New-York daily tribune., 1863-07-06


But already the gardens and cherry orchards had
disappeared; the tea.houses where pleasure parties
came and sat in tho cool Summer corridors Which
overlook the bay and ite spread Of thousand
wbi.o saila removed; the face O tbe bill hao
been scarped and deep dry moat dug around II
for the protection OF lie future occupants. The ex.
tens buildings OF Legation were already rooted
over and going on TO rapid completion From Gotten
Ysma we rode by pleasant rural lanes into the city,
and at noon dsmounted at the temple occupied BY
the American Legation. . ,
The members Of The Legation are quartered in the
k0ori or monastc buildings adjoining the temple OF
Jempookagee, and it was pleasant Il see the stsrs
and stripes floating sot above the pehEed roofs and
tiles of this far-away city. Like otht- monastic
residences Of kind in Japan this was an @2%rega-
ton of one story rooms under roofs Oh oiHeient
angles but ali connected by long corridors and outer
verandas. The house is spacious, but from iIs STU
alton under low bill adorned with thick growth
of Japanese CEDAR behind which the sun set dAly
some hours earlier than II did to most OF the woro
outside, together with its low one-story and over
hanging caves, was dark and somber, and In rainy
weather quite gloomy enough for monssilc lie even
The house aud the temple to which it belongs have
front upon q common court. which Is taken up IN
great part by the sentry boxes OF the Japanese
guards stationed for the protection OF t1e Ng.toh.
| 10 the rear OF the house is q tsh pond, having
border Of artificial rock work, Towering shruor,
plants and dwsrfed trees. pleasant sitting place
| in the warm Summer days was the back verahdsn
that looked out upon this pond, and lhe Dill Deyond
clothed with great variety OF evergreen anu
| declduous trees, which cast their afternoon
shadows into the pool below. The golden carp
| in the pond were fine specimens OF the hnny
tribe curiousy mottled in color; some OF them wore
more than two feet long. Nor do forget the ma
jestlc ringo tree lSasburia adiantlohal III front,
whose girth was twenty-seyen feet. Ibe enllre
grounds of the legation are incosed by Close hsh
fence Of boards, and outside Of this with small inter-
| walls between are double rows OF bamboo paisaIe'
as protection against any sudden attack oi adven-
turous rontHs. Within these palisades, shd from
one To two and three rods apart Throughout the en-
tire circuit Of the grounds, are tie guard-1ouses OF
tte three or four hundred Yakunins Who wsteh over
the safety Of the residents within III n1 not strike
me as altogether peasant that there was neeo 10 DC
thus surrounded by these hali-clylbLed sWo!osueh
and musketeers VINO were not above eusplcioh oi
tresch,ry, ~ the subsequent attack upon the I'm
cli,h Legation too plainly showed IL seemed a,
| Test but u genteel confinement within ones own
bouse a mI'iga.ed sort OF debtors JAN limits, ior
not tie Minster hInself could sur i0Ot IRON Ms
doorway without beng surrounded by score Vi
more of the-e inevitable two sworders. was par
ticnlarly is essed with this when, one afternoon,
| xonuq Mr. T. asked me 10 take walk Win Ilhi
among tho cedars the hill ovsrhipgng the bouse,
where even there, though our wax was between
the ralsades and in the well Trojan circuit OF the
onsrd-' with one or more gnarHbou;se always in
egbt we could not walk through tss trfei circuit OF
the woods without dozen men following close upon
orr heels, An Americans royalty l. nos wont 10 Os
40 "LedQed in" though our Munster bears u WIN
easv grace, aud Gays if the Japanese deem SO
mucb iroube 10 Themselves necessary, i wonld he un-
Lird To r,useit How We rode out Will appear suose-
ouertlv The English apd French legations, III ad-
di,ion 10 tie native guard, have their own armed
rn,rol Of foreign soders, and never rido out wihon
their mounted guard Of lancers and carsoincers.
| Having uyeu Ourselves and oar horses rest curing
the uid-Iours Of day, the afternoon sun low
cred itself in the west and cooling breszs came IN
from tue bay, our KIND host proposed Iiao W 'ne
citadel. On this occasion We had mounted sscor
Of twenty Yakunins and foot escort OF "a many
ore betoe or horreboys running before US 10 clear
the way. We rode into the Conrt quarter OF the
ei,y where the spacious palaces OF the great chiefs
Ink the broad avenues whcn cross each oIher At
right angles a oity well kept aud clean, Tree from
noise and filth with clamps Of trees iseflny above
the roofs IN every direction, till one might dozof "
be were IN the city ALL past the long bsrfsck-
houses and dormlories, where retainsrs oil prncey
| Arua Miuo, and famato Razed from laitieed WIN
DOVE ND listened 20 the cis1tenng hoois OF the
ras.efs by; by many gate heavy with Its embossed
sb.atiny If copper and studded timbers, surmounei
with fnmily cres,s as Of old ieadnl days returned
a.uin, on I'LL our long tiain swept INTO Inc smooth
avenue which borders The broad moat OF the impe-
| rial CITADEL The confined beauty and grandeur OF
this abode Of princes pressed ire more strongly
,hnn ever ON our left were ihe stately houses Of
the Kushu family, TO whose hnenge tue regning
1 Emperor belongs; on this rsing ground, where
our road bends TO tho night, are the castle
wall. Of the late Regent, I'll kanon-no-kami,
and here we are, travelling on the very spot where
two years ago this able chief was assasslnaied al
midday 10 the streets. On our right lie the gassy
breadth OF the moat fn seventy yards across, where
wild fowl sre hiding among tho broad Dius leaves
that bridge tho waters with their fie2soe piers OF
green over TO the sloping bank beyond. that sharp
and distinct In II. trim outline rsss 80 feet TO the loot
Of the citadel walls. There IA smell OF new-nown
bay in the air. irom where aborere are bnsy shearins
tho grassy banks to tho trinness ana smOoihness ol
the beet kept lawn. The massive walls OF the cita-
del We ud irown from above II they could. bat The
| hedges that overlop them the venerable pines aud
frs which stretch their pacific arms over them, the
vines that clambor aud scale them, forbid any grim
looks and you think of II ms palace OF beauty, anu
not OF strength. Here st the top OF the elta-
del hill gateway, ponderous wi.h It's thieA-ribbed
doorr opens into citadel our right, but no. iog
us TO enter in thereat; in panoramic view tho whole
city lies spread cut before us, and that u Tor US 10
gaze st and wonder. The limit Of this sea Of Tiled
roofs is beyond our vision.
We followed the winding meat which descends
from the high TO the low ground by succession OF
! locke passed other sJhd gateways OF stone, and
portions of the citadel wall that rose IN solid mason
| ry thirty feet from the edge OF ths moat. Al an
angle OF the walls. fir planted long years ago on
tho battlements hung its aged arms lar DOWN 'So
slopiug masonry II 10 lift up 10 ITSELF the spark
| hing freshness OF the moats waters below. large
inclosure on our LETT again, where the workman 5
hammer wss noisy and new roofs were rising above
the fences was pointed out the foundation OF the
Imperial Colleges, in which the Governmsnt pro-
poses to place IN training thousand youths first in
the study OF the modern languages AID thea IN the
arts aud sciences which those languages tesen.
Yedo has no more cheering sight than this.
| At word frOm the minister, our coriege wheeled
sharply to tie right aud We We're crossing the moat,
and in moment more were through "A wellsuardsd
gateway, and found ourselves within the second
circumvalltmg wall OF Ito citadel; privileged
spot where the plain civilian might not enter. was
surprised to find that we riding along another
most of breadth equal TO the outer, aud like that
skiriIng anoihsr ineLoslng wslli and yet there ID