American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-08-11
Correspondence of the American Republican,


NKwBURYPoRT, Mass. July %, 1916.
Public BHiidings-.a Triangular Square-Culeb
Cushins's Residence Whistle DipperS and
Snorter3---.4 Roaring Dcacon-.4 Narcotic.
MEssRc. EDIroRs:-I promised to furnish
you with another letter from this place before
leaving, Gnd, in some degree, minated the ma
ture ofita contents. Since writing to you'll have
had better opportunities Of mingling with the
inhabitants of this town and of making my OBJ
servations on the character of the people, their
habits, opinions and bearing. know now their
favoUrite haunts-l can walk without a guide,
to the Cemetery-can traverse West India lane
alone--and stretched at full length under their
famous Elm-"patulG sub tegmine fagi''-can
read She lines of their native Poetess on the very
spot of their inspiration. | know the "Mall''
by feart-have walked round the Frog Pond
and have reconnoitred their public buildings,
Ii. c. the Market House,) from every point OF
view. You will allow then, that | 90 not want
for local information-nor, in expressing an
opinion, shall | do it hastily, or forget the
famous lines Of Pope, that
-"Ofthe two less dangerous is the offence
To lire our patience, than mislead sense.''
On the contrary, | shall be careful to speak OF
things exactly as they presented themselves to
mn mind-as far as that is practicable, in view
of the large bribe of kindness and hospitality
that received from every one here.
The town itself consists of three parts, leach
under different set of select-Hlen,) viz: New
buryport, Old Town and part of Newbury;-
the line of demarcation being marked either by
one side OF the street having better pavements
than the other-the one is in Newburyport, the
other in Newbury-or by the houses on one
side being younger than those on the other
these are in Old Town,-those in Newbury-
port. The three together contain about Ia 600
inhabitants-a busy, active, shrewd, calculating
popuation-ever on the alert to drive peg
or bargain. The principal street,: (Which runs
through the whole length of the town. is State
street 1t opens, at one end, on the Market
Square, "a Square, however, which bears more
resemblance to the figure cut by the principals
in Midshipman Easy's triangular duel than oil
any other geometrical figure know, and ter
inmates at the other end in Highest, by far the
most beautiful, airy and best situated street in
the town. This street which extends nearly
three miles in length, is lined on either side, at
convenient distances apart, with commodious
and we'll arranged wellings-dwell;ngs that
even you, Messrs. Editors, might live in, with
comfort, notwithstanding all your high flown
Southern notions of''oti,,m cum digniia.e" Blu,
how white every thing looks! The houses
with few exceptions,) are of wood and the
white paint all round is painful to eyes,not ma
turaly strong. am sure if Dickens had gone
beyond Boston, he would have had no COM
p!aints to make about the "everasting'' red
bricks that annoyed him so much. A brick
houee is rarity and seems rather out of place
here, and indeed throughout all the towns OF
Massa chusetts The father of Hon. Caleb
Cushing owns one or two on Hg h-st.-one, in
which he himself resides and which resembles
brig with its keel turned towards the heavens
another adjoining, occupied by the Minister
to China, when not on mission.
Having introduced you to the town, fancy
your correspondent seated about sunset, at one
corner of yard, in front of one of the most
eligible spots in the whole place, enjoying the
breeze as it comes wh>tlng round the corner;
at one moment, trying to skim the pages OF
some light production-at another, laughing
with all his might at some quaint and curious
observation of his original host-and ever and
anon agreeably interrupted by the remarks or
kind attentions of his hosts bright-eyed daugh-
tiers, and you will have some idea of my plea
SAINT position, on the day before Yesterday, after
having walked over the town and visited the
new factory lately erected, and now in success
full operation. But have a great deal to say
to you about the factores-their arrangement,
advantages, and future prospects. They are at
present the life-bood of the place, which, ow-
ing to tkem, has taken start within the last
three orfour years, that bids fair to place New
buryport amongst the largest manufacturing
towns of New England. Already are six large
factories in operation, and two are in course OF
erection-but | must reserve for a separate
communication what have to say on the sub
Ject of factories and factory life, and the conse-
quences to the people of the town.
Just look, Messrs. Editors, how many stee.
pies and churches there are here! counted
more than fifteen steeples and cupoas from the
top of the railroad bridge; and yet, n,irabile die
tu! there are more religions here than steeples