Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-03

1HB UNVEILED ATLANTIC The desorip-
ton given of Japan by some members OF Lord
Elgin's suite, rivals that of the enchanted
island in the Arabian Nights. Nothing
can exceed the picturesque beauty of the bay
OF Nagasaki, and the situation OF the city at
its extremity. Swelling hills covered with
venture rise from the waters edge. The
matched roofs of snug cottages peep from out
the dense foliage amid which they nestle
Precipitous walls of rock are mirrored in the
aznre blue OF the waters at their base. The
Japanese are courteous, affable, gentleman
like, and good natured, quite different from
the description our disinterested friends the
Dutch gave of them. Jeddo, the capital, is
larger than London, and contains three mil
lions of people. The leading street is Ten
miles long, and closely packed with succeed
houses. Here are the palaces of three hun
dred and sixty of the hereditary princes,
each a sovereign in his own dominions, but
compelled to reside in the capital for six
months in the year. Some of the mansions
are made to hold ten thousand retaineIs.-
The palace of the secular king is surrounded
with triple wall, and gives lodging to forty
thousand people. The streets are spacious.
clean, and airy no dirt, no smells, no street
distractions. In this country, every cottage,
temple, and tea house is surrounded by gar
dens laid out in excellent taste. Tea houses
are found in every shady nook, or by pleas.
ant rivers. The tea is served by the minis
| trations Of fair damsels, who glide rapidly
and nolselessly about, suspecting no indeco-
rum and meaning none.'
| Strange that we should have known so lit
tie of this modern Atlantic, this beeuteous
isle set in silver sea Stranger still that
yet SO gFoesque species Of G c9E nssst fRd
| the devices on their own ware, odd and start
| ing, but infinitely finished off, Here we
nave two kiDgs-one spiritual, who can trace
up his lineage for twenty five hundred yea1s 4:
the other secular, who commands the forces.
both dwelling tn the same city like brothers,
The Japanese seem to be the most impressi
Die nation on earth whatever they see thew
lmitate-telescopes, aneroids, steam engines,
spy glasses, &c, and yet they hitherto locked
themselves up within an impenetrabe barrier.
They have, however, one curious institu-
uoh which prevails to a slight degree among
ourselves 1t is what they call Nayboen
OF make oeltves. 1t is as if a man disbe-
lleves the evidence of his senses, and acts ac
cordlnglY. If man dies in debt he is sun.
posed to be alive, and his family draw his I'M
come regularly to pay his creditors. Take
another cast-if a man commit suicide
on being insuted, he is not considered to bs
dead, until tome time has elapsed, when he
Is said to have departed from disease. So
when Lord Egin boldly dashed into the pro-
hibited precincts of that harbor of Jeddo. after
a little pnzzltd amazelnent, the Japanese au-
thorltles determined TO practice 'Nayboen, ,
and believe he was somewhere else.
Among other branches of useful education
taught at tie schools, the young patricians
are instructed in the forms and ceremonies of
'harl-kirt,' that is, of ripping ones self up.
Ii noble is out of favor at court, if superb
| or insult him if he have committed an error
IN diplomacy, he invites all his friends to
grand banquet, and when all are well fed
and comfortable, he performs the huri-kirt'
| gracefully before them. Ever since the
Americans obtained footing in Japan, this
curious ceremony has been performed We
hope Lord Elgiu's treaty with this impertu-
oaole nation will not be celebrated by such
extraordinary performances.
Our exports to Japan. last year, amounted
to t2OO. Surely this wonderful people must
have something to export, and something to
import, too. They will not export ard man
utaeture articles, but they will readily I'M
port them. Our warm woolens and stout
cottons are just the thing for the northern
districts. We trust our manufacturers are
awake to this market, and will not allow
themselves to be beaten, as they were in Chi.
ma, by the Americans and Russians, even in
our staple manufactures. Liverpool Courier.