The New York herald., 1868-03-01

on we toiicwns aTticss as be.ow nui IL Is oHen
Aomme Boos
20 20 i rice, per koku. ..lo5 5 SO
On WI, White p's sugar uS pcr cIr;ab....... .Sos S Us
On sake psr ,ub.. ub..............,.......l29 Ala
On large cases each ch.......l5O A9s
On bales. each ch.................,..6 cas- 2,0s
Ins momme ls rec1oned at the Osaka rate,
equa. TO Four bo1s
No direct mpor duty s levied by tho government on
1oregn goods brought from Yokohama they are sup.
posed TO have already PAID duty On their arrival IN
the country fixed TAX or license fec be az however
payaoie al The end OF each year by the Guilds Tha
funds required 10 meet this tax obs:nei BY duty
varying rom one to tnree cent levied ali goods
al the iine that they sold by the members Of tho
Guild, al tho Exchange, or Market whore The Guilds
effect their sa.ss No transit tax, other than very
slai one on entering and leaving Daimio territory,
is levied on goods bronsht TO the city by and though
small contributions are sometimes demanded towards
the maln'enance OF the roads and bridges especially
undertaken.
Blu. little silk finds Its way into Osaka at present
Lying es Ihs principal silk districts those parts do,
to the east OF the Biwa lake any surplus remaining
over and above the supply OF native vans conveyed
TO The foreign market at Yokohama, more ~ cky
and surely by land than by sea- Tns chief centre FOR
Six wolid secm to os Koio the capital 81 Japan.
situated about thirty miles from Osaka. inere De
hts doubt that immense quantities OF six must be
required Tor the woven SIX aorics which maaG!ac-
tured n or coeccd al koto and from thence DIS
routed among the large ctes OF Japan. Little SILK
woven % OSAKA itse'f, and yet hero as al Jeddo ths
shops a wncl silks Of every description sold by
Whoesae o. RETAIL are on aeao winch testl.es 10 the
quantity OF business which must b. carried On within
hen Generally open on ons or two the street.
the interior Of the shops only partially concealed oy
ons sirl5 OF black cotton cotn whlcG hang down rom
the caves OF the roof form ug kni waving
Within. the eye ~andars among Gro xd Of assistants
employ ed IA various ways. rhs older ,nds ,cua on
thu mat ed door and autod piece piece s.k3
gau1es or orocades before their whs
the younger oaes are kop' wv employed n rann ng
for The art!cles called fo and taking away those
are not required Up airs private rooms. whicA
the more distinguished or more extensive customers are
always akon and attended TO by the hands
wh'e cups OF tea, ea@es and s~eeimeals arc handed
round IN tle ltr.est SILK shops Osaka lhere
many rs three hunired persons continuity empoyed
Some o. The most important merchants 81 Osaka i've
IN The large rectangular block portion o. the city
called the Semoa About mhe lower down the RIVER
but sum as distance OF three four miles from the
fort ~ iti mouth, the site seected for the foreign
settlement Hero foreigners will, in the ,erms OF the
treaties 30 allowed 10 hire houses and reside for pur.
pose Of trade aud here the Japanese govern
men, more bera. inan the treaties Sc. apart space
hitherto used :or 2cseramcnt purposes within which
foreigners may ren. Land and build IN be same way
al tbs open ports.
As a oreign pace Of ,rade Osaka by Itself would be
next SC vaueess The river is 80 sna.oT that vessels
canno poss bly, ascend u the bar mas than
three feat Of water on at low tide, and IS sometimes
nearly 4 no. wholly dsy; The roadsteai ls aoou.
couple OF miles from the bar, and exposed 10 the
soutneriy ana westerly winds r"eve fourteen miles
however 70 the west Of this roadstead The
o: Hog0 and Kobe on the shores Of The bays OF the
same names In either OF these ships OF ait sizes
find shelter from winds and waves from WHICH, ex.
cep .r1mhe southeast, they are well sheltered
Ins bottom beng composed oil sun mud sand
affords capital anchorage and The water sc deep that
ships OF thousand anchor within few ards
OF the Shore |, Is towards the extremity OF the
bay Kobe the most eastern OF the two that vacant
site sun remains, which has been selected for Tue
foreign settlement Though perhaps not quite sheltered
In wnds as the bay OF Hloso, has the advantage
OF extensive basin, which bas been formed By the
Japanese gos enmen, for docking aud other purposes,
and wh!cn adnirabv adapted for landing goods
Kobo mas also tue advantage Of being rather BY
land than Hioso TO OsaSa The distance from the
foreign settlement at OSAKA that at Kooe be
much twenty miles, which - the distance OF Jeddo
IRON Yokohama
Coal the last Twelve years ben is.
covered among the hills about four miles IRON Hogo.
had opportunity wnlo there OF wishing the worAs,
Ii md ed they deserve The uame which have been
underiason for procuring the coal Hero and there,
Wherever the coat fhdle which lay u been
seen cropping out from the hill side. horizontal pas
has been never more tban twenty Ave feet,
anu often oGly ten ur twese fee ~ eBgth In Sono
these burrows two roe men, crouche almost to the
ground by rcas IN OF the owness OF tao roof, were At
work pick ing away n the siaos WITH pointed hammers
aud cleaning and sorting little piece their
hands be orc throwing into one heap or another ac
cordinS 10 its qaa,ty few coolies, IN tho la stage
but enc OF nudity. collect the coal ut tho mouths OF
these burrows and carry II to where the road admits Of
LIS being transferred 10 the backs OF buocks or TO
three wheeled carts holding about half ton each and
drawn by one animal. In this way It Is brought 10 the
Hogo MARKET great portion OF the coal which Is
obtained In the manner above described is o. very
inferior description. Here aud there, however good
spec mems OF a kind OF snth acite arc brough, on.
from the hfs side, OF similar quality to thai worked
at TaGasma an island lying seven miles 10 tho south
west OF Nagasaki and which is supplied TO our navy
asked as much as S2S ton for IL and have never been
able obtain IL under S12 so ton There reason,
however, Why the coal seams at Hogo should not be
worked cost far less than at Takasima where much
the mode of obta uing u j. adop cd, though
larger scale. The seam which has beon discovered in
the hs near Hioso aud which about two feet thick,
runs down the pam immediately behind Hiogo, at an
angle Of about heon degrees, very nearly that OF the
hills themselves rhero therefore good reason to DO.
ievo that by boring in The plain Immediately ~ the
foot OF the range the main seam, OF which that
worked in the hills mly be bu an oshoo night be dis.
20 n uUpapt aFa uti
to the advent &c TO be derived from moro extensive
and scientific working OF the coal OF Hicgo and took
occasion or the a5 visit OF the foreign
TO reques. Mr. sutton, Chief Engineer Of her Ma;esys
ship Serpent which was engaged in survey Ing the bay,
TO visit the coal works in question: aud report to the
best means OF extending thsm. II 10 not improbable
that we may ere long regular coal minc opened on
European principles and worked By European mschi-
merry.
There be lt.lo doubt but that the foreign settle.
ment at Hogo (kobs taken In connection with that at
osaka, viii grow uto imp trading port Tho
two are amos. essential TO each other wi.hoa, Hogo
foreign shipping would have no safe ANCHORAGE, no
means Of lsdlug and unlading Without Osaka lhs
10 the same drawbacks, the same isolation Of which
there has been go much complaint at Yokohama; cut
OF from all communication with tho guilds and tho
large merchants OF the Osaka he would hsvs to content
himself with ,ransactng business with the between
dealer Or Hiogo or the more AGENT Of some city mer
enant, whom he had seem aud OF whose charsc-
ter, position and place Of abode he was ignorant
With Osaka As well as Hlogo thrown opsn. with our
merchants established almost IN tho heart OF the city,
able 10 receive natives their houses TO 60 and
0nd .hcm out in theirs it will be impossible for the
officers OF the government 10 keep up that survsanco
and exercise that interference OF which thoy have been
20 ireqnsntly accused at Yokohama Some difficulty
VIII doubt be experienced In iho transport OF mer.
chanelse between 0saka and Hiogo bu, u 70 difficulty
which exists ndepsodent OF the TACT or there being
fsreg2 settlements otner a. one place or tho other IL
dihcuiy which Is fe ~ the prossa roomont by Vie
Japanese and has Io be overcome by them Large sea
junks arrive daily from distant parts Of JAPAN freghed
with merchandise Tor Osaka THIS they have 70 unload
into cargo boats which carry up the river Our ships
must follow Tho same plan IL rnay 90 an expensive
and Troublesome one. Dut " wA not place our mer-
thants a. disadvantage as compared with the native
trader Nearly every bale OF English coions now SELL
ite 10 Osaka has been unshppet al Sssssax' cI Yoko.
hama purchased BY tbe native agent, shipped junk
aud transhpped 'nlo smaller boat on the Osaka bar.
Ihere are various plans tina, may DO adopted By
shipping IN addition 10 the irans Of tie rnerehsn.
dise 6y iano from H.oao which would probably te loo
expentvs e1osp, Tho caso OF sk Tor export and Few
other valuable articles suppose the OF fhp ar
rvng at Hogo consigned 10 some fore gn house. The
cargo ght sthr bs landed ana disposed o! TO some
naive mefcbaet VINO would thon accept The risk Of
veymg II 10 Csaks or night be landed and placed In
the bonded warehouses pryate rpdown until ID