Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-07-31

THE SCENERY ABOUT NEW YORK is all Of the most
beautiful descriptions The harbor is undoubtedly the
finest in the world On clear day, far as the eye
can stretch, all is continuous scene OF sPlendor-
The far famed bay of Naples cannot be compared with
il That il every where ack owledged 10 be very mag
nicent but it falls short Of the bay ct New York Let
any one who doubts take stroll upon the battery the
first fair afternoon and look out upon the clear expanse
of water rpped by the heahest breeze that ever kiss
ed the fevered cheek of town sick citizen There ne
yer was dead calm but fresh air circuntcd freely
upon the harbor and the battery aud on one OF our sui
try DAYS where c.uld hope to find greater luxury.
For n better view one may the garden lkept by
our worthy fellow citizen, Marsh and upon the battle
mcnts othe castle lie will enjoy sight that would make
his heart IL he be true American leap with pleasure.
Few the days in the season when one cannot al any
one time fifty sail OF vessels either arriving or de-
parting aud ch vessels no part Of the world except
the United States, can produce. The American YES
sells are peculiarly beautiful. The hull, well turned
and graceful the tall and aperng, the canvass
trinity set and the painting et the whole lively and
tasteful We can at once mark American ship from
any other
She walks the waters like a thing ~ hie,"
as il conscious of superiority, and seldom or never
Is the craft found that take the lead of her. With
harbor filed with such navy OF commerce, with
their thousand satellites Of pleasure boats what better
sight could ask Every stranger who arrives at N
York for the first time is in raptures at the magnificent
spendor Of the scenery which every where meets his
eve The bay extends far every hand, IN one drec-
ton leading TO Of the noblest rivers in the world
and in another opening to the ocean-studded with isl
nnds-the shores lined with cities and palaces and the
whole enlivened by the moving beauty of countless
sails
The palisades on the banks Of the Hudson. little
above the city. present very imposing appearancc--
and the upon Bergens height offers 70 the adj
nirers OF the beauty ,f Nature, all that he could ask
even though lac had gazed upon the splendor of the
DAYS decline in Italy The Hudson Is in itself one of
the mobiles, and most majestic rivers sven IN America
where every thing Is ON scale Of magnihcence, aud
when its bosom is ploughed BY the heels OF hundred
anI ne offered tD
is such rs be in other quarter OF the world
An excursion down to the Narrows. or up the river,
or ON the sound will be found more po sing than most
people be aware. Men hive themselves IN the
dull city for years and become pale salow. and thin,
and at last perhaps. pine away and die. when few
DAYS a few weeks, spent In the country du
ring the hot weather. would restore them to health
MANY people from New York spend season New
mort $50 celebrated for beautiful women 10 avail them
selves Of the breeze the fog and the luxury Of
being in place where the formaAtes Of city life can
he dispensed will and where less restraint Is felt.
poet of Providence has the following lines:
a,,uge locomotive. hur along
With ligb,ning speed their ponderous stages
| Weraowing With the travelling throng
| OfTroIlopes, Halls, kaayes fool. and sages
Rich cts IRON counting rooms, All duii
And pale, aad look very Jaded
\ Misses that have been beautiful,
| Now saew, frecked, tanned and faded,
Coming 10 breathe We northern ar, a..o..
Whose bleaching damps and hea''h'ui e''ence'
| To the sad CHEEK Of many fair
/ Give beauty, life, and iuvenrscence;
| The trip down to the Narrows' "s i..r "
tended with sea sickness displays great variety OF see
merry. Forts castles palaces, cottages Islands, culnya.
ted farrHs wild woodlands the bay, the shipping and
the wide spread oceaneach and all surprisingly beau.
dful The trip up the Hudson shows the highlands,
whose wild and romantic aspect has been the theme Vt
many poet On a summers afternoon, when the clear
sky Is often suddenly overcast and the emerald hills
sprinkled with living pearl and the sky in afew min.
ues again clear and the hills smiling in the glad light
| Of heaven, who with such a scene before him, would
not be found to claim il for his birth place who would
sigh to gaze upon the far famed beauties Of the Rhine,
or the romantic precipiccs Of Switzerland Had By
his songs Of the Rhine would never have been heard Of