Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-06-05
MORNING LEADER.
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RnlertaIaiar Japanese Eli.


curious budget for home consumption. The
Philadelphia Inquirer has been favored with
characteristics japanese Epistle. 1t says
the double translation FIRST into Dutch and
then into English, makes it impossible to pre-
serve the peculiarities of the japanese Ian
guage, but the sentiments, we dre assured, are
rendered with perfect accuracy No doubt
Of it. Read and believe.
THE CENTRAL CITY or WASHINGTON.
EsTEEHED HAKoDADI You will perceive
by the date Of my letter that were still at the
Central City, the sacred residence of his Ma
jesty the Sly-COon. We have been deyOting
ourselves, since | last wrote TO you, to the
study Of the manners and customs Of this
new and singular people. Their most marked
popularity appears TO be their strange rest
lessness. II Is one of their holy mRxims, de-
livered 70 them by one of the fathers Of the
republic, 'fhat eternal vigilance is the price
| Of liberty, and fom recent events it has al
so been discovered 'that eternal vigilance is
the price Of slavery All portions Of the
country are, therefore, in obedience 10 these
wise saws kept in constant state Of activity.
I AAGAA E0uAteAlAAlAta nEuI EHA0CllIo VI AIaAAAAA
anxiety. They never for a moment seem to
enjoy the luxury Of repose so dear 10 all
/ Eastern nations, and although they appear
/ to be rumirRting animals, the never chew the
cud with the placidity Of the sacred cow
/ They eat fast drink fast, smoke fast and talk
| fast To call them 70 their meals, they have
/ imported the great Chinese war gong When
this is sounded, every association is forsaken,
and they rush with violence to be fed. They
arm themselves with a broad fork, with four
prOngs, knife and a spoon, and they fill
themselves in an incredibly short space Of
time. Their diet is mainly the flesh Of ami
mails; that Of the filthy creature, the hog, is
one of their flyOrite dishes the hind legs
art the most esteemed portions, and the lard
! or grease is used universally. It's odd, that
| with such tastes, they should have prejudice
against eating a much cleaner animal, the
! dog, so great a iayorite with the Chinese
The dogs are kept, as with US, for the chase,
or as pets. They use the same precautiOn 30
prevent their doing mischief, that they en-
! plOy to restrain their women, only they place
the wire cap on the dogs head.
Drinking is the only national amusement,
and is INDUCED in by all classes at all times.
1t is generally performed in a standing posi-
ton, and is highly esteemed from its inter-
fering so little with the pursuit of business.
They use mainly the fermented juice of the
grape, out of which various liquors are made,
most delectable to the palate, and far exceed
ing in flavor our own saki. They obtain
liquor from the Dutch called "Gin, out of
which they make mixture bearing the name
of the tail Of tle male fowl imported from
Shanghai. They also manufacture out of
liquor called "Brandy," a drink intended to
commemorate the introduction of railroads
''smashes, our interpreter calls them. But
an inebriating wine called Champagne
which explOdes, is more to our taste than
either gin cocktails or brandy smashes, and
is not so powerful The drink of the Sly
Coon is called whiskey; it is made by re-
ligious sect, settled in his native province Its
use is also permitted to the Senators, being
part of the treaty making power, always en-
plOyed in that connection with the Abort
gines. The stronger liquors are drunk in the
morning, and at night, and the milder ones
during the afternoon.
The people here rarely sleep-neyer in the
daytime, except upon the first day of the
week, when they perform their religious ex-
ercises during these they are said to sleep
quite soundly. The active part is taken by
the "BOuze," and the wOrshippers are not
obliged, as with US, to turn praying ma
chine themselves. They are taught as the
highest exercise of virtue, to forgive their
enemies. In this the present Sly Coon, is said
to excel; when their wrath is enkindled
against him, he gives them what are called
Post Office Blanks; we have no term for this
in our language, but they quiet the most vio-
lent until they are printed. By this means he
has cOnciliated all his enemies and lost all his
friends He will soon, however, retire from
his high station, which it seems he never
sought, except during the last sixty-fve years
of bis life His successor, it is said, will be
either splitter of bamboos, or a maker of
teapoys. Some of the people are anxious to
place venerable statesman on the throne,
but he was unfortunately educated in early
life, by the eXertiOns Of his injudieious
parents, and has not, therefore, been able to
exhibit the necessary selfreliance. How sol
emn a warning this, old Hakodadi, against
parental indulgence, which often, with the
best intention, plants thorn which no after
exertiOns can eradicate. All the people have
| e voice in the election Of their ruler, and he
who has the greatest number of voices is
chosen. The head men here talk Of nothing
but the chances Of their favorites. 1t is es-
sential that be should be in favor of free trade
and high tariff of peace and the anneXa-
/ ton of Cuba, together with strict economy in
the finances andthe constructionof of railroad
to the Pacific ocean. But the great difficulty
seems TO be about a set of people with black
faces and woOlly heads. They cannot 60, it
appears, into certain parts of the country
where it is very cold, and their masters think
| the Tycoon ought to heat it for them, as the
Constitution gives them right to go there;
on the other hand, the white people, who
own none of them, insist that the country
where the blacks only can work should be
made cold enough for free white labor. Those
aspiring to be Tycoons strive very hard to
| blow hot and cold but are not able to satisfy
both parties. Such questions as these we
leave to Buddha, the great spirit who rules
| the world, but the superstitious barbsrians of
| this country believe that an act Of their Con-
gress can people the waters of the South with
| the sperm whale of the North Pacific.
But fear, Oh esteemed companion Of my
/ youth, that when your eyes shall light upon
/ this despatch in the fowery Island of NiphOn
| You viii think have sent you an epistle as
| long as the message Of Buck, the American
/ Tycoon delivers to his wise men, and which
our interpreters translated with so much trib-
ulation. |, therefore, wishing you health,
contentment and peace, sign myselfyour ever
/ friend -Ndno0 Amidd.
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