The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-03-27

about [OFty miles up bay kIng, Oh
account OF the weather II impossible, As have
before SAID, 70 form correct impression OF the city
and the surrounding country About one half OF the
before our arrival The native houses suffered
to q greater extent than those belonging TO
bic material they were composed Of whereas
the latter being more Substantially built principally OF
stone were better able 70 resist the devou,ng element
open and verysary, the native houses having paper
windows: the foreigners being little more civilized,
OF the foreigners the natives have yet made up
their minds to make OF It, The streets are very
there are NO sidewalks and everybody mus. walk in the
middle Of the street. The country abounds IN very
good quality Of blue stone very much lts State which
There no wharyes A stone wall extends along the
'front.' with two small piers running out into
Our arrival was quite al event for Yokohama Just
a We fred our gun the United States steamer Wyoming
manned the yards add gave Sres times shrss Ia
hauling up 70 the coal ship where We were 70 make fast
very oss 70 the stern q ne
frgate her band struck up The star Spanged Banner
and played II until We we're finally moored
friendly notice of and paid us any attentions The
compliment they paid by playing one OF our national
ali duy spprscised The English look upon this enter
prise with jealous eyes and well they may TOT the "a
c' Man xs and
Steamship Company" completely on Of the Eastern
waters The "P and o." small propeller. very
slow, and with wretched accommodations for passen-
gers and they will be able TO compete successfully
with the superior vessels Of the Pacific Mail Steamship
The Colorado Ia the largest and finest steamer
in these waters Her size, graceful lines
and elegant fittings were alike the envy and admiration
perfect wonder TO the Europeans Our course was
little five thousand hundred miles We averaged
ten knots hour. and only consumed eight hundred
tons Of coal Ia twenty-five days; something very
marabe for sdewheol steamer Of four thousand tons
burthen.
The natives around in perfect swarms in their
sampans The Japanese what might be called per-
the
latter have sickly yellow and viii not bear
comparison with that Of the Japanese The
in stature Their winter dress is mainly a thick
quilted gown which they throw of in minute. In
summer they wear very little clothing. The coolies
while work nothing whatever except 'clout"
at the waist Overcoats made OF oiled paper are some
times used when rains heavy cloak made Of split
straws is most generally used for cold rainy weather
The e'sampans are small boat used by the natives
The only point of resemblance between them and
boats Is that they boats all boats certain extent
resemble each other and that is all the resemblance
there between sampan and the small boat in gen.
eal use throughout Europe and America They not
pulled as we pull boats but they have small beams
ming the boat and extending about eight inches
sssculI' the boat instead of pulling her. While at work
in their boats doing any physical labor they keep
continual gruntng which sounds something like 'hoo-
| haw, haw-hoo"
The coolies do all the work; they are even used as
beasts Of burden they either carry on their backs or
and about dozen will get hold OF and commence their
horrd gruntng 1t sounds more like the expiring grunt
antiQuated specimen OF the genus spork than 1t
does ike tho meiodious chant with which toiing hu.
mainly is wont to tighten labor"
To all OF Yokohama and be able to do full justice
to requires stay OF two three days at least An
only renamed there twenty -four hours utterly
impossible to see all that was to be seea so will reserve
better description the place until my next visit
when hopo have ample time ito sec the lons' and
| everything else worth seeing
Yokohama for Hong Kong. The day very cold. and
Sunday morning We susered Van Dissa's Strata Tho
shone bright and clear and the scenery on shore
snS that japan q
the NORTH and any quantity omaier isands Icy 70 the
south Of US Japan Is called the Country Of hundred
thousand tales, i" because there some nnesy-nino
thousand nine hundred and ninety odd islands IN the
group bat Japan proper composed Of oay four large
islands-vz, Yesso. Nippon, Sikokiand Kin Sin Yesso
is away up to the NORTH Nippon In the centre and
the principal island Skok and Kinn to the south.
two volcanoes or father one volcano and an extinct vol
Kamona-tak Is on the southern coast Of kin-Ss,
bleak and SsrrsS and looks IKE Slsorsusd sugar Loaf
Iwoga-sima Is an island, as It's name signifies "sina
means an island the island Of Iwoga g what We would
call II s 1t present smoking terribly A We passed
very 1t could the smoke and steam curling
upward from Its summit in dense clouds. There is .
and steam would occasionally break. Ramona TAXI i
about Ave thousand feet high, IwoGasma only about
ali black and charrod they look IKE two grim monsters
guarding tho Celestial regions OF the Tycoon and ready
belch forth their nre and Drimstone and destroy the
audacous barbarian that dare invade the Tyco0ns do
Win Japan behind us, we enter the China sea- We
all LED to believe that owing the Of the
northeast at this time OF year would Hnd
the China very rough-much rougher than any other
Al I DOWN
straits the a. smooth as glass; l never saw
nicao N 4 no Of mr. man
are visible also aud In foggy weather must make the
navigation Of the China sea rather dangerous task.
We arrived here night before last ct half past eleven
M, just exactly i've days and half from Yokohama,
the quickest time record between there and here
In Now York >he left Yokohama few days before
arrival In that port and arrived here after very
sidered remarkably good time. until we arrived
AS Captain Bradbury is thoroughly acquainted with
this coast he did not hesitate into the harbor
during the night, without q pilot He did
II so successfully and handled the steamer
with such skill that he excited the admira-
ton of all who fortunate enough to remain up all
night and see Il DONE ! have seen anything to
equal IT, and. without hesitation. ascrbe to Captain
Bradbury presidency 10 seananship that cannot be
inc view Of Hong Kong by gaslsht entered the
harbor perfectly beautiful The barren, rocky hills
Immediately back of the city looked exceedingly black
and goe my; but the lights OF the houses, extending
about one-third the way up the hills, formed most
beautiful contrast Il was sight well worth seeing.
and one would not willingly miss.
As il was quite dark the Captain not knowing
actIv Wnere una anchorage was 10 De dropped
anchor distance OF In the morning we steamed
around the harbor and anchored very the United
States Hartford As passed the Hartford be-
anchorna she fred national salute OF twenty one
guns honor OF the arrival of the pioneer ship of the
China line. The shore battery also fred salutean
honor before conferred a merchant vessel All
the shipping in the harbor decked out In bunting
our account. To the merchants and community at
large the Of this line quite important OBJ
ject The latest London they had that Of De-
cember 10, 1850. We bring them London advces up TO
December 20
As at Yokohama, the Colorado is the all-absorbng
topic OF conversation Numbers board yester-
day look md Johnny Bull seems perfectly dumb
founded at the size and magni1cence Of the vessel Hs
had any idea the ssYanks' could build such Q
vessel She ID certainly the largest and finest vessel
that has ever been the Eastern waters From all
have heard think shall be very crowded going back.
1 understand great many have engaged passage Rom
here and great many from Yokohama, besides tho
japanese Embassy TO Washington.
As usual with foreign vessels arriving Ia port,
beseged by swarm OF s'CeIestials" in their boata