New-York daily tribune., 1861-05-12


sTREET-TROUBLEsoM CROwDs-NPoN
| BAS LIMPERIAL CEMETERY-I)RUNKEN SOL
| DIFRS-RlDE TO THE SoUTH-EAsTERE SUB
URBS-THE BRIDGE AND rrS HABITUES-A
| VALLEY or BONEs-lMPERIAL PLAYTHINGS
| TEMPLE OF HACHIMAN.
| From Our Own Correspondent
KsYAGAwA, Jan. 1861
Ogee is o cluster of cottages built in a pretty
| Summer dell by a brlwDg brooks side. A
swift stream tumbles over q fall at the head OF
gorge, and darts away in its serpentiDe course
amid trees and rocks. On one side of the stream
| is the forests wildness, where native elms, ma
pes and chestnuts, intertwDed with many a
| creeping vine, and enwreathed with ivy, overbaDg
the stream. On the hither bank is a cluster of
tea cottages scattered here and there under cool
shade, and surrounded by gardens aud flowers, with
I verandahs open to the brawling stream and the
| tbickct beyond Surely il was pleasant spot for
| Summer resort. So merrily did the sunshine dance
| on the PLAYING water-sO fragrantly did the alrs
| breathe through the balsamy frs-so provoking to
reposc were the soft mats and the singing "alerlaD
Most of the tea houses were already occupied Dy
parties of japanese who were laughing loudly, ana
chatting bolstcrousy over their dinner OF fish, rice
and vegetables. Singing girls aud lutte players filled
up the pauses of the feast with their harsh melodies
| AS passed one apartment where party Oi b0th
sexes sat around the fragments OF the finished feast,
they invited me TO enter. did so, and at once was
assaed with more invitations 10 eat and drink than
| | could well answer. One with cOuntenance more
glowing than the rest 1Ourished his empted sake
| bottle over his head aud told me in mingled Dutch
and Japanese that he was stOchee drOnkeH, a little
drunk that the hilarious lady with blackened teeth,
who was drumming the samsic with more diligence
than melody was his wife, that they were having
happy time, and os for the timid little grl IN the
corner who looked at me out OF herrlghtcned eyes,
| he would give her 10 me. Whcreupon the httie
damsel shrnk as far as possible into the corner to
the danger of the tender paper screens but the gtt
| of some shining trinkets 70 rrassured her that
faint smile twitched at the corners of her mouth,
| and she bowed her head low To the mats m eN-
prrssiye thankiuness.
broke away from the genial group disposed to
| be oyerhOspltabe, and reoined my companions IN
| little octagona Summor-house built on the brink Of
| the swift water. Here We were glad To unburden
ourselves of cumbersome swords and reyoyers, and
iii down in sight of the sparkling cascade where the
fccks of sunlight ll through the tall ems and sails
buras upon the Autumn-stained leaves of naples,
sumacs. and the prickly pepper bushes.
Near 10 the tea houses OF Ogce, and one oil the
chief attractions OF tins Summer resort IL rounded
hill planted with howering and shade trees There
are many acres of green turf, and IN the Summer
time the grove is euycned with groups OF pleasure
the trees From the summit Of the hill where II
| brcaks awny suddenly toward the north there is n
| nperb landscape view. A nat country, extending
for many miles I'LL the vision is lost IN distance,
| gives a vast panoramic view o. cultivated ields anu
rural hamlcts ntcTpcrscd with frequent copses and
belts of timber A small river winds with the All
y.p trad OF q serpent toward the distant waters ct
| the bay. Thousands oI acIes oi padd! heds are
| yellow for the harvest.
As We sat ON the brow of the hill, enjoying ths
fair scene, q noteworthy group came up The hill near
| tous The principal pcrsons OF the party were TWO
Young children a boy aud girl. II was easy to see
| they were Of nobility OF rank, both from the
| st,le of dress and their numerous tram OF at
tendants The children were attended by mentor
of grave and polite aspect, who seated them ON the
turf and pointed out the fair landscape spread out
| before thcf sight. Attending them also was we'll
| clad pOrtly man, with shayen crown, IN whom L
could recognize the household physician, while be-
hind them train of thirty or forty twO-swOrded at
tendante kneced respectfully 10 the ground so long
| as the children were seated. large spy-gass, OF
| foreign make, was produced and held i0r the emil
dreB by an obseJuOus attendant, but The ltll" ioks
seemed nnore taken up with the strange looking for
| egners, at whom they gazed continually
| Dinner awaited our -etun at the tca-hOuse. a
tray Of gweetmeats began the repast, then followed
| a large carp boiled aud diShed with SOY. There
were eggs Of monumental hardness vegetables of
| various kinds, a fair Good Friday dinner which
| hunger and clean cookery rendered palatable.
Grapes of excellent flavor, pupy golden pcrslmnons
| and ossiied pears constituted our dessert No SER
wants could be- more attentive than the smiling dam
sells Of Ogee and when We had finished our meal,
smoked our cigars and prepared t0 remonnt the en-
tire household gathered under the front yerandnh TO
bid NJ adieu assisted by the bowSy seyitresscs Of
In, kitchen ard the chance straggcrs of the streets
Our bcttos and horses had been equally well cared
for with ourselves the flushed faces of our lakunns
| beamed with smiling satisfaction. Last of all the
bill was presented, not large one but full! four
times what japanese would have paid for the came
and nothing remained but Ia receive the lowest
bows and most impressive s0iondrds (eOod-bycs) of
| the household. Ogce was pleasant; We could still
hear its ioaning cascade the noise Ol its lutes, is
singers its reyelers as We turned TO look at II once
more through the pines, and then passed on cut of
| sight.
| On our way back from Ogee we rode through
Lacauer-warc' street the great commercial street
| of Yedo 1t is wide as Broadway and like Broad
way n moving, shifting panorama OF life IN all It's
| conditions The shops or b0zaars were generally
two stories in height, Ol unequal size and arcli-
tectlral finish, for while some were handsome ire
proof structures with polished black walls others
were the plaincst of wooden buildings. Signs sus-
pended vertically from the building, curtains of
dark stuff hanging from the caves OF the projecting
roof announced the name and trade of the occupant
Signs too symbolic Of the traders business, were as
| common as in London or New-NOrk. At one large
silk bazaar equal in extent to our largest Broad
way shops, whose walls of black and highly polished
plaster thick and massive, cOmportrd with the upu-
| ence Of its owner mixed multitude of shoppers
| were sitting on the mats chaflcring with the at
tcndants over their intended purchases. The eur.
tans dropped IN front and doped mp here aud there
ind