New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-29
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Prevailing winds..... Var. Sou. Sou 6ou. Sou Var.
The progress Of The season, as marked by ITS vege-
tatioD is 0s iOlOws:
April -PeechIees In bloom slse snd beans decdoous
April Bailey CFan ,own) in bead.
Msy is-WSeai Winter, beading
Msy -Rape and barley h,rro. begun planting rice
June 23-Whes, harvesting
Aug i-~HsrSest Spples and pears.
Aug il bloom ne. s%Sst gSs,s sb pfs cn tie 18Th
TO the 5oh n the month.
Sept I-Pear
Oct l-Coiton. picking begun
Oct 2S-Rioe bsiyesiing
The ground is now preparing for the Fal.sown
crops, rape. hurley, wheat radishes, vctch. bave
seen no Spring wheat, although believe plenty OF
Japanese Spring wheat hae been sold In America
the past season
The noticeable features of the climate are the
eyerncss ofits Summer temperature with cold de-
prrssnn at night or excessive midday heats In early
Summer there is an excess Of moisture, when the
mold invades the most private apartments the most
secure boxes aud drawers Thunder-sbowers IN
Japan. az observations at all the ports show, arc
very rare. have not heard enough thunder IN
year to make one respectable tbunder-shower for
the Cotskills The earthquakes gradually Increased
in frequency till the RAINY season was az its
hight ard then as gradually diminished. Cause
or coincidence, will the weathHrwise tell us' The
typhO0n season begins with July, and continues fOr
thee month"; during which time these islands ana
the adjacent seas liable TO the outbreaks OF the
most furious tempests. Several of them have been
encountered this season by vessels sailing between
this md China ports The life casualties are not
certairy known. for there is possibility that some
new missing may be heard from, yet the seasons
record is one Of great disaster Well may these
seas be called the graveyard of the mariner. With.
out mentioning minor casualties, such rs sans ana
masts swept BY the board the loss OF III horses III
q trsnlpcTt. and the like. can only nome the
s,yerer calamities In August and September two
tvpboons Of remarkable severity swept over these
coasts and adjacent waters. In one OF these, the
Prussian yacht that came out with the EInbassy az
IN intended gift 10 the Tycoon, was lost, with her
complement of thirty souls. Two transports IN In
elsh euploy, coming hitber from the Pcho, are
missing with all their crews. The RIBS OF ship
wrecked on Cape Idsu supposed 10 belong to one
of these. In the September typhoOn of the 9Th,
Japanese baIk of European build dragged her an
shOr in Smoda Bay, was last seen at nghtlali
struggling with the tempest, and the morning
dawned on broken timbers and spars floating along
the rocky coast; the crew OF sixty were all en-
gulphed. The same gale passed over Yokohama
BAY the following morning, wrecling one junk and
email boats BY the score. In the village OF Yoko-
hcma there was great destruction Of property. The
foreign merchants we're che principal sufferers by
the blowing down OF several new ulc-pfoOi 10
downs. in which were stored large amounts of tea,
silk and imported goods. Their loss is estimated
at SIO0, 600 The British bng-of.war Camilla 10
missing She left HakOdadi on the 30th OF August
for Yokohama Bay, weeks run, and has not since
been heard Of She without doubt encountered the
same typhoon Of tie 9Th of September, and was lost
with her complement of 100 IL not this sad
Summers tale of shpwreck and disaster?
HAKopADT, Oct. 26, 1860.
For several days past have been stopping at
this, the most northern Of the open ports of
Japan. came hitler after q pleasant run of
FIVE days per steamer, under the guidance of ma
tive pilots. The Gulf Stream, flowing northeast
erly along the coast of biphOD, was inperceptibe
TO us: but as We made the entrance Of the
Straits of Sanger we encountered a current
flowing eastwardly with such velocity that
we're all day making the twenty-five or thirty
miles that brought us TO our anchorage at san
set of q beautiful Autumnal day in the harbOr Of
Hakodadi. Few harbors can rival this for &C.
feasibility, cOmmodiousness, safety. feet of
two hundred iunks were at anchor, their long
cables spreading like so many spider.webs over
the smooth surface of the waters. OF foreign
ships there WAS not solitary sail when We ar
| rived. Hakodadi is built on one of several hills
| which rise bold and bare from the waters edge,
on an isolated promontory that, viewed from sea-
| ward one would mistake for an island Of rugged
| elevations being connected with the main land
| by q low sandy neck few hundred yards in
| width Every one who has seen Gibraltar is at
| once struck with its similarity of position and
| appearance, and, like Gibraltar, modern science
could readily convert ths into one of the impree
| cable fortresses Of the world. An earth battery
| Of feeble power alone protects the entrance at
| present, although the Japaneee are adding at az
| angle OF the harbOr q new fort of some preten-
sions a. 10 s;le and strength. The town has now a
population If II 0G0 having doubled within the past
Tree o. 0ur Years, or since the opening OF the port
under the Peny Treaty. II is well built after the
Japest way, with spacious streets OF two rods in
wiGth, laid out with regularity, well severed and
kept clean by duly and repeated sweepings. The
hOuses differ from those 10 the southwark in few
spccts 4 large number Of them are weather.
boarded with broad strips of bark placed vertically
In tie country this is especially common. Tiled
roofs and ihatch roofs are mostly supplalted By
ehii g'e Iools and these neither pegged or nailed
down but secured by stones from child to man s
head in bigness The aspect of the continuous roofs
Of the streets when viewed from an emf
nence, is that of Vermont sheep pas
tune for stoniness. To secure stones and shiugcs
from the ravpges Of fire. the dreaded element in
japan the roofs are further Ornamented with one
more tubs of water, of halfbarrel shape and capac
ity, ready for sudden emergency Nowhere in
Jayan have / seen the people so respectful and
civil. No bOeteTcus shouts Of " Ohlo," Ohio"
+" How are you ~ saluteA me at every step; no
ronjsitiye crowd followed me from place 10 place
elsewhere it happens. Were attircd in Japan.
csc quilt and had my head shaved a 10 Japan,
could NOT have been more civily treated. | must
nuke an exception OF the dogs the most Numerous,
hegt conditioned and intrusive pnriah pOpL atiOn |