The Kanzas news., 1859-01-29
agabana--sone Of It's wonders.

5apana-some of It's wonders.
si Japan, mainly by efforts of Anieticans,
has recently opened TO the world; and eear
lecture with reference teiL IS about to be
reduced to reality, The London Tines, oi
Nov. 9th, details the following discoFsfses
made in. the great capital of that nations
+tsvy A MAGNIFICENT cITE, -, ia
Our eountrymen had no restraint placed
on their movements, and they quickly avail
ed themselves of their freedom. They found
that thev were located IN the BeIgravia or
court end of Jeado. EAfoaEd them were
the palaces of the, feudal mobiles, mansions
of vast extent, each capable of containing
the ten thousand retainers who followed their
lord to the capital. CAS- there are three huh-
dred and sixty of these mobiles who are coma
PEELED to reside halle the year at Jedao, the
extent of the aristoeratie quarter may be
imagined. The visitors saw before them a
street forty rods broad, ten miles long. and
"as closely packed with houses, and as
deRsely crowded rs from Hyde Park corner
to Mile. End.''f sds 70 llf s5l s 1a.A
z Towering above the vast city is the. castle
or palace of the temporal sovereign. This
is surrounded by noat seventy or eighty
feet wide, from which rises grassy mound
of the same height. This is topped by a
wall of cyelopean architecture, encompass
ing buildings in which forty thousand men
can be accommodated. From this place a
view was obtained of the great city Of Jed
do, withit trees and gardens, picturesque
temples, and ,densely crowded streets, ex-
tending as far as the eye, can reach towards
the interior, thickly built suburb, and
trees and green fields In the distance" The
capital of Japan covers a larger area than
London, and contains more numerous pop
ulation. The streets are well paved, and
perfect cleanliness rules in doors and out.
There are none of the dirt and bad smells of
a great city, while evidences of wealth and
luxury are seen on every side. The coun-
try is as interesting as the town. Neat cot
tages stand within beautiful gardens, and
private residences are as neatly kept and as
carefully fenced as in England. At every
spot presenting great natural beauties, a tenn
pie or a a-house is to be found. The weary
traveller may always find rest and refresh
ment, and, reclining on soft mats, receive
from neatly handed Phyllises the most dell
icately favored tea. The description of
and the magnifcence, and the natural and
artificial beauties that meet the eyes of the
visitors, reads like chapter from the cara
bian Knights " 81 a 0
A WONDERFUL PEOPLE. -,
And the people are as wonderful as the
country they inhabit. =, They appear to
have retained much of, the simplicity and
innocence Of the golden age. They possess
''the most amiable and winning qualities. -
In personal cleanliness they surpass all other
nations. Bathing Is an. institution, and is
performed in public in a manner to recall to
man the state of man before the fall. The
English did not see deformed person in
the streets, or any drunkenness or quarrel
ing, and beggars are said to be unknown
But although thus primitive IN their man
ners and habits, the Japanese are industri-
Gus and inventive, and not without scientific
requirements. When the advanced ships
of the British squadron arrived at Nagasaki,
they found Japanese man-of-war steamer
at anchor there. They are able to make en-
gines for railways or steamships, and they
have short line of railway somewhere in
the interior The telegraph is no mystery
to them, and they are skillful at fabricating
astronomical and philosophical instruments.
to our own. The Dutch language is spoken
by numbers, and some have even learned
English japanese captains and engineers
command their vessels, of which three are
steamers. They show every disposition to
seize and adopt the discoveries made by
European science. They are represented
by their recent visitors to be not merely
"a progressive. but ''go-ahead'' people.
A SOCIAL PHENOMENA.
What we have been told increases our GU
riosity. We are not admitted to the aicana
of the government, or the institutions that
have produced so much peace and plenty,
such wealth and comfort for a whole peo-
pie. There is spiritual Emperor, orchiei
priest, who takes no part in governing the
country, and resides in sancti6ed retirement
at Miaco. There is governing Emperor,
who has his seat in the vast castle. overtop-
ping Jeddo. There are three hundred and
sixty petty princes or lords, each exercising
Sovereign rights on his own territory, and
paving feudal homage to the reigning En-
peror. These mobiles are compelled to reside
for half the year at Jeddo, and when they
are allowed, in the other half, to visit their
estate. they leave their families as hostages.
There is some ground for supposihg that
| they act in some way as governing council.
We are informed that there are parties, as
arnonfrst ourselyes,-on conservative, pro-
tectiye. the other progressive; eager for inn
v-ovaneat. and for intercourse with Euro
pean nations. Even political crisises are
not unknown, and changes OF ministers as
With ourselves. It is difficult to discover
what their military system is, Il they have
any. The well constructed fortifcations oi
Jeddo show some knowledge Of The art oi
war, but none of the correspondents saw 8
battalion under arms Thersare police, but
| if we can believe all We are told, they can
have bat little occupation. We are. offered
series of che most perplexing problems
We have presented to us an old country.