The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-08-01
Newport, II. 1.
Correspondence Of the Herald.l

Correspondence OF the Herald
NEWPORT, r. I.!July "a, P. M. 1912.
The Pleasures Of Newpot-7he Cleopatra Rides
Sea Breeaes-The Wdr-Cr ops-Suicide- Cotton
Factories, &c.
GENT -
Out ofsympathy for my fellow citizens of New
York, who, can imagine, are to-day steamng it
through the streets of the red hot city like locomo-
tives, beg to suggest to those who have little lei
sure, that here at expense equal to that of ride
to Stryker's Bay they cool themselves in great
style, and probably add few years TO their lives,
besides the immediate pleasure of such luxury as
sea breeze and sea bathing. They can like magic
change themselves from the perspirng, uncomforta-
BILE mortal, surrounded by red brick walls or patent
sun refiectors, and from the unsavory and noisy
streets of the city, to the shady and romantic lanes
OF this girt Isle, where they will be famed free
by the coolest air that you imagine, all per-
tuned too by the new cut hay. And be surrounded
by the most charming company that could be select
ed; indeed we meet here people from every part of
the United States-Georga and South Carolina are
wellrepresented. Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York have due number here, and they appear rap
turousiy happy. Any man that does not appreciate
while here every moment of his existence and every
breath he breathes, must be worse than a Turk,
and deserves drowning a little while in the Nara
gansett.
rushed, driven by heat on board the beautiful
Cleopatra, Twas transported at eighteen miles an
hour hither, and am now enjoying the Injuries of
land and sea, including tautaug, that famous black
fisll, that swlns In the ocean water at ii O'Clock,
and in butter on the table at 2.
The sea bathing is glorously fine; plunge in the
breakers of the beach "a laporpose" is luxury not
dreamed of in Pine street.
A ride to the Glen, Sleepy Hollow, Paradise, and
Sorrid Purgatory, Spouting Rocks, and Lawton's
Valley, will furnish drives for many days-reurn-
ing, take seat in Vases Cottage and order his Gel
ebrated ice creams, not made of milk and water as
IN our city, know, but OF pure genuine cream. And
If you do not think better of this world after it, and
improve in your moral nature, you are heather,
and to be pltied.
The war is over all is calm as summers morn.
ing. Crops are good--an old farmer told me this
morning, as he picked me up and gave me a ride in
his wagon the good soul, upset his basket of po-
tatoes, broke halt his eggs by sitting on them and
got the old fellow so uddled by treating him that he
did get market till his neighbors had sold out
and turned homeward.
A poor fellow hung himself here this morning: his
name learn, is Peter Warner; he was from New
York State had been IN town since lst instant, sell
ing camphne lamps or some such hng-he selected
a spot called the blue rocks, his instrument was
vlne which he tied round his neck, then secured to
a bush and threw himself forward; he had in mean
time stabbed himself in each side OF the breast-the
cause is no, known--he had said good deal about
his travelling agent there having served hlm trick
by running away III his debt.
The cotton factories here are losing money and
talk OF stopping II times do not improve
Other things are as they were in 1880. A fine
good old fashioned place is this, plenty of rich folks
and beautiful ladies' here-some that think them
selves so, in other places-it is great. | am off
for Fort Adams. where the United States army are,
all but a few men who are among the Indians in
Florida Yours, VEro.