The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-01-25

|5n RRoaRfs6 oNgrHn JARANRsR, xas.
rival Of thedJspansse enabasuyifn Shis
country has revived public attention in
regafd 70 theiYaw ciy;HSstipnyvhich IL
arising tn that old countRy. In. his. IN.
tsresapg letters from the 81 East .Mr.
James Brooks, M O., OF the NewfYork
.hsSpress"gwesi b decided Iprefer4nce, 10
the japanese over ttio 'Chinese in enter
prise and intellectual activity. Those
japanese whoa have visited this county
as students would seem to Justify the
opinion OF Mr: Brooks. Notwithstand-
ing their race has excluded itself as far
as possible from other nations for oentu-
RES, their young men;who have come to
study in American colleges and schools
assImiiate themselves readily to the ways
ana customs OF our young and go.ahead
people. During the administration of
President Fillmore. in 1859. the Japan
ese expedition, under Commodore Mat
tnew ~ Ferry, was sent out, and nego.
tIated treaty with that Government.
which opened the way to the intercourse
which now subsists between Japan and
the United States. In 1857 and 1858. q
new treaty Was negotiated with the ia.
panese Government on behalf or the
United States by Mr.. Townsend Harris,
United States Consul. General for Japan ;.
6y which additional privileges were
granted to American merchants, The
British, Russians and Dutch also made
favorable treaties with Japan, ..Aa time
has advanced, the mutual relations of
japan and the outside world have bel
como more and more friendly. and q
nearer and closer intercourse has seemed
desirable for ell parties. The Japanese
nave adopted readily the improvements
and mechanical appliances OF their West
ern brethren. They have constructed
navy, aud they use steam power as readi-
y as ii they had invented it. Daily.
weekly and illustrated papers are pub.
lished there. One of them, an jlus.
TGfed NeUs, is said to be beautifully illus.
trated, by photographs pasted on the
pages, Of Dcenes in. japan, mountains.
CITIES, residences, business places, steam
ers. docks and wharves. It is only about
iour Years sinco newspapers have been
published in Japan, but an observant
writer states that the Yokohama Dailv
Ne"s, purely Japenese paper, which
has recently been started, is now meet
ing with the greatest success. It is a
lour-page sheet. about the size of the
London Illustrated Nesos or Rorpe,'s
Weekly. In one Of the late Issues was
on editorial on the Irish trouble which
took place in Nav York some months
"go, wherein the writer says 1t would
appear even the nations of the Weat are
not without their local disturbances.
The paper does not contain the name of
any publisher. and an advertisement of
the Pacific line of steamers ;s illustrated
with wood cut of steamer under full
sail. Another item which is found in
one OF tho recent issues ia to the effect
that tue students in the college at Yeddo
number not less than 1000, and that
among the teachers are four Americans.
i've Englishmen, three Germans, three
Frenchmen aud one Swiss. Another no.
tice whioh appears in one of these pub
lications il to the effect that Gen. Oapron
recommends the importation from abroad
of swine and sheep. as we'll as great
variety OF agricultural implements Facts
OF many varieties are chronicled. and
We find that the Japanese are not behind
their American friends in the love of
rumors, which they publish with great
apparent satisfaction. In Yokohama.
they have street railroad controversy.
but Wa do not hear OF any municipal
rings, nor do they seem to have Jones
F"lis. On the contrary, they are under
stood to be Il people who can be trusted
in contracts, and whose civilization ia in
many respects admirable.
How GIRLS MAY BE HRALraY. q
girl. during the years from twelve to
eighteen, spend but one hour daily in