Japanese Government has despatched two vessels to Corea to reconnoitre, and to acquire information about its const and har-hours, The vessels are to proceed up the river to the capital, Should the Coreans adopt the same hostile policy as that adopted towards the Americans, the chances are that the vessels may be fired on, in which case something serious may arise out of the affair, Some time ago a rumour prevailed that the Coreans were less hostile towards the Japanese than of late years they had been; but the report has lacked confirmation, and the action taken by the Japanese Government would seem to indicate that they either intend to bring affairs to a crisis, or that they expect that the knowledge they seek to gain of the vulnerability of the Corean peninsula will be of use, should hostilities be declared between the two conntrie The News says all those interested in the condition of the harbor will be glad to learn that a nuisance which has existed for four years and a half has at last been removed. On the night of the 11th of October, 1870, the Hiogo, (lote Fohkien) filled and sank at her moorings, and till now there she has remained, cumbering the harbor. An offer to remove the wreck made by Messrs. O, J. Strome & Ca, was recently accepted, and with the. aid of large charges of gunpowder the work of demolition has been nearly completed. The removal of this wreck will be a great boon to the shipping, insomuch as it renders available for anchorage a portion of the harbor peculiarly well suited for mail and other steamers, of which there are now two regular lines, in addition to the P.M.S.S, Ca., plying to and through this port.—Buoys _are shortly to be laid down off the Railway pier, which is now nearly ready for vessels to discharge at.—The season for making pilgrimage, together with the present fine weather, is keeping up the Railway receipts to a high average, seven thousand dollars a week having been reached several times lately, and last week: returns showing nearly eight thousand, We hope, adds the News, that this may continue, for nothing else will so much
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