Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-10-23
Extracts from "Japan and Around tn
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A.JArASEsE MILITARY coxconB.

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don't remember to have seen anything else but
the most quiet and gentle manner in any of our
vsilers, except In the Of an impertinent little
officer Of artillery, who 1t would have been as well
to have shown the gangway. This fussy little ami
NAL who fjoiced in . flaming pair Of big brocade
brooches, being consumptive, according to the
Esculapan theory Of his country, left all the
hair on the top Of bis head, which, according to
our theory, is the place where hair ougLtto be-
He bad, however, the chcroot-segsr-looking tuft
Of hair laying horizontally, and end pointed for
ward. This flrssy little person pried into every
thing about the ship with rude curiosity. He came
and went from the cabin without decorum, and ex-
amined hufily officers state-rooms without solici-
tation The only point of interest in the diminu-
tive animal was, that he appeared TO understand
quite well how howitzer in battery should be
worked.
JAPANESE ARTISTS.
When the repast was concluded, some Japanese
amateur artists from Yedo, who had come down
from the city in the suite Of the Commissioners,
made crayon sketches Of many Of the officers, and
seemed to labor under the impression that the only
thing necessary to make good American portrait
was 70 draw large nose and sketch the balance
Of the features around Ii. Their essays at repre-
senting flowers, the japonica for instance, were
much better ) s
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The religion Of the Japanese enjoins cleanliness
of person upon its votares but can scarcely divert
the repulsive and indecent manner in which II b
obtained. At the lighthouses in Simoda the sexes
Of all ages bathe Unfortunately together.
CONTEMPT on THE JAPANESE ron the CHINESE.
The Japanese in their intercourse with US were
always pertinacous In assuring US that they were
Chinese indeed, they would have been very in-
dgnant TO be thought OF . Kindred race. They did
not take long 10 find out that we wcro not Dutch.
They would mention derisively the fact Of the
length of intercourse the Chinese had had with
other countries and yet that they had never built
souarc-rieged vessels like ours they minated
more enterprise than this for themselves.
rHr PENALTY or yArAxKsE CURIOSITY.
few DAYS afterward, some of our officers, In
their strolls ashore, sscertained that there we're
two Japanese confined in cage at little barrack
back OF the town, and on going there they were
found 10 be tho persons who had paid the midnight
visit to our ships, and they also proved 70 be my
unfortunate friends 81 tho letter. They did not
appear greatly downcast by their situation and
ono of them wrote 10 his native character, on a
piece Of board, and passed through the bars OF hs
cage to ono Of our surgeons present. what foL
lows;
When hero fails In his purpose, his acts are
then regarded as those Of villain and robber. In
public have we been seized and pinioned, and dark
y imprisoned for many days; the village elders
and headmen treat us disdainfhlly, their opprcs-
sions being greyious indeed therefore, looking up
while yet we have nothing whercwith 10 reprosch
ourselves, II must now be scen whether hero VIII
prove himself to DO one indeed. Regarding the
liberty Of going through the sixty States (of Ja-
pan) as not enough for our desires, we wished 10
make the circuit Of the Ave great coniinents; this
was our hearts wish for q long time. Suddenly
our plans are defeated and we find ourselves In =
halfsized house. where eating resting, sitting, and
slceping are difficult, can We find our exitfrom
this place Weeping we scem AZ fools laughing
as rogucs- alas. for US, silent we can only be.
IsAsr KoopA,
KwAssUcHr MANI.
The Commodore, Il Is said, did not hcar Of their
capture and confinement until the next morning,
whom he sent some officers ashore TO see What
might be done In the way Of interccssion \ but on
reaching the barrack, II was found that they had
that morning been sent to the city Of fedo, and,
AZ the attendant at the place made sign, for the
purpose Of being behesded.
PrSxsrIvAxrA USIrrp srArrs SrsAron--Chss
n. Buckslcw. John Robins, Jr., Henry ID. Eos