Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-08-17

Japan; and few persons could write about Il
with more discrimination than he. We
give some extracts from his letter.
ETrgcr OF FOREIGN TRADE AND INTSECcUGs-.
81 was so fortunate as to be able to visit all the
ports nov open 90 forei grers-Nagasaki, hanaga-
va (Which includes Yokohama and Hakodadi-
thus visiting each Of the three islands, and cir
Gu navigating the group The effect Of foreign
ira lie and Intercourse is already obvious. Kama
gawa, the port of Yedlo and now the chief port
for foreign trade, op nei 10 for igners IN July
1859. l WAS there nine months afterward. found
a town grown up 1T Gokuhams with almost the
ls6ul as growth OF q California city. What IN
June, rs ,9 was little collec ion Of japanese
c. ta-,s. with a I rural temples farm houses,
aud groves tAe hill side, IS now town OF me
FIVE or six Thousand japanese inhabitants, " [
sttcc broad aud tldlSht, d strong police, a IRE
department, street b,r,iers and a es, fire prof
store houses, two noles of solid mI "nrv juttin-
into tie hArb r, and ianumerable shops for the
sale of Ia quer work, porcelain, copper enamel
and en- rawlings and cuttings IN Ivur wood, stone
aud crystal books maps sud pictures, and all
/ ia d- If japanese curiustie5 as well as Of the
! nctessar.c of daily iie and the so I'd staples OF
com acrcc. All this the rk Of 'panrse capi-
tai and 81, ILL., Nor have the foreigners been inlct-
| i've. Thsy have built and building, their
lodging houses and Gre-prOot g0-d3cHs (store-
| houses) p nting trees and shrub, in their little
enclosures, and gathering about them ali they can
! Guaud Of western, or are wiling to adopt from
the eastern, civilization.
JAP,NEsE EApoIls-No IMPORTS.
ilce Is the STA OF NE IN japan ana iIs export
auon' as well as tna' 9' "nea' Is prom oI'cu- Inc
H's' pr Il''ns "''''le' % 4''S'sr ~ az
late in mpe;tiou with the silks and teas Of China
| Is not aeceei; but | find the best informed mer
largely cultivated, and its ol has ,een exported
VITA success to shanghai ani little to England.
/ Inc vegetable wax Is a minor IIlc'e' DU' mas
! attracted atteutl' % in Europe.
! To China the exports are drugs and medicines,
/ fish, 1our rap seed oil, sea weed, and various
small articles # food aud cookery, passing under
i tho general name O.. si3W cs a.. The amount of
+ ten eyportcd from Jlran the last wear Is about
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( 49,. 81 +L -. E 49,. or,i.r.. l.,.o rise,
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7i. f.- IN nm. -I'. .r.I .s NOW ri.sr Il,
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THE r,rrrr..tr. ,xo SOCIAL SYSTEM.
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~ As ,''.- % 7,,i.,t,I..,i b-
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+ ,.-,,I. r ,...-. ,t.+ ,t;. Is s,,,,r.,.,,+ol l,
al1-r. .l ri.,r.- vested ,r the Tycoon nd SOM
/ " at csutrollcd by Council Of state; and that
tao 1Ikado, or Spiritual Emperor, believed To b.
OF divine ancestry, has now uo secular power. The
/ tycoon ana che great tcuiatarIt. the Dalmi"-
| ow4 the land, which mid under them IN stree
'.U'iI V' .i ,ta c,,..'-,- MIN
trains Of f-olie-- civil fccrs aad servants, to tho
number of three. five and ten thousand ea'h' ana
living iu state 81 edo 10 t-re', five OF ten pa!a-
ces az time
] csc prlnccs are be civil ana military eH'ei-
The iudicial ui-l tr7ts AS well as tAe Lana '"uers
oi the empire "Itat as iAelr power Is 'N'e'''"-
.
-olslrrs, sui l-at>, and servants. tu-y nave no
sltve-. There are universities, academies, com
-cao. s. degrees in hr 'es-Ieit cs ana tAe Aa'u
raj -clcuc.s yet q u .lltary AMI ieudu pe"F-'-
they uo not uuk learning so high as 90 the NA'-
uv-e. The greater n'o es, me lesser u'''' "
gentry aui The cI'u and military "Hlc'TS an
pa. .e-t- rank ur.t IN the or.'r and state there.
me doctors ot science medicine "n' bel es-iettre-
rama next ~ they have no oiHce, and laSt OF an
come b, merchants am artisans forming an IN
ieu,r .ri'r'
Having Dad uo i.I.iSn commerce 'u'y nave N''
no class Of powerful merchants or ma"uiic'Hrers
aud they do not Distinguish between these anu
the retail IRA crs and artisans. Even the comm"
soldier and the common soldier son Win MS t"'
little swords "ut-rauks them. iAe IAeTc"@n Is t''
/ h2f te. hat VIII be tnc enc, CI an cA cnue
commerce on th;s system " Ill., 10 oe .Io VIn sI'-
ry Of cities md ourEners ana sulds against castle
/ and corunets Already the effect OF the infant
commerce is felt in the increase Of prices, the de
maud for products AMI the rise IN the value OF Ia
Dor.
..,.r .,,.,,.,,1 ,..>,,,,r.> ,,- tlry People.
The soc'a! and moral conalli9" 1i inc 1"Panes'
/ 20 be anomalies. That sense Of propriety which
suggests ncatness IN the person and house, the
table ami the bed, IL to oe reconclled with an ah-
scIce or ignorance Of modcsty unrevealed among
any people who nave made the first steps in civil
lzdton. q are TO unuerstan1 now IL Is tAht poo
PIE VINO IN all cl@s'ts guH'.H aIu''5iy ~ 1ue W.
- .l,,o., rho lon'7 ~ rho dspgrter with tue
80 sbo,,Id taLe their ,gives-yes even tb,
,-srt~, a,j D,bles-frorn the j,roess M peoDle
- - - IN tbo,r ,-ersors bsfh;ne daiIt-ibe
-, - tban--in Tinter as Wen as summer
FoJ -, - o-a a. fro-,,srt here as drinkipy
1 - - r9-,I,1G or A,ra1,c. VI the seves
Lats. - 1,-i tbt b,tbs and the nla.forms
80 - 1res5 tborscIye5 are IS
-. .,f - r,.se, by o,ir hutch
~, sbo,s
Not Only IS the ven ue'"eeu IA9 seAeS 4cn.' DI'
/ The maxim seems to be that whatever Is neces-
-arv TO be done or is known to exist, there need
| be no attempt TO conceal. Again, while you are
relieved from the offensive 81 ghts Of abandoned
women who Leset the streets of English and Amer
lean cities, tho i1rogas are legaiized and made as
respectable as possible. From these places, where
the prices the doors furnish the only restrlc-
tions upon the admissions Of all men, are to come
any of the confidential servants, and, III cases
not few nor dsreputably esteemed the wives ana
mothers of the better classes.
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