Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-07-16
Correspondents Of the Lswisburs Chro nicle.
Cape Island, NJ, July 10, 1851.

have sat down to redeem that promise; bu
It being just after dinner, l feel in an e1
ceedingly dull mood, and confess mysel
somewhat put to for subject to write on
I have great fondness for good brea'
and plenty of it; SO l will give you
word about crops. Ibelieve editors some
times eat, you therefore have an individu
al, if not an editorial interest in this topic.
So far as my own observation has gone
which has been through parts Of foul
States, have everywhere seen abundant
grain crops, and the quality is fully equa
to the quantity. In the Southern portion
of Pennsylvania, in Maryland, Delaware
and New Jersey, the grain has already
been safely housed, perhaps 1 should say
barned and stacked. 1 have conversed
with gentlemen from different sections Of
the Union, and have invariably asked them
about the grain crop, and the answer from
all sections is most favorable. Should the
'46 tariff again (as its friends claimed it
had done in 1s47 raise the price Of
wheat to two dollars bushel, our agricul'
tural districts would compare with Califor-
MIA in making their "piles." The potato
rot, and not free trade brought about the
high price of bread stuffs in AZ. A want
of market is bringing about the low prices
at present If our democratic friends can
bring about another famine in Europe
their system may suit the American far
mer. If they fail to accomplish that, 1
am inclined to think the farmers will
bring about change at home that will
secure their interests.
{Here followed q political disquisition n
entirely too long and too strong for the
dog days and we have concluded to salt
it down, for the present, for safe keeping
ED. CHRoN.1
Since writing the above have had my
ardor little cooled by bathe in the
great Atlantic. l came to this place last
night. The first sight of the Ocean over
whelmed me with awe, and l concluded,
bathe in it who would, as for myself, l
should never venture into its troubled
waters. l can assure you to one accustomed
to nothing but little shower bath in his
room, or at most leap into Buffalo creek,
the sea looks like rather large bathing
tub. But after looking at it an hour, it
loses that terrific grandeur with which you
are at first overwhelmed, and finally you
begin to think it no great thing after all.
When the bathing hour arrived, conclu-
ded to go and see at least how the thing
was done. l found some two or three
hundred in the water apparently in high
glee Of enjoyment. After looking at them
a few minutes concluded to join them.
1 confess my first leap into the sea was
rather a timid performance, but in a mo-
ment all my fears were gone. There is
an excitement in sea bathing that you can
never have any idea of until you expert
ence it. 1 should like to give you some
idea Of Cape May bathing, but know l
shall not be able to do it. You will i'm
agine five hundred human beings all 60
ing into the water at once. At first they
keep at respectful distance from each 9th
er; but as wave after wave breaks over
them, they are thrown into a state of in
teresting confusion, at times all heaped
on piles and then with the next breaker
scattered in every direction. After the
passage Of heavy breaker that covers
all beneath it, the scene is charmincly
delightful. You sec strong men, delicate
ladies and tiny children popping up out
of the sea as though they were inhabitants
Of the great deep. You have read of bright
fairys that have by their winning smiles
allured into their fatal grasp many hardy
tar, as the story has it. These beautiful
mermaids that inhabit the deep must be
different from our land beauties. Take
one Of the prettiest of our fair ones, one
that would give any single gentleman, not
con6rmedly bachelorish, palpitation ofthe
heart, were he to see her in the parlor, let
one wave pass over her and she stands be-
fore you in plight anything but lovely
and prepossessing. Her soft blue eyes
will stare wildly, her delicate little nos
trils and her beautiful formed mouth will
be wide open, pouring forth strong foun-
tain Of salt water Her flowing curls will
lose their sickness and hang in wild con-
fusion about her shoulders. The sight will
convince you that beauty after all consists
a good deal in what the Yankee calls elk
ins." But l intend to leave the ocean,
the pleasure seekers, and the health seek
ers, for another letter. So will close for
the present, hoping that if l write again,
my mind may be more bouyant, and con-
my letter more lively.
NEPTUNE.
Washington, July l4.-The lntelligen-
Ger this morning is authorized to state that