The New York herald., 1868-03-01

grsasss:--
Aomms Boos
Un rico, per koku....O.............l05 .l05 s3e
On white sugar per iub............... 405 l2s
On sake, por tub. uo..............,..... Az
On large cases each ch.................l50 ADS
~ paos' eacn n.................,,..... Gas lOS
Ins momme M mere reckoned at the Osaka rate,
whtch o. present Is about l2j TO the the rio being
equa. TO four boos
No direct mpori duty Is levied by the government.
foreign goods broaght from Yokohama they sup
posed 10 have already PAID duty their rst ARRIVAL IN
she country ixed .ax or license fee beng nowevor
paysbie at the end OF each year by the Guilds Tns
varying from one to three por cent levied ali goods
a. the TIM, that they are sold by the members OF the
Guild =. tho Exchange, or market. whore The Guilds
effect their sa.ss No transit tax, other than very
small one on entering aud leaving Daimos territory,
s levied on goods broasht TO the city by and though
small contributions are sometimes demanded towards
the mainenance Of the roads and bridges especially II
any expensive works Of tins have recently been
undertaken.
Blu. little silk finds it's way into Osaka at present
Lying rs the principal silk districts those parts do
to tue east OF the Biwa lake any surplus remaining
over and above tho supply Of native wants s conveyed
TO lhe foreign market at Yokohama more quickly
and surely by land than by sea- Tns chief cearo for
situated about thirty miles from Osaka. There De
l!ltis doubt that immense quantities OF six must be
required tor the woven SIX iaorcs which are manGsac
tured n or coeced al hoto, and are from thence DIS
rbuted among the large cities OK Japan. Liitle silk IS
woven n Osaka itself and yet hero as al Jeddo, hs
shops at wn.cn silks Of evory description sold, by
hoesae o. RETAIL are on scale winch estaes 10 the
quantity OF business which must be carried within
them Generally open on one or two sides 10 the street.
the interior OF the shops only partially concealed oy
long strips Of black cotton cotn which hang down from
the caves OF the roof form ug kind 0. waving screen
Within, the eye ~anders among crowd OF assistants
employ ed In various ways. Ins older hands squat
tho nated door and anfod piece after piecs OF s:ks
gauzes or brocades before their customers wh3
the younger ones are kops wy! employed n runnng
for Tho articles called fo and taking away those ina.
are not required Cp airs arc prisaterocms. &c whca
the distinguished more estensve
always aken aud attended TO by The experienced hands,
While cups OF tea, caA es and sxeetmeas arc handed
round In the irsesl silk shops a Osaka here are as
many as three hunired persons continuity emp.oyed
Some the most important hi srchalts Of Osaka i've
in the large rectangular block portion o. the city
called the Semoa About mile lower down ths RIVER
but SIM al distance Of three or four miles from the
fort al its mouh. "a the site SO ected for the foreign
settlement Here foreigners will, in the terns OF the
treaties be allowed 10 hire houses reside for pur
pose. Of trade aud hers the Japanese govern
ment, liberia the treaties. apart space
hitherto used Tor government purposes within which
foreigners may rent LAND and build, In he same way
al the open ports.
As foreign pace Of trade Osaka by Itself would be
next SC va!ueiess The river is 80 snaox that vessels
cannot poss bly, ascend ~ the bar mas than
three feet Of water on at low tide, and Is sometimes
nearly not wholly dry, The roadstead ls about .
soutnery and westerly winds Twelve or fourteen miles
however 70 the west Of this r0adstead The
0; Hogo and Kobe on the shores Of The bays OF the
same names In either OF these ships of All
can find shelter from winds and waves from which,
cep, when .romlhe southeast they are well sheltered.
The bottom beng composed Of sun mud sand
affords capital anchorage and the water Is sc deep that
ships Of thousand tons can anchor within few ards
the Shore II towards extremity the
bay Kobe the most eastern Of ias lwo that vacant
site sti remains, which has been selected for .ae
foreign settlement Though perhaps not quite sheltered
In winds tho bay OF Hos0, has the advantage
OF An extensive basin. which has been formed BY the
Japanese government, for docking and other purposes
and which IS adnirablv adapted for landing goods
Kobs mas also tue advantage Of being rather BY
land than Hiogo TO OSAKA The distance from the
foreign settlement At OSAKA 10 that at Kooe cannot be
much twenty miles, which is the distance OF JeddO
from Yokohama
covered among the hills about four miles from Hogo.
had opportunity wnIie there OF visiting the worAs,
Ii indeed they deserve the name which have been
undertaken for procuring the coal Hero and ,here.
Wherever the coal shdle which lay u been
seen cropping out from the hills side horizontal pas.
sage been in. tDan twenty i've feet,
anu of en- only twelve Tee ~ Ieugtn In OF
these burrows two or roe men, crouChe an0stto tho
ground BY reason OF the owness Of the roof at
work pick ng away NJ the sao; with pointed hammers,
aud cleaning and sorting eaca little piece with their
hand be or throwing it into one heap or another ac-
cordns its quaUty. few coolies, an tho lat stage
but one OF nudity. collect the coal at tho mouths OF
these burrows and carry 1t to where the road admits OF
three wheeled holding about half q each, and
drawn by animal. In this way II Is brought 10 tho
obtained In the manner above described is o. very
inferior description. Here aud thcrs however good
spec mems Of a kind OF snth acite are brought on.
from the his sde OF similar quality 10 thai worked
At TaGasima, an island lying miles 70 tho soun
west OF Nagasaki, and which Is supplied to our navy
there at s. ton though at Hogo our Gu p have been
ask ed S2S ton for II, and have been
able obtain II under Sl2 so ton rhere reason,
however, Why the coal seams at Hogo should not be
worked cost far less than at Takasima where much
tho mode of obtaining Vt is adop ed, though
larger SCALE The seam which has beeu discovered 10
the hls Hioso, aud which about two feet thick,
down tho pam immediately behind H!ogo, at IN
angle OF about fifteen degrees very nearly iha, Of the
lievo that by boring in The plain Immediately ~ the
foot OF the range the main seam, OF which that now
covered Tho japanese government are not iudrsrcn,
to the advsnt &C. TO be derived from moro extensive
and scientnc working OF the coal OF Hiogo and took
occasion Of the iaio visit OF the foreign representatives
TO requs. Mr. sutton, Chief Engineer Of her Maestys
ship Serpent which was engaged surve, Ing the bay,
to visit the coal works In question: aud report as to the
best means Of extending them. u 10 not improbable
that We may long regular coal minc opened
European principles and worked By European mach-
merry.
ment at Hiogo (kobel ake In connection with that as
Oaka, Will grow into an imp ant trading port rhc
two are almost essential TO each other without Hiogo
foreign shipping would have no safe ANCHORAGE, no
means OF ladng and unlading. Without Osaka tho
foreign merchant at hiogo would ind himself exposed
10 the same drawbacks, the same isolation OF which
there has been so much complaint Al Yokohama; cut
OF from all communication with tho guilds and the
large merchants o the Osaka he would hAve to content
himself with transactng business with the gobeweep
dealer Of Hogc. or the mere AGENT Of some city mer
snani whom he had never seen, and OF whose charac
ter, position and place Of abods he was ignorant
With Osaka rs well ~ Hogo thrown opsu. with our
meschans established almost in The heart Of the city.
able TO receive natives their houses 70 90 and
0nd bcm out In theirs Il will be impossible for the
that interference OF which they have been
20 frequently accused at Yokohama Some difficulty
will doubtless be expersnced In th3 transport OF mer
chandlse between Osaka and Hogo, but difficulty
which exists Independent OF the fact Of there soing
fsreign settlements other a one place or tho other.
dicusy which is fsI, ~ the present Domont BY The
japanese, and has &c be overcome by them Large
junks arrive daily from distant parts OF Japan fregh,ed
cargo boats which up tho river Our ships
must follow tho same plan l, rray 90 an expensive
and troublesome one. but II VIII not place mer.
chants a. disadvantage compared with the native
trader Nearly every bale OF English coons nov SELL
Ing In Osaka has been unsnippet a Nasssax os foko
hama purchased by thc native AGENT shipped 10 jun
and transnipped into smaller boats Of The Osaka bar.
There plans that may DO sdopted by
sh piping IN addition 70 the ranemrscn Of ths merchsn
disc BY iand from Hoso, which would probably be too
expensive except In tho caso OF silk for export and :ev
other valuable articles Suppose the OF ship ar
rv,ng at Hiogo consigned 10 .orega house. The
cargo N ght sithr 10 landed disposed o! 10 some
native merchast Who would ihcn accept the risk Of con-
veyng Il TO Osaka or might be landed and placed In
hnndad GaKahauaaa rcdnNn. pntll II