Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-03-31

last 6Ied fact. The bill ~ appropriate 400 COZ
to erect the necessary edfcs passed both Houses
this week. An enemy of the bill ttOk OCCASION, Ia
apeaking of the City Of the PIAips 10 den"rninaie it
"DiamAl Swamp" Rather . hard hit. considering
the innurneraLle mud puddles that have formed in
the streets during the late rains. II 10 not SO e1.
eeedingly lively either
You're, J. r.. e.
SAN FRANCISCO CORRESPONDENCE.
INrERksrIN0 ABOUT JAPAN orR CORRESPONDENT TALKS
WITH rms MATS OF TIE JAPANEsE sTSAHER.
I----S Ax FRAScIsco, March. 1880.
BY huge amount Of strat"gcm. I finally succeeded
! in entrapng to my room the Mate nj the Japanese
Steamship, now in our harbor. devoted my cner.
Ries especially 10 him. fr the reason that he is the
only me connected with the vessel who can converse
in the English tongue. Ny ambassador in the mat
ter. WAS the Chinese Interpreter, Mr.. Caravahallo
who crow ned the difficult enterprise by beLtOwinH
upon the Islander the sum Of seven dollars in cop
per coin. lie made his appearance at my apartment
about midnight, his garments dripping with water
lie subsequently counted for thia singular plight
By informing M Iba' he swan from the vessel in
order Ia rude the vigilance Of his superior officers
In rider to Irotrnct the interview as long As pOasi
Bile, | determined 10 make him colnfoI table, aud
therefore rendered him dry garments. lie accepted
the propositions ct once. aud proceeded tn denude
himself As he stood befnre me in a state II nature
| noticed upon his abdomen \ figure bearing the
remblAnce 0f a heather god. It looked rs though
it wuS imprinted in the flesh BY the agency Of India
ink. also saw upon the upper surface Of bis right
foot the pictured lncAnenis 0f female fnrm. At
qu"ricd him in regard to this singuIarity. He
rdpd la tpl ms hAi eaCh IF
entitled to deity. lie had selected his arly
his god, and hence the location Of the heather rep
rrsentution. AZ to the image upon his dexter foot
he assured mr.. with wink. that he WAS at home
the head II large Tensile household. In order to
maintain his supremacy, he exactcd = duty from
each 60" his scraglio to kiss his right Eot at the
commencement II each week. Having at last in
corporaud himself in my beat garments he sat down
aud Iuld me he ready To answer any questions
thought proper to prop"und first asked him his
name. lie told me il was Lclikr hcllO. Now tell
me-, Nr LielkrhellO. in regard /" your form Of gov
ernIncnt. Our form IT government, 1uoth he, is .
medley pAr,Aklng IL the features II Adcnocracy and
absuluieirm. Our year is divided into 1860 months
with f"riy days TO each month. At the termination
II each % months. the people meet Together and
elect chief magistrate, who is called the GrNndO
HumbuREio. This man. while in office, has supreme
power. Our present Ilumbuggio was elected, &C.
cordinR to your computation Of time. 81 years ago
Possessed of absolute power while at the head of
tho nation. ind the election Of u succesAor taking
place during his dy NASTY. he has commanded the
people To continue him their Sovereign lie will
thus reign until he dies, and succeed in debating
his succesSor. We have no lnwa but his will
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the literature Of the people. lie assured there
WAS no literature proper 10 the country. There
we're MI books and written language. About a
year ARI, EmKii bUAt containing rrHzy American,
Hoated ashore near the city Of Jeddo. The inhabt.
ants Immediately slew the crazy man and proceeded
To rife his pockets. They Eund only a sandwich
enfUldcd in a copy of q newspaper Called the MOrN.
TAIN DEMOCRAT. published somewhere in California.
The paper WAS delivered to Our Emperor, who sum-
moncd nj once convocation "f the wise men 0f the
realm. They have been engaged ever since in en-.
dravorng "a deeiphcr its contents and construct an
alphHphet from il. These wise men made q rrpOrt
IL their eAnriF, just IA our vessel lefl They had
arrived ut the conclusion that although the paper
full IT letters aud words they were not able as
yet I" discover any in it's columns. The En-.
reror has expressed his surprise. that il requires
three men tn suPeFiH,end weak vessel lie
compares the editorials IT the MouxvAIx DExocRAr.
To the gaseous exhalAtons that exudc from. earth
holes in his kingdom.
now inIerroRated my foreign visitor in regard 70
the marital relation with the Japanese. in reference
to the female generally. lie said that women iu
Japan were regarded good thing. and somewhA.
in the light Of luxuries. As . general thing, they
were disposed to be mischiev"us and chattCrinE lie
had forty three in his household. BY constant Gag.
VlAtiOn he managed TO keep them in fair subsection
The Japanese women, he continued were fond oi
dress and toys They delighted in all kinds of odd.
ties. The wife Of q Missionary presented him with
what Ahe told him was a set Of exteniiOn hoops
When one Of his females became particularly vic.
lent and Malicious he Was in the habit Of placing
these hoops around her person aS q punishment
and sending her forth In tho streets. jeering rab
BILE would soon collect around her. The woman
would piteOusly beg him to have the hoops removed
Afier one punishment Of this kind, she was ever
after trnctAblo and obedieHt. He felt under great
obligations to the Missionary woman. lie did moi
know anything about marriage in Japan. When q
female arrived at maturity, she went about hunting
up man to take her. gOOd.loOking fellow wa,
OOHBeu W Keep ueTCe uoK IN Keep on the other sex
As for himself, if the creatures conducted them
selves properly, be had no objection to them.
lnOw queried my intelligent informant about thu
religion Of the Japanese. He replied that each mar
had god Of bis own. His people believed 10 . fu
tnre state Of existence. They believed 10 sort o.
Paradise, where there were no women and no duns
and Plerty Of opium to smoke. or late religious
theory was spreading very rapidly. that this Para
d'Se was to be under the control of an American b.
the name Of James Wainwright TOproptAtc THU
future deity, now resident on earth. the islander
were earnestly enEagsd 10 manufacturing their pc
cul'aF kind OF ware. and transmitting il to him o.
bic auction mart In Ssa Francisco They style hin
Alb FAeIOSO. or the " lcan god"
IN answer to my general iuterroRatOries about
their habits and state Of civilization, be took ocea
sip0 to alate that there were no lawyers or physi
c'eos ~ japan. A POLITICIAN vas pever heard o
until lately. About month hetoEe the vesssl len
the EmPOrOr bad received the information that
CRlitOruiA politician and an editOr by the name o
|OhRSSing, Intended TO smigrate to that country
The EmPcrcv hadissued decree against his debark