The New York herald., 1851-07-13

it at all
This place will be great political arena in a
few short weeks In addition to Gen. Scott we
may have Daniel Webster. so that the gre atest
general and the greatest intellect Of the age IN ~
both be contained in a very small town. I may
drop you line occasionally, the subject of this
The daily food here, in the newspaper line is the
| Ndo York Herald. 1t is pleasure to see no Wash
| ipgton papers at all. as there is not one among
them showing any independence or originality Of
thought at all SPANKER.
CAPE ISLAND MANSION HoUsE,l
July IL, 1851.
General improvements Near Cottages-Nev
Road from the Sea Lamding-Tne Union Mono
! aolists and the Roger Williams Gossip IN Gene.
r0i
Our fashionable season has begun and the plea
sre hunters Of the Quaker City Aocking to their
| favorite resort. The Island visiters now number
about twelve hundred, with daily acquisition Of
over three hundred, continuation of which may be
expected to fill the hotels to repletion to the espe
ca qualification of mine host, and the great delight
Of those who love to live and flourish in crowds.
The improvements which have been made since
last season, are manifest and manifold. First on
the list is the new turnpike road which has been
constructed, under an act Of incorporation, from
! the steamboat landing directly to the island. o
course, everybody considers this improve ment an
unequivocal luxury; and so it is, comparatively.
You may remember that the former route to the
'sland proper, early laid out, with the amiable
design of passing the door Of every farm house,
and turnr the field of every landhoder in
the neghboIhood the road was rough, uneven.
and the unruly and misshapen passenger wagons
numbered through the came the whole distance
hub deep to the annoyance of visiters in general,
the hearty disgust of dyspeptics, and the thorough
exclusion from the bath Of the serious in
valid. So, you see, everybody has a right to be
| delighted at the change, and the most extravagant
! blessings are literally dripping the fortuoate
heads OF the enterpri2ing projectors Some idea
may be had of the seIpentne meanderings Of the
old road, by the fact that this new one actually
crosses the old one seven times in the present dis
tance Of two miles from the landing to the island
Several new and very elegant hotels have been
erected in the interval Of the seasons which will.
no doubt, receive share Of the public patronage
bat the private fancy cottages which have spruag
up, the prettiest, cosest and w;thal, most
Portable residences imaginable, combining an air
Of cunning country coquetry and aristrocratc ele-
| gance.
A brisk competition is Aourishng among the
stesIc boat lines from Philadelphia to the Cspes,
which must result in the pecuniary discontinue Of
all concerned In former seasons the pra ,tice ex-
ised Of running two lines making daily trips alter
natey. This season, the Baltimore Union Com
psny has thought fit 20 place two boats the line,
with the smiable intention Of running off the
| Roger Wllllem3, CAptaln IIeeSe, n most excellent
boat. which you may remember 70 bave had in
the North river, on the Albany line and subse-
qusptly Iapning to Newbsrg.
The prevailing topic Of the hour at Cape May is
the anticipated fancy Costume ball, which is 10
come of at the MAJ House about the 18th inst.
Meesrs Ludlam & Hooper ndefstigable in
! their exertons 70 maintain the proud position sc-
corded tGem by popular consent, and with the
| services Ct their gentlemanly assistants, Messrs.
Strirger and Howell, cannot fail 20 re nder the Man
sion House in every way a most desirable resort
Eve1Jbody tere is inquiring fox the Herald VIII
, The agents please be punctualI lNGLES
HAMtLIoN HoCs, FoaT HAMmroH, L.I,}
Thursday, July II, 1851.
The Tm1 5at@e- Cause Of He Breeses at Fort Ha.
DHdon-7ht Position Of the Honse-Hstorica
y, intS- I've Steamships-PisitgS, and the Pyoba.
be H,sults, tc., &c.
The difference between the temperature Of this
point and that Of the great city it, Is truly
surprising 10 who is not familiar with those
peculiariteJ Of the locality which are the Of
the fact. Recently, when your city thermometers
were at ninety degrees, and ninety three, in
shady and well ventilated places, the highest
range he-e, IN the hottest part of the day, was
from seventy-t sht degrees 70 eighty two degrees.
, No one be re had any notion ths; il was day OF
peculiar suffering in the city, until the receipt Of
business note from New York, by the one o'clock
boat, which prefaced its business matter as follows,
=" Awful bot and sultry here How you are to be
envied, by The envious here. in breathing the cool
air Of the oceanl' II was naturally supposed that
when the mercury rose above eighty degrees here,
II must be sti higher in the city; but we we're not
prepared for The next mornings detailed reports Of
your g. intolcIabe suierings." All we could say
"as--"we were very sorry for you" And to all
| who must stsy in that collection of over heated
! brick oyens-New fork c'ty-through such days
and nights, &c say so still
The remarkable coolness of this place is due to
two causts-the natural and artificial. First-t IL
not to the greater force and freedom Of the daily
! brcg res alone--from sss or llnd-that this ever
! yerbsl Temperature is e. be attributed Yet il is
worthy of note that sometimes there is a fresh aud
eAhlsrati1g sea-brccse biowipg throre eb IN, love-
bay up to this point, and yet not passing above.
/ IL you bad been coming down fioin the city one
afternoon lately, you would have noticed the waters
| OF the inner bay calm, and smooth and bright
| gl,ss; bet just as you brought Fort Lafayette in
vitw, ard looked below the Narrows, you would ave
| seen The dark blue streak which marked the line
| where the sea breeze fufes our broader and ore
oTto waters, while the inner harbor sleeps in mir
! ror-like calm Even at such n time tho Trojan
makes u breeze for you "to orlcr," and good
| siih one TOO; for philosophers and practical
! 10th assure us that our sensations, VIII ca are
bone through the still air at the rate Of fifteen
! twenty miles an hour, precisely the same as
when the air moves at the same rate t9ward us
While We stationary. But the tidal currents Of
TIE air around us are only part Of the cooling in
| nuences which absie the sum mer heats at IN
! point AZ those two periods Of each day when the
iaIdbreeze and soa-breese strug xle with eac,
/ other, during an hour or two Of dead calm
\ TIL enc prevails over the other--each in its
4 turn--aod waves the leefy banners Of the tres
tops in its triumph-even in that hour CT breath
less quiet, the air is refreshed by the Geld sur
face d the adjacent expsnse Of ocean waters re-
peved with every tide; and often you are surprised
you st waiting for the lreoze at your window or
the broad and stately versndah, TO find that you
can 'take !, cooily" and calmly at the same time,
! while
There Is no, breath the blue TO curl
| IL Is evident 10 any observer at this place-and
every one here Is "a cool observer" even mt the
| warnest hour u warm day-that large portion
Of the brtezes from the ocean ate unable to pass
the Nerrows. They stop mt this gateway Of the
port. 1t is only the strongest Of them that can
| force a passage between the bluff and crooked
shores Of the Narrcws.