ARrEsIAN WELL IN THE woH1D.-We
were fortunate enough to direct our steps to-
wards Belcher's immense Sugar Refinery for the
purpose of making some observations of the
oT1hrre I'll H1s = TOR VIC HneS never r. spent
an hour more to our interest and profit than the
one employed in witnessing the operation of the
digging and in learning the history and progress
Of the work.
This well was commenced about six years ago
by Mr. Dcchcr, his object being to secure for the
purposes of his large Refinery supply of pure
water. For six months the operations were
continued by hand, and reached Il depth of some
two hundred feet below the surface, when it was
found necessary to employ the agency of steam
with suitable machinery.
Since the application of steam the work has
steadily molly Mt 1p
present time, when the incredible depth OF
twenty-five hundred feet has been reached This
is said to be the deepest artesian well in the
world. One Of the most important that we now
remember of, is that of Grenele, near Paris, in
which operations were continued for eighty
years, and which was sunk to depth of nineteen
hundred and sixty-one feet below the ground.
And we believe there is another somewhere
in France which numbers about twenty-o one
hundred and fifty feet; but none have yet reached
the distance into the bowels of the earth that
this Of Mr. Belcher's has-.St. Lcuis Democrat.