The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-02-10
FROM JAPAN.

The correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger
IN letter of November 30, 1858, de
serlbes the interview between the Governor of
Nangasaki and the United States officers previous
to the sailing of the Powhatan. He saws:
Alter the usual compliments had been passed,
the officer told the interpreter to say to the Gov
ernor that the Powhatan would return after the
lapse OF few months, and that he should be most
happy to undertake any commission which his Ex-
cellency might think of. His Excellency replied
to this offer of a national courtesy as follows:
81 am much obliged to you for your kind offer,
and am going to accept it with thanks. Those
bullocks which you brought over from China and
put in pen on the hillside, different from the
bullocks of Japan, which we do not consider good
20 eat, and should like to have two cows and one
bull of that breed to introduce the stock into nv
country"
owe will bring them for you with pleasure" re-
piled the flag officer, 'and there is something else
which you must have also. There is a very large
domestic bird, which call the turkey the finest
eating in the world-we will bring you several of
these Also"
''We shall be very glad, and if you will give
orders in China to send us hundred sheep by
the first merchant ship coming to Nangasaki, the
Japanese Government will pay all the expenses and
be very thankful"
81 will do so with pleasure" was the reply, and
we shortly after took leave, after the man
ner OF old friends than official representatives of
our respective countries. mention all this to show
to the future historian how it that Sheep COWS
and turkeys were first introduced into Japan Upon
our arrival at Shanghai, found the American
house of Russell Co. chartering two vessels (the
Florence and Ann, for the purpose of opening the
trade with Japan, and took advantage of one of
them to send over the sheep; the cows and turkey.
will go in this ship when we return
Before leaving Japan we saw most interesting
display of a "winter evening amusement for chill
dren." | relate it to show how far advanced these
people are in some things, while in others they are
almost savages, particularly as regards their free
dom of costume.
Dpa Of
small box containing what looked like several
hundred pieces of broomstraw, from three-eighths
to an inch in length.
''Throw one of those in that cup of hot water!'
he said. We did as directed, and it had no sooner
touched the surface than it expanded into perfect
representation ola Japanese woman in fu-dress
Another proved to be very buffalo-like COW, a
third was sword, and fourth quite handsome
walking cane.
"Throw in dozen at timer' said our friend.
vi course we compled-picking them up at ran
dom-and they all proved to be different There
were houses, dogs, shorttaied cats, horses, trees
and flowers; and l suppose had we thrown in hall
OF the box we should have seen duplicates of almost
everything known to the Japanese As it was
however, we curbed our curiosity, divided the con-
tents OF the box between us, and slowed them away
IN our rooms Tor the purpose of astonishing the ma
tives at home Speaking of carrying these little
and such like things, home, reminds me of a piece
of news we have lately heard. l refer to the con-
hscatlon OF Chinese, Japanese, and other articles
o.
Those gentlemen also had in charge packages to be
delivered to many of friends as we were not SC
fortunate as to be going home ourselves. Some of
us had sent silk dress to wives others crane
shawl, others workable, or something of that
sort Well, they were all seized, and were still in
the custom house when we last heard. Our friends
asked to be allowed to pay duties.
"Nop'
'Why ?"
"Because the law of Congress saws that nothinq
subject to duty shall be brought to the United State
IN a man-ot-car."
1t seems to me narrowly absurd especially for a
Congress, to say, 'you shall not fill up the hooks
and corners of your little six-feet-sauare rooms
with presents for your friends-it will iniure the
revenue"
THE PARAGUAY ExpEDIr1oN-The States saws:
1t is stated that advices have been received in
ashlngton from the Southern Star, one of the
chartered steamers in the Paraguay expedition
dated at Pernambuco Dec. 30th The writer states
that after very tedious voyage they had at length
succeeded in reaching that port. The machinery
OF the steamer had given a great deal of trouble
from constantly getting out of repair. The log OF
the vessel is said to show that four miles an hour
before a fair wind with full head of steam on, was
about the height of her speed. With the wind
ahead, it took hard straining to make one mile an
hour.
At sea this vessel is wholly unfit for service, but
IL Is supposed she will the purpose for which
she Is designed when she gets in the RIVER She is
not however, suitable for carrying guns as she has
not strength to bear their weight deck, let alone
the shock of discharge.
The COPPER AND IRON TRADE OF LAKE SUPERIOR
The Governor of Michigan has sent special
message to the Legislature, accompanied by a re-
port of the Board of Control of the Saulte Ste
Marie Canal, which sets forth the value of that
avenue OF traffic. The Governor, in recommending
sufficient appropriation to complete the Canal
works, remarks
"The mineral wealth of the region bordering
upon Lake Superior must find an outlet through
this Canal. There is no prospect of obtaining any
further assistance from the General Government
Should any accident by which the Canal
| would be closed the business of Lake Superior
would become stagnant, and the loss to the capital
lists who have invested their money in that region
would, in two seasons alone, amount to more than
sum sufficiently large to put this great work be-
| yond all risk of accident. During the season OF
1855, only four thousand six hundred and forty
three 4,64S) tons of iron and copper have passed
through this Canal, the product of our mines
while in the past season forty thousand five hun,
bred and seventy-sx (4O,576) tons passed through
it."
Sixteen horses were burned to death at a fire in
Ridge street, New York, on Tuesday evening.