, 1860-12-27
THE ISLAND OF JAVA.
An Interesting Picture ofHatav1n and
It's Hotels.

L correspondent Of tho New York Utrald,
writing from Datnvia, the capital of the island
Of Jaya, about which we know comparatively
little, dEuws the following graphic picture Of
the place, which will be- found quito interest
ing:
Now about Batayla and the hotel ut which I
nm stopping How many In New York believe
that upon The opposite side Of the globe, ten
thousand miles nearer the sun, hotels to COM
pare with tho oricntl magnilcencc Of the
Nev York hotels can be found! But such il
the fact.
Everything VIC see here Ia 50 entirely differ
cat from what wa hare seen OF ever imagined
before, 1t is hard to tell how OF where to be-
gin. In oil the imaginary wilds Of speculative
Iancy had never dreamed of anything to come
up to OF compare with Batavia. The place ap~
proaching nearest TO it In the East Indies, or,
In fact, in any part OF the world is Calcutta,
and that by many is not considered cqual to
Batayia.
The hotel at which nm stopping is the Ho-
tel dcs Indies, situated In the new, or upper
town, come half dozen Mics from the water.
This Is specimen Of five OF sir others within
half mile Of each other. My hotel and grounds
cover ten acres. The whole ground, like the
rest Of the city, is one immense forest Of trees
and canals. The trees remind ono very much
Of the elms Of New Hareu- Honses are placed
two or three hundred feet back from the street;
in front the yard is filed with trees, literally
alive with birds, and every variety Of plants
and flowers. Every house has stoop or psaxEa
In front, on which, mornings and evenings, sit
beautifully dressed Indies and children. The
houses arc white % tbs driven snow. In front
arc bird cnges, elegant lamps, beautiful pic
lures and steel engravings handsome marble
top tables, rocking ch1frs, lounges, &c. These
articles axc mostly Of French manufacture, Of
the nicest description
One can ride here for miles on roads ~
smooth IL i floor, and see nothing different
from what l have described. At night tho
city is one blaze Of light from lamps- gas
IL allowed The streets sw11m with Malays,
Japanese and Chinamen, but no negroes.
They arc very civil and attentive - walters;
and generally honest Rooms arc left open,
and articles Of all kinds LETT exposed without
being stolen. There arc no beggars to be met
with In the streets.
The hotel Ut which an stoppine-the main
building two stories high, with IN immense
| piazza In frcnt-is connected on each side By
buildings like railroad depots, three OF four
hundred feet long. Each suite Of rooms con-
| tains room enough to mike two, three, and
| ercn half dozen ordinary rooms such as VIC
and back arc bath houses, fountains, flower
gardens, and outhoases for cooking and for
/ servants. Hntblc hooFs, tiled roofs, ceilings
from twenty to thirty feet high, no carpets,
and but few curtains.
Meals arc served up in about the samc style
|
The habits Of living nre quite different, At
! daylight the coffee and tea are taken TO your
room ut eight SINE, with light refreshments !;
twelve breakfast, and Mt scvcn dinner. Coffee
and tea arc always ready, day OF night, same rs
baths. No business u done in the street In
tho middle Of the dry On account Of the heat
Nights and mornings are cool and delightful !;
birds art singing all night.
| The thermometer stands 1t about 50 degrees
throughout the year; it does not rnsJ from
this tWu dcgrecs- The American consul and
one other arc the only Americans In town.
The island of Java contains q population Of
l0000; 900; the city Of Batavia 10000 There
| arc three distinct races here, the Nalays, Ja-
yancso md sundnnese. AL speak different
languages, and neither can understand the
other This classification does not include the
Chinese, of which there are several Thousand.
Java Is larger aud more populous than su.
| mntra, Botnco OF any Of the nefEhboring
islAnds It Is ono Of the richest aud most pro,
ductiye Islands in the Indian Ocean. It
abounds With tigers, leopards, anacondas and
poisonous insects Of all Kinds, but not 50 bad
Is Ccylou, where the average number Of per
SONS Killed and carried of By tigers from sin'
carore is one person Z day throughout the
| Yc1r. These houses are built on piles fifteen
OF twenty feet from tho ground, Into which
the people retire ut night to slcep, to avoid
being Killed. By 1xers. These little huts are
entered BY ladders, which arc pulled up attei
entering.
equal, II not superior, some OF 1t, TO the best
Mocha, Every kind Of ttuit-the hnest il thu
worid-ss produced. tFs It III SEASONS II ths
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