New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-18

with the ssity Of snui.rs asked
"' What IL thht you say Do YOU want us 1" barn
them upside down .
Son ething Of that kind ! replied. Incline II
,bus at angle Of ij degrees. NoS see how soon
bowl will form in the same plane with he iio"r, anh
how Licely the wick will droP n when y ge,1 i5ng
enough Ttey watched me with interest, snf seemed
highly grn,ied at tue result. An They are an IN
teheeut unpretendirg and aInlabe people-anh WHAT
l. more, have the highest ophi % oi u An our ,ln
try They asked me not long tiIce if in cd-e % any
difficulty With The Epglish and French, would no,
assist them with my advice. ] replied, 'Crtaloly,
but adv ed them at the time to see them 1en they
came and grant readily all jnst demand-. 1his they
ufc incllLcd to DO. ! have now IN my po-ses'on-the
fir, thing Of the kind hst lett Japan an auto
erAph letter from tie Emperor Ia the Pre-rien,.
Heretofore, all l.er-, trc1tes, &c have sesi signed
III BIZ uame by some one Oi hls MAlslel5. IS j.
great triumph.
might III columns with matter similar to the
above, bu. am cramped for space. Let u, now get
as mud ol the treaty O. Mr.. Harris fen authorized u
make Known suppose you will see IN full in the
Wa4liryion paper rody after The recs pVn Of thi..
Among other things then, it provides,
Fast That the tax Of siI per cent for coming our
money into th,irs puid by the American purcha
seI oi Jo pan,se exports, shall be dispensed with.
Second The annual pricce OF " irampins upon
the cross which hes existed ~ N0y0 saLc ORiy since
about tie wear 1920, il to be ,onnued no nr're asr
the fourth Of July next; and our ministers and families
are.t re-idr at Jeddo.
i1',d. Tie Provi,io.s Of the treaty to take efe,
from and ait,r Jnly {, 1859. tn, opening Of
ports forms exc, ptioh 10 tn- article.
Fopytk. Americans ma, build churches and worship
then God, and religious freedom is also granted to a.!
Jepnn,se ....
Of kauuyuua opened in its place. IIego and the
great city # Osaca Of which il the seaport are aso
to be ol,ed AT Hego the water IL so bold thnt ye,-
-es may II clue alongside the beach, and tine bark
country If the most productive and ,bicbly populated
Of japan.
S,f,h a stipulation is made in the article thst
op. n KsLbya1a, which IL only seventeen miles from
Ieddo which protects the latter from the visits of for
egnes. Mr.. Iauis says, ho@ever, that ths vail NOT
la' long. Such stipulation vac necessary, for, by
Commodore Perrys treniy, WE should nave been al
luwed 10 Iamllc around Kauayawa, Ia sUch distance
tlhi The s- oi JeddO would Layc been included.
StreH'h Japabe-e coin may be exported, bnt IN
The purchase If II Arn.rcan gold must be weighed
against japanese gold aid silver agniost silver. The
copper (''T scby) stall be excepted by tbs article
urlt,s IT also be weighed against copper coin.
The ioreg ing is Me OF the several parts OF the
treaty of which have heard tie Colsu speak and
if il contain nothing at all this much even IL Of
yast mOucIt The sugle article granting religions
liberation alone s vas. Triumph But u Is trn nph
which must be carefully received japan is not
yet ready icr the modern ms-iohary nor must 1t be
ios sight Of that il to missionaries of 1000 that
her long secusion las been ewing. II was the uH-
chr,s,an fcucs 81 Catholic priests of rival societies,
which then dolugcd Japan with blood, and we have
more rival societies idenonnndti0nsl than theni
and much doubt if feeling Is not equally as bitter:
TIE Japanese nIe like all h6erd, ana smceTe AMI
hambie Christians IN one respect, nj any rute. lhey
caLnOt undtrstand bow people can worship the same
Gtd, oi GOD who says, Love thy neighbour as thy
self aid yet who can fight over convert and abuse
each oh'r behind each others backs. How, then, -
japan to be converted Tue answer is simple eLough
-Ly erompe. Let citizens settle in and about
the potts that have been, ard that yet will be, opened
10 ne. Let some Of them be intent missionaries, II
y0n will, but nothing ocficc but strict morality and
kndness Of bearing. Thus will their love and esteem
be won, for they are people who appreciate tho
most trivial act Of kindness. When our citizens
rster in sufficient number at any olc place. let them
l,,ttd n.ln inst tli.yxS at bpT
When church will not contain them, bud sec
ond third, n fourth; and will venture to predict
that tie GortFnm6Ht rW 6uad Me,r charches for Mem
Ta' er than throw any obstacles in their way. Thus
may part of Japan be converted, while the other
psi, must unavodabiy be degraded by 'be vices and
iascalty which follow in The wake of commerce
Now TAKE another view of this subject Suppose
that u,xt year dozen or more sincere bnt rird Mis-
sionares burst suddenly into JAPAN and begin to pro-
claim many different creeds. One says, there are
three gods III you must do this ami You must not
do that, if expect to be saved. Another there -
but God, and all men are destined 10y His mercy
To be One heed not ask what the result oi ell
tLis would be-it s sefevidert. These honest, and
siu pie minded, and sensible people would say: we
had better stick to our gods of stone for these for
"eigLers all seem to think differently" Let COM
meice therefore, open the road for the missionary as
il his already opened for the sailor Commerce. as
sisted 10y the example Of those who settle among them
aud share occasionally their simple hospitality: Let
turn to another sube that Of coal aud coal
mines.
there was but coal deposit known of in JapaL-
that r.ar Nagasakie. Now they are working second
near acl odhd at the other extreme OF the empire,
and quite lately Il third mine has been opened near
Jeddo Thus we have coal in the center and at each
extreme Of the empire Its quality, however, is none
Of tie bestat least much Of il came under our
Obsei walton. II contains sulphur, iron, pyrteS, Is
scmi. .bumirous, liable to spontaneous combustion,
and leaves grtat quantities OF ashes and cnker Three
years since unfortunate Us 10 have to burn
with snail tiuo boilers, and then We had to " haul
hnu IN gl Loan Ines ii
much SCOT. Now fluid it to burn like finder in these
large fue boilers of ours; but it almost smothers us
with its sulphurc vapor, its dense black smoke ami
It's showers OF powderke SCOT: For that wnicn We
obtained at Nagasakie paid 81 80 the tun, but for
another lot which is now coming on board we shall
pay sc 81. These prices include the straw sacks 10
which il If put up, the labor Of filling them, and the
bIe Of boats for bringing il board. The reader
will be surprised to hesr how cheap labor is in Japan
/ the daily hire Of a Cooie, he finding himself IL
eight cents. Let us tuIn from the subject OF coal
TO that of money. Gold 10 Japan does not represent
the value that II does in other countries-at least not
unit, the Fourth of July next. Sixteen gold dollars in
the United States are exactly equal to sixteen silver
ones-tlat is, they weigh ski, dollars worth Of
Gmouu. Of goli is only worth fraction q 80. Or
in other words, with the relative value of gold and
silver is ss to l6, and in Japan TO 81. This
will un for the siugularity Of the following table
which exhibits the different coins Of the country their
| value sc.
GOLD CoIS OF JAPAN.
Cobank, or 3" four i,zabu piece oval in form;
about as thick threecent piece wes LIS grains
TOY; pure gold, value 81 2; ditto compared with
! American gold coin abont s. is
"Itzabu," oblong il form; about as thick as ten
| ceIt pece; weighs 43 grains, Ii slightly alOyed;
value % cents; ditto as compared with American gold
! about FL -.
Half i,zabu,' otlong in frm; passes " gold
coin but is really only silver, platei with gold;
weighs - graius value 10. cents; tit;o as compared
with American CON, undetermined
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