New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-16

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10 many of their picture cks. TIE population q
Jeddo = about zoo foo the streets Of the e''y aTo
wide, and the people kept in good order by nraesoos
pohc- and military attendants.
" The medium OF cpmriunication !. he Da'ch 4'n-
guage, which is spoken flen;ly by the Jasaness.
Fron The Loados T,~e'.
The following interesting letters have been forward
ed 10 Us for publication: -,
ave arrived ct Narcasaki upon the 81 inst. Itis
orc Of the most beautiful places hsye ever seen, the
lsnd high and precipous some OF the hills rising 70
80 eet covered with hue trees anu vegetation Oh AL
kinds the mos. common tree bciDg not unI'ke mag
rifrert Sco.cn FIR. TIE outer harbor - formed parity
by islands partly by the main land, The Islands risinS
pcrpel dicuarly of the From the outer there
10 app. sruncs of the nrer har DOT I'll yon are al
most at tie hesd Of the former, when the irrer one
suddenly opens 70 the view round wooded Eiets,
tie town Nsgasak laying at the farther 'ni, onit
il valley formed by two bills, up the sides c when
J ie~ temples and bouses have crept Nagasaki Is
tie port at which tie Dutch have been settled for o
| YEAR, on small sisnd connected with the town by
rIa bridge the Island only about 400 yards lpng by
500 broad, ana, tail within the last few yeGr' the Du'ch
were kept vigorously to Il. never being allowed in the
town or couutry They, well all foreigners are
row allowed 10 walk az pleasure about the town and
Into the county. Eyerya here foreg received
with the greatest cyi!ity by the people There are
two Empeiors OF japan, Que the spiritual, the other
the working The former lives az Miaco, aud Is
the descendant of the cid who ;urued "a the
throne ny the ancestors of the regniug Emperor The
spiritual Emperor has BothiDg to do with governing
tie country, and is partly looked up TO heavenly
! being one condition Of which is that everything. lie
uses is destroyed each night, and new clothes
supplied tie next morning. 1t j. to preyen, any one
u-ing the .anctifed garments. The reignng Emperor
lives here and is elected, but in what manner AN
BOT sure, bat l believe by the Princes. i, appears
mere nonndl election for the con regularly succeeds
the othsr ard has done since his ancestor usuped
the throne. believe the descent of the spiritual EN-
pernr be traced names aud dates, with many of
the branches Of his family, for $40 years. The coan-
Try is held by Princes, who ieuial duty 10 the
reigning Emperor, who obe.- them to reside for six
months i'll the year at Jeddo, with their families;
during the other elk months, he allows them TO visit
their estates, but keeps their familes hostages IN
Jeddo. This restrains them, and the practice is in-
tended 10 prevent the Princes from obtaining too mach
influence over the people. 1t is difficult 10 discover
what the military system Of tie empire II, but that 1t
must have the power of bringing immense number
of into the field is beyond donbt-they have NO.
merons ard wel-appointed batteries.
"Nagasaki, and everything japanese bears n
striking contrast to everything Chinese. ioa cannot
be FIVE minutes in japan without seeing Il is pro-
gressive nation the country towns houses and people
all show this. The streets wide and paved in the
ceLter, houses open throughout the ground hoor
with mating, formed III frames fitting neatly al! over
tie rooms On this they s, sleep AID eat AID every
THU is kept scrupuous'y clean. Behind each house
is small garden, with few green ehrubs, and occa-
sionay fine Cleanliness Seems one great char
eoter.,ic ol the Japanese-they are constantly wash
as We wandered the first day through the streets
saw two three ladies quietly sitting in tubs in front
Of their doors washing themselves With the utmost cn
concern, traffic aud the business through the street
gong on past them usual. We understood after
ward IT WAS general custom. The japanese are
eager for knowledge. Never WAS there people more
ready adapt themselves 10 the changes and progress
cf tie wora than they II Is curious taat while
some Of their customs what would deem rather
barbaious and while they are ignorant cf many com
things while they stil rip Themselves up, and
shoe their horses with straw because Ignorant OF auy
otte er uethod-they have jamped to knowledge Ut
certain branches of science which it has taken nations
In Europe Lundreds Of years I" attain Al Naga-aki
they turn ont of their yard engine for railway
or steamer Japanese captains and engineers con-
muEd their mer-oiwar, OF which three steamers;
they rdeistand the electric telegraph; they make
th imoineters and baiometers, theodoites, and, be-
lieve, anerods. Their spy glasses and microscopes
arc good, 6nd very cheap. They have large glass
mandatory which turns out glass little inferior 10
ovp. Tbey hsse sLort line Of railway somewhere
in tie interior, given by Inc Americans. Many Of
them speak Dutch, some English, all anxious to learn;
everything Is doIe by themselves and when II s con-
sidcred that it is much more than ten years ago
since they made this start the advance they have
made in ii at short time IL perfectly wonderful.
"A Yacht having been sent by the Q1een TO be
given 10 the Emperor oJaphn, We leit Nagasabi with
h.r iur that place, squadron consisting beside
her, only Of tse Retribution AMI guaboat. After
FIVE days three OF which were spent ia very heavy
gale ,l wln0 arrived at Simoda, the port opened
by The huieTlc1ns, ana wbefc tbcI committeeman
ves II is to be given up as il IL utterly useless
buibor too snail and open, With no trade. After re-
msipiug there two days, aDd investing in japanese
lacquer ~sre, which s the best IN the world We came
On here JeGdol. TIE port o; Jeddo is at hanagawa,
about IL miles down the Gulf Great objection has
ala yssbeel made TO menoi-Sar coming furthef Up;
indeed, Karagawa itself has only been open te"
months TIE japanese said great obstacles existed 10
.lips &c rnipg to eddo. We, however, put it to the
test and without the least difficulty ran right up, end
are anchored within their own menot-war, when we
di 4 know we're here, and wtha nile oi the forts
ol JeGdo. The town stretches ipr niles round ths
bay suppose it is the largest in the world, for it
covers more ground than London, With between
2W0C C00 anc 5000 0G0 Of people, which, if recollect
right, is more than the London population We have
been begged to 60 back, which when we deciaed
dorg they made further effort to get nd ut us but
have offered residence shore, and requested us
to commerce atty. The Americans have made
very good ore. The Russians, believe, are just
about corcludug one ard suppose before many days
We nay be doing the same.
I'VE lsnd probably Tomorrow next day. Will
sGy 10 more til | tell you something about the
Inside q! lie ciy 49,
"Jeddo. without exception, is Of the finest cities
n tie world; streets broad and good, and the Castle,
which includes nearly the whole center OF the town,
built ON slight eninencr. There are three walls or
Enclosures round this quarter. Within the inner, the
Tycsn Emperor and heir apparent i've.
"The houses of tie princes and mobiles are palaces
and you may imagine the size when some contain
10 CG followers. They are built ia regular order,
forming WIDE streets 10 yards broad kept in per-
feet ,fder immense courtyard, with trees aud gar
den forms the center of each iuclosure in the midst
Of Inch is the house Of the owner; the houses con-
tainng the fcloSers servants, stables, &c form this
large inc.osuIe. They built Of one unlorm shape.
Tie gateway leading 10 the court yard are exceedingly
har,isoue of massive wood WORK, ented with
lacquer and other devices. From the road thet
leaJs by the moat 10 the second wall is one of the
tirest views l recoliect seeipg-on one
Side of the Gulf Of Jeddo, with the high hills
rising beyond, while the other is a portion Of