New-York daily tribune., 1851-10-01
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decay, shlch IL ye. so e ldent, the cynical Timon
bending over the ashes of another fashionable
season al Newport. must arair wonder I. bono
AI Um.nous va.edIcion
No, must no, i)rsc: to Ia" .,.on the one poetic
aspect OF Newpoi:-,ii". ana ,.at IS - icstal
.eis1rc There Is Uu: ope a..o h,re-en oymcni
II there ~ noise aud h.,rf.. $ not the whlr
wh.ch everywhere els' di-.r4rts ~ The shop
sinks at Newport, aac although we nav s:Iil oe
on.y ,hop-kteucrs inas qucra1Inc. yet we are ~;
sho,- ,-k,tling We are Initiating. with more o.
less success. rc aspect OF 4 hle refined. rare
fu. and poetic, OF which the dis, active Anerl-
can spirit can never be- more than the subsiuc-
ture. !, will harm 10 one 10 stand ht'e apart
and watch the game. II you separate Yourself
enough, the form of the hlc may satisfy your
imagination. and thus extracting The drop of
honey from the Haunting weed. Nou can endure
with greater heroism the COM assionate crtl-
cism that 1T Is pity to see everything with the
Imagination" delight IN those men who dwarf
their souls by contemplating whatever dclormlfy
the spectacle of life offers, and .hen Snlf com
placently that they take things a. they are
Whoever sees more OF the Devil than of God IN
the world Is sure to bear the palm Tor great
practical knowledge of human nature. But
whoever III the sproue,ng plant foresees the glory
Of the flower IS lamcntably impractical. These
are Judcous conclusions But when, like
poisonous atmosphere, they begin to overspread
the world, 1t may not he amiss to use the lmagi-
nation as a telescope TO make other worlds near
or and more real.
| hoped to have told you OF the Corso or semi
weekly promenade at the Fort, which began gal
lantly enough, but declined rapidly because vel
vet-coated fast gentlemen would trot their fast
horses over the ground as If 1t had been race
course, and because lnsie al of forming two con
irary lines Of carriages to enable US to pass and
see and chat, or stopping at the CascIne IN
Florence for conversation, We all trotted meekly
one way III each others dust With our graceful
carriages and the famed beauty OF American wo-
men. tins should be one OF the most attractive
features of the watering places. But our exag
geraton spoiled IT. What American Is ever GO
ng behind Wha, Is the use OF 240, II YOU
are TO walk IN a rng Sowe must wait little,
until ockcys ripen into gentlemen and eagemess
mcllows into elegance. | wonder If a Wit from
Mercury coming to summer on the earth woIh
fear even he would draw upon his imagination
for such a conclusion.
But there Is another Fort, circular vein upon
the rocky point of an island at the entrance of
the harbor, which you can reach In halt hour
from Newport, and Is we'll worth an afternoon.
Ii Is called Fort Dumping, because 1t is near
cluster of rocks so named You glide from the
beautiful harbor directly into the smooth water,
and the cove-hke reaches among the rocks. The
bright vegetation clingIng TO the crevces of their
sides Is touched Tyn'r'sqwiy, Of you will for
give me,) by the afternoon sun, and as you land
upon the island its low. bare, melancholy outline
reminds you OF days and feelings 10y no means
low or bare or melancholy You climb over the
rocks and pasture lands luxurlant with sccntless
asters, crisp everlasting and yellow golden rods.
and find them the only garrison of the ruined
old tort. which IS perched upon cliff over the
sea. They nod along the tamparts, and flame
IN the crumbing walls. Girls toss pebbles
through the port. holes. and muse upon the dis
tant sails at sea. But best OF all, quaint old New
port hes white against ITS hill. and the sinking
sun plays with H. making 1t wha, city YOU will.
of all the famous and stately cities upon the
sea Let us leave 1t SO. or the many memor-
able pictures of pleasant Summer none Is more
beautiful For the last time your aii
HowADJi.