The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-11-02

be the most important articles raised on the islaud
probably for the simple reason that when man
mar.ies .emale, among the vows no has to make
o3e h, that be will take care Of her for life, and
shat ne viii fnd her plenty Of tea and rice
me marrisge ceremony IL very simple. When
man makes IN hs mind TO take q certain lady he
pas 70 give notice to the Governor Re then takes
=, ns inteaded to an Official mandarin, who MARI es
'neai. - hts presence the woman is flrced to
pedRe hereeit To- bsy and live viftuoueIy towards
ner husband This is not, however, required Of the
hasosnd Let fim the next day seek the socis
~ OF other females, the law will not punish him.
should tue wife, however, do 80 aud seek the com.
pauy OF other men, she is vt once divorced from
her hasband aud otherwise punished. The crime
o. to"it 10 severely punished-for the second OF.
fence 1t 10 visited with DEATH no matter how smali
the amosnt taken. Hskodadi, like all other parts
OF the world, has her street beggafs They present
gate singular appearance. They wear very
istgo rlmn ed IA, flook aud white ieggiugs, ard
carry IN their hands small bell which thew rips
as they come In front Of house or shop Thev
.hen commence to murmur something until the
woman OF the establishment comes out and gives
anem piece OF cash, about the tenth part of
cent They then repeat q bIessi az to the donor.
ana proceed on to the next house la this country
ah CHARITIES are bestowed by the females-the
males never give any hing
10 Hskodadi the same regret has been expressed
at Nangasaki and Simoda
with all the ignorance and idolatry the people
possess, they are not without schools. gentle.
uan INFORMED me that the city Is divided into
school districts. which are supported by A tag
amounting oabout seventeen cents Of our money
per year on each family By the municipnJ law
.ne head ct she family is held responsible aud liza.
sle 20 De punished If he or she, as the case may
be- neglect to send their children % school. /
think this would work we'll in some of our own
large cities On the 14th and 18th Of August the an
nuai ceiebfson Of the schools took place On those
days the children, with their parents and friends
to the number of several thousan1-the children
all richly attlred red and othar cntorAd
with banners with notices upon them, and seve.
raj largo images of men, women, beasts, h0rses,
&c aud accompanied with drums and ffes march.
ed through the various streets the little children
making the air ring with their voices, cheering
&C. In the evening they again paraded the streete,
each one bearing lantern of much haudscmer
model than the Chinese, the whole of which lit up
the city and presented beautiful sight to those
en- board of the shipping in the harbor.
To give yOu an idea of the severity of their laws,
will relate a circumstance that happened few
days ago. After having strolled pretty we'll over
he place, returned to the Custom House landing
to take the boat for the ship. Being too early for
the same, went down to copy off a few notes.
While thus engaged fine young lad OF about fl.
teen stood cl, se by. watching my movemeuts-
After had finished he spoke to me in very good
English. threw away the useles. piece of paper,
when he picked it up, and carefully rolled it up
and put into his pocket. Seeing this, handed
him half of Q lead pencil which had been using,
aud for " hich he had been cycling longiDgly. At
this moment a mandarin, with two swords stepped
up and would not allow him to take my small gifts,
remarking at the same time ''if the boy took it
be should jarrest him" This is only one of the
many instances of the severity of Japanese laws.
Yesterday forenoon we had grand race of all
the boats attached to the ship. The signal boat
was stationed one mile from the vessel, and the
boats had to start from the ship and pull around
it back to the ship, which done in about
twelve minutes by all the boats, our third cutter
Harry Ramsdale, coxswain, coming in victorious,
few seconds ahead of the other elk boats. 10 the
afternoon they all had grand sailing match, the
first launch being the flag boat with the pennant
flying In her bows. You will perceive that We are
endeavoriDg to pass the time agreeably as pcs.
sible.