The Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 3, 1860 Page: 1 of 4
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LtS I>e MORS1,
«flIB BREBXB-THB aTAXDASit OF THB FBBEI
PROPRIETOR.
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CLAB K S VILLE, BED BIVEWUlNTY TEXAS, SA
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STANDAivD—EXTRA.
Cl^KSVOL?FEBBI'AllY 25, 1860.
OBt OUT OP TBE WAY I
Jffg CABS ABE COMING!!
The M«Wi'I is 4 El Paso 13 uo lou°er a
mvth a fig|nen£ of the br*in—;4 lire<,wi
ku'whiMing reality, nearly ready to run
over all the ereep^asys who have discuur-
all eiiterprize tending to develops
t)je country, besides retWiug to contribute
dollar thelB.selves as citizens of a couu-
trV who, participating in its advantages,
ouit to be willing to assist in all measures
uiut.ie.lly tending to the public good.
But the selfish and the niggardly have
t }Jrt.u a!.if to defeat the indispensable
aecrs'itv tV the prosperity of the country.
Xbeirou for the first twenty-five iniles has
j^n tuntracted for, and the shipment
Joubth-ss n-aaneneed from Wheeling on
the-"tli "f this month. The contract was
nude with Coming & Co., of Albany, of
which house Eriistus Corning, President
ofihe N- V. Central Road, is the head ;
an I the Iron is manufactured and delivered
I bv the Mount lavage In m Works of Ma-
rvUuid. The matter is perfectly certain—
there are u > /Yn or iiml* about it. Unless
it sinks oft the way, a part of it will be at
y.K.re s landing within a lew days, and
:i locomotive, Hand Cars, Freight
Cars. L'iiJ.i - and spikes ; ftnd if it sinks,
it is iusuit'l. and will be followed by suc-
,v->ivt >i pini'ius, until all i.s complete lor
laeiitv-fi..- niilt-s. .""Shortness of time has
upon the next call, it would facili-
tate the work. '
Some of the Stockholders are now
making advance payments upon their
stock, to secure. the performance
ot the labor now necessary to be
done. o,
The Agent of the Company will
call, on the Stockholders in each
County, and we confidently expect
prompt payments.
The Stockholders in Collin and
Denton counties have, generally, re-
sponded to the calls to the amount of
thirty-two per cent.; and Grayson
eounty, so far as waited on by the
Agent, has done likewise.
Those counties the most remote
from the work, having responded
with so much magnanimity, it is ex-
1 >octed that the counties nearer the
work, who have a more immediate
interest, will pay promptly when
waited on by the Agent.
The Stockholders of Bowie coun-
ty have done well—nearly all the
thirty-two per cent, was paid at lna-
turity.
To accomplish this work, we must have
labor ; at least 200 hands—mechanics and
laborers, will be required to do the work,
prompt and liberal payments will be made
for labor. All persons wishing employ-
ment can procure it, by application to the*
general ageut, in charge of the work.
For the satisfaction of the Stockholders,
THE CITY OF JEDDO.
The New Yqrk Journal of Commerce has*
latter from a correspondent on board the U„ 8
steam frigate Powhatan, dated Jeddo, Oct.
10th, from which we'oitraot the following ac-
count of that o%, the captJ$l of Japan :
Before leaving the ship,' fet mj Jook around.
Ihe bay of Jeddo is about 20 miles wid« by 24
long, and is entered by a Strait 5 miles wide
and 10 long, called the Straits of Uraga, from
a large town situated at the entrance The
shores are low, with few exceptions, and no
mountains line the coast or are njar it. The
form of the city, as it touches and str tohes a-
long the Bay, is that of a crescent, the dis-
tance between the points of whose horns is said
to be above twenty miles—all one continuous
street^—a line of unbroken blocks of houses and
shops, and crowded with the teeming popula-
tion. ^ A mile before the town ^ras a line of
five forts, built upon a sand-hp, on which a
sixth, as I observed, was in
struction. Thev are large an
ted, a gentleman of the mill
sures me, the Walls [being
without cement, and 12 or 15
pieces of cannon were seen wit]
and others were protected and am
houses, under which they are p$Kp£i|ji&i!e>
not a soldier was to be seen, aniline green
lorce-t tn
lr >'.. tfiii
than i->;
cent ui.'i'
lb
I •>
imu
L-h
-- il
•spCft,
> buy American
10 more per ton
is fully 2") per
i *>re than that,
is ;*i important
tlU'i.
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s; tlree co^ nt,viH d«.
"jt.sire- xtii- wo '.v after
"• Ii.-j will : here directly
'"ha --.Timg force of ba^'us
tin- -vli.-ic remu\ .ler of
-t*K*k i.- taken from is'.-v
■ i iti w.>ik. n tile next ti'.'ty
• t t < • 11—everything 1- i glu
t'< heip V More
iu :t.-vsi.st in li
in- Sulphur <1. n<
c delay. MpneV
. and to paj the *
with Col. Bates,
Mate Loan will
i n i* mib> ^
grass luxuriating from si<
tire platforms, which cm
fort, reminds one of
god ot war. They were beautSf
terrible ; like little islands of tl
thrown up by the Creator for th
life and the adornment of this i
our earth ; not;for the work of n
truction. Then turn we t the shipping. Jed-
do is not yet opened to commerce, and there
fore no foreign merchant vessels are to be seen.
Two small steamers, anned with 8 or 10 guns,
were lyiui* in port, officered and manned en-
7 tirely by Japanese, though not built by thein,
I would state that the work has been com- j one bein« a present from the Queen of England,
and the other built in Holland by order of the
•Japanese Government. Three sloops were an-
chored near them, built after European models,
and unarmed so far as could be seen, while a-
bout 100 iarge j junks, with a single mast of
great size, resembling the trunk of a forest tree
cut off, 30 feet above its roots, were anchored
in different parts of the harbor, and probably
above 500 fishing boats, of different sizes,
spreading their white sails, or propelled by o f,
were scattered over this part of the bay, giv-
ing to its natural beauty the addition of that
ot art, and the interest created by the pre&encfl
of human intelligence and activity. Probably
a thousand ot these fishing boats are scattered
over this inland sheet of water.
i he next day .(Iter anchoring, the Commo
dore wont on shore with his fl g-Jjieutenant
and your correspondent, amidst a di^Sehinp:
rain, which continued for throe days and
nights without cessation, and almost wifliout
abatement. A solid wall is built up about
eight ieet high, along tha beach in front of the
T0RDAY, MARCH 3.1860,
NO. 7.
m
thronjjed
menccd on Sulphur for the following rea-
sons. I1 irst : by constructing our road at
an early period we secure the State loan,
which otherwise might be consumed by
other railroad projects before veecould have
a railroad connection with the Gulf or the
Mississippi river. Second : we secure our
lauds at an earlier period and they will
necessarily be more Valual.ie. Third : a
railroad from Sulphur to Collin County,
would give the citizens on the entire liue,
the same commercial facilities that are now
enjoyed by the citizens of Jefferson, Cass
County. As the navigation to Moore's
Landing on Sulphur, the place at which
we commence construction, is as good as
at Jefferson, and by this policy we will se-
cure a more speedy connection with the
Gulf or the Mississippi river, by railway.
It is estimated that 11 or $12,000 per
mile w ill build the road.
The State, .aid is§6,000 loan per
mile, and 10,240 acres of land pe!£?
mak&F'
••13,500
*o;
• 111
th
so tint
/ o cents per a
Lands and Loan
shov'!; tiiitt
i- yr- ....
«?•! . «uiu
:a,~e, when it is clear
li.nJs ii> -)ur reserve
tu moi'4! tnan
i ills
•IU li.
i the
have
now
a tor
LiOiltl
!cmaiu. ii t
uvt-r and
pay—t his
Several eonsid-
I'lc.ira^es
tki
«i«-i"■
dels iiereahdut, w.ll pay up
immediately, and several
11 advance Sl.UtM* each,
w i
ffer dml above the amonnt reijnired on
an calls already made. This is an oppor-
tunity for every man of means and public
ipirit to manifest how much manliness
'•litre is in him. Those who have been
casing doubts in the way of the workers
■predicting, and perhaps sineerely ho-
piag that all w onld fail, and the m'ost mag-
!U«iO, at
£7.-300.
per mile.
■ i<> vv H i.
.'jh >K-
that vf
vMch
per at're. ^
It is the object of <tl,o C,\
. to (,-tjiiip the 50 miles of the
;1 year if possible.
in view oi* he foregoing facts, it
i clear that \\\. will make the Roai^.;
therefore, tiie Stockholders are again
earnestly and respectfully requested
to make immediate payments to for-
ward the work.
S. II. MORGAN, Prest
M. E. P. & P. It. U. Co.
P. S.—Arrangements have been
made by which the additional stock
necessary to increase our total stock
to $1,000,000, has been subscribed.
S. H. MORGAN, Prest
M. E. P. & P. R. It. Co.
city, and clone
winds for t^rj
it wjthoi
cenV# j a
i q, ^ down into the
Vi > tilte, substitute.
wall is admirabU
fitan ;
,1
■nipli
Slit -i-
kOkn.)
;fu-r
fe ritory, of vast
k. pjt in vassalage
fiiiteit all back,
•kiijew the thing
-that it was bound
u Northern Tex-
t i position twelve
Tc the STOC KHOI L3RS OP THE
MEMPHIS, EL PASO & PACIFIC
Railroad company.
As Vou jiavo iter
*"'«i tiuat U.e ('oifj
w®tract- for th* .
-ibottho I loud—
>i*e been noti-
had made a
nent of fifty
first section
alter comple-
certificates to
EN CONGRESS—PACIFIC RAILROAD.
In the Senate, Mr. Wigfall, on the 7th inst.,
introduced the Paeitio Railroad bill, which has
been agreed on here by all the leading men of
all parties, and which is likely to pass both
Houses of Congress by large majorities. The
bill provides for a Northern route from the
Missouri river westward, with a large grant of
land to the California boundary ; and also for
a Southern route from the Mississippi river
through Texas and Arizonia to the southern
line of California, with a similar grant of land
to all that portion of the route lying without
the State of Texas. The guards thrown around
this enterprise by Mr. Wigfall's bill, are so am
pie an8 complete that Senator Toombs remark-
ed that it was the only Pacific Railroad bill
yet presented lor which he could vote. It ap-
pears that the time has come for something to
be done for a Pacific Railroad. It is predic-
ted that Mr. Wigfall's bill, probably with
slight amendments, will become the law of
the land.
iwenty-tivc ntdos at the price of
jMW per uul:. luting to $212,-
! ^ w'h'icU $! -"iH.HiM; is to be paid
State loan, ,unl the balance,
. to be p;nd in six. twelve,
Eighteen months
iioa. with hen on land
the same—and the second sec- j backwoods and seldom comes to town, called on
■ i . 1 ^ A A I ' Al i L m Daw «rz\nf ni*< Iatp m /vvvi V •> f* hi «n a
Confioinu Old Gentleman.—The Mobile
Tribune, of Friday, relates the following :
An old fashioned, innocent looking country-
man, seme fifty years of age, wearing plain
. country clothes, and who says he lives in the
®^0l twenty-fivt miles at the price] officer Fuller yesterday morning with a state-
*18.000 per mile, to }>e paid in like!ment 80,ufthiDS like ^ snowing: He had
^ahncr I come to the city on a little business, and had
r I about $o00 in bills on some of the city banks,
ft Oft toutractoi lms irehased the ' which he wanted to change for gold, but never
to the long street which
■Jgg the e rescen t shore,
6—flights of stone
iral phee.-i for as-
often a plank lowered
the only and uncoml'>r-
Tliagood condition of this
in rid \rhole extent nof oiv
break is ?o be seen, not one st->no displaced.
'J'he impression made by the forts and the wall
along this great beach of more than twenty
miles extent, without any sight of the city, is
+ h;i" of' high civilization and art Unlike to
PeLin, J c:UUo is not surrounded by walls ; no
magi.-iticent gateways open their passive doors;
"o r ue story towers rise andSfijown above
thc.-u, sxd no bastions and parapets^ upon the
Wrf-La, with cannon peering through^the em
brasures or mounted above thom, remituL the
stranger,as he approaches thecity.that iMnkppy
people ever understood the art of war, or thaf
be lives in a world where it was ever knowii
Ascending tnc flight ot >teps, and standing in
the Iront street, and gazing upon what meet«
the eye as it turns in different directions, the
tirst feeling is that, of disappointment—the
houses arc so unlike in size and elegance to
what he had expected to find them; and the
second feeling is that of utter bewilderment, as
he sees everywhere tall trees and groves and a
thick undergrowth, while hills rise here and
there of considerable size and elevation, all
shrouded in a mass ol luxuriant vegetation—
hills as rural and as rongh as any to be seen in
a country town in New England and New
York, which the human foot seems never to
have approached, or the hand to have touched.
I was in the midst of a city larger in territory
and population than London, and yet seemed
to be in a forest! That feeling is the one first
awakened, and wander where one will, and
long as ho will, it is only deepened, ancl, in
my case at least, made the more delicious. It
is a law, or custom—which amounts to the same
thing with the Japanese—that ev^ry man is
bound to leave on his grounds as many trees as
he found,and if he cut3 one down, to plant an-
other in its place. Hence the forest city.
Som« groves covered acres, and were in the
most perfect state of nature; while in other
places, however thick the trees were planted,
and deep the shade they cast, among them
were to be seen neat houses, and fine gardens,
and the most elegant shrubs dwarfed, and their
branches trimmed into the most fanciful forms.
The distance from the landing or front street
to the house occupied by Mr. Harris, is said
to be two miles and a half. Commodore Tat-
nall and his flag-Lieutenant took a single nn-
rimon, a sort of a chair like a box, with mats
or cushions at the bottom, and suspended from
four men, as circumstances may require. As
for myself, I chose to walk and see, howevfer
the rain poured; and crossing from street to
street, all of which cross at right angles, wan-
dering amidst proves, looking into the shop",
which line the streets and filled with th* curi-
osities of Japanese art, jostling amidst the
crowds, but always pushing onwardp^we reach-
ed the height of a considerable hi^neu there
fcl:'ircnaseu tne i wn,cn n« w*°M;u >w U67 UUl Tw i instantly burst upon the eye thuifflEkl «*-
Ujair* ! v..:- c it- f ft k*v<r. K n m hnnk he neither knew where i r r , . J . HEIr^ .
Daim
from it when found Happening to meet a j onhe^warirorthTimpM^^whUe
good looking, well dressed man, he enquired j tempiea CTOWned the height of hilframidat the
where the bank was, telling him for what pur- j g|iacjeg 0f trees, and groves were f&Sri like
pose he wanted to tiad it ; the man proposed to j tjve forest,s in other directions, affl "
go and show him the bank, and as they walked : a^je yjygy gjow|y w und its way in'
; on together he seemed so very kind the old man j wjje streets stretched away inv
R tftm, t ! asked him to take the money and change it for beyond the reach of the eye. Afcbfibe
; jL, lons o* Iron, will be landed j bim, which he, quite obliging, consented to do, - -
\ Sp«ce of begnming, by the 15th \ took it. When they came in front of the
and the balance ! of the IBattle Honse> he told the old man that 1f"8 the
9
iwiw first-class
necessary Cars.—
JjgjPfoairs. and <j
ol Kodd, ami
wtive, aiitl
Chaa s and Spikes, will be
,,m Wheeling, Va., direct
J01*8 Laiiding on Sulphur.
Locomotive and
id, level are the streets. The horses are small,
and spirited, while the saddles are
little more than frames, and the queer stirrups
almost as heavy as plo<v shares But what of
ati this, with such objects before us ? Mr.
Ward, Commander Tatnall. Oapt. Pearson, and
various other officers and young gentlemen
made up the party, a Japanese servant attend-
ing each individual, and Mr. Hueskin leading
the way. Our horses were soon on a brisk
trot, which was seldom broken or suspended
till we reached the opposite -ide of the eity.
Streets succeeded one after another, miles in
length; indeed, only once or twice did we
make a change from a straight line in the*
whole distance. On each side of the wide
streets every rod seemed occupied by a home,
the front of which was occupied byr* ftore.
Few were of two stories.
frequent
ject making btj.
than one ^
s«8 could
&i*e
largest si
ploy advertisers, in ^aistgilg^ which, si
souridi broke upon our ears in a sing-song style,
leading us^tO'imagine a body of Budhist priests
,«t^|ln^4evotf<ms, whereas half-a-dozen
n§atlj«|aressed, were jfrtMhn around the
store, and the value and
if the goods, aM^inviting the pass-
give them a call. - Sir. Hueskin also
r attention to the greatjfift silk store
and Japan, as we pa^d the door.
intervals large poles thirty-five feet high
were planted on opposite sides ot the street, on
which a white cloth three feet wide and twenty
long was suspended, covered from top to bot-
tom with great Japauese characters, the read-
ing being from top to bottom, while a bunch
of twigs and flowers was fastened to the top,
and strips of red and yellow paper sported in
the breeze, llepeatedly we mot large bulls led
about the streets, whose necks and heads were
bound with red tapes and cords. Again, a
great cart was encountered, drawn by men, in
which a huge idol was laid upon his back, e-
nough to lojd a horse eart, which was being
drawn about the streets, [n other streets on
our return we saw young women with cheeks
pain'ed white, aid gorgeously dressed, who
seemed to admire us as much as we did them ;
for they stopped to gaze upon us as we passed.
All these mysteries were explained, when we
learnt afterwards that a grand fete would come
off the next day. Sometimes immense crowds
gathered around us and followed, always civil,
and prompted only by curiosity, whom the po-
licemeu kept in order by the jingle of their
iron staves with half-a-dozen iron rings two or
three iuehea in diameter attached to the end.
When stronger measures were necessary, watch-
ing their opportunity they stepped before the
crowd) and suddenly closing the gates which
are erected at short distances, crushed all their
hopes and happiness. After crossing several
streams or canals, we reached the considerable : turned a street, and iu a flash the moat
river which, passing. through the entire city, massive walls were before u«. No tall
discharges itself into the Bay, and over which
we crossed on aft excellent wooden bridge which
has great celebrity and importance in Japan
and Japane
which all dii
of the empire. It is called the has, or
" Bridge of Japan " The river itself is of such
width and depth as to be navigate t vr jtijikH
)t considerable burden.
O-ie of, the finest sights was a Budhist tem-
ple on a conical hiil, embowered in trees, and
looking dowjn upon the city below. We also
pass '<i an open gateway, through which we
lookud but did not enter, into a spa?ious area
surrounded with gilt edifices which we were
and others, we turned back upon the arue
street for a while, when our guide took us into
another, m whieh. was a publie garden, or
nursery, where trees were dwarfed, and plr.ts
and flowers put in handsome pots, equalled in
the grounds of no nurseryman in the Unit ed
States; some kept in the open air and some
under shelter, though frosts had not then oc-
curred. The parti-colored leaves of soma of
the plants were admirable, and the japonica at-
tained dimensions which would hardly be e e-
dited by your gardeners. In tbe garden of Sir.
Harris's honse a eamelia was at least 80 feet
high and 18 inches in circumference, and in
blossom in October. It added to the interest
of this garden to hear that access to it was free
to the public, no charge for any clam b-nng
made. We saw oranges fully ripe on dwarf
*" * pots, and pink roses whose delicacy
nofe be excelled.
$ soon a spot of suoh attractions,
struck into the very heart of the eity
iti most sacred precincts. The streets
were .-as wide as Pennsylvania Avenue, and lin-
ed with large stores and houses, but still sel-
dom above one story. Gutters, faced,wth
hewn granite work ran along the si
the space between was kept
and though not paved, was
from the compactness of
and pebbles, which,
riage roads were n
streets, so wide and thues
with people, like your Broadufi^ in New York,
or as Englishmen say who have been here, like
Hyde Hark in London. The most perfect o>
der pievailed, however thick they were ; n >t
an incivility was shown to us, however excited
the people were to get a sight of us, and im-
prisoned as we should have been a few years
since and then expelled from the country, if
not publicly executed for having presumed to
set foot upon the soil ; nor was there a row or
fight witnsssed among themselves during ii.ll
the day's excursion, while the women app :• *-
ed in great numbers in the streets as weli :n
in the doors ot their houses, and walked abjut
freely in the streets, always neatly dressed, al-
ways with their jet black hair handsouij'/
dressed, and always turning faces lit -vith smiles
upon the strangers.
At length we reached the imperial quarter
in the heart ol the city, which we had parsed
close under the walls of in the morning on tLe
other side, but so situated as to be unable to
obtain a large and satisfactory view. Now we
struck the northeast corner ot the great <j :a 1-
rangle, and rode on two of its sides close to the
moat which surrounded it, enjoying the be<t
facilities for seeing the imperial castle, as the
great inelosure i.s commonly called, and a g eat
part of the city at a single glance. This iia-
perial enclosure, which is djpine six or e'ff-it
miles in circumference, as.1 judged, th<< i^h
others make it nearly twice as large, is si1 ant-
ed, in part at least, on a hill, tbe ascent on
oae side being considerable, but gentle
AV.
an.d
ii es
c
-e.it
aros-3; no princely or imperial carriages
rolling along in uie broad and sile.ut adj
streets : no bodies of soldiers were on drill or
history, being the point from march; no cannon frowned from the walis ; vo
ancesare measured to other parts i guards protected the gates ; and yet then a :=
' a certain grandeur about it; for there was « v-
ideat the presence of powjr, which the thouj :t
ii{y-.jierunl!i"s.s and thtt> iayielahi 1' ty *w r.rv<< *..& -a
within made more impressive, as though s dij
divinity reigned there iu solitude and sile it-.;,
ready at any iu m rut-, as caprice m ive.I huu.
told was the plaee of imperia
mausoleum for the emperors of Japan. Pro-
bably, we should not have be«n allowed to en-
ter had permission been asked. Onward and
onward we went; new objects of interest were
appearing, and the crowds were diminishing,
thoafffi sometimes there were vacant plots which
were most neatly cultivated as gardens, while
hedges were trimmed with admirable taste,
sometimes one plant being fashioned into three
stories, while five courts and temples were seen
in the rear. At length Mr. Hueskin as iced us
to dismount; we were but too glad to do it, if
we were able ; for by this t'me some, if not all,
were nearly exhausted by the vigor with which
he had led us. Still we knew not what was
before, for we were in a large street, whose
end we could not sec or conjecture ; only on
our right rose a hill or swell, cover-d witn scat-
tered trees, and matted with the gr*>en grass
We walked up; we stood in silence, so great
was the view which broke upon us, and unex-
pectedly and suddenly. The other siae of the
hill was perpendicular nearly, beyond whieh
was spread out an immense plain, one great
rice-field, whose crop was just turning ^llow.
It seemed to extend ten or twelve miles in one
direction, and twice that distance in another,
over which a house and human beings were'
not to be seen—a lifeless tract, which yet sup-
ports so much ol life. Beyond the poddy plain
trees rose thick and beautiful, in the miust of
which gleamed out white houses, assuring us
all was under perfect cultivation and crowded
with population. O ver an extent in this south
eastern direction, farther than the eye could
reach, all presented this aspect of a forest, a
wilderness, full oi people, aud every inch un-
der improvement. Turning to the south-west,
what a change met the eye ! There was stretch-
ed out a long, high mountain chain, dark and
barren ; and there to the South of the chain
rose the great, glorious, sacrad, and almost a-
dored Fusi-ama, a huge cone 10,000 feet high,
down whose sides could plainly be seen the
jleep ravine filled with snow, and on its sum-
to touch the spring which carried life or .
to tbe ends of the empire This moat, w
surrounds 'he entire Imperial quarters,
noble work of art, une<|u;'led by almost
sepulchre—a | thing .>f the kind known to exist. Lt >
' to be 7'i or 8<i yards wide, aud is faced'
green escarpment., a- many feet high.
a beam which rests on the shoulders of-^twb oi^^lk^h® JB^ense crater from which the last
flBy^nibjpatcfoEfrh and rolled down into the
punr* in the yeanl/CI;.** ft* is utterly treeless
and barren, and requires three days^to make
the ascent. Its symmetrical form, a perfect
cone truncated near the top, the memories of
its devastations and the fear of future eruptions,
have very naturally made it an object of admi-
ration and sensation among the Japanese. F1 uai-
auii, " the Insuperable Mountain," has been
made almost a household god. It is painted i
wading about and swimming
where the emblems of filial
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dizzying to louk down into the deep and -
bre guli' as we rode close bv its brink, in w
waters, however, we observed white st
and Iw as
affection. Re.
ing the summit of the hill, we reined up o;
site the opened gate, which on the other
of the "moat, aud the solid narrow pa sage-a .
leads into the Imperial castle. Little was to
be seen through the gate, while the wall, n;a -
sive and high, aud composed ot stones of J .-
clopcan dimensions, hewn anl put toge? ier
with an accuracy and compactness which n j
art ean excel, shut out the palaces and otlic"
structures from our sight, since even Imp? ia'
palaces are here of ouly one story, how. rrr
spacious and magnificent. It was also obs- rv-
able, that the stones «vere put together without
cement, clamps or mortar, tbe frequent oc< ur-
rence of earthquakes making this useless, 'i b ■
wall in its turu is crowned with a lofty pd -
sade. Towering above all, the spreading a-o: s
of the giant cedars proudly display themsel v e ,
indicating that within the Imperal precii:3'n
the picturesque and beautiful are not neglec*3ti
Seated in our saddles, we are invited to turu
about, aud see what there was in the rear. .V
scene as sudden and magical, but different" i i
character broke upon the eye, as that in ih;
early part of the day From the h-ghest p. ict
in the rear of the cistle a panoramic view tl'
the city is obtained—of this city, with its tlisra
millions of people. The length of the city u-
long the shore ot the Bay is said to be ab vo
twenty miles ; indeed, a dozen more may b j
added at one end only, tor so thick are the
towns and villages in the direction of Kaur.-
gawa, on the South, that the whole is like a
part of the citv, aud it cannot be told wh^re it
begins. That sea of roofs, spread out for a
dozen miles all around you, and all under yon.
glittering in the bright sun, and under whi jl*
lives a population exceeding that of all I 'io
States of New England—how many thought,
rushed into the head and emotions into b :
heart in one moment's gaze! The lmp <<&!
inclosure is said to be capable of eoutniniug -:ct
less than 40,000 souls.
Turning away at length, we proceeded o i
our way, passing through the aristooratio qu u
ter, containing the residences of the hereditary
Princes of the Empire, each a petty sovereign
in his own right, many of them having half a
dozen houses in the town, and some of tlf ci'
in the bottom of the delicate porcelain cup from • able to retain in these same mansions 10,0 )<>
which the Japanese sips his sea; it is repre- j retainers. They were of great dimensions, a ad
seated on his Iacquer-bo^l from which he eats entered by a single gate in the street wall, an<5
bis rice. He cools his temples with a fan on m*de an imposing appearance. Tbe streets in
which it is pictured, aud hands vou articles ot which they are situated are all Pennsylva ii i
lacquered waiter ou which you see ' Avenues,and kep In the most perfect neatnes
it isou the back of his looking Some streets ot Jeddo are ten miles long, aad
polished steel; it is embroidered on his ij each side a continuous block of houses aad
stores. Immense as is the population, all see n
■Birch, ^
* ia March sui'a A c "x • bank, and to wait a minute and he would step
BlilfiB Apru, for the first in an(j get the guld for him. The old man
4 {waited, and as he did not return, steppfcd in at
lit a considerable amount, of the end of about an hour to look for him, and
dope on the first
^^nty-five miles, in order
1 "le ^^vl lor track-laying,
0111181 ^ done i'limediately ;
Kiost be nteans a.mj labor
promptly. x ^
Stockholders are
not finding him inquired and learned that
he waa %t the Battle ^.Honse, instead or
hank. _ :?
3"
Dkath of Paor
| of the Washing
cinnati, on the
first impression wa« effaced, aid
was in the midst ot an immefiid%hi| nnj^.
cent city—magnificent, not ia splendid bouses
and palaces, and stores, and paTed^treets, and
pnblic works of art like Pans ^j^d.'&ome, and
London, but matrnifieent iil thl|fpi||jii which
the Japanese have contrived tO^eserve in the
midst of so much art and'fmjh an Immense po-
palation. ^
1 Confined tj the hospit|ble honse of Mr. Har-
* *' * raigrfcp two days, I only
temples which
ents aud is the back ground of many
of art andHinagination. Pilgrims resort
to it in their peregrinations to holy shiines and
palaces; and^ a religious sect owes its origin to
it, whose priests are called jarraboos or yarra-
boos, i. e. " Mountain Priests," because the
most\holy of their number have their services
ed comfortable nnd contented; not a beg ;a
approaching to ask alms, and not an ijndivid i l
I being encountered in filth and rags | Yet fjv?
| have wealth, and what there is is found r-
mong the Princes. The mass of the peopl,-
own but little, and live in the utmost simplioi-
md thegro
tree^ the pfc ti
*t: f.
ejevrarally re-
fer several
and perform their rites in temples on its side }|fcy frugality. But such happy, cheer a ,
or summit 1 have seen-many stones from its .jg00*1 DHtutet1' aad ever-smiliog faces, I ne/tr
side, having white streaks to represent its ra- """*
<rr«v>An fl 11 A/1 I1M f n nnnM* L * 1 • 1.1. *
vines filled with snow,, cut iu admirable imita-
tion, and placed in lacquer-stauds for sale in
the bazaars. Such Was the magnificent pano-
rama—the more impressive beeause ao unex-
pected. The eye/eonld not tire w th ^awng ;
only neoessHy wis able to draw it irm what
the Almighty obly could
Resting and refreshing
house at the bottom of
our hordes, situated
vm '
spread
But the sun was fast declining, and evary
bona-aehed from the tortures of the sadd'ei,
land we were obliged to hurry baok, reaehiag
Mr. Harris' hospitable quarters as the shad .as
were falling over this great city—the most won-
derful of all cities—the "Forest City, as I v*-
ture to call it. We had traveled ten miles mt
more than tea miles in returning, makitg
in cur day's excursion, and all
Otitis great city, aud amidst m al-
pdguOf people. The two mika
[ had waUwd fVom here to Sir.
added toihe ton we nidi
bis house to the outskirts of the city on the
west, make twelve miles and one-half as the
width of the city in that part of it. Streets
twelve miles long and twenty miles long may
naturaHy indicate " considerable of a settle-
ment," as the Western pioneers say, and as
most of the world are ready to admit.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
Halifax, Feb. 10.—The steamer Canada,
Capt Lang, has arrived at this port. She left
Liverpool on Saturday, the 28th ult., bring-
ing three days later advices than were received
by the North Britou and City of Washing-
ton.
Liverpool, Jan. 29th.—The sales of cotton
for the week ending on Friday evening amount
to 83,000 bales.
The market closed with'an active demand.
The. middling qualities of cotton have ad-
vanced l-6d to i d.
The Paris letter in the Independence Beige
says, "I have just received the following intel-
ligence from Florence: deputations from the
non-liberated Roman provinces and from the
city of Rome have held an assemfif
cany, under the presidency of codat ua
"and have expressed their firm eonviotion
the-temporal power of the Popejkfm longer
possible', and their determined resolve no long-
er Ja endgre it. The deputies of the fiomag-
W>£ave promised on their side not to separate
tfinir cause ftnm that of the other provinces.
A centr^l juM£ has been formed at Florence
for this eMUaen object.
The S ll Lisa*. Valley Tan says, of over two
hundred murders committed in that territory
in the last three years, not one offender has
been punished.
St. John's, N. F., Feb. 15.—The steamship
Prince Albert, of the Gal way line, has arrived
at this port. She left Galway on Saturday,
the 4th inst, ller advices are therefore two
days later than those received by the Bohem-
ian at Portland.
Liverpool, Feb. 4.—The sales of cotton du-
ring the week ending on Friday evening,
amount to 84,000 bales. Of this amount spec-
ulators took 11,500, and 10,500 bales were ta-
ken for exportation. The market opened in
the early part of the week with an active de-
mand and large sales; but the activity and
buoyancy of the market was checked by the
advance in bank rates, and the market gener-
ally closed quiet and stead}', at a partial ad-
vance on the quotations by the Canada.
The general political news by the Prince Al-
bert comprises nothing of special impor-
tance.
Liter from Australia.—The San Francis-
co Herald says: By arrival of ship Nazarene,
eighty days from Newcastle, N. S. VV., we have
a copy of the Sidney Empire, of September ^4,
nineteen days later than the papers from Mel-
bourne received by the ship Milwaukee at this
port. In the legislative assembly of New
South Wales, on the 2^Jd September, Dr. Lung
gave notice that, cm October fourth, he would
aove a series of resolutions, concluding with
the request to ihe home government to grant
to the Australian colonies their independence.
—This, of course, elicted much opposition
and di-cussion, some strenuously opposing the
reception of tiie notice, and others advoeatiug
full freedom ot discussion.
Later ftom-Mexicp—The ,schooner Star ai'-
rived at New Orlea*s on the iOiii iiist., after a
very quick run ot five days from Vera Cruz.
She left Vera Cruz on the 10th inst, and brings
five days later uews than was received by the
steamer Isabel at Charleston, ller advices eon-
ifrui the report that txen Cobos had been de-
feated in Oajata by 'he liberal troops. A'ter
this defo'it Cobos retreated to the convent of
St. Domingo. It was reported that (jju.
Miratnoa left tbe eity of Mexico on the Sth
inst., wiih ;~>OUO men for Vera Cruz. Mis ad-
vanced guard had reached the national bridge
Washington, Feb. 10.—Hon. Robert McLane
our minister to Mexico, arrived here to-day
from New Orleans.
A terrible gale is raging here to-night, which
commenced early in the day and has been con-
stantly ii&reasing in violence.
At New York much damage has been done
to the shipping at the wharve3 and in various
docks, and some damage, the extent of which
is not yet known, has been done to dwelling
houses and other buildings in the upper part of
the city.
At Philadelphia the gale is raging with great,
violence, and considerable damage has been
done to dwelling houses, many ot which have
been unrooted, the chimneys blown down,
etc.
In this city (^Washington) the gale is very
violent, but no serious damage has been done,
so far as has yet been ascertained. The gale
seems to be extending towards the south.
. Washington, Feb. 13.—The debates on the
post-office appropriation bill contine, and there
is no saying when they will be brought to a
ci ue, the proposition to abolish the franking
privilege having given rise to much opposi
tion*
The democratic members of the senate are
understood to be busily engaged in preparing
a platform respecting slavery in the territor-
ies.
In the house to day several discussions of
an unimportant character consumed the great-
er portion of the day. The house then pro-
ceeded to ballot for printer. Two ballots were
taken with no suuecessful result.
Washington, February 14 —The commit-
tees ot both houses, to which it was referred,
have resolved to report favorably on senator
Wigfall's Pacific railroad bill, and the same
meets with general favor with the members of
both houses. '
No distinction will be made between the
southern Texas and northern central routes.
The same appropriation, both of money and
lands, will be made to each.
Washington, Feb. 15.—The Wyandotte
constitution for the admission of Kansas into
the Union as a State was presented, and, after
some debate, was" laid over
A resolution, by senator Gowin, to pay for
the expenses of the State of California in the
late Indian hostilities, was adopted.
" Senator Harlan, of Iowa, presented an act
for the construction of a railroad from the Mis-
sissippi to California.
The amendment to the postoffice appropria-
tion bill, to abolish the franking privilege, was
rejected by 112 nays to 10 yeas. Another
amendment to the bill, to abolish the postoffice
department, was defeated.
The house of representatives met to-day at
the usual hour. Wm. M. Pennington, speaker,
in the chair.
There were three more ballots taken for
printer with no successful result.
A graat number of bills were introduced in
the house to-day, the most important of whieh
are the following: -j '' j ,
A bill providing Jfc granting lands * Ifc*-
several States for the aaomotion of theartaand
sciences.
A bill to prevent
ies.
A bill providing
sas into the ~~
K homestead
A French
A bUt
"the
HSHH
erable uneamness existed among the heads of
the churob, in consequence of the evidence that
a large emigration would take plaee from the ter-
ritory to Pike's Peak and Carson Valley, in
the spring. Brigham Young ia strenuously
opposed to emigration.
Montgomery, (Ala.) Feb, 12.—A lull has
passed the senate of this State to raise, arm and
equip 8000 volunteers at the expense of the
State.
HUNT COUNTS' CONVENTION.
Pursuant to notice given, the Democracy of
Hunt County met at Greenville, on Monday,
February 20th, for the purpose of selecting
delegates to represent than in the State Con-
vention to be held at Galveston next April
O. H. King was called to the -Chair, and
Thomas G. Smith appointed Secretary. -
J. E. Wilson, being called upon, explained
the object of die meeting in a and
concise address.
Ou motion of John D. McCamant, a com-
mittee ot five, to wit: Thomas A. Dagtey,
Thomas G. Smith, J. D. McCamant, J. E.
Wilson and H. Hubbard, were appointed to
dr%W resoulu^ions expressive of the sense of
the Convention. After a short recess, the
ooQunittee imported the following resolutions,
which were road, and were unanimously adop-
ted: ' ;; , : - ;*.}i
. Wimmas, Thr State Democratic Conven-
tion meets on tbe first Monday in April, 1860,
at the city of Galveston, for the purpose of ap-
pointing delegates to the Charleston Conven-
tion, to nominate candidates for the Presidency
and Vice-Presidency at the approaching Pres-
idential election; and, whereas, die Democra-
cy of Hunt county feel a deep and abiding in-
terest in the success of Democratic principles,
be it therefore, r
Resolved, lsi, That the Democracy of Hunt
send eight delegates to the State Convention,
and that they be appointed by the Chairman.
. 2nd, That said delegates be empowered to
appoint proxies out of any of the delegates to
said Convention from the Sth Judicial Dis-
trict.
3rd, That we in the main approve of the
administration of James Buchanan ; that we
fully eudorse his position on the Territorial
question in opposition to the doctrine enuncia-
ted by Stephen A. Douglas; but, should the
Convention at Charleston in their wisdom see
fit to nominate Mr. Douglas as their candidate
for the Presidency, we will support him for
the purpose of defeating the candidate of the
Black Republican party.
4'/'. That we believe the election of a Black
Republican to the Presidency in lHtjO, will
seriously endanger the Union, if it does n^t
result in its dissolution.
i)(k, lhat we view with alarm the p^seut
aspect oi political affairs, and that we deem it
the duty ot every lover of hi.s country, aud
friend ot the constitution and Union to unite
iu defeating the Black Republican, party in
the ensuing Presdeutial election.
6th, That we approve of the able and im-
partial manner in which Governor Runnels
discharged the duties of Chief Executive of
the Siate during his term of office.
1th, That the importance of the present
crisis in our national affairs demanded of the
Legislature of our St:te the election to the
I'uited States' Senate ot a man of ability and
undoubted soundness on rue rights of the
,Vju;ii under the federal ('oiHtitution; aud
we fully eudorse the election oi' Louis T.
Wigfall to that important station.
1 hat the ttianks of r>he people of the
Hunt county are due to our Representative in
the Legislature, Col. Chas. A. \\ ariield. for the
information he extended to them through the
columns of the " Bonham Era," in regard to
the proceedings of our Legislature.
TilOS. A. DAULEY, CICmu.
Tuc (_ iiainuan appointed the following del-
egates, to wit:
James Wilson, James Hooker, Charles
Featherston, Chas. A. A'arfinld, W. T Thayer,
O. 11. King, John E. Wilson, Thomas G.
Smith.
On motion, the proceedings of this Conven-
tion were directed to be published in the
" Bonham Fira" and iu the " Standard," when
the Contion finally adjourned.
Tiik Late Duel.—The Correspondent
of tub New York times alluding to the
late duel, says:
I forgot to mention in my last that the duel
to which I had already referred, and which
had excitcd so much attteution at Paris—that
between the Marquis of Gallifet and the Count
of Lauriston—did, after all, result in, a sec*
ond combat. The same seconds and the same
umpire were present at this as at the first fight.
The duel was fought in an artist's studio, hired
for the purpose on account of the cold. Tbe
fight lasted twenty-five minutes, and two swords
had to be replaced, on account of damages re-
ceived. As before, the young man was beaten
by the old one, the Marquis receiving a some-
what severe wound in the groin. The seconds
then declared that the quarrel must eease, and
a reconciliation took place. The Marquis, al-
though suffering from bis wound, has left to
join his regiment in Africa.
Immense Droves of Antelopes—A wri-
ter in the St. Louis Republickn, who date* his
letter at Denver city, says : "As we readied
the summit of one of those long swells which
makeup the prairie in this Wion, we found
the valley before us literally filled with ante-
lopes. There must have been several thousand
of them, at the lowest estimate. At first they
were within gun shot, but with the fieetness of
the wind they were soon out of reach of the
leaden messenger of death. It is only by
means of an intervening ridge or ravine, they
can ever be- approached. As they ^hftd away,
showing off to the best advantage their snowv-
White and brown color, I coqld not but think
of Him whose are 'the sheep, and anon
a thousand hills.' The day may not be far dis-
tent when tbe buffalo shall disappear. from
these plains—the hunter may waylay or run
him down; but the antelope, with its
to defend it, will be found here for veam to
oome."
Fire.—About daj
fire waa dicovered
part of Sawyer, Bi^er ,
on Pecan street.
out with their
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The new dime has been issued from the
mint. fan* the old,coinage in.sev-
en! respects. The goddess of liberty is Ia a
mo*.tfc« old coin, but instead
fftmreliag §&*•, there use the words
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