The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-05-01
JAPANESE.
[ From the San Erancisco BmleiiR, Az

From the San Francisco Bulletin, april ~
The attaches OF the POwhatan are ordered to De
on board ON Thursday, the 9th OF April. 1t Is not
probable that she will get of so early as that how
ever or that she will care to test her speed with
the Golden Age on a trip to Panama. The Japa,
nese carry an immense amount of baggage and
many boxes of presents for the United States Gov
ernment. Among these specimens of all the
arms they use. Commodore Perry left certain fire
arms Of American manufacture at Japan. In the
presents for our government are some made by the
japanese after the model OF Perry's and an officer
on board the Powhatan assured us that some really
valuable improvements had been made by them as
to the method of breech loading. We were told
that the fag-oficer had on board with him, as a
present from Mr. Ward, who purchased it in Japan,
a suit of armor of mixed chain and lacquered
copper plate, Of great antiquity but IN PeTiec.
preservation. The helmet is Of steel, engraved ana
inlaid with gold. On its top is a socket lor the
support of the staff bearing small nag. Ihe
mask, the armets and gauntets are of elastic steel.
The curass is of copper. The story goes that tins
magnificent suit belonged to the grandfather oil the
reigning Emperor of Japan. A sailor on board
had pretty present for his sweetheart-sundry
dainty little Japanese mice OF varlegated colors,
which he keeps in open boxes. The little fellows
represented as merry as crickets, fond OF be.
ing tonded, with keen eyes for bit OF cheese, and
two ears apiece for the music Of the band when 1t
plays. In the intercourse OF the officers OF the
NAVY Yard with the Japanese officers curious
facts were evolved, showing similarity of origin
between the japanese and our North American
Indians. 1t was found that several Japanese words
nearly concided with words having similar
meaning in among some OF the lndlan tribes.
For example, the japanese word for haste Is
h7acks the Oregon Indian word Tor speed
is hyack. When this similarity was named to
the japanese, they remarked that 1t was not un-
likely that it might be attributed 10 the landing of
their iunks on our shores The following facts,
which we obtained from Mr.. Charles Wolcott
Brooks, go in measure to Justify the presumption
that Japanese iunks have roved good deal more
than is generally supposed. Many years ago a
Japanese junk was cast away on kaui, Sandwich
Islands. Another found on the coast of upper
Oregon few years ago. One was found below
PetrOpaulski, in Kamschatka, some 200 years SINCE
of which an account may be toundin Findleys Pacit-
ic Sailing Directions. Capt n c. Brooks, on the
cruise of the Gambia, found the remains of junk
OF japanese construction on Ocean Island one of
the group northwest of the Sandwich Islands, of
which French Frigate Shoals is part. The same
navigator some years since picked up an abandon
ed junk in latitude 42o n, and longitude 100 W.,
900 miles from land. Four years ago another Junk
was found near Guam, of the l4adrore Islands. In
lS4S Captain Cox, of New London, (Ct.,) when
bound north on a whaling cruise, crossed a dis
abed junk, and took from her Is or 20 of her crew
lie carried them into the 0kotsch Sea, and landed
them finally at Lahaina. after having them some
or months on board Hence the suPposition that
some Japanese vessels may have been driven on
the Oregon coast with her crew is by no lnean' p;.
improbable. Before the expulsion oil the Jest tb;
the Japanese built sea-going vessels A' Az, ;nnLs
time, as a measure OF their Home ;tb an omen
were, by an Imperial edict, bullt tiot to The
stern on purpose to compel them 10 So N -
coast. The Japanese insist that f ords Of tba
in their which resemble words o, HboS oS
same meaning in the Chinese rod the fact
seem to prove that the two races are of de
| cidedly different origin.
chinese merchant in San Francisco tersely
oane an American friend his ideas on the Japanese
| Embossy's reception in this country, as follows:
1Japanese great men nOw-Americans want more
Treaty-by'n'by Treaty be signed, japanese like
any body-just like Chinese-just like dam nigger."
Mrs. Floyd and Mrs. Flaherty are in Jail in Full
ton, Miss, each charged with killing her husband
with spade.