, 1860-01-21

4"pOEkata0H9 from Japan.
Two vessels recently arrived u. San Francisco,
from Japan, laden with the products of the lat
ter country. The Alt9 Call ;fornia gires the fol-
lowing account Of tho eargoes:
= The hatches Of the bark OnSard have tceu
taken of ut North Point Dock, and q portion Of
her cargo landed She had $50 tons general
cargo under deck. aad 1o0 tons ot sweet potatoes
on decE- "esaw, yesterday, some samples Of
ducts Of Japan in those respects This cargo,
~ we'll as that Of The Emma, comes consigned
to Mr. Charles Noicott Brooks, Of this city.
They are the first cargoes Of Japanese staple
goo12 xhich haEe arrived ue1a-- Ihs specimens
of rice IRE peeu'ia- in shape, rtz "a rse, round,
and is pronounced By those who haze tasted it
to be the best they have eyer eaten- Some sum
pies Of is5ugtass wers also Shown u.s. This is Of
two kinds-tAe string and the block. 1t is Of as
dne quality is that Of Russia, which is valued
in The European markets ut about four dollars
per pound; and will be found valuable addition
to the culinary treasures Of cur housewives.
There were also u hundred bags Of chessnnts,
which were fresh, sweet aud juicy rs when
picked from the tree. They are fuflv equal to
the French mirror. We also tasted one Of the
Japanese pears, Of which there are large lot
en- en- bG .ss wrapped in paper and packed III cases.
ihnse found nm t6a f,i,nd of q Hs'sno sh;.5s
are noted for makinx eIcellent sauce. and nre-
serve making very rich, red syrup. Some
lAEge pears (titty bags, resembling ma1rowfat)
have been brought over, principally for seed
tatoes Of fully w. hnnf,ei nonnds soch Thssa
are nncra l;te ,he Genuine RI Cssroi;n. ota,ess
thun INV We hare secn sincs le,r;nv ,he ! tluns
tic States. When cut with a knife thev present
light yellow color. and to the taste, when raw,
are mealy. and entirely unlike the Entery snec;
mems generally imported. we sunncse th,t
many farmers will forward orders to san Fran
cisco for lots of these good seed-this bejnr 1he
iitst Of the real Carolina seed that has cyer been
imported here. This should in time rive US as
good potatoe$ Us are to be had in the Iarol1uas.
\ quantity OF rape seed oil, also, Of considera-
1t Is sweat oil, and was used On boa,sl tie On.
ward for FIRING, instead OF butter. It's clear
and bcautifu1ly transparent. and answ~r4 in
Japan the purpose of tIiye oil with ~. and NAV
also be used as burning oil far supefior to auI
whale oil. We were also shown some conne;-
ware, which is Of the finest v rkmunship. as in
fact is all tic japanese mechanical work. The
mines Of copper II Japa1, ure very ex.en.ire.
aud are entirely un.irr tho Central of ,ba l:nr
e1nment-a Certain amount only bein: allowed
70 80 annuh1tJ lnto consumption The Onward
also brings IN invoice OF soy, ish sauce made
IN Japan, the bost es for which Mr. Brooks sent
over from this port, there being no glassware
made ~ Japan There are also specimens Of
le!' tobacco, winch are large smooth lcaf with
nne aro'ua, and NC should say we'll calculated
Tor cigar manufActnre-
quantity ot preserved sea weed, fish roe,
anu cutie tsh are calculated for consumption
hv tue Chinese IN Z liEornia. There is also q
number ot cases Of lne Japanese India ink.
Samples of these goods may be seen At the
store .of Mr. Brooks, No. ls:S Sansorne street,
aud as soon as 1auled will be offered for sale
4 partical IT point should be borne in mind with
'ie arrival OF these cargoes. Hitherto the Ja-
pauese hal been regarded US trinket traffic ex-
cll1sireIy, Gut it IS now seen tllt The Inward
has full cargo. not Of trinkets, but of stanle
Soods: This trade, thus iuauSuratct, may rca-
Sonao'E oe e1pecfeAto to grow Iuto the great conl-
a'stce oi tne faclnc osean at Go distant day,
aud even rt1al that of China. In this light, the
arF1va! OF this cargo OF stapfe goods luust be re-
s,arded as an event Of no Ordinary interest. The
cargo was selected III japan By Mr. Charles H.
Smith. and Joseph lieco, the Japanese who at
QUE tine under the char.e OF Dr. Gwin. in this
country. acted as interpreter during all the ne.
go,iatiuus with the japanese Government.
IN. ou.h whom all merchandise must, by law.
be purchased.
Ay1s,r tn J4r,x-Asscmh1r Hall rss ~oa
tcsday. the ,rani centrs ri ,;;r,ct;nr H.. III IL
the beautiful and tasteful in wo,ts of nrt rha
cargo Of the schoonpr Emma frnn, t.u,,~,n,
in Tapau. has bean disnIaye,i m the hail - ~
utmost atlrantave by Messr. + + Wa;rrr,cb.
L Co, No SOONER wer. The ,]our. ~ ~. ~.
cious hall omen 7r.ter1,r thnr + w,s .ra.x5s,a
mostly with ladies. who harc heen 1ooE;n,, f,r
wxri with great Interest to the occ,s;nn Tha
coup d. teT, from the ENTRANCE forms one of t1a
uost 20, .eous DISPLAYS i'm; ,inabIp ami ~ en-
bte's rather some c5eat;on of a u,a,r;can'a w,nJ
or the gorgeous imagery of the Arsbian yi.h,s
than tie sober wakioc reality of every d,r LE.'
The eve i. cant;yated and chormed :, e-.r-
direction by d spt+ ndi,, array of new md ,,;,har
to uuknown goods, typical of The 1nystcr;on,
land hence tue enterprise of a few of mr. III.
.ens haye brought them. and which .imo.,
lead, onc to believe cll;tnseirtranspnrtetl. .,y some
magical j,,t!,ucucr into that ,j.'nnt cau;,rr v
pa:ntlas, silks. .a,ins, eav co,ora and snirn.,;a
,non>trasities. LUX wl.cl. wav you wiil. lie
eve falls upon sona,i,in. to arrest cu,iaus NJ.
,enton and In druw iar,h sxn,ass;os naaSuS A.
ure nntl surnrisc. 4 new nl,usa II, c",n' arc.,
!. new field in The walks n; traI,. !. L.r., ~,
iusirnias or an unknown uconlc arc s,'rc,., ,',,,
and reveal ut GLANCE 1bc hitherto hi.il. y WOW
,,ess Of that mysterious Japap. with ,,,.. yerv
name Of which il associated The rar,. tho ~.
reus and the tea,,titul in tlr mprhnn,c,l ,r,s
Tbc iinerrsS Of the manu- ac,,rt,i mai. ,,.s
semi -larbaric spleutI.r exhibited II, ,b ,;h4.r
wuy.n nrlic es; to e4au;site work Inansb;n
seer, ia tho cabinet rieces. in w1,ich nra .oac;.
ucns af mosaic which we have never ses,
sttua.ed: thu hea,,ty oftl,e lacnuerr, ,n.l cn,r,
eled VIZ, K, aud, in Short. til. Who'll. co,i.ct;n,
extensive uu.t varied as it il. nres-a,. n .noc'
tacle which cannot we witnessed in anr oihcr
city in the world outsi,:c nE .taron 1tw.,,tine
idle 10 atten,nt tlc.criI,tinn or rrrn ,ue,,n,r