New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-26
JAPAN.

THEM-APPROAIuNG NUPTIALs OF TIE TYCOON
FAMILY QUARREL AMONG TIE DIPLOMATS
MuRDERERs or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO En-
GLAND--HIGH PRICE OF RICE AND CONSTITUENT
DlsCoNTENT-TRADE AND ITS PROSPECTS.
FIea Our Own Cores ondent.
KANAGAwA, Japan, March 2S, 1861.
While ] fancy the SHOWS Of March still flying
about your doors, the whity-brOwn riits slowly
melting away under the fences, and nipplDg
winds awakening old acbss to rheumatic con-
sciousness, we are enjoying oil the life, warmth
AID freshness of the young Spring. March has
been one long deliciou. May OF coudless skies aud
vernal airs,
"Bros.hiDs the cent OF howeu about"
Crimson showers fall from tie elisteniDg Camel
liza trees; apricots, peaches, and plums, with
their double r0se-like blossoms, exhale fragrance
into the atmosphere; birches aud olders hang
their tasselrd pondnnis over the streams, yOlets
and amen mes sun themselves under the banks the
dandelo1s weeks ago spread their golden friIges
among the frost-brOwned grasses, and along the
bridal paths the pyrus japonlca adorns IFS naked
stems with blood-cOlored blossoms. y variety OF
bulbous plants are in bud bloom, and the green n
land sea, of wheat and barley bend and wave N the
On the hill-5ides the close groves OF the japan
ecedar re,pond TO the new vitality of tie returning
year AMI prepare 10 throw of their brown Winter
yestmenis Tie less susccIt bic hearts Of oak and
other detduous trees resist tie Kisses oi March and
wait for tue warmer wooiug OF the month To come.
Tie old emI'e grounds are now pleasant resorts,
with their fragrant hcdgc-ToNs the balsony OdOr
Of their pue gOycs aud their treasures Of pauts aud
trees The shaver er-headrd priests lVunging about
the sunny deorw.ys are proud Of their possessioIs'
and will tfar pleasure ia exhibiting TO you their
ponls OF gold ian, borlerad with blooming crocus
and narcssus. or oserLulg by the fall blooming
p-udulous branches of tie weeping apncOi; their
bo.drrs ofmOuiaus, which are now rapidly expand-
ING their leaves and Will spou be crowned with Their
gigantic blossoms. When you have enjoyed aud
lrlised bcc1mingly these and taken note ci The old
IND riossy trunks, of their Towering peach ana
cherry trcrs, which have put iOith tleir scented
blossoms lOr more spnngs than The Old pr"sis can
remember aud have wandered about those quantity
clipped hedges Of box ara yew, you shnll SIT down
with them under the verandah on its clean aud
pol:yhpd foOr, drink tea and smoke friendly pipe
aud hslf wish you were 4 lazy Buddhist monk, with
no cares but u few sunrise prayers 10 Amida, your
hedge-rovs aud your f0wCrs and the white and
irottled pet doves that are billing and cOoing under
the caves over your lead.
Here the Spring does not break of once into suia-
mer-ike iurors az in inter-troprol regions nor yet
doe. .he iinrer lorg and more than hall withdraw
l,.r,eI apain amid the irnsts SHOWS, and chilling
rnus of more temperate c'ines; bal in these isles
she comes gayly tripping along, neither boldly nor
Vet flneriupy. but Ike Young bride u hey cx-
pertnni lovers arms with conf lent grace, adorn-
ng herself with bridal wroaihs Of fragrant blossom
mos. a. If assured Of welcome that could never
chill
In harmony With the outer world we are enjoying
4 -, Il. ll.T sflt..
gether auet. for u streak Of crimson runs through
all our record.
A f,w nights ago a party OF Cinnamon had col
h,on with japanese, resulting in the death OF one
(Lnanan and the WOunoIng ot several on both
siLrs Loye aud liquor were the eXcltauts 10 the
fray. Mito, too, that terrible Jdpancae bugbrar
appears 10 have arson from TIE dead ilol Us nc'
table as Monsieur TonsOn. Why could he not have
lain peacefully IN lis grave Oh but be ms never
been dead they say, but n,iead o. dying as he
might and should have done, 10 the advantage Of
the Empire generally he only cut his hair-not ms
head-of aud with the shlvcn poll Of the priest
hood has been disguised AmidGs venerable hero
phant, and is now once more IN ms congenial Occu-
patton Of cOncoctiBg schemes against the peace
and reDOse Of the Tycoon. No doubt IN oil years
10 come Japanese mothers will qlnet their trouble
some offspring with " Hush now, or Milo VIII catch
you" Yokohama is once more threatened with pl'hge
quite Indifferent to this quarterly hrustiDg OF old Mito
into our faces Ike rent BIZ.
Yokohama, however is just now beset with in
ccndiaries. whose object is plunder. During the
last fortnight fires have been lighted almost every
night aud several in night. Only one attempt
has been made TO fire the building oil any foreigner.
The punishment of the japanese code ior arson Is
burning at the stake, but the prospect OF this horn
be end does net prevent The atiemptnt lncendiarsm
for little punder. At one OF these fires which
resulted in the destruction of several warehouses
belonging 20 native merchants two or three smah
firc-cnginct, not much more effective than our gar
deu-engnes in America, belonging TO foreign nier-
camille hosgs did such good service as TO interest
the Japanese in the possibility OF introducing fire.
engines for their own use. Two days after the hie,
an intelligent Japanesc came 10 me, and made many
inquiries ia regard TO the0 ana thought some OF the
wealthier merchants would mite and try them
The japanese have such q well organized iire de-
partiaent, that our engines would be OF effective
service 20 them. The population are called ont en-
mzsse 10 assist in putting down contiagration
Government officials taking the lead. and enforcing
labor. There Is no fiiuching from work. Any one
refusing " TO man the brakes" would feel the
weight Of On iron baton my;dr.er. There are
et lted services of a regular fire department, VINO
have charge Of their itcble squirt-l ladders,
ire-h0oks, &c. II the oOnhAsratiOn threatens to
be of any great moment, the Governor appears Oh
the ground, mounted On horseback, equipped in
most gorgeous hre-sait that would be the envy oi
any q Chief" and surrounded by bis train OF
armed attendants and lantcrn-bearers. Good order
and lspor is thus always secured at confagrntlon,
and by this combination have seen confdgrafionf
skilfIly stopped in the midst Of wooden row.
| In acknowledgment Of the services OF foreigners
at the FIRE alluded to, the Governor on the day io.
lowing, sent TO the foreign Confuls 30 pigs and 800
A. H. t.l fh0IC rph n hed
re ldered assistance. His Exce.enoy know how t.
| IA n v,rv rro.sr tlIirC a.d xvouli II he led iu