New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-10-27

FORTY SHIPS AND NEARLY Four HUNDRED LIVES
LosT.-Durng the past week, NO fewer than forty
total wrecks have been posted on the books at
Lloyd's. Among the more calamitous was the
destruction by fire of the ship Schah Jehan. She
was bound from Calcutta to the West Indies. and
had on board 300 coolie emigrants. For four days
every effort was made to save the ship and the I'M
happy creatures on board, and ultimately three
RATS, crowded by 800 souls, were set adrift, and
have never since been heard of. The master, Off
GERS and crew, about sixty, were picked up in
ship Vasco de Cana. The Admclla, screw steam
ship was completely wrecked near Cape North
hmberland, on the coast of Western Australia, and
Ieighty seven lives were lost. Another heavy loss
Slipper ship Sovereign Of the Seas, which took
place the pyramidal shoal in the Straits Of Ma
lacca, on the 9Th of August She was of LOSS
tuns and had made some Of the most rapid pas
sages on record from China The English ship
Chinchurah Eastaway, from London for Calcutta,
was totally lost the Gaspar Sands; and the ship
Thomas Brassey, from Bombay for Liverpool, was
abandoned off the Cape of Good Hope; the City
Of Calcutta, from Calcutta for the Clyde, was
wrecked in the River Hooghly the Hellespont
steamer struck on rock on leaving Naples, and
went down. but the passengers and crew were
saved; the Victoria, of Glasgow, foundered of
Anholt in the Cattegat, but all on board were pre-
served. There are, in addition, several missing
vessels respecting which the most painful fore
bodngs are entertained. [London Times, Sd inst.
1HE w OAEN Or 0AfAS.-4h correspondence Vi thO
New York Herald, who belongs to the U. S. steam
ship Mississippi, and who visited Jeddo on the re-
cent trip Of that vessel to Japan, writes
am sorry to say that the beautiful women of
Jeddo fare not much better than the poor women
Of the other parts we have visited do Unfor-
tunatey the male japanese look upon the tender
sex only companion to crafty their many lust
full passions and to take charge of the household,
and fall upon her knees at the approach of her
(who ought to protect her) husband, or any other
man of the least rank or title In all Of my travels
in this country during the seven months which we
have at various times spent in the same it has never
fallen to my lot to see gentleman and lady,
either of high or low rank, walking lovingly to-
gether, as can be seen in our own beloved coun-
try. Many of the females of Jeddo are perfect
beauties, of beautiful form, black hair and eyes,
with such bewitching looks that one cannot,
after once seeing them, help admiring them; yet,
with all their charms, am sorry to say that
decency and modesty are two accomplishments
which they have not yet learned The luxury of
bathing is enjoyed together, and at the various
bathing houses you will find the married ladies,
young, beautiful misses just budding into woman
hood, and the girls of the town, the gentlemen Of
means, young men, boys, girls, the coolie, loafer
and blackguards, all Joined together in perfect
state of nudity enjoying bathing, with their persons
all exposed to the view Of each other, and pass
through any Of the streets, look into the various
shops and door ways, and there you the females
with their shoulders, breasts and legs far above
their knees all laid bare, and at the sight Of for
eigner they do not move. This may be all wei Tor
Japan, but it would not do in our land.