New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-12-01


me nag that MAS furnished rom the Navy Yard,
IN accordance with the information given by Com
hodofe Perry, nor have We YET seen that ilg for il
Is the imperial, and not the national ensign.
After the nineteen guns had ceased reVerberating
the band struck up lively air. and guests we're
laken entirely over the ship The Governor expressed
nHhSeti nighly gratied AZ the appearance Of every
nlngt but was particularly struck with the cleanliness
OIL the decks, engine room, etc. This il not to be /
wondered at for it Is only truly maritime people
VINO can Keep clean ships. don't think / ever saw
4 cleanly nan.of-War that few any flag save the /
i.ngtsh, Dutch or American People mnst feel them.
selves at home before they can keep things in order
eu order Is necessary to cleanliness The great size
Oh our guns also excited their admiration They said
that america and American guns we're alike both
'EIJ lStse Alter seeing the ship, we all crowded
the CoInmodores long table, and attacked the
Vla,as ana wines. Chicken salad, fresh Dramatically
sealeol peaches and whisky punch (cod and syveetl
seemed 10 please guests more than ANYTHING eIse
and they took the trouble to INQUIRE rnnuteIy "a III
the manner Of preserving the firrnness and favor Of
the peaches so perfectly. A most haDny Thought /
struck the Fleet Surgeon. He ygnnfd r1rasent !
the Governor with an only copy Of Cornrnodare Per-
RVS mammoth work of Japan which he had an bnsr5 /
Not that he expected him to be able to read it, but
then it was full of familiar engravings and would also
demonstrate the kindness Of our feeling toward them.
Then again. it was Nippon Custom to return prez |
ent for present aud who knew but that some speci-
OF national coin (Which The lar fGTbids eay
ing the country) put up in neat little lacquer box
might be the fruit OF princely gratitude. acknow
edge this, however IT, be but surEnise of my own.
Come Doctor Bring along your book, if you
want to present it " said the Commodore, as the
Governor smiled contentediy after his peaches-that
were.
The etiquette Of rank seemed to be lost now, as
most OF them LETT their seats to admire the engrav-
lngs 1t was more like ordinary family circle
moved by common curiosity, than like a powerful
official surrounded by his interiors. The reader is
probably aware that most of these engraviHgs are
ltthOgraphc-henCe they could not fail to be recog.
nzed; hence the general admiration. After they
had all been inspected the book was taken charge OF
BY the Governors sword bearer and in few minutes
more they took their leave. The next day Kehfzuro
and two officers came along side in charge of what
was evidently handsome present 1t consisted of
deal tray raised upon four legs and having handles
Ike handharrow so that it could be carried between
two men, Upon the fiat and polished surface of this
tray were piled several deal boxes and upon the top
OF all was iancifu paper ornament. The boxes were
each tied with anciul COl0red paper strings which,
strange to say, are strong as ordinary troine
present from Governor to ship doctor n said Kichi.
EURO bowling profoundly to the man of medicine and
waving his hand toward one Of the high officers OF
course it was accepted with pleasure
suppose the reader would like to know what these
neat deal boxes contained, and so will try to carry
my memory back One was full of dozen beautiful
pipes another, of as many very rare fans; another
OF the most delicious smoking tobacco fourth, of
the most delicate tobacco pouches fifth contained
porcelain sake bottles of unusual quality and
sixth several sake cups Of marvellous thnness and
almost transparent. Altogether, a most beautiful
present, but still not the coin. We were all excess
furnish frlendsjn the United States whose cabinets
contain the coins of different nations And while on
the subject will remark, that l. myself was finally
successful, but was alone in nv Glorvr cannot
4 say how much Japanese gold got for few dollars
bnt 1t was considerable. If it is pure gold paid at
the rate Of g for SIG. III is allowed as the Dutch
say was determined to be the some years since in
| Holland the difference will, of course not be 50
great Now let Us end this letter BY taking walk
| through Nagasaki.
We land upon the Dutch island of Desima, which
is an artificial one, aud separated from the city BY
| narrow moat spanned by very solid stone bridge,
Bowling to the Dutchmen, they salute us politely
we pass up the long, broad, macadamized and clearly
street until we reach its centre then we turn to the
| left, between the of hOuses* pass through a
gateway, with officers each side, cross the bridge
| and are III Nagasak As we pass through the gate
way we see Japanese in the Office upon our right who
make note OF our number appearance, etc. for the
| information OF the Government. They also note
every article which goes in or out and sometimes stOp
such as are not allowed to be exported. This has
| been their custom for so long time that suppose
| they now continue 1t as much from habtas anything
| else
Nagasaki we told, contains from sixty to eighty
thousand Inhabitants and that the houses are
auteSsy clean and that the streets are regular and
free from everything that can offend the eve or nose
This contrasts so strongly with the Chinese towns
through which we have lately walked that we breathe
freely and look around US with bright faces But hold
on mistake. There is one thing which Offends the
eye at Nagasaki as well as at all other Japanese
places. This is the total absence of everything like
proprety which is observable in the dresser rather
in the absence of dress-of both sexes male and
female, old and young There is no such thing as
Propety IN Japan at least so far the lower classes
and the males OF the higher are concerned. How il
is with Japanese ladies | cannot say, for we have
never seen any Leave the street moment and enter
this public bathing house, and you see scene which
is Of the results of this absence of propTietu.
Here are persons of both sexes and of all ages taking
their semidaiy bath if surrounded by the strictest
privacy Ihey are not atQlI alarmed at our presence.
Let us turn from them and continue our walk
Here at the foot OF high hill upon the edge
Of the city Look up its terraced sides and you see
massive flight of stone steps, or rather succession
of flights at the extremity of which lie the rons of
large temple lately burned down. There are two
hundred and eightythree steps between us and the
ruins, and massive copper arch lifts itself the
end nearest us The pillars Of this arch are about
live or six feet in diameter, and probably forty feet
high, 1t is grand looking structure as you would
expect to see in Greece Italy. Ascend the half OF
these steps, walk hundred yards to your right and
! you come to wax factory. Not where the wax OF
bees IS prepared for export but where the berries oil
the Japanese wax tree dried, ground to powder
melted in large cauldrons, run Oft to cool, purified
run again into large blocks, and thus sold to the
Dutch for export. examined piece Oft once, anC
found it to smell like wax but to taste more like tai
low be cheap, either, for the gentlemen o
: Desima complained of having lost money on it las
! year
Leaving this factory, we return by another route
and see unexpected nights at every turn. Here is
J, house whose walls as neatly and tastefully pa
pered as any in Philadelphia more So in fact, thai
u great many. Here is q bull of burden riggeC
out with sleigh bells. We think we know ererythni
; in the West, but wonder how long sleigh bells
were used in Japan before America was even diseov
+ cred could write for hours of such sights, but an
u warned by the number of this Ms. page that | an
K near the bottom of second column OF the Ledger
G | close therefore, reluctantly, remarking that WI
/ leave on the 22d for SimOda, and hoping to indt
$ No. l3 from that port When shall have
: chance to mail our letters, however, no one can tell
u --- II.
:, *DesmuA consists Of long of no SEES the wild
street between them flower garden the upper end ard
stone M surrounding whole is and. Ii ntort six hun
bred fe long by three hundred wide, have
Dutch been limited for the last hundred and my esh
tel, rey have tde renty which them upO
= par with well as with the English mud Russians.
It The SABINE-The Bermuda IN. P.) Gazette of TIL
Sth inst, says:
y We regret to learn That Commodore Shubrick vii