Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-09-11

We hud IN the Louisville Journal letters
from the junior editor. Mr.. Wei .,inger. which
have goot vein AMI true. H. is seeking
h"alth at the north aud whites a letter from
Barnstsble. VI ,ss. from which the following
il pleasdn, extract:
Those who abandoned geographical studies
some Yeats go may not know that Nantucket
u St1tl san tis6nd, 10 miles by % situated
tu ia" southeast oi Massachusetts, some 30
mites lrom the main Land. and supported en-
tirciy nv the whale hSh,r Hound itall that
my 'ahcr pictured ~, very singular aud forcign
III its aspect The brst thing that caught my
attention ON landing was the carts with clip
teal springs, but in other respects like amy
other one horse cart, without seat and without
board used 40 the fashionable vehicle by
the Young Iuen aul ladi,S. ia their drives in
town on country. The driver stands i'm front
keeping himself on his leg, byholdng 10 the
relns. uie ladies' sometimes halt dozen. stand
around bun, supporting themselves by ropes
t,,d To the Sl'e oi The cart. What with these
carts amt the singular appearance of the hous-
cs. winch are. ~ the old Part of the town.
built, walls as well as roofs. OF shingles. and
which are squattcd here and there i'm the great
est confusion, on narrow crooked lanes, we
could no, restrain our laughter for an hour al
ter we entered the town.
When we went To Nantucket we thought
we were going TO place from which there
was no summer rctreat-tlIat il was itself the
last retredt OF the victims OF sickness or ennui
seeking SEA air or sport. but we were hardly
on the steps OF the Mansion House minute
before we saw vehicles leaving town, and on
inquiry we found that there was place farther
on, called Sias Consei, III which the people of
the town Of Nantucket 90 as their summer re-
treat; and tn Sias Consct we resolved to 90
that we might see the end. We found il
perched on the eastern extremity OF the island
on bold shore, from which the ocean spreads
ont immcasurably, chatting the shore cyermore
with Its huge, hoarse suri--emblem of mans
unrest, but, unlike him in its changclessness
Its sides throh Ccaselcssly as from the breath
my OF some huge undymg spirit beneath its
depths, but neither man nor time leaves any
trace upon its 'azurc brow" The town of
Sias Conset consists of an Irregular group of
shingle huts, skirted BY some handsome cot
tagcs, 10 which the Nantuckctcrs refine for air
We entered the tavern, and the old landlady
though she knew we intended TO return i'm
mediatcly To the town OF Nantucket, desired
us TO record our names, anxious. | suppose, to
see who ii could be that had come on visit
10 tins remote corner of the globe.
We found the Nantucket people to be very
simplc III their manners and very hospitablc.
Ii Is somewhat famed for the beauty of it's wo-
men, whose compilations from the moistncss
oil the air are unusually brilliant. Almost ev-
cry house we passed was filled with them. ga
zing not immodestly but naivcly and gracious
~ upon the passing strangers. Not unire-
qucntiy single pair OF dovelikc eyes Were
wistiully and touchingly turned upon us by
those whose husbands were chasing whales on
The treachcrous seas, or perhaps sleeping in
the coral groves. was sorry to observe at
Nantucket that the buggy and canagc are be-
ginning TO appear and that the simple one
horse cart is aileCtedly and absurlly called
calechc. The island is destitute OF trees
There is little land in cultivation but nearly
all Is held as sheep commons, the number of
sheep being 10000. The pover shooting was
only tolerdble the day we tried il, but il is UNI
guestionably an excellent place for that sport
The noted fish of that region are the skuppog
and blue fish.