Gazette and sentinel., 1860-05-05

the others stood in the background and
were quiet. Lieut.. Brooke Informed the
Ambassador, through the interpreter, OF
the arrival Of the Candinmarro, of the
health of the party on board, and the
particulars of the reception. The Am-
~bassador, in return, expressed his thanks
for the courtesy shown his c~ountrymen.
The Ambassador is a fine looking man,
about five feet nine in height, and with
d very intelligent face.
In the intercourse of the officers of the
Navy Yard with the Japanese officers,
some curious facts were evolved, show
ing a similarity of origin between the
japanese aad our North American In
dams. 1t was found that several Jap
anese words nearly conceded with
words having a similar meaning in use
among some of the Indian tribes. For
example the japanese word for haste Is
hyacks; the Oregon Indian word for speed
is hvack. When this similarity was
named to the Japanese, they remarked
that it was not unlikely that it might be
attributed to the landing.of their junks
on our shores. The following facts,
which we obtain from Mr.. Charles VOL
cot Brooks, go in a measure to Justify
the presumption that Japanese junks
have roved a good deal more than Is
generally supposed:
Many years ago a Japanese junk was
cast aMay on Kui, Sandwich Islands.
Another was found on the coast OF Up
NOR Draron O faur aaro anO
One was found below Petropaniski,
in K~amskatcha, some 200 years since Of
which an account may be found in Find
ley's Pacific Sailing Directions.
Capt. n. c. Brooks, on the cruise OF
the Gambia, found heremains of a junk,
of Japanese construction, on Ocean
Island, one of the group northwest of
the Sandwich Islands, of which French
Frigate Shoals is a part.
The same navigator, some two years
after, picked up an abandoned junk in
latitude AZ deg. n. and longitude ITO
deg. w, 900 miles from land.
Four years ago, another junk was
found hear Guam, of the Ladrone
Islands.
In lS4s, Capt. Cox. of New London,
Ct, when bound north on a whaling
cruise, crossed a disabled Junk, and took
from her fifteen or twenty of her crew.
He carried them into the Okotsch Sea,
and landed them finally at Lahaine, al
ter having them some six or eight
months on board.
Hence the ~supposition that some Jap
anese vessel may have been driven on
to the Oregon coast with her crew is by
no means improbable. Before the ex-
~pulsion of the Jesuits, the Japanese
built sea-going vessels. After that
time, as a measure of their Home poll
CIV, junks were, by an Imperial edict,
built with an open stern, on purpose
to compel them to stick to the coast.
; The Japanese insist that there are no
words in their language which resemble
; words of the same meaning in the Chi
nese language, or which have been de-
! rived from a common root. This fact
, would seem to prove that the two races
: are Of decidedly different origin.
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{ FAITH IN HUMAN NArURE.-The Cafe
Foy is a celebrated restaurant. 1t has.
: or had, a standing rule never to cal
back, or ask an explanation from any
e individual leaving the establishment
without paying. The doctrine was, ii
the gentleman is merely forgetful, he
q will rectify his error the nextday; if the
t omission is a swindle, it is better to sui
S fer the loss than provoke publicity, anc
s perhaps unpleasant consequences. Fol
It five wears an individualh had breakfastec
a regularly at the Cafe Foy, and as regu
h larly had acquitted his each morning
l. Indebtedness. At last he omitted to d.
!; So. but no notice was taken of it. H'
e went on in the same way for a week
but as he was an habtue of 80 lonl
standing, it excited no uneasiness. Tn
II waiter finally asked the proprietor If h
lie should remind the gentleman of his de
g, linquency. by no MEANS" was the re
ply. "He has been punctual in his pay
Of ments for FIVE years, and if he is less 8
IF now, it is, perhaps, that he is in want O
re money. At any rate, do not let hir
lie suppose, by a look or word, or an.
le want of attention, that his recent irree
ularity has been noticed" At the en-
ID of eight months, the gentleman disaI
" peared, leaving the bill unsettled. ]
~ was put down to profit and loss, and, !
IN five years morch, had passed from tn
al recollection of the master of the house
ID Not long ago he received, from a distar
Ii port, a shipment of genuine Moka, wort
ip about a thousand dollars, and draft W
ID on a Paris banker for one thousand on
m L..l-oI f-ance the annrOximatp amOur