Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-02-09
The United States Consul for Japan

MT. Townsend Harris, our consul to Japan. has written several letters to his friends which we find published in the Washington Union.- They arc as entertaining as a novel, and give the reader much information concerning Japan and the Japanese. If the statement in the fol- lowing extract be true, and he assures his friend that it is so, the Japanese women must be under complete control:
 "I could see immense crowds beyond those gates, but the people on our actual line of march were those only that occupied the buildings on the route. Notwithstanding all this, the mum. Der that assembled was prodigious The cen ter of the way was kept clear and the crowd kept back by ropes stretched along each side of the street. The assemblage was composed of men, women, and children, of all ranks and con- ditons-the women being the larger number. estimated the two lines of people that extend ed along the way, from my entrance into the city to the place provided for my residence, to have been full 300,OOO Yet in all this vast concourse l did rot hear word, except the constant cry of the Harbingers, Satu satu!
 You may think it impossible that silence could have been maintained among so large number of women, but assure you it was so."
 Another extract from one of his letters con- tans a sly hit at the sex:
 "You must know that the wearing of brooches in Japan is mark of high rank, or if worn by an inferior, that he is in the service of one of the highest rank; so that the wearing of breeches here is as much coveted as 1t Is said to be in certain quarters in America, and that heret as well as in America. the article is type or emblem of power or authOrltV'
 The conclusion of one of his letters gives us a fact in natural history which will be new to many of our readers as it was to the Prince of Tamba:
 ''l will close this unreasonably long letter by showing you how cheaply man may procure reputation asavan in this country. Talk ing one day with the Prince of Tamba about dogs, 1 stated that had always observed that where dog had any white about his body the terminal hairs in his tail would also be white The Prince opened his eyes at this, and when he went home ordered an examination of the dogs in his premises, which were found to be mark ed as 1 stated. Interested by this he or dered his servants to SCOUT the neighborns streets and temple grounds, and bring up all their parish inhabtants these also stood the test. Amazed at this, he repeated my state ment and his experience at the Castle, where some 400 to 800 Of the high nobles assemble daily. Universal interest was excited, and there cusued such a dog hunt as Yedo never saw be- fore. Dogs of every kind were scrutinized from the high priced pug called in their yer nacular jin down to the mangy vagabond that skulked about and shlrked his living. Still my tale abous dogs tails stood the test At last let ters were written to kioto-osaca and other large towns ordering general canine examinatiou.- When the reports arrived my glory and repu- taton reached the eliminating point, and was looked upon by the Japanese you westerns look on Buffeu, Cuver & Co.,"