The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-05


trey by themselves and no Japanese would dare to in
| wife one Of them to his house any more than he would
any one that would be guilty Of killing the innocent beasts
as they term them. The town OF Nagasak appears TO
have been laid out by nature for beautiful place II
situated the head of the bay Of that name and about
four miles from the effects OF the The scenery al
ter you make the entrance Of the bay, each side
Of you is grand beyond description and completely throws
the sights to be your own beautiful Hudson
the shade. As you proceed up towards the your
ewes are completely bewdered in looking al the beaut
full before you The land each side gradually
slopes upwards and covered with forest and fruit
trees and shrubbery OF various kinds dotted here and
| there with neat Japanese farmhouse, around which
every inch Of the soil is cultivated, while the various
plants shrubbery &c. send forth most delightful odor,
and TO add to the beauty Of the scene various kinds of
beautiful birds, who from until night sending
forth their sweet music The town is protected the
rear and on its sides from the yphoons &C. by the high
and beautiful mountains which run round IT, The Dutch
physicians state that the health of the place generally
very good In ana outside of the town TO be
beautiful gardens handsomely laid out, and filled
with the greatest variety Of handsome trees plants,
&c, &c, have ever seen. We took stroll con-
siderable distance out Of the town. ana as were met by
these people saluted with very polite bow and
frequently they would come forward and take by the
hand In some instances invited into their houses
which very neatly carpeted straw carpeting an
inch in thickness to furniture, they do not expend
much money for that luxury as general thing the
with small pillow generally answers for bedstead and
bed There are several temples in the place, Of
which very handsome structures, which, well
their numerous idols richly ornamented with gold,
silver, pearls, &c, &c The priests who numerous,
trine still believed in by these people believe this
the first time and this the first ship that her officers aud
crew have been allowed land in Nagasaki and be
permitted TO parade the place without being under
strant Surely better days beginning 10 open to
these people. few years ago the English and French
commissioners came here TO form their treaty but they
were not permitted to land and they were forced 10
pair TO small island in the harbor TO perform their OH
cia duties. Now mark the contrast American ships of
in their ports free intercourse with few cxcep
tons) permitted, officers permitted TO reside Shore
granted to ALLOW the various crews to 90 on
ehOre-ypS liberty. (which the
with the PoHhaans crew. Americans the first Except
the Duch) 10 obtain such ioertles in Nagasak An We
| want is 10 see the stars and stripes waving
| on shore over the residence of American Consul
which viii be done very soon, as | am informed
that Commodore Etnall has decided TO make this
FORTHWITH the approval Of the home governmental
depot Tor our squadron TO coal ships. Coal in very
large quantities can be procured IN ali parts of the island
is oil sub bl'uminous quality, and fair trial will he
given II to test Its tnes for steamers to burn Ia
gard 10 money matters found them perfectly willing
take our Mexican dollars allowing for each dollar foer and
hall tacls as 10 the precious article Of gold they did
not care much about it, The mining Of that precious
uce an imperial mohopoy and as the laws OF the coun
try prohibit the expectation OF buion from the country.
the nonexportaon Of the article from the country
render trade very difficult thing and have the ef
feet at this place, with the Dutch and Chinese Of making
the government banker both parties bargain in
buying and selling aud all payments and receipts TO
pass through the hands Of ts officers Be that not
IS plain enough to be seen, by visit this
part Of Japan that these people are beginning 10 wake IN
and Will soon become more enlightened, and in due time
trade Will be established between this country and the
United States on a fair basis. which will have be
pearance OF this ship and the Powha few days after
US has probably created excitement in the harbor
of Nagasak than took place before We have been
visited by all the various oiccrs-hgh and low grades
ana the ship has been thrown open all hours OF
day for their inspection during stay in these waters
Craftsmen board and took sketch Of our en-
gnes, large one hundred twenty four FOUNDER also
draft OF the snip her spars &C. &c which they put
to good use In three days after this visit there
be seen. IN what called the Russian factory beautiful
miniature OF the good old Mississippi. The hull
of lacquercd wood; the rigging was OF
twisted glass. her wheel houses.
and boats hanging 10 their dayiis com
pcte as i was the old ship The hull was painted exactly
10 correspond with tins ship II admitted By all 20
be masterpiece. The japanese steamer the japan,
mounting sx guns, was N port part Of the time she Is
fine looking vessel aud a present the Emperor:
she Is otcered aud manned by native Japanese. Her
COMMANDER and officers PAID Us visit, and appeared 70
be highly pleased with the ship: they were CALAMITY
terancd by the genilemanly officers OF the ward room,
who put them through Of American sprouts ia
good style. Her commander remarked that II was the
nrst time that he ever had the pleasure OF parakng of
glass Of old Madeira board OF American ship Of
nation aud her people. The glorious Fourth a
and dsagreeabc day however We dressed the ship with
extra co.ors, and bad the band stationed the hur
ricane deck 10 perform our national airs. Al twelve
O'Clock black dogs Of liberty poured forth their thun
der IN salute Of twenty guns, which made the
rounding mountains and valleys ring, report after
port FORTH which put the whole japanese population
N motion; for when the smoke Ind cleared away
could distinctly see that the whole town had come forth
70 witness salute honor Of the day that
fathers declared themselves free from the British yoke.
To the Mississippi belongs credit OF firing first ma
tonal salute this hsrbor honor of that glorious day.
In the afternoon hundreds Of these pcopeoicas
darns, soldiers, &c, Sc-came Oh to the snip, to
wards whom every favor shown, a. let them
that friends TO them and Their nation II is
impossible to state how many soldiers they have Maya
sak fer the reason that every man Of responsibility
all generally wears two swordsone long one the blade
about three feet and the short with the blade o about
eighteen inches 10 lengh-which Of the most magnih
cent steel the backs Of them shaped like that o.
razor, and the edges equally as sharp, aud highly
polished that they look almost black instead q bright
aud the breath disappears from their surface from the
face Of the finest mirror the hits arc without baskets
Of any Kind, and about foot IN length intended TO be
grped, when IN use, With both hands mey covered
with the skin az shark corrugated rlrce, wrapped
with cord IN diamond shapes snd ornamented IN
lets the shape 81 small animals made VI gold boxwood
red coral bronze. The guard, which Is circle %
bronze, Is decorated, aid frequently has image of
fy or other insect enangled ia web The blades u both
swords have little curve, and each contained IN
separate scabosrds Of wood hncy acquered. aud
menicd with pearls and ccrals Of the richest kind Their
boats barr and junks better butt aud look much
more comfortable aud neat than those IN Cana
The built different, they being open nden,ed
70 the distance oi foot IN their Daiid the poo
pie believing perhaps that tho ediyng water tins
point serves 20 propc The craft The tall square rasss ~
their boats and Juns wbcn not unier Ell. rest Kind
q galow Al tie stern. AZ one corner q the stern
upright bamboo pole, 70 Nh CD h., Ike tavern kcc ors
sgn, attached w sus cotton or PROVINCIAL Ia u y
happens h. be a government custom house boat the
Tag II white cotton, With horizsati black stripe
through tie ccaire 4 On the other corner q The stern
Il suspended the universal lapcr lantern, which entirely
different from th0ae e tie Chucse, ming up nsteal u
opening cut Like umbrella. The bargcs such the Go
vernon and other hgh officers, housed over. with
thc sides open Nh - ani yellow curtains, H. pro.
tect the iGaaies fro'n the sun, AMI some VI them
display a variety II hags II a foreigner should
happen 10 Ns sunc0wn boat, ~ obtain shore
boat V T. b. shp the permission q the Governor
would have d b. obtained before japanese shore boat
would dare ~ leave The landing. Tho various boats, g.,
are manned hy stout Athletic who appear t. be able
v undergo great deal y fatigue, and endure the cold
without much difficulty. with nothing but their
clothes; and from APPEARANCE = led 10 believe that
they live much more temperate lie than of their
Western friends Hundreds VI The poorer classes follow
the humble but honest oCcuTa Of fishing the bay aud
harbor being full q fish q The richest sndscrawash,
Holsters shrnps, a. The japanese have no nag o. INK
shore the Dutch Tag lies In that settlement Quite an
extensive machine shop has been established in
this settlement by a arm Of Dutchmen, Ia which
an kinds Of machinery is Manufactured The
trim intend building several steam engines, heiiev.
ing az they say, that they Will b. Ia al the prin
ca ports aud manufacturing districts in few years
Tie Dutch part u the population VI this place numbers
several thousand, who very industrious. and their
workshops and dive sings speak well Of them being
neat aud happy people will venture TO say that two
thirds a. male of Naqasaki have