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THE JAPANESE EMRIRE.
Bdrilptlon of It* TVrrtt ??tal Dlv1don?-Pnv
?lu? ilona, llBiinfiictnrH ui(l Commercial
CaiiabUUIt*.
We have been favore 1 by Aaron Haight Palmer,
Esq., with the following extracts from an unpub
lished memoir on Japan and the Independent Orien
tal Nations, prepared by tbat gentle nau nnder
direction of the Department of State, in lS4i), and
wlikh give* a comprehensive description of the
eight grutd divisions, anciently independent king
d< inn, denominated "Do" or "Ways" of the Japanese
Empire, their subordinate "Kohfs" or provinces,
tied "Korin" or distiicts, with their chief cities,
towns, products, manufactures, Ac., derived from
Uie mo8i authentic Japanese sources:?
I. Gokynny consists of live provinces, which com
p?' i the peculiar state or demosne of the emperor;
Uity :u e an follows:?
1. Yuii'sairo (eight di tricts;) principal cities,
Kio, or Miyako, the rosid"ncc of the Dairi; Nizio,
and Y< do; productions, damasks, satin*, tall'ta^,
and other siik labrics of every kind, Uw kired arti
cles, inns, ke.-rs, or scarfs x'or the Buddhist priests, j
pkieein-, funs, pins, bc.w-strings, white paint, tea- ;
hose , images of Buddhist divinities, porcelain and
euitl enwuie, melons, tender sprouts of the bamboo
for eutiug, < rs ginger, stones for grinding ink, tea,
griiidstonir-, dolls,, lisb. 2. Yam at o (lifteen dis
tiicts;) principal cities KorLyama, Toka-tori, Kara:
prodneuois, t-aki, or .Japanese wine, excellent ink,
parasols, pottery vessels, cotton, deer, lacker, paper
(plain and varnished), flour of the k&tsoora root,
tobacco, melons, m< dical herbs, edible roots. 3.
Kav at.si (tilteendirtricts): city Kayansa: productions,
fiuit, barrelled tigs, sugar of rice, perfumes, cucum
bers, lice-cotton, diamonds,matriearia, bridles, bells
lor hawks utcd for nuuting, raisins, blairit yams,
coals < dibit- roots of the lotas. 4. ldzumi (three
district*): city Khi-no-wata: productions, gold
flowered gauzes, taffetas, brass guns, white paint,
tl oes, vinegar, umbrellas, knives, melons, gold fish,
rock spari, soles, paper, salt, summer hats, water
jnrs, tobacco, combs, selves. 5. Kets (thirteen dis
tricts): i?iti< s, Osaka, one of the chief commercial
eropoiiain the empire, Taka-tsuki, Ayaka-saki: pro
ductions, raw cotton (both tree and herbaceous),
cotton fabrics, suit water Ash, salted fish, grain,me
dicinal plants, wood for building, oil for burning,
saki, soy, vinegar, umbrellas tor the rain and the
win, tiles, melons, turnips, a sort of mustard of
which the tender sprouts are eaten (kaburana),iron,
kettles, gingerbread.
II. Tokaydo, or eastern sea-way, coasiats of fifteen
provinces, namely:?
1. I>ia (four (liatiicta): cupital Wooye-no. 2.
l2? h (fifteen districts) : cities, Koowaua, Kameya
m?, 'iVu, Mats-caka, Kambeh, Kwe, Nagaaima,
Yoda, the Daysiugu temples: productions, raw
cotton (tree and herbaceous), taffetas, sea craba
(highly prized), the best pearls in Japan, a great
quantity of fi-h and shell-fish, mosses, large radish
es, daucus lndica, acorns (totsi nomi), barrelled
lit-, excellent tea, mercury (crude aud sublimed),
Volte paint, whalebone, almanacks, sugar of rice,
matches, flutes, straw shoes. 3. Bima (two dis
tricts) : capital, Toba : productions, pearls nearly
as fine as those of Izeh. 4. Owari (eight districts):
cities, Nukoya, Inogama : productions, pearls, load
stones, edible roots, gourds. 5. Mikawa (eight
districts : cities, Yosida, Nisiwo, Kariya, Tawara,
Oka-suki, Koromo : productions, talc, anchors, ar
row-heads, stones for playing drafts and chess, pa
per, fish, fhell-lish, amongst which is the cancer
Bernharlus. 6. Tutumi (fourteen districts) : cities,
Kskegawa, Yakosuka, Famamata: productions,
r otatoes, oranges of different sorts, eels and other
fish, sugar of lice, peas, light summer cloths made I
of tlie katsoora plant, other cloths, edible shoots of !
the bamboo, birds of prey for the chase, arrow-heads. 1
7. Burnga (seven districts) : cities, Foo-taiu, Tana
ka: productions, paper, bamboo utensils, melons,
tea, sweet oranges, rock-s pari and other sea
fish, moss from Mount Foosi-no-Yama. 8. Idzu 1
(three districts): capital, Simota: productions, saki, j
or Japanese wine (from Yekawa), paper, astrolo- j
gical almanacks from the great temple of the Sintoa
at Minima, ginger. 9. Kay (four districts): capital, I
Footsiu: productions, taffetas, paper, stamped gold I
of the country, varnish, wax, chestnuts, peaches, I
raisins, barrelled figs, trained horses. 10. Bagaui
(eight districts): cities, Odawara, Tamanaw*: pro
diK lions: safflower, shrimps (tae coast abounds 1
with fish). 11. Moosasi (twenty-one districts): I
cities, Yedo, the second capital of the empire, and
the residence of the Beogun, or military emperor of
Japan; Kawagobe, lwat-ki, Osi: productions, me
lons, fish, oysters, divers shell fish, moss, cotton,
human hair, lime. 12. Awa (four districts): cities,
Yakatayama, Tosio, Fosio: productions, cotton,
mo#s, fish. 13. Kadzuza (eleven districts): cities,
Odaghi, Bantiki, Kooruri: productions, safllower,
n>Of8, oysters (in the bay ot Ootaki-ura very fine
nek spari are taken). 11. Simoosa (twelve dis
trict!): cities, Seki-yado, Sakra, Kooga, Yughi:
productions, moss, chestnuts, gauzes and other silk
Ulrica. 16. Fitats (eleven districts): cities, Mito,
Biiuodats, Kodats, Kasama: productions, largo pa
per, tarp, and many other fisn.
III. Tosando, or way of the eastern mountains,
conMRts o! eight provinces:?
1. Oomi (thirteen dintricts): cities, Fikoneh or
Bawa-yama, Zeztli: pro?iuctions, bones of snakes,
dead grasshoppers, yellow dye-root (k.iriasu , lime,
iubIi mats, spider's webs hempen cloths, a variety
of fish, paper made of grass, earthen dishes, timber
for building, grindstones, stones for grinding ink,
perceluin ot Bikara-ki, arrow heads, tobacco
pipes, parasols, models (sisiueh), rock cry ?til,
saddles, wiiips, cruppers, lamp wicks, kettles,
tr.eumics, ink, iuoxa (a substance to burn,
made from the tops and leaves of a spe
cies of artenusla), asbestos, cotton thread, peas
and leans, paper, pins and needles, calculating
boards (abacus). 2. Mitio (eighteen districts): cities,
Oogani, Kanora or Kanara: productions, silk manu
factures, various sorts of paper, melons, knives and
daggeis, carp, birds of prey for hunting. 3. Fida
(lonr districts): capital, laka-yama: productions,
cotton, saltpetre, silver, copper, llsh, silk goods.
4. Bin a no (ten districts): cities, Uyeda, Matsumoto,
lyi-yama, Takato, Omoro, Iyida, Takasim.i: produc
tions. ninsi or ginseng (a smrll species and of inferior
qtr.llty), buckwheat, hempen garments, salt,
tobacco. 5. Kootskeh (fourteen districts) : cities,
Tutslayan, Mayi has, Numada, Yasinaka, Takestki:
reductions, silk uiiuufuetures of various ijualities,
aAcr, celebrated carp from tho river Negawa, 0.
B n.otskeh (niue distiicfs): cities, Ootsu-miya (con
tainii.g the temple of the Sintoa, in high repute),
Kurafu, Mifu, Odawata (a'so Mount Nik.vo-sau,
?ith a cekbratcd buddluc temple): productions,
paper (strong and of a large size), lacker, line taf
feta, straw hats, fans, umbrellas, copper from M lunt
Kowo-^urna. 7. Moots (fi;ty four districts), the
larger province in Japan : cities, Seiiday, the capi
tal ol uu almost independent prince: Bira-isii, ?VVa
fcu mats, Kiphon-mats, Moiioka or Great Nambn,
Yatsdo, Tai a-kooia, Taira, Birakawa, Nakamura,
F -k--Ima, Minuwaru, Flrosaki (in the distiiet of
Ttugar), Ina-basi, and la*Uy Mutsmai, at tho south
ern cxiumity ot the island of Yeso : productions,
ailk fabricB, summer garments made ot paper, pa- i
per, athes and potash, gold iiust, hawks for nuut- ;
ing, giain, Ur^c sea shells, salted lhjh, bearskins,
trained bones, horsetails, lackcr, wax, wooden
bowls, rock crystal, amber, red earth; the heat
h?nes in Japan are fnm the district of Naubu,
whtie arc extensive pastures : the productions of
Ye n, in paiticular, pre as follows : ltonbu, or sea
cabl.uge, birds of pr-yTor hawking, whales and other
sea lish.i kiLB of jtiers, beavers, seals, and stags, ;
CHRt' ieum, ^.old,silver, adamantine spar. 8. Dewa,
(twelve district-): cities, Yone-sawu, Yama-irata, ;
Oneweno yama, JSitizio, Bionay, Akita: productions,
sea cabbage, safll. wer, a very large kind of hemp, 1
wax, lacker, oiled paper, madder, tin, lead, silver,
sulphur, deer skins, horses.
Iv. Fookoorokudo, or way of the northern dis- I
tricts, comprehends ^ven province?;:?
1. Wakai-a (three districts): capital, Kobaraa: ;
pn d'ictii nj, Wiilte rice, pionies, pulp of lotus flow
ers, perfume bags, cloth*, mosses, paper, saki, pen
cils, at mrs for giiiiding ink, black stones for ur tft
or chess boards, lime, many kinds of fish. 2. Yet- '
risen (twelve d stricts): towns, Fookie, Foo-chett, |
Marucka, Ot o, f-al afe, Kutbu-yama: productions,
lead, different sottsof paiier, clotus, silk fabrics,
totti n goods, Lata woven from the filaments of
herbs, grindstones, oil extracted from the seeds of
lliednnrdra eoiii. ta, much fWi. 3. Yetsiu (four
distriitf): capital, Tcyrma: productions, oolt
l?:re, yellow lott.s', lead, cotton cloths, taffetas,
D-b. 4. Yetsingo (seven di'-tiicts): cities, Ta
kata, Naga-Cka, B tubota, Mura-kami, Itsutno
taki, MonimatB: prodactions, l?ad, lacker, wax,
white Siu.stard, various cotton fabrics, white
Imies, sturgeons and other fish, denl and
lareh woid, 5. Kuga (four riiftriots): cities, Kaua
s:a?a (with tic celebrated liuddhic. temple Daisiu
si),K. mats: pro.iuctious, paper, ekins for drums,
mi.all thiead. wine of motherwort,yellow lotos, nal
pbur, silk satins. C. Noto (lour districts): this pro
vince ban no cities; the most, considerable towns are
H<>os no-ii.i-nki Kawa-siri, Nanao: production', s 'a
fish, divers kinds of inos.-e., colored stones washed
up by the s< a. 7. Bado (three districts): the capi
tal ol this isle is Koki: pr dnctioua, gold, silver, yel
low lotus <letd, and l.trrli wood.
V. Sanil.do, or way of the northern aides of the
mountains, coi tains eight provinces:?
1. Tango (live i istri- Ls): cities, Miyazn, Tanabeh:
proeuctiiins, t.em >, baskets, silk, taffetas, fish and
shellfish, umbtdlas, iron, timber for bdlding.
2. Toi.ba ( ix districts): cities, K ime-yam*. S.ia i
yutna, Fooktsi-yama: productions, China ro.it, w>ix,
quinces, 11 < stnuts, tobacco, cloths, tea, topaz"*,
snt sths for knives and sabte-s. 3. Tivtma (six dis
tricts): cities, Id/.i.si or I>aisi, Toyo-i ka: prod ac
tions, small ginseng, pionies. yell- w lotus, medicinal
i nd edibie herbs, cotton, hat, i>;, for hunting, penpor,
s Iver, (triudstones. 4. Inuba (? ven distr.ct ): ca
p tal, 'lotstori: productions, v<'g? table w.iX, pap*:/,
n elons, I'Hrci fiv.li, t. .1. Fc^i >... /ut ): ,
Capital, Tonego; productions, kjii, tUa.1, icara'
gall, a meiicine greatly in repute amongst the J:v
panese, pans to fry fish. 6. Idzama (tea districts):
capital Matugeh: productions, iron, ste?d, nabrei,
fish, shell-li>-b, melons, cloths. 7. Iwami (six dis
tricts): cit'cn, Tsoowaua, FaOt 'da: productions,
silver, tin. draft-men, hony. 8. OM (four districts): j
this province cousjgts of two large Isles, of the ?ame I
name, the one culled the hither, the otaer ttie hind- |
tr; it has no cities, only small towns and villages:
productions, cloths and sea fish.
VI. Sanyodo, or <ray of the southern side of the
mocnians, bns eight provinces:?
1. Farima (twelve districts): cities, Fimed;;i,
Akazi, Oko, Tatsfu: productions, fisth, shell-fish,
?alt, saddles, leather, looking-glasses, kettles, steel,
cast irou, a kind of very viscous rice, which is used
to distill excellent saki. 2. Mimasaka (??even dis
tricts): cities, Tsnyama, Katsu-yama: productions,
brltpetre, stones for grinding ink. 3. Bi:'.en (eight
districts): capital, Ok.t-yama: prodnctions, larjre
cuttle fishes, sea fish, mosses, porcelain, edible
marine herbs. 4. Bitsiii (nine nistricts) : capi
tal : Matauyama: productions, paper of various
k'nds and colors, pears, lacker, iron. 5. Bi igo
(fourteen districts): capital, Fuku-yama: produc
tions, silk fabrics, summer hats, rock-spari arid other
sea-Ash. 0. Aki (eight district- ): capital, Firo-sitna:
productions, paper. buckets, saltpetre, rock crystal,
dried figs, mallows fish. 7. Snwow (six districts):
Citios, Tok-yama, Fook-yama: productions, paper,
led color, cloths, ?<l4?'e bauiboo. 8. >iagata (six
district<): cities, Faki, TVio fu, Fu-naka: produc
tions, porcelain, green color, tkh, atones to grind
ink, lime, shell-fish, models.
VII. Nankaydo, or southern Way of the sea, con
tains six pr? vfnees:?
1. Kiy (seven districts): cities, Waka-yama, Tona
lie, Bin-i <tya (with a celebrated temple,"dedicatedto
the go<! ol physic, surrounded with several others):
productions, medicinal plants, oranges, various kinds
of wine, sole, mallows, shell fish, whiles, carp,oyv
ters, pulse and edible plants, melons, honey, vegeta
ble glue, mosses, chestnuts, timber, ink, wooden
bowls, paper to make parasols, bows, jewelry arti
cles, (Hatt-men grind-tone . 2. Awasi(twodistricts):
capital ot this isle Bumoto or Km >to: productions,fi ;h,
stones of different colors, trce-cotton. 3. Awa (nine
dietriets): capital, Toksima: productions, oysters,
prpcious stones of a blue color (lapis la/.uli.'),
cloths, firewood, flints. 4. Banuki (eleven dis
tricts): cities, Tuke-mats, Maru-kimeh: produc
tions, fish, oysters and other shell fish, sea crabs.
6. Iyo (fourteen districts): cities, Matsuyama, Uwa
yama, Imobari, Sayzi6, Komats, Daisn,I)ago: pro
ductions, pulse, fish, edible marine herbs, paper,
bawks, mats, cloths. 6. TOsa (seven districts): ca
pital, Kotbi: prodnctions, trained horses, monkeys,
salted fish, shell fish, cloths, paper, ink, baskets,
honey, hemp, timber. Note.?The provinces of
Awa, Sanuki, Iyo, aad Tosa belong to the island
called Sik >kf, that is, " of the fonr provinces "
VIII. Bavkaydo, or western way of the sea, com
prehends tne nine provinces of the large island of
Kinsin, formerly also called Tsin-aae-fu, or " the
western military government:"
1. Tsikoozen (fifteen districts): cities, Fookoo
oka, Akitsuki: prodnctions, silk manufactures like
the Chinese, saki, fish, wild geese, ca-t iron kettles.
2. Tsi-knngo (ten districts): cities, Kurome, Yana
Siwa: productions, carp, salflower, radishes. 3.
tizen (eight districts): cities, Kokura, Nakatsu:
productions, cotton fabrics, rock crystal, sul
phur. 4. Bnngo (eight districts): cities, Osuki,
Takeda, Saeki, Foonae or Fnae, Finode: produc
tions, saltpetre, sulphur, rock crystal, tin, lead,
large bamboos, chestnuts, hawks and dogs for
hnntlng, fish, frying pans, bricks. 6. Fizen (eleven
districts): cities, Saga, Karatzu, Omnia, Bimabara,
Osima, Firando, Nangamki: productions, whales
and other sea fish, shell-fish, echini, edible roots,
water melons, raisins, earthenware, silk stuffs,
knives, brass guns, porcelain, mats, cotton cloths,
sugar. C. Figo (fourteen districts): cities, Kuma
moto, Yaten-siro, Oodo, Amakusa : productions,
salted fish, sweet oranges, tree cotton, mosses,
grinostones, flints, earthenware, tobacco pipes,
leather trunks. 7. Fiuga (five districts): cities,
Jjifl, Takanabeh, Nobi oka, Sadowara: productions,
lacker, pears, deal for building. 8. Osumi (eight
districts): capital, Kokobu: productions, brass
cannon. 9. Satsnma (fourteen districts): capital,
Kago-sima: productions, camphor, a species of gin
seng, saftiowcr, melons, edible rocits, tobacco, vege
table wax, cinnamon, trained horses, deer skins,
cloths, combs, saki.
The island of Iki is divided into two districts: its
capital is Katu-moto: its prodnctions are fish,cloths,
and gauzes.
The island of Tsu-sima, between Coreo and
Japan, is also divided into two districts:
the capital is Futsin : its productions arc
ginseng, lead, grindstones and frying pans. Prince
ldo.oneof the tour Japanese commissioners appoint
ed to negotiate a commercial treaty with Commo
dore Perry, is proprietary Governor of this Island.
Bv the Chinese it is called Tiu-ma ldo?that is,
"Island of the Opposite Standing Horses." It lies
in the Btrait of Corea, about midway between Co
rtaand Japan. The width of the strut is about 75
miles. The island lies in a north and south direc
tion, and iB about 35 miles in length, by 12 to 15 in
breadth. It is composed of a chain of lofty hills,
divided by deep vaileys, and is intersected by a
number of fine bays aud harbors, well situated for
trailc with Japan and Corea, and as ports of refuge
and recruitment for our whalers in the Japan Beas;
and where an eligible coaling station may be estab
lished for the service of our national and mail
steamer-?coal of an excellent quality being very
abuLdant in the neighboring provinces of the island
of Nipliou.
There is a very deep bay on the western side of
the island, which begins at the two promontories of
Bukn-issaki and Oossaki, and runs very far into the
island. This bay is joined to the sea on the eastern
side of the island by means of a canal, which is call
ed the Ships C'aual, and by which the Island is di
vided into two. The usual way taken by the Ja
panese to arrive at the harbor of Kokuy-annoura,
on the north side of the island, ia to Mil from the
harbor of Karszu in the province of rt-i, to the
island of Iki, which is thirteen Japanese ri, (a de
gree at the equator contains 21^ Japanese ri,) from
whence to the harbor above named on Tsu-.sima is
forty-eight miles; from thence to the harbor of
TchoBun in Corea is again forty eight miles.
Ti e principal place in the island of Tsu-sima is
nt the southeast point, and is called lata, very near
to which is the spacious and commodious harbor of
Tours, both are at the toot of a very liigh hill. The
?onthermost promontory if the island is called Oos
saki, and the northermost Toyos-fcjki; the latter lies
betwf (n the Island of Kaito aud Oousscheto. The
noitheiniost point, according to tvruzeustem, is in
34 dcg. 40 miu. 30 sec. north latitude, aud 230 deg.
30 miu. 30 sec. west longitude.
This island, together with that of Iki, was wrest
ed by the Japanese from tho Coreuns in 1000. It is
the entrepot of the Japanese trade with Corea,
which is conducted by Japanese merchants, under
the exclusive control of the Prince Governor of Tsu
lima. They have warehouses there as well as at
the Coitart port of Tchosan, for its accommodation.
They import sapan wood, pepper,alum, theskins of
deer, buffaloes, and goats, with the manufactured
articles of Japan, ami many of those of the west
ern nations, among which are European woolleus
and American cotton goods brought by the Chiuese
and Dutch to Nangasaki, which are also imported
from Fachua into the port of Kafforimu, via
Napchtang, Loo Choo, in Japanese vessels bearing
their annual tribute to China. They take in return
the manufactures of Corea, aud a lew other articles,
especially ginseng.
Coli;c-t s island lies about twelve to fifteen miles
esst of Tsu-sima?it is a naked rock of a circular
form, six or seven miles in circumference.
The English View of the Opening of Japnn.
[I t ni tbo London fcli-rcantile t,alette. June l.J
In rehiring in a former number (May 3) to the
expansion oi our trade in the Kofit, and to the fact
that (lie Empire of China is becoming every day
mote ucecssible to european commerce and influ
ence, we said, that "even the hermetically sealed
empire of Japan gives signs of aninution, and
pn n.ises, with maiden modesty, to entertain the
urge nt urtdrt sf en of her commercial suitors, if tln-y
* ill but allow livr tune tor it flection." It Is with
mm b Huti.- tiu tion, therefore, that we learn, through
tbe mail jusl arrived, that Japan is likely very anon
to be thvo*n open to the commerce of the world.
Tie Lhn.a of the 12th of April, furnishes a
detailed account of the operation* of the United
States' stjuadron in those under the comm nnl
ol C< mm< ilurc Pern, to who.e judicious and tem
perate co:.dm t we hope both Europe and Ameiica
will be ii:o< bttd for adding another great and
almost tuikii<>*n region to commercial enterprise
ui'd to Roc al intercourse.
From time iauntiuorfvl it 1ms been the practice
and policy of the Japanese empire, a.-) it formerly
was with Cliina, to reject all intercourse, civil or
c. moierciol. with Europeans. Some little relaxa
tion vs im in?de in favor <>f the Put .li, but this indul
gence was watched with extreme jealousy, which
s* metin is amounted ti> apprihensioH, and occasion
ally it became so sevi ie as to intt.riipt oil c unnnT
ciul dealings; v.'L'lc the despotic nature of the yov
eninitnt rendi leu lunonstiarro or appeal nscltM.
Notwithstanding all these difticultles. sufficient to
m li r an ordinary mind, Comtuodiuc 1'eiry ha* mic
cmlcd in entering intoalcouia>crclal treaty with tue
Japanese authorities.
fiotl ing is jet known of tl precise terms of Hie
trtaty.but we shall he equally disappointed an t
st.tpri cd to ht.rn t! at it is drawn tip otherwise than
in n spirit of liberality, or that it si?ks any exclu
sive i riviJej es or advautagoa lor America which are
denied to oton i ations.
Kbgland, above every other country, has a right
to expcet the nio.-t li) < nil tn.lUifnt in a matter of
tins kind, i (it only from th . i'uited States but Iioti
every other ? omnicrritl country. Sin- succeeded, at
a heavy cost, in opening China, which wa> as her
mi 1'cully sealed? and as int< lerant hs Jaiian is?to
inti rcourse with the world without her w.iils. '1 he
use which Li.nlnnd mi.iie ol this advantage wai a i
Coble as it was jn-iicioni; China ivaa proclaimed
i.(.kit, [w L..0 iwiuu make it, iu t.c niiro
wictcd loiuaercc of the wwld; and tbe coloaicj
which she thought it advisable to c^ab'ish thure,
were made free ports. En^lanl anught no exolus
We privileges for herself,her emiiueioe or her sh'.p
p'mg; che evinced the trne spiri' of free wliloh
*lie tdopted as the national policy. Krora the e;*
lightened government ol the United KtaUen we can
not but expert equally 1.) eral conduct..
Fortunately the eiup're of Japan is s.iffitiently
extensive, and 8'flicieut y populous to gratify the
most (-arguine jommcrcial expectations. It consists,
as our readers know, of thijee principal islauis, be
bides several smaller ones; the miperlU ial extent of
which is Estimated ut b0,0()0 atiuare laile-i, auJ con
tains a population of aboat 17,000.00.). Suchi* the
country and the i e<ipl? which have foraicetj been
shut up within themselves, and comparatively un
known to the rest >f the world beyond the coast
outline. Of the vnlne and variety of the produc
tions of Japan it would be usele.-s to attempt an .'i
timate, as i' is at present, as we have said.'/mvi in
cognita; but we may well imagine that a cmotry
which enn maintain so lar^e a population
must be abnndantiy productive. In minerals it
is ki<?.wn to oe very "rich, especially in the ptveious
nutate, copper, and coal. It produce* timber of
the largest siz< , and nearly all the fruits
known in the tropical latitude-1, besides some of'tho.?e
which belong to more temperate climates. Turuips,
carrots, melons, Jtc., we .ire told, grow spontaneous
ly; and rice, which constitute* the chief i >d of the
ptople, is extensively cultivated. But their in?rt
remarkable production Is the rhus veruax, >r var
nish- tree, the juice of which Is so well known in
Europe as Japan varnish. Kv ry .ipot In these
islands is cultivated with the gr?\te.(t car.;, an i a
severe penalty attaches to negu;t in regard to oalii
vation.
The China Mail Boys that one of the leading
features of the treaty entered into with C*uinodore
Perry, is the opening of three or more oi the ports of
Japan to the commerce of the United States, but
that the Japanese authorities objected t<ia< lause ad
mitting other countries to thu sauie privilege.
Knowing the suspicions character of the people, and
the isolati< n in which they have been aci-ust< mo I to
live, we cannot much wonder at what might at iirst
appear a barren remit for such an expedition; but
it was breaking grot:nil where ground was ru'ver
broken before, and it was, perhaps, judicious in the
American commander not to require too much at
Iirst. The Japanese must l?e brought by degrees to
accustom themselves to intercourse with Europeans,
and to imhibe to some extent European habits,
when we believe they will be found a less exclusive
people than the Chinese. One of the chief obj-ets
of the Amciican expedition was to make arnin?e
ments with the Japanese for a supply of coals lor
their steamers passing into the China seas from
California, and, we presume, from Australia. In
this they are said to nave succeeded, and, were no
other result to follow, it would be an important ob
ject gained for navigation, as ample supplies of coal
can be obtained from some of the ports of Japan.
But the privilege cannot be long condned exclu
sively to the Americans.
The Japanese will soon come to learn that com
petition is a necessary ingredient in every trade,
more especially when they meet with a variety of
European aitides, with the merits and value of
which they are at present but partially acquainted.
That the empire of Japan, from its size, the ex
tent of its population, and what is kuownofthe
variety of the productions, is calculated, to otter a
new field to the commerce of the world, which will
be productive of extraordinary results, is, we think,
very certain; and Commodore Perry may be justly
proud of the success which has attended his endea
vors to open this Thitherto unknown country to the
enterprise of the civilized would.
Estimate of Human Life hi the United State*.
[I roni the London Churchman, Juue 1 1
We have DO means at hand for judging whether
|^e. .Cl'?? of murder is more or less freoueut in the
towhfchthemSrit" E,Uplan(l' Rmon?tU08e classed
to which the majority ol murders are found to be
J8 f?nn.try; but wc presume that there
|^,no d?"bt whatever that in the United States
? ^lgher .clasa of persons tolerote, contem
plate, and commit murder?that they keep in their
nouses, and carry about their persons, deadly wea
not for protection from burglars and highway
t?on Tmi agaT6t those of their own stl
v}^v S? ?,ot forKet tIiat there was a time when
English noblemen and gentlemen wore swords and
sometimes drew them upon their friends but this
was manifestly a remnant of a military and chival
rous system which had been universal in the most
civilized countries of Europe. They inherited their
rapiers and their lances from a long line of ances
tors. tto such plea can be offered for
knives and ' revolvers;" they have been brought
W.?6 m i ie mo8t civilizcd age the world has yet
front rnnvVn-arC0?intry-tlaiming to stand in the
front rauk of civilized nations.
thia 'a a matter which calls loudly for the
S .and.pri,?litattention of every A meri
can who desires to sec his country reallv civili7<<il
and it speaks with a still more JowS vo ce ?o
women vh0 to we tt truly
Christian. Wrong, and most inconsistent with their
professions, as the practice of slavery is, it really
' w-81'? revolting, less banbarous, and lei
anti-Christian, than the placing "bowie knives" and
??revolvers" among the o'rdinary domestiffurniture
or personal apparatus of a gentleman.
J hat we are not guilty of any exaggeration in thi
matter is proved by the narrati ves which come be
fore us from time to time, and by the experience of
those who have resided In the United States. Of
these narratives we publish a specimen this week, in
w In .hit will be seen that even in New York and
its vicinity members of two of the learned profes
sions? gentHmen therefore?having some domestic
dispute, the one puts a pi?toI in his pocket before
f i'lil'inn ?u, (L"en(1i' w"ile'in tlie course of the dis
.-2 ? ? me ?fthe women of the United States
fear ttat?B thC1'6 '8 ^at reas"? l?
the wSnf tho paitJ?R- a ? odor-was shot by
tne wile of the other. Sincerely do we hone th it
this case may have the effect of rousing those most
Ehnrcha?3tih?f clvi,izatio,n- ("hen combiucd,) the
w.. cl f women of the nation, to a deeu
and ChH tian 1nfl88lty of.{jriDginK all the humanizing
ana inrhtian influence they can command to bear
upon the barbarous, debased, and truly demoniacal
bjuiit which such practices indicate. J/jt not na-;
tors, let not wives, mothers, and sisters re-t until
they have put do?vn this, the worst land of sLvei?!
r *t T . i. e P^ptHbities are too popular and
rational, to allow of the Legislature and the prc-s of
SLEffl dcaiiu^ villi them promptly and
Religion is, of course, the remedy; but it mnst he
sound consistent religion; not that which each of
J"?"8 a,'d numerous sects chooses to call reli
drctrirl o?^t!,pCi iat reli?io" which teaches tho
doctrine ?f the holiness of the human body " by
fiit: withtV'll regeneration, and which, in deaf
teaching $th?W' c?25mte?tly maintains the
teaching of the Apostle?"Your body is the temnie
?f l wi i 1 wLich is in y?u> which ye have
of Ood, and ye are not your own, for ye are bought
with a price; therefore glorify God in your body
and in your spirit, which are Gods." Whatever
shSll do'rtl^illtw nu* be adopted, wo
.iiiiii do w* II to teach that murders, saieides and
other voluntary injuries to tho body (physical and
ifllV ?Pt,08<r*i t0 tl,i8 doctrine of the Apostle
fiiJi1?11? grievously lo.it sight of, even by pro
fessedly relipous persons, including many of the
clerpv- W hat wonoer, then, that it is never realized
by others, either with regard to their own bod e" or
the bo,lies of their brethren? Granted tint'it
Soliut'lonto^hfr^' ,"''Vhitjl in",r*
pollution to the bodies ol men, women and ehil
Ve^nidnLlv r0/"1111?" Il0w :ch ?ch Hins niiS?ht
I t 3 ,r,r'lli<e(1 in number and intensity, if, in
oddiiion to other means, tins doctrine were aa ex
er.sively taught as it is now extensively neglected '(
li i. a mist serious question for parents and te ich
t rs, end especially tor the clergy!
Avttmtt to Blow rn the Gas Wouks?On
Sat^laytnornin^h.tvv.cn ,he hours of nfae and
wr rVulw! officers and operatives at the gis
&f. Ur? -treetV "s w"11 ** the citizens resid
ng in> tt?#? viomity rf the works, were st irtloi hv
SrtmJl't^ ?("Vf'rri,lc PX|1,"8ions in ^ pnrifjlng
apartmett. A few moments after the occurrence
!i if J i i pnriilcis shattered to pieces, and 1
eirrl. n?'fil''te(| reiMtin- ot a negro man
Sulk?vSi b|?ck?n?1"1 "1"?I> lying near the I
m i hi, h ' r fravmentfl of-tfie heavy iron lid. I
up n his hi <\y. ||,ey |.rocerded instuntly to an ex
S^ e , f 'tT'1'0" ?f U" ln,i"' b,it a K,anre |
saiibneu tl.c-m that li.e was extinct, ills head and '
W broken iVth' "J* ?"?' both of his 1
?nrZ! tl,<-^l'I"W?"- S??ortly after the o?>
^i rence ortho accident a coronei 's jury was . up >n.
l. i' i1 l evidence thatth?
who fofet his life na.i a .-live, belonging t-..Mr Oliver
tl re'a'l d ? bla.-kninith by
aui e'^ w?iV^ D 'n,i'" '-"'I'1'.vraent Of t, e Cit}
ot the gas weiks upwards ol two year*?that he lor
met ,y belong) d to Mr. i . ivur.i Hvdnor, of I la i -ver
I v Mi V t C!l >'l'.urcbtt' a very high ? i e
? r ;^~,,hnt 1",m<l m m-lestcd dscon.
I xit tS tn't'l "l'; Vl ow,'rT J' ni"lr" 't ???' a d i iht
to one of tl r :i"'' " ,'|f,lr?l
on ol t.( jiuril.; rs, h d had thus H iught to M ,w I
iL.i. H,M;ihti;^ni^^;;y'^Xr'W1'T>tn i
ia.ie??;y !'? aruig the I
1mh?. k-Tintb in the w< rK- 1? "fit i?-rk ind ? # t
ii.to thepiM^ii groem, wiit ehi. la, .,nc-s .1 ,l ? i
08" him, hi,d til.ding a v ,ive m ,,.f the our ti ? '
riei essaiily open, n< t lire t i the .;,!;,et t.v v ^ii. |
fbti-wd, sc.mil,Ic t. r. W-. IU k I V,mil weil Vi!.. f* :
war. no do'il/fo lire !
SM I
Tbf Coiuinliwlort to ItAlrld. '
fFrotu the Uictnn.imt Enqiiirer9u>i? 'JO.)
The acquisition of Cuba i* ^he only measure of
Clicy in regard to which the ^Pftple of the Soith
cl any special and present interest. Tlu' tradi
tional disputes of party are cither f*ttM or in ns- (
pengloa; in any event they are ntterly luaapableof
uwfiifuuig lue leabt m-uuletitation of popular cithu
eiasm. But the question of the anuexati<:i of Cu^vi
is * living and active iswe, appealing directly and
powerfully to the inipulmat of the masses and t > the
understanding of the stat< -arum, and atlectiiii} tlie
interests of the youth vitally and b> necessary ope
ration. Politicians may sometimes rake a l'alse
clamor and excite an artificial interest in respect to
measures of no real consequence, hat the people are
not easily mialtd into a wrong direction, nor into
an exaggerated aud ilutittous ei.tt.u-iu* m. W <u
tliey move, it is towards some pra:-ti-abio aud palpa
ble result; when they beoome ex< ittd, it i* i i con
sequeuisof appropriate aud -mPi'-ient can-e.
Tbe profound and pervauing interest which fie dis
cussion of (he "Cuban question" Iv.s a.v-tkcned
| among tbe masses of tl?* Southern people, be 'Men
being a fact of considtrable moment 1.1 iiml', in sig
nifli ant of the Imp' rtatiee and ur^ieuey of the iwue.
It is irrat ional to expect the gn/craiueut to Ictep
even pace with the m<>vemeutof ponular foiling, ana
no candid person will censure Mr Pferce f 'r h-s ef
fort to re>-'.*a:n tl-e impetuous liupul.-e , of n! bus
tennn. The proclamation iua\ l?e uuJei -t o i by
some us committing the admina-tr^ti-ii to a policy
adverse to the acqcis'tion of Ui.'w and nnj chill
the sidor, srd enu .?rrj^sthc uctio ? of the creol s,
who are lo< king to American sympathy for aid la
their 6trr,g,'le with Spanish tyranny. But, how
ever unfortunate the effect of tin; muiti;'e'tiwayai:ist
filibusterism, wo must oontftUitln t Hi: Kxe-utive
had no alternative bnt to perform iU duty, with nit
repard to ?on.-eq*.ienees. No nun sympathises
more sincerely with the aspirationof the Cuban
people, or more earnestly ileaiivs the acquisition of
the island than Mr. Fierce, but ho could not con
sii-tently with tbe obligation* of honor aud duty,
conuive at unlawful expeditions ago, tint a \t<?w.-r
with whom tbe country in at peace. !t id t;y -u -ii ,
coui-ideratious tlmt the leHs thoughtless an i intern- !
pirate friends of the Cuban movement reconcile t lie ,
action of the administration w.tli its professions
and promises.
For the appointment of a comm'sshn to Mftdi id,
there will be no such apology, and the South will
submit to the measure with reluctauce and dissatis
faction. People may be told tl:ai the design of the
commission is to facilitate the acquisition of Cuba,
but the assurance will only provoke an incredulous
dissent, and a distrust either of the good faitn or
the good fence of the administration. Perhaps tUc
Spanish court or its representative in Wa-luii^ton
has suggested the 'den of a commission; but (1 >es
any body believe that they really wish the lie? tia*
tion to terminate in any practical result? Their
object is simply delay; and as Mr. Soul.' has forced
them to an issce which they cannot evade, they
would like very much to begin the negotiation Je
ncvo with as many interlocutors as possible. Tho
ens-e is perfectly plaiu. In obedience to instructions
from his government, our Minister at Madrid under
took the adjustment of all disputes with tho Span
| ish court.
| It is very well known that he in prosecuting the
| negotiation with an energy and directness of pur
pose which will speedily result either in a rupture
or in a satisfactory settlement. Why then interrupt
bis efforts or interfere with his policy ? It is not pro
bable that tlieadministration would disturb him if
liis condnet were fully approved; aud if it be not
approved, it is certainly not because of its ineffi
ciency. Would not the Spanish government regard
the appointment of a commission as a virtual dissent
from the policy of Mr. Soule, and a concession to its
own obstinate resistance? If it be the purpose of
the administration to push our disputes with Spain
to an issue, either of peace or war, they have but to
let Mr. Soule alone; if they wish to prolong and
Eerplex the negotiation, they need only embarrass
im with a commission of ignorant and disputatious
politicians.
The country has been led to anticipate a bold and
energetic message from the Preside t on the Cuban
question. The public expectation would be sadly
dioeived by an application to^Conpresa for an ap
propriation for the expense of a commission to me
diate between our energetic Minister aud the obsti
nate and shuffling court of Spain.
DlanMiona Fire at Philadelphia.
MANY PKRS0NS INJURK0?SUPPOSED 1,089 OK LIFF?
JiKARLY $100,000 WORTH OF IMFBR Dl-TKOVED.
[From the Philadelphia North Amoricau June 21.J
About four o'dot'k yesterday afternoon a fire was
discovert drill Up.tifrst story of the extensive six
e'.wy ViWlWuTiiiig hitnateU on the northwest cor
ner of Mifllin and Jefferson pti eeta. known ua Hill'n
Factory! '1 lie flumes spread with great rapidity. A
large number of persons wi re at work in the build
ing. about a dozen females being employed in the
fourth story. Astonishing to relate, to this vast,
Biructure there was but one staircase, and that was
ovt r one of the boilers. A panic seized those who
were thus threatened with death. A number escaped
by quickly rushing down the staircase. But the
tames soon cutoff that mode of egie-s. A rain
named Mae kel jumped from the fourth story to the
ground, and broke liis leg in the fall. Heveral girls,
frantic with fright, appeared at the windows, and
by their gestures indicated that tbey gave them
selves up for lost. Hopes were thrown up to the
windows, and there fastened. Ladders were also
placed to aid the escape of the miserable being*.
During these arrangements, the scene was calcu
lated to touch every heart. A large number of
women thronged in the vicinity of the fire, and ap
peared greatly excited by the prospect of a terrible
loss of life. The firemen exerted themselves nobly
to save the females. Several of the girls wero
taken down the ladders. They wero scorched
about the hands end arms, however, and their cries
were heard above the noise of the llrcmen. Four
girls and cne little hoy were saved by sliding down
h rope. Two of the girls were sieters, Eliza and
Fnruh McBride. All of those who escaped in this
way had their hands dreadfully lacerated by rapid
frution in sliding down the rope. The bystanders
reported that two or three girls were seen to ap
pear at their windows afterwards, making implor
ing gestures, and then tall buck into the devouring
flames. One little girl, a joungcr si-iter of the
MeBrides, dared to attempt the iiescent by the stair
way, and, in spite of the flumes, which crossed her
path, nftl although she fell down heveral steps, she
succeeded in getting into the street, where sh< was
nicked up and taken into a neighboring drug t tore.
Her clothes were nearly nil burned oft', and her
arm and side severely scorched. No less than eight
girls, with scorched arms and hands, were taken
into the fame drug store. Their names it was im
possible to learn with accuracy. A little boy
named Doucghan, had bis arm broken by a full
frern a wiLdow of the burning building. Tbe
wounded were all conveyed away, and received
prompt attendance.
in the meantime the conflagration rag^d, and the
heat was so intense that the firemen could scarcely
approach tbe burning building. Ail tliey could do
wns to attempt to save the surrounding property.
There were five boilers, each of ten horse power, in
tbe basement. Mrs. Hill had the prer.cnce of mind
almost as soon as the fire pained any headway, to
direct o man to let off the steam. By this foresight
many lives were saved, as the bursting of the boil
ers would have been fatal to the crowd ueur the
building. Within an hour and a half the contents
of the factory were clmost entirely consumed, and
the walls fell gradually, without doing much damage
to the adjacent property. A row of two story build
ings, fronting on Sixth btreet, were somewhat in
jured in tie Tear, or d most of the furniture of the
occupint* was removed. But the firemen succeeded
in keeping down the llauies in that direction.
The foe t iry destroyed formerly belot pad to Mr
John Hill, dyer, who occupied abuildiuginthe rear,
?h ch wus was also ircludcd in the destruction.
Wore recently it belonged to Messrs. Thurl'?w &
, Hughes. Their lo-? may be estimated at about
JiO.ObO, which, as far as we could learn, is no;
covered by insurance.
Tbe first three stories were occnpied by Messrs.
Keevy A Holdcner, manufacturers of lvcntuck v
jsanes. Their le?s is heavy in machinery, material,
end manufactured go-ids.
The fourth stniy w.is occupied by Messrs. Ftowc
& I hillips, weaveis. It was fn-m this story the
firU that were injured nia-'e their escape. The
loss ennrot l;e ascertained at this writing.
The tilth story wn? occupied by Mr. William
Graves and a Mr. Holt, cotton spinners. Me-sr-i.
Crooks & Jennings also bad apartments in the
building. H;o sixth story wa* entirely unoccupied.
We are of opinion that the entire hms of pr .jieit.y
by this disastrous confl ignition car not full sli .rt, of
$100,000, but some days must elap-<c before wo can
give the precise amount. It is almost certain tfiut
one or more persons were consumed in tho tact >ry.
Between the ntimber who wer?^ known h> be em
ploye d there and ti e number known to have escaped,
there is a wide difference. The number of persons
injured by tbe tire, or otherwise, ts far as wq can
leain, is sixteen, of whom eleven are fern lies. A
member of the independence Ho*e C'ornpaiy. and a
member of the Carrniton Hose Company, ti.nl each
a hand severely burned. Koueofthe injured are
believed to be lutally hurt. We trust thai u > lives
have bee n leist, but are yet left in a ferilblti ?! te- ol
uncertainty. < > r**ttt aud inert using anxiety p.evaiis
to know thi wor^t.
Niw Moetak for IJi ii diko.?It is salel that?
Frei.ch gentleman ?has di-> ? vored a manner of male
ini s mort,.r perfectly resi-tant to air, water, and
? ven to ml' water of the oce*n. i'hia niort ? r, *ha;>( i,
i iu ev? r) re-jci t com] arable to cut stone. It is
hoi ogeM us, itnel ini| i irre?bJ". andjconsequently
iimttue kul, t by air at el wate r. It may be> e mployed
i. all j. rts of a butldii g, and i< ah'lie sufli imt tor
ei>i tri tii t"- of eveoj Mnel, with an ecrrni my of 30
p'r eertf, as eornji.neo with eommon mor'ir. It i<
j e itee t lor ?loc walls end d?f?T?dtner tV m ryo*u
il e ftctk o oi moisture,either of n ju-jta or submarine
voustructiona.
The IJlvorrr f?M.
COMMON ri.F.AS?PART IT.
CATHERINE K. P. WALKRR, BY IIKit NSST FBIIfl',
CniUSTIAN S. BLOANK, VS. WILI?K* I*. WALa!!".
Before lion. Jmlj*. lngrihum.
, Wkdmchiiat, Jcne 21.
The examination of Franc s Malcolm, wit.?esa tor
tbe plaintiff. was resumed to-day. He deposed: I
lived in Williamsburg duriug the year 18.*>3; 1 don't
kuow where my wife is at thw present tune.
William S. Birch being sworn deposed?1 live at
107 Lbh x street; 1 am a car driver ou the Third
ammo railroad ; 1 have been turnkey in tiie Kl
diidge street jail, ?uu have Been Walker there ; 1
ren amed a turnkey at this jail f >r live, six or seven
moi tliH after Walker arrived time; I then left the
jail, and returned six or seven nuaths before line
left ; Rue le.t in January 18?3; Mr. Hue w.u jailor
uiidei Hr. Carnley ; at tho time that I refcurne I I
think tUat Walk, r occupied the ubi,-i room troiu t u
rear; he also occupied at another ftiuo the reir
re (Hi which lo<l.td out on the pi U m ?ard and ou
tla; bouses in Forcyth and Walker streets ; I luve
fcu n ladies cullcd Ali-s l'eli and Mm. Warren iu tho
W tilktr BUrit houses ; i uavo*been Walker miking
b fiin m metimea to Mrs. Warien, and >? .inc-tim-?? t-?
Miss l'eli, who replied in the sniue way ; I hive
be? n thtm mak.itg i-igus on numerou?o<
V. ulk?r h.iH spoken to me on the it'ibjeut .?i"
there M^utt; he told me that this was a
fovmil way lie had of telegraphing, and th.it he
bad tanj'bt there women the signs in nuet>Li<'n ;
1 have b> eu to Mr*. Winner's hoiu-e at Walker's re
est, and have tukeu pamphlets, letters and shirts
ttii re; the letters were given to me by Walker, and
I have brought letters and pamphlets back in ex
clang* ; at one time when Walker wont out of the
jad wiih me he said, "Bill let us go round am! meet
(M UM oi the girl.; to-i.i^tit; Walker told me ai.-o
th.it M s lvii's sMerhud a baby, and ifhe could gc
a ohaiuc lie would make one toi her; lie a-ked id?
to get him leave to go round to the confectioner';'
i-bop aiid meet Mis. Warner there: he snid that Mr*.
Wt.ri cr would let him know when her husband went
out, nndthenshe would meet him; i went out to Divi
sion street with him (Walker.Vand we saw Ml * Pel
aiid Mrs. Wumer theie; Walker asked me ou anotbe
occasion to obtain lor him the privilege of going t?
0 ball with Mits I'e(l; Mrs. Warner used to come to
the jail; I let 1 er in sometimes; 1 have seen her
there once or twice; on one occasion I saw Mi?s Fell
there; the first time Mrs. Warner came to the jail
she was in company with a Mrs. Malcolm; they
went into Mr. Walker's ro'?m; I went in alii H'rl
found Walker sitting on his bed; the others were
sitting on the opposite bide;tliev had a little brandy
and were taking a think; Mrs. Warner had her shawl
ofl; t-be hud a small child with her; Mis. Malcolm had
her bonnet and shawl off: thej might have been there
an hour or so this time, 1 cannot say precisely how
long; 1 think it was 1 who let them out, and beloro
1 did so, I went to see if any one was watching;
whin 1 told them that nobody was there, they went
out; Mrs. Malcolm was there fifteen or twenty times
to my knowledge, but I cannot say positively; I was
not at the prison all the time; Mrs. Malcolm used to
come to the prison sometimes in the forenoon and
sometimes in the afternoon; sho used to go to
Walker's room; I remember on one occasion 1 was
outside the window and saw Walker and her sitting
on the btd, side by side; Walker had his arm round
her neck; they were closc together, Mrs. Malcolm
sitting on the edge of the bed with one foot resting
on ber knee; 1 then went to the top of the Bhed to
tee what was going on; I afterwards wont to
Walker's room and ol the way met Mr. Bobo; when
I reached Wulkers's room 1 found the door hooked;
when it was opened the same lady and Walker were
there; Bobo and I went in together; no other per
sons were in the room; when I went in, I saw Sirs.
Malcolm sitting on the bed; she looked rather
flushed, and her hair was disturbed; it was a warm
daj ; her drefs seemed somewhat wrinkled and she
conimcn:ed smoothing it.
L rosH-examinea?i was born in New Jersey, anil
have lived here twelve or tifUeu years; I know the
localities of the city tolerably wellul don't know !
what distance it is from the rear of Ehirldge street
jail to the houses iu Walker Btreet; 1 am a machinist, 1
but have Hot worked at my trade siuce my finger
was cut of!'; the windows or the Eldridge street jail ?
are cross-barred with Iron; there might be eight or 1
six inches between the bars; I have seen into tho j
yards of the Walker street houses from Mr. Walker's
room in the jail; 1 waa in tbe habit of receiving
noney *rom Mr. Walker as a compensation for my
services in carrying packages, 4o.; to the fcest of my
recollection 1 went out with Walker some fifteen or j
twenty times; I was not discharged from the jail tor I
getting drunk; all the occurrences of which 1 havo
si oki u in my examination in chief are confined t?
tlie time when I was last turnkey; I do not reo"ileot
wl en tbe conversation took place in which Walker
said to me, "Bill, c<>me, let us go and sec the girls
to-night;" I did not go with him that night; I did
not under-taiiri the signs which Waiker mado on hi-)
fingeis further than what he told me; I could seethe
women making signs in return, hut do#not know
whether they were the same; I do not know
whether Mis. Warner ever made any shirts for
V alker; Mr. Smith objected to my taking him out of
the jail, because tie said that Walker was a slippery
customer, but 1 persisted in doing co; on the occasion
that 1 l ave alluded to before, when we went to l)i
\ i; ion Ftrc tt to see Mrs. Pell and Mrs. Warner, Walk
er went into the confectionery *tore, where he
spent s< me five or ten minutes; when Walker asked
n.e to let him escape from the jail, I told him [
would if 1 conld; 1 do not recollect when this conver
sation took pini e; 1 think that Airs. Smith was at
heme the day that Mrs. Malcolm was in the cell with
I Walker when they had brandy and water; I never
I told any one of this scene before I toll Me ws. Mar
tin Strong and a. P. Smith; after l Mod it o:it I
thought it was none of my business; 1 did not report
what 1 saw wrong to my employer; when I went on
the shed to see what was going on in Walker's cell,
1 cr.nnot recollect whether his window was open or i
?hut; the backs of Walker and Mrs. Maloomb were
toned towards me at the time, but I c uild see the :
position of tbe lutter's feet; I made no remarks j
when 1 went into the cell; Mrs. Malcolm remained
there Forne lime after; I cannot say how long; 1 was i
iu t <i>misM'd from the jail by Mr. Smith; i left of j
rn own accord.
(,). Did yon ever make an affidavit on behalf of
Mr. Walker thet you never admitted a wo man into
I the jail to see Mr. Walker, or ever left liiai alone
I wiib any woman?
Mr. Blunt objected to this question on tho ground
that the paper, if any existed, ought to be produced.
While the learned counsel was stating his objections
the witness was seized with a fit, and it became nc
cessury to remove him, and suspend his examina
tion.
George W. Hull deposed?I am a conducts on
the Third avenue railway; pint of the year l*.j3 1
resided at 267 Walker street; I know the Eldridge 1
strtet jail; my house was on the south side of I
Walker street, between Allen and Eldridge; lama
| married man, and was married then; 1 occupied the
third floor, both in the front and roar; there was a
yard attached to that honse, and the end fence of
my yat d was against the corner or the yard of the
; Eldridge street jail; several families resided in the
Fame house with me, and among them 1 recolle t
I Mr. Lncj and Mr. Warner; I know Miss Pell; she
1 then resided w ith me; from tbe rear windows of the
i bonce 1 occupied I could command a full view of
j the r<ur windows of the .mil; my attention his
( been attracted by i-eeing fingers poked through the
? bars, manoeuvring; I endeavored to find >ur what
I the party inside of the bars was doing; one Sunday
j I undertook to ftianoetivre myt-elf to the person in
the jail, but I could understand not 'ing; I occupied I
I the pumices No. 267 Walker strict for two |
I \ears, and left them soiuo time in July, |
j I t-uw these tigns some time in ttie sum
[ rr.er or fall of 1*52 ; I noticed these
sifnis almost eveiy tin e I s:it down at the window:
they were kept up until I left; between the 1st of
Muy and July, 1k/:i, I noticed telegraphing fromtue
house 1 lived in to the jail: this telegraphing came
from an addition to the boi.se, which was like a
kitchen in the rear; I saw it a,most every d*y;
there were three windows in the jail, and I t*ii i\
the sipt.s came from the middle window; it was Mrs.
Werner who m<;e the si,rns fr< m my premise'-, she
might have made them thr< e or fonr times a week; |
i rlie did mi ke them ? very week; I noticed Miss Pell 1
and Mrs. Warner also nuikiny signals; 1 onco visited
1 tbe prhon, and saw Birch, tbe la*t witness, there;
1 1 think I kr" w the person who wis making sign -Is
, fiem the jail; 1 think it was that gentleman (puin<
irg to the defendant); tbe signals t>> Miss t'ell
w< re ma.ie from tnat part of the house occupied by
Mr. Warner.
(roK. examined?Miss Pell was my wife's sifter.
James Biitt being nworn, deposed?I am at pre
sent an assistant constable; 1 have b -en connected
with the Eldridge .>tiect jail on two different
casioiis as turnkey; 1 tir??t we. t there iu Senteio'ier,
1W;0. arid rtmanud there till January, ls.il, the
second time I went thiie wss about the end of
June. I'M, und I continued there the i about four
moi.ti.r; during the latter time Wildes I'. Walker
wi s in the jail and occuphd ttie front cell facing
Ediicige siieet; I kn<i? that, females visited t le
piiroii then, at <1 I recollect letting i?ue iu twice to
M e Mr. Wnlki r; I do not ki *>w who . he was nor the
name by whn h she passed; I could not say to rh it
spai intent she went; I never *nw her In .iny of the
rooms, nor can 1 tell Ik>w long she rem nued there;
1 ie< ollect seeing a female in Mr. Walker's 'ell. b'it
cannot say when, hut it was during the l**t time
that I was in the jail; em one occasion I was w.iU
in r< und the prison, snd coming to Walker's room
ai d til.ding ii slu t, I knocked; Walker u| eoe I the
door, and I saw a female in the cell; she was sit
til.R on the bunk; 1 think s!ie was a mi die-aged
wori uij; I could not ?wi ar positively that I h id evt r
Km In i before; I never found a temale in Walker's
ceilonanj other occasion.
( rf ?s-evnmtn??'' -I ?r>t ? i,iA
Vstiiew tiamia; there might have Lceu cha.lr? in
Wftlkvr ? CvU.
[ Mr. Bluntthen offered in evidence a paper nirk'*
B, proved to Vi ?nUi? handwriting of the de/eaiaat.
It pt rj art* <1 to be a deaf and dumb alphabet, with
t! i* ot. rf relation of ttie let urn.
? 'I i. r. , ti< ? ?>t th ? doct.mcQt was objected to by
Mi. ihittml I ?* ?t ? defendant, when
V . inrt thut hiiuteutvmin producing this
in evidence was to ah t * v ttui a correspoudence
cotild te kept up ti n. it;'. i n a channel.
The Court faid that u'l.tr'a the nature of the signg
tl at pvwfd between tl e defendant and Dirties tout
s' dt >>i I.dxidge eticet jtil u,'|>"aivd iu evidence, the
document c tii'l not h-.* receive.].
On a que ti. n of adjournment, Mr. Busteel said
tl .it tl.e testimony "? a uiHii oi tin- name of C doriel
I ubo *uft. ken i t > m <??*. and lie wished to know
whether ? woi Id be read before the court adjour icd.
Mi B.'uDtwi t t iutelluvuce had re*oli?.l the
Vm tin ii ortiii i~ that -:e 15 .iculo of tho Supreme
< i;i it i:uo died y'.'i'i-' y. A <cr passing a eulogy
* t' c l.:gh iii'irul 4u.1l ? it'l l le^al attainments
?i ir.edc-ier. en, he 111 vi'i t adjournment of tho
c i 1, imd tliHt the i'u *- mi' the adjournment be en
ti ed on ti r n 1 ,tt?.
f . I urUeuhiq ed that the Couit would grant tho
n.- tn u.
1 In- .1. i' e hp ?! tl at he would letve adjourned the
II uft tli mi11 l 1. 1 it It not been fur the way in
wliaIi lie hit. it 11I v.ith litis long caute.
'ILt Court t ? ti iJjnuri? d.
ltro'ik'yn t'lly Inti lllgence.
TtlE LAI I- 1II(N. SKWAllO I: Mt JUl.O, II UiiK OF TUB
EHOtil UDKIAL PiSTtllOT.
Ytslerdnv inornuig. i-i the Kings County Cotirt
oftijn ?a1 lVrm i' r (!l >n. VVm. A. Rockwell pre
siding jmlr'i' ) the d>'cea;eo' Jn<l'.(e Birculo, late
< ne of the Justus ot' the 8aprome Court of the
Bccond Judicial District, was announced by the
B s riot At orney. He ? a'ed that in consequence
of h ? * ion the cuty a >peared to devolve upon
him to make the loraial announcement. TLe deiaiso
of Jud|:e Baiculo occurred abut 11 o'clock on Cut s
dti> morning, at the r s.deticc of his father in-law,
n the city of New York. It was known that his
health lad been failing, and he took a voyage t
Europe in the hope of producing an improvement
1 he voja e had not the desired eil'cct, and he re
turned t-New York where he became prostrated
and died. In his iieatb the Htate has lost an able
and faith al public servant, the bench an ornament,
and the profession one of its brightest representa
tives. lie was possessed of that quality of fearhss
n< . s?oliii ot defiant ind-pendence?which '? most
iu:poitnnt in a .Indue, and no outward influences
nfU'ited his integrity and judgment. He moved
tl :.t the C^nrt report a suitable memorial to be
etilcltd on the minutes, inrt adjourn to some future
d .. out of respect to the memory of fcwmi.
?Imlici Moki-e secondod the motion, aud said that
be wished to bear liis humble testimony to those
| qualities in the late Justice Barculo, to which the
I District Attorney Imd so justly and succinctly al
luded. The more intimately acquainted he (the
sneaker) became the more was he impressed with
the clearness, the undoubted Integrity and moral firm
ness of the man. He hud opportunities to know hint
in public and in private life, and could bear testi
mony to his wot th. He did not think it any dispar
rugiment to the other members of the bench to say
that the deceased was equal in every ennobling qua
lity to any other with whom be had an opportunity
to associate. In private life he was amiable anil
hospitable,, while in his public duties he was ener
getic and industrious. Ue suggested a meeting of
the bar alter a djournment.
Judge Bockwkll temarked that it was hardly ne
cessary to cay that the Court heartily concurred in
the rentinitnts expressed, as tbe death of Judge
Barculo fell more heavily upon tho bench than any
other body. The Court would concur in the motion
of the Difctiict Attorney, seconded by Judge Morse,
at d adjourned over until next Monday.
The Court then adjourned, and a meeting of the
members ot the bar piesent was organized by se
lection the following officers :?Hon. Wm. A. Rock
well, President; Judge Morse and Judge Green
wood, vice-Presidents ; and Judge Moore, Hecretary.
Judge Dikkman moved that the officers ?f the
minutes prepare a memorial to be entered on the
meeting, showing their sense of the character and
merits of deceased, and that a committee of three
members of the bur prepare aud present appropriate
(evolutions to the meeting.
The Chair appointed Messrs. Dikeman, Bpoonef
and Coggt-well, such committee, and they reported
the following preamble and resolutions which were
unanimously adopted:?
Wherrar, It linr pl-aso I Almighty God, in the diapen
FKliunn of IliR provitlenr.u, to icmovo from the?o?aeof
bib Inborn, in the umturitv of hm jphh an<l unefuluea.i,
Ji i'icc l arci'lo, of thin Judicial l/i-trict, Therefore
Ve.ilvfd, That we deeply sympathise with hut bereave 1
fcmily and relatives in k<> great a Io-h.
lie t ired. That his Honor, JumUco Rarculo, In his thor
ough learning tine intellect decision of character, and
mi r#l conrnp' ujon the bench, had won thu high re?peet
and confidence of the community and of the bar, and
aade hiroulf an enduring re|.atatina.
P?h Iwl, Tlint the members of thn bar of this Jndi
cii 1 I intrlct we.ir momniog up-m the left arm for the
f-jnco </f thirty days, in token vi respect lor tit# memory
ol tie deceased
i e olved. That the officers of this meeting transmit (?
y.e an.ily of (iereaaed a copy of these resolutions, and
hm the nimr he published in the papers of the lliatric J
A resolution w:'s adopted designating Jndsre N.
B. Morse, Jud#? John (ireenwi od, P. V. R. Stanton,
anil Henry Hapner, Rsqrs., as a special deimtatioa
to iittend the funeral of deceased, at Poughkeepsie.
The meeting then adjourned.
The Excise Cohm:sb:o.vkk*.?'The Jury in th*
crtse of Ish&c II. Crampton, indicted for misde
meanor, came into Court j'esterday morning, after
fifteen honrB absence, and stated their inability te
agree. Judge Rock we il r< marked that they had suf
ficient tiuie to consider the ease,bat he believed
there wns something 'vrong In the connruotioa of
the Jury. Not wi-hirtg, however, to punish the
innocent, he would discharge them. Ihey were
accordingly discharged.
Kuf>rrme Court?General IVrin.
Before Hon. Judges w itcell, (P. J.) ltooeevelt and
(Gierke.
TI1F. IXMKON PI.AVE CAHK?DECISION OS THE MOTION
FOR SECURITY FOR COSTS. , '
JtTKE 21?Lemmtnt wis. thr Hiuju'c, at the relation
c-f f*cuu Auj?ili<m.?There is an appeal in this cum
lrotn tl e neu?-ion of the late Judge Paine, and the '
<|iies:ion now before the eourt is. whether the ap
] ellnut, being a non-iesldent of the Htate. should
give secnriti tor cwte. Tiie follosriug is the deci
sion <>f the Court:?
Wi rciiEt.. J.?On h:il eas, granted on the applies
lion of Louis Napoleon,eight -laves wore discharged
from the enste dy of Mr. Leminon, and the latter,
after this boa I adjudication, removed the prooeed
iogs iiito this court, [Mils:.ant to '1 H. 8. 573 (sec.
71-69). 1 hut ? eciion allows proceedings on habeas
corpus only after final adjudication, to "he remored
by certiorari into the Sonreme Court, to be there
examined and corrected.' This is the precise office
Oi uni t ot errtr; it iruioves the proceedings or
rccord oi an inferior tribui:al t > the appel'ate court,
to he theres examined nod corrected. U hen been
held that tiie pron edings on a writ of ?vror are not
mi action withiu the meaning ??f the law, allowing
persons to si'u in fat mu p iprria, 2 Hill, 412; but
tliat wan on the ground tiat this class of persona
weie allowed to we only for a eanae of action, end
thist urior wus not a cause of action, and that that
htntute w;:s to be construed strictly. In tnia case
the appellant >e a nou-rc*id6Dt, and he is prosecut*
int. bis < erti lari or w rit of en r, and that prose
<i tion is a i-it although if is not a cause of action,
and it <: a suit ct nimc nrtd by him. Tin; statute 'J
R.6.620. see. 1,1. that when a suit U commenced
torn j laint if not re-iding within the jurisdiction
rf fhe eruit, or if he becorma non re.-ident after
the suit is c< mme need, security i<hall be given by
li in for coyfs. This statute is to he lilierally con
stmed; it does ne t deprive the plaintiff of any
Hfhls, ite lily n < uires from him security that if he
fails in tie suit be will not leave the defendant
witlioi.t an indemnity ft r the c<mh, which he may
tl.cn owe to the defendant. The like remedy is
also nil' we d afair.pt onr own citizens when they are
de< lrred ins< Ivent by law, or when they ene as trus
tees lor a d>! tor. | owei to require this eecn
j'ty net limited ly the statute, uor does it arise
from the sti tnte; it is an incident to the general*
] (.wen* of the court. and ha-? been allowed on man
t'i mi v, 18 V(].r,2. The security must be given ir>
tl.ls c. ??*.
Pievhu h to the rO"olus!on of the argument, the
Court, on motion r.t Mr. Whiting, adjourned, ot?t ef
lespeet to the memory of the late Judge IWculo.
Common Plfa*-Piti Flrtt.
B< 'ore Hon. .Indue Daly.
On motion of the Hon. John M Keon, this branch
of the court adjourned in respect to the memory ef
Judge Barculo.
Nu| rrnie ?i<n> t?!> fecial Trraii
Ikt'oie lion. Judge Clurke.
This enrt adjourmd tor the i-imo caoa*, M
dU ...so t. e I irtu.t, U ore Hon. Judge Mi chell.
A Fi at of Lxciitwtno,?During the thunder
rt' ini oi Thundae night List, a builiiing in Boner"
vil e ?i.s f-t r? ( k l>j lightning, and oi,e of the rafter*
whs forced ont tbroi gh the renif, iii. king only en
optrtvre huge enonf h lortbe purpose, and whatle
uioic singular, no further truce of the timber hae
been found. It is to pposid that it was set on fire
hp the lightning, an. completely destroyed.?Baton
Tranteript.
Bin Pear Catgut.?On Monday moru'ng, In Ox
ford, a very luge heir v?a< shot by a pa;ty of hun
ters cenii- 'fd of C. Ravage St. W. Savage, John
Chase, h. Btev*ns and Mean*. Davis. He measured
8 feet in length. 4 feet, in giith, 20 inches round the
lesr. attel two feet round his thigh, and weighed :t"'?
pouiiOH. hut/u " ctittciB " flre not
faiU.?Acu t rtfuh