, 1860-12-06
agawa American citizens form more than

agawa American citizens form more than !
moiety Of the foreign population.
The production OF silk and tea can no doubt
be Largely increased, Gs the Japanese admit
that they have not heretofore recletl Il! tho
cocoons produced, nor picked al Of the tea
Erowh: .....
The Jnpane4e have already learned the mau-
ner Of preparing tea for SEA Eoyage- an OF
opinion that, within A few Years, the choisest
tea known in the United States will be Of
japanese production, Is many Of the sorts 1rc
superior to any Of the tcas Of China
But little has been done a. Jet with Imports,
and the establishment Of IN extended tradc
must, Of necessity, bc the WORK Of tlnlc To
certain extent ncw wants must be created
among the MASSES, and, what is Of equal i'm
poTtauce, they must discover that the labor
now expended by them In producing given
article will, when dircct e,ltu another employ
nlent, produce ir czchal@r either more than
they now obtain, or cry :rtlcle that Is prctcrs-
tle to their Own.
ing goods OF lengths, widths, colors and pat
terms suited to Japanese tlste; this ia IN ins-
roTtant step in the right direction for Aineri-
can manufactures. am Of opinion that tho
heavy cottous known In commerce IS dril1s.
lean, shcctings. und s1irtlu..s, viii he the
earliest in demand.
4 careful review OF the commercial npera-
l4NAa 14& lQC l19l leu u04tu6 auO"3 u s3kAaa.s
tory result, and II any ordinary degree of pru-
deuce in dealing with the Japailcscls l. observed
by the foreigners who conc to this country, It
cannot be doubted that large md beneficial
Intercourse can be securely established in
Japan, ah6 that but few years will bo rcQuir-
ed to secure 70 desirable result.
have the honor to be, very respectfully,
your obeditnt servant,
TOWNSEND HARRIS.
To tlcHonorable LEWIS CAss,
Secretary Of Statc, Washington
E4traosdInnZ Double Elopement;;-
Two Men Hun Away with Each
OtheF'- Wtvcs--The Free-LoseFs JIect
aud have n aGcncral Flight.
The Holmes County tOhlo} Furn4er relates
au amusing incident in this vcry amusing
stylo:
On Tuesday Of las, week, Willie standing on
the platform of tie depot building 1T Crest
line, waiting for the train to start eastward, i
train arrived from the Est. The lint persons
we recognized gctiin; from the train were VI.
b. Scott and tho wife OF Levi l. JOhusUu, OF
Marlboro. Stark county. They readily rcco5-
nized US, came up to where VT were, and .nv1
the usual salutations, Inquired when atrain
would leave for Bellcf,atlinc. At this mo-
1neut Nr. johnson and the witc O: Scott also
unexpectedly Male their appearance. The wo
men instantly recognized eaell utller, and with.
out uttcsiny ! word. ''pitchcd into ullr OF the
livelicst free fights VIC lsayc ever been called
upon to witness. The way tile ribbons, bon,
nets, eullaEs aul fancy txiuEs fi.w was refresh
in. to mtliiners and nla!lua makers. This
excited Scott aud johnson, and thrJ were 50
hOrrly gricvea ut each Other for running away
with their respective wives that they went into
puEllisric exercise with q 1e:rty good will. The
claret lew delightfully."-, the store clothes were
ruttiesi, and the swearing went uut i. tue style
:sseat many lN:Esons were gathered around,
hut no one caring much wi:ich u the parties
laughed at the sport. While the fights we're
progressing, Constable Smith .tnr1pd the
lighting and took the parties before the Mayor,
aud his Honor fined each ui theln s. and Gusts
for breaking, the peace.
Scott ansl Mrs- johnson, who have for some
time been suspected Of bcin:, guilty Of Iieen-
tious intri.ues, had planned II, clnrcment,
and strange to say, Juhuson, "lo it il sup
posed las not resisted the approaches Of Mrs.
had also planned an e!opement, tt be carried
out on tho same day with tho other parties.
Both guilty couple: hal ci.ndestiuely slipped
oil from. Marlboro on the sa!lr DAY one par,
ty took the cars at Alliance, a,l tie other got
On the same train, though III different car, at
Louisville Station Neither couple suspected
the other until they met nj Crcsilinc, Wien the
feelings they enjoyed may bc imagined but
cannut be described On paper.
After paying their lines, which satisfied them
that fighting was an unpruiltable way of set
tlins Tie difficulty, they indu!yci III ihc appli-
cation vi q g0ottly number Of hard words and
names 10 each other, and finally se1r,ra: cd
Scott aud Mrs. Johnson taking the u. X L.
Raiirnat, and johnson and 3lss. Scutt the T.,
Fl. ". l. e. Railroad. Since tllcn nothing has
been heard Of their journey!uss.