The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-07-17


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JAFASRsf SEAMxh IN SAN FRANcIsco. -lnfevesffn0
Description Of Them The Arrival of twelve wreck
sd Jsoanese seamen At s.n Prauoi .cn. on thu Eng.
'sn snap eAI'ooeap,~n'cn fescueo tneH rom tneir
~ateriogged Junk, ,has osen noticed. The papers OF
that city contain IN Interesting account Of these
specimens Of people 90 littls known AJspan-
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e'e n"n'ea ino'"' seuns - Por'es ~ Store, was
sent on board 70 talk to ms countr5men.
The Japaneee were called UPON deck, and receiv.
ed Thoro by bowling at the same time folding their
hands across the abdomen. They are a iins-look.
lug body of man, differing 10 feature, costume and
habit from the Chinese The majority are posaess-
ed OF regular features and several are really fne
looking conspicuous among which CLAWS are the
captain aud second mate. The first mate partakes
of the Chinese type, whilst but one Of the cre,-
has the al,nopd-sbaped eve They were dresged
peculiarly. wearing blue cotton trowsers, a la
Ctfaois, white cloth socks, to which saudals of
straw are attached by athopg passing between the
third and fourth toes, and around the ankle:
loose wrapper style OF an olter dress with .wo or
three under garments seeming Of similar sbape
folded acrsss the breast, the whole held together
by girdle
They wear no cues but the top of the head ID
cleauIy shayes, allowing an oute edge of .jr to
grow long which ia ca efully Gathered mn over the
head 10 a kuot, permj ing only the centre Of the
frontal portion a continuation of the forehead 10
be exposed The heir is finer in texture than that
OF the Chinese and all their visapes were innocent
Of beard or n,oustache. Captain W Informed US
that they we're of very cleanIy habits bathug every
morning and hat during the VOYAGE they ref1 ,ed
to associate with the Chinese passen gers and in
using the culinary Utensils after them were very
particular TO scour them thorough On the ship
they epde avored to render themselves useful aud
always exhibited great alacrity in aiding ia the
ships sailing, by pulling at ropes etc.
The model of the wreck exhibited by them to
Cant w Ia has. relief exeeuted on a niece ,f cedar
timber. and neatly framed II represen n,s the inpk
io raging sea The latter made apparent by host
Of shaving.. in which miniature wooden fishes,
tnrtges ard other sea monsters are given "A swim
ming.
The architecture of the Junk ia followed with
that miuuteness noticeable in Chinese art: every.
thing being given with great fidelity to the orna
ments on the exterior the stumps of the mssts
the iury masts and broken rrdder 1t ia curit,si
tv. whose yaIue and merit are considerably
HANGED when II ia remembered that il WAS execu-
ted whilst tossing on an unknown sea. aud with
the evident inteut OF being used to explaiu their
coaaition shou,d If become necessary to abandon
their craft The randel of the rudder is of q like
praeticaf character
They had but little money when rescued, and
that in copper and they discIaim baying any gold
or silver The copper coins exhibited were of
three sizes all having hoes In the centre, and
TS s1ae~na. e' aile ens.a'sss u ane oni9ese ]
hras. ni,h w, charac.ars az, aach s;5a I,bis
inorothe in.e prefer, s,a,ed was eqaisaient loe
davis ,ahor in Japan.
Captain Winchester reports them as being quiet,
orderly, submissive cleaniy aud contented; amazed
a. e'ery.ang thes gee anu near, yer AT the same
,n.;cs5 n,rssisss T.; ,bn;r h.hav;or .a,oh;n ~
| taking down notes Their countenances Al times
would relax into a smile, snd they all seemed alb
soipea 10 iis'ehihe 10 Inc questions prupounded
Ill apsau i'hs ~ iepiy un'ess o'-
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rsad ~, ho.rf &c ;nnt smonn .ho,o go ~ @ -!
;n;a,nra .a;,s Thair s.;,s bv thasa n.,,a
consis, NJ dnnhla f,,d of cotton cloth op;i,ed 20
sa,bar hv heavv cotton cord Thev hava a,so
maSe soma min;atnre Garbage from the ,mmr
| wh;ch MA tos,ansd 70 ,hair tyunts Tha han,p
"a Of sna s,hr;c ard nossa.sad of cons;Jarshia
stra,o,h
| Thoro came IN California with Josenb uaco now
| in W.shinrton and !. ia IN ba trnstad ,har soms
govornmert vessels will ha das,atchsd To convay
| sbosa rescued man bomawsrds sbonh ,hsy oo
Tboro will accomnan ~ them and a. he nndar.t.nSs
our ,aponaoa and cnstoms he wiI, ba in conirnc
ZION with the twelve men rascued NJ consideyahie
;unortance in reconcilinp ,ba Iananaxa and Amer
;can interest
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| Lucy ~eio ''"n''eii'o W Va" i'o'eu"e ou''o'
| Marcy. The captain was astonished on being p'e'
| sented With a daguereotype of himself. He was
yery curious to know the mode of taking IT,
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Cosr OF THE Colossal CAuRcH IN ST. PETERSBURG
| A German letter from St. Petersburg. june 1s.
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s'0' 'on'o auu'.'onH' i'e"e VI 'n'eie. respecting
| the monster church Eecehuy dedicated In that
| city. The writer says that an immense concourse
| of cnpt;puad v;s;f tba pl,ca y,...
no,,r;,hs,.nd;nr ,hat tho saa;o,.:o, .'aa.'
- .ano,,,sad ana ,ha I,noo,.a, 80.
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| pIs GO. s,;,, ra..oa ~ 80 H. h,;,s;
their eyes pnou the snlendors of the vrsat
| cathedral, con,posed as it is of srauite. marble
| iron, malachte, alabaster and lapis-lazula, Of
| bronze and silver and gold-wood having been al.
| together excluded from the building. except in
some OF the doors The lightning rods are made
of piatna, while the great dome and the five cross
es visible at distance of forty versts, are plated
| with two hundred and seventy-fOur pounds OF
| gold. The interior area is sixty Thousand square
feet. The entire structure as it stands, including
| the hundred and twelve gigantic pillars, with Co.
rintban capitals, the dome, and the immensc bell
with all its interior splendors Of porphyry OF
Carraran marble and gold. the "Iconostase' with
it's gilt decorations, and the works of art in paint
ing aud acknowledgements expended capital
of nearly ninety million thalers. (s69, ,000 00eo) The
granite monoiiths, measuring tfty.sx feet in
height and seven feet iu diameter at the base cost
| each twelve thousand thaers. Four hundred
| thousand thalers we're expended on gold ornamen.
| tation There is no organ. as the Greek Church
allows no instrumental music of auy kind, ard
likewise iuterdicts female voices in the house of
God The BELLS too. must only be sounded by
| striking not by rigging. At the dedication how
ed by two hupd ed ard fittv male sinoers and ,b.
grand choral resounded through the vast buildinp
like the swelling notes of a nonstrons oryan
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BEER VS.. WINE-A letter from Paris, June 24
saws the Wholesale wine merchants at Rercv ca,no,
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teasione, ai'housh Ihe pubic appear 70 nave de-
| serted them to degree unparalleled at any former
period in this country
| .sThe change which has coma ovar tba h.,;.
the neope in this resnect ia n,os1 ao's "
NAV now waik mn ths honisnarda 81 Aaoie. "' lou M
front of the cafes outsIe the b.rri.s "a @ sue
hardly ace an adj, ii nal d,int;na son WIZ
monde bouroeos and o,rrier alike are s;,,;, o e
tbsr .iups OF beer befo,e them liz 80 ,na, = t.n
man students. John BarIeycorn h.. far fis mo.