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A.O. MURRAY, VOLUME IX. €jje linerirnn Enioii. PUBLISHED EVERY SAII/KDAY MORNING, BY A. G. MURRAY. OJicc on Broad Street, West end the New Brick ‘ Range, (up-stairs.) T E~rTm S : Tiro Dallara ftiitl A l&alf In Advanre or Three ; Dollar* at the end of six month*. No subscriptioneta- | Icon for leaf than on year, unless paid in advance ; and . no paper irill be dHcontinued till all arrearages are paid, ! except at the option of the publishers. ADVERTISES! RATS • Conspicuously inserted at ONK DOLLAR per square 1 •er the f rat insertion and FIFTY ‘JE NTS for each subse- j *nt centinaaneo; A square in the Union, is the space i es ten linos iu small type, containing, as it doe.*,one hun- ; 4rod words. Alladrortisoiuents sent without specifying the number of insertions desired, will be continacd until ordered out and ; charged for accordingly. SlioriflTssales tt.iLr rogfilarexpcnHorn-and mortgage 0 fas. on real estate, must be published 3i)days, >2,50 Personal property under mortgage ti. las. mast be published fiO days, 5,00 Citations furl ettorsof Administration 30, days, ....2.75 Tax Collector’ssale*, to days, 5,00 ‘ Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 10"** 3,00 j Sales of personal property of estates, 10 3,(ft) | Sales of Land or Negroes* * 4 40 “ 4,50 ! Applications for leave to sell Land or Negroes must be published weekly for 2mouths 5,00 Notice for Letters Diamissory by Executors or Administrator*, monthly for 0 months, 1,50 BrGuardians, weekly for 40 days, ..4.50. Estrays, 2 week*, 1,50 Orders of Court of Ordinary to make title to Laud,'ac companied by a copy of the bond ur agreement, must be published 3 months. AMERICAN TREATY WITH JAPAN. We fin 1 in the Singapore (India) Free I’re-~ * f the 14th"'April .Trrrrrmt copied from a Il>ng-K*>:ig paper, of:lie success ful negotiations of Commodore Perry with (he Japanese Govenim Mit for t!i>‘ <•’* n:ng *>f it-, ports to tho conlm’ivo ol'iiio railed States.--:. This importutn intelligence is confirmed I>\ late advices from England and hy the li *tig- Kong correspondence of the X -w \oi k. Com mercial Advertiser. The precise terms of the treaty which was to have been ratified by Japan *>ti the 7 1 !i April, ■ are not yet known. It is stid’lnavcvcr to bo pda i ced beyond a doubt that free intercourse between the two ciautri's is fallv op at.si, and that two! ports with a coal depot and a supply of coal for; the United States steamers, has been conceded ; also that kind treatment and an abundant sup ply of water and provisons are secured to a!! Amer icans who may visit any part of the Japanese Coast. The ports conceded are Ciuiodi, in Niphuii, near Cape Yuze, and ELikatum, on the Island, and in tile Straits of Matzmai : but it is agreed that, should the report of tiie naval officers sent to survey these places be unsatisfactory, other ports in the same island will be selected in their eta*L _! The railro.il and electric telegraph taken l*\ tlic squadron to Japan wens in successful opera tiou when the frigate Sue j*t>*h:uni.uh, which : conveyed thVs news to Hoag-Koiig, left Jed..! ! on the 25th of March. The Japanese utterly de.iic !'l iving ns.id :v..y ; treaty with the U* t *.- ia n Governnjcnti The Editor of the mrc •:•*—A-;v,rto u states that ho has seen other corrcsjMinden.ee j which confirms this intelligence, ai.d a ids that “the utmost courtesy was shown in Japan by llu-! officials and by the people. The officers of the squadron ranged freely about the country, the inhabitants on every side evincing great interest and curiosity, but no fear, and in no instance disrespect.” Also, that Commodore Perry ‘‘pro posed to extend the conceded privileges to oth er nations, but the suggestion was negatived by the Japan ese.” This correspondence enumerates the following articles as likely to be in demand for Japan: Wollens of every description ; preferable col ors, red, blue and yellow. Hardware, includ ing tools of all kinds, tin plates, stores, &c.— Glassware ; window, plate and cut.. Printed cottons of fine texture and high colors ; carpet ing, heavy cottou goods, fire arms, el c.ks, leath er of bright colors, to. From the Japanese we can procure silver, gold and copper of unusual purity, tea and silk, the latter, however, .of an in ferior quality. FROM THE FRIEND OF CHINA OK AI’RII. 5. The return to Jlong-Kong on Sunday of the United Slates steamship Susquehanuah, Cap Buchanan, has placed us in possession of fui liter particulars of the United States and Rnsssian ex peditions to Japan. The American fleet, it will be remembered, left this harbor on the morning of the 14th of January last. On the Till of Feb-’ ruary the steamer left Looehoo, the sailing vessels haring left that place about a week before. On the 12th the Susquehanuah, bearing the Hag of Commodore Perry, anchored in a bay a little to the south of Jeddo where she found the .frigates Macedonoan and Vandalia, and the atoreship Lexington in sight, beating in. (The Southampton, store-ship, was afterwards found to hare arrived in the Bay of Jeddo on the same daj. The Macedonian had got on a reef, but! a tug from one of (he steamers, all three of which arrived together, placed her in deep water the same afternoon. She is not supposed to have received any material injury. , f 7 Ob the 13th February tbo tera_frigate* Sus cmehan.pah,.Mississippi, aud Powhatan, with the lbmfaWM%Jtagd*ita and „ Ljttngton tow, steamed twentsujn: • - >f Jeddo, (S—(blmp in a [WBOBwhijiroii the previous vie* iKMlWmgnated the ‘‘American The whole of the surrounding country, including a high volcanic peak called Fudsi J.amma, was : found covered with snow; the thermometer was down to 30°, and water froze on the decks. Ontho 18th February Com. Perry shifted his flag to the Powhatan, 011 board of which vessel negotiations commenced, the Vandalia proceed ing to Uraga whero it was intended an interview between the respective Commissioners should take place. A succession of gales pre vented the vessels from proceeding farther up the bay until the 24th, on which day the squadron got under way and ran up off a large town call-; ed Kaoagawa, from twelve to fifteen miles from • Jeddo by water, nine only by land. The houses of Jeddo were plainly enough visible from the maat-beads, and boats from the squadron sound ed up to within three miles of the wharves. The Vaadalia’s visit to Uraga was rendered unneces sary, it being determined in her absence, to have the council-house erected at a small fishing vil- ; lage called Yo-ko-ha-ma, not far from the town off which the squadron had anchored. On the first of March his Excellency Yeizal mou, deputy Governor of Uraga, and some oth er high officers, were entertained on board the I Susquehanuah. The bearing of these officials issaid to have been frank and friendly in the j extreme. Toasts were drank and speeches made, j interpretations being riudered by means of in termediate Dutch; arid, by all that could be as certained from the temper of the guests, there ! was every reason to believe that the rejily of the Emperor of Japan to the letter from the Presi dent of the United States would be as favorable j I as might, reasonably be expected. At first it was understood that the report oFr ; diluted by the Russians of the death of the Em - ’ peror was altogether without foundation. From i J subsequent inquiry, however, the report was j ! found to be true; though no attempt was made : ; to postpone negotiations on mortuary account’as the Russians assorted would-be the case; an excuse j I there is some re.isf nto believe, that bad effect ;so far as they (die Russians) were concerned, tin- ! j Japanese denying !ii< st positively that any treaty j ’ bad been in.'yjo with them. The Emperor of Ja- j pan was cigkty-tliree years of age when he died, j His Majesty's... r.\ has been proclaimed liissucccs- 1 ; sor, though lie is not vet crowned, j The Sloop Saratoga arrived in the Bay of Jed- j jdo mi the 4th of March, and was ordered to I j j re pare for a trip to the Sandwhieh Islands, by j I which route, thence to Panama, bis excellency} j the Commodore announced his. determination to j 1 forward the earliest report of the result of his tie- J j gotiations. Early in March an interpreter nr- j •rTHTcd iHrcct from .*lc*l*b*;-nii4-*i>- tin*. Sill .visit- , led the flag-ship. He is said to have been able j to converse quite (lucnllv in both Dutch and ; English, and could read and write, our ian i gunge .with fm ifiiv. He spoke freely of the j Emperor, his master, aud ot his Majesty ‘s wiiliug ! m-ss to acia til commercial advantages to foreign nations. < *f coal lie saiil there was plenty which ! should be hr. sight from the mines to a d.-pot to be selected by the Ainc!ictitis. ‘i'bis inter-| j p.-eter had only recently returned from Nangas- > i aqut-, where 1..- sai l the Russians were point j j blank refused any promise of a treaty, i <Mi the Sib of MateTi, at noon, under an am ! bassador’s salute from one of the ships, Com. Perry landed for his promised interview with the Imperial Japanese Commissioners, llis Ex cellency's barge was accompanied by boats from the various vessels of the squadron to the number of twenty-eight; and, besides the boats’ crews, four hundred seamen and marine were conveyed to the shore to form his Excellency's escort. The weather was magnificent, and the landing was effected most successfully. Two other salutes, one for the Emperor another for t!ie Commissioners, were fired by the boat squad- I roil : 1 !'!. i- his Excellency was on shore. r The result of this first interview mav only U< geiieraliz-sl into th • report that tins disposition : evinced was most favorable to American wishes, ! ! 1 it'ii* r !!>••.tings wer*’determined on, and a ware- , j house was erected lor the special reception of : presents tor the Emperor, Empress, and Court. I which were landed on the morning of the loth. ! From the size of the building prepared to re-’ | ceivc these presents the Japanese appeared to j 1 have expected a bulkier, if not a more Valuable j I assortment. A plot of ground was cleared too t'nr laying down the miniature railroad, and a line was arranged for working the electric telegraph ; of both of which, as forming part of the intend ed presents to the Japanese Court, our readers will tio doubt already have heard. March 15, 1854. —A red letter day in the annals of Japan ; saw the Emperor’s reply to .the President’s requests under perusal on board the flag-ship ; .and on the 1 Tth Com. Perry again landed for his second interview with the four Commissioners appointed to negotiate a com tnerciiil treaty. The names arid rank of these officers are said to be as follow s : First Commissioner, his Highness the Prince Councillor Hayhasi. Second Commissioner, Prince Ido of Tsussi 111a. Third Commissioner, Prince Izdyra ofMina sa-ki. Fourth Commissioner, his Excellency U-d-na, an assistant in the. Board ot Revenue. The names of the Japanese interpreters of the respective Legations are Mr. Matsmakc Mich i-ta-ro and Dr. Samuel Wells Williams. March 20. —The stoueship Supply arrived from Shanghai, conveying to Com. Perry the re port left by the Vostoek of the successes in Ja i pan of the Russian Admiral; but the period of j ■a year fixed by the Hussion l for the opening of j I Japan to the world was said to be a figment of j Russian imagination. The Japanese would only 1 admit that the Russians had said thig would U; | hack in a year. On the morning of the 24th March Com. Per ry had his third inteiview with the Japanese Commissioners, a few days before having dis patched the Vandalia and Southampton to ex amine the harbor of Shodima, about seventy miles south of Jeddo, one of the places indicated by the Japanese as fitting for a factory. Were we to give in this journal as certain fact the whole of what we have heard as having been effected by Com. Perry in his negotiations, it would speake ill for American diplomacy in hav ing allowed so much to transpire. Without in fringing any reasonable requirement, however, vw sea remitted to snythat the followiac de itm¥nWlafliiiu a correct summary of the prin jClpal advautu'gißgi . .. jar Two ports are given to irfl : Yeso. and Shodima, before mefflroned ; und, in addition to these places with trading residents,, another location is promised contiguous to the 1 coal country. At first the Japanese Commission era spoke of one year for the ooal station aud five for the trading places, as periods within which they promised the warm endeavor of (heir Gov ernment to prepare the people for the new regu lations. The laws of the Empire, they said, were very strict against trading of any kind, except at Nangasaqui with the Dutch. Tothese lengthy | periods however, his excellency Com. Perry tem : perately though firmly objected, insisted on the I coal depot at once and trading porta within a year. ~ , ~ * As regards the terms of treaty, the best of that * ihUm-ti, a Urge town, with 30,000 inhabitant J, jrtn t4 on aba; at th point of the (aland and Law- Ita harbor ia constantly tiled with worchaat vertnU, s**d it t hat S — Mailt Bru . • * Frovf all f lil itgt; hold f>t I hut lit* hi* good. I'a GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1854. with China is said to form the leading feature.—; This, we think, is to be regretted. Ports in Ja pan, as well as in China, should be as fri'tvas the 1 liarbor of Ilong-Kong, where duty ort our island’s ‘ chief production, granite, is collected bv the 1 iov ernment from the stone-quarrv farmer. Com. Perry, it is said, offered to embody a clause in the treaty for participation bv all the world in the advantages heib ‘ired; but lotliis iiii.position the Japanese Commissioners denim led, express ing, howpver, a willingness to make separate treaties on similar terms with any other nations who,might seek them in a peaceful nninncrj-d- I rectly the-treaty is concluded, Capt. Affirms, in tlie (Saratoga, will leave with despati.lnri; but as it is said Com. J*err\ iiitepds to rurn.'ii on tie Ja panese coast for at least twy-eir throe months, \\e t presume li is Exeellenc\>*?ripriideii! Iv determined ! upon doing what i>-td be elope in a quiet, steady : manner, and without any uinicci -s.-u v I a>te. 1 lie n.imature lailwav and live miles m e i netio telegraph created great astonishment. Ai j ranged with Japanese characters, there wu-nnn I. • amiisemeut among the natives at the extremes of i the line at the rapidity and ease-with which a j conversation could be carried 011, additional wires i Iv-iiig ordered tube prepared immediately, -o that they might carry the communication right • up to the capital. The railway was taken round ! a circuit of some fifty cards in diameter, or near llv a teiitlrhfdi mile in length. The locomotive. ‘ • with its tendeV and ear. was made to travel at j the rare of forty miles an hour. Os course the | action of these machines was only intended as ‘ | a sinaii exhibition of Western science. The cii j riosity of the Japanese appears to have been -highly e\< e. and by the beautiful symmetry of tlu ‘ j Macedonian, and artisans were engaged m tne;w-1 urmg her, us tiny said; for the purpose--of build iug her counterpart. One of the. marines of the Mississippi d\ tug I while the squadron was lying in the Bay of Jed do. an occasion yvas given t(j apply for ground for a eenietary. Sufficient space for ten inter ments being allotted, the marine was buried with ■ ill 1 the honors of \\.:r. - - j In conclusion, we have only to s:iv that, the, Susqiiehann.'ih reports her crew and those of the I rest of the squadron as in excellent heallti ;nid i line spirits. She was eight days on the run fioni 1 Jeddo to this port. 1 FROM THE N$W YORK COMMERCIAL AP\ 1 aft ISI in j At the present time, the opening of channels | of commerce with such a vast empire is special- i ly important, inasmuch as the continued <lis'm -! banees in China threaten to thwart cnfetpri'e ; in that direction. The supply of teas thence is 1 already falling off) and‘a further dcficieney is ex pected, for the civil war is weakening the re source as well as benumbing the energii sos the Chi nese ; so that the opening of Japan to Amer ican comniercb is exceedingly < p]>ortuue. It ‘is wor’hy of note, too, that tliis eoiiei sri-.ri is tr ;--rr ■ ‘to the l. nited sttat< ; only. w !d< !i. b cjjux - A-. !“f the wi- lorn with w hich <.’omn.odore Retry ; ba excctdi and his delicate but important mission.-! ’ which is y. rv apparent, also, from the c.q.a u , narratives ~! bis proceedings oti hissj -'ud \ ‘t : supplied by the t liiiia papers. ; ihe bail., rto Hite iet.iir.se wTTI Jtq li is ! *.: “ ■ ken .Kixvn, w I'liout t!..• lilting,of a sword or the i tii ng- of a hostile gun. Nor is the foitna! tn ati ; the only advantage gained by thexpedition.— The two nations have already learned much of each other’s characteristics, and there is every evidence that the Japanese are disposed to place confidence in their new acquaintances, and to learn all they can from them. In this respect they differ considerably from the Chinese, whose first intercourse with European nations was marked by contempt, for European inventions and productions. The accounts furnished from the expedition show that the Japanese rank higher in intellect and in enterprise than the Chinese. We find them appreciating the rail way, and marvelling at the telegraph, and even making diligent inquiry respecting Ericsson’s ca loric engine, of which they had heard. The list of presents and the mode of their reception is worth quoting: * Four days after theinterview the presents were interchang-edr time having been required to erect places for their reception. Those for the Empe ror consisted of,-among other things, a railway with steam engine; an electric telegraph ; a surf boat; a life boat; a printing press ; a fine lorg nette ; a set of Audubon's American Ornitholo gy, splendidly bound; plates of American lull am; maps of different States of America : agri cultural implements, with all the nn Em Im-- I proveinents; a piece of cloth; it bale,of cotton; a stove ; rifles, pistols, and swords; cjiaiiipagiic.: cordials, and American whiskey. And for the Empress, (presuming there is one.) a*telescope; a lorgnette in a gilded case ; a lady's toilet lux, gilded ; a scarlet velvet dress ; a changeable silk dress, flowered; a splendid robe; Audubon’s il-; lust rated works; a handsome set of china; a mantle-piece clock; a parlor stove ; a box of fine j wines ; a box of perfumery ; a box of fancy! soaps. Among the other presents, perhaps the j one most valued was a copy of Webster’s Com plete Dictionary to the interpreter. To the high officers were given books, rifles, pistols, wines, 1 cloths, maps, clocks, and cordials, the last of which they fully appreciated ; and, as regards clocks, when it was proposed to bring an engi neer from.ship-board to set them agoing, the fa paneee wld there was fbr that, for they had e!oclmjakgjipWedo *iP c tiy W’ • may US thought of some of tnß&er (preronts, the railway and telegraph, at the world at the time was disposed to laugHf were happy hits. The rail is only about three i hundred yards iri all; hut, being formed in acir i cle, the carriage can be driven at the rate of forty miles or more. Jost at first the Japanese were chary of venturing into the car, but after a single j trial there was much good humored conqietition for places. The telegraph much more astonished | them; but they will speedily understand it, and | may possibly by this time belaying down wires ; for themselves. The chaplain of the expedition, the Rev. Mr. Bittinorr, made several excursions among the villages and cornfields, the latter of which he found in high cultivation. The houses were gen erally thatched, the better one* tiled, and had enclosed yards and gardens. Tito narrator adds: The amc gentleman, finding the people nei ther unfriendly nor indisposed to receive him, and having obtained leave to go on shore, dotei- 1 mined to vi-it two large cities some miles oil, | called lvttiag.iwn and Kusacca, and with that i view rnr—r-ti an :trm of thebav, which shortened I the'distance by several mile*. Ho then pro ! needed through Kanagawa, supposed to contain - from one (.• two thousand inhabitants, and, from the im. ioii'e crowds that j•<ur>->I out ev.-rvivliore to see tlie stranger, there can be nodouht of lhe no]*n!a ; •-beitiu very great. Tim coox-is, how ei or, i . list i,o inconvenience ot impediment, .Irt ials who a, , mipanied Mr. Rat’:te_’ ■:, the p-* ! pie on .e* .( a passage ; atei ttlterviai-is, am -i ger having In-ell sent forward f**r the purpose, tic p* -j I- p-aked tllellci-lves I* x tl >.d--"t la.- lions, -and left tl . centre of the -to- ts.ievrfor I the -tl . .r r. I !*• . I.t* ■■ •I seme of tic Ic:,m .-. wlicb I. 1 .-.,i i primitive in their farniltir.- at:d ,at lane ‘in* n's. Rut. eomnared with * .tier ‘ >rien- I-.. Ida ” :g- (the same * i.,-‘. te at, vi ill. and i-oini. . ‘al !e. In s*me of them in * ‘ -or’ and jeloek- 1.1 *i*- *n * • inanufasi! iire- II- il-o v cite ! several tend*!*•>, wbi. a, though stuai!’ r tban i)i ( Irina, have more gilding on licit’ walls and ornament on their idols.andgen -1 eialiy arc in better order. The priests a* well ’ as the p, .pie were .listing'li.sbe*! for tlcir courte sy. Tic cities visited were not only veryexten t sive, (estimated to be six miles long.) but w ith j wi.de well forttu*l streets> < asaei-a is some tis teen to tw'-btv mile's distant bv land, from tic .-hip; :i Mr. Hittiriger being thus neccssarilv long i.!c.-nt, some anxiety was felt about, him. A In w.as returning a Japanese .officer put into Ids In* -I-an onl-r from the commoilorc f**r all ‘offii -to return on board, and slcrt.lv nf'.-r ----1 wards a . >uri*-r, mounted on a spleti.li*! bl.-ck “tloTsT- TtetTV*''-Teit A similar drspateli. rmd —finding Jit w as understood and acted upon, turned round land g n and back again to report the approach jof tic American officW. who eotielu*led bis join * icy by tor-di-light, and foriii.t on his arrived that *-ven tiling tliat had occurred had bedi m !-d. | ctvcti th- ttumber *.f buttons’ot) bis coat being 1 I‘e. c ’■•■l. I (d'e: off) rived to g-1 up to- Jod.io, or ‘ttflic .a a* urrr;:. “rti-ii+h+svU that there is tiv *.- f ■ iii - ! * w -it--r *•!*.* up to th** oil v. . Itw.-f- , • that when tic trerv was sig:. and ■ per; -.*.ii • ■•'.! Ii nii'ii to tin; strangers to i vi-it •• capital. (‘f tic two ports, Matsmai *ind I (Jstka. tin . p. mug of which the treaty provide* | for, tic I long Kong Register gives a brief ae j count. M r n*-mai -is-the chief city of the Island i Yeso, and is situated at the south end of the Is j land, n.-ar the Straits of Sangar. betw.-en Veto ’ an*! \ce. Lffiaka is a capital in “Nrjrhon. <-r | Jap-iti proper; rtnd is situate*! on tic western*ile, aboil; half way between Jeddo, the capital, and j Nagasaki, the Dutch port of trade. A corres pondent of the China Mail gives the following t ape.*nnt of the burial of one of the sailor* of tic An -ri- ;n squadron: ! i-)..- ;’ t;.. standing ..pci c*- •.)**,*■> 100 J,.p- R.:<.•. ‘E-srif--- i t* be H i.ovndovyu bv ( .Viiomo ; *l*-r* Rem lias l.*-*-ii that they were inviiii ibly eii.t.-l o-i-.R-'of'i'! ll -i •iatiily. Imßcd tliis lias le u a- :gned as a main r*‘ i-on f*r tlcir exelu-iva iie .-. T tic e|u! >'. In oft!:, cross they still object, but ,tl sterv ,j( tl*e expel! *1 Rortiiguese, tliat every * ‘-o i ,1c din;’- at Japan was v piircd totram j ■ oti 0 or on a r* p; * sen tat .* -u of the Virgin * .-.it .vi ir. must, if tine, 1 >ve Itecn entirely con itic .to tie m and tlicr co-reiigjonists. More recent w riters, who have b,-eu able to deny that such is now the custom, tell us the “practice of religious rights is prohibited by irrevocable Jap anese lawsbut the following narrative of the funeral of a marine of the United States squadron shows that there is as little foundation for the other. <Ja the fifth of March, the day following tic first meeting between Uom. Derry and tlie Impe rial Commissioner from Jeddo to negotiate the ■ terms of a commercial, treaty, a soldier’s and a Christian burial was given to a marine, Robert Williams, who had died a few days before on I hoard the steamer Mississippi. Tics party detailed for this purpose consisted of several officers, one ‘of them the chaplain in his gown, an escort of 8 i marines iti charge of a corporal, and four ma rines as bearers of the corpse. Two boats left tlie ship, one containing the officers and the oth er the bodv and escort. Upon reaching the shore tile party was met by several Japanese of ficials, ready to conduct them to tlie grave.— 1 Tie; escort landed first, and received the body with the usual honors. The little procession was then formed; first the escort, followed by the .music, (drum and file;) next the body borne on the shoulders of four messmates; and then the chaplain with the other officers, and a few ‘ sailors from the boats bringing up the rear. In thi.- order, with the music playing a dead inarch, the party moved to the graro, winding through tli’e streets of a village a distance of nearly half a uule. On either side of the road and ou the ! surrounding hills, at the foot of one of which the grave had been made, thousands of people, men, women, and children, could be seen, all ■ manifesting eager curiosity. I could but’ think, as W 6 passed along, how strange not only the procession, but each of us individually, must appear to that eager throng, 1 not one of whom probably had ever before logg ed upon the face of a stranger from * foreign country; and yet there was ao undue noise or apparent alarm we neared the a vadpW!- 1 ty spot, the voice ojßH^qJaitiWl^^^i'-ar-! “ I am the resurfHKiri anil the life, aith the Lord; he that in me though lie w -r.- dead, yet ah; and whosoever liv.jth and jbeljevetbJpmeS?Ji;;:l never die.” around the grave, and the reading of the burial service proceeded, the scene was one of unusual interest; for the time and place and eir-umstanccs all conspired to make it. a* an incident, honorable to our short sojourn ; in a laud where for centuries, it is said, the sym bol of our religion ha* been trodden tinder foot, j | The church burial service ended, tlie escort fired J ! three volleysover the grave. I had expected that on this there would be some commotion among the crowd, but I noticed only at the first ] discharge that for a moment there wa a slight j movement as of surprise, and then all wore again quiet, and attentive observers. Having now committed to the earth with all due honor, the remains of our deceased shipmate,’ the procession was re-funned, and, with music to the front, again passed through the village and the thousands of spectators to our boats on the beach. Here we took leuve of the officials, l x*lio throughout the entire ceremony had con ! ducted themselves with great propriety and ex ! tended to us every civility, and return;*! to the J ship, pleased w ith the consciousness of not only having seen, but assisted in giving such honors, ill sin li a place, to a deceased brother. I he xx l iters in the China paper* take excep tion* !• * . ,n*. feature of this negotiation, x i* ; That ! . tb* Japan* l **- refused to admit into the prn|x>*v*l trejitx a * l.iii*** granting to all other countries | . tlie same privileges as tln*se granted to tin* I rii t- I State-, ti is to the. honor of the Adtiiinis tration that .-* nt out tin- expedition, and to the Ainl-a-sidor himself, that the libera! proposition’ xx'jt- mad*- to tin- I nil* 1 *stat**s. The refusal, j ii.e.xex w; i- li*.l I*. !>*• xxoieleied at. and in* Japan os** in v not and. i-ni it *‘\pe*lieiit to admit ot oiu j tiiid- ad tie , it..>ns of tb*‘**aHb to siieb inter-; e**iire. i lie treat’, x* itb the L*itU*-d States is but an *-.\p -i iiin-ti!, ulel max possibly'be regard-i • •■la* a I: *rard*e;s ix|*'rii*'e*it. eon*i*leritrg the! l-.-ug year’ es - . liisioti in xxiu* ti the people lihv*- 1 * 1 xv-elt ; but that llltimatelv other nations will be j admitted to the same privilege* cannot reasotia- j biy'be <loubtei|. The stiperincrrmbuit pressure; one** removed, the germ of popular enterprise I , xxiif spring up and groxx until it will connect it-1 j self xvitb every commercial Rower. And how vastly superior, lmxv much nobler are such corajiu-sts and triumpb* than those of tin* bayonet and tin; cannon! lloxv much more! worthy of the government of the 1 nited State*! is sue!] an *■ xp< ililion, xxitli such results, tlmti tlie ! c ritemplateil quarrel with Spain as a pretext for J th-.-acquisition of ('uha! It w ill stand inline-j rialiy to the credit of Mr. Fillmore's Adiniu istiation \ but n<> sacrifice of human lit’*-, ami by ill*.••••II-'.* Euipin* bus been lltisepnltUled. and tin light of emmnerce, of civilization, and of; ■ It; inuilv admit'.'-l int-* its b>t;ir scale*! diain-j l- is. Atid xx-!*a *> f .tttre is open* *! to Japan ; an*l tin; world! lloxv mighty cventstnowcrowd j upon ti-! ( Inna undergoing a revolution, pre-j pant -rv to an cntiie eliaugeof institutions ami I ; .; y, and her n**. * ; 1 ... iy emigrating bv j tii.'msan.N ! Jap ia a! andoniiigannniitercourso, ■ and 00.-nhig b r ports xxitli will’to the I youngest among nations! Fiance an.l England, in alliance, and war about to desolate the whole! *>f Europe! Uther events of scarcely levs im portance are already looming up in the distance. \ i-rily the world, and not this nation or that oti-. ly, is being revolutionized. Official Dinner to the Japanese Officers. Tlie following detail J account of the dinner given on board the United States steam frigate ! Susquehanna to the Deputy Governor of Uraga ! in Japan will be of interest to American readers, j It i* taken from a letter written by one of the 1 officers of the ship, dated, “Bay of Jeddo, March I 21th, 1K54 •i—liaolic first of the presenf month Captain Bu chanan gave liK"Excellency I.Z ilmain, thft.Gov ’ ernor of Uraga, and nine of his -nit, a dinner on ‘ board this ship, the first foreign dinner, perhaps, ; ever given in the Japanese empire. ’! In party enjoyed themselves iu perfect confidence and r* ; j lishcd our food n.nd liquors wiili tlie ta-te and j ‘satisfaction of gourmands. They sat. I tl.ey find | never tasted turkey before, Riel asked ; -i mision to take portions of it and samples of *oim* oilier* ‘ I of our vinmls a*horc to show their friend*, which they did. They wrapped the cold turkey, etc., up in pa per which they had in their pockets. They in tuitively adapted themselves to our customs at the table, especially that of empty iug glasses, and u*cd the. knives and forks with nearly as much dexterity as perseveiance. They returned their thanks for our toasts and reciprocated them with a fact worthy of an alderman. The resident J Dutch acted a* interpreters on the occasion, j Li.-iit. 1 liter, with a few felicitous remarks, pro posed the health ofGoverinir Y. Zalman, at wliieli i lie blushed, but with admirable presence of mind, proposed the health of Commodore Perry and all the officers of the squadron. All the proceed ; irig*. of course, passed through the interpreters, i The various toasts were received with all tlie hon or*. The huzzas of our party seemed to divert j the Japanese very much, and they joined in them j with great glee. Lieut. Brown sang a song, to which they were answered with a verse or two of a Japanese song. I trust that the difference of taste did not make • our song sound in their ears as tbeirs did in ours, for it was more like the roaring of lions witli bad colds than any tiling els?. I can compare it to the Chinese scream, like cals with theajuin sy, and therein consists the principal difference of their musical execution. From the lna<x. 1 * Revival in Gziffln. A letter from Rev. J. H. Campbell to Kit Son, a Student in Mercer University. My dear Son—Ever si nee I saw yon in Wash ington, at the Baptist Convention, we have been engaged, almost daily, in a series of religions eggewhes in this piste. It t* now late Sabbath night, yet 1 cannot stop without Communica ting to you the joyful tidings. I have seldom, if ever, witnessed such an outpouring of tbespir ifas we ntsjsF'mjfieiwe —• refreshing, Wjjfetired more a**~| ‘ “Wn to sefr-nty f* |l|| i^|wßPs’ ! iHß Among ‘liulicr HMV'"r brothers Coojc*r, named you ] or, formerly of Eiitonton, my second father. “Rc-J i joiezi xvitb me, and let it*, praise the Lorl togetb-, |or I” From present liwlications, I think many! ! more will be added unto the Lord before thej work shall cease. \ This has been one of the happiest days of my pilgrimage. I rejoice greatly iu the God of imy salvutixm—and though weary in my work, j am not weary of it. You and your brother will pray for me, that I may be spared while I may be useful.— j When my usefulness ceases, I pray for myself j that I may be “gathered unto ray fathers.” Don’t ! fait to read the dialoge by Wilbur Fisk, in last week’s Index. I saw that /uan of God once, when I was a small boy. 1 - Your affectionate father, J. H. Camfbclu The chap who had “conscientious scruples” disposed of them to a druggist The Acquisition of Cuba—Georgia ia th* Field. The intelligent correspondent of the Me# York Courier, writes as follows from Washinfto# City: 0* 1 here are many circumstances which go td , corroborate the opinion, that the adminiatnt* j lion i* firmly determined upon’ seizing Cuba by force. j Yesterday, a conservative member of Congress,, (i- times go,) from Georgia related as a fact, of which lie xxns personally cognizant, that two thousand men were armed and organized in his | district awaiting tlie signal from Washington j f*.r ad< -cent iqmii the island. They expect to receive the authority of the government for their | enterprise, and to la* aided by its co-operation; ; but they are none the l*-*s resolved to act if they jd not obtain it*sanction. Gen. Quitman has •* nt a telegraphic dispatch to one of his friends j iu Congress declaring that he ha* not authorized ; dn- disclaimer of Fillibustering interventions “hu h **iine person ha* published in hi* behalfiu ; the l nion. The despatch further announces j that lie i* proceeding iu organizing his force and j shall take Cuba, whether the government oppoae or assist in his designs. This is the substance of a communication yesterday made to the Presi dent by a Southern member of the House. ‘lliere are other significant proofs that the Pres : ident sympathizes with the Fillibusters, and that , the proclamation against them was utterly mean j ingles*. I-ust Saturday, iu the House of Repre | seulatives, Chastain of Georgia, issued a manifes to of immediate war against Spain, if she should persist in refusing to sell tlie Island. The Union published this speech with an editorial introduc tual xvar without a declaration, if necessary for i the. acquisition of Cuba. j Now the fact may as well be admitted that ; the only obje* lion to the annexation of this mag ; uifieenuisland to the Union is that it will form ! a slave State, perhaps two slave States. But for j that difficulty tlie opinion of the country would jbe unanimous. That obstacle, however, is fatal, ‘and must be so, despite the efforts of the most a!*!,* and patriotic to remove it. j U'*- opposition of Spam tir ihe transfer of tbo i olonv to the United States maybe overcome.— rim xvili l*c utti-iiy unable to resist the influences that xxni be brought to bear upon her in favor i if a- ile to this Government, when the altetmn j live shall be presented of a -ale at a good price, jor the certain loss of the island without the 1 chance of indemnity. Spain may, it is true, foil the United States or any other assailant by emancipating and arming the negroes. But will sin; do it? Will not England interpose n kind of persuasion that cannot be resisted 1 Will she consent to sacrifice tlie immense commercial ad vantages which she must derive from Cuba, is whatever hands it may be I Again, will she sa crifice the hundred iniliions of dollars in Cuban bonds due to her subjects, Tor which ttm only J nossible security is (tuba or the price which it S “ill bring? No. when the Spanish government disc*.vos th<* loss of the richest dependency up jou the kingdoga to be inevitable, she will toko j counsel of her necessities, and not of her paw* si-.ns—she will sc!! that which she cannot de fend. The Hew Tariff BiLL- A day or two since, the Committee of Wan and Means ordered their chairman to report tbo long-looked for b'll. proposing to change theex isting duties on imports, extensively. It it un derstood that this new project leaves the hun dred per centum list untouched—brandies. Ac.— make* the duties on the bulk of lire Ruperts of the country from which revenue is now obtained, 20 per centum, establishes a 15 per cent, fiat, another at 10 per cent., and a small list at Sp# centum ; igpreases the free list, and asseesea nil tine-numerated articles with a 15 per cent. daty. It is understood, further, we find, that the chair man, (Mr. Houston) iu the plan which he pro |<o*e*i to tlie committee went for 25 per oeahmi on tlie articles to be charged 20 per central in the bill adopted, abd that the ‘unenumented* in his bill were assessed at a rate differing front that which they are to be charged in the project to be reported, though we have not vet been able to ascertain how he proposed to dispone of them. - We have every reason to believe that Mr. Ureckenridge is the member of the committee on whose motion these two important aodMur tions prevailed. It is thought by tlie advocates of the ecbeM agreed on, that upon tbe basin of the present im ports, it will produce n customs revenee of $47,- 000,000, and tliat with the in rit which may be reasonably expected n'nafHßw|jl eration of the biH and present prospects es or foreign trade, it wilt produce e total flows WHR enue of $50,000,000 HMhe first year cfJtn <9* eration. We have to say that at present •ednPClfNF* ceive the slightest prospect for its fiIHMH(Hr* the close of this session. Both Houaas ef&a-. gross are evidently bent on Washington as early a* possibly i perieg to legislate with an effort mi At pMMrato tak4 up raws measure for oposioer ■ ation ; most of ;hcrr. being ready to to | defeat ail action upon it. Under such dreumstan ‘ ccs, the render will perceive that ire reason .on ! rational premise*, in condudlMp tKhtff the Cons ! inittee of Ways and Meanlr gre Ibrtirakte enerab I to get their own tarriff project reported nod fIW ) uiitted, i; will be as much as they may surly as pect to ere the seasMw aera, to wards making it the Jaw of the lead.—Fstl ington Star. If you want to serve humanity effectively,don’t commence by sending “i h thst an tstm rtjwl. and flannel shirts that are never Wo nMOAftipe; but help tbe needy around you. If thereareany old matde about, rat them noor. give money; if widow ccuaolathem; if pretty girls, plearethem; if pagrac, preach the true word to them, stir them up, tare, tM, Ire, beiL stew or cook them good. . Aftsr that, leok out fidt wMfliiieoc other folks in * >J * r ~ ri f,tM NUMBER 31