The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-19
LETTER FROM CHINA.
special Correspondence OF the Intolllgas@.
SHANGHAI. Septembef 10. ",

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y rives at Hiogo al daylight Of the secnnl
J. morning, after about 40 hOurs Journey
G This port was opened Oh the first OF Janu
4 airy, 1868. II is situated at the westerl
d entrance to the Inland Sea, Although
" very pleasant harbOr In fine Weathel
Ike Yokohama, being nearly merely Al
open rOadshed, it assumes an entirely dill
terent aspect when BOreas "Cuts VI
rough" 1t isl very pretty settlement
3 and laid out with much care. The street
are wide and straight, intersecting eacl
other at right angles, It is lighted a
night-another circumstance in which I
differs from the rival settlement Of Yoke
hama Although scarcely four years old
i has made rapid strides towards possess
ing 4 good business prominence, and Their
are probably some two hundred foreigner
residing here 1t is from this district tina
the finest Japan teas are shipped. r-
About twenty miles by land and about
fourteen by water communication, dis
tant from Hiogo, lies the port Of Osacca
This has been called the Venica Of Japan
but the.Lord have mercy on the VeRetlanS
u II be anything like this place. Thu
, only resemblance that could see, and 4
Is probably owing 10 this circumstance
that 1t has been so called, Is itsVast water
communication. Five or six rivers inter.
sect the city, which flow into the main
one, and which flows into the bay at
Tempo-San, about three miles from the
city in the form Of a delta. These rivers
arc connected and intersected by numer.
GUS canals-so that almost all the houses
in OsaCca either front or back on water
channel. It isan immense city, covering
As much ground as does Yedo, but with
4 not mora than three.ffths OF the pOpula.
ton OF the Capital. This also is an open
port with It's foreign concession, but the
tho foreign population scarcely numbers
twenty-five, and the business people are
merely agents of the Hiogo houses, Some
little time before my arrival here HlOgo
had been visited by a very severe typhoOn,
which had done a great deal Of damage
both to the settlement and tho native
town.
A stay Of about thirly.siE hours in
Hlogo and then the anchor Is lifted for
Nagasaki. Three.iOurths of this Journey
Is through the Inland Sea or SuWonRda,
as the japanese call IT. And certainly
think II impossible to find In any portion
tof the world stretch Of over 200 miles Of
such magnificent and superb scenery, II
Is scarcely two miles wide, thiOkly dotted
with islands, with hundreds oFsettlementS
and villages therein, and two or three
large cities. The eastern end Is entered
or left by the straits Of Simonoseki, where
Is situated the town OF the same name be.
longing to SatSuma, now the most power.
full Prince In Japan, but who In 1860 or
90 called down upon himself the wrath of
the British, French, and American naval
vessels, and who had his city bombArded
for his pains. The streets are very mar.
row, and leaving them We enter the Vel.
low Sea, which divides, Japan from China
and Corea. ~
Nagasaki Is situated on tho island Of
Kishin, and Is the oldest open port In ia.
pam Here the Dutch have had their
settlement for nearly three hundred
yeArs on q little island called Desl.
mo, about q mile from the present
foreign settlement, For years these poor
traders put up with all kinds Of insult and
degradation In order to enjoy the monop.
oily Of the small trade that they had with
Japan-and were only released thereftom
when Perry put in his opening wedge,
which made Japan open her doors 10 the
world.
The harbor of Nagasaki Is said TO DO
the finest in the world, and only equalled
by that Of IIlO.de.Janeiro. / myself cam
not certainly imagine anything more
beautiful or picturesque. 1t Is not very
large, but with tho exception Of . wind.
Ing entrance not mile wide, II Is per.
feCtly land.locked. The shores arc very
billy and the city itself Is built upon q
series of gently rising hills. This was
the rendezvous for our fleet prior TO the
invasion OF the Corea. There Is very
little business done In Nagasaki, and tho
place Is rather dull, except when several
inen.oE.wa are anchored In the harbor.
II ls used frequently as kind of sanitary
resort by the residents OF China, who are
able " get away during the broiling
months Of July, August and September.
A short distance from NagRsaki, about
eighteen miles, at a place called Arlma,
are some very fine sulphur baths, highly
spoken OF by the medical fraternity for
their medical properties. ."'.
From Nagasah 10 Shanghai the steam
er travels In AZ hours-making the whole
VOYAGE from Yokohama to Shanghai, In
Guiding stOppages, take seven days.
The Yangtzee River, like almost all the
rivers In China, opens very wide. Tho
banks are low, fiat and marshy. 1t Is
studded with numerous islands, but 9th.
brwise presents b very duh appearance.
Far as The eye can reach, mot single ele.
walton interrupts the view Of the horizon.
About sixty fnilesupthe river Is Woosung
Here very large vessels have to anchor
for above there Is o considerable bar, and
only very rarely Is there sufficient water
nj Shanghai Twelve miles distant from
WoosunE) TO allow vessels Of very large
draught TO go up. Here we found the U.
IS. flagship Colorado. A little more than
an hour takes the traveller from Woosing
10 Shanghai.
Shanghai has been called the "model
settlement Of the East, and in truth II
partially deserves the designation. In the
hrst place outside Of HoDg.Kong, II con-
tains more foreign inhabitants than any
other open port In China or Japan. A
rreiier number orvesSels enters and clears
from this port than from any other port in
Asia. The foreign settlement itself forms
A dood.sized town. Streets Of good
width, well made and clean houses
large and well built Some buildings are
maRnifCent In appearance-built entirely
of white freestohe, with considerable ar.
chiiectutal tact displayed. The streets
are named and The houses numbered, and
tbd whole u Hghted With gas. The set.
Element is divided Into three divisions
ihd French, En- ltsh and American con-
cedsiOns. The former is the most north
eTN one, divided from the English by q
canal called ih6 Yang King.Pang. This
has an entire Separate government from
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