Newbern weekly progress., 1860-05-22
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JAPANESE PECULIAR1T1Es

The Japanese. during their stay in San Fran
cisco, have exhibited great many peculiarities
which may be interesting to many readers and
we believe have not been told before They have
| all shown themselves easily pleased and exceed
| ingly we'll bred. When asked to try some dish,
new to them, they do so if they like it they con-
t!nue eating. expressing themselves we'll pleased
If not they taste no more. but never express dis
like. The Ambassadors are very digni6ed and
command respect. The inferior officers never en-
ter their apartment without bowling, and the SER
wants invariably drop upon the knee
| They are all very light eaters but they take
their meals vary quickly. almost everything else
they do slowly, but eating with them is rapid
operation The subordinates eat nothing but
rice but the dignitaries fond of sweatmeats
CAKES CONNECTIONS of all kinds. and sauces None
of them eat any meat except that the dienitaries
take little chicken, and none of them use
| either milk Or butter. They drink both tea and
coffee, and sooner through with their
| meals than they go to smoking their wild tobac.
co in small pi pes.
They are all very apt at learning anything--
The manner of folding napkins especially, for in
stance, hich for any other species genus homo
would require apprenticeship of day or two.
the Japaneses learn by seeing it done Their
powers OF imitation are consequently very great
any kind of manipulation, apter scholars could
not possibly be anywh found. They learn to
| write the English letters in few minutes. and
can copy anything they see The faculty Of con
structiveness, indeed. seems to be natural de-
velopment, as also a certain serene good humur,
which is indicated by their universally fat, plump
smiling round faces. Another national ciarac-
teristic seems TO be their inquisitiveness. There
is hardly anything that escapes them; about our
government, laws, customs and on, they are
never done asking questions. At the Internation-
al Hotel they were curious to understand the re
lations between Mr. Haley and his employees
What sort of government was established there
how Mr.. Haley could have everything attended
to SO well, and how he could exercise so complete
control. unless he was sort OF prince master.
And, it is unnecessary to add. they surpris-
ed at much which they learned in regard to the
American people, and strange will be the ac-
counts which they will carry home of the great
nation which has no Princes and no Emperor.
THE CHARLESTON PREss.-Some of the Charles,
ton papers manifest strong desire that the sece.
ders should take high ground IN the present emer-
gency, and strike for Southern rights. Lest they
should be persuaded to retrace their steps and
unite at Baltimore with the regular Democratic
Convention, the News says:
The seeding States have the game in their
hands-it would be bad policy. and utter imbecili-
ty and fraud, to throw it away"
The Mercury pleads for a concentration of
Southern men for decisive action, follows:
I'VE trust spirit of single minded patriotism
will actuate all parties, that causes of difference
will be avoided, and no obstacles be erected in
the grave matter of the Richmond Convention"
A desperate effort is making in some quaters to
put the seceders to the adoption of extreme
measures.