The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-12-10
.Jekn NirYup. Oselsv.

JeAn &irsp, Oselsv.
Jebn's BRIDAL days were hardly Der,
UuDarDLxD was his pride;
Whsn bic short REIH y 6eash was checked. =
And hs fell sick - -! Is
Hs vAs man 81 STABLE mind,
He CARNAGE VS. severe,
Yes seer Of sCIxV temper "a
Theesgh his life upon this sphere.
The 1aACss Of his kindly acts
We everywhere may meet;
A MT b alseys gave TO those
lGNDs sshheg AAd sossti e I3Y
TIE JArAxssR-There has been suci, y
rash II tfsders to Japan that almost every
Ting that could be bought has been
sasrssA q. Nearly q hundred ships have
already been TO Nagasaki; there were twenty
I'VE n port when we arrived, including the
war steamera Such an influx Of trade AZ
this upon apeople entirely unused and IN
prepared for it, has Of course cleaned them
OCT AAl carried prices up very rapidly. The
1apanne 80 very interesting people, aud
have more Ne vivacity and expression about
then than the Chinese. They cont look at
you with that particularly Chinese vacant
and wooden manner, but are fall Of interest
and curiosity, and are always polite and good
natured. OF course except the government
officials for they, like officials Of every coun-
try and race have the faculty OF making
themselves disagreeable, and ought to be
counted out Of the pale Of humanity. The
people ere very inquisitive, and ask all man
ner ofquesti0ns. In the shops they always
want 70 know whether we are Americans,
English, Russians or Dutch They examine
very carefully all articles Of clothing, and
always say "Eproka" (sood) when they find
anything which particularly pleases their
fancy. sfssa I
Az you walk along the streets you are sa-
tqtsd on every side by the children with
Ohio chow are you,) and "Bcton Kasie''
(give me button.) They have q great
passion for brass buttons, and the naval Of
6cers have almost stripped their coats in ma
king presents. II had only known oft be-
lore, would have brought over few gross
from Shanghai. 1t would have made me the
most popular man in Nagasski. have cut
81 I'll that could be spared, but my supply
= sxhausted and have nothing left to an
swer the demand of Bottom kasie There
ara many strange sights to be met with in
NA2ssAki The admirers of the Japanese
say that they are as yet perfectly innocent
race and free from all vice. This may be SO,
bot IN some respects, their innocence is Of
such an aggravated character, that to our
eyes 1t looks very much like vice. And in
their intercourse with foreigners they will
undoubtedly learn more that is bad than
good. Now that the non-intercourse policy
has been given up they will soon find that
their days Of peace and quiet are at IN end
In point Of cleanliness the Japanese are
far ahead Of the Chinese The streets are
well paved and kept in good order, and they
are 10 psrticulas about their houses rs il they
had Ill come from Holland They always
take Oh their shoes before entering a house,
AID We often have to do the same before we
are admitted. The floors are covered with
nice, clean mats. The rooms are entirely
destitute Of furniture, the mats answering for
bed, table, chair and everything else. 1t is
0 very simple arrang ement, and saves vast
deal Of trouble All the inside partitions are
made OF thin, sliding screens, covered with
paper; SO that the whole Of one fiocr can be
thrown into one room--a good convenience
when you want to give a party The lower
classes 60 about as scantily dressed AS their
houses are furnished. Ia our afternoon walks |
about the hills we often encounter the ladies
Of house taking bath in tub by the door |
They salute us with the customary Ohio"
and We Of course always stop for few mo.
nsnts to pass the compliments of the day,
and then pass ON with "Sionara" (good |
bye). They always seem rather pleased with
any little delicate attention OF this kind, and |
ire not ct all interrupted in their additions
BY our presence. Many of their words sound
ike Italian, and after hearing Chinese the
language sounds very musical We have
picked mp enough of it to get on in the shops
Without much trouble although we have to
'esort to . good many natural signs. Japan
ware is all the rage now, partcu
srly the old Mizoko ware 1t is very hard
0 get. a. the town has been pretty thorough
, sansacked for it long ago Letter from
N American in Japan.