Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-03-06
"GONE IN THE m0rning,
Aad there is no night there. ,"

JAPAN AND ITS CUSTOMS. population Of Japan,
which has been much overratcd, does not amount to
more than 10000. 900. Japan is composed of four
large islands and several smaller of but little
importance The whole area is $50, 900 square miles,
about the size of California; but Japan proper is
only about two-thirds the size Of Texas containing
$4,000 square miles. The people are chiefly engag
cd in agriculture and the wages Of mechanics and
laborers average 12c per day. In their manners the
people are very courteous but they proud, iras
chile and licentious. Society is divided into eight
classes, three of whom bear swords. They noted
for what is called official lying" no man being
pccted to tell tho truth if he gain anything by
falsehood.
The houses are usually two stories high, but the
first is on level with the streets. that they do
not present very imposing appearance; but the
inhabitants have good reason for this style of tene
ments. for typhoons and earthquakes are frequent.
The rooms are usually separated by partitions OF
paper, made Of mulberry, and of very handsome pat
terms. The ceilings and wall are prepared with the
same material and not unfrequcnty the wealthy
have their apartments covered with gilt paper bear
ing designs of birds. flowers, &C.. which present a
beautiful appearance. An apartment in foreign
residence twenty five feet square. beautifully pre-
pared with material which had silvery lustre cost
only two dollars and half The houses do not
seem to be very substantially built being composed
of wood, over which is plaster. which hardens by
pcarance but one would think the inmates must
suffer from cold during the winters when the Their
mometer falls below freezing point, rs their houses
are lily adopted to protect Them having no replaces
nor chmneys, using braziers filled with burning
charcoal instead around which often a numerous
family assemblies
The streets Of their cities are 25 feet wide, with
sewer along the middle of each. They are paved
and have granite sidewalks and in the principal
streets large gates are erected, which are closed IN
cases of riot or hostile attack. Jeddo, the capital,
contains 100000 of inhabitants. Their language
Is the difficult in the world to learn being made
up of 70 sounds. The greater portion Of the people
profess the Buddhist religion. They pray by ma
chinery. wheel is set up with written prayer
attached to it, slight touch sets it in notion and
every revolution is counted prayer
New ENGLAND FOR THE UNION AND COMPROMISE
New England is not wholly besotted. She is not
bound bodily to the car of Abolitionsm. She viii:
not give up her commerce, her manufactures, her
warehouses, her ships, her railways. her colleges
and schools, all her Improvements and enterprises
upon mere silly abstraction. There is plenty OF
good plain common sense up here among the noun
tains and along this rock bounded coast 1t is but
too true that We arc unfortunately at this moment,
badly represented in Congress. Our hest men are
not in that body But that is an evil, soon, very
soon, if we are not grossly deceived to be cured.
1t is libel gross and foul libel upon US, to say
We are not in favor of compromise-any compro-
the present impending ruin If Mr. Sumner dare
to submit the question directly to vote of the Peo-
pe-not to the candidates for Office under Mr.. Lin
coin but to the people, the farmers and mechanics
and merchants Of these New England States-our
word for it, he will never again tell the President
that we arc not in favor of compromises to save this
glorious Union and the Constitution, under which
We have lived SO prosperously for three quarters Of
century and under which, but for the folly of just
such minds as his, VIC might have continued to live
and prosper for years to comc.-Boston Courier.
EXPERIMENTS IN ARTIFICIAL. ANEsTHEsIA.-We
find in the foreign journals, some further accounts